The name of the head catcher Deng is Deng Suguan. He looks to be in his thirties. He has a thick short beard on his lips and under his chin, and his eyebrows are somewhat sinister. This is probably due to his position as the head catcher.

Lou Jinchen reached out and touched his chin. His beard was sparse, and there was only a short and thin layer on his lips. It had not hardened and turned black, so he did not shave.

When he looked at Deng Baotou, Deng Baotou was naturally looking at him.

Deng Baotou's last gaze fell on the sword he placed casually on the table. Judging from his many years of experience in practicing swordsmanship, the sword was placed in a position where Lou Jinchen could unsheath it the fastest at any time.

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He is a cautious young man, Deng Captou thought in his mind.

After Mrs. Deng left and Mr. Deng sat down, the atmosphere became calmer. After the initial greeting, the two of them did not speak much.

The next step was for Deng to stay with Jinchen upstairs for dinner.

No words were spoken at the dinner table. Lou Jinchen kept his head down and ate a round. The maid standing by looked at Lou Jinchen frequently, and the smile in her eyes almost overflowed.

Lou Jinchen didn't care about this. After eating a full meal, he realized that he had been living in poverty these days. In the Huoling Temple, the master could eat or not, but the two boys cooked and ate. However,

Their cooking skills were really mediocre, and Lou Jinchen only ate to fill his stomach.

No wonder Shang Gui'an lost so much weight in a short period of time.

Only Lou Jinchen and Deng Captou were at the dinner table. Mrs. Deng did not eat together. Although the Deng family was not a wealthy family, they still abided by etiquette.

After eating and drinking tea, Deng Patou asked Lou Jinchen if there was anything wrong.

Lou Jinchen then told the two boys that he had come down from the mountain to deliver a message to the Master of the Temple, and that he had sent a message to the two boys respectively.

It's just that the matter about Master Ji and Shang Gui'an was mentioned in one sentence.

"It's a good thing that Deng Ding can think about practicing his sword skills more. Uncle, go and wrap Deng Ding's sword and let the corridor leader take it back to the temple later."

Mrs. Deng called her son "Ding'er", while Mr. Deng called his son by his full name. This shows that one of them was strict and the other kind in their children's education.

"I heard someone said that the corridor leader was killing everyone in Ma Tou Po. The fire was soaring into the sky. It can be seen that the corridor leader has obtained the true inheritance of Huoling Temple." Deng Captou didn't know the origin of Lou Jinchen. This is what he said to some of the current people.

Let the rumors come out and explore the details of Lou Jinchen.

"This junior is not a true disciple, but a registered disciple of the Temple Master. It was also the Temple Master who really burned and killed the Ghost God. I am the same generation as Senior Brother Deng Ding. Please call me Jinchen!" Lou Jinchen said.

Deng Ding was silent for a moment and said: "In that case, let me call you my nephew. You are older than Deng Ding, so you should be my senior brother."

"Deng Ding started early, so he is naturally his senior brother." Lou Jinchen said.

"Then my dear nephew, there is no need to call me Capt. Call me uncle. From now on, this place will be your home." Although Deng Capt.'s words were harsh, the meaning was there.

Of course, Lou Jinchen would not really regard this place as his home, he was just being polite.

After chatting for a while, Lou Jinchen said goodbye and left. When leaving, Mrs. Deng had two bags delivered and a wrapped knife.

One of the bundles contained snacks such as cakes and candies, which were said to be given to the visitors in the temple to try.

The other package contained two pairs of clothes and shoes, saying they were for him.

This made Lou Jinchen a little surprised. He thought about not accepting it, and it was what he needed. Finally, he thought that the fear of owing favors to others was just that he was afraid that he could not afford to pay back. It was just a pair of clothes. In the future, he would help Deng Ding more in his spiritual practice.

That’s it, so I didn’t refuse.

Watching Lou Jinchen leave, Deng Suguan returned to the back house and sighed: "This boy practices Qi refining. There are few people in the world who can do it. But those who can do it are all great powers in the world. I think this boy's Qi is very good."

Extraordinary, although the clothes are shabby, they can't hide the beauty of her inner body. When she is hungry and thirsty, she does not feel cramped, but feels magnanimous."

Mrs. Deng said with a smile: "So I gave him clothes, hoping that he could help our Ding'er in spiritual practice."

"Madam is still insightful."

Deng Baotou, who is serious outside, is like a spring breeze in front of his wife.

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Lou Jinchen walked all the way to Huoling Temple, still looking at the houses and some shops on both sides of the street. He happened to pass by a street and found that the atmosphere on this street was different. Many people could faintly feel the magic power on their bodies.

of fluctuations.

One look at the signboards on the houses on both sides of the street and it becomes clear that there are 'law fields' for teaching spells on both sides, including a charnel house, an incense shop, a hall for dispelling evil spirits, a boxing gym, a house for worshiping gods, a house for acupuncture, and a temple building.

, ghost house, secret food shop, etc. are all kinds of weird and strange.

However, a heretical spirit rushed towards him, and Lou Jinchen felt that even if he mastered a few spells, he might not even be able to extend his life. Instead, he might damage his essence and soul, thus affecting his lifespan.

In front of the temple where the temple was built, he saw plain white cloth hanging, and there were several others. People coming in and out were all wearing black clothes and had white scarves wrapped around their sleeves.

Lou Jinchen did not stay here too long. After leaving the city, when there were few people around, he began to practice the art of lifting and guarding again.

Just like a big goose flapping about to take off, when he returns to the meditation, he is covered in sweat. Both his body and his mind feel tired. This fatigue naturally makes his thoughts weak.

After reporting everything to the viewer, the viewer didn't say much. He just raised his hand to let him leave. After Lou Jinchen came out, the two boys were already waiting for him, with excitement on their faces. Lou Jinchen

Chen first gave the knife to Deng Ding, and then gave one of the bundles to Deng Ding, saying: "This is the pastry your mother asked me to bring for the temple owner to eat. You go and give it to the temple owner."

Deng Ding was already very happy when he got the knife. Then he heard that his mother had prepared cakes for the patron. He was even more happy and immediately took it to the patron's room.

Lou Jinchen not only asked Deng Ding to deliver it because it belonged to Deng Ding's family, but also because he couldn't even enter Shang Gui'an's home, so he naturally didn't bring the message.

There will definitely be a contrast between Shang Gui'an and Deng Ding. Although he will know it later, he doesn't want to expose the situation of their respective families in the presence of both of them, so that Shang Gui'an will feel better.

He also told about the situation he encountered in Shang Mansion, and then saw Shang Gui'an's expression dimming quickly.

"Dad went outside, waiting for my dad to come back. After my dad comes back..." Shang Gui'an didn't know what to say for a moment.

"When your father comes back, I will accompany you back and buy twenty chicks!" Lou Jinchen said with a smile.

"Yes, buy twenty." Shang Gui'an smiled.

I don't know when it began to rain in the sky, and the pattering of rain converged into lines in the grooves of the Taoist temple's tiles. It seemed to be connected to the dark clouds in the sky, and also to the time, causing time to disappear in the flowing water.

It was raining lightly at night, so Lou Jinchen took off his coat, shirtless and barefoot to practice swordplay in the open space of the temple.

The Taoist temple has a temple, and from the side and rear door of the temple, there is a courtyard. The courtyard is not surrounded by walls, but is surrounded by houses, including a kitchen, a woodshed, and a hut.

There are also several houses, the largest of which is the house of the viewer. These rooms surround the courtyard.

The courtyard is flat but full of dirt. Lou Jinchen practices swordsmanship here. The ground is slippery, but he still practices here because he applies the technique of lifting and guarding to swordsmanship while practicing swordsmanship.

Shang Gui'an and Deng Ding were sitting under the eaves, eating snacks brought back from Deng Ding's home. The patron did not eat the cakes, but gave them to them.

On the other hand, he watched Lou Jinchen fall down in the mud and get up again. He looked embarrassed and his sword was out of shape, but he was so serious.

There was no doubt in their eyes, only shock.

No matter how unbelieving they were, they could still see that Lou Jinchen had already refined his qi, and they thought that what Lou Jinchen said before might be true.

But, how is this possible?

Obviously they obtained the Qi Refining Technique after them, but they had already started it, and seemed to be still practicing some kind of magic, because they saw a subtle blue-white light remaining in the void between the swings of the sword in Lou Jinchen's hand.

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Moreover, they also saw that every time Lou Jinchen jumped, his whole body was enveloped in a layer of light mist.

The mist of light gathered towards him, and he looked like a big bird flying in the air, swooping down with the sword in his hand.

When he threw himself down, the sword in his hand held a mist of light, and the momentum was surging, but Deng Ding felt something stuck in his throat, and finally couldn't help but said: "Lou Jinchen, you are so slow, flying in the air, just a bow, you can

Could shoot you through the intestines."

Lou Jinchen heard this, pondered for a moment, and said, "You're right, I'm still too slow now, so I need to practice."

After saying that, he continued to practice.

He thought about integrating the technique of raising and guarding into his own swordsmanship, but after experiencing Deng Ding's words, he also thought that instead of practicing flying in the air, he should practice dodging and moving on the ground first.

When he danced the sword with his feet in the mud, he would always break the sword posture at the beginning because his feet slipped and it was difficult to complete the entire sword posture. However, after practicing for so long, his feet, which originally needed to be completely planted on the earth, became

Getting lighter and lighter.

For Lou Jinchen, who has practiced swordsmanship for more than ten years and understands the roots of roots under his feet, he can jump out or rotate his body with just one tiptoe, and the sword waving in his hand is like a hand waving in the water.

It can drive the body to rotate quickly on the ground.

He found that he felt a bit like someone who followed the sword.

And he seems to have mastered the legendary Qing Gong, which means he won't fall down when stepping in the mud, because he doesn't just rely on his feet to balance his body, but relies on the destructive force formed by sensing the void.

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Just like this, the whole courtyard was filled with wind and clouds, the power was very strong, and the whole courtyard was flying like a bird. However, Lou Jinchen felt that if he really had to fight for life and death, he might not be as good as before.

The two boys watched him practice swordsmanship, and they thought he had learned some wind-controlling spell. In fact, he just used his thoughts to capture the vitality of the void, and borrowed the force from this pull to fly forward and sprint.

As he continued practicing, he stopped again. He felt that his train of thought might be wrong.

So they sat under the eaves of the corridor and started thinking. The two boys looked enviously at this method where they could think about spells by themselves and practice them. They were new to it and didn't even have a chance to think about it.

Lou Jinchen sat there with his thoughts flying but in confusion, so he decided to go to bed first. After washing himself, he lay down on the bed with his sword on his pillow. After a while, he made the sound of falling asleep deeply.

The two boys looked at each other, and Lou Jinchen actually fell asleep like this without saying a word from beginning to end.

When the morning sun first rose, Lou Jinchen woke up, first carried water, and then began to collect sun essence.

It's not a good weather today, it's gloomy.

While the two boys were cooking, he began to chop wood with an ax again, but he was thinking about his swordsmanship.
To be continued...