Chapter 4 Confinement (Part 2)
Zhong Minyan is the youngest male disciple of the Shaoyang Feng Min generation, and the Min generation is the youngest disciple of the entire Shaoyang sect. Therefore, many errand brothers are too lazy to deal with, and he is several times busier than other disciples every day.
Therefore, forgetting things happens often to him.
After lunch that day, he came to the martial arts training ground early. Before he could swing his sword a few times, several senior brothers came to compete with him. The second senior brother Chen Minjue was the most cunning. He was about to lose to the junior brother in the sword move, and suddenly said, "Minyan, will you deliver meals to the junior sister in the future?"
Zhong Minyan was shocked, and the sword move immediately revealed a flaw. Chen Minjue took advantage of the situation and turned his wrist to knock down his sword. He smiled and said, "You lost. Go and deliver the meal now, right? Otherwise, the master's wife will feel distressed when she finds out."
He actually forgot! Zhong Minyan ran out of the martial arts training ground in shame and went to the kitchen to get food. Because Xuan Ji rarely appeared in the martial arts training ground, he was too lazy to pay attention to the affairs of this junior sister. The new immortal skills he learned in the morning were complicated. He only cared about practicing moves and forgot about her being confined.
It's really annoying. Zhu Xuanji must have a grudge against him. She was in a confinement and made him unlucky. He had to go to the terrible Mingxia Cave three times a day, and the time for practicing in the afternoon was also shortened.
Although he usually likes to joke and smiles as if he is worried about everything, he is actually a arrogant person. He has the lowest generation and is not valued very much. He is always called to do this and that. Therefore, he is extremely strict in practicing martial arts. When he reaches a harsh level, he vows to surpass his senior brother and not to underestimate him. Now that he is going to deliver food to Xuan Ji, the time for practicing in the afternoon is equal to half, so how can he not be annoyed?
The kitchen aunt had prepared the meal for Xuan Ji long ago, put it in the basket. When she saw him coming, she smiled and handed it to him, saying, "Here, go quickly. Don't let Xuan Ji girl be hungry. It's so pitiful."
It’s a pity! It’s hateful! She was lazy and punished, but she even implicated others!
Zhong Minyan walked halfway and quietly opened the lid, but saw two plates of dishes, a bowl of white rice, and a cup of fruit soup inside. He secretly picked up the largest piece of sweet and sour pork ribs and stuffed them into his mouth, and ate them with relish.
Humph, I won’t give that girl a movie!
There was no light in Mingxia Cave, so Zhong Minyan had prepared a torch. After finally rowing to the stone house, it was pitch black and there was no sound. He said coldly: "Ji Xuanji, have a meal."
No one paid attention to him.
Zhong Minyan was a little annoyed: "Qi Xuan Ji!" He raised his throat.
Still no one paid attention to him.
Zhong Minyan finally felt something was wrong, so he jumped ashore and ran into the stone house. When he waved the torch, he saw the little girl curled up in a ball on the stone bed, as if she was asleep, holding a rattle in her hand. On the stone platform next to her, there were a pool of burnt tears, three unburned candles and a flint.
He sighed, reached out to push her, and said, "Ji Xuanji, wake up, have dinner."
Xuan Ji opened her eyes in a daze, but saw the bright fire in front of her. Zhong Minyan looked at him impatiently, and he was holding a large black basket in his hand.
"Eat." Zhong Minyan put the food on the stone platform. When she looked back, she shrank there and couldn't help but feel angry. "If you don't eat, just say it, save me flying around every day and waste time."
Xuan Ji felt chill all over and didn't want to move. This man had always been vicious to him, as if he had owed him a lot of debts. When he was about to argue with him, he didn't have the energy; when he was about to be serious and not eat, he was afraid that his mother would be sad. She hesitated for a long time and had to climb off the bed, wrapped in a pile of clothes and picked up her bowl.
Fortunately, the food still had a warm and delicious food. After eating most of the time, she looked up and stared at Zhong Minyan, and said lightly: "Do you want to eat too?"
Zhong Minyan was told about the central thing by her, her face turned slightly red, and she snorted: "You eat quickly, I can go back and practice quickly."
Xuan Ji took a sip of the soup and said, "You can leave now. Come over to clean up the old dishes during dinner, so that you won't waste much time."
He didn't expect her to say such things, and after a while, he said, "You are here alone, don't you want someone to talk to you more?"
Xuan Ji did not answer, but just finished the meal quickly, put the dishes in the basket and handed them to him: "You'll eat it, take it away."
Zhong Minyan himself felt embarrassed. He took the basket awkwardly and wanted to say something else. Seeing that her face turned blue with cold, she couldn't help but feel soft and said softly: "I'll bring you quilts and thick clothes tonight?"
Xuan Ji was just asking for it, and since he brought it out by himself, she nodded obediently.
He rarely saw this little witch so soft and well-behaved, which was very different from the stubborn thing in his impression, so he was reluctant to leave. He looked around and said, "Then... what else do you want? Books? Or toys? It's very difficult to stay alone."
She shook her head: "No need, I won't bother you."
Zhong Minyan had to get on the boat. After a few rows, she ran back, took off her coat and put it on her, and said unhappily: "Lend you the clothes first, don't get dirty. I will bring you a few more books and candles tonight. The little girl is so stubborn."
Xuan Ji lowered his head and didn't speak. He was really not good at getting along with such sarcastic people, so he had to leave in a hurry.
At night, he really kept his promise. Not only did he bring two quilts and a few thick clothes, he also carried a stack of books, a roll of rice paper, ink blocks, inkstones and brushes, and even a small wooden pen holder. With these things in hand, the cold stone house finally had a warm smell.
"You use these candles first, and I will bring them to you after using them. The master's wife asked me to give them a message to you, saying that the hole was wet and cold, so you should pay attention to practicing every day, otherwise patients will be left behind. This is the boxing guide of Xuanming Fist, so remember to practice it."
As he said, he saw Xuan Ji nodding again, and couldn't help but smiled slightly sarcastically: "I'll agree to it now, and I'll take it as if I'm in front of me again, right?"
Xuan Ji did not hide it and said, "Yes, I don't want to practice martial arts. But I don't want others to get angry at me at any time. Isn't it right to nod?"
Zhong Minyan laughed dryly: "Skewer. If you want to be known to be two-faced, say one thing and do another, others will only get even more angry."
"There is nothing to do. I don't like others yelling at me, and I don't want to practice."
"Why don't you like practicing? Don't you want to become an immortal?"
"I think, but I'm lazy."
Zhong Minyan felt that if he continued to talk to her, he would have the idea of strangling her to death. He had never seen such a person before. He was lazy and righteous, and he was not ashamed at all. He also wanted to become an immortal.
"Oh, then you can only become a kind of immortal." He said, placing the candle on her bed.
"What immortal?" Xuan Ji was a child after all, but she didn't realize that this was a lie and asked excitedly.
Zhong Minyan curled the corner of her mouth: "Land Immortal. You can continue to do nothing like this. Maybe one day the Heavenly Court will send someone to pick you up and sign you up to be a lazy immortal."
It turned out that she was still mocking her. Xuan Ji was a little disappointed and was silent for a while, and said, "I don't want to practice martial arts, but I will definitely become an immortal."
"Yes, you just wait to become a lazy fairy!" Zhong Minyan turned around and was too lazy to talk to her anymore.
The stone house returned to death. Xuan Ji stared at the candlelight on the desk and continued his daily task: dazed.
She will definitely become an immortal. She seemed to say that just now.
In fact, even she herself wondered where this arrogant self-confidence came from, which made her blurtly speak. She knows how to box, has no immortal power, and can't even hold a sword, but she just feels that she should be able to become an immortal.
Maybe Zhong Minyan is right, she can only be a lazy fairy.
Other gods can't do it, who else can do this lazy immortal?
But she said that Xuan Ji was just thinking about it alone, while everyone in the Shaoyang Sect, who was busy holding a hairpin conference, had already forgotten her affairs.
On August 14th, the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the heads of the five major sects and the important people of each tribe gathered at the top of Shaoyang Peak to make the final screening for the hairpin conference. Like in previous years, the lottery was decided to go to the Great Wasteland to catch monsters, as the highlight of the competition.
Speaking of the hairpin conference, no one else is very good, but Linglong is the most excited one. She ran out all day long and looked for her parents everywhere. Because the hairpin conference was held once every five years, the entire Shaoyang sect, including Zhong Minyan, had seen it, so although she was excited, she could control it. This was the first time in her life that she participated in such a martial arts competition. Five years ago, she was only six years old. How could she remember the martial arts competition? But she was excited and sad for Xuan Ji. She was locked in the dark Mingxia Cave alone. She couldn't see this lively scene.
That day, she entangled her mother in the morning and wanted to go to the top to watch the lottery together. He Danping was persuaded to use a piece of osmanthus cake. Unexpectedly, as soon as she left, her back foot was Linglong encouraged Zhong Minyan to accompany her to the top.
"No, I'm going to deliver food to Xuan Ji soon. Besides, the master's wife told her children not to join in the fun. There are all elders and masters there, and it's not good if they accidentally bump into anyone."
Zhong Minyan rejected her request in one go.
Linglong said anxiously: "Then you go after you send it! Let's go up and take a look, okay? I promise I'm very well-behaved and will never cause trouble."
While filling the basket with vegetables, Zhong Minyan said, "I'm going to practice after delivering the food. Don't worry, you can watch everything in half a month, and no one will stop you."
Linglong couldn't help it. She grabbed his sleeve and scolded her brother's so Minyan, and it was almost twisted into a mess.
"Just go with me! Let's take a look at the lottery! Brother Minyan! Good brother! Please, take me there!"
Zhong Minyan had always had no choice but to sigh, "My little ancestor, please let go first. If you want the senior brothers to see it, my skin will not be exposed by the master. I will deliver food to Junior Sister Xuan Ji first, and come back, okay?"
Seeing that he agreed, Linglong was overjoyed and said, "Let's go up and take a look first, and you'll get out soon, and then you can go and deliver food to Xuan Ji! Just take a look, so you won't be afraid of being discovered!"
Zhong Minyan had no choice but to throw the basket and let her pull herself to the top of the peak.
The top of Shaoyang Peak is the Shouyang Hall, head of the head of the sect, and it is also the hall for entertaining visitors. There are only two ways to go up: use the white jade long gui placed on the edge of the cliff to fly up; or you can climb the stairs obediently and go around one by one, which will take at least half an hour.
This is the arrogance of the Shaoyang Sect. It does not easily receive incompetent people. Either you go back obediently or you climb up obediently. The peak of Shaoyang is towering into the clouds and is full of strange rocks, and ordinary people are afraid.
"Climb up?" Zhong Minyan's face looked like bitter gourd. Looking at the stone steps that were mostly hidden in the clouds, his legs trembled.
"Of course you're flying up!" Linglong pouted, "I won't climb the steps! It will take a long time!"
"Who flies? You can control things?"
Linglong smiled and pointed to the tip of his nose and said, "Don't pretend! Of course it was you! I thought I didn't see it! Who was secretly flying on the sword in the shade of the back mountain that day? I haven't asked you yet! If you still pretend, I will tell my father to go!"
Zhong Minyan's face turned red, "You actually saw it... Don't tell the master! Be good at junior sister, don't tell anyone, do you know?"
Linglongqi said: "Why don't you want to let your father know? You can already fly with objects, and you are much better than the fourth senior brother and the others. Dad was too happy to hear this!"
Zhong Minyan said seriously: "There are not many benefits for this sensation, but there are a lot of disadvantages. Even if the master is happy, the other senior brothers who have not learned to fly in the air are bound to scold them. If they are scolded, who will this anger come out on?"
Linglong felt enlightened and nodded, "What you said is right...but these things are so complicated... Do adults usually think so much?"
Zhong Minyan laughed: "I think more than this! Come on, stop talking nonsense, don't you want to go up and watch the fun? If you don't go, you won't have time to deliver food to Xuan Ji."
He walked to the edge of the cliff, and as expected, there was a row of white jade Changgui. He picked up a half-old one, and his left foot sank slightly. Changgui floated up with him hesitantly, as if he could not control it as he pleased. He tried to fly twice before he came back and smiled at Linglong who was screaming, "Come on, little ancestor! You must not chatter like this after going up."
Linglong was full of joy. Otherwise, why would she like to play with Zhong Minyan? Xiao Liuzi is the best. Everything is in line with her and her words are nice.
While he was moving up the wind, Linglong suddenly thought of something and grabbed his sleeve and said childishly: "Xiao Liuzi, you can't stand the pain like the third and fifth brothers before, you can't stand the pain and sneak down the mountain and escape home."
Zhong Minyan almost fell from Changgui. After finally stabilizing his body, he smiled bitterly: "Which eye did you see me crying about going home? Besides, my family... I don't have a home to go back, my parents died in the plague. Shaoyang Peak is my home."
"Then let's check it." Linglong stretched out her little finger, blinked her big dark eyes, and said, "Xiao Liuzi wants to be with us forever, and we will never be separated."
Zhong Minyan laughed and said softly: "It's all the things of little girls and movies. We men keep our word and do it even if we don't tick."
Linglong was the most unwilling tolerate others' doubts and refutes herself. She frowned and said, "Don't worry! Just hook me!"
Zhong Minyan stretched out his arm, "Here, hook your arms. Hooking your little finger is a little girl's business, so I won't do it."
Linglong smiled and hooked his arm around his arm. Both of them were childish and said, "If you don't obey this vow in the future, you will lose all your teeth in Xiao Liuzi's mouth and be a toothless father-in-law!"
After making a vow, both of them laughed and thought it was very fun. One was fourteen years old and the other was only eleven years old. They were both innocent and unresolved. The so-called eternity was just an illusory thing in their eyes. In their hearts, they were always like the hairpin conference that was about to be held, and they suddenly passed. There was neither setback nor sadness.
But the two climbed to the top of the mist peak. On the top was a huge rooftop made of green jade, crystal clear and gentle, very beautiful. The two of them walked through the bushes next to them, and saw a circle of Shaoyang Sect's disciples standing around the rooftop, obviously the person in charge of the guard. Linglong didn't expect the lottery to be so formal, and was frightened for a moment and whispered: "It's over now, the guards are so strict, how can you peek at them?"
Zhong Minyan looked at this form and it was impossible to peek. He lowered his head and pondered for a while, suddenly had a plan, pinched Linglong's hand, and signaled her to follow him. Then, he coughed, stood up from the bushes, patted the dust on his clothes, and walked towards the rooftop with a swagger. Linglong's arms seemed to have a little rabbit in his arms, jumping violently. She didn't know what Zhong Minyan was doing, but she felt it was exciting and fun, so she followed him obediently and walked forward.
As expected, just as I was about to go up the steps, two great disciples came to me and said, "Master said that I am currently holding a lottery draw with other sects, and no one is allowed to disturb me."
Zhong Minyan was calm and smiled and said, "Are they two senior brothers from the Zhen generation? We were ordered by Uncle Yinghong from Yuyangtang to bring a word to the head lady."
The two of them heard that they were Uncle Yinghong, and their faces were bitter.
It turned out that the Shaoyang Sect had seven branches, which were in charge of different functions. Chu Yinghong was in charge of Yuyang Hall, which was the hall that specially formulated rules. She wore white clothes and green belts all day long to patrol the Neishan Mountain in Shouyang to see if other disciples were fouls. Chu Yinghong was a smiling tiger-like person. She was the youngest among her fellow brothers, and she was only thirty-seven this year, but even the head gave her three points.
First, her husband is Elder Heyang from the Zhenxia Hall, who is responsible for punishment; second, although she herself looks gentle and kind, she is actually difficult to deal with. Once anyone breaks the law, he will immediately punish him. If you see her begging her for kindness, she will agree to you with a smile on her face and turn around and increase the punishment by ten times.
When Shaoyang Peak and Nanshan Xuanyuan Sect had a conflict, they all relied on her to retaliate. A woman made many seniors of Nanshan Xuanyuan Sect speechless. In the end, the head of Xuanyuan Sect, Taoist Zhu Shi, came to Shaoyang Peak in person to apologize to the former leader. The two factions promised to be together forever and be together.
Such a strange woman made the head of the sect praise and the call for her to be the next sect was also very high. The head of the sect thought about it over and over again, but he gave up on her talented and chose the steady and taciturn Qian Lei. Fortunately, she had no ambitions and was willing to be the leader of Yuyang Hall. But to this day, the old disciples still said that as long as she raised her arms and said she was leaving, at least one-third of the people in Shaoyang Peak would choose to follow her. I have to admit that her ability is extraordinary.
Since such a powerful uncle Yinghong wanted to pass the message, and the head lady had always had a good relationship with her, how could the two of them dare to stop him? They immediately took the opportunity to get out of here.
Linglong didn't expect to sneak in so easily, and looked at Zhong Minyan with admiration. This person's face was not blushing when he lied, and his heart was not beating, just like the real one. She looked up and looked at Zhong Minyan secretly. He was still pretending to be serious, but his eyes were full of naughty smiles.
Linglong squeezed his arm through the sleeves, and was about to praise him for doing well, but the two of them caught up again and shouted, "Wait a minute!"
Chapter completed!