The strange old man was sitting on a chair in the living room, drinking tea leisurely, looking quite comfortable.
Suddenly, the strange old man suddenly raised his head and looked at the door, with a look of relief on his face. Not long after, the door was pushed open, and Lu Tianming slowly walked in. With the strength of the strange old man, Lu Tianming had already
You can feel his presence within a thousand meters of entering this house.
"I'm back. How have you been these three months?"
The strange old man looked at the young man in front of him who had only been separated for three months. Maybe there was no change on the surface, but with the strange old man's sharp eyes, he could see that Lu Tianming's changes in these three months were earth-shattering.
Not an exaggeration.
"Fortunately, I finally lived up to the teacher's expectations."
Lu Tianming said without arrogance, as if he was not the person who killed the nobleman with lightning a day ago. Seeing this, the strange old man nodded meaningfully.
"Have you...killed someone before?"
After Lu Tianming heard this, he immediately looked at the strange old man in shock. Seeing Lu Tianming's expression, the strange old man smiled proudly.
"Actually, it's not hard to see, because you were too decisive in attacking Ram without any hesitation. This is not how a person who has never killed should behave, so I guess you should follow him in the Star Forest.
People should take action."
Lu Tianming nodded and explained in a panic.
"Teacher, listen to me, it's them..."?
"Needless to say, they must have messed with you first."
The strange old man didn't wait for Lu Tianming to finish speaking before finishing it for him.
"Originally, I was worried that you were kind-hearted and wouldn't have the heart to kill me. Now it seems that I was overly worried. How about it? It's not the first time you kill someone."
"Hmm... I feel like my hands are covered with blood, and I feel a sense of guilt and vomiting in my heart."
When Lu Tianming saw that the strange old man had no intention of blaming him, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said honestly.
"Get used to it"
The strange old man patted Lu Tianming on the shoulder and comforted him. Lu Tianming looked at the strange old man in surprise, not understanding what he meant.
"Since you have chosen to embark on this road, your hands are destined to be stained with blood. Many times, many things cannot be decided by us. Killing is for a better life."
The strange old man looked at his hands and said as if explaining or sighing.
"In this world, human life is like grass. If you don't get used to it early, it will only become a stepping stone for others. Every successful person has stepped on the lives of tens of thousands of people to reach the top. Even I have a life on my hand.
Quite a few”
The strange old man said in a self-deprecating tone, and Lu Tianming nodded with some understanding.
"But... killing doesn't mean killing. Killing is just for self-protection. Understand, if you really become a killer, then I will kill you myself."
The strange old man suddenly looked at Lu Tianming seriously, with a rare seriousness on his face, and spoke word by word.
"I know, Tianming will definitely not become a killer."
"Haha, I know your name, so I'm not too worried. The reason why I'm telling you this is to tell you that once you encounter such a person, don't be soft-hearted and kill them if you can."
The strange old man rubbed Lu Tianming and looked at Lu Tianming dotingly.
Lu Tianming was not disgusted by the strange old man rubbing his head. Not to mention that the strange old man was his teacher. Even if he wasn't, according to his age, it was not too much for the strange old man to rub his head. Even if his age in the previous life was taken into account, it would be enough.
He was around 20 years old, and the strange old man was probably in his sixties or seventies at least.
"Teacher, Tianming has something to do recently and needs to go out for a few months."
"Oh... that's good. Although you were promoted to junior magician within three months, because you were promoted too fast, your foundation may be unstable. It's okay to put down your practice for the time being. Do you need help with this matter?"
"No, it's about forging. A friend is going to participate in the forging competition recently. I have to help her," Lu Tianming said truthfully.
"Forging? Sure enough...can you also forge?" The strange old man looked at Lu Tianming meaningfully.
"Well, I know a little bit about it, but I can't catch your eye, teacher," Lu Tianming said sheepishly, circling his head.
"You kid..." The strange old man smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Go ahead, just remember not to leave your alchemy skills behind."
"But, teacher, you didn't teach me much about alchemy at all. Could it be that, teacher, you asked me to teach myself?"
Lu Tianming said helplessly that although Lu Tianming had been under the guidance of the strange old man for half a year, the strange old man did not teach him anything except reading some books given by the strange old man. Such an irresponsible teacher made Lu Tianming feel helpless.
The strange old man laughed, patted Lu Tianming on the shoulder, and said seriously.
"Xiao Ming, although it may be faster for me to teach you, in comparison, the knowledge you learn by yourself will be more stable and easy to use."
"Of course... the most important thing is that I saw another experiment in a book recently, and I can't spare the time at all."
When Lu Tianming saw this, he could only sigh helplessly. He thought it was a blessing or a curse to have such an irresponsible teacher.
"Stop it. At worst, I'll lend you the space ring for a few more months. I'll give you some interest next time I give you money."
"Obviously the teacher has so many valuable things, why do you have to ask me to give you money?"
"Don't you understand? Magicians are the richest people, but the poorest people in the world are also magicians. All the materials needed to practice alchemy are money."
The strange old man seemed to be thinking of something that he couldn't bear to look back on, and he covered his face and said with a sigh.
"I think back then, in order to do an experiment, I just sold everything I had on me and finally collected the materials. However, it failed, causing me to sell myself again. The more advanced the experiment, the more gold coins it costs.
"
Lu Tianming nodded in agreement. He was deeply touched by this view. You must know that in order to practice magic swordsmanship, Lu Tianming spent more than a hundred first-level weapons, thousands of inferior weapons, and enchantment disks.
Wait, this is just because it is only the first level. If it is the second or third level, Lu Tianming's scalp suddenly felt numb when he thought of this.
"Okay, if there's nothing else, I'll go to the laboratory first. I'm getting busier and busier lately. If you have anything to do, don't come to me. Just make your own decision."
The strange old man got up and left the living room, saying that without looking back.
"Well, teacher, be careful, don't blow up the house again."
"I know, who is the teacher or me?"
Hearing Lu Tianming's words, the strange old man suddenly turned red and said angrily.
Lu Tianming watched the strange old man leave the living room, shook his head helplessly, left the living room, and walked towards the downtown area.
Before going to see Leya again, Lu Tianming still has some things to do. After all, Lu Tianming can be regarded as Leya's teacher. Lu Tianming is not as irresponsible as the weird old man and has too many things to worry about.
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The next day...in the furnace room!
"What, Xiao Ming, are you sure you want me to do this?" Leya looked at the thing in her hand and said with a look of disbelief.
"That's right, sure and sure, this is a special practice method. You don't need to practice forging now. If you can't learn the skills, blind forging like you will have no effect."
Lu Tianming said matter-of-factly.
"What you said makes sense, but... why is this kind of thing? This is puppet carving. Does it have anything to do with forging? Maybe you think I don't have the talent for blacksmithing, so please advise me to change my career to learn puppet carving."
Leia pointed to the wooden block in her hand and said. There was a small carving knife on the table next to her.
"Would I do such a boring thing?"
Lu Tianming rolled his eyes and said angrily.
"You just need to do it. You are a girl, so this is not difficult for you. Aren't girls pretty good at carving?"
"Since you said so, Xiao Ming, I'll give it a try, but first, don't laugh if it's not done well."
Seeing that Lu Tianming's expression didn't look like he was joking, Leya could only reluctantly agree and said with a blush.