Ever since he came up the mountain, he had been climbing the mountain to cut firewood and carry water to cook every day. Sometimes, he really no longer had any illusions about cultivation. He thought that even so, it would not be in vain to spend his life with his master and the others on the mountain. Other than the occasional midnight nightmare where he woke up from the fire, he might have forgotten his original purpose.
Thinking of this, Han Xiao bowed to Exquisite and said,"Many thanks for Senior Sister's reminder, many thanks for Senior Sister's guidance. If it wasn't for Senior Sister, Han Xiao would have almost let down Master's expectations.”
Exquisite saw that Han Xiao was thanking her so formally, and she couldn't help but blush as she quickly stepped aside to support Han Xiao. She looked into her junior brother's eyes and said,""Junior brother, you don't have to be like this. Actually, mother told me to tell you all this. She said that the one who loves us the most in the world is father. Therefore, we can't disappoint Father.”
Exquisite hesitated for a moment before saying,""I might as well tell you everything. Mother also said that when she was pregnant with me, Father said that if she gave birth to a daughter, she would take Mother's surname. If it was a son, he would take his father's surname and be called Han Yixiao. The meaning is that if you don't cry, it will stop. Once you cry, it will shock the sky.”
After saying that, Exquisite didn't say anything, and Han Xiao was like a thunderbolt, stunned on the spot. Thinking back to the year he had known his master, he felt that his master had treated him like this, even if he was his own son.
It was said that suffering was the best way to train a person. Han Xiao's memories all came from his life of being homeless and begging on the streets. It wasn't until she met an old man from a tea shop that she felt a little better. The hardships of life made Han Xiao understand the warmth and coldness of human feelings better than others. She also cherished her current happiness and stability even more.
Thinking of this, Han Xiao started sweating like a bolt of lightning. Exquisite saw Han Xiao's pale face and sweaty forehead, and she couldn't bear to see him. However, when he remembered his mother's words, he hardened his heart and continued,"Father treats you as his own son, but you have been slacking off recently. Mother said that with your ability, you should have climbed to the top of Heaven-piercing Peak a month ago, but it was not until today that you saw the scenery of the Peng Lai Immortal Realm. Sometimes, hope needed to be fought for by oneself, not expected to be given by others.
Actually, it wasn't that the glory was gone, it was just that you didn't look for it. His father had said that the bigger a person's heart was, the bigger his future achievements would be.”
After saying that, Exquisite pulled Han Xiao's finger and pointed at the colorful sea of clouds in the distance.""Junior brother, see if your heart can hold this world.”
Han Xiao looked at the vast sea of clouds in front of him, his heart churning with every word his senior sister had said to him. At first, he felt as if his insides were burning, wishing he could find a hole to hide in. However, after hearing the last sentence of his senior sister and seeing her point at the sea of clouds in the distance, Han Xiao calmed down.
"Phew!" Han Xiao let out a long sigh, as if the shame and regret in his heart had disappeared with this breath. Han Xiao turned to look at his senior sister and said with a smile,""Senior Sister, you have the best parents in the world.”
When Ling Long heard Han Xiao say this, she could not help but become absent-minded. She immediately said,"Junior brother, you also have the best master and masteress in the world. Of course, you also have the most adorable senior sister.”
Exquisite and Han Xiao looked at each other and laughed.
After laughing for a while, Han Xiao looked at the figure of a mountain eagle in the distant sea of clouds and said,"Senior Sister, can I ask you for a favor?”
Exquisite narrowed her eyes and filtered through the sunlight reflected by the sea of clouds. She chased after the eagle and said,"What is it? Tell me."
Han Xiao saw the eagle flying through the sea of clouds from time to time. It was rare for a bird to fly so high, but he did not know if it was a prehistoric mutant from the Hundred Thousand Mountains. It was too far away, so he couldn't see it clearly until it swooped down again and disappeared into the clouds.
Perhaps it had found some prey, Han Xiao thought regretfully. He turned to look at his senior sister and saw that her senior sister was also looking at him. He blushed and said, Senior Sister, can you not tell Master and Mistress about what happened today…"
Han Xiao felt much more relaxed after he finished speaking. He raised his head and looked at his senior sister.
Looking at her junior brother's stubborn eyes, Exquisite nodded seriously and said to Han Xiao,""Alright, junior brother, I'll help you keep this a secret, but you have to work hard too.”
As she spoke, Ling Long even raised her hand and high-fived Han Xiao. Han Xiao nodded and said,"Thank you, Senior Sister. Can we go down the mountain now? Although the scenery is beautiful, it's still very uncomfortable to be hungry.”
“……”
Ever since he had climbed the Heaven-Piercing Peak, Exquisite had stopped climbing it with Han Xiao. In Ye Shuangyue's words, if not for the fact that she was worried about Han Xiao climbing the mountain alone, Ling Long would not have needed to climb the mountain half a year ago.
These words made Han Xiao feel quite embarrassed. It seemed that he was the one who had implicated his senior sister. However, when he thought of his master's wife's smiling eyes that were filled with encouragement, Han Xiao felt extremely guilty.
That night, Han Xiao, who had finished the reading time set by his master, lay alone in bed. Looking at the lightning bird on his chest, Han Xiao was a little speechless.
Master had carefully raised it for more than half a year before this lightning bird could be considered to have survived relatively normally. And that "Flame Grass" had actually allowed it to absorb more than half of it. Master said that this lightning bird's mother probably ate a lot of heavenly and earthly treasures during the nurturing period. That was why the Lightning Bird's root bone was so resistant to the medicinal effects.
During this period, Han Xiao had gone to see it twice. Other than eating the medicinal beans made by his master, it slept all day. His master said that sleeping was to better digest the medicinal properties in its body.
This made Han Xiao speechless. If he could digest it by sleeping, then why did he have to work so hard every day? Of course, this could only be said secretly in his stomach.
Perhaps it was because of the strong medicinal smell on Han Xiao's body. A few days ago, when everyone was eating, this Lightning Bird actually wobbled out of the house and directly lay on Han Xiao's shoulder, refusing to leave.
This was great, he didn't even need to spend time cultivating his feelings. After Han Zhitian's research, he came to a conclusion that left Han Xiao speechless. In the eyes of the little lightning bird, Han Xiao was more like a " mother ". Han Xiao could still remember his master's wife, Uncle Zhong's forced smile, and his senior sister's laughter, saying that she must tell Jin Ling 'er about this result.
Just like that, Han Xiao gained another follower every day. Because the Lightning Bird had a fiery red crest on its head, and the tips of its wings and tail were also fiery red, Senior Sister gave it the name Huo 'er.
Han Xiao looked at this bird that was worse than a pheasant. It walked as if it was drunk. He really could not associate it with the legendary lightning bird. In order to raise this little bird, Han Xiao had gone through a lot of tutoring.
However, no matter how much he despised this stupid bird, Han Xiao still listened to his master and Uncle Zhong and raised it obediently. The only thing that made Han Xiao depressed was the nest that he had made for Huo 'er. Huo' er was unwilling to move in no matter what.
Every time Han Xiao threw Huo 'er into the bed, when Han Xiao opened his eyes again, Huo' er would be nestled on his chest or in his arms.
Han Xiao looked helplessly at the lightning bird squatting in front of his chest. He thought about the results of his cultivation over the past year. His body had become much sturdier. Now, he was already a level taller than his senior sister. She had also learned the skills of nimbleness, nimbleness, and leaping, but she always felt that it was far from enough to be as light as her senior sister.
Han Xiao did not know that Ling Long had only scratched the surface of what she had done to him. Ling Long had learned from Ye Shuangyue a high-class cultivation technique that others could only dream of. Due to some special reasons, Ye Shuangyue could not teach her skills to outsiders. This was also the reason why she had given Ling Long the surname Ye. It could be considered a trick.
However, ever since Han Xiao came up the mountain, the changes to his body were not the happiest part of him. The most satisfying part of Han Xiao's life was the hour and a half after dinner when Han Zhitian taught Exquisite and Han Xiao. Every time it ended, Han Xiao felt that he had not had enough.
At first, Han Zhitian only taught Han Xiao and Exquisite some superficial knowledge, but he soon realized that Han Xiao was actually more interested in the various characters he had collected. Therefore, Han Zhitian turned to teach Han Xiao some characters from the Central Plains, the Western Regions, and even the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
Every time Han Xiao learned something, he would look for some related books to read. Han Zhitian was quite happy to see this change in Han Xiao. A cultivator who only knew martial arts was at most a boor. Han Zhitian knew that it was better to teach someone to fish than to teach them to fish.
Therefore, other than teaching Han Xiao and Exquisite for half an hour every day, Han Zhitian would leave the rest of his time to them to flip through the strange books he had collected over the years. When they encountered something they didn't understand, he would go forward and give them an answer.
Han Xiao felt that the more he learned, the more he realized that there were more things he did not understand. Recently, he had become obsessed with herbs, so he would read some books about healing people every day. The rough lines drawn in the book weren't very realistic, so he started from the ones Uncle Zhong picked every day.
The more he knew, the more Han Xiao realized how extravagant he was. He realized that the herbs he needed to bathe in the afternoon every day required dozens or even hundreds of years to grow. Moreover, many of them grew on cliffs and were difficult to pick. Uncle Zhong was also teaching Han Xiao some basic knowledge about medicine. Han Xiao felt that no matter how tired he was every day, as long as he soaked in a medicinal bath for two hours, he would be able to recover. It was not without reason.
Uncle Zhong even told Han Xiao that these medicinal baths should have been taken since he was young, but Han Xiao had come up the mountain relatively late, so the medicinal properties were much more overbearing. This was also the reason why Han Xiao had to use up all his energy every day before he could soak. It was like asking a person who wasn't hungry to eat ten steamed buns and asking a hungry person to eat ten steamed buns. The result was probably that Han Xiao would die from being stuffed. As for whether Han Xiao would be stuffed or not, that would depend on Uncle Zhong's control.
The reason why Han Xiao trained non-stop every day was to allow Han Xiao to better utilize the medicinal properties absorbed by his body. During this process, he would change Han Xiao's physical fitness. Uncle Zhong even said that when he no longer needed to soak in this medicinal bath every day, it would be time for Han Zhitian to teach him his skills. At that time, he would be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort.
The night quietly flowed by as Han Xiao's imagination ran wild. Just like that, Han Xiao began his own cultivation journey.
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