Volume 1: Winds Rising From the Mountains and Lakes Chapter 54: The Horse Breeding Disciple
The morning light penetrated the darkness, bringing a ray of dawn to the carriage and horse compound at the foot of the mountain.
Lin Yi looked at the ten horses under his jurisdiction happily.
The fresh grass just added made the horses eat sweetly, and they snorted with satisfaction from time to time to express their greetings to the new owner.
"Come, drink some more water. From now on, I will take care of everyone!" Lin Yi smiled and took a bucket of water and poured it into the trough.
Leaning on the haystack, crossing his legs, watching the horses drink water, it was quite interesting. Lin Yi felt that his days in the Tianlong Sect were not bad. The painstaking efforts of Mu Guanshi inadvertently fulfilled himself.
Although the smell here is unpleasant and it looks dirty and messy everywhere. However, Lin Yi cleaned up the area under his jurisdiction in the compound early in the morning.
There is still a little smell, but it is no longer important. Lin Yi likes the seclusion here.
The carriage and horse compound is far away from other houses in the Foreign Affairs Hall, and few people come here on weekdays. These horses are easier to take care of than people. In less than half an hour, Lin Yi had cleaned up his house, courtyard and stable. The hay was ready, just mix it and pour it into the trough. There was a mountain stream outside the yard, and several large buckets of water filled the water tank.
After a short time, Lin Yi had nothing to do. He could only enjoy the leisure of being alone.
"Hey - this is the new junior brother!" A sharp voice sounded. Three gray-clothed disciples came together. The three of them were all about 25 or 26 years old. They were sleepy and looked lazy.
Lin Yi propped himself up and jumped off the haystack. He bowed and laughed, "Good morning, senior brothers!"
These few people were not polite and did not return the greeting. Instead, they looked around with a look of surprise on their faces.
The current disciple had protruding front teeth and pits on his face. He tilted his chest, rubbed his eye mucus, swayed his shoulders, nodded and said, "Okay! This junior brother is so diligent! Such a clean stable must have been cleaned after a night of poor sleep, right? Junior brother is young and promising, haha!"
Behind this person, another person appeared. His face was clean, but his eyes were rolling around. His gray shirt was wrinkled. He said in a greasy tone with sourness: "You just came here, and you have no place to use your energy! It's only been two months, I guarantee you will cry and miss home."
Seeing that the two were dirty enough, Lin Yi smiled and shook his head, looking at the third person.
"Good morning, junior brother! I'm Shen Ding." The other party seemed to be ready, and only waited for the two people in front to finish speaking before he bowed to Lin Yi with a slightly restrained look. But he was sturdy and strong, which was completely opposite to his timid personality.
"Ah-haha! I'm Hu Wan, call me Senior Brother Hu! This is-" The grinning disciple stretched out his hand and pointed.
The little boy with small eyes smiled and bowed, saying, "My name is Wenlun. Junior brother, thank you for your courtesy!"
"Lin Yi greets the three senior brothers!" Lin Yi bowed to the three again.
"Junior brother, you are really diligent. I heard that you just came last night. You cleaned this place by yourself?" Wenlun looked around.
"I am a newcomer and don't know anything. Please teach me, senior brother!" Seeing Wenlun's strange face, Lin Yi was a little confused.
Hu Wanyi sat on the haystack and hummed, "What kind of teaching? I don't deserve it. Junior brother is so diligent. Although the enthusiasm of the first arrival disappeared after a few days, this..." As he said, he pointed around and pointed to the direction of the stable where the three people belonged. He looked angry and shouted, "Such a clean stable, it's unreasonable! Let your senior brothers, this... this, how can you feel?"
"Hehe! Senior brother, your writing is brilliant, and what you said expresses the brotherhood between you and me. I admire you!" Wenlun raised his thumb and smiled with a pair of small eyes.
Hu Wan seemed to be very pleased, shaking his arms, as if he was very emotional.
Lin Yi just wanted to roll his eyes. It turned out that these two brothers thought that he cleaned too cleanly, which made their side look even dirtier. In this way, they were embarrassed. But I can't clean for them, right? What kind of people are they!
"Two brothers, wait until the excitement of my brother is over, okay?" Lin Yi replied in a neither humble nor arrogant manner.
Shen Ding scratched his head and said to Lin Yi: "Junior brother Lin, don't you find it boring and boring to do this day after day?" He looked confused, but he looked at Lin Yi seriously.
Lin Yi smiled and said: "Anyway, this place is clean, not to mention the horses, I feel more comfortable staying here. Senior brother Shen, don't you think this is the truth?"
Shen Ding was silent for a while, looked at Wen Lun and Hu Wan and said: "What Junior brother Lin said makes sense, I will go to clean it." He left after he said that.
"Hey——" Wen Lun said anxiously: "Why don't you listen to your senior brother?"
"What you said doesn't make sense, why should I listen!" Shen Ding didn't even turn his head.
"Why did this silly boy suddenly disobey? Old Hu, say something!" Wen Lun stamped his feet at Shen Ding's back, a little angry.
Hu Wan rolled his eyes at Wen Lun, stood up from the haystack, stood in front of Lin Yi, and said in a strange voice: "Junior Brother Lin, you are good, you are showing off to the senior brothers!" As he said that, he smiled evilly and reached out to pat Lin Yi's shoulder.
Lin Yi glanced at the other's palm. I don't know how many days he hasn't washed his hands. His dark yellow fingers and nails filled with dirt made him frown.
Without moving or dodging, Lin Yi let Hu Wan's palm pat on his shoulder.
Hu Wan showed a strange smile on his face, and exerted force on his hand, just waiting for Lin Yi to fall on his back and beg for mercy. Unexpectedly, the other party's shoulder was like iron, and his palm slapped him hard, making his palm numb.
Lin Yi stood still and said softly: "Lin is new here and doesn't know anything. It's just my duty to clean the yard and the stable. How can I deliberately go against the two senior brothers? Besides, there are only you and me here. Why don't we live in harmony with each other and live a comfortable life. Two senior brothers, do you agree?"
"Newcomers should listen to the senior brothers, otherwise what rules are there here? Old Hu, I'm going to attack." Wen Lun saw that Lin Yi seemed to beg for mercy, so he took the opportunity to kick his knee.
Shen Ding was straightforward, but he couldn't stand Hu Wan and Wen Lun's eloquence. In addition, few people came here, so he was used to obeying the orders of the two senior brothers. He followed them in everything and followed their lead.
He rarely has his own opinions, but today he was provoked by Lin Yi's words.
However, Shen Ding is strong and powerful, so Hu Wan and the others dare not use force. They can only comfort each other with words afterwards, which should be fine.
After so many years, Shen Ding is still not honest. However, this junior brother who just came, who is only sixteen or seventeen years old, is unyielding. As long as he is intimidated by fists and feet, he will be obedient in the future.
Although these two are horse breeders in the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall, they have also practiced fists and feet. There is really no one in the Tianlong Sect who does not know martial arts, but there are also differences in martial arts, which is difficult to describe.
Hu Wan's fierce palm did not work. When he was confused, he saw that Wen Lun and he had a tacit understanding, so he stretched out his hands to grab Lin Yi's shoulders.
Lin Yi did not want to fight. He did not want to cause a dispute with others on the first day he came to the Tianlong Sect. But these two ignored his kind words and tried to teach him a lesson. He was so unscrupulous that he didn't take the sect rules seriously, nor did he take his new junior brother seriously.
Seeing the other party grabbing with both hands and kicking with his toes. Lin Yi didn't show any emotion, and shook his shoulders to avoid Hu Wan's hands.
He raised his left foot lightly and kicked at Wen Lun's foot. He stretched out his right arm and grabbed Hu Wan's neck.
Wen Lun wanted to kick Lin Yi down with one foot, but he didn't expect that his foot was like a thunderbolt, and the whole leg bone creaked. He was in unbearable pain and fell backwards with a "ouch".
Before Wen Lun's buttocks hit the ground, Hu Wan was grabbed by the neck by Lin Yi and fell backwards, hitting him.
The two of them piled up together and screamed, but Lin Yi held them down with one arm and couldn't move.
Hu Wan rolled his eyes and stuck out his tongue because of Lin Yi's pinching. His throat was humming and he couldn't make a sound. His mind was foggy and he didn't understand. He was going to grab the other person and then use his arms to throw him down, but how come his neck was caught by a hand like an iron clamp?
Hu Wan suddenly felt his neck loosen and he could breathe, so he quickly rolled to the side. Wen Lun under him kept groaning. It seemed that he was hit hard!
Wen Lun had lost feeling in one of his legs, as if it was not his own, and was hit by Hu Wan again, almost passing out. Suddenly he felt his body lighten, his soul turned back, and he only felt a wet area under him.
In just a blink of an eye, Lin Yi made a move as fast as lightning, and then withdrew his hand without leaving a trace and stood aside. He raised the corner of his mouth and stared at the two people on the ground with a smile.
Shen Ding heard the sound and hurried over. Seeing this, he stared at Lin Yi with his eyes wide open.
The two people on the ground were obviously knocked down by someone, so why did Lin Yi stand there like nothing happened? But in the blink of an eye, he treated the two people so miserably, is it possible?
"Brother Shen, it's none of my business!" Lin Yi shrugged at Shen Ding.
Shen Ding turned to the two miserable people on the ground and waved his hands, saying, "It's none of my business either."
"Haha, that's just their own carelessness! Eh? Brother Wen, you wore your pants after washing them but didn't dry them?" Lin Yi looked innocent. He suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed at Wen Lun's crotch, pretending to be curious and asked.
Wen Lun took a breath and heard the sound. He covered his crotch with his hand. His face was dry and bleeding, and tears were about to flow out. He begged in a crying voice: "Lin... Brother Lin, it's all my fault. I hope you will be generous! Can't we listen to you in the future?"
Lin Yi shook his head indifferently and said, "Brother Wen is wrong! How can I be so ignorant of the rules! Brother Hu, Brother Hu? Don't you think so?"
Hu Wan felt that his neck was about to break, and he hadn't woken up yet. Hearing Lin Yi calling Brother Hu in a casual tone, as if in another world, he hadn't reacted yet.
After being called twice, Hu Wancai nodded and responded with a blank look. Feeling something was wrong, he hurriedly looked at Lin Yi, but saw a flash in his eyes, and suddenly felt a chill in his back, as if his whole body fell into an ice cellar. Then, it was like a heavy mountain pressing down on his head, carrying a heavy weight, unable to move his hands and feet, and his heart was pounding and ready to break.
Hu Wan's face was pale, and before he could speak for mercy, he could no longer bear the physical and mental burden. In a flash, everything that made people palpitate disappeared without a trace.
In fear, Hu Wan's forehead was covered with sweat. He said incoherently: "Listen to Junior Brother Lin, and listen to Junior Brother in everything from now on."
Lin Yi shook his head and sighed: "The two senior brothers are not in their right mind, so you'd better rest more!" As he said that, he gently gestured to Shen Ding, who was full of surprise: "I'll go outside to take a look, I'll trouble Senior Brother Shen here!"
Bowing, Lin Yi turned and walked out.
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Why did this Junior Brother Lin leave?
Shen Ding was a little confused and went to help Wen Lun up. His nose twitched and he kept muttering, "What's that smell? I'm familiar with horse urine. Did Senior Brother Wen wet his pants?"
"Shhh - please keep your voice down!" Wen Lun looked around.
There were only horses around and Hu Wan was sitting on the ground in a daze.
Shen Ding sneered and said nonchalantly, "There's no one else here. Isn't it just peeing in the pants? Who hasn't peed before?"
Wen Lun was helped to stand up. Hearing Shen Ding's loud shouting, he was so angry that he wanted to stamp his feet. Is peeing pants something adults often do?
Shen Ding let go of his hand when his feet were out of control.
"Ouch!" Wen Lun staggered and struggled a few steps. Fortunately, he leaned on the haystack and groaned.
Hu Wan was also helped up by Shen Ding and sat on the haystack. Seeing that Senior Brother Hu was still in a daze, Shen Ding didn't understand what was going on. On weekdays, these two people are all very knowledgeable, but they seem to be talented but not appreciated. Could it be that they have become fools because of a new junior brother Lin?
The two always say that they are stupid, but they have never been like this. Haha, interesting! Shen Ding felt for the first time that the two were not much better than himself.
The disciples who came here to raise horses from the Tianlong Sect were either unpopular or excluded by others, and they were all unsuccessful people. Apart from the gimmick of being an outer disciple, they were actually just horsemen. For poor families, they have no worries about food and drink here, which is a dream life, but for disciples with a little ambition, their spirits are still very depressed.
Shen Ding was born in poverty. Now he has work to do, food to eat, and a monthly salary, which makes him very satisfied.
But Hu Wan and Wen Lun don't think so. When they first entered the Tianlong Sect, they had their own dreams, eager to achieve martial arts success, become famous, and bring honor to their ancestors. But it is not easy to curry favor with others, and raising horses is indeed inseparable from people. Time has passed, and more than ten years have passed. The two are still like horses, penned in this stable.
The two are resentful and unwilling in their hearts, but they can only accept their fate. They muddle through every day, and drag Shen Ding along to live in this carriage and horse yard, eating and drinking.
Dozens of horses are not easy to raise, but fortunately Shen Ding can endure hardships and is obedient. So most of the work such as cleaning the stables, drinking water and feeding is done by him.
Even so, there are not enough people, and Deacon Pi has to raise ten horses. Lin Yi's arrival allowed him to get out and become a real deacon. Therefore, it is unknown whether Deacon Pi's kindness to Lin Yi is due to this idea.
Hu Wan and Wen Lun, sympathizing with each other, sit together. Finally, the carriage and horse yard has waited for new people. In the future, there will be more people working, and the two will have more free days to enjoy. Seeing that Lin Yi was diligent, they were very pleased with him, but he couldn't just clean his own place, right?
Cleaning the snow in front of his own door was despised by others and was also a manifestation of being unsociable. So, the two of them kindly enlightened each other. This newcomer was not very smart, so for the sake of harmony in the courtyard, his brothers had to punish this blind newcomer.
Unexpectedly, this newcomer, who was only sixteen or seventeen years old, raised his hand and knocked the two to the ground. They didn't even see what martial arts the other party had and what moves he used.
He wanted to beat someone, but was beaten by someone, and he was ashamed to speak in front of others. You don't even understand how you got beaten, how can you find someone to complain?
You said that your fists are so strong, and you still come here to raise horses. Isn't that bullying? I guess this kid also offended the manager, and he was unhappy, so he took the opportunity to vent his anger!
Today's unprovoked disaster made Hu Wan and Wen Lun feel very wronged.
However, this new junior fellow did not take advantage of the situation to bully others, and he was reasonable. He was not a vicious and unreasonable person.
Perhaps, it is not difficult to get along with him!
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