Li Miao watched quietly, a little shocked in his heart, but he felt reasonable.

For those who can imprison space, it is easy to create a void vortex.

"Drink bar. The butcher said.

The space in the cabin returned to normal, only the table where Sun Lie had sat was shattered into powder, proving that there had been a battle just now.

Li Miao wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, threw away the chopsticks that were thin into bamboo sticks in his hand, and sat back in his original position.

"Senior, I will punish myself three bowls first and make amends to you. ”

Li Miao poured a large bowl of wine, brought it to his face, and drank it all.

The butcher looked at him with a blank expression.

Second bowl.

The third bowl.

Li Miao kept moving.

After three bowls of liquor in a row, he only felt a hot sting in his throat.

Fortunately, the gene energy is vigorous, and the feeling of pins and needles was quickly smoothed out.

The butcher's face softened a little, and he said, "Everyone has their own ambitions, I understand. Although your junior cultivation is lowly, you already have the belief of seeking the Tao in your heart, which is very valuable. ”

"The seniors have won the prize. ”

Li Miao didn't know what seeking the Tao was, and just followed the thoughts in his heart. Only what suits you is the best, no matter how high and strong other people's skills are, as long as they are not suitable, there is no point in learning.

The two styles of knife techniques taught by the butcher had a certain enlightening effect on him, but he would not follow them as they were, but replaced the "butcher" habits in the knife technique with the habits of "warriors".

The two sat down and drank each other, and the cabin was silent.

After a while, the butcher took the jar of wine and found that it was empty, and ten catties of the west wind had entered his stomach.

He frowned and said, "Today's wine is not at all enjoyable. Junior, you and I have no fate, so let's leave it at that. I don't want to go to this county either. ”

As he spoke, he stood up, picked up his hat and put it on, and walked out the door.

"Seniors"

Li Miao hurriedly got up and followed.

He never expected that the butcher would say that he would leave without any warning.

Outside, the owner of the boat was still instructing his men to carry the last few boxes of goods, and when he saw the butcher about to get off the ship, the owner of the boat shouted, "Hey, that friend, the boat is about to leave, where are you going?"

The butcher didn't look back and said, "There are three thousand paths, and if this path is not smooth, take another way." So he got out of the boat and went straight to the shore.

Li Miao wanted to follow and persuade him, but when he heard this, he stopped again.

The butcher's affection for him dissipated when he refused to learn the third type of sword.

As the saying goes, different ways do not conspire with each other, since there is no fate, sitting in the same boat is also embarrassing, it is better to part ways.

Such a resolute and simple person is a comfortable person.

Seeing the butcher leave, Li Miao shook his head and sighed in his heart.

The opportunity to make friends with a master, the opportunity to inherit the sword technique, was missed from the present.

And he personally pushed it away.

There is still a little regret in his heart, but the matter has come to this point, and there is no point in regretting.

Li Miao walked to the side of the boat and looked at the river in the distance, feeling a little complicated.

The owner of the boat next to him muttered, "If you don't go, you won't go, and you curse us for the road is not smooth, who is it, forget it, don't care about him." Brothers, the hour has come, let's go"

"Yes"

The hired men on board were instructed to untie the huge ropes that held the ship in place, and slowly rowed the boat out of the dock with a large slurry.

The hull of the ship swayed slightly on the surface of the river.

Set sail.

Li Miao suppressed the distracting thoughts in his heart, turned his gaze, and looked at the big ship not far away.

It was Ji Lingyu's ship.

From a distance of four or five hundred zhang, he could see the curtain on the top of Ji Lingyu's immortal boat fluttering, and a slender figure could be faintly seen inside.

It's a pity that I couldn't see Guo'er. I don't know if I was meditating and practicing, or practicing the stunt taught by Ji Lingyu in another room.

"I don't know what will become of that girl in three months. He muttered to himself.

Speaking of which, he and Guo'er have known each other for only a month.

This time I will be separated for three months, and I don't know if the girl will be as intimate to him as before when we see each other next time.

The boat left the pier and soon entered the channel in the middle of the river, drifting downstream with the current.

Li Miao stood at the stern of the boat blowing the river breeze, watching himself and the luxurious immortal ship get farther and farther away until he gradually disappeared from view.

Li Miao gradually moved away, and on the big boat that he was watching from afar, Ji Lingyu, who was dressed in white, was also looking in his direction.

In the curtain, Ji Lingyu shook the feather fan lightly, looking into the distance, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

"This kid is really a strange person, there are so many masters in Longling this time, and they all happened to him. ”

"That butcher is not small, even the master is jealous of him, and I don't know if the stinky boy has gotten any benefits from him. ”

"If it's swordsmanship and supernatural powers, it's okay to say, if I learn swordsmanship, I have to take care of Xiaoguo'er, and I can't let them come and go. ”

"I hope it's not, it's a pity that such a good seedling is a victim. ”

The river breeze blew the gauze curtain and gently rubbed her jade face.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps in the direction of the stairs.

The petite Guo'er came to the third floor of the fairy boat and said to Ji Lingyu, "Sister, I have learned." ”

The Cangyun River is surging westward, and several boats are drifting in the middle of the river, and the speed is not slow.

Li Miao sat cross-legged in the cabin of the "Geng Twelve", running the Heart of the Universe Guiding Technique, growing his strength bit by bit.

The cabins on the ship were small, barely enough for a narrow wooden bed, not even a table.

However, this did not affect the flow of cosmic primal energy, and his cultivation was smooth and free, and he absorbed it quickly.

After a long time, Li Miao felt that the cells in his body had temporarily reached a saturated state, so he stopped running the guidance technique and opened his eyes.

"It's been five days"

"Five days of cultivation, plus the previous month's cultivation, I am getting closer and closer to the middle level of the mountain and river level, and it won't be long before I can break through this small realm. ”

"But the most important thing is the state of mind. ”

Li Miao muttered to himself in a low voice.

The contact with the butcher, and the fact that he gave up halfway through the knife study, had a great impact on him, and his mind was always thinking about the two knife techniques of "breaking the neck and bleeding" and "peeling and deboning", and his mind fluctuated.

After a few days of intensive cultivation, the fluctuations in that mood were suppressed, allowing him to become calm again.

"Take a break, and then continue cultivating after a while to break through the realm. ”

Li Miao pushed open the door and walked to the main cabin.

The mountain and river-level Origin Martial Artist would also be hungry, and after cultivating for several days in a row, there was already a feeling of discomfort in his abdomen.

At this time, there were not many people in the main cabin, only the owner Liang Jun and the three guests who took the boat were chatting and drinking.

Originally, this ship was only going to carry thirty people, among which Sun Lie and more than a dozen Ning Zhen monks were wiped out by the butcher, and the number of people was reduced by half, but it was a lot deserted.

When Li Miao came, everyone was chatting happily. Liang Jun, the owner of the boat, saw him and took the initiative to invite, "Brother Li, do you want to have two drinks together?"

This Liang Jun has a straightforward personality and is quite hospitable, and he knows everyone on the ship.

Li Miao nodded and replied, "Okay, I'm hungry, by the way, fry me two more dishes to accompany the wine." ”

"Well said. Xiao Xu, go and cook a fresh fish, and then fry some fennel beans and peanuts. The ship's owner commanded at once.

"Okay, you guys wait a minute, it'll be fine right away," the little guy agreed, and went to the back stove room.

Liang Jun introduced again: "A few people shouldn't know each other yet." Let me introduce you, this young man's name is Li Miao, don't look at his young age, but his kung fu is quite good. These three are the three brothers of the Luo family, Luo Dacai, Luo Erfu, and Luo Sanshou, who are famous spice merchants in Longling, and their families are rich. ”

The three Luo brothers, the eldest wears a scarf and looks like a middle-aged scholar; the second is obese and has a rich face; and the third has beads on his ears, like a birthday star.

All three of them are human beings, as their names suggest, and they can be remembered clearly at a glance.

Li Miao sat down in the vacant seat next to Liang Jun, poured himself a bowl of wine, and said casually, "What are you talking about?"

"It's all nonsense. Luo Dacai, who was sitting across from him, replied.

Luo Erfu smiled and said, "Just now, Brother Liang was talking to us about the Tianmen Gorge mountain thieves and water thieves. ”

"Bandits and water thieves" Li Miao raised his eyebrows and became interested.

Liang Jun explained: "That's right. In the past, there were often water thieves in the Tianmen Gorge area, robbing passing merchant ships, which made us merchants quite distressed to catch up with ships. ”

"I don't know how a while ago, a group of bandits actually appeared and built a stockade on the other side of Tianmen Gorge to rob nearby merchants who were taking land routes. ”

"Although there are also official roads passing by land in the Tianmen Gorge area, because of the remote geography, there are very few merchants in the past. The bandits couldn't grab the money for a long time, so they got up with the idea of the water thieves, built a few boats, and crossed the river overnight to attack the water thieves' stockade on the other side. ”

Li Miao couldn't cry or laugh.

This is the same as blocking the road and being a bandit, and he actually plays black and black

"It's funny. And then," he asked.

Liang Jundao, "Both families are bandits, and no one is afraid of anyone." The bandits provoked first, and the water thieves were not easy to provoke, so the next day they ran to the bandits' land and made a big fuss, smashed the bandits' newly built ship, and injured many people. ”

"As soon as the thieves saw that the bones of the water thieves were hard to gnaw, they stopped for a few days. ”

But there was not much oil and water to be fished by land, and it was not long before they built new ships and began to compete with the pirates. ”

Li Miao was surprised, "Both families are going to hijack the ship, so wouldn't it be a big trouble for you to catch the ship?"

Liang Jun shook his head with a smile, waved his hand and said, "That's not going to happen." Although the thieves and water thieves all want to rob us of our money, the relationship between the two of them is not good, which one robs more, and the other is not convinced. ”

"Every time a big ship passes, the mountain thieves and water thieves go out together to stop the robbery. The result is often that they fight first, and when they have decided the winner, we can leave safely after paying a toll after watching the excitement. ”

"Of course, sometimes they play so hard that we can even take advantage of the opportunity to slip away. Haha"

Li Miao laughed for a while after hearing this.

These two gangs of bandits are living treasures, and if they have to fight for each other, why don't they want to think about merging the two families and doing it together

Luo Sanshou said, "In a few days, we will also pass through Tianmen Gorge, and I don't know what the situation will be when the time comes." ”

There was no hint of worry in his tone, but a sense of anticipation, which made people feel ashamed.

As he spoke, the little guy had already prepared the appetizers and brought up the hot braised fish.

This fish is made from the live fish in the river and slaughtered in the pot, the chef's technique is very sophisticated, the sauce is thick, the taste is delicious, and it is very tempting.

Li Miao was hungry in his stomach, so he was not polite at the moment, so he picked up the chopsticks and ate them.

While eating, he said, "What are those mountain thieves and water thieves, are there any immortal cultivators?"

Liang Jun replied: "I heard that there is. However, the immortal cultivators who have some ability are all high, and most of them will go to the grass to be thieves, and most of them are disciples who are not in the climate, and their cultivation is not high. ”

In this world, the distance between secular people and immortal cultivators is not far away, and many times they will interact with each other.

Like the Sun Mansion in Longling County and the rest of the small families, they are all places where they live with secular people.

Even many ordinary people living in the market and towns have some ancestral fragmentary methods at home, and if they work hard, they can also practice some skills.

Liang Jun and the three brothers of the Luo family are all people who have seen the world, and they have a little understanding of immortal cultivators, so they don't have much fear in their hearts.

Luo Dacai looked at Li Miao, who was enjoying the food, and asked, "Brother Li, you are strong and strong, and your weapons are extraordinary, you should also be an immortal cultivator."

Several people looked at each other inquiringly at the same time.

Li Miao spit out two fish bones and nodded, "Sort of." ”

There's nothing to hide from this kind of thing, yes, no, no, but it's okay.

Hearing his affirmative answer, all four of them showed expressions of joy.

This trip can be accompanied by immortal cultivators, and when you arrive at Tianmen Gorge, when the mountain thieves and water thieves attack the ship, you will also have a safe guarantee.

Although they are not afraid of being robbed, it is always good to be able to save some money.

Liang Jun immediately said: "Then this trip will have to be bothered, Brother Li will have to bear a lot." ”

"Well said. ”

Li Miao agreed.

As long as there are not a large number of Ning Zhen cultivators among those bandits and water bandits, or the powerhouses of the Guiyuan realm, with his ability, it is just a matter of raising his hands to repel them.

Several people continued to talk.

Li Miao ate the whole braised fish and drank a lot of wine, and the hunger in his stomach was relieved.

Unconsciously, the sky gradually darkened, the boat was in charge of the lights, Liang Jun had something to do, and the three brothers of the Luo family all went back to their respective rooms.

Li Miao walked out of the cabin, and it was already dark outside.

The river breeze brings a chill, and in early autumn, the temperature is gradually getting colder.

There was no moon tonight, just stars twinkling above the dome. In the distance of the night sky, some meteor-like traces could occasionally be seen passing by, which was the light brought by the distant immortal cultivators who broke through the sky.

The river is surging endlessly, and the big ship is moving forward steadily.

Li Miao stopped at the bow of the boat, listening to the sound of flowing water, and his heart was quiet.

"Knife Technique"

Unconsciously, he remembered the two knife techniques taught by the butcher.

"Breaking the neck and letting blood is a fatal blow. You need to use superb reflexes and judgment to find the enemy's weak points in the shortest possible time, and then kill them with one blow. ”