Seeing that his master didn't talk to him, Gu Xiao stepped forward a few steps, chased towards the edge of the cliff, and said to the clouds and mist at his feet: "Thank you master, Xiao'er should try his best, but if he meets a master in the Grand Master Realm or the Immortal Realm, he won't be able to break the wooden sword in time, what's the matter? manage.."
"What to do..." "What to do..." "What to do..." Only Gu Xiao's voice was still echoing in the clouds and mist below, and the master's figure was nowhere to be seen.
Gu Xiao curled his lips, turned around and looked at the Broken Moon Sword Box lying quietly on the top of the mountain, and said with a smile: "When you were wandering around the world with the master, you must not be able to stand the cold outside and hot inside of the master. You are obviously very caring. , but he didn’t say anything! Don’t worry, I talk more than the master. We will travel together from now on, and you will not be alone in the future.”
Gu Xiao carried the sword box on his back, thinking about the nameless monument, bowed in the distance and said: "Senior, although I don't know your name, you and my master are close friends and my elders. We met for the first time today, and I didn't bring anything else with me. , practice the exercises another day, and come back to worship you."
After bowing to the nameless monument, Gu Xiao slung the sword box across his back, tightened the belt of the sword box, used the technique of Cloud Zong, moved his body, turned over and plunged into the clouds.
After Lao Li finished lunch, he put the food in a steamer and protected it, and after feeding the animals and horses, he looked up at the sun in the sky and estimated the time in his mind. The master and the apprentice had been gone for a long time and were almost back. He picked up the broom and was about to sweep the snow in front of the door. Suddenly, he felt a burning sensation in his chest, and he couldn't help but cough violently again.
He reached out and took out the Golden Spirit Nine Turns in his arms. The elixir he had dreamed of back then was lying quietly in his hands. He had never thought that he would be able to get rid of internal injuries in his lifetime, so he couldn't help but feel very good. Suddenly he heard the sound of clothes hanging outside the door, turned around and saw Gu Jianyi pushing the door open and entering.
"Master, lunch is ready, why don't you see the young master?" Lao Li asked when he didn't see Gu Xiao following behind.
"I don't want to listen to his ramblings, so I'll go back first. Xiao'er will catch up with me in just a moment." Gu Jian caught a glimpse of the elixir in Lao Li's hand.
"Old Li, you have worked hard these years. When Xiao'er comes back and you and I have had lunch, you can hurry up and take the elixir. Your old lung injury will be cured sooner." Lao Li has followed him for many years, and now he has Gu Jianyi couldn't help but feel happy for Lao Li because he couldn't get rid of the serious illness.
"Haha, after the young master, the monkey spirit, came back, even the master talked more. He usually doesn't say a word for three days, but he said a lot last night and today." Old Li saw Gu Jian mouth. Gu Xiao was verbose when talking about it, but the smile on his lips was something he had never seen in the past three years.
Although Lao Li usually considers himself a servant, he and Gu Jianyi get along more as friends. When Lao Li was seriously injured in a fight, Gu Jianyi rescued Lao Li. From then on, Lao Li Follow Gu Jianyi and become Gu Jianyi's follower.
While the two were talking, there was a loud noise deep in the forest outside the thatched cottage. Birds and beasts dispersed outside the normally peaceful thatched cottage. Not long after, Gu Xiao's figure emerged from the depths of the forest carrying the Broken Moon Sword Box. , the cloak looked a little more embarrassed than when it was at the top of the mountain before, which showed that it had suffered a lot when descending from the cliff. At this moment, Gu Xiao was carrying a foraging snow rabbit in his left hand, and the snow rabbit was still holding in its mouth. Unchewed food.
Gu Xiao saw his master and Uncle Li looking at him and smiled coquettishly: "Master, you always eat something light. When you were going down the mountain just now, you happened to meet this rabbit looking for food, so I brought it back. Uncle Li, let's How about eating some meat?"
Gu Jianyi smiled and shook his head gently.
Uncle Li came forward and followed Gu Jian for more than a year. Gu Jian was a man of few desires and only ate some porridge and side dishes every day. This was a bitter experience for Old Li. He was fighting in the world back then, but he was used to wine and meat, so he followed him. Gu Jianyi regarded himself as a servant and could not make any mistakes. However, when Gu Xiao grew up, the boy's martial arts skills were not in vain. He climbed trees to dig out birds, went into the water to catch fish, and hunted in the mountains. The wild beasts in the mountains suffered a lot, but Lao Li got a lot of luck.
Three years ago, I watched the young master travel down the mountain. These days were quite peaceful. However, the daily clean meals had already made Old Li's mouth fade away. Now he saw that Gu Xiaoshun had copied a bunch of rabbits in his hand, and his expression was calm. I was shocked, but I could hardly stop drooling.
"Young master, you are doing this again. Didn't the master say that in the journey of martial arts, you should be quiet and have few desires? Right, that...what...Young master, don't hold on, leave it to Lao Li to handle it, peel it off I'm good at that." Lao Li said Gu Xiao, fearing that as soon as Gu Jian opened his mouth to teach Gu Xiao, the food in his mouth would fly away, so he quickly stepped forward to take the rabbit from Gu Xiao's hand.
Gu Jian looked at the two of them as they finished singing and I came on the stage. The smile on his lips became even thicker. He was afraid that he might break his appearance as a strict master, so he turned around.
"Remember to clean up." After Gu Jian finished speaking, he went to the kitchen to get some food and went back to his room.
Watching Gu Jian close the door, Gu Xiao's eyes were cunning. The two stood in silence, communicating with each other with expressions. Gu Xiao's eyebrows pointed at Uncle Li and asked, "Steamed or braised?" ', Lao Li shook his head and said, 'It's not good, Lao Li has his own way.' He shook his eyes towards the outside of the thatched cottage and signaled, 'Go to the mountain.' Gu Xiao pursed his lips and nodded, 'Okay,' with the corner of his mouth directed at him. The boy in the room said, "I have good stuff in my room." Lao Li also thought about his own room and said, "I have it too." The two looked at each other and smiled, then separated and went to their own rooms as quickly as possible.
The poor snow rabbit was just hungry and looking for food. At this moment, his eyes were watching the two people running towards the room and the kitchen. He already knew his fate, and he must become the food of these two people.
The mountains outside the hut are covered with deep forests. After the snow, the clouds are light and the sun is cold. The eaves are not dripping with frozen plum blossoms. It is a kind of loneliness but not leisure.
Deep in the forest, there is a fire, with dead branches standing around the fire. The dead branches are covered with snowflakes and struggling in the fire. They don't want to be burned up. There are split branches on both sides of the fire, and there are branches in the middle. It was the snow rabbit. At this moment, the rabbit's meat gradually changed color as the flames roasted it. The fat dripped onto the fire along with the rabbit meat, making a "cracking" sound.
"Uncle Li, could you please wipe the saliva off, but don't drip it on the rabbit meat." Gu Xiao drooled at the corner of his mouth, his eyes were fixed on the rabbit meat, and his Adam's apple moved up and down from time to time.
"Young Master, your hazelnuts are already dripping." Old Li rolled his eyes, twisted a finger of salt, sprinkled it evenly on the rabbit meat, and continued.
"Didn't you just hint that you have something good? Stop keeping it and take it out." Lao Li looked at Gu Xiao and complained.
Gu Xiao looked around, as if he was afraid that others might peek, he took out two oil paper packets from his arms and opened them mysteriously.
"Ah sneeze~" Lao Li was very close, and the moment he opened the oil paper bag, a spicy smell rushed through his nose. Lao Li was choked and sneezed several times in a row. Fortunately, Gu Xiao had quick eyes and quick hands and removed the oil paper, otherwise this hard-earned good thing would have disappeared in an instant.
"Ahshee, what are you...ahshee...something...ahshee...object."
Gu Xiao hurriedly took out the rabbit on the fire: "I finally got these two bags. This gray bag is called pepper, and this other bag is called Parthian fennel. They are good things that are hard to buy in Zangbei City. "
"Rest in peace? It can't be poison, right? What's the mystery of the other bag?" Old Li rubbed his nose.
"Uncle Li, this is a tribute from Tubo to the royal family. It is a good seasoning and is most suitable for cooking meat. It not only regulates qi and appetizers, but also dispels wind and relieves pain. This other bag is called chili pepper. It is from Fanbang and I." Objects for trade in Yunhu Market." Gu Xiao said, mixing a pinch of Parthian fennel and pepper, and evenly sprinkled it on the golden rabbit meat.
Instantly, the aroma overflowed, and the entire forest was filled with the smell of rabbit meat.
At this moment, Lao Li couldn't hold it anymore and said with a smile: "Young Master, it should be almost done. It's really a good seasoning. Where did you get this rare thing? I'll get some someday, Lao Li." .”
Gu Xiao held one end of the branch in his hand and kept turning it: "Wait a moment, Uncle Li, do you still remember that yesterday I said that I recovered the stolen Wannian Snow Ginseng for the Fuyuan Escort Bureau in Zangbeicheng? He gave me gold and silver, but I refused to accept it, so he took this thing and gave it to me.”
Gu Xiao saw that the rabbit meat was almost done, so he handed it to Uncle Li. Old Li was not polite, took a rabbit leg, and started to devour it. The rabbit meat was roasted to a crispy texture, and the numbing flavor of the pepper mixed with the spicy flavor of fennel actually covered up the roasting. The burnt smell makes the aroma of meat more intense: "Well, it is a holy condiment."
Gu Xiao saw that Old Li was about to eat a rabbit leg in three mouthfuls. He was too slow and couldn't eat much, so he quickly pulled off a rabbit leg and started eating.
