Chapter 23 Brothers, Taoist Masters, Kung Fu
Xie Yuan never expected to hear his eldest brother’s name from a strange Taoist priest.
He looked at the middle-aged Taoist priest in surprise.
The Taoist is tall and thin, wearing a simple blue robe, with a black beard hanging down to his chest, and a wooden hairpin on his head. He looks like a fortune-telling Taoist sitting in a rural alley.
He has a pale face and a fleshy mole at the corner of his mouth, which is quite conspicuous but not ugly. His calm expression shows a calm temperament. Standing there, he seems to have blended in with his surroundings.
Xie Yuan took a look and felt that although he was dressed in an ordinary way, his temperament made people dare not look down upon him.
"Xie Lun's home...is here. I don't know who the elder is, what are you doing with my brother?"
Xie Yuan asked.
Xie Yuan's figure was reflected in the Taoist priest's eyes, which were like a deep lake, and he suddenly said:
"So you are Xie Lun's younger brother."
"Taoist priest knows about me?"
Xie Yuan was even more surprised.
The Taoist priest nodded:
"Of course, if it weren't for you, I don't think I would make a special trip to come here again."
"Huh?"
Xie Yuan was confused and confused after hearing this.
The Taoist just smiled slightly and asked:
"Where is your brother? Isn't he at home?"
Xie Yuan was silent for a moment and said:
"Taoist Master, please follow me."
In the woods, in front of a loess mound.
After Xie Lun left, nothing was left behind; Xie Yuan was penniless, but with the help and support of Wang Lei and Li Lan, he reluctantly built a tomb, carved a stone tablet, and built a tomb. , a few people held a simple funeral for him.
The Taoist priest and Xie Yuan stood in front of the tomb, silent for a while, and sighed softly:
"Fate is impermanent."
After hearing this, Xie Yuan held the fist:
"Taoist Priest, what is your destiny? My eldest brother is well-known for being kind to others. He treats me like a brother and a father. Why did he end up with a wild beast eating his body and leaving his body incomplete?"
The Taoist priest shook his head:
"I'm afraid no one in the world can answer this question."
Xie Yuan stood quietly for a while, then turned around and asked:
"Taoist Master, you haven't said how to get to know my brother yet. ”
The Taoist priest raised his head slightly:
"I passed by this place when I went into the mountains a few years ago, and met your brother in the woods.
"Looking from a distance, I saw a young woodcutter, with arms and waist like a bee, and blood as strong as a wasp's. Dragons are born to practice martial arts.
"I happened to be at a bottleneck. I had been in poverty for ten years. When I saw your brother as a unique martial arts talent, I suddenly had the idea of taking a break and recruiting disciples to teach my skills."
Xie Yuan My eyes gradually widened as I heard this.
Is this, is this eldest brother's master?
Is the eldest brother’s talent in martial arts so high?
The Taoist priest continued:
“Unexpectedly, your brother didn’t agree.”
“Why?”
Xie Yuan groaned, completely unexpected.
Isn’t this script a classic plot about meeting an expert on the road and being taught magical powers?
I am about to leave the poor mountain village and make a comeback, how could the eldest brother refuse?
Unless...he only thought of one possibility.
Sure enough, the Taoist priest glanced at him and said:
"I wanted to take your brother away, but your brother insisted on taking you with him. I had important things to do at that time, and taking one disciple was too much. I couldn't take care of another weak young man, so the fate of master and disciple stopped here. . ”
Xie Yuan didn’t know how he felt, and slowly pursed his lips.
A chance to make a comeback was placed in front of Xie Lun. As long as he nodded, he could skyrocket and become a warrior that everyone admired.
But he refused.
In fact, based on Xie Yuan’s understanding of his eldest brother, he almost guessed the reason as soon as he heard it.
The eldest brother will definitely refuse.
I don’t want to abandon him, I don’t want him to be young and frail and have no one to take care of him...
Warrior, hunting, Li Lan, I don’t know how many times I have made the choice, but the result is the same. Why is elder brother like father? Xie Lun gave the best interpretation with his own choice.
Xie Yuan's eyes were red and he clenched his fists with all his strength so as not to shed tears in front of outsiders.
The Taoist priest looked straight ahead, as if he didn't notice Xie Yuan's strange behavior:
"Although your brother refused, I rarely have the heart to love talents, so I passed him a boxing technique. I want to come back after a while. Take a look.
"If it's not good, then forget about it; if it's good, then accept him as your apprentice no matter what. However, things are unpredictable... When did he leave? ”
“It’s the beginning of summer this year. "
Xie Yuan said hoarsely.
The Taoist priest nodded slightly:
"What a pity. If you are skilled in the technique, why should you be afraid of mere wolves, tigers and leopards?"
After a while, Xie Yuan calmed down.
He calmed down and thought about the Taoist priest's words, and couldn't help but feel curious:
"Taoist priest, you want to accept my eldest brother as your disciple... You must be very high-level?"
The Taoist priest twirled his long beard:
“It’s not very high.”
“May I ask what realm it is?”
“Oh, what do you think I look like? Realm? "
The Taoist asked.
"The masters of the three major martial arts schools in Panlong Town are all second-level practitioners. It can be seen that it is necessary to open a school to recruit disciples at this level. This Taoist priest seems to be quite a master, and he looks more powerful than the master of the Iron Clothes Sect. Maybe it is Three exercises?”
Xie Yuan thought for a moment, then raised him a little higher. He tentatively said:
"Four practices, the bones are perfected?"
The Taoist priest was stunned for a moment, and suddenly laughed:
"Hahaha, you young man... Even if you are still practicing outside, you are still qualified to accept a disciple?”
ah? This... doesn't this scold the sect master and the others?
Xie Yuan felt that the Taoist priest's temperament suddenly soared, and his tall and thin back seemed to rise infinitely, directly covering the towering iron poplar.
Looking at the Taoist priest's performance, Xie Yuan realized that he seemed to have said something funny, and scratched his head in embarrassment:
"I don't know what state I will be in after the fourth practice. "
The Taoist priest's laughter subsided and he shook his head:
"These small sects can't teach anything, and they can't even distinguish between realms.
"Listen carefully, 'Exercise the four levels of Qi and blood to change, and the two bridges of heaven and earth will become one inside and outside', what they say is' The four levels of external training, 'three changes of qi and blood', 'double bridges of heaven and earth', and 'unity of inside and outside' are the four realms. ”
This was the first time Xie Yuanshang heard about the later realms, and he quickly wrote them down.
It turned out that there were so many levels. He thought that the second level would be enough, so he co-authored the fourth level of external training. , is it just a beginner in practice?
But the second practitioner can indeed walk sideways in Panlong Town;
If the four levels of external training are completed, I am afraid that he will be a powerful force in Yunzhao County.
However, there are still people outside the world, and there is still heaven outside the sky.
Xie Yuan couldn't help but sigh, the water in the small pond is shallow. If he hangs out in Panlong Town all his life, he may think that the second practice is the sky.
Only when you go out can you know how wide the world is.
Having been born in this world, how can you live in a mountain village?
Xie Yuan felt that the larger world was slowly unfolding, and he couldn't help but have something in mind.
He looked at the Taoist priest with a slightly searching look:
"Taoist priest, I feel that you are standing there, as if you are almost integrated with the surroundings. Does it correspond to the 'unity of inside and outside'? 'The realm?"
The Taoist glanced at him and said with a noncommittal smile:
"You still have some inspiration, which is rare
"Don't practice superficial external skills forcefully, otherwise your body will be completely destroyed."
Xie Yuan was startled, but he didn't expect the Taoist priest to see his situation at a glance.
"Hmm...Okay."
Hearing Xie Yuan's hesitation, the Taoist priest looked at him, then at the stone tablet, and breathed a sigh of relief:
"If you insist on practicing...
"I originally changed a boxing technique and wanted to use it to nourish my brother's energy, but it was a little late.
"Brothers eventually become brothers, so let's forget the cause and effect. ”
He took out a booklet and handed it to Xie Yuan.
(End of this chapter)