After breaking through Yi Jin, Chen Mu was in high spirits all day long.
In addition to the habitual practice of locust stone and kestrel training techniques.
Chen Mu made a special trip to Anlefang Ruyizhai.
This is a vegetarian restaurant that is famous throughout Qingshan County.
In the past, he would have been reluctant to come here to spend money.
He didn't go to the private room, so he found a seat in a corner of the lobby and ordered a large table full of dishes.
While tasting slowly, listen to the talk of the storyteller in the lobby.
"The general trend of the world will inevitably divide after a long time. Zuo of Daliang has been in power for more than 600 years, and he is now very old."
"We are located on the southwest border here, so it is not very conspicuous. In the Central Plains, rebel armies from all walks of life have appeared, and there are many mountains. It is about to turn into a pot of chaos."
"Heroes emerge in troubled times. Let's not talk about national affairs. Today I will tell you about a hero in troubled times. This man has unparalleled boxing skills and is known as the Iron Fist Holy Fist..."
The storyteller's story was full of ups and downs, and everyone in the hall was excited to hear it.
Chen Mu also listened with great interest.
He had previously been busy practicing martial arts and had little information. The first time I heard about the troubled times in Jianghu, I was immediately attracted to it.
"Iron Fist Holy Fist? What level does that have to be? The Yi Marrow level of mastering the art of shaping?" Chen Mu thought with some envy.
"Don't be in a hurry, just follow the steps, and we will be able to change the marrow sooner or later."
Proficiency is his greatest honor.
"Fortunately, Qingshan County is located in a remote area."
At least it won't be affected by the troubled times.
As long as he stabilizes his liver for two or three years, he will be able to master the art of shaping.
By then, he would dare to try his luck even in troubled times.
…
at dusk.
Chen Muyi left Ruyi Zhai still unfinished.
The food was indeed delicious, and the storyteller's stories were exciting enough. If it hadn't been getting late, I would have stayed a little longer.
It's a pity that the world is not peaceful.
According to folklore, evil spirits are most likely to occur at night.
Since coming to this world, he has never gone out at night unless there is a special reason.
When the lanterns in Anlefang were first lit, the faint sounds of warblers and swallows could be heard.
Chen Mu glanced at the beautiful young lady not far away, looked up at the sun that was about to set, and smiled: "Next time, next time."
…
The Chen family residence in Pinganfang.
When I got home, I just locked the door. Chen Mu noticed a person sitting in the dark room.
Silver-white beard and hair, narrowed eyes, and a serious expressionless face.
Chen Mu walked into the room calmly, already accustomed to the old man's elusiveness.
"Payment." Jie Jia was as concise and to the point as ever.
"Wait a moment." Chen Mu said calmly.
Then he lit the oil lamp, opened the cloth bags one by one, took out the medicinal materials and examined them carefully.
After a while, Chen Mu placed a small cloth bag in the middle of the table and stared at Jie Jia speechlessly: "This is fake medicine."
"Did you see it?" Jie Jia's face was expressionless, his eyes rolled and he glanced at the medicinal materials, and a hint of disappointment flashed across his face.
Chen Mu: "..."
Are you disappointed? !
"Is it fun to give me fake medicine every time to get money?" Chen Mu said helplessly.
You said that you are a big killer who comes and goes, how can you run an errand for someone and still cheat?
"It seems that you have a deep misunderstanding of me." Jie Jia said lightly.
Chen Mu: "..." Why does this face look so familiar?
Forget it, my lord has plenty, so I won’t argue with this old man.
After excluding the share of counterfeit medicines, Chen Mu honestly handed the money to Jie Jia.
Chen Mu couldn't help but sigh as he watched the other party disappear in a flash, so fast.
"I still can't beat him. Otherwise, I'll beat him no matter what."
The joy of breaking through Yi Jin was suddenly reduced by more than half.
"Keep practicing."
He is just a newbie who has just started practicing martial arts. This world is a big place, and there is no need to be arrogant and complacent.
"I also need to find some books recording medicinal materials."
He suffered a big loss the first time. Let this old man cheat you with fake medicine.
"This old man is getting more and more sophisticated in his methods of passing off substandard goods, so you have to be careful."
If it weren't for the gangsters' rebellion and the shortage of medicinal materials in the pharmacy, Chen Mu would have kicked the old man off.
I don’t know where the other party purchased it from, but the medicinal materials were never missing.
"After all, the killer might have a secret channel."
…
It was January 19, Daliang 639, and the weather was fine.
Chen Mu got up early, washed and ate, and spent the whole morning taking turns practicing the locust stone and kestrel training techniques.
Chen Mu has been living like this for the past six months.
After breaking through Yi Jin, his physical fitness has greatly increased, which can support him to practice for a longer period of time.
But it is also difficult to upgrade second-level skills.
With two hedging, the proficiency of being able to live every day is not great.
At the Yi Bone Realm, the breathing cycle changes from sixty breaths to ninety.
There are nine new movements in the body technique.
The secret medicine is still the same as before.
But Chen Mu discovered that the secret medicine was less effective by one-third.
I don’t know if it’s because of drug resistance or if Sheng Hong is hiding it.
"Spend another hundred taels for advice?" Chen Mu shook his head.
Not worth it.
Shenghong, that old man, may not necessarily mean it.
"Let's practice like this first." As long as you have proficiency, you will be able to practice it sooner or later.
In the afternoon, Chen Mu left home and followed the two big men at the door straight to the south of the city.
Miaohua Studio contacted him about a portrait business today.
This is the first business of the month.
"Zhou Liang, is there nothing big going on in Miao Painting Studio recently?" Chen Mu asked the strong man on the left as he walked on the road.
These two strong men were members of a small gang in the east of the city. He was hired by Miaohua Workshop to protect his safety.
"I haven't heard anything big. It's just that Boss Zhen went to Nanyang Fucheng for more than half a month and never came back." Zhou Liang replied.
Chen Mu nodded to express his understanding, but couldn't help but murmur in his heart.
According to the original plan, Miaohuafang contacted him four times a month for business.
But now it’s late January before the first order comes.
This gave Chen Mu a slight sense of crisis.
He practices martial arts every day and eats meat, which consumes a lot of money.
If something went wrong in the painting studio, his quality of life would be immediately affected.
"I hope Boss Zhen can come back soon."
Not long after, Chen Mu came to the door of a large house. There is a plaque hanging on the door with the two characters Zuofu written on it.
Zhou Liang and Zheng Huan knocked on the door and announced.
A young servant led him in. Zhou Liang and Zheng Huan were left in the concierge to rest and wait.
Chen Mu has been doing portraits for several months and is very skilled at the job.
When I saw Master Zuo, I asked him about his requirements and started painting immediately.
With his current second-level painting skills, even if he deliberately delayed time to show his solemnity, it only took less than an hour to complete the painting.
After taking twenty taels of pen fee, Chen Mu followed the boy and walked out happily.
Passing by a small courtyard, a burst of shouting came.
Chen Mu couldn't help but turn around and look.
Through the Moon Gate, a young prince is practicing martial arts.
Standing next to him was a man in his forties or fifties, giving patient instructions with a smile on his face.
As if feeling the attention of others, the man turned his head and looked over.
The two looked at each other and were stunned at the same time.
Sheng Hong?
Are you being hired by someone to teach martial arts directly to your home?
Chen Mu was stared at by the other party, and he couldn't help but feel guilty: "I have mastered the kestrel training technique, won't anyone see it, right?"
With no expression on his face, he smiled at Sheng Hong and nodded, then followed the boy and left in a leisurely manner.
Sheng Hong looked at Chen Mu's background with confusion. He always felt that the person just now looked familiar.
After thinking about it carefully, it suddenly dawned on me: "It's the scholar who draws!"
He was deeply impressed by Chen Mu.
Over the years, he has used kestrel training skills as bait and caught countless scammers.
Shape training is so easy to learn.
Anyone who comes to him will have to spend at least three hundred taels of silver to recognize the reality.
But the scholar came once and never came again.
Let him earn two hundred taels less, how can he forget the other party.
"Looking at the opponent's movements and body shape, it seems that there are traces of the training technique. Has he really mastered it?" Sheng Hong was confused.
Then he shook his head and laughed: "How can there be so many geniuses in this world."
"Forget it, don't think about him, just concentrate on fooling the young master in front of you. This is the real enemy." Sheng Hong looked at the clumsy movements of the young master of the Zuo family in front of him, and smiled broadly on his face: "The family is big and the business is big, maybe One meal is enough for me to spend for the rest of my life!"
…
Ping'an Fang, in the courtyard of the Chen family.
"I didn't expect to meet Sheng Hong."
Ever since he learned the kestrel training technique, Chen Mu had subconsciously avoided Sheng Hong's neighborhood.
Sheng Hong used training techniques to steal money. Learn it on your own once and for all. If the other party knew, would they be willing to do so?
Chen Mu not only avoided the other party, but also avoided Lu Captou.
The two of them were colluding, and Chen Mu was afraid of causing unnecessary trouble. Otherwise, I would not hire a broker to buy medicinal materials at a high price.
"Looking at Shenghong's expression, he didn't seem to recognize me immediately." Chen Mu breathed a sigh of relief.
"Now that I'm the coach of the eldest son of the Zuo family, it's even more impossible for him to miss me anymore."
According to Zhou Liang and Zheng Huan, the Zuo family is one of the six major families in Qingshan County.
There is a large area of land outside the city, and there are rows of shops inside the city, and the wealth is amazing.
"I heard that the young master of the Zuo family is a prodigal son who hangs around in shabby houses. He can't bear hardships or be tired. If he can practice martial arts for half an hour every day, he is considered diligent."
"It is not easy to teach such students to practice martial arts."
"Based on the entry-level level of training, Sheng Hong can stay in Zuo's family for at least a year and a half."
"One hundred taels in seven days, half a year, hiss..."
I wish I could replace it with my own body!
"I don't want to think about it anymore, I don't want to think about it anymore, the more I think about it, the more bitter I feel. Just practice your own skills honestly and eat your own food."
Cold seasonal vegetables, pan-fried fish fillets, crystal elbows, and a bowl of fragrant white wheat rice.
Chen Mu placed the square table in the yard and enjoyed the increasingly delicious food while admiring the sunset.
With a considerable income, successful martial arts training, and delicious food to enjoy, this was the life he dreamed of in his previous life.
"Scholar, do you know how to enjoy yourself?" A voice suddenly sounded from behind.
Chen Mu trembled and turned his head suddenly.
At some point, a figure was standing behind him.
Sheng Hong? !
The other party sneaked into his home quietly, but he didn't notice it at all!
"Master Sheng, how about we deal with it together?" Chen Mu raised his hand and pointed at the food on the table.
"Don't bother?" Sheng Hong said jokingly.
"Where can I find it? It's an honor for me to invite Master Sheng to dinner." Chen Mu took out a new pair of bowls and chopsticks and prepared them.
"I didn't expect you to have such a skill." Sheng Hong chewed a piece of crystal elbow and marveled: "I can't bear to do it."
Chen Mu's scalp suddenly tightened.
"Of course, I'm not that unreasonable person." Sheng Hong slowly ate the fish pieces.
"Six hundred taels. Six hundred taels will buy your life. Is it reasonable?"
Chen Mu couldn't help but tremble all over.
"Don't say you don't have it. I've checked very clearly. You make at least one hundred taels of silver per month for painting for others. It's been more than half a year. How can you not have six hundred taels of silver?"
Chen Mu felt as if someone had poured cold water on her head.
He never expected that Sheng Hong had been thinking about him.
"Didn't you become the head coach of the Zuo family?" Chen Mu couldn't believe it. He had already made a lot of money, why were you still thinking about me?
"Who would think that he has too much money?" Sheng Hong chuckled.
"Aren't you afraid of offending Miaohua Workshop!" Chen Mu roared angrily.
Sheng Hong glanced at Chen Mu: "I advise you to pay the money obediently. The two mallets outside the door have been crushed by me. No matter how loud you shout, they can't hear you."
Has Zhou Liang and Zheng Huan been released?
Although I completed Yijin. But Sheng Hong has been practicing the art of shaping for half his life, and at least he is in the bone-changing realm.
"Were those two people really knocked unconscious by you?" Chen Mu couldn't help but ask.
