Is Master happy?

The days settled down again, there were no miscellaneous things in the mountains, the master and the apprentice depended on each other in the mountains of Kongzhou, the days were peaceful and stable.

Xiya always goes to the peach blossom forest to stay for a while, pick some peaches, have a chat with the peach tree demon, and also take a look at the fox along the way.

The fox was still mad at her, and refused to talk to her several times, until today, when she went to the peach grove again, the fox stood under the peach blossom tree, and hummed softly, "You're here again. "

"Yes, I'll come and see you and Zhuo Zhuo." Xi Ya knew he was ashamed, and never argued with it, only sighed in his heart that the fox was too stingy.

"Zhao Zhuo hasn't come out today, I'm afraid you won't be able to see him." The fox lowered his head to take care of his own cave, but it's just a hut, it was named Kongzhou cave, it's really disappointing.

"Zhao Zhuo hasn't come out yet?" Xi Ya stepped forward to help it, looked around, saw that half of the peaches on the peach tree had fallen, and she was quite depressed. Every time she came, Zhuo Zhuo liked to complain to her that the summer was too short , Its peach blossoms bloom for too short a time, now that it is not here, it is a bit deserted.

The fox cleaned up the house, squatted on a stone beside her and watched her pick the peaches. After watching her for a long time, she said leisurely, "You pick so many peaches every time you come, can you eat them all?"

Xi Ya tidied up the basket carefully without raising his head, "I don't eat it, it's Master who eats it. She doesn't like eating food in the world, but only likes the peaches here, so I'll bring some back home and freeze them in cold water, so that I can wait until the peaches are all gone." Yes, Master also has something to eat."

The fox looked at her for a while, then sighed, and said: "You are very kind to your master, no wonder you are not very happy when I say that I am happy with the great fairy Yaozhou."

"I don't have any," Xiya looked up at it, and replied quite seriously, "I don't care if you like it or not, but Master, she is free and easy, and it's a lot of trouble without me as a burden. Then drag you..." Seeing the fox pulled his face, she hurriedly defended, "I'm not saying that you are burdensome, I just don't want Master to be too tired. If you say you want to worship me as a teacher when I can take on big things, I will definitely agree."

The fox snorted, thinking that he was sullen again. Seeing that the fox didn't come back to him, Xiya was rather annoyed and didn't want to say anything. He just carried the basket and said that he would come back in a few days and then went up the mountain.

Yaozhou had a very comfortable life these past few days. She was originally a leisurely person, but she felt quite noisy when she entered the world. Now that she has returned to her hut, she has been busy for a few days and arranged all the things she sold before. It is very comfortable to guide Xi Ya to practice every day.

Xi Ya came back with the basket on his back, his face was still a little dull, Yao Zhou followed her to put the peaches away, looked at her for a long while, finally the little apprentice looked uncomfortable, and stretched out his hand to rub her head again. Ruo, "What's the matter? Did the peach blossom demon provoke you? Or the fox? Master cleaned them up for you, okay?"

Xi Ya looked at her with complex eyes, she was worried not for anything else but because of her unspeakable awkward emotions, she didn't know how others would feel if they knew her master was liked, she only knew that she was quite Uncomfortable, quite aggrieved, I really want to beat that fox up.

Moreover, seeing Yao Zhou now, she suddenly felt guilty. She had lied to Master about the fox. What fate did Master Xu have with that fox? Wouldn't it be too bad for her to be blocked by her at this moment?

Thinking of this, she suddenly stepped forward to hug Yaozhou, raised her face and said guiltily, "Master, this disciple only stopped you this time, and I will never stop your fate again in the future."

Yao Zhou was still puzzled, stroked her long hair on the forehead, very puzzled, "What's wrong with you? What fate is blocking me?"

Xi Ya keeps his promise with the fox, and refuses to tell the story, but in his heart he still blames himself for cheating his master, which is really unfilial.

Yaozhou smoothed her hair on one side, turned it with his fingers and let it go, patted her on the shoulder lightly, said with a smile that Yanyan didn't seem to mind her concealment, "Okay, let's go to practice, I can get it too I have some time, just to teach you some sword skills."

Xi Ya nodded, suppressed the sadness in her heart, picked up Jiyao and went out with Yaozhou, and walked up the mountain, to the top of the mountain where Yaozhou led her to enter.

There was a cold wind on the top of the mountain. After reaching the top, Yao Zhou's expression was calm, and he stood side by side with Xi Ya, and said in a rather cold tone, "In the past few days, you have many things on your mind that you don't want to tell me. Master doesn't force you, it's just that you have too many things on your mind. It’s easy to pass, Xiya, from today onwards, you will practice in seclusion on the top of this mountain, and you will not be able to leave until three months later.”

In the past, she always took a relaxed attitude towards cultivating in Xiya, and she was not too persecuted. Today, she is really angry.

Xi Ya answered her with Jiyao in his hand, seeing that her tone was not as gentle as before, she felt a little flustered in her heart.

Yaozhou raised his sword finger in his right hand, gathered the wind into a sword, stepped forward in three steps, raised his posture, and said: "Look good." Then he stepped out lightly, raised his sword in his hand, and broke through the wind and waves, facing or against, all in his body The white clothes and long robes are floating, reflected by the cold sky, like a divine bird in the world, agile and amazing.

Xi Ya stood behind watching her sword dance, unable to move her eyes away, she had never seen this kind of swordsmanship, like a cold spring breaking out of the mountain, clear and cold, only the fluttering white clothes and a cold streak remained in her eyes. Jian Guang, beyond which nothing can be seen.

After Yao Zhou danced and stood still, the wind and sword on his fingertips disappeared, he turned his head to look at Yu Xiya, still expressionless, just said lightly: "Come here, if there is something wrong, I will correct you."

"Yeah." Xi Ya nodded, moved his hands and feet a little, stepped forward to the place Yao Zhou was standing in front of, stood still and raised his sword.

She has a high level of comprehension, and performed the first four moves fluently, very smoothly, but in the fifth move of the scorpion step back to the sword, she suddenly stopped, the corners of her mouth pursed, and her brows frowned, not knowing what to do next.

She was thinking hard, holding this movement with her body, and she didn't move for a long time, and beads of sweat suddenly appeared on her forehead in the cold wind.

A breeze blows up, accompanied by a leisurely and cold fragrance, a faint warmth surrounds her back, soft fingers put her wrist, pull it slightly, and lead her to turn around, then hold her arm, raise her arms Jian, Yao Zhou whispered behind her: "Do you remember?"

"Remember, I remember." Xi Ya stammered, forcibly collected his mind, followed Yaozhou's instructions, and continued to play every move, and he could barely complete the first point.

Yaozhou was determined to train his little apprentice well so that he could calm down his impetuous mind, so he put in a lot of energy. He taught Xiya some simple sword techniques, taught her to recite some Taoist and Buddhist scriptures, and urged her to practice. When the snowstorm in the mountain became heavier, if she didn't go down the mountain, she might be buried in the thick snow, so she brought her cultivation base. The creek, which had risen sharply, went down the mountain.

Xi Ya has been cultivating hard for more than three months, but her mind is much calmer. The little worries she harbored in the past few days have disappeared a lot now, and now she only feels that her heart is clear and there is no trouble.

Back to the hut, cleared away the wind and snow, the house was quite cold, Yaozhou lit up a little fire in the stove, the two warmed up by the stove for a while, Xiya was thinking about the fox and Zhuozhuo whom he hadn't seen in March , so she told her leave, and went down the mountain on the way to the peach blossom forest.

It was snowing heavily this year, and the trails in the mountains and forests were all blocked. Xiya could not find the way down the mountain in the past, and almost got lost in the wind and snow. The fox cave that was covered by snow.

There was some white smoke coming out of the chimney on the fox's hole, thinking that the fox was still living in the peach grove and lit a fire in the house to keep warm. It opened the door first and showed up. It held a steaming greasy chicken leg in its hand, and the corner of its mouth was also greasy. It stared at Xiya in a daze for a while, then suddenly let out an exclamation, and patted Xiya's shoulder with its oily paws. , "You are still here in Kongzhou Mountain!"

Xi Ya looked at its paws, and hurriedly turned to hide, thinking about it and felt something wrong, fearing that the slender fox would get angry with himself again, so he smiled awkwardly and nodded: "Naturally, I'm just suffering from retreat in the mountains." It took a few days to fix it."

"Cultivate hard?" The fox looked around her with surprise on his face, "The strength has increased a lot, and I think I can improve myself in the near future." It looked at the oily chicken leg in its hand, and smashed its mouth , said: "I roast a chicken here, it's not a good dish, if you want to eat it, even if I congratulate you in advance on your journey of cultivating immortals."

Xiya could hear some sadness in its words, she patted the fox on the shoulder, and asked half-understanding: "Fox, what's wrong with you?"

The fox sighed, and didn't bother to chew the chicken leg in his hand, so he said with a bitter face: "The peach blossom tree demon was captured by Taoists. Recently, many Taoists came to Kongzhou City. I'm afraid I won't be able to stay here for a while." It's late, thank you for coming early, otherwise, in a few days, I'm afraid there will be no foxes in this cave."

Xi Ya's heart skipped a beat, "Zhao Zhuo was captured by a Taoist? Was he captured in this peach forest?"

The fox sighed again, "It would be great if it was in the peach forest, and I can help it too, but it's a pity that it went to Kongzhou City by itself and didn't come back for a month, so I went to the city to look for it , I happened to hear a group of Taoist priests saying that they had caught a peach blossom demon. I thought it might be Zhuozhuo, but there were several Taoist priests whose cultivation level far surpassed mine. After being captured, he ran back first."

The fox squatted at the entrance of the cave, full of guilt and guilt, and Xi Ya, who sighed, was quite angry.

She gritted her teeth: "Fox, what's the use of you sighing here? Has the Taoist left? Is it too late to save Zhuo Zhuo now?"

The fox patted his thigh, and said with a bit of arrogance: "That's what I thought, please ask Yao Zhou to rescue Zhuo Zhuo, with her here, why are you afraid of those Taoist priests?"

Xi Ya glanced at it, gritted his teeth and said coldly: "I'm talking about the two of us."