Chapter Eleven: The Beginning of Changing Fate

  Since acknowledging the master, Liu Shuangxi's good days of sleeping in were over. That night, he was left at Master Fang's house and the next morning, he was woken up by his own little master as soon as it dawned. (Most stable, wanting to resist, chili water skin whip tiger bench waiting, oh, not so cruel, anyway, resolutely not allowing sleeping in.)

  Before long, Old Fang also woke up and gave Liu Changtian a few instructions before packing his things and leaving. There was no way around it; since he had come, he would have to make the best of it. The master would teach the apprentice how to practice, and that was all there was to it.

  It seems like all the repetitive days are the same, at first we were still enthusiastic, but after half a month, it's also getting a bit boring. Sigh, rebirth is not easy, and I don't plan to be a soldier in the future either.

  In the middle, Zhu Wenhua came to see him in the first two days. Later, he found that his son was better off under the care of a young master than at home, except for requiring the apprentice to return home for dinner on weekends, and didn't pay much attention to it afterwards.

  That night, Liu Shuangxi was thinking about how to get rid of the devil's claws when Old Man Fang came back, and he came back with Second Uncle Liu Guoping. For some reason, both of their eyes were a bit red, as if they hadn't slept for several days. Old Man Fang's hair, which was usually neatly combed, was a bit messy, and Liu Guoping's hair... well, you can't tell with a flat head. The two of them came back without saying a word, found a bed, and started snoring away. They slept until the sun was high in the sky.

  Seeing Liu Guoping get up, Liu Changtian gave him a heavy punch and hugged him tightly twice. "Eighth brother has become much more robust in the past half year, but you didn't bring me along for good things, not very considerate of you."

  Liu Guoping was still a bit dazed from sleep and didn't dodge his younger brother's affectionate punch, "Alright, you little scamp has learned to launch sneak attacks too. I'll deal with you properly later. Hurry up and get some food, I'm starving! Old Master will definitely want to eat something later too. We haven't had a proper meal or sleep for three days in a row."

  "It's obvious, the soy milk is still hot in the pot, the mustard greens have been dressed with sesame oil, and there are plenty of fried dough sticks to eat, just wait for me to get them."

  "Hmm, life is good, huh? I didn't see this kid being so diligent when he was at home. (Most stable...)". Fang Lao Yezi just woke up and heard these two apprentices arguing in the display room.

  "Master, look at what you're saying. Didn't I see that you two were exhausted when you came back yesterday? Besides, whenever you want to eat something, don't I always go buy it for you?" Liu Changtian felt wronged as soon as he heard Master say this after bringing back breakfast.

  "Alright, alright, just listen to me. The country is at peace, hurry up and eat your meal. You two brothers aren't going to practice again later, are you? I haven't been home for such a long time and didn't have the energy to take care of him. Let me see if he has made any progress. Shuang Xi, have you eaten yet?"

  "Uncle Fang, I've eaten already, you all hurry up and eat." Liu Shuangxi was also considered an old Beijinger, but this fermented bean juice really wasn't to her taste.

  "Hey, Ba Ge, you guys have been having drills lately, right? How was it? And why did Master still make you go despite your old age?" Liu Changtian was still young and sometimes his curiosity got the better of him.

  "Haha, this time I'm showing my face to you, Eighth Brother," Liu Guoping swallowed a crispy doughnut and took a sip of soy milk to clear his throat. "Originally it was supposed to be just one exercise, but in the end we had three battles."

  "Ah, can this also change?" Liu Changtian naturally knew that military exercises are usually prepared well in advance.

  "Listen, our battalion followed the Blue Army to raid the Red Army. In the first battle, our battalion carried out reconnaissance tasks and smoothly figured out the strengths and weaknesses of the Red Army by the night before. As a result, their camouflage was completely useless. It's also worth saying that our artillery had good luck, the first wave of shelling destroyed their command center, and then the Red Army fought separately, the artillery position was also taken care of, and the battle ended in less than 2 hours."

  "How could the Red Army be defeated?" Liu Changtian's mind was momentarily unable to turn around.

  "Haha, we didn't follow the usual procedure this time, and the director's department was in a mess. Not only did they call in the master, but several high-ranking officials also came! To be honest, Liu Guoping's heart was racing when he saw the high-ranking officials arrive."

  "If I hadn't cheered you up, would you have dared to fight the next battle? " Old Master Fang suddenly interjected. "Xiaojiu, remember that on the battlefield, there are only enemies, no distinction between red and blue."

  "Hmm, I see, Master. And then what happened to Eighth Brother?" Liu Changtian's mind was no longer on the master's words, and he listened intently for the rest of the story.

  "If I had to say the most exciting one, it was our second practice match. The Red Army didn't give up, so we swapped offense and defense. You also know that Old Master came to cheer us on, and our captain really dared to do it. Clearly, we were defending, but, heh heh, guess what happened?" It turned out Liu Shuangxi still hadn't discovered his Second Uncle's hidden talent for storytelling.

  "The Red Army suffered a loss last time, so they wanted to launch a sneak attack like us. That night, their reconnaissance company arrived, but unexpectedly fell into the trap we had set up and sent half of our troops."

  "That has nothing to do with your captain either." Liu Changtian said discontentedly.

  "Do you still want to listen? I haven't gotten to the main point yet." It seems that Captain holds significant weight in Liu Guoping's heart, not even allowing his younger brother to have a bit of resentment.

  "Uh, okay big brother I was wrong, you continue." Seeing that his senior brother was unhappy, Liu Changtian immediately admitted his mistake.

  "The next morning, we disguised ourselves as reporters and ran to the Red Army's side with a friendly military unit for a visit. At noon, we had lunch on the Red Army's side, and in the afternoon, we were led by one of their directors for another tour. In the evening, we secretly sent back all the intelligence, and waited until midnight... Hehe..." Liu Guoping let out a sly laugh.

  "In the second half of the night, they touched the commander's headquarters, and your brother even knocked out the commander and brought him back." Mr. Fang couldn't help but laugh when he remembered the scene at that time.

  "Can these two battles be finished in just two days? Is the outcome of an exercise decided by just one team? This is a bit too childish, isn't it?" Liu Changtian had also grown up in the military compound since he was young and had never heard that a battle could be fought like this, even if it was just an exercise.

  "What do you mean by 'just our squad'? Don't look down on us, let me tell you, I've got less than a whole company, but in the third battle, we were surrounded by an entire battalion. At the beginning, we took out more than 20 of them, and for the next ten days, they didn't even touch a single hair of ours. On the contrary, their battalion lost half of its men."

  "Awesome, it's really too awesome!" Liu Shuangxi said with a clap of her small hands. "That is, you don't even look at me, your second uncle..." Liu Guoping's boastful words were cut off halfway. "Master Fang, the team you brought out is too powerful, it's indeed an old general coming out to fight, one against two!"

  Mr. Fang is overjoyed, Liu Guoping is very embarrassed, and Liu Changtian is looking for the gray machine in the sky...

  "Lao Jiu, let's go out and take a look at your progress over the past half year." Seeing that his younger nephew had given face to the old master, he could only vent his frustration on his own junior fellow disciple.

  "Come on, Double Happiness! Let's go see who's more powerful between your Second Uncle and your Master." After saying that, Old Man Fang pulled Liu Double Happiness' small hand and together they went outside to watch the competition between Liu Guo Ping and Liu Chang Tian.

  To speak of closeness, among Master Fang's disciples, these two were the youngest and had the most interactions with each other. Their relationship was the closest, but when it came to competing in martial arts, they would fight without holding back, often leaving them both unable to recover for several days after a match.

  As he watched, Liu Shuangxi suddenly remembered something and said to the old man: "Grandpa Fang, I think my second uncle has some problems?"

  "Hmm? What's wrong with Shuang Xi?" asked Fang Lao Ye Zi casually.

  "Second Uncle's legs are a bit floaty, or as my master would say, his lower body is unstable. My master also said that if it's like this, tying iron blocks to your legs during practice for two years will fix the problem."

  After hearing Liu Shuangxi's words, Fang Lao Yezi looked at the two people fighting in the field again, lowered his head as if thinking about something, and suddenly opened his mouth to say: "Guo Ping, you two stop first." The two disciples who didn't know what happened stopped when they heard their master speak.

  "Long Tian, go find some steel plates, one centimeter thick is fine, and make them into leg guards. Put them on Guo Ping's legs." Then Old Man Fang said to Liu Guo Ping in a very serious tone: "Guo Ping, for the next two years, except when sleeping, you are not allowed to take this off while eating or walking!"

  "Alright you two hurry up and go deal with it, Shuang Xi, come follow me into the house, Grandfather has something to tell you."

  Liu Guoping and his junior were in a stalemate, when suddenly they were interrupted by the old man, and then received such a strange command, which made him confused. In fact, he didn't know that at this moment, his fate had completely changed.