The Glass Maiden

Chapter 2 Shaoyang ()

At this time, it was midsummer and the heat wave was rolling in the afternoon, and the eyes were full of white flowers, which made people breathless. The small garden in the backyard of Shaoyang Peak is breezy, and the towering trees block out the harsh sunlight. The wind blows through the forest and makes a crisp rustling sound, like the best hypnotic music.

A little girl of about ten years old was sitting on the big bluestone by the pond, her long black and shiny hair was not tied, she just draped it behind her back. She was looking at it lazily with a large book in her hand.

"...Three hundred li to the south, saying Gengshan, no vegetation, much water and green, and many snakes. There are beasts..."

She carried the roster of Ten Thousand Monsters intermittently, and became lazy without memorizing a few words. She took off her shoes, and her jade-white toes stretched out into the pond to tease the golden-tailed carp that was foraging in it. She joked: "There are beasts and fish, and hunting. I fished again and made it delicious!"

"What's delicious?" A young boy's voice suddenly came from behind, seeming to be smiling.

The little girl lazily retracted her feet, put on her shoes and socks, without looking back, she said, "Big brother, what is delicious?"

Du Min walked up to her, first "touched" and "touched" her little head lovingly, and then smiled and asked, "So, I'm asking you. What did you mumble about just now?"

The little girl turned over the big book in her hand and showed him, "I'm memorizing the roster of Ten Thousand Demons, so boring."

Seeing her lazy look, Du Minxing couldn't help but laugh: "No wonder Master and Madam Chengri said that you are lazy and refuse to advance and practice. You don't even want to recite the roster of ten thousand monsters, and you are too lazy."

The little girl didn't speak, but just bowed her head and played with the jade pendant on her skirt. After a while, she said old-fashioned: "Oh, every day I practice and make my legs hurt and my waist sore. I don't know what it is. I don't believe in becoming immortal. Everyday people sweat profusely like those seniors, and they are so stinky."

Du Minxing listened to her child and laughed again: "Practicing exercises are for physical fitness. Have you never seen a **** who is sick and sick all the time? Only when your body is strong can you practice the magic of internal power. Otherwise, how can you fly? Killing demons?"

She didn't have any wrong reasoning anymore, she only felt that what the big brother said was reasonable, but if she wanted her to dance swords and practice boxing, she couldn't.

Du Minxing did not intend to reason with a little girl.

This girl is different from Linglong. If you reason to Linglong, she will argue if she doesn’t like to listen, but she will be obedient; but when you reason to this girl, she broke her mouth for three days and nights, she nodded and said yes, turned and forgot Now, just go its own way, the lazy sky is angry.

"Senior sister gave the broken gold to Junior Sister Linglong today." He said while teasing the carp in the pond with willow branches, "Your sister doesn't have to practice boxing, squatting, and stance from today. You can practice sword."

"Oh." She reacted flatly, absent-mindedly.

"Chu Xuanji." He suddenly called her name seriously.

Xuan Ji was stunned for a moment, and reluctantly jumped off the bluestone, bowed to him, and said, "Xuan Ji is here, what can you advise?"

Du Minxing sternly asked, "Why don't you want to practice?"

She bit her lip, her face was stubborn and childish. After a while, she pouted: "I understand what my parents and uncles and uncles said, but understanding does not mean that I can do it. I can't figure it out. Why do you want to practice? You ask me a thousand times, but I still have no idea."

Du Minxing only sighed. He always treated the two younger sisters equally and loved them as his own sisters. It's just that Linglong is more outgoing and lively, and everyone can't help but spoil her. To be honest, with his good temper, he couldn't help but want to beat Xuanji several times to vent his anger, not to mention the master. Who would have a crush on a small stone? You scolded you, she didn't react at all, she was really frustrated.

"Master just got furious on the martial arts field." He "showed" a slightly worried expression, "saying that you haven't practiced for ten days, and you left the Shaoyangfeng law behind. Now you are calling me to find you. Said to punish you severely. What should you do if you see for yourself?"

When Xuanji heard that her father became angry, she finally became a little frightened. She grabbed the corners of her clothes, whispered for a while, and then whispered: "Can't...Don't you go? Just said that you didn't find me..."

Du Minxing shook his head: "Master is determined this time. Your twin sister Linglong has inherited the magical sword of the master, but you can't even beat a set of Xuanming fists. As the head, how can he Have you been protecting your daughter? How about punishing you heavily this time, what do other disciples think?"

Xuanji said aggrievedly: "Why do you care about what others think...Laws and rules...We are not hunting dogs, why do we need rules!"

Du Minxing took out the black iron Ruyi from his arms and gently threw it into the air. The two-foot-long pitch-black Da Ruyi swayed twice in the air and then stopped steadily.

He jumped up, bent over and stretched out his hand to her: "Come on, don't nag. Go and see the master. Big brother and sister will help you intercede. You can't be so lazy next time!"

Xuanji had ten million reluctances in her heart, but she couldn't match her father's long-standing majesty, so she slowly grabbed the hand of the big brother, wondering what her father said in her heart, while pitifully begging him: "Master...I don't want to be beaten..."

Seeing her pitifully speaking, Du Minxing softened his heart, and said softly: "Okay, Senior Brother will definitely help you say something! But next time you don’t practice for ten consecutive days, Senior Brother will not help you anymore. !"

Xuanji did not answer, Du Minxing sighed inwardly, his right foot sank slightly, Hei Tie Ruyi suddenly turned around and flew to the top of the mountain martial arts ground, and the two disappeared into a small black spot in a blink of an eye.

There are more than a dozen martial arts training grounds in Shouyang Mountain, which are used by disciples of different tribes. The Shaoyang School is one of the great schools of immortality cultivation in the world, with many disciples and rich blessings. Starting from the former head of the Jingyang Immortal, the Shaoyang Sect was divided into seven branches. The first church was held by the head Xie Lei on Sunday, and the remaining six branches, such as Qingxu and Xuyang, were held by the head. Other brothers and sisters are in charge.

The Shaoyang School has many branches and mixed disciples. They all like to cultivate immortality and nurture "sex" as the first, and they do not participate in the disputes of other schools. The master of the Taoist school has a very light view on fame and wealth, so I want to come here. Shaoyang Peak has been inexhaustible for hundreds of years.

At this time, the head Xie Lei was supervising his disciples practicing skills at the peak martial arts training ground. His wife, He Danping, is also earnestly instructing the female disciples on the techniques of boxing. In the afternoon, the martial arts field is as hot as a steamer, everyone sweats like rain, but the huge martial arts field, except for occasional calls when recruiting, is silent and everyone is in danger. It’s only because Xuanji’s little daughter Xuanji didn’t learn to make progress, and she became lazy all day long and lost her temper. The disciples knew that the master had a violent and severe temper, for fear of accidentally touching the scales, so she could only grit her teeth and practice hard. Even if I hurt my bones, I dare not cry out.

He Danping first watched the two disciples feed each other swordsmanship, and saw that they were doing well, so he walked to the sidelines and took a sip of tea. Looking up at the sun's "color", the practice at noon is about to end, but Du Minxing has not brought Xuanji over, looking back at the "color" of Yu Lei's face, the blue is black, presumably he is also suppressing his anger. .

She sighed secretly in her heart and walked over and said softly: "Big brother... Xuanji has always been boring these few days, presumably she is unwell. Don't be too angry. She is still young, too demanding, I'm afraid it's not good... …"

Xie Lei didn't answer, but just sneered. He looked up and saw that his eldest daughter Linglong was holding her mother's broken gold tremblingly, and she gestured her sword seriously, her face flushed with heat, but she didn't cry bitterly, she couldn't help but coldly said. "You are still young? Linglong and she are twin sisters, she can practice swords now, how about Xuanji?! You dote on her too much! You dote on her to be lawless and unlearned!"

He Danping knew that her husband was annoyed this time, otherwise he would never talk to himself like this. That being the case, any maintenance she said would only add fuel to the fire and had to keep silent.

Opposite, the eleven-year-old Linglong just finished her pose, and dragged her sword to find her six senior brother Zhong Minyan with great strength and shouted: "Hey! Two tricks with me!"

Zhong Minyan was squatting there, his delicate face wet and sweaty. He frowned and said, "I won't call him!"

Linglong stomped anxiously: "Hurry up! Accompany me in the trick!"

He just didn't follow, but there was a little smile in his words: "I don't say hurry up!"

Like her father, Linglong has a violent temper. After saying it twice, he didn't move, and became angry, and said anxiously: "If you don't accompany me with tricks, I can directly stab him!"

Seeing that she was angry, Zhong Minyan returned to the palace, chuckled and laughed: "You call me a good man Minyan, I will practice with you, otherwise you will pierce me into a hornet's nest, don't expect."

Linglong stomped her feet vigorously and exclaimed, "Zhong Minyan! You will be silly! If you don't practice with me, you must have not learned Yaohua's sword skills well! I'm not looking for you!"

"Okay, okay." Zhong Minyan borrowed a sword from the female disciple next to him, wielded a sword technique, and said with a smile: "I can practice with you. It's really a temperament."

Linglong was anxious, and saw that he had set up a posture and swung his sword. She was so weak that she almost took the sword out of her hand this time. Zhong Minyan grabbed it quickly and laughed: "You can't hold the sword tightly. What's the trick?"

Linglong's face blushed, and she was about to refute a few words, but she heard Xin Lei say from behind: "Minyan, come here."

Zhong Minyan quickly put away his laughing expression, and bowed as he passed by: "What is the command of the master?"

Xie Lei said sternly: "Your senior brother went to find your junior sister. He hasn't come yet. I'm afraid he was softhearted and was moved by the tricky girl. Now you go and have a look. Don't say anything when you see her. Grab it."

Zhong Minyan cried unlucky in his belly. In the entire Shaoyang Peak, he could talk to anyone, but that Xuanji was the most annoying, the two of them were always at odds, and he wanted to punch someone with just a few words. This will make him call someone.

He quickly figured out how to refuse, and said, "Master...I...I...I'm accompany Linglong to crack down..."

After speaking, the master did not respond. He secretly raised his eyes and saw that his face was "green" looking at the sky in front of him. He also turned his head, but saw the senior brother Du Minxing flying over with Xuanji's imperial objects.

For a moment, the disciples in the martial arts ground stopped their work and looked up to watch the show. Xuanji's reputation among her brothers and sisters is not as good as Linglong's. She is weird and difficult to get along with. Therefore, most of the people watching good shows, and even more gloating, just waiting to see how she gets punished.

Xuanji tremblingly jumped off the black iron Ruyi, seeing that the atmosphere in the martial arts field was not right, and her father looked at her coldly, she hesitated for a long time and did not dare to pass.

Du Minxing put away the black iron Ruyi, "touched" the top of her head, and said softly: "Don't be afraid, come on, go and see the master."

Xuanji really couldn't, so he was dragged to Yulei, knelt down and said: "Xuanji pays homage to the head."

Xie Lei snorted, and said sternly: "You still know how to pay homage to the head! I think you don't have this Shaoyang faction in your eyes!"

Xuanji knew that he was in anger, and where he dared to speak, she had to lower her head and play with the clothes belt blankly. At this time, she felt that she had done nothing wrong, but she did not dare to be stubborn.

"What are you talking about, what the **** are you doing in the Houshan Courtyard? In addition to sleeping lazily every day, can you do something that a practitioner should do?!"

Xuanji didn't dare to look up, Du Minxing beside her hurriedly said with a smile: "Master, calm down. The disciple found the little sister in the garden of the back mountain. She was reciting the roster of the ten thousand demons, so she was not lazy. The little sister still practiced seriously. It’s just that her physique is weak, and she won’t be able to speed up her practice. Master, please let me know!"

Xie Lei sneered, "What about memorizing the general rules of the Ten Thousand Mountains Folklore in the world? When I go down the mountain, don't you just stare at the endorsement of the demon? You can't fly with objects, don't understand swordsmanship, don't know how to do immortality, and cultivate ?!"

Du Minxing wanted to say more, but he was interrupted by a wave of his hand: "You get back! No need to say it!"

He had to retreat to the sidelines with his hands down.

Xu Lei looked at Xuanji for a while, but did not speak.

Seeing her beautiful appearance, he felt full of compassion for this daughter in his heart. Xie Lei devoted all his life to practice, and looked very light on the matter of husband and wife giving birth. He finally got a pair of twin daughters in middle age, both of whom were beautiful embryos made of ice and snow. Xuanji looks more like her mother, slender and weak. He couldn't bear to be strict with her in the matter of practice. But for one thing, Xuanji was too tired and too lazy, and now he can't even squat with horses. Secondly, as the head, how can he indulge his own daughter and how to convince the public in the future?

Thinking of this, he felt angry again, and said coldly: "Let's stand up. I want to see how your Xuanmingquan practice is. Right here, in front of the masters, brothers and sisters, don't be shy."

Where did Xuanji practice Xuanming fist, I was afraid that she had forgotten how to posture, but she had to stand up at the command of the head.

For a while, a quiet pin dropped to the ground can be heard. The scorching wind blew over Xuanji's long hair in the afternoon, and she was sweating densely behind her back. Thousands of pairs of eyes were nailed to her alone, and she seemed to be frozen, unable to move a finger.

He Danping couldn't bear her daughter being humiliated in public, and was about to speak, but Xie Lei stopped with a gesture. He turned his head and said, "Are you not good at practicing? Then I ask you, what have you done all these years?"

Xuanji still did not speak. The strong sunlight hit her face directly, making her feel a little weak. After being too far away, everyone couldn't see her expression clearly. I could not help but squeeze the sweat before she was gloating. If she stays silent like this, the master will only become more angry.

"Xuan Xuanji, speak." Yu Lei's voice was very soft, as if a piece of thin ice suddenly shattered.

Xuanji suddenly fell to her knees and said solemnly: "I won't! Please punish the head!"

Xie Lei laughed unexpectedly, "Punishment?! What a punishment! You know the word punishment!" He suddenly stopped the laughter and said sharply: "Listen, go home tonight, pack some clothes, and start tomorrow. , You just live in the Mingxia Cave of Beishan Sun Peak! When will you come out again!"

Everyone was taken aback. It is necessary to know that Mingxia Cave is a thousand feet deep, and the darkness inside is like hell. The tide is wet and cold throughout the year, and there are many insects and snakes. Usually disciples will go crazy after staying in it, not to mention this kind of punishment with an indefinite deadline! She is only an eleven-year-old girl. In any case, this punishment is too serious!

He Danping burst into tears on the spot, Linglong couldn't hold back from the side, rushed up and fell to her knees, anxiously: "Ask the headmaster to spare her sister once! She is not well, she will die if she enters Mingxia Cave!"

Du Minxing and Zhong Minyan also knelt to the ground, and pleaded: "Master, please take it back! I'm afraid I can't bear such punishment! Master, please let me know!"

Yu Lei suddenly flicked her sleeves, and said: "Get up! I have decided on this matter, so I don't have to say it again!" After speaking, she turned and looked at Xuanji, her face was a little pale, but there was no fear.

Although he was full of anger, he still couldn't bear it. He sighed: "Xuanji...There are many people in the world who can only be ordinary people, living and aging, sick and dying, passing mediocre for a lifetime. But you can't. You are Shaoyangfeng's disciple, and Xiuxian is you. A lifelong goal. How can you...can be an ordinary person willingly?"

She was silent for a long while, then said softly: "Could it be...we are not ordinary people?"

Xu Lei was dumb after hearing the words, for a long time, Fang said: "You... let's go."

He looked at the thin back of the little girl, not knowing what it was like.

Dead wood cannot be carved either.

But this piece of dead wood is his daughter, even if he can't carve it, he will definitely carve a shape.

Du Minxing still wanted to intercede, but Xie Lei walked away and walked to the side of the martial arts practice, before he said solemnly: "Minxing, come to my room tonight. I want to see how Yang Juegong has reached the floor. ."

Du Minxing couldn't help being ecstatic when he heard the word Yang Jue Gong. This is Shaoyang Peak's deepest spell. Ordinary disciples can practice it only when they are over twenty years old. Only those who are particularly outstanding, the master or the uncles and uncles under the mountain will teach this method in advance. Now that he is only eighteen years old, Master's so-called "Yang Jue Gong" level is a guise, but he is actually planning to teach him this method!

The young disciples around looked at him enviously, and came over to express their joy. Du Minxing was so excited that he almost couldn't stand it. When he interrupted, he forgot about Xuanji.