Chapter 14, the crazy old man

On the sixth day of the new year, at night, Qingshi was busy in the small courtyard.

In the courtyard, there is a large fire pond of about five square feet surrounded by four stones, and the open fire in the fire pond is exhausted, and the red charcoal is burning vigorously.

Qingshi saw that the charcoal fire was burning just right, with a wave of his hand, a head more than three feet long, and the ground pig dragon that had been marinated for several hours with various sauces, flew up from the big stone that usually practiced and meditated on the bluestone, and was suspended above the fire pond and gently rolled and rotated.

After a while, the skin of the ground pig dragon sizzled, and the oil and water dripped.

The big stone for practicing has become a cooking table, and more than a dozen kinds of spices are placed, all of which are stacked neatly in white pottery bowls with lids, and some bluestones are taken from time to time or coated or sprinkled on the ground pig dragon.

Most of these seasonings are purchased by bluestone and re-concocted, and some are found and picked in the wild by bluestone itself.

After about half an hour, the ground pig dragon has been roasted to crispy skin and tender meat, and the surface is golden.

Seeing that the fire had arrived, Qingshi reached out and tore off a front leg to bite it with his mouth. Unexpectedly, as soon as he bit his mouth, before he could chew and swallow, he heard a muffled bang, and a person fell from the sky, fat face down, and fell to the ground on all fours.

Qingshi put down the pork leg in his hand, and looked at the visitor who was stunned, and seemed to be a little overwhelmed for a while.

The man hummed and got up, and Qingshi fixed his eyes to see that it was the drunken old man he met outside the Temple of Heaven on Chinese New Year's Eve.

The old man got up and said angrily to Qingshi: "You kid, you hide in the house with delicious food, and you hooked my old man so fragrantly, but what kind of magic circle is you laying in the yard?" It caused my old man to wrestle. Hey, what's the fuss, don't come to help my old man. ”

The old man complained, but his eyes were staring straight at the ground pig dragon hanging on the fire, "No, you have to compensate me, just compensate this pig!" As he spoke, he wiped his sleeves and walked towards the fire.

Qingshi already understood that this was a master in the game world, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head: "Okay, I'll pay you back, your old man will take care of you, but can you leave me a little bit too?" ”

The old man waved his hand, and the earth pig dragon was split in half by an invisible knife wind, and then most of the ground pig dragon flew towards the old man, he was not too greasy, and directly took it with both hands and hugged it and gnawed.

The old man muttered while munching: "Well, I'll leave some for you if you kid has a good heart, oops!" It's so delicious, it's delicious, don't you ......."

The old man bent his legs and sat down on a large thick futon that appeared on the ground out of nowhere.

Qingshi saw him burying his head in munching and gobbling up, so he also ate by himself, ate a few bites, and his mind moved, a big wine gourd appeared in his hand, and he raised his head and drank two sips from the gourd's mouth.

After drinking, he lowered his head, but saw that the old man was speechless when his mouth was full of fat, so he only hummed and gestured with his nose to signal him to throw the wine gourd over.

With a wave of Qingshi's hand, the big wine gourd flew to the old man, the old man grabbed the gourd with one hand and the roast pig with the other, stretched his neck and swallowed the fat in his mouth, raised the gourd and poured it up, and the first bite was wide-eyed and reluctant to let go of the gourd mouth, and he squeezed out a sound from his mouth: "Good wine!" ”

Then, the old man poured seven or eight mouthfuls in a row before stopping, then wiped his grease mouth with his sleeve, and exhaled a long breath and said, "Good wine, really good wine!" ”

This wine was ordered by Qingshi in Liangyuan Dahua Chamber of Commerce, and its name is Four Seasons Spring. Although it was already the best wine in Liangyuan, Qingshi was not satisfied.

This world does not understand the method of distillation and purification, the wine is muddy and light, bluestone is bought and re-brewed, the alchemy method of distillation and purification is processed, and the Aishan peach that is reluctant to eat is taken out more than a dozen purified essence into the wine, the wine obtained is not only stronger in taste, the color of the wine is clear, and it exudes a fragrance of mountain peach, and the aura of mountain peach is also integrated into the wine to increase the flavor of wine.

Bluestone gave it a name, mountain peach brew. This kind of wine, no matter where it is, can be regarded as a supreme immortal product, and this old man has naturally never encountered such a fine wine in his whole life.

After the old man drank and devoured the cow, he slowed down and began to chew slowly, closing his eyes and shaking his head from time to time and moaning comfortably. But while eating and drinking, he counted the bluestones: "I said you little doll, why are you doing so much messy Xuan Array at home, how can you be so arranged, it's just bullshit." Glancing at the small half of the ground pig dragon suspended on the fire pond, he nodded and said, "This idea of using the Xuan Array Formation to levitate the roast pig is still a bit interesting." ”

Since Qingshi awakened the Seven Attribute True Qi on Chinese New Year's Eve, he has been studying the magic array in the small courtyard every day in the past few days.

To become a formation mage, you must first have the true qi of the earth attributes, in the past, bluestone only had two attributes of fire and wood, and there were a lot of magic formations and magic memories but could not be practiced and used, but now the five elements of the attributes are full of true qi, so naturally study the magic circle for the first time.

There are a lot of memories about formation spells in my head, but this memory is like knowledge in books, and it takes a lot of practice to finally turn it into my own skills.

Qingshi practiced in the small courtyard and arranged several magic arrays, including shielding arrays, defensive arrays, psychedelic arrays, and attack arrays. He was not familiar with the techniques, and it was mainly an experiment, and he did not fully consider the orientation and coordination of the various Xuan arrays and other factors, so he was scolded by the old man for being a mess and bullshit, and he was not wronged.

However, the simplest suspension formation for barbecue was praised by the old man, which really made Qingshi cry and laugh.

The old man fell into the courtyard on his stomach with a big horse, looking embarrassed, but Qingshi knew that behind this seemingly embarrassing thing was actually a clever and clumsy method, which neither triggered nor broke any of the means to enter the courtyard with brute force, which was really unimaginable.

Qingshi said: "Let the old man smile, and ask your old man for guidance." "To meet such a master, Qingshi naturally has some careful thoughts.

"Why should I instruct you, do you come to give my old man a stumbling block and cause my old man to wrestle?" The old man didn't agree.

"Well, the old man really likes to joke." Qingshi thought for a moment and said, "I don't want to try this pot of wine again." With a wave of his hand, a smaller wine gourd flew over.

This is a spirit purified by many distillations of bluestone, which is integrated with the essence of Aishan peach pit, and is also called a first-line fire.

"Well, it's strong!" The old man took the gourd and said, "Your kid is not very good at cultivation, and all these eating and drinking are a bit famous." ”

Sighing, the old man said again: "Actually, the formation technique you learned is not ordinary, just a beginner has some appearances, and I don't know where your kid picked up the Xuanjing Array Treasure." With this treasure, if it becomes a great tool in time, there is not much I can guide in this formation. ”

"Hehe, the old man is joking again, "Qingshi has Xiao Lou's Xuanjing Secret Book in his memory, which is naturally not ordinary. Qingshi smiled awkwardly and said, "Actually, I'm not the most interested in the formation, if there are some earth-level heaven-level martial arts, magical powers, or something......"

Puff......

The old man squirted out a sip of wine: "You kid can both alchemy and formation, natural cultivation, what's wrong?" Want to follow the path of martial arts? ”

"Yes, I want to major in martial arts," Qingshi Zhengse said, "It is my ambition to prove the Tao with martial arts." ”

"Hehe, what a martial arts." The old man also put away a little ridicule, "Then tell me, if one day you really reach the peak of martial arts with martial arts and become the master of this world, what are you going to do?" ”

"This ...... I just like to cultivate, I like the process of cultivation and the sense of strength and accomplishment that comes with cultivation, I want to cultivate martial arts to the extreme, and even become an immortal, I don't want to be the master of the world. ”

"Hmph, if you can cultivate martial arts to the extreme," the old man sneered, "Naturally, you will have the power to dominate the world, and you will have the power to dominate the world." ”

"Even with this kind of force and power, I don't want to dominate the world." Aoshi replied, "I'm actually a person who wants to be free from the world. ”

"Alas......" the old man sighed, looked up to the sky and was silent for a while, and said slowly, "What a good one to prove the Tao with martial arts, and another good one to have no quarrel with the world." But think about it, in this world, if you want to prove the Tao with martial arts, how can you be free from the world? You've been in this world for a short time, haven't you seen through this world? This world is full of bloody rain, forcible plunder, and the weak eat the strong. Everything is respected by force, how can there be any justice and fairness, if you want to prove the Tao with martial arts, can you hide in the barren mountains and wilderness and cultivate alone to achieve the ultimate in martial cultivation? What is the most important thing in cultivation? It's a resource! If you don't compete with others for how to get cultivation resources, do you really want to exchange roast pigs for ground-level martial arts, and fine wine for heaven-level exercises? ”

Glancing at the stunned Qingshi, the old man added, "You are not the first outsider in this world, and you will never be the last." ”

"The old man is right," Qingshi, who was told by the old man, calmed down his mood, and said after being silent for a long time, "I came to this world unintentionally to avoid evil and powerful enemies, I like the cultivation system of this world, and I don't like the violence and arrogance of this world, so I have been immersed in cultivation for the past few years and have little interaction with people." But as the old man said, to prove the Tao with martial arts, it is natural to learn, to experience, to compete for resources, it is absolutely impossible to build a car behind closed doors, and it is inevitable to compete for victory. I don't offend people, but people want to offend me, and the tree wants to be quiet and the wind doesn't stop, how can I have no quarrel with the world? Actually, I know this truth, but I just don't want to face it. ”

"Yes," said the old man, "you don't want to dominate the world, and how can those who want to dominate the world let you go?" Either force you to be used by him, or eradicate you, you naturally understand this truth, if there is really that day, what will you do with it? ”

Qingshi suddenly raised his head and looked directly at the old man and said: "I practice martial arts, there is a more important reason, that is, to strengthen myself, so that I will never be bullied and oppressed by others again, I do not seek justice in the world, but I will never succumb to evil, there is really such a day, it is nothing more than a desperate battle, rather than a broken jade than a complete tile." ”

"Good!" The old man praised it, but sighed again, put down the wine and meat and got up and stood upright in the courtyard, crossed his hands behind his back and said slowly: "I originally intended to accept you as an apprentice, hoping that you will achieve the pinnacle of martial arts in the future, dominate the world, and bring some new things to the world, peace, civilization, justice, etc., but unfortunately you are easy-going, although you are arrogant, you are unwilling to dominate others, although you have a sense of justice, you are unwilling to help the world as your own responsibility." ”

Turned to look at Qingshi and said: "Okay, although you don't want to be hegemonic, but you want to use martial arts to prove the Tao but you can't help but compete with others, this world respects force, he will gradually become a martial artist, and his reputation will become more and more famous, your words and deeds will naturally have a huge impact, you are kind by nature, have a sense of justice, I believe that even if you are not the overlord, you can also imperceptibly affect the people around you, and even affect the entire cultivation world, and bring some fresh air to this world." ”

Qingshi got up and bowed his hand respectfully to the old man and said: "The old man thinks about the well-being of the people in the world, and the boy is ashamed!" ”

The old man's face softened, and he smiled lightly: "Okay, okay, there's nothing to be ashamed of, you have such a heart, and you can't barely come." Anyway, you're still a good-hearted boy, hehe. Well, when I am full of food and drink, I will also leave, since I will not accept you as an apprentice, I will not pass on any martial arts skills to you, but I ate your pill on Chinese New Year's Eve, and today I ate and drank your good wine and meat, and I will also give you a fruit, oh, and then. ”

Qingshi stretched out his hand to take the fruit thrown by the old man and saw that the small red was like a cherry, and he couldn't help but look at the old man, and when he saw that the old man made a gesture to eat, he threw it into his mouth.

The fruit is seedless, not sour or sweet, and it melts as soon as it is sour, Qingshi originally thought that this must be some kind of natural treasure, and the effect is amazing, and the body will have a strong reaction, but I don't know what it feels like.

When the old man saw that the bluestone had eaten it, he laughed and said, "This is because of the peach, I grew it myself, it's delicious, right?" Goodbye, goodbye, hahahaha......" The figure floated upward, and disappeared in an instant, only the laughter gradually faded away.

"Cherry?" Where did Qingshi believe it, and called in the direction where the laughter faded, "Old man, why do you say just leave?" I haven't asked you for your old name...... What kind of fruit is this, and what is the use of eating it? ”

"Didn't I tell you, because of the peach, I was lucky to eat hahaha......"

The sound came from afar, faded away and faded to nothing.