Gongsun Shanqing called Zhou Changsheng to his side, looked at the two who were striking iron and said, "Do you think the two senior brothers are a little stupid, and it's very strange why the master would take them as apprentices? But for the sake of face, I have never asked, so now the master will tell you the reason, and by the way, let you see the master's cooking skills." ”

Zhou Changsheng hurriedly replied: "No, no, who the master accepts as an apprentice, naturally there are reasons for the master, and those who are apprentices naturally dare not speculate." ”

Gongsun Shanqing looked at the two people who were striking iron, and said to himself: "Back then, I was seriously injured, although I survived by luck, but my cultivation was not one in ten, but fortunately, my fist and foot kung fu were acceptable, and I was barely able to save my life." In those years, Master and I had only one thought in my heart, that is, to find out who was behind the destruction of the sect, and I won't say much about the process, and the result was to provoke many enemies. Once, although I was lucky enough to survive, I was seriously injured, but fortunately I met a kind woman who braved the torrential rain and carried me to the doctor. I picked up a life and survived. When my injuries were a little better, I realized that she had gone to the doctor to see her two sons that day, but I was delayed. By the time the doctor saw me and went to her house again, it was already late. The lives of the two children were saved, but because of the delay for too long, there was a problem with their brains and they became a little stupid. ”

Zhou Changsheng said in a hoarse voice: "Those two children are senior brothers." ”

The old man didn't reply, and continued: "Later, she went into the mountains to collect medicine, met mountain bandits, and ended her life because of the humiliation. Since then, Master, I have often asked myself the question, why are it always the good people who suffer, and why the good people don't live long?"

The old man took a puff of dry tobacco and continued, "Since God is unwilling to administer justice, then I will do the work." After my injuries were healed, I went into the mountains and spent several days finding the bandits. ”

"You killed them all?" Zhou Changsheng asked in a low voice.

"No, I just blinded them and discounted one of their legs, and I think it's too cheap to kill them directly. After the old man finished speaking, he was silent for a long time, and the atmosphere was a little depressing.

The fire in the blacksmith shop was blazing, reflecting Zhou Changsheng's cheeks red, but he couldn't see Zhou Changsheng's face clearly at this moment. While the two senior brothers were striking the iron, they smiled innocently at Zhou Changsheng from time to time, and snow-white teeth were exposed under their dark cheeks.

Ignorance is not necessarily a blessing.

The sound of the hammer was endless, and the red-hot iron on the anvil sparked under the hammer, like a piece of red mud, constantly changing its appearance by external forces. Some of them were cast into swords, guns, halberds, axes, hooks and forks, some were cast into axes, sickles, guillotines, ploughs, and some were left as scraps piled up in the corners of the house to eat ashes, just waiting to be rebuilt.

The atmosphere in the blacksmith shop was somewhat heavy and oppressive. Zhou Changsheng didn't know what the master was going to say to him, and the more the master was silent, the more uncertain Zhou Changsheng became.

"Do you know what's the most ridiculous? I even know two of the bandits. I wanted to kill a hundred, but in the end, I took pity on them, and let them live. You must know that it will become like this later, and you should not have pity in the first place. The old man paused and said, "Since then, I have understood the truth of eliminating evil. ”

After Zhou Changsheng heard this, he wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say, not to mention, he was a half-old child, so what qualifications did he have to say anything.

The old man turned his head to look at Zhou Changsheng and said, "A few days ago, you had a fight with Wang Cai, the precious son of the Wang family, and almost put yourself in it, and at the same time almost crippled Wang Cai. Do you think that's the end of it?"

"Isn't it? I was almost killed by Wang Cai, what else does he want to do?" Zhou Changsheng looked innocent.

The old man looked at Zhou Changsheng with interest and said: "In the past, your family opened an inn, and his family sold tofu, all of them were commoners, as long as no one died, things might be like this, but now, it's different." ”

"What's the difference?" Zhou Changsheng was puzzled.

"Is Wang Cai's sister Wang Jinlian married into the Xue family, her husband Xue Maocai is still a guerrilla general at the grandmaster level, although the level is not high, but he is a powerful general, with the right to cut first and then lead the army alone. It seems that Wang Cai also worshipped his brother-in-law as a master. That Xue family's Xue Bancheng is called for nothing? That guerrilla general just reads it to people? That grandmaster is just a name? You must know that our city lord is only at the level of grandmaster, and even the master is still quite far from the grandmaster. ”

The old man smiled and said, "It's you, your heart is so big, you still seem to be okay if you cause a big disaster." But the strange thing is that after so many days, the Xue family has not moved at all, and Xue Maocai also brought Wang Cai back to the barracks. As the saying goes: 'When things go wrong, there must be demons' and this time, even the master didn't understand why his Xue family didn't move at all. ”

Zhou Changsheng, who came back to his senses, was bluffed by the old man's words, and was directly frightened into a cold sweat. Yes, Wang Cai's sister Wang Jinlian is well-known for being short-sighted and cautious, Wang Cai's recent appearance is like an arrogant and domineering master, and the Xue family has only heard of them bullying others, and has never heard of anyone who dares to trouble the Xue family.

Zhou Changsheng was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and hurriedly asked, "What should I do!"

Gongsun Shanqing looked like an old god was there and said, "What's the mix?" Since they haven't moved at all these days, maybe they suddenly have a kind heart, and they just let you go regardless of the villain. ”

Zhou Changsheng pulled his mouth, looking like a ghost only believed you.

Gongsun Shanqing said secretly: "It seems that this matter has nothing to do with the girl in red who came back with the old master, and it is likely that the old master Fang came forward in person." Others don't know, but I don't know, that the Confucian master is not just a teacher who can only teach. ”

Looking at Zhou Changsheng, who was so anxious that he had no master, the old man said again: "What's the use of being in a hurry, expecting others to let you go is the most unreliable idea I've ever seen in my life! ”

Seeing that Zhou Changsheng's eyes were red in a hurry, he remembered that this child was only a teenager, and if he were someone else's child, he would have been so frightened that he would have cried. But it's okay to do this, so that he can understand that it takes strength to stand up and save the beauty of heroes, otherwise, good intentions can only do bad things.

In this world, it is far from enough to do good deeds with enthusiasm.

"Is it useful to be in a hurry? If you also have the strength of the grandmaster level, then what are you afraid of!" the old man said deliberately.

Zhou Changsheng's eyes lit up, and then dimmed again, "I can practice boxing now, I haven't made the slightest progress in refining qi, and I am 108,000 miles away from the realm of that grandmaster, I don't know what year and month it will take to arrive." Old man, aren't you really handing over a knife when you say this? ”

The old man smiled mysteriously and said, "What if I have a way to make you improve your strength quickly!"

For a drowning person, even a thin straw will be firmly grasped.

The old man continued: "I want to take you to a place in a few days, the process may be very bitter, maybe life-threatening, but after getting through, the harvest will be great, in fact, I don't know how big the harvest is, what I can be sure of is that for you now, there are only benefits, no harm." Of course, the effort is always proportional to the gain. ”

After speaking, he glanced at Zhou Changsheng and said, "If you want to go now, I'm afraid you won't be able to drop." If you practice qi, you must enter the second level at the bottom, and practice boxing must at least reach the level of blood exchange, at least to ensure that you will not be frozen to death halfway. In the next few days, I will take you to improve your strength as much as possible, of course, whether you want to go or not, the final decision is still up to you. ”

Zhou Changsheng said to Gongsun Shanqing: "Do I have any other choice? Although I don't know what Wang Cai and the Xue family think, this matter will definitely not end like this. As you said, only if you are strong can you protect the people you want to protect!But Master, in order for me to have a better chance of surviving in the future, would you like to give your collection a few more pieces to your disciple?" Zhou Changsheng finished speaking, stretched out his right hand and rubbed his fingers.

Gongsun Shanqing smiled a little bitterly, "No problem, if you meet my requirements, you can choose whatever you want from the above items, and it is not impossible to take out a few more pieces of Master's treasure." But tonight, you have to go to a place with Master, and by the way, solve your Qi refining problem. ”

When he walked to the stove, he said, "There are three hardships in the world, striking iron, supporting the boat, and grinding tofu." This striking iron, in the first place, is almost the most painful errand in the world. Since you have become my apprentice, this iron-striking skill cannot be left behind. After speaking, he picked up a large hammer and saw that the hammer the size of the bowl was in the hands of Gongsun Shanqing.

The hammer, Zhou Changsheng tried, it was a hundred pounds smaller, and he could barely lift it with one hand, like the master, it was like playing, it was indeed a bit bluffing. However, the eldest and second child were obviously accustomed to it, and the second child even moved a small stool, took a handful of melon seeds, handed them to Zhou Changsheng, and sat down. Then the urn said angrily: "Senior brother, eat melon seeds, watch the master strike iron." ”

Zhou Changsheng was even more stunned when he took the melon seeds, what does eating melon seeds have to do with watching the master strike iron?

Gongsun Shanqing took a piece of fine extraterrestrial meteoric iron from the inner room, put it in the furnace, burned it red, held the red-hot iron with iron tongs in one hand, raised the hammer in the other, and said, "Look carefully!"

After saying that, one hammer after another, it really hit the iron. Suddenly, the clanging sound of striking iron kept ringing, the hammer fell, sparks splashed, the eldest and the second looked at it with taste, but Zhou Changsheng was like a monk with two zhangs, confused. I thought: "What's so beautiful about this iron, isn't it just to burn the iron red and smash it flat!"

Zhou Changsheng didn't think so, but on the surface, he followed the master's intentions and stared at the hammer, looking very carefully.

After a while, Zhou Changsheng slowly looked out some doorways. Gongsun Shanqing struck iron, not blindly smashing the hammer on the iron and flattening the iron, but had different strength and speed. I saw that the big hammer, in the old man's hand, was sometimes heavy and sometimes light, sometimes slow and sometimes urgent, left and right, flying up and down, like a butterfly, flashing lightly from the anvil.

Zhou Changsheng, who had seen some doorways, listened to the clanging sound of iron, and there was an indescribable and unclear charm, and he was stupid for a while.

The piece of iron, under the hammer of Gongsun Shanqing, was smashed flat, folded, and flattened again, and slowly, a large piece of cast iron was only the size of a child's fist. Immediately after, a dagger was gradually revealed.

At this time, the hammer in Gongsun Shanqing's hand seemed to be lighter, like a dragonfly dotting water, clicking here, clicking there, seeing the dagger formed, Gongsun Shanqing's wrist shook, and the red dagger sank into the water with a snort, stirring up bursts of green smoke.

Waiting for the dagger to cool a little, Zhou Changsheng hurriedly fished out the dagger, only to see that the dagger was simple in shape, surrounded by layers of patterns, although it was not opened, but it was already cool. When the front is opened, it must be a sharp weapon! Zhou Changsheng looked at it, he was very happy, and he had no intention of putting it down when he held it in his hand.

Gongsun Shanqing sighed and said to himself: "The ability to refine weapons back then is now used to strike iron, what a shame on the ancestor!"

He said: "This dagger, it is made of extraterrestrial meteoric iron, and the material is okay, although it is not as good as your Qinglong dagger, it is much better than ordinary swords, and this dagger should be enough for self-defense on weekdays." ”

Zhou Changsheng couldn't hear what the master meant, and thanked him repeatedly.

Gongsun Shanqing saw that Zhou Changsheng couldn't put it down, and knew in his heart that this dagger was originally built for him, otherwise why bother to use a piece of extraterrestrial meteorite.

"All things have spirits, this dagger has been baked, why don't you come up with a name for it, master?" said Gongsun Shanqing with a smile on his face.

Zhou Changsheng thought for a while and said, "The pattern on this looks like a butterfly, and the dagger is called a butterfly." ”