Thousands of miles away in the Phoenix Sect, on the terrace of Xu Jingyun's small building, the nine-year-old girl was sitting in front of the stage, stroking the strings of the piano. The song was the song "Shui Tiao Ge Tou" sung by Li Ye.
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Turn to the Zhu Pavilion, look down at the Qihu, and the light will make you sleepless. There shouldn't be any hatred, so what's the point of saying goodbye? People have joys and sorrows, separations and reunions, and the moon waxes and wanes. This is a difficult thing in ancient times. Nung, moon and new moon.
Xu Jingyun sat on the edge holding a cup of tea, half-closing her eyes and listening to the little sister's piano.
The sound of the piano was clear and melodious, floating from the terrace across the lake to the woods on the lake.
Together with the bright moon in the sky, there is an artistic conception of endless sorrow and reverberation in the empty valley.
Xu Jingyun nodded with satisfaction, looked at the young lady and said, "Fortunately, you continue to practice like this for a few more months. When it snows, you can try to practice your sword in the snow."
The young lady stopped playing the piano and still caressed the strings with her hands, as if she had not recovered from the artistic conception of the poem.
Starting from the end of summer, Xu Jingyun asked her to stop practicing swordsmanship. She only played the piano every day, and she had to play for at least two hours.
In the words of the master, Shangguan Wushuang's state of mind has always been unstable. If it cannot be improved, it will be a big obstacle to her swordsmanship practice.
Practicing the piano is like training the mind. Only when the mind is as calm as water can the piano sound be like water.
Otherwise, it will be a pool of wrinkled water when the spring breeze blows.
Xu Jingyun looked at the silent young lady and said softly: "Only by making the sound of the piano sound like water can you draw the sword like water. Make it watertight and not give your opponent any opportunity to take advantage of it."
"If you can't do it, don't practice swordsmanship. The swordsmanship you practice like that is a mess. Not to mention cutting off five snowflakes with one sword, you won't be able to cut off even one."
The young lady nodded after hearing this. It has been a full year since she left the General's Mansion. In this year, she has changed from the wild girl back then to the calm little girl she is today.
Xu Jingyun put in a lot of effort, mostly because after she left Li Ye, the faint sadness had always been with her.
Although the two senior brothers Qingfeng Mingyue came to play with her from time to time, and the senior sisters from the same school took her to pick fruits and dig herbs in the mountains, the trace of sadness never disappeared.
Seeing the master looking a little annoyed, the young lady took off her little hand that was on the strings.
He came over and hugged Xu Jingyun and said: "Master, just let me be lazy sometimes. I have been practicing at the sixth level of foundation building for a long time. Sister Yu'er is probably not as fast as me, let alone that guy on Tianshan Mountain."
Xu Jingyun picked up a piece of Qiuli cake from the table and stuffed it into the little sister's mouth.
He smiled and said, "I know you are willing to endure hardships and practice at a good speed. But don't forget that Li Ye has a good master. Tianshan is very mysterious and he is willing to endure hardships. It is only a matter of time before his level improves."
The young lady hugged Xu Jingyun and leaned on her, leaning on her chest and said, "I can write on leaves now. Senior sisters, the flying swords made from leaves cannot hurt me. Maybe it will be done when it snows." You can chop off a few snowflakes.”
Xu Jing went to gently scratch the little sister's nose and said with a smile: "You are just daydreaming. How can you be able to cut snow without practicing hard?"
On the Phoenix Mountain in the Mid-Autumn Festival, the night wind was getting colder, and the slightly cold mountain breeze blew across the lake and touched the bodies of the master and the disciple.
Xu Jingyun hugged some young ladies tightly and whispered in her ear: "I didn't expect that the little girl who only gathered Qi last year and the lowest disciple in the Phoenix Sect could break through to the sixth level of foundation building."
The young lady hugged the master and missed her parents far away.
But I also thought that in just one year, I had achieved such a breakthrough in my practice, and I was secretly happy.
"Master, the senior sisters asked me if I had taken the magic pill, otherwise I could practice so fast. They made me laugh to death." The young lady said with some pride.
"This level of cultivation is still far from enough. This time next year, you must strive to break through to the Golden Core Realm. Only when you reach the Golden Core Realm is the beginning of a great practitioner." Xu Jingyun looked at the understanding in the sky and quietly said Take a sip of tea.
The young lady nodded, raised her head and looked at the master and said, "Master, can I go home to see my parents if I break through to the golden elixir realm?"
Xu Jingyun, who was looking up at the moon, listened to the young lady's question, lowered her head to look at her gently, and said with a smile: "As long as you break through the Jindan realm, I will go to Fengyun City with you to spend the winter next year. The winter on this mountain is too cold. ”
"Well, it's still fun in the city. There's plenty to eat, and you can also go to Sister Hongxiu's house to play. You can also see the master from my academy..."
You can also go and play with Li Ye, but the young lady is embarrassed to say it.
Xu Jingyun nodded, put the young lady down, stood up, and walked into the house. "Go to bed early, you have to practice again tomorrow."
The young lady followed the master, turned her head and glanced at the bright moon in the sky. She wanted to say something, but she swallowed it and followed her back to her room.
This night, the young lady felt a little disappointed.
I don't know if it was because of the Mid-Autumn Festival without her parents, or because she missed Li Ye who was practicing on Tianshan Mountain.
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In the early morning on Phoenix Mountain, the mountain breeze brought a strong coolness through the two open wooden windows.
The young lady slowly opened her eyes and woke up from the state of not being fully awake. She was still a little tired and lay in bed without wanting to get up.
I didn't sleep well last night, and there were a few dark circles under my eyes.
Holding the quilt, I sat on the bed in a daze, thinking whether I should sleep for a while or get up to wash up and practice the piano.
The door to the room creaked and the master pushed it open.
Xu Jingyun walked in and stood by the window, looking at the gloomy sky outside.
He said softly: "Get up, your senior brother Mingyue just came here to send a message. An old friend of mine came from Qingcheng in the Central Region and will come to my place soon."
When the young lady heard this, she quickly opened the quilt, walked over, took the white skirt and put it on, carefully put on her shoes, and then quietly took the wooden basin downstairs to fetch water for washing.
Xu Jing walked out of the room, came to the table on the terrace, added charcoal to light the fire, set up the kettle and started boiling water, with four teacups and one purple sand cup on one side.
After washing up, the young lady picked up a bowl of porridge at the table in the hall. She was a little curious. She had never heard that her master had an old friend from Zhongyu who was still in Qingcheng.
Seeing the young lady's curiosity about the baby, Xu Jingyun said softly: "She is my senior sister. I haven't seen her for a long time. When she comes here, you just need to be polite to her and don't say much else."
The young lady was stunned for a moment and continued to drink porridge from the bowl. Those who come with bad intentions seem to have to be careful at all times.
Xu Jingyun stood in front of the tea table and looked at the mist coming out of the pot. She stretched out her hand to pick it up, filled the arranged pots and cups with boiling hot water, added some water and continued to boil.
After finishing the porridge, the young lady gathered up the dishes on the table and took them to the kitchen downstairs to clean them.
Senior Brother Qingfeng's voice came from the corridor, and then there were two footsteps, heading straight to the second floor.
While washing the dishes and thinking about whether to go up at this time, the young lady was deep in thought.
Looking at the lake from a distance, watching the geese playing in the lake in the distance, and watching the senior sisters sparring under the tree, I felt that I should also practice sword practice.
She didn't know what kind of relationship the visitor upstairs had with her master, and she wasn't interested in anything outside of her own practice. She just wanted time to pass quickly, her realm to improve faster, and return to the wind and cloud in the middle. city.
She was in Phoenix Mountain, smelling the wisp of moisture coming from the mountain wind, and the slight smell of decay after the leaves had withered and turned yellow. She felt that the small town was trembling slightly, and she couldn't help but want to pick up the long sword and follow. Go and chop some wood.
But now she and her master had to deal with the uninvited guests upstairs.
The greetings from the terrace upstairs reached downstairs. The young lady thought for a while and went back later. She wiped her hands and walked out quietly, walked to the eaves, moved a stool and sat down quietly.
Looking quietly at the lake, he raised his arm and made a gesture to hold the sword, and then waved it out gently, as if he was shaking down the fallen leaves flying in the sky.
In winter, when practicing swordsmanship in Xunli, can you go one step further?
Even if it means cutting off a snowflake.
The young lady thought to herself.
After a while, there was a sound of footsteps in the corridor. The young lady turned her head and saw that Senior Brother Qingfeng had already walked to her side.
Looking at the young lady sitting quietly under the eaves, Qingfeng smiled and came up to greet her: "Junior sister, why are you sitting here alone? Elder Xu said that if you have washed the dishes, go up to meet the guests."
Seeing that she couldn't hide, the young lady just stood up, leaned forward and bowed to the senior brother, saying: "Senior Brother Qingfeng is here for a rare visit, why don't you have some tea upstairs before leaving?"
Qingfeng returned the gift to the young lady and said: "How am I qualified to ask for tea from Elder Xu? If you want to drink tea, you can come to me. My brother and I will drink with you."
The young lady bowed to him and said with a smile, "Okay!"
"Well, I'll dodge first." Qingfeng pointed upstairs.
After saying that, he walked towards the door in a hurry, fearing that if he stayed for a moment longer, the elders upstairs would come down and lecture him.
Watching Qingfeng walk away, the young lady moved the stool into the house and put it away. With her little hands behind her back, she walked gently towards the terrace upstairs.
One step, two steps, gently...
Amidst the laughter on the terrace, the young lady slowly walked to Xu Jingyun's side.
Looking at the woman sitting opposite her who is as beautiful as her master, wearing a red skirt as beautiful as Li Hongxiu, the skirt is still embroidered with a phoenix, her long hair is draped casually on her shoulders, using only a white Tie with silk scarf.
Next to her sits a little girl of similar age to herself, wearing a goose-yellow skirt with two small peacocks embroidered on the hem. She has two braids like her, and has a pair of big, watery eyes. Looking at himself.
Xu Jingyun asked the young lady to sit down next to him, pointed at the woman opposite and said, "This is your Uncle Tang, and this is her disciple Xia Wutong. Please pay respect to the uncle."
The young lady stood up, bowed slightly, gave a blessing to the beauty in the red dress opposite, and said: "Junior Shangguan Wushuang, I have met my uncle."
The beauty in red dress opposite looked at the young lady in white dress and said with a smile: "No need to be polite, Wutong is one year older than you, you can call her senior sister."
The young lady nodded along with the young girl opposite and called, "Hello, Senior Sister."
Xia Wutong looked at the young lady who was about the same age as him, not as shy as when they first met, and stood up and walked to the young lady's side.
Holding her hand: "I didn't expect that my uncle would take in such a beautiful little junior sister. This time I will have someone to play with. This whole journey here has bored me to death."
The young lady blushed a little, pulled a stool over and asked the senior sister to sit next to her.
"So, along the way, you thought your master was ugly, which made you bored?" the beauty in the red dress opposite said angrily.
Xu Jingyun picked up the pot and poured tea into four cups. She quietly handed the cup of tea to the woman and said softly: "Sister, why should you be angry with your disciple? Please drink tea."
The young lady thought to herself: How come the master who is usually so talkative has become so concise.
Xia Wutong looked at his master and said coquettishly: "It's just boring. Master, you don't tell jokes, you are always on the road."
The beauty in the red dress picked up the tea cup in front of her, blew on it gently, and took a sip. "The tea from Fenghuang Mountain is still better, sweeter than the tea from Qingcheng."
Xu Jingyun looked at her quietly, smiled, and said nothing.
