I want to cultivate swordsman

"Young master, what I mean by the old man is not a big monster, but a one-horned black snake."

"One-horned black snake?"

Seeing doubts in Xu Zhiqiu's eyes, the old man looked at Jiang Mian and explained: "There are many legends about the Yulong River. Compared with the Yulong River, the Black Snake only appeared in the last hundred years. It is said that every winter and moon season, the Black Snake It will wake up from the bottom of the river and devour the fishing boats in the river and passers-by on the shore, so be careful when walking along the river."

The black snake eats people...

Xu Zhiqiu thought about it, but he had never heard of this rumor, and it might have something to do with the short residence time.

After all, I only stayed in Lin'an County for a year, and there are still many things that I still don't know clearly.

"So that's the case, thank you for the reminder." Xu Zhiqiu wrote the edit, although he didn't know whether the rumors were true or not, but since the other party reminded him kindly, he would like to thank him.

"You're welcome."

The old man smiled kindly, indicating that there was no need for this, and then took out a crucian carp from the fish cage, tied a knot with the rope from the fishing boat through the gills of the fish, and handed it to Xu Zhiqiu.

"This is the Qinglian crucian carp from Jiangnei. Young master, it's best to eat it as soon as you get home. If you leave it for a long time, all the spiritual energy hidden in the fish will be gone."

All the fish in the Yulong River have spiritual energy. This is something that the fishermen firmly believe in. Although no one has actually seen a fish dragon that has grown into a great monster, and no one has seen the scene of a great Confucian leading spiritual energy into the river, they just believe it. .

Xu Zhiqiu took the crucian carp, and it was quite heavy, so he thanked the old man again.

"It's just a crucian carp, no thanks."

After delivering the crucian carp, the old man saw that there was nothing else to do, so he hung the cage with one crucian carp on the bow again, picked up the oars and prepared to leave.

But before leaving, he accidentally saw the poem Xu Zhiqiu had carved in the mud with a wooden sword, and couldn't help being stunned.

"Is this a poem written by the young master?"

The old man stopped his hand shaking the oar, looking at the ugly poem with some fascination.

Xu Zhiqiu responded, and said: "It is indeed written by me, maybe the boatman can understand it?"

"A little bit, a little bit."

The old man looked at it seriously, like a scholar studying hard in the school. Xu Zhiqiu was a little surprised by his attitude. He never thought that an old fishing man could read, understand poetry, and understand the artistic conception in the poem. This is really rare. .

Lin'an County is remote and not rich. There are not many people who can read and write, and even fewer people who can understand poetry.

"What a lonely fisherman!" The old man suddenly sighed with emotion, his voice was sonorous and powerful, not at all like an elderly person.

Xu Zhiqiu didn't say anything, just smiled in agreement.

The old man turned to look at him again and said, "I never thought that the young master would have such a great talent."

While speaking, the look in Xu Zhiqiu's eyes changed slightly.

Xu Zhiqiu realized that the other party might have misunderstood. Although the poem was indeed written by him, it was not written by him, but he did not explain it. After all, there is no Mr. Liuhe Dong in this world, so it is okay to be misunderstood.

The old man looked at the poem again and asked, "I wonder if this poem has a name?"

Xu Zhiqiu told the truth, "Jiang Xue."

"Jiang Xue..." The old man repeated on his lips, the expression on his face seemed to be very satisfied with the name.

Then the old man picked up the fish cage that had been placed, and said to Xu Zhiqiu: "Old man, I have two hobbies, one is fishing, and the other is poetry. In fact, I didn't know much about poetry before, but I gradually learned Understood, I like this poem written by the young master very much, please feel free to take this crucian carp, I will definitely have a big meal when I go home."

"But if all the fish are given to me, will the boatman still have something to eat?" Xu Zhiqiu didn't expect the old man to give crucian carp again.

The old man said indifferently: "In the past, old man, if I didn't eat fish for a day, I always felt that something was missing, but today I can see such a good poem, even if I don't eat fish, I can be satisfied."

After finishing speaking, the old man stuffed the fish cage into Xu Zhiqiu's hands without any explanation.

Xu Zhiqiu couldn't refuse, so he had no choice but to accept the fish cage to express his thanks.

It's just that before the words of thanks came out, the old man seemed to have seen through his intentions, and said a step ahead: "Speaking of which, I should be the old man to thank you."

"Oh?" Xu Zhiqiu didn't know why, why the old man said that.

But the old man didn't explain, he cupped his hands towards Xu Zhiqiu like a scholar, and said: "Young master, go slowly, the old man won't bother you anymore, he cast a net on the river before, now it's time to go and have a look!"

Xu Zhiqiu returned the salute, and looked up again, the fishing boat had already sailed towards the middle of the river.

When the fishing boat could only vaguely see its outline, Xu Zhiqiu shook the fish cage in his hand and said with a light smile, "This boatman is really interesting."

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After noon, Xu Zhiqiu returned to the yard of his second uncle's house.

My aunt was used to seeing her nephew disappearing all the time, so she was not surprised to see him come back from outside again.

It's just that his eyes were attracted by the two big crucian carp in the fish cage, and he couldn't look away for a moment.

Xu Zhiqiu handed the fish cage to his aunt, saying that he bought it from outside, but his aunt didn't doubt it, but just said that it was a waste of money.

In fact, no money was spent.

The girl Xu Yueyao surprisingly didn't pester Xu Zhiqiu, maybe because she made a mistake in some things before and was educated by her aunt, she is squatting under the eaves at the moment, pouting and crying, ignoring anyone, just Xu Zhiqiu's comfort in the past didn't work either.

Xu Zhiqiu had no choice but to wait for the little girl to calm down before going to her.

Back in his own room, Xu Zhiqiu didn't waste any time. He sat cross-legged on the bed and began to meditate. His consciousness entered the cabin under his own control.

The bronze mirror placed on the top shelf displayed the words "one hundred and fifty".

He glanced at the bronze mirror, and then went to the shelf to browse. Although there were not many items in the shelf, and the exchange amount had already been remembered in his heart, he couldn't help but look back and forth, just like when he was a child and couldn't afford snacks But it's still like wandering in front of the cabinet.

"The Sword of Eternal Night needs four hundred to be exchanged, and now it is still two hundred and fifty..."

"The elixir can be exchanged for one hundred, but this will extend the time for exchanging the long sword..."

"Oh, let's just bear with it."

Xu Zhiqiu struggled in his heart, but finally gave up the idea of ​​exchanging the pill.

For a swordsman, nothing is more attractive than a sword.

With his consciousness withdrawn from the log cabin, Xu Zhiqiu began to concentrate on inhaling and practicing when he had time, which had almost become his habit.

In the evening, when my second uncle Xu Anshan came home, my aunt brought fish soup, steamed buns, and pork that had been stewed yesterday into the room, and then greeted Xu Zhiqiu.

When Xu Zhiqiu walked into the main hall, he saw that his second uncle and aunt had already served him a meal and sat down, while Xu Yueyao was still playing with his temper, with his head buried in the rice bowl, and he kept pawing hard with his chopsticks, as if there was something wrong with him. Talk about endless grievances.

"What happened to this girl today?" The second uncle looked at his wife suspiciously, not knowing what happened.

"What else can I do, my skin is itchy."

The aunt put down her chopsticks and said angrily: "This girl is so brave today, she actually used my lipstick and powder to make up Ah Huang, I'm so mad!"

Put makeup on Ah Huang?Xu Zhiqiu raised his eyelids in surprise, and he didn't expect his cousin to do such a thing. No wonder his aunt was angry. Those lipsticks and powders are not cheap, and my aunt was very economical when she used them.

When the second uncle heard that this was the case, he lost all desire to speak for his little daughter, and he smothered his smile and concentrated on gnawing on the fish bone in his hand.

Xu Yueyao didn't say a word, and looked up at Xu Zhiqiu in aggrieved manner, as if asking: Why didn't elder brother speak for me.

Xu Zhiqiu noticed the little girl's eyes, but pretended not to see them.

After a while, my aunt finished eating the rice in the bowl, filled a new bowl with some fish soup and fish meat, and said to Xu Zhiqiu, "Boluan, go and deliver this bowl of fish soup to the new resident next door. It's very pitiful to see him as an old man this morning."

Xu Zhiqiu took the hot fish soup with both hands, but he didn't get up, but put the fish soup in front of his table.

"The old man has moved away, so let's keep the fish soup for ourselves."

"Moved away?" Auntie was stunned, with disbelief mixed in her tone.

Just moved in this morning, and moved out in less than a day?

"Well, I moved away." Xu Zhiqiu said with a normal face: "When I came back, I happened to see the old man next door packing up his things and leaving. I went up and asked him, and he said he couldn't stop, but he didn't say the reason. "

"Why is this person so strange?" Aunt couldn't understand.

At this time, Xu Yueyao suddenly interjected: "It must be that the pancakes made by mother are too unpalatable, so I scared them away!"

Auntie's face suddenly darkened.