Yes, most of the time on the mountain would be spent on martial arts training. In the future, he wouldn't be able to talk to himself as freely as he did in the General's Mansion. Fortunately, he had already started getting up before dawn to practice martial arts when he was in the General's Mansion, so he had managed to adapt in advance.
It got lighter later on the mountain. The moon was still hanging in the sky when Xia Lin had already washed up and started his morning practice. After finishing his practice, he was sweating all over. He took a bath, and by the time he was done, the breakfast was just ready.
It was a sect located on the mountain. The wild mushroom soup was truly delicious, but it was too vegetarian. Xia Lin thought it was just a light meal for breakfast, but to his surprise, it was still vegetable soup and vegetarian dishes for dinner. After eating vegetarian food for several days...
"I don't care! I don't care! I want meat! Meat! If you don't give me meat, I'm going to tell my mother and elder brother that you're mistreating me!"
Jiang Yun tapped Xia Lin on the head with his fan. "Eating vegetarian food is good for your health. Besides, I don't see you losing any weight. Your face is still as chubby as ever."
Xia Lin swatted away Jiang Yun's hand that was pinching his face. "But I really can't stand eating vegetarian food every day. Why don't we raise chickens on the mountain?"
Seeing Xia Lin looking so glum, Jiang Yun said, "Fine. As your master, I'll show some pity on you. I'll take you into the mountain this afternoon to hunt rabbits and we can roast them. How about that?"
Hearing this, Xia Lin jumped up excitedly. "Master is the best! Yeah! I'm going to take a nap now. When I wake up, let's go, okay?"
"Sure. Hurry up and go. Let your master have some peace and quiet."
After the nap, Jiang Yun really did take Xia Lin into the mountain to hunt rabbits. Although the rabbits were very cunning, Jiang Yun quickly caught two of them.
"Master, catch two more rabbits. We'll roast these two, and raise the other two for future consumption. If we're lucky, maybe one is male and the other is female, and they can give birth to lots of little rabbits for us to eat."
"Alright, alright. Stop tugging at my sleeve. As the saying goes, a disciple is a master's debt."
There was nothing he could do. Since he had taken Xia Lin as his disciple, he had to spoil him. Jiang Yun caught two more rabbits for Xia Lin. But just then, thunder rumbled in the sky, and soon after, a heavy rain came pouring down.
Soon, both the master and the disciple were soaked to the skin. "Master, let's run back quickly!"
Jiang Yun gave all the rabbits to Xia Lin. "You're too slow. Carry the rabbits and I'll carry you on my back."
With that, without giving Xia Lin any time to refuse, Jiang Yun threw the tied - up rabbits to Xia Lin, then carried him on his back and used his light - footed skill to rush back.
After about an incense - burning time, the master and the disciple finally returned to the mountain. Jiang Yun told the handyman to boil hot water and make ginger soup.
Then he told Xia Lin to quickly change out of his wet clothes. "Master, you should also go back to your room and change into dry clothes quickly. Don't... Achoo... catch a fever. That wouldn't be... Achoo... good."
Jiang Yun frowned. Seeing that Xia Lin's face looked strange, he quickly said, "Disciple, get under the covers to warm up. I'll go back to my room to change first. I'll come and check on you later."
Xia Lin took a hot bath and drank the ginger soup, but unfortunately, he still developed a fever in the end. The fever just wouldn't go down, and he was soon delirious.
"I feel so uncomfortable. Mother, Father, Brother, Master..."
Jiang Yun placed a wet towel on Xia Lin's forehead and held his hand. "Master is here. Be a good boy and drink the medicine."
The handyman who was bringing the medicine almost dropped his eyes in shock. Oh my god! The sect leader was so gentle with Xia Lin! Although he had always been nice to Xia Lin before, but was this really their strict and unrelenting sect leader speaking in such a soft tone?