Ancient

The white cat twisted his neck, tilted his head and said, "A while ago, did you plant some medicinal herb seeds in the courtyard?"

"yes, what's wrong?" Although the white cat peeps at him, he feels uncomfortable, but he is helpless.

"Isn't it all the seeds of some elixir?" asked the white cat.

Direction nodded in front of the head.

"Oh, that's a pity. I can now conclude that all those seeds have been wasted. ”

"How so?" he sat up straight.

"Do you know who this small courtyard used to belong to?" asked the white cat abruptly.

"I don't know, wait......" Xiang Qian asked in disbelief, "Could it be ......?"

"Exactly, this courtyard is the old mansion of the Zhang family before!"

The white cat said categorically: "Since the death of the people of the Zhang family, in this courtyard, especially in the area where you grow medicine, I don't know how many strange things have been planted by many people. There are those who plant flowers, those who plant trees, and those who grow vegetables directly, by the way, and now I have to add your medicine. And guess what, in the end, nothing came of it. ”

"Want to know why?" asked the white cat.

I had to nod again.

"Because they're all in the wrong place. Under this seemingly ordinary soil, it turned out to be the location of the dry well back then, and in that dry well, there happened to be a treasure book about spiritual thoughts. ”

I couldn't believe my ears before the direction, but I had to believe it for a while.

"For more than 20 years, as far as I can see, any plant that grows on it cannot germinate at all, some do not bloom, and many more fail to bear fruit. It's like the dead grapes in the courtyard before, and I haven't seen it bear fruit for more than ten years. The white cat said.

However, this proves the domineering nature of this book from another aspect, thus further deepening my judgment that this book must be related to the cultivation of spiritual thoughts. The white cat said categorically.

"Damn!" for a long time, he gritted his teeth and snapped out two words. In this way, the precious seeds that I have worked so hard to plant are all over. It's a pity, it's a pity!

......

Early on Saturday morning, a construction team of four migrant workers drove into the small courtyard in front of the direction, and was busy digging out a rusty iron box in the dry well.

After leveling the site, paying the wages, and sending a few people away, he locked the courtyard door in front of the direction, and excitedly returned to the house and opened the iron box.

A yellowed thread-bound book, lying in it so honestly, on the letter, suddenly there are four big characters of "Gathering Spiritual Heart". Strangely, the book has been buried in the damp and dark mud for more than 20 years, and it does not appear to be moldy or damaged at all, except for a slight yellowing.

The white cat squatted on the table, flipped through the book with Xiang Qian, nodded his head, and said, "Brother Xiaofang, after practicing the exercises contained in this book, my ability to keep your alchemy will increase greatly!"

"As far as I know, in the cultivation realm, many low-level alchemists are able to refine high-level pills, and the only reason for this is that they have all practiced exercises to enhance spiritual thoughts. During this period of time, I see that you have also refined a lot of pills, but unfortunately, there is not a single pill that you can really get your hands on and have a high-grade and high-grade pill. ”

"The reason for this is that you don't have a single prescription for high-grade pills in your hand, and second, because your own spiritual thoughts are too low. ”

Direction turned his head to look at He Zheng.

He Zhengshen can be said to have only half-understood these truths, and he has never said them to the other party. At this time, he floated in mid-air, his face turned red, and he said, "Little brother, this is a good book, if you practice diligently, it will definitely greatly strengthen your cultivation." ”

Since the last time he found out that even if he spoke out in front of the white cat, the white cat couldn't find out his own existence after all, He Zhengshen has become even more unscrupulous. And the white cat, obviously strongly felt that there was a third person in the house, but unfortunately he couldn't hear or see, so he could only blame himself for probably because he had become a cat for a long time, and his cultivation was greatly reduced, so that he hallucinated.

......

The next day, I got up early and came to the Jingxing Flower and Bird Market in Taiming City. In fact, this is also a large-scale underground cultural relics gathering place in the city, but in those strange things, whether they are true or false, that is another thing that the benevolent and the wise see.

It came too early, and most of the merchants had not yet opened, so in desperation, they had to walk around the market in front of the direction, taking the opportunity to find the location they were going to here.

At nearly half past ten, a small ancient calligraphy and painting framing shop finally opened. With patience, I waited for about twenty minutes before I was mixed in with the gradually increasing number of pedestrians, and pretended to be careless and walked straight in.

The store is not large, but there is a unique bookish smell of ancient calligraphy and painting. An old man was half-lying in a Taishi chair and looking intently at an ancient book, when he saw a guest, he hurriedly put down the book in his hand, got up and greeted: "This gentleman, what do you want to see?

He looked around with a smile in front of the direction, and replied with a dry cough: "Old man, I don't know if your store sells ancient books for fortune-telling and physiognomy?"

The old man was stunned when he heard this, and said lightly: "This kind of book, there is no such book, so please go to another store to take a look." As he spoke, he turned around and sat down.

"Really? What a wonderful thing it is to know the past and foresee the future. Is it true that the old gentleman has no interest in this?"

"Not interested. The old man stooped down and picked up the book.

"If I'm right, you're reading a medicine book, right?" said Xiang Qian suddenly.

The old man was stunned again, the ancient book in his hand had long since lost its cover, how did this young man know that this was a medicine book. He immediately thought that it was not unusual for a blind cat to meet a dead mouse.

"Sir, if my expectations are correct, is there a child of eight or nine years old living in your mansion?"

"Has this kid been suffering from an unknown strange disease in recent years, and it is sometimes good and sometimes bad?" asked Xiang Qian.

"You, you, you, who are you?" the old man said several words "you" in a row, and then he finally asked out loud, showing that his heart was extremely surging.

"Who am I? Don't be in a hurry, I'm only asking you about one thing. I heard that there is an old tailor who is quite good at his craft, but he opened a very small grocery store to get by.

When the old man heard this, he asked, "Little comrade, what are you going to do today?"

"Don't do anything, open a shop to do business, since you opened the door and I came in, naturally it's for business, you say?"

The old man looked in the direction suspiciously, and it was difficult to answer for a while.

Xiang Qian said: "The old tailor I just talked about, it seems, maybe, probably, should be that you are old, right? Hehe, it's just that 'he' is an old tailor who cuts and cuts a pile of cloth, and you are old, but an old 'tailor' who cuts around a pile of rune paper, right?"

The old man's eyes flashed brightly, and he asked in a low voice: "What do you mean? Could it be that you came here today just for, for ......?" As he spoke, the old man's hand had been quietly inserted into the pocket of his coat, presumably, it was naturally filled with something that was enough for him to rely on.

Xiang Qian laughed and said, "I have already said just now, I came today, I am not an enemy or a friend, and I came here to make a deal with you." However, before doing this business, there are some things that I have to do for you first, if you can't calculate it accurately, you can kick me out immediately, as if I haven't been here at all today. On the other hand, if what I say is true, sir, I hope you will seriously consider the following transaction. ”

The old man looked up and down carefully for a while, and he really couldn't see that the other party had bad intentions towards him, and his defensive heart was slightly gone, but the left hand that was put in his pocket was not immediately withdrawn, but he said in a slightly gentle tone: "Yes? Then, please count it first." ”