Chapter 8: Youzhou City

Ten miles away from Youzhou, in the mountain and field broken temple.

Sishui opened his eyes and saw Duan Zixu fiddling with the wood waste charcoal left over from last night's burning, his eyes were empty, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Brother Zixu, what are you doing?" Sishui looked at it for a while, and couldn't help but ask.

Duan Zixu came back to his senses, looked embarrassed, and said, "It's nothing." Oh, by the way, I'm afraid you opened a few more psychic tricks last night, right?" he muttered, changing the subject.

Sishui Yao thought that after a fierce battle with him yesterday, after breathing, he vaguely felt that several spiritual apertures were about to move. After listening to Duan Zixu's guidance again, he did not rush into the city, but fell at the foot of the broken temple.

said to Duan Zi that he wanted to protect the Dharma for him, so that he could seize the opportunity to seek a breakthrough. The four waters are also skeptical. Originally, when he was running the aura, he was still distracted and wary of Duan Zixu. But when the first spiritual aperture was broken through, and the feeling of comfort lingered around his body, he unconsciously forgot his vigilance and immersed himself in the cultivation.

However, as it stands for now. Duan Zixu really didn't mean to hurt him again. I can't help but have a kind of villain's heart to speculate about the gentleman.

Sishui scratched his head and smiled, and replied, "Don't hide it, brother, the younger brother broke through five spiritual aperture in a row last night. Now, he can squeeze into the ranks of six-star spirit masters. ”

Duan Zi's face was full of shock when he heard this, and he asked again: "You have broken through five spiritual aperture in a row?

Sishui was confused by this question, and frowned and used his spiritual power. For a moment, his chest and arms were shining, and there were sixty dense clusters of light the size of rice grains. This is undoubtedly the spiritual know-how.

Seeing this, Duan Zixu sighed: "What a genius! I think it would take me a few days to break through a spiritual aperture." But you can actually break through five spiritual aperture in one night in a row, which is simply unheard of. Even if it's ...... us" When he said this, he felt a little speechless, and changed his words: "Brother Chen, congratulations !!"

Sishui was a little embarrassed, grinned, and said: "Brother Zixu doesn't have to be arrogant, I'm just lucky, this cultivation avenue will depend on your guidance in the future." Also, call me Sishui from now on. In Stone Village before, everyone called me that, but I was not used to changing my name. ”

When Duan Zixu heard 'Stone Village', a trace of strangeness flashed in his eyes, but it returned to its original state in a moment.

However, this subtle abnormality was still seen by Sishui, and he couldn't help asking: "What's wrong with Brother Zixu, when I talked about Stone Village just now, your face was not very good-looking." ”

"This...."Duan Zixu hesitated for a moment and explained: "We rushed into Stone Village at the beginning, which brought a lot of trouble to Brother Sishui. I'm so guilty!"

"We don't know each other, if it weren't for you, I'd still be fishing and drying nets. How can you have the opportunity to see such a wide world? Sishui waved his hand and said with a smile.

"Then, let's go to Youzhou City first and find an inn to freshen up. ”

"Okay!" Sishui finished speaking, and impatiently walked towards the door.

Looking at Sishui's back, Duan Zi's frowns tightened.

He took the folding fan from his waist, tapped his chin gently, sighed deeply, and followed.

With the footsteps of the two of them, they came to Youzhou City in less than half an hour.

Youzhou City is different from Cangmu City, it is a large city in the southeast county. The city wall alone is ten zhang high, and there are more than a dozen people guarding the city gate. There are countless merchants and travelers coming and going at the city gate, and they look prosperous.

Everywhere in the streets of the city, there are many shops and stalls, and the sound of vendors is endless.

Sishui has never seen such a scene, and for a while, he was full of fun, and he couldn't stop wandering around, playing with all kinds of rare things. And there is a strength in his mouth, which is surprising, and he looks like a countryman has never seen the world.

Duan Zixu followed behind him, couldn't help frowning slightly, and couldn't help but remind: "Sishui! If you continue to wander around like this, the sun will go down, so why don't you hurry up and find an inn to stay." Duan Zi is in the company of people who have no insight like Sishui, and he feels shameless. The second is that since yesterday, he has not been well groomed, and he feels uncomfortable.

"Okay, okay, okay!" Sishui agreed, but his body squeezed towards a crowded place.

Pushing aside the crowd pile, Sishui saw the scene inside.

I saw a wide open space in front of me, with stone locks, bluestone slabs, a wooden table, and a few wooden benches on the ground. In the middle, three people were standing, shouting loudly.

"Come on, come on!!! The old lady and the young lady who passed by, all come and take a look. Don't want money, don't want rewards, just ask the neighbors to hold a personal !! come and come!!"

It was a short five-foot-tall man, with a sharp beak and mouse-eyed eyes, wearing a sleeveless and kneeless black power suit, with a shaved head, only long hair on the back of his head, tied into a cupola with red string.

As he spoke, the black-clothed dwarf flipped onto the table one by one and stomped on the table vigorously. The table made a 'thump' sound, and it appeared to be solid wood.

Just as everyone was at a loss, the dwarf pointed his hand behind him.

A man about nine feet tall came up behind him. Although this man was tall, he was extremely thin, his hands were like white bones, and the fabric on his body swayed in the wind because of its ill-fittingness, like an inn wine in a strong wind.

At this time, the short man was standing on the table, but still only up to the waist of the tall man. The onlookers couldn't help but laugh when they saw this scene.

But the two didn't care. I'm afraid that after walking the rivers and lakes for a long time, this matter has long been commonplace.

The dwarf clasped his hands into fists, shook at the crowd around him, and then jumped off the table, and the tall man stepped forward. He reached into his left sleeve and fumbled with it, then spread a blank piece of paper on the table.

I saw that after thinking for a moment, he began to fold up, not knowing what to do.

After touching a cup of tea, the tall man slammed the white paper in his hand against the table.

There was a metallic hum of 'bang'.

For a moment, white paper crumbs splattered everywhere. The white paper in the tall man's hand actually showed the appearance of a big knife, and there were vague raw edges of the paper torn in many places.

"Hahahaha~ This kind of carving insect skill is just the voice of ordinary ventriloquist people. What's so strange? You guys, the trick has opened the skylight, so get out of here. A fat-headed, big-eared, brocade-clad man sneered.

"Who is this person, you can see the means of the play at once?"

"This is the king of the west of the city! His family has a lot of money, and he goes to Kyoto every year to play a hundred operas, so naturally these methods cannot escape his eyes. ”

"Really, it's boring, I thought there was something good to watch. ”

The onlookers couldn't stop talking around.

The short man didn't show a panicked look because of Wang Yuan's words. I saw that he snatched the paper knife from the tall man's hand, snorted coldly, picked up his arm and slashed at the corner of the table.

"Bang".

The corners of the table fell in response, and the broken parts were like knife cuts, and they were extremely sharp. After doing this, I saw that his eyes were cold, and he put the blade against Wang Yuanwai's neck with his backhand.

Wang Yuanwai was so frightened that he sat on the ground, rubbing his body with his hands and constantly retreating, and the crowd behind him hurriedly made way for him.

"Oops~~ It's amazing!" Sishui muttered when he saw this, and his hands couldn't help but applaud.

The onlookers also changed their previous ridicule and applauded.

The short man smiled, then put the paper knife back, put it on his back, and bowed a few times.

Then he called another big man and brought the bluestone slab to the table.

He circled the bluestone slab twice, then let out a loud shout, got up with all his strength, and slashed at the slate.

With a "bang", sparks splashed everywhere. The paper knife snapped into two sections, one of which was still in his hand, and the other was shot out towards a little brother in sackcloth who was watching.

The broken blade flew so fast, lightning and flint, that little brother saw that his feet trembled when he saw it flying towards him, and he forgot to dodge.

Seeing this, Sishui shouted in his heart that it was not good! He was about to rescue, but he was caught by the person behind him and couldn't show his body for a while.

In an instant, the broken blade had already shot into the little brother's chest. Many onlookers screamed and hid their faces with their sleeves, not daring to look.

But there was no blood splattered.

I saw that the half-cut paper knife was lightly attached to the little brother's chest, and the blade was wrinkled. Obviously, it was reverted to ordinary paper. Although the little brother was free of life, he was incontinent on the spot when he was dying, and his lower body was filthy. His face turned red and he fled in a hurry.

At this time, the interest of the onlookers was raised. Keep your eyes firmly on the short man, for fear that he will lose his mind for a while and miss the show.

The short man threw the blade of his hand, pressed his left hand on the bluestone slab, and his right hand was in the shape of a knife, and his body secretly exerted his strength, and he snorted. "Hah!"

I saw that there was a faint blue and yellow glimmer around him, and under the sun's rays, it was impossible to check.

The right hand slowly slashed towards the bluestone slab, and the movement was neither light nor slow, as if he was chopping vegetables. The bluestone slab shimmered as it reached the fingertips. The bluestone slab, which could jump to the sharp blade just now, was like tofu for a while, divided into several pieces in the hands of the short man.

Sishui was surprised and delighted to see it. He thought to himself, if it was up to him to do it. Looking at the thickness of this bluestone slab, even if he uses a sword, it will take a lot of effort. But this short man can break a stone with his bare hands, it's really incredible.

"This group of people are magicians, how can they do a show on the street?" a faint voice sounded in Sishui's ears.

Sishui looked back and saw that it was Duan Zixu who had finally squeezed to his side, seeing that his face was very heavy, he couldn't help but ask, "Brother Zixu, what is a magician?"

Duan Zi glanced at the three people a few steps away, and pulled Sishui to slowly retreat out of the crowd.

Although Sishui had doubts, he still let Duan Zixu pull him away.