Chapter 21: Lao Wu's Gift
Shao Xi watched Guo Youde's figure disappear at the end of the horizon, and his heart was somewhat melancholy. In the modern world, even if you haven't seen each other for a few years, as long as the QQ avatar is still on, and the greetings for the New Year's holidays in WeChat still appear, you won't feel that this person is too far away from you. But this world is different, the separation here is a real separation, and it's hard for you to know the news of the other person anymore.
Just when Shao Xi sighed for Guo Youde's departure, Mu Ren came. He looked around and saw that Shao Xi was the only one, so he didn't ask anything, but just said to Shao Xi, "Lao Wu is back." β
"What, what do you say?" Shao Xi's eyes widened.
"That, I mean, Lao Wu is back." Mu Ren was taken aback by Shao Xi's reaction.
"This old thing, once it disappeared, it was nearly half a year, and he still had the face to come back? Walk! Go back and settle accounts with him. β
Shao Xi simply packed up his things in the grass hut, turned over his horse, and ran in the direction of the tribe. Mu Ren's reaction to Shao Xi was a little strange, Lao Wu is back, shouldn't he be happy?
When Shao Xi kicked on Lao Wu, Lao Wu was drinking a little wine, listening to the people in the tribe tell him about Shao Xi's brilliant deeds in the past six months.
"Oh, my mother! Young master, you haven't seen you for half a year, how can you be strong again? You want to tear down my old bones? β
Old Wu just handed the wine glass to his lips, and he didn't know where it flew at this time.
"You old fellow, do you still have the face to come back? If you leave me alone on the grassland, aren't you afraid that I will be taken away by wolves? β
Shao Xi is really angry! Although when Lao Wu just left, he didn't have too many feelings in his heart, but if he didn't come back for so long, it was fake to say that he wasn't worried. After all, he is the one who grew up with Feng Yuyan, and he is the one who always thinks of himself.
Lao Wu said with a smiling face: "Young master, look, didn't I tell you at the beginning, it will be half a month at the least, and half a year at most, but I'm not coming back in less than half a year now!" β
Shao Xi was angry and laughed at Lao Wu's words, "Your uncle, you will take advantage of the loopholes, and it will take more than five months to come back, where do you say you are going?" β
Lao Wu showed his cheap expression again, "Don't say it, the places I've been to in the past six months are full of women." Of course, I also went to a place full of smelly men. β
Shao Xi's nose almost smoked, "You are so special that both men and women eat, you are very flowery!" β
"I'm not playing, I'm going to get down to business." Old Wu said with a hippie smile.
"Get down to business, what can you do? It's nothing more than eating flowers and wine and visiting casinos. β
"Young master, you have wronged me. I went out this time, but I was born and died, and I almost lost my life outside. Lao Wu said aggrievedly.
"Then tell me, what are you doing this trip?"
"Young master, you come with me." With that, Lao Wu pulled Shao Xi into the felt tent.
"If you have something to say, if you have a fart, what are you doing mysteriously?" Shao Xi said angrily.
At this time, Lao Wu put away his shapeless appearance. Said to Shao Xi seriously: "Young Master, do you remember that I asked you if you wanted to cultivate martial arts before leaving?" β
Shao Xi didn't look like Lao Wu was joking. So he replied seriously: "Of course I remember, you said that I was not allowed to cultivate martial arts for revenge, but to let me live well." β
"It's rare that the young master still keeps this sentence in his heart, and it is not in vain that Lao Wu and I have worked hard this time. It's worth it, with the young master's words, it's worth all the hard work. β
Lao Wu took out three sturdy long cloth bags from the corner of the felt tent, and there was also a wooden box. He put things in front of Shao Xi one by one, with a smug look on his face.
"I still remember that when I was leaving, I told the young master that I would bring some decent gifts back as a thank you for the gifts that Muren and Urina gave you. Now that you and Muren have become Anda, this gift should be given even more. As he spoke, Lao Wu opened two of the cloth bags.
Two knives were revealed in the cloth bag, one long and one short, one wide and one narrow, and the handle and scabbard were delicately decorated, which looked like good things.
Lao Wu picked up the knife that looked wider and longer, and looked at it with admiration for a moment. said: "The name of this knife is Lieyang, it was once the belongings of the 'Xicheng Swordsman' Guan Yucheng, the knife is three feet three inches long and three inches wide, it is a rare treasure knife. Back then, Guan Yucheng relied on this knife and did not meet an opponent in the Western Regions. β
After speaking, Lao Wu raised his hand and pulled the knife out of its scabbard. I saw that the blade was as black as ink, simple and atmospheric, and faintly full of murderous aura.
Putting down the Sun Knife, Lao Wu reached out and took the shorter knife next to him in his hand. sighed: "The owner of this knife was once in the hearts of countless men in the world, but it is a pity that like the owner of the Burning Sun Knife, the person is no longer there. β
Hearing this, Shao Xi asked, "The original owner of this knife was a woman?" β
Lao Wu nodded silently and gently pulled the knife out of the scabbard. I saw that this knife was as white as jade, soft as water, warm and elegant, and there was no cold light like other swords.
"The name of this knife is Hanyue. It was the love knife of Shen Linyue, the hostess of Wangshu Pavilion on Yingyue Island, the knife is two feet two inches long and nine points wide, and no blade in the world has ever been able to touch this knife. Alas! It's just a pity. β
Shao Xi saw Lao Wu's expression, so he teased: "Look at your virtue, you should have been one of the members of the fan group back then, right?" β
Lao Wu asked inexplicably: "What is a fan group?" β
"Meaning, you were also one of the many suitors back then."
Lao Wu smiled awkwardly, "Being able to be looked at by her is enough to comfort your life, how can there be other delusions?" β
"The power of idols is really powerful." Shao Xi snickered.
Lao Wu gently put down the knife, and then said: "The owners of these two knives had a relationship many years ago. After that, for some reason, the two stopped interacting with each other. Since then, Guan Yucheng has gone to the Western Regions and opened an inn called Yaoling in Loulan City, which specializes in taking in men and women who elope. Whether it is a royal family or nobleman, a wealthy family, or a famous family in the martial arts, as long as there are elopements and men and women living in his inn, no one can forcibly take people away from his knife. This incident also became a strange story in the Western Regions that year. β
"Holy! Such a! And what about later? Shao Xi asked.
"Later? Alasββ! Old Wu let out a long sigh.
Later, I heard that Shen Linyue died of depression. After Guan Yucheng learned the news of Shen Linyue's death, he committed suicide with a knife. It's really a pair of hard-working mandarin ducks, and I don't know if it's a good fate or a bad fate. β
Speaking of this ending, Shao Xi and Lao Wu both sighed in unison, "Alasββ! Then they turned their heads in unison, looked at each other with surprised eyes, and asked in unison, "Why do you learn from me?" β
Lao Wu opened the wooden box at his feet again, took out four books that looked old and yellow, and placed them on top of the two knives.
"Here are the techniques and tips of the knife technique that the two of them created back then, as well as their own mental methods. The knife technique practiced by Guan Yucheng is called the Chunyang Knife Method, the technique is called the Chunyang Nine Styles, the knife technique is called the Chaolu Technique, and the mental method cultivated is the 'Dustless Mind Method'; the knife technique practiced by Shen Linyue is called the Qiushui Knife Method, the technique is called the Qiushui Nine Styles, the knife technique is called the Twilight Wind Technique, and the mental method cultivated is the 'Water Moon Heart Method'. β
When Shao Xi heard this, he was already a little confused. But Lao Wu doesn't care, Lao Wu has to say......
"Although these two sword techniques only have nine styles each, when the two of them join forces and strike with two swords, they change into the eighteen styles of the 'Spring and Autumn Sword Technique', which is far better than their own nine styles. As the so-called:
You are like the spring sun, and I am like autumn water.
You are the morning dew, I am the twilight.
The spring blooms and the water is clear, and the autumn wind leaves traces.
There is a shadow in the streamer, and the water and moon are dust-free. β
Shao Xi watched this obscene old guy shaking his head and being self-absorbed. came the sentence "Da Lang! It's time to take your medicine. β
"Take the medicine, what medicine?" Lao Wu asked in confusion.
Crash......
Shao Xi also dragged a wooden box to his feet, then tilted his head, glanced at the wooden box, and motioned to Lao Wu, "Choose yourself!" β
This is the medicine box that Guo Youde left for Shao Xi before leaving, and he also left a list in it, but Shao Xi couldn't understand the specific purpose of some pills. It just so happened that Lao Wu was back, so it was better to ask Lao Wu.
After reading the list, Lao Wu immediately pounced in front of the medicine box like a wild dog smelling meat, and began to rummage frantically......
When Lao Wu roughly checked the pills in the medicine box with the list, he stared at Shao Xi with two eyes as if he had seen a ghost. "Where did it come from?" Where did this medicine box come from? Where did the elixir in this medicine box come from? β
"A Taoist friend of mine left it for me when he was leaving." Shao Xi replied casually.
"Daoist, what Daoist? Friends, what friends? What is it called? Where are the people? How many people are in the family? Have siblings without ......? β
"Uhββ! Are you going on a blind date? How do two old men go on a blind date? β
"Don't talk nonsense, talk about it." It was the first time Shao Xi was so excited to see Lao Wu.
So, Shao Xi roughly told Lao Wu about the process of meeting Guo Youde in the past six months to breaking up.
Lao Wu became even more excited after hearing this, jumped up and asked, "Guo Youde?" Are you talking about 'beggar Dao Immortal' Guo Youde? He left you these pills? β
Shao Xi was inexplicably asked by Lao Wu, and replied: "Yes, it's him." He left these things to me too, what's wrong? β
"Do you know who Guo Youde is?" The more Lao Wu spoke, the more excited he became.
"Who? An alchemy Taoist priest, an old man who steals a leg of mutton from me to eat, who else can he be? β
"That's a 'Dao Immortal'! The famous pill master in the martial arts of the rivers and lakes, I don't know how many famous martial arts factions are kneeling and begging him to help with alchemy, but he is too lazy to take care of it. Lao Wu said excitedly.
Shao Xi put his thumb on his chin and recalled: "It seems that he begged me to ask for a little more, and I almost became his brother-in-law." β
"Ahββ?!h