After thinking again and again, Zuo Qiuliang accepted the thousand taels and hundreds of talisman papers.
"But let's make an agreement first. I will only teach you for three months. After three months, I will leave or stay without stopping you." Zuo Qiuliang said, "Also, food, drink, and accommodation are all yours. I won't make any mistakes."
Split the money.”
Xu Qingmu agreed without even thinking about it.
Zuo Qiuliang's eyes flashed. He was still very curious, how could this sword cultivator be able to practice the three ways of elixirs, talismans, and medicine at the same time?
Seeing Zuo Qiuliang nodding in agreement, Xu Qingmu stopped hiding and expressed his suspicion: "My Immortal Climbing Bridge is broken, so this may be the reason why I understand quickly."
Zuo Qiuliang was a little surprised. He stretched out his hand and held Xu Qingmu's left wrist. An extremely pure spiritual power traveled through Xu Qingmu's body. A quarter of an hour later, Zuo Qiuliang took back his hand with a strange expression:
"No wonder, how did you do it, so completely?"
Xu Qingmu recounted what happened that year, and Zuo Qiuliang held his chin with one hand, looking thoughtful.
"What are your plans for the future? Are you going to give up swords and follow Taoism and practice the three ways of elixirs, talismans and medicine?"
Xu Qingmu shook his head, put away the Snow Little Wolf Hair Pill, looked at some strange things behind the table, and said: "I am going to rebuild the bridge and practice the talismans. It is just an assistant."
Zuo Qiuliang looked surprised: "Do you know the difficulty of rebuilding the Dengxian Bridge?"
Xu Qingmu nodded again.
"Okay, you're pretty good."
Then he no longer discussed this issue, but asked Xu Qingmu where he currently lived. When he learned that his residence was in the Chen Mansion, he showed a hint of displeasure on his face, but he still promised to go find him after packing up in three days.
Xu Qingmu then walked out of the store and wandered away.
Then Zuo Qiuliang shouted to the young man's back: "Aren't you afraid that I will run away?"
Xu Qingmu didn't even look back and waved his hand:
"The gourd hanging on the wall tells me you wouldn't do that."
Zuo Qiuliang, who was behind him, cursed in a low voice: "At such a young age, the combined power of a dog and his mind weighs three hundred kilograms!"
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No matter how prosperous the city is, there are always dark corners.
A girl was limping and cursing in a low voice. She was dressed in ragged clothes. The old cloth shoes on her feet were already riddled with holes. The only old coat that could withstand the wind and cold was still smoking.
"Sooner or later... I'm going to kill you."
The girl's face was dark, and there were some burn marks on the front of her hair. She felt distressed and held her knotted hair that had not been washed for a long time with her hands. She sighed, but looked up and saw Xu Qingmu.
Perhaps she had just been slightly injured. The frightened girl suddenly jumped up in defense, which affected the wound on her leg. She immediately grimaced in pain. However, she still stretched out an old sickle in her hand and pointed it at Xu Qingmu.
She had just experienced a fierce battle.
There were twelve orphans of about the same age living in this place called Taofu Lane. This group of immature children who had been adopted by the head of the Chen family for a period of time, but ultimately had bad habits that were hard to change, fled to Taofu Lane together, and met the children who had been there since childhood.
A girl living in this dark corner.
Liu Liu. Liu is the surname, and Liu is also the surname.
Therefore, the girl who was slightly one or two years younger naturally became the team leader who was bullied by everyone. But how could Liu Liu, who had been struggling on the verge of death, be a piece of cake for others to manipulate? Although she was weak, she had been resisting constantly.
.
Just now, she faced the group of orphans alone. Although she was injured, several of the eleven people across from her were more seriously injured.
Looking at Xu Qingmu in front of her, the little girl's eyes were even more wary, like a little female cat facing a threat, nervous and showing its teeth.
Xu Qingmu took two steps back, stretched out his hands in front of him, and said to the little girl: "My name is Xu Qingmu, and I mean no harm."
The girl still looked wary and said nothing.
When Xu Qingmu took a step forward, although the girl was injured, she still waved the sickle forward twice as a warning.
Xu Qingmu had no choice but to retreat, leaving a few taels of silver on the ground and exited the dark alley.
The girl named Liu Liu looked at the silver pattern on the ground, but she didn't reach out to pick it up, and she didn't feel any gratitude at all. Instead, her resentment deepened in her heart: she hated these rich people the most!
But in just a moment, a smile appeared on the girl's dirty face. She limped forward and picked up the silver on the ground, put it to her mouth and blew on it, then put it in her mouth and bit it. A smile appeared on her face.
face.
Xu Qingmu, who was hiding in the dark, smiled, it was just the nature of a child.
But what Xu Qingmu didn't know was that the girl left Taofu Lane that night and found the group of people who bullied them.
When the girl limped into the territory of the group of orphans, a thin boy in the lead immediately called over the oldest brother among the group. This thin little girl, no one in the group dared to challenge her in a one-on-one fight.
superior.
Because she is really not afraid of death.
Even if she was beaten until she vomited blood, the girl named Liu Liu would bite one of them and take a piece of meat alive. Moreover, this girl would come to provoke him every once in a while.
So the leaders of the group quickly became nervous and picked up weapons to prepare for battle. But today Liu Liu smiled and said: "Don't be nervous, don't be nervous, there will be no fighting today."
The group of boys became even more nervous.
I remember one time, this girl came over with such a smile on her face, and said that there would be no fighting today, and brought a few cans of fruit wine, saying that the Double Ninth Festival was coming, and she wanted to drink some to celebrate.
As a result, everyone looked miserable and wailed that night. The girl had poisoned the fruit wine she drank.
Fortunately, the amount of medicine was not large. When everyone was frothing at the mouth and about to faint from the pain, Liu Liu personally fed them the antidote. He was probably afraid of causing death, as that would be a crime of decapitation.
When the girl comes today, is she going to add medicine to the fruit wine?
The girl seemed to have read through everyone's thoughts, smiled and shook the silver in her hand: "I'm here today, but I don't have any wine to drink. How about we have a big business, let's cooperate?"
All the boys looked at each other and said nothing.
As if she had expected it, the girl explained: "This silver tattoo is a reward from a rich kid in rich clothes. He said his parents were missing and asked me to help find his parents."
Liu Liu smiled and looked at the older boy who was regarded as the "boss" by the orphans: "How about you, do you want to cooperate? Gao Rui?"
"Let's look for his parents together?"
When Gao Rui said this, Liu Liu laughed so hard that she almost burst into tears. She finally stopped, pointed at Gao Rui and cursed: "Gao Rui, Gao Rui, how did you live to be so old?"
The youngest child next to him seemed unwilling to see his boss being humiliated, so he stood up and spoke: "You are not allowed to talk to my boss like that!"
The girl looked at the little boy with snot still on his face and said with a cold face: "What, you are not convinced?"
The boy with the snot nose immediately became scared and leaned behind the boss.
"What do you want?" Gao Rui asked.
"Of course it was a robbery!" The girl threw the grain silver to Gao Rui, clapped her hands and said: "He is just a person, he is sixteen or seventeen years old, and you and I practiced our skills, kidnapped him, and took away all the money he had!
"
Gao Rui was hesitant and nervous: "Will I be retaliated against?"
Liu Liu glanced at the boy and showed a disdainful expression. After getting along with him for these years, he had always scorned Gao Rui's timidity and caution. How could he be so vigorous and resolute like himself?
Gao Rui asked again: "What should I do if someone discovers me?"
The girl Liu Liu pressed her middle finger hard. She has been doing this for eight years, even though she is only twelve years old now.
"Just kill me, what else can I do?"
His expression was indifferent, as if he was killing ants.
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When Xu Qingmu was about to return to the Chen Mansion, he had already called out more.
In addition to buying some common changes of clothes that I wanted, I also bought some of my favorite items for everyone else.
For example, the apricot blossom stuffed wine that Li Chengru has been thinking about for a long time.
For example, Ye Qingxian wants to use the water charm to practice "Tide Watching Technique".
For example, Cao Tong’s inadvertent mention of dolls.
Xu Qingmu placed some items close by. As he walked back and forth along the street, the lights on the main street gradually went out, and half of the town was hidden in darkness.
But soon, Xu Qingmu felt something strange behind him. He was already a Sixth Realm Sword Cultivator, and he had a remarkable ability to observe these things hidden in the darkness. However, he did not expose them prematurely at the moment, but remained calm and turned around.
Entered a darker alley.
In Baimang City, which is run by the Chen family, Xu Qingmu believed that there would be no dangerous assassinations.
Sure enough, before walking a few hundred steps, a childish voice came from behind:
"Don't move, hand over the money, don't risk your life."
Xu Qingmu suddenly felt a little funny, but still stretched out his hands and raised them high above his head:
"Robbery?"
The sound of footsteps approaching from behind, Xu Qingmu roughly judged that there were about ten people walking around, and carefully discerned the breathing sounds of the group of people behind him, and he understood clearly.
The oldest one is only about thirteen or fourteen years old.
Xu Qingmu slowly turned around and saw a group of teenagers wearing some cloth strips on their heads to cover their faces, and some even just had two leaves between their noses.
He is really poor.
But then his eyes were fixed on a girl. The shabby coat, the shoes with toes leaking out, and the hostile and bright eyes all told Xu Qingmu that this girl took her in Taofu Lane.
Silver girl.
But why is this? He gave away the silver with good intentions, but betrayed himself and summoned a group of people to rob him?
Xu Qingmu looked at the girl with a disappointed expression: "Why?"
Liu Liu looked at Xu Qingmu, grinned, and showed two beautiful little tiger teeth:
"Because you are richer than me."
What does this mean? Just because I have money, and I am richer than you, should I be robbed?
Xu Qingmu sighed and said:
"I gave all the money I had left to you, but I don't have any money now."
The leader, Gao Rui, took out a dagger, pointed at Xu Qingmu and said: "I know that you and your parents are lost and are looking for your parents. Come with us. We will find your parents and ask them to pay money to redeem them."
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Xu Qingmu was stunned.
Looking at the girl again, the girl smiled sweetly.