In Qingzhou and Jingzhou, there is only a dirt road built along the river valley from Xiangqing Mountain. Because the route is remote, its practicality is far less than that of Yushenguan Avenue. So even if the road is as narrow as five feet wide, it is still just an ordinary dirt road.
However, at this moment, two crisp sounds of horse hooves could be heard on this deserted dirt road.
What came next was the woman's voice as clear as a silver bell.
"Zuo Ning, when did you become a Martial Saint? So soon...I feel like I am a rare martial arts prodigy. I can start preparing to become a Saint at the age of 25...I never expected..."
Listening to Fairy Lu riding a white horse and asking questions in his ear, Zuo Ning held the reins with one hand and pressed the brass handle of the saber hanging at his waist with the other hand while smiling.
After walking together for a day, the relationship between the two of them became quite familiar.
In Lu Shuihan's eyes, Zuo Ning is currently a handsome young man with unparalleled martial arts skills, quick wit and a bit of lust. Along the way, she can always find that Zuo Ning always looks at her face inadvertently when he answers her words. Move down...
Zuo Ning was also very helpless about this. A gentleman starts with emotion and stops with etiquette. After repeatedly failing to restrain himself, I can only say that Lu Shuihan is indeed a stunning beauty in the world, and it is not his own problem.
It's not that my self-control is too poor, but the strength of the opponent's seduction is a bit too high...
"Me? I became a Martial Saint two years ago. At that time, I was thinking about my own halberd technique. I happened to improve it and added a few more moves. I was able to separate my energy from my body and break metal and stone. I didn't feel anything at all..."
As he spoke, he suddenly pulled out the straight knife hanging from his waist, and then threw it vigorously forward.
The straight knife in his hand left his hand in an instant and flew out of the air. The energy that escaped caused the dust and fallen leaves on the dirt road in the mountains in front of him to fly all over the sky.
Then Lu Shuihan heard the sound of a sword piercing flesh from about ten feet ahead, where Zuo Ning threw the knife.
laugh.
There was no movement ahead.
Then she knew that lunch was in order today.
Lu Shuihan pursed his lips. He didn't know whether he was dissatisfied with Zuo Ning's statement that his experience of becoming a saint was too plain, or he was unhappy with Zuo Ning's rough way of getting ingredients.
Anyway, the targets are all Zuo Ning. Maybe both.
"What do you see at this distance?"
While speaking, Lu Shuihan got off his horse and jumped to the ground. Then Zuo Ning's peripheral vision saw that under the white dress, Lu Shuihan's skirt jumped twice because of the heavy load.
…
A bit dazzling...
"Well, it's a jumping white rabbit."
He looked ahead casually and answered without thinking. His mind seemed not to be on Lu Shuihan's question at all, but he didn't look at Lu Shuihan anymore.
?
A rabbit is just a rabbit, not a jumping white rabbit...
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Lu Shuihan looked at Zuo Ning, savored Zuo Ning's reaction and tone just now, looked at his perspective and his position, and then looked down at his almost perfect figure outlined by his dress...
Bah, you are a disciple.
With a hint of blush on her face, she turned around and walked straight towards the rabbit Zuo Ning shot, while inadvertently covering her broad mind with her arms.
"cough."
Zuo Ning was a little helpless and a little embarrassed. After all, this kind of thing was really impolite and a little bit so, so he could only deal with it as if nothing happened.
There is no way, the attraction is too great, I can't move my eyes away, don't look there, the challenge has failed again.
"What a white rabbit...how to eat it?"
Lu Shuihan, who walked to the front, was not reserved at all. He squatted down, pulled out the knife with one hand, and held the ear of the white rabbit whose stomach was opened with the knife in the other hand. Then he stood up, turned to Zuo Ning and asked.
"How else can I eat it? I don't have a pot, so I can just skewer it and grill it!"
Zuo Ning shouted distantly.
"Bake it again? I've been eating it for a day, let's change the taste."
Lu Shuihan held the bleeding rabbit and tilted his head. His eyes fell on a large stone slab on the river bank. Then he thought of something and his beautiful eyes lit up.
"Isn't there a pot?"
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"where?"
Zuo Ning watched her run up to him briskly, and then said something in his ear.
Although he didn't understand it very well, he still took the knife from Lu Shuihan and decided to do it.
According to Lu Shuihan, Zuo Ning swung his sword and lightly swung it twice at the stone slab she was looking at just now.
He waved very fast, and only heard the sound in the air
Huhu
After two piercing sounds.
Two streaks of almost solid white energy visible to the naked eye flew out from the long knife he waved, and struck the stone slab in front of him. Like cutting tofu, it effortlessly cut the stone slab into three layers.
The knife marks are extremely fine, and the cuts are so smooth that almost no flaws can be found.
Then Zuo Ning stepped forward and flicked the stone slab with his finger, sending the top stone slab flying directly to the other side of the river valley. He picked up the middle stone slab with one hand, lifted it up, and stepped on the bottom stone slab with one foot.
boom!
After a loud bang.
Under Zuo Ning's energy and unrivaled strength, the solid stone slab instantly shattered into pieces, leaving only a pair of relatively complete stone pillows at both ends lying there.
In the middle, the crushed stones were washed away twice by Zuo Ning with the water from the nearby river, and then disappeared without a trace along the current.
Then Zuo Ning gently placed the stone slab that had been held up for a long time on the two stone pillows.
Completed the work just ordered by Lu Shuihan.
"alright."
Lu Shuihan, who was squatting by the river cleaning rabbits, saw Zuo Ning easily complete the baking table she asked for in three clicks, and his eyes lit up.
He nodded with satisfaction and smiled slightly.
Two cute dimples also appeared on her soft little face.
"As expected of the Martial Saint, this kind of thing is done beautifully."
"……Ah."
"I wonder if we should light a fire underneath and use this stone slab as a table?"
Zuo Ning looked sideways at the charming girl beside him who was smiling slightly. After understanding the purpose, he naturally knew what to do with the stone slab.
Then he used his hand as a ladle, scooped up the clear river water, poured it on the stone slab, and washed away some of the remaining stone powder and debris.
Lu Shuihan stretched out his hand, took the long knife from Zuo Ning's hand, and used it directly as a kitchen knife.
He used his long knife to point at the skinned and washed rabbit he was holding in his hand, and it flew up and down.
Zuo Ning looked at her skillful movements, flowing smoothly and beautifully.
After a few breaths, Lu Shuihan flicked his hand, and the meat slices of uniform size and thickness were neatly arranged on the stone floor that Zuo Ning had just cleaned.
In her hand, she will be left with a pair of rabbit ears and a skeleton attached below.
What surprised Zuo Ning was that the fascia connecting the bones was also intact, allowing the entire skeleton to be completely connected together.
"The knife skills are good."
Lu Shuihan, who was praised, raised his head, exposed his swan-white neck, and said with a smile: "No, my grandfather is really bad at cooking. There is also a foster sister in the family. For the sake of food, I, the older sister, I can only reluctantly embark on the road of becoming a cook."
Listening to her statement, Zuo Ning put his hands on his hips and held his chin with his right hand, thinking about something.
Then he slowly asked about the key information he captured.
"Sister-in-law?"
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Upon hearing Zuo Ning's reaction, Lu Shuihan felt as if he had been insulted. His eyebrows stood up, he snorted coldly, and held the knife in his backhand.
Kuku
He patted Zuo Ning's waist twice with the blade of the knife.
"I've been talking to you for a long time, but you're still thinking about women?! What's wrong with my stepsister? I'm a living, beautiful woman standing in front of you, and you've been taking advantage of me all the time, and now you're still thinking about Binghan?!"
Then, feeling still uneasy, he took the knife and slapped Zuo Ning randomly.
Zuo Ning knew he was in the wrong, so he didn't fight back. He just stood and let Lu Shuihan hit him several times.
But to be honest, he really didn't mean that. He was just curious about why senior Lu Jiejing still had time to take in a granddaughter.
As for what Lu Shuihan said about him always taking advantage of her, Zuo Ning felt a little wronged.
Of course, these words cannot be said. While being beaten, Zuo Ning picked up some wood, threw the sawdust under the stone slab, and then took out the matches.
After being burned, it was thrown into the wood pile.
Skillfully lit a fire.
"snort."
After Lu Shuihan hit her a few times, her anger was relieved a lot, but this made her firmer in her judgment.
Zuo Ning is essentially a lustful young master!
With a sullen face, she took out two small benches, reluctantly handed one to Zuo Ning, then rolled up her skirt and sat on it.
"You said you came to Beijing to get a wife. I think you came to Beijing to get married. I really can't understand how a pervert like you could have two fiancées."
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Zuo Ning's face darkened and he did not answer the question. Instead, like the students being scolded, he silently took out the tableware and condiments and prepared to cook rabbit meat.
It doesn't matter, I admit that I am a pervert, but I have two wives, are you bragging?
When Lu Shuihan saw Zuo Ning not speaking, he felt that what he said might have been a little too small, and then looked at the rabbit meat on the big stone slab.
Chao Zuoning said:
"This...it's up to me."
Seeing the apologetic expression on Lu Shuihan's delicate face, Zuo Ning was a little confused. After weighing it, although he didn't understand what the girl was thinking, he still chose to hand the tableware to her.
Anyway, as long as you're not angry.
If she likes to do it, then she can do it. No one will refuse the service of a beautiful woman, right?
No way?
…
After almost half an hour, the two of them finished their lunch today.
Zuo Ning puffed out his chest, sat upright, and drank the last sip of tea from the cup. The tea was wrapped with the lingering fragrance of rabbit meat, and was finally swallowed into his belly.
I have to say that Lu Shuihan's cooking skills are really good. Zuo Ning feels that her meal of rabbit meat is much better than the chefs in those big restaurants in Yanzhou.
"How's it going? This girl's craftsmanship is pretty good, right?"
"Nothing to say."
Zuo Ning nodded, gave her a thumbs up, and smiled lightly.
"Ms. Lu's craftsmanship, Zuo is completely convinced."
Lu Shuihan chuckled.
"It's easy for you. Then you can clean up the mess and get going."
"That's natural."
Zuo Ning's cleaning method was also very simple. He just dug a hole and buried the remaining garbage. After he quickly solved these trivial matters, he turned to look at Lu Shuihan who was standing on the river bank and looking into the distance.
The white skirt danced lightly in the breeze blowing from the river. There was no expression on her delicate profile, which almost made Zuo Ning think that she was an ice beauty.
Under the caress of the sun, her slim figure shines brightly, her long snow-white hair and slender eyelashes reflect a faint golden light. How can there be a trace of evil spirit in it?
The graceful lady in the white dress is the fairy in the painting on the bank of the clear water.
Just as Zuo Ning was stunned for a moment, admiring this picturesque scene of beauty, Lu Shuihan turned his head slightly and smiled at him.
The somewhat charming almond eyes are curved like crescent moons.
Lu Shuihan, who was dressed in elegant clothes, looked like a little neighbor girl at this moment. She didn't look like a quasi-sage in front of Zuo Ning. She nodded with a smile.
Then, Lu Shuihan looked at Zuo Ning who had turned over on his horse, his eyes reflecting his back, and he also got on his own horse, falling behind Zuo Ning and followed slowly.
As if he felt the gaze of the woman behind him, Zuo Ning did not look back and just asked:
"What are you thinking about?"
Lu Shuihan's pretty face turned red as if she had been seen through. She suppressed her restless heart and responded: "It's nothing, just when can you teach me the halberd technique."
After a few words of prevarication, she quickly changed the subject.
Zuo Ning chuckled and did not continue to pester him. He followed Lu Shuihan's words and said:
"Your current method is not suitable for fusion with Zuojiaji's halberd technique. My halberd technique is aimed at killing the enemy. It focuses on strength and speed."
After listening to Zuo Ning's words, Lu Shuihan realized that he had been deceived. If you couldn't teach me, why did you use this as bait to catch me?
But Lu Shuihan found that she was not angry, but felt a little bit of complaint. Before she could speak, she heard Zuo Ning continue.
"But I can help you improve your current marksmanship. The method is more important than the style. It is good to learn from the strengths of hundreds of schools of thought, but the most important thing is still yourself."
Lu Shuihan had already heard what Zuo Ning said once from his grandfather, the Gun Saint Lu Jiejing, but at that time he had not yet embarked on the path of walking around the world and worshiping the gun. Now he heard it again.
But there is a little bit of a feeling of clearing the air.
Lu Shuihan looked at this noble young master who was as handsome as a demon, elegant and without the airs of a prince and a martial sage, and his heart, which was already a little restless, was filled with ripples.
No wonder Li An is so attracted to him.
"Got it, thank you."
"It doesn't matter."
