Chapter 98: The theory of luck, the road to immortality is no longer walked alone
Wait for the group to return to the boat.
The guys also returned one after another.
Amizhou is really too small. There are only two streets in the town, and you can visit it in half an hour.
Moreover, most of the people living here are Shengyi and Lao Miao people. They were called Aning Man in ancient times and have many taboos.
Except for passing boatmen who stop to replenish their supplies, you hardly see many outsiders on weekdays.
The custom of slash-and-burn farming and living by water is still maintained.
In addition to the language barrier, I simply ate something and walked around casually before losing interest.
"Someone, help Apu into the house to rest."
When he left the tavern, Bamo could barely stay awake, but when he arrived at the dock, he was smelled of fish. As soon as the water breeze blew, my mind was instantly confused.
The whole person was shaking, and it was difficult to speak.
Chen Yulou could only help him back all the way.
The ship's light has been raised on the mast.
Using the dim light, I summoned a familiar boatman, and watched him carry Bamo on his back and disappear around the corner of the escalator, and then I breathed a sigh of relief.
“Shopkeeper, let’s go back and rest first.”
The red girl raised her little face and wore a hollow silver-carved collar on her fair neck.
The picturesque features and heroic appearance give people an indescribable sense of mystery.
It’s hard to imagine her not wearing makeup when she is in the mountains.
Now I like these little ornaments.
Hua Ling on the side has two long earrings hanging on her earlobes, shining brightly under the light, which makes her pair of water-cut eyes even brighter.
Two little girls holding hands.
Standing in the night, smiling.
There seems to be a bit more exciting atmosphere in the air.
“Go.”
Chen Yulou’s heart moved slightly and he nodded with a smile.
No need to think.
I must have bought a lot of things and went back to the room to dress up.
"Brother Dao, why don't you go back and rest early?"
Withdraw your gaze and look at the Partridge Whistle next to you.
His stern face was obviously a little drunker.
"I'm so drunk that I'm laughing."
The partridge whistle cupped his hands and smiled helplessly.
The stamina of the fermented glutinous rice wine is truly astonishing. At this moment, he could only feel the drunkenness rising, and he could no longer suppress it.
I plan to go back and rest for a while.
When it gets later, I still have to meditate and practice. I don’t dare to waste a single minute.
He immediately led the old foreigner to the bottom of the cabin.
Wait for their brothers and sisters to leave.
The boat suddenly became quite empty.
He and Kunlun were the only two left.
Standing at the side of the ship with his hands behind his hands, Chen Yulou looked far away.
In the small town of Amizhou, except for a few scattered lights, most of them have been extinguished, and the small town gradually fell into sleep.
“What time is it?”
“It should be that Xu Zheng has passed and Hai Shi has not yet arrived.”
Kunlun glanced at the silver moon above his head, feeling a little unsure. road.
Although pocket watches have long been available, most people are still accustomed to using the sky stem to tell time.
Xu Zheng is eight o'clock in the evening.
If we put it in later generations, this point would still be full of people and the nightlife had just begun.
But these days, except for those prosperous metropolises, rural entertainment is too barren.
If you can’t even fill your stomach, how can you have leisure and excitement?
“Here, it’s from the shopkeeper.”
While he was still sighing, Kunlun suddenly pulled out an oil paper bag from nowhere, as if by magic.
“What?”
“You’ll know after you take a look.”
Hearing this, he reached out to take it, held it in his hand and opened it for a look.
It is a candied haws.
Chen Yulou couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
This guy was so mysterious that he thought it was something good.
However, looking at his shy and expectant face, he did not refuse, he put one to his mouth and bit it.
A long-lost sour and sweet taste suddenly spread on the tip of the tongue.
“It tastes good.”
Chen Yulou couldn't remember how long it had been since he had eaten such a snack.
Slightly different from later generations.
But it’s pretty much the same.
Hearing this, Kunlun scratched his head and finally smiled on his face.
Seeing this situation, Chen Yulou suddenly came back to his senses. After the awakening, Kunlun's temperament seemed to have become much colder and more steady.
But now it seems that he is still the same person.
It’s just a matter of thought.
"How have you been studying marksmanship recently?"
Chen Yulou asked with a smile while biting the candied haws.
Start learning gunnery from Zhang Yunqiao.
In the blink of an eye, it has been almost two months.
Kunlun Gengu has a good understanding and is extremely diligent. You can see him practicing his gun on the deck almost every morning.
However.
What was used was not the euphorbia, but an ordinary spear.
There are many people on the boat, and the big halberd is too amazing.
But even so, it can attract countless cheers every time.
"Master Zhang said that I have reached the level where the strength of the gun is combined and the movement is subtle."
Hearing the shopkeeper's question, Kunlun did not dare to hide it and replied seriously.
Coherence and subtlety?
Although Chen Yulou doesn’t know how to shoot.
However, he has also practiced martial arts, and martial arts emphasizes the integration of strength and strength, so this should be the case.
“Where are the books, are you still reading?”
When I left the village.
In addition to a change of clothes, Kunlun only brought a spurge and two books.
It is said that it was a gift from Uncle Ming.
Chen Yulou has specially read a book with a thousand characters and a book with hundreds of family names, all of which are ancient Mongolian books.
“Yes.”
When it came to reading, Kunlun’s eyes lit up.
The teacher said that practicing martial arts is to strengthen the body, while studying is to understand reason.
The ink in the chest is as deep as the valley, and the poems and calligraphy are in the belly.
He didn't understand much, but when the shopkeeper told him to study, he had to do it.
“How many words can you recognize?”
The two of them seemed to have not talked like this for a long time.
There happened to be no one around.
Sober up with the wind in the night.
"Seven hundred and nine."
Speaking of this number, Kunlun's calm face couldn't help but show a bit of excitement.
Before, he couldn't even imagine it.
Others thought traveling by boat was extremely boring, but he didn’t think so at all.
Practice guns every morning and evening, and read and write in the afternoon.
Every day is lived to the fullest.
"Not bad, not bad. Once you have thoroughly understood Thousand Character Essay and Hundred Family Surnames, you will be considered a scholar."
Feeling the changes in his mood.
Chen Yulou was also a little touched and couldn't help but smile knowingly.
Not long after.
In the darkness, a shadow sneaked out from the gangway.
Seeing the two figures at the bow of the ship, I couldn't help but blink.
“What are you doing sneakily?”
“Come over quickly?”
How could the sound of a blow on the boat be hidden from Chen Yulou’s night eyes?
Seeing it tiptoeing around and snooping around, I couldn't help but laugh and curse.
Seeing that he was exposed, it was not surprised. It just grinned and swayed out of the darkness.
Who else could it be if it wasn’t Yuan Hong?
Since the last time I bumped into the big monster in the river on the mast.
During this time, it has become much more honest.
Even though the ship had entered the harbor just now, he hid in his room alone and did not go out.
Just...
I saw everyone returning one after another.
But the only thing missing was its master and Kunlun, but it couldn't help but feel anxious.
After thinking about it, he sneaked out.
As soon as we got on the boat, we heard two voices coming from a distance.
After eavesdropping with open ears, they happened to talk about studying, and Yuan Hong couldn't help but feel guilty.
I studied at Zhuangzi.
With the teacher watching, and being a beginner, it can still maintain its enthusiasm.
But no one was watching me during this period, and my irritable personality reappeared, so I could not calm down to read and write.
I was afraid that the master would ask Yuan Hong about his head.
Only dare to sneak aside. Who knows, but the traces were discovered immediately.
"How have you been studying recently?"
"I already know Kunlun for more than 700 years. You can learn from him in one day, so it shouldn't be too bad, right?"
Chen Yulou asked casually with his hands behind his back.
"Ah..."
Whatever you are afraid of comes.
Yuan Hong's face was full of helplessness.
If I had known this, I would have just waited in the room.
"Master, there are not as many as Kunlun, but...but it's not much different."
"It's not much different, how much?"
At this moment, looking at it standing with its head lowered and eyes lowered. There, Chen Yulou looked up and secretly glanced at himself from time to time. Chen Yulou felt angry and funny in his heart.
"Almost half."
Yuan Hong gritted his teeth, thinking that anyway, if he stretched his head, it would be a knife, and if he shrank his head, it would be a knife.
but.
After finishing speaking, the imaginary rebuke did not happen, but fell into silence for a while.
It felt as if something had scratched its heart.
He glanced up secretly.
Then he saw the owner staring at him with a smile.
Yuan Hong's expression changed, and he subconsciously wanted to make a few excuses.
But how could he hide his thoughts from Chen Yulou? He just shook his head and asked Kunlun to hand him the long stick.
"We'll talk about studying later."
"Try it first."
Yuan Hong was a little confused.
But he still took it.
Looked carefully through the ship's light overhead.
The long stick is three feet and three inches long, weighs about ten kilograms, and is made of wrought iron. The stick is also engraved with strange patterns.
Both the length and the style, Yuan Hong was very fond of it. He couldn't help but feel itchy and subconsciously waved it a few times.
A sharp blast of wind suddenly sounded.
Moreover, the more it is used, the more proficient it becomes. The long stick is swung in the hand so that water cannot splash in and the wind blows.
See this scene.
Chen Yulou was even more weird.
Before, in Amizhou City, because Partridge Whistle, the old foreigner and Bamo were all there, he couldn't ask too many questions.
Now that there was no one around, he couldn't help but be curious.
"Have you ever used a long stick before?"
"No..."
Yuan Hong was still thinking secretly that this long stick would be carried on his shoulders like Kunlun in the future. , still like the master’s sword hanging at his waist.
Hearing this, he shook his head subconsciously.
"Then how do you know how to use it?"
Chen Yulou was even more strange.
If it had been used, when it stole the corpse's energy from the coffin in the Hades, it wouldn't have been so suppressed by the Corpse King that it couldn't lift its head. It would have had to humble itself and join forces with the mountain scorpion.
Hearing this, Yuan Hong was also stunned.
It doesn’t even understand why.
The reason why I want it.
It was purely during this period that I watched Kunlun practicing spears, Chen Yulou practicing swordsmanship, and old foreigners stretching their bows and strings every day, which made my heart itch.
I always feel that it must have its own weapon.
But I looked around.
No matter the sword, gun, sword or halberd, Yuan Hong was not satisfied.
The same day when I was wandering around the side of the ship, I saw a wooden stick used by the crew on the ship to hold the door. I picked it up and tried it. The more I used it, the more useful it became.
That's why I thought about asking Kunlun to take a look at it when he got off the ship.
As for why he is so skilled.
Maybe...it was born to use an iron rod?
"Yes, the blood-melting iron rod, the water-fire rod, and the name Yuan Hong the gibbon monkey, the buffs are stacked..."
Seeing its confused look.
Chen Yulou couldn't help but sigh secretly.
Before, he had wondered whether the old ape had some kind of bloodline. Now it seems that there may be some luck and cause and effect.
But he swore.
The name Yuan Hong was originally given to it.
It was just a spur of the moment idea, without thinking too much.
But now...
Since it is destiny, this old ape may have achieved far more than his upper limit.
Yuan Hong was still grinning when he suddenly heard his master's muttering and his eyes lit up.
Subconsciously, he weighed the iron rod in his hand.
Yi Qi Water Fire Stick, what a good name.
"伱...forget it."
Looking at its expression, Chen Yulou roughly guessed what it was thinking.
I originally wanted to stop it.
But now that the buffs are all full, is this still missing?
"There is still some time before the destination of this trip. Please study hard for me in the past few days. I will not say that I have mastered the Thousand-Character Classic and Hundred Family Surnames, but I must learn at least a thousand characters."
"Then, I will teach you the Qi-refining method."
"Qi-refining method?!"
Yuan Hong's heart skipped a beat.
I would rather leave my hometown that day and leave from Baiyuan Cave in Pingshan Mountain.
On the one hand, people are strong and we are weak, so we have no choice but to do so.
On the other hand, it also wants to enter human society and maybe have the opportunity to learn the authentic Taoist Qi refining technique.
No more dangerous moves and swallowing corpse energy.
Just.
It’s been so long since I’ve been in Chenjiazhuang.
Yuan Hong actually understood.
Although the world is huge, with hundreds of millions of people, most of them are just ordinary beings, and it is extremely difficult to survive.
Not to mention practicing Taoism.
At least for now, it has only seen its master and the Taoist cross the dragon gate.
Others are still struggling.
So, Yuan Hong had long since given up on cultivating Taoism.
Unexpectedly...
Today the master took the initiative to promise himself.
It will teach him the method of refining qi.
“Thank you so much, Master!”
Almost instantly, Yuan Hong fell to the ground with a prostration.
"Well, it won't be too late to thank you after you meet the requirements."
Chen Yulou shook his head.
He had reminded it before, just like Kunlun and the others, just call him the shopkeeper.
However, Yuan Hong felt that he was different from them.
After a few times, he just let him go.
"Yes, Yuan Hong will definitely read by candlelight at night, forgetting food and sleep, and will never let down his master's kindness."
At this moment, his mind was filled with annoyance.
If I had known this, if I had studied hard during this period, I would have reached the thousand-word goal a few days earlier.
However, it is not too late to remedy the situation.
Tonight begins with a thorn in the buttocks.
"Okay."
"Just come find me when you finish reading."
Chen Yulou was quite satisfied with his attitude towards it.
“Yes.”
With this promise, Yuan Hong could not hold back and wished he could sleep endlessly.
"Go and get busy."
See its anxiety.
Chen Yulou didn’t stay long and let him leave on his own.
Looking at the moonlight reflected on the water, the scene of it holding an iron rod and moving mountains appeared in my mind.
"Shopkeeper, then I too..."
Seeing that he was deep in thought, Kunlun cupped his hands and prepared to go back to study.
"The same goes for you."
"However, the shopkeeper has higher expectations for you. If you can thoroughly understand the Thousand-Character Essay, you will also follow me and practice Xuan Dao and Convince Qi Zhu. Basic skills."
Facing Chen Yulou's eyes as deep as the stars.
Kunlun couldn't help but feel excited.
He just knew it.
The shopkeeper will not leave himself alone.
"Go back, I will look at the moonlight for a while before returning."
"Yes, from the shopkeeper."
Kunlun nodded, turned around and strode away.
Wait until the boat is empty.
Looking at the silver moon in the night sky, the fleeting lights in the water, and the ship lights swaying in the wind.
Chen Yulou breathed a long sigh of relief.
On the road to eternal life, it seems that you are not so lonely!
(End of this chapter)