Giving as a gift can please the elders and praise them. Although it does not get any real benefits, it can establish a good image in the hearts of the elders and can be regarded as an invisible wealth.
Selling can be exchanged for rich cultivation resources. Although substantial benefits are obtained, it leaves a philistine impression in the minds of the elders.
Giving up long-term interests for immediate gains is killing the goose that lays the goose, and is definitely not a wise move.
"This old man is very bad. He couldn't have been sent by the enemy, right?" Xu Murong muttered in his heart and glanced at the Qin Xinru sisters, wondering whether the two sisters were not favored by the elder, so they were thinking of ways to destroy them. Their image in the heart of the city lord.
Duan Baifei slowly closed the folding fan, frowned slightly, and speculated on the Great Elder's intention, but he couldn't figure it out after much deliberation.
Zhou Jianlai dragged his sword towards the bonfire. He was hungry and wanted to eat meat, but he was too lazy to think about it.
"Boy from the Zhou family, pick out the best tendon meat and cut it into a plate for me." The white-bearded old man chased after Zhou Jianlai and shouted.
Qin Xinru swallowed back the words that came to her lips. She wanted to ask the great elder for clarification, but the great elder cared about barbecue and was too lazy to talk to them anymore, so she could only sigh helplessly.
As soon as the elder left, Xu Murong lowered his voice and asked Qin Xinru and the two sisters: "Are you two sisters too favored by the city lord? This elder is afraid that you will usurp the interests of the two brothers too much, so Do you want to destroy your image in the heart of the city lord?"
"Shh!" Qin Xinru hurriedly said, "Don't talk nonsense, the Great Elder is not that kind of person."
"I think -" Qin Rulan, who had been silent, whispered, "The reason why the great elder said this should be because of his life experience. The great elder was born in poverty. From a poor boy with nothing to rely on, he climbed up to the strong position step by step. At the peak of his career, all the cultivation resources were obtained through his own hard work, and the difficulties are beyond our imagination, so in his eyes, it is indeed a waste that we have such precious objects but do not use them in exchange for cultivation resources."
"That's it." Duan Baifei smiled and said, "The old man's spirit of diligence and frugality is worth learning from us young people, but we have to adapt our methods to local conditions according to our own circumstances. As the saying goes, the right one is the best."
The implication is that we are not poor boys and do not need to worry about everything.
In the distance, an old man with a white beard took off the wine gourd hanging from his waist, walked to a large clean bluestone and sat down cross-legged. Zhou Jianlai held a dried lotus leaf in both hands, with slices of roasted lean meat stacked on top of the lotus leaf. , weighing more than ten kilograms, was placed respectfully in front of the white-bearded old man.
"Not bad. Not bad. You can eat too." The white-bearded old man nodded with satisfaction and waved his hand, indicating that Zhou Jianlai could play by himself. He didn't know whether it was because he was afraid that Zhou Jianlai would compete with him for meat, or because he didn't want to be disturbed while eating.
"Good wine! Good meat!" The white-bearded old man took a mouthful of meat in his left hand and a mouthful of wine in his right hand. He ate heartily and his mouth was full of oil, completely destroying his image of immortality.
Qin Xinru and the other five had a battle with the tiger demon in the afternoon. At this moment, smelling the aroma of meat, all the gluttons in their stomachs were brought out. Each of them picked a few kilograms of roasted meat and sat around it on a leather rug. Let's have a great meal.
The servants also took their own meat, and gathered together in small groups, eating, drinking and talking. Unlike slaves, they do not need to wait and serve Qin Xinru and the other five people to eat and drink, and they do not need the permission of Qin Xinru and the other five people to eat. They have enough rights and freedom.
"Boy from the Zhou family, here are ten more kilograms of meat." The white-bearded old man still felt full after eating more than ten kilograms of meat, so he called Zhou Jian to give him another ten kilograms.
"Brother Jianlai, you go on eating. I've finished eating. I'll come." Qin Rulan stood up and said, taking over Zhou Jianlai's work.
"Yeah." Zhou Jianlai was not polite and just kept his head down and ate meat.
Duan Baifei smiled at Qin Xinru and said, "I have long heard that this great elder of your family can eat. Today I saw him. He really deserves his reputation."
"Ah? Are you already so famous?" Qin Xinru blushed slightly and felt a little embarrassed. However, thinking of her father's explanation, a sad look appeared on her face and she looked at the old man's figure on the big bluestone. I felt that his figure was particularly lonely under the sunset.
Qin Xinru sighed quietly in her heart, withdrew her gaze from the white-bearded old man, and lowered her voice: "I heard from my father that all the elder's relatives starved to death in the disaster years. He was the only one alive in the family of seven. The elder was young. I once swore that I would eat for the whole family together for the rest of my life and never let them go hungry again. You see, how lonely his figure is in the sunset."
"Hey, natural disasters and man-made disasters cannot be resisted by human power." Duan Baifei sighed.
"He is a pitiful man." Xu Murong said.
Qin Xinru sighed quietly: "Now is another disaster year. I don't know how many people will starve to death? It is said that south of Lingnan, the drought is three times worse than ours. Now there are people dying of hunger all over the land."
"Is there still no instruction from the Imperial Capital?" Duan Baifei asked.
Qin Xinru shook his head and said: "No. However, my father said that in half a month at most, regardless of the emperor's instructions, he will issue an order to release food for disaster relief. He will never let the tragic situation of starvation and death in the territory under the jurisdiction of Baiyun City occur."
Xu Murong gritted his teeth and said: "I don't know what the emperor is thinking. Do you want the world to be in chaos and the country to change its surname?!"
"Shut up! Stop talking nonsense!" Duan Baifei scolded immediately.
Xu Murong snorted angrily and stopped talking.
Qin Xinru lowered her voice and said: "The southernmost part is already in chaos. The people have no food and are forced to rebel. It is said that three first-level main cities have been conquered, and seven or eight first-level main cities are besieged and are in danger. What's even more terrifying is that , It’s not just our southern land that is experiencing disasters, there are all kinds of natural disasters in the East China Sea, Northern Xinjiang, and Western Regions, which are very scary.”
"Yes. Our intelligence department is also constantly sending relevant information. If the imperial capital does not issue relief orders, the world may really be in chaos." Duan Baifei said.
Qin Rulan dragged the barbecue with dried lotus leaves to the elder. After putting it down in front of the elder, she did not leave. Instead, she held the corners of her clothes and lightly opened her red lips several times, as if she had something to say, but didn't know how to say it.
"Second young lady, do you have something to say?" The elder was so mature that he couldn't tell that Qin Rulan had something on his mind.
"Great Elder, do you think the world is really going to be in chaos?" Qin Rulan summoned up the courage to ask. She heard the conversation between Qin Rulan and others when she was cutting the meat.
The great elder took a sip of wine, turned to look at the southern sky, and said: "It's already chaos."
"ah!"
…
The sun rises in the east, the scorching sun is like fire, reflecting the redness of all things on the earth.
Gulu gulu gulu——
The water of Reed Lake seemed to have been boiled by the scorching sun. A large number of bubbles kept rising on the entire lake surface, and they became more and more intense.
Wow! Wow! Wow!
The fish in the lake seemed to be very restless and kept jumping out of the water. Some big fish even fled to the shore in panic. Legged old turtles, river crabs, and lobsters climbed up to the shore in groups and burrowed into the reeds as if fleeing for their lives.
"Not good!" On the top of the mountain, Qin Xinru and a group of people watched this strange scene in amazement. Suddenly Duan Baifei folded his fan and clapped his hands and exclaimed: "The lake is boiling, the fish are restless, and the animals are migrating. This is a sign that the earth dragon is turning over. There’s going to be an earthquake!”
The great elder on the side shook his head and said: "It's not that the earth dragon turned over, it seems that there is something strange in the lake causing trouble!"
"Could it be that the green python broke through its shackles and transformed into a dragon?" Xu Murong guessed.
"No." The great elder shook his head again, "The demonic power of this little python has just entered the small realm of demons. It is still a hundred thousand miles away from the big realm of demons, let alone the king realm."
"Look, the green python is out." Qin Xinru pointed at the lake and shouted.
On the water in the middle of the lake, I saw a big python thicker than a millstone circling and swimming. The head and tail were ten feet long. The blue-green snake scales were as bright as a mirror in the sun, as if it was wearing an invulnerable armor. , a pair of green eyes as big as fists, the bright and deep linear pupils are soul-catching, and the snake words he swallows are like steel whips.
When Qin Xinru and others saw the face of the green python, they couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. They all turned to look at the elder in confusion, as if asking: "Is this the little python you are talking about? Your description is really subtle."
Snapped!
Snapped!
Snapped!
The green python was circling and swimming on the lake. It seemed to be very impatient. It kept swinging its thick tail and slapped the lake surface, splashing into clusters of water splashing feet high. It was so spectacular. He raised his tongue again, spitting snake messages at the lake, and made a harsh hissing sound, as if to warn something in the lake.
However, what surprised everyone was that the green python only stayed on the lake for a short while and then swam towards the lake shore. Just like a barking dog, barking fiercely and fiercely, but in the end it ran away in despair with its tail between its legs.
The escape of the green python made Qin Xinru and others even more surprised. They couldn't help but wonder what kind of dangerous thing was in the lake, which could scare the huge green python away.
"You evil beast, stop running away!" Zhou Jianlai shouted angrily, dragging his sword and rushing down the mountain top, chasing the escaped green python.
Qin Xinru and others woke up in the dark, and then they remembered the purpose of their trip. They didn't care to continue to be surprised, and chased after Zhou Jianlai.
"This beast is difficult to deal with, be careful!" the great elder warned. His eyes stopped on the lake and never moved for a moment, because the things in the lake suddenly made him feel uneasy and palpitating. He had not felt like this for many years. feeling.
"There must be something terrifying in the lake!"
The Great Elder put his hands on his back and stood facing the wind. An invisible coercion emanated from him, like a big net, covering the "boiling" lake.
"You evil beast, suffer death!"
Zhou Jianlai dragged his big sword and caught up with the green python. He raised his big sword and struck at the green python with great force.
This sword is named Shanyue. It was forged by the tempering of thunder from the sky. The sword is one foot, two feet and seven inches long, one foot and three inches wide, and weighs one thousand, seven hundred and forty kilograms. It has a blunt edge and no edge.
Although the heavy sword has no edge, it is powerful and heavy, capable of destroying stone and metal.
Zhou Jianlai's cultivation has reached the realm of the sea. With the blessing of true energy, one sword can reach tens of thousands of kilograms of force, which is so terrifying.
