With a "bang" sound, the cell door quickly closed, and the guards' footsteps became farther and farther away. Ye Ying stood in the cell, surrounded by darkness and couldn't see anything. It was so quiet that he could even hear his own heartbeat.
After a long time, Ye Ying got used to the light in the prison and barely saw a pile of hay in the corner of the cell, so he slowly walked over and sat down on the hay.
Contrary to the imagination of the officers, Ye Ying, who entered the prison for the first time, neither yelled nor cried bitterly. He just sat calmly in the corner of the cell, completely unlike a child under the age of fourteen.
If he had been in such an environment two years ago, he would have been scared to death just like his peers. However, the changes in the past two years have made Ye Ying very confident and can deal with difficulties very calmly.
The appearance of three masters two years ago made young Ye Ying realize that there are so many magical things in the world.
Leaning against the wall of the cell, Ye Ying recalled the first meeting with the three masters, with a faint smile on his lips.
One evening two years ago, Ye Ying caught two large crucian carp in the pond at the foot of the mountain behind the village, roasted them on the dry firewood beside the pond, and was eating happily with his arms bare, when, at some point, he suddenly appeared next to him. Three strange people.
These three weirdos are all disabled. One has a broken arm and one is missing a foot. Two of the men look like they are forty or fifty years old, with scars on their faces. They all look scary. The only one is beautiful. A woman, but unfortunately she is blind.
However, unlike other disabled people, their physical disabilities do not seem to be affected at all. The state of his movements is even more agile than that of a healthy person, and his movements, expressions, and eyes are unpredictable, making people feel a lot of pressure.
What frightened Ye Ying even more was that these three people were staring at him excitedly like jackals seeing their prey, with excited expressions on their faces and unwilling to even blink.
Ye Ying subconsciously handed the grilled fish to the three of them, but they were not interested in the grilled fish in their hands at all, and still looked at him with bright eyes.
This scene made Ye Ying feel inexplicable fear. He quickly dropped the fish and ran towards the village. Unexpectedly, he hit a person hard just after he ran not far away.
Ye Ying looked up and saw that the person he hit was the burly lame man among the three. This man was clearly far behind Ye Ying. He was also holding a heavy-looking crutch in his hand. At some point, he He actually ran in front of himself.
This scene made Ye Ying even more frightened. He turned around and ran in the other direction. He grew up in a village and is very familiar with the terrain and moves very quickly. Speed has always been his greatest pride.
But when he ran some distance away, he looked up and saw the lame man standing not far in front of him. Judging from his leisurely and contented look, it seemed that he had been waiting in front of him for a long time.
Seeing this scene, Ye Ying turned around and ran in the other direction without even thinking about it. But not long after, the lame man holding a cane miraculously appeared in front of him.
After several runs, Ye Ying finally realized that no matter how hard he tried, it was all in vain, so he had to sit down on the ground, looking at the cripple in front of him in horror, and helplessly waiting for what would happen next.
The lame man came to Ye Ying, grabbed an eagle pendant hanging around Ye Ying's neck, and looked at it carefully, with an eager look in his eyes.
"Where did this thing come from?" The cripple asked in a deep voice.
"I...I...don't know where it came from. Grandpa said that when he picked me up in the mountains, I had this thing hanging around my neck." Ye Ying was frightened and stammered quickly.
"What's your name?" The eagerness in the lame man's eyes became even more intense.
"My name is Ye Ying." Looking at the lame man, Ye Ying didn't dare to resist at all and answered quickly.
Ye Ying kept his eyes on the lame man's face. He found that when the man heard his name, his expression suddenly seemed to relax a lot, and he also showed obvious joy and excitement.
"Who gave you your name?" the lame man asked again.
"Grandpa said that when he picked me up, there was a piece of cloth in my swaddling clothes with my name written on it. Grandpa said that it was for the convenience of the person who abandoned me to come back to me later, so he didn't give me another name."
Hearing that the other party's tone was much gentler, Ye Ying felt much less nervous in his heart, but he still didn't dare to be careless and spoke carefully.
Next, Ye Ying was surprised to find that the ferocious-looking cripple had an excited expression in his eyes, the corners of his mouth were twitching, and tears actually flowed from his eyes, flowing down the scar on his cheek.
"It's him, it's him. Thirteen years later, we finally found him. Sixth brother and ninth sister, come here quickly!" The lame man shouted to the side with tears in his eyes, making Ye Ying feel very confused.
The other two people, a thin man with only one arm, and a blind woman with a very beautiful appearance quickly rushed over and took the eagle pendant around Ye Ying's neck to examine it for a long time.
Everything that happened left Ye Ying at a loss as to what to do and couldn't run away. He had to let the three people touch him all over his body, feeling uneasy. Finally, the beautiful woman burst into tears and held Ye Ying in his arms.
Although Ye Ying has a hundred thousand whys in his mind? But he didn't make any move and allowed the beautiful woman to hug him. He didn't know why, but he felt this embrace was very warm.
The three of them cried and laughed for a long time, and finally became quiet.
"Ye Ying, are you willing to be our apprentice? We can teach you many things." The lame man replied in a deep voice.
"What can you teach me? Can I run as fast as you?" After a while, Ye Ying felt that the lame man's face was no longer so scary, so his tone of voice became much calmer.
"We know a lot. You can be faster than I was just now, and I can also teach you a lot of kung fu." The lame man said, with a smile on his face, but Ye Ying felt that this smile was not good at all. nice.
"Then can you beat Bouncer Liu in this town?" Bouncer Liu is the most powerful person Ye Ying has ever seen. It is said that he was once alone. Dealt with several robbers.
"That kind of martial arts master, even dozens of them can't get close to me." The lame man said with some disdain, as if comparing himself with escort Liu was an insult to himself.
But there was a look of disbelief in Ye Ying's eyes. Is there anyone more powerful than Escort Liu in the world? But now that he knew that these three people had no ill intentions towards him, he felt much more relaxed.
"Second brother, it seems that you have been humiliated today. A high-ranking sixth-grade master is actually disliked by a child." The tall and thin man said with a smile.
"Do you think I'm qualified to be your master?" The lame man couldn't help but suddenly jumped up and stood on the top of the big tree with his heavy iron crutch.
Next, the lame man waved the iron cane in his hand, and a large rock ten meters away from him was actually broken into several pieces.
Ye Ying was shocked and quickly ran towards the stone, trying to find out what the lame man used to break the stone.
"This is internal power. It can hurt the enemy from a long distance." The frail man had arrived in front of him at some point.
"Can I become this powerful?" Ye Ying was a little excited. He often heard about Mr. Shu's storytelling in the town and got to know many big people. He dreamed of becoming a big hero like that in the books.
"As long as you are smart enough and willing to endure hardship, you may be more powerful than this." The words of the weak man were very tempting to Ye Yingju.
In this way, Ye Ying became the apprentice of these three weirdos, and they also lived in Ye Ying's thatched house. They almost never go out on weekdays, and almost no one comes to Ye Ying's house. Occasionally, if someone comes over, the three of them will disappear quickly. Therefore, in the past two years, no one in the village knows that there are three such people in his family.
One thing is a little strange about Ye Ying. There are only three of them, but they insist on calling them Second Master, Sixth Master and Ninth Master. He also asked about the reason before, but he was always dismissed by saying, "You will know later." After a while, Ye Ying stopped asking and got used to this kind of address.
In the past two years, Ye Ying has lived a very fulfilling life. The lame second master taught him Kung Fu, the one-handed sixth master taught him medical skills, the beautiful ninth master taught him literacy, and also taught him the art of war, saying that he could become a commander in the army in the future. General.
Under the careful guidance of the three people, Ye Ying learned a lot, and more importantly, he became calm and confident.
The second master is very strict and the one in charge among the three masters. He always has a straight face and doesn't like to talk on weekdays. But he is a person with a cold face and a warm heart. When teaching himself internal skills and martial arts, he sometimes scolds himself severely and even punishes himself, but the whip is often raised high and gently lowered.
Master Six taught him medical skills. He talked a lot and was a bit humorous. It was obvious that his medical skills were indeed extraordinary. He could name many medicinal materials and was familiar with their effects.
While Master Ninth taught him how to read and teach the art of war, he was also responsible for cooking. Master Jiu is very good at cooking and often makes some delicacies that Ye Ying has never tasted before.
Master Ninth is the one who cares about him the most. He often gets up in the middle of the night and covers himself with quilts. Once when he was sick and had a fever, he saw Master Ninth secretly wiping his tears.
These two years have been Ye Ying's happiest two years. He finally realized what the warmth of home is and what the care of relatives is? Ye Ying always thinks of this in his heart, hoping that time will stay like this forever.
Ye Ying opened his eyes. After sitting in this dark cell for a long time, his eyes got used to it. It could barely see some scenes in the cell. Apart from a pile of grass piled in the corner, the only object in the cell was an old table.
In front of the cell was a guardrail and a gate made of thick iron rods. There was a huge iron lock on the door. Ye Ying took a rough look at the iron locks and found that according to his current skills, he couldn't open it no matter what.
However, he should not be anxious at all about the current situation. His improvement in strength has made him calmer and more confident.
This place is nice, no one disturbs me, it’s a good place to practice your inner strength and practice several newly acquired martial arts skills.
Thinking of this, Ye Ying sat upright, adjusted his posture, and began to practice according to the exercises taught by his second master, following the designated route, stimulating the internal force in his body, and started practicing.
The inner strength and heart method that Ye Ying practices is called "Zhimu Heart Sutra". According to the second master who taught him inner strength, this set of inner strength and heart method is an earth-level middle-grade skill.
Although he didn't know what this earth-level mid-level product represented, Ye Ying knew that this set of exercises must be something special when he saw that his second master passed it on to him in such a formal manner and told him that no one should be able to see him while practicing this technique. .
Cell No. 8 is located at the innermost end of the cell. On the way here, I saw that there were no prisoners in the cells I passed by. This is a good place for cultivation. So Ye Ying completely relaxed and took advantage of this rare free time to practice.
