It has been more than ten days since we left Yunju Mountain, and Master and I have traveled all the way to the northeast, but during this time, in order to help Master reunite with Neidan, we have only chosen to go on foot instead of hiring a car or buying train tickets. Master said that it is not advisable to rush to Changbai Mountain so quickly within 7749 days, because after taking the "Spirit Touch Pill", it is necessary to wait for the Inner Dan to reunite after 7749 days before continuing to practice the path. However, Changbai Mountain is full of dangers and has an extremely difficult task waiting for us, and Master has few other options but to wait for Neidan to reunite.

Without the Demon Sword, the master can only compete with the Xianzong Gu Tan even if he restores his original Taoism, and even compete with the master Xuan Demon Lao Dao of the martingale order. And these, all that is needed, are sufficient preparations, Master has already taken two Spirit Touch Pills, and meditates until dawn every night, and each time he takes the pills, the interval is seven days, the first one was taken when he walked out of Yunju Mountain, and the second one was taken three days ago, and now, we have left Yunju Mountain for ten days.

This place, far away from Jiangxi Province, Master and I walked in the realm of Hubei Province, and further north, the realm of Henan Province. It's just that since the master took the pill, his physical strength is obviously not as good as before, and the master seems to have aged a lot all of a sudden. I don't understand very much, shouldn't I have strengthened my physique after taking the pill? Master just told me that he was returning to the innate effect of the acquired medicinal power, so these 7749 days were a turning point.

Therefore, Master is almost no different from an ordinary person now, and the Dao Technique can no longer be used, and the heavy responsibility of taking care of Master has fallen on my shoulders. Not only that, but along the way, I have to guard against the mountain spirits and ghosts around me to harass, since the master has become like an ordinary person in the past few days, those mountain spirits and ghosts seem to no longer be afraid of the master, and the protective divine light on the master's body seems to be gone.

I secretly made up my mind that I must protect the Dharma for Master until 7749, and I would never try to prevent Master from reuniting with Neidan. These days, Master hardly eats much, but mostly drinks water, and once he stops to rest, Master will enter a state of meditation and concentration, and it is impossible to even say a word to Master for two or three days. But it's nothing, I can always be by Master's side.

Another evening came, at this moment, Master and I came to a low mountain, Master took a breath, looked up at the front, but nodded and said, "If the guess is good, this place should be Gurungzhong!" ”

"Gurungzhong? Master, what is Gurungzhong? Is there anything special about this place? I looked at Master in amazement, but I saw that Master looked at the mountains in front of me without looking back, as if he was thinking about something. I scratched the back of my head, and then said, "Master, it's getting dark now, anyway, why don't we go to the market town ahead and find an inn to settle in?" By the way, get some food, of course, more importantly, Master, your old man's current physical strength is completely incomparable to before, if you keep rushing so non-stop, I am afraid that your old man's body will not be able to bear it. ”

"Well, let's go to the front and have a look, if there is a cheaper inn, stay for one night, and learn about the local customs by the way." The master was interested, and casually asked me, "Ergou, haven't you heard the story of Longzhong Sance?" "Being stared at by Master like this, I also looked at Master helplessly, signaling Master, do I have to know? Soon, Master seemed to feel that he and I had no common language, and shook his head and walked away.

I blinked, thinking about what Master had said...... Longzhong Three Strategies...... Could it be that the master is referring to the three thatched houses of the ancient Three Kingdoms period? This, this was once Zhuge Liang's hometown?! I slapped the back of the head and hurriedly caught up with Master, and said with a smile that said, "Master, I know!" This is Zhuge Liang's hometown, right? The three strategies in Longzhong, are they the three major strategies that Zhuge Liang planned for Liu Bei when Liu Bei visited Xian? Therefore, it is called the three strategies of Longzhong, and finally the three kingdoms! ”

Master looked at me like an idiot and said casually, "What you said, a three-year-old child knows it, and you can still think of it." "I talked to Master and gradually came to a small market town, there are no boundary monuments in this area, and there is no market town sign, so I don't know what this market town is called, but since I have come here, I should go inside and ask first. With this in mind, Master and I went to find a small inn nearby.

It is said to be a small inn, but in fact, in this small market town, there is no inn with a front at all, and this shop has a noodle restaurant sign on it, and it is one of the few shops here that is open. When he entered the store, the guy was a young man in his thirties, dressed plainly, with a public face, and greeted him with a smile and asked, "Are you two from out of town?" Hurry up and sit down and rest, I'll cook for you, hehe! ”

Before the young man could turn around and go into the kitchen, I hurriedly stopped him and asked, "Brother, let me ask you, do you have a place to live here?" We did come from out of town, and now it's getting dark, and if we can't find a place to stay, we'll have to sleep outside! After that, I took a look at the second floor of the store, but there were no guest rooms at all.

Hearing my words, the young man grinned: "There are really no inns in our area, most of them are small villages, and it would be nice to have a market. Besides, no one comes up here to stay, but you really can't find a place to live, if you don't dislike it, there is a vacant room upstairs, which was originally lived by my cooking master, but he has something to do in his hometown these days, and it has been empty. You two will be able to live for a while, but you will have to eat at my house in the future, and I don't want you to pay for the accommodation, hehe! ”

As soon as I heard it, this young man was really good, but he just wanted to get a business, and he wanted me and Master to eat in his shop, and it was a good thing that there was no money for accommodation. In this way, Master and I can save some money again. I immediately smiled and nodded: "That's good! Thank you big brother for your help, hurry up and get two bowls of rice, we're all hungry, hehe! With that, I smiled and rubbed my hands.

"Wait a minute, the food will be coming soon!"

The young man also laughed and entered the kitchen, as if he was going to take charge of the cooking himself, and listening to his words, he might be the owner of this noodle shop. After a while, the young man walked out with two large bowls of hot noodle soup and noodles, and said with a smile: "I have added two more noodles to you, and the price remains the same, hehe, our people here are particular about a reality, and will never cheat you outsiders!" ”

After laughing and teasing with the young man for a while, I learned that the young man's name was Shi Dachun, in his thirties, and there were old and young people in the family, but he had worked hard for a few years, but he also bought a noodle restaurant in this market. Not to mention, because of his simplicity and kindness, the business of the noodle restaurant has always been very good, and sometimes he is even too busy, so he also hired a master who specializes in cooking, and his small life is becoming more and more prosperous.

When I was about to finish eating, I suddenly heard Shi Dachun talking to someone in a very bad tone, roughly preventing that person from entering the shop. Hearing this, I raised my head coldly, and sure enough, there was a middle-aged man in his early forties standing at the door, thin and short, with skin the dark wheat color of a typical crop man, and his body was fairly clean, and although his clothes were very shabby, there was no dirt.

"I said two spoons, you have been running to me for the past three or five days, drinking and drinking half to death every night, and there is no money to pay the bills, although we have known each other for so many years, but my family is also counting on my small shop to make money to support the family, you can't be so poor by you!" Hearing Shi Dachun's words, I knew that this middle-aged man named Erspoon seems to have come to drink on credit recently, and it is no wonder that Shi Dachun is very bored, even if he is anyone, he is entangled by such a person, and it is not a matter to eat overlord meals and drink overlord wine all day long. After a pause, Shi Dachun said earnestly: "Second spoon, I should also call you brother at your age, I don't plan to ask you for money for the wine I drank a few days ago, so don't come to drink, okay?" ”

"Da Chun!"

The middle-aged man sighed deeply, seemed to be very unconvinced, and then stretched out his hand from his pocket, slapped it heavily on the counter, and said, "Why don't we know that it is not easy for you to do business?" No, the money, the money for the drinks from the other days is here, and of course tonight, I'm going to drink in the next few days. If you have a lot of money, I'll drink as you like, and I'll get me wine and stir-fry food right away! ”

After speaking, the middle-aged man walked excitedly to the innermost part of the store, a corner of the wall, and sat there alone, his hair down. I was stunned, this person was a little strange, why did he come to Shi Dachun's shop to drink all day long? Doesn't the family blame him? Just as I was thinking nonsense, Master suddenly knocked me on the head with chopsticks and said in a slightly angry voice, "Eat! ”

"Oh!"

I hurriedly lowered my head to eat, but quickly pulled the leftover chops into my stomach. couldn't help but look at the middle-aged man, at this moment Shi Dachun had already brought him the wine and food, and asked casually: "Second spoon, ...... Don't you have no money? How many families do you have in your family, and who doesn't know the people who sell alcohol in this area? I can tell you, even if you don't have any money, you can't go the wrong way! ”

"Well, go and go, stay and go!" The middle-aged man waved his hand tirelessly, and then said unhappily: "Da Chun, look at you, who do you think I am?" Can I do the stealing business? No matter how much money we have, we farmers have backbones! This...... This money is my seller's money, not stolen, you can rest assured! ”