sword sentient beings

Chapter 122 The Sword Cottage
Gradually slanting to the west, wisps of mist condensed on the edge of the water, covered the reeds in the water, and floated into the wooden plank road on the water.

Tang Zhao and Xue Yeyu walked side by side along the wooden plank road, stepping on the creaking planks, to see Tang Zhao's sword hut.

Although he has been here for several days, Tang Zhao has been living next door to Xue Xianyun's work, and has no place of his own yet.

True jade disciples are of course eligible to have a solitary sword cottage. Although Xue Xianyun has not yet held the apprentice acceptance ceremony, it will be a matter of time, so as not to delay Tang Zhaoxian's treatment, Xue Yeyu is also enthusiastic to help him arrange it.

The two walked towards the edge of the water marsh, Xue Yeyu pointed him out: "The people who live on the shore here are all our senior brothers and sisters. The two senior uncles live further in. One of them likes to study hard, and the other often travels outside. You Usually invisible. How about it, don’t you feel a little deserted?”

Tang Zhao looked towards the shore, and there was a mist around the water, and he could vaguely see sporadic tall black shadows in the mist, which might be a mountain wall, a row of big trees, or some brother's sword hut.

"It's really a bit deserted."

Tang Zhao doesn't particularly like to be lively, he can stay alone and appreciate the quiet and elegant beauty, but this place...is not only deserted, it's really lacking in popularity, it's dark and gloomy at night.

Xue Yeyu said: "Our talisman sword masters need to be quiet in their research. Living here can help you to study peacefully. But you will feel lonely if you live for a long time. The opposite side of Baiyu disciples is actually very lively, and there is also a living atmosphere. If you feel lonely, you can Go to the opposite side to play. In a few years, you can also accept disciples or apply for a big class. Of course, you can also come to the senior sister to drop by."

Tang Zhao nodded and said, "I will definitely go often."

The two passed by a house hidden in the fog. The house was square and neat. Xue Yeyu pointed out, "That's Senior Brother's Sword House. Senior Brother Shi is Daddy's first disciple. When he and Daddy I wasn't even born yet. He used to take me to the water to play when I was a kid, like a second father to me."

Tang Zhaodao: "Eldest brother..." Speaking of elder brother, he seemed to have heard some stories.However, in the story, the junior sister would not think that the senior brother is the "father".

After walking for a while, I saw a Taoist temple built near the water.The white mist dissipated slightly, showing that the Taoist temple was solemn and tidy, with a clean air.Xue Yeyu said: "That's the sword hut of the second senior brother. He came from a Taoist school and studied the way of cultivating health. He has gone down the mountain now. I thought that since the second senior brother is away from home, you should live in his sword hut first." But daddy forbids it, saying I'm stingy. I think what daddy said is right, otherwise the second senior brother won't even have a place to stay when he comes back, isn't it too pitiful?"

Tang Zhao nodded again and again, rather than living in a mansion repaired by others, he still wants to have a house of his own, even if it is a thatched house.

He asked: "Second senior brother went down the mountain? Has he left the teacher?"

Xue Yeyu said: "No. He and Daddy had a quarrel and went down the mountain. It seems that he went to the capital to be an official."

Tang Zhao said "Huh?" and said, "Isn't it Qingxiu?"

Xue Yeyu said with a smile: "You are just like what daddy said, and daddy scolded him for being obsessed with officials and being a fucking idiot. He wrote a letter earlier, saying that in the capital he was like a fish in water, and he was promoted every step of the way. Dad angrily threw him away." The letter was torn up."

Tang Zhao: "..."

Immediately afterwards, Xue Yeyu pointed out that he was passing the third senior sister's sword cottage.

If there is still a shadow of the elder brother's sword house, then there is no shadow of the third senior sister's.Looking far away, Tang Zhao could only see thick fog, which seemed to be not only the fog near the water, but also mixed with other things, making the fog reveal a faint purple air.

This kind of purple made Tang Zhao feel familiar.

There are many exotic flowers and plants and small mushrooms growing on the lawn in front of the mist, and there are more faintly in the mist, as if it is a fertile land.

Xue Yeyu said softly: "Third Senior Sister doesn't like to see people. She hasn't been out of the house for several years. I haven't even seen her since the Sixth Junior Brother, and I have only seen her a few times. I don't know her. Would you like to see you?"

Further forward is naturally Xue Yeyu's sword hut. Her sword hut is not built in the shape of a big owl as Tang Zhao imagined, but a big garden with blooming flowers and verdant vegetation. There are several trees dotted among the trees. An elegant building.The only strange thing is that the roofs of those buildings are fluffy, like owl's wings.

Tang Zhao praised: "Senior sister's home is really like a paradise."

It's still beautiful and normal here, senior sister.

Xue Yeyu said proudly, "Of course. Do you see that pine forest? I have hundreds of owls."

……

In fact, it is not so normal.

There are faint birdsong in the pine forest, but they are not noisy. Owls are not noisy birds.

"Senior sister, can your owl deliver letters?"

"Send a letter?" Xue Yeyu asked suspiciously, "Why do you want to send a letter? If you really want to send a letter, you need to be trained."

Then, they walked through five, six, seven, the sword huts of the three Zhenyu disciples.The sword cottages of the three of them have their own ingenuity and are relatively normal. Xue Yeyu introduced them casually, just telling them their names.It seems that after Xue Xianyun's daughter, all the people he took in were normal people.

The two of them walked further and further away while chatting, and the sun was getting darker and darker. Finally, at sunset, they reached the end of the boardwalk.

After getting off the boardwalk, there is a barren beach, the tidal flat is overgrown with weeds and rocks, and the east and west are full of potholes and ponds. The beating waves reflected on the sky, making the dusk extremely desolate and desolate.

Xue Yeyu felt a little embarrassed, and said: "Shuize is so big, the brothers in front of the good place have occupied it. But there are still several empty sword cottages here, and no one lives there. You can choose whichever one you want. .”

The so-called sword huts are just thatched huts scattered on the rocky beach, with bamboo fences and white walls, which is the most primitive appearance of sword huts.As for the exaggerated, grotesque or beautiful sword house in the front, it was all transformed by the talisman sword master bit by bit.For example, the disciples at the back have not been introduced for a short time, and the renovation project has not yet been completed. The Jianlu still looks like a tiger with a tiger head in the front and a snake tail in the back.

Suddenly, a different sword cottage finally appeared on the beach.

The thatched hut is still the same hut, and the fence is still the same fence, but there are two wings-like decorations spread out behind the hut, as if they are about to take off from a distance.

Tang Zhao couldn't help laughing and said, "That's Brother Jiang's sword house, right?"

Xue Yeyu followed up with a smile and said, "Yes, it's very easy to recognize, right? He's been here for a short time, and he was about your age when he went up the mountain. It's only three years after calculation. It's too late to do any renovations in the sword cottage, so we put it up for two years. He has such a temperament, he must be the most dazzling."

Tang Zhao hammered his palm. He seemed to have found the decoration style of rune sword masters—no matter what the style is, he must first choose a mascot for himself, and then put the mascot on the house, wear it on his body, and carry it on his back. It's up to everyone to remember.

Xue Yeyu chatted: "I heard that he took you up the mountain? Is there a misunderstanding?"

Tang Zhao said: "It's not a misunderstanding." Then he told the previous things,
Xue Yeyu laughed and said: "As expected of him, he will never change his face-saving temper. You can return the sign to him later, anyway, it is only one chance. Remember to return it secretly when no one is around. As long as If he is not in front of people, it doesn't matter his face, he is still easy to talk to. But don't go now, he is not at home during the day, he must be hanging out."

Tang Zhao remembered that Li Zhijing also said it, and said, "Do you hang out every day?"

Xue Yeyu said: "It's just wandering around. Dad just saw that he was too idle, so he arranged for him to do some work as a guide. He is notorious for not practicing or studying, but his strength is very outstanding. Martial arts should be He is the strongest, and he will have a lot of talismans, that is a talent from heaven, and his talent should not be inferior to yours."

Tang Zhao said: "How can I compare with senior brother?"

That being said, there was a little flame in his heart that "chicked" a little bit.

That seems to be... the competitive spirit of a teenager.

Although Tang Zhao was considered to be mediocre in martial arts when he was a child, he accepted it with peace of mind, but after several senior teachers took turns affirming him, he gradually became more confident.

Since he is confident, how could he not have the desire to be competitive at his age?
He wanted to see, how amazing is that genius who can be the first in every subject without studying?

Is it better than him... is it better than him?
"Senior sister, let me choose the sword cottage next to senior brother."

Xue Yeyu nodded and said, "Okay. It's just the two of you here, and it's safe to live closer."

The two opened the door and entered the hut, and saw that there were only simple furniture such as tables, chairs, wooden beds, etc., but there was no dust. It seemed that a cleanliness was engraved at the beginning of the construction.Rune Sword Master is really convenient.

Xue Yeyu lit the magic lamp on the table, turned his purse, and poured out a lot of things.

The most conspicuous ones are naturally a few quilts, then various daily necessities, and a few sets of clothes.Xue Yeyu said that Zhuoyu Villa has a special place to buy daily necessities for disciples, if Tang Zhao has any shortcomings, he can buy them by himself.

Then, there are a few big tomes to get started.

She introduced: "These are must-read for all talisman sword masters. You have them at Daddy's place, and you have to have them yourself, so that you can take notes. There are thirty-seven talismans in the Enlightenment Chapter. Except for the empty talisman, the four-element talisman of earth, water, fire, and wind There are eight more basic talismans. After learning these thirty-seven talismans, even if you have the foundation of talisman art, you can learn serious talisman forms. Ninety-nine percent of talisman forms are composed of these thirty-seven basic talismans .”

Tang Zhao did the math, and there are quite a lot of thirty-seven permutations and combinations. According to Mr. Chen, some languages ​​have only more than twenty letters in total, and don’t they also express everything in the world?

Xue Yeyu said: "After reading the Enlightenment Chapter, you can memorize the thirty-seven basic talismans upside down, and you can control them by raising your hand. If you are a disciple of Moyu, you can be promoted to a disciple of Baiyu. Generally speaking, smarter disciples probably need more time to study without doing chores. One year. If you do chores, it will take three years. Of course there is no upper limit for idiots."

"Then move on to the elementary chapter. There are more than a hundred commonly used talismans in the elementary chapter. After learning all of them, you can make a single magic weapon step by step. Most of the magic weapons that can be bought with money on the market cannot escape these elementary talismans." This process takes three to five years if you focus on it, and ten years if you don’t concentrate on it.”

"Further up is the intermediate level, learning the intermediate talisman, learning the deformation and derivation of the talisman, learning the talisman group, and making complex and comprehensive magic tools. After learning this step, you can say that you are a unique talisman sword master. If ten Talent is considered good if it can be completed in a year. At that time, ordinary disciples would choose to go down the mountain. As for learning the talisman array and even forging magic weapons later, only by becoming a real jade disciple or being valued by other masters as a personal transmission can they be further studied. At that time, it was not just You have learned it, but you have to be ingenious, create your own style of magic weapon, or even create a unique talisman style, to be unique. At that time, you can go out and build a small force."

"Of course, with your talent, you won't be delayed for ten years in the primary stage. I think what my father means is that you want to catch up with the Mid-Spring Talisman three years later, so you only have three years."

Tang Zhaodao: "Villa Master...Master said that there will be an assessment three years later, does that mean this talisman meeting?"

Xue Yeyu said: "Exactly, the Talisman Club is held once every four years in 'Jianzhou', the holy land of our swordsmiths. It is a grand gathering of young swordsmiths from all over the world. It was only there to show up and get some benefits. I have participated in it before, and my performance was mediocre, not much. It was the one held last year. The sixth and seventh junior brothers went to participate. In my eyes, my father was full of anger, so he made a note to find a place. Originally, the eighth junior brother must be in the limelight, and now you are added. With the talents of the two of you, let alone Daddy's high hopes, even I I also feel that there is great hope. I think, of course, the ability to find a place is stronger than those two at the time, but this requirement is too low for you. You just try your best, and at least you have to become a serious rune sword master."

Tang Zhao nodded. The minimum requirement is to become an official talisman sword master for three years. I don't know how difficult it is.

But if the senior brother can do it, he won't be bad, right?
The two chatted for a while, Xue Yeyu went first.

After she left, Tang Zhao spread out the quilt, looked around the humble Jian Hut, and felt suddenly happy.

With a cheer, he jumped onto the bed and rolled a few times on the quilt.

Starting today, I have my own kennel again!

Although it was a thatched cottage, it was his own house.The small house in the Black Spider Villa, the mansion in the Xue Mansion, and the luxury of the inn all have different tastes, but they are all temporary accommodations, not his home.

Since the death of his family, he has been living in the rivers and lakes, and has no place of his own size.Now after going to many places and going through hardships, I finally got another house of my own on the rocky beach in Dashanshuize.

There are eaves on the top to shelter from the rain, four walls below to shelter from the wind, and a three-foot bed in the middle to accommodate one's body. What more can a husband ask for?
Work hard to make the house more beautiful!

Also, try to make yourself better!
In three years, since there is a clear goal, let's make a plan first.

(End of this chapter)