Chapter VII: Improvement of Relationships

The woman's words made Zhang Xiaotian yearn for the martial arts of this world even more, but at the same time, the knots in his heart also deepened.

What did this woman mean by "too slow"? And the undisguised look of pity on his face.

The woman seemed to see Zhang Xiaotian's thoughts, and instead of continuing to talk about the source force, she asked instead, "Do you know how old I am to reach your current level?" ”

Zhang Xiaotian looked at her and shook his head, the bad feeling became stronger and stronger.

"Eight."

This is the difference between the Source Force Exercise and the Physical Exercise. I practiced martial arts at the age of seven and a half, and after half a year, I reached the realm of cutting hair and washing the marrow, and you used it for four years, the gap between this is huge?! ”

Zhang Xiaotian was greatly hurt when he heard this, and after staring at her for a while, he couldn't help but sniffle and said, "Could it be that my rent is too poor?" ”

The woman sighed, looked down at him, and said surprisingly gently, "You should know that you don't even have the qualifications to ask me to lie to you." If you say that you have reached the current level of practicing the physical exercises after four years, then your qualifications are better than anyone I have ever seen, but you owe the Dao of Luck, because most of the people who practiced physical martial arts back then would have cultivated to your level, and it would have been impossible without ten years of penance. ”

Zhang Xiaotian was dumbfounded, "half a year" and "ten years", the gap is too big!

He hurriedly asked: "The eldest sister said that I owe Yundao, what Yundao?" ”

The woman was about to speak, when suddenly her stomach gurgled and her face suddenly turned red.

"Eat, eat first. My sister said while eating. Zhang Xiaotian said as he quickly moved out two stools from the corner.

The woman was indeed hungry, and as soon as she sat down and didn't care about talking, she scooped up a bowl of fish soup first, drank it in one go, and ate a piece of fish cake by dividing it by two.

Zhang Xiaotian didn't move his chopsticks at all, he had a pimple in his heart that he didn't understand, which was related to his future achievements in martial arts, where was his appetite.

The woman took a slice of sashimi and threw it into her mouth, and although there was no sauce, the natural umami flavor of the sashimi burst on her taste buds, giving her an unparalleled experience.

"Good cooking!" The woman praised, "If you can carry forward this cooking skill in the future, make a living from it, marry a wife and have children, you can live this life happily, why do you need to learn martial arts." ”

Zhang Xiaotian's face was straight, and he said with a rare seriousness: "Because I want to become a master!" ”

This sentence came from the heart, coupled with the resentment of the vain death in the previous life for some reason, the nine words were sonorous and powerful by him, and there was a sound of gold and iron.

"Is it a human being...... the woman's eyes showed a trace of confusion, and she quickly disappeared, and her gaze at Zhang Xiaotian seemed to be a little different.

"The way of luck I am talking about is the way of martial arts, and anyone who wants to become an outstanding master must start from childhood. As far as I know, the most important period of time for everyone to learn anything to the point of proficiency is within the ten years between the ages of five and fifteen. The same is true for martial arts, if you got the secret of the source force exercise four years ago, maybe you can catch up with the progress with your talent, but do you practice physical exercises... Your current level is equivalent to the fact that the source force martial artist has just started, no matter how diligent you are, it will be half the effort. If you are just a mediocre errand runner, you will be slaughtered sooner or later, then it is better not to learn. Do you understand? ”

Zhang Xiaotian held his hand with chopsticks, froze in mid-air, and said bitterly for a while: "What if I go to learn the Source Force Exercise now?" ”

"You're sixteen, it's too late!" The woman shook her head, a look of unbearability on her face.

Zhang Xiaotian was stunned, only to feel that his hands and feet were cold, and heaven and earth seemed to have lost all vitality and meaning.

The woman didn't look at him anymore, she ate on her own, and after a while she filled her stomach and stood up.

"Don't be in a daze, boy. If you are willing to learn a craft to make a living, such as being a cook or something, I can help you, and it will be regarded as repayment for what I have done to you. ”

As she spoke, the woman returned to the bed and continued to meditate and heal, without saying a word.

Zhang Xiaotian sat on the stool in a daze, but he was not as shocked and disappointed as he was on his face, but thought in his heart: "Maybe I'm an exception?" After all, it didn't really take him four years to reach the level of cutting hair and marrow, but just half a year like this woman. The most important thing is that Lao Tzu has worked hard to cross once, if there is no atmospheric luck, he can't make great achievements, then it's too blind to have the opportunity to cross this time, God won't play with me like this! ”

Zhang Xiaotian swore that he thought about it, completely forgetting the middle finger he once raised to God.

After this conversation, the relationship between the woman and Zhang Xiaotian seems to have undergone some subtle changes, at least it has eased a lot, and it is no longer as hostile as before.

Zhang Xiaotian also knew the woman's name - Fu Xingyun, the three words are majestic, not like the name used by a woman.

At the same time, I also knew why she was injured and why she hid in her own house.

I didn't expect this Fu Xingyun to be so pitiful, when she was ten years old, her parents and relatives were killed by the Black Tiger Gang, no wonder people from the Black Tiger Gang were killed everywhere.

"Black Tiger Gang?" Zhang Xiaotian was secretly vigilant, and he must not let people know that Fu Xingyun was hiding here, this behemoth to him was not something he could provoke now.

Two more days passed, and before dawn that day, Zhang Xiaotian got up and made a big pot of fresh fish stewed rice, which was Fu Xingyun's food for the day today, because he was going to the town today.

The purpose of this trip is nominally to sell rags, but in fact, he wants to go to the cat master's house to take out the belongings, and by the way, help Fu Xingyun inquire about the news.

Facing the rising sun, Zhang Xiaotian carried a burlap bag on his back and embarked on the road to the town.

Two hours later, Zhang Xiaotian arrived in the town.

There is a bulletin board at the entrance of the town, which is actually a large wooden sign more than one meter wide inserted on the ground, Zhang Xiaotian saw the eye-catching reward notice on the bulletin board at a glance, and the money below is the Black Tiger Gang.

Fortunately, they didn't know what Sister Xingyun looked like, and they didn't draw a picture to pursue it, but the policeman had taken a photo with the eldest sister, didn't he tell the Black Tiger Gang?

Fu Xingyun didn't hide anything from Zhang Xiaotian, including the fight with Lu Yifan, but he had a high opinion of this policeman, and he also said that this person would not disclose his situation to the Black Tiger Gang.

Lu Yifan is quite famous in Meng Ke Island, after all, he is the only one who dares to give the three gangs a face, Fu Xingyun inquired a little on the way to escape, and he knew the general situation of Lu Yifan.

"An upright person, behind him is the Lu family, hehe, maybe you can use it in the future."

confirmed Fu Xingyun's judgment of Lu Yifan, Zhang Xiaotian's mind suddenly thought of the things next to him, he had studied psychology in his previous life, and he knew what kind of weaknesses this kind of person with a strong sense of justice had.

Pretending to be curious, he stayed in front of the bulletin board for a while, and then Zhang Xiaotian shook his head and walked away, muttering about a million bounty bonus, looking like a greedy guy who wanted to get the bounty but had no choice.

A gang member of the Black Tiger Gang squatted there opposite the bulletin board, and couldn't help but laugh when he saw Zhang Xiaotian's appearance, a kid who picked up rags dared to think about the reward!