Chapter 2 The Curator
"Bad old man, here are thirty white-flour steamed buns. ”
In front of a deserted steamed bun shop, a man in his thirties stood straight, wiping the sweat slowly dripping from his head with a colored rag, and said to the owner of the steamed bun shop.
"Here, Bai Xiaotou, I've already prepared it for you, I'll send you two more today, it's still hot, hehe. ”
The owner of the steamed bun shop is an old man who has half a foot in the coffin, so a strong man in his thirties will also be a kid in his eyes.
“......”
Faced with the advantage of the steamed bun boss, Bai Mu reluctantly took the paper bag, put down the thirty copper coins, and turned to leave.
"Haha......"
Looking at the helplessness on Bai Mu's face before turning around, the steamed bun boss was full of wrinkles and showed a smile that did not match his age, taking advantage of Lao Tzu, you kid is still a little tender.
Bai Mu, who turned around, didn't seem to be able to hear the laughter of the steamed bun boss, of course, even if Bai Mu heard it, he could only pretend that he didn't hear it, after all, in this Fengyun Town, there is no semicolon for a white flour steamed bun for a penny.
Along the somewhat dilapidated path, Bai Mu slowly came to a dilapidated courtyard, with a broken door, four walls, half of the tiles, and an ancient well.
Push open the creaking wooden door, and everything in the courtyard is clear at a glance.
"Uncle Bai is back, Uncle Bai is back. ”
Bai Mu was greeted by three thin teenagers of thirteen or fourteen years old dressed in rags and covered in mud.
Sitting down against the wall, Shiraki put the paper bag on the hay, spread it out, revealing the white-flour steamed buns inside, grabbed one and threw it in his mouth.
"Big tiger, big wolf, big snake, what are you going to gain today?"
While chewing the steamed bun in his mouth, Bai Mu looked at the three teenagers sitting beside him and asked knowingly.
Looking at the three teenagers in front of him, Bai Mu had to sigh how unpopular he was by the goddess of luck, and finally caught the little white dot, but before he could be happy, he was directly stunned by an abrupt force.
When he woke up, he appeared in an ancient well. Shiraki said he didn't mind at all, but Shiraki just wanted to say that he couldn't swim.
Fortunately, there were still three masters in the ruined courtyard where the ancient well was located, and Bai Mu did not become the most unlucky and unjust traverser in history.
After being rescued from the well by the three people, Bai Mu was stunned for an hour before he learned from the three that he had been crossed again.
The three of them are all orphans, and they grew up in Fengyun Town since they were children, earning a living from the 'handouts' of past merchants.
"No, the merchants are getting smarter and smarter, and they don't give us any chance to get close. ”
After biting the white steamed bun hard, the big wolf among the three complained slowly.
"Hehe......"
"Come on. ”
After Bai Mu solved more than a dozen steamed buns in three and five by two, he took off his shirt that had been unusually pale after many cleanings, and said to the three people who had already touched the half-zhang long wooden stick.
Bang Bang Bang ......
As soon as Bai Mu's voice fell, the three people holding wooden sticks greeted Bai Mu mercilessly except for Sun Gen's body.
Clang!
An hour later, as the wooden stick that the big snake couldn't hold even fell to the ground, Bai Mu also ended the day's cultivation.
Looking at the three people lying on the ground panting, Bai Mu secretly called out 'black bricks'.
Host: Shiraki
Iron cloth body: the second layer, 31%, a total of 9 layers
Reliability: 0
"It took more than a month of hard training to increase by 1%, the concentration of heaven and earth aura is one thing, nutrition is one thing, and the most important thing is that there is no secret medicinal oil in the martial arts, it seems that if you want to speed up the progress, you can only rely on trust, but, what is this trust, and what is its source?"
In contemplation, Bai Mu suddenly saw the three tigers, wolves, and snakes kneeling in front of him at some point.
"What are you doing here?"
Bai Mu, who came back to his senses, was stunned when he saw the actions of the three of them.
"Master, we want to learn martial arts from you, we want strength, we want to live a good life. ”
The big tiger looked at Bai Mu hopefully, and after speaking, with the big wolf, the two big snakes kowtowed three times in Bai Mu's stunned eyes.
Although the ground is not muddy, it is also hard, so when the three big tigers raised their heads, a little blood oozed from their foreheads.
"Well, you will take you today, but you are not allowed to call me master. ”
Faced with the begging and hopeful eyes of the three life-saving benefactors, Bai Mu did not refuse, however, affected by the shadow caused by Zhang Li Wang and the three of them to the former Bai Mu, Bai Mu subconsciously refused to refuse the title of master.
"Thank you, teacher...... Ah, what are we going to call you in the future?"
As soon as the three of them heard that Bai Mu agreed, they were overjoyed at first, and then stunned, after all, if someone else teaches you to learn art, unless you are a father and son, you have to set the status of master and apprentice, this is the rule.
"The owner. ”
Hearing the questions of the three big tigers, Bai Mu subconsciously said the former Bai Mu's favorite.
"Damn, it's the remnants of the predecessor again, it seems that the sequelae of soul snatching is really not small. ”
As the word 'hall master' blurted out, Bai Mu reacted, but in front of the three big tigers, Bai Mu could only scold in his heart, and then reluctantly accepted it, because, when Bai Mu secretly scolded the former Bai Mu in his heart, the three big tigers had shouted in unison.
"Yes, Master. ”
"Get up, you three, who is literate...... Forget it, it looks like I'm going to have to teach you how to read. ”
As he spoke, Bai Mu suddenly remembered that the three of them didn't seem to be literate, and in the end, he could only sigh that his life was miserable.
"Then, Pavilion Master, when will you teach us martial arts?"
After standing up, the three big tigers asked eagerly.
"What's the hurry, are you literate, besides, the three of you are like now, tired and weak, and malnourished all year round, if you don't take care of your body first, I'm afraid that before you can get started with martial arts cultivation, you will abolish yourself first. ”
Seeing the three of them looking eager, Bai Mu scolded like a pavilion owner.
"Now, what we have to think about is to get some money, buy some meat, and raise our bodies first. ”
As the saying goes, the poor are rich and martial, Bai Mu was originally alone, and he had gold fingers and black bricks, so he didn't pay much attention to money, but now after the three big tigers, he felt that in this world, without money and a good body, he really couldn't practice martial arts.
"Money, this, owner, I seem to be able to solve it here. ”
Suddenly, the eyes of the three of Bai Mu focused on the big snake.
In the questioning gaze of the three Bai Mu, the big snake suddenly turned around and ran to the corner of the wall, and took out a rough cloth bag from a brick, and there were a few pieces of broken gold lying in the bag.
"This ...... I picked it up three days ago on a fat merchant who was passing by. ”
Holding the broken gold in his hand, the big snake explained a little nervously.
"Big snake, why didn't you ...... earlier?"
In the face of the big snake's concealment, the big tiger and the wolf were extremely angry.
"Well, since the big snake has taken out the money, there is no need to pursue the rest of the matter, in short, in the next few days, we will not worry about running out of meat. ”
Bai Mu looked at the big snake who was a little nervous, and stopped the two big tigers who wanted to rush towards the big snake.
......
Half a year later, the forest in the mountains behind Fengyun Town.
Bang bang bang!
Under the big tree, the big snake spread its legs, the horse walked steadily, and the thinness of half a year ago was replaced by a slightly bulging muscle.
At this time, the big snake was being hit by the same changed big tiger and big wolf, and the two people held a thick half-zhang wooden stick and constantly hit the body, and every time the stick fell, they remembered the sound of wood and stone.
Not far from the three of them, Bai Mu was sitting on a rock, clutching a freshly roasted wild boar leg in his hand and gnawing wildly.
"Okay, when the time comes, you eat something, big tiger and big wolf, and you drink a few sips of medicinal wine before eating, big snake. ”
Throwing a piece of charred boar skin on the ground, Shiraki said to the three tigers.
"Yes, Master. ”
Hearing Bai Mu's shout, the three big tigers stopped cultivating.
In the past six months, Bai Mu bought some traditional Chinese medicine, wine, and meat with the help of the seven taels of gold that the big snake had, and then led the three of them to the forest in the mountains behind Fengyun Town, and began the cultivation of several people's iron cloth bodies.
To be honest, Bai Mu is not a qualified teacher, in the past six months, except for the first two months of teaching the three of Dahu to know some words, configuring some medicinal wine and the first three layers of exercises and cultivation secrets of the iron cloth body, and setting a daily cultivation time limit, there is no trace of master's consciousness.
No, the three of them have cultivated the iron cloth body for more than 100 days, and they have not yet entered the door, except for the aura of heaven and earth, there is no special medicinal oil, and Bai Mu's failure to fulfill his responsibilities is also an important factor.
However, this can't be blamed on Bai Mu, after all, the betrayal of the four former Bai Mu apprentices still left a shadow on Bai Mu, making Bai Mu dare not do his best when teaching the three of them.
"The owner. ”
At this time, the big snake who had drunk the medicinal wine came over.
"Well, sit down. ”
Shiraki nodded.
"Yes, Master. ”
The big snake did it, but it was a little far away from the big tiger and the wolf.
And Bai Mu, who understood the gap between the three of them, looked at it silently, and at the same time secretly said in his heart: Human nature.
"Pavilion Master, you see that we have been cultivating for four months, when will we be able to break through the first layer and have the power of a hundred catties?"
After eating a few pieces of wild boar, the big snake glanced at the two big tigers who were still eating, and after a while, he couldn't help but ask Bai Mu.
"What, you want to break through quickly?"
Bai Mu glanced at the big snake, and then at the big tiger and the two, as if smiling.
Two days ago, the three of them crossed the line with a slightly stronger force, but they were blocked in the alley by another pickpocket gang and beaten up, and when they came back, they didn't say a word, but the power of waving the wooden stick during cultivation became greater, and Bai Mu said that he understood the desire of the three people to become stronger.
"Yes!"
As soon as Bai Mu's words fell, the three of them shouted in unison.
"It's not impossible to break through quickly, as long as you eat a few more catties of meat every day, drink a little more medicine and wine, and take a few more beatings, you can ......."
Seeing that Bai Mu hadn't finished speaking, the three big tigers immediately devoured the wild boar that still had most of their bodies left, and then picked up the wooden stick again in Bai Mumu's stunned eyes.
Sure enough, hatred is the driving force to become stronger. ”
Black bricks!
Host: Shiraki
Iron cloth body: the second layer, 43%, a total of nine layers
Reliability: 0
"Everyone is working hard to become stronger, how can I Baimu lag behind others, it's just that what the hell is this trust, in the past six months, I have touched all the Buddha statues and statues in Fengyun Town, and I haven't seen a trace of growth!"