The barking of dogs and the screams of monkeys intertwined and echoed in Dazhu Peak of Qingyun Mountain, breaking the tranquility here. Zhang Xiaofan rushed out of the kitchen door with the black fire stick in his hand and said angrily: "Dead dog! Dead monkey! What a species. Don't run away!"
The monkey Xiao Hui jumped on the back of the big yellow dog. Big Huang, who had already gathered momentum, spread out his legs and ran away. Zhang Xiaofan couldn't catch up and watched Xiao Hui make a face and put a fragrant meat bone into Da Huang's mouth.
Rhubarb was so excited that the dog's face was so happy that if it hadn't been for the two rows of teeth that were biting the meat and bones, it would have laughed so hard that the dog's teeth would fall off.
"call!……"
Zhang Xiaofan walked back to the kitchen with a frustrated and indignant look. Since he was fourteen years old, he has been in charge of kitchen skills, which has impressed everyone. Dahuang, with his "good old dog" behavior, can't help but covet the delicacies in Zhang Xiaofan's hands, especially the food Zhang Xiaofan uses. The meat bones cooked in the soup are fragrant and delicious, making it the meal that rhubarb dreams of.
However, Zhang Xiaofan makes soup with rhubarb for people to drink. Although he is older (Tian Buyi raised him since he was a child), he is older and more qualified, but he does not get the treatment he deserves. He often covets it but cannot get it.
After it got acquainted with the monkey Xiao Hui, Dazhufeng often appeared. The scene lasted for two years no matter how secretly Zhang Xiaofan hid the meat and bones. As long as there was Dahuang's nose and Xiao Hui's flexibility, this battle of meat and bones It often ends with Zhang Xiaofan's failure.
Two years have passed by in a hurry, which is actually only one and a half years. Zhang Xiaofan has grown into a sixteen-year-old boy and is now half a head taller than his senior sister Tian Linger.
During this period of time, because of Tian Buyi's original strict order, all the disciples at Dazhu Peak were practicing hard in closed doors. Except for Du Bishu, the sixth man who traveled down the mountain, only Zhang Xiaofan, the chef, was most free.
For two years, Zhang Xiaofan has been practicing alone without anyone paying attention. What he didn't even believe was that he seemed to have completed Yuqing in just one year according to the techniques taught to him by his senior brother Song Daren. The second level of the realm──Refining Qi.
He had doubts in his heart but did not ask Tian Buyi after all. Song Daren, Tian Linger and others had been concentrating on practicing behind closed doors and had no time to care about other matters. His best friend Du Bishu went down the mountain again, so he just kept this question in his heart.
But then there was a big difficulty in front of him. Tian Linger privately gave him the third-level magic formula. He knew very well that this was a big violation of the rules. But every time he stood alone in the small courtyard late at night, Whenever I look up at the night sky, I will think of a sentence - no matter how hard you practice, it will be better than not being Senior Brother Qi Hao!
Ten nights later, he began to practice the third level of magic!
The first to third levels of the Jade Clear Realm in Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao are the foundation of all spells and the difficulty gradually increases. Unlike the first two levels of "Qi Entrainment" and "Qi Refining", the third level's magic formula "Yuan Qi" has been focused on. Practice Tai Chi vitality.
The law says: "Tai Chi Yuan Qi is composed of three parts. It is in the middle; the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty also moves on the twelfth hour... This yin and yang combined with the virtue of Qi Zhong is the one who transforms and gives birth to all things." (Note: The language comes from "Han Shu. "Lü Li Zhi")
When the disciples of Qingyun Sect reach this level of cultivation, there will be a clear dividing line between them, and their level of qualifications will be clear at a glance.
Intelligent people often break through in one fell swoop and enter a higher realm of "driving things", and then lay a solid foundation for practicing the immortal way. However, less powerful disciples often stagnate and waste their lives.
It has been five years since Zhang Xiaofan started working. Naturally, he has heard these things countless times during conversations with his seniors, but it is obvious that all the seniors put him in the "slightly worse" category.
He walked back to the kitchen, went to the stove, filled up the water, and then continued to add firewood to the stove to boil some water.
The bright yellow flame became strong again. Zhang Xiaofan took his pitiful black "fire stick" that had been used for two years and fiddled with the wood in the stove. After the fire burned steadily, his eyes slowly fell on the stick in his hand.
Burn a fire stick.
But this wasn't something he discovered, it was a very common thing - he was in a daze.
The black fire stick is only one foot long except for the bead on the head. The only thing that is a little unusual is that there are faint blood-like veins under the black color of the fire stick, especially at the interface between the short stick and the ball.
It is even more obvious that sometimes it almost seems like these two things are fused together with human blood.
Zhang Xiaofan's whole body trembled suddenly. The thought of human blood merging that just flashed through his mind made him feel sick.
Over the years, he has gradually forgotten about that trip to the deep valley. He only occasionally dreams about that strange experience late at night and suddenly wakes up in a sweat.
At that time, he felt that he was very lonely, alone facing the unknown ferocity, alone facing the dark death. Every time at this time, he could not restrain his inexplicable excitement, with a hint of fanatical impulse, and could not help but do it.
It feels like killing.
Even in the darkness, he recalled the strange enthusiasm in Monk Puzhi's eyes when he looked at him beside the broken grass temple many years ago!
Zhang Xiaofan had no idea why he had such a strange feeling, but luckily he had a way to calm his horrified heart - Brahma Prajna!
This set of Buddhist lawless techniques has the magical effect of deterring evil spirits and purifying the mind. He has been practicing it for five years. Its greatest use is to suppress the strange emotions that have appeared inexplicably in the past two years.
"Snapped!"
Zhang Xiaofan's head hurt and something fell to the ground, but it was a pine cone. Zhang Xiaofan turned back angrily and said angrily: "Damn monkey, don't let me catch you... Hey, you are... ah! Sixth Senior Brother!"
Zhang Xiaofan jumped up and saw a man standing at the door, with a medium build, a lean face, a smile on his face, and carrying a small baggage. If it wasn't Du Bishu, the sixth man whom he hadn't seen for a long time, who was it?
Du Bishu looked up and down at Zhang Xiaofan and said, "Awesome! In just a few years, you've grown to be as tall as me."
Zhang Xiaofan walked quickly and grabbed Du Bishu's shoulders and said with a smile: "Sixth Senior Brother, why have you been gone for so long? We all miss you so much!"
Du Bishu smiled and said, "Am I back now?"
Zhang Xiaofan then asked: "Master, does your wife know that you are back?"
Du Bishu said: "No, I just came back and saw smoke in the kitchen here, so I came over to take a look. I knew you were working here. Did you miss me after not seeing each other for a few years?"
Zhang Xiaofan nodded happily in his heart. Du Bishu touched his head and suddenly whispered: "Come with me to see Master."
Zhang Xiaofan was stunned for a moment and said: "Why do you still need me to accompany you?"
Du Bishu said with a bitter face: "Master asked me to go down the mountain and agreed that it would be limited to one year, but I overplayed it! If I hadn't searched for half a year longer to find good materials to refine the magic weapon, I would have been scolded by Master. You
Come with me!"
Zhang Xiaofan glared at him and said, "Then you said you came to see me first, right? Sixth Senior Brother, what kind of magic weapon are you practicing?"
Du Bishu laughed dryly and said: "Haha, of course I came to see your junior brother first! Let's go!" He pulled Zhang Xiaofan and left.
After a while, Dahuang, who was hiding in a corner and chewing meat and bones, and Xiaohui, who was leaning on its back to catch lice, both heard a roar coming from the Shoujing Hall: "The unscrupulous person is so angry with me."
At dinner time, for the first time in the past two years, everyone in Dazhu Peak sat together at the same table to eat.
When everyone sat down, Tian Buyi still had an angry look on his face. After greeting Du Bishu, all the disciples couldn't help but quietly asked him: "Why did Master Liu get so angry when he saw you?"
Du Bi's face looked awkward and he looked around, but Zhang Xiaofan, who was sitting next to him, had a smile on his face but didn't dare to laugh, which looked quite strange.
At this time, Tian Linger, who was sitting opposite, finally couldn't help but asked Tian Buyi for the first time: "Senior Brother Dad Six finally came back, why are you still so angry?"
Du Bishu quietly raised his eyes and looked at Tian Buyi. Tian Buyi glared at him and Du Bishu lowered his head in fright. Tian Buyi snorted and said, "Sixth, put your magic weapon out for everyone to see!"
Du Bishu opened his mouth and couldn't say anything. He raised his eyes and looked at his master, Suru, only to see Suru smiling and saying, "Bishu, please take it out and show it to everyone! Also let everyone know why your master is angry?"
Seeing that he couldn't put it off, Du Bishu took his little bundle and shook it twice, took out a few things from the middle and put them on the table.
Everyone stared without blinking for fear of missing something. The dining hall was extremely quiet for a while.
I saw three things that seemed to be made of some kind of hard wood and were half the size of a fist placed on the dining table. They were six-sided squares with white sides and various points carved on them. They were three dice.
Everyone was stunned and speechless for a moment and then burst into laughter.
Du Bishu's face turned red and Tian Buyi looked at him with anger on his face and said angrily: "Rotten wood cannot be carved!"
But at this moment, Suru smiled and shook his head and said: "Forget it, it's not a big deal, just roll the dice! Anyway, this magic weapon is for his own use."
Tian Buyi glared at his apprentice and said to Suru: "How do you know he is not using this to cheat?"
Du Bishu was startled and said quickly: "Master, master, wife, and disciples would never dare to do such an obscene and shameless thing. I just found a thousand-year-old three-bead tree (Note 1) by the Chishui River in the south a few years ago. It has great aura and is carved with its essence." I picked these three dice completely on a whim and never thought of anything else..."
Tian Buyi was furious and said: "Are you happy? You can practice other things. Now you have made a pair of gambling tools and wait until the Seven Meridians Competition in a month to test you. Do I still have the face to show off?"
Du Bishu didn't dare to say anything anymore. Suru shook her head and whispered: "Bu Yi, this is something he likes. Don't force him. Do you still remember Senior Brother Wan..."
Tian Buyi was suddenly shocked and turned his head to look at Suru. Suru sighed softly and said to Du Bishu: "Bishu, you know that your master and I have never forced you to practice the fairy sword like other brothers. But magic weapons are often very important, so you should be careful when dealing with them."
Du Bishu secretly glanced at Tian Buyi, only to see that the master had a unhappy face and was sulking. He dared to talk more and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes."
Suru glanced at her husband again and then said to everyone: "Time flies so fast. Next month will be the Seven Meridians Martial Arts Competition. Then we will go to Tongtian Peak where Nagato is. You should prepare early!"
At this point, her beautiful and gentle face suddenly turned serious and said: "Don't let me and your master down again this time, do you understand?"
All the disciples' hearts jumped and they said in unison: "Yes!"
"Master, Master." Amid the loud replies from everyone, a weak and uncoordinated voice emerged. Suru looked over and saw the seventh child, Zhang Xiaofan, frowned and said, "What's wrong, Xiaofan?"
Zhang Xiaofan said cautiously: "Did you just mean that I would go too?"
Suru glanced at Tian Buyi with a smile on her face and said, "Yes! Aren't you also a disciple of the Dazhu Peak lineage?"
Zhang Xiaofan liked to jump up and high-five with Du Bishu next to him, but Tian Buyi sarcastically said from a distance: "Anyway, there are nine places, even if one is given to an idiot, it's still a waste if you don't use it."
At night, when Zhang Xiaofan returned to the house, he saw Da Huang and Xiao Hui running to his bed to rest.
A year and a half ago, Dahuang moved to Zhang Xiaofan's room to sleep because he was close to Xiaohui. At first, Tian Buyi was frightened. He jumped around and couldn't find his dog. Finally, when he found out the whole story, he snorted and walked away without saying anything.
Zhang Xiaofan saw that the master didn't blame him, so he didn't drive Dahuang out (actually, he couldn't drive Dahuang out. If Dahuang occupies half of the bed and Xiao Hui occupies half, you can know the mood of the owner of the house).
However, as time passed, Zhang Xiaofan probably got used to the crowds and became familiar with them, and Zhang Xiaofan no longer complained about Dahuang and Xiaohui sleeping with him.
That night he was in a very good mood, walked into the house, sat down at the table, and took a quick look, only to see Dahuang lying lazily on Xiao Hui's body. But he didn't know when he went to the kitchen again and stole his black fire stick and put it on Dahuang's body.
Dilly-dallying.
There was a movement in his heart that Xiao Hui seemed to be very interested in this fire stick, but he was not in the mood to think about it so much now. His heart was completely filled with joy that the master unexpectedly allowed him to participate in the Seven Meridians Martial Arts Competition.
If Dahuang and Xiaohui looked at Zhang Xiaofan at this time, they would see a human with glowing eyes.
Zhang Xiaofan stared at the monkeys and dogs, but he seemed to be talking to the air: "Look, it's great that I have the opportunity to participate in the Seven Meridians Martial Arts Competition. Master, he is really magnanimous. Even if I am stupid, he still takes me to grow up."
If you have more experience, maybe you can meet Jingyu then."
At this point, he seemed to have remembered something and whispered to himself: "But if the Taiwan competition is really going to happen, I'm afraid it will embarrass Master! Forget it, just do what you want! Big Yellow and Little Gray, don't you think so?"
"Squeak, squeak, squeak!"
Zhang Xiaofan raised his eyes and saw that Xiao Hui was focused on catching the lice in Dahuang's fur and only barked a few times to deal with him. Dahuang simply put his two dog ears down to look at him without even looking at him.
"Damn dog!" Zhang Xiaofan cursed angrily. Suddenly his vision went dark, but Xiao Hui suddenly smashed the fire stick in his hand.
He was startled and quickly dodged the fire stick, hit the table, jumped twice and fell to the ground.
"Squeaks, Wangwang!" This time the voice of the big yellow dog and the little gray monkey became the symphony Zhang Xiaofan made a ghost face and hate the two beasts.
Qi Hao's heroic appearance at Dazhu Peak.
"The ice has turned into a wall!" Zhang Xiaofan muttered in a low voice. He was fine when he was not practicing. But these days, as his practice deepened, he deeply experienced how difficult and unattainable it was to reach Qi Hao's state.
He thought again of Tian Linger's gentle but fiery eyes by the light in this room that night!
His heart felt like being pricked by a sharp needle at that moment.
The fire stick on the ground was lying there quietly, and the sound of monkeys and yellow dogs playing nearby could be heard. Zhang Xiaofan suddenly felt that he was so similar to the fire stick. Even when the fire stick fell to the ground, there seemed to be some emotion in his eyes.
Lonely.
"Alas!" He sighed, trying to imagine the situation when he could reach that state. Then for the first time in his life, he did the "exorcism" that Qingyun Sect disciples had done countless times in a completely relaxed and unconcerned posture.
"Thing" action - waving to the fire stick on the ground.
That moment seemed like forever.
Zhang Xiaofan was very normal, not even a little bit sad, and was ready to accept his failure. Then he saw the fire stick under the ground move.
It moved so gently, as if it had just woken up after sleeping for a long time!