Xia Qingfeng praised her so much that the little girl felt embarrassed. She turned around, picked up the small bamboo box, said hello to Xia Chengyi and went to the school.
Xia Chengyi started walking around every day. For a young man, even if he has a good sword, he still has to do what he should do every day.
Walking eight steps, each step is more difficult. The eighth step requires gathering spiritual energy in the Niwan point, and using a trace of spiritual energy to travel around the acupuncture points of the body. The energy is like a dragon's veins stretching, and the final step is taken out with great force.
The boy walked slowly in the yard. Different from the past, the boy didn't feel tired until he took seven steps today. In the past, he was exhausted after taking five steps and his whole body was dripping with sweat. But today, he didn't stop until he took seven steps. , this is also due to Lu Ran's suppression of the black dragon in Xia Chengyi's heart lake, which allowed the spiritual energy that had been squeezed for many years in the young man's Qi Palace to burst out and travel through the meridians of the young man's body. It can be said that although the young man has no serious meridians now Although he is practicing, his aura is not inferior to those monks who have entered the Qi-entraining realm.
Xia Qingfeng watched Xia Chengyi walk slowly from the side. At first, he didn't care at all. He just thought it was his master who was practicing Wuqinxi, a physical fitness technique in the mortal world. But when he saw Xia Chengyi taking the fifth step, he couldn't help but let out a cry. A voice of doubt.
"Huh?"
Xia Qingfeng noticed that although Xia Chengyi's every step looked a bit funny, every step contained a charm that fit the world. It was very similar to what Taoism calls "unity", which means that they are similar in form but not similar in spirit.
Seeing Xia Chengyi stop his movements, the kid in gold raised his arms and waved, "My master is mighty! His martial arts skills are unparalleled! He is handsome and unrestrained! I am impressed with just one move! Even with such a simple move, this master can make all the difference in the world! What if? It’s okay to start practicing formally after that!”
Xia Chengyi, who had just calmed down, heard the ghostly cry of the boy in gold and couldn't help but sigh, seeing such a living sword spirit lying on his face.
Xia Qingfeng yelled for a while before he stopped, and then asked curiously: "Master, where did you learn this trick?"
Xia Chengyi looked embarrassed and said: "I secretly learned this step from Master Han in the blacksmith shop."
Xia Qingfeng was slightly startled, "Blacksmith shop?"
Xia Chengyi nodded, "I was an apprentice there and learned it secretly from the blacksmith Master Han, but I couldn't remember Master Han's steps, so I had to rely on my vague memory to follow."
Xia Qingfeng said "Oh" and then stopped writing. He squatted aside and gestured on the ground with a dead branch, not knowing what he was writing. Xia Chengyi was naturally happy to be quiet and ignored him. Although he had such a living sword spirit at home, he gave it to his brothers and sisters. Their lives were a little more colorful, but the boy in gold was really talkative and kept nagging. This was probably because the boy in gold had been alone for thousands of years, and now he was with Xia Chengyi. Now that you have someone to talk to, you naturally have endless things to say.
Xia Chengyi entered the room, put the basket on his back, and put the "Ruyi" on his waist back on the table. "Ruyi" seemed to feel something in his heart. It flew up from the table with a whooshing sound and quickly circled around Xia Chengyi, happily Light, like a young swallow returning to its nest.
Xia Qingfeng curled her lips and muttered something about flattery.
Xia Chengyi smiled and said, "I won't take you with me this time. I can go alone."
In the end, Xia Chengyi carried the basket and put on a pair of brand new straw sandals. Before leaving, he told the boy in gold to stay at home and look after the house and not to run around. The boy in gold agreed feebly.
Xia Chengyi first went to a wine shop on Beixiang Street and spent twenty cents on a bottle of fine Huadiao wine. The shopkeeper realized that Xia Chengyi also knew about his family's current situation, so he asked him for five cents less. A pot was sold to him for fifteen cents.
After that, he went to a nearby ancestral temple and asked for two yellow paper talismans from the temple. These talismans are specially used for offering incense and wine. People in small towns often come to ask for a copy during funerals. Xia Chengyi saw all these packed up and placed in a basket, pressed down with a thick layer of reed grass.
After doing this, Xia Chengyi walked towards the mountain. The graves of Xia Chengyi's father and mother were buried on a hill. The boy was afraid that his parents would be lonely, so he moved their graves to the same place. However, the graves were actually just two tombs. After the death of the boy's mother, there was really no way to go out at home. He couldn't afford the money to buy the coffin, but all the things he could sell at the time were pawned to Old Man Ma in the pawn shop, leaving his family almost desolate. The thin boy, who was only seven years old at the time, dug out a grave more than ten feet long with his bare hands on a cold winter night. His hands were rotten by frostbite. The boy did not cry, but gently buried his mother in it. , sat in front of the grave all night.
Xia Chengyi came to a mountain path and walked on the two small tombs. Xia Chengyi put down the basket, took out a handful of new soil from the basket to add soil to the tombs, knelt down and kowtowed twice.
After finishing, the young man took out the Huadiao wine and poured it down slowly in front of the grave. He said in a trembling voice: "Father, mother, Xiaoyi and Yaoyao are living very well now. They don't have to worry about starvation. Don't worry. You two will definitely be there." Be happy."
Xia Chengyi wiped away her tears and said with a smile: "Father, mother, let me tell you, little Yaoyao is now a student in the school, and she might become the concubine of the school in the future. By then, our old Xia family will also It is considered a glorious ancestor, I believe you will be very happy to hear it!"
Xia Chengyi sat on the edge of the grave, chatting nonchalantly with the two elders, saying that he was now half a qigong practitioner, and he also had his own sword, and he might become a famous hero in the future.
By the time he got up, it was already dusk. The town in the twilight was dyed hazy, and smoke was rising from every house. Xia Chengyi ran down the mountain and ran to the school.
Xia Yao had long been waiting for her, and beside her stood Lu Ran, the teacher of the school. Lu Ran was still wearing a green shirt, but at this moment, Lu Ran's temples seemed to be grayer, and there were faint traces of hair in his long hair. Silky white hair.
Xia Chengyi saw Lu Ran and Xia Yao standing together from a distance.
After seeing Xia Chengyi, Xia Yao shouted to him: "Brother!"
The voice is clear and loud, like the voice of a swallow.
Xia Chengyi came to Xia Yao and Lu Ran. He first bowed to Lu Ran, then took Xia Yao's hand and took out a pastry handkerchief from his pocket and handed it to Xia Yao.
Xia Yao's eyes suddenly lit up, she took the pastry and ate it in small bites, her face filled with happiness.
Lu Ran waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's getting late, let's go back."
Xia Chengyi originally wanted to ask his husband about the dream, but when he saw that Lu Ran had issued an eviction order, he felt embarrassed to ask too much, so he led Xia Yao towards his home.
Lu Ran withdrew his gaze and looked up at the sky.
The next moment, Lu Ran's figure turned into a wisp of smoke and quietly dissipated in the air, while Lu Ran, who was far away in the thatched cottage, recovered from the state of sitting upright. It turned out that the Lu Ran before was a clone of his soul. Made of.
Lu Ran waved his hand, and a landscape painting flew out of his sleeve. It was the painting he had made before. He slowly spread the painting on the table, holding a brush in his hand, and the Confucian sage painted on the blank space on the paper. A young man in civilian clothes got off the bus. The young man in civilian clothes was holding a little girl in his hand, and they were walking in the slanting light.
Lu Ran looked at the painting and was lost in thought. After a long time, he came back to his senses. He picked up his pen and wrote a few simple seal characters on the painting paper: "With the sun and moon in mind, spring is always there all year round".
After finishing writing, Lu Ran elaborated in a breath, looked at the words and smiled: "With the sun and moon in my heart, spring is always present all year round. I hope you can have spring all year round in the future, and don't be disappointed in this world."
Li Qi arrived in a flash, wearing a snow-white gown fluttering in the wind. He walked into the main hall and sat down opposite Lu Ran. It was rare for him to relax. Anyway, Lu Ran would hold up even if the sky fell.
Li Qi dispersed his consciousness and lay on his side, feeling quite comfortable and not looking like a master at all.
Li Qi stretched out his limbs and said lazily: "Your town is really full of outstanding people and the people are strong and strong. Just the little devil I met today is a big kid and a bad guy. It's hard to imagine what would happen if you left the town. He won’t be slapped to death, but this guy is a pretty good cultivator.”
To be praised by Li Qi for his talent, when there were less than ten people in the world, it was clear that Han Gan was highly praised.
Li Qi suddenly seemed to have thought of something. He jumped up suddenly, slapped the table, and said angrily: "And what the hell, Laoshizi Tianxianglou, sell me a pot of wine for fifty taels of silver, thank you madman for the wine top." It only sells for one tael a day, damn it, uncle, I have never drunk such expensive wine in my life! I think we should change the name to Xinheilou!"
Lu Ran laughed it off.
Li Qi said angrily: "At that time, it seemed that a charcoal young man showed me the way. I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it. Looking at the simple face, I didn't expect that my heart was as dark as that restaurant. They specialized in killing outsiders like me."
"Have you met Xia Chengyi?" Lu Ran asked in surprise.
Li Qiyi raised his eyebrows and asked in a deep voice: "That boy's name is Xia Chengyi?"
Lu Ran suddenly fell silent, his expression was solemn and solemn, he exuded a majestic aura, and began to deduce with his fingers.
After getting the results, Lu Ran frowned slightly, seeming puzzled.
Seeing Lu Ran's serious expression, Li Qi asked curiously, "Is that young man your disciple?"
In his opinion, since Lu Ran was so interested in the young man, he must be Lu Ran's direct disciple. After all, their lineage has always had the heritage of protecting the calf.
Lu Ran shook his head and said with a smile, "I'm not qualified to be his husband."
Li Qi was a little surprised and said: "Who is that boy? You can't even be his husband?"
Lu Ran waved his hand and said with a smile: "You will know it when you see it later."
Li Qi rolled his eyes, sat back on the couch, and murmured in a low voice: "It's so mysterious, I want to see what kind of monster he is. Even you, a Confucian sage, can't be his husband."
Lu Ran smiled knowingly.
