Above the stars

Tang Biao advised: "There is no need to take the exam. There is no need to take the exam. Xiaopang can study under the name of Dean Shang. That is his great blessing. Dean Shang has students all over the world. He is a famous teacher among famous teachers. We still have Can I not believe you?"

Shang Xiulin looked at Tang Bandit and said: "Whether it's a test or not, you have an idea in your mind, and I also have an idea in my mind. Including Xiaopang himself, he has been under my name for more than half a year, and my brother has gone to Egret Academy. I still let him throw rocks every day, how can he not complain in his heart?"

"No, no." Xiaopang shook his head like a rattle and said, "Master, I don't have any complaints in my heart, I just have some understanding."

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What's the difference between this and complaining?

Stop talking now

Tang Bandit was worried that Xiaopang would anger Shang Xiulin by telling the truth. What if the old man wanted to return the goods?

Where else can I find a better master and mentor than Shang Xiulin?

Oh, Xuanyuan Mirror

Tang Bandi secretly gave himself a thumbs up in his heart.

Hold your thighs, you are a professional.

Shang Xiulin was not angry, but looked at Xiaopang with a kind face and said: "Your situation is different from all the disciples I taught before. To be honest, it is my first time to try many things. Let's The two of you are groping forward."

"So, I don't know whether it will be effective or how far it can go."

"I think this should be your way, your way. But what if I'm wrong too?"

"Then let's make mistakes together. I know Master will not harm me." Xiaopang chuckled.

"However, Master, I have been smashing rocks for more than half a year, and I do feel that I am stronger than before, and I am better at exerting force."

"Well, let's give it a try." Shang Xiulin also laughed rarely. In Tang Bandit's impression, this old man always had a straight face and acted like an unsmiling elder. Why did he change his face when he faced Xiaopang?

"Anyway, it's in my own courtyard, and the people present are all my own people, so it won't be counted in the results."

"All right."

Hearing the master's insistence on taking the test, Xiaopang patted his head honestly and asked aloud: "Master, how do you want to take the test? I can only throw rocks."

"I'll let you throw rocks." Shang Xiulin said.

"Oh." Xiaopang nodded and asked, "How to smash it?"

Shang Xiulin grabbed a handful of air, and the air turned into a particle of ice and snow at a speed visible to the naked eye, crystal clear, shining in the palm of Shang Xiulin's hand.

Shang Xiulin pointed at a huge snow-white stone in the yard and said to Xiaopang: "I want you to hammer it down. The fragments of this stone will turn into particles even finer than this ice crystal. One of them weighs more than Bing Jing, then consider this assessment a failure."

Tang Bandi and Teacher Ran Ran looked at each other and both knew that this question was too difficult for Xiaopang.

Xiaopang doesn't know how to practice and can't use the energy of yin and yang.

Therefore, he relies on brute strength.

The biggest problem with brute force is that the method of exerting force is too rough, the force application method is uneven, and it cannot achieve the effect of "internal shock". He can break the stone or even smash part of the stone into small particles. However, each particle must not be heavier than ice crystal particles

That would be forcing someone to do something difficult.

Shang Xiulin looked at Xiaopang and asked, "Are you confident?"

Xiaopang grinned and said, "Master, let me try."

"Yeah." Shang Xiulin nodded and stepped aside.

Xiaopang walked to the big stone and walked around it, looking for the most suitable place to strike.

His body leaned forward slightly, holding the handle of the hammer tightly with both hands.

His fat face turned purple, and his cheeks bulged high.

It's like a big frog whose whole body is full of air.

His body suddenly exerted force, and he suddenly picked up the hammer and hit it hard.

Boom!

There was a muffled sound.

The stone shattered.

Thousands of pounds of boulders turned into piles of lime.

Like powder or flour, no piece is bigger or heavier than ice crystals.

The little fat man squatted down and scratched in the stone powder. His hands were covered with lime. He raised his fat face at a 45-degree angle and said happily: "Master, they are all powder."

"Very good." Shang Xiulin nodded with satisfaction and said loudly: "It's better than I expected. It seems that you have really worked hard."

Ran Ran walked to Xiaopang and squatted down, stretched out his hand to touch the pile of lime on the ground, and asked with disbelief: "How did you do it? How did the brute force of the body achieve such balance? How to make it so balanced?" Every inch of that stone is affected by the same force?"

"You don't have the energy of yin and yang. I can understand that the impact point of the hammer turned into thistle powder. But those parts that the hammer did not hit. Why did they also turn into powder? What force crushed them into powder?"

"Shock wave." Shang Xiulin explained aloud, saying: "If the force is strong enough, even the parts not hit by the hammer can still be impacted by the wave force and then crushed into powder."

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Ran Ran looked at Xiaopang like a monster.

She could understand the state Shang Xiulin was talking about and understand every word he said.

However, how much power does it take to make Shockwave Jin have such a big impact?

When the hammer hits, the point of impact will be shattered, and all the surrounding stones will be crushed into dust.

This is the truth, but I can't do it.

Let me ask, how many people in this world can do this?

Xiaopang looked up at Shang Xiulin and asked, "Master, are you still taking the exam?"

"Test." Shang Xiulin said aloud.

Shang Xiulin turned to look at Tang Bandit and said, "Go and get a piece of tofu from the refrigerator."

Tang Bandi instantly understood the content of Shang Xiulin's assessment, nodded and said, "Okay."

Tang Bandit quickly went into the house and took out a piece of frozen tofu and said, "Dean, I found the tofu."

"Yes. Put it on the stone table." Shang Xiulin pointed to the stone table in the yard and said.

"OK."

After Tang Bandit put the tofu on the stone table, Shang Xiulin pointed at the snow-white piece of frozen tofu and said to Xiaopang: "I want you to smash it down with all your strength, but the tofu piece cannot be broken. Do you have confidence?" "

Xiaopang still giggled and said, "Master, let me try."

Xiaopang walked to the stone table and stood in front of the stone table with the hammer in hand. This time, he had to brew and think for a longer time than before.

After a while, his pupils swelled, his eyes widened, his face turned purple, his cheeks bulged again, and the veins on his forehead seemed to be struggling to jump out.

He picked up the hammer with both hands and smashed it down

boom!

There was a muffled sound.

The hammer hit the tofu hard, but the piece of tofu was intact, with no scratches on the surface.

It was as if the hammer had never hit it at all.

However, everyone could see clearly that the hammer hit the tofu block firmly.

Everyone looked at this scene with wide eyes.

Even Shang Xiulin, who raised the assessment question, couldn't help but take a few steps forward and observe the piece of tofu closely.

Obviously, he raised the question, but he himself did not expect that Xiaopang could really do it.

"Master." Xiaopang still had that honest smiling face, looking at Shang Xiulin and asked, "Is this okay?"

Shang Xiulin said nothing.

Reaching out to touch the surface of the tofu, the piece of frozen tofu disintegrated instantly and turned into a puddle of water flowing around the table.

Rumble.

The three stone legs under the stone table could not withstand such gravity, and turned into dust and collapsed towards the ground.

Bang.

Only the hard tabletop hit the ground with a heavy sound.

Shang Xiulin looked at Xiaopang and asked, "How did you do it?"

"Master, I just want to avoid breaking the tofu." Xiaopang looked at Shang Xiulin nervously. He knew how to do it, but he didn't know how to explain it or what the principle was. "So, while you are working hard, you should also hold back your energy."

"My request is to make you use all your strength, so you have to use all your strength. But you can't smash the tofu, so you have to hold back. You cleverly used your strength to the inside of the tofu without damaging its surface. .”

"Yes, that's it." Xiaopang nodded repeatedly.

Master is much better than what he said, that’s the truth.

"But this is easier said than done." Shang Xiulin looked at Xiaopang and said, "It can be said that this is more difficult than the use of Yin and Yang Qi. There are procedures and methods for using Yin and Yang Qi. Can I learn from you that you figured it out all by yourself?”

Xiaopang nodded and said: "I have been smashing rocks since I was a child. After I smashed them too much, I felt that smashing rocks was too boring, so I thought about smashing rocks into various shapes."

"I just started smashing straight lines, and when I hammered down, the stone was divided into two, and the middle became a straight line. Then I smashed the quantity, thinking in my mind, I want eight pieces of this stone, I want ten pieces of this stone, and I hammered it down. The stone will turn into the number of pieces I want."

"When I got stronger, I thought about smashing them into large and small particles until I could smash them into powder."

"I have never tried this kind of smashing method before. I didn't even think about it. Master reminded me. From now on, I will do this kind of smashing method every day."

Xiaopang knew that he had succeeded in the assessment, which could be seen from everyone's shocked expressions.

His face flushed with excitement, and he stuttered even when he spoke.

He knew that his efforts over the years had not been in vain.

He was recognized by his master, his eldest brother and Teacher Ran.

He was so happy in his heart.

"You did a very good job, much better than I expected." Shang Xiulin patted Xiaopang's shoulder hard and praised repeatedly: "Very good."

Xiaopang succeeded, which proves that he also succeeded.

The road they want to take is open.

His idea was right, the idea of ​​the "godfather" who first made Xiaopang throw rocks was right.

Shang Xiulin thought of Xiaopang's godfather again. What kind of person was he?

It would be nice to have a chance to meet and chat. They must have a lot in common.

Tang Bandit looked at Xiaopang with a pleased expression. Xiaopang's performance today shocked him, but he felt that it was natural for Xiaopang to reach this point.

No one knows better than him how much Xiaopang has suffered and how tired he has been.

When they were four or five years old, they would go hunting by themselves, while Xiaopang would carry a hammer and hit rocks.

At that time, he couldn't carry such a heavy hammer, so the old man asked the blacksmith to make a small hammer for him.

From that day on, he started his life as a hammer.

Forty-forty, eighty-eight ten.

Smash it during the day and smash it at night.

Smash it before meals, smash it after meals, smash it before going to bed, and smash it after going to bed.

Once smashed, it lasts for more than ten years, rain or shine, all year round

The hammer he carried got bigger and bigger, and his body got fatter and fatter.

He broke more hammers and used more dog-leg knives.

Later, after coming to Xinxing, under the guidance of Shang Xiulin, Xiaopang once again increased the amount of training.

Every day I have to go to the gravity training room to smash rocks for half an hour, with ten times the gravity, twenty times the gravity, and thirty times the gravity.

One step at a time, one sweat per day.

This is just basic training. After I come back, I will break stones in the practice room at night and in the yard in the morning.

Except for his brother, his life is just a stone.

Xiaopang can definitely pat his chest and proudly say that no one in this world understands stones better than me.

Tang Bandit is working hard, and Xiaopang is also working hard in his own way.

Tang Bandit is making progress, and Xiaopang's progress is also jaw-dropping.

Tang bandits are very smart and extremely talented, and they can get twice the result with half the effort by practicing.

However, Xiaopang has achieved everything he has today entirely through his own hard work and sweat after sweat.

Tang Bandit stepped forward and hugged Xiaopang. This time he did not dislike the sweat all over his body.

He gently patted Xiaopang's back and said softly: "I'm proud of you."

"elder brother"

Xiaopang's eyes instantly turned red.

Shang Xiulin praised him for a long time, but none of it was as impactful as Tang Bandit's words.

Ever since I was little, my elder brother has always been there to help me and take care of me.

He has to rush ahead of the most dangerous things, and solve the most difficult things. He blocks himself behind him and protects him under his wings time and time again.

In Xiaopang's heart, Bandit Tang was like a ray of light.

He illuminates his life and leads him forward.

If Tang Bandit hadn't been around, he didn't know what his life would be like.

Whether he can even survive is a question.

Growing up, his idol was Tang Bandit, and he had always longed to become a man like his eldest brother.

He was proud of his brother.

Now, Tang Bandit says he is proud of himself

He finally did it.

"You are the best." Tang Bandit understood Xiaopang's mood, and his voice was filled with tears when he heard him speak, so he just hugged him tighter.

"elder brother"

"Okay, okay, the dean and Teacher Ran are still watching." Tang Bandit said with a smile: "If a man has tears, he won't shed them easily. Wipe his tears quickly, don't let others see the joke."

"Yes." Xiaopang wiped the tears on his face, and his fat hands that had just been stained with lime wiped himself into a big painted face.

Xiaopang walked up to Shang Xiulin and asked aloud: "Master, do you still want to take the exam?"

Shang Xiulin glanced at Tang Bandit, and thought that if he wanted to play, he would play big, and said: "You and Tang Bandit have a competition. Let you feel the strength of the students of Egret Academy up close."

The little fat man shook his head repeatedly and said, "No, no, no."

"What? You don't dare to compete with your brother? Are you afraid that you can't beat him?"

"If he were someone else, I would compete." Xiaopang looked at Shang Xiuyao seriously and explained, "He is my brother, so I wouldn't dare."

"Why?"

"I can't take action against my brother."

"It's not a life and death battle, it's just a casual discussion." Shang Xiulin felt that his disciple was one-sided.

Tang Bandit also tried to persuade him: "Little Fatty, let's compete. It will also be good for your improvement to compete with others."

"No comparison." Xiaopang still shook his head and said, "I would rather not be promoted than swing a hammer at my brother. My hammer only hits those who want to harm my brother."

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Seeing that even he could not persuade this disciple, Shang Xiulin looked at Tang Bandit helplessly and asked: "Are you satisfied with the results of this assessment? Is there anything else you want to assess? If so, You can also bring it up.”

"No more." Tang Bandi bowed deeply to Shang Xiulin and said in an unprecedented serious tone: "Thank you, Dean, for your education."

When Xiaopang saw Tang Bandit thanking his mentor for him, he quickly bowed and said, "Thank you, Master, for your cultivation. I will definitely do better in the future, and I will never let Master down."

"I have never been disappointed in you, but your confidence in me as your master is not firm enough, is it?" Shang Xiulin asked with a smile.

Xiaopang touched his head with a silly smile on his face.

Shang Xiulin's attention shifted to Tang Bandit and said: "I know, it's not your fault. Your mind is not that complicated. It must be some gossip from your family that made you doubt your future. That’s why today’s trial trip is here. Isn’t it?”

"Dean." Tang Bandi felt like someone had stabbed him in the chest.

He didn't, he didn't, he never said any gossip.

He's not that kind of person.

After all, Tang Bandit didn't defend himself. As long as he was nice to Xiaopang, what did it matter if he, the elder brother, suffered a little injustice?

He looked at Shang Xiulin and asked aloud: "The fact that Xiao Pang can achieve such an achievement proves that the dean's practice method is correct. If it is feasible, he will continue to trouble the dean in the future."

Xiaopang had a grimace on his face and said, "Master, will I continue to throw rocks in the future?"

"No." Shang Xiulin shook his head and said, "You don't have to hit rocks anymore."

"Really?" Xiaopang's face was full of surprise. "Then what should I study in the future?"

"There is a small mountain next to Luoxia Lake, called Black Dragon Mountain. There is a pool under Black Dragon Mountain, called Black Dragon Pool. The water from Black Dragon Mountain falls into the Black Dragon Pool, forming a waterfall, called Black Dragon Waterfall." Shang Xiulin looked at Xiaopang, Said: "Starting from tomorrow, you can go to Black Dragon Pond to fetch water."

"Hitting the water?"

"Yes. Hit the water. Hit the pool with a hammer."

"How long will it take?" Xiaopang asked.

"With one swing of the hammer, the water in Longtan was cut off."

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Tang Bandit looked at Shang Xiulin with wide eyes.

Could it be that his requirements for Xiaopang are so high and his expectations are so great?

He thought of his master Xuanyuan Mingjing's sword. With one strike, the cloud split into two halves. The sword energy soared into the sky and disappeared after a week.

This is not a method, it is a Tao.

It was Xuanyuan Mingjing who taught him the first lesson and asked him to find the Tao.

Could it be that Shang Xiulin is also letting Xiaopang find his own way?

Although Xiaopang was not very happy, he thought it was as boring as throwing rocks.

However, he knew that Master was doing this for his own good, so he had no choice but to nod and agree, saying, "Master, I understand. Starting from tomorrow, I will go to Black Dragon Pond to fetch water every day."

"Yeah." Shang Xiulin nodded.

He understands Xiaopang's character. If he doesn't agree, he will conscientiously complete the things he promised.

The improvement path you designed for him does not require a lot of brainpower, if he is willing to think.

That's an excellent thing too.

Shang Xiulin looked at Tang Bandi and Ran Ran and said, "Today's assessment is over. If nothing happens, I won't let you eat at home."

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"." Ran Ran.

Then he said to Xiaopang, "You stay here, your wife is going to buy groceries."

"Yes, Master."

Tang Bandi and Ran Ran came out of the dean's house. Ran Ran looked at Tang Bandi thoughtfully and asked, "Did you offend the dean somewhere?"

"Why do you ask that?" Tang Bandit asked.

"I feel like the dean doesn't like you very much, and he never lets us have dinner at home. I'm a teacher at the school. He should give me some face, right? Am I being implicated by you?"

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"Forget it, forget it, don't stay if you don't want to stay." Ran Ran waved his hand magnanimously and said, "You're not in a hurry to go back to the academy, are you? It's dinner time, can I treat you to dinner?"

"No need." Tang Bandit refused and said, "I still have things to do."

"Then I saved a meal. You go and do your own thing, I'm going to eat." Ran Ran touched his stomach and said, "I don't know what's going on. I didn't do anything at the dean's house. I’m extremely nervous and I get hungry easily when I’m nervous. Ignore you, I’ll go eat by myself.”

"Go quickly, don't get hungry." Tang Bandit said with a smile, "I'll treat you to dinner when I come back next time."

"Then I don't have extravagant hopes. We've known each other for so long, when have you ever invited me to dinner? You always swipe my card every time you go to the cafeteria."

"You have a teacher card, so you get more discounts." Tang Bandit said matter-of-factly.

Separating from Ran Ran, Tang Bandi walked towards the building of the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

What was gratifying was that he was admitted to Egret Academy, but the card in his hand was still able to open the door and he went in without any hindrance.

Walking straight to the previous classroom, I found that most of the students had gone home after class, and only one person was sitting in the corner, covering his head and sleeping.

Tang Bandit walked to her side and sat down, thinking silently.

I don't know how long it took before Lu Wuyu raised his head and stretched.

Seeing the Tang bandit beside him, Lu Whisper was startled and said dissatisfied: "Why are you here? Didn't you go to Bailu?"

"Although Egret is good, I don't have Teacher Lu's guidance, so I'm back again." Tang Bandit said with a smile.

"How long have you been here?"

"Just got here." Tang Bandi raised his wrist to look at his watch and said, "It will only take two or three hours."

"Do you think I'm an idiot? I slept for less than two hours."

"Oh, maybe I saw it wrong. It must have been more than an hour since I arrived." Tang Bandit said.

Lu Xiyu looked at the Tang bandits who were close at hand. She still couldn't believe it until now. How could this guy from the old land be admitted to Egret Academy?

He came to Xinxing to study for less than a year, so he was able to get first place in the school. Does this prove that the students in this school are not good?

Or did the old man teach him too many things when he was on the old soil?

Thinking of that man, Lu Wuyu felt irritated.

Until now, she still doesn't know how to face him. She wants to get close to him but also wants to stay away from him.

Thinking of what he had done over the years, it was difficult to alleviate her hatred for him. She could not pretend that nothing had happened.

"Are you handsome?" Tang Bandit couldn't help but ask when he saw Lu Wuyu staring at his face in rapt attention.

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"Don't deny it, your expression betrays you." Tang Bandit said aloud.

"Tell me, why did you come to me?" Lu whispered and asked, "It's not just to show off your face, right?"

"The main reason is to learn skills from my master." Tang Bandit said aloud.

"You've already entered Bailu Academy. What else do you want to learn from me?"

"Egret Academy is a place for practicing martial arts, but in terms of mechanical technology, who can match the Lu family members?"

"Do you still want to learn mechanical technology?"

"There is no need to be overwhelmed by many arts." Tang Bandi said: "I want to be a man who can cultivate both civil and military skills."

"What do you want to learn?" Lu asked privately.

She didn't refuse this time. First, she did promise to answer Tang Bandit's questions without disturbing her sleep.

In addition, what if this guy is really his brother who has been missing for many years?

Although she hated the old man in her heart, what does this have to do with her brother?

With the relationship that blood is thicker than water, she couldn't help but want to get closer to him.

The Tang bandit didn't know that Lu Wuyu misunderstood that he was her biological brother, so he told the story about the Tiandao exchange meeting held by Bailu Academy, and said: "For the martial arts exchange, Shen Xinglan is in front of me. I want to get the first prize." A very difficult, almost impossible task."

"Spineless." Lu whispered and cursed: "What's wrong with Shen Xinglan? He doesn't have one nose and two eyes. How can he have three heads and six arms?"

"What you said makes sense." Tang Bandi gave Lu Xiyu a thumbs up and said, "But I will let him go for the time being and let him shine. In a few years, you can see."

"What are you looking at? See how he tramples you under his feet?"

"What you said is a bit hurtful, you have to make up for it." Tang Bandi said: "I want to participate in the school's mechanical competition, and you have to help me make something that will be a blockbuster."

"Do you have any idea?"

"My first thought is to ask you for help. I don't have any other thoughts yet."

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"How about it? Do you agree?"

"I can help you." Lu Whisper nodded, stretched out his watch, and said, "I don't have any ideas at the moment. I'll add a friend first and communicate with you anytime if you have any ideas."

"Thank you, Mr. Lu, there is no way to repay your kindness."

"unnecessary."

"Okay, listen to Teacher Lu."

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Bandit Tang added Lu whisper's friend information, then got up to leave.

After thinking about it, he sat back down next to Lu Whisper and asked, "What is the relationship between you and the old man? Although I have some guesses in my heart, I still want to hear your confirmation."

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