Advance the future and become a martial saint on earth!

Chapter 46: The ups and downs of life, thousands of people are fighting for it, more than one person is fighting for it? A luxurious mountain banquet, all kinds of life!
The trip to the medicine house ended with the elixir-making and medicinal bath.

Ji Xiu did not stay and was about to turn back.

Behind him, Zheng Jun, panting, ran over from the medicine room:
"Ji Xiu, Master Ji, Master Ji!"

"you"

He ran over quickly, his clothes still stained with sweat, and he bent down, panting:

"It was you who asked Master Huang to allow me to use the alchemy furnace and refine the elixir!?"

Zheng Jun looked incredulous.

Just now, Ji Xiu had just left when Huang Xuan called him and allowed him to try to refine some introductory pills. If he had some talent, he could be accepted as a disciple.

This seemingly pie-in-the-sky news completely stunned him. If it wasn't already past midnight, he would have almost thought that he hadn't fallen asleep.

After some questioning, he found out that it was Ji Xiu's favor that made Old Man Huang change his mind. After he had been here for a few years, he was ready to train him for the first time.

So he was moved and chased after him. When he arrived in front of him, he found that Ji Xiu had already mounted his horse and entered the carriage. He opened the window when he heard the noise, and then looked at him and smiled:
"Eight years of service and half a month of diligence. I can see that you really want to make pills."

"I have risen from a mere horseman to this position, and I know exactly what you are thinking."

"In that case, as the 'Head of the Medicine Hall', I will give you this opportunity. What's the harm?"

After that, the sound of horse hooves began.

The wheels of the cart rolled over the bluestone with a rumbling sound, and then went away with a clatter.

Zheng Jun's throat rolled over. He looked down at the dirty medicine boy's clothes, his eyes felt sore and he couldn't help choking.

When they first met, he tried to save face in front of Ji Xiu by calling him "alchemist", which was both boasting and exaggeration, and a way of saving face.

But isn't this the vision in his heart?
But this time, I finally got what I wanted.

Just arrived at the kiln residence.

Step into the bluestone courtyard.

Ji Xiu immediately saw Ji Wei, who was wearing a fashionable Liubi jacket and skirt, smiling and greeting a skinny boy in a cloth shirt, who looked restrained, shy and embarrassed.

Seeing Ji Xiu, she waved her hand:
"Brother, look who's here?"

Seeing the delicate and graceful girl with starry eyes, the little sister of the Ji family is completely different from the pale, skinny and timid girl she used to be.

Zhang Liuzi sat upright in front of the stone table, feeling shy and reserved, not daring to look up.

Hearing the noise, he followed her gaze.

Then I saw a young man wearing a black cloak, a straight-collared black robe, a sword and boots walking towards me on the bluestone road.

He was stunned for a moment, then he stood up straight.

"Brother Ji Ji, no, Master Ji"

He was a little unsure what to call him.

At this time, Ji Xiu had already strode in, smiling, and patted his shoulder, not caring about his embarrassing attire:

"We all crawled out of the mire, so who is nobler than who?"

"Why? Who bullied you? Or did they bully your uncle? Tell me."

"I said that when we moved out of the old alley."

"We have been friends since childhood. If you have any difficulties, just come and I will help you."

He raised his chin, looking serious.

Zhang Liuzi was touched:
"Brother, I"

"I"

He gritted his teeth, but still couldn't help but bury his head in the ground, and his tone became lower:
"I want to come to you to find a job."

"Actually, ever since you beat up that steward Qiao Jin, I've been practicing martial arts. I've been eating more and more, and my family can't support me anymore. I can't do anything about it."

Ok?
Ji Xiu's eyes narrowed:
"You practiced martial arts?"

"Who did you practice with? How much did your uncle pay?"

Ever since he became the head of the medicine hall and his horizons broadened, Ji Xiu realized that some warriors with no special skills could not even stand up and had no chance of survival.

But relying on the fact that he was enrolled in the military register and had a record in the government office, he pretended to be mysterious and set up a trap in his own yard to deceive some poor children who were unwilling to be mediocre and embezzled more than ten taels of silver.

In the end, all he was given was a wild martial arts book that couldn't even develop his strength, and even the government wouldn't care about it, and he devoured the person until nothing was left of his bones or blood.

If Ji Xiu had not been lucky enough to get into Duan Chenzhou's business, he would probably have been tempted to try his luck.

And if you join these insignificant warriors
Even if he had the Yuanshi Dao Lu, he probably wouldn't be able to cultivate the power of a sword.

"no no!"

"I didn't learn it with my family's money. In the past month, there was an outside martial arts master teaching martial arts in our old streets. It doesn't cost money, and you can learn it."

"At first, I just followed my fellow workers to join in the fun."

"I didn't expect that after one month of training, he said that I had a natural aptitude and my age was not bad. If I continued to practice, I would be able to enter the realm of martial arts in two or three months. He asked me if I needed a recommendation to join the 'Three Major Gangs' to pursue martial arts."

"I was tempted at first, but I had never been to that gang, and my father was worried, so he told me to come find you if it really didn't work out."

As he was talking, Zhang Liuzi felt a little embarrassed and performed a few punches and kicks in front of Ji Xiu, which made Ji Xiu's eyes focus. As expected, he saw some of Xiao Cheng's style.

“Free martial arts lessons.”

"Three major gangs?"

Ji Xiu frowned. Is there really such a person in the world who, after enrolling in the military, would teach martial arts for free, without asking for anything in return?
Isn't this destroying the reputation of those small boxing gyms and old martial artists?

After thinking for a while, it happened that Hong Jiang had not left yet, so Ji Xiu stopped Zhang Liuzi and gave him an order:
"Hong Jiang, this is my early brother, we came from the same place."

"Take him to see Master Huang Yaoshi and Zheng Jun, and assign him a task. Tell them that it was my order."

In a word.

When Zhang Liuzi was still young and ignorant, Ji Xiu had already determined his identity as a member of the Medicine Hall and a member of the Fengyun Society.

This is something that many kiln servants try their best to accomplish.

This is power.

"From now on, your monthly salary will be ten taels of silver. You can take the pill once a month. Spend it sparingly and show your filial piety to your uncle and elder sister. Of course, you can't neglect your martial arts."

Twelve!

Pills! ?
Zhang Liuzi's breath was choked, and he was stunned. His face turned red with anxiety, and he waved his hands repeatedly:
"No, no, brother, I don't want that much. Just give me a bite of food, a few ounces, and I'll do the hard work for you. There's no need to do this."

However, Ji Xiu's brief and unquestionable words suppressed it:

"Here you go, take it."

"go."

"Also, if there is a chance in the future, take me to meet your 'master'."

With a look in Hong Jiang's eyes that said 'you're lucky', he pulled the skinny boy, who kept looking back with an anxious look on his face and looked as if he wanted to say something but hesitated, out of the blue brick courtyard.

After a while.

Ji Xiucai turned his head and looked at Ji Wei, saying with a pleasant face:
"Little sister, you can eat by yourself at noon today."

"Today, the young masters and young ladies of the three leading families of Fengyun Club held a 'mountain delicacy banquet' at Feiyan Tower and specially invited me to come. I have refused several times, but this time I really can't refuse anymore."

"Uh-huh!"

Feiyan Tower.

As soon as Ji Xiu entered the door, he was invited to the third floor by the sharp-eyed waiter.

The last time he ate at Lin Du’s table, he was not able to come here. I heard that he was not qualified.

As soon as you step in, you will see rockery and flowing water. In the center of the screen, there is a gurgling stream. It is late autumn now, and there are flowers blooming here.

In the private room on the side, the curtain was half-drawn.

As he arrived, a familiar laugh rang out:

"Junior brother?"

"Come on, come on!"

Lu Yu drew aside the curtain, his eyes lit up, and he took his arm and invited him in.

As soon as I sat down, I noticed a young man in a purple robe who looked familiar, and a woman in a purple skirt with a narrow waist, who also covered her sleeves lightly, then smiled and greeted me.

With Lu Yu's introduction, and the brief encounter when the Fengyun Club was formed.

Ji Xiu also immediately had an impression.

"Master Xu from Chai City is now the deputy head of the Discipline Hall of Fengyun Society."

Lu Yu pointed at the young man in purple robe.

Xu Heng raised his glass and drank it with a smile towards Ji Xiu.

"This is Miss Wei from the cattle and sheep market, and she is also the deputy head of the Jingji Hall."

The woman smiled and waved her hand, the jade bracelet on her fair wrist gleaming brightly.

"I wanted to organize a meeting before, to introduce you to my senior brother's connections in our Fengyun Club, but you have been staying indoors and studying hard."

Lu Yu looked a little helpless, but then he pointed at Wei Zhi and said:
"But this time, Miss Wei brought a lot of wild delicacies from his home and set up a table of 'wild delicacies banquet'."

"This meal is very beneficial to the spleen and stomach. How can you not see it so easily?"

"I think we have to take advantage of this no matter what, so I dragged you along."

"Hahaha, come and sit down!"

Ji Xiu looked down.

Sure enough, the shop was full of dishes such as stewed bear paws with matsutake mushrooms, barbecued pigeon, white crane tail, and dry-fried yellow croaker fin.
One by one, dish by dish, some were okay, but some were things he had never heard of or seen before, and they were arranged on plates, which opened his eyes.

For a moment, he looked at these wealthy families in the county.

I also thought of Zheng Jun who had been begging for the elixir for eight years just to knock on that door;

In order to make a living and have a future, Zhang Liuzi had no choice but to bite the bullet and lower himself to come to his door.

I couldn't help but feel emotional.

Some people are born in the mud, unwilling to be mediocre, and climb desperately, but perhaps they can only get the chance to be a "cow or horse".

But some people are born to stand at the end of others.

The difference in circumstances is really sad.

Can.
Ji Xiuyi took a seat.

The three of them cast their eyes towards him, as if he was the protagonist of this "mountain feast".
Before he knew it, as the wine was flowing, Ji Xiu suddenly realized:
"But even if you can't choose your birth, if you were born into a poor family or a slave family, can you not turn your life around?"

"No."

"It takes time for a fish to leap over the dragon gate;"

“To transform from a cocoon into a butterfly, one must also go through winter and summer.”

"What about people?"

"After going through many trials and tribulations."

"Even cows and horses can turn over and become dragons flying through the clouds!"

“And I am today.”

“That’s it!”

(ps: I am asking for monthly tickets in the new month. I will update it quickly when it is online. My dears, QWQ!)
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