The fat man took Qiu Ze all the way through the mountains and mountains, avoiding the crowd looking for Qiu Ze, and walked until it was dark, and came to a forest at the junction of Wu County and neighboring counties.

Seeing that it was getting late and it was not suitable to hurry, the fat man found a leeward col and untied the rope on Qiu Ze's body.

Akizawa, who had been tied up for a day, jumped off the old horse, moved his muscles, and found a clean stone to sit down.

The fat man whistled, and the old horse went out of the woods to find food.

The weather in early spring was still a little cold, Qiu Ze took a breath of cold air, rubbed his hands involuntarily, and sighed into the palm of his hand, his body trembled slightly.

The fat man was not affected by the temperature, he sat on the ground casually, and looked directly at Qiu Ze with two eyes, with a strange light flashing in his eyes.

"You kid, you are also a strange person, you were tied up by me, and you are still so calm. ”

Qiu Ze sighed helplessly: "This is not the first time, last time that old Tao did even more desperately, sealed my mouth, hid in the carriage and caused me to freeze for two days and two nights." ”

When the fat man heard this, he couldn't help laughing: "That old man is also stupid, treat you like this, and you will still be his apprentice?"

Qiu Ze glanced at the fat man: "Then you treat me like this, how can I be your apprentice?"

The fat man was speechless and opened his mouth, but he didn't dare to make a sound, so he had to smile awkwardly.

"Hey, that...... What happened?"

Akisawa sighed: "He was caught by my father, beaten dozens of times, and now he is locked in a prison cell, thinking about it all day long. ”

The fat man laughed: "That old man is also unlucky, but, alas, an old man, locked in prison, is quite pitiful." ”

"Pity?" Qiu Ze snorted lightly: "Do you know how much of a crime you committed by kidnapping the son of the county master? You don't have to pity him, anyway, it won't be long before you will go in to accompany him." ”

The fat man was choked again, and his old face turned red: "Sharp-toothed boy...... No one in this world can catch me! Hmph, rest early, and continue on your way tomorrow morning!"

After saying that, the fat man fell down, and it didn't take long for him to snore.

Qiu Ze was stunned, the rope on his body had been untied by him, and at this time he fell asleep again, thinking to himself, could it be that the fat man was frightened by what he said just now? Give yourself a chance to escape?

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When the moonlight was over, I don't know how many hours had passed, the well-fed old horse came back, lying beside the fat man, snoring one person and one horse, singing and harmonizing very interesting.

Qiu Ze got up slowly, and was about to leave quietly.

"Boy, find a place to sleep, you can't run away. ”

The fat man, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly spoke, whispered, and then began to snore again.

Qiu Ze sighed secretly, and calculated in his heart, no matter what, he couldn't run away, even if he ran out of the woods, the fat man could ride a horse to chase after him, so he had to curl up on the stone.

In the middle of the night, Qiu Ze was so cold that he shivered, closed his eyes for a long time, and had no sleep, he had to get up and find some dry branches, ready to make a fire to keep warm, if he wanted to survive the night, he needed a lot of branches, Qiu Ze was only looking for them near the two at first, and then simply expanded the range, and when he walked dozens of steps away, the fat man still had no reaction, and his snoring could still be heard from a long distance.

Qiu Ze was happy in his heart, it seemed that the dead fat man was asleep, and just as he was about to leave quickly......

"It's okay to collect firewood, but if you want to slip away, no way! Don't waste your efforts. ”

Qiu Ze had no choice but to sigh, returned to the col, put the dry firewood together, stretched out his palm, and read in his mouth: "The five elements have a way, the sky is natural, the palm is on fire, condensation!"

The temperature around him suddenly rose, and I saw that in Qiu Ze's palm, a few beams of sparks slowly condensed, and the sparks gathered together and became a cluster of flames the size of a fist, the flames were not big, but the temperature was not low, and the air was burned and distorted.

This is the palm fire that Qiu Ze learned from the warlock of the Yu Fang, he led the fire to the pyre, the dry wood met the fire, and soon burned a raging flame, dispelling the cold air around him, Qiu Ze moved to the fire, breathed a long sigh of relief, and moved his body that was about to freeze.

The fat man turned over and sat in front of the fire, looked at the palm fire in Qiu Ze's hand, and smiled so much that his eyes narrowed into a line.

"It's good!! it's really good!Boy, let me ask you, how long have you been cultivating palm fire?"

With a wave of his palm, the flames in his palm slowly dissipated, and Qiu Ze said proudly: "Three months!"

"Three months? Three months can gather palm fire and cultivate to such a big age? The rumor is indeed true!" The fat man was overjoyed, knelt down in the distance, folded his hands, and kowtowed a few times: "Master Zu, have you seen it? This kid has cultivated palm fire like this in three months! Master Zu bless, let me Xin Yibo find such a talented apprentice, and I will definitely burn more incense for Master Zu when I go back! Jade Emperor, thank you, Lord Yama, thank you, let this kid be reincarnated here." ......”

The fat man named Xin Yibo spoke incoherently, spit stars flying, and there were tears in the corners of his eyes.

Qiu Ze was speechless and choked, in fact, he was not disgusted with Taoist priests, and even envied the life of Taoist priests.

The reason why he did not promise those old Taoist priests in Wu County to be their apprentices was because those Taoist priests were obsessed with the world and devoted themselves to wealth, and they had long forgotten their duties as monks, so they didn't go with them, but the fat man in front of him ......

Well, he is not even a Taoist priest, he is in tattered clothes, and his only property may be the thin horse, and he doesn't look like a master of Taoism, and he doesn't know what he has eaten, so he has become this oily head and big ears.

Qiu Ze regretted in his heart, if he had followed the Taoist priest of Wu County earlier, it would have been good, after all, there was food, drink and money to spend, and he could go home to visit his father, as well as Uncle Wu who grew up holding him.

Right now...... In the wilderness, the cold is biting...... Even my stomach has been hungry for a long time.

It's useless to regret it, Qiu Ze has been tied up by Xin Yibo, and depending on his meaning, he wants to take himself out of Wu County, and he doesn't know where to take him.

Xin Yibo kowtowed so much that his head was full of sweat, and he stood up awkwardly, he put away his smile awkwardly, and looked at Qiu Ze: "Boy, your talent is really good, in my life, I have never seen a person who can condense the palm fire in just a few months, but even if the talent is good, it is useless, it's just, since I am determined to accept you as a disciple, let you see my ability! Let you go with me with all your heart! Condense the palm fire, you have to recite the mantra, right? Look!"

Xin Yibo's expression became solemn, he closed his eyes, slowly raised one palm, the other hand clenched into a fist, stretched out his index finger and middle finger against the door of his head, suddenly his gesture changed, two fingers pointed to the raised palm, opened his eyes and shouted: "Ning!"

The surrounding temperature changed drastically again, and the weeds around the two of them were quickly scorched by the high temperature, and the moisture in the air was roasted into a few wisps of mist in a moment, dissipating away, with Xin Yibo as the center, a radius of ten meters was filled with a strong burning sensation, but the old horse did not react.

Qiu Ze moved his dry Adam's apple, his eyes widened, and he saw Xin Yibo's palm, with a "bang", burning a strange flame! The flame suddenly took shape, suddenly scattered, like a ghost, and it was indescribably terrifying! Wrapped Xin Yibo's entire palm into it, the flame was dark red, more violent and more quintessential than Qiu Ze's condensed palm fire, Qiu Ze couldn't help but think to himself, if this flame burned on the person's body, I am afraid that it would not take a moment to burn the person to the ground!

Xin Yi Bo laughed: "Boy, do you see, this is called palm fire! I'm not afraid to tell you, the flame condensed by Lao Tzu is called Hell Flame! From Ah Bi Hell! Hmph, your palm fire is almost the same as being used to make fire, Lao Tzu This is the real immortal art!"