In the early morning of the riverside city, there is still a faint cold fog on the sand and water.

Looking along the long street, the widest and straightest street in the center of the city and the line of the long bridge, the red lanterns hanging high on both sides have not yet been lit, and they are sleeping together with the ancient city in the early morning.

Ning Xiaoling and Ning Changjiu still lived next to each other in the same room as in the past, and when Ning Xiaoling got up, he had already seen him move a chair and sit outside, closing his eyes as if he was asleep.

Ning Xiaoling hugged a quilt and threw it on his body, and said angrily: "Cover more quilts, we have spent so much money, if the senior brother catches a cold again, he will look down on the doctor." ”

Ning Changjiu wanted to take a nap for a while, looking for a chance with the breath of past life here, but at this moment, he was woken up by Ning Xiaoling for the rest of his life, and the glimmer of insight that he finally touched was also smashed back.

Ning Changjiu raised his eyelids and glanced at her, knowing that she was still angry about the fact that he had spent money to buy a lot of antiques yesterday, he knew that he was at a loss, so he tucked the quilt and covered himself tightly: "Thank you senior sister for taking care of you." ”

Ning Xiaoling pulled down his quilt again, and said, "Senior brother, don't pretend to be dead, or I'll tell her about what you said badly about Sister Xiang'er behind your back." ”

Ning Chang was unconvinced: "When did I say it?"

Ning Xiaoling said: "You said that Sister Xiang'er believes yours or mine." ”

Ning Chang sighed and said, "Then I won't go to the Imperial City." ”

Ning Xiaoling was slightly startled and said, "Why don't you go?"

Ning Changchang's voice came through the quilt: "I don't want to go." ”

Ning Xiaoling sighed, and her tone softened: "Okay, okay, I don't blame you for buying those messy things, it's good if Senior Brother is happy......"

Ning Chang said: "I want to spend the New Year in Linhe City." ”

Ning Xiaoling said: "Senior brother, why are you so small, why don't I just make a few jokes......

Ning Changchang sighed and said: "I just think that this riverside city has a kind of home, and I don't want to leave when I come." ”

Ning Xiaoling rubbed her somewhat stiff cheeks, and sighed as well: "Yes, there is still the breath of that old thing squeezing us here......"

Ning Chang said: "This riverside city is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the people are simple, so when we come back from our cultivation, we will settle here." ”

Ning Xiaoling had a feeling of seeing a ghost early in the morning, and said in shock: "Senior brother, you can't really be evil, you are sending money to the kid who assassinated us, and you have bought a lot of useless things, and now you say that you like it here, how good is it here...... Oh......"

Ning Xiaoling suddenly showed a look of sudden realization: "Senior brother, don't you dare to go to the imperial city, don't you dare to see Sister Xiang'er!"

Ning Changjiu asked, "Why do you say that?"

Ning Xiaoling said confidently: "Because of the three-year appointment, you made an appointment to meet in three years, what is the matter now? This meeting Chinese New Year's Eve is equivalent to opening the way, and in the future, the two will get together for three days during the New Year's Festival, and after three years, you will still be able to fight? What's more, the senior brother is in this realm now...... I'm afraid I don't have the face to see Sister Xiang'er. ”

Ning Changjiu took off the quilt, looked at Ning Xiaoling, and said with a smile: "No matter how exciting my sister is, my realm can't rise." ”

Ning Xiaoling pursed her lips and said, "Then you stay in River City alone to take care of your family, and I will go to the Imperial City to find Sister Xiang'er." ”

As she spoke, she walked towards the hall, took off a rag from the shelf, wiped the dust on the table and chairs, she looked around, looked at everything familiar and unfamiliar, and then looked back at the senior brother lying half-dead in the courtyard, sighed, and fortunately thought that it didn't matter if there were many disasters and difficulties, it was good for people to live......

She looked at the singer maid with two red cheeks and dark green clothes, and their eyes seemed to be looking at each other.

Yesterday, the senior brother also swore to her that this is an antique from two hundred years ago in the Jin Kingdom, and it is very valuable.

"Are you still a two-hundred-year-old antique from the Jin Kingdom?" Ning Xiaoling looked at her, the uglier she became, the more angry she became, but in the end she sighed and wiped it...... But this porcelain maid is new enough, so new that there is no antique self-cultivation, and there seems to be nothing to erase. Why don't you put the door god sent by the old woman last night at the door to watch the house together? At least the New Year's Day will look festive...... Ning Xiaoling comforted herself.

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Shubai wrote those white bronze carvings according to the list, and sent them from house to house, these things were very heavy, so because he often carried these, his back was a little hunched at a young age, and every time he bent over and arched his back, the craggy ribs became more distinct.

Shubai turned the empty baggage, very relaxed.

After sending this list of goods, you can spend Chinese New Year's Eve with peace of mind, in the past Chinese New Year's Eve always ate bowls of noodles in the shop, listened to the old smoker master swallow clouds and spit, and talked about some old things that happened in what era, this year I can finally go to the city to participate in the Lantern Festival.

He shook off his burden, jumped to the ground, and when he passed by an antique shop, he did not forget to glance twice, and suddenly found that the ugly singer maid who had been placed in a conspicuous position before was gone, and he once felt that the cold business of this antique shop was inseparable from the dazzling singer maid.

After all, if such a fake thing dares to be put on display, where can other things really go?

It's just that...... Why is it missing today, there are people who want this kind of thing, and there is still such a wronged boss in Linhe City?

The tree is white.

It's just that for some reason, the song maid is gone, and after the position is vacated, there is still a faint sense of loss in my heart.

"Chinese New Year's Eve Festival...... The lantern feast ......" Shubai howled twice, and then sighed: "If only Sister Bai were still here." ”

If Sister Bai is still here, she must be the age to get married now...... Sister Bai is such a kind person, he recalled the screams of that day, subconsciously covered his ears, and cursed in his mouth that the evil Taoist priest deserved to die.

Shubai couldn't help but think of the pair of senior brothers and sisters yesterday, and couldn't help but spit out: "What kind of good people are pretending to be." ”

When he returned home, the old man was still lying in the chair, these days I don't know why, the old man is very sleepy, often close his eyes and can't wake up for a day, if it weren't for the breath, Shubai would have to touch out his coffin.

"Master......" he called out softly.

The old man didn't sleep well today, slowly opened his eyes, and said, "It's all over?"

Shubai nodded and said, "It's done." ”

The old man hummed and tapped the cigarette stick in his hand, and his voice was muffled and deep: "It's good to send it away." ”

Shubai sighed and said: "Master, I was blinded by revenge in the last two months, and I squatted in the old Taoist's house for nearly two months, and I didn't honor you properly, and I wasted you teaching me martial arts. ”

The old man shook his head and said, "There's nothing to learn, your current martial arts, if you practice for a few more years, it won't be a problem to open a martial arts gym in the city." ”

Shubai felt even more guilty in his heart, remembering the days when the old man taught him boxing and footwork, and asked, "Was Master also a martial artist before?"

The old man just tapped the cigarette stick, and the crisp sound echoed in the lifeless room, as if the light outside was all rain hanging under the eaves, and no matter how strong the wind was, it could not blow in.

Seeing that the master didn't answer, Shubai smiled and said to himself: "Master's bronze paintings are so wonderful and lifelike, I must have walked a lot of rivers and lakes when I was young, and I have seen many worlds. ”

The old man smiled silently and said slowly: "It's all hearsay, if you go out for a walk in the future, you may be able to see many such stories." ”

Shubai replied and said: "Anyway, I can't take revenge, and when I am at ease in the future, I will support my master with peace of mind, and then learn from the people in the rivers and lakes to carry swords and go to the rivers and lakes, and act chivalrous and righteous."

It took a long time for the old man to reply, "I've told you a lot of stories over the years." ”

Shubai nodded and said: "Those stories won't all be true, right? There are really immortals in this world who have the magic power to move mountains and seas? There are also those great cultivators who dance with knives and guns, they sound no different from the masters in the martial arts hall, how can they be beaten with a stick to break the mountains and rivers...... "The old man couldn't help laughing, and said: "Of course it's all fake, and there are only children like you, believe it." ”

Shubai scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "I believe everything Master says." ”

The old man sighed and said, "What's more, the people in those stories are not necessarily really powerful, even if they can cut a city with a sword and a mountain with a sword, so what? A wrestler may be able to lift something several times heavier than him, but if he really encounters a hundred times and a thousand times his strength, it is just like a man crushing an ant." ”

Shubai said curiously: "This is not amazing...... What does that have to be?"

The old man replied with a smile: "Of course, you have to be the most powerful, and you have to be the most powerful." ”

Shubai also smiled: "Master, you still went to the temple when you were young, why do you talk like a monk." ”

The old man asked rhetorically, "Am I wrong?"

Shubai replied, "It's right...... But isn't that a nonsense?"

The old man's hand striking the cigarette stick stopped, and said, "Isn't the most powerful person in this world the God of Heaven? You have seen that God has killed people, but who dares to say that he is more powerful than God." ”

Shubai said dissatisfiedly: "God is not really a person, and God is only one, even if he is not convinced, where can he find it?"

"You don't have to look for ......," the old man said slowly, "Enclose a piece of land, others can't enter, no one can enter, then in this field, you are the only God." ”

Shubai thought for a moment and asked, "What's wrong with Master, today?" Why did you suddenly talk about this? ”

The old man smiled, and then said no more, but said, "I'll tell you a story today." ”

Shubai suddenly became more energetic and said, "Master, you say, I'll listen." ”

The old man opened his eyes, looked at the light shining under the eaves, his eyes were slightly in a trance, and said: "A long, long time ago, there was a bone of a big demon, he gave birth to a spiritual wisdom, re-derived a skeleton, and cultivated a complete monster, and also got a unique ancient book, which recorded a secret way, after cultivation, he could transform his skin and body, and the bone demon was extremely talented, and he could change everything in just a few years......"

Shubai couldn't help but ask, "A big demon's bones are so powerful...... How powerful that big monster must have been when he was alive. ”

The old man smiled, "That youkai has also been looking for its own body...... However, the bones are said to be hidden in an extremely secret place, buried thousands of feet deep in the ground, ordinary people do not even have the qualifications to fall into the abyss and commit suicide, it is difficult to find it at all, and after he gave birth to the spirit and crawled out of the abyss, there is no way to go back. Later, the bone demon also made a name for itself and became a well-known corpse demon, even if some immortals with higher realms wanted to wipe it out, but because of its illusion technique, it repeatedly missed, but suddenly one day, a rumor came out of nowhere, and after that rumor, the demon was a promising white bone corpse demon, and finally caused the disaster of killing. ”

A rumor can kill an extremely high-level corpse demon?

Shubai didn't believe it, and asked, "What rumors?"

The old man said slowly: "The rumor is very simple, it is said that as long as the backbone of the bone demon is boiled into a thick soup, after drinking it, you can live forever. ”

Shubai smiled dumbly: "How can there be such a thing in this world?

The old man sighed, "But many people believe it......"

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On the opposite street of Ning Baoshui's old house, several young people knocked on a dilapidated ancient door and shouted: "Granny Wang, Granny Wang...... Can't sell lanterns today?"

Ning Chang pushed open the door and watched the scene from a distance, until the young people left, and the door of the old mansion was not knocked open.

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