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Chapter 64: A funeral in the old street, honing knife skills, the Jade Deer stepping into the pharmacy, and Old Man Huang’s anger!
The autumn wind is bleak and the dead trees have no branches.

It's the end of another year, and cold winds and snow will soon arrive.

This winter, I wonder how many poor families are trapped in streets full of sewage, with leaky bedding, no firewood or charcoal, and struggling to survive.

In the past, whenever this time came, my family was not much better.

But Zhang Qing tightened his thick Fengyun Club uniform, dressed in a tight outfit, and raised his head with all his strength, looking at this shabby alley with shining eyes:

"Yesterday in the pharmacy, Master Huang was so frightened for some reason that he saw enemies everywhere. He asked me to run errands to the inner street and invite Master Wang, the master of the 'Overlord Spear' among fists, spears and swords, to come in person. We were busy all day and it was already dark."

"Due to the delay, I could only collect the money this morning and go home to see my father and sisters."

He puffed his pockets and couldn't hide his smile:
"After following Brother Ji, life has become much better. Sigh."

"But he is so amazing. I don't know if I can help him even one tenth of the way I have in my lifetime."

Zhang Qing scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed.

It is definitely impossible for a playmate who has grown up with you to suddenly become a top figure in just two months.

But everything he has now was given half by Brother Ji and half by Master Han.

I have learned a lot of martial arts and have become successful, so I have to give back to them.

Thinking of this, he straightened his back, put on his sword, and strode into the alley.

Dad had told him this not long ago.

If you have been poor all your life, you have to stand up straight when you become successful.

Don't be like him. He got used to bending like that and now can't straighten himself up again.

however.

I am almost home.

Suddenly a cold wind blew.

Immediately afterwards, a white snow scraped across Zhang Qing's cheek, leaving him blankly.

"Is it snowing?"

He looked up at the sky and scratched his head:
"I haven't seen Bai either."

He wiped it along his cheek, sniffed it, and then his expression suddenly froze:
"White Paper Ash"

Look towards the end of the cold wind.

When he saw the familiar courtyard, with a mourning tent set up and a bleached
His face turned pale.

at the same time.

Fire kiln and bluestone brick courtyard.

[Visualize the 'sea of fire and mountains of swords' and swing your sword. Successfully capture the shape and rhythm of it. Progress +1! ]

[Sword Mountain and Fire Sea: (7/1000)]

"Just as I expected, the higher the level of the technique, the harder it is to practice."

Ji Xiu was panting as he brandished the thin willow knife given to him by Wei Zhi, which was engraved with "May the moonlight shine upon you". He visualized the "mountain of knives and sea of fire" and moved the knife over and over again.

just now.

He practiced for a whole hour!

Try your best, hold your breath, concentrate, visualize the charm in your mind, and follow the instructions strictly with the knife holder in your hand.
But it takes dozens of cuts before one cut can increase the progress.

Looking at the Yuanshi Dao Lu, Ji Xiu knew that if he wanted to fully master this sword, he would have a long and arduous journey.

"The level of this 'sword power' has increased. It is indeed more difficult to predict than the Tianhe Sword."

"How cruel is the so-called 'secret martial arts'? Are the conditions even more demanding?"

"It would be great if I could have a few more of these 'Yuanshi Dao Lu' at the same time. It's not enough to study or practice!"

"But Master Duan said that this sword is a fighting method, which requires combat training and cannot be cultivated through hard practice. He also mentioned the 'three major gangs and four major halls'. He probably wants me to use this to test the sword."

"Well, after I finish refining the elixir for Old Man Huang today, I'll give it a try."

He swung his fist vigorously.

Ji Xiu looked at the spirit deer with a dark green complexion and emerald green horns that rode into his own blue brick courtyard. It was surrounded by his younger sister Ji Wei. There was curiosity in his eyes, but he did not dare to go forward.

Smile at this:
"come over!"

Da da da!
Hearing his words, the Jade Deer, which was originally crawling and yawning, was startled and ran over with a flattering look in its eyes.

See this.

Ji Xiu rubbed his thumb and index finger lightly and threw out a ninth-grade "Tiger and Leopard Pill".

Afterwards, he watched the jade deer leap up, caught it in its mouth, and swallowed it whole in one gulp, revealing a "satisfied" expression in a humane way.

Ji Xiu was speechless for a while:
"I tell you, you are a horse, a horse!"

As he muttered, he took out a handful of beans and urged:

“Eat, eat quickly!”

"No other horse can eat such good food!"

As a result, Yu Lu just lay down with a straight face and ignored him.

Ji Xiu's face turned dark.

When he was a groom, he thought it was a waste for horses to eat refined rice, soybeans and eggs. In the end, he secretly colluded with Old Man Yao and swallowed all the good food himself.

As a result, now that he has such good material, this dead deer ignores it.
"That's all. If it weren't for the fact that it's easier to ride than ordinary horses, and..."

Ji Xiu's eyes flashed with a gleam of kindness:
"Forget it, if you don't want to eat it, then don't eat it."

"Then you should take more pills and become stronger as soon as possible. Then you and I will swear an oath of blood and become good comrades."

When Yu Lu heard this, her eyes rolled around and she nodded vigorously. She even lowered her horns and asked Ji Wei to touch them.

At the same time, I was thinking happily:

"This stuff tastes better than the grass in the mountains!"

"Although the nutrition is not as good, but sleeping in the open air every day is not as comfortable as being ridden by someone and eating meat just by walking."

"I'm not leaving anymore."

Ji Xiu narrowed his eyes, rode on its back, activated the "Waist-Horse Integration" technique, and rode the deer as if it were a horse, thinking to himself:
"Master Duan said that this jade deer is 'born and raised' and has never been tainted by blood. It is a true spirit. If it can 'absorb the moonlight and cultivate spiritual energy' in the future, it will be extraordinary."

"Its blood is also a great treasure. When I need to constantly change blood during bone tempering, its blood will be comparable to that of a hundred-year-old wise demon. It is even more powerful than any skin refining expert!"

"I sucked some of your blood, isn't that a blood oath?" "Little Deer, I want you to help me practice!"

Fengyun Club, Pharmacy.

It was getting darker and darker, and it was already afternoon.

Huang Xuan's eyelids were dark. Beside him was a middle-aged man with gray hair and a thin body, carrying a large gun, sitting cross-legged.

"Mr. Huang, is the person you mentioned coming or not?"

'Overlord Spear' Wang Jun sighed:
"Although we had some friendship when we were in Jiangyin Prefecture, this is wasting time day by day. My restaurant is big and my apprentices need to be taught. I can't stay here every day."

"I'll pay more!"

Huang Xuan's eyes were full of sparks, and he felt that his life was threatened, which made Wang Jun's eyes light up, and he swallowed the words "add money" back:

"I can refine a furnace of seventh-grade elixirs for you every day, for free. Where else can you find such a good thing?"

"Even if I can't use the Herb Pills and the Cold-Removing Pills to control Old Man Huang, it's enough for me to get him to make pills for me for free."

"When I go another 1250 miles deeper into the mountain path, towards the 'Earth Dragon Cave', and gather all the herbs, maybe I can really break through the 'Immortal Clothes' barrier at the peak of skin refining in three to five years!"

"By then, I'll be able to gain a foothold in the capital city. Why bother making a living here?"

The two of them sat there, each with their own thoughts.

Da da da!
At this time, a jade deer without a single strand of hair on it came running leisurely to the medicine hall in the dusk.

Huang Xuan's eyes widened immediately:

“This deer.”

"The best 'big medicine'!"

Before Wang Jun beside him could figure out the weight of the deer, he had already stood up and looked at the young man in black riding a deer with his reins swinging and his cloak fluttering like a cape. His eyes were burning and he rubbed his fingers:

"Ji boy, where did you get this deer?"

"I don't mind you being late this morning. Can you give me this deer?"

Hardly had he finished speaking when the young man turned over, the deer bowed its head obediently and lay quietly. The next second, it saw two bamboo racks with medicinal herbs drying in the sun.

Deer Nose immediately blew out two streams of white air, his eyes widened:

"here."

"Is this heaven?"

Whoosh!
At that moment, it rushed out like an arrow!

He immediately held a dried spiritual herb in his mouth and chewed it with a "grunt" sound. His speed was so fast that people were dazzled and he disappeared.

Suddenly, Huang Xuan's angry scolding and Ji Xiu's shouting for help lasted for a long time before gradually ending.
Only one of the 'Fist, Spear, Sword and Blade' instructors, Wang Jun, remained. He looked at Ji Xiu with a gleam in his eyes:

"Is this the unsuccessful apprentice of 'Old Man Liao'?"

"Hiss, now I am also tempted. Who is the person behind him that could make that old man return with nothing and still keep his mouth shut without saying a word?"

"No, I'll have to ask some other time."

Two hours passed.

Dusk falls.

Ji Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, feeling very comfortable with the job. Looking at the increasingly better quality of the Baicao Pills and Quhan Pills, he thought to himself:
"I have to find some time to practice the 'Eighth Grade Alchemy Technique' as well."

"Eighth and seventh rank, these are old man Huang's trump cards."

Then he took the refined elixir and handed it to Huang Xuan, who was standing outside with a man and a deer and looking cross-eyed:
"Mr. Huang, I'm entering the 'Bone Tempering' stage."

"How about leaving me some bone-hardening pills later? It would be best if I could also have the medicinal bath for strengthening the tendons."

Ji Xiu licked his lips and took the opportunity to ask for some benefits.

however.

He didn't expect that Huang Xuan would be so angry and angry that he didn't even look at the jade deer he brought:

"When you say this, I get angry!"

“It could have been, but”

"There was a robber who came late at night. Not only did he bring less ingredients than he should have, but he also insisted that I prepare the Jiangyin Prefecture's standard 'Bone Stew Soup' for him, and he even kidnapped me at night!"

"I am an old man, weak and alone. How can I fight against him? My fortune is almost empty. I am so angry that I invited Overlord Spear, one of the 'Four Great Masters', to come and spend a huge amount of money!"

"Don't let me catch you, damn it!"

he muttered.

Ji Xiu was slightly startled, and couldn't help but think of that day when Duan Chenzhou had a strange look on his face and looked indifferent.

It can't be such a coincidence, right?

But Old Man Huang narrowed his eyes and changed the subject:
"But the deer you brought is pretty good. Its blood can also be used to make a pot of 'blood essence bath'."

"That's the old man's real strength."

"That reckless man doesn't understand at all, humph!"

"For the sake of our friendship, I will give you a list later. When you have collected enough, I will refine a furnace for you at my discretion."

"After all, Fengyun Society doesn't provide those medicinal herbs, and I also need to eat, so I can only help you a little at most."

After saying that, he raised his head proudly and boasted.

In response to this, Ji Xiu nodded and thought to himself:

"In that case."

"It seems that Master Duan still needs to take action."

"Blood and essence medicinal bath?"

"Okay, okay, Old Man Huang, I'm relying on you from now on!"

He thought about it and then smiled.

The courtyard door was suddenly pushed open. Hong Jiang, who had lost his job because he had obtained the spirit deer and had become an errand boy, walked in sweating:
"Master Ji, Zhang Liuzi is in trouble!"

Hearing this, Ji Xiu's eyes narrowed and his smile faded.

Can't help it.
He held the thin knife at his waist.

(End of this chapter)