Chapter 40: The Jungle Outside the City
It's really an old man, obviously he wants an apprentice so much, but on the surface, he has to stand up, Zheng Qian thought to himself, if I really leave, wouldn't he die to save face and suffer the crime.
But this person is still quite interesting, and there should be nothing unacceptable.
There are a lot of weapons on the shelves, swords, guns, swords, halberds, axes, hooks and forks, which are different from the peach wood swords used by Taoist priests in the world, these weapons are all composed of yin qi, just like the coiling dragon shield used by the red-eyed ghost that day.
He had little interest in these ordinary weapons until he saw nunchucks on the shelves.
He picked up the nunchucks, ran directly to the house, and said to Ning Pingqiu, "Master, I want to practice this!" ”
Ning Pingqiu squinted, glanced at the nunchucks in his hand, and said, "Are you sure you want to practice this Qimen weapon?" ”
"Sure, sure, very sure."
"Why, give me a reason."
"Because, handsome... Ah no, not only because it is handsome, but mainly because this thing is easy to carry, and after practice, it is amazingly powerful. ”
Ning Pingqiu nodded and said, "It seems that you know this quite well, that's right, nunchucks are indeed powerful when they are practiced, but they will hurt in the early stage." ”
"It hurts?"
"When you practice in the early stage, you can't beat others at all, but hit yourself first, and the process will be very painful, have you thought about it?"
Zheng Qian hesitated for a moment, but immediately said, "I, I've thought about it, so I'll practice this." ”
"Okay, just be mentally prepared, come here, I'll take a look at your wounds."
Zheng Qian walked over, Ning Pingqiu took a closer look at the wound on his stomach, tilted his head to look back and forth, and then said to Zheng Gan: "You can't practice this wound yet, so let's go, you go outside the gate of the capital city, find some petals from the other side of the flower, mash them and rub them on the wound, which can nourish the wound, and then cooperate with the herbs prescribed to you by Dr. Hua, your wound will be healed soon, and after the good order, you can come to me again." ”
"The other side of the flower? Aren't the flowers on the other side blooming on Huangquan Road? There are also outside the gate of the city? ”
"Yes, but very little, you have to go to a desolate place to find it. I'll give you this nunchuck, take it. ”
"So what is this thing for?"
"If you run into a jackal, tiger or leopard or something, you still have something to defend yourself!"
"Jackals, tigers, leopards! I said, Master, didn't you tell me to die? ”
Ning Pingqiu snorted coldly and said, "If you are even afraid of these things, then you don't need to cultivate with me." ”
Damn, this old man has no temper, he didn't pay anything, and he even asked me to go to a place where there were wild beasts to pick herbs.
Although Zheng Qian thought so in his heart, he couldn't say anything, after all, he was going to apprentice, and this matter was related to the cause of his death, so he should not be taken lightly.
Forget it, let's go, besides, you won't necessarily run into those beasts, just take your steps lightly when looking for herbs, after all, this is near the capital of Xudu, and there are no beasts.
So he nodded and said, "Okay, Master, I'll go now, and when the wound heals, I'll come back to you to practice." ”
After finishing speaking, Zheng Qian left.
Seeing that Zheng Qian was gone, Ning Pingqiu immediately packed up his things.
Hua Shi'an asked, "What are you doing here?" ”
"You're stupid, I finally have an apprentice who can make him have an accident? I'll have to follow him in the dark to keep him safe!" ”
Hua Shi'an smiled helplessly and said, "No, what do you say you are trying to do?" Since you're worried that he's in danger, why do you have to let him go, you go get some yourself, and then give it to him, and he can still read your personal favor. ”
"No, you don't understand, this matter, you have to let him go, I have to try this kid's guts, if he doesn't dare to go."
"If you don't dare to go, you won't accept him?"
"No, I will still accept it."
Hua Shi'an got up from the chair angrily, pointed at him and said, "You old immortal just screw it, ah, screw you to death, I'm angry, I'm gone, I really don't play with you." ”
Hua Shi'an slammed the door and left.
After Ning Laodao packed up his things, he said, "Girl, dad will go out for a while, you are at home to watch the door, don't go out and run around!" ”
"Well, got it! Are you coming back for dinner at noon? ”
"Eat, make me some braised pork!"
"Alright, I'll do it."
After the old man packed up his things, he hurriedly followed Zheng Qian in secret, he cared about this apprentice very much, but because of his temper, sometimes he wanted to embarrass him when he was talking.
But it's good to try this kid's guts, and he won't dare to do anything when the time comes.
Zheng Qian held nunchucks in his hand and went out of the city gate directly, and saw a familiar tall figure outside the city gate, it was General Cheng Fei.
Zheng Qian walked over and said, "General Cheng Fei, it's early." ”
Cheng Fei glanced at him, snorted and didn't speak at all.
"No, General Chengfei, you are still angry with me, how long has it been, I was young and ignorant at the time, and I didn't respect you, I happened to meet you today, I will compensate you, I didn't speak right at that time, you take care of it!"
Cheng Fei stepped into the chair and said, "What are you doing out of the city?" Going to reincarnation? ”
Seeing that he was willing to talk to himself, Zheng Qian knew that he was about to forgive himself, and told him directly: "It's okay, I worshipped a master, and the master asked me to go outside to find some flowers on the other side to heal my wounds." ”
"Wounds? What wound? ”
Zheng Qian unbuttoned his windbreaker and showed him the wound on his stomach.
General Cheng Fei was stunned and said, "You, how is this possible?" With such a serious injury, you haven't lost your soul yet? ”
"Yes, I also wondered, I wanted to see what was going on with me, so I apprenticed."
He didn't tell the truth, because he only had a one-sided relationship with Cheng Fei, and he didn't know what this person was like, so he definitely couldn't tell him the truth.
General Cheng Fei nodded and said, "Okay, then you should be more careful, in the forest over there, there are flowers on the other side, but there are also wild beasts." ”
"There really are beasts."
"Well, there really is." When General Cheng Fei spoke, he kept staring at the Lechuan River.
Zheng Qian also walked over to take a look and said, "General Cheng Fei, why do you keep looking at the Lechuan River!" ”
Cheng Fei sighed and said, "Recently, something big may happen." ”
"Big deal? What's the big deal? ”
"Don't ask, just hide in the city honestly when the time comes, knowing that this kind of thing won't do you any good."
"Well, okay, then I'm leaving!"
General Cheng Fei's ability, Li Xue had already told him that such a high city wall was built by Cheng Fei alone, and if there was not enough Yin Qi, it would be absolutely impossible to complete such a big project alone.
Something big is about to happen, what does he mean by this, what big thing can happen in the Lechuan River.
Forget it, no matter how much it is, let's take care of your own affairs first.
He went east, except after the gates, and there was a forest on the east side, but there were no leaves on the trees of this wood, but all dry black branches.
There was always a thick layer of white mist in the woods, and there were a few howls of wild beasts that made the whole place eerie.
A snake scurried over the ground, making a rustling sound, and occasionally a few crows flew overhead. Zheng Qian muttered in his mouth: "Damn, this Ning Lao Dao actually let me come to this kind of place by myself, it's really scary, no, I have to hurry up and find the other side of the flower, and I won't come here again after I find it." ”
What he didn't know, Ning Pingqiu was following behind at this time.
"Help, help, oops, help!"
Vaguely, Zheng Qian seemed to hear someone shouting for help, he thought to himself that there would be no monsters here, how could someone be there in the wilderness, or did he say that he was too scared and had auditory hallucinations?
"Help, help, help me old woman!"
No, this is not an auditory hallucination, he really heard the voice, and Ning Pingqiu also said, there are flowers on the other side, and flowers on the other side can be used as medicinal materials, that is to say, the old woman who called for help is likely to come to collect medicine.
It's better to save people first, and we'll talk about it later.
He followed the business and looked for it, and saw an old man with white hair, sitting on the ground, covering his leg with one hand, and screaming for help in pain.
It looks like a heel fall.
Zheng Qian was still not very relieved, so he stood in the distance and said loudly: "Old woman, why did you come here alone?" ”
As soon as she heard someone respond, the eldest lady quickly replied: "Oh young man, help me quickly, I live here!" ”
"Live here? What are you kidding, this looks like a place to live! ”
"Hey, it's true, there is a clearing in the forest, there are several families in it to form a small village, we are all poor, no one burns paper money after we die, and we are always bullied in the capital, so we hid outside, today I wanted to come out and get some mushrooms, but I fell and couldn't get up."
"Village, is there really a village?" Zheng Qian asked.
"There really is, why don't you go inside and see if there is a village, I'm old, I won't lie to you, besides, if I can deceive people, why don't I cheat some money and spend it?"
"That's right."
So Zheng Qian walked over, and when the old lady saw him, she said as if she had seen a savior, "Young man, you are quick, send me to the village, and then, you will also go with me to the village to hide, it is almost time for lunch." ”
Zheng Qian smiled and said, "Old woman, you are generous enough, you still want to have lunch at this time." ”
"It's not me who eats, we poor people, it's good to have one meal a day, I mean, it's time for the wild wolves in the woods to eat lunch."
"Huh? Wolf? ”
"Well, I don't know why, there were no wolves in this forest originally, but half a month ago, a group of wolves suddenly came in, and those wolves are alive, we ghosts, if we haven't cultivated, we will die if we encounter it!"
"Yang? Wolf? How could it be! ”
"It's true, young man, you hold me, let's go to the village first."
"Hold? Are you sure it's not on your back? ”
"I don't need you to carry it, I can still walk, it's just a little difficult, you just hold on to me, alas, I'm glad I met you today, otherwise, my old woman will feed the wolf!"
"That's not right, what's the use of a living wolf eating ghosts at all, and they can't eat enough!"
The old woman shook her head and said, "Go, I'll tell you more when I get to the village!" ”