A thief who succeeded by accident and an accomplice on the lookout traveled across the mountains and ridges, far away from the Black Pine Valley, and hid in the mountains, feeling both terrified and proud. Wei Shiqi thought of the distant past. This feeling was like carrying cheat sheets in the examination room.
After breathing for a while, Wei Shiqi cleaned the animal skin in the stream, put it up to his nose and smelled it. There was still a bit of fishy smell, but it was bearable. He maliciously guessed what the old bear was using the hide for. The green wolf surrounded him impatiently, tugging at the corners of his clothes for a while, and nudging him with its nose for a while. It was completely devoid of its previous reserve, just like a puppy asking for pampering.
Wei Shiqi knew what it wanted. He immediately spread the animal skin on the ground and pointed out human figures to it one by one. He gestured and explained in detail. The green wolf was originally somewhat spiritual. Compare it to the behavior of the old bear in the Black Pine Valley. , turned around and understood. It looked up at the sky, a little impatient.
After getting this piece of animal skin for free, Wei Shiqi was not in a hurry to go down the mountain. He was interested in seeing the results of Qinglang's training. If there was no serious problem, he might as well give it a try. This may not be the best plan, but instead of pinning your hopes on some vague possibility, it is better to choose the change you have.
When dusk fell, a bright moon passed through the thin clouds and hung upright in the sky. The green wolf could no longer hold back and jumped onto the cliff. He imitated the human shape on the animal skin and sat down, looking up at the Moonlight, mouth wide open.
That way, he looked really stupid and naive.
After a moment of stalemate, Qinglang swallowed Yuehua in one gulp. After waiting for a long time, there was no reaction, so he opened his mouth again and continued to swallow hard. Wei Shiqi couldn't help laughing when he remembered the legend of the Tengu eating the moon.
After posing for a long time, his mouth was wide open, his jaw was sore, his saliva was dripping, his limbs were numb, and he was almost unsteady. Qing Lang steeled himself, jumped off the cliff, spotted a big tree, arched his back and hit it Go up. With a "pop" sound, Green Wolf fell to the ground, whining in pain and unable to get up for a while.
It is really not easy to seize the fortune of heaven and earth, absorb the essence of the sun and the moon, and cultivate to perfection. Wei Shiqi lowered his head and thought, when the green wolf swallowed the moonlight, his body did not expand like the old bear. In other words, the first step was not successful.
However, how can we swallow Yuehua into our body? Wei Shiqi turned the animal skin over and over, looking horizontally, vertically, upright, upside down, and over, but he still couldn't figure out the key to it.
After lying on the ground and resting for a while, the green wolf continued to climb up the cliff, tirelessly repeating the process of swallowing moonlight and hitting the tree with his back. Until dawn, he lay weakly in the grass, his back covered with scars and miserable. Wei Shiqi knew why it was so desperate. He just watched quietly from the side without trying to stop it.
After panting for a long time, Qing Lang struggled to get up, nodded to Wei Shiqi, staggered and disappeared into the forest.
Wei Shiqi figured out the direction, returned to the foot of Laoya Ridge, filled his stomach randomly, and fell asleep. After guarding the Heisong Valley for more than ten days, even the iron-clad man couldn't hold on. It was an extremely sweet sleep. It was already mid-night when I woke up. A full moon hung high in the sky, shining brightly everywhere, as if it were covered with a layer of silver.
Wei Shiqi drank a few bowls of salt tea, opened the animal skin, looked at it carefully, and confirmed that there was no oversight. He stood up and found a boulder to sit on, facing the moonlight, took a deep breath, and slowly opened his mouth. . He imagined that the moonlight flowed into his mouth like water, swallowed a little, and went straight down his throat to his Dantian. After repeating it several times, there was nothing strange in his body. He knew in his heart that there was something wrong. The first step was not successful. There was no need to imitate the green wolf and stupidly hit the tree.
In the following days, Wei Shiqi changed his posture, meditated, and repeatedly tried to swallow the moonlight, but no matter how hard he tried, there was no progress. He went into the mountains to look for the green wolf. The green wolf was haggard and in even worse spirits than he was. Apparently he also encountered the same problem.
Is it because the method is wrong, or is there a lack of something called talent? Since that old bear in Black Pine Valley can practice, Wei Qiqi had a vague feeling that the reason was most likely the latter.
He quickly pushed this disappointing thought out of his mind.
There were still three days left before the date set by Deng Zhang. Wei Shiqi temporarily put aside the cultivation matters, packed his bags, brought his hunting fork, bow and arrows, and went to Kutenggou to visit old Liu Tou and Mulian. Lao Liutou's feet can already go to the ground. At last, his muscles and bones are not injured, and he still has a slight limp when walking. Mulian was filled with joy when she saw Wei Shiqi. Thanks to his help last time in Xinyang Town, he lent her the money from selling animal skins, so she was able to collect enough money to buy rice and salt, boiled a plaster and took it home to cure her father. feet.
Wei Shiqi sat down and chatted for a while, and mentioned that he had encountered a good deal in Xinyang Town. Someone hired him to go into the mountains to hunt black bears and obtain bear bile. Mulian interjected and said that the man was the housekeeper of Zhao Yuan's house in Shangguanqiao, his surname was Deng. Old Liu Tou was surprised. He had heard of Deng's abacus name and kept saying that this was a big business and he couldn't be negligent. Wei Shiqi set off quickly.
There was plenty of time, so Wei Shiqi sat down for a while and settled down to go on the road. In the evening, he came to Xinyang Town and found an inn to stay. The next day, he walked around Xiapu Bridge and went to the blacksmith shop to make a dozen arrow clusters and put them on the prepared arrow shafts. He also customized a cow-ear scimitar and agreed to pick it up early the next morning. As long as good steel and iron are useful, price is not an issue. The blacksmith was worried that business was slow and he had no food for this month. When he saw the happy customer, he agreed and urged his apprentice to pull the bellows, then he picked up the hammer and started making tinkling sounds.
Went to Dongxing Restaurant for dinner and went back to the inn to sleep. After hearing the news, Wei Shiqi went to Zhao Yuan's house and asked to see Deng Zhang, the housekeeper. Deng Zhang was quite pleased and felt that he was interested. He introduced Wei Shiqi to his bear hunting companions, two nearby hunters, four guards, and two healthy servants. As for his distant nephew who worshiped under the gate of Xiandu, it was said that he was in the quiet room I was meditating and didn’t show up.
Deng Zhang asked the kitchen to bring a banquet, drank a few glasses of wine with him, and left first. Everyone became familiar with each other through some drunken banter and laughter, especially the four guards, who thought very highly of themselves and always showed off their skills at hand. Wei Shiqi only drank and ate meat, and did not interrupt much. He looked on with cold eyes. Except for a healthy servant named Yue, the rest of the group were mediocre. But then again, in front of that cruel old bear, they all He is a scumbag with a combat power of only 5...
After drinking and eating, everyone dispersed to rest. Wei Shiqi said goodbye to Deng Zhang and returned to the inn to think quietly.
It has been five or six years since he came to this world. On the surface, he is still the son of a cheap daddy, a member of Kutenggou, and a valued descendant of the old Liutou family. However, he has no regard for the people in this world. There is no emotion with things. After taking care of his father's funeral, he decisively left Kutenggou and lived alone at the foot of Laoya Ridge. This was a subconscious decision to make a clean break with the past, cut off all possible ties, and start over.
He no longer thinks about the past, and waits alone for something to happen. If given the opportunity, he is willing to seize a big gamble, even if he puts his life on the line.
Through the thin door panel, there was a burst of noise and commotion. In this small inn, everyone had worked hard for more than ten days, tumbling in a big pot called "Human World". Those sounds sounded like Somewhat distant, yet so clear, it hit his eardrum and made no sense. Wei Shiqi closed his eyes and thought: "Living is a practice game. I have a big and hard heart."
