Chapter 289: Searching for the Hermit (3)
Seeing that Xian Yuqi was retreating under Li Baiyi's attack, and had no intention of fighting back immediately, Zhang Heng hurriedly spoke up, wanting to dissuade the two old men in front of him who said they would fight.
"Two seniors......"
But before Zhang Heng could finish speaking, Xian Yuqi, who kept retreating, suddenly stopped his steps back.
I saw that the long knife in his right hand changed the angle, leaned upwards to protect his shoulder, a pair of tiger eyes were shining fiercely, and his body was short, and he actually crashed towards the whirring trident like this!
In an instant, sparks burst out, and the sound of gold and iron intersecting was endless.
Seeing that the two were fighting again, Zhang Heng had to close his mouth and stand in place to watch.
Probably due to the angle, the long knife on the shoulder easily blocked the heavy trident.
The weight of the trident made it impossible for the wielder to change the direction of his advance in an instant, and when his wrist twisted, Li Baiyi's figure was actually driven by his own weapon, and he stumbled and fell towards the left front.
The opponent showed his flaws, and the envy and foolish seven naturally would not let it go easily.
At the moment when Li Baiyi struggled to stabilize his figure, the old man in black bent his left arm forward, attached his left palm to his ear, and took advantage of the previous momentum to give the other party a strong elbow.
"Wow!"
The chest was attacked by the elbow, and most of the energy gathered in it suddenly dissipated, Li Baiyi retreated one after another, and finally used the trident to support the ground, which barely stabilized the body that lost its center of gravity.
"Hmph, I'll just say you're still far away, and you still don't believe it."
Seeing that Li Baiyi was repelled by his own blow, Xian Yuqi suddenly showed a smug look on his face, and the corners of his mouth that were bent down turned up a little, with the two mustaches on his lips, he looked quite proud.
"If it weren't for the trident I'm using now, your broken knife would have been cut off a long time ago!"
Spat on the ground, Li Baiyi gasped fiercely.
"Yo, can't pull and rely on gravity? If you can't do it yourself, don't rely on weapons, if you don't accept it, you'll fight again. ”
Xian Yuqi's face sneered, and he stepped forward with a knife as he spoke, as if he really wanted to fight with the other party for two more rendezvous.
"Hit it, you think I'm going to be afraid of you old ghost!"
Although Li Baiyi had a kind appearance, the hotness of his temper did not seem to be inferior to that of Envy and Foolishness, and when he heard the other party's provocation, he immediately responded.
"Go, go get your broken sword, hurry up, don't go you're my grandson!"
Envy and foolishness have a stalk on the neck, and don't let a cent.
"Take it, you wait here for me, see if I come back and don't give you a stab!"
The old man in white's slightly chubby face was quickly congested, as if he had been provoked to the top.
The two of you, you and I, have changed from the original real swords and real guns to verbal swords.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Zhang Heng really couldn't imagine that the two descendants of the Hidden World Sect would quarrel like children, and began to fight in place.
In desperation, Zhang Heng had to speak out again and try to stop this farce.
"I said two seniors, can you stop arguing first......
Hearing the persuasion of others, the two old men closed their mouths and stared at each other angrily for dozens of seconds, and then snorted in unison.
"Even the voice of the cold snort is so consistent, so tacit, it's a pity that you don't have a partner......"
Zhang Heng secretly complained in his heart, hugged his fists at the two old men, and said respectfully.
"Two seniors, the juniors are disturbing this time to inform them of important things, and at the same time, there is also something to ask for, I hope the two seniors can temporarily put down the mustard, how about listening to me?"
"What the hell is the matter with you? Do you need both of us to come forward at the same time?
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Although Xian Yuqi had a fierce face, his personality was quite bold, and when he saw that Zhang Heng did have something to tell him, he quickly put the emotions in his heart behind him, and turned his face to ask.
"Yes, the two of us have lived in seclusion for many years, and we have long been just asking about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, when I went up the mountain, I paid special attention to it, and found that Xiaoyou's strength is not bad, this time I went up the mountain, it shouldn't be to find the two of us to settle something, right?"
His gaze stayed on Zhang Heng's left arm for a moment, and Li Baiyi asked without changing his face.
"It's really not for the things on the rivers and lakes."
Seeing that the atmosphere between the two was no longer tense, Zhang Heng's face showed a hint of a smile and patiently explained.
"Anyway, there is no one who stands and talks about things, go, go and sit inside and say, I'll go get the wine."
The narrow mouth of the long knife danced in the hand of Xian Yuqi, and was cleverly hidden behind the old man, Xian Yuqi ignored Li Baiyi, who looked ugly on the side, and walked straight towards the north of the mountaintop.
"Drink and drink, drink and don't kill you!"
Looking at the back of the black clothes leaving, Li Baiyi scolded in a low voice, and finally vented the dissatisfaction in his heart, a kind smile immediately appeared on his face, and he made a gesture of invitation to Zhang Heng on the side.
"Let's go, little friend, go to the humble house."
After saying that, Li Baiyi once again recovered the appearance of the fairy wind dao bone when he went up the mountain before, put one hand behind his back, and walked forward.
If it weren't for the fact that the old man was still holding the very dramatic black herring harpoon in his hand, Zhang Heng was afraid that he would think that the previous fights and quarrels were his hallucinations.
"This hidden old monster turns his face faster than a book, it's really hard to figure out......"
Although he thought so in his heart, Zhang Heng still raised his legs and followed.
The top of the hill is flat, and the rest of the hill is made of hard bluestone, except for a small patch of land with vegetables and fruits in the middle of two towering boulders.
Since there is no soil above the top of the mountain, there are naturally no trees growing, and it is bare, like a middle-aged male Mediterranean.
If you look down from the air, you can clearly see every move on the top of the mountain.
It stands to reason that a dwelling in such an environment should not be considered hidden.
But listening to the old man in black, Envy Yuqi, there has been no one on the top of this hill for more than 80 years.
"Should I really say that I am worthy of being the descendant of Guiguzi, the art of vertical and horizontal is so magical, but it is a pity that the inheritance is broken......"
Zhang Heng sighed silently in his heart, followed Li Baiyi's footsteps, and turned to the rear of the mountain rock.
It is also a monotonous bluestone ground, without any vegetation and soil, but a cave has been artificially opened up under the boulder, which seems to be the residence used by the old man in white to live.
Walking into the stone cave, the environment inside was as shabby as Zhang Heng expected.
A bed, a table, and a chair are the only pieces of furniture, and all of them are cut from bluestone, fixed on the ground and cannot be moved.
A small pot sits on a simple bluestone tabletop, and a plain white porcelain tea set, and nothing else.
"Half-step celestials, they really don't need those mundane things......
Glancing around, Zhang Heng thought silently in his heart.
If Zhang Heng's memory is not wrong, the chubby old man in front of him who is pouring tea for himself should be one hundred and sixty-six years old, and the envy fool seven who went to fetch wine alone should be one hundred and sixty-nine years old.
Although it is not uncommon for human beings to live past two hundred years old in Zhang Heng's time, the position he is in now is not the future, but still in his twenties
The modern age of the first century.
If there were no errors in the data, the average life expectancy would be less than 70 years by now.
There are even fewer who live to be 100 years old.
And existences like Xian Yuqi and Li Baiyi have only one name in this era.
That's the gods.
"You have also seen it here, the old man, the living environment is really simple, there is nothing to entertain, you can only offer a glass of water, and I hope that the little friend will not dislike it."
The plain white ceramic cup contained most of the water, and was gently pushed in front of Zhang Heng by Li Baiyi.
"How come, the seniors are already half-step celestials, naturally they don't need those mundane things, and the younger generations are honored to be able to drink this cup of water."
Zhang Heng was respectful in his mouth, but his hands were not stretched out, and he didn't seem to intend to drink the water in the cup at all.
"Since Xiaoyou said that it was an honor, why don't you drink it with a cup?"
Seeing that Zhang Heng's hands were still hanging on his sides, and there was no intention of taking the cup, Li Baiyi's face showed a look of doubt, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked a little angrily.
After all, in terms of age, he is fully qualified to be Zhang Heng's elder.
According to the traditional etiquette of China, an elder pours tea and water for the junior, and even if the junior is not thirsty, he must take a sip, otherwise, it is the greatest disrespect to the person in front of him.
Hearing Li Baiyi's question, Zhang Heng clenched his fists again and explained apologetically.
"The juniors don't drink the water in this cup, it's not that they look down on the seniors, it's just that there are still reasons for this, and I hope that the seniors can wait for a while, and when the seven seniors arrive, I'll explain together."
Zhang Heng's apology was meticulous and not disrespectful.
Li Baiyi saw that the other party really didn't mean to look down on him, frowned, didn't ask anything more, just poured himself a glass of water, raised his neck and drank it all.
Seeing Li Baiyi drink all the water in the cup, Zhang Heng's mouth opened, as if he wanted to stop it, but after thinking for a moment, he remained silent and waited patiently.
After a while, the familiar wind howled again, accompanied by the rough laughter of the Seven Envy Fools into the cave.
"Laugh at you ringgit......"
Hearing this burst of laughter, Li Baiyi read a sentence angrily, the porcelain cup in his hand rested heavily on the bluestone countertop, and his face turned towards the cave.
Looking at this performance, it is actually because of the envy of the foolish seven angry and does not want to look at each other.
However, the old man in black didn't care about this, he just put a jar of wine on the table by himself, and couldn't wait to uncover the sealing cloth on it.
A strong aroma came out of the mouth of the altar, which made Zhang Heng, who was worried about it, also shine in his eyes.
"This, good wine......"
As if forgetting that he still had a task to do, Zhang Heng was very interested in the mouth of the jar, stretched his neck, and sucked hard.
The moment the aroma of wine filled his nasal cavity, the young man even felt a trace of drunkenness.
"Hahahaha, Xiaoyou really knows the goods, this is a multigrain wine from eighty years ago, but it's a pity to drink one jar and one jar."
As he spoke, Xian Yuqi took out three clay bowls out of nowhere, put them on the table one by one, lifted the wine jar with one hand, and prepared to pour wine into the bowl.
But before the wine overflowed the mouth of the altar, the old man in black seemed to think of something, bent the corners of his mouth downward, and put his free left hand on the altar.
This is not because Xian Yuqi can't hold the wine jar in one hand, you must know that he is a descendant of the [Heng] faction who can resist the attack of the trident head-on, even if this wine jar is ten times heavier, it can still be easily lifted by him.
The main reason why the wine is poured with both hands is because I am afraid of spilling the wine from the jar on the table......