Who says sleep is not spiritual practice?

Chapter 5 Three, a three-year contract?

Jiang Qingyu felt that she was pulled into a whole new world.

It is neither a dream nor reality, but more like a fantasy created by people out of thin air.

In this world, he saw an old swordsman surnamed Yu wearing a green shirt and a willow branch.

The posture is straight, like a long sword drawn from its sheath.

Before Jiang Qingyu could say hello, the old sword master spoke first:
"Let me introduce formally first, my name is Yu Yi."

"You should be the little doll who hides behind the willow tree every night and watches me compete with others, right?"

"The fourth son of the palace, Jiang Qingyu, who was rumored by the outside world to be a piece of trash."

"Tsk tsk, it's really strange to have an innate soul in a mortal body."

Jiang Qingyu was not surprised at all when her identity was exposed.

It stands to reason that the old sword master had nothing to do with him, but he chose to be his disciple.

There are only two possibilities that Jiang Qingyu can think of:
One is to reject the North King's personal request, and the other is that the old sword master discovered his own soul when he was sparring with others.

Due to the example of the second brother Jiang Qingjian, the possibility of the former is very slim.

Then only the latter remains.

Although he has great confidence in the "Dream Sutra", the old sword master is after all a legendary figure who later became the fourth-rank congenital star-picking realm, so it cannot be treated with common sense.

"Five years ago, in the capital, I saw a mortal painter who used the walls of a shabby room as paper to paint the finishing touches. Once he had an epiphany, he felt that people in the world should not be underestimated. A mortal body can also leap into the dragon's gate."

"Little baby, do you know what happened to that painter?"

The old sword master looked at Jiang Qingyu with a smile.

Jiang Qingyu didn't answer.

He had already seen that the old Juggernaut in front of him was just a phantom, unable to communicate with others at all, and the words he said were all arranged in advance.

Sure enough, even though Jiang Qingyu didn't say a word, the old sword master kept talking on his own:

"He was hired as an imperial painter by the emperor of Chu, and married a princess."

"The original wife, who never disliked his family's shabby walls, but had been selling money from weaving and embroidery to support his painting practice, hanged herself wearing a jade bracelet that can be bought at the market for three taels of silver on the day he and the princess got married."

"That jade bracelet was the only gift the man bought her when she got married."

Jiang Qingyu had a complicated heart.

He pitied the first wife who hanged himself, and he also spurned the painter who realized his innate talent.

"The painter's name is Cheng Zhe, and he is now a gentleman of Jixia Academy, and he is also one of the strong candidates for the future competition for the position of sacrificial wine."

The old sword master looked at Jiang Qingyu, and proposed his own conditions for accepting apprentices:
"Cheng Zhe has a student named Fan Yu."

"This old man will give you three years to learn swordsmanship. After three years, you will go to the capital and write a letter of challenge. Use this old man's swordsmanship to defeat Fan Yu in full view."

"If you agree, then kneel down and kowtow, the old man accepts you as the only disciple and grants you the entire inheritance."

Jiang Qingyu froze in place.

Fan Yu, isn't that the top of the list of princes in Chu today?
Last year's Jixia Academy's academic examination, the eldest brother Jiang Qingshu won the academic examination and became the first, Fan Yu came in second.

But in March of this year, Fan Yu had an epiphany.

Only 32 years old.

For a while, the world was a sensation.

You must know that most of those who do not take the Tenth Grade of Acquired Heaven to temper their bodies and directly realize their innateness are bad old men who have been immersed in a certain skill for decades.

In the history books, there is even a great Confucian who realized his innateness at the age of 90, and then died with a smile because of the exhaustion of Yangshou.

Therefore, it is rarer for Fan Yu to realize his innate epiphany at the age of 32 than for ordinary people to take the road of the tenth rank of acquired talent and be promoted to innate before the age of 20!
It is also for this reason that even if the second place on the young master's list is a younger innate master, he has to give up the top spot for him.

It is rumored that the emperor of Chu State intends to marry Fan Yu, a princess who is extremely beloved and powerful.

Your old man asked me to beat him in full view?
This is not defeating Fan Yu, this is clearly embarrassing the Chu royal family!

"wrong!"

Jiang Qingyu suddenly thought of something:
"The old sword master left willow branches seven years ago. At that time, Fan Yu didn't realize his innateness at all, and the emperor didn't even have the idea of ​​giving a marriage..."

"Things have changed now. The conditions seven years ago... shouldn't count?"

However, when he was thinking, the old sword master suddenly stroked his beard and laughed:

"Haha, the old man knows that no one can refuse to be the old man's disciple!"

"Get up, my boy!"

"As a teacher, I will teach you the innate fourth-grade kung fu method created by you, "Yu's Sword Classic."

"..."

This scene made Jiang Qingyu at a loss.

Although he has long seen that the old Juggernaut in front of him has no thoughts of his own, but is just talking to himself according to the setting seven years ago.

but……

Old man, are you too narcissistic?
I didn't hit a single head!

If I had known how dangerous it would be to be your apprentice... I, I would definitely be reluctant to give up, and I would definitely face the difficulties!
Jiang Qingyu kept moaning and sighing.

He really didn't want to make trouble with people from Jixia Academy, especially when his eldest brother Jiang Qingshu was also studying there, but... the old sword master really gave too much!
Who can refuse the legacy of a sword master?
"Master, please accept three respects from my disciples."

Jiang Qingyu knelt and kowtowed obediently.

After kowtowing, a willow branch hit his forehead.

At the same time, an exercise with a total of only a few thousand words appeared in my mind——

"Yu's Sword Classic", the fourth grade of congenital.

The "Raising Dragon Jue" is second only to every emperor in the entire Chu Kingdom.

Just listen to the old sword master talking to himself:

"Qingyu, since the old man accepted you as his apprentice, I will tell you something."

"There is no family or sect to be a teacher, and he is not born in a famous family."

"My father is a villager in the mountains. Since I was one year old, he carried me to the mountains in a bamboo basket. When he was chopping firewood, I would pick up a branch and play by myself. When I was young, I first mastered the way of swordsmanship."

Jiang Qingyu was taken aback when he heard that.

This is also okay?
A little kid can also learn kendo by himself by playing with branches. Did you marry a sword god in your previous life?

The old Juggernaut then introduced himself:
"At the age of 56, I walked out of the mountain village for the first time, and I was already innately in the third stage of the Yaori realm."

"After leaving the mountain village, I first went to the capital to do something."

"But I failed."

"So I came to Jubei Prince's Mansion again, borrowed thousands of books, and perfected the "Yu's Sword Classic" on the basis of them, and was able to be promoted to the fourth-rank congenital star-picking realm."

""Yu's Sword Classic" brings together the strengths of thousands of secret books, so if you want to master the sword classics, you must practice thousands of secret books and thousands of new sword moves that I created based on them."

"But the way of swordsmanship is endless. It is impossible for me to waste my own swordsmanship in order to teach my apprentices, and it is impossible for ordinary people to memorize thousands of new sword moves at once, so I announced that I will not accept apprentices."

"But I found you in the palace, Qingyu."

"With a mortal body and an innate soul, you have the ability to remember with a photographic memory, so you should be my apprentice by nature."

The voice just fell.

Jiang Qingyu felt her forehead being whipped by a willow branch again and again.

Every time he whipped a whip, there would be an extra book of cheats in his memory.

After whipping thousands of whips, he withdrew from the illusory world with a splitting headache.

……

The sixth floor of the Sutra Pavilion.

Several oil lamps have been relit.

Jiang Qingyu stood in front of the bookshelf, wearing a goose feather cloak, holding a purple jade stove in her hand, and a willow branch hanging on her forehead,

Jiang Shan quietly closed his eyes to protect the Dharma.

An hour ago, Jiang Shan watched the willow branches flickering bright and dark but concealed the light of the sword's edge. He received a lot of inspiration in the way of swordsmanship, which made him very happy.

Although some inspirations can't help him break through the shackles of the realm, it is enough for him to take another small step on the basis of the initial stage of the second innate Haoyue realm.

It can be said that this visit saved him at least five years of penance.

"I owe another great favor."

At this time, Jiang Qingyu also completed the inheritance ceremony.

"Hmm... my head hurts."

He rubbed his forehead, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the willow branch in front of his forehead turned into ashes.

At the same time, a sentence rang in my ears:

"Teacher, don't forget the three-year agreement."

(End of this chapter)