Candlelight flickered from time to time in the small living room, and the moonlight shone in from outside the tall arched window, stroking the dark green silk curtains and shrouding the cake on the mahogany table.
Lisha was looking at the five people next to the table with a faint smile.
The five core disciples of Feng Xiang Sect now act as her relatives and friends, sending blessings to her. People in this era believe that the soul is most easily invaded by demons on her birthday, so on her birthday, relatives and friends will gather around her to give her blessings.
Blessings, and sending cakes to bring good luck and drive away evil spirits.
"I didn't expect you to remember my birthday..."
Lisha finally set her sights on Ka Xiu.
"I asked my master, he told me."
Ka Xiu answered this question very straightforwardly and seriously.
"Hahaha." Lisha smiled and pressed her forehead: "Don't talk like that in the future, otherwise no girl will like you."
"But anyway..." Lisha stood up from the mahogany chair, opened her hands and gave Cardiff a hug.
"Thank you, my apprentice, Levi."
In the next few hours, the atmosphere of the small birthday party was very lively. Because there were two happy friends, Lanxi and Moses, laughter could often be heard in the living room.
Card Xiu also gave Lisha a gift he bought, an exquisite ladies pocket watch, and Lisha looked very happy.
"Well, I am quite good at picking out gifts this time. I like this pocket watch very much." Lisha rubbed the delicate pocket watch cover with her hands.
"As long as you like it."
Of course, Ka Xiu did not choose this gift, but he deliberately bought it after asking for help from Senior Brother Lanxi, who has good taste. However, the decision to give a pocket watch was made from the beginning, because Lisha also gave one with special meaning.
pocket watch for him.
In the end, Lisha's fortieth birthday was quite satisfactory. Although the master was not here, the apprentice was, after all, right?
The next day, the Beiliu County Exchange Competition held its closing ceremony.
In fact, there is not much to say. It is basically the same as the opening ceremony. Just find some people to dance in the theater.
Since this is the first time for the exchange competition to be held, neither the people sent by Donghai County nor the local cooperative schools have much experience. Therefore, it should be as simple as possible and make do with it.
Finally, at nearly three o'clock in the afternoon, the Beiliu County Exchange Tournament ended completely. All the small sects that had been eliminated and had no chance left and returned to their hometowns.
However, the four major sects in Beiliu County have not left. They will stay here for a few nights. It can take as short as one or two days and as long as five or six days. They will board the train to Donghai County in batches.
Feng Xiangmen was lucky and didn't have to wait too long. After just two nights at the manor, the organizer informed them that they could take the train tomorrow morning and there would be several carriages carrying them all.
People leave.
During this period, Card Xiu was naturally not idle. Teacher Lisha was by his side. She would often teach him the next boxing technique in the training room provided by the manor, which was the subsequent Elephant Group Boxing.
But in fact, Ka Xiu transcended the limits of the human body and reached the realm of boxing master. He no longer needed a teacher to teach him. He could practice the Elephant Group chapter step by step according to the method of the Storm Chapter.
The training methods of Feng Xiangquan are inherited from the same origin.
For example, Jadis and Haig, who became boxing masters early, don't need much teacher's guidance. What they need most is constant retreat and constant actual combat. One is the accumulation of physical training over time, and the other is the continuous growth of knowledge and fighting skills.
So after teaching for two days, Lisha looked at her disciple quite helplessly: "You have learned all the basic parts of the Feng Xiang secret martial arts, and I have also taught everything I should teach. All I need to do next is to teach you
Use what you have learned flexibly and follow the path of Feng Xiang Miwu until you reach your limit."
"But teacher, I still have many questions."
"Then go to actual combat. Your opponent will always be your best teacher. I can't stay with you much longer. You need to change your master..."
It began to drizzle early the next morning, like a silver-gray sticky spider thread, woven into a heavy net that covered the entire spring world. The sky in Beiliu City was also dark.
Like the roof of an old house covered with cobwebs, everything looks extremely old and dull.
"Snapped!"
A gray newspaper was spread out with a big hand. The newly printed Beiliu City Daily still had a very strong smell of ink.
"April 15, 1999 in the Hongli Federation calendar, a rainy day."
In the far corner of the newspaper is a small line of font.
"Damn, it's been raining for three days in a row and it's not stopping."
Moses closed the newspaper with a little boredom. He preferred sunny weather to such gloomy rainy days. It would make his joints feel rusty and rough.
"It's so hot on a sunny day. It's good to have a cool rain to cool down the temperature." Lan Xi next to her obviously prefers rainy days.
"Yeah, it was good at first, but it rained for three days straight!"
Lan Xi and Moses were about to quarrel again, and Ka Xiu interjected: "Hurry up and have breakfast. We have to take a bus to the train station in the western suburbs in one hour."
He looked up at the sky. The gray-white clouds piled up in the sky were like broken tiles peeling off the roof.
Turning back, Ka Xiu took a bite of the fried bread that was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and then picked up the white porcelain cup filled with hot milk next to it.
I have to say that the food in the manor is indeed very good, much better than Fengxiangmen Canteen and Oak Market.
After all, Beiliu City is the central city of Beiliu County...
"Crack."
The wooden door of the living room was suddenly opened.
Haig, who was closing his umbrella with one hand, stepped hard on the carpet outside, causing water to drip from his black boots.
"Big brother."×3
"Hey, I had a great time eating. Did you save my portion?"
He put the umbrella outside and walked in quickly.
"Keep it, keep it." Ka Xiu gently pushed a white dinner plate and a white porcelain cup next to him. Inside were the standard breakfast items, fried bread, fried sausages, buttered bread and the like.
"Hey, if you have some conscience, it's not worth it for me to get up so early in the morning and give you a run." Haig smiled and immediately sat on the mahogany table and chair, manipulating the knife and fork with one hand at the same time to eat breakfast.
"Thank you for your hard work, brother. My master is not in good health and is really not suitable to take the train to Donghai County for seven or eight days in a row."
As Kashu said this, he pushed the white porcelain plate with sauced sausages over. He had not touched this dish since it was served just now, and it was still warm. He knew that Senior Brother Haig’s favorite food was