Li Muchan pondered and said, "Can you let me think about it?"
"Please." The girl in green shirt nodded lightly.
Li Muchan closed his eyes slightly and replayed the little girl's move just now in his mind. His fingers trembled slightly and he imitated it with his mind, making sure to do it exactly right.
The three girls stood aside quietly and looked at him without saying a word.
After a quarter of an hour, Li Muchan opened his eyes in excitement and drew his sword out of its sheath. The sword's light shimmered like spring water and transformed into a clear light as he waved it.
After completing the four moves in a blink of an eye, Li Muchan put away his sword and stood up, calm and calm, cupping his fists and saying: "Please correct me, girl."
"What a knife!" The little girl stared at the blue water knife with wide eyes.
The girl in green smiled and said: "Good sword skills!"
The round-faced girl also pursed her lips and smiled.
Li Muchan glanced at the little girl and said with a smile: "I got this sword in a cave three years ago, along with a sword manual. After practicing for so long, I have never achieved anything, and I have given up."
"What sword manual is it?" the little girl asked curiously.
The girl in green scolded: "Rou'er!"
The little girl stuck out her tongue and said hurriedly: "Okay, okay, I just won't ask!"
Li Muchan smiled and said: "Blue Water Sword Manual."
"Bishui Knife Technique?" The little girl blinked her big eyes and turned to look at the two girls: "Senior Sister Zhang, Senior Sister He, have you ever heard of Bishui Knife Technique?"
The two women thought for a while and shook their heads.
The girl in green shirt waved her hand: "Okay Rou'er, stop talking... Mr. Li, you are very smart. You have passed the first level. Let Junior Sister He take a look at your physical condition."
"Thank you." Li Muchan nodded to the round-faced girl.
The round-faced girl blushed, smiled shyly, came to Li Muchan, stretched out her hand and said: "Master Li, stretch out your left hand."
A gust of wind blew, and the faint fragrance of plum blossoms drifted into his nose. He couldn't tell whether it was the fragrance of plum blossoms from the flowers nearby or the fragrance of the round-faced girl.
The girl with a round face put her fair right hand on his left wrist, and Li Muchan could feel the coolness and softness of her fingers. Then a cool breath penetrated into his veins, like a trickling stream, flowing slowly, circulating in the meridians of the whole body for a week, and finally retracted her fingers.
.
Li Muchan closed his eyes slightly and stared at her without being rude, but he could feel her shyness.
The touching lasted for about a quarter of an hour. The round-faced girl let go of her hand and hurriedly returned to the girl in green. She glanced at Li Muchan and her petal-like red lips moved.
The girl in green also opened her red lips lightly and moved them a few times.
Li Muchan understood that they must be using the secret technique of transmitting sounds into secrets.
The girl in green shirt smiled: "Mr. Li, let me take another look."
Li Muchan nodded and stretched out his left hand: "Please——!"
The girl in green shirt walked closer and said with a smile: "Give me your right hand."
Li Muchan stretched out his right hand, and her slender green fingers touched his right wrist. He closed his eyes slightly and observed silently. Li Muchan only felt a trace of cool breath lingering in his meridians, and finally stopped at his Dantian, lingering for a long time before slowly retreating.
She opened her eyes, looked at Li Muchan with a smile, and said with her head, "Congratulations, Mr. Li, you can enter our Xinghu Villa. From now on, we will be the same sect, Junior Brother Li!"
"Can I really enter Xinghu Villa?" Li Muchan asked slowly.
"Yes, you are very qualified and can enter." The girl in green shirt smiled and nodded.
"Hehe, hehe, hehe, haha!" Li Muchan chuckled three times, laughed once, then suppressed his smile and shook his head: "I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it!"
The girl in green shirt could tell that Li Muchan just wanted to try his luck and had no high hopes, so he couldn't contain his surprise.
He was doing well. Last time, Lin Ping was even more out of control than him. He yelled like crazy and laughed wildly, which was jaw-dropping.
The girl in green shirt smiled sweetly: "Junior Brother Li, no matter who you were before, from now on you are a member of our Xinghu Xiaozhu, and you are a family. As long as you don't violate the family rules."
Li Muchan smiled and said, "I haven't asked the names of the three senior sisters yet."
The girl in green shirt smiled and pointed at the round-faced girl and the little girl: "He Ruoshui, Xu Xiaorou, I am Zhang Qiaoyi."
"I've met Senior Sister Zhang, Senior Sister He, and Senior Sister Xu." Li Muchan cupped his fists and smiled.
Xu Xiaorou is just a little girl. He has no problem calling him senior sister. He has experienced it in Canghai Mountain. Seniority is calculated based on how early he started, not his age.
Xu Xiaorou clapped her hands and smiled: "I have also been promoted to senior sister! Junior Brother Li, how old are you?"
"Eighteen." Li Muchan smiled.
Xu Xiaorou touched her chin and shook her head: "I don't think so, she must be over 18 years old!"
"Okay Rou'er, don't talk too much!" Zhang Qiaoyi glanced at her.
Xu Xiaorou chuckled and said: "Looking at Junior Brother Li's temperament, he doesn't look like a young man at all, but more like an uncle, hehe..."
Zhang Qiaoyi shook her head and smiled, and said: "Junior Brother Li, although you cannot be over eighteen years old, if you are really qualified, it doesn't matter if you are over eighteen years old."
Li Muchan sighed: "The children of the poor have long been in charge of the family. I have been alone since I was a child, and now I am getting old before my time."
Zhang Qiaoyi said: "Are your parents not here?"
Li Muchan nodded: "I was gone when I was eight years old."
"Then how do you survive alone?" Zhang Qiaoyi asked.
Li Muchan said: "I can grow vegetables and chop firewood, so I can barely make a living."
The two talked for a few more words, and Zhang Qiaoyi said: "Junior brother Li, come over in three days to take care of other things. From now on, you will go to Xinghu Xiaozhu."
Li Muchan said: "Senior Sister Zhang, can't you come and go at will?"
Zhang Qiaoyi smiled and shook her head: "According to the rules, you have to practice at least level six before you are allowed to leave the lake."
Li Muchan said: "How long will it take?"
Zhang Qiaoyi said: "Sixth grade, it usually takes three years. Junior brother, if you have good qualifications, you might be able to do it in a year and a half."
Li Muchan touched his nose: "Are my qualifications good?"
Zhang Qiaoyi said with a smile: "Junior Brother Li's meridians are broad and strong, and he is even more powerful than me!"
Li Muchan looked confused and confused.
Zhang Qiaoyi said with a smile: "You will know in the future. Anyway, you have good qualifications, and you have to work hard. Maybe you can become a ninth-grade disciple."
"Ninth-grade disciple?" Li Muchan raised his thick eyebrows.
Zhang Qiaoyi said: "It doesn't hurt to tell you in advance. The martial arts in our lake are divided into nine levels, and the power is getting stronger and stronger. The disciple levels are also divided into nine levels, and the treatment of each level is different."
Li Muchan asked: "What's the difference?"
"Disciples from the first to third ranks are considered beginners. They have to do some chores. If you are above the fourth rank, you don't have to do chores. Instead, you have a supply of silver and elixirs. For the fourth rank, you have 10 taels per month, and for the fifth rank, you have a Yuan-Pui Dan.
Ten taels, two Yuan Pei Dan, sixth grade forty taels, three Yuan Pei pills... Every time you advance to a rank, the silver is doubled, and the Yuan Pei Dan increases by one. If you pass the ninth grade disciple, you can be promoted to the elder.
Enter the Elder's Hall and decide on matters within the faction."
Li Muchan nodded. This Xinghu small building has a distinct hierarchy, which is completely different from Canghaishan.
In this way, there are pros and cons. The disadvantage is that the level is too obvious, too utilitarian, and there is less warmth. The advantage is that it gives people motivation to keep climbing up.
"Being a ninth-grade disciple is considered a first-rate master in the martial arts world?" Li Muchan asked.
Zhang Qiaoyi pursed her lips and smiled: "Yes, ninth-grade disciples will be first-class masters when they arrive in the martial arts world. If they become elders and practice the secrets of the Elder Hall, they will become top masters and be able to dominate the world."
"How many elders are there in our lake?" Li Muchan asked.
Zhang Qiaoyi said: "Elder..., there are six of you now."
"Then how many disciples do we have in total?"
"About a hundred people." Zhang Qiaoyi said.
"It's difficult to become an elder..." Li Muchan sighed.
"Only by defeating all the ninth-grade disciples can you grow up." Zhang Qiaoyi said.
Li Muchan shook his head and smiled bitterly, it was indeed too difficult.
Zhang Qiaoyi smiled and said: "Junior brother, you have excellent qualifications and are expected to be promoted to elders, so work hard!"
Li Muchan thanked her and smiled secretly, fearing that she had said this to every disciple.
Three days later, in the early morning, Li Muchan came to Xingyue Courtyard again.
Xu Xiaorou opened the door and followed her to the hall. Eye of the Void looked down and saw that three people were already sitting in the hall, chatting, and clear laughter could be heard.
Opposite Zhang Qiaoyi and He Ruoshui sat a handsome young man, dressed in gorgeous brocade clothes, which made him look even more handsome. His face looked like it was powdered, his lips looked like elixir, and his eyes shone like cold stars, with a gentle smile on his face.
Li Muchan narrowed his eyes, Lin Ping!
After entering the hall, the laughter stopped and the two women stood up, followed by Lin Ping.
Li Muchan stepped into the hall, clasped his fists and said with a smile: "Senior Sister Zhang, Senior Sister He, am I late?... Hey, Altar Master Lin is here too?"
"Do you recognize Master Lin Shao?" Zhang Qiaoyi's smile never faded.
Li Muchan nodded: "Who in Baiyun City doesn't know Master Lin Shao?"
"That's true." Zhang Qiaoyi nodded lightly and said, "Come, Junior Brother Lin, this is Junior Brother Li Zhuli, you two will bow into the lake at the same time."
"Nice to meet you." Lin Ping clasped his fists and smiled with a graceful demeanor.
Li Muchan smiled and said, "It's a great honor to meet you in the same sect as Master Lin Shaotan!"
Zhang Qiaoyi waved her hand and said with a smile: "We are all brothers and sisters in the same sect. You are welcome. Junior Brother Li, seeing that you are older, I think you are the elder. Stop calling me Master Lin, call me Junior Brother Lin!"
Li Muchan responded and said with a smile: "Junior Brother Lin."
Lin Ping's smile froze for a moment, then returned to normal, and said with a smile: "Senior Brother Li, let's go into Star Lake together and take more care of him."
"Exactly." Li Muchan chuckled.
Seeing that he was neither humble nor arrogant, Zhang Qiaoyi pursed her lips and smiled: "Now that we are all here, let's set off. It will take three or four days to drive from here to the lake. You will not rest all the way, so you have to endure it."
"Sister Zhang, don't worry." Lin Ping smiled proudly.
Zhang Qiaoyi smiled and said: "Junior Brother Lin, you have a lot of internal strength, so you are not afraid. Junior Brother Li has no internal strength at all, so you will suffer a little."
Li Muchan said: "Sister Zhang, don't worry, I'm not afraid of being tired."
"Okay, let's set off." Zhang Qiaoyi nodded and said loudly: "Rou'er, Junior Sister He, let's go!"
The two women responded, Xu Xiaorou floated out, and soon there was a horse neighing outside.
Li Muchan thought of Red Shadow. It was now living leisurely in the vast mountains outside Baiyun City, but he was not afraid that anyone could hurt it.
Zhang Qiaoyi sympathizes with the weak and is very satisfied with Li Muchan's neither humbleness nor arrogance. Although Lin Shao is handsome, he always has a sense of arrogance.
The four of them went out and came to the horses. There were ten horses in total. They were all rare horses. Their fur was as shiny as black satin and their eyes were sparkling.
"Can Junior Brother Li know how to ride a horse?" Zhang Qiaoyi turned around and asked.
Li Muchan nodded: "Yes."
"That's good." Zhang Qiaoyi said.
Li Muchan asked: "Senior Sister Zhang, if you all go back, what about here...?"
Zhang Qiaoyi smiled and said: "We have accomplished a great service by being able to get you two. We will go back to the lake to receive the reward. Don't worry about this place. We will come back after you are settled properly."
She mounted the horse lightly, and Xu Xiaorou and He Ruoshui followed suit with graceful movements. Lin Ping also stepped onto the saddle in one step, and Li Muchan got on the horse a little awkwardly.
"Drive——!" Zhang Qiaoyi raised her whip and the three women shot out. Lin Ping and Li Muchan followed closely behind, and ten horses galloped away together.
There were five people and ten horses, and the sound of galloping hooves was astonishing. The three women slightly bowed their delicate bodies, and followed the ups and downs of the horses, and they were integrated. Lin Ping was like an old tree with roots, sitting firmly. Only Li Muchan had the worst riding skills, and his whole body was tight.
, showing tension.
This is in line with his status. Even in Nanli, horses are scarce, just like BMW cars in later generations. He was born in an ordinary family, and his riding skills are already extraordinary. If he is very skilled, it will be abnormal.
After walking for a long time, Li Muchan slowly relaxed and became one with the ups and downs of the horse's back, and his riding skills became exquisite.
The three girls didn't think anything of it. Based on his qualifications, it was normal for him to be able to master riding skills so easily. Lin Ping's star-like eyes flashed.
At noon, the five people stopped to rest in a forest. Even if the people didn't have to rest, the horses had to rest. Every horse was precious.
Xu Xiaorou moved swiftly. She first took off the baggage from the horse's back, which contained refined feed. She placed a pile in front of each horse. After they had finished eating, she gave them water in a small basin. She was very busy.
Almost.
Li Muchan and Lin Ping sat with Zhang Qiaoyi and He Ruoshui.
Li Muchan wanted to take Xu Xiaorou's place, but Zhang Qiaoyi stopped him and said with a smile: "Junior Brother Li, this is a delicate job. She has done it well. It will not look good if she is replaced by someone else. Don't worry, she won't be tired."
Li Muchan looked restless.
Zhang Qiaoyi smiled and said: "Junior Brother Li, taking care of horses is not an easy task. You will have to learn how to do it when you enter the lake in the future."
Li Muchan nodded slowly.
Zhang Qiaoyi took the water bag handed over by He Ruoshui, took a sip of water, and said with a smile: "We will enter a dangerous zone in the evening, so we need to cheer up."
Li Muchan smiled and said: "Who else dares to mess with our Xinghu Xiaozhu?"
Zhang Qiaoyi shook her head and said: "People nowadays are very wild. No matter how many there are, they are all desperadoes, so we must be on guard against them."
Lin Ping patted the sword on his waist and said with an arrogant smile: "Senior Sister Zhang, don't worry, who dares to disturb Tai Sui's head so that they can't live without it?"