Hearing the strange old man say the word 'apprentice', it brought back Ling Xiao's memories.
In his previous life, Ling Xiao was a playboy and all he wanted to do was eat, drink and have fun. When the Ling family was destroyed, he finally woke up and began to work hard and practice martial arts with the intention of avenging his family. However, at that time, he was too old
He is already old, and his qualifications are not very good, so few masters are willing to accept him as an apprentice and teach him martial arts.
Just when he fell into the most despair, his master in his previous life, a humble and noble Qingyun sect master, took him under his sect.
During those years of practicing with his teacher, Ling Xiao lived the calmest and happiest life. It can be said to be one of the most precious memories in his life.
So in this life, Ling Xiao made a decision a long time ago, an unshakable decision, to be the disciple of the 'teacher' again...
"Why, is it difficult to accept me as your teacher? It takes such a long time to think about it."
Seeing Ling Xiao fall into silence, the weird old man suddenly became impatient and urged.
The strange old man's urging awakened Ling Xiao from his memories.
He took a long breath, calmed down the complicated emotions in his heart, and then said firmly: "Old man, I can't accept you as my teacher!"
"What? You don't want to!?"
Hearing Ling Xiao's answer, the weird old man was very surprised: "You kid, are you not mistaken? You know, when the news spread that I wanted to accept him as a disciple, I don't know how many top geniuses cried and begged me to accept him.
What! You kid is still unwilling!? What a hell."
"Old man, do you still want to eat fish?" Seeing the unhappy look on the strange old man's face, Ling Xiao couldn't help but threaten.
"Yeah, you're a cruel kid!"
Seeing Ling Xiao's firm tone, the weird old man didn't force himself: "But don't think that I only enjoy it, kid. If you make me happy, I will never miss out on your benefits."
While the weird old man was talking, he picked up a branch from the ground at random and danced it a little, creating an extraordinary artistic conception.
This artistic conception is sharp and cold, like the edge of a sharp sword across the throat, which makes people's skin tremble.
"I ate the fish you grilled, and I will teach you a sword skill today."
The weird old man said, picked up the branch in his hand and started practicing.
Suddenly, a soft sword intent spurted out from the entire river bank, spreading around like lava from a volcano.
And with this spreading trend, a thick mist-like sword energy immediately emerged from the river bank, covering the flowers, plants and trees growing around it.
Once a normal sword skill is used, the sword energy spreads horizontally and cuts through everything.
But the sword energy stimulated by this weird old man didn't have that kind of edge. The sword energy brushed over the flowers, plants and trees. Instead of cutting them into pieces, it gave them a mysterious nourishment, making them become more and more lush, with all kinds of flower buds.
Flowers in the shape of flowers bloomed one after another. For a time, the huge river bank became colorful and the fragrance of flowers overflowed.
"What kind of sword skill is this? It's so weird!"
Seeing this terrifying sword energy, even though Ling Xiao had more than three hundred years of memories from his previous life, he was deeply shocked and felt like he was suffocating.
"This sword skill I have is called 'The Creation of All Things'!"
The weird old man explained while practicing: "What I am talking about in 'The Creation of All Things' is not killing, but a kind of tolerance and assimilation! Once you reach a very high level of cultivation, you can use it to make the dead trees grow buds in winter."
Come, it can be said to be the means of the Creator!"
"'All things are born'? If you practice to the extreme, you can make dead trees spring back to life?" Ling Xiao was shocked.
"This 'all things are born' is divided into two categories: mental skills and sword skills."
The weird old man explained: "The so-called mental skills are used to break through the cultivation level after practice, while sword skills are used to attack."
"Boy, are you itching to see what I'm doing now? I can give you another chance and become my disciple now. I can still agree."
If Ling Xiao said he wouldn't take action on the weird old man's martial arts skill, 'All Creatures', it would be absolutely false.
Because this martial skill has the lowest level, it is also above the third level, far beyond the top martial arts in the entire Black Rock City.
But even so, Ling Xiao was only slightly moved, because some things cannot be exchanged for property, martial arts, etc.——
"Bullshit, it's so boring!"
Seeing that even after taking out his most precious thing, Ling Xiao could not be convinced, the strange old man suddenly stopped depressed and threw away the branch in his hand: "I won't teach you anymore. Since you don't want to be my disciple, how about this martial skill?"
All things are born, so the teaching ends here."
The weird old man continued in a fit of anger: "Besides, I'm hungry again now. Go catch me some fish immediately and bring them to me when you're done!"
After hearing the strange old man's instructions, Ling Xiao smiled bitterly and shook his head. He didn't object or anything, and just walked towards the cold river.
Because Ling Xiao knew very well that the weird old man was very angry at this time, so it was best not to provoke him.
Otherwise, with his cultivation beyond the Tianyuan realm, he would die with a slap.
Ling Xiao came to the river and was not in a hurry to get into the water. Instead, he stood on the shore and observed, looking for traces of the purple goldfish.
After observing for a while, Ling Xiao suddenly discovered that there was not only purple goldfish in the river, but also many other precious and rare fish. Ling Xiao even found a few fish that were all green and looked like a lump.
An emerald-like old turtle.
This kind of old turtle, called "emerald turtle", only grows half a minute a year. It takes at least two to three hundred years for old turtles like these in the river to grow.
This heated 'emerald turtle' has absorbed some of the breath of thousands of years of ice crystals upstream. Not only is the meat of high quality, but it is also full of nourishing functions. If Ling Xiao catches it and stews it into old turtle soup, it will be even better than the third and fourth grade.
The medicine is also very tonifying. If you take it and practice cultivation quickly, it will be enough to improve your cultivation level a lot.
"Damn, there is such a treasure in the water?"
After discovering the emerald turtles, Ling Xiao couldn't hold it anymore and used his 'Lingbo Weibu' to catch the emerald turtles. A strong joy appeared on his face: "Hahaha, old man, what are you doing this time?"
It’s going to be a real treat.”
"The food for shit is just a few old turtles, isn't it?"
Seeing Ling Xiao being so happy for a few emerald turtles, the weird old man said disdainfully: "This thing is very difficult to make, and it is very unpalatable after being cooked. Only a kid like you who has never seen the world can do this."
excited!"
"Old man, since you said so, I will prepare this emerald turtle later, but don't eat it!"
Ling Xiao said and quickly took action.
As a gourmet in his previous life, Ling Xiao's hands-on ability was not limited. He took out a dagger, quickly peeled and washed the ultimate jade turtle, then got a big pot from the weird old man, added some seasonings,
Shiitake mushrooms, old ginseng... were put on the fire and simmered. After a while, a strong fragrance, like a hook, completely aroused people's appetite.
"Hiss, hiss...what does it smell like? It's so fragrant."
At first, the weird old man was lying on a mat basking in the sun, but as the fragrance from the pot spread out, he immediately sat up, his nose twitching, and followed the direction he remembered coming from, step by step to where Ling Xiao was.
place.
"Boy, what is stewing in this pot of yours? It's so fragrant?"
As the weird old man said this, he couldn't wait to lift the lid of the pot.
"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious. When stewing the emerald turtle, you need to stew it all at once. If you open the pot and let the breath escape, the taste will be greatly reduced." Seeing the strange old man about to open the pot, Ling Xiao hurriedly
Prevent.
"Emerald turtle? Is that green old turtle stewed in this pot?"
When the weird old man heard this, he was very surprised and said: "How did you do it? I have eaten a lot of this old turtle meat, but the taste..."
The weird old man said, with an unbearable expression on his face.
"That's because you don't know how to do it, and you've wasted a lot of things."
Ling Xiao looked at the weird old man, and then teased in a weird tone: "After my cooking, this emerald turtle is definitely more delicious than the purple goldfish, but this time I made a little too much, it is enough for a big iron pot.
I’m afraid I won’t be able to finish the meal by myself, which is really troublesome.”
"What? You want to eat this old turtle meat alone? Isn't that okay?"
The weird old man said dissatisfied: "This river belongs to me, so the turtle in the river also belongs to me. Once you cook it, you are allowed to eat at most half, no, one-third, and the other third."
Both of them belong to me."
"Hey, old man, didn't you say that turtle meat is very unpalatable before? Only a boy like me, who has never seen the world, regards it as a treasure? What? You, a man who has seen the world, at this time
Do you want to change your mind?"
Hearing Ling Xiao's teasing, the weird old man panicked, and immediately became a little angry: "Do you want to control whether I change my mind or not? In short, I will eat two-thirds of this pot of old turtle meat."
When the weird old man said this, he added: "No big deal, after I eat the turtle meat, I will give you a little compensation and teach you all the subsequent mental techniques of the footwork and martial arts 'Lingbo Weibu'"
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Hearing this, Ling Xiao couldn't help but smile.
He also knew that he could not push this weird old man into a hurry, otherwise he would not get any good results.
In addition, being able to obtain the follow-up skills of the martial arts ‘Lingbo Weibu’ is already far more than worth the money. Ling Xiao, an old man, is still very clear about the principle of giving up when he is good.
After two full hours, the emerald turtle was finally stewed.
On the side, the weird old man had been waiting for more than two hours. He had suffered a lot. Now he could finally start eating. How could he wait any longer? He immediately opened the lid of the iron pot and ignored it at all.
The hot soup is still boiling and boiling, just pick up a large piece of turtle meat, put it into your mouth and chew it.
Immediately afterwards, a look of comfort and satisfaction filled the old man's face.
“***, it’s so delicious!”
In three to five minutes, Ling Xiao and the weird old man cleaned up a large iron pot of jade turtle meat, wild ginseng, shiitake mushrooms, etc.
In the end, he didn't even miss the soup in the pot and drank it all: "After eating this old turtle meat, I realized that my previous years were in vain!"
After eating and drinking enough, the strange old man had a slightly bulging belly and a look of satisfaction on his face.
"What does this mean? When I prepare a river shrimp feast tomorrow, it will be truly good."
"Boy, you are very good."
Hearing Ling Xiao's words, the weird old man suddenly said happily: "I am very happy today, so I will demonstrate the subsequent exercises of 'Lingbo Weibu'. As for how much you can learn, it depends on your luck.
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As the weird old man said this, he suddenly jumped up and demonstrated the footwork martial skill 'Lingbo Weibu'.
Seeing this, Ling Xiao quickly restrained all his emotions and began to observe carefully...