Chapter 8 External Skills

Qiyun Peak, one of the nine peaks of Huayun, is the branch of the elders of Qiyun among the four elders. Each elder will be renamed Qiyun Zhenren, and so will the other peaks. In Qiyunfeng, there are hundreds of disciples, of which there are only a few disciples of the first generation, and only dozens of disciples of the second and third generations, and the rest are four generations of disciples.

Every few years to decades, four generations of disciples will go out to find new people and continue the incense of the sect. New-level disciples basically have to do extracurricular skills for a year before they can become official disciples.

External work is used to temper the mind, endurance and physique. Qi Yunfeng's external skills are usually farming, washing clothes, cooking, carrying water, clicing firewood, and other chores. Tasks are assigned every day, and you can rest after completion.

"Brother Zhou, although this foreign skill is hard, as long as you stick to it, there is no difficulty. You have to work hard in the future." On the way down the mountain, Li Jun simply said something about the sect.

"After a month, I will come to teach you how to practice the mind. If there is anything during this period, I will find the uncle who is the master here." Before long, the two had reached the foot of the mountain. Li Jun pointed to a large wooden house in front of him and said, "That's where the master is. If I'm right, it should be Uncle Xia. Let me remind you that Xia Shishu was originally a third-generation disciple. Because he didn't practice much in his early years, Dantian was abandoned and could no longer practice. He came here voluntarily. Therefore, you must not ask Uncle Xia about practicing, so as not to cause him pain.

"I know." Zhou Xing nodded seriously and said to himself, it seemed that Xiuzhen was not as easy as he thought.

After a while, the two came to the wooden house. The door was half open. In the room, an old man with half white hair and a wrinkled face was half lying on the chair and fell asleep.

The footsteps of the two did not seem to wake up the old man.

Seeing this, Li Jun couldn't help frowning, but after thinking about it, he turned his head to Zhou Xing and whispered, "Uncle Xia doesn't have Zhenyuan, so he is not in good health. If you have something to do in the future, if you are not in a hurry, wait as long as possible."

Zhou Xing said "um" and looked at the old man. The old man was completely different from the master's full and rosy appearance. His face was yellow and his wrinkles were deep, as if he was similar to the old man who was about to enter the wood in the secular world. This reminds Zhou Xing of his father. What if one day, his father also becomes like this and doesn't take care of him by himself?

He felt an inexplicable pain in his heart and secretly swore that he would go out to accompany his parents as soon as possible.

A heavy cough shocked Zhou Xing, and then he found that Uncle Xia had woken up. The old man narrowed his eyes slightly, slowly sat up his clendent body, looked at the two people, and said in a hoarse voice, "Are you Li Jun? I haven't seen you for many years, and I finally grew up.

"Ha ha, Uncle Xia still remembers me. I should be in good health, right?" Li Jun smiled and said that he was not as respectful as seeing the master, but an easy-going attitude.

"Well, I'm old. I can help the teacher in a few years." Uncle Xia sighed.

"What did Uncle Xia say?" Li Jun didn't say much about this topic. He pointed his hand at Zhou Xing and said, "This is a new disciple. This year's external work has asked Uncle Xia to work hard."

Zhou Xing was clever. When Li Jun finished speaking, he immediately bowed forward and said, "Disciple disciple Zhou Xing, I have seen Uncle Xia."

The old man answered indifferently, as if he was indifferent to Zhou Xing's respectful attitude.

"Uncle Xia, then I'll go first." Li Jun said to Zhou Xing again, "Brother Zhou, see you in a month."

After saying that, he turned into a white shadow and left very quickly, which made Zhou Xing feel envious and eager from the bottom of his heart.

"How old are you this year?" Uncle Xia slowly pulled out a thick booklet from the table, picked up the brush, stained it with ink, and asked.

Zhou Xing turned around and replied, "My disciple is thirteen years old, and he will become an adult in three and a half months."

"Zhou Xing, thirteen years old and August, entered Huayunzong Qiyunfeng." Uncle Xia opened the book and wrote down this sentence. It took time. Then he picked up another booklet and looked through it for a while. After a long time, he said hoarsely, "In the future, you will carry ten loads of water in a single day and cut a box of firewood in two days. In addition, can you read?

"Recognize some." Zhou Xing didn't dare to say anything. He had seen the words on the rune paper and didn't know them at all.

"That's good. There are details on this list. You can see for yourself." Take out a paper sheet and hand it to Zhou Xing. Then, he took a small metal card and a set of clothes from the cabinet beside him, and also handed it to Zhou Xing. He said, "This is your token and clothes. If nothing happens in the future, don't bother me. Go ahead."

Zhou Xing took two things, bowed to Uncle Xia, and then left.

The foot of Qiyun Mountain is very wide, and the unreachable distance is the extremely vague mountain shadow and the other eight peaks. Zhou Xing saw some houses not far away at a glance, and guessed that it was a house, so he walked over.

Recently, these wooden houses were not much different, about fifty or sixty. There were already a few people walking around in it. When they saw Zhou walking, they didn't come forward to say hello.

Zhou Xing shrugged his shoulders helplessly and pressed the number written on the small card. In a short time, he found his residence. The house is quite simple, but Zhou Xing grew up in the countryside and didn't think there was anything wrong.

Looking at the sky outside, it was a little dark. In Baishui Town, it should have been dark at this time, and it gradually became night here. "Isn't this Huayunzong in the mortal world?" Zhou Xing was extremely surprised.

At this time, Zhou Xing was already exhausted. In this short day, too many things happened that he couldn't believe. Now as soon as he sat in **, he suddenly felt sleepy and couldn't hold on, so he simply put everything aside, lay in **, and fell asleep.

As soon as he woke up, it was already dawn. Zhou Xing got up comfortably, changed into Hua Yunzong's robe, washed his face with water, and took out the list to read.

The list is very detailed. I remember where to fg water and where to eat every day. Today happens to be a single day. What he has to do is to carry ten loads of water from a stream a mile away to a nearby pool. As for the water in the pool, there will be disciples to carry it in the ground to water it. Don't be lazy during this period. He must carry the metal card with him. The function of the metal card is not only the door number of the room, but also It's incredible to record the number of times you carry water and how much water you carry.

Zhou Xing took out a small metal card and didn't believe it. This kind of token can be played as much as you want if you find a blacksmith in the secular world.

In the kitchen, at this time, there are disciples who want to do foreign skills like him who have cooked the meal, but the people who eat are only these newcomers who do foreign skills. After insting, Zhou Xing just understood. Most of the formal disciples have reached the realm of Pigu and no longer need to eat. In this way, Zhou Xing's envy deepened.

Then, Zhou Xing found the pole, asked the way, and walked towards the stream one li away.

After passing through a dense forest on the road, it took about half a quarter of an hour to see a clear stream in front of you. Under the stream is soft water grass, smooth pebbles, and occasionally you can clearly see the floating fish floating.

Zhou Xing was a little happy. He couldn't help putting his hand into the water and felt cold and extremely comfortable.

Then, Zhou Xing picked up two buckets of water and set up the pole. The load of water was a little heavy for him, and if he didn't pay attention, the water would be sprinkled out. Zhou Xing pondered for a moment and found two leaves from nearby that were slightly larger than a palm and put them in a bucket. The leaves floated on the water to prevent the water from spilling out.

With the water, Zhou Xing began to walk back. Because of the water, he walked very slowly. His shoulders were pressed with pain, and even deep footprints appeared on the ground.

Taking a deep breath, Zhou Xing gritted his teeth and tried to speed up his pace.

However, not long after, Zhou Xing only felt that his shoulders were getting more and more painful, his breathing was getting heavier and heavier, and his whole body had no extra strength. He put down the bucket, gasped and rested. After a while, I felt that my strength had recovered a little, and then I picked up the bucket and continued to walk back.

In this way, I walked for a while to rest. Zhou Xing's rest time became longer and longer. His head was sweaty, and his vest was wet. On this road, he rested seven times and took half an hour to get to the pool.

Zhou Xing poured the water in, breathed a sigh of relief, and a triumphant smile appeared on his face.

On the other side, a white teenager also came over with a pole. He looked at Zhou Xing and didn't say anything. He had to pick up a load of water from the pool and turned away very briskly. It seemed that the load of water was not too burdensome for him.

At this time, Zhou Xing was suddenly dumbfounded. He consumed a lot of strength and finally picked up a load of water back, and the teenager seemed to be one or two years younger than him. It was so easy!

"Since he is also doing external work, he must be the same as me. He is a newcomer who has just joined. Is he born strong?" Zhou Xing can't think of a reason, so he can only think so.

He sighed helplessly, picked up the shoulder pole, and Zhou Xing walked to the stream again.

The second load of water is much more tired than just now. The shoulders are getting more and more painful, and the strength seems to be exhausted. When he arrived at the pool, Zhou Xing couldn't wait to sit down for a long time.

Coincidentally, the white teenager came over with a shoulder pole again and looked at the sitting on the ground in surprise. His face was flushed and his whole body was sweaty. Finally, I couldn't help asking, "Are you new here?" How many loads have you picked?"

Zhou Xing took two breaths and replied, "Yes, I just picked up the second burden."

Hearing this, the white teenager smiled and said, "No wonder you are so tired."

Zhou Xingqi said, "Aren't you tired?"

"Of course I'm not tired. I've been here for half a year. I'm still short of this burden. Today's work is done. Go on. After saying that, the white teenager put the bucket into the pool and swung it. With one hand, he easily picked up a bucket full of water. Then he filled the bucket and smiled at Zhou Xing. His face was still not red, breathless, and his footsteps kept leaving.

Zhou Xing was stunned, and he only took the second burden. The white teenager finished today's work, and he didn't seem to be tired at all. This is too much to say, isn't it? If Brother Li Jun came to choose, even if he finished it in a shorter time, he would believe that this white teenager has only been in the beginning for half a year. Is there a trick?

Thinking of this, Zhou Xing took out a metal sign from his arms, and a blank space behind it suddenly appeared a "two" word with a faint light.