After the first lunar month, it was cold for a few days but then it warmed up. There was a feeling of spring in the mountains and flowers were blooming.
Time gradually became more joyful, and I didn’t want to wait for others, so I changed from a slow walk to a trot.
Yingping's life was particularly comfortable, like a young eagle flying freely. Cultivation and schoolwork are no longer a problem for him now, and they even seem extremely relaxed. In terms of schoolwork, Ye Changshan could memorize things in one go that he needed to memorize two or three times. As for his practice, Ji Yangyu never put too much pressure on him, which made him feel relaxed - his studies and practice were so easy, and he could sometimes say a few words of "real knowledge and insights" when asked by his third uncle. '.
Are you really a genius? Yes, I must be a genius like Third Junior Uncle. Third Junior Uncle is a big genius and I am a little genius. Otherwise, how could I feel that learning is not easy? Yingping felt extremely proud every time he thought of this.
On the contrary, Ye Changshan, although he has not "starved his muscles and bones", he can really be said to have "worked his body and skin". Every time he practices, he is only one step away from "walking and disturbing his actions".
After that "private practice", Ji Yangyu seemed to be particularly "preferred" to Ye Changshan. Every time, he was left alone for extra training, and most of the time Qilang was the teacher. Even though Qilang is silent on weekdays, his practice methods are all kinds of. He doesn't know where he learned them, and it doesn't look like he was taught by his teacher. The direction of practice is nothing more than endurance, will, extreme endurance, agility, reaction, etc. Most of the time, some extremely heavy sandbags and stone bags are tied to the feet and back to let him run, jump, squat, and lie down. , push up and other exercises, but the amount of training is very human. Normally, even if Ye Changshan is almost dead from exhaustion, Qilang will not say a word. Only when he sees that he can't bear it anymore or can't persist, he will occasionally start it. Chrysostom, teach some methods of adjusting breath and rhythm. Some time ago, Ye Changshan, at Qilang's suggestion, simply tied sandbags to his feet and hands and kept them with him day and night. After a few days, he got used to it.
Qilang was still taciturn. Seeing that Ye Changshan had gotten used to these heavy loads, he showed no appreciation or warning. He just silently increased the weight of the sandbags, which made Ye Changshan always doubt whether he had an illusion. Until one morning, he secretly woke up early and found Shichiro quietly walking into the house to change his sandbag. Ye Changshan wanted to pretend to be asleep, but Qilang said bluntly, 'I know you are awake, I did this to make your practice more efficient.' After that, regardless of whether Ye Changshan heard it or not, he turned around and left the house to sweep the floor, making Ye Changshan open his eyes and continue to pretend to be asleep. I guess the seventh senior brother won't harm me, right?
In desperation, Ye Changshan had to silently accept this fact.
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The warm sun was shining brightly today. Ye Changshan and Yingping had finished their practice and homework early and were lying leisurely on the small slope at the foot of the mountain to bask in the sun.
Since yesterday, only the two of them were left at the mountain gate. Zichun went to the palace, while Wen Junchen accompanied his husband to an unknown place. Ji Yang and Ji Yang locked themselves in Tianxuan Cave, fearing that they would not be able to survive for a few days and nights. After coming out of the meeting, Cheng Daliang went back again because of the letter from home, while Yuyin went to practice in the mountains. Even Qilang disappeared and seemed to have followed him into the mountains.
Although they are free, the two of them are still a little unaccustomed to this excessive purity. Even the days during the Chinese New Year were not as pure as today. Qilang was not here, and there were a lot more fallen leaves and dust in the courtyard than before. In this warm spring time, when the flowers were blooming, there was actually a sense of loneliness in the courtyard.
The two of them lay bored, Ye Changshan picked up a small wooden stick and kept teasing the little white dog. Yingping put his hands on the back of his head, holding a piece of dogtail grass in his mouth. The rag was still covering his eyes, and he was beating his legs so hard.
Suddenly, Xiaohua seemed to see something and ran over wagging her tail and calling. Ye Changshan turned around and saw that the old scalper who was his second senior brother appeared not far away. The little flower wagged its tail and circled around the old scalper a few times. The old scalper felt the joy of this little friend, and he also let out a "moo——".
Ying Ping was originally drifting between wakefulness and drowsiness. The warm sunshine was shining all over my body, the surrounding environment was extremely quiet, and the fresh air was refreshing. I almost dreamed of Duke Zhou. The penetrating voice of the old scalper woke him up instantly. He pulled open the rag covering his eyes, and the dazzling sunlight made it difficult to open his eyes for a while. He straightened up and sat on the mound, rubbed his hands together and then reluctantly opened his eyes.
A-Gump looked at Yingping, as if he knew that this young man was his master's disciple, and called Yingping kindly again.
Yingping looked at A-Gump, as if he was complaining about the old scalper disturbing his dreams. Immediately, he lay down again and covered the piece of cloth in front of his eyes.
But not long after he lay down, Yingping sat up straight again, looked at the old scalper and patted Ye Changshan again, and said: "Let's go down the mountain and take a walk."
Ye Changshan was stunned for a moment, looked at Yingping, and found that he didn't seem to be joking.
Seeing Ye Changshan staring at him, he explained: "Master and the others won't be able to come back in the next few days. Let's go down the mountain and go back."
"You want to violate the sect rules again? Aren't you looking for a cucumber on the chopping board - looking for a shot?"
"Let's just go down and take a look around, and we won't go into the city."
"I dont go."
"No, that noodle shop outside Dongcheng is your favorite. You haven't eaten in the past half a year, don't you want to?"
Hearing Yingping mention the small noodle shop, Ye Changshan fell into brief memories. The taste of that small noodle shop is really good, the noodles are chewy and the portion is generous. I don’t know what kind of condiments are put in the soup. I have to shake the soup clean after each meal to enjoy it.
"Let's go! It won't take half a day to go back and forth." Yingping encouraged Ye Changshan when he saw that he swallowed.
"Forget it, let's not." Ye Changshan finally resisted the temptation and rejected Yingping's proposal.
"This..." Seeing Ye Changshan's refusal so firmly, there was nothing he could do. He rolled his eyes, stood up, patted the dust on his butt, and said slowly: "If you don't go, I'll go by myself - I'll just go to the small noodle shop and finish my beef noodles and then come back. Oh, it's a pity, such fragrant noodles Only one person can enjoy it.”
"You——" Seeing Yingping getting up and walking towards the old scalper, Ye Changshan quickly called him out: "Yingping, stop!"
But Yingping had no intention of stopping. He walked straight towards the old scalper, climbed onto the old scalper's back, patted its back, and the old scalper stood up obediently and walked down the mountain.
This time, Ye Changshan was really anxious. Yingping went down the mountain alone. Being scolded was not a big deal. If he got lost in the mountains for fun or had some accident, it would be a big problem. He quickly ran forward and tried to stop the big scalper. But the old scalper seemed to ignore Ye Changshan at all and continued to move forward.
"Yingping, come down quickly!"
"No, either you wait here, or you come up together. Anyway, I won't come down."
"you--"
Ye Changshan trotted all the way following the old scalper. Countless possible scenarios flashed through his mind, and he all came to one conclusion - Yingping couldn't be allowed to go down the mountain alone!
Helpless, Ye Changshan had no choice but to hold Yingping's hand, jump forward, ride on the back of the old scalper, and walk down the mountain with him...
