When Lu Huaiyuan woke up late at night, he found himself lying on Cao Qiong's raw wooden bed. Mei Shuyan had a worried look on her face and sat on the bedside. Seeing Lu Huaiyuan wake up, she said anxiously: "You are finally awake! If there is something wrong with you, my mother-in-law will go to Cao Qiong to fight for her life."
Although his whole body was in great pain, Lu Huaiyuan didn't want Mei Shuyan to worry, so he forced a smile and said: "Mother-in-law, Yuan'er is fine. Besides, this is all of Yuan'er's own free will. Don't blame the master. He only wanted me to be able to get there as soon as possible." Success, but our mountain is really high!"
Mei Shuyan was amused and said angrily: "That's natural! But having said that, you two are really not one of the same family. One is an old donkey and the other is a young one. How can you be so subdued and lower your head?"
Lu Huaiyuan stuck out his tongue quietly.
Cao Qiong heard the noise outside the door and walked into the house. With mixed feelings in his heart, he asked Lu Huaiyuan to lie down on the bed and personally relax his muscles and activate his blood circulation. Lu Huaiyuan felt a warm current coming from Cao Qiong's palms, which was very comfortable. After a while, the soreness in his legs disappeared, and his whole body seemed to have endless strength.
Seeing Lu Huaiyuan marveling, Cao Qiong explained: "Martial arts training is like forging a sword. After the sword body is fired by fire, it needs to be beaten continuously to remove impurities. As a teacher, letting you go up and down the mountain is tempering you with fierce fire. After that, massage your muscles and bones like this, firstly, to prevent excessive practice and damage the body, and secondly, to dredge your meridians and regulate your qi."
Lu Huaiyuan seemed to understand and nodded. Little did he know that Cao Qiong's move was to use his supreme inner power to open up his meridians. This great opportunity was unique in the whole world, but no matter what, Lu Huaiyuan felt a little closer to Cao Qiong in his heart, and asked timidly: "Master, do you want to continue going down the mountain tomorrow?"
Cao Qiong nodded: "This is natural. Martial arts practice is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat. It has only been a day's work. Are you going to retreat?"
For a long time after that, there were always two figures, an old one and a young one, walking down the stairs from the top of the mountain every morning on Jian Shen Mountain. Three months later, Lu Huaiyuan was able to shorten a round trip from six to seven hours to four hours. When Lu Huaiyuan was six years old, Cao Qiong stopped following him, and his speed was shortened to only two hours for one round trip.
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Just like this day after day, five years have passed by. Now Lu Huaiyuan, who knows the mountain roads well, is walking as fast as flying. With Cao Qiong's secret help, he has not only developed excellent muscles and bones, but his internal strength is also becoming stronger and stronger. However, Lu Huaiyuan I don't know about this, I just feel that the daily trip back and forth is getting shorter and shorter, my body is lighter, and my legs are not as sore as before. Now that martial arts has already entered the hall, Lu Huaiyuan is pregnant with treasures. Self-aware.
As he grows older, Lu Huaiyuan, who has never been out of Sword God Mountain and therefore does not know much about Cao Qiong's identity, increasingly finds his master's practice boring. In the evening of that day, Lu Huaiyuan found Cao Qiong after returning from mountain climbing and said straight to the point: "Master, it only takes two hours for the disciple to return. How long will it take for him to practice the art of body refining?"
Cao Qiong said calmly: "Whenever you can return in an hour, you can refine your Qi."
Lu Huaiyuan was dissatisfied, raised his head and shouted loudly: "An hour? Old man, you are deceiving me, how is it possible for an hour!"
Cao Qiong sneered, picked up Lu Huaiyuan with one hand, and said with a sneer: "Boy, keep your eyes open for me!" After saying that, he ran like a thunderbolt and reached the foot of the mountain in a blink of an eye without making any stop. Back to the top of the mountain, it only takes a stick of incense.
Throwing the shocked Lu Huaiyuan aside, Cao Qiong said angrily: "I don't know how high the sky is, little kid. Who do you think you are, worthy of me to trick you?"
Lu Huaiyuan swallowed, secretly surprised. He had privately tested his foot strength with other people of the same age on the mountain, but no one could catch up with him. He originally thought that the reason why Cao Qiong no longer walked with him was because he was old, his feet were weak, and he was worried about being lost in front of him. Master's face. But that trip just now was as fast as thunder. Looking at Cao Qiong again, his face was as usual and his breathing was steady. He didn't even take a breath. If he hadn't known Cao Qiong since he was a child, Lu Huaiyuan would have even suspected that the master in front of him was Shan. Changed by ghosts and ghosts.
Seeing Cao Qiong getting angry, Lu Huaiyuan rolled his eyes, ran over with a smile on his face, and said diligently: "Master, are you tired? I will give you a shoulder rub."
Cao Qiong slapped Lu Huaiyuan's hand away and said angrily: "Now do you know how to call me master? This bad old man like me can't bear it!"
Lu Huaiyuan smiled coquettishly: "What I'm saying is all nonsense. Master, you have a lot of excuses. Don't blame me."
Cao Qiong, who was cold-faced and hot-hearted, would not be angry with a child. Hearing this, his face softened a lot and he spat: "Virtue!"
Lu Huaiyuan stuck out his tongue and asked: "Master, when will my disciple be able to reach your level? I heard from people on the mountain that master can also fly with a sword. Why don't we teach this flying sword skill to our disciple today?" Bar!"
Cao Qiong sneered: "You can't even walk, so you want to run away? You're still far behind! Are you trying to take advantage of opportunities and reach the sky in one step?" Lu Huaiyuan nodded, his face full of hope. Cao Qiong added: "The most important thing in martial arts practice is to be down-to-earth and take one step at a time. If you want to learn a quick method, I won't teach you even if there is one!"
Lu Huaiyuan said angrily: "If you don't teach me, I won't teach you. One day, I will be able to teach myself!"
Cao Qiong squinted and said, "Then I'll wait and see."
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Early the next morning, Lu Huaiyuan was about to go down the mountain as usual. As soon as he opened the door, he saw his master waiting outside the door. Seeing Lu Huaiyuan, Cao Qiong handed over an iron sword and a sword manual and said: "From today on, apart from daily physical training, you can study this sword manual by yourself in your free time. If there is anything you don't understand, Place, think about it yourself first, if you really can’t think of it, then just ask me.”
It turns out that Cao Qiong seems to be harsh to Lu Huaiyuan on weekdays, but in fact he cares deeply about this disciple. Yesterday, he learned that Lu Huaiyuan wanted to learn the art of sword control. Although Cao Qiong was cold by nature, he refused on the spot, and turned around to look up his early swordsmanship experience. When I came out, I wanted to ask Lu Huaiyuan to understand on his own. The last move in this sword manual was the sword control technique. But Lu Huaiyuan was still worried about yesterday, and he did not pick up the sword and snorted coldly: "I don't want to learn!"
Cao Qiong did not expect that Lu Huaiyuan would refuse so simply, and said angrily: "Since you are my disciple, Cao Qiong, how can you not practice sword practice!"
Lu Huaiyuan was just talking angrily. Seeing that Cao Qiong was angry because of this, Lu Huaiyuan couldn't help but get angry and said tit for tat: "Why do I have to learn swordsmanship? There are eighteen kinds of weapons, but I don't learn swordsmanship!"
Cao Qiong said "good" three times, turned around and left angrily.
Perhaps he was born with precocious wisdom, but Lu Huaiyuan was far smarter than his peers. He also had a soft-spoken temperament, and Cao Qiong repeatedly targeted him, so he would not fulfill his wishes. However, what Lu Huaiyuan didn't know was how much opportunity he had ruined by his refusal. He also didn't know how precious the words Cao Qiong's direct disciple were, let alone the tens of thousands of swordsmen in the world. , How many people dreamed of learning one and a half moves from Cao Qiong, but they rejected Cao Qiong's self-enlightened sword manual, which was regarded as a treasure by swordsmen.
