'Hey~♡! ’

'Brother Li Bai! ’

'You must remember! ’

'Come back early when you're done!' Don't stay in the county for too many days, and don't think about going to see other people's little ladies~!! ’

'Hey! Did you hear that?! ’

‘……’

'Brother Li Bai, you have to come back early, Sister Qingmei and I are waiting for you at home~! ’

'Remember to buy some candy and come back~! ’

In the distance, at the entrance of the village, Lin Qingmei took her little attendant Liuya and waved goodbye to Li Bai, who was about to leave Changgan Village for the first time and enter the county seat to purchase, and stood at the entrance of the village waving her hand and telling some things loudly.

"Got it, got it!"

"I'll ask Mei'er for your help to take care of those little ones in the village school these days, don't worry, I will bring you good things back then."

"Let's go, let's go!"

"Don't wait for them to ramble endlessly, otherwise they won't be able to reach the county seat when it's dark!"

Li Bai, who had been waiting to enter the city with the carpenter Lin Sanshu and others a few days ago, had already been a little impatient, so after casually waving his hand to Mei'er, he jumped up and sat on the wheel of Lin Sanshu's ox cart, and whispered to urge everyone and Lin San, who was driving the car, to drive quickly.

At this time, the carriage behind the ox cart was full of objects, which were some unique furniture made by the carpenter Lin Sanshu, all of which were made according to some of Li Bai's instructions in a 'modern' style, with similar functions to the stool, but more beautiful and generous!

It is precisely because of this that he has saved up a lot of goods, so that Uncle Lin needs to take it to the county from time to time to sell for money, and Li Bai has also earned a lot of 'guidance fees' because of his guidance, so he was able to renovate his house, improve his life and save a lot of private money.

But the only bad thing is: there are no patents for the shape of those stools, and there are many people who can work as carpenters in this Datang world, and their skills are better than Uncle Lin's?

Therefore, every time a new style comes out, it doesn't take long for it to be bought or obtained by those ingenious carpenters in the county, and then a large number of imitations are made to seize the market after pondering it out, so that every three or two months, Lin San always has to go to Li Bai again to give advice, and get one or two more novel ones, so that he can barely keep his own job, and by the way, keep the signboard of the 'high-end' furniture in Changgan Village.

And today, of course, it is the day when the carpenter Lin San brought furniture to the county town to catch the big market, because the small markets nearby must not be able to digest the novel furniture with the 'high-end' appearance he made.

"Huh?"

"Third uncle!"

"It's strange, why don't I seem to see Grandpa Mushimasa? Didn't he say a few days ago that he was going to go to the county with us, and now we won't wait for him? ”

When the open-top wooden oxcart without any shock absorption system finally began to wobble on the dirt road, when the two sisters Mei'er behind them had been blocked by the tall trees, and when the people around them who also needed to enter the city were talking and laughing and walking along the side, Li Bai suddenly remembered that the old man who had said that he would take Lin San's car to the county village Zhenglin was not in their team at this time?

"That's right!"

"Don't wait for him! In two days, there is a troublesome matter in the village that needs to be dealt with by his village and the clan elders, and he can't make this trip, so let's hurry up first, and strive to get to the city before dark, and then take him there next time he has leisure. ”

Carpenter Lin San didn't explain much, just frowned, turned his head to Li Bai and said this, and then continued to wave his whip to urge the big buffalo on the wheel in front of him to speed up.

“？？”

Li Bai was suddenly a little curious.

"What kind of trouble is it, and you still need him to deal with it with the clan elders?"

After all, their village is not big, there are only less than 100 households, he has already known all of them over the years, and his village teacher doesn't seem to have heard of who has anything to prepare in the village recently, and the autumn tax in the two taxes has already been paid, he really can't think of any troublesome things that need to be dealt with by Old Man Lin and his village with the clan elders.

"Ahem!"

"Okay, don't ask, it's not a good thing anyway, and it shouldn't have anything to do with you, you'll naturally know when you come back!"

Obviously, carpenter Lin San didn't want to mention the 'troublesome thing' he just said, but continued to complain and urge the big buffalo in his house with a calm face, who was obviously full of food but was not willing to pull the cart, as if venting some kind of emotion:

'Hey! Moo~! ’

'Don't be lazy, didn't I just feed you the bean dregs cake in the morning, why don't you hurry up and pull the cart?' ’

Syllable~!

Seeing that the other party didn't seem to want to explain and was still in a bad mood and whipped the big buffalo hard, Li Bai didn't want to get up to it to make fun of himself, and turned to look at the small mountain road that stretched to the ridge in the distance.

"Okay......"

At this current speed, when he would be able to complete this rugged mountain road, Li Bai couldn't imagine it.

"Then let's hurry up, and strive to get to the county seat as soon as possible, so that I can go and have a good walk."

Changgan Village is not far from Shu County, if it is in the modern world that Li Bai was once familiar with, it only takes one foot of the accelerator to go down, and it will take less than an hour to get to the place, but in this era when the traffic is extremely underdeveloped and has to rely on animal power, dozens of miles of mountain roads often need to walk for a whole day, or even two or three days, which is normal.

"I don't know what the county is like......

Since he doesn't have to catch the car by himself now, and he doesn't have to walk on the ground by himself, Li Bai is naturally happy to be free and have time to think about it on the wheel.

To be honest, for today's incident, Li Bai, who was sitting in the ox cart, still felt a little apprehensive!

Because, he's finally going to leave the 'novice village', and he hasn't thought about it yet, if he really encounters that kind of man-eating demon and monster on the way, will he try to see a sword to kill him, or will he run away first?

That's really a big question to ponder!

Also, if he encounters a female ghost or a female vixen or something, he has to post it upside down after seeing him, a handsome young man, will he gladly accept it then, or will he refuse it against his will?

Presumably......

In the end, you must refuse against your will, right?

After all, he has a rather violent sister at home, and if he accepts it, if he takes it back and is seen, he will have to be beaten to death by the other party, which will be a bit more than worth the loss! Of course, the object of the killing is obviously likely to be him Li Bai himself, and it should not be those female ghosts and fox spirits who have not seen the shadow and only exist in their imagination.

"Hah!"

"It's really a wide sea with a fish jumping, and the sky is high for birds to fly!"

"Datang, I'm Li Bai here!"

In short, Li Bai, who was sitting in the 'open-top supercar' of this era, sitting in this ox cart with an automatic transmission rope in his hand, a load of grass consumed for 100 kilometers, a 'cow' per meter of maximum torque, a maximum speed of no more than 15 kilometers per hour, and a 'self-priming supercharged bioenergy' engine, was so excited and high-spirited that he almost didn't stand up directly from the wheels, and raised his head to sing a song or chant a poem with great enthusiasm.

Although in his memory, which has become more and more blurred with the passage of time, he has seen the Tang Dynasty in another world from the perspective of another Li Bai, but it is not a personal experience for him after all, how can he be about to see and explore with his own eyes now to be real and interesting?

“？？”

"Oops! Li Bai! ”

"Isn't it just going into a county seat, are you talking like this? Hurry up, why don't you sit down for me? ”

"Look at you!"

"It doesn't look like the kind of baby who has never seen the world, why is it so babbling today......"

Finally, Uncle Lin, the 'driver' and carpenter who was afraid that Li Bai would fall down and cause him to be blamed by the village and the clansmen, finally couldn't look at it, so he had to turn his head and scold a guy who was thinking crankily and dared to stand up and dance on the wheel.

“……”

All right!

There was no way, after finding that he was despised by an 'indigenous' carpenter, Li Bai was stunned for a moment, and finally didn't dare to say anything, so he could only squat down and sit down on the wheels again.

"Ahem! Li Bai, ah......"

"We've been asking you what about that wooden sword at your waist? We're going to go into the city now, and we didn't let you go to teach those babies, what are you doing with it? ”

At this time, a man who followed the car was carrying a lot of animal furs, thinking that it should be a hunter who went into the city to sell it for a good price before the arrival of winter, and the short and sturdy man who Li Bai forgot whether to call the other party's uncle or uncle finally couldn't help but ask Li Baiqi in the car.

In the impression of the villagers of Changgan Village, Li Bai's wooden sword is just a tool that Li Bai uses as a ring ruler every day to beat the palms or buttocks of those children who do not listen to discipline, like a ring ruler, as for practicing swords or something, it is just a joke, and the people in Changgan Village, including them, have never taken it seriously.

"Why?"

"Of course, it's for self-defense!"

Li Bai's answer was natural and righteous.

After all, there are gods and demons in this world, and now that he has finally upgraded and practiced his 'skills', if he goes out without some 'equipment', can he follow these guys with peace of mind to 'attack'?

I think that when he could still play games, if he didn't go out with a piece of equipment, he wouldn't be scolded by those pig teammates?

"Self-defense?"

"Just that thing, I can break it for you with two fingers, what can I do?"

Without waiting for the hunter who didn't know if it was his uncle or uncle, the carpenter Lin Sanshu, who was sitting next to Li Bai, couldn't help but vomit first.

Of course, that sword was made by him Lin San with a piece of leftover material for Li Bai at the beginning, but even he didn't expect that after so many years, it was still well maintained, and it was also rubbed smooth and slippery by Li Bai.

"Hah!"

"Third uncle, you don't understand, do you?"

Li Bai first despised these uninformed carpenters before slowly explaining:

"I'm telling you, a wooden sword is also a sword!"

"Once, there was a man who practiced swords and entered the devil, and his name was: Lonely and defeated!"

"That guy is amazing, it is said that he is very good at martial arts, and he has killed all the enemies in the world, and he only wants to be defeated in his life, but no one has ever been able to beat him, and in the end he has to die alone and angry?"

"And before he died, he lived in seclusion in a valley on the outskirts of Xiangyang, and also made a place to bury his sword, called - Sword Shrine!"

As he spoke, after seeing that his words had attracted the attention of several people in his peers, Li Bai told the story he knew about the sword demon Dugu's defeat and the other party's various understandings and anecdotes about swordsmanship.

At the same time, he didn't forget to introduce the sword demon's sword intent for the indestructible "Ziwei Soft Sword", the ingenious "Cold Iron Heavy Sword", and the "Grass, Trees, Bamboo and Stones" that are not stagnant in things.

"Exactly!"

"A few days ago, Li Bai's swordsmanship improved by leaps and bounds, and he has gradually entered the realm of no sword and better than sword, yes, it is my Li Bai's divine weapon against the enemy!"

"As long as it's in hand, whether it's a demon or a hundred or ten strongmen, it can't get close!"

For the first time, it was rare for Li Bai to proudly tell these outsiders about the fact that he had made a breakthrough in his swordsmanship and felt that he should be not much different from the sword demon Dugu seeking defeat. Anyway, Li Bai thinks that now he is at most a slight disadvantage from the fact that he has basically zero experience against the enemy, and in other aspects, he should not lose to that sword demon at all?

However, he is not in a hurry in terms of experience, and when he finds an opportunity to subdue more demons or eliminate violence in the future, and catch a few female goblins to practice day and night, presumably the swordsmanship will naturally catch up.

‘……’

'Li Bai, you made up this story, right? It's like the truth, I almost believed it! ’

'Hahaha! ’

But it's a good edit, and I'll take it to my iron head when I get back!" ’

'Li Bai, how did you say that your head was long, how could this kind of story come out of your mouth, why can't we think of it? ’

'Go, go, go! It's strange that we can think of it, you and I don't know a single big character, Li Bai is a teacher in our village, and his ability is even praised by the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty who passed by a few years ago! ’

'That's ...... too'

'Look, worthy of being a teacher in our Changgan Village, worthy of being a reader, the more books you read, the more you understand, and some crooked reasoning can also be said to be the truth! But Li Bai, third uncle, I only know that if you use a wooden sword, let alone self-defense, I'm afraid that you can't even beat a beast! ’

'That's it! ’

'A boar rushes over and hits you, and you take a wooden sword to cut it, isn't that a joke about your own life?!' ’

'I'm afraid I can't even see through the skin, right?' ’

'It must not be broken, how thick is the wild boar skin, we people who beg for a living in the mountains all the year round, even if we have a steel fork in our hands, we don't dare to easily provoke that kind of beast, only the cloth trap will be a little easier! ’

'Also ......'

'Li Bai, don't think we don't know, you also said before that this time you are going to the city to ask someone to fight an iron sword, since you have already 'no sword is better than a sword', why do you waste that money to buy an iron sword? ’

'Yo! It's still the third brother who is right! ’

'Hahaha......'

But a reader is a reader, and we can't make up such a good story, although it certainly doesn't seem to be true, but the story is really good! ’

This group of people didn't care about Li Bai's face at all, and just laughed at what you said.

Obviously, Li Bai's words did not make them believe it, plus Li Bai's words and some behaviors were indeed somewhat inconsistent, and there was no convincing evidence, so they naturally stubbornly thought that Li Bai, the jade-faced little Langjun, was just talking big and telling stories to amuse them.

"Forget it!"

Li Bai didn't bother to explain, and he didn't want to meet these people in general.

"Whatever you think, believe it or not, I don't care, sir!"

He naturally has a reason to buy an iron sword, after all, although he has sword qi now, if he can still have an iron sword with a '+20 physical attack', it is always better than a broken wooden sword with this '+0 physical attack' all the time.

"Hey! Third uncle? ”

"You've been running around the city a lot over the years, and I've heard that you sometimes have to sleep in the wild, have you ever seen that kind of demons and monsters?"

At this time, Li Bai remembered an important matter.

“！！”

"Nope! No! ”

Carpenter Lin San's face changed, and he hurriedly turned his head and waved his hand and glared at Li Bai fiercely.

"Strange ......"

"How could you not have seen it? Isn't there supposed to be a lot of the kind of demons and monsters in this world? ”

Li Bai was a little puzzled.

"Humph......"

"There are indeed a lot of demons and monsters, but this is the territory of Datang, as long as you walk on the road, the sky is blue and the sky is white, where do those dirty things dare to come nonsense? I said Li Bai, your baby is so looking forward to the third uncle and me touching those things? ”

"If I do, will I still be alive?"

If it weren't for the fact that the young man in front of him still had a bit of a status in the village, and many people were looking forward to the other party continuing to teach and teaching, and if he couldn't afford to offend easily, Lin San would have whipped at this guy who dared to curse himself for touching that kind of thing.

"Not ......"

"Don't be angry, I'm not curious......"

Li Bai remembered the golden dragon that suppressed and scared him six years ago, at that time, the other party could have that terrifying power just by being a phantom, and he was really able to travel clouds and rain, and now he is probably unable to compete with such a powerful existence.

But fortunately, it's not a monster, but a god who is said to be in charge of the clouds?

"Curious? Curious? ”

"I don't know about demons and monsters, but if it's a fairy...... I know where there is one, and it's a mountain god! ”

As he spoke, carpenter Lin San suddenly sank his face, and the expression on his face was still a little tangled and gnashing his teeth?

At the same time, the hunters and the villagers who had entered the city together also looked towards the ox cart, and their faces seemed to be a little unpleasant.

"Mountain gods?"

"Where?"

But Li Bai didn't care so much, he just went up, just wanted to know more from the other party's mouth.

"That's it!"

"Don't talk about it, you'll know later! Now there is a serious matter, let me ask you, Li Bai, did you bring the 'public inspection' that Mura Zheng gave you? ”

"Notarized?"

"Oh! Naturally, I brought it with me, and I put it in my arms! ”

"That's good, without it, you little Langjun don't want to enter the city, maybe you will be caught by the doorman, and it will be a troublesome matter at that time!"

“？？”

"Is it really that troublesome?"

"Really!"

“……”

"Also, the city is not as good as the village, the drums in the back streets at dusk, the city is closed after dark, you must go back to the inn before that, don't wander around the city, after the curfew, you will either be a traitor or a thief, and if you are caught, you will be beaten first!"

"Huh?"

"Did you hear that?"

"Hearing this, Li Bai naturally knows about this......

For the state and county towns of this era, there will be curfews at night and there will be Wuhou patrolling and arresting thieves, Li Bai must know that kind of thing, but he doesn't pay much attention to this matter, although he will not deliberately violate that kind of law, but with his current skills, he naturally won't take that kind of Wuhou to heart.

Because he is Li Bai, he is not an ordinary person after his swordsmanship is completed, and if necessary, he naturally has a way to avoid the sight of those inspecting martial marquis.

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