Time passes.
Five years have passed.
Early in the morning, the sounds of children playing and adults chatting can already be heard in the streets and alleys.
"Brother Chu!"
"Xiao Chu, you got up early today."
Seeing a figure in blue robes leading a donkey out of the courtyard, nearby residents greeted him one after another.
"Lin Bo."
"Aunt Zhang."
Chu Qiu passed by with the two donkeys in hand, smiled and nodded in response.
"You kid, are you going to the inn to listen to a book again? Are you still not tired of listening to it after all these years? Have you fallen in love with that girl Xiu Niang?"
An eldest sister holding a wooden basin smiled foolishly and said: "What's so good about that girl with no breasts and no butt? Come back to my sister's house. I'll leave the door open for you."
When encountering this kind of teasing, Chu Qiu also responded with a smile: "Sister-in-law, I am young and can't stand this. You can buy a few more sheep waist pills for Brother Fu."
Mrs. Fu spat: "Look at your virtue!"
Chu Qiu smiled and said nothing, waving goodbye to these neighbors.
He led the two donkeys and walked slowly to the inn.
When he arrived at the inn, Chu Qiu tied up the two donkeys, picked up the bag in the corner, and filled the trough with wild fruits.
Erlu lowered his head to look at it and snorted.
The wild fruit is not fresh, which makes it unhappy.
Chu Qiu gave it a slap: "You're still so picky, right? Just wait, I'll starve you for three days sooner or later, and you'll even eat shit by then."
The second donkey chirped twice, as if swearing something, and then started chewing.
Ignoring it anymore, Chu Qiu turned around and entered the inn.
Shopkeeper Fang is not here today, only the waiter Yu Xiaoer is lying in front of the stage and taking a nap.
Chu Qiu walked over and knocked on the table: "The floor is being washed."
Yu Xiaoer immediately sat up in shock and widened his eyes: "What? Are you going to wash the floor again?"
I was scared out of my mind.
When he saw who was in front of him, he smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Qiu is here."
"Where is the old man?" Chu Qiu smiled and looked around: "It's rare to see him late. What's the matter? Did he sleep in?"
Yu Xiaoer took off the rag hanging on his shoulders and wiped the table, and whispered: "I am seventy-three this year, and my body and bones are not as strong as before."
Chu Qiu hesitated for a moment and nodded: "That makes sense."
Then he added: "Then it seems that everything will be fine today. It's just a good time to fish with pay."
After five years of getting along, Yu Xiaoer has long been accustomed to Chu Qiu's weird words. He said helplessly: "Brother Qiu, last time you were deducted half a month's salary because of 'work station paddling', so you don't dare to talk nonsense anymore."
Chu Qiu found a table and sat down, waved her hand and said, "A small amount of money is not taken seriously."
Five years ago, he took away Xu Hu's nest in Dirty Street.
I went back to Duobao Square to touch corpses and pick up treasures, and I really made a small fortune.
There are hundreds of taels of silver in Duobaofang and two large boxes of copper coins.
There was also a stack of banknotes from Dali Bank, totaling hundreds of thousands of taels, all put into his pocket.
Of course, he was later defrauded of half of it by shopkeeper Fang on the pretext of 'taking care of everything and settling the funeral affairs'.
Some of the money was given to the victims noted by the gangsters when they identified them.
The remaining money, plus the savings of the past five years, is enough for him to live a comfortable life.
The monthly salary of 50 taels is just to ensure income during droughts and floods. If you have it, it's good, but if you don't have it, you won't feel bad.
"In that case, the old man has saved some money this month."
An old voice sounded faintly.
Shopkeeper Fang appeared at the end of the stairs at some unknown time.
Five years later, there are a few more wrinkles on his face, making him look even more aged.
Chu Qiu said without changing her expression: "Your face is rosy and your breath is long. Old man, you don't look sick anymore."
"I can't die." Shopkeeper Fang limped down and sat in front of Chu Qiu.
Yu Xiaoshou was quick on his feet, served tea and snacks, and waited beside him.
Chu Qiu pinched a piece of cake and said, "What are you going to learn today?"
Shopkeeper Fang didn't answer.
Instead, he looked at Chu Qiu's face: "It has been five years, but your appearance has not changed at all."
Chu Qiu raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "I'm only in my twenties. It would be a big deal if my face becomes wrinkled like you."
His appearance has not changed in five years, and he still looks the same.
Chu Qiu also had some guesses about this.
Since he has a faceplate and is immortal, it is probably impossible for him to change.
Thinking of this, he opened the panel and looked at it.
【Chu Qiu】
[Life span: two thousand eight hundred and thirty years]
【Changchun Gong (Perfection)】
[Gui Shou Gong (Perfection)]
[Songhe Sword Technique (Zhiji)]
[Today’s evaluation [Fan]]
[Current points: 3255]
[Comprehensive evaluation: Immortal·Eighth grade]
[(Life span reaches 10,000 years to unlock advanced functions)]
In the past five years, he has mastered the use of the panel.
The highest daily performance is [Extreme], and the reward points range from 1 to 10 points.
Chu Qiu had always believed that daily evaluation was linked to his appetite.
Later, I slowly discovered that as long as I live a comfortable life and feel comfortable, I will perform better.
Otherwise, the reward points will be reduced.
As for adding some features.
Although he didn't learn any new martial arts from the old man, he learned the two internal skills of Zijiguan and the swordsmanship to a very high level.
Beginner, master, small success, great success, perfection, perfection.
Starting from Dacheng, the requirements for points have increased rapidly.
Take Songhe Sword Technique as an example. From Dacheng to Perfection, 500 points are needed.
When it reaches its ultimate perfection, it reaches 1,000 points.
As for whether there will be a realm after the ultimate, Chu Qiu doesn't know yet.
Even if there were, he would not dare to add more points.
Always leave some savings to plan for other martial arts.
Shopkeeper Fang's delay in teaching Chu Qiu martial arts was not for selfish purposes, but because he taught him many other skills.
"This face of yours will be a source of disaster sooner or later." Shopkeeper Fang took a deep look at Chu Qiu, then picked up the tea and said, "So today I am going to teach you a new skill."
When Chu Qiu heard this, he understood that it was not martial arts, and sighed: "What have you taught me these years? Playing, chess, calligraphy and painting, drinking and tea, business, incision, slang. Tracking, poisoning, medical skills, gambling, and even I even talked about Fangzhongshu for several days.
You really want to catch them all in one go - old man, tell me the truth, is our Supervision Department really an official organization? Doesn’t it look like me? "
Shopkeeper Fang took a sip of tea and said calmly, "Let's talk about whether it's useful or not."
Chu Qiu closed her mouth, thought for a moment, nodded and said, "It works."
"Then learn it honestly." Shopkeeper Fang snorted coldly: "I will teach you the art of disguise today!"
He asked the waiter to pick up the tools.
There was not a single guest in the inn early in the morning, so shopkeeper Fang opened the door and spoke openly about the key points of the art of disguise.
Chu Qiu's complaints were useless and he could only listen patiently.
About an hour later, Shopkeeper Fang started to use several tools to fine-tune his face.
He immediately became several years younger and looked very different from before.
"So powerful?" Chu Qiu wanted to touch it. Although shopkeeper Fang raised his hand and slapped it away, he was still surprised and said: "This trick is good, but it is a good way to avoid enemies."
He immediately changed his attitude and decided to study the art of disguise.
As an immortal, I will always face various situations in the future.
Having a magical disguise skill at hand can save you a lot of trouble.
Shopkeeper Fang stretched out his hand and wiped it on his face, immediately returning to his original appearance, "You kid is too ignorant. This kind of disguise method only changes the skin but not the bones. Really advanced disguise requires martial arts cultivation to be truly authentic." If you become another person, no one will be able to see the flaws if you are above the third level."
"Old man, don't just talk nice words. You are practicing martial arts every day, and you are teaching me martial arts?" Chu Qiu shook his head and said: "How loud was the blow at the beginning, and I have all the martial arts I want. Five years later, I You didn't even read this secret book, why are you kidding me?"
"I should have guessed you would say that."
Shopkeeper Fang chuckled and waved to Yu Xiaoer.
Yu Xiaoer immediately sent a scroll.
He pointed to the scroll: "Take it. How much you can learn depends on your understanding."
Chu Qiu took the scroll with doubt on his face.
Open it and take a look.
I saw a lifelike picture of an auspicious animal.
There are three big characters written on the head.
【Qilin Jin】
