"Xiu Yuan, master, I have been waiting for the last lot in this lot tube for almost a month, and no one has come up to the mountain to ask for the lot. Otherwise, I will draw this lot for you, right?"
The old Taoist priest who was lying outside the Taoist temple basking in the sun looked at the little boy who was sweeping the floor with a broom and said thoughtfully.
The boy who was sweeping a bunch of leaves into a bamboo basket to burn them looked up at the old Taoist priest and said with a smile: "I don't dare to ask for Xiu Yuan. Anyone who comes down the mountain to ask for a fortune will give the master ten gold coins. I Where is it?"
The old Taoist priest, who was wearing countless patches, opened his eyes and looked at him and cursed: "Son, do you think the master is greedy for money? Look at the master's outfit. He hasn't changed his outfit in several years."
As the little boy collected the leaves on the ground, he said with disdain: "Master wears Taoist robes like this so that people who come up the mountain can donate more money for incense, right?"
The Taoist temple is very small and located at the junction of several villages. It is a geomantic treasure.
The old Taoist priest looks like he has a gray beard. No one knows how many years he has lived. They only know that he has a precious lottery box, and the lottery tickets inside are very effective.
Moreover, the old Taoist priest only drew one lot every month, so people waiting to draw the lot often waited for a year and a half before they could draw one.
The old Taoist priest told the little boy that the tube only had 108 sticks. He had been using it for almost nine years and now it was the last stick.
"Master, you can earn one hundred and twenty gold coins this year just by clearing the contract. Why are you wearing these dirty clothes? Don't you think it looks ugly?"
The little boy lit the leaves piled outside the Taoist temple, turned to look at the old Taoist priest and asked seriously.
"Isn't Master just here to support you? If Master alone means that one person is full and the whole family is not hungry, do I need to work so hard?"
The old Taoist priest glared at the little boy, and the white beard on his mouth trembled.
The little boy looked at him and grinned: "I know the master is doing it for my own good, but you can't be too hard on yourself. I ordered a Taoist robe for you when I went down the mountain a few days ago. Master, you can take a bath and change it later." Try it on.
The old Taoist priest trembled, looked at him and cursed: "You prodigal, this Taoist robe is so expensive. With this money, you might as well buy two roast chickens and make two jars of wine to honor the master."
After thinking about it for a while, it felt wrong, and the old Taoist priest continued to ask: "Speaking of Xiuyuan, where did you get this money? I remember that I only gave you ten copper coins in January..."
The old Taoist priest's name was Li Changsheng, and the villagers at the foot of the mountain called him Taoist Changsheng. This low mountain was called Luoxia Mountain.
I don’t know which year the old Taoist priest came to this mountain and built a Taoist temple named Yunqi.
He picked up the little boy Li Xiuyuan from the back mountain. According to the old Taoist priest, he was less than five years old when he picked him up. He was covered in scars and his muscles and bones were broken. The old Taoist priest almost thought that the little boy would not survive... .
Later, the old Taoist priest went around to collect medicines to nurse him back to health. It took him half a year to restore his body to a rosy color.
The old Taoist priest had no children, so he named the boy who did not know his life experience and gave him his own surname. Name: Xiu Yuan.
"I'm talking about Xiu Yuan, do you know that you almost died on Death Mountain and were dragged and eaten by those wild dogs? It took me countless efforts to save you..."
Li Xiuyuan has been listening to this sentence for four full years, and his ears have already become calluses.
"Okay, master, you can't move anymore. I'm here to take care of you... The money for the robe is for me to dig a few herbs in the back mountain and sell them down the mountain for the money. I didn't take them under your bed." Don’t worry about the hidden gold coins.”
Seeing the old Taoist priest's distressed look, Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but laugh, feeling the pleasure of playing tricks on others.
The old Taoist priest glared at him and cursed bitterly: "If you dug up any treasures and didn't show them to the master, maybe the people down the mountain have tricked you?"
Unexpectedly, Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said with a smile: "It's impossible, I just dug up a few Huang Jing that were about ten years old."
Speaking of his knowledge of medicinal herbs, Li Xiuyuan was born with it. Even the old Taoist priests couldn't recognize the medicinal herbs at a glance. Occasionally, if he didn't recognize the medicinal herbs, he could take a bite and taste them, and he could tell the truth. Come.
This made the old Taoist priest feel like he had found a treasure. When the master and the disciple had nothing to do, they often went into the mountains to collect herbs. After drying them, the old Taoist priest took them down the mountain and sold them in exchange for daily necessities.
After several years, the master and the apprentice did not even spend a single gold coin earned by the old Taoist priest from reading lots, which made the old Taoist priest often sigh.
The only regret was Li Xiuyuan's tendons and veins. The old Taoist priest came up with helpless methods and gave him elixirs and boiled potions to temper his body, but there was no effect at all.
Seeing that Li Xiuyuan was about to turn nine years old, the old Taoist priest was extremely anxious because his muscles and veins were blocked and he had not yet gathered his Qi.
"I'm talking about Xiu Yuan. I have asked you to refine your physical body to the point where you can defeat wolves in the mountains after death. However, you must find a way to solve the problem of your muscles and veins. Otherwise, when the master ascends one day, who in this world will Come to teach you how to practice?"
"Master, don't worry. I have memorized the formulas you taught me by heart. When my muscles and veins are repaired someday, maybe I can build a foundation in one day?"
Li Xiuyuan looked like the emperor was not in a hurry to kill the eunuch.
The old Taoist priest shook his head and murmured: "I didn't say that you can live forever just by cultivating the physical body. You still have to practice the mental methods taught by your master until one day you can repair your muscles and veins. Just practice well."
After watching the pile of leaves burn, Li Yeyuan sprinkled some soil on it, then walked back to the old Taoist priest with confidence, looked at him and said, "Don't worry, master, I'm not in a hurry."
"In that case, then practice your self-enlightened boxing technique twice. Practice makes perfect. If you practice more, you might one day be able to use this boxing technique to unblock your muscles and meridians."
The old Taoist priest looked at him and said calmly. After that, he picked up the cattail leaf fan that fell on the ground and covered his eyes.
In this spring season, sunbathing in the yard is his greatest enjoyment.
Li Xiuyuan ordered people to put them down, put down the broom in his hand, rolled up his sleeves, and set up a posture in the yard.
The ground in the yard was paved with blue stone bricks, and several peach and apricot trees were planted around it. It was spring, and the faint fragrance of the blooming flowers came to him.
Li Xiuyuan walked to the courtyard, took a horse stance, and started practicing the boxing technique in his mind.
The old Taoist priest shook his cattail leaf fan and said:
"Newbies learn a lot of boxing techniques, and use them in a single line. The hands are as soft as cotton, and the master's body is as hard as iron. The movements of boxing are as light as flying, as heavy as thunder, the shape is like a falcon catching a rabbit, and the spirit is like a cat catching mice. "
"Qi can be cultivated by being straight and harmless, energy can be stored by bending and there is more than enough. Make your fist like a burrito, move your palm like a cork, lie down with your boots on the left and right, train your legs and stretch your waist!"
Li Xiuyuan aimed at the opponent's center with his side body, and his front hand was like a bow, adapting to changes. Use Cun Jin to defend or attack, and follow with the back hand, either up or down, to guard the middle and protect the ribs.
Kung fu on the legs cannot be ignored. The Fuhu Luohan Fist is combined with a variety of steps. It has great concealment and a stable center of gravity. It can catch the enemy by surprise and defeat the enemy with one move.
"This boxing technique is easy to learn but difficult to master. There are people practicing it under the mountain, but it is difficult for them to achieve perfection. Under the conditioning of my master, your body is already as strong as fine steel. I hope you can cultivate this boxing technique to perfection, even surpass those who came before.”
He Taoist opened his eyes and glanced at the little apprentice who was riding a horse, and thought to himself: Maybe he can really master it.
Li Xiuyuan's meridians were severed when he was picked up. If the old Taoist priest hadn't kept using medicinal baths to help him temper his body, he might still be unable to walk.
"You first practice by yourself and make some tea for me. You can come over and drink it later." After saying that, the old Taoist got up, patted his butt and left.
Li Xiuyuan nodded and returned to the master.
All his thoughts were immersed in boxing.
Take a quiet breath, lie on your back on the ground, bend your forearms so that your fists face upward.
Press the soles of your feet against the ground, keep your legs straight, and then use your elbows to press against the ground, lifting your whole body. Except for the elbows and soles that touch the ground, the rest are in the air, and then fall flat and take a rest.
After a while, a whirlwind blew up in the yard, following Li Xiuyuan's fist, like an autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.
Even without gathering Qi, he could still perform the Yici Wuming Fist Technique to great effect.
After practicing for half an hour, after sweating profusely, I felt that all the muscles and bones in my body felt smooth. Then I stopped my fists and feet, took out a handkerchief to wipe off the sweat on my head, and walked into the main hall.
Leaning against an old tea table, Li Xiuyuan picked up the tea brewed by the old Taoist priest, took a sip and said, "Spring is here. I have to pick some spring buds and fry them. These are last year's autumn tea." ."
After speaking, he frowned slightly.
The old Taoist priest looked at him and smiled and said: "I didn't expect that you are not big, but you are very good at picking tea. Anyway, I also like the taste of spring. If not, let's go tomorrow."
When Li Xiuyuan heard this, he immediately laughed: "If you don't write it down, you can shoot two pheasants and roast them. I haven't tasted that taste in a long time."
The old Taoist priest pointed at the wooden bow under the altar table and said with a smile: "This bow is finally a little weaker. After you gather your energy, the master will find you a stronger one."
Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, as long as you have a bow and arrow, it will be enough to deal with the pheasants and rabbits in the back mountains."
The old Taoist priest sighed and murmured: "I don't have anything good. There is an iron sword under my bed. I picked it up when I went out. I think it is too heavy and useless. After you gather your energy, turn it over. Come out and try.”
The old Taoist priest uses a peach wood sword every day. In his words, the peach wood sword can remove evil spirits.
Li Xiuyuan had never seen the old Taoist priest take action, and he didn't know the state of his cultivation. He just kept hearing the old Taoist priest sigh in the past two years, saying that he was about to ascend.
After drinking two cups of tea, the old Taoist priest began to chatter again: "I said Xiuyuan, you have to work harder, otherwise one day you will ascend as a master and leave here, and you will not be able to gather your energy alone, how will you face it? What about this dangerous person in this world?"
Li Xiuyuan looked at the wooden bow under the altar table and said with a smile: "Am I still using this bow and arrow? If I can't wait until I become more powerful, I can use the iron sword under the master's bed. I'm thick-skinned and strong-boned, so I'm not afraid."
The old Taoist priest shook his head, sighed and said: "All you see are villagers near the foot of the mountain. When you meet real practitioners, those in the Golden Core Realm, Nascent Soul Realm or even more powerful characters, what will you do? ?”
"If you can't beat me, just run away! Is it possible that you can't wait to be beaten?"
Li Xiuyuan looked at the old Taoist priest with a sad face and laughed.
Reaching out to pour tea for the two of them, Li Yeyuan frowned, looked at him and said, "Master, it seems that the vat of medicinal wine we brewed last year is almost ready for drinking. Do you want to try it?"
The old Taoist priest was startled, but after hearing what his disciple said, he actually seduced his drunkard.
"How long has it been since we brewed the wine?" the old Taoist priest asked.
Li Xiuyuan counted on his fingers, looked at him for a while and smiled: "It seems like more than one year, spring, summer, autumn and winter, and by the way, there is one more spring..."
The old Taoist priest trembled and shouted loudly: "It's been so long in the blink of an eye. Why don't you hurry up and take out a jar to taste it? Do you want to wait for the master to leave and eat alone?"
Li Xiuyuan looked at him and laughed: "That's impossible, you are my master."
