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Chapter 23 Zhaojia Village Ma Chao visits Tong Yuan

The next day, Ma Chao and Cui An said goodbye to Mr. Zhao and prepared to enter the mountain. Before leaving, he wanted to give Mr. Zhao some property, but the old man refused and scolded Ma Chao. There was no way, Ma Chao had to leave like this, and he and Cui An walked into the mountain.

Ma Chao only knew that Zhao Yun and the others were in the mountains, but they didn’t know where they were, so they had to go into the mountain and search slowly. They searched all the way at the foot of the mountain, but no, they climbed up the mountain again, and there was no mountainside. It seemed that they could only be on the top of the mountain, and the mountain was not too high, otherwise Ma Chao would really not be able to bear it.

They arrived at the top of the mountain, and there were indeed people living here. Three small houses were the best proof. Ma Chao and the others came to the house and saw a little girl working. He walked over and asked, "Little girl, I wonder if Zhao Yun lives here?"

The little girl looked up at Ma Chao and said vigilantly: "What are you doing with my second brother?"

She is indeed Zhao Yu, but do she look like a bad person? Ma Chao was puzzled.

"We are here to visit Master Tong and want to make friends with Zhao Yun!"

"They will be back in a while, you guys wait first."

"Okay, thank you. My little girl, you're Zhao Yu."

"I am Zhao Yu, but I'm not young anymore! I'm five years old!" Zhao Yu retorted.

Ma Chao laughed when he heard this. Is it not young at the age of five? No matter how old he is, he is very young anyway.

"Hey, why are you laughing?" Ma Chao stopped laughing and thinking about it after hearing this.

"It's nothing, Miss Zhao is right. Miss Zhao is not a little girl." Ma Chao had no choice but to compromise.

This time, Zhao Yu smiled proudly, and even stuck out his tongue at Ma Chao, and finally pretended that I didn't care about you.

Ma Chao felt that the little girl was really cute. He didn't say anything about Zhao Yu, and waited with Cui An to wait for Zhao Yun and the others to come back.

After a while, "When will your second brother come back?"

"I don't know, sometimes I come back early, sometimes I come back late."

After hearing this, Ma Chao stopped asking, and almost an hour passed, "Miss Zhao Yu, you always know where your second brother and the others are."

Zhao Yu blinked his big eyes when he heard this, "Let me think about it carefully."

Ma Chao understood this at a glance. Zhao Yu must have known where they were, but she deliberately did not tell herself and let herself and Cui An wait here. Is this really a five-year-old girl? She is so cute.

Ma Chao had no choice but to bow to Zhao Yu, "Miss Zhao Yu, Sister Zhao Yu, you see we have been standing for so long, just tell me where your second brother and the others are. You see you are so cute and kind, will you bear to let us wait like this?"

When Zhao Yu heard this, he smiled at Ma Chao, and then told him the place where Zhao Yun and the others often went. Ma Chao thanked him very much, but no one knew what he thought.

Zhao Yun and Tong Yuan often practice martial arts in the woods. With Zhao Yu's guidance, they could easily find the woods.

As soon as Ma Chao and the others approached the woods, someone heard someone say, "Who is it?" As soon as he finished speaking, the man had already approached them.

Ma Chao quickly clasped his fists, "My younger generation, Fufeng Ma Chao, Ma Mengqi has met Senior Tong!" Cui An, who was beside him, also saluted Tong Yuan together. He had heard from his teacher that he was a person that his teacher praised.

Tong Yuan looked at the two people in front of him, one in his teens and the other in his twenties. The teens were carrying a knife and carrying a bag, while the twenties were carrying a bag, and the halberd was holding a halberd in his hand. Why did the halberd look so familiar? By the way, was it him?

Tong Yuan left Ma Chao aside and asked Cui An: "Who is your teacher?"

Cui An couldn't answer it. To be honest, Cui An really didn't know. His teacher had never said this. Cui An hadn't asked, but his teacher said, "Who am I, I am myself, and I don't remember the name or something."

His teacher is very low-key. Some people may know that there is such a person in Bingzhou, but no one knows what this person is called.

When Tong Yuan saw Cui An like this, he laughed, "Don't say it's you, even he forgot about it! Of course I don't know!"

Cui An was so disgusted after hearing this. He thought Tong Yuan could know, but even Tong Yuan didn't know. Tong Yuan asked Cui An again how his teacher was doing now. After hearing Cui An say that his teacher had passed away for many years, Tong Yuan sighed, "Oh, I didn't expect that the old ghost had left!"

Lao Gui is the nickname that Tong Yuan gave to Teacher Cui An. Although he and Teacher Cui An are not very familiar with each other, they also know each other. They had a long time ago. Tong Yuan narrowly won half a move. When he reached their level, half a move would be enough to be fatal, but no one mentioned this. Similarly, when he reached their level, winning or losing is no longer important, and no one would talk about this.

Tong Yuan patted Cui An on the shoulder, "Since the old ghost passed the halberd to you, it means you are his favorite disciple. The child should work hard and live up to your teacher's training!" Cui An was not very good at speaking and was slow to respond to what Tong Yuan said. It was Ma Chao who patted him next to him. You had a little reaction to that meaning. Cui An only understood this time.

He clasped his fists and bowed: "Thank you, Senior Tong!" Tong Yuan smiled slightly. He saw that Cui An was sometimes slow to speak, and of course he would not care about anything. Seeing Ma Chao's actions reminded him of the boy who was neglecting him. All the visitors were guests and they had not talked to others.

"Boy, do you use a knife?" Tong Yuan was a casual man. He just called Ma Chaobo.

"Boy, I will use a knife and use a gun immediately!" Ma Chao replied neither humble nor arrogant.

"Oh? A person I knew before also used a knife and immediately used a gun. I wonder if you have anything to do with him?"

Ma Chao raised his eyebrows, "I wonder who the senior said?"

"This person's name is Nanhua!" Tong Yuan said to Ma Chao.

Nanhua is too familiar with her, how can I not know? So Ma Chao said what he learned was written in Nanhua's book, but he did not say anything about astrological divination, and even acquaintances could not say it casually, let alone the person who had just met the first time.

After hearing Ma Chao's words, Tong Yuan was slightly shocked. The old man Nanhua would never pass on his knowledge to others casually. It seemed that the young man in front of him must have his own extraordinary features.

Thinking of this, Tong Yuan said to them: "I, Tong Yuan, saw the descendants of old friends today, and when I saw two, this is the fate of heaven!" He was indeed happy. Although Cui An's teacher, the old ghost, was no longer there and Nanhua had already entered the way of heaven, when he saw Ma Chao and Cui An, he could still remember the scene when he fought and exchanged with the two a long time ago.

Back then, Tong Yuan and Nanhua also had martial arts, but they did not decide the winner. Both of them admired each other's martial arts, but they both had their own affairs, so they didn't have much close relationship. Now Nanhua has entered the Heavenly Dao, and it can be said that he is one step ahead of Tong Yuan. Why do you say that? Because Tong Yuan himself is also a person who pursues the Heavenly Dao. He sensed that someone had reached that level ten years ago, but he didn't know who it was. Now, when Ma Chao said that, he certainly thought it was Nanhua.

However, he was not jealous in his heart, and he was just happy for his old friends. Although the old ghost was gone, Cui An should be the successor of his robe and mantle. Nanhua has entered the way of heaven, so he gave the book to Ma Chao, so Ma Chao is of course his successor. Seeing Ma Chao like this, it is not much worse.

If he hadn't met Zhao Yun, Tong Yuan might have been worried about the successor of his robe and mantle, but after meeting Zhao Yun and accepting him as his disciple, he would never worry about anything again. Tong Yuan had already regarded Zhao Yun as the successor of his robe and mantle. Old Gui had Cui An, Nanhua and Ma Chao, and he had Zhao Yun, so he would never be worse than them.

Tong Yuan pursued the way of heaven all his life. Although he looked like he was in his forties or fifties, he was actually over 100 years old. In addition to pursuing the misty way of heaven, his greatest pursuit was to hope that his martial arts could be passed on. Unfortunately, when he met his eldest disciple Zhang Xiu, Tong Yuan called him a pity. Zhang Xiu was talented and had a very good roots. Unfortunately, when he met him, Zhang Xiu was very old and had long passed the best age that Tong Yuan believed, and Tong Yuan had no choice, so Zhang Xiu had limited achievements.

Later, he met his second disciple Zhang Ren. Zhang Ren is also talented, has excellent roots and is just right at the right age. As long as he is really diligent and studious, he can definitely continue to do his own thing. It's a pity, another pity, for Tong Yuan, Zhang Ren is even more regretful. Because Zhang Renzhi is not here, Zhang Ren feels that no matter how high his martial arts skills are, even if he has tens of thousands of enemies, it is not what he wants. The overlord Xiang Yu is able to carry the tripod, fight against generals on the battlefield, and there is no rival, and in the end he is defeated by Liu Bang. So Zhang Ren pursues the ability to command the three armies like Han Xin, and his force is just an auxiliary role.

Therefore, Zhang Ren would not achieve much success in learning martial arts with such an attitude. As for Zhang Ren, Tong Yuan could only sigh that everyone had their own ambitions and could not force it. Neither his eldest disciple nor his second disciple could inherit his legacy, so Tong Yuan placed his hope on the disciples of the closed party. He decided to accept another disciple in the end and would not accept it again. Whether the disciples of the closed party were Zhang Xiu or Zhang Ren, he would do his best to teach him well. As for the issue of inheritance of the legacy, he didn't think much about it at that time. He could only say that it depends on the will of God and let it go.

As a result, he met Zhao Yun with this attitude. When he met Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun was eight years old. No matter what age he was in the eyes of others, in Tong Yuan's eyes, eight years old was the most suitable age, and it was not too late. He even lamented that God's will was unpredictable, and when you didn't have too much hope, he actually became. Zhao Yun was neither Zhang Xiu nor Zhang Ren, Zhao Yun was Zhao Yun, a diligent, hardworking, smart and studious child who likes shooting skills.

Tong Yuan firmly believed that Zhao Yun was the disciple who inherited his legacy. He felt relieved when he thought of Zhao Yun. Tong Yuan said to Shulin: "Yun'er, don't be busy practicing now, come and see your two senior brothers!"

Tong Yuan’s opinion is that Lao Gui and Nan Hua can be alongside him, so their successors, of course, are their nephews, and of course Zhao Yun has to call him a senior brother.

After a while, a boy walked from the depths of the woods. He seemed to be about ten years old. He must be a handsome guy when he grew up, and he was in the same way as Ma Chao. Although Zhao Yun didn't understand why when he was practicing shooting skills, the teacher asked him to stop and see two senior brothers he had never seen before, he still clasped his fists at Ma Chao and Cui An as follows Tong Yuan's words, "Zhao Yun has met two senior brothers!"

Tong Yuan smiled beside him. Obviously he was very satisfied with Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun had no pride, but had pride. Such good seedlings are rare among his peers. Except for a few families, there are even fewer children from poor families.

The children of aristocratic families were so arrogant that Tong Yuan didn't like it. No other poor families could make him moved to be the closed disciples. Zhao Yun was the only one, and there was no such thing.

Ma Chao and Cui An quickly clasped their fists and returned the salute. Tong Yuan pointed at Zhao Yun and said, "This is the little disciple Zhao Yun. Meng Qi, Fuda, you brothers should be as close to each other as you are in the future!" After saying that, Tong Yuan laughed, Ma Chao and Cui An quickly agreed.

This is exactly what Ma Chao said. Now that he has this relationship, he has a greater chance of tying Zhao Yun and himself. When Ma Chao saw the Three Kingdoms in his previous life, he admired Zhao Yun the most. Now he was really excited to think that he could fight side by side with Zhao Zilong in the future. But this emotion can only be kept in his heart, but it cannot be expressed.

"Yun'er, it's rare for you two senior brothers to come here today. Should you ask more advice from the two senior brothers, so that you can know how good you are in the past two months?" Tong Yuan said this absolutely nothing else. He just wanted Zhao Yun and the other two to compete.

First, Zhao Yun understood that there are people outside of people and there is heaven beyond the sky. No one must be invincible in the world. Second, it is to test his own learning achievements and see his shortcomings. Finally, it is for Ma Chao and Cui An. Tong Yuan wanted to see what their abilities were. Of course, this is not the purpose. What he meant was that since he had the fate to see the descendants of his old friends, it would be unreasonable to not give any advice, so Tong Yuan deliberately gave advice to the two.

Cui An and Zhao Yun didn't quite understand Tong Yuan's intentions. One was slow to react, the other was not very old and had no deep experience. But Ma Chao understood that he was very grateful to Tong Yuan. You should know that his martial arts were learned by himself in books. After that, Cui An explained some to him, but how could Cui An compare with Tong Yuan?
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