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Lin Shuyu from the back mountain was feeding cats and dogs, and was surprised when he saw his appearance like a mud monkey, and asked, "Xiaoximu, what's going on?"

Yao Ximu pursed his lips, grabbed Lin Shuyu's arm, leaned on him to walk into the house, and said through gritted teeth: "Brother Wanzhou is a big villain, he always bullies me!" After speaking, he threw himself into Lin Shuyu In her arms, crying and rubbing, rubbing the front of Lin Shuyu's clean green clothes with stains.

"He bullied me, he kicked my ass, and he left me and wouldn't let me go up, woo woo woo—"

Lin Shuyu patted his head, and coaxed him softly: "Don't cry, don't cry." Yao Ximu raised his bloody hand and said aggrievedly: "My hand was cut and bled a lot. "

Lin Shuyu asked his servant Ah Da to bring him wound medicine and clean clothes, fetched another basin of water, washed his hands and face, applied medicine, and changed into clean clothes.Yao Ximu saw that Ah Da was a tall and burly boy, and wondered: "Is there anyone else here besides you? I didn't see him last time." Lin Shuyu said: "Last time you came to him to chop firewood, So I didn't see it."

"Big brother, thank you." Yao Ximu was very polite.

Ah Da turned his back to him and turned a deaf ear to him.

"He can't speak, and he can't hear." Lin Shuyu explained to him: "But he is very smart and can do everything."

"Brother Ah, thank you." Yao Ximu ran up to Ah Da and gave him a big hug. Ah Da was flattered, Lin Shuyu made a sign language to him, and he came to his senses.Holding Yao Ximu in his arms, he yelled "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

Yao Ximu laughed with him for a while, smelled the bitter smell in the air, and frowned: "It smells like medicine."

"It's my medicine." Lin Shuyu gasped a few times, feeling a little short of breath, and asked Ah Da to fetch the decocted medicine, and drank it while it was hot.

"It's bitter?" Yao Ximu frowned, watching Lin Shuyu swallow another two black pills.

"I'm used to it, and I don't feel bitter."

"Brother Shuyu, can you practice martial arts? My father said that if you practice martial arts, your body will be in great shape and you will be free from all diseases."

Lin Shuyu smiled helplessly: "I was born with a problem in my mother's womb. Only by following the master can I dare to expect to live longer. Martial arts is something I dare not even think about."

"I want to practice martial arts, but Brother Wanzhou won't teach me, and won't take me to Xueyuwu." Yao Ximu was very disappointed.

"Are you practicing martial arts just to strengthen your body?"

"No." Yao Ximu shook his head, pursed his lips tightly: "My parents, as well as my mother Zhen, were all killed. I practice martial arts to avenge them."

"So, you followed the young master to Xueyuwu to practice martial arts?"

"En." Yao Ximu nodded.

"The young master has practiced swordsmanship with Gu Zunshi since he was a child, and he often goes to the Yunwen Building in Xueyuwu to read books. If there is any difficulty, Gu Zunshi will give pointers."

"Are there any good stories in the cloud pattern building? The ones with paintings?"

"It's not a story book, it's books about martial arts cheats and inner skills collected by Envoy Gu. It's not easy to get in."

"Well, even if I go, they won't teach me martial arts."

"Maybe." Lin Shuyu smiled lightly, stroking Mai Dong who jumped on his lap: "But my master is coming back soon, he is very nice and can teach you martial arts."

"Really?" Yao Ximu moved to his side and stroked Mai Dong's warm fur. Mai Dong squinted his eyes, rolled his tongue and yawned. A cat hair.

"Of course it's true. Counting the days is coming soon. It won't be three or five days. I'm just not sure when he will come back."

"Then I'll come here every day!" Yao Ximu jumped up and knocked over the low stool, startled Mai Dong jumped down to Lin Shuyu's lap, ran a few steps, and turned to Yao Ximu's dissatisfied "meow meow meow" "Several times.

The air was filled with the smell of medicine, and Yao Ximu was worried that the food would also smell of medicine, so he didn't stay in the medicine garden to eat.He returned to the villa with his dirty clothes in his arms, instead of going back to the small courtyard where he lived, he went straight to Weixiaoju where Jiang Wanzhou lived.

Jiang Wanzhou hadn't come back yet, so he cried to Ranying and Bolu, feeling very pitiful.Bolu took his dirty clothes to wash, Ran Ying hugged him for a while, and brought him countless snacks, he buzzed and said, "Thank you sister..." While eating, he sobbed, There was a big teardrop on the long eyelashes, tremblingly falling on the shortbread.

After spending an afternoon in Weixiaoju, in the evening, he had dinner here again, and then reluctantly left.

It was getting dark very quickly, the villa turned on the lights, and there were shadows everywhere.He kicked the stones as he walked, not paying attention to the road, not seeing the chest in front of him, and he didn't hide from the chest, let him hit it on purpose.

"Ouch." He bared his teeth, raised his head, and saw a tall and straight young man, even in the dim light, he could see his sword eyebrows and starry eyes, very good-looking.

There is a smile in the youth's eyes.

Yao Ximu looked back inexplicably, not far behind was the Qingqian building where the owner of the village retreated, and the young man seemed to have just come out of it.

"Uncle, you...you..." Yao Ximu stammered, he wanted to ask if you came out from there, the owner of the village is retreating inside.And the plum blossoms planted downstairs looked messy, but it was easier to get lost than the plum grove at the bottom of the mountain.But these words fell out of his mouth, but turned into a sentence: "Who are you?"

"Where is the kid? It's so fun." The young man leaned over and pinched his face, and introduced himself, "My surname is Wu."

"Uncle Wu..." Yao Ximu's eyes lit up suddenly, he clapped his hands and jumped up: "You are Mr. Wu?" Without thinking too much, he immediately knelt down, kowtowed to Mr. Wu, and said loudly: "Teacher Greetings to Master."

This person was Wu Jin, Lin Shuyu's master, and he was a little surprised when he called him master.Pulling him up, looking at his face carefully, he said doubtfully, "I remember that I only took Xiao Shuyu in, how could there be another apprentice?"

"Brother Shuyu told me!" Yao Ximu hugged Wu Jin's arm: "Brother Shuyu said his master would teach me how to practice martial arts, so he is my master!"

"Have you met Xiao Shuyu?" Wu Jin patted his head: "You didn't touch those herbs mischievously, did you?"

"No, no." Yao Shuyu denied: "Brother Shuyu regards the flowers and plants in the medicine shop as precious as his own eyeballs, so I didn't touch them."

"That's good." Wu Jin put his hands in his sleeves, "If you want to be my apprentice, you must first treat the herbs well."

"I'm also very good to the little yellow dog and the raccoon cat."

"Hehehe." Wu Jin laughed out loud, and sized him up seriously.Although Yao Ximu is young, he has slender limbs, which is good for martial arts training. Wu Jin saw that his eyeballs were rolling non-stop, looking cute and smart, so he stretched out his hand and scratched the bridge of his nose.

"Are you willing to accept me?" Yao Ximu's eyes were full of expectation.

Wu Jin didn't answer, she lowered her head and took out a thin booklet from her bosom, and handed it to Yao Ximu. Yao Ximu took it and saw that the booklet was old and yellow, and there was no cover.

"Are you literate?"

"Yes! I read four books when I was at home."

"Oh?" Wu Jin was surprised, and took the booklet away to put it back in his arms: "After reading the four books, you can go to the scholar examination, and you don't need to practice martial arts."

"No, no, no!" Lao Gao, who was jumping at night, stretched out his arms to grab the book: "I want to practice martial arts, and I want to avenge my parents—"

"Revenge, what's going on?"

Yao Ximu told what happened at home.

Hearing this, Wu Jin sighed, and put the brochure into Yao Ximu's hands again, and Yao Ximu held it like a treasure.

"This is an introductory mental method. You should read it by heart within three days. Come to me and I will teach you martial arts."

Not three days later, Yao Ximu ran to the medicine garden the next afternoon, and he memorized all the contents of the booklet.

"Amazing." Wu Jin was wearing a half-worn white robe with dark colors and flowers. In this warm and cold early spring, his sleeves were rolled up high, and his hands and elbows were bare, waiting for him. with herbs.

Seeing this, Yao Ximu shivered and asked curiously, "Master, aren't you cold?"

Wu Jin looked up and saw that he was dressed like a bun, and laughed out loud, pinching the tip of his cold nose: "Do you think I'm cold?" Yao Ximu grabbed his hand and rubbed it on his cheek, warm and dry, as expected It's not cold either.

"I have plenty of internal energy, enough to keep out the cold. You can already memorize the internal energy and heart method verbatim, so try to follow what is said in the book. What is the first sentence?"

"The image of the Tao has no form, and it seems to exist in a trance. For example, a tree has not yet grown, but the roots of the branches and leaves are not seen; when the earth, water, fire, and wind meet, the air of the four seasons goes to the edge; when the air is the living land, the aggregation is a little firm; the taste is different, and the action is different. Sweet, bitter, bitter, salty and sour; how many qi elements are there, and the strength and fruit are uneven. The same origin has different names and colors, and each has its own business reasons." Yao Ximu recited a long list in one breath.

"Okay, then."

"Scattering yang for clarity, distributing qi into six roots."

"Try it."

"Ah?" Yao Ximu looked blank: "How to try? No way."

Wu Jin reached out and touched his dantian: "Do you feel a heat rising here?"

"No." Yao Ximu shook his head like a rattle.

"Pretend to have it." His fingers moved up along the meridians, "Concentrate and follow the heat."

"Oh." Yao Ximu frowned, holding his breath and trying to feel it.

"Why are you out of breath?" Wu Jin laughed, and comforted him: "Don't be nervous, relax a little, and control the rhythm of breathing. Well, just imagine yourself as a small sapling between heaven and earth."

"Okay, shake it with the wind, the sun will shine down, be absorbed by you, and be transported to the branches and leaves..."

The hot air stretched out from the limbs, and finally gathered in the dantian, forming a speck of flame.

Yao Ximu was very excited, and immediately danced with his hands and feet: "Master, it's hot!" He pointed at his dantian: "There's a little here."

"Try again now?"

Yao Ximu concentrated his energy and blushed, realizing that he was far from doing whatever he wanted.

"Pay attention to your breath, your breath is chaotic, I will teach you how to breathe."

Yao Ximu tried again, but in the end he only farted two farts.He pouted slightly and looked at Wu Jin with innocent eyes.

"I've taught you the method, go back and practice hard, and come back to me after you practice freely."

"Master, don't you teach me something else?"

"What else do you want to learn?"

"For example, boxing and swordsmanship."

"Hmm." Wu Jin stroked his chin, looked at his earnest little face, and pointed to the open space beside him: "Go there and squat."

Yao Ximu squatted obediently for nearly an hour, but couldn't hold on any longer. Beads of sweat flowed down his cheeks. He lowered his eyes and looked at Mai Dong who was rubbing around under his feet. Crying and shouting: "Master, Master, it's really impossible! My leg is about to break!"

"If you can't do it, just rest. Master went to the medicine garden to look at the herbs. He didn't say how long you have to squat."

"Don't tell me sooner!" Yao Ximu immediately collapsed, lying on the ground refusing to get up, Ada came to pull him, he closed his eyes and pretended to be dead, but fell to the ground vigorously.Ah Da had no choice but to carry him into the room to rest. He slumped on the teacher's chair, and when he saw Lin Shuyu holding the sherbet, he immediately came back to his senses, snatched it and drank it down, panting and humming: "Shu Yu Brother, I'm exhausted." Lin Shuyu turned her head and said seriously: "Master has accepted you as an apprentice, you should call me senior brother now."

"Brother." Yao Ximu stuck out his tongue, a little embarrassed: "When I was at home, my father also made me squat, but I was lazy and refused to practice." slumped in a chair.