Chapter 303 Recalling the first meeting with Senior Sister at Yunwu Mountain
Chapter 303 Recalling the first meeting with Senior Sister at Yunwu Mountain
"I don't want to ask my senior sister, for fear of getting an answer that...I don't want to know.
But besides you and Senior Sister, who else do I know? Master, your old friends..."
Those old friends, like you, have reached the end of their life span and passed away.
The wind blew through the bamboo forest, making a rustling sound. The dry bamboo leaves fluttered down and landed on her shoulders.
Lou Xiao had a lot to say, but facing the simple grave in front of her, she could only lower her head to gather the paper money and burn it.
I couldn't utter another word.
Eventually, I have to go back to the capital.
After the fireworks went out, Lou Xiao took a deep breath and stood up.
Anilan had gone to nowhere, and she was too lazy to look for her now.
Yunwu Mountain holds countless memories for her, but once people left, the unmaintained houses became dilapidated and the ground was overgrown with weeds.
Lou Xiao sat on the millstone with her face in her hands, recalling the first time she saw her senior sister, waiting for Anilan to come back after having enough fun.
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The master said that in order to practice the supreme skills, one must be able to endure hardships that are beyond the reach of ordinary people.
As far as Lou Xiao could remember, he had stayed in Yunwu Mountain for several years and had never seen anyone else except his master.
She was still young at that time, and it was time for her to escape. The hardship and loneliness of Yunwu Mountain were unbearable.
In between practicing martial arts and working, she would sit on the millstone and look at the mossy stone steps.
Looking forward to new living people appearing.
It was at that moment that my senior sister suddenly came up from the stone steps.
The noble girl had a little sweat on her forehead. When she first met the dazed young Lou Xiao, she held up her clothes.
Both of them were speechless for a moment.
Lou Xiao didn't expect that someone would actually come up, and Cheng Wang didn't expect that there was actually a little child.
It was King Cheng who reacted first. He smiled friendly and asked, "Excuse me, are there any residents on the mountain?"
She was obviously well-educated and came from a wealthy family.
His clothes are well-thought-out, his words and actions are measured, and even his smile is just right.
As a child, Lou Xiao wore tattered clothes and even her hair was uneven.
Meeting King Cheng inevitably makes you feel inferior.
Since she asked, Lou Xiao opened his throat and shouted, "Master————!!! Someone is looking for you————!!!"
The roar frightened the birds in the bamboo forest and made King Cheng's heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys tremble in front of him.
King Cheng stroked his ear with one hand, his expression unchanged.
The girl in front of me is not a simple person. It seems that I have come to the right place.
After yelling, Lou Xiao blinked and continued to look at Cheng Wang. She had never seen a stranger in Yunwu Mountain before, so she didn't know whether the other person was a good person or not, and she didn't dare to ask any questions.
Even when King Cheng asked her who she was, Lou Xiao just tilted her head and smiled, refusing to say anything.
After a while, the master's voice was heard from afar, "Xiaoxiao, don't lie! Who would come - Hey, who are you? Why are you here?"
A ragged and unkempt old man walked slowly towards him and looked Cheng Wang up and down with a pair of sparkling eyes.
King Cheng let the old man look at it, took out a bamboo slip from his sleeve and motioned for the old man to see it.
Seeing this, the old man's expression changed slightly. His first reaction was to look at Cheng Wang again, and then he sighed in his heart.
Still here.
After receiving the bamboo slip, the old man still held out the hope that it was just a forgery.
After seeing the words he had carved with his own hands, he turned around and said,
"Come with me—"
Lou Xiao looked left and right, not knowing what the two were talking about, but King Cheng smiled at her.
Lou Xiao just followed the two people into the thatched hut with her short legs.
There was only a rough wooden stool in the extremely simple house, but King Cheng did not mind and sat down without waiting for an invitation.
But there wasn't even a glass of water on the table. The old man awkwardly called out to Lou Xiao who had just walked in.
"Xiaoxiao, go and boil a pot of hot water for the guests."
The sensible little girl stepped in and then backed out, answering very straightforwardly, "Okay!"
King Cheng looked at the little girl's well-behaved back and said with a smile, "Children in the mountains are clever and cute."
Livelier and purer than the children in the palace.
He was not like her rich and spoiled brother, nor was he like the rough and wild mixed-blood boy she picked up.
The little girl was like a mountain deer, with a pair of watery eyes that were clear in black and white. There was only curiosity about her, without any other desires.
"She has lived in the mountains since she was a child and has never seen a stranger. Keeping a pure heart is the key to learning the highest martial arts."
The old man just found an excuse to get Lou Xiaozhi out. He stroked the bamboo slip with one hand and read it carefully. Suddenly, he broke it.
"Since you have come with the bamboo slips, I can keep my promise. But I am old, and I am afraid I can't serve you for a few more years."
King Cheng did not answer, but continued to talk about the little girl, "She is so young and you have brought her to your side. I believe you love her very much and have high hopes for her.
Ordinary people of this age would still be in their parents' arms, but she can already boil water and use her inner strength to transmit her voice to others."
The old man looked displeased, "This bamboo slip only concerns me. She is still young, so it has nothing to do with her."
"Who can say that they have nothing to do with the situation when they are in it?" King Cheng pointed out.
"As you said, you are old and she is still young. She still has a long life ahead of her."
What should a girl who has been confined in the mountains and practiced martial arts since she was a child do after her master passes away?
A pure heart can gain a lot from practicing martial arts, but how can a pure heart survive in this world?
Will she be exploited and deceived?
King Cheng saw the old man's depressed look and knew that he had been worried for a long time.
She was merely stating the facts.
In fact, what King Cheng didn’t know was that the old man was worried about more than just this.
“In that case…”
They should have a good talk.
When Lou Xiao came over with an old teapot, the old man and the young man had finished their conversation.
As soon as she stepped into the hut, her master beckoned her over.
"Come here, Xiaoxiao."
Lou Xiao stood on tiptoe and put the old teapot on the table, and Cheng Wang took the opportunity to push it inside to avoid scalding anyone.
The master held the little hand and pointed at the King in front of him, "Come, call me Senior Sister."
Lou Xiao's smiling face suddenly collapsed.
She turned around with a "are you kidding me?" expression and whispered, "Master, when did you accept a disciple?"
"just."
"Then she should call me senior sister! I was the first one to join." Lou Xiao didn't understand. All these years, it was only her and her master in Yunwu Mountain, so how come there was suddenly a senior sister here.
The old man despised her for being silly, "A senior sister should give a gift to a junior sister. Do you have one?"
The family in Yunwu Mountain is penniless. She has nothing, but does her master have it?
Lou Xiao was speechless.
The old man continued to persuade quietly, "Look at what she is wearing? That is purple cloud yarn, and the jade pendant of purple air coming from the east is on her waist. Do you know how expensive it is?"
Xiao Louxiao, who had never been down the mountain, had no idea and looked confused.
The master patted her on the shoulder and said,
"In short, if we accept her as our senior sister, we will be able to enjoy the best food and drink in the future."
After saying that, he leaned over to Lou Xiao's ear and said,
"Don't worry, her talent is far inferior to yours, and she definitely can't beat you."
Cheng Wang, who listened to the whole process, said: “…”
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