When there is still half a mile away from the stone house, the crisp and melodious sound of striking iron can be faintly heard, and when Xiao walks into the courtyard, the sound of "jingling" is as loud as a bell, which is really good strength!

Three months...... It was really a loss for the lady and the soldiers, Xiao shook his head, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, because he didn't know how thick the land was, and now that he had lost his ground, he had to stay here and do hard labor for so long......

Xiao couldn't help but start to regret it, if he had been able to have a little self-knowledge at the beginning, he should be able to return to the Central Plains with Su Xixue and the others now, and he could also visit the other craftsmen on the list as soon as possible and make the iron plate he wanted......

But the matter has come to this point, there is no other way, if you are willing to gamble, you have to admit defeat, I just don't know what this bad-tempered old-timer will let him do......

Xiao shook his head, didn't think much about it at the moment, knocked on the door three times and then pushed the door in, the stone house was still so warm and dry, only to see Master Qi Yuanzi was standing in front of the forging table covered in sweat, the sledgehammer in his hand accompanied by the sound of the "whirring" wind, again and again, very rhythmically striking a piece of red-hot iron on the anvil.

The large piece of iron continued to spread under the hammer's blow, and when it reached a certain extent, Master Qi Yuanzi would fold it over with iron tongs, and then continue to hammer and temper. After so many times, the finished iron can be called "stainless steel"!

Xiao didn't dare to think about it, and immediately gave up his hand and said: "Junior, Xiao, give you ...... senior."

"Don't fix all these things that you don't have!" Master Qi Yuanzi didn't raise his head, and ruthlessly interrupted his etiquette: "Take an axe and go to the pine forest in the west to chop some firewood for me!"

"Yes...... "As soon as we meet, you're going to let me do something...... Xiao scratched the back of his head helplessly, but he could only accept it, his eyes swept around, and after a while, he locked on the iron axe by the windowsill.

He took the axe, walked by the door, and said to Master Qi Yuanzi:

"That's old-timer, I'm going!"

"Hmm!" Master Qi Yuanzi responded perfunctorily, burying his head and continuing the work in hand.

Xiao closed the door of the house, took a rope and walked out of the courtyard, he did not dare to procrastinate, and immediately walked quickly to the pine forest to the west.

The horse's hoof prints in the snow were still clearly visible, but time passed, and now, he was the only one left in the empty and lonely snowfield.

"Alas......"

Xiao was stunned for a moment, but he could only barely hold back the sorrow in his heart, and after sighing, he began to look for the target of cutting.

Maybe it's because of the special environment in which they grow? In addition to the strong and tall adult trees, there are a group of thin and pitiful young saplings.

"It's weird......"

After walking around, Xiao finally had to give up this lazy idea, turned his head and chose a stout adult pine, and symbolically spit two mouthfuls of spit on the gauze in his palm, then picked up the iron axe, "bang", and waved it!

Ding——

"Oops!"

The blade of the iron axe struck the shell of the pine tree, and the expected devastating decay did not happen, but as if it had been cut into an iron plate, Xiao Hu's mouth was numb for a while, and he had to scream, and the iron axe in his hand fell to the ground.

On the other hand, the shell of the pine is just a gap that is not shallow or deep!

"What the hell...... Why is it so hard?"

I thought that I could easily deal with the past Xiao?, but I never thought that I would encounter such a big problem at the beginning!

He now finally knew why Master Qi Yuanzi listed cutting pine wood as a "hard labor".

But Xiao, there is no way, since you have taken it, you can only find a way to overcome the past, otherwise you will be ridiculed by the old-timers and you can't even get a tree, it will be too embarrassing, right?

"Phew!"

Xiao spat twice, didn't dare to slack off at the moment, held his breath and concentrated, and began to mobilize the few controllable true qi in the dantian, quietly concentrating on his arms!

He aimed at the gap in the trunk of the tree, ready to go!

"Eat me with an axe—"

Boom!

This seemed to be quite effective, and with his loud shout, the circle of axe blades of the iron axe immediately sank into the trunk of the tabuliformis pine!

Although it was a few inches away from the gap in the aim, Xiao was greatly satisfied with such progress!

"If it goes on like this, it won't be long before you conquer it!"

Xiao laughed happily, immediately raised the axe, and the third slash was ready to fire again!

But apparently, he had made it simple again.

If each of Xiao's axes can be extremely accurate in the same position, then there is no problem, but unfortunately this kind of thing is not something that can be practiced overnight just by relying on the feeling of hand.

Since then, every time Xiao has an axe, it has always deviated a few points from the expected landing point, and with the passage of time, the consumption of strength, and his more and more anxious mood, the more later, the greater the distance of the deviation, from a distance, it is simply an axe in the east and an axe in the west, and the good trunk suddenly became full of holes, but it was still as stable as Mount Tai.

Xiao shook his sore and swollen arm, his face was embarrassed, fortunately, when he received Liu Wanfeng's devil special training on Kunlun Mountain to open the dragon's back, he improved his physical fitness by the way, otherwise if he changed others, he should have no strength at all at this time.

Looking at the trunk of the tree, which had been spent for half an hour, but still not much progress, Xiao was helpless, he dropped the axe, and sat aside sulkingly, and couldn't help but have many cranky thoughts in his mind.

Why don't you sneak away now?

Xiao glanced at the smoke-curled stone house in the distance, his horses were still tethered to the Orion cabin, if he secretly rode away now, Qi Yuanzi's seniors would definitely not find out, and when he noticed that something was wrong and chased out, he would have already run to the side!

Besides, running away at this time, you can also earn an axe forged by Master Qi Yuanzi for nothing, which is simply killing two birds with one stone, don't make too much money~

Thinking about it, Xiao couldn't help but take a step and run in the direction of the Orion House, but he didn't go far before he slowed down and finally stopped at the edge of the pine forest.

He raised his hand to look at the color, then looked at his hands, and suddenly raised his arm, and slapped himself in the face twice!

Smack!

The sharp pain in his palms and cheeks at the same time made Xiao come to his senses, he stomped his feet, and began to blame himself in his heart, how could he have such a dishonest thought?

From Mo Wen, he taught him earnestly that those who practice martial arts must put morality first, even if they can't become a martial artist with high skills, they must also become a virtuous and virtuous sage!

Xiao, ah, Xiao, you have only been out for a few years, why did you start to be arrogant and reckless?

The three great precepts of greed, hatred, and stupidity, I actually want to break them!

"What a sin, a sin ......"

Xiao slapped himself again, then folded his hands and silently recited "Amitabha" in his mouth.

Don't do it for three months! Even if you suffer for three years in this ghost place where birds don't lay eggs, you can't let the sins here become the demons that plague you for the rest of your life!

Xiao had made up his mind, and no longer wavered from other thoughts, he turned around, returned to the "devastationed" oil pine, and swung his axe without hesitation!

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

......

However, what Xiao didn't know at this time was that behind the bushes in the distance, Master Qi Yuanzi, who had a calm face, was observing him indifferently.

When he saw Xiao and was about to run away, the sandbag-sized iron fist was pinched so loudly that it clicked!

But fortunately, at the end of the end, Xiao, who had a change of heart, finally did not disappoint him.

"Heh, good son, you still have a little conscience!" Master Qi Yuanzi hooked the corners of his mouth and smiled, "If you learn the old man's things, you plan to sneak away, and the old man will not let you go easily!"

Looking at Xiao's diligent back, Master Qi Yuanzi nodded with satisfaction, turned around and left quietly.

The iron rod in his hand also quietly relaxed his strength......

"Drink!"

With a loud shout, the tall and sturdy pine wood finally collapsed with a "click" cracking sound!

Although it looked like a large chunk of its trunk had been dug up by a shovel, it had finally been knocked down!

"Finally finished ......"

Sweaty Xiao wiped the sweat from his forehead and smiled with satisfaction.

But in the next second, his smiling face quietly froze.

Because it suddenly occurred to him that he would never be able to drag such a thick trunk back, otherwise he would have chopped some firewood?"

Clearing leaves, collecting branches, and most importantly, breaking this big log into lots and bundles it up to take away!

There is a long way to go......

I will go up and down to seek......

Only then did Xiao realize that putting this thing down was only the easiest step, but unfortunately, the breakfast with little soup and water had already been exhausted in the stomach with the passage of time.

It's time for lunch...... But he didn't want to go back to the stone house empty-handed to meet the old man of the Yuanzi no matter what.

I can't help it......

I made a bet with tears in my eyes......

Xiao took off the last of his shirt, revealing his scarred body, and immediately stopped sighing, turned and raised his axe, and began to carefully chop the extra branches next to the trunk.

Then, his gaze could only be difficult and extremely reluctant...... It was placed on the big bare log.

The gauze on both palms had worn out, and the scabbed scars on the palms had cracked open again, and wisps of blood flowed out......

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