The shadows of the trees were mottled, obscuring an inch of the sky in the scorching sun, the leaves swaying with the breeze, and the shadows of the clumps falling on the wooden table danced on them at the same time.

In a few moments, all the cooks in the originally lively courtyard were cleaned up and went to work.

The bright sunshine, blazing brightly, pierced through the crack of the door like a steel knife.

Yun Xiaotian and they returned to their stove room.

With a creak, they pushed the old wooden door open.

But what surprised them at this time was that behind the wooden door, Bai Xiaochun was waiting for them with a smile on his face, his white and tender face trembled, but it was still a little tight and shiny.

His small eyes, squeezed by the white and tender cheeks on his face, became smaller and smaller, and by this time they had already narrowed into a thin slit.

Bai Xiaochun was not polite, looked at Lao Jia and the others, and said shamelessly: "I've been waiting for you for a long time, how is it, where are you hiding?" ”

Lao Jia laughed and walked over, wanting to rub the short black hair on Bai Xiaochun's head, but he was flexible and skillful to dodge it.

"...... here", Lao Jia lifted the lid of the pot, brought out three dishes of meat dishes and a bowl of broth, and put them on the stove.

Seeing this, Bai Xiaochun looked annoyed, beat his chest, and muttered, "Why didn't I think of it!" Ay! Sure enough, the most dangerous place is the safest place. ”

"Xiaotian, Qingxin, come and eat together! I don't think you had enough to eat. ”

Lao Jia and Bai Xiaochun were already standing in front of the stove and eating at this time, and they looked like they were familiar with the road, which was obviously like this every day.

Qingxin covered her still rumbling belly, she didn't seem to have a reason to refuse.

Yun Xiaotian is not polite, he hasn't had a good meal for a long time.

It's a sin for a cook! Anyone in this world can be hungry, but where is the reason why a cook is hungry?

This is the real small stove, small stove, small stove, small stove.

In front of the stove.

Bai Xiaochun wrapped a large mouthful of meat in his mouth, and said, "Those idiots, just eat well, you have to play any tricks." ”

"Damn, a bunch of retards!"

finally swallowed a mouthful full of meat into his stomach, and Bai Xiaochun let out a long sigh of "Ah......, cool!" ”

"I said Lao Jia, your craftsmanship is really good."

"Compared to you, what those guys do is poison!"

Bai Xiaochun thought about it for a while, and he didn't know what he remembered, but he was scared into a cold sweat all over his body, and he was startled with goosebumps the size of a grain of rice.

A sea lotus purple fish has already turned away many ordinary people.

The teenagers who participated in the Xingfu Academy test, that is not the pride of the sky, most of them have never done this kind of work at home.

To be able to cook things and not poison people is already thankful.

If there's anything more you want to ask for, don't even think about it.

This is also the reason why Long Fei'er and they came over to "rub rice", since there are delicious things, who doesn't want to eat better?

Bai Xiaochun had also come here once before, but he didn't eat anything, and he was hungry for a day.

The next day, with his amazing intuition and sense of smell, he found Lao Jia, who had left a small stove for himself here.

Relying on his sharp teeth, he mainly relied on his dead skin and face, and relied on Lao Jia.

Touching his bulging round belly, Bai Xiaochun was satisfied, and it was another sycophant, which made Lao Jia comfortable and comfortable.

It's just that even Yun Xiaotian didn't know when Lao Jia had prepared the little stove.

Coming to Mingjian Villa, Yun Xiaotian's tense nerves when he was in the mine seemed to be able to finally relax at this time.

And the stove room is the place he is most familiar with, and it makes him feel at ease.

The life here is smooth and calm like water in the ancient well.

Yun Xiaotian also understands that this kind of life is only temporary, and there is a turbulent undercurrent under the calm water.

In the dead of night, sleepless for a while.

Yun Xiaotian got up from the bunk he was in, lightly, and did not alarm anyone in the room.

In the night, he just wanted to take a walk.

A few more days passed, and from here he finally got a rough idea of what they were testing this time.

Through the efforts of everyone in the Famous Sword Villa, looking for clues from everywhere, they finally found that the most likely target of the test at this time may be the purgatory gate behind the sacred tree on the holy mountain that people here say.

According to the ancient legend here, where the underground demon lives, it is the gate of trials for the gods' rite of passage, and if you pass it, you can return to the gods, and the loser will die here.

Without saying anything, they were thrown into this desert by the Xingfu Courtyard, a small but seemingly relatively closed area.

Since it is a test, how to look at this so-called gate of purgatory is the test they are going to conduct.

What made everyone speechless was that one level after another, inexplicably, they hadn't even reached the door where the real test was located.

The door of this Star Mansion Courtyard is really difficult to enter!

Is the Purgatory Gate they are talking about really a test set by the Star Mansion Courtyard?

Yun Xiaotian wasn't sure.

The valley where the Mingjian Villa is located is not far from Huangdu City, and most of the expenses on the villa are also transported from the city.

Yun Xiaotian was really impressed, and he didn't know how they could get such a place so quickly, and gather so many people to make things clear here.

Even the test content of the Xingfu Annexes has been found, and the next direction has been set, and efforts are being made towards it.

In contrast, Yun Xiaotian felt that he was too mediocre, he didn't figure out anything, and he was even caught by someone to mine, if he hadn't been found by them, he probably might have been out.

In the villa, the sound of striking iron has never stopped, one after another, even though it is late at night.

I heard that it seems that it is to enter the gate of purgatory, and a big killing weapon has been specially prepared, and there are too many parts, and it needs to be made overnight.

Now he can only follow in the footsteps of others, and follow suit, so many people will not make mistakes.

Besides, those who can come here are the true geniuses and elites of the entire Sea Lotus Star, and no one is a fool, some are just extremely smart people who will not make too stupid decisions.

All he could do was do his best.

After coming here, seeing the abilities of other people, he didn't have much hope that he would be able to enter the Xingfu Courtyard.

Walking and walking, Yun Xiaotian passed by the house where the sound of striking iron came, and secretly glanced at the blazing firelight, with bursts of heat, gushing out with the sound.

I saw a slender man in gray, rolling up his sleeves and carefully polishing a metal component in the firelight.

The man is on the thin side, and it doesn't seem to be a match for this kind of iron-striking work.

Engrossed, the gray-clothed man who struck the iron did not notice Yun Xiaotian outside the door.

With just a glance, Yun Xiaotian quickly walked away again and returned to the trail.

The lodge is built on a hill with a slight slope, and there are occasional steps on the trail.

Yun Xiaotian came to the mountain well, fetched a bucket of water, picked up the kitchen knife in his hand, and sharpened the kitchen knife on the hard stone next to him.

Lao Jia's knife technique is very interesting, in the past in Haitiecheng, Old Man Zhang taught him to use a knife, compared with it, it is not a little bit worse.

Anyway, someone teaches, and if you don't learn it, you won't learn it in vain.

Although he didn't know why Lao Jia was so good to him, he didn't believe that he really looked like his dead son.

How can it be so coincidental, not to mention that this old Jia is not good-looking, even if he is young, he may not be good-looking.

Even if it's a real image, but it's not after all, it's not like just seeing one face, so you treat him so well right away, you don't have to let him work, and you kindly teach him knife skills.

He always felt that Lao Jia seemed to have ulterior motives, but he really couldn't figure it out, he didn't know anyone here, he had nothing to worry about, what could Lao Jia do to him?

The clear well water, with a hint of coolness, is poured on the blade of the kitchen knife, and the white blade is bright, reflecting the starlight, and the more sharp it looks.

By the well, another sparse forest is swaying, and leaves fall from time to time.

Yun Xiaotian held the freshly sharpened kitchen knife in his right hand, closed his eyes, and quietly listened to the mountain breeze blowing up the fallen leaves.

Suddenly, Yun Xiaotian jumped slightly, and the kitchen knife in his hand was like a silver white line, cutting through the silent mountains and forests.

A withered yellow leaf, perfectly bisected from the petiole to its base, drifted farther into the air with the mountain wind.

Yun Xiaotian opened his eyes, looked at the two halves of the leaves in the distance, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Smack...... ...... snap", Lao Jia clapped his hands from behind him and walked towards him.

Lao Jia said, "It's okay." Your talent is extremely high, but it's a pity that there has been no guidance from a famous teacher. A lot of years were wasted. ”

Then, he sighed again: "It's good to be young, learning things is fast, I think I was also a suave and young genius back then, which attracted countless girls to worship under the heroic posture of the old man." ”

Yun Xiaotian stared at Lao Jia, this old man was shrouded in fog, in his opinion, it was definitely not simple.

It is impossible for an ordinary gatekeeper to have such a knife technique.

Although Lao Jia has always said that if you cook too many dishes, the knife will naturally be used.

But Yun Xiaotian himself is a cook, and of course he knows that even if he is a chef, everyone is different in the use of knives, and the gap between them is also very large.

At least he has been a leader soldier all his life, and the old man Zhang of Haitiecheng is definitely not as good as this old man in terms of using a knife, and it is not a little worse.

"Why do you want to teach me?" Yun Xiaotian asked what he had been confused about.

Lao Jia smiled slightly, couldn't see any thoughts, and replied: "It's just pleasing to the eye, where are there so many whys." ”

"Hey! Young people, all they think about is more. ”

"Didn't you say that? You look like me! As handsome as I was when I was younger! ”

After Lao Jia finished speaking, he laughed heartily and walked to Yun Xiaotian's side, wanting to touch his head.

Even Yun Xiaotian, who was usually calm, was taken aback by him and hurriedly dodged to the side.

Touching your head is really not a good habit.

He didn't like it.

Under the stars, next to the well.

Under the guidance of Lao Jia, Yun Xiaotian took the kitchen knife and continued to practice knife skills.

Pick up the silver snake and paint among the dim trees.