When Liu Tao subconsciously dug into the mustard seeds, he discovered to his embarrassment that he was penniless.
Think about it, three months ago he was a person who was worse than a servant, but he had just been kicked out by the Yuan family, but he spent another three months on the secret mountain, and then arrived in Bandel City covered with dust.
Where do you get the fighting spirit coins? Let alone the fighting spirit coins, you don't even have a decent set of clothes.
Liu Tao stood stupidly in front of the Eight Desolate Palm Technique. Looking at this technique that was so close at his fingertips, he sighed unwillingly and immediately turned around and walked out.
He walked with a slightly hasty pace, and his cheeks showed a slight blush of embarrassment.
"Child, don't leave in a hurry." The old man on the futon spoke slowly when Liu Tao was almost at the stairs.
When Liu Tao heard this, he turned around and said, "Why, is there anything else that can't be done?"
"Haha, don't worry, I have no ill intentions towards you, I just want to talk to you. If I had any ill intentions towards you, you would have been dead here long ago." The old man said unhurriedly.
"Oh? I would like to know if you and I are strangers, what can we talk about?" Liu Tao asked with some doubts.
"This is not the place to talk. Come with me." The old man stood up as he spoke.
Looking at the two or three scattered people on the second floor, he followed the old man out without saying a word.
He was now at least sure that the old man had no ill intentions towards him, because he knew his own weight and was not worthy of such a person setting a trap to harm him.
In the secret room underground of Xigong Pavilion.
Luminous pearls are fixed on the wall. There is a desk on the ground. There are two or three books scattered on the table. It is not clear what the books are. There is a green lamp next to the book. There are two books on the inside and outside of the desk.
A chair, standing opposite each other.
Nothing else.
What a simple old man, Liu Tao said secretly in his heart. Ordinarily, the old man who knew the underground secret room of Xigong Pavilion should also be someone closely related to Xigong Pavilion, and he would not be so poor anyway.
Being able to regard money as dirt shows one's character.
Standing opposite the old man, "Excuse me, senior, why did you come here to find this junior?" Liu Tao said with a face as clear as water.
"I thought you liked the book Bahuang Palm Technique before. Why didn't you buy it? Is it not suitable for you?" The old man said while sitting on the chair inside and extending his hand for Liu Tao to sit down.
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Liu Tao immediately became embarrassed. He paused for a few seconds and straightened his body. "To be honest, it's not because of the Eight Desolate Palms. It's because this junior is penniless now and doesn't have enough fighting spirit coins to buy it."
that book."
"Haha, it's exactly as I guessed. I looked at your clothes, the hot look in your eyes when you looked at the Eight Desolate Palms, and then I saw you turning away. After thinking about it for a moment, I figured it out.
That's why." The old man then smiled.
"Since senior already knows the reason, why do you still want to find this kid here?" Liu Tao was getting more and more confused now.
"I have two purposes for finding you here. One is to give you the Eight Desolate Palms, and the other is that I have a merciless request." The old man stopped laughing and said seriously.
Liu Tao also showed a serious expression at this time, "Since senior gave me that skill book, I will try my best to complete it as long as I can do it."
"My request is actually very simple for you."
"The Eight Desolate Palms is an advanced technique. It is the work of a Zhan Zong throughout his life. Even among advanced techniques, it is considered to be the best."
The old man did not stop, "The levels of the skills are divided into low level, intermediate level, high level, human level, earth level, heaven level, and the god level that does not exist at all."
"Low-level and intermediate-level skills can be purchased in some small and medium-sized Kung Fu shops, while high-level items are hard to find and can only be obtained at certain large auctions or from powerful gangs and academies."
After saying this, the old man stopped and looked at Liu Tao.
"I wonder what the senior needs me to do after he has said so much." After hearing this, he asked full of doubts.
"It's very simple. I wonder if you would like to be my apprentice." The old man looked at him and spoke slowly.
"Senior, I'm sorry that I can't do this because I already have a master. Besides, I didn't know each other before, and I don't know what senior is like. So I'm sorry for this."
Can't do it."
Liu Tao has always been a principled person. Since he has recognized Zhuge Hen as his master in his heart, he will never recognize anyone else as his master in his life.
"What a stubborn boy, but it doesn't matter if you have a master. I can be your second master. As for my personality, you will gradually know it after you accept me as your master." The old man heard Liu Tao's refusal.
He immediately became anxious.
Liu Tao couldn't help but laugh. He didn't expect that the old man in front of him who threatened his life would have such a superb side.
"I dare to ask you, there are so many talented people in the world, why did your senior choose me to be your apprentice?"
Liu Tao really couldn't understand why this old man identified him.
"It's very simple. I opened this Xigong Pavilion here ten years ago and put all the skills I have collected throughout my life here for sale in order to find a suitable disciple. I have been waiting for ten years."
The old man suddenly looked lonely.
"And you are the destined person. This is the first time in ten years that you have taken a liking to the Eight Desolate Palms person at a glance. This Eight Desolate Palms is the best book of exercises I have here, and you are young.
You are already above the level of a combat student at such a young age, I guess you are not yet eighteen years old."
"I'm just sixteen this year, but I really can't be the apprentice of my senior. I ask your forgiveness, and I don't want the Eight Desolate Palms anymore. If there's nothing else, I'll leave first.'
A sixteen-year-old war student, even some big families would find it difficult to have such a talented person. When Liu Tao said his age, the old man became more determined to accept the young man in front of him as his apprentice.
At first, I just thought that the young man in front of me was just a knowledgeable person with some talent in cultivation. Who knew that he was more than just a talent in cultivation? He was simply an amazingly talented person.
The old man said impatiently, "Don't refuse in a hurry. I'll give you the Eight Desolate Palms first. As for whether you want to be my disciple or not, we can decide later."
"Moreover, this book of Eight Desolate Palms is not the best one I have collected."
Liu Tao was shocked. If the Eight Desolate Palms were not the best skills, then the lowest level skills were human-level skills. Although Liu Tao had great desire in his heart, the issue of principle would not waver in any case.
He flatly refused and said, "Senior, I don't deserve to be a boy from the Eight Desolate Palms. Let's not talk about my apprenticeship anymore." After saying that, he turned around and left.
"Okay, okay, let's not talk about the apprenticeship. The Eight Desolate Palms can be regarded as my gift to you when we first met. You can see if you can." The old man was becoming more and more interested in Liu Tao and stopped him quickly.
Liu Tao also longed for the Eight Desolate Palms. When he saw the old man saying such things, he immediately replied, "Okay, then it's better for me to be respectful than to obey."
"Okay, you brat, you are plotting against me, but I am happy, haha." When the old man saw Liu Tao agreeing, he was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed heartily.
"Both each other." Liu Tao also said with a smile.