beg for chivalry

"That's not the case. I grabbed the vine and hung it in the air, and suddenly heard the voice of my senior brother: "Junior brother, why are you here?" I was so surprised that I looked down, only to see a figure wearing a bamboo hat was also holding the vine. The rattan hangs there, it turns out that the senior brother also fell off the cliff."

When Yu Jiachen recalled this, he puffed up his chest and laughed, as if falling off the cliff with his senior brother was a blessing to be proud of.

"Fortunately, there is a depression on the edge of the cliff. Let's climb there along the vines to rest our feet. I took a closer look and found that the senior brother was actually holding the white bird of prey raised by the elder in his hand. It’s time to report to Elder Nanchi!” He couldn’t help but worry, “It’s a pity that this cliff is so steep that it’s difficult to go up with my humble kung fu. What should I do?””

"Senior brother said: "Junior brother, don't panic, I have my own way." After finishing speaking, he cut a piece of cloth from his sleeve with a knife, cut his finger and wrote the word "help" in blood, and tied the piece of cloth to the white cloth. on the bird of prey, let it fly."

Speaking of this, Yu Jiachen sighed, "Who would have thought that the white bird of prey was fattened and strong by the elder Nanchi on weekdays, and could only flop around like a pheasant, but it couldn't fly at all. Brother sighed He caught it back and said, "Junior brother, break some branches." I took some dry vines and leaves, and when I turned back, the fire had already started, and the white bird of prey had been plucked and roasted on the fire until it was sizzling. Oil."

"..." Wang Xiaoyuan remained silent for a while, "That is to say, your brother really roasted that bird of prey?"

Yu Jiachen said. "How... how can it be considered as 'roasting'? I was at a loss in panic at the moment: "This bird is the favorite thing of Elder Nanchi. Brother roasted it, I am afraid that the elder will catch him for three days and three nights." Let’s fight!” Brother laughed, “I see that the two of us will be trapped under this cliff for a few more days. How can we not fill our stomachs? Brother, don’t panic, I didn’t violate the precept of killing, but I was very hungry just now. , I couldn’t help but read a few words before the fire, I didn’t want this white bird of prey to be so compassionate, so he jumped into the fire.'”

Hearing what Yu Jiachen said, Wang Xiaoyuan shook his head again and again. "How can there be such a good thing in the world. I think it's just that your senior brother plucked the bird's feathers and put it on the branch when you were not prepared, and then put it on the fire to roast."

"This, how is this possible!" The young Taoist was so anxious that his eyes were red.

Wang Xiaoyuan then shook his head and said. "According to the sect master, isn't your senior brother just a person who likes to take advantage of loopholes and is restless? How can he be respected by you, sect master?"

Although he also yearns for the anecdotes of the swordsman Yubai, but most of them admire the swordsman's superb sword skills and his chivalrous treatment of others. At this time, when he heard Yu Jiachen talk about his "senior brother", he felt a little bit Surprise, in addition to surprise, there is a strange sense of taking it for granted.

The Taoist tried his best. "Brother Wang, you really don't know the kindness of senior brother! Although he caught the elder's white bird of prey and roasted it, senior brother didn't move a bite, and shared all the food with me. When it was cold at night, he put his robe on me, Keeping vigil with chills."

As he spoke, his voice choked up unconsciously, and his eyes gradually became foggy.Yu Jiachen recalled that when he first entered the Tianshan Gate, he was still young and saw the famous Yubai swordsman at first sight.

At that time, Yu Qiuxia was standing on the top of the mountain facing the wind, covered with snow, Yu Qiuxia was also standing still in plain white clothes, if it wasn't for the bamboo hat draped along the edge, that thin figure seemed to be one with the ice and snow.Kneeling at the foot of the mountain is a row of new disciples who worshiped under the gate of Tianshan, their backs protruding like jagged rocks, their heads buried in a sheet of frost and snow.Yu Qiuxia didn't even look at them, she turned her face to the edge of the cliff, watching the birds of prey flying all over the sky in a trance.

Xiao Yujiachen was very dissatisfied back then: Why did this strange person wearing a bamboo hat and unable to see his face take others seriously?

But over time, after getting along with this strange person for a long time, Yu Jiachen actually discovered the approachability of this senior brother named Yu Qiuxia. The elders of the door were so ashamed; for example, the brothers always like to sneak down the mountain, and even salivate at the snacks brought by the brothers from the town.

Although this person seems to be intimidating, he has a kind heart and often teaches Yu Jiachen not to go astray; at the same time, he is a little clever, likes to avoid the discipline of the sect, and makes the elders of the sect angry.

"Junior brother, don't learn from me and roast other people's birds like this."

When he said this, Yu Qiuxia from back then was sitting cross-legged outside the snow cave feebly.The rising red sun crossed the sea of ​​clouds and sprinkled warm light on him, Yu Qiuxia reached out and pressed the bamboo hat covering his face, his fingers were thin and pale, like white jade under the sun.

At that time, they were trapped under the cliff for three days, but they were finally discovered by disciples and rescued.Although both of them were starving and cold, Yu Jiachen was not in a panic because of his senior brothers protecting him, but Yu Qiuxia was in a terrible situation: the senior brothers took a lot of effort to make this shattered body stand. The guy helped him up the cliff, but before he could rest for a while, he was called away by the elder again.

When Yu Jiachen saw him again, he felt that the other party's breath was disordered, and there were a few hissing gasps between his voices, it seemed that the elders had used sticks to torture him.The little junior brother felt sorry for him and asked in a low voice.

"It's because the bird belongs to Elder Nan Chi, did senior make him angry?"

Yu Qiuxia laughed. "What's wrong with making him angry? If you ignore your junior brother just to save that bird, what's the difference from breaking the precept of killing? It's just that taking people's property is a bad thing after all, so forget it if you do it. Junior brother, you must not cross the line."

Juvenile Yu Jiachen heard his hoarse voice, seemed to be extremely tired, and hurriedly said. "Senior brother is not at fault! Even if it is really a violation of the precept to kill and the person who ate the bird meat is a humble person, then the fault should be borne by the humble person..."

His voice was so angry that he could hardly contain his emotions.Unexpectedly, before he could make another sound, Yu Qiuxia pressed the bamboo hat on his face and hissed.

"Junior brother, keep your voice down, if you want others to hear it, then wouldn't my sticks be for nothing?"

A shallow laugh came from behind the bamboo hat.Yu Jiachen blinked, although he couldn't see his brother's face, his voice was as gentle and elegant as usual, like a mountain spring.

After saying this, Yu Qiuxia took back the hat and put it back on her head, not giving her junior a chance to see her face.Yu Jiachen was tongue-tied for a while, and suddenly asked nonchalantly.

"Brother, why do you always wear that bamboo hat?"

Yu Qiuxia tilted her head slightly, the gauze rippling, she said in surprise. "Does the younger brother want to see my appearance?"

"No, no, I don't dare to make such a presumptuous request!" Yu Jiachen retorted vigorously with a blushing face, "It's just... I can't help being curious."

Having said that, when he saw Yu Qiuxia's fingers resting on the edge of the hat and lifting the hat slightly, his heart still jumped wildly.

But unfortunately, his senior brother seemed to be thinking about how to answer, and after a while, he let go of his hand to let the bamboo hat cover his face firmly again.After a while, he made a silent gesture and laughed.

"Don't say anything about this, junior brother, you don't know, most of the sect's juniors still regard me as a senior sister."

"Also, that is to say, senior brother intends to pretend to be a daughter?"

"There is absolutely no such thing." Yu Qiuxia said. "It's just that the nature of Yubai's saber is soft, if others know that I'm a man, they will have no plans to imitate this saber. They don't know that in order to hold this saber, they need to shatter the bones of the whole body, and then penetrate it with qi, and go back and forth for five years. Take shape. Even if you master the knife technique, you will definitely lose your vitality, and the pain during the process is hard to understand for outsiders."

Yu Jiachen had never heard of such a terrifying cultivation method, and immediately turned pale and was speechless.He had longed for the Yubai sword technique before, and he could see that his senior brother's body technique was not as flexible as ordinary people, but he didn't expect there to be such a sad thing in it.

"Inheriting the Yubai Sword, do you have to endure such hardship?"

"Tianshan Gate has always looked at the sword and not the person. If other knights feel that the sword is not good enough, they can change it, but it is different here." Yu Qiuxia said. "If Yubai Knife does not recognize the master, then the person who wields the knife needs to be replaced. If you can't cater to Yubai Knife's yangrou way, no matter how talented people are, they will be expelled from the mountain gate."

Thinking of this, Yu Jiachen shuddered. He knew that the matter of being expelled from the mountain gate was no small matter: Tianshan Gate has always been hidden in the eyes of the world. Those who have lost must return all the things they took from the gate.

And Yu Jiachen, who grew up at the Tianshan Gate since he was a child, if he wants to leave the sect one day, he will return not only his clothes and jade beads on his sword, but also all the memories of martial arts and Tianshan Gate. .Yu Jiachen can still think of cutting off his hands and feet and crippling his skills, but how can he completely kill the thoughts in his mind?He had never seen those people who left the Tianshan Gate, so naturally he couldn't figure it out.

Yu Jiachen asked softly. "Senior brother really broke all the bones in his body to pick up this jade white knife?"

Yu Qiuxia didn't answer directly, but stretched out a hand to him, and smiled gently. "Brother, if you don't believe me, you can feel it. Your brother's bones have already been broken one by one by the black iron hammer."

This was an understatement, but it made the little Taoist feel a chill down his spine.He swallowed and looked at his senior brother's hands. His fingers were thin and pale, with protruding knuckles, and there were calluses on his palms that had been holding knives all year round.The wrist is thin and thin, as if it is about to be hidden in the sleeve.If Yiyu Qiuxia said that all the bones in his whole body were intentionally shattered, then this hand should also have no bones to support it, just hanging down limply.

Just listen to Yu Qiuxia said lightly. "Junior brother should also know that human bones are inherently hard. Even if the tendons and veins are relaxed through hard training, if you don't drink the medicinal wine prepared by the elders for ten years, you still won't be able to develop the power of yang softness for a while. But really It takes ten years to enter the door of this practice, it is too late, so the predecessors came up with this method."

Just imagining this behavior, Yu Jiachen felt the bones in his body ache, and he couldn't bear to imagine how much pain the senior brother endured at that time to continue practicing the knife after the bone veins were broken.

The bones and veins are the natural foundation of a person, supporting the vitality of the whole body.If you want to destroy it and then practice sword skills, it is like breaking a piece of rough jade into pieces and putting it back together again.Those who can enter the Tianshan Gate are all people with spiritual roots, and they are often martial arts prodigy who were favored in childhood, but the person who wields the Jade White Sword is different.

Even the most talented person would need to destroy all that talent before he can pick up the Jade White Saber.No one wants to learn from scratch like a waste person in ten years, so this is a great sacrifice for the warriors.

Seeing Yu Jiachen's eyebrows frowned, Yu Qiuxia said calmly. "Junior brother, you won't believe what you said just now, will you?"

"What do you mean by this? Could it be that what you said just now was all lies?"

"Of course it's just to tease you, how could someone practice this Yubai sword technique by smashing bones one by one?" Yu Qiuxia smiled lightly.