The old army still came, although he was still that dirty appearance, but his eyes showed a sharp light, he was different from Ao Tianchong, although both of them gave Tang Yao an unfathomable feeling, but the old army did not have a strong sense of oppression like Ao Tianchong, but it was more unpredictable than Ao Tianchong.

Still a bottle of the cheapest liquor and a stack of cucumbers, Tang Yao spoke first: "I failed the interview." ”

"Expected." The old soldier replied after taking a sip of wine.

"But Mr. Ao gave me a job as a temporary worker, so I could still go to work in the Hall of Bones, but only as a cleaner." Tang Yao continued.

Lao Jun nodded and said: "This is very similar to his style, he used to like to put some potential newcomers to the most basic positions to exercise, in other words, in fact, he is quite satisfied with your performance in this interview." ”

The old army seems to know Ao Tianchong, and he has known him for a long time.

"I calculated that I have a salary of more than 1,800 yuan a month, I can share half of you, and you teach me how to become an illusionist." Tang Yao said straight to the point.

Lao Jun poured himself a glass of wine, looked up at Tang Yao and said, "I'll teach you the first lesson for free, and when you meet someone who can change your fate in the future, you must speak politely, at least use the word 'please', do you understand?" ”

Tang Yao was stunned, scratched his head, and said, "Then please teach me how to become an illusionist." ”

The old army poured liquor into the cup in front of Tang Yao, then raised his own cup and said, "Then I wish us a happy cooperation." ”

"But I don't know how to drink." Tang Yao said.

"Then the second lesson I teach you is to learn to drink, wine is an indispensable part of Chinese culture, you can't drink, you can't mix in society, come, do it." The old army touched Tang Yao's cup, and then drank it all.

Tang Yao lowered his head and sniffed the liquor in the cup, and finally he couldn't swallow it in one gulp with a bitter face, and then he coughed repeatedly.

The old soldier smiled slightly, and stood up with the wine bottle dangling, as if he was about to leave.

"Hey, where am I going to find you, and when are you going to start teaching me?" Tang Yao hurriedly asked.

"Isn't there a flat land at the top of the house you rented, tomorrow morning at five o'clock, I will wait for you there, don't be late." After the old soldier finished speaking, he left with the wine bottle.

Tang Yao's rented house is very cheap, and the place is not small, even if it is placed in the shantytown, it belongs to the category of particularly low, the reason is because this house had an accident ten years ago, a family of three suffered misfortune because of gas poisoning, since then there have been rumors in the vicinity that the soul of this family of three still lives in the house, the original landlord really can't rent out, the price has dropped again and again, and finally let Tang Yao pick up a bargain.

He wasn't particularly bold, but he really didn't have any money, but fortunately, nothing unusual happened to him after living for a while, and he even comforted himself, probably because he was too poor, and the souls of the dead didn't want to harm him.

In summer, the sky is slightly bright, Tang Yao yawns and goes to the rooftop, the street is still quiet, and it will become a busy traffic in a few hours.

When he arrived at the rooftop, he heard the sound of snoring from a distance, but Tang Yao did not find the source of the sound, and after looking for a while, he found that the snoring sound came from under a plastic sheet on the rooftop, Tang Yao stepped forward, first saw the wine bottles scattered on the ground, and then saw a handful of messy hair under the plastic sheet, he almost guessed who this person was.

"What's that...... Brother Jun, I'm here. He stepped forward and spoke, and a gust of wind blew the plastic sheeting, revealing the sleeping veteran.

Seeing that the other party did not react, Tang Yao stretched out his hand and prepared to shake the old army awake, but as soon as his hand touched the old army's hair, the sleeping old army in front of him suddenly turned into a dummy, his body shape was very similar to the old army, even the clothes and hairstyles on his body were exactly the same, but when he looked closely, he could find that it was not a real person.

At the same time, a hand quickly stretched out from behind Tang Yao's back, and then hit Tang Yao's head hard, Tang Yao, who was in pain, screamed and hurriedly turned back, only then did he see the person standing behind him, who was the old army himself.

However, at this time, the old army was not the sloppy appearance of last night, not only changed into clean clothes, but also combed his messy hair neatly, looking not only energetic but also seemed to have a little more of a worldly appearance.

"What do you mean by this dummy, teasing me?" Tang Yao asked.

"Put this dummy to see if you have vigilance, you really live up to my expectations, if I was your enemy just now, now your life is gone, and secondly, it is my habit, the most vulnerable time for people is in their sleep, and you will be like me in the future, if you are not fully prepared or in an absolutely safe place, you can't easily fall asleep." Lao Jun's expression was serious, and his words were very harsh, even giving Tang Yao the feeling of seeing his high school homeroom teacher.

"Okay, I remember, so what are we going to learn on the first day?" Tang Yao asked.

Lao Jun first took out a stack of paper and handed it to Tang Yao, and said, "This is the contract I have prepared, you take a closer look, and sign it if there is no problem." ”

This move brought Tang Yao back to reality, after all, the other party and himself are in a cooperative relationship, and the contract content is really a lot, and there are even several provisions that Tang Yao cannot say about his relationship with the old army, and once the old army thinks that Tang Yao has no future, he can unilaterally terminate the contract.

It's just that in the end, Tang Yao still signed his name, and after the old army confirmed it, he carefully put away the contract and said: "First of all, you have to understand one thing, I am not the selfless teacher you met in school, I and you are mutually beneficial, I will also examine you while teaching you, once you don't meet my requirements, or I think your potential does not meet my expectations, I will stop cooperating, understand?" ”

Tang Yao nodded, and saw that the old soldier took out a tattered suitcase, opened it and rummaged through it with his back to Tang Yao, Tang Yao looked around, and vaguely saw that there were many strange things in the suitcase.

The old army looked for a long time, and took out a teapot from the suitcase, although it is a teapot, it is not the same as the teapot shape seen on the market today, the shape of the spout looks like a real dragon, the teapot is white and clean, but there is no lid, and the bottom does not seem to have a bottom, so it is completely impossible for such a thing to be used for drinking tea.

"What is this?" Tang Yao asked, looking like a curious baby.

The old soldier beckoned at him and said, "Come here." ”

Sitting in front of this peculiar teapot, Tang Yao lowered his head and observed carefully, and found that there seemed to be some strange pattern engraved on the inner wall of the teapot, and then the old army took out a pot of tea, but only took out a few tea stems from it.

"You've got it." As the old soldier spoke, he threw a few tea stalks in his hand into this strange teapot, and Tang Yao was surprised by a scene, there was no water in the teapot, but these tea stalks did not fall to the bottom of the teapot, but floated in the teapot, looking like they were floating on the invisible water.

Tang Yao asked in surprise, "What's going on?" Is there water in it, why didn't I see it? ”

The old soldier lit a cigarette and said: "The nine and ten families each have their own unique secret skills, these secret skills will hardly be passed on, but the circle of illusionists is very large, and naturally there are many talented but poor-born illusionists who want to survive in the circle and become famous, so a long time ago, these illusionists who are not descendants began to develop illusions on their own, and they were widely spread in the circle, and the descendants continued to inherit and improve, forming a folk illusion, there are many illusions in this door, but most of them are not as sophisticated as the secret skills of the nine streams and ten families, But because it is widely spread, it is not secret, for you, it is impossible to learn the illusion of the nine streams and ten schools now, although I will have a lot of advanced secret skills, but it is not suitable for you, just like you go to school, you still have to start with the most basic illusion, if you are talented enough, it will shorten the time for you to lay the foundation, and then you can contact more advanced illusions. ”

Lao Jun's words are not difficult to understand, everything is difficult at the beginning, even a small Mo family disciple like Fang Chao has been studying illusion hard since he was very young, and he has achieved a little bit today, and he has missed the golden age of learning illusion, and it is really impossible to catch up with others overnight at the age of nineteen.

Moreover, Tang Yao is also self-aware and knows that he is not a so-called genius, so it is more appropriate to start learning from the foundation of folk illusion.

"So what am I going to do?" Tang Yao asked.

"Learn illusion first to break illusion, the so-called illusion, you must first cultivate keen observation, you first figure out why these tea stalks will be hanging in the air, then we will carry out the next step of learning, but there is a condition, you can't touch this pot, whether it's the body or the use of tools." After the old soldier finished speaking, he stopped talking, smoked a cigarette and walked to the side to rest.