After purchasing many ingredients, seasonings and tools, Su Luoxue and Zhu Qingyi went to the store where the escalator was first made.
Before she even entered the door, Su Luoxue felt the aura of withering things. There used to be a stone lion outside the house. It was bright and clean last time, but now it was covered with dust. It was obvious that no one had cleaned it for a long time.
When we arrived at the house, the layout was no different from the previous visits, except that the shopkeeper Gao, who greeted us warmly and smiled every time, did not come out.
After shouting a few words softly, an old man with gray hair and a stooped figure walked out of the back room. He looked like he was about to die, but he was the former high-spirited shopkeeper Gao.
"Is there anything you two need to build?" Shopkeeper Gao's voice was very tired, but his eyes flashed with light after seeing Zhu Qingyi.
"So it's you. Didn't that little friend Su come?"
Su Luoxue raised her hand, "Shopkeeper Gao, I am Su Luoxue."
"Hey, why have you become so small?" Shopkeeper Gao showed a rare smile and wanted to reach out and touch Su Luoxue's head, but in the end he didn't dare.
"This is complicated."
"Things with immortals are always very complicated. I haven't seen you for more than two years. I thought you had stayed in that world." Shopkeeper Gao's words had no fluctuation in tone, but his sadness could still be seen.
Su Luoxue remembered that shopkeeper Gao's child was a very clean boy, but she didn't expect that he also went to the secret realm and failed to come back.
I don't know what to say at this time. Shopkeeper Gao has aged like this in the past two years, which shows that he has not yet gotten over the pain of losing his son.
"I came up with something new this time."
"It doesn't matter. If there's anything that keeps me going now, it's making beautiful objects."
Su Luoxue took out a few drawings, which were all useful for daily activities.
Shopkeeper Gao looked at the drawings for a long time, then suddenly looked at Su Luoxue, "Do you want to learn these clever skills from me?"
"I can see that you are very interested in the art of ingenuity and always have strange ideas. You should be quite talented in this area."
"I have lived for most of my life and will soon be buried. I always want to leave something behind, and the craftsmanship passed down by my ancestors must be passed on."
Su Luoxue was really flattered. She never expected that shopkeeper Gao would say these words. Most secular crafts were inherited by blood and could rarely be taught to people with other surnames.
Therefore, people with foreign surnames need to go through at least a year of testing to become a master. They serve tea and water and treat the elders like their biological fathers. After three bows and nine kowtows, although they do not need to change their surnames, they still have to call them "Master" to express their filial piety and provide for them in the future. Send to the end.
It is very complicated, it is equivalent to the master recognizing a child and teaching everything to the apprentice.
This is different from the seniors in the world of immortality, so Su Luoxue calls Mr. Xuan his master.
After all, it is very likely that the master will live longer than the apprentice, and there will be no need to support him until his death.
Su Luoxue did not hesitate, nodded and agreed, and then prepared to perform the secular ceremony of apprenticeship, but was stopped by shopkeeper Gao.
"There's no need for this. It's a blessing for me to be able to teach an immortal cultivator. Moreover, this is different from being a disciple. I'm asking you, Su Xiaoyou, to pass on this skill. I'm wasting your time in practicing."
Having said that, Su Luoxue was not a heartless person, and she finally performed the ceremony of becoming a disciple, just like worshiping Mr. Xuan after entering Lingzhi Hall.
Moreover, Su Luoxue was not short of time.
After agreeing to come to the store to study every afternoon, Su Luoxue left and prepared to rent a carriage to make commuting easier.
Zhu Qingyi now has her own tasks to perform, and there is no way to pick her up and back. Su Luoxue couldn't fly herself, so she had no choice but to rent a car.
Zhu Qingyi was in a low mood along the way and almost didn't speak. Shopkeeper Gao reminded Zhu Qingyi of her mother. She hadn't seen her in five years and she didn't know if her mother was doing well now.
"homesick?"
Zhu Qingyi nodded.
"Then you can go back and see. The sect allows disciples to go home."
"It still doesn't work. Let me go back when I reach the Golden Core stage. Then I can show off in front of them." Zhu Qingyi forced a smile and said, "I have never heard Luo Xue talk about your parents."
"They are not special, they are just the most ordinary existences in the world. They are busy every day and hope that I will grow up happily. They also have expectations for me, but they will never force me."
"My parents didn't have many regrets before they died. They probably went to bed at the end of their lives. So the place where I am now is my home, and I am free and easy."
"Ah, I'm sorry, I didn't know." Zhu Qingyi felt very guilty. She didn't expect that her parents were gone.
"There is nothing to apologize for. I miss them, but life, old age, illness and death are inevitable. Living well with your parents' hobbies is the most important thing."
"By the way, have you noticed that there is someone following us two?" Su Luoxue said in a low voice.
"Um, I didn't notice it. Where is it?"
"Don't move around, just pretend you don't know and keep walking." Su Luoxue told Zhu Qingyi the location of those people, "I have a feeling that these people seem to be coming for you?"
"That's impossible. I'm not a child. I must be here for you."
Zhu Qingyi added, "Do you want to run away directly?"
"What are you afraid of? You are a monk in the late stage of foundation building. It is not easy to deal with a few mortals! Besides, there are many fellow sects in the city. You can just shout when the time comes."
"Yeah." Zhu Qingyi suddenly realized and decided to deliberately walk into a deserted alley with Su Luoxue to lure these people out.
Sure enough, these were the people who had the conflict with those monks.
Zhu Qingyi held the dagger in her hand, "Who are you and why are you following us sneakily?"
"It's a joke. The road faces the sky and everyone goes to one side. You said we should follow. Do you have any evidence?"
"Huh, now this scene is the evidence!"
"If passing by can be counted as evidence, then if you are threatening us with a dagger, can it also be counted as evidence that you want to kill us?"
"You!" Zhu Qingyi gritted her teeth, these people are too rogue.
There were a total of five people blocking the entrance of the alley, all of whom had worldly skills, but without any spiritual energy fluctuations, they were still mortals.
In the later stage of foundation building, it is still very easy to defeat five mortals, but Zhu Qingyi cannot take action easily now.
Wuli City prohibits immortal cultivators from attacking mortals without any reason.
Five people are blocking the door, why can't you fight back?
In fact, they did not block it, but wandered outside without weapons. They were even talking about the houses in this area being good and considering buying them. Some people took out maps to mark them.
"Don't go too far. Do you really think I don't dare to take action?"
"We are just looking for a suitable house to buy and live in, and it is not in the way. You can leave if you want. Why are you threatening me? If you do this again, I will report it to the City Lord's Mansion!"
Zhu Qingyi is completely crazy!
I have never seen such a shameless person.
Today, I, Zhu Qingyi, will do justice for heaven and teach these gangsters a lesson!
This was the first time Su Luoxue saw Zhu Qingyi take action, and every move showed her elegant temperament.
Although the dagger was not unsheathed, with the blessing of spiritual power, it was still painful to hit a mortal.
Those few people went from being dismissive at the beginning to now lying on the ground whispering for mercy, focusing on a timely change of mentality.
The fighting methods of immortal cultivators are generally divided into two types. In the early stage, they use secular martial arts to gain spiritual energy. In the later stage, when spiritual energy is sufficient, they will use magical powers, such as fighting against waves.
In terms of pure martial arts, most secular people are actually better. After all, it is necessary for them to travel in the world, and the immortal cultivators are just transitioning.
But I can't stand the support of spiritual energy.
"Immortal cultivator, you are actually an immortal cultivator. Help me. If a cultivator of immortality beats a mortal, is there any justice?"
"Master Immortal, please forgive me. We are just ordinary businessmen. We are really just passing by and want to buy a house. Why do you suddenly attack us!"
Zhu Qingyi dragged the five people together, took out a rope and tied them up, "Shut up, you came to this remote place sneakily. Naturally, you wanted to take the opportunity to do bad things, and you also wanted to be rescued. Tell me honestly. Why are you following us!"
"If you don't say anything, I will actually draw my sword!"
Zhu Qingyi was a little excited now that she won a big victory in her first shot. Sure enough, this immortal did not cultivate in vain.
"I really drew my sword!"
Whoosh~
Zhu Qingyi pulled out the dagger in her hand and placed it on a person's neck.
"Ouch, cool!"
Su Luoxue had played with this dagger before. It was indeed made of extraordinary material. It was naturally cold. It was not obvious when it was in the scabbard, but it would be extremely cold once it was taken out of the scabbard.
"Miss, we were just following the master's orders to scare you. We were wrong!"
"Humph, who is your master, and why did he send you to scare me!"
? Not only those five people, but also Su Luoxue was a little stunned.
"Qingyi, is there a possibility that the master they call is your father?" Su Luoxue reminded at the side.
"My father?" Zhu Qingyi was a little surprised, then reached out and found a jade pendant from the waist of the person next to her, "It is really my family's identity card, but I don't rule out that you killed my family members and deliberately approached me!"
"Miss, I have a letter written by the master on me. You can take it and read it!"
Sure enough, a letter was found from the man's arms, "Hey, it's really my father's handwriting, but it still needs to be verified."
Zhu Qingyi exposed the letter to the sun for a while, and then asked Su Luoxue to help create a dim environment.
There was a faint fluorescence in one corner of the letter.
"Well, it's true. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I beat you up." Zhu Qingyi quickly untied these people, "But just send the letter, why do you want to scare me?"
"Miss, the master said that if you haven't come home for more than five years, you have forgotten his father! You guys sent letters pretending to be bad guys to scare the lady, letting her know that there are many dangers outside, so that she can go home at ease. "
"It's just that I didn't expect that the current young lady is so powerful!"
"Yeah, he knocked us down with three punches and two kicks."
The five people immediately changed from being aloof to respectful.
Zhu Qingyi opened the letter and read it carefully, her face changed slightly, "My father is sick?"
"Yes, I am very ill. I can hardly get out of bed during this period, so I asked a few of us to rush over to deliver the message to the lady."
"What disease is it? Is it so serious?"
Those five people looked at me and I looked at you. After thinking about it for a long time, I didn’t know what the disease was.
"He's just sick, and even the doctor didn't notice it."
"Yes, it's very serious. Miss, please come back with us as soon as possible. She must be suffering from longing. I'll be sure to heal you as soon as you get back!"
Pretending to be sick and tricking Zhu Qingyi into going back, everyone can see this.
Zhu Qingyi would naturally not be deceived, but it had indeed been too long since she had gone back. In addition, she had been struck by a scene in Shopkeeper Gao's shop before, so she still planned to go home and have a look.
"Luo Xue, I'm going home. Do you want to come back with me?"
"Okay, just let me go see your mine!" Su Luoxue frowned just after saying this, "It doesn't seem like it's possible. I haven't established a foundation yet, and the sect doesn't approve long vacations. And I I have already promised to shopkeeper Gao, and we can’t leave him in the short term.”
"Then let's do it next time, there is still a chance anyway!"
"That's all we can do. After you build the foundation, let's go back to my house and treat you to my special delicacies!"
Zhu Qingyi looked at the five people and said, "You go to Qunyu Pavilion and wait for me first. I have to go back to the sect to register and pack my luggage, and I'll come find you later."
"Let's go back to the sect. Luo Xue, give me some of those pastries you made so I can take them back. Hey, let's go home!"
The two flew back to the sect happily.
In the darkness, the three people gathered together, with only occasional flashes of light.
"That's it. I thought there was something good to see."
"I told you there was no need to come. If you don't believe me, it's okay now. I didn't look at anything and wasted so much time."
"It's not in vain. At least I found the same kind. I just don't know which of the two is."
"Forget it, let's get on with business."
That night, Zhu Qingyi left the sect in a hurry to go home. She took a lot of snacks and some marinated kebabs from Su Luoxue, and planned to take them home for her father, aunt and brother to taste.
From then on, Su Luoxue's life became busy. She got up early to clean up the courtyard, then sat in the spiritual field to practice. After lunch, she went to Shopkeeper Gao's shop to learn the art of dexterity.
Life is busy and fulfilling.
In layman's terms, the art of craftsmanship is advanced woodworking, but it is not limited to daily life things.
Shopkeeper Gao has a book that has caught up with Su Luoxue Gao, which records the techniques passed down from generation to generation of the Gao family.
The first generation ancestor was a hunter, so the objects produced were all kinds of traps. The third generation ancestor had led troops in wars, so various weapons were mainly recorded.
The ancestors of the Fifth Dynasty were more interested in studying things that could fly in the sky, and all they had learned throughout their lives was related to wings.
When it comes to Shopkeeper Gao's generation, because they live in Wuli City, they are more focused on large-scale construction such as house construction.
His deceased son left behind some ideas about the relationship between cleverness and puppets.
Shopkeeper Gao didn't hesitate at all about this book and moved it out when Su Luoxue went to the store the next day, which shocked Su Luoxue for a while.
First, I lamented the rich inheritance of several generations, and then I lamented the generous teachings made by shopkeeper Gao.
However, everything must start from the basics. Su Luoxue needs to follow Shopkeeper Gao to understand and outline the drawings, and then proceed to the basic material selection, shaping and production.
Every day when she returned to Lingzhi Hall, Su Luoxue would feel exhausted both physically and mentally. She thought that this kind of thing was very simple, but in practice it was very laborious and laborious.
Boiling hot water and taking a bath was the most enjoyable part of Su Luoxue's day. She didn't have to do anything, she just lay in the bathtub happily.
In the blink of an eye, a month has passed. With the help of Ghost Soul Grass, Su Luoxue's soul has finally perfectly matched with her body. In the future, she will no longer react slowly or her body will sometimes feel numb.
Just when Su Luoxue was sitting happily in the field, a clanking sound suddenly came from the distance. When she looked up, she saw two chains flying in the air.
