Chapter 49: "Childlike Heart"
The Sword Beast Forest is vast and vast, and it will take at least three to five days to get out of this forest to the southeast, and then return either on horseback or in a carriage.
On the way back, Nie Lin and Gu Menghan easily hunted and killed many fourth- and fifth-level sword beasts, although they collected a large number of sword fetuses, they did not have what he needed for the trial task.
However, Liu Chengang told Nie Lin that during that time, the Sword Pavilion needed a lot of sword tires of Sword Yang Grass and Sword Poison Bee, so he would send this kind of trial task, normally speaking, as long as he took a sword tire of Sword Claw Bear back.
According to Liu Chengang, in fact, the Sword Pavilion releases a large number of honoraria tasks or trial tasks every year, and the demanders go to the Sword Pavilion to release information, and then the Sword Pavilion selects the best one to be released as the trial task of the sword master, which is not fixed.
Generally, the Sword Pavilion likes some senior pharmacists, sword casters, or medicine kings, sword casting kings, these big names to the Sword Pavilion to release some intermediate and high-level honorarium tasks or trial tasks, because then not only the sword pavilion's commission will be much higher, but also the amount will generally be relatively large, and the sword pavilion will release it through trial tasks in order to maintain its operation.
It is precisely because the Sword Pavilion has always had a cooperative relationship with the official empire, and there is such a rule in the law, so the trial task issued must be completed within a limited time, and there are very few people like Nie Lin who have received the trial task but have not completed it for more than half a year.
Therefore, if Nie Lin doesn't want to go to the Sword Pavilion to update his identity card information or handle any other business this time, it will have no impact, otherwise the expired trial tasks he has not completed will affect his credit in the Sword Pavilion, and the zero points will also be doubled into negative numbers, and he will have to pay a fine, unless he can double these to make up for it, clear the negative number of creditworthiness, and start again.
Nie Lin felt a little funny when he heard Liu Chengang explain this, he had only handled the identity card once in the Sword Pavilion in his previous life, and took over a trial task, and he had never updated the identity card information since then.
But then he needed something to go to the Sword Pavilion to exchange for it, but the attitude of the Sword Pavilion was eager to worship him like his grandfather, in fact, he knew that the Sword Pavilion was just an amusement park for the strong, far from having the absolute authority of the surname fifty years ago.
The so-called credibility is very important in the eyes of ordinary people, but in the eyes of the strong, strength is credibility, so he doesn't care much in his heart.
Since the incident when the Sword Pavilion defeated the Shenmang Empire and was thus dominated by the Shenmang Empire, because of the relationship between the master Ji Wudao in the previous life, he has never had a good impression of the Sword Pavilion, which has now changed his surname.
But when I think of the master in my previous life, there is always a depressed mood in my heart that is difficult to calm down, the shame of the master has not been washed away until he died, and in his previous life, because of his unstable heart and too impulsive, not only did he not help the master fulfill his last wish, but he ended up with a loss.
Whenever I think about it, I always feel panicked and want to do something to soothe my mood.
Seeing Nie Lin walking with his head down, his expression didn't seem to be very good, and Liu Chengang nodded to Gu Menghan, who was also silent next to him.
Gu Menghan said: "Linzi, I'm a little tired, it's not early, there is an open space in front, let's rest there tonight!"
"It's okay!" Nie Lin replied and followed.
The sky has darkened, and around this forest, there are often trial teams passing through, so there are some temporary resting places that have left some temporary things left, which can just come in handy for latecomers.
The weather was a little cold, and it had snowed, and the things left on the snow were covered by snow, after Gu Menghan cleaned up those things that could be used, he set up a fire frame and cleaned up the surroundings, which could also be used as a temporary resting place.
After a while, Liu Chengang came back with a snow deer and a large bundle of firewood, Gu Menghan helped to clean up the snow deer and cut the meat, Nie Lin broke the firewood and put it in the fire to light it.
In a moment, the flames rose and sparks splashed, and the surroundings suddenly became much warmer.
When around the fire, Gu Menghan was cooking barbecue, Nie Lin was also silent, Liu Chengang was originally a person who didn't talk much, sitting on the side, fiddling with a very special little gourd.
Nie Lin saw him fiddling with the small gourd, attracted his attention, and was a little curious, and said, "Uncle Ang, what is this gourd for, there are only a few holes on it, it doesn't look like it is used to hold things and water, right?"
Speaking of this, Liu Chengang had a topic, and said: "When I was studying at Xiazhou College, I was not interested in "Drum Rhyme" at that time, and I didn't like to beat and beat, and it was not convenient to carry, because I liked to play some small gourds when I was a child, so I simply hollowed out this gourd, drilled a few holes, and studied and played some favorite tunes by myself, and later after leaving the academy, it was also regarded as a leisure hobby for soothing the mood!"
"Oh, can Uncle Ang play a song, I don't know what the smell of this gourd will be, but I really want to hear it!" Nie Lin said.
"This gourd is different according to the size, the timbre of blowing out is also different, the small sound will be crisper, blowing some cheerful tunes, can soothe the dull, if you are interested, I can teach you!"
After saying that, Liu Chengang pulled it open at the mouth of the gourd, and then blew it, and suddenly a crisp sound sounded.
However, although Nie Lin had never heard the tune he played, it sounded quite cheerful and lively, with a taste of childhood innocence, which could indeed make people's mood much soothed and cheerful.
But Nie Lin was a little surprised in his heart, this Uncle Ang's surname was steady and mature, and he didn't expect that when he played this lively and cheerful tune, the artistic conception he expressed did not lose a sense of innocence, but it made Nie Lin have a deeper understanding of him.
After the song was finished, it really made people's mood a lot more relaxed, Nie Lin praised: "Uncle Ang used this little gourd to play the tune, it should have been some years, it was very flavorful!"
"You can try it!" Liu Chengang handed the little gourd to Nie Lin and said, "Different people will have different flavors when they play the same tune!"
Nie Lin took the little gourd, tried the timbre, and then said: "I will only use the flute to play the song of "Sword Heart Hurt", and nothing else!"
Liu Chengang looked at Nie Lin in surprise and said, "This "Sword Heartbreak" is a superb song, and the difficulty is extremely high, since you can play it, why can't you play the others?"
Nie Lin said: "When I was a child, my grandfather only asked me to play this song, and nothing else was allowed, so I won't!" In fact, Nie Lin still doesn't understand why the master only let him learn that sword heartbreak, but didn't let him learn another song, and before he died, he also gave him the tube of 'Glass Canghai Tide'.
"Your Orion grandfather is really a strange person!" Liu Chengang couldn't figure it out, an old hunter would have such a very difficult and sentimental song, even if he taught children, he was only allowed to play this tune, could it be that this famous mainland tune had any great significance to him?
Immediately, Liu Chengang seemed to think of something, and said: "Since you only know this "Sword Heart", then do you know the story of the two masters of Burial Lotus and Songzhou?"
Nie Lin shook his head and said, "I only know that this piece comes from the masterpiece's work of these two people before they died, and I don't know anything about their stories!"
Liu Chengang didn't want to continue this topic, and said: "Since you only have one song, then I'll teach you the more cheerful and lively song just now, this song is called "Childlike Heart", in fact, it is also the heirloom of Master Songzhou when he was young, and he has not yet encountered the funeral lotus.
As he spoke, Liu Chengang taught Nie Lin the blowing skills of this piece in detail, and Nie Lin was already proficient in rhythm, so he learned it very quickly.
After a while, when he understood this piece, he interpreted it in his own way, but the taste of this blow was completely different from Liu Chengang's, less innocent in childhood, and more melancholy and trouble......
"The same song, but two completely different flavors, good!"
Smack!
At this time, a burst of applause came from nearby, Nie Qi put down the gourd after his vigilance stopped, Liu Chengang also turned his head vigilantly, and saw a young man nearby who was dressed in tatters and had some blood stains, but his expression was still calm and calm, with a little aftertaste, walked out of the woods.