"In ancient times, there was a scholar surnamed Chu, and he was also from Datong, Shanxi. When you meet a cat one day, its body is black and its legs are white. This cat was trapped by the hunters, and he was relieved. Chu Zi released it and treated his injuries. For more than a year, the cat looked for Chu Zizhi and turned into a daughter in a black dress and white socks, wanting to repay her. Asked what he wanted, Chu Zi said: "I want a four-wheeled iron carriage with eight fronts and five backs to gallop." Catwoman said: "Chu Nan is really stupid." ”

Putting down the strange record in his hand, Zhou Li looked at the black cat squatting on the edge of the carriage in front of him, and asked curiously, "So this is the story of your previous life?" ”

"Made-up."

Licking its paws, the black cat said mercilessly, "Can the Nine Lives Xuan Cat be trapped by the hunter's trap?" It's not more reliable than you suddenly change your mind and want to be a person. ”

"Wow, that's impossible."

Tang Guan exclaimed.

"Is it true that they say cats can't beat dogs?"

Zhou Li held the black cat in his arms, and she Zhou Li in Xu Xuan's state naturally wanted to avoid it, but Xu Xuan in the form of a black cat was outrageously cute, and he had no guilt when he picked it up, Zhou Li was used to the pleasure of coming to two handfuls from time to time.

Black cat, small, fragrant, soft.

"Fake."

Stretching its body, the black cat enjoyed Zhou Li's technique and made a purring sound. It tilted its head, squinted, and its voice was thin and a little crisp.

"A dog is so stupid, how can it be a cat's natural enemy?"

"Really?"

Zhou Li was stunned for a moment, then he turned his head and said solemnly: "Tang Guan, go on!" ”

"Whew!···· Oh no. ”

Tang Guan reacted quickly, and a fierce look suddenly appeared on his little face. didn't wait for her vicious dog to roar, Zhou Li directly threw out a piece of meat clip biscuit, Tang Wan stretched out his hand and pinched the biscuit, and then chose the adult not to remember the villain, and ate it beautifully.

"Why are you doing the same thing as I teased the dog before?"

The black cat was a little confused.

"Haven't you already said the answer?"

Zhou Li lowered his head and took a sip of tea, everything was silent.

"It's time to rest."

Zhu Qianyun lifted the curtain, and she was full of heroism riding a dark war horse. But when his gaze fell on Tang Guan, Zhu Qianyun's originally vigilant eyes softened.

Zhou Li, who was gagged for some reason, scratched his head, then opened the car door and jumped out. He looked around, the official road was flat, and there was no one in sight, and the surrounding area was a fairly vast meadow, which was more suitable for a short rest.

It is about more than 1,000 miles from Shangjing to Taiying, and it takes at least ten days to take the official road, and only two cities will be passed along the way, so it is difficult to replenish. Therefore, Zhou Li and the others brought two carriages and six horses, plus a lot of baggage, to ensure that these days would not be too miserable.

Of course, the main reason is not actually all of the above, but...

"I'm sure I didn't steal it."

Tang Guan took the baked cake and said with a serious face: "I just moved Zhou Li's rations for tomorrow to give them to me today, I don't think there's any problem." ”

"Did Zhou Li know that his rations were given away?"

Zhu Qianyun said helplessly.

"Qianyun, you don't understand."

With his hands behind his back, Tang Wan said earnestly: "Silent giving is a rare tacit understanding between friends. ”

Zhu Qianyun laughed dryly, glad that she had taken some more food, otherwise she seriously doubted that the little thing in the carriage before the next city was enough for Tang Guan to eat alone.

"That's not right."

Looking at Tang Wan and Zhu Qianyun, who were fetching water not far away, Zhou Li, who had been chopping wood without saying a word, suddenly stopped what he was doing. He wiped his sweat and said with a solemn face: "Although there is no evidence to speak of, Tang Guan definitely didn't hold back his fart." ”

"Zhou Gongzi, I suggest being more elegant."

With a finger in his hand, the immortal aura came out violently, and the firewood in front of Zhou Li was chopped clean. Zhuge Qing sighed and said, "Xiaobai is not far away, don't bring the bad guys." ”

"Huh? Isn't the Taoist chief afraid that I will bring you badly? ”

Zhou Li looked at the chopped firewood in front of him and asked happily.

"Ahh

Zhuge Qing thought about it, didn't bother to hide it, waved his hand, and chuckled: "I don't need you to bring it." ”

"Yes."

Zhou Li thought for a moment and was relieved. The two looked at each other and smiled, and together they decided to go to the forest to find some cabbage that Zhou Li had said before. According to Zhou Li, only he can handle this unique green vegetable in the entire Beiliang, and the others are not enough to worry about.

A moment later, Xu Teda came over with a hammer and nails, and he looked at the neat and boxy firewood on the ground, and fell into deep thought.

What about the stakes I make?

On the mountain and meadow, Yun Baibai had already prepared simple cooking utensils at this time. She stood obediently behind the pot, looked at the spice bottle handed to her by Zhou Li in front of her, and began to remember the usefulness of each one carefully.

Liu Gong sat in the carriage, holding a cup of hot tea in his hand, carrying a diorama, and flipping through an ancient book through the sunlight through the window. Cen Shu, who was sitting opposite him, didn't say a word, just corrected the roster in his hand, and sighed from time to time.

"What? Bad grades? ”

Liu Gong helped his reading glasses and raised his eyes to look at the test paper in Cen Shu's hand.

"Not as good as it could be."

Cen Shu sighed and put down the roster in her hand and the brush stained with red ink. She raised her head and said with a slight complaint: "Lingqi is not bad, third-grade and second-grade abound, and there are a few fourth-grade ones who can be the leader." But the completion results of the martial arts class are too poor, both experience and consciousness are very weak, and Zhao Zhou is far from them. ”

"How can this be the same thing."

Laughing, Liu Gong shook his head and said, "You compare Zhou Li with these weaker flowers, that's an insult to Zhou Li." He's seen blood, he's killed monsters, he's killed people, and even you can't necessarily beat him. ”

"Well, I know too."

Cen Shu put down the roll call list a little weakly, she rubbed her eyebrows, and said distressedly: "It's just that I don't understand why the gap between people and animals can be bigger than the gap between people and animals." Obviously, Yunbai is only twenty years old, but he is several grades better than the group of students under me. Whether it's heart or strength... Alas. ”

"It's normal."

Liu Gong said without raising his head: "The gods and witches of the Wuju are coveted by even the dragon vein clan, coupled with Yun Baibai's temperament that is firmer than Jin Shi, don't say that those crooked melons and cracked dates in Taixue, even the nobles in the first hall of the capital who boast of being the proud sons of the sky, are not as good as her." ”

"Ugh."

Hearing this, Cen Shu pursed her lips, and her mood was a little complicated for a while. She closed the roster and said helplessly, "Born this thing... It really decided everything from the beginning. ”

"Cen girl, let me ask you a question."

Putting down the "Witch Record" in his hand, Liu Gong said calmly: "Does Zhou Li have any talent?" ”

After hearing Liu Gong's inquiry, Cen Shu was stunned.

"But he..."

Cen Shu only said two words, and she couldn't continue. She had already learned from Liu Gong's mouth that Zhou Li's spiritual veins had long been shattered, and now he was at most at the level of the Four Realms Spirit Qi Master. Not to mention the white snake that stepped into the immortal with half a foot, even the Lingqi in her own body far surpassed Zhou Li.

"You and I both understand that he has nothing."

Looking at Cen Shu in front of him, the old man, who had lived for more than eighty years, said calmly: "There is no huge family, no life experience like Zhu Qianyun, no knowledge and experience of me, and no talent of your demon clan. So why, did he kill the ancient god of Fahai in the end, and did something that you and I can't do? ”

"Magical powers? And... He is the one who is predestined. ”

After hesitating for a moment, Cen Shu said with some hesitation: "Everything he did was too smooth, as if God was also helping him." He had all the conditions to kill Fahai, and some of them were too ... Coincidental. ”

"Really?"

Liu Gong touched his goatee and asked meaningfully, "Do you really think that Destiny is helping him?" ”

"Hmm."

Nodding, Cen Shu said calmly: "I agree with Zhou Gongzi's intelligence and astuteness, but everything at that time was too coincidental. If it weren't for the fact that he happened to have a zombie and a well-thought-out youkai by his side, I don't think he would have been able to defeat the ancient gods of Fahai. ”

"Cen Shu, the demon clan can continue thanks to your long lifespan. But you can't prosper because of this long life. ”

Shaking his head with a smile, looking at Cen Shu, who was a little stunned, Liu Gong said slowly: "The long life span of the demon clan has made you accustomed to waiting and observing, and accustomed to passive acceptance. But human beings are different, our lives are too short, so short that if we don't fight for it and don't choose, I'm afraid this life will be fleeting and useless. ”

Cen Shu didn't speak, she just looked at the book on Liu Gong's lap in a daze, and she was full of emotions for a while, and she didn't know how to talk about it.

"You only saw Zuo Qianhu and that zombie helping Zhou Li, but you didn't see how deep their trust in Zhou Li was. Zuo Qianhu is shrewd and intelligent, and the Western zombie has a childish heart that can see through others. Do you think that if Zhou Li was just a lucky hairy boy, they would so easily believe in Zhou Li and entrust themselves to each other as a weapon to attack the ancient gods? ”

Holding the teacup, Liu Gong looked at Cen Shu in front of him without saying a word. He saw it very thoroughly, and too many people in Zhou Li at that time were helping him, but no one thought that it was being used. If Zhou Li was just a lucky person, I am afraid that these proud sons of heaven who are talented and extraordinary will have abandoned him long ago.

"Cen girl, you have to understand a truth."

Picking up the book and turning the page that had been recorded before, Liu Gong said slowly and calmly:

"It's not that the witch chose Yun Baibai, but that Yun Baibai chose to become the witch. Just like Zhou Li, he was able to kill the Fahai Ancient God, not because he was destined to be, but because he himself chose to become a god killer. ”

"Cen Shu, what kind of person you want to become, what kind of demon you want to be, it's not about going with the flow, it's not about the will of heaven."

"It's about yourself, what kind of person you want to be."

"Ah, yes, I'm a cub."

Zhou Li looked at Tang Guan, who was puffing out his cheeks, and said as a matter of course: "Otherwise? ”

Just now, without any evidence, Zhou Li only relied on the excuse of "I think she was holding back the bad fart", and when he came back after picking vegetables, he ate half of the roast mutton jerky that Tang Guan had hidden for a long time.

"You don't trust me."

Tang Guan said bitterly: "How can you say that I ate your rations?" You don't even have proof, it's a sign of mutual distrust. ”

"Haha, I trust you too much."

Zhou Li carried the vegetable basket in his left hand, and lifted Tang Guan with his right hand. Tang Guan, who is more than 25 meters and 25 sunshine, is too lazy to struggle, so he can only keep chattering that friends should trust each other.

Then, she was turned upside down by Zhou Li and slammed it hard.

Looking at the scones that fell to the ground and were wrapped in oiled paper cloth, Tang Guan smiled with relief.

"Kill me."

Tang Wan simply messed up.

"Forget it."

Zhou Li sighed suddenly, and under Tang Guan's shocked gaze, he adjusted the angle and put Tang Guan on the ground, picked up the scones and stuffed them into her hands. Zhou Li stretched out his hand, and Tang Guan subconsciously stiffened. But Zhou Li's hand rubbed Tang Guan's head, and he stopped talking, and finally shook his head and walked over.

Yes.

Tang Guan looked at Zhou Li's back sluggishly, and didn't figure out what was going on for a while.

What's the situation?

Is this going to let me go?

Looking at the baked cake in his hand, and then at Zhou Li's back, Tang Guan's expression gradually stiffened.

It's bad, Zhou Li, this kid definitely didn't hold back his fart.

He's going to make a big one.

"Zhou Gongzi let Guan'er go like this?"

Zhuge Qing, who helped Yun Bai wash the vegetables, raised his head and smiled narrowly: "Is it so easy?" ”

"Look, I don't understand."

Zhou Lile walked up to Yun Baibai, helped her tidy up the temporary stove, and said with a smile: "I just want this effect." ”

Glancing at Tang Guan, who was at a loss not far away, but extremely vigilant, Zhuge Qing shook his head with some tears and laughter.

"Brother Zhou, help me hand it over."

Compared with the Sichuan and Shu girls in Shu Dao Mountain, as a woman in the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, Yun Baibai's voice is soft and tactful, with a little cute voice. She looked at Zhou Li and said, "I want a salt shaker." ”

"No."

Zhou Li casually handed the salt shaker to Yun Baibai, originally according to common sense, he should have cooked, but Yun Baibai volunteered, if she wanted to cook for everyone, Zhou Li relied on her. But he was afraid that Yun Baibai, the young lady of this big family, would make some magical substance, so he watched from the side, and was ready to give some guidance when the time was right.

Outcome.

"Zhou Li, I don't know whether to say a sentence or not."

Leaning on the side of the carriage, Tang Guan raised his little face from the sea bowl and said seriously: "Although I still love to eat your cooking, it's a pity that you are unemployed." ”

For the first time, Zhou Li did not have the habit of raising the bar with Tang Guan, nor did he repair Tang Guan in anger. He just looked at the bowl in disbelief at the fried rice that looked like it had a golden glow, rubbed his eyes, and only felt as if he had crossed into the wrong place.

"Are you a master?"

Zhou Li looked at Yun Baibai, who was standing with a smile on his back and hands, and exclaimed, "Your craft"

"The first deity I met after becoming a witch of the opera was actually not the fairy Chang'e of Guanghan Palace."

After hearing Zhou Li's praise, Yun Bai's eyes were crooked like crescent moons, and he said with a smile: "The first one I am to be enlightened is Peng Zu." ”

"Peng Zu?"

Zhang Yu Tang Guan made a puzzled voice.

"The grandfather of the cook."

Zhou Li took another bite of this round vegetable soup, and the delicious and sweet taste made him want to stop. Curious, he asked, "So Xiaobai, why are you the first to be Peng Zu?" ”

Yun Baibai didn't answer, just smiled and put a piece of candied egg into Zhou Li's bowl. Under the gaze of Zhou Li, who was puzzled, and Zhuge Qing, who knew everything, Yun Baibai picked up his dishes and chopsticks and drank her vegetable soup.

"Zhou Gongzi..."

Zhuge Qing patted Zhou Li's shoulder, and stopped talking.

"Huh?"

Zhou Li was stunned, his current expression was exactly the same as Tang Guan's, puzzled and at a loss.

"Ugh."

With a sigh, Zhuge Qing said helplessly: "I'd better talk to Sister Taoyao when I go back." ”

"Ah????h

Zhou Li panicked even more. (End of chapter)