Long Hongchen was very curious. He heard from Xiao Longer that the lake in Damengze would freeze in winter. He wondered if the Emerald Lake in front of him would freeze?
"Brother, will the lake here freeze in winter?"
"Probably not, I haven't seen it anyway."
"I went to the lake to catch fish and bake them for my brother to eat...Long Hongchen hasn't caught any fish yet..."
"Don't worry, you go to the back and chop two bamboos. I'll teach you how to fish. You'll watch carefully for a while, and then you can do it by yourself. There will be fish to eat wherever you go."
Li Xiuyuan hasn't fished for an unknown number of years since he left Tianshan.
It was rare for him to have free time in front of him, so he wanted to test Long Hongchen's state of mind and his own patience.
"Oh! So that's it." Long Hongchen touched the back of his head and smiled sheepishly.
"This fishing is to test your patience. You are still young and can't bear your temper... When you grow up to be the age of Sister Xiaoqing, you will slowly understand the principle of tempering your mood."
"Otherwise, as soon as you jump into the lake, the fish will escape before you get close to them. Where are you going to catch them?"
Li Xiuyuan looked at the calm lake water and said quietly.
Long Hongchen nodded, turned around and ran out to chop bamboo, saying from a distance: "Brother, wait for me."
While talking, Li Xiuyuan came to the lake and found a clean place. He lit a small fire, roasted a small piece of monster meat, and tore the oily meat into pieces. This is the best bait... ...
Not long after, Long Hongchen followed back... Li Xiuyuan repaired it and threw one of the finished fishing poles to Long Hongchen.
"This fish is greedy and likes to eat food with important taste. I made more today. If you can't use it all, you can continue to use it tomorrow."
Li Xiuyuan placed the bait on the ground, looked at Long Hongchen and said.
"Brother, I want to try it too." Long Hongchen chuckled as he hung the bait on the hook.
"Don't worry! These guys are very slippery. The more anxious you are, the less likely they are to bite the hook." Li Xiuyuan replied as he threw the fishing line into the lake far away.
"I know." Long Hongchen imitated his behavior.
"I haven't eaten fish for a long time. If I can catch it today, I want to have a drink." Li Xiuyuan said with a smile.
Long Hongchen looked up at Li Xiuyuan and asked, "Brother, didn't you say you shouldn't talk when fishing? If you make loud noises, it will scare them away..."
Li Xiuyuan was stunned, glared at him and said, "Long Hongchen, are you feeling itchy? Have you practiced sword practice today?!"
Long Hongchen was stunned, then he quickly smiled and said, "I'll go fishing with my brother first, and then I'll practice my sword later."
Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "I see that your skin is so thick that you can't even scratch those monsters. Do you want to practice more today?"
"No, no, no! Brother, haven't you seen me lying injured for many days?" Long Hongchen frowned upon hearing this.
"Shut your mouth and scare the fish away."
"Brother...didn't you say they are deaf?"
"They were deaf just now, but now they can hear again. I asked you to shut up, do you hear me?"
Long Hongchen was startled and said: "I..."
"Watch your hook carefully. Don't wait until the fish is hooked. Just fish with peace of mind."
Li Xiuyuan was chattering, just like Xiao Qing.
Long Hongchen: "Okay."
"Hey... the fish is hooked! Quick, bring the net..." Li Xiuyuan called out excitedly.
After two hours of hard work, the two caught more than twenty fish, enough for them to have a big meal.
Back in the bamboo shed, Li Xiuyuan looked at Long Hongchen while lighting the fire and said, "We will bake half of it today and use the remaining half for soup. It will be good for your wound healing."
Along the way, Long Hongchen, who had the body of a divine dragon, also suffered many wounds. This was also the reason why Li Xiuyuan deliberately trained Long Hongchen.
Only by fighting the monsters on the Shura battlefield can one be able to face the ups and downs of the world, at least in Li Xiuyuan's view, this is the case.
"Long Hongchen hasn't eaten fish yet, I'm going to have a big meal today!" Long Hongchen came over to help light the fire.
(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page)
"No problem, I'll give you a drink later!" Li Xiuyuan chuckled and said, "Go and practice your sword first, and then come over to eat after it's baked."
When Long Hongchen heard this, he immediately walked out with a grimace on his face. He took out his sword and shouted, "As promised, we'll just practice for a while. I'm hungry."
The fish in Emerald Lake were very fat, and they were dripping with oil when roasted by Li Xiuyuan.
After eating a few fish, and Li Xiuyuan cooking a pot of mushroom soup, both of them filled their bellies.
"Long Hongchen, you are so delicious." Li Xiuyuan said with a smile while holding a half glass of wine.
"Brother, eldest sister said that Long Hongchen is growing and needs to eat more." Long Hongchen said with a smile.
"It seems that we will catch more to dry tomorrow, and I will give it to your sisters to try when we return to Longmen Pass." Li Xiuyuan missed his sister after not seeing Xiao Longer for a long time.
Long Hongchen put down his wine glass, touched his round belly and shouted: "Brother, make a pot of tea. Long Hongchen can't walk anymore and can't eat anymore."
Li Xiuyuan shook his head, thinking that after not eating fish for a long time, he was as greedy as Long Hongchen.
He reached out and removed the wine glasses, bowls and chopsticks on the table and replaced them with a small stove.
Making a pot of tea when he's full is something he likes to do.
...
The summer sky dawned early, and Li Xiuyuan called Long Hongchen to get up early to practice his sword. While cooking porridge, he thought about the scripture in the sea of gods.
He had nothing to do except practice swordsmanship, so he had to copy the scroll and wait for it to return to Silver Moon Kingdom and give it to Monk Yuan Zhen in Thousand Buddha Temple.
Standing far away by the lake, Long Hongchen held a long sword and began to practice sword skills.
Li Xiuyuan said that his speed was not fast enough and his sword was not severe enough. He believed that as long as he practiced these two things further, he wouldn't have to be so afraid when encountering monsters again.
His brother taught him the snow-cutting sword technique, and he is now much more proficient in it.
He had to practice for one to two hours every day along the way. Those simple movements were deeply imprinted in his mind, and he would use a sword technique casually from time to time.
He no longer pays attention to Long Hongchen's training, he wants to start his own training. After all, for Long Hongchen, he can only lead him to the threshold of training, and the future path depends entirely on his master.
He is a good apprentice, but not a good teacher, because he does not know how to teach others, just like his husband did not teach him much at the beginning.
When getting started, he first learned tea ceremony, then practiced piano, and then began to gather energy to practice swordsmanship. In Li Xiuyuan's opinion, it was a very long practice.
As for Long Hongchen, he asked Xiao Long'er and the three girls to teach him how to practice swords as soon as he got up. They didn't teach him anything about tea ceremony or piano technique, and they didn't even mention it.
It was wrong to think about it at this time. I couldn't control him drinking tea for the rest of my life. It seems that we have to take some time to let this guy learn to make tea first, just like he did back then.
After pouring a lot of ink, I rummaged through it and finally found a few blank scripture scrolls that had turned yellow. It seemed that they were not from the Shura Heaven Realm, but they were probably brought from the Five Realms.
When I pick up the pen and drop it...the mind should not dwell on color, the mind should not dwell on sounds, fragrances, and touching the law, and the mind should not dwell on anything...
Every time he writes, he also moves his thoughts. At this time, Li Xiuyuan's handwriting is neither the small regular script of the Five Realms, nor the thin gold style he learned from the old Taoist priests of the Shura Tianyu.
It is a new font that is a fusion of two fonts. Yu Ruoshui has a touch of the power of fire, but it is not like the first time he and Song Tianyu polished ink.
Because the flame sword was so powerful, it actually burned the new words he had just written.
After copying for an hour, the sun was shining brightly in the blink of an eye, and it was almost noon.
I put a pen and inkstone on the table and cooked a pot of porridge. I shouted twice but there was no reply from Long Hongchen.
I searched twice in front and back of the shed and called out a few more times, but there was no sign of Long Hongchen.
"Where can this guy go?" Li Xiuyuan was speechless, thinking to himself, you dare to go anywhere.
He sighed inwardly and walked along the path by the lake to the lake where he and Long Hongchen went fishing yesterday.
With a "crash", a figure emerged from the river and slashed out a sword against the sparkling lake water.
The lake parted in an instant, and a wave splashed onto the shore, soaking Li Xiuyuan's shoes.
"Long Hongchen, I asked you to practice swordsmanship, but you actually followed me to catch fish in the lake. Do you want to eat it?
(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page)
meal? "
Looking at Long Hongchen emerging from the water, Li Xiuyuan asked with a smile.
"Brother, what are you doing here if you have nothing to do?" Long Hongchen was stunned, and quickly got out of the water, holding a long sword in his hand.
Li Xiuyuan looked at his embarrassed appearance and asked, "You can't practice your sword well on the shore. Is it possible that you can continue practicing in the water?"
Long Hongchen shook his head and said with a grimace: "Brother, I want to practice swordsmanship in this lake... How about you come and try it too?"
"You weren't even born when I tried it back then!" Li Xiuyuan turned around and walked back: "You'd better practice your sword skills on the shore first, and you'll have the opportunity to practice in the water in the future!"
Long Hongchen was stunned, looked at him and said, "Brother, have you ever practiced swordsmanship in the water? Is it fun?"
"I...I am equivalent to practicing swordsmanship in the icy lake of Damengze." Li Xiuyuan walked to the bamboo shed and said lightly: "This winter, I have to find a frozen lake for you to Try..."
"Brother, do you think Long Hongchen is getting more and more powerful and want to murder me again?" Long Hongchen clapped his hands, put the long sword outside the bamboo shed, and shouted while getting dressed.
...
In summer in Emerald Lake, there is nothing but wind and rain, and within a few days there will be a heavy rain.
Long Hongchen, who was sitting in the bamboo shed, looked at Li Xiuyuan and asked, "Brother, when will I start using that heavy sword?"
Li Xiuyuan thought for a while and replied: "Don't worry, wait until we leave the Shura battlefield...Now that I'm using it for you, can you guard him? Aren't you afraid that others will snatch him?"
"Brother, are you afraid that the mountain monsters will steal Long Hongchen's Sword Twenty-One? No, Long Hongchen will kill them." Long Hongchen said with a chuckle.
"What I'm afraid of is not the monsters, but the monks on the Shura battlefield. You can't handle any of them." Li Xiuyuan sighed and said quietly.
Long Hongchen was dumbfounded when he heard this. He was really not afraid of monsters, but if he had to fight Xiao Qing, he would be seeking death for nothing.
And Li Xiuyuan told him that many monks on the Shura battlefield had almost the same level of cultivation as Sister Xiaoqing.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but yelled: "Long Hongchen can wait until he meets a few sisters before talking about it. With the sisters here, he won't be afraid of being noticed by the bad guys."
Li Xiuyuan looked at his dazed look and said quietly: "You have to learn to solve things by yourself in the future. You can't rely on a few sisters to help you. What if the second sister and the third sister are not here one day?"
"Isn't it still the fourth sister, Xiao Long'er? She will also protect me." Long Hongchen was a little angry. He did not expect that his brother would actually say that someone was trying to take advantage of his sword twenty-one.
This is the sword that my brother spent a lot of effort forging for himself, and he will never allow anyone to have any ideas about it.
Seeing Long Hongchen's angry look, Li Xiuyuan sighed softly and said: "Forget it, I won't tell you this in advance. Let's fill our stomachs and rest for a while. Then we will continue practicing swordsmanship in the afternoon."
...
My brother was angry in the bamboo shed, and Long Hongchen was having fun in the emerald lake. He didn't care whether it was windy or rainy.
Right now, he wanted to seize the hint of inspiration in his mind and feel more water-like sword intent from the waves of the lake.
Although he still doesn't understand what sword intention is, his brother said that his sword belongs to water and wants him to understand Ruoshui sword intention.
The sword intentions of monks in the world are mostly strong and swift.
He heard his brother say that if it is too strong, it will break easily. To practice swordsmanship later, you need the combination of yin and yang, softness with strength.
And the glimmer of sword intention that Li Xiuyuan wanted him to realize from the lake water happened to be the principle that the best is as good as water.
He hasn't realized the strong and yang sword intention yet, but he has a hint of the soft and benevolent sword intention.
Long Hongchen, who was immersed in the river, gained some strength in cutting horizontally, vertically, and pulling diagonally in the water.
There will no longer be the same feeling as when you first entered the water, unable to use your strength and unable to draw the sword.
After practicing for two hours, until I was exhausted, I used my hands and feet to climb to the shore.
Putting on my clothes, I sat by the lake and looked at the sparkling water, thinking that if my brother hadn't brought me to the Emerald Lake, if I hadn't accidentally jumped into the lake to practice...
Now he is looking forward to the day when his brother gives him Sword Twenty-One.
(End of chapter)
