Before the sun had completely set, Lan Ruoqiao, who had already rested, arrived outside Fang Rui's private courtyard.
The courtyard door was open, and apart from Fang Rui's steady breathing, there was almost no movement in the two wooden houses. Lan Ruoqiao, who subconsciously thought that Fang Rui was still resting, simply walked into the wooden house without making any noise.
"Are you awake?"
As soon as she walked into the wooden house, Lan Ruoqiao found Fang Rui sitting in front of a wooden table, biting the cap of his pen, his eyes slightly distracted, as if he was thinking about something.
"Well, I usually sleep very little, maybe three hours a day."
Fang Rui came to his senses and nodded.
"Three hours a day? Is that enough sleep?"
"Enough. My body recovers very quickly. Sleeping is mainly to rest my brain." Fang Rui explained, then put down his pen, closed the red notebook in front of him and stood up.
"Am I disturbing you?"
"No." Fang Rui shook his head and explained:
"Just keep a diary, write whatever comes to mind."
"Do you have a bad memory? You actually need to write a diary to help record your life..." Lan Ruoqiao made a joke.
"I have a good memory, but a good memory is not as good as a bad pen. It is better to record many important things."
"It seems that you need to record a lot of important things..." Lan Ruoqiao looked at the notebooks stacked high on Fang Rui's desk.
"Yes, after all, I lived more than forty years in my previous life."
"Last life?!"
"What I write is a diary from a previous life."
"Then..." Lan Ruoqiao opened her mouth, as if she wanted to ask something, but realized something was wrong before she spoke, so she simply continued joking:
"Then you don't have the appearance of an eighteen-year-old, but the soul of a sixty-year-old?"
"Forty-five years old!" Fang Rui emphasized his age and explained: "I died at the age of forty-two. When I was reborn in this body, I was already fifteen years old."
"Emmm, to me there seems to be no difference between those in their forties and those in their sixties. They are both at the level of an uncle."
"For me there is."
"I thought only girls would care so much about their age. Isn't there an old saying that says a girl's age is a secret and you can't just ask about it?"
"When you reach a certain age, you will care whether you are a boy or a girl."
"Then since you are older than me, can I call you Grandpa Fang or Uncle Fang?" Lan Ruoqiao continued to joke playfully.
She seemed to understand why Wang Chen went crazy after meeting Fang Rui.
Because the latter's state most of the time is too calm and calm, like a monk who has lost all worldly desires. Coupled with the latter's sunny, handsome, youthful and handsome appearance, it is in complete contrast with his inner state.
.
As a result, people will unconsciously have some thoughts of trying to trick the other person's mentality, destroy the other person's mood, and make the other person unable to pretend anymore.
"No." Fang Rui shook his head and said calmly, "But if you really don't want to call me Fang Rui, you can consider calling me brother-in-law."
"You want to eat shit?!" Lan Ruoqiao was off guard at first, but soon she realized something was wrong, and counterattacked with a bit of embarrassment:
"You have no chance to have Ruoxi's idea."
"Why?" Fang Rui answered subconsciously.
"Because it's impossible for Ruoxi to fall in love with her brother-in-law."
"???" Fang Rui was stunned. Lan Ruoqiao's "self-sacrifice counterattack" really surprised him.
"I don't want to take advantage of you, but I can't resist the fact that your apprentice is too imaginative and spreads all our stories."
Lan Ruoqiao spread her hands helplessly, and the corners of her mouth turned up unconsciously, showing her inner pride at the moment.
She experienced Wang Chen's happiness after letting go.
"What do you mean my disciple has too much imagination? Spreading everything about us?" Fang Rui suddenly had some bad premonitions.
"It's like this, this morning..." Lan Ruoqiao explained to Fang Rui how the fire snake had misunderstood and spread the misunderstanding.
"Very good." Fang Rui forcefully pursed his lips, nodded calmly, and said:
"When you go to change Ruoxi later, you can say hello to her in advance. She may not be able to see her favorite fire snake in the next few days."
"Okay!" Lan Ruoqiao smiled and nodded.
This misunderstanding caused by Fire Snake caused her to be caught and interrogated by Wang Chen for a whole day, and she was even forced to have her body checked. She wished that Fang Rui would punish Fire Snake severely.
…
At seven o'clock in the afternoon, as the new moon rose, Fang Rui brought Lan Ruoxi, who was well fed and drunk, to the martial arts arena.
"Xi Xi! I haven't seen you for a day. Have you missed you, Sister Wang?"
The first time he saw Lan Ruoxi, Wang Chen, who had already arrived at the martial arts arena, waved to the former enthusiastically, which was completely different from yesterday's closeness with a sense of distance.
Apparently Lan Ruoqiao had specifically told her to take more care of her sister.
"Forgot to think about it! Definitely next time!"
Lan Ruoxi lowered her face in embarrassment, as if she had made a mistake and been caught.
"Um..." Wang Chen, who didn't expect Lan Ruoxi to be so straightforward, was stunned for a moment, and then answered with a little helplessness:
"It's okay, it's okay! Sister Wang just misses you!"
"Does Sister Wang like Xixi very much?"
"That's for sure! I'm your sister's best friend, isn't her sister my sister? Who doesn't like his sister? Not to mention you are so cute!"
Wang Chen stepped forward, raised his hand enthusiastically, raised his head and pinched Lan Ruoxi's face.
"What's going on with these two people?"
While Lan Ruoxi was being "taken over" by Wang Chen, Fang Rui turned his attention to Zhao Yan, who had followed Wang Chen.
In the center of the martial arts arena, Leihou and Chu Jingyu were sparring.
The former has flexible movements and quick moves; the latter has sharp attacks and powerful and heavy power.
Judging from the scene, there were back and forths between the two sides, and they seemed to be evenly matched, but judging from Thunder Monkey's blackened right eye and the swollen corners of his mouth, Thunder Monkey should have been beaten by Chu Jingyu.
"Oh, Brother Thunder Monkey was not convinced by Brother Shui Cao and said he wanted to take revenge for yesterday, so the two of them have been sparring since they met. This is the third game. Brother Shui Cao won the first two games."
Zhao Yan explained briefly.
"Then it seems like it's a good thing to bring back Chu Jingyu..."
After observing the two people's moves for a while, Fang Ruili sighed with some relief.
The current Thunder Monkey's combination of movement skills and curse power is obviously much better than before, which shows that in the process of constant competition with a genuine sect disciple like Chu Jingyu, Thunder Monkey's understanding of movement skills is rapidly improving.
improving.
As a master, he is naturally happy to see this.
After all, Leihou's slow progress in mastering ancient martial arts has always been something that troubled him.
"boom!"
In the midst of his thoughts, a collision sound was heard, and Fang Rui looked intently. It turned out that the Thunder Monkey in the center of the martial arts field was unable to dodge, and received a solid kick from Chu Jingyu. At this moment, it was like a ball being shot with great force, and it was heading straight towards him.
Fly after him.
"You have too much counterattack mentality. When you are sure that it is difficult for you to cause substantial damage to your opponent, you must make full use of your own advantages and do a good job of dodging first. After you get used to the opponent's attack rhythm, you can then consider counterattacks. Dodging is not enough.
Thinking about counterattacking before you are fully prepared will only make you lose sight of one thing."
After Shunbu stepped forward to catch the kicked thunder monkey, Fang Rui pointed out the problem with the former.
"I've met the gang leader!"
Chu Jingyu, who was not even in combat mode, bowed politely when he noticed Fang Rui.
"There's no need for so much etiquette."
Fang Rui waved his hand and then asked:
"How does it feel to spar with the Thunder Monkey?"
"Brother Leihou's body skills are very good, his talent is also very high, and his progress is visible to the naked eye." Chu Jingyu said truthfully.
"Don't flatter him, he is very easy to inflate." Looking at Thunder Monkey who suddenly had a hint of lust on his face, Fang Rui struck:
"He's a little older than you. As a result, he can't beat you with your bare hands even if you use cursed objects. You're going too far when you say he's talented."
"It's different. I started practicing ancient martial arts when I was eight years old. And based on the background of the Thunder Monkey Brothers, I have only been exposed to ancient martial arts for two years at most. Ancient martial arts requires time to be polished slowly.
It can only be said that my victory is due to the long contact time. In terms of talent, I may not be as good as the Thunder Monkey brothers."
"If one day he can beat you, then I will believe what you said is true."
Fang Rui responded perfunctorily.
He actually knew that what Chu Jingyu said was true. In terms of talent, Lei Hou might not be much worse than Chu Jingyu, but there was no way he could spoil his apprentice, especially this guy Lei Hou.
"You said that you joined Hongye because you wanted to learn something from me, right?"
Fang Rui looked at Chu Jingyu.
"Yes."
"Then are you interested in Thunder Monkey's movements?"
"Jingyu... Shui Cao doesn't quite understand what the gang leader meant." Chu Jingyu stared in surprise. He guessed what Fang Rui meant, but he didn't dare to confirm it.
"I can give you the secret book of movement skills." Fang Rui said casually.
"What do I need to pay in exchange?" Chu Jingyu said with a burning gaze.
He was just naive, not stupid. Thunder Monkey's movement skills were high-end at first glance. He didn't think Fang Rui would teach him so easily.
"You don't need to pay anything, as long as you spend some time practicing with the Thunder Monkey every day."
"This is what subordinates should do. No reward will be given for no merit. If only..."
"There is no benefit in sparring with Thunder Monkey at your level. I can't let my apprentice take advantage of you in vain." Fang Rui interrupted Chu Jingyu's refusal.
"But just because of this, teach me..."
"It's not a teaching." Fang Rui shook his head and explained:
"I'm just giving you the secret book. You can figure out how to practice it yourself. Moreover, this set of movement skills complements the Thunder Curse. To you, its value is just that."
"But... that waterweed has just thanked the gang leader." Chu Jingyu wanted to refuse. After all, body skills are different from martial arts. Even if the curse type is not suitable, the value is extremely high. But looking at Fang Rui's casual attitude, he
Choose to accept.
Since to Fang Rui, a set of movements is not valuable, it is just a sparring fee for his apprentice, and he really desires this set of exercises, then why doesn't he cooperate with the other party wisely?
"Master, what about me?! He has good body skills in fighting with me. What reward can I get if I fight with him?"
Thunder Monkey interjected naively.
"To reward you for driving." Fang Rui said without even looking at Thunder Monkey: "Today we will go to Hongye's agricultural area to reward you for being responsible for driving."
"Isn't the Fire Snake coming over today?" Wang Chen suddenly walked over with his arms around Lan Ruoxi's waist.
Generally speaking, driving as a tour guide was done by fire snakes. The absence of this guy today made her feel a little uncomfortable.
"Sister said that Brother Fire Snake won't come to accompany us recently."
Lan Ruoxi answered naturally.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Wang Chen didn't quite understand what was going on.
"Fire Snake heard that I was short of cursed objects, so he took the initiative to ask Ying to go inside the α restricted area to help me hunt cursed creatures and collect cursed objects."
Fang Rui explained casually.
"Are you still short of cursed items?"
“Is it unusual for sellers to be out of stock?”
"Then the cursed object you want is of a high level?"
"It's not high, just F and E levels."
"Then this is quite easy to collect in the α restricted area, right? With his strength, it shouldn't take several days to collect some cursed objects, right?"
“The main quantity is a bit large.”
"How many?"
"One hundred pieces."
"How much?!" Wang Chen was shocked, thinking he had heard wrongly.
"One hundred pieces." Fang Rui repeated, and added:
"And he seemed to be very arrogant and said that he would not come back if the collection was not enough."
"Then we shouldn't be able to see him for at least a month."
"should be."
"Master! The car is here!" Thunder Monkey, who was still a little resentful of Fang Rui's reward for driving, heard about Fire Snake's "volunteer request", and immediately ran with all his speed, giving Fang Rui the sightseeing car with great efficiency.