Chapter 2: Strange Stones

"Brother Ming, you are domineering today!" Lin Xiaodong said vigorously as he walked on the road.

Lin Ming didn't speak, he naturally said what he said in the afternoon, but it was a very difficult thing to surpass Zhu Yan, and he had to work extremely hard for this.

He has nothing to fear from hard work and hard work, but dark injuries cannot be solved by faith alone, medicinal materials are needed, and each medicinal material is expensive.

Lin Xiaodong seemed to guess what Lin Ming was thinking, and he said: "Brother Ming, it's good for you to work hard to cultivate, I want to solve the money matter, don't worry, although the strength of my old man is not very good in the family, he still has two brushes in business, and he can get a few hundred taels of gold." ”

Lin Ming's footsteps paused slightly, turned his head to look at Lin Xiaodong, in life, there are many people who are icing on the cake, but there are only a few people who send charcoal in the snow, between brothers, it seems hypocritical to say anything thankful, but Lin Ming still stopped and said seriously: "Xiaodong, thank you." ”

"Okay, stop, I can't stand this, I don't have any big pursuits in my life, and the entrance examination of the Seventh Xuanwu Mansion is just to fight for my father's face, Brother Ming, I am optimistic about you, one day you will become a master, just cover me when the time comes, haha." ”

Lin Ming also smiled heartily, "Well, just rush at you this brother, the path of martial arts, I will definitely go on." ”

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When Lin Ming returned to his residence, it was already night, this was the house he rented, during the period from the registration of the Seven Xuanwu Mansion to the exam, the accommodation in Tianyun City was very tight, the hotel was full, and the accommodation fee would be raised by half, so many candidates would choose to rent a house, of course, this is not cheap.

Lin Ming rented a single room, only ten square meters, the layout of the room was very simple, Lin Ming went to bed, and was about to meditate and pranayama, when someone knocked on the door.

Lin Ming opened the door and saw that it was the landlord who came in, a middle-aged woman in her forties and fifties, with an extremely bloated figure, usually the landlord's aunt always looked fierce and mean, but this time she had a flattering smile, which made Lin Ming feel a little unusual.

"Is there something wrong with the landlady?"

"This ...... Excuse me, young man, but let's see if you can vacate this house. ”

"Huh?" Lin Ming frowned slightly, "Why?"

"Hehe, I'm sorry, I rented this house. A somewhat shrill male voice interjected, Lin Ming looked up, only to see a man with pointed ears and monkey cheeks walking from the hall, his face full of playful smiles.

Lin Ming was slightly stunned and recognized this person, this was a subordinate who followed Zhu Yan and another teenager during the day, it seemed to be the unknown teenager's person, the young man did not interject at that time, but his eyes when he looked at Lin Ming and Lin Xiaodong were full of contempt.

There is no doubt that in order to curry favor with Zhu Yan, this young man sent someone to disgust himself, as long as he offered several times the rent of his own, this mercenary landlord old woman naturally wanted to drive herself away.

Now is the day of registration in the Seven Xuanwu Mansion, the housing supply is in short supply, and it is not easy to change places, and even if it is changed, maybe this dog leg will make trouble from it.

Lin Ming's face was slightly gloomy, he looked coldly at the usual snarky landlord's wife, and said, "I said that I would rent for five months, and I also paid five months' rent in advance, and there are still three months, you let me go?"

The landlady smiled, "This ...... Of course I know, you see, how about I refund your rent for the three months you haven't lived?"

"Heh, retreat for three months, your abacus is really good!" Lin Ming was really angry, if this landlady was forced by the forces, then he would leave and leave, but now she has a mercenary face, which makes Lin Ming feel a fire in his stomach. ...,

"Hey, how do you talk this, I just talked about it verbally before, and I didn't have a written document, this house is mine, I love to rent it to whomever I want to rent it to!"

At this time, the sharp-eared monkey-cheeked man also smiled arrogantly: "If you know each other, get out of here, don't be afraid to sue you, master, I'm eyeing you, even if you can find the next home, you have the ability to drive you out again, from the three months of registration in Wufu to the exam, you can wash your ass and sleep on the street, haha!"

The man got carried away with his laughter.

The elite class is born with a natural sense of superiority, but their sense of superiority is mostly expressed in the form of temperament, even if they are out of shape, they are like Zhu Yan, although they are domineering, they also speak appropriately, and they always maintain the demeanor of the superior. On the contrary, it is the subordinates of the elite class, and if they want to be arrogant, they are naked arrogant, and there is nothing more powerful than this.

Lin Ming looked at the monkey-like man, his gaze getting cold.

"What do you want to see, if you want to beat someone, don't be afraid to sue you, my young master is the second son of the captain of the Tianyun City Guard, if you dare to beat the master, the master will let you ......"

"Get out!" Lin Ming shouted violently, punched out, hitting the bridge of the monkey man's nose, only to hear a "bang", the man really flew out upside down like a monkey, with a series of ping-pong sounds, wooden furniture and pots and pans shattered to the ground, and the man fell into the pile of debris, his head scattered, and his face was covered with blood.

The fist that can break the iron wood can be imagined, and the result of falling on the human face can be imagined, and the monkey man's nose collapsed directly.

The landlady was directly stunned, she stared at a pair of dead pig eyes, and stayed for several breaths before she broke out with a scream like a pig, "Help, kill someone!"

The landlord rushed out like a ball of meat, but a pair of fat feet were not very dexterous, and they were mixed up by the mess of debris, and fell to the ground with a pop.

Lin Ming walked towards the monkey man step by step, he is now the first weight of the physical training period, although it is only the beginning of martial arts, but the first weight of the physical training period is not a cabbage, after all, most people in the Tianyun Kingdom are not suitable for martial arts training at all, and Lin Ming's talent itself is one in a hundred, coupled with his diligence, one of his peers may not find one who is better than him in terms of strength, this monkey man is just a subordinate of the son of a military master, Lin Ming is like playing with him.

The man kept moaning, he never dreamed that Lin Ming would dare to hit him, he stretched out his blood-stained fingers, pointed at Lin Ming and said tremblingly, "You...... You dare to hit me, you ...... You're done. ”

"I don't know if I'm done, but now I know you're done. Lin Ming kicked the man's lower abdomen, the man screamed, and flew out like a monkey, this time he directly smashed the wooden door and was kicked out of the house.

Lin Ming didn't say a word, went back to the room to pack up his things at will, and then strode away, the whole house was in a mess, the landlord's heart was dripping blood, she said boldly: "You...... You can't go like this, you ...... Want...... To pay. ”

Lin Ming paused, turned around and glanced at the old woman who was shrunk into a ball on the ground, "Compensation?"

"Compensation...... ...... landlord's voice became more and more unconfident, and she felt that the gaze of the young man in front of her was like a nine abyss, which made her shudder.

Lin Ming didn't say a word, and suddenly smashed his fist on the wall, and with a muffled bang, a layer of soil was shaken off the beam, and the brick wall was directly punched through by Lin Ming, and the landlady screamed, rolled her eyes, and fainted directly. ...,

Lin Ming walked out of the room with his luggage, without even looking at the monkey man who was lying on the ground and fainted.

He knew very well that if he beat this person today, the master behind him would not give up and would bring trouble to himself, but Lin Ming had no regrets.

Of course, you have to learn to endure as a man, if you are a martial arts master today, you are not an opponent, Lin Ming will choose to be patient, this loss must be eaten, but what comes is just a three-legged cat kung fu subordinate, relying on the forces behind you, if you endure again, then what is the use of practicing martial arts?

This is not in line with Lin Ming's martial arts heart.

Just strode out of this residential area, Lin Ming casually threw down the package and began to think about the problem of accommodation, he needed to find a place to live, the hotel was basically full, and the price was too expensive, as for sleeping in the wilderness, although he didn't care, but Lin Xiaodong definitely couldn't look past it, and wanted to pull him to his own place to live.

If it passes, the military master's son will inevitably send someone again, and Lin Xiaodong will not have to live at that time, and the two can sleep on the street together.

What's more, he just got into trouble, maybe the son of the military master directly sent thugs, for these people, it is not unusual for the beaten person to be crippled, Lin Ming doesn't want to involve Lin Xiaodong.

So where can you live?

Lin Ming thought about it, and finally thought of a place to liveβ€”one of the most luxurious restaurants in Tianyun Cityβ€”Da Ming Xuan.

Damingxuan's consumption is extremely high, and the people who come in and out are either rich or expensive, and his own background is also very large, with such strength, the son of a military master naturally can't move.

Lin Ming naturally can't spend money to stay in Damingxuan, he came here to work, Lin Ming's parents are the ones who opened a restaurant, Lin Ming can cook, and it tastes good, but he doesn't think he can compare to the chef of Tianyun City, in fact, his specialty is not cooking......

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When Lin Ming came to Damingxuan, Damingxuan was still brightly lit, and it would be open until the early hours of the morning, and it was the best restaurant in Tianyun City.

Lin Ming's clothes were really ordinary, and when he entered the store, the hostess looked at Lin Ming's eyes a little strangely, because the person who was dressed and carrying a package really didn't look like he could eat in Damingxuan, and the key party was about fifteen years old.

However, the hospitality was quite good, and he walked over and asked, "Did this little brother come with his parents?"

Lin Ming shook his head and said, "I'm here to find a job." ”

Now, even if the hospitality is very well-educated, he frowned, what kind of work can a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child do? It takes a beautiful woman of eighteen or nineteen to serve dishes, and a tall and handsome guy in his twenties to entertain him, as for the cook, can a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child be a chef?

"Go aside, don't mess around. The hostess waved his hand impatiently.

"I do know how to work, you can let me try it in the kitchen. ”

The hostess asked unhappily, "What can you do?"

Lin Ming smiled slightly and said, "Break the bones." ”

"What?" the hostess was stunned.

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Bone deboning is a very unconventional profession, not every restaurant will set up, this job is actually to dismember slaughtered livestock or hunted prey into pieces of meat.

In ancient times, it was said that a master knife operator can easily dismember a cow, while a better knife operator can also dismember a cow but has to change a knife a year, while the average knife operator has to change a knife in a month, and the efficiency is extremely low, and a cow can toss for most of the day.

And Da Mingxuan, many times it is not the cow that is dismembered, but the fierce beast, many fierce beasts are delicious, but the scales, skin, bones, and meridians are extremely tough, and ordinary people work hard to dismember a small piece, as for the martial arts master, as the saying goes, the gentleman is far away from cooking, and the master will naturally not put down his identity to do this job, even if they come, they don't understand the gaps in the texture of the muscles and bones, and they have no strength, and they often make a mess of the meat, different sizes, and can't make exquisite food. ...,

Lin Ming's first contact with martial arts began with bone dissolving, and in his parents' restaurant, bone dissolving was a practice he had to do every day, and he did it for several years.

This is a very tiring job, no easier than piling! Lin Ming never thought that he had any extraordinary talent in martial arts, all he could rely on was his own diligence, practicing over and over again, and his solid foundation in martial arts was practiced in this sword and knife.

The hospitality really couldn't drive Lin Ming away, so he had to take him into the kitchen......

"Sister Lan, this little brother is coming to apply for the job of a bone solver. ”

"Bone dissolving hands?" In the kitchen of Damingxuan, a beautiful woman wearing a gorgeous cheongsam and about twenty-two or three years old looked Lin Ming up and down, seeing the other party's simple clothes and the appearance of a refugee with a large bag, the beauty's cigarette eyebrows frowned slightly, and she said to the entertainer who brought Lin Ming in dissatisfied: "What are you doing, bring anyone into the kitchen, Dongzi, give him some broken silver, and send him away." ”

This beautiful woman obviously regarded Lin Ming as a child in distress, as for the reprimanded hospitality, she had a bitter face, in fact, he wanted to push Lin Ming out, but found that Lin Ming's feet seemed to be rooted, and he couldn't push at all.

"Okay. A young man who was deboning was about to come over and drive Lin Ming away, but at this moment, he only felt that his eyes were flowering, his hands were light, and the boning knife that was originally nested in his hand was actually taken away by the young man.

The young man named Dongzi didn't understand what was going on, Lin Ming said: "I'm not here to ask for food, this young lady, it's not too late to see my skills and drive me away." ”

The beautiful woman was slightly startled, this kid has really practiced, she glanced at Dongzi and said, "It's really useless, a child can't do it, go to the library to carry a pig." Speaking of this, she turned to Lin Ming and said, "If you can do it in half an hour, I will keep you in Damingxuan." ”

Dongzi knew that he was embarrassed, so he turned around to carry the pig, and then Lin Ming said: "No need, that's it." ”

Lin Ming said and pointed to a tendon beast not far away.

The beautiful woman was taken aback, the Jiaojian Beast is a second-level fierce beast, with many tendons all over its body, these tendons are extremely tough, and the sword is difficult to hurt, but if you add specific medicinal materials, simmer for three days and three nights, it will boil out a delicious and mellow soup.

This kind of fierce beast, even if the bone dissolving master comes, it is difficult to deal with, this young man is really crazy.

"What are you kidding, this Jiaojian beast has more than a hundred taels of gold, can you afford to destroy it?" Dongzi said angrily, he was angry about Lin Ming taking away his knife.

The beautiful woman glanced at Dongzi and said angrily: "Can you destroy it if you want to destroy it?"

Dongzi's voice froze, and he immediately stopped talking, the Jiaojian beast is not a pig, a cow or a sheep, ordinary people can't break the scale armor with a knife, and it is not something ordinary people can do to destroy this thing.

The woman turned to Lin Ming and said, "I'll let you cut it!"

Lin Ming nodded, and picked the best boning knife in the kitchen, he had only cut the Jiao Muscle Beast twice, both times at the birthday banquet of the powerful figures of the Lin family, after all, this kind of fierce beast was not something that ordinary people could afford.

Taking a deep breath, Lin Ming carefully stroked the scale armor of the Jiao Thorn Beast, feeling the protruding tendons in it, this process lasted for a long time, and he formed a tendon diagram in his mind, which was confirmed one by one with the Jiao Tendon Beast tendon diagram in Lin Ming's previous memory.

And in the midst of such waiting, some people get impatient, "What are you doing?

"Don't make a fool of yourself, let's do it. ”

It's no wonder that these people are impatient, a fifteen-year-old boy came to do a bone splitter, and the object of dismemberment was still a second-level fierce beast, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a prank.

Lin Ming turned a deaf ear to these doubts, and when he picked up the knife, his eyes had already become extremely focused, and dissolving bones was equivalent to his cultivation. ...,

After confirming the tendon diagram, Lin Ming finally came out with a knife, instead of using an axe or machete, he just used a boning knife that was difficult to exert force.

And it was this ordinary dagger that became extremely sharp in Lin Ming's hands, and the moment the blade fell, the scale armor of the Jiaojian Beast was cut open by Lin Ming with a knife!

Seeing this scene, the person who originally questioned it suddenly shut up, just to do this, it requires no less than three hundred catties of strength on the wrist, and usually dismembering the Jiaojian beast is to be cut with an axe or saw.

The blade enters the knife along the gap between the tendons, and the speed of the knife is extremely smooth, as if cutting paper, only listening to the sound of swishing, the white tendons in the body of the tendon beast have been revealed.

Looking at Lin Ming's lightweight appearance, the man named Dongzi rubbed his eyes vigorously, he suspected that he was dazzled, this kid was really cut by a tendon beast?

Lin Ming's movements are like flowing water, occasionally encountering a few beast tendons that cannot be avoided, then he will use brute force to pick them off, just like that, it took half an hour of effort, this Jiaojian beast was cut into pieces of meat by Lin Ming, and the pieces of white silk placed next to the meat pieces are the most valuable animal tendons on the Jiaojian beast, these beast tendons are of the same length, and there is almost no loss.

This scene is really staggering, Lin Ming's qiΔ“ looks easy, but people know what a huge project it is to dismember the Jiaojian Beast, usually it takes four or five big men to cooperate for a long time, but the young man is just slightly red, it seems that it is not a problem to get one or two more!

At night, Da Mingxuan was not very busy, many people in the kitchen were watching, and the people in the room were quiet when they saw this scene, at this time Lin Ming put down the knife and said: "Can I stay here now?" I can't work more than two hours a day, my monthly salary is five taels of gold, and I still have one condition, I have to eat and live." ”

The beautiful woman thought for a moment, then nodded, "Okay!"

Lin Ming's conditions are not low, but it is definitely worth it, with Lin Ming's speed, he can already do a lot in two hours, and the loss of key ingredients is small, which is very important.

In this way, Lin Ming started working in Damingxuan, and two hours is not a waste of time, because this is also cultivation, beating the stump is ruthless, and breaking bones is skillful.

That night, Lin Ming had been in the warehouse, cutting three first-class fierce beasts in one go, at this time he was already sweating profusely, his arms were sore, he was about to cut the last one, so he went to his residence to rest.

Finally, he chose a second-level fierce beast, the golden-backed pangolin, which can bite stones with its teeth and drill mountains like tofu.

Because the True Yuan was consumed too much, Lin Ming took a lot of effort to cut through the belly scale armor of the golden-backed pangolin, and his original intention in choosing this second-level fierce beast was to force his limit.

It was much easier to cut through the scale armor, and the blade traveled along the gap between the muscles and muscles on the belly of the golden-backed pangolin, and at this moment, Lin Ming felt that the knife was stunned, as if it had touched something hard.

Bones? No, there shouldn't be bones in the abdomen.

So it's a stone? No, although the golden-backed pangolin occasionally swallows a stone, it has already been bitten into pieces, and even if it is not broken, it will be corroded by the strong stomach acid, and there will not be such a large piece, so is it ......

Nedan?

Thinking of this, Lin Ming's heart was slightly excited, a second-level fierce beast's inner pill was very valuable, and if it was not sold and eaten, it would be very good for the body.

Lin Ming put on gloves, carefully avoided stomach acid, and took out the hard thing, but at first glance, Lin Ming was disappointed, it was a square object, obviously it couldn't be Neidan, because Neidan was basically round.

It looks like it's a stone, but it's a bit weird......

The gray cube, the corners and corners are a bit too regular, like a knife cut, and the six sides of the cube stone are engraved with strange black inscriptions, with a mysterious atmosphere.

Metallic?

Lin Ming observed it carefully, it was not like metal, but it was not quite like a stone, maybe it was a kind of jade?

--There are not many essences of the new book, thank you for your support, I can't refine this week--

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