Chronicles of Celestial Origins

Xi Ti took him to a courtyard and pointed to two buckets in the corner: "These two are yours. There is a river to the south. You go there to get water. Choose an empty jar here and fill it up."

Tangning nodded in agreement, picked up two buckets, walked out of the door and trotted towards the south.

Not far away, I saw a man walking vigorously carrying two buckets of water. Upon closer inspection, I saw it was Gu Chengqian.

"Are you still doing this homework?" Tang Ning asked, thinking that they had already completed this homework. After all, it took him so long to run in the mountains. Now he saw that they were still doing this homework, and he felt quite happy.

"Do you think it's easy to fill that big tank?" Gu Chengqian stopped and asked

"How much have you filled now? How many trips will it take to fill it up?"

"I've filled half of it. It's almost time for you to fill two buckets and lie down for ten days."

"Is the river close to this?"

"You keep walking along this road, and you'll know when you get there. I won't tell you, but I have to hurry up."

Tangning walked forward carrying the empty bucket, and saw many people approaching her along the way.

After a short walk, we finally reached the river, so we filled two buckets with water and walked back. Halfway through, we couldn't eat anymore.

Since he was a child, he has gone to the mountains to cut firewood and carry firewood and water back home. He has done this kind of thing often.

But I had never walked such a long way with two buckets of water that was so heavy. It was at least two miles from the river to the yard.

And it’s much more difficult to carry a bucket than to carry it on your shoulders.

After resting for a while, he carried the bucket and continued walking forward. As time passed, others completed their homework one after another, and gradually he was the only one left.

Around noon, Xi Tiao came over and said, "Let's go eat! The time is up. Let's rest for an hour and continue in the afternoon."

"Oh!" Tangning put down the bucket. It felt like her arms were filled with molten iron and she couldn't lift it up.

When he walked to the dining hall, it was empty. He ate some casually. When he returned to the room, he found that Liu Ruhan was not in the room.

When he was about to go out to look for her, he remembered that Qin Luo seemed to have said yesterday that he would arrange for her to do something today.

Then she should be taken away by Qin Luo, or wait until she comes back on her own.

Tangning fell on the bed, her body was very tired, and she fell asleep immediately.

In a daze, I felt a soft body squeeze in, and a familiar fragrance came from the tip of my nose.

He had a dream, dreaming that he was riding a tall horse, galloping in the blood-red world. When he looked down, he saw that the horse was actually a skeleton horse, and the horse's feet were covered with dead bones.

Tang Ning suddenly opened his eyes and realized that it was just a dream, and now Liu Ruhan was lying in his arms.

Seeing that he woke up, Liu Ruhan squeezed against him again, her cheeks touching his.

"Ruru, where were you this morning?"

Liu Ruhan raised her head and gestured for a while.

"You mean, go out with others to buy vegetables in the morning and then wash the vegetables when you come back?"

Liu Ruhan nodded.

"Ruru, were those people nice to you? Did they scold you?" Tangning was very worried. She couldn't speak for fear that others would look down on her and bully her.

Liu Ruhan gestured for a while, to the effect that she didn't know how to buy things and just followed others to pick up things and wash vegetables.

"Ruru, I'll learn from them. When we go out, you stay at home and don't go outside to work."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door outside.

Tangning got out of bed and opened the door. Gu Chengqian walked in from the outside: "I woke up and came to your place to play because I was bored. What are you doing! Why do you keep the door locked during the day?"

"I'm sleeping."

"Then did I wake you up?"

"No, I woke up early. By the way, I saw that you walked very fast when carrying the bucket today. You were the first among us to complete your homework. You are very impressive!"

"Haha." Gu Chengqian looked quite proud: "Of course, I have practiced martial arts with my father since I was a child."

"Have you all been practicing martial arts since childhood? I feel like you are all pretty good."

"Of course not. Most of them are just like you. When I first came here, many of them were not as good as you! In fact, I was quite tired on the first day. I'll get used to it after a while."

"Really? Were they like this when they first came here?"

"What else? Hey, what is your sister doing here?"

"She helps buy and wash vegetables."

"What's her name?"

"Liu Ruhan."

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The two chatted and chatted. In the afternoon, everyone gathered at the foot of the mountain again. Xi gave an order and everyone went to do their homework.

Tangning continued to pick up the bucket. He was the only one who had not completed this task.

About an hour later, when he poured two buckets of water into the water tank one after another, the water tank was finally full and overflowed a lot.

He lay on the ground, breathing heavily.

After resting for a while, we headed to the next homework location.

These new disciples have five tasks every day, namely running uphill, carrying buckets, squatting, high kicking and punching.

After a busy day of work, Tang Ning only completed three.

After dinner in the evening, when he returned to his room, Gu Chengqian came here again.

At that time, Liu Ruhan was kneeling beside the bed, squeezing his shoulders and arms.

Seeing this, Gu Chengqian's eyes were full of envy. He took a stool and sat next to her: "It's better for you. I brought my sister here. I will have someone to take care of me when I'm tired. If I had known, I would have asked my father to buy a maid."

Tangning lay on the bed without looking back. He was too lazy to move. Liu Ruhan's small hand behind him fell on his back, which was very comfortable: "When did you finish your homework today? I think you finished it very early." Yeah, I’ve been playing there.”

"It's not very early, maybe half an hour before dinner! Mainly because I was a little tired from the morning homework, but the afternoon homework was okay. It only took me an hour and a half to finish it."

"You said last time that there will be an assessment every year. Do you know when the assessment is?"

"I don't know about this. It should be after we have practiced for a year."

Tangning sat up and said, "Have you ever practiced martial arts? Can you show me how to fight here?"

"I practice external kung fu, but I have never practiced internal kung fu."

"Inner strength and mental method? What is it?" Tangning heard about this for the first time and asked curiously.

"Internal strength and mental skills are all about practicing internal strength. The deeper the internal strength, the more powerful the moves will be. If a person does not have deep internal strength, no matter how powerful the moves are, they will not be too powerful."

"Then, can you show me your foreign martial arts skills first?"

"Okay, okay, it's just that this place is too small. Let me do a set of our Gu family's boxing techniques!" Gu Chengqian stood up, got into a good posture, and punched out one after another. Each punch was vigorous and full of momentum.

"Can you teach me how to do this boxing set of yours?"

"Okay." Gu Chengqian responded readily.

"Then teach me now! Come on, let's find an open place."

"Now?" Gu Chengqian looked confused: "Let's do it tomorrow! I have to do laundry for a while. I haven't washed my clothes for many days."

"Okay, you can teach me tomorrow."

The two chatted for a while, and then Gu Chengqian left. After Tangning fetched water and washed herself, she lay down on the bed. Liu Ruhan closed the door, blew out the light and got into his arms.

Dimly, he felt the world spinning and his body sinking and sinking.

After what seemed like a long time, he opened his eyes and saw a gray world in front of him.

It was like a thick fog wrapped around the sky and the earth, nothing could be seen clearly, and there was no sound.

"It must be a dream!" Tangning thought to herself

I pinched my thigh hard with my hand, it hurt a little.

No way! How can you feel pain while dreaming?

Tang Ning was a little confused. She raised her hand and there was a loud "pop" sound, and a pain immediately appeared on her face.

It's not a dream, it's real.

Tangning opened her eyes wide and her pupils suddenly shrank, looking at everything here in disbelief, even though she couldn't see anything.

He was afraid, so he raised his hand and slapped her hard again, but the sound and pain were still the same.

Impossible, impossible, how could he be here when he was clearly lying on the bed.

He didn't believe it, couldn't believe it.

Snap, snap, snap. There was a loud sound, and his face burned with pain.

Why aren't you awake yet? Why aren't you awake yet?

Tangning kept slapping herself with her hands.

He sat down on the ground with a bang, his face already swollen.

"Ruru, Ruru." Suddenly he stood up and shouted loudly to all around.

He shouted for a long time, but he was the only voice in the world.

He looked around, then suddenly took off his feet and ran forward.

The gray world was always surrounding him like a thick fog.

He didn't know how long he ran, but he was exhausted and fell down. He looked up at the sky. He couldn't see anything in the gray sky. It was as if everything was an illusion. He had never moved at all and had been here all the time.

He was desperate, his body was very tired, and he didn't even have the strength to move his hands. He closed his eyes.

Get some sleep! Take a nap, and maybe when you wake up, you'll be back in the world of birds singing and flowers fragrant.

Most importantly, get back to her.