Chapter 14 The Old Blacksmith of Qingyang Town
It is often said in the world that life is impermanent, and even more so for cultivators, those ordinary people in the world live a quiet and stable life, and ordinary people will not experience too many things between life and death in their lives, but practitioners are not, they are facing different battles in their lives, crawling between life and death, looking for a way forward, and the difficulties and obstacles encountered on the road are naturally far beyond ordinary people, and the world often says that God is fair, especially in this matter.
If you want to transcend this kind of life and death, there is only one way, and that is to fly into an immortal in the Broken Void, and if you want to ensure that you will never die before the Broken Void is broken, there is only one way, and that is to keep yourself in a state that is stronger than everyone else forever.
Chen Linci couldn't keep himself in a state where he was stronger than everyone else, because after surpassing the little prince of the year and now Emperor Jingming, he knew about Pan Yue and Su Jinnian on the Retreat Mountain, met the two gentlemen from Tianbo Mansion, and saw so many young people on the Confucian Dojo, so his heart to practice Haoran Sword Technique was so urgent, so eager that he could even ignore Luo Ziyan's feelings.
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In the imperial study room in the palace of the Yue Kingdom, the little emperor of Yongzheng Bai Wuyi is frowning and reading the folds on the table, since the first emperor was beheaded in this imperial study, there are many ministers who ask for this place to be sealed forever, but this little emperor does not believe in evil, that is, he does not approve, not only does not approve, but also takes this place as an office location, and spends a lot of time here every day.
Yongzheng Little Emperor Bai Wuyi looked at the words in the fold, his brows couldn't be stretched for a long time, he began to wonder for the first time if this imperial study was really as evil as those ministers said, otherwise why did so many tragic deaths of officials happen after he ascended the throne?
In the territory of the Yue Kingdom, the imperial court officials have become a high-risk industry for a while, because they don't know when they will be taken away by the mysterious organization, although after the investigation, those officials who died unexpectedly are not clean, all of them are from the fish village, His Majesty the Emperor also personally ordered to explain the rules, warning everyone that as long as they are honest and honest, there will be no problems, but they still can't resist the trend of tragic deaths of officials one by one.
Just kidding, how many of the people who came out to be officials this year have really clean foundations? If they were clean, who would still be officials, and wouldn't it be comfortable to make money in business?
It's good that the little emperor's will is not good, and many people who are heart-wrenching began to speculate about the tragic death of these officials, whether the little emperor killed chickens and set an example for monkeys to weigh the imperial skills of the government and the opposition.
It wasn't until he saw the great monk sent by the Great Zen Temple to help that the little emperor Yongzheng breathed a sigh of relief and slept peacefully.
In a small town called Qingyang on the border of Vietnam, a blacksmith recently came to blacksmith, and the strange thing is that this blacksmith is making iron with a stove every day, but he never takes over the business of ironing, and only relies on a tea stall to earn a meager copper coin, which is only enough for him to eat one or three meals
, but he didn't care at all, and didn't seem to have the slightest interest in silver.
In the evening of this day, the forge furnace not far from the tea stall was still bright, at this time, there were no guests in the tea stall for a long time, the tea set on the table had not been cleaned up, and the tea inside looked cold.
A young man who didn't look very old walked in.
He looked at the long-bearded blacksmith who was striking iron, and said with a smile: "Master, if you have such a long beard, you are not afraid to light it when you are striking iron, it will not be easy to do." ”
Before they got acquainted, they were ridiculed by a junior like this, and if they were other old people, they would definitely be angry, but the old blacksmith didn't, he looked at the young man with interest, and said with a smile: "You little guy, you can't see a little cultivation qi, but it gives people an unusual feeling, if the old man guesses well, you should be a martial arts practitioner." ”
The young man smiled and said, "The old gentleman has good eyesight. ”
"Martial arts cultivation focuses on tempering, and from a certain point of view, it is much more difficult than a cultivator who cultivates the power of the star element, and it is difficult for those who do not have great perseverance to become a weapon, but you are very good. The old blacksmith nodded, and said, "Better than many young men I have ever seen." ”
"Since it's good, are you interested in taking in an apprentice?" the young man suddenly asked.
The old blacksmith was stunned for a moment by this sudden question, and then shook his head without hesitation, and said with a smile: "You are very good, but I don't want to accept any apprentices." ”
"Master, you are not from this Qingyang Town, but you came to this Qingyang Town to strike iron, and you don't look like a great cultivator, but you can see through me at a glance, so there is only one explanation. The young man said lightly: "You are definitely not an ordinary person, then you must be a master who can return to the basics, otherwise not everyone can practice this kind of Qingyang iron, but a master outside the world will not dare to divulge to Qingyang Town, then it is obvious that your old man should be taking refuge at this time, and there are many people in the outside world who want to kill you." ”
"The old man really doesn't know whether to praise you for being smart or say that you don't have brains. The old blacksmith said in a cold voice: "Sometimes, if you know too much, you will lose your life, do you understand this truth?"
"This is a truth that even three-year-olds understand, how can I not understand it. The young man smiled: "You can't kill me, otherwise tomorrow there will be a master of the world living in seclusion in Qingyang Town to strike iron, and it will spread throughout the entire Yue Kingdom, please believe in my strength." ”
The old blacksmith frowned and said coldly, "Are you threatening me?"
"The iron ore outside Qingyang Town is the Qingyang iron recorded in the history books, which is an excellent material for casting swords, this kind of thing these ordinary people in Qingyang Town don't know, but I know. The young man said lightly: "I look at it from the ancient books, the old gentleman must have seen it with his eyes, since you have such a good vision, then I hope you can take a look, I am really good, accept me as an apprentice, and make no loss." ”
The old blacksmith's frown soothed, and he said slowly, "You."
The boy is a scoundrel and very strong, but from tomorrow onwards, you will come to my blacksmith shop every day to watch me strike iron, and how much skill you can learn depends on your own creation. ”
"Gotcha!" the young man smiled when he received the promise, and said, "Don't worry, old man, I will never pass on half a sentence if you don't say it." ”