Chapter Thirty-Six: Loose Cultivation of Lao Du
Xiaoding's whole body is jet black, and the four dragons with teeth and claws on their feet are randomly placed on a cloth sheet. Because it is dark and not slippery, it looks inconspicuous from the outside, although Qingyang Street is full of tourists, but no one has a second look at this small ding.
But Qin Zheng was different, at a glance from such a distance, he felt that Xiao Ding exuded a simple color, this feeling had only been felt on those genius treasures when he was in the Flood Desolation Realm, his heart moved, and he couldn't help but walk over.
The stall owner's face was wrinkled, he couldn't see his age, he hugged his arms and bent his neck and closed his eyes to recuperate, and when he heard the footsteps, he only glanced at Qin Zheng lightly and closed it, as if he didn't care about his movements at all.
However, Qin Zheng didn't care, grabbed the half-arm-high Ding and watched it slowly.
First look at the dragon on the foot of the tripod, only to see the dragon horns, dragon whiskers, dragon scales, dragon claws lifelike, the dragon's eyes are angry and open, the dragon's mouth is wide open, and it is facing the belly of the tripod.
The mouth of the pot is round, and the bottom is engraved with a Tai Chi yin and yang diagram, and the belly is surrounded by a circle of flame patterns. But look at the workmanship, it is already extraordinary.
There are nine sons born in mythology, but the dragon is not in this list, the so-called dragon, not the real dragon, refers to the dragon that lies dormant on the ground and has not ascended to the sky. There is also a legend that Panlong is the fifteenth son of the Dragon King of the East China Sea, who studied under Sanyuan Xianjun, who is Sanyuan Xianjun, and most refers to the incarnation of Laojun, Taishang Laojun is the culmination of alchemy.
There are also Taiji diagrams, flame reliefs, all of which are related to Taoist alchemy, and that's it, when Qin Zheng tried to use the aura to sense Xiaoding, a trace of the unique aura of the flood suddenly rushed to his face, although there was only a faint one, almost imperceptible, but Qin Zheng, a person who had been in the flood world for a long time, was extremely familiar.
This tripod may have been used by a Taoist immortal during the flood period, and then I don't know why the Dao was left outside, the years have passed, and its own breath is already very weak, but for Qin Zheng, this is a good thing.
Really sleepy and sent a pillow, Qin Zheng grabbed Ding and couldn't put it down, and asked, "Boss, how can this Ding be sold?"
The old man had already opened his eyes when Qin Zheng released his aura at Xiao Ding, and his originally cloudy eyes were a little excited, so wow, it was not in vain that I waited outside the Qingyang Palace with this Xiao Ding all day long, and finally waited for a destined person, but he was afraid of scaring Qin Zheng away, so he swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said in a light tone: "Young man, although my Ding is an antique, it is not for viewing, I don't know what you plan to do when you buy it back?"
I asked you the price, but you asked me what I bought it for, what it was for, of course it was alchemy, but it doesn't seem to have anything to do with you, you just have to sell things to collect money, Qin Zheng muttered in his heart. Fortunately, he was not the stunned young man at the beginning, and the excited look in the old man's eyes made him feel a little strange.
Carefully glanced at the old man, his hair was gray, his face was wrinkled, he was not a cultivator at all, but his time was short, a breath of dying wood, the monk was nourished by aura, and there were small successes who lived more than 100 years old, but this old man did not live long, and it must have nothing to do with the cultivator.
"Old man, I will naturally have my use for buying it back, you just have to say a price, as long as you don't open your mouth, I want as much as I want. ”
"Don't sell, don't sell. The old man's gray-haired head shook like a rattle, "Young man, if you don't say what you want to do with it, my Ding won't sell you." ”
Damn, this old man is sick, Qin Zheng couldn't help but say in his heart, but he really liked this Xiaoding very much, and immediately said: "Old man, I will pay 100,000, and you sell this Ding to me." ”
As soon as these words came out, the old man not only did not agree, but stretched out his hand to snatch Xiao Ding back from Qin Zheng's hands, and said: "Young man, since you don't say it, you will return it to me, and I will not sell it no matter how much money you give." ”
How could Qin Zheng let him snatch it, he dodged the old man's hand with a slight shrinkage, and said with a smile: "Old man, you really don't sell?"
"Young man, do you want to snatch my things and run?" Qin Zheng's smile made the old man stunned, but he immediately shook his head and said: "But you don't need to bluff me, although I am old and dizzy, I have also learned physiognomy for decades, and these eyes have never looked at people, you are not such a person." ”
Qin Zheng couldn't cry or laugh, I had never heard such a boast, I wasn't a bastard who robbed people and things, okay. In fact, it is not a secret that monks are in the human world, and most people have heard of the name of a monk, but it is like two parallel lines that never intersect, and ordinary people have only heard of the name of a monk but rarely see it. Without him, the road is long, how can a monk have time to pay attention to a mortal, and what's more, a thousand-year-old inheritance family like the Xuanyuan family treats ordinary people as ants and doesn't care about them.
Although Qin Zheng didn't have the idea of empty-eyedness, he didn't want to reveal his identity for a while, cultivators are like characters in myths and legends for ordinary people, just a long life is flocking to people, this old man has already stepped into the coffin with one foot, if he knows that he is a monk, he will definitely rely on me.
It's just that it's a trouble for this old man not to eat hard and soft, and when he was thinking about how to convince the other party, the old man spoke again, only to hear him with an affirmative tone: "Young man, in fact, even if you don't say it, I know what you are doing with this ding, alchemy, young man, you are a monk, right?!"
After the old man finished speaking, his eyes stared at Qin Zheng's face without blinking, but Qin Zheng had already achieved joy and anger, although he was surprised in his heart, he didn't react at all, and wrote lightly: "Monk, old man, you guessed wrong, I don't have this opportunity." Yes, I bought this tripod back for alchemy, but it's purely a personal hobby, and I'm just practicing it for fun. ”
This is half-true and half-false, the old man was stunned for a while, took a good look at Qin Zheng, saw that his face was calm, and finally sighed and muttered to himself: "Yes, monks are an existence that can only be seen from a distance and cannot be approached by ordinary people, how can I, Du Ruhui, have such luck to meet one." Alas, in vain I have worked hard all my life to explore the way of heaven, knowing that the road is in front of me but I have never been able to touch it, and now that I am about to die, it is even more extravagant. ”
The old man felt sorry for himself, then stood up and said to Qin Zheng: "Young man, since you have this hobby, then we are all Taoist friends, I don't have much time, this Panlong Ding is a waste in my hands, since you like it, then use it well." ”
Without giving Qin Zheng a chance to answer, the old man left directly, and a song floated out of his mouth: "Watching chess is rotten, logging Ding Ding, and the cloud side valley mouth Xu Xing." Selling salaries and drinking, laughing wildly and cultivating ......"
This song is a song taught by the ancestor of Bodhi to the woodcutter, it is rumored that this song can make him live longer and not invade all diseases, and the song recipe is ethereal, so that when Sun Monkey first heard it, he thought that the woodcutter was a fairy, and this old man sang it, and it was also a sense of envy. A monkey can ask the avenue, but I can't ask in vain, and the old man is envious, jealous and hateful.
Qin Zheng looked at his back, and suddenly said, "Old man, you wait!"
The old man turned around: "What, young man, if you have anything else, you don't need to give the money, I will give it to you." ”
It's because you gave me away for nothing that I waited, so I'm also the Holy Lord of the Flood Wilderness, I can't afford to lose this person with your things in vain, and smiled bitterly: "Old man, count me as a favor for you." Well, I didn't tell the truth just now, but I'm actually a monk. ”
"What do you say, young man, do you say it again?" the old man's eyes were about to fall.
Qin Zheng looked at the flow of people around him and said, "Old man, this is not the place to talk, there is a teahouse in front, let's go in and talk slowly." Grabbing Xiao Ding and walking first, Du Ruhui hurriedly followed.
After asking for a private room and ordering two cups of tea, Du Ruhui couldn't wait to ask again: "Young man, do you say what you just said again, you, are you really a monk?"
"It's true, it's like a fake!" Qin Zhengdao stretched out his hand, and a small flame came out of his fingers.
Even if it's a trick, you can't conjure a fire out of thin air, this time the old man didn't doubt it anymore, in fact, he didn't doubt it, but the surprise was too big, he couldn't believe it, opened his mouth wide, and looked at Qin Zheng's hand tremblingly and couldn't speak.
The stunned look made Qin Zheng embarrassed, "Old man, in fact, I didn't mean to lie to you just now, but you also know that Daoist monks are always a special existence for ordinary people, so." ”
"I know the way, I know the way. Old man Du nodded quickly, "Young ...... Dao ...... "The cultivator has a skill, Qin Zheng looks young, but he is not sure of his age, and he has changed several names in a row, and he doesn't know how to call Qin Zheng appropriately."
Fortunately, Qin Zheng immediately reported his name: "Old man, my surname is Qin, you can just call me Xiao Qin." ”
Saying this, Qin Zheng is really young, but Old Man Du doesn't dare to really call it that, "Qin Daoyou, I don't know how long you have been practicing and what kind of realm you have reached now, yes, Qin Daoyou, since you are alchemizing, is it to break through the realm, Qin Daoyou, where do you learn?"
A series of questions Qin Zheng didn't know how to answer for a while, and after thinking about it, he said: "It's not a short time, and now I have barely made some small achievements, as for the master, I also came into contact with it by chance, it's really hard to say, old man, you forgive me." ”
Listening to the meaning of Old Man Du's words, he still has a good understanding of cultivation, but looking at his demeanor, he doesn't have any aura on his body at all, not to mention, and he is about to die in the mountains and rivers, this is not like a person in the Daomen, I can't help asking: "Old man, you seem to have also been in contact with the Tao, how did you end up in this field?"
As soon as he asked, Old Man Du sighed again and again, "Qin Daoyou, I have indeed been in contact with the Dao of Cultivation, but without your good luck, I am just a casual cultivator, and the methods of cultivation are all I usually explore by myself." ”