Chapter 0017: When the Time Has Come, So Have the People
The north and south rivers and lakes of China are separated.
Originally, Chen Muyang just came to settle grievances, but it became a major event in the north and south rivers and lakes.
The northerners were praising Zhou Changbai vigorously, while on the other side, there were also warriors from the south who were dissatisfied and said, "How do you know that person will definitely lose?" Zhou Changbai is powerful, but now he is also a person who is almost half of his body in the ground. And the one who came to the south to challenge this time is rumored to be only thirty or forty years old, and if he stepped into the realm of a grandmaster at such a grade, no one could match it in the previous few hundred years. Such an amazing and brilliant person, a Changbai Mountain Sword Saint also wants to be compared? It's ridiculous. ”
Chen Muyang is not yet twenty-six years old, but he didn't expect that there were rumors outside that he was thirty or forty years old. Hearing this, Chen Muyang couldn't help but laugh at himself.
There was a lot of discussion here, and a group of people even argued, but in this place of the Martial Arts Alliance, the two sides would not make a move, just bragging, and scolding each other. On the other side, Chen Muyang took Zhu Hongwu to a shop in the courtyard, and after the staff took out a catalog, he found that there were really a lot of things in this place.
Cinnabar, chicken blood, wolf pen, and all kinds of bone meal.
These things may seem like something that is not uncommon, but it is not that simple. Although the materials in front of me have the same name as the things you see outside, they are very different in terms of both the year and the cultivation method. Let's just say that this chicken blood is taken from the old rooster that is more than 20 years old, and there are many kinds of bone meal, among which the price of 200-year-old turtle shell powder and 300-year-old turtle shell powder is also very different.
Chen Muyang wrote down a list of several items, and after the staff calculated the price, he swiped the card and turned around to arrange for someone to pick up the goods.
"Dao Chief, the price of things here is really expensive, you can buy a pair of celebrity calligraphy and paintings with any thing." Zhu Hongwu sat aside, sighed and said: "I also don't know Taishan, I actually wanted to spend 50,000 yuan to buy your book at the airport, but now I think about it, it's really a shame." ”
Fifty thousand?
This card was left by He Cuiyun to Chen Muyang, and there were 300 million cash stored in it.
In the past six years, Chen Muyang didn't use this money much, that is, this time he bought jade pendants plus these materials, and spent a total of more than 8 million. Although Zhu Hongwu also deals with millions of dollars in business on weekdays, if he wants to spend eight million at once, he will never be as easy as Chen Muyang. Coupled with Chen Muyang's subduing Mr. Liang and the bewitching woman in the antique shop with his hand today, Zhu Hongwu realized at this moment that he had met a master.
Spending 50,000 yuan to buy other people's old books in front of a rich man, Zhu Hongwu was embarrassed when he thought about it.
"It's just some family business." Chen Muyang followed the original, said casually, and walked out of the store.
The staff hadn't come yet, and Chen Muyang just walked around casually, but when he walked out of the store and saw a few peach trees in the distance, his eyes suddenly lit up. The peach trees were on the edge of the house, and they had already borne fruit, and they were far away to exude a hint of fragrance.
Chen Muyang walked over to himself, and Zhu Hongwu also followed, and when he saw the peach tree that was already red, he wanted to reach out and pick one.
"Don't move." Chen Muyang grabbed Zhu Hongwu's arm and said in surprise: "This is the Five Elements Wood, you can't afford to eat the peaches here, and you can't eat them." ”
The Five Elements Wood does not refer to a specific tree, as long as it is put together and has the five elements of heaven and earth, it can be called a Five Element Tree. How the Five Elements Wood was formed, Chen Muyang didn't know. Once in the mountains, he only heard the old Tao say that the five elements of wood are difficult to find, if you can find the wood carved into the five elements of the rune array, it is a good choice.
Chen Muyang had never seen the Five Elements Wood before, but now when he felt that the five peach trees in front of him each had five elements, he was sure that the five peach trees in front of him were Five Elements Wood.
Squeak.
At this moment, a middle-aged man with gray hair who looked like an old farmer walked out of the house not far from the peach tree.
The old farmer was wearing a cloth coat, just glanced at Chen Muyang and said with a smile: "This peach tree has been here for more than two hundred years, and there are many people who come here, but few people know each other." The little brother has excellent eyesight, and he recognized this five-element wood at a glance, so he should be a Taoist person, right? ”
Innate pinnacle?
The strength of the old man in front of him is not weak, and he is only one step away from the grandmaster.
"Yes. The younger Chen Muyang has seen the old-timers. Chen Muyang nodded with a smile, and then spoke: "Senior, I don't know if you sell this five-element wood?" I just want each branch to be a little bigger, preferably the size of an arm's arm. ”
The old man glanced at Chen Muyang and said hesitantly, "Do you want to buy peach wood?" Originally, the peach wood here was not for sale. However, since all the little brother wants is the branches, I have lived here all these years to take care of these peach trees and pruned some branches, and the little brother can take some of them if he wants to. ”
There is mahogany.
Chen Muyang smiled and nodded, and the old man walked in front and took Chen Muyang to the side of the room.
The room was quite large, and there were some lumbers neatly stacked on one side, about thirty or forty sticks. These timbers have been pruned from the peach trees by the old man over the years, some are thick and some are fine, the thick ones are indeed the size of a person's arm, and the thin ones are just branches.
After a while, Chen Muyang selected five of them and said, "Senior, how much do these cost?" ”
"The money is not needed, and it is dusty to stay here." The old man smiled and said, "Over the years, except for those old Taoist priests from the Taoist Sect who have come to take a few peachwood swords, no one else has asked for them. As long as the little brother makes the best use of it, I will give it to the little brother. ”
Give?
In Chen Muyang's eyes, this is a priceless treasure, but the old man gave it directly.
Chen Muyang arched his hand and thanked him: "Then thank you Mr. ”
"You don't need to thank me." The old man shook his head slightly, looked at Chen Muyang and was silent for a moment before he spoke: "If the little brother really wants to thank me, then listen to the old man's advice." The affairs on the rivers and lakes should be resolved rather than settled. Little brother, whenever you encounter something in the future, please keep a hand for the sake of the peach wood I gave you. ”
Leave a hand?
Chen Muyang looked at the old man, and the old man seemed to see his identity, and most of the things he said were also the Zhou family's affairs.
When Chen Muyang heard this, he smiled for a moment before he smiled: "Senior, I am also an easy-going person. As long as people don't offend me and my family, I won't be enemies. However, I also remembered the words of my predecessors. My master also once said that I should leave a line in life and work, and I will definitely listen to the teachings of my predecessors, and I will not forget my master's teachings. ”
"In this case, then I will be relieved." The old man nodded and smiled.
This trip out, but I bought everything I wanted, especially this five-element wood is an unexpected surprise. Chen Muyang didn't stay with the old man, and after buying things, he followed Zhu Hongwu out of the mansion.
On the road.
Zhu Hongwu drove the car and sighed greatly: "Dao Chief." Following you out this time, my old Zhu is really an eye-opener. By the way, I heard from the people there that there will be a big battle on the banks of the Songhua River in three days, and the Taoist chief will take me with him if he wants to watch it. ”
Watch?
Zhu Hongwu didn't know that Chen Muyang was the main boss of the big battle a few days later.
"Boss Zhu, it's better that you still see things on the rivers and lakes." Chen Muyang persuaded: "Let's just say that today's peach, if you really eat it today, I'm afraid that half of your life will be gone." ”
The fruit of the Five Elements Wood, not to mention ordinary people, even the body of an ordinary martial artist in the Acquired Realm can't bear the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi inside, if Zhu Hongwu really eats it, he can even lose his life if he is not good.
Zhu Hongwu smiled awkwardly, and asked cautiously, "I just want to see a lot of fun." Dao Chief, you are a master, you see that I have such a Taoist relationship with you, how about you let me follow you to cultivate the Tao in the future? I don't want the Taoist to accept me as an apprentice, and I don't have the qualifications to be called the Taoist master's apprentice, the Taoist can just treat me as an errand runner, and I will do all the dirty work in the future. ”
Dao Yuan.
In the past, Chen Muyang had only heard of the Buddha's fate, and he really hadn't heard of the Tao's fate.
Chen Muyang looked at Zhu Hongwu in the rearview mirror, full of expectations, the fat man in front of him said that he really didn't have a dao bone, and it was very difficult to really achieve anything in cultivation, plus Chen Muyang had a big deal to solve in front of him, so he said: "Boss Zhu, you better do your antique business." When we get to Shangri-La, you just let me get off the bus. ”
It's a refusal.
Zhu Hongwu's face was embarrassed, but he didn't speak again, and his words were silent for a while.
Shangri-La Hotel.
Chen Muyang returned to the room, but he was not worried that Mr. Liang, who had cleaned up today, would come to him, but as long as the Zhou family had a little brain, there should be no juniors who came to the door to find death.
"Two days to go." Chen Muyang looked at the peach wood in front of him, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but add a smile to himself: "Time is enough." With these five elements of wood, it is okay not to prepare the charm. ”
Chen Muyang carved peach wood in the room, which had the vitality of heaven and earth of gold, wood, water, fire and earth, and was very rich. Chen Muyang relied on the seal carving knife to leave a series of five-element talismans on it, and it was only at noon on the third day that the seal carving was completely successful.
In the past two days, Chen Muyang made the pillars of the Five Elements Runic Array in the house and seemed to be quiet, and the entire rivers and lakes in the north and south of China had already boiled, and masters from all walks of life had gathered on the banks of the Songhua River in the ice city.
Night.
The tide of the Songhua River rises and falls.
Hundreds of people had gathered on the edge of the river, some in cars, some on boats, and some on tall buildings near the riverside, all waiting. And the Zhou family's island is already brightly lit, Zhou Chang's white beard has been cut short, and he is sitting at the door of the Zhou family's mansion with a long knife in his hand, and everyone in the Zhou family has already dispersed to other islands in the mansion.
Long.
Zhou Changbai opened his eyes slightly, the time was up, and the figure walking on the river had also arrived.