Chapter 74 The fire dragon walks through the water

Chen Pingan returned to the blacksmith shop. After working, while taking a break, Chen Pingan took a bowl and found Master Ruan who was squatting under the eaves with Miss Ruan. Chen Pingan said that he wanted to borrow money, which might cost fifteen years. Six taels of silver. Ruan Qiong didn't even ask Chen Pingan why he borrowed the money. He stopped his chopsticks, glanced sideways at the straw-shoe boy, and said two words, "Get out."

Chen Pingan quickly ran away.

Ruan Xiu frowned and said: "Dad, can't you speak well?"

Ruan Qiong snorted coldly: "You can already speak well without beating him."

Ruan Xiu said in defiance: "I have worked so hard to be your apprentice, and I didn't get a penny of my wages. During the dark time, everyone stayed in the room and slept, or just chatted. Only Chen Ping An is still moving soil from the well, busy here and there, not idle at all. Who is working the most diligently at these times? Dad, you don’t know? You have to say it with your own conscience. If someone asks you to borrow money, How come fifteen or sixty taels of silver is too much?"

Ruan Qiong kept his face dark and said nothing, thinking that I just knew too well that I wanted to kill this poaching little bastard.

If this young man had the cultivation ability of the mountain ape in Zhengyang Mountain, his father would have imitated Qi Jingchun and beat him half to death. Just thinking about this, Ruan Qiong felt a little discouraged. Although it was a sure thing that he could surpass the mountain-moving ape even if he put aside his status as a saint in this world, it was obviously impossible to decide the outcome with one kick like Qi Jingchun.

Ruan Qiong could only comfort himself. Although he was a military swordsman in name, his real pursuit was not to be strong or weak in the battle formation, but to become one of the best swordsmiths in the world. Master, forge a living sword with the hope of cultivating one's own spirituality, so that there will be a real living being in the world who has life and death, can practice, can be reincarnated, and can even pursue the great road.

Ruan Qiong put down the bowl and chopsticks, raised his head and looked at the sky, and cursed his mother inexplicably, "Do you really think that after Qi Jingchun is dead, you will be able to be lawless? I have told you my rules clearly, now since If you don’t comply, then show your ability to disobey the rules. If not, then go to hell.”

Seeing that there was no one around, Ruan Qiong, who was originally squatting, stood up from the ground. The snow-white rainbow explodes from the earth and shoots towards the sea of ​​clouds high in the sky.

Above the sea of ​​clouds, there are several women in palace attire, women and men in brocade clothes and jade belts, walking hand in hand in the sky, talking and laughing, all of them are elegant and unrestrained gods, looking down at the former Li Zhu from time to time. The overall view of the earth in Dongtian can be said to be a veritable place for conversation and laughter.

There was a loud bang.

The head of a graceful and luxurious woman with a golden hairpin cracked open. Then there was a beautiful girl next to her with a blossoming head. Go down one by one, men and women, no exception.

Ruan Qiong's figure hovered above the sea of ​​golden clouds, his eyes sharp, he looked around and sneered: "Why, you only use such a small fish to test my Ruan Qiong's bottom line? Yes Not looking down on people too much,Although I, Ruan Qiong, am just a blacksmith and far inferior to Qi Jingchun, how difficult is it to kill one or two blind tenth-floor monks here? So from now on, there is one more rule here. Please listen carefully. Even if you are hiding outside the boundary line and coveting the Lizhu Paradise, as long as I, Ruan Qiong, are in a bad mood one day, I will catch you in the sky above the Paradise, and then I will take you there. His head was smashed, believe it or not. ”

Ruan Qiong just finished speaking and flashed outside the border. The next moment, he was seen holding an old man’s head with one hand. After grabbing it back within the border, he pressed it with his five fingers and the immortal was dead. The fengdaogu old man begged for mercy: "Master Ruan! Master Ruan! If you have something to say, say it! I am from the nearby Ziyan River..."

Before the old man could finish speaking, Ruan Qiong crushed the immortal master's head and threw the body out of the territory of his family's blessed land. Ruan Qiong only glanced at the green rainbow light that escaped from the corpse, but did not beat up the drowned dog. The green rainbow, which was no more than three feet long, flew wildly for nearly a thousand miles and plunged into a line of light purple smoke. The rising and swirling river is so grand and magnificent that it is far superior to the water of the great rivers in the Great Li territory.

Ruan Qiong, whose fingers were still stained with blood, said loudly: "This is the same within Jiazi. "

In the sea of ​​clouds in the distance, a female monk hid her figure through the clouds and mist, and said angrily: "The method is so bloody and cruel, how could it be done by a saint who sits majestically and controls the fate of a place.

Ruan Qiong laughed angrily, "Hey, you are smart. You hid so far away and muttered. You think I can't do anything to you, right?" Damn it, I’m not that guy like Qi Jingchun who’s stupid at reading. If you’re talking about morals and etiquette to a military swordsman like me, are there holes in your brain? "

Ruan Qiong tilted one arm downwards, put his fingers together, and said silently in his heart: "The sky is shaking the wind, the earth is thundering, and the fire is as urgent as the law!" "

In an instant, there were two places in the sky and underground where the breath surged rapidly, like two springs that had just appeared.

A gentle voice in another place reminded quickly: "No, It’s Ruan Qiong’s natal wind and thunder swords! Lan Ting, retreat quickly! Ruan Qiong's natal thing is different from ordinary people. It is not stored in the acupoints, but exists in the three thousand miles of heaven and earth around him. The two military gods who follow him wander around..."

Above the sea of ​​clouds, there was a gleaming green firefly, desperately trying to escape, and beyond the firefly, there was a branch of crystal clear peach blossoms lingering and circling, protecting its owner.

The man who spoke up for her saw something bad happen. , he disappeared early with his unique escape technique.

The sky was silent, and no one dared to make any noise.

Ruan Qiong sneered and stopped following these evil spirits. The blacksmith, who was full of evil and bloody smell, stretched out his hand to wash away the blood in the stream.

Ruan Qiong sighed and said sadly: "Qi Jingchun. , if you were half as unpreaching as I amReason, why did you go so frustrated? ”

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On the shore, Chen Pingan was walking for an hour. On the way back, after practicing and stretching his muscles, Chen Pingan suddenly saw Master Ruan. Walking ashore from the stream, he hesitated, slowed down, and didn't hit the wall. For some reason, Chen Ping'an always felt that Master Ruan didn't have a good impression of him. His eyes looked a bit like Old Yao's, showing a sense of disgust. .

Ruan Qiong ignored the boy and walked back to the blacksmith shop.

Chen Pingan suddenly turned around and looked at the stream.

It was calm as usual. Nothing unusual.

But just now, Chen Ping'an's heart suddenly tightened, like a ray of light on his back, like a water ghost who died unjustly in the stream, staring at him. It was a very absurd feeling.

Just in front of his eyes, the stream was gurgling, cheerful and soft.

Chen Pingan did not give up, picked up a few stones of the right weight, turned around and walked downstream along the stream, carefully looking into the stream. The more he looked, the more Chen Pingan felt that something was wrong. In broad daylight, the stream gave people a sinister look, even if Chen Pingan had sneaked into the back of the green bull so many times. He has never felt such a clear feeling of boredom before. No more, maybe now is a situation where ghosts are causing trouble everywhere. You must be careful. Even if Master Ruan is the next so-called "sage", Chen Pingan will not take it lightly. In the end, Chen Pingan still trusts Mr. Qi more. For the unsmiling Master Ruan, I definitely have a sense of awe, but no sense of intimacy.

The reason why Chen Pingan dared to follow his feelings and take the initiative to look for strange things in the stream was because Master Ruan walked in front of him. Ping An doesn't think that if there is a ghost in the water, he dares to kill himself under the eyes of the saint. Besides, Chen Ping'an now has the pair of landscape seals presented by Mr. Qi hidden in his sleeve. One of them is the seal with the word "water". Therefore, the young man is particularly courageous.

After Chen Pingan threw two handfuls of stones, he was about to bend down to pick them up when someone not far away asked: "What are you doing?" ”

The girl in green with a ponytail turned out to be Ruan Xiu.

Chen Pingan had been concentrating on the water and did not notice Miss Ruan’s approach, nor did he hide himself. He was not afraid of her jokes. Pointing at the water surface of the stream, he answered honestly: "I felt there was something dirty in the water, so I was wondering if I could use stones to smash it out. "

Ruan Xiu looked at the stream, looked at it intently, and her face sank.

Chen Pingan asked: "Is there really a problem? "

Ruan Xiu shook his head, "I can't tell. "

Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "I must be suspicious.

Ruan Xiu whispered: "You go back first. I want to eat something here before going back to the shop. If my father asks, just say you didn't see it.". "

Chen Pingan nodded and said: "No problem. "

He remembered something, found a sharp-edged stone from the ground, and asked: "Miss Ruan, can I ask you what some words mean and how to pronounce them? ”

Ruan Xiu suddenly felt like he was facing a formidable enemy.

Reading?

Books are simply the most terrifying enemy in the world. Just open one Each page of the book is like a great monk arranging troops to show off his power to Ruan Xiu. Ruan Xiu really gets a headache every time she sees it. Originally, after following her father Ruan Qiong into the small town, she should have gone to a private school to study. Yes, there was absolutely no need to help me forge the iron sword, but I couldn’t kill him. My stomach hurts today, my head feels hot tomorrow, it might rain the day after tomorrow, and my feet are sprained the day after tomorrow... Ruan Qiong was really too lazy to hear those lame excuses again, so he let it go. Ruan Xiu stood up.

It’s just that Ruan Xiu didn’t want to show timidity in front of the boy today. She forced herself to remain calm and said with a forced smile: “Write it down first. ”

When Chen Pingan carved two words on the ground with a stone, Ruan Xiu suddenly transformed, with a high-spirited expression, and said with a confident smile: “These two words are so simple. I have known them since I was very young.” , a word for god and a word for court, taken together, are the name of a human acupuncture point, Shenting, the so-called acupoint. The reason why we humans are the masters of all spirits, many of the charming monsters who have cultivated the great road have to transform in the end. Being a human being means that the human body is the most suitable for cultivation. The three hundred and sixty-five acupoints, large and small, are all treasures like mountains of gold and silver. The ancients said that the acupoints are "where the divine energy travels in and out." We humans The three souls and six souls of the child are like a child who eats food from hundreds of families. He eats a bowl of rice in this family and drinks a bowl of water in that family. Then he is constantly nourished and nurtured, growing and growing.

Ruan Xiu spoke eloquently, then stretched out a finger, held down his head, and said with a smile: "As for this divine court, it is right here. You smooth the hairline on your head and go up five steps." In terms of distance, this acupuncture point is not very important to military swordsmen like me and my father. Well, in our jargon, it does not belong to the 'fighting ground for military strategists'. It is dispensable, but it is those For those who rely on incense to survive, this acupuncture point is very important. However, my father said that those gods and ghosts have no great potential. No matter how powerful their supernatural powers are and how wide their ghost paths are, they are just poor people who depend on others and are not worth it. Mention it. "

Chen Ping'an couldn't understand anything and could only memorize it by rote. Then he asked "Juque" and "Taiyuan" respectively.

Ruan Xiu also answered one by one, and the girl Although she doesn't like reading, she just doesn't like the classic books of Confucian sages. She likes military training and sword making. She has been familiar with the names of these acupoints since she was a child.

Before Chen Pingan could ask for help, the girl grinned widely and said: "When I have time in the future, I will tell you the names, directions and uses of the 365 acupoints one by one. ”

Chen Ping’an smiled and said, “I’m sorry to bother you, Miss Ruan.” ”

Ruan Xiu asked: “Do you find it troublesome to ask you to buy pastries for me so many times? ”

Chen Pingan shook his head.It's a piece of cake, of course not troublesome.

Ruan Xiu smiled happily and said: "That's it."

She suddenly felt a little regretful, "Even if you know about these things, the acupoints are actually of little significance. , the reason why there are so many heretical and crooked ways is that their methods of nourishing and refining qi are different, and the difference is only a few centimeters. Of course, my family also has its own two major methods of dispersing qi and nourishing qi, but they cannot be passed on to others. It's not a matter of whether my father agrees or not, Chen Pingan, I'm sorry."

Chen Pingan is not the kind of person who tries too hard, so he quickly explained with a smile: "It's okay, I just want to know more words. , I didn’t think about it that much. Besides, I have a boxing manual that I can practice, but I can barely practice the fists in this boxing manual, so I can’t be distracted.”

Ruan. Xiu smiled in relief and patted her chest gently, "That's good."

The scenery here is uniquely beautiful with the trembling towering mountains.

Chen Pingan quickly stopped his careless gaze, stood up and said seriously: "Miss Ruan, wait until you are free, I can go back to Mud Bottle Lane later anyway."

Ruan Xiu stood up and said, He nodded and smiled: "Okay."

Chen Ping'an trotted towards the blacksmith shop.

Ruan Xiu walked down the bank and came to the stream. She first took out a handkerchief, threw a piece of pastry into her mouth, chewed it slowly and savored it.

When Chen Pingan arrived in the town, she reached out and rolled up one of her sleeves, revealing the scarlet bracelet. She looked at the clear stream and said in a deep voice: "The fire dragon walks through the water."

The bracelet liquefied instantly, and a living creature woke up, struggling and twisting, and finally turned into a small dragon wrapped in flames. It was connected from end to end and just wrapped around the girl's wrist.

As the girl in green gave an order.

This red dragon, which was originally less than a foot long, jumped towards the stream.

One foot, three feet, ten feet.

Fire dragons can also walk on water!

Ruan Xiu ordered: "That's enough."

The ten-foot-long fire dragon stopped growing, but all the nearby streams evaporated. Not only that, the upstream streams were like The frightened and defeated soldiers did not dare to continue charging into the battle, so they crowded together, causing the water level of the stream to rise continuously, while the downstream stream continued to rush away.

Ruan Xiu squinted and looked.

Waiting for the truth to come to light.

She walked at the bottom of the dry stream in the river bed, following the ten-foot-long fire dragon.

Now that the cave sky is shattered, the restrictions carefully arranged by the four saints have also disappeared, so magic and magical powers are no longer prohibited.

This is also the reason why Ruan Qiong made rules and made a thunderous response when he made a move. Even though this place was the smallest one among the thirty-six small caves, it was also the least known for its natural resources and earthly treasures. , but after all, it is a blessed land where Xiaodongtian was born. All kinds of benefits are still very beneficial to practice. Now that there is no big formation to restrain, once no one restrains them, outside monks will swarm.Crowded in, a mixture of fish and dragons, with impure thoughts, there were more than 6,000 people in the town in the end. Except for those old turtles and bastards who were lucky enough to survive, the rest of the mortals would probably die within a day.

In fact, military strategists also pay attention to rules when acting, but they also pay more attention to flexibility. They are far more flexible and changeable than Confucianism, and can act according to circumstances and places, and act expediently.

About a moment after burning the incense, the fire dragon Hao, who kept flapping around in the river bed, seemed to have finally caught the cunning target. He pressed down fiercely with his claws and slowly lowered his head.

Ruan Xiu walked near the head of the fire dragon and looked down. Under the claws of the fire dragon, there was a woman curled up. Her waist was grabbed by the claws. She had waist-length black hair and was tightly Protect your whole body.

She asked curiously: "How dare a little river god run wild in front of my house? Haven't you heard that my father killed six river gods in a row?"

He Po, who had transformed from a withered old woman into a young woman, begged: "Great Immortal, this slave is just passing through this place and has no intention of harming anyone. What's more, this slave dared to reveal the aura of the Yin God in the hope of helping Saint Ruan increase the weight of the stream. , just thinking that I can do my best, don’t be angry, if you think the little one is ugly, annoying, and annoying, the little one will only dare to wander around at night..."

Ruan Xiu He asked directly: "Do you know Chen Ping'an?"

He Po, whose waist was held down by the fire dragon, was rapidly aging, but she could only whimper pitifully. The little chicken pecked at the rice and nodded: "I know you, little one." I am originally from Xinghua Lane, and Chen Ping'an is an orphan from Niping Lane. They meet occasionally, but there is no grudge. I just rarely see people from the town by the stream recently. Today I saw the young man practicing I felt curious, so I took a few more glances. I never imagined that I would cause such a disaster. The immortal wanted to show mercy to the slave because he didn’t understand the rules..."

Ruan Xiu waved her hand, and the fire dragon transformed into a red bracelet with a simple pattern, which was put on the girl's wrist.

Ruan Xiu was still standing in the distance, with the surging stream behind him.

But a scene that frightened He Po appeared. If the stream encountered a natural enemy high above, it would fall before fighting, automatically detouring and rushing downstream.

What’s even more frightening is that He Po can sense that the girl in green didn’t use any Taoist or magical powers at all.

Ruan Xiu said with a smile: "Don't be in a daze, tell me about Xinghua Lane and Clay Vase Lane, whatever you know, just say whatever you know."

Regain freedom The body of He Po began to slowly regain her youthful appearance, but the next moment, she was suddenly so frightened that she couldn't help but scream. It turned out that the crow-green hair of the waterfall was shrinking in length. She said heartbreakingly: "Why is my path slipping away!"

The girl in green was eating cakes and said vaguely: "Huh? That's it. I'm sorry, I forgot to tell you that I was born with the body of the god of fire, and the body of water. He is a natural enemy."

He Po calmed down and begged silently with tears: "I beg the Immortal to be merciful and forgive this unintentional offense of this slave."

Ruan Xiu thought about it seriously, "I will call you over to tell stories in the future. Don't worry, I will hide my natural aura."

He Po looked sad and did not dare to refuse, so she had to agree. .

Ruan Xiu walked to the shore, turned around and said, "I won't do it next time."

He Po repeatedly said she didn't dare.

After landing, the girl shook her ponytail and walked towards the blacksmith shop.

He Po’s body was submerged in the stream, and her face was full of ferocious resentment. However, after suffering losses several times, she began to know how to suppress this anger.

A string of other people’s voices that originated from somewhere else rang loudly in her heart.

"Idiot, put away your ignorance. Do you know what will be the opportunity for that girl to achieve enlightenment in the future? She is to kill all the river gods in a continent. How dare you, a little river woman, to kill this person? She's not afraid of making people laugh. Even if she stretches her neck to kill you, you will only die in the end! Do you know how sensitive she is to any evil things in the water? So what's in your heart at this moment? I think I guessed right, the first river god she wants to kill in the future is you! So think carefully about how to remedy this disaster. This is also the seed of your great opportunity." /p>

"This is the last time to remind you. If you go beyond the rules at all, I will make you unable to live or die without anyone else taking action."

He After Po's voice disappeared, she was dazedly hovering in the water, her body swaying but lifeless.

The road is elusive and uncertain, which makes people feel discouraged.

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Ruan Qiong saw his daughter jumping in the sword-making room and said angrily: "Are you happy to bully an incompetent He Po? "

The girl smiled brightly and said: "Then wait until she becomes the God of Rivers, and then I will bully her again."

Ruan Qiong frowned and said: "Xiuxiu, don't let me go." The River God and the River God are serious. After all, they are the orthodox water gods included in the genealogy of mountains, rivers, lakes and seas of a continent. Although they are not comparable to the five sacred gods of various countries, it is not easy to kill them in the water."

Girl. He groaned and said casually: "Then let them have no water to live in."

Ruan Qiong's heart was shocked, and then he quickly suppressed the smile that was about to appear at the corner of his mouth.