Noon.

The sky is cloudless, and the early autumn sun shines on the land.

Li Congyan came to Yizhuang outside the city with a large bag, and saw Jia Wude squatting on the threshold from a distance.

"The stinky boy has a big life. The little old man raised an eyebrow, "The matter is settled?"

"Hercules plays with a flat shoulder—it's easy. ”

The two got along for more than ten days, one teaching and the other learning, but they never mentioned why they wanted to learn knives. But no one is stupid, a rich boy suddenly wants to practice the knife technique of killing, and he must be in trouble. Now looking at his proud appearance, he must have overcome the difficulties.

Li Congyan smiled "hehe" and handed over a jar of old wine, "Thanks to the knife skills you taught Lao Jia." ”

"It's none of my business, old man, it's you who got the wine yourself. ”

As he spoke, the little old man took over the wine jar, slapped off the sealing mud, and drank "tons and tons" violently.

"Enjoyable!"

"Don't just drink, I brought food. Li Congyan put down a food box and said, "The salted fish that has just come out of the pot is just right for wine." ”

"You kid on the road. ”

"I also brought you two sets of clothes, it's cold, I'm afraid you can't stand wearing a short coat every day, and it's time to change the smelly ones. ”

"Who wants your rags, old man, I'm warm in my coffin. ”

Lao Jia stiffened his neck, and his slightly drunk face was red.

Hey, the little old man is quite tsundere.

Li Congyan stuffed the clothes into the old man's arms, "I bought it according to your size, you don't want it, and others can't wear it." ”

"Hmph. ”

The little old man didn't say anything more, just took off his dirty short coat, threw it on the ground, and changed his clothes.

"Can't you just go behind the door and change?"

Li Congyan looked at the old man's dry and thin figure, and was speechless for a while.

"You're not a girl, you're a fart. ”

As he spoke, the old man took off his trousers.

“......”

Then.

Li Congyan suddenly saw a long scar on the old man's thigh, like a centipede, so he asked, "How did you get it?"

"I was nailed by a coffin a while ago. ”

The little old man rubbed the scar vigorously, and his tone was proud, "Old man, I sewed the wound myself, and since I lost my mother-in-law, I have to do the laundry and sew it myself." Look at how well it sews, it's ...... craftsmanship."

Li Congyan was a little confused, can sewing clothes and sewing thighs be the same......? There are already surgical sutures in this day and age?

Not much.

The little old man changed his clothes and continued to eat and drink.

Li Congyan stopped caring about him and began to practice knives.

Although he killed the ghost, the little ghost and the bean soldier last night reminded him that there are many weird things in the world, and if you want to live a chic life, you must have the ability to protect yourself. The sword technique is currently his only means of attack, but he can't lose it, and he needs to practice diligently.

Lao Jia's knife moves are very simple, there are no bells and whistles, pay attention to "ruthless" and "accurate", and strive to kill with one blow.

The practice method is also very simple, that is, cutting winter melon. Use a string to hang the winter melon under the eaves, draw a line on it, and cut it with a knife against the line when practicing.

This practice method seems simple, but it is actually difficult to cut it. One is because the winter melon will swing back and forth, and the other is that every time a piece is cut off, the center of gravity of the winter melon will shift, and the lines will be offset with it, which is not easy to judge. Therefore, if you want to practice well, you need perfect coordination of your eyes, brain, and arms.

Li Congyan has chopped countless winter melons, and the probability of being able to perfectly cut the line is no more than two percent.

But today is very different, I saw him make a move, the knife was as fast as electricity, "slashing" a slash, each knife hit the line accurately, and a circle of winter melons kept falling down.

Old man Jia was eating and drinking on the side, he didn't care about it at first, and then gradually noticed that Li Congyan was unusual, and couldn't help asking, "Did the stinky boy take the wrong medicine?"

Li Congyan didn't stop, but said: "We scholars call this 'epiphany', you don't understand." ”

"The epiphany of the fart. ”

Seeing that he didn't say anything, the little old man didn't ask much. When he had eaten and drunk enough, he went back to his coffin and went to sleep.

The so-called epiphany, of course, is nonsense.

The real reason is that after killing the succubus, he obtained the second "Seventy-two Earth Demon Technique" - Vigor!

As the name suggests, vigorous is a great increase in strength.

There is no specific standard for strength, so it is difficult to say. Li Congyan only knew that the ghost head knife, which was originally more than ten catties, was now as light as a piece of paper like a toy, and he didn't feel tired when he chopped at will, and the speed of swinging it also greatly increased.

His strength increased greatly, giving him the illusion that "one punch can kill a cow".

If you can get this magic power earlier, why do you need to learn any sword skills, just punch the head of the succubus.

Of course, this is just wishful thinking on his part. In fact, the succubus was killed first, and the booklet was given the "vigorous" supernatural powers.

"So, the key to activating the new supernatural powers in the booklet is to kill ghosts?"

Li Congyan was distracted while practicing knives.

"It has to be a ghost, can other demons and spirits do?"

“...... What about people?"

"Find a chance to verify it. ”

......

The sun sets in the west.

Li Congyan, who had practiced knives all afternoon and was sweating profusely, knocked on Old Man Jia's coffin.

"Do-do"

The little old man pushed open the lid of the coffin, looked at the sky outside, and said unhappily: "It's not early, you kid go back, why bother the old man to clear his dreams, he is not sensible." ”

"Ask you something. ”

"Say it quickly. ”

"Do you know where there are ghosts? Demons and monsters can also be. ”

"What's your kid's idea?"

"Slaying demons and eliminating demons is the duty of my generation of scholars. ”

"Speak human words. ”

"I want to kill ghosts. When he said this, Li Congyan was full of confidence, with the two magical powers of "Youtong" and "Vigorous" in his hands, and his knife skills, ordinary little ghosts really didn't pay attention to them.

"I don't know. Get out of here, old man, I'm going to sleep. ”

"I'll ask you something again. ”

"There's a fart. ”

"There is a deserted village more than thirty miles to the south, do you know?"

At the beginning of the crossing, Li Congyan strayed into the ghost village and was scared enough, but now that he remembered it, he inquired. Of course, just inquiring, there is no idea of getting rid of ghosts, after all, there is a group of ghosts, and I am afraid that I will not be able to please them alone.

"Deserted Village...... You're talking about the plague village. Old man Jia frowned and thought for a while, then said, "Last year, there was an outbreak of plague in that village, and many people were seriously infected. When the government learned about it, they burned the entire village to prevent the spread of the plague. ”

Go up in flames?

"What about the villagers?" Li Congyan couldn't help asking.

"Naturally, they were burned together. ”

"Burned alive?"

"Burn alive!"

Hearing this, Li Congyan's heart was heavy, and he walked out without saying a word.

Then.

"Stinky boy!"

The little old man suddenly stopped him, his expression was serious, and he said, "You said earlier that you want to kill ghosts?"

Li Congyan turned his head.

"Ming'er came over earlier. The little old man admonished.

"Good. ”

......

......

By the time Li Congyan returned to Zhao's mansion, it was almost dark.

At the gate, the maid and the little fish are looking forward to it.

As soon as he saw his uncle, he immediately greeted him: "Uncle, you are back." ”

"I bought you two strings of sugar gourds. Li Congyan handed the snacks he bought on the street to the little maid.

"Thank you, uncle. ”

The little girl took a bite, frowning so sourly that she kept salivaing.

"Didn't you say you don't have to wait for me, why are you here today?"

When the little maid heard this, she said "oops", and seemed to remember what was going on, and said: "There are guests in the house, but the young lady has not come back, and Xiaoyu does not dare to disturb the old lady, so she wants to wait for the uncle to come back to entertain." ”

Li Congyan nodded, indicating that he understood, the guest came to the door, but there was no host to receive him, "When did you come?"

"Take me there. ”

The two talked as they walked.

It turned out that the "guest" was a newly relocated neighbor. The Tao family was haunted before, and the day after the immortal little Taoist came forward to solve the problem, the Tao couple died of breath, and their son Tao Jin buried his parents hastily, moved to live elsewhere, and handed over the house to the tooth shop to sell on his behalf.

But after all, it's a haunted house, and even if the price is very low, it's still hard to get rid of. It was only recently that it was bought by a "guest" in the house.

"The Tao family's house is two streets away from our house, so it's a neighbor so far away?"

Li Congyan couldn't help asking.

"Little fish doesn't know, that's what the guest said. The little maid said ignorantly, "I specially brought some pastries today and visited my door." ”

Soon.

Li Congyan met the "guests" who came to the door.

In the hall, a tanuki cat was lying on the coffee table, licking the tea in the teacup with its tongue stretched out, and a sexy and charming girl sitting next to her with a red cloak was very eye-catching.

The girl stroked the tanuki cat, looking at ease.

"Uncle, this is Sister Jin Lian. ”

"This is my aunt. ”

The little maid introduced.

The woman named "Golden Lotus" smiled and bowed.

At this time, I only heard her say to the little maid: "Sister Xiaoyu has a sugar gourd in her hand?"

"Yes. ”

"Can you give me a share?"

"Huh?" the little maid looked at her aunt.

Li Congyan smiled and nodded.

"Can you wrap it in oiled paper for me?" asked the golden lotus girl again.

"Will my sister take it back to eat?"

"My sister is still young and doesn't understand. The golden lotus girl smiled,

"My sister took it back and used it. ”

“？”

A gleam appeared in Li Congyan's eyes.

......