But I'm a male fox

The boss of the boat nodded and bowed: "Yes, yes."

After tying up a group of water bandits with ropes and throwing them into the bilge, Gao Bin shook his body, returned to the bow of the big ship, and said to everyone: "I'm sorry, everyone was surprised."

Xiao Wan'er tilted her head slightly, and interjected, "Are you a senior from Xiaoyao Mountain?"

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Chapter 51 Days People Want To Earn Her Uphill

Xiaoyao Mountain?

When Xiao Wan'er said this, Li Cheng immediately remembered.

He mentioned it when he listened to the instructors chatting in the martial arts field, saying that although it is not one of the three jade seals sealed by the great cadres, it is also one of the most upright sects in the world, and it seems to be a sect majoring in martial arts. It is extremely rare on the Tianbang to enter Taoism through martial arts.

Gao Bin scratched his belly again: "Unexpectedly, there are people here who can recognize my heels..."

"You used the Hunyuan Energy to attract those water bandits, right?" Xiao Wan'er said frankly, "I saw a Xiaoyao Mountain disciple use it during my travels. Of course, that person is far less powerful than you."

"Haha, the little girl is absurd."

Gao Bin was a little embarrassed: "Because I didn't want to be troublesome before, I didn't tell you the truth. I hope you will forgive me."

"It is our luck to be in the same boat with you."

Xiao Yumei took over the topic and continued: "With an expert like you traveling in the world of mortals, we ordinary people can also feel at ease."

"Traveling in the world of mortals?"

Gao Bin shook his head: "No, no, madam, you are wrong. Only those who want to transcend the common world say that. I am different. I am here to merge with the world of mortals!"

"what?"

"I have to practice kung fu every day on the mountain. I still dare not let go of drinking and eating meat. I don't have a show to listen to. I'm dying! That's why I took the task and took the opportunity to sneak down."

The boat was already boring, so since Gao Bin exposed his identity, he started chatting with everyone.

Because he was still a fox, Li Cheng couldn't participate, so he eavesdropped on the sidelines to increase his knowledge.

It turns out that Gao Bin is the backbone of Xiaoyao Mountain. Although he is talented, he is not motivated. He just wants to fish all day long.

However, the master's expectations were too high and he kept a close eye on it, and the brothers around him were hanging on the beams and screaming all day long to carry forward the sect, which made him feel very painful all day long.

Finally, he couldn't roll anymore, so he appeared here.

The sect mission he took did not need to be kept secret, and it was very simple. It was to take some predestined children up the mountain to become apprentices—in other words, it was similar to Hagrid taking Harry Potter to Hogwarts.

However, the so-called fate, except for a few who are really destined, most of them are actually money and power. To put it bluntly, some aristocratic families worship Xiaoyao Mountain all the year round, and Xiaoyao Mountain also reciprocates by accepting a family member every few years.

Time passed little by little.

The flow of the river slowed down, and the green hills on both sides became lower and flatter.

The passenger ship finally left the Qingxuan Mountains and came to anchor in a small town by the river.

Everyone chatted happily and walked off the boat together. Just as they were about to say goodbye, Zhu Chongxiu heard a strange noise and suddenly turned his head to look at a group of people by the pier.

To be precise, a group of children.

The older one may be twelve or thirteen years old, and the younger one is no more than eight or nine years old. In the middle, there is a little boy with ragged clothes, a bruised nose, and a swollen face. He is pressed to the ground with an angry face.

A boy in gorgeous clothes laughed and said: "Little beggar, if you want us to spare you, just tell yourself that your mother is a BZ who can mess with anyone!"

"I do not!"

The little boy struggled and roared angrily, but he couldn't escape and could only let others bully him.

"Okay, still not convinced? Call me again!"

"Let's piss on him!"

"Haha, good idea, let him take a bath!"

Seeing that the little beggar was going to suffer, although the passers-by next to him looked a little bit unbearable, none of them went up to take care of it.

Zhu Chongxiu's heart seemed to be on fire.

She recalled the experience when she was begging for food, and she couldn't help being angry. She ran to the group of children by herself and shouted:

"stop!"

While speaking, she had already grabbed the shoulder of the boy in the fancy dress with one hand, lifted and threw the boy far away.

"Ah, it hurts!"

"Who is so bold? Call me!"

Accompanied by the boy's cry of pain, the accomplices all raised their fists and hit Zhu Chongxiu.

But Zhu Chongxiu was no longer the beggar girl she was back then. On the premise of concentrating on her strength, she still abused food with ease, beating all the children to their knees with just a few punches.

Li Cheng and Xiao's mother and daughter rushed over at this moment, seeing that Zhu Chongxiu could handle it, they didn't intervene, just pulled the little beggar up to check his injuries.

"Who dares to beat my child?" A few adults came running by the river bank.

The leader was in his thirties, dressed as gorgeously as the child king, followed by several people, all dressed as servants.

"father......"

The boy was so beaten that he threw himself at the middle-aged man, but after crying a few words, the middle-aged man stretched out his hand to grab Zhu Chongxiu.

"Where did you come from, you are looking for death!"

Snapped!

Suddenly a white fox jumped out, slapped the man across the face with its tail, and then jumped into Zhu Chongxiu's arms.

Xiao Wan'er also stepped forward, stood between Zhu Chongxiu and the man, and said sharply: "You are so unreasonable, obviously your son is bullying others, why did you teach others a lesson first?"

"who are you?"

The man raised his head and took a look at Xiao Wan'er.

Not to mention the gorgeous appearance, the clothes are not worse than him, he seems to be a practicing family... This is either rich or expensive!

A rich lady passing by?

The man withdrew his arrogance for a while, and said in a deep voice, "Why, is that little beggar from your family? My son beat him, and it's none of your sister's business!"

"She saw a rough road, if you want me to say, it's a good job!"

"you!"

Just as the servant behind the man stepped forward, ready to surround Xiao Wan'er, Gao Bin suddenly interjected: "Are you Lu Yi from the Lu family?"

When his name was called out suddenly, the man frowned and asked, "Are you..."

"Xiaoyao Mountain, Gao Bin, came here on the order of the sect to take your son up the mountain."

As Gao Bin said, he took out a black iron token engraved with the three characters of Xiaoyao Mountain from his arms. Although its style was plain and unpretentious, there was a faint black light flowing on its surface, which made people know it was not an ordinary thing at a glance.

As soon as he heard it was from Xiaoyao Mountain, Lu Yi immediately changed his expression and flattered him: "You are finally here. Our family has been looking forward to you for a long time, please..."

"No, banquet or something, I'm not interested today."

Gao Bin pointed to a nearby restaurant and said, "I will be staying there tonight, so you can bring a son to me tomorrow."

"a son?"

Lu Yi was a little puzzled: "Our family should have two quotas for joining the sect..."

"No, there's only one..."

Gao Bin replied firmly: "If you don't agree, I can go back."

"Don't, don't, master, don't be angry..."

"I'm not a monk!"

On the other hand, because Lu Yi didn't have time to find fault again, Li Cheng and others also took the opportunity to leave.

They first took the little beggar to a nearby medical clinic, and after paying for the medicine, they found an inn and stayed overnight.

Before they could discuss the next thing, Gao Bin came to the door suddenly.

With a serious face, he said directly to Zhu Chongxiu: "You are very talented and kind-hearted. Do you want to go to Xiaoyao Mountain to learn martial arts with me? There are several female elders on our mountain, and they all want to accept female apprentices!"

"what?"

Chapter 52 Parting today is for seeing you later

Zhu Chongxiu didn't know how to answer Gao Bin's unexpected invitation.

Fortunately, Gao Bin was not in a hurry, saying that he lived downstairs, and if the girl made up her mind, she could go to him at any time.

Seeing that the girl was full of thoughts, the mother and daughter of the Xiao family looked at each other and took the initiative to live in the next room.

In the small guest room, only Zhu Chongxiu and Li Cheng were left.

Li Cheng changed back into a human form, took Zhu Chongxiu's hand, and sat on the side of the bed, facing each other.

The girl broke the silence first, and asked in a low voice, "Brother Li, do you want me to go to Xiaoyao Mountain too?"

It stands to reason that finding a sect that they can join is the goal of the two of them when they set out together... But when this goal was so close, Zhu Chongxiu felt a sense of resistance in his heart.

She wants to gain strength, but she also doesn't want to be separated from Li Cheng.

Seeing the girl's downcast expression, Li Cheng felt uncomfortable.

In just one month, he has already treated Zhu Chongxiu as his real younger sister. If he had a choice, why wouldn't he want the little girl to be by his side all the time?

But it is precisely because of his concern that he needs to think about Zhu Chongxiu - the threat of the witch cannot be ignored, and the girl's future cannot be delayed.

However, Zhu Chongxiu's own opinion must not be ignored!

Although the girl is underage, she is still a complete person, not his appendage.

Thinking of this, Li Cheng didn't answer Zhu Chongxiu's question directly, but smiled slightly and asked softly:

"Chongxiu, what do you plan to do in the future?"

"future?"

"Well, is there anything you want to do? Or, what kind of person do you want to be?"

"I haven't thought about things that far away, but...you can't laugh at me if I say it."

"Definitely not laughing."

Zhu Chongxiu hesitated for a while, and said intermittently: "If I can really decide, I want no more beggars on the street, and no more Mr. Huang..."

"I want the government to collect less tax when farming, and the granary to be released when there is a famine..."

"I want there to be no Black Tiger Village in the Qingxuan Mountains, and I want the Demon Slayer not to kill innocent people..."

"I want it to rain when there is a drought, and when there is a plague of locusts, the birds will eat all the worms..."

The girl paused suddenly while she was talking, carefully hiding the last sentence in her heart.

What I want most is to be with you.

She raised her head, Shui Ling's eyes were wide open, and she asked Li Cheng, "Brother Li, am I being too whimsical?"

"No, it's pretty good, and it may not be impossible."

Recalling his previous life, Li Cheng said with emotion: "It's difficult, it's very difficult, but it's possible...but if you really want to achieve this, you have to..."

"There must be strength."

Zhu Chongxiu is a smart kid, and he guessed Li Cheng's words: "Although strength is enough, if I am still a kid who relies on Brother Li for everything, then I can't do anything."

Li Cheng patted the girl's head in relief.

The girl looked straight into Li Cheng's eyes and said, "Brother Li, I have decided to join Xiaoyao Mountain."

"Xiaoyao Mountain has always had a good reputation, and that senior is a kind-hearted and wonderful person. I think I can definitely learn skills there!"

Seeing Zhu Chongxiu finally figured it out, Li Cheng was slightly relieved.

But immediately, he himself began to worry about gains and losses again.