Xiao Yichen hurriedly asked: "Yesterday, when your mother and I were talking, it seemed that there was someone outside. I was upset at the time and ignored it. Was it you?"

Xiao Yuan was stunned, thought for a moment, and said, "I stayed in the house last night and didn't come out!"

Xiao Yichen smiled: "That's good! It's okay. You can find a boy to help you move your things!"

Xiao Yuan hurriedly waved his hand: "No, I can do it myself!" After saying that, he walked out.

Xiao Yichen looked at his thin back and suddenly sighed. There seemed to be a little sadness in that sigh.

Xiao Yuan went straight out of Zhuangzi and came to the vegetable garden at the back.

Old man Zhang had come back. When he saw Xiao Yuan, his face darkened: "Didn't I tell you to sleep in? Why are you up?"

Xiao Yuan smiled bitterly: "Master, I don't have the habit of sleeping in!"

"Then we must develop this habit in the future! Now that you are up, let's carry out the first step of practice!"

Xiao Yuan was overjoyed when he heard this and cheered: "Shall we start now? This is great! Tell me, what should we practice? Qi refining or magic?"

Old Man Zhang glanced at him: "I may disappoint you, the first thing we practice is to carry water!"

"Fetching water?"

"Yes, starting today, you carry a wooden bucket to the Bibo Pond in the back mountain to pick up five buckets of water. This is your day's task. No matter what method you use, you only need to pick up five buckets of water!"

"But..." Xiao Yuan looked disappointed, "But my two brothers' cultivation is not like this. They..."

"They are them, you are you!" Old Man Zhang said, "I am your master, you have to listen to me! After carrying the water, come back here and help me weed!"

Although Xiao Yuan was disappointed, he still agreed and was about to get the bucket. Old man Zhang pointed to the corner: "Where is your bucket?"

Xiao Yuan turned around and saw that there was indeed a bucket lying in the corner. It looked much smaller. He reluctantly walked over, picked up the bucket, and walked towards the back hill.

He has been to the Bibo Pool in the back mountain. The water in the pool is very clear and bottomless. However, the mountain road is rugged and difficult. It will take a lot of trouble to get there.

Xiao Yuan was thin and walked around. It took him more than an hour to reach the edge of the blue wave pool. By this time, he was out of breath and had no energy left in his body. When he looked up, it was almost noon and his stomach began to growl.

screamed

Xiao Yuan rested for a while, gritted his teeth and said: "You must never let up, you must work hard!" He was carrying a bucket and was about to fill the pool with water, but suddenly he saw a woman in green standing in the reflection of the pool.

From a high place beside the pool, Xiao Yuan seemed to be staring at himself. Xiao Yuan was startled and raised his head suddenly, but the figure had already disappeared. From childhood to adulthood, this figure would appear every once in a while, although he never saw her clearly.

But in his feeling, the woman's eyes were always warm. In a trance, it was as if his mother was looking at him.

Xiao Yuan shook his head and told himself that it might just be his hallucination. Then he put a bucket of water in the Bibo Pond, picked it up, and walked back more than ten steps staggeringly. He couldn't hold on anymore, and banged

Throw the bucket on the ground, water splashes everywhere, and a lot of water splashes out of the bucket

Xiao Yuan felt that he could hardly breathe. He had never done heavy work before. At this time, he felt that his chest had turned into a furnace. The heat was uncomfortable. But he did not give up. He took a rest, picked up the bucket again, and continued to move forward.

However, I can only take a dozen or so steps each time. After a dozen or so steps, I will definitely throw the bucket out and fall to the ground to rest for a long time.

Because the mountain road was rugged and long, it took Xiao Yuan an hour when he came here, but it took him three hours to go back. When he returned to the vegetable garden with only half a bucket of water left, he saw Old Man Zhang was doing it.

Waiting for him at the intersection

"Your trip took long enough. I originally thought you could make five round trips, but it seems I overestimated you! One trip a day is your limit!" Old Man Zhang smiled bitterly.

Xiao Yuan looked at his smile and suddenly remembered his father's same smile before. He was afraid that Old Man Zhang would give up on him, so he hurriedly said: "I'm okay, just wait, I will definitely be able to carry five buckets of water!"

If you fall into the water, you have to turn around and go back

Seeing his panic, Old Man Zhang stopped him and sighed: "No need! You have already done a good job! I asked you to carry water to train your body. The body is the basis of cultivation. Cultivation is to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

, enter the body. If the body is very weak, it will not only be difficult to refine the spiritual energy, but may also be injured by it. Therefore, the body is very important. As the saying goes, too much is never enough. Since a bucket of water is your limit, then you should carry a bucket of water every day.

Bucket of water!”

Xiao Yuan felt his face getting hot and nodded in agreement.

Old Man Zhang pointed behind him: "I built you a hut and brought you your bedding. You will live there from now on!"
Chapter completed!