At the beginning, there were few people who burned incense, but later people found that burning incense and making wishes here was very effective, and there were more and more people.

Chen Chunfeng calculated that the materials for repairing the temple cost ten horseshoe gold, and the workers' wages, food money and wear and tear cost nearly six horseshoe gold. Chen Chunfeng was settling accounts in the house.

The old beggar came in without knocking on the door and said, "Little Engong, you see that my Taoist costume is okay, right?" ”

The old beggar now has changed his clothes into Taoist clothes, his hair has been combed into a Taoist bun, he wears a Taoist temple on his head, and the dust in his hands is gently shaken, like a profound Taoist priest.

Chen Chunfeng said: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, just call me Chen Chunfeng." ”

The Taoist chief said: "Chen Chunfeng, have you ever learned martial arts?" ”

Chen Chunfeng shook his head and said: "I didn't study intensively, but when I was a child, I learned a few rough tricks from my uncle. ”

Lao Dao said: "When I was young, I was a soldier for a few years, and I knew some martial arts, I can teach you what you want to learn, and I will take it as Lao Dao's reward for you." ”

Chen Chunfeng said: "What do you say in return, if the Taoist Master teaches me martial arts, I will never tell you when I cause trouble in the future." ”

The old man looked up to the sky and laughed.

Chen Chunfeng knew that he was speechless, and he also laughed along with the old way.

After a long time, Chen Chunfeng took a deep breath to stop laughing, and said, "Dao Chief, I have customized a ring-headed knife elsewhere, can your old man know how to use the knife?" ”

Lao Dao said: "This is not difficult, follow me." Lao Dao picked up two branches shaped like ring-headed knives from the pyre and began to teach Chen Chunfeng the knife technique.

This teaching and learning, both of them were surprised. Chen Chunfeng was shocked that the old way actually allowed him to have such a profound knife technique; Lao Dao was shocked that Chen Chunfeng had a strong learning ability, in just ten days, he had learned the old Dao's knife skills completely, and even drew inferences from one another, and finally the old Dao could not go through three rounds in Chen Chunfeng's hands, which was still Chen Chunfeng to save face for him.

Before leaving, Chen Chunfeng left two horseshoe gold for Lao Dao, which is nearly half of Chen Chunfeng's money in the fish basket now.

After Chen Chunfeng left, Lao Dao said to Chen Chunfeng's back from a long distance: "At a young age, how big a heart do you have, Lao Dao, I can't catch up in this life." ”

Chen Chunfeng pinched his fingers and counted, there were still a few days before the date of taking the knife, so he enjoyed the scenery along the way while hurrying, and after a few days, Chen Chunfeng came to Handan City again, and came to the original blacksmith shop.

The old blacksmith saw that it was Chen Chunfeng coming, and greeted him warmly and said, "Little brother, sit down for a cup of tea first, and I'll go get you a knife." ”

Chen Chunfeng said: "I'm tired. ”

After a while, the old blacksmith took out a ring-headed knife, walked up to Chen Chunfeng and handed it to him.

Chen Chunfeng stretched out his hand to take the ring head knife, and his hand was sinking, about twenty catties.

The old blacksmith said: "One hundred catties of meteorite stone, sixty-four catties of molten iron, day and night, forging day and night, sixty-four catties of molten iron, into twenty-four catties, tired several of my apprentices. ”

Chen Chunfeng heard the old blacksmith complain for his apprentice, so he took out a thousand yuan and put it on the table and said, "I will pay a thousand yuan to buy them some delicious supplements." ”

The old blacksmith said, "Then I will thank the little brother for them." ”

Chen Chunfeng pulled out the ring head knife, and saw that this knife was no different from the one he saw last time, but the weight was three times that of the knife, and the knife body had layers of texture, and he said in his heart: I didn't expect that there would be such a superb folding and forging technology in this era. Although he knew that there was such a technique in this period in his previous life, he was still amazed when he saw the ring-headed knife in his hand.

Chen Chunfeng was in a trance, and the old blacksmith said, "Little brother, please go to the backyard to try the knife together." Chen Chunfeng followed the old blacksmith to the backyard.

The old blacksmith pointed to a thin iron bar the thickness of a duck's egg placed on the anvil and said, "Little brother, let's try the knife with this iron bar!" ”

Chen Chunfeng pulled a knife flower and slashed it down. The old blacksmith was stunned, and the apprentices of the old blacksmith who were watching the excitement were also stunned. Chen Chunfeng slashed it with a knife, and an iron bar the thickness of a duck egg, along with the anvil below, was cut in half, just like cutting tofu. Chen Chunfeng said, "Good knife!" He put the ring-headed knife back into its scabbard.

It took a long time for the old blacksmith to recover from his surprise and said: "After this knife was built, I and several apprentices tried it, and with all our strength, we could only cut off this iron bar, little brother is really a god!" ”

Chen Chunfeng said: "I am very satisfied, this is three thousand yuan, please accept it." In addition, I will invite everyone to dinner today, this is a thousand yuan, and I will not sit with you. ”

The old blacksmith was very happy that Chen Chunfeng gave him more money, and he and a few apprentices did not vain the efforts of him and a few apprentices in the past few days, took four thousand yuan, took Chen Chunfeng away and took half a day off, and took a few apprentices to drink.

Chen Chunfeng walked around the street and visited several places of interest. Chen Chunfeng heard that King Yingzheng of Qin was born here, and when he grew up, he fell in love with a beautiful woman in Handan, called Afangnu. Emperor Qin Yingzheng, the first emperor of the ages, what kind of person, is also fascinated by the beauty of Handan, which shows that Handan has produced beautiful women since ancient times.

Chen Chunfeng lived here for more than a month, and then he bought a donkey and rushed to Yecheng. The weather is in June, it should be the rainy season, but the weather is very dry, there is no rain for more than two months, it is really the scorching sun, the land is dry and cracked, the scorching heat, the sweat of the passers-by, just came out and turned into steam, leaving a layer of white salt on the body, the fields are full of farmers carrying water to water the seedlings, and the inside of the Zhanghe River is close to drying up.

Chen Chunfeng rode a donkey, and dust was kicked up behind him. There was a half-foot-deep enamel of soil on the road, and a gust of wind blew through it, and the sky was full of dust. Despite this, there are still many people walking on the road, some are in a hurry to do business, some are fleeing the famine to ask for food, and some are doing business.

On this day, he approached Yecheng, and Chen Chunfeng saw an altar begging for rain outside Yecheng, and there were only a few old and gentle old men and women under the altar. As soon as I inquired, I learned that other young and strong people had gone to divert water for irrigation and carried water to water the seedlings.

Chen Chunfeng saw a group of people digging wells at the edge of the field, with several discarded wheels next to them. When I asked, I found out that these wheels were used to dig wells. People first dig a pit the size of a wheel in the ground, then put the removed wooden spoke wheels into it, then put bricks on the wheels, dig a layer of soil from under the wheels, and put a layer of bricks on top of the wheels to block the falling dirt around them, and dig until the water comes out. It turns out that digging a well is like this, and it really increases knowledge.

Chen Chunfeng entered Yecheng and found an inn to live in, although the weather was dry, all the people who bought and sold in Yecheng were as usual, Chen Chunfeng He planned to use a spell to make a heavy rain, but as soon as he remembered the fate of a certain dragon king, he decided to use another method. He bought incense candles, yellow paper cinnabar, drew a few talismans with a brush to call for wind and rain, took advantage of the night, on a high slope, burned incense and burned the watch, sent talismans to pray for rain, the method of praying for rain is the spell in the change of Tiangang, straight to the sky, the wind to the heavy rain and then arrived, the heavy rain for two hours fell full of ditches and trenches, and solved the drought that lasted for more than two months.

After the rain, Chen Chunfeng returned to the inn from the place where he prayed for rain, and on the way in a pavilion beside the road, he saw an old man with a white beard and white hair waving to him. Someone greeted him, naturally he couldn't ignore it, Chen Chunfeng jumped a few puddles, went up a few steps, and entered the pavilion, Chen Chunfeng bowed and said, "What does the old man call me to advise?" ”

The old man said: "Drought and flood are all arranged by God, do you know how many people will die in the war in the future caused by this rain?" ”

Chen Chunfeng said: "What do you say? Is there anything wrong with having a drought to save a rain? ”

The old man said: "The people of this side are rich, even if it does not rain for three or five years, it does not matter, God is afraid that there are bad people who use the resources of this place to start wars, so that the weather is drought, in essence, it is to protect the lives of the people here from the suffering of war, there is this great drought, pray for rain today, this person who died in the war, must be remembered on your head." Your merits today may not be able to make up for it. ”

Chen Chunfeng took a deep breath and said, "As a cultivator, I can't just stand by while watching the weather drought. ”

The old man was speechless for a while, and then let out a long groan and said, "This is reasonable. ”

Chen Chunfeng said: "I don't pray for rain just for merit. I can't get used to seeing elderly people begging for rain in the scorching sun, so I can count it as a small favor for them! ”

The old man said: "In the future, you should think about things before doing them, and remember to think twice." With that, he turned into a burst of yellow glow and disappeared.

Chen Chunfeng returned to the inn unhurriedly, knocked on the door of the inn, and the guy came to open the door.

The guy said, "Guest officer, you're not in the rain, are you?" Do you need to boil a bucket of hot water for washing? ”

Chen Chunfeng said: "I haven't been in the rain, I've been hiding in the gazebo, it's just a little cold, if it's convenient, just boil a bucket of hot water, I'll take a bath." ”

The man said, "You go back to your room and rest, and I'll bring it to you when the water is boiled." ”

Chen Chunfeng Chen Chunfeng took out more than a dozen copper coins as a tip and gave it to the guy, saying, "I'm tired." The man took the money and thanked him, and went to boil water.

When he returned to the room for a short time, the man brought in the bathtub and poured warm water. Chen Chunfeng went to bed after taking a bath. I slept really sweetly, and the fatigue of the past few days of rushing was swept away.

Lying on the bed, Chen Chunfeng thought, doing a good deed, helping people to ask for a heavy rain will be a taboo in the heavenly court, what good deeds in this world will make him accumulate merits? There can be no mistake in subduing demons and catching ghosts, right? When the time comes, I will provoke the relatives and friends of the immortal man, the third aunt and the sixth wife, and I will still cause trouble.

Chen Chunfeng sighed lightly and said, "Is it really so difficult to become an immortal? "I also think that if I do things in order to become an immortal, I have selfishness, so I just like this, no matter whether I become an immortal in the future or not, or if I offend a certain immortal, as long as I let myself see that there are demons and evil spirits that harm people, I will not stand idly by.

The residents of Yecheng were busy in the fields after the rain and took care of the crops.

On a noodle stall on the side of the road sat a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy with a ring-headed knife next to him, and this young man was Chen Chunfeng.

At this time, wearing a ring-headed knife is the standard equipment of the rangers, like Chen Chunfeng, who sits in front of the noodle stall and eats the stewed noodles quietly, which is considered a low-key ranger, and other rangers are calling friends, in groups of three or five, going to wine shops, brothels, eating wine and discussing art, and talking about poetry.