Chapter Ninety-Seven: Lu Xiaosan's Little Firecracker
Many stories are probably simply coming and going.
The same is true of life.
When Li Er died in the East China Sea, only Qinglian was there alone to accompany him, and he died like an ordinary old man, fell into the Qingxi River, and drifted to the East China Sea with the current, leaving nothing behind.
Li Queyi died when Emperor Huai broke the gap in the Styx, naked, coming and going naked, leaving only the book of "Supplement to the Human World" that fell to the world.
The Demon Lord is yes, too.
He came all the way from the Youhuang Mountain Range, sacrificed his soul to the Eastern Emperor Taiyi, and then died in the green mountains in the south.
If Qiushui hadn't brought the lame sword sect's lucky little demon up, probably many years later, the world would never have been able to find the place where the lame elk left the world.
If people in the world come to explore opportunities, go to Qingxi in the East China Sea, go to the River Styx, and go to Qingshan. Naturally, there will be no gains, no opportunities, and no blessings.
But perhaps many blessings have already been left to the world.
For example, the secret that Li Er has hidden all his life.
For example, the seemingly useless scroll.
For example, the reason why the demon clan can live in the world.
Benefiting the world, not the individual.
Perhaps this is what the cultivation world has always pursued.
Therefore death is like a weed, and the world is unheard.
The tanuki stayed at the weeds for a long time, holding his sword, and did not leave.
When Nandao walked to the Lame Deer Sword Sect with an umbrella, Qiushui had already left.
Only Tingfeng Yin still stood there, quietly looking at the south of the world.
Probably hearing the footsteps behind him, this sword cultivator with white sideburns turned around and looked at the young man who was walking slowly with a black umbrella, and seemed to have some doubts.
"What are you doing here?"
Nandao stopped behind Listening to the Wind and whispered, "What about the person on the cliff?" ”
Listening to the wind and chanting, he turned his head, looked at the south and said calmly, "Let's go." ”
Nandao didn't say anything more, just stood on the mountain road and looked towards the south of the world.
After listening to the wind for a long time, he turned his head, looked at Nandao and said, "I thought you would have some emotions. ”
Nandao lowered his head, looked at the low dry grass branches under his feet, and said: "People like them, when they want to say it, they will naturally say it, if they don't want to say it, what can we do?" ”
Listening to the wind whispered, "Yes." ”
Nandao looked at Tingfeng and whispered, "The seniors seem to know more than I thought. ”
Listening to the wind and said with a smile: "I have only heard some rumors and know the appearance, but I don't know the truth. ”
Hearing this, Nan Dao sighed softly and said, "Probably sometimes, the truth really doesn't mean anything. ”
Nandao didn't know where he had heard such a sentence, but in short, he was very melancholy and emotional.
Listening to the wind and said with a smile: "Then let Lingnan become your meaning for the time being." ”
Nandao nodded.
The two of them have been watching for a long time, but they can't see anything, just the boundless misty green mountains.
"Your realm has fallen a bit."
"It's just a small thing."
Listening to the wind and looking at the young man beside him with great emotion.
Nandao turned his head, looked at Tingfeng Yin and said, "What do you want to say from your seniors?" ”
Listening to the wind Yin, he turned his head back, also turned around, walked along the mountain road, and said with a smile: "I just suddenly feel that Lingnan is actually like a grass house." ”
And the boy will only be a temporary resident of the grass house.
Nan Dao looked at the back of Listening to the wind and chanting with an increasingly old atmosphere, followed, and said calmly: "The grass house is actually the most unforgettable thing sometimes. ”
Something in the small things may indeed be memorable sometimes.
Listening to Feng Yin laughing softly in front: "I thought you would remember Nanyi City a little more." ”
"That's different." The boy walked with an umbrella, very conscious.
"What's the difference?"
"There I am the one who sent the travel."
"Not in Lingnan?"
"Not in Lingnan."
Kenshu, who had white hair on his sideburns, smiled heartily and walked briskly through the mountain road.
......
When Nandao returned to the canyon, Le Chaotian woke up from a big dream, looked at the young man standing with a sword on the edge of the cliff outside the building, and said, "Senior brother went out for a trip?" ”
The cliffside boy nodded.
"Senior sister came up before." Le Chaotian leaned on the railing outside the building and yawned.
Nandao looked back at Le Chaotian by the umbrella eaves and said, "What to do?" ”
Le Chaotian said with a smile: "Ask us where we are celebrating the New Year this year, whether it is in the Tianya Sword Sect, or the Little White Sword Sect, or if we all come to the canyon together." ”
Nandao thought for a while and said, "Where is the junior brother going to be?" ”
Le Chaotian said: "Naturally, it is in the building, after all, the scenery here is good." What about Senior Brother? ”
"I don't know, it's okay."
"So it looks like it's in the canyon?"
Nan Dao looked at Le Chaotian's affirmative look and said, "Why? ”
Le Chaotian said with a smile: "Generally speaking, people who say that they can often are people who are too lazy to think, and they don't even bother to think about it, so they must be even lazier to go down the canyon, isn't that to celebrate the New Year in the canyon?" ”
Nandao chuckled softly, "Makes sense. ”
Le Chaotian said proudly: "That's nature, cultivating the Tao, in fact, cultivating is the principle of heaven and earth, the principle of heaven and earth can be cultivated, and the truth of the young man can naturally be understood." ”
"So Senior Sister, they want to spend the New Year there?"
Nandao ignored the triumphant Le Chaotian.
Le Chaotian thought for a while and said, "It's probably in the canyon, after all, they also know what kind of virtue their junior disciples are, so they have prepared some things in the building before." ”
Nandao's eyes fell on the small building, and only then did he find that several big red lanterns were already hanging under the eaves.
"Senior Brother Wu should be making firecrackers now, just now Lu Xiaosan and they are still walking there carrying bamboo on the mountain road." Le Chaotian looked at Nandao with a smile and said, "It's really about to be the New Year, senior brother." ”
Nan Dao laughed softly, looked at Le Chaotian and said, "Senior brother is really so happy? ”
Le Chaotian said as a matter of course: "That's nature, the year is coming to an end, the year is gone, and everything is new, of course, it is worth being happy." What's more, after the Chinese New Year, it is natural to start eating delicious food every day. ”
Nandao then understood that the last sentence was the reason why Le Chaotian was happy, turned his head and looked at the world.
"Isn't Senior Brother happy?"
Le Chaotian's voice came from behind him, but he had already walked downstairs and stopped beside Nandao.
"It's fine." The South Island is very prosaic.
So probably there is no such mood as Le Chaotian.
Le Chaotian looked at the young man under the umbrella and said, "Why? ”
The boy tilted his head and thought for a moment, and said, "I've been under the umbrella since I was very young, so it's probably not lively. ”
There are many laughs and smiles in the world, but I have two sideburns to spare.
For teenagers, the excitement in the past is probably indeed someone else's.
Maybe he thought about lighting firecrackers like other children before, and then covered his ears and ran away in a panic.
But the South Island could only cover one ear.
His other hand needs to hold the umbrella.
It's always like this, and it's inevitable that you will get up.
Le Chaotian smiled softly and said, "It should also be lively under the umbrella." ”
The sounds that resounded everywhere in the town actually got louder when they fell under the umbrella.
Nandao whispered, "It was just noise, not excitement. ”
Noisy and lively are naturally different words and have different meanings.
Le Chaotian said with a smile: "Then it's time to let Senior Brother Wu make more firecrackers, so that you can make a good noise." ”
The two brothers stood on the edge of the cliff and laughed softly.
"Where's the one who came?" Le Chaotian looked at the world and said.
"It's gone."
Nandao spoke calmly.
Le Chaotian laughed softly and said, "That's good." ”
The people on the cliff walked on their own to her world.
The world celebrates its own year.
Nature does not interfere with each other.
......
"Le Chaotian, be quiet!"
Lu Xiaosan looked at the little earth dog jumping up and down on the side, and scolded him very seriously.
Lu Xiaoer watched from the side with a strange expression.
This is a rather remote small courtyard in the Sword Sect, which was originally used as a utility room, but it was cleaned up by Lu Xiaosan for a while, and a vacant lot was vacated.
Lu Xiaoer, who was originally injured and planned to rest in the Little White Sword Sect for a while, was pulled away by Lu Xiaosan halfway, saying that he had secretly learned the unborn knowledge in the world in the Tianya Sword Sect.
Make firecrackers!
Lu Xiaoer, who originally scoffed at Lu Xiaosan's non-learning, was also interested after hearing about making firecrackers.
What young boy can withstand this kind of test?
The two of them sneaked into this courtyard.
Lu Xiaosan put the newly cut bamboo aside, pushed away some sundries on the side, and a shoddy production table appeared in front of Lu Xiaoer.
This senior brother who is very serious with a sword on his back was dumbfounded.
"When did you prepare?"
Lu Xiaosan grinned and said, "From last year to now, I have been preparing. ”
Lu Xiaoer looked at the bottles and cans of sealed charcoal, sulfur, charcoal and fire nitrate, and thought to himself that it was fortunate that there was no fire in this courtyard, otherwise the Little White Sword Sect would be blown up by this junior brother sooner or later.
"Where did you get these things?"
Lu Xiaoer looked at Lu Xiaosan and asked.
Lu Xiaosan tilted his head and thought for a while, and said, "I stole it from Uncle Wu, didn't I help get some bamboo last year?" I saw where the stuff was, and when I was free, I went and stole a little. ”
“......”
Lu Xiaoer was silent.
Who would have thought that this junior brother would be so bold and dare to steal this kind of thing.
"Will you do it?"
Lu Xiaosan patted his chest and said very confidently: "I peeked at Uncle Shi making firecrackers, so naturally I will do it, in fact, Senior Brother, don't think about it too hard, it's very simple, that's it, and then that's it." ”
As Lu Xiaosan spoke, he picked up a piece of bamboo and gestured to pour something into it and then seal it.
Lu Xiaoer was skeptical, but he was still ready to take away this junior brother who didn't know whether he was alive or dead once Lu Xiaosan's hand exploded.
Lu Xiaosan was naturally very cautious, his palms were full of sweat, and he took his sword and Lu Xiaoer's sword together and put them outside the door.
I'm afraid that the two swords will accidentally collide together, and some sparks will be sparked and detonate these bottles and cans.
Everything was ready, Lu Xiaosan took a deep breath, looked at Lu Xiaoer on the side, and said very seriously: "Senior brother, press the formation for me!" ”
Lu Xiaoer also nodded.
Lu Xiaosan walked to the tattered platform, and then rolled up his heavy sleeves with difficulty, carefully opened the bottles and cans, and mixed them together.
"Do you know the proportions?"
Lu Xiaoer looked at Lu Xiaosan's casually mixed appearance and asked with some uneasiness.
"That's pretty much it." Lu Xiaosan said.
“......”
Those things were almost mixed, and Lu Xiaosan took a two-finger-wide bamboo tube and began to pour it into it.
"Do you want so much?"
"There must be more, it will be loud enough to blow up, and last year Uncle Shi didn't do it very well, it was quieter than the sound of Master's fart. My brother helped me up, but it seemed to be stuck, so I poked it with a stick. ”
"Be careful!"
"Senior brother, you are a cultivator who sees the mountain realm, and I am not as afraid as you are."
"I'm a senior brother, if you are killed by the bombing, I will be scolded by the master."
"Hey, hey."
Lu Xiaosan asked Lu Xiaoer to hold on to the bamboo tube, then found a stick from the side, stabbed the stuck thing inside, and then continued to pick up the gunpowder on the side and pour it inside.
"I always feel that the amount you added is enough to blow up this yard."
Lu Xiaoer, who was holding a sharp sword in front of him all day long, blinked his eyes, and looked at these things that Lu Xiaosan had done, but he also felt a little frightened.
"Don't worry, brother, at most blow up one of your hands."
“......”
"Then in the future, you can go and ride a big bird and become a one-armed sword cultivator."
"Why do you want to ride the big bird?"
"I don't know, I'm a child, a child is not sensible, and he talks nonsense."
probably found that there was indeed no unexpected danger, and Lu Xiaosan did not have the nervous mood at the beginning, and began to talk nonsense.
The two of them worked hard for a long time before they finally filled the first bamboo tube with gunpowder, and Lu Xiaosan brought two stones of just the right size and carefully placed them on the top layer of gunpowder.
Lu Xiaoer asked a little puzzled, "What is this?" ”
"It's something that ignites the fire." Lu Xiaosan said with a solemn expression. "Senior brother, you have to touch it steadily, if you are not careful, two stones will collide, and it will explode if there is a little spark!"
Lu Xiaoer finally realized what this thing was used for, and looked at his junior brother with wide eyes.
"Lu Xiaosan, you bastard, what now?"
Lu Xiaosan said confidently: "Don't panic Senior Brother, don't tremble your hands first." ”
Lu Xiaoer didn't want his hands to tremble, but at this time, the little earth dog brought back by Lu Xiaosan stuck out his tongue and ran over to gnaw Lu Xiaoer's trouser leg.
"Let's play!"
Lu Xiaosan looked at the little earth dog on the side and scolded in a low voice, and the little earth dog ran away aggrievedly and hid behind a dilapidated wooden barrel.
Lu Xiaoer relaxed a little at this time.
After Lu Xiaosan put the stone, he took another piece of wire and coiled it, put it between the two stones, and then stretched out from the small hole reserved in the bamboo tube.
"It's a brilliant idea that I thought about it for a whole year."
Lu Xiaosan explained to his senior brother proudly while fiddling with it.
"As long as the thread is still coiled inside, the two stones won't collide together, there won't be sparks if they don't collide together, and they won't explode."
Lu Xiaoer didn't have the heart to listen to Lu Xiaosan explain these things, he just wanted Lu Xiaosan to finish it quickly, so that he could run far.
"Then when the time comes, we just pull out this thread, and then throw it out hard, and we can make it explode, I call it firecracker."
Lu Xiaoer looked at Lu Xiaosan speechlessly.
What the do you call this a firecracker?
Back then, Li Asan outside Nanyi City didn't use such a frustrating thing on the demon clan.
If you add some iron pieces and iron pills or something, you can add some iron pieces and iron pills or something.
Lu Xiaoer felt that Huaidu was going to be confiscated.
Although Lu Xiaosan said it very easily, he was still very careful with his hand movements.
After working for a long time, I finally sealed the mouth of this firecracker, if it were not for a thread hanging from the side, it would probably look like an ordinary bamboo tube.
Lu Xiaoer carefully let go of the firecracker, Lu Xiaosan took a prepared bamboo board with many holes from the side, stuck the bamboo tube in, clapped his hands and said, "Senior brother, let's continue!" ”
Lu Xiaoer was dumbfounded.
"Isn't it enough for you to make this thing?"
Lu Xiaosan said confidently: "In the sound of firecrackers, you only put one firecracker in the New Year?" ”
"Are you going to make a few more Sword Sect blow-ups?"
Lu Xiaoer was very helpless.
"Let's just be careful, what's more, didn't Master say it? This year, we will set off firecrackers in the canyon, and we will be able to scare the joker by then. ”
Lu Xiaosan said with great interest.
"Every time I tried to tease him, he always found out, and this time we gave him a big one."
Lu Xiaoer sighed, although it is indeed very attractive to scare Le Chaotian, but at the moment, these things are indeed too dangerous.
It's just that Lu Xiaoer hasn't decided yet, so Lu Xiaosan has already brought a second small bamboo tube and began to pour gunpowder into it.
"Senior brother, help me hold the bamboo tube."
Lu Xiaoer looked at Lu Xiaosan, who was excited, took a deep breath, and still helped Lu Xiaosan hold the bamboo tube.
No way, who calls himself a senior brother?
It's just that he is ready to leave the body with sword intent and vitality to protect the two.
The two hid in the small courtyard, sneakily and apprehensively made several firecrackers, until they used up all the materials that Lu Xiaosan had secretly stolen.
Lu Xiaoer raised his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead, looked at Lu Xiaosan who stopped, and said, "It's okay now." ”
Lu Xiaosan thought for a while and said, "Why don't I steal some more?" ”
"......" Lu Xiaoer turned around and walked out of the courtyard.
"Then you can get it yourself, and when you are killed, I will take Le Chaotian away as my dog, and I will change its name to Lu Xiaosan."
Lu Xiaosan grinned and said, "Senior brother I'm joking." ”
Lu Xiaoer was probably joking.
So in the end, he stayed and helped Lu Xiaosan clean up all those things, and then carefully put the bamboo tubes under a tree outside the yard and dug a pit to hide.
Probably because the idea of plotting for a whole year finally came true, Lu Xiaosan was in a very happy mood, and picked up the little earth dog and dangled in the Sword Sect.
Lu Xiaoer was a little thief and went to Xiaobaipu to practice swords.
I just hope that thing doesn't really cause any big problems.
Lu Xiaoer was a little worried.