"Woof woof woof!"
Creak creak creak creak!
...
Dog barks and monkey screams mixed together, echoing in Mount Jadeon's Bamboo Peak, breaking the tranquility. Shaw Danon, holding the black fire stick, rushed out of the kitchen, angry: "Damn dog! Damn monkey! If you have the guts, don't run! "
Ashh jumped onto Big Yella's back. Big Yella, who was already prepared, ran away. Shaw Danon couldn't catch up. He could only watch Ashh make a face and put a delicious meat bone into Big Yella's mouth. Big Yella was so excited that if it weren't for the two rows of teeth biting into the meat bone, his teeth would have already fallen off from his smile.
"Hoo!"
Shaw Danon angrily walked back to the kitchen with a face of frustration. Since he was fourteen years old, he was in charge of the kitchen. His cooking skills made everyone look at him in a new light. Even with Big Yella's "enlightened old dog" cultivation, he couldn't help but drool over the delicious food in Shaw Danon's hands. Especially the meat bone that Shaw Danon used to make the soup.
But Shaw Danon's soup is for people to drink. Even though Big Yella's "age" is older (Tian Bolis raised him since he was young), he still couldn't get the treatment he deserved. Until he became familiar with Ashh, the scene above often appeared in Bamboo Peak for two years. No matter how well Shaw Danon hid the meat bone, with Big Yella's nose and Ashh's agility, the fight for the meat bone often ended with Shaw Danon's loss.
Two years passed quickly. In fact, it was only one and a half year. Shaw Danon had grown into a sixteen-year-old boy. He was now half a head taller than his Shijie Hidi. During this period of time, because of Tian Bolis' strict order, all of Bamboo Peak's disciples closed their doors and trained hard. Except for the sixth disciple Amandla, only Shaw Danon the cook had the most leisure time.
For two years, without anyone noticing, Shaw Danon had been practicing by himself. What he couldn't believe was, according to Xavion's incantation, he only used a year's time to finish Yu Qing level two - Lianqi.
He had doubts in his heart but in the end he did not ask Tian BuYi, and Xavion, Tian LingEr and the rest had been concentrating on their closed-door training and had no time to care about his matters. His best friend Du BiShu also went down the mountain, so he could only hide this question in his heart. But following that, there was a big, big difficult matter placed in front of him, Tian LingEr privately gave him the third level of the incantation, he was very clear that this was a big violation of the sect rules, but, every night, when he was alone, standing in the small courtyard and looking up at the night sky, he would always think of a sentence:
No matter how much you train, you still can't compare to Qi Hao shixiong!
After ten nights, he began to practice the third level of the incantation!
In Pure Essence, Yu Qing level one to three is the foundation of all the incantation, the difficulty is also getting higher. Different from the first two levels, "Draw Qi" and "Lianqi", the third level of incantation, "Energy", focuses on cultivating Tai Chi energy. The incantation said: "Tai Chi energy, combine three into one. Ji, the center; Yuan, the beginning, travel in the twelve stars... this Yin and Yang combined, Qi in the son, the one who transforms all things. "(Note: from" Han Shu, Lv Li Zhi ")
In the Jadeon, when the disciples reached this realm, there would be a clear dividing line, the level of aptitude could be seen at a glance: the intelligent people would often be like a hot knife cutting through butter, breaking through to the higher realm of 'Actuation', from then on laying a solid foundation for the cultivation of immortality, while the slightly inferior disciples would often stagnate, there were also many who wasted their entire lives.
Shaw Danon had been in the sect for five years, naturally he had heard these things many times during his conversations with his shixiongs, but it was very clear that all of his shixiongs put him in the "slightly inferior" category.
He returned to the kitchen, went to the stove, filled it with water, then continued to add firewood to the stove, preparing to boil some water. The bright yellow flame burned brightly again. Shaw Danon took the poor black "fire stick" that he had used for two years, fiddled with the firewood in the stove. After the fire had stabilized, his eyes slowly fell on the fire stick in his hand.
But it was not because he found something, it was a very normal thing - he was dazing.
Apart from the bead on its head, the black firestick was only about a foot long. The only unusual thing was that under the blackness of the firestick, there were faint blood veins, especially at the point where the short firestick and the bead met. Sometimes, it almost looked like the two objects were fused together with human blood.
Shaw Danon's body suddenly shivered. The thought of human blood connecting made him feel disgusted. Over the years, he had slowly forgotten about that trip to the secluded valley. Occasionally, he would dream of that strange experience in the middle of the night, and when he woke up, he would be drenched in sweat.
At that time, he felt very lonely, alone facing the unknown ferociousness, alone facing the dark death. Every time at that time, he could not control his inexplicable emotion, with a trace of fanatical impulse, could not help but have the feeling of killing. Even, in the darkness, he remembered many years ago, Pozhi monk looked at him at the edge of the ruined Grasstemple Temple, the strange fanaticism in his eyes!
Shaw Danon did not know why he had such a strange feeling, but fortunately he had a way to calm his frightened heart: Fawin Wisdom!
This set of supreme Buddhist incantation had the miraculous effect of suppressing evil spirits and cleansing one's mind. He had practiced it for five years, and its biggest use was to suppress the strange emotions that had inexplicably appeared in the past two years.
"Pa"
Shaw Danon's head felt pain, something fell on the ground, it was a pine cone. Shaw Danon's anger rose, he turned around and shouted: "Damn monkey, don't let me catch you... eh, you are... ah! Sixth Shixiong! "
Shaw Danon jumped up and saw a person standing at the door, medium build, capable face, full of smile, carrying a small bag on his back. If it is not Amandla, who else could it be?
Amandla looked at Shaw Danon up and down, his mouth said: "Amazing, only a few years time, you have grown as tall as me."
Shaw Danon quickly walked up, grabbed Amandla's shoulder, smiled: "Sixth Shixiong, why were you gone for so long, we all missed you."
Amandla smiled: "Am I not back now?"
Shaw Danon immediately asked: "Master and Shi niang know you are back?"
Amandla said: "No, I just came back and saw smoke in the kitchen, so I came to check. Hehe, I knew you are working here. Haven't seen me for a few years, did you miss me? "
Shaw Danon was happy, nodded. Amandla touched his head, suddenly whispered: "Come, accompany me to see master."
Shaw Danon was startled, said: "Why do you need me to accompany you?"
Du BiShu with a bitter face, said, "At that time when teacher let me go down the mountain, we agreed on a one year limit, but I played too much, uh, no, I searched for more than half a year before I found good materials to refine magical weapon, I am afraid I will be scolded by teacher. Come with me. "
Shaw Danon stared at him, said: "Then why did you say you came to see me first, right, Sixth Shixiong, what esper are you crafting?"
Amandla laughed dryly: "Hehe, of course I came to see you first, Xiao Shidi, let's go, let's go." Then he pulled Shaw Danon away.
After a while, Da Huang who was hiding in a corner gnawing on a bone and Xiao Hui who was scratching lice on its back, at the same time heard an angry roar from Observed Silence Hall, "Unfilial people, I am so angry!"
Dinner time, for the first time in two years, the Bamboo Peak people gathered together and ate at the same table. After everyone sat down, Tian BuYi's face was still full of anger, after the disciples finished greeting Du BiShu, they could not help but quietly asked him, "Lao Liu, why did master get so angry when he saw you?"
Amandla was embarrassed, looked around, and Shaw Danon, who was sitting next to him, had a smile on his face, but did not dare to laugh out loud, looked quite strange.
At this time, Hidi, who was sitting opposite, finally could not help but ask Tian Bolis: "Dad, Sixth Shixiong finally came back, why are you still so angry?"
Amandla quietly looked at Tian Bolis, Tian Bolis stared at him, scared Amandla quickly lowered his head. Tian Bolis snorted, said: "Old six, show us your esper?"
Du BiShu opened his mouth but could not say anything. He looked up at Shiniang SuRu, SuRu smiled and said, "BiShu, why don't you take it out for everyone to see, and also let everyone know why your teacher is angry?"
Du BiShu saw that he could not delay it anymore, slowly took his little bundle, shook it twice, took out a few things from the middle and put it on the table.
Everyone stared without blinking, afraid to miss something. In the dining hall, it was extremely quiet. On the dining table, there were three objects that seemed to be made of some kind of hard wood. They were about the size of half a fist and had six sides. They were completely white, and there were all kinds of engravings on them. They were three dice.
Everyone was dumbstruck, speechless, after a moment, they burst into laughter.
Amandla's face was red, Tian Bolis looked at him, his face was angry, said: "Rotten wood cannot be carved!"
Surin smiled and shook her head, said: "Never mind, this is not a big deal, dice it is, anyway this esper is for his own use."
Tian Bolis stared at his disciple, said to Surin: "How do you know he is not using this to cheat?"
Amandla was shocked, quickly said: "Master, Shiniang, disciple would not dare to do such a shameless thing. Just that last year I found a thousand years old three pearls tree (Note 1) at the southern Chi River, it is full of spiritual energy, I used its essence to carve these three dice, completely on a whim, never thought of other... "
Tian Bolis was still angry, said: "Are you happy? Humph, I don't care if you practice other things, but now you have created a gambling tool. Wait until the Seven Peaks Tournament in a month, when you show up on the stage, do you think I will still have face?"
Amandla did not dare to say anything, Surin shook her head, whispered: "Buyi, this is what he likes, don't force him. You still remember Wan Shixiong... "
Tian BuYi suddenly shook, turned and looked at SuRu, SuRu lightly sighed, said to Du BiShu, "BiShu, you know, me and your teacher have never forced you all to be like the other Shixiong of other branches to train in celestial sword, but magical weapon often has a lot to do with, you all must be careful."
Amandla peeked at Tian Bolis, saw his master was not happy, sulking, he did not dare to say more, nodded: "Yes, yes."
Suru looked at her husband again, then said to the crowd, "Time really flies. The Seven Peaks Tournament will be held next month. At that time, we will go together to Tong Tian Peak where the main sect is located. You should prepare early. "Speaking till here, her beautiful and gentle face suddenly became solemn. She quickly said:" This time, don't let me and your master down, understand? "
The disciples' heart jumped, said in unison: "Yes!"
"Mas, Shiniang." Among the loud answer, an uncoordinated weak voice came out. Surin looked and saw it was the seventh Shaw Danon, frowned: "What is it, Xiao Fan?"
Shaw Danon said carefully: "So you mean I should go too?"
SuRu was startled, glanced at Tian BuYi, a smile appeared on her face, said, "Yes, aren't you also a Big Bamboo Valley disciple?"
Shaw Danon was overjoyed, cheered and high-fived Amandla. He did not care about Tian Bolis' cold words from afar, said: "There are nine spots anyway, even if we give one to an idiot, it is still a waste of one, it is a waste not to use it."
At night, Shaw Danon returned to his room and saw Big Yella and Ashh had already gone to his bed to rest. Since one and a half year ago, because Big Yella and Ashh were good friends, they also moved into Shaw Danon's room to sleep. At first, it surprised Tian Bolis. He could not find his beloved dog anywhere. Then he snorted and left without saying anything. Shaw Danon saw his master did not blame him, so he did not kick Big Yella out (in fact, he could not. Big Yella took up half of the bed, Ashh took up half of the other half, one could imagine the master's mood).
But after a long time, maybe he got used to it, Shaw Danon no longer complained about Big Yella and Ashh sleeping with him. That night, his mood was very good. He went into the room and sat at the table. He saw Big Yella was lazily lying on the table. Ashh had gone to the kitchen and stole his black fire stick, rubbing it against Big Yella.
He felt that Xiao Hui seemed to be very interested in this fire stick, but he was not in the mood to think too much about it. His heart was filled with joy because his master unexpectedly allowed him to participate in the Seven Peaks Tournament.
If Big Yella and Ashh looked at Shaw Danon, they would see a human with glowing eyes. Shaw Danon's eyes were looking at the monkey and dog, but his mouth seemed to be talking to the air: "Look, I have the chance to participate in Seven Peaks Tournament. That's great. Master is really generous. Even if I am stupid, he still took me there. Ugh, maybe I can see Jing Yu. "
Then, he seemed to think of something, whispered to himself: "But if I really go on stage, I'm afraid I will embarrass master. Never mind, just do what you need to do. Big Yella, Ashh, don't you think so? "
"Squeak squeak squeak squeak!"
Shaw Danon looked up and saw Ashh's mind was on Big Yella's fur, carefully picking the lice. It only barked a few times to deal with Shaw Danon. Big Yella was even more straightforward. His dog ears were down and did not look at Shaw Danon.
"Stupid dog!" Shaw Danon cursed angrily. Suddenly, his eyes darkened. Ashh suddenly threw the fire stick at him. He was surprised and quickly dodged. The fire stick hit the table, bounced twice, then fell on the ground.
"Squeak squeak squeak, woof woof woof!" This time, Big Yellow and Grey Monkey's voice became a symphony. Shaw Danon made a face at the two animals, then sat down bitterly. For some reason, the heroic appearance of Kevern at Bamboo Peak two years ago appeared in his mind.
"It's a wall of ice!" Shaw Danon murmured. It was okay when he did not cultivate, but as his cultivation deepened, he realized how difficult it was to reach Kevern's level.
He recalled that night, Tian Ling 'er was beside the light in this room, her gentle but passionate eyes!
His heart felt like it was pricked by a sharp needle at that moment.
The fire stick was quietly lying there. Monkey and Yella's laughter came from the side. Shaw Danon suddenly felt he was so similar to the fire stick. Even when the fire stick fell on the ground, in his eyes, there was also a bit of loneliness.
"Sigh", he sighed, tried to imagine the situation where he could reach that level. Then with a completely relaxed, uncaring posture, for the first time in his life, he did the "moving object" action that Jadeon disciples did countless times: He waved his hand at the fire stick on the ground.
That moment seemed to last forever.
Shaw Danon was very normal, not even a bit sad. He was prepared to accept his failure. Then, he saw the fire stick on the ground moved a little.
It was so light, so slight, like waking up from a long sleep, moved a little!