The mysterious bead suddenly disappeared, which made Liu Xiaolu very depressed for a few days. After all, in her opinion, it was a precious pearl that could be exchanged for at least five or six taels of silver.

"Hey." Liu Xiaolu couldn't help but sigh again, and sat on the field ridge with his legs in his arms, eyes blank.

"Sister Lu?" Wang Xiaobao called softly from the side. Seeing that Liu Xiaolu was still stunned and didn't react at all, he obediently picked up the small wooden bucket and went down the mountain to fetch water.

Liu Xiaolu still couldn't figure it out. How could a good bead, placed in a small wooden box, disappear? He had searched inside and outside the house no less than five times, but he couldn't even find the shadow of the bead. The bead seemed to appear out of thin air.

It's like it disappeared.

I don’t know how long it took, but suddenly there was a rustling sound of footsteps in my ears, and a pair of boots suddenly appeared in front of my eyes. It was a pair of beautiful and exquisite boots. The uppers were made of ink-colored Sichuan brocade with moiré patterns, and the uppers were inlaid with inlays.

There is a circle of silver thread, and there is also a snow-white jade on the silver thread.

Looking up, what catches the eye is a plain white gown, with a jade belt trimmed with silver around the slender waist. A piece of fine mutton-fat white jade falls on the side of the waist. The jade pendant is carved with complicated patterns, and in

The front of the jade pendant is engraved with the character "Hu".

Liu Xiaolu was startled when he saw this word. He hurriedly rubbed his eyes and looked up again. He saw a tall man wearing a jade crown and slender eyebrows looking at him with a smile.

"Hu... Peak Master Hu?!" Liu Xiaolu was startled and quickly stood up to salute, "Greetings to the Peak Master!"

Hu Yizhi recently felt that the old wounds in his body were a little aggravated. He wanted to come to the medicine garden to get some medicinal materials to stabilize the injury. Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked into the medicine garden, he saw an eight or nine-year-old female disciple sitting in the medicine field, pouting a little

The expression on her mouth is quite cute and cute, and I couldn't help but pay attention to it.

"Are you the new disciple in charge of the medicine garden?" Hu Yizhi's voice was gentle, completely different from the way he was tit-for-tat with the other two peak masters at the rotation meeting that day.

Liu Xiaolu nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, "To return to the Peak Master, another disciple and I are now responsible for taking care of the medicine garden."

Hu Yizhi nodded slightly. He wanted to say a few words of encouragement, but as if something suddenly happened, he let out a light sigh and said, "Girl, give me your hand."

"Yes, Peak Master." Although Liu Xiaolu was confused, he obediently extended his hand.

Hu Yizhi stretched out two fingers and put them on Liu Xiaolu's wrist for a moment, then took them back. Liu Xiaolu only felt that a cool air flow quickly circulated in his body and then disappeared.

"That's weird." Hu Yizhi squinted his eyes and muttered something to himself, then looked at Liu Xiaolu and asked, "Girl, are you willing to accept me as your teacher?"

"ha?"

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Liu Xiaolu still couldn't believe that he had so suddenly changed from an ordinary inner disciple to the direct disciple of the peak master. Maybe this was what Liu Xiucai said, a blessing in disguise? Although he lost one worth five taels.

The orb of silver, but in exchange for the identity of a direct disciple. Thinking of the five taels of monthly silver that the direct disciple received every month, Xiaolu's eyes lit up. No matter how he thought about it, he felt that it was a sure-profit deal.

Liu Xiaolu became a direct disciple, so she no longer had to be responsible for chores, but she couldn't bear to leave all the work to Wang Xiaobao, so she would still go to the medicine garden to help from time to time.

The days passed very quickly. In the blink of an eye, the new disciples had already started training for almost half a year. They had already learned the basic knowledge of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, acupuncture points all over the body, etc., and began to practice some basic kung fu.

Every morning, while Liu Xiaolu was still in bed, he could hear the chants coming from the inner sect disciples as they ran around Jiaoyue Peak. After dinner, on the martial arts field, rows of Tsing Yi disciples could be seen sweating profusely.

Every time, Liu Xiaolu secretly felt lucky that he stepped on shit and became Hu Fengzhu's direct disciple. Otherwise, he would be like other ordinary inner disciples who would be tired to death every day and only have only one meal per month.

One and two halves of moonsilver.

Sometimes when she went to help in the medicine garden and saw Wang Xiaobao in such a miserable state, Liu Xiaolu couldn't help but think that it would be great if Master Hu could accept Wang Xiaobao as his direct disciple. But she also knew in her heart that Master Hu wanted to

She had no control over who she would accept as her disciple, so she could only silently increase the number of times she went to the medicine garden to help, trying to share as many chores as possible for Wang Xiaobao.

During this period, Peak Master Hu personally taught Liu Xiaolu some pharmacological and medical skills, and also taught her a mental technique called the Moon Holding Technique, and told her not to spread it to others, otherwise she would be expelled from the school. Peak Master Hu seemed to be concerned about this

The Kung Fu was taken very seriously, and even senior fellow apprentices Feiyun and Luo Lin were not allowed to observe it when it was being taught.

Liu Xiaolu has a lazy temperament. Under the dedicated teachings of Master Hu, it took him two months to reach the threshold of the first level of the Moon Holding Art. Wang Xiaobao, who started practicing the Breathing Art at about the same time, had already

Half a month ago, I started to attack the second level of the Nourishing Breath Technique.

I thought that with such slow progress, Peak Master Hu would at least get a scolding even if he wasn't angry and punished him. But he didn't expect that after Peak Master Hu learned that Liu Xiaolu had finally entered the first level of the Moon Holding Technique, not only was he not angry, he actually

He was quite happy. He first personally checked the progress of practicing the Moon Holding Technique, then gave Liu Xiaolu a few words of encouragement, and finally even went back to the house and dug out a few bottles of precious elixirs and gave them to Liu Xiaolu.

The weather is getting colder day by day, the sect has put on winter clothes, and the disciples are going out less than before. Liu Xiaolu, wrapped in a thick cotton-padded jacket, sat by the door in a daze, holding a letter from his family in his hand. The letter was from his father.

It was written by Liu Xiucai on his behalf. There were only a few words on the letter. He just said that he was safe, mentioned that his eldest brother's wedding was scheduled for the coming spring, and told Liu Xiaolu to perform well in the sect. Other than that, there was nothing else.

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Liu Xiaolu sniffed, his eyes slightly red. The new year was approaching, and his eldest brother had already taken annual leave at this time in previous years. Liu Xiaolu would always stretch his neck and look around at the entrance of the village several days in advance, waiting for his eldest brother to appear. Because Liu Xiaolu

Every year, Daxiong first buys New Year gifts for his sisters, and then gives the money he has saved for a year to his mother-in-law to keep. Even his father, who is usually taciturn, has a smile on his face, and it is rare for the family to sit together happily.

Have a few reunion dinners together.

But this year, Liu Xiaolu can only stay alone on the mountain. There is no sense of New Year in the sect. The brothers and uncles can neither hang lanterns and post couplets, nor prepare delicious candied fruits and snacks. There is still no New Year atmosphere on the Bright Moon Peak.

It's as deserted as ever.

It is said that children from poor families are premature and smart. Although Liu Xiaolu is homesick, she also knows that just because she has joined the Kongwu Sect and is now a direct disciple, the five taels of silver every month is almost intact.

I sent it to my family. And it is precisely because of the extra few taels of silver every month that the family can gradually live a better life. Otherwise, it would not be so easy for the eldest brother to arrange the marriage with the leaky mud house at home.

Set.

After sitting for a long time, his body felt a little cold. Liu Xiaolu wiped his eyes with the back of his hand and found that the sky was actually getting dark.
Chapter completed!