On the bank of the river, a strange old man was practicing footwork and martial arts. His movements were simple and quick, full of a mysterious and mysterious flavor.
Ling Xiao stood aside and watched, his eyes immediately straightened.
Because he found that the old man's martial arts skills were very good, and the level was much more advanced than his second-grade martial arts "Ghost Step". He watched for a while, and his mind suddenly brightened, as if he had received the guidance of an expert.
He was enlightened and enlightened, and he gained a deep understanding of body and martial arts.
Afterwards, Ling Xiao couldn't hold it any longer and started practicing following the old man's movements...
Just as Ling Xiao was practicing this footwork martial arts, the expressions of the two Holy Fire Sect masters who were taking a bath under the waterfall a few miles away from him suddenly changed.
"Sometimes, there seems to be a strange smell in the water!"
The two Holy Fire Sect masters taking a bath under the waterfall, one is about forty years old, has big ears and a black mole at the corner of his eye.
The other one was about thirty years old, full of toughness: "It has the aura of an outsider, it should be somewhere upstream."
"Let's go up and have a look!"
These two people don't talk much, but they grasp things very accurately.
They quickly judged that there was something abnormal upstream of the waterfall, so they immediately put on their clothes and chased up the river.
Not long after, they arrived at the place where Ling Xiao was arrested, and soon saw the scene of a strange old man teaching Ling Xiao footwork and martial arts.
"Hey, then... isn't that our ancestor? Why is he here?"
Suddenly seeing the scene hundreds of meters away, the two masters of the Holy Fire Sect were immediately stunned and said in great surprise: "The ancestor has a very strange character and is very difficult to get close to... What happened to the young man who followed the ancestor to practice martial arts?
Who is it? Is it the newly recruited disciple of our ancestor?"
"Not sure!"
Hearing the words of the middle-aged man with a mole at the corner of his eye, another Shenghuo Sect master shook his head and said: "The whereabouts of our ancestors have always been elusive. Sometimes we rarely see him once every ten days and a half. Does he have anything new?"
Disciple, who can say for sure?"
"However, the martial arts skills that our ancestors taught the young man at this time seem to be skills that our Holy Fire Sect does not teach to outsiders. From this, it can be seen that even if this young man is not the new disciple of our ancestors, he is still a person that his elders value very much. We will meet him in the future.
Now that we’re here, it’s best to be polite.”
"That makes sense."
The middle-aged man with black mole nodded: "Our ancestors are moody. Let us note down the appearance of that young man and leave quickly."
"Well, let's go. If you are caught by our ancestors, you will have to suffer a lot!"
These two experts from the Holy Fire Sect were very afraid of the weird old man. They whispered and left quickly.
These two people are so advanced in cultivation that they don't make a sound when they move around.
Ling Xiao, who was practicing the footwork martial art "Lingbo Weibu" in the river upstream, didn't notice at all.
At the same time, he didn't even know that the somewhat crazy old guy in front of him was actually an extraordinary being. He seemed to be a super big shot in the Holy Fire Sect...
The movements are light and quick, and the steps seem slow but are actually fast.
Standing in the cold river water, Ling Xiao watched carefully the steps of the strange old man's drill, mesmerized.
In the end, the movements he imitated also had this weird flavor. When he stepped out, it was as if he had merged with the river water without causing any ripples.
And in this case, Ling Xiao suddenly turned into a transparent person. He walked in the river quietly, and even the very clever purple gold fish in the river couldn't detect it... Seeing this scene,
The weird old man on the shore had a hint of surprise on his face.
"You have a good understanding. This third-grade martial art 'Lingbo Weibu' took me most of a day to practice. You can learn it faster than me!"
The weird old man cursed and immediately stopped what he was doing: "Okay, that's it for teaching Lingbo Weibu... Now you can use the steps you learned to catch fish for me quickly. I'm already very hungry."
Now, if you can’t catch any more fish, I’ll make you look good!”
Awakened by the strange old man's yelling, Ling Xiao frowned.
Because he had finally entered a wonderful artistic conception just now, and he could suddenly understand a lot of things, but he was suddenly confused by this old guy.
But now, he had to lower his head under the eaves, so with a faint wry smile on his face, he started looking for purple goldfish in the river.
At this time, Ling Xiao had learned the third-grade martial art 'Lingbo Weibu' taught by the weird old man. Although Lingxiao had not learned all the Lingbo Weibu, his footwork had already been qualitatively improved.
I walked around without making any sound, and soon I found two purple goldfish.
Then, he walked up quietly, and when his hands were half a foot away from the purple goldfish, he exploded and caught two purple goldfish that looked like purple jade.
"Wow, hahahaha, not bad, you are quite capable, you actually caught two fishes at once."
On the shore, the weird old man saw Ling Xiao catching two purple goldfish, and he danced with joy: "When I first caught fish, it seemed to have taken me a few hours, but you kid is even more patient than me!
"
The strange old man gave Ling Xiao a few rare compliments, and then rushed up to Ling Xiao and snatched the two purple gold fish.
"Boy, there's nothing wrong with you, you can go."
The strange old man snatched the purple gold fish, forgot about Ling Xiao, and happily walked to the river bank, preparing to light a fire to grill the fish.
Hearing the weird old man asking him to leave, Ling Xiao breathed a sigh of relief and planned to leave quickly.
But when he saw the weird old man, he was going crazy and wanted to put the purple gold fish on the firewood pile for barbecue. This made Ling Xiao, a self-proclaimed gourmet, couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth slightly, and then he reminded: "Old man, this purple gold fish is awesome
If it’s not grilled like this, the fish grilled like this is simply inedible!”
"What do you know, kid? I've been eating fish for many years, and I've always done it this way, and I haven't found anything wrong with it."
Hearing this, Ling Xiao was speechless: "Old man, didn't you taste the fish when you ate it? The fish you cooked has a bitter taste and is very unpalatable!"
"Hey, how do you know? Can you get rid of the bitter taste of fish?"
"Of course."
Ling Xiao said proudly: "You may not know that the fish you grilled is called 'Purple Gold Fish'. It is a kind of fish with plump flesh that melts in your mouth. If you want to make this kind of fish into a delicacy, you need to first make it into a delicacy."
Remove the fins from its body, because there are a lot of impurities accumulated on the fins, and if they are not removed, the whole fish will be harmed by them."
"So this is ah!"
After hearing what Ling Xiao said, the weird old man suddenly realized: "That's just right. You are so proficient in cooking, so you can grill the fish for me."
"But if the fish is not as delicious as you boast, I will roast you alive."
A well-intentioned reminder caused such trouble, which made Ling Xiao smile bitterly.
But seeing the coveted look on this weird old man's face, the unhappiness in his heart quickly faded away: "Then I'll show off my cooking skills. I haven't practiced cooking for many years. I hope I haven't deteriorated."
As Ling Xiao said that, he walked forward, took the purple goldfish from the weird old man's hand, and peeled it clean by the river: "Do you have any seasonings? You know, if you want to make a good dish, you can't do it without seasonings."
No way."
"Seasoning? I have a lot of them here."
The weird old man suddenly took out a small bag from behind his back. After opening it, he found a dazzling array of spices inside.
"Drink, everything is ready!"
Ling Xiao joked and sprayed some of these seasonings on according to the steps in memory.
Then I set up two purple goldfish and went to the place where the sun was the strongest and started to bask in the sun.
"Boy, what are you doing? I asked you to grill the fish, not to dry it!" Seeing Ling Xiao's actions, the weird old man suddenly felt unhappy and shouted.
"If you don't understand, don't argue."
Ling Xiao said something, and when he saw the weird old man getting angry, he quickly continued: "Do you still want to eat fish? You know, this fish is not an ordinary fish, so the method is naturally different."
"You are so cruel!" The weird old man held back his anger: "But if you can't do it, huh..."
"I won't be able to do it!?"
Ling Xiao loudly said: "The meat of this purple goldfish is so tender that it cannot be grilled over high fire. It needs to be roasted slowly, and the sun is the mildest flame, and the taste is the best... and purple gold fish
There must be thousands of years of ice crystals in the water where the fish lives. It has survived in this environment for many years, and it naturally has the energy of thousands of years of ice crystals in its body. It cannot be grilled with fire."
When Ling Xiao said this, he asked: "Old man, is there a thousand-year ice crystal mine in the upper reaches of this river?"
"Thousand-year-old ice crystal!?"
Hearing Ling Xiao's words, the weird old man's expression changed for the first time: "This thing is very rare, how can it be found here!?"
"You kid, stop asking and just grill your fish!"
Seeing the weird old man's expression, Ling Xiao knew it immediately, but he was very afraid of this weird old man and did not expose his lies and just played with the purple goldfish.
After about half an hour of this, Ling Xiao sprinkled the last layer of seasoning on the purple goldfish and looked at the weird old man: "Okay, it's time to eat!"
"What? This is good!?"
Hearing Ling Xiao's words, the weird old man jumped up and pointed at the purple goldfish: "You are fooling me, this fish doesn't even have a trace of warmth, I'm afraid it's still raw!"
"Whether it's raw or cooked, won't you know after you try it?"
Ling Xiao was speechless. It was really embarrassing for him to communicate with these guys who didn't know how to cook.
"Okay, then I will try it. If there is something wrong with this fish, I will skin you!"
The weird old man threatened Ling Xiao fiercely, then he picked up a purple goldfish and took a slight bite.
Immediately afterwards, the expression of the weird old man changed drastically, as if he had eaten a bomb. His face was suddenly filled with surprise, desire, and a look of fascination: "This... this is the most delicious food I have ever eaten.
That kind of fish? It’s so delicious!”
A look of intoxication appeared on the face of the strange old man. After praising him profusely, he started eating like a man who had been hungry for ten days and a half.
The two purple goldfish that Ling Xiao baked were not very big, but they were both over half a foot. The two of them together weighed four or five kilograms. However, it only took half a cup of tea to be swept away by this weird old man.
And the light, and his eyes, were filled with a kind of desire.
"Boy, you are such a genius!"
After eating the purple goldfish, the weird old man's attitude towards Ling Xiao immediately changed, and a flattering smile appeared on his face: "I have grilled and eaten this fish for many years, and now that I think about it, I really ate it all."
It’s a waste of natural resources!”
The weird old man vented for a while, and then suddenly asked: "Boy, besides cooking this fish, what other delicious things can you cook?"
"Ahem, it's not me, Ling Xiao, who is boasting!"
Hearing the strange old man's question, Ling Xiao couldn't help showing a proud look: "In this world, there are things that can fly in the sky, walk on the ground, and swim in the water. There are only things that you can't imagine, but there is nothing that I, Ling Xiao, can't do. And
Every dish made is top quality!”
"Is it so powerful!?"
When the weird old man heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up: "That's just right. I haven't taken any disciples yet, so I will accept you as my chief disciple today. Boy, why don't you become a disciple quickly!?"