Chapter 13: The Art of Rengui
"Brother Li, you come to roast, I'll dig out the corns, and sell them in the city tomorrow" Saying that, he went to dig the corns, Li Xiao looked at Guo Rengui while roasting, and thought to himself, "This person is unfathomable, he can make objects bigger and smaller, and he can also turn wood into iron, I will ask for advice later" Li Xiao looked at Guo Rengui, and saw Guo Rengui digging out the corns, wiping off the blood stains and putting them in the treasure bag, and then took off the beak, and then inserted a sword into the chest of the giant chicken, cut a few swords, and took out a large package, at this time I heard Guo Rengui talk to himself" What did this beast eat, it tasted so bad, I thought you were a baby, I endured it" Guo Rengui tinkered for a while, came to Li Xiao, handed the sword and beak to Li Xiao, and said: "This beak is extremely hard, you keep it as a piece of armor" Li Xiao took it and said to Guo Rengui: "Thank you, Brother Rengui"
The giant chicken roasted on the fire, the aroma is tangy, although there is no condiment, but the giant chicken meat is delicious and does not affect the taste, the two of them first eat the cockscomb, and then began to eat meat, at this time Li Xiao said: "Such delicious meat, if it is paired with wine, wouldn't it be perfect" Guo Rengui pointed at Li Xiao with a word and said: "Yes, there is wine, if you don't say that I forgot about it" After speaking, he took out a palm-sized gourd from the treasure bag, Guo Rengui silently recited the incantation, only to see the gourd become bigger, open the gourd cover, it was filled with fine wine, the two looked at each other and smiled, drank wine and ate meat.
"Brother Rengui, I'm curious, how did you manage to make things bigger and smaller, and you can also turn wood into iron?
Guo Rengui took a sip of wine and said: "This is a child without a mother, it's a long story, I am the only descendant of Jingchuang Gate, I have heard of Jingchuang Gate" Li Xiao nodded and said: "I have heard that Jingchuang Gate followed Emperor Han Yuan to make great contributions to the creation of the Kingdom of Heaven a few decades ago, but recently it has fallen down" Guo Rengui nodded and said: "Do you know what Jingchuang Gate does?"
Li Xiao said: "Isn't Jingchuangmen good at making tools, weapons, and siege equipment?"
Guo Rengui smiled: "That's just the skin, manufacturing is only a part, in fact, the best thing at Jingchuang Gate is spells, the telescopic technique and alchemy I used just now are not the deepest, the most profound is the technique of controlling the puppet of the mechanism, when my ancestor followed the Emperor Han Yuan to conquer the east and west, it was this that turned 100,000 wooden puppets into 100,000 elite soldiers, but the old lady was lost after his death." Saying that, Guo Rengui picked up a handful of grass, tied it into a straw man, and wrote a talisman in his hand, and the grass man moved by himself as if he had life, Li Xiao was dumbfounded, and Guo Rengui said again: " The world laughs at me Guo Rengui, laughing at me for ruining the family business of my ancestors, in fact, Jingchuang Gate will only make tools in the hands of my father, and he has always wanted me to carry forward the production, and I don't want to be a craftsman for a lifetime, I will learn spells by myself through the books left by my ancestors, and now I have combined production with spells, but the spells I have learned are incomplete, manipulating puppets, I can only let the puppets move unconsciously, telescoping, must be made by me myself to telescopic, alchemy, can only hold on for a while, hey" After speaking, he took a big sip of wine.
Li Xiao looked at Guo Rengui and said: "Brother Rengui, you are amazing, everyone will understand in the future, Brother Rengui has a reluctant request, I am very interested in your spells, how about I use my Chunzhen internal strength to exchange with you?"
Guo Rengui smiled and said: "Brother Li, you are really from the Chunzhen Sect, seeing your cultivation, your rank in the Chunzhen Sect is not low, right?"
"I'm the real person in charge, sit down and close the door," Li Xiao said proudly.
Guo Rengui nodded and said: "My guess is right, brother, it's not that I don't teach you spells, telescopic techniques, alchemy, it's not something that you can learn in a while, control puppetry, I also know a little bit about fur, there is no practical use, if you don't dislike it, I'll pass this on to you?"
Li Xiao nodded and said, "Great, when will you start, how to learn"
Guo Rengui said: "I didn't expect you to be an anxious child, it would have been a good night, if it weren't for this monster, we would have been on the soft couch in Xiaoyao Country, but it's okay, this guy is full of treasures, let's deal with this guy tomorrow, I'm teaching you how?"
The sky gradually brightened, Xiao Gui and the two drank and ate meat until late at night, Li Xiao had already fallen asleep, gurgle, gurgle, sounded twice, Li Xiao opened his eyes and saw that Guo Rengui had loaded the four-legged ancient bird into a big board car, Li Xiao said curiously: "Brother Rengui, how did you load this big guy into the car?" Guo Rengui smiled: "Can this stump me, Brother Li, you woke up just right, I was going to wake you up, you see it's dawn, we will transport this guy to Dongning City, divide and sell the money, and then you go with me, I will teach you the art of manipulation" Li Xiao nodded after listening, and the two of them drove to Dongning on a board car.
"Four-legged ancient birds, once in a thousand years, eat a bite of meat, prolong life, drink a mouthful of soup, enjoy health forever, come and see" Guo Rengui shouted loudly, shouted a few times, really surrounded a lot of people, some to see the fresh, some to join in the fun, and some to ask the price, the whole street, attracted by this strange thing, Guo Rengui held Li Xiao's sword, divided the four-legged ancient bird into small pieces, less than half a day, only the skeleton was sold, and the bones were also bought, until noon, the huge ancient bird was sold without even hair, Guo Rengui took a heavy bag of silver and said to Li Xiao: " Brother Li, you are really a lucky star, I am researching a new gadget, but I am short of money at hand, I can't buy suitable materials, I met you in the casino, let me win a lot, and I met this valuable goods, and I made so much, let's go, I will invite you to drink" Li Xiao came to his senses when he heard the word wine, and said: "Brother Rengui, you are not bad, let's go, have a big drink, don't get drunk and don't return" The two walked to a tavern.
The wine and food were almost eaten, Guo Rengui raised his eyebrows and said: "Brother, it is better for us to live in the city at night, we made a fortune last night, and enjoy happiness tonight, we are here for the free country, and we are close at hand, how can we not enter."
Li Xiao was still sober at this time, thinking about learning the technique of manipulating the puppet as soon as possible, and said: "Brother Rengui, I think it's better to forget it, the second rule of the Chunzhen Gate is to avoid adultery, adultery, prostitution, and prostitution, and I have already committed the two major rules of drinking and gambling, if I let my seventh uncle know, I have to abolish my cultivation and expel me from the mountain gate."
Guo Rengui laughed after hearing this, and said: "Brother, if you don't say it, I won't say it, who knows, walking the rivers and lakes, and acting when you see the opportunity, you should accompany me" Li Xiao looked at Guo Rengui's obscene smile and smiled: "Clean yourself, Brother Rengui, don't persuade me again" Guo Rengui saw that Li Xiao was resolute, and it was not easy to persuade, the two finished eating, and went with Guo Rengui, Guo Rengui's residence was more than 50 miles away from Dongning, the two ran wildly all the way, and arrived at Guo Rengui's thatched house, only to see all kinds of rare species piled up in the small courtyard, most of them are wood products, there are finished products, there are semi-finished products, Li Xiao looked around, and was interested in a wooden bird placed in the corner of the wall, so he asked: "Brother Rengui, these are all researched by you?"