Sleepwalking (3)
"Oh my, you finally came back, you little bitch! I asked this guy to follow you and bring you back, but he actually came back first."
"Lao Sun, you don't have to worry about me. Don't let him follow me next time." Xu Ning said lightly.
Xu Ning looked up and waited for Tang Xixu to explain.
But the boy in the tree seemed not to hear, did not react at all, and still kept his eyes closed.
After a few seconds of silence, Xu Ning spoke.
"I thought we were friends after all. It seems I was overthinking it."
Xu Ning turned and left.
Like a breeze, it can't move anything, but it creates ripples.
The next day.
"Well, I'm much better. Just take three more doses of medicine." Pharmacist Sun took Xu Ning's pulse.
"Then can I start practicing martial arts for real?"
"When did you lose it? It's just that now that you're well, you can learn more formal mental methods."
"But I don't even know the unique sword technique of Wangyue Tower - Ruchen Sword Technique."
"Is it your master who doesn't allow you to learn? It's obviously you who are lazy and don't want to learn." Old man Sun laughed at Xu Ning.
Xu Ning was embarrassed for a moment, but later, thinking carefully, he realized that he had assumed from the beginning that "Xu Ning"'s body was not suitable for martial arts.
Yes, the original book doesn't say you can't learn it if your heart rate is unstable. It just means you can't do strenuous exercise, as long as you can breathe.
These past few days, Xu Ning picked out a long piece of peach wood. When she had nothing to do, she would polish it according to the drawing given by Pharmacist Sun. After two or three days, a peach wood sword was ready.
Since that welcoming ceremony, Xu Ning had not spoken to Tang Xixu again. Even when they were dining at the same table, they would try not to look at each other.
Xu Ning found an open space in the valley. It was far away from the center of Yaowang Valley, undisturbed by anyone, and very quiet, perfect for practicing.
"Guangyu, Guangyu. I want to use my reward now. I want to practice."
"The mission reward is officially used."
What appeared in Xu Ning's consciousness was the "Ruchen Sword Technique".
Isn’t this the martial arts of Wangyue Tower?
Every disciple of Moon Watching Tower must learn this. It is a must-learn.
So this is the "big prize" you were talking about?
Xu Ning suspected that he had been cheated again.
"System! You are exploiting the working people. You are exploiting!"
Guangyu didn't respond.
"System, don't play dead with me! The systems that other people use when they enter the book are all golden fingers, but you? You're really just a human machine! You have nothing. What is your purpose? I've been here for so long, and I rely on myself!"
"There's nothing I can do about it. This is randomly assigned." Guangyu flipped his hands, looking indifferent and as if he was a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water.
"With your current Qi training level, you won't be able to use cheats even if I give you one." Guangyu mocked her.
Xu Ning was so angry that he didn't want to pay any more attention to it. He just followed the sword manual given by the system and learned every move.
The initial stage of Ruchen Sword Technique is very simple, it just involves drawing the sword out of its sheath and doing some bow steps. The slightly more difficult part is just bending down.
The initial training went smoothly, and Xu Ning felt the blood vessels all over his body warm and flowing rapidly, especially his heart was swelling, as if it was bursting with power.
"Little girl, raise your hands a little higher." Xu Ning heard a gentle female voice.
The sound was very gentle and peaceful, like blooming pear blossoms falling in the wind.
Xu Ning put away his sword, looked around and saw no one, then continued practicing.
"Be calm and don't be anxious. The sword in your hand is a sword, and you yourself are also a sword."
It turns out that he turned his body into a sword.
Xu Ning didn't think about anything else, he just pondered this sentence in his mind.
After coming to her senses, the girl truly transformed herself into a sword. She braced herself against the tree trunk, twisted it sideways half a circle, then spun sideways again, kicking out with her foot. At the same time, she extended her peach wood sword, striking a branch high up in the tree.
After a moment, a branch as thick as a finger broke and fell down.
Xu Ning smiled with satisfaction.
Xu Ning repeated the moves he had just done, feeling the feeling in his heart again - a sword intent like a breeze.
She practiced for a long time but was still at the same level as before, with no improvement.
"Senior, are you still there? I am stupid and cannot comprehend other sword ideas. Could you please give me some more pointers?" Xu Ning stopped, clasped his fists and half-bowed, asking humbly.
A long while passed without a response, only the sound of falling leaves.
Xu Ning guessed that the old senior might have passed away.
Xu Ning continued to learn the following moves, which became increasingly difficult and required a mental method to support them. However, Xu Ning simply couldn't remember the mental method, so he had to give up for the time being.
At night, the sky was full of stars and the four of us had dinner at the same table.
"Tonight is particularly important. It is the last day of the seven-day treatment. There can't be any mistakes, otherwise the blood and qi will flow backwards and the meridians will reverse. At the very least, you will go crazy, and at the worst, you will die on the spot." Pharmacist Sun frowned with his white eyebrows, looking extremely serious.
"Except for Miss Ning, everyone else will be on guard tonight and wait outside."
"Why am I..." Xu Ning didn't expect that he would become a special person.
"Your heart disease hasn't fully healed yet. Staying up late is harmful to your body and heart. You can't handle it."
Hearing that his life was at stake, Xu Ning stopped talking.
Xu Lian was also very serious, as success or failure depended on this one move.
"Don't worry, brother. You will definitely be able to overcome this difficulty. I am still waiting for you to teach me the Jingyuan Heart Method."
In late November, winter has quietly arrived.
At the hour of Yin, a light frost had already begun to form.
Occasionally, a thin layer of frost covered the trees.
After Xu Lian finished his last medicinal bath, he began to circulate his inner energy. His entire body was in a state of emptiness, and he was reciting the inner mantra repeatedly in his mind.
Tang Xixu flew to the roof and monitored every move around the room.
"Why is he here too?" A man in a narrow black robe embroidered with bamboo stood on a tall tree outside the valley with his hands behind his back.
"It seems that it is not easy to make money from this mission." Another man, tall and slender, with long loose hair and wearing a plain white open robe.
"Even if he's not here, we can't let our guard down. Medicine King Valley's master, Sun Baoyi, is no pushover."
"Don't worry, Yin Wumeng said that he was poisoned by Zikui Powder and the remaining poison has not been completely cleared. He dare not start a war." The voice of the man in white was very charming, like a woman.
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"What are you arguing about?" Xu Ning was half asleep and half awake, and heard the noisy sounds of weapons, fighting, and people falling outside.
"You traitors, you actually did something as filthy as a sneak attack."
"I'm in a good mood today and won't kill anyone. Hand over the kid inside and we'll leave immediately. Right? Xiao Fengfeng." The man in white touched his hair and looked at his partner Su Zhanfeng with a smile.
Su Zhanfeng was dressed in black, with a silver belt embroidered with patterns tightly wrapped around his waist. He frowned and said nothing.
"You killers are so heartless that you want to take the life of a child!" A disciple of Yaowang Valley held a sword and faced the two of them.
"Boy, you are wrong. This is not called a sneak attack. This is called the use of deception in war." The man in white still smiled like a spring breeze.
"What happened?" Xu Ning was only wearing an outer robe and was soundly asleep. The dim light outside the house was still a little dazzling.
Xu Ning frowned and was very angry. When she opened the door, she saw two strangers.
One of them had long hair, heavy makeup, and wore a white robe, but judging by his stature, he should be a man.
The other one was younger, wearing a black suit, a silver hook around his waist, and carrying two silver knives on his back.
Aren’t these the Dark Edge Twins from the original novel?
Although they only made cameo appearances in the original book, their images were too prominent, especially the white-clothed and female-made-up ghost Chen Heshui.
Fortunately, Xu Ning's mind cleared instantly. He immediately closed his eyes, raised his hands naturally, and walked out with each step unsteadily - sleepwalking.
Can't see me, can't see me, can't see me...
The moment Xu Ning opened the door, the fighting stopped. Everyone turned to watch Miss Xu's "superb performance." Unanimously, no one spoke...
After a few steps, Xu Ning realized that everyone was looking at her. Never mind, I'm sleepwalking now.
As long as I am not embarrassed, others will be embarrassed.
Shen Heshui had a keen eye and watched the sweat gradually forming on the little girl's forehead. But he loved to dismantle the stage: "I wonder which actor is this? His acting is so superb?"
Xu Ning pretended not to hear and continued walking forward.
If you want to fight, then fight. Why are you looking at me? I'm just a weakling, a small fry.
If I can't afford to offend someone, I should at least be able to hide from him, right?
No, where's Tang Xixu? Where did he go? Wasn't he on night watch? Where's he?!
Xu Ning was extremely afraid of these two men. The original book mentioned that the Dark Edge Twins were among the top ten assassins on the Jianghu Assassin Rankings. They had never failed to complete any assignment they took on, and both had reached the third level of the Lesser Heaven Realm in martial arts.
God knows how much Xu Ning wants to find a crack in the ground to crawl into at this moment.
"How come I didn't know you had a habit of sleepwalking?" The familiar male voice was teasing.
At the same time, Xu Ning's head hit the boy's chest with a "hiss".
A bit hard.
Xu Ning's "tears of joy welled up in her eyes."
She stopped pretending and burst into tears when she saw her leader coming. "You're finally here. Why are you here just now?"
"If you hadn't come, my second senior brother would have been kidnapped, and I might even have died." Xu Ning was still crying and sobbing.
How could she cry so easily? She just wanted to be Lin Daiyu for once, pretending to be pitiful. Anyway, Tang Xixu was more resilient.
Xu Ning tacitly agreed to this in her heart, but she still hadn't reacted.
Under the dim starlight, Tang Xixu curled the corners of his lips without even noticing it himself.
When Su Zhanfeng saw this scene, his brows relaxed.
"What's going on? Someone wants Xu Lian's life?" Tang Xixu asked Hei Bai and the other two.
There was disdain in the young man's calm tone.
"What Xu Lian? I've never heard of him. Someone paid a large sum of money to buy the life of the Golden Boy. The rule of Anfeng is: you take money from people and eliminate their misfortunes. We are just following orders from above."
"How much did they offer?" Xu Ning wanted to hear the "price" of her second senior brother. She was still afraid and hid behind Tang Xixu, only sticking out half of her head.
Tang Xixu laughed inwardly: He is really both inexperienced and bold.
"Not much, only three hundred taels."
Only worth three hundred taels? Xu Ning was about to say that it was so little, it was too worthless.
But after hearing the last two words, I was stunned.
"Gold." After Shen Heshui finished speaking, Su Zhanfeng added.
Xu Lian is so valuable?
If I had known that I didn’t have enough money, I would have used him as collateral.
Xu Ning, against her conscience, wanted to find a compromise: hand Xu Lian over and let them share some of the money. However, thinking of how much Xu Lian had helped her along the way, she didn't mention this.
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