Chapter 6: The Li Family Recruits Disciples

  The afterglow of sunset spreads throughout Nanping County, as if a layer of golden silk had been laid over it.

  Two young men were walking in the city, one in front of the other. The one in front was wearing a green robe, with his hands clasped behind his back, strolling leisurely and occasionally glancing at the small vendors by the roadside. The slightly younger boy behind him was dressed in fine brocade, but he held two fishing rods in one hand and a fish basket in the other, with a deeply worried expression on his face. These two were Yu Feng and Li Xiang, who had just returned from going out to go fishing.

  As they approached the Li residence, Yu Feng heard a faint humming noise that was as soft as a mosquito's buzz. If it weren't for his exceptionally deep internal energy, he wouldn't have been able to hear this sound at all.

  "Sir..." All he saw was Li Xiang lowering his head and flushing bright red.

  "Hmm, Ah Xiang, is there something?" Yu Feng asked. His voice seemed to carry no emotions, but in fact he was almost bursting with laughter inside. Kid, you finally couldn't help but ask. He had deliberately cleaned up his things in front of that little servant girl yesterday, just to force Li Xiang to come and beg for a master.

  "Ah, no... nothing, I just wanted to ask when you would be leaving Nanping?" Li Xiang's head hung even lower.

  "How come you want me to leave now after staying for a few days?" Yu Feng pretended to be unaware and asked in an intentionally angry tone.

  "Sir, I didn't...I didn't mean it that way, I just can't bear to see you go. I..." Li Xiang suddenly became flustered and hurriedly explained.

  "Oh, if nothing else, it might be in a day or two." Yu Feng continued to pretend ignorance.

  "Sir, if I may ask, it's a bit of an imposition, but could you possibly teach me the moves you used to catch Lai San that night?" Li Xiang suddenly looked up and asked Yu Feng intently. Finally getting these words out that had been bottled up inside him, he felt a weight lift off his mind, and as for whether it would end up hurting himself or not, he no longer cared.

  For a long time, there was no response, and Li Xiang's head was just about to lower when.

  "Practicing martial arts is a very arduous thing, I'm afraid you, as a young master from a wealthy family, can't bear this kind of hardship. Moreover, you're slightly older now, and if you want to learn good martial skills, you'll probably have to endure even more hardships. Besides, aren't you supposed to be studying at your age? If you insist on practicing martial arts, this sin is enough for you to suffer." Yu Feng's words still didn't carry a hint of emotion.

  "It doesn't matter! Sir, I'm not afraid of hardship, I will definitely be very serious. Sir, please accept me as your apprentice." Li Xiang Zheng was disappointed when he suddenly heard Yu Feng's words, knowing that he had some intention to move, at least he didn't immediately give up on his own thoughts, this sentence was like heavenly music to himself.

  "What's the hurry, this matter hasn't been agreed upon by your parents yet, let's talk about it later." Yu Feng's mouth corner revealed a hint of an imperceptible sly smile. Fortunately, Li Xiang didn't notice, but even if he did, what could he do, would he still dare to confront Yu Feng head-on?

  "This is no problem, my family will definitely agree, as long as I don't do anything bad, they'll listen to me on these matters. Haha, Master. I'll go back and talk to them right away." Li Xiang said with great joy, hastily speaking up.

  At this time, they had already walked to the entrance of Li's mansion. Li Xiang hurriedly ran forward to lead Yu Feng, his smiling face astonishing the servants, but he didn't care about these things at all. He instructed the servants to take the fish basket to the kitchen. Then, with great enthusiasm, he ran towards the guest hall.

  "Dad, Mom, we're back!" Li Xiang shouted as he ran into the hall.

  Yu Feng shook his head at this. The young man's temperament was still so impulsive. He didn't go to the main hall either, and went straight back to his own small courtyard.

  Li Xiang told the story of his apprenticeship, and Teacher Li agreed after some consideration. After all, Yu Feng was able to cure the strange illness that had stumped all the famous doctors in the city at such a young age, and he could even infer the symptoms of his son's illness by asking only two or three small questions about his pulse. Moreover, on that night, he silently captured Lai Sheng without making a sound, and the next day, not even a speck of dust was left on him.

  It's not possible to gauge a person's true abilities based on their appearance and age. Although Li Xiangxue only learned martial arts, having a master who is also a famous doctor isn't a bad thing either. Moreover, in these chaotic times, if his own son can learn some martial skills, he will have some ability to protect himself even if something unexpected happens.

  After discussion, Mr. Li invited all kinds of relatives and friends to a grand feast, and personally asked Yu Feng to the main hall to take his seat. Then he let Li Xiang come forward to pour tea and pay respects to his master.

  "Li Xiang, before you pay respects to me as your master, let's make one thing clear. In my school, martial arts are only for strengthening the body and improving health, not for bullying others or taking lives recklessly. Can you do that?" Yu Feng asked Li Xiang without accepting the cup of tea for paying respects.

  "If my disciple can do it, Li Xiang swears to heaven today that if his disciple dares to bully others with his martial arts skills and recklessly takes lives in the future, he will be struck by five thunderbolts from heaven and die without a whole corpse." Li Xiang quickly knelt down. Mr. and Mrs. Li's faces turned pale when they heard their son make such a poisonous oath.

  "It's alright, no need to bow, I don't have that many rules." Yu Feng smiled as he took over the teacup, took a sip and put it on the table, then helped Li Xiang up.

  "Xiang Er, from now on you must listen to your master's words, do you understand? You absolutely cannot go against your master's rules!" Li Xiang's mother hurriedly brushed the dust off her son's feet and said to him.

  "Alright, mom and dad." Li Xiang smiled and replied.

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  Yu Feng put down the book and picked up the wine gourd to take a sip. Looking at the young maids playing games in the garden next door, he felt a wave of emotion in his heart.

  In the Li mansion, he had been living for more than three months. At first, Yu Feng was afraid that Li Xiang's age was a bit advanced, and he spent his true energy to open up all the meridians in his body. He asked the servants in the mansion to buy some medicine outside and mix it with the remaining medicine in his own package, and let Li Xiang take a medicinal bath every day. Just like when his grandfather taught him when he was young. After teaching him how to run his true energy, he still guarded him every day, fearing that this impulsive and unstable first disciple of the mountain would go crazy.

  Fortunately, Li Xiang, although a bit hot-tempered, has an extraordinary talent for martial arts that is hard to match by ordinary people, and he is willing to work hard in this area. On the contrary, Yu Feng often lets him rest and warns him of the principle that haste makes waste, otherwise his eldest disciple might have practiced himself to death at any time.

  Afterwards, Yu Feng taught them some particularly important things to pay attention to, as well as some techniques and hidden weapon methods. Seeing that Li Xiang's martial arts had improved somewhat, and that he was already on the right track in his cultivation, Yu Feng began to have thoughts of leaving.

  At this time, Li Xiang's affairs were basically not a big deal, as long as he could persevere, and his martial arts would enter the upper realm sooner or later. Moreover, Yu Feng found that his own cultivation bottleneck seemed to have loosened up a bit, and he always felt like there was just one sheet of paper separating him from it, but he couldn't find that breakthrough feeling no matter what.

  With Yu Feng's cultivation, he had long reached the level of internal energy and external release. He vaguely felt that his breakthrough direction was here, but he didn't dare to confirm it, so he could only carefully explore the road one by one. He pointed casually, and the book on the stone table flew into his hand, then automatically turned the page. These techniques, which seemed like myths to others, had long been a habitual part of his life.

  "Master, what are you doing there? Come and practice martial arts with me?" Li Xiang asked, wiping the sweat from his forehead as he ran over.

  "There's nothing, just thinking about the direction of my future cultivation. I'm not like you, you don't know what to ask me, but I also don't know who to ask. Sit down and rest for a while, the way of martial arts is not something that can be rushed, although it can't be done in three days of fishing and two days of sunbathing, one must also learn to relax and understand when to take a break, otherwise your cultivation will not only fail to improve but your body will also collapse." Yu Feng pulled Li Xiang over to sit down and said.

  "Master, although I don't know what level your cultivation has reached, I know it must be very high, to the point where I can only look up to you. So, as a disciple, I won't be able to help you in this aspect. However, I think what you lack is probably those opportunities that are often talked about in books. When the opportunity arises, you will naturally know which path to take." Li Xiang and Yu Feng had spent a lot of time together, so they had also become more familiar with Master's temperament and were no longer as restrained as before.

  "What you said may make sense, but people can't always wait for opportunities to come knocking on their door. Sometimes they have to strive for it themselves. Just like when I first arrived at your house, you followed me around wanting me to teach you martial arts, but you didn't dare speak up. You tell me, if you hadn't spoken up, do you think you would have become my disciple?" Yu Feng said with a smile, tossing aside his book and looking at Li Xiang.

  "Master, so you knew all along, haha, I didn't know that either. Luckily I spoke up later, I heard you were leaving and my heart was anxious to get it out." Li Xiang awkwardly rubbed his own head.

  "By the way, the martial arts and books I taught you can be passed on to others, but don't pass them on to scoundrels or people without a home or country. And don't lightly transmit them to those with extremely biased personalities either." Yu Feng suddenly said with a serious face.

  "I know, Master! I will definitely take good care of him before passing it on!" Seeing Yu Feng like this, Li Xiang immediately stood up and said.

  "It's okay, I may not be here for a few more days, if you have any questions just come ask me these days. But the road ahead is still yours to walk."

  "Master, you're leaving again, can't you stay a few more days? I still have so many things to learn." Li Xiang heard this and immediately furrowed his brow, pleading with Yu Feng.

  "Ah, I also want to stay here for a few more days, but I feel that these days are about to break through, yet always can't cross that threshold. So I decided to go out and take a walk, don't worry, probably not long after I'll come back once, should be within half a year, at that time I will check if you have been serious during the time I left, otherwise I will just pass by without entering, and directly return." Yu Feng couldn't bear to see him like this, patted Li Xiang's shoulder and said.

  "I know, I'll work hard, Master. Master, you've really decided to leave, and I won't be able to stop you either. Let's just practice then, and teach me some more ultimate moves while we still can." Li Xiang was originally disheartened, but upon hearing that Yu Feng would return once more, he immediately felt at ease.

  "There's no such thing as a surefire move, a surefire move is just an unexpected move, it varies from person to person, what may be considered a surefire move for ordinary people may not work the same way for others, so don't blindly believe in surefire moves, being too rigid with these moves can lead to big losses, martial artists who suffer a loss may lose their lives, do you understand? Let's go, let's head over. Yu Feng picked up his book and wine gourd and headed towards the training grounds."

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