Chapter 4 Steps(1/2)
The dull days continue.
By the 25th day, the number of steps to go back and forth has been reduced to less than a thousand steps, and half of the 1,700 steps away, is only 150 steps away.
Nowadays, every step of ancient charity wine can be confident.
You can predict and plan in advance if you step on the left foot or the right foot, step on the rock or the soil, or use clumsy or clever force.
It seems that you can see a self who has surpassed time and leading the way forward.
He learned something and couldn't help but say to his master proudly: "In just a few days, I'll be able to master this trick."
Immortal Xingchen glanced at his apprentice, with some sympathy in his eyes, and then said lightly: "Well, just be happy."
Gu Yijiu was confused and couldn't tell whether this sentence was encouraged or scolded.
The second day came as usual, and just today, he was confident that he would cut his steps to half.
He picked up the hatchet and tugged his leggings. Gu Yijiu had just taken an ambitious step, but fell to the ground.
He was embarrassed to find that he could not walk anymore!
In the past, I could only see oneself leading the way, but today I could see countless self leading the way.
Some people have left foot, some have right foot; some have big strolls, and some have small strolls; each has a reason and is impeccable, leaving him unable to choose.
So I stepped on my left foot and fell to a firm end.
After all, he is not Zhang Sanfeng, nor can he do anything about Ti Yunzong. Falling is the only choice.
The immortal star stood at the door and watched quietly.
Gu Yijiu lay on the ground and asked for help: "Master, I..."
"Can't walk?"
Gu Yijiu nodded.
"Then climb up the mountain."
After Immortal Star finished speaking, he went back to the house. There was no guidance, no prompt, and no sympathy.
Ancient charity wine smiled bitterly.
Then he stood up tremblingly with his support to the wall.
Although he was young, he was not a child and had been accustomed to self-reliance.
He looked up and looked forward. Countless phantoms of himself suddenly filled his vision, and countless information poured into his brain, causing him to close his eyes quickly.
After thinking quietly for a while, he chose the best solution from it and then took a resolute step.
But halfway through, something better appeared in front of you, even more sophisticated than the so-called optimal, and can save as many as twelve steps!
When the mind is relaxed, hesitation arises; when the hesitation appears, it disturbs the mind.
Gu Yijiu secretly shouted "Not good", kicked himself in the back of the head, and fell down gorgeously again.
He felt like a patient with severe cerebral thrombosis.
It's a pity that he is not.
So the practice must continue.
Get up, fall down; get up, fall down again.
At the end of the day, he fell into the ravine five times and rolled into the river three times. When the moon came back from the treetops, he was already in a mess.
Not only was he exhausted, but his clothes were also scratched and ragged.
The double torture of mental and physical torture made him in great pain and even wanted to give up.
Immortal Star did not encourage or scold, but said lightly: "There is food on the table, and you will go to bed after eating."
When he woke up late at night, Gu Yijiu saw the master holding needles and threads under the candlelight and repairing his torn clothes.
The idea of giving up will naturally fade.
By the 30th day, Gu Yijiu finally compressed the number of steps to half, and the price was the flat ground drop from time to time.
He limps when he walks now, and he mixes himself as usual.
But he was able to distinguish the complicated information and gradually began to adapt.
That day he returned from chopping wood and saw the former Nan Zuosi who was wandering around in the woods.
A mere tree trunk cannot stop his fat body.
Qiannan Zuosi was immediately delighted when he saw the ancient wine and quickly called out, "Young man, can you still remember it?"
Of course, Gu Yijiu remembered that he learned that the other party was visiting the Immortal Star, so he took him back.
Because the other party is holding many gifts.
Something to heart, there is wine.
The mountains are full of bitterness, and ancient charity wine is not pedantic.
As long as you are a human being, you have to eat, even if you are superb swordsmanship, it is no exception.
He always remembered that Immortal Star hadn't drunk alcohol for a long time.
Gu Yijiu was outside the door, listening to the conversation between the two inside the house while chopping firewood.
The fat businessman sat opposite the printmaker, and Nan Zuosi, who was lying in front of the immortal stars, first thanked him for his life-saving grace that day, and then expressed his intention.
"I beg Miss Xingchen to move to the foot of the mountain. I am willing to serve food and clothing, and to serve the guests at all."
Immortal Star bowed slightly and said, "Thank you Mr. Qiannan for his kindness. People in the mountains and fields are not talented or virtuous, so they dare not bother."
"Miss Xingchen is too modest." The former Nan Zuosi continued: "I realized that you had unique skills when I was rescued that day. Now the world is chaotic and people's hearts are not as good as the past. Only the magic sword can ensure peace in one area. The former Nan Zuosi has selfish intentions, but if the girl goes down the mountain, not only my family in the former Nan, but the people around you can also be blessed. It is the best of both worlds."
The immortal Xingchen shook his head slightly: "Mr. Qiannan is very proud of it. He has no desire to save the world or have no mercy on others. The so-called safety of the people has nothing to do with me. It is just a coincidence that he saves you, so you don't have to worry about it."
"No, the kindness of saving lives is as heavy as a mountain. The former Nan Zuosi will never dare to forget it." The fat businessman still refused to give up and advised: "Are you afraid that the mountain will disturb your cultivation? Don't worry, I have prepared a Qingya courtyard below. As long as you do not have permission, no one is allowed to enter, and even I am no exception."
But the immortal star still shook his head: "Mr. Qiannan, don't say much, I didn't intend to go down the mountain. If the color is getting darker today and the mountain road is difficult and dangerous, please go back."
The master expelled the guest, and Qiannan Zuosi didn't stay for a long time. He got up and walked to the door, and said with a last try: "Miss Xingchen is wearing swordsmanship, can she bear to waste her life in this mountain?"
Immortal Star said lightly: "Sword technique is a murderous technique. If it can be abandoned in the mountains, it will be a great blessing in the world."
Qian Nan Zuosi was speechless and had to leave depressedly.
Gu Yijiu came in and asked, "Why don't you want to go down the mountain?"
The immortal star replied, "I am an ominous person, and wherever I go, blood will flow into a river, harming others and yourself."
An ominous person? Gu Yijiu didn't believe it and asked, "Then why am I okay?"
The immortal star replied faintly: "Because the time has not arrived."
Ancient Yijiu sneered at it, and he never believed in the so-called numerology and metaphysics.
But he didn't argue, but turned around and went out and caught up with Mae Nanzuosi.
He wants to do business with the fat businessman.
"Young man calls me?" For the sake of immortal Xingchen, the fat businessman was very polite.
"I have something to ask Mr. Qiannan to sell it."
The fat businessman was slightly stunned and said that the mountains and fields are desolate, what can you buy? But then he thought about it, but he laughed again. He still wanted to persuade the immortal stars to go down the mountain. For the sake of the other party, even if Gu Yijiu took out a stone, he would buy it as gold.
Ancient charity wine displays the goods.
The goods are indeed stones.
But this stone is really gold, white gold!
The fat businessman knelt on the spot.
Because what you brought out from ancient ritual wine was salt, not coarse salt, but refined salt!
The former Nan Zuosi dared to swear to his ancestors that he had never seen such snow-white salt!
Even the salt eaten by noble people in the palace is not so delicate.
"Where did you get this salt from?" The fat businessman was extremely excited, and his fat body was shaking.
Gu Yijiu replied: "I filtered out what I got."
The fat businessman was even more surprised: "Do you know how to filter salt?"
Gu Yijiu nodded: "I understand a little."
The so-called filter salt is nothing more than distillation and condensation. Although it is not perfect due to tools, it is still a rare and excellent product in today's era.
Qiannan Zuosi was speechless. His master was invincible in swordsmanship and his disciples knew how to filter salt. Are these two people incarnated monsters on the mountain?
But the merchant's greed defeated the so-called curiosity, and he asked anxiously: "I don't know how much this salt is sold for? I want it all!"
Gu Yijiu put away the salt bag and refused, "This salt will not be sold."
Fat kills people and almost curses people. Why don’t you sell them?
To be continued...