Thousands of miles away in Phoenix Mountain, the upper floors by the lake were already filled with white snow, and the surface of the lake was also covered with thin ice.
The young lady and the master were sitting in the hall on the second floor, watching the charcoal fire and the snowflakes flying in the sky.
In the snow across the lake, there are senior sisters and brothers practicing swordsmanship in the snow, just like autumn, tirelessly.
Xu Jingyun looked at the young lady sitting quietly next to him and said softly: "Wushuang, you have been here for more than four months. Your level has improved a lot. How are you practicing your sword skills?"
The young lady looked at the master who was making the tea, blushed and said, "Back to the master, my disciple is too stupid. It took him several months of practice to get started. About five to six leaves out of ten can complete the carving."
Xu Jingyun poured tea for the young lady, added some more to her own cup, and said with a smile: "This is not bad. After all, Li Ye has a predestined relationship with Buddhism, and there are more opportunities for practice and breakthrough from Buddhism than you do." Some."
"Master, I have never practiced Buddhism, so I can't tell you about the opportunities of Buddhism. I can only try to provide you with more resources for practice in the sect."
The young lady picked up the teacup, looked at the flying snow in the sky, and said quietly: "I don't know how Li Ye is practicing with his husband on Tianshan Mountain? The mountain there is much higher than Phoenix Mountain, and it will definitely be colder than here. ."
Xu Jingyun looked at Feixue outside the hall and said thoughtfully: "Under the training of Mr., he should be faster than you. If I am not wrong, Mr. Mo should teach him how to cut snow."
The young lady asked: "What is Zhanxue, master?"
Xu Jingyun stood up, picked up the wooden sword from the table, and motioned to the young lady to follow him to the terrace. Snowflakes were falling all over the sky towards the two of them.
Holding a sword flower, he waved his hand and slashed a sword diagonally towards the sky. Before the young lady could take a closer look, the sword he had swung back had been retracted, and the blade was placed in front of the young lady.
The young lady looked down and saw eight snowflakes stuck to the thin sword. Half of the eight snowflakes had been cut off by the master. He couldn't help but froze, and he didn't even see clearly that the master had cut off eight snowflakes.
Seeing the young lady in a daze, Xu Jingyun couldn't help but sigh, brushed the snowflakes off her head and said, "Go back to the house. If Mr. Mo had swung this sword, he would have cut off at least twice as many snowflakes as me. "
"Not only you, but also our master and disciple must practice seriously, do you understand?" Holding Sister Li's hand, the two masters entered the room, and Xu Jingyun added a few pieces of charcoal to the stove.
The young lady sat by the fire and looked at the master without saying anything.
"I think you should be able to start practicing swordsmanship after spring begins." Xu Jingyun took out a handkerchief, wiped off the water stains on the sword, and placed it gently on the table.
The young lady thought about it seriously, looked at Xu Jingyun and said, "But master, there will be no snowflakes falling in spring?"
Hearing the young lady's question, Xu Jingyun smiled: "Fool, the snow is gone, but there are so many willow trees by the lake, there will be countless catkins, and those flowers all over the mountains and fields, have you finished cutting them down?
This time it was the young lady's turn to laugh and giggle. Yes, there are catkins, flying flowers and a mountain of leaves waiting for me. Who said that only winter can cut snow, I can also wave flowers in spring.
"When you can use your sword to stick to the falling catkins, you can also try to cut off the petals flying in the wind. As long as you keep practicing, I estimate that by next autumn, when the leaves start to fall, you will have An opportunity to write the words in your heart on the fallen leaves.”
"And wait until next winter, if you can kill three to four snowflakes with one sword, even though your level is lower than other senior sisters in the sect, your sword skills will not be weaker than theirs."
In a few years, when you practice to the point where you can chop off any leaf on the tree you want, and reach a state where water is leak-proof, you will be able to travel alone in the world.
All the hard work is actually just a process of accumulation, just like the willow trees by the lake that have been covered with snow all winter, but in spring, they will sprout and bloom.
Although it is boring and boring for you to practice calligraphy on leaves now, this is the accumulation of your sword practice. If you do not go through this step of practice, your future sword skills will always only be able to cultivate the form but not the spirit.
The highest level of swordsmanship is the divine sword. Wherever I think, my sword can penetrate wherever I want. It is also the meaning of no boundary and no distance in Buddhism. If you have the opportunity, you should ask Li Ye for advice. He should know a lot about the practice of this method.
The young lady thought about Li Ye's shy look when he saw her, and how he was walking down the street with a bowl of water on his head, looking as if he might fall to the ground at any time.
Thinking of his silly way of choosing Ruyi for himself in Jinbao Pavilion and carving the verses behind it, I couldn't help but smile slightly.
Yes, no matter how good he is in cultivation, he is still his junior brother after all. His mother is the master who loves him the most. When he succeeds in cultivation, she will return to Fengyun City to give him a surprise.
Thinking of this, he went to get a meditating futon, put it on the edge of the stove, and meditated by himself. He took out half a spiritual stone from the space bag and pinched it in the palm of his hand. He raised his five hearts to the sky and started his day. Practice.
Xu Jingyun saw it and said nothing, just quietly drinking her tea.
After the little sister came up the mountain, Xu Jingyun divided the twenty spiritual stones he could receive every month into five pieces for her. In addition, the little sister could also receive two pieces from the sect, which added up to seven yuan every month. And her training speed can last seven or eight days for one spiritual stone, which means she can save three yuan every month.
Although the young lady's cultivation qualifications are not as good as Li Ye's, with the blessing of the Phoenix Sect's elixirs and spiritual stones, she has broken through to the fourth level of foundation building, and is faintly trying to catch up with Li Ye's cultivation.
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And Dongfang Yu'er from Sifang City in Dongxuan Territory is the laziest guy. She and her sister were separated for almost five months before her realm broke through the foundation building. After Li Mingzhu's repeated encouragement, she only broke through one realm and reached the foundation building level. double.
Li Mingzhu hates that iron cannot become steel, and scolds her all day long.
But Xiao Yu'er looked like she had no worries about her debt, and spoke at every turn: "Mom, I don't want to fight with Sister Wushuang, so why are you practicing in such a hurry?"
After saying that, she hugged Li Mingzhu coquettishly and kissed her, which made Li Mingzhu angry and had nowhere to vent her anger.
However, something that made her happy finally came. First, after she practiced "Qingluan Condensation", her realm unexpectedly broke through two realms, from the middle stage of Yuanying to the seventh level of Yuanying, and she finally saw it. The hope of breaking through distractions.
This made her really excited for several days. Even the domain lord Dongfang Haotian was happy for her and held a banquet to celebrate her. Even the domain lord Dongfang Haotian is only at the third level of distraction, and the eldest lady is at the fifth level of Nascent Soul.
Suddenly her level surpassed that of her eldest sister, and Li Mingzhu was naturally very happy. But what made her happy was that the master Dongfang Haotian hired for Dongfang Yu'er finally arrived at the house on the fifth day after the winter solstice.
The master that the domain lord invited for Dongfang Yu'er was a Taoist nun who came from Qingcheng in the central domain, named Su Qingyue. As Dongfang Haotian said, even he couldn't see clearly the cultivation level of the master.
Therefore, Li Mingzhu was naturally happy that her daughter was not easy to control. Finding a master with good martial arts skills to discipline her would be even happier than breaking the situation herself.
In the afternoon of that day, there was still snow in the sky. A carriage came outside the Territory Lord's Mansion. The guard guarding the gate came up and asked and learned that it was the master invited by the Lord of the Mansion. He quickly opened the middle door and led Gong Qingyue through the gate.
Dongfang Haotian had a free day, and he accompanied Li Mingzhu to drink tea by the fire in the flower hall. Dongfang Yu'er also relied on her mother to act coquettishly, and the family of three was enjoying themselves happily.
Unexpectedly, the master who came to escort him had already entered the door and was heading into the flower hall. Dongfang Haotian stood up and went to greet him outside the hall. Li Mingzhu also put Dongfang Yu'er down and pulled her outside to pick up the master.
I saw the guards in the mansion followed by a man who was about five feet tall, dressed in blue and white clothes, with black hair tied with a black silk scarf, casually thrown behind him, with a three-foot scabbard on his waist, wearing Qingcheng on his feet. Wearing unique mango shoes, a hat on her head and a black silk scarf, she looks like a plain-colored beauty.
Dongfang Haotian cupped his fists from a distance and greeted Su Qingyue. Oriental Pearl came forward to bless one, and she had seen the gift. Su Qingyue naturally clasped her fists in return. Li Mingzhu took her hand and said happily: "Oh, it's finally time to wait for Master Su. I am Ming Li Zhu, the mother of your apprentice Dongfang Yu'er. From now on, you can just call me Ming Zhu."
Su Qingyue nodded gently and said, "In this case, we will cause trouble with the domain lord and his wife in the future." Then she followed Li Mingzhu pulling her into the flower hall.
Dongfang Yuer's eyes were wide open. She didn't know that her parents had found a powerful master for her. She thought it was a beautiful guest coming to the house. Following her mother, she also entered the flower hall.
Li Mingzhu invited Su Qingyue to take a seat and served her fragrant tea. After sitting firmly, she softly said: "Master Su, this is my little girl Dongfang Yu'er. She will be eight years old next year."
He turned around again, pulled Dongfang Yu'er to his side, pointed at Su Qingyue and said: "Yu'er, this is Master Su that your father hired from Qingcheng with great difficulty. You must practice with her carefully in the future." ."
At this time, Su Qingyue had taken off the bamboo hat on her head, put it on the table, and said softly: "Yes, you have established a foundation at such a young age."
Dongfang Haotian and Li Mingzhu's eyes lit up. They expected Master Su to be a beauty. When she took off her bamboo hat, they discovered that she had a delicate face with oval seeds, a pair of bright phoenix eyes (like Li Hongxiu), and towering With her beautiful nose and small cherry mouth, she looks like a beauty who is shy of her beauty.
Dongfang Yu'er was also stunned and couldn't help but said: "Hello, master sister, you are as beautiful as my aunt."
Su Qingyue was stunned when she heard this. She thought that this little guy was too cute. He actually called her master sister. It seemed that the family couldn't recognize her age.
I was also secretly happy in my heart. Women, how can I not like others to say that I am beautiful, let alone my apprentice.
When Li Mingzhu heard this, she glared at Miss Yu'er and said seriously: "Sister, master, this is your master, you know? The master is your second parent. How can you call your parents sister?"
Dongfang Haotian burst out laughing when he heard this. In his eyes, his daughter's little temper was nothing.
When Dongfang Yu'er heard her mother's instruction, she tilted her head and thought about it. How could her master call her sister? So he came forward honestly, gave Gong Qingyue a blessing, and said: "Disciple Dongfang Yu'er, I have met the master."
Su Qingyue also liked this cute little guy. She pulled her to her side and looked her up and down with a look of love on her face.
Dongfang Haotian saw this and was naturally happy. He held his fists and said to Su Qingyue: "Master Su, let's choose a day for Yu'er to officially become your master. What do you think?"
Gong Qingyue Qiong wrinkled her nose and said softly: "Practice people don't have to pay much attention to it. It's better to choose a day than to hit it. Let's do it now. Just serve tea and bow."
Li Mingzhu was overjoyed and quickly asked her servants to prepare tea again. She asked Su Qingyue to sit upright and Dongfang Yu'er served tea. She knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to complete the simple apprenticeship ceremony.
Su Qingyue helped Dongfang Yuer up from the ground, touched her head, and said with a smile: "You will be my only disciple from now on. Practitioners should not use secular etiquette in saluting from now on, just follow the etiquette of the master. ."
Dongfang Haotian and Li Mingzhu both nodded. After becoming a master, they naturally had to listen to their master.
Dongfang Yu'er tilted her little head, hugged her master and said, "Master, Qingcheng is so far away from here, why don't I see you with your luggage?"
Su Qingyue did not answer her question immediately, but with a flick of her hand, she put a silver bracelet with a phoenix carved on it on Dongfang Yuer's little hand. Then he said softly: "This is a meeting gift given to you by the master. You must take good care of it and never lose it. From now on, your luggage when you go out will be placed in this."
Dongfang Yu'er was stunned, not knowing what to say.
Dongfang Haotian understood it first and quickly followed Dongfang Yu'er: "Yu'er, thank you master for the gift. However, this gift is too expensive, I'm afraid Yu'er can't bear it."
Su Qingyue said with a smile: "If she were not my disciple, she would not be able to bear it. But since she has become my disciple, there is nothing she can't bear."
After speaking, he picked up Dongfang Yu'er, whispered in her ear, and passed on the magic formula to open this space bracelet to her, asking her to memorize it in her heart without reading it out loud.
Dongfang Yu'er couldn't help but froze after listening to what she said in the master's arms, thinking that she would no longer have to carry a package around, and anything could be put into this bracelet.
My heart was so happy that I couldn't help but hugged the master's head, kissed her face, and then said happily: "Thank you, master, Yu'er is so happy."
Su Qingyue was stunned, she didn't expect her little apprentice to do such a thing to her, her face couldn't help but turn red, she took out a silk scarf and wiped it lightly.
Dongfang Yu'er jumped off her master and took out the brocade bag given to her by Li Ye from her arms. With a flick of her hand, she threw it into the space bracelet. She couldn't help laughing, thinking that she would never be afraid of losing things again.
