mortal clerk

Chapter 73

After Lao Shen left, Li Qingniu opened the package to pack his luggage and books, only to find that there were more than 300 gold coins in the luggage room, and there was a note attached: Nine years of tuition fees, each should take care of it.

After reading the note, Li Qingniu's heart seemed to be stung by something, as if seeing his second father.

The next day, early in the morning, it was still dark.There was a knock on the door.

"New here! Get up quickly! Open the door quickly."

Li Qingniu, who was tired all day, heard the sound in a daze, struggled a few times before getting up and opening the door.

"Who is it? It's not yet dawn!"

The man was full of anger, staring at Li Qingniu's small body, with the help of the faint morning light.

"Just a kid like you? I really don't know what Master Sun thinks!"

Li Qingniu also sized up the person in the dim light, and thought, could this be the person Mr. Sun said was responsible for delivering the goods up the mountain with him.

"you are?"

"I'm Meng Qingshan, it's already ordered, why don't you get up to deliver the goods?"

Li Qingniu smiled and answered with a little embarrassment.

"So it's Brother Meng. I'm really sorry. I was busy cleaning the house yesterday! I'm leaving now."

Meng Qingshan saw that Li Qingniu's attitude was quite sincere, and he was a child of a poor family, so he no longer blamed him.

"Okay, okay! Get dressed quickly, I'll be waiting for you!"

"Okay, brother, wait a moment!"

Li Qingniu hurried to get dressed, and deliberately changed his body to make it easier to climb the mountain.While waiting, Meng Qingshan said sternly:
"Li Qingniu, right? You have to pay attention, our disciples who are in charge of sending goods up the mountain have to send the daily grain, oil, rice noodles, vegetables and fruits, and the items needed by the teachers to the summit before the bell rings."

"Okay, thank you brother for your care. How long will it take for us to deliver the goods?"

"It takes half an hour to go up the mountain, and go down the mountain quickly! You are late today, and we are probably going to be late! Hurry up!"

"Oh! Let's go, brother."

The two came to the guard pavilion in front of the mountain gate. The vegetables, fruits, grain, oil, rice noodles, etc. sent by the shops down the mountain had already been neatly piled up, and there were two large baskets in total.

Meng Qingshan pointed to the slightly less cargo pannier and said:
"Today is your first day here, and the mountain road is dangerous, so don't memorize it! After today, we will be the same! Do you understand?"

Li Qingniu saw that although Meng Qingshan spoke harshly, but his heart was kind, he thought to himself, there are still many good people in this world.

"That is, thank you brother for taking care of me!"

"Hmph, don't talk about what's there and what's not! Let's go if you don't have any objections!"

Li Qingniu carried the big basket on his back, and suddenly his shoulders sank, weighing more than 80 kilograms.Although I am a child in the mountains, I have been spoiled since I was a child, and I have never carried such a heavy thing on my back.

So he carried the big basket on his back with great difficulty, and followed Meng Qingshan unsteadily.

Meng Qingshan was walking ahead, and when he turned around and saw Li Qingniu like this, he couldn't help being curious.

"Li Qingniu, how old are you? Why are you still crooked while carrying a pannier?"

Li Qingniu answered pantingly, carrying a pannier on his back.

"Brother Meng, I'm thirteen, and I've never carried such a heavy thing before! But don't worry, brother, I'll get used to it slowly."

Meng Qingshan was surprised to hear that he was only 13 years old.

"Why did you come to study at the age of 13? This drudgery is indeed heavy for ordinary people, but it is nothing for a warrior. I saw you with a sword, and you are also a warrior?"

"Brother, Niuxi Town where I live is too remote, so I have never heard of studying. When I found out, I was so old. I had never practiced martial arts before, but an elder I met on the road learned for a few months. Taizu sword technique."

"Oh! I see. No wonder!"

"Brother, how old are you? Which subject do you study?"

"Me? I'm eighteen, just like you, and I'm good at miscellaneous subjects."

"Oh!"

The two talked while walking, and soon crossed the square and came to the bottom of the cliff.

I saw that the so-called mountain path was just a small path dug along some platforms on the cliff. The widest point was no more than three feet, and the narrowest point was less than two feet.

And most of the road sections do not have any protective measures, and it may slip down if you are not careful.

Li Qingniu looked at the mountain road, which was less than two miles away, and his heart was filled with doubts.

"Brother Meng, is there anything to say about this road?"

Meng Qingshan saw that Li Qingniu's face was covered with sweat before he started climbing the mountain, so he proposed to take a short rest and explain by the way.

"There is no specific name for this mountain path, but everyone calls it the ape-walking path. It is said that when the road was built back then, it was built according to the path of this ape going up the mountain!"

Li Qingniu gasped and said:

"So that's it! This road is indeed steep enough. Do the brothers, sisters and teachers on the mountain also take this road on weekdays?"

Meng Qingshan shook his head, picked up the big pannier, and signaled Li Qingniu to go.

"Of course, but most of the time, they don't go down the mountain!"

Li Qingniu also carried the big basket to keep up with Meng Qingshan.

"Why is this?"

"The teachers who live on the top of the mountain are all the most powerful masters in our Pingshan Academy. There are six students in civil and military subjects, and only one in miscellaneous subjects. They devote themselves to studying and practicing, and rarely go down the mountain.

As for the inner sect disciples, they are all from Guimen county with amazing talents or prominent family affairs. Their studies are even harder and their cultivation is more arduous.Most of them will not go down the mountain easily, and only go down the mountain once in a while when they are resting or have something to do. "

"I see, how many people are there on that mountain?"

"On the mountain, there are probably more than 70 people. There are more than ten principals, deputy, mountain chiefs, and inner sect elders, more than ten masters, 36 inner sect disciples, and six or seven handymen!"

"Huh? There are only 36 inner disciples? So few?"

"That is, you think, each master only accepts three inner disciples, so there are only 36 disciples?"

"Isn't that a master who still has miscellaneous subjects?"

"Masters of miscellaneous subjects generally do not accept disciples, and are mainly responsible for answering the doubts of internal disciples of civil and military subjects."

"I see!"

……

After Li Qingniu asked some questions, his mind relaxed and he was exhausted. In addition, he just came to the steepest part of the mountain, and felt his legs trembling.

"Brother Meng, can you take a break!"

Meng Qingshan had a light face, but seeing that Li Qingniu was already sweating profusely, he was afraid that it would be dangerous if he persisted, so he had no choice but to agree.

"Then take a rest for a while. It will be fine after you get used to it for a few days! Here it is!"

After saying that, he handed over a kettle made of bamboo tube.

"Thank you, brother!"

Li Qingniu took the kettle and drank a few mouthfuls of mountain spring water before feeling better.Then set off again and continued to climb the mountain.

During the climb, Li Qingniu was thinking while enduring the soreness from his shoulders and knees.

Since I started the continuous Qi Dao Jue, although I have reached the Void Transformation Realm, my physical strength still can't keep up. It seems that I lack a strong body, and this immortal cultivation is destined to be unable to grow a rabbit's tail.

What's more, only a little bit of the spiritual liquid that was saved with great difficulty was absorbed by the iron sword. If you don't practice hard, according to Qingniao, you may not be able to beat even the first and second rank warriors.Looks like I need to exercise more in the future.

Finally, when Li Qingniu exhausted his last bit of strength, he climbed to the top of the peak.

Looking at the rising sun that just broke through the horizon, the cool wind blowing on the top of the mountain, and wiping the sweat off his face, although his legs were still sore, he was in good spirits.

"Yu Xingdao, it seems that you are a good place for me to exercise in the future!"

　The mountain road is difficult, but you can't beat your heart!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)