Let's say that the young man said that he accidentally got this "sword", and immediately dipped it in water and grinded it with great interest, hoping to polish it to be bright and beautiful, and when it was time to pawn it, he could estimate a good price.

It's just that Xingyan feels a little strange that he has been thinking about it for a long time, but he only rubbed away the mud and grass marks on the long sword, and the dark background of the sword body with gray in the black, but he never saw any obvious changes.

After grinding for a while, there was still no improvement, and he said in his heart, anyway, this is a thing that was picked up for nothing, and it is okay to be a few silver coins indiscriminately-if he wants him to say, this sword seems to be quite quaint, maybe it is some kind of treasure antique;

So the boy straightened up, took a dry linen cloth from the room, and wiped the blade of the sword that was still dripping with water. He went back to the house and searched for a while, and found a torn sack cloth, which he wrapped around the sword, and tied a few loops of rope a little tightly outside, and leaned it against the earthen wall by the door.

After taking care of all this, Xingyan went to a stone lawn not far from the thatched hut to help his mother dry a few pieces of tanned saltpeter that had been accumulated at home - this own tanned saltpeter is not used much, if you don't take it out to dry for a long time, this fur will be bored with a few holes by the silverfish. If that's the case, the whole piece of skin will only be worthless and worthless.

After working for a while, I was stunned for a while at my jade flute "Shenxue", and it was time for lunch.

Because Xingyan doesn't come back often now, Xingyanniang cut off a piece of loose smoke muntjac bacon from the muntjac hanging on the wall, cut it thinly and gave it to her son to eat.

Speaking of this muntjac, just because it is clever and good at escaping, running and jumping between the steep mountains and rocks, as if walking on the ground, so the mountain people on the outskirts of Raozhou call this muntjac "goat". If it weren't for the drug or burying the trap, this "goat" would not be easy to hunt.

After finishing the meal, Xingyan said hello to his mother, and rushed back to Raozhou City.

Awakening that his father was old and open, he went to hunt in the ravine near the left in the morning. Xingyan couldn't go far from home when he saw his father carrying a hunting bow diagonally in a deep ditch beside the mountain road, so he shouted at it. The old man heard his son's shout, so he turned back and smiled at Xingyan, shook his hand, and turned back to continue into the bush.

When Xingyan rushed to Raozhou City, it was already slightly west. Xingyan didn't dare to slack off, and hurried to the only pawnshop in the city, "Green Worm House".

Speaking of this "green worm house", it stands to reason that the signboard of this pawnshop will end with the word "dang". But the boss of this green worm house, Zhang Da, is envious of the style of the Nashi clan, and ingeniously ends the signboard of this store with the word "Ju" - to be honest, in the eyes of the eye, the word "green worm" and the word "Ju" are placed together, which is quite nondescript.

However, this Raozhou City is not very big, anyway, just his pawnshop, called down for a long time, everyone is used to it - maybe if this chapter is a whim, and then change the name of this shop back to "Green Worm", the big guy will feel awkward.

Speaking of which, the boss of this green worm house is also a little weird, and he naturally doesn't believe in anyone other than himself, for fear that the front desk will hire someone else as a courtier, if he overestimates the price of the pawn, it will be really uncomfortable like ripping his flesh. Therefore, after inviting someone with a foreign surname to serve as a counter pilgrimage once or twice, and making him suspicious and restless, the boss of this chapter went into battle in person and became an estimated pilgrimage on the counter. After a long time, others also called him "Zhang Chaofeng".

And this Zhang family said that for Zhang Chaofeng, he is not a guest. Seeing that the little brother was carrying a bag of things on his back today, this chapter Chaofeng smiled at the young man and said:

"Little brother of the Zhang family, what wild things are there to be today?"

It turned out that in the past, if Xingyan Dad had any fresh prey, he couldn't get rid of his hands for a few days, so he came to this green worm house from Xingyan's back, and ** Wen's indiscriminate - if the living creature was kept at home, it would cost rice and grain in vain, and this small family could not afford it. And this chapter Chaofeng happened to have a mouthful of the umami of mountain delicacies, and he was stingy with those few silver coins - so the two hit it off, and this chapter of Chaofeng came to "pawn" the little brother who came to "pawn" wild things, and he has always been eager to wear it - as for whether he often prayed in his heart that his father couldn't sell wild things, it would not be known to outsiders.

Hearing Zhang Chaofeng's question, Xingyan hurriedly took off the linen strip behind him as if offering a treasure, carefully put it on the counter, and praised:

"Zhang Chaofeng, I'm not here to pawn wild things. I said yesterday that I accidentally dug up this treasure on the horseshoe hill of my house, and I came to pawn it!uh~ Don't be busy frowning first~~ This is an antique!"

As he spoke, he cautiously began to unwrap the linen cloth. While explaining, he also talked about his family's horseshoe mountain, and the big guy's already familiar allusion to the horseshoe palm, to prove that the things he dug up there are very likely to be antique treasures!

Besides, the chapter of the court, although at the beginning I heard the sober words that I didn't come to be a wild thing, I was a little disappointed. But then he was advocated by Xingyan, and he immediately became interested: I saw this old and young, and the guests and men standing next to him, and everyone stared intently at the gradually unfolding package in Xingyan's hand, wanting to see what the antiques in the young man's mouth were.

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Finally, in the midst of everyone's anticipation, the torn linen wrap was finally torn open, revealing the treasure wrapped in it—

"Huh?!" As soon as he saw the sackcloth-wrapped thing, the boasting of the awakening said that it was abruptly stopped, and was replaced by a heartfelt exclamation!

- It turned out that the ancient clumsy sword, which was originally wrapped in linen, turned into a rusty iron bar!

"Waha~~~" When the people who were full of anticipation and waiting to see the freshness also saw this rotten iron bar that was extremely corroded and in terrible condition, a burst of laughter suddenly broke out like thunder!

"Ahem~cough!~~ I said that little brother, don't tease me! You antique, ahem~ This 'ancient' is very ancient! But I'm afraid it's still a big deal from that baby, ahem, ha~~ha!"

These breathless words came from the old man Zhang who was now laughing a little out of breath - in the end, he deserved to be a pawnshop worship for many years, although he was in "bliss", he still did not forget to objectively and fairly evaluate the value of this pawn to the guests.

"I see, little brother Zhang, you 'ancient iron bar', let's take it home and go to the stove. In the old man's place, this thing can't be taken care of for a penny!"

It seems that the old man in this chapter does not think at all about the love of waking up and saying that he often comes to pawn wild things cheaply~

"Uh~cough~~" Now his face is flushed, and his speech is a little unfavorable, "That, Zhang Chaofeng, can you just give me a few pennies?—— this, this is really a sword! I don't know why it suddenly turned into a rusty iron bar!"

"Hahaha~~" Xingyan's incoherent words caused a burst of laughter from the visitors.

"Little brother, please go back!~ Next time, it's serious to pawn some fresh wild things, don't make fun of my little old man-the old man almost didn't laugh and went out of breath!Put away this iron bar and walk slowly!~"

"Next!~~"

Hearing Zhang Chaofeng's long tail note, he also knew that he couldn't do anything today, so he had to wrap the rusty iron indiscriminately, and in the laughter in the hall, he fled in the wilderness!~~

On the way to Huayue Tower, the humiliating awakening is now a suspicious fox:

"Why, why is this happening? Could it be that I got wet in the morning when I sharpened my sword, and it rusted in the afternoon?"

"No! I wiped it clean after grinding. Besides, even if it wasn't wiped clean, it was impossible for it to rust so badly after only this afternoon's dawn, right?"

"That's right!" Xingyan seemed to think of something, "supposedly no matter how rusty this is, it won't turn from a sword to a rotten iron bar, right?!"

"Didn't someone else secretly drop the bag?!"

Although Xingyan didn't feel anything strange on the road, but after thinking about it, I'm afraid only this explanation can make sense.

Thinking of this, Xingyan, who had always been suspicious, couldn't help but stop, and tore open the linen wrap in his hand. He wanted to see if this rotten iron bar was still of any use, and if it was really useless, it was better to throw it away now, so as to save it from being weird and heavy in his hand-

"Yikes!"

It doesn't matter if you look at it, you will be stunned immediately!

It's no wonder that Xingyan was so shocked after tearing open the package. It turned out that lying in the linen wrap was the old iron sword that had been sharpened for a long time in the morning!

This originally inconspicuous old sword, at this time, was more shocking to the young man in front of him than any divine weapon in the world-even if it was like being devoured by lightning, standing stunned on the spot, even the sack cloth in his hand slipped to the ground, and he didn't know it.

"Strange! Strange!!" was stunned for a long time, and then he gradually came back to his senses and exclaimed repeatedly.

"Could it be that you just got the wrong package in a hurry?"

"No, no, no! I remember clearly that there was nothing on the counter except for my own inexplicably rotten iron bar. The good sober words of remembering the surname immediately negate this idea.

"Or, when he was the thief who had done the trick, he felt that he had made a loss-making deal, and he regretted it in his heart—so he took advantage of my inattention and replaced his own iron bar again?"

"Uh~~ This seems even more wrong! Although my old sword is not worth much, it is still much stronger than that worthless rotten iron bar, right?" Recalling the shameful laughter caused by the rusty iron bar, Xingyan immediately felt that his inference was even more absurd than Fang Cai's.

"Could it be this...?!" suddenly, Xingyan seemed to think of another possibility, and seeing the way his expression changed several times, thinking that his new idea was a bit shocking, even he himself was shocked.

It's just that after a short pause, Xingyan looked as usual again:

"This, too, is a little unbelievable...... It's even more impossible!"

"Yes, don't think about it anymore, it's only serious to hurry up!he~~"

So, Xingyan bent down to pick up the tattered linen, wrapped the long sword again, held it in his hand and rushed to the direction of the Huayue Tower.

After walking a few places, Xingyan couldn't help but talk to himself again:

"Alas~~ Speaking of which, the style of this old sword is not bad, but it's a pity that it hasn't been opened - seeing how hard I have been grinding it today, it's not easy to think that this sword is open - maybe it won't be able to open the mouth at all!

After laughing a few times, he felt that his speculation was quite reasonable, and continued:

"I think this sword can neither be forged nor sharpened, it can only be regarded as a board ruler - it is better to wait for me to return to the Huayue Tower, and then find a small guy to play with, which is also considered a personal favor;

After saying that, Xingyan made up his mind, and hurried forward again.

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I saw that the young man took a few more steps, and when he passed a secluded and uninhabited place, he suddenly stopped—he took a deep breath, calmed down, and suddenly stretched out his hand, and pulled the sack wrapped in cloth with all his might:

I saw that in the reflection of the remnant sun in the west, the originally blunt ancient sword in the young man's hand had already given birth to two cold edges—— like frosty blades, and after the slanting sun, it was actually a brilliant shimmer, just like two streams of autumn water, reflecting the already ancient sword body, which became more and more radiant. The frost blade is like a mirror, reflecting the clear and clear eyes of the young man.

For this strange scene, although Xingyan was mentally prepared, he was still quite shocked at first sight.

However, after a moment, the boy regained his composure. After all, in just two days, Xingyan has experienced a lot of weirdness, and now it's really a little weird.

"I'm ashamed! It turns out that this old sword that I unintentionally picked up is really a psychic treasure!"

Whoever gets a strange thing out of thin air will inevitably rejoice, let alone the young man! When he figured out the joints, he was immediately ecstatic, and he was so happy that he danced with his hands and feet!

Just when the young man was overjoyed and a little carried away, he suddenly heard someone shouting in his ear:

"Brother Xingyan, I don't know what the reason is, so happy that I get carried away?"

was rejoicing and couldn't help himself, and when he heard the sound, he hurriedly looked back -

"Oh, but it's you, my husband!"

It turned out that this shouting person, with brown clothes and shoes, black hair and a childish face, was the old man "Yunzhongjun" who had not been seen for many years!

"Heh~~ Then the old man gave me a flute score, so that I could get a piece of food and clothing - this love of teaching fishing, the boy is often worried about ......"

At first glance, when he saw the benefactor's awakening words, he chattered and just said this, but he was intercepted by the old man in the clouds:

"A little little favor, why worry about it! Now the old man came here for nothing else, just to congratulate the little brother!"

"I?," Xingyan wondered in his heart—could it be that the old man knew about his treasure so quickly?

"Exactly!" Yun Zhongjun grinned.

"Uh~~ But I don't know what the old man congratulated me?" Knowing that this Yunzhongjun has a very good background, and receiving the benefit of his gift of flute and scores, Xingyan will be respectful when he talks to him, and his words are respectful, and he does not dare to exceed the etiquette in the slightest - although this informal Yunzhongjun once asked him to call him "old brother", but Xingyan always dared not go beyond it, and still treated him as a teacher.

"Ha~ You are a young man, but you also came to pretend to be ignorant in front of the old man - what are you shouting 'old man'? In the future, we will be called 'Taoist friends'!"

The young man who was listening heard this, but he was still confused and didn't know why.

I only heard that Yun Zhongjun continued:

"Today, I came to congratulate the little brother, who is not weak in his youth, but he has already seen the way of heaven and played the whole immortal song!"

It was only at this time that Xingyan understood a little: it turned out that this old man Yunzhongjun must have known that he used the "Taihua Dao Power" yesterday to blow out a strange song "Water Dragon Yin".

Hearing Yun Zhongjun, who has always been reverent, so praised, he was a little complacent. At the moment, I wanted to answer humbly, but I didn't know how to open my mouth - Xingyan said that the self-proclaimed "Taihua Dao Force" was obviously embarrassed to say it.

So, Xingyan was just like all the honest young men who listened to the praise of their elders, and they were speechless, only smirking there.

"Heh~~ Although Zhang Daoyou is just getting a glimpse of the way of heaven, if he continues to cultivate like this, the future of Daoyou is limitless!" Knowing that this young man is thin-skinned in front of him, this cynical Yun Zhongjun, but he keeps calling "Daoyou" and "Daoyou".

“...... Hearing the old man's praise, the boy was a little unclear - he only heard that ordinary people admired the cultivation of the Tao, but he didn't know what future he had after the cultivation?"

Seeing that this strange Yunzhongjun also admired the matter of cultivation, the young man was a little curious - you know, the authentic old Taoist priest Qinghe of the Shangqing Palace, who was very familiar with Xingyan, didn't seem to be very good; if the cultivation of the Tao was so promising, although it could be regarded as worry-free food and clothing, it was really not "unlimited" for the awakening that was now considered to be safe and clothed.

"Haha~~" Seeing that the young man's expression showed a little disapproval, the old man Yun Zhongjun couldn't help laughing, and said loudly:

"If mortals can build the Great Dao and glimpse the heavenly machine, they will be able to live forever and see for a long time, and they will ascend to the Dao. From then on, you can suck the wind and drink the dew, do not eat the grains, live with the heaven and the earth, walk with the moon, ride the clouds, return to the rainbow, come and go, flutter and ride the clouds, and travel between the heaven and the earth. If the Tao is profound, the immortal fate is broad, and you can go to the sky and enter the earth, royal spirit luan, and drive the flying dragon......"

Speaking of this, Yun Zhongjun, who was talking to himself endlessly, and talking to Xingyan about the wonderful picture after becoming an immortal, suddenly stopped. After a pause, he was a little indignant:

"Ahh

Although I don't understand why this Yun Zhongjun, who was in high spirits, suddenly became angry with him inexplicably, Xingyan still took this opportunity to quickly intercept the old man in front of him, who was very talkative:

"Uh~~ It's extreme...... But this, don't tell the old man, I have already heard these happy words after becoming immortals!~"

"Hmm, do you know these words very well?" Yun Zhongjun, who was trying to praise the wonders of becoming an immortal, couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this.

"Yes, you have a Taoist priest of the Shangqing Palace who is familiar with me, and he often mentions these words to me. ”

When he said this, in front of his eyes, a "sermon map of the old road Qinghe" involuntarily appeared:

The words were supplemented by gestures, dancing with his hands, his hair trembled, and the stars flew horizontally, and he couldn't stop boasting about the wonderful situation after becoming an immortal. The main content of those words is not far from what Yun Zhongjun just said.

The slight difference is that although the old Qinghe Dao is a little crazy, his eloquence is excellent, and every time he speaks upright, all kinds of extravagant words will erupt from his mouth, like the heavenly river hanging upside down, gushing endlessly-every time, Xingyan must retreat sharply back and avoid it, so as not to splash the spit of the old Tao everywhere on his clean cloth shirt!

This kind of fanatical praise of the old man Qinghe often appears when he soberly doubts his monastic future. However, after a few colorful baptisms of saliva, Xingyan learned to be obedient, and if he was unprepared, he easily did not dare to provoke.

It's just that Yun Zhongjun heard that in addition to him, there were others who mentioned these words to Xingyan, and he was quite surprised:

"Oh! No wonder recently, that Shangqing Dao Palace can be famous all over the world—it turns out that they still have such propaganda talents!"

"What the old man said is extremely true! Not only what you just said, but I also know that those immortals who have attained the Tao are all 'they don't sleep, they don't have to worry about their feelings, they are unwilling to eat, and their breath is deep'—my mother!~ This consciousness is gone, what does that immortal still do?—— I think it's similar to a dead person......"

"Nonsense!" Yun Zhongjun couldn't help but blurt out this sentence when he heard Xingyan say this, his face was a little red and white, and he couldn't help blurting out this sentence.

"That's it!~ Boss, do you think so too?" Xingyan said excitedly, but he didn't pay attention to Yun Zhongjun's expression, and continued to say with great interest:

"Well, I think it's pure nonsense—even if there are immortals, they shouldn't all be like this. I have also read some Taoist Yunqi, according to me, those who have attained the Tao and become immortals should have a unique relationship with heaven and earth for their spirits, and the rest should be natural, and not the kind of unwilling dream!"

Ping Su Qinghe argued with him about this issue, and he was always talking, and the young man rarely had the opportunity to interject. Therefore, when he first met a "bosom friend", Xingyan was like pouring beans from a bamboo tube, and he said everything he thought at once.

"Uh~~" Hearing this, Yun Zhongjun didn't answer.

This black-haired and childish Yun Zhongjun, after being familiar with the young man for a long time, Fang said:

"Hehe, Xingyan little brother is very good, but he is too old and skinny. ”

"It seems that my 'Divine Snow' jade flute and 'Water Dragon Yin' were indeed given to people who are destined——"

"Ahh

As soon as he said this, the old man Yun Zhongjun seemed to suddenly think of something, and patted his head:

"Patronizing and messing with you, I forgot the most important thing today!"

"Huh, what's the matter?"

"If I hadn't mentioned 'Shenxue', I would have almost forgotten about this stubble, hehe. ”

"Ah~ Uncle, when you talk about this jade flute Shenxue, the boy and I also have something to tell you!" mentioned the flute, and Xingyan immediately remembered the unruly girl.

"Hmm, is someone looking for you Suodi? or a little girl?" Yun Zhongjun seemed a little nervous when he said this.

"Ah~exactly!, sir, you are really like a god-uh," Xingyan said this, and seemed to sense that something was wrong, hesitated for a moment, and asked:

"Could it be...... Is that girl really the original owner of this jade flute?"

"Uh~~ No, no, no! Actually, the real original owner is indeed me! It's just that in recent years, I have often put the jade flute at my granddaughter's place to give her a reward. Heh~~"

The shrewd young man could see that the old man Yun Zhongjun in front of him was not very confident when he said this.

"Oh!~ It turned out to be your granddaughter. You're right, too—it's just ...... I think I'd better give Di'er back to your granddaughter!"

"Duh! How can I ask for a return of the things that Yun Zhongjun sent? I have to mention this again—I am not here today, not Suo Di, but for another matter. ”

"What's the matter?" Xing Yan wondered in his heart, not knowing what else this Yunzhongjun had to rely on him.

"Hehe, I'm here today, just ask the little brother to cover up something for me-the girl in my family has a very strange temper, if you want her to know, it is me who will give away her things casually, and you must follow me-cough, just keep crying! But it's also annoying. Speaking of this, Yun Zhongjun subconsciously covered his beard under his chin.

"Ha~ So that's it! It's a trivial matter! Wrapped around me-When Miss Ling asked, I said, "The young man who is used to walking in the market is familiar with this kind of thing, and he has an idea:

"I only said that you gambled with my father and used this flute as a lottery head, but I didn't prevent my father from drinking too much and accidentally lost the game - my husband is a man of faith, how can he break his promise? So this flute came into my hands...... What do you think of that?"

"Wonderful~wonderful! Reasonable! If you use this to block that girl, it will be calm—— but in the end, the young man's brain turns fast, and it really solves the old man's great trouble—— uh......"

Yun Zhongjun, who was rejoicing to himself, suddenly found that he had revealed some words, and he couldn't help but feel embarrassed, so he quickly silenced himself. After a pause, he asked with some hesitation:

"My girl, don't embarrass the little brother, right? If there is any rudeness, please bear with me!"

"No, no! I want to say, your granddaughter is really handsome, and she looks beautiful, which is rare in the world!" The well-behaved young man avoided talking about Lingyi'er's surname at this time, and only praised her appearance.

It's just that when he said this, Xingyan's mind inevitably appeared in the girl's kind of brutal situation.

"Haha!ha!~ Wake up that the little brother has won the prize!

Just like all the parents and elders in the world who love their children, this Yun Zhongjun immediately laughed from ear to ear when he heard that Xingyan had no mouth to praise his granddaughter! Although he still remembered to be humble in his mouth, when Xingyan looked at his eyebrows and smiling eyes, he knew that Yun Zhongjun's heart must have blossomed!

After a pause, Xingyan asked cautiously:

"So that the old man will know that since my 'Shenxue' jade flute is originally a beloved thing for my granddaughter, according to the boy, it is better to return it to her. ”

"Huh?"

Seeing that the young man still insisted on returning the flute, Yun Zhongjun was quite surprised, and immediately did not answer, but saw him close his eyes and ponder for a moment, then opened his eyes and smiled:

"Hehe, I'm afraid that the little brother doesn't know that the treasures in the world all have a spiritual surname, and they will look for the person who is destined. If you don't have a chance, you can't ask for it. If there is fate, you can't throw it away. ”

"According to the old man, this jade flute 'Shenxue' is related to you - I'm afraid I won't go back to Luo for a while!"

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