Chapter 344: Ersuo
After Cheese saw that the old man was supported by Jian Qi, the figure of the sword seeker suddenly became shorter, and his normally normal face instantly turned pale, if it wasn't for the iron rod in his hand, he would have fallen to the ground.
The thing in front of him was beyond the mage's expectations, but it did not prevent him from reacting immediately, the gray robe pulled out the dagger on his waist, and the other hand was ready to cast a spell, bypassing Jian Qi's body and coming to the old man's back.
The dagger slashed at the old man's neck without hesitation, of course, he wouldn't kill so hastily, but there was a blade on the neck enough to stop most people from acting rashly.
Unexpectedly, before the mage's short blade fell, the old man stretched out his hand tremblingly, his movements were so slow, and there was a unique incongruity of drunken people, but it was this slow and soft hand, but he clamped the blade of the dagger with two fingers, and Ren Cheese couldn't push forward a single inch with the strength of his entire arm!
But hand-to-hand combat has never been cheese's way of fighting, and under the robe, his other hand is ready to cast spells, as long as the knuckles of his fingers are bent into the right shape, his spells can...
The old man's body suddenly pressed towards Cheese, as if he was handed over to Cheese by Jian Qi to support him. But at the same time, his hand reached into the gray robe and grabbed the mage's knuckles, the right amount of pain to make Cheese understand that if he continued to cast the spell, the other party would not mind breaking his fingers.
"Wait, don't. Jian Qi's words were just spoken, he shook his head at his companion, his expression distorted, and he couldn't tell if it was because of pain or other anxious things, "This senior, why did you make a move against him?"
The old man waited for the cheese's muscles to relax before he lazily straightened up, bent down and picked up the wine bottle that he had just thrown away in order to free his hand, and the wine bottle actually stood on the ground impartially, not broken or broken, not even a drop of wine spilled. He shook the wine bottle, took a sip, and then said unhurriedly,
"At a young age, I learned to condense qi and seal acupoints, or in less than five years, the internal injuries will appear. The wound, as long as it can't die, if it wants to bleed, you let it flow, if it wants to suppurate, you squeeze out the pus. If you don't want to be a hero, you get out of bed and walk around less than three days after being arrowed, and I don't know how your adults teach you. ”
"I..." was a fluttering sentence, and the choked sword couldn't say a whole sentence for a long time. If you scold him for sword seven, he can not care if the sky is dark, the sun and the moon are dark, but if your words go to his clan, it doesn't need to be vicious, as long as it is enough to make this young man blush. But people are right, he is indeed reckless.
The drunken old man waved his hand, and without further ado, walked towards the depths of the street. He clearly understands qi, and judging from the fact that he immediately judged the condition of Jian Qi and unlocked the qi used to seal the acupoint, this person is definitely a master in this. Not only that, but he is definitely not weak when he really starts. At least from a distance visible to the naked eye, Cheese was not sure to win.
So the two looked at each other for a moment and silently followed. The old man didn't let them follow, but he didn't mean to get rid of them. The streets in the early morning were filled with no idlers except for those preparing to open for business, and no one noticed the strange trio.
"More and more. Cheese, who was holding his companion, suddenly spoke, and although his eyes were focused on the back in front of him, his eyes were cautiously observing and remembering every road they had walked.
"What's getting more and more?" Jian Qi's wound was extremely painful after the air cavity was unlocked, and the medicinal power of the blood refining cream kept him from bleeding again, but the pain couldn't disappear quickly, and the injury would have hurt.
"Stone lions. On both sides of the road, in the alleys, there are also some on the second floor of the house. Some are made into tethered horse piles, some are made into door blocks, and some are at the eaves. Each one is different. The mage spoke of his findings.
The sword seven strong spirit looked to both sides, and sure enough, as the gray robe said, those gray stone beasts could be faintly seen in the corners of those buildings with different styles. The age of these stone lions is also different, some have grown moss on them, and some have been knocked off the corners, but many of them have only recently been made, which makes people scratch their heads.
The most important thing is that the shape of the stone beast is indeed as Cheese said, although it is generally a sitting posture with backwards and bent front legs straight, but the details are very different. The expression on the lion's face can be happy or sad, and the lines on the body also include many natural things, once you carefully observe it, you can only feel that it is ever-changing.
Finally, in front of a mansion guarded by two huge stone lions one person high, the old man stopped, he walked up and slapped vigorously at the somewhat faded vermilion gate, "Open the door, open the door!"
After about ten breaths, the courtyard door opened in front of the three of them, but no one was seen who opened the door. The old man seemed to be no stranger to this situation, and he walked into the courtyard without hesitation, and after Cheese and Kenqi followed, the courtyard door closed automatically as if consciously.
The mage blinked, he could feel that the condition of the gate was not a coincidence, there was something like magic driving the door and even more in the courtyard, but this sense was very weak, and if he hadn't been in a good mood, he would probably have ignored it. It's interesting, it's so interesting.
"Old Monster Shi, I'm back!" the old man shouted into the room. Then walk through the courtyard lined with various stone carvings and go straight to the deepest part of the main house. Most of the stone carvings were lions, but there were also some other shapes placed in them, and unlike the stone beasts seen on the road before, most of these in the courtyard were half-finished or simply had only a rough outline, apparently the carver had put them aside to a certain extent.
But somehow, walking among these unfinished stone beasts, Cheese always had the feeling that he was on his back, as if some kind of living creature was hidden in these carvings, and was hiding in the shadows to spy on him.
The cry was answered, the sound of a chisel colliding on a stone. The old man pushed open the door, and there were no tables, chairs and furniture that should be found in the main house, but more like a workshop. In the workshop was another gray-haired old man with bare breasts and the stone statue he was carving. The statue had taken on its initial form, and it looked like it was a fox or some other canine.
The carver heard the door open, put down the chisel and hammer in his hand, and turned to look at the men, his eyes reminiscent of beasts, and although they did not shimmer with magical light, there was still another brilliance in them. The light in this eye quickly converged, and soon his eyes were a little cloudy like an ordinary old man, making people wonder if they had just seen an illusion.
"What are you doing here instead of fishing for your fish? What's the matter with these two juniors who are following you? I'll tell you first, I haven't finished carving this stone fox yet, and I won't take on new work. ”
"Hey, who wants to help you old thing, I met a big customer yesterday, and I still have some wine money left over and want to ask you to drink. As for these two silly boys, I met them on the road. The injured one was holding a Qimen stick, and most likely the unlucky guy in the Sword Gate who was sent out to find the sword. As for wearing robes, I think I'm a monk, but I don't know which skill I'm cultivating. If you want to help, you can help them, and if you don't, let them get out, anyway, you will follow up yourself. ”
Hearing this, the stonemason stood up and looked the two of them up and down, then walked over and ripped off Jian Qi's clothes, revealing the arrow wound, "You were lucky to seal the hole before, right? No wonder the old man wants to bring you over, I'm afraid you yourself will not be able to breathe this breath, and when the time comes, you will be held in the wound, and you will suffer when it rains on a cloudy day. That's it, it's rare to meet a sword gate, old man, I'll help you with this. Come, come with me to the wing. ”
The sword-seeker was not at all annoyed by the tearing of his clothes, and when the old stonemason was observing him, he was also observing the other party, and the hideous wound that stretched from his left shoulder all the way to his right waist was particularly conspicuous. Suddenly, this wound and the salutation between the two old men just now reminded Jian Qi of something, and he suddenly became excited and grabbed the stonemason's hand,
"I know! You are the saint in the stone! Since you are the saint in the stone, then you must be a drunken fisherman! I know you! You are all famous seniors in the rivers and lakes! I have heard your deeds when I was a child! But they all say that you two are dead, and they all say that the two of you met in a duel and both fell off the cliff on the mountain of Shegu... No, if you were alive, why were you here..."
Jian Qi stopped halfway through his words, because the old man who had become the Saint of the Stone by him wiped his finger on his chest, and he couldn't make a sound again. Then, the old man picked up the sword Qi by the waist and carried it on his shoulder, and strode towards the outside of the house, "You junior is too noisy, you are about to catch up with the frogs on rainy days." Let you shut up first, the noise will hurt the old man's brain. ”
The sword-seeker was taken away, and only Cheese and the old man who was squatting on a chair drinking were left in the large main room, and the latter beckoned to Cheese and pointed to the stone pier beside him, "Sit down and be your own home." ”