On a remote mountain road, a Taoist priest carried a large bag of rice grain on his back, followed by an ordinary-looking village woman, who was chatting while walking.

"Daoist Jiang, my little Yangsheng hasn't caused trouble for you recently, right?"

Jiang Guining gasped heavily, and replied with some difficulty: "That kid? It's okay, it's just that I eat too badly every day, only rice porridge. ”

Regarding Jiang Guining's complaints, Li Rou hurriedly smiled and said: "That kid is poor and scared, and he wants to save face, and he is unwilling to let our people help him, which makes the Taoist chief feel wronged." But don't worry, this time I went up the mountain, and I will definitely talk about him. ”

As soon as Jiang Guining heard Li Rou say this, a flattering smile immediately appeared on his face.

"That's it, Mrs. Li, you can talk more about him."

Looking at Jiang Guining's appearance, Li Rou also replied with a polite smile. Just looking at the little Taoist priest's appearance, she suddenly felt that this time she was too hasty to go up the mountain?

The two of them were talking like this, and they walked slowly up the mountain, but after walking for long, Jiang Guining lifted the bag on his shoulder, and said to the woman with a bitter face: "Mrs. Li, why don't we find a place to rest?" You don't feel tired when you go up the mountain empty-handed, but I still carry a big bag of food. ”

Li Rou was stunned for a moment, and then said suspiciously: "Dao Chief, this bag of grain weighs only about 100 catties, and you are a big man, so you have walked such a long way on your back, right?" ”

Then she said tentatively, "Why don't I carry it?" ”

No matter how shameless Jiang Guining is, it is impossible for Li Rou to carry the grain on his back and send it up the mountain, besides, this bag of rice is still half sold and half given by Li Rou, if this is known by Lu Yangsheng's kid, let alone being an apprentice on behalf of the teacher, it would be light not to be blamed by that kid. So he quickly refused: "Forget it, I'll carry it on my back." ”

Having said that, the pain on Jiang Guining's face can be seen as long as it is a person.

Don't look at Li Rou's personality on weekdays, but she is also a married woman, and she still understands the thoughts of men, so Jiang Guining has to die, and she is embarrassed to insist. It's just that after thinking about it for a while, she still sighed and said: "That's it, Dao Chief, I remember that there is a small pond not far ahead, and that place is still good for resting, or you insist on persevering, let's rest after we get there, don't you think?" ”

As soon as he heard that there was a place to rest, Jiang Guining's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly gasped and said, "Then Mrs. Li, let's hurry up, get there early and rest early." ”

After finishing speaking, Jiang Guining's pace was significantly quickened a lot.

Li Rou rubbed her eyebrows and followed helplessly, but there were more doubts in her eyes.

Such a weak guy who is out of breath with only a hundred or ten catties of food on his back, is it really some kind of cultivator? How can you feel that it is not as useful as the women of the town? If Xiao Yangsheng is allowed to learn skills from such a person, he can't be taken away, right?

I was suspicious in my heart, but Li Rou's pace was not slow, even if Jiang Guining significantly accelerated her pace, she still walked with ease, and there were not even a few drops of sweat on her face. On the other hand, a guy who claims to be a cultivator, alas......

In this way, the two of them kept going all the way, and after turning a few corners, they finally saw a small pond.

It is said to be a pond, but it is actually a small puddle, and it seems that it should be a place to temporarily store water when the water is washed out in the mountains in the summer, but because there is a spring, even in late autumn, the water here still does not dry up.

There are many places like this in the mountains, but these places freeze during the dry season in winter, and the springs in the mountains are sealed until the rainy season in the following summer. Therefore, although there is water in these places, there are no living creatures such as fish, shrimp and crabs like the creek around the village, but there is no problem with the water quality, and if it is only used to quench thirst, it is also an excellent choice.

On the edge of the pond, there was a huge stone slab, and after Jiang Guining saw it, his pace sped up a lot. When he reached the stone slab, he stumbled and threw the grain bag on his back directly on the stone slab, and then without looking, he lay on the water's edge and buried his whole face in the water. This scene made Li Rou, who was following him, feel distressed.

didn't look at Jiang Guining buried in the water, Li Rou walked quickly to the grain bag, carefully checked the bag, and saw that there was no hole, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

For Li Rou and them, food is life, who in a small family dares to drop food like this? If this is sprinkled, it will be a fatal thing.

Thinking of this, Li Rou set her eyes on Jiang Guining again, she had anger on her face and wanted to attack, but when she thought of the purpose of this Taoist priest to let her go up the mountain, she was pressed down by her again, but even so, her face was still ugly.

For these, Jiang Guining was not aware of it at all. He buried himself in the water for a long time before he raised his head from the water, and then after taking a long breath, he squinted and sighed, "Whew...... Much more comfortable. Every time I run out of food, I have to go down the mountain, which is really tiring and miserable. ”

After finishing speaking, he took a few sips of water in his hand before saying to Li Rou: "Mrs. Li, you should have sweated a lot after walking such a long way, do you want to wash together?" ”

As he spoke, Jiang Guining took off the straw sandals on his feet again, and then put his two feet into the pond together.

Although Li Rou didn't sweat, she also wanted to freshen up a little, but she didn't expect Jiang Guining to be so unparticular and wash her feet here, how could she be a woman and a Taoist family to freshen up again? So she could only hold back her anger and said, "Thank you for your kindness, but I came empty-handed along the way, and I didn't sweat much, so I don't need to wash." ”

After Jiang Guining listened, he splashed with his feet and said regretfully: "That's it? That's a shame. ”

Listening to his slightly regretful tone, Li Rou quickly turned her head to the other side and stopped looking at Jiang Guining. Because she was afraid that if she looked any further, she would not be able to help but kick this unscrupulous Taoist priest into this puddle.

Jiang Guining, on the other side, didn't notice this, but maybe because he was too comfortable, he didn't say anything, which also made Li Rou breathe a sigh of relief. It's just that when she thought of her purpose of going up the mountain, Li Rou had the urge to go up and down the mountain immediately.

The reason why Li Rou went up the mountain this time was because when Jiang Guining sent venison to her family, she suddenly told her that she had something to ask her for help, and Li Rou did not agree at that time, but out of trust in Lu Yangsheng, she still listened to him tell her about it.

Jiang Guining first reported to his family at that time, saying that he was a cultivator from the outside world, and this time he came to the town to travel here, and he came to the world to experience, and then in the past few days of contact with Lu Yangsheng, he found that Lu Yangsheng actually had the qualification of cultivation, which was especially suitable for their cultivation in this vein, so he had the idea of accepting apprentices on behalf of the teacher. It's just that after he and Lu Yangsheng mentioned it a few times, the kid didn't want to, and he really didn't want the pearl to be dusty, it was a pity, he persuaded him several times to no avail, and he was really helpless. Later, when he was chatting with Lu Yangsheng, he found that Lu Yangsheng had special respect for him, Sister Li, so he thought of asking Li Rou to help and persuade Lu Yangsheng so that he could voluntarily apprentice.

Next, Jiang Guining began to talk to Li Rou about the benefits of cultivation, and how good they are, in a word, if he Lu Yangsheng is unwilling to apprentice, it will definitely be a great loss.

Li Rou was actually very impatient at first, because since Lu Yangsheng was unwilling, she couldn't say anything, and to be honest, she really didn't trust Jiang Guining, after all, she hadn't had much contact, and he Jiang Guining came from the outside world, what if she had bad intentions towards Lu Yangsheng?

It's just that later Li Rou suddenly thought that Lu Yangsheng hadn't mentioned that he was going to the outside world soon? He went out alone with a child, Li Rou was indeed not at ease, would it be better if Jiang Guining, a person from the outside world, helped take care of it? And when the patriarch asked Jiang Guining to do things for Li Aniu's family, Li Rou also went to see it out of curiosity, and saw some of Jiang Guining's methods, such as what kind of charm was lit out of thin air, what kind of foot stepped on Gangbu or something, it seemed to be quite powerful. So she thought about what if this Taoist priest was really a master? If Lu Yangsheng can really practice, wouldn't this child be much better?

And she hadn't seen Lu Yangsheng for a long time, and she also wanted to go up the mountain to see how the child was doing from the mountain, so she followed Jiang Guining up the mountain without telling her husband.

But after contact with Jiang Guining along the way, Li Rou felt more and more that this seemingly unreliable Taoist priest was a liar. She made up her mind that she must have a good chat with the kid before persuading Lu Yangsheng to apprentice, but let him not be deceived in a vague way, if this is the case, she will regret it for the rest of her life.

As soon as she thought of this, Li Rou was a little distracted.

At this moment, Jiang Guining's shouting voice suddenly sounded next to her, which scared her back to her senses at once, she hurriedly looked in the direction where the voice came from, and asked anxiously, "What's wrong, Dao Chief?" Did something happen? ”

Hearing someone asking, Jiang Guining, who was shouting, hurriedly said, "Mrs. Li, look there, is there a big turtle lying on its stomach?" ”

Turtle? Will there be soft-shelled turtles in such small puddles? You must know that soft-shelled turtles are difficult to see even in the stream at the edge of the village, so how can they appear in such a place?

So Li Rou was stunned for a moment, and then looked strangely in the direction Jiang Guining pointed, but this look, even she was dumbfounded, because not far away, there was really a big turtle lying on the stone, as if it was basking in the sun.

Li Rou thought that she was dazzled, so she quickly rubbed her eyes, but when she opened her eyes and looked over, the soft-shelled turtle the size of a basin was still there.

Is this actually true? Such a large soft-shelled turtle would actually appear next to such a small puddle?

Just when Li Rou looked at the soft-shelled turtle, the soft-shelled turtle seemed to be disturbed, and it happened to look here. I don't know if it's an illusion, when the soft-shelled turtle looked over, Li Rou lost her mind for a moment, and then a huge cold air rushed straight to her head from Li Rou's spine, making her only feel that the world was spinning, and she involuntarily took a step back.

Just when Li Rou was a little at a loss, Jiang Guining's voice suddenly came, which made her come back to her senses instantly, and the chill on her body completely dissipated at this moment.

"Mrs. Li, wait a while, I'll go and catch that soft-shelled turtle, and we'll stew soft-shelled turtle soup tonight, and we'll eat it together then." This thing, it's a big supplement. ”

But it was Jiang Guining who was shouting there, wanting to catch soft-shelled turtle stew soup and drink.

But with the scene just now, Li Rou suddenly remembered some legends about mountain spirits and water monsters in the town, and she was so frightened that she hurriedly stopped Jiang Guining's reckless behavior, but before she could speak, Jiang Guining had already run towards the soft-shelled turtle.

Li Rou's face was ugly, and she always felt that something bad was about to happen.