Taoist night sword

Chapter 12: Chapter 12

Deng Butou's name is Deng Suguan, and he looks only in his thirties. He has a thick short beard on his lips and under his chin, and his eyebrows and eyes are somewhat evil, which is probably brought about by the position of Butou.

Lou Jinchen reached out and touched his chin. His beard was sparse, and there was only a short thin layer on his lips, which hadn't hardened and turned black, so he didn't shave either.

When he was looking at Deng Butou, Deng Butou was also looking at him.

Deng Butou's last gaze fell on the sword he had randomly placed on the table. Judging from his many years of experience and experience in practicing swords, the square position of this sword is the position where Lou Jinchen can draw the sword out of its sheath as quickly as possible at any time. .

He is a cautious young man, Deng Butou thought in his heart.

After Mrs. Deng left, Butou Deng sat down, and the atmosphere became subdued. After the initial meeting and greetings, the two did not speak much.

After that, Deng Tutou stayed in the building for dinner.

There was no talking at the dinner table, Lou Jinchen was sullen, and ate a round belly, the maid standing beside him looked at Lou Jinchen frequently, with a smile in his eyes almost overflowing.

Lou Jinchen didn't care about these things. After eating a full meal, he realized that these days were really hard. In the Fire Spirit Temple, the master could eat or not, but the two boys cooked and ate every meal. Their cooking skills are really lackluster, and Lou Jinchen's food is just a pad for his stomach.

No wonder Shang Guian lost so much weight in a short period of time.

Only Lou Jinchen and Deng Butou were at the dinner table, Mrs. Deng did not eat here. Although the Deng family is not a wealthy family, they still abide by etiquette.

After eating, and drinking tea, Deng Butou asked Lou Jinchen if there was anything wrong.

Lou Jinchen then went down the mountain to send a letter to Ji's Academy for the temple master, and the two boys asked him to bring the message.

It's just that the matter about Master Ji and Shang Gui'an is just a passing sentence.

"It's a good thing that Deng Ding can think about practicing more saber techniques. Uncle Gui, go and pack Deng Ding's saber well, and let the corridor chief bring it back to the temple later."

Mrs. Deng called her son 'Ding'er', while Deng Butou called his full name. It can be seen that the two of them are strict in teaching the child and the other is kind.

"I heard people say that the head of the corridor killed all directions in Matoupo, and the flames shot up into the sky. It can be seen that the head of the corridor has obtained the true teaching of the Huolingguan." Deng Butou didn't know Lou Jinchen's origin, so saying this is to summarize some of the current Rumors spread out, let's explore Lou Jinchen's details.

"The younger generation is not a real disciple, but a disciple named by the temple master. The real burning and killing of the ghost god is also the temple master. I am of the same generation as Senior Brother Deng Ding. Let the headhunter call me Jinchen!" Lou Jinchen said.

Deng Butou was silent for a while, and said: "In this case, let me call you nephew, you are older than Deng Ding, you should be a senior brother."

"Deng Ding started early, so he is naturally a senior brother." Lou Jinchen said.

"That nephew doesn't need to call me Butou, just call me Uncle, and this will be your home from now on." Although Deng Butou's words were blunt, they meant something.

Of course Lou Jinchen wouldn't really consider this as his home, he just wanted to be polite.

After chatting for a while, Lou Jinchen left. When he left, Mrs. Deng sent two bundles and a wrapped knife.

One of the bags contains pastries and some snacks such as candies, which are said to be brought to the temple owner to taste.

The other package is the two clothes and shoes, which he said were for him.

This made Lou Jinchen a little surprised. He thought about not accepting it, and it was what he needed. In the end, he thought that he was afraid of being in debt to others. It was just because he was afraid that he would not be able to pay back his clothes. In the future, he would help Deng Ding more in his practice. That's it, so I didn't refuse.

Watching Lou Jinchen leave, Deng Suguan returned to the back house, and sighed: "This son is practicing the method of refining qi, and there are few people who can achieve it in the world, but those who can achieve it are all powerful in the world. I think this son's Qiyun Extraordinary, although the clothes are shabby, but it is hard to hide his inner beauty, under the hunger and thirst, he does not feel cramped, but rather open-minded."

Mrs. Deng said with a smile: "So I gave him clothes, hoping that he can help our Ding'er in practice."

"Madam still has insight."

Deng Butou, who is serious outside, is like a spring breeze in front of his wife.

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Lou Jinchen walked all the way to the Huoling Temple, still looking at the houses and some shops on both sides of the street, just passing a street, and found that the atmosphere on this street is different, many people can faintly feel the mana fluctuations.

Looking at the signboards hung on the houses on both sides of the street, one can understand that there are some "law fields" for teaching spells on both sides, such as corpse collection hall, incense making shop, evil spirit hall, boxing hall, worship house, Yin stabbing hall, and temple building. , Nightmare haunted house, secret food shop and so on are all kinds of strange things.

However, there was a wave of heresy, and Lou Jinchen felt that even if he managed to achieve a certain amount of spells, he might not be able to prolong his life. Instead, he might damage his essence and soul and affect his lifespan.

In front of the building where the temple was built, he saw plain white cloth hanging, and there were several others. People who entered and exited were all dressed in black with white scarves wrapped around their sleeves.

Lou Jinchen didn't stay here too long. After leaving the city, when there were few people, he began to practice the technique of raising the imperial guard again.

It's like a big goose fluttering about to take off. When it returns to the meditation, it's sweaty all over. Both the body and the consciousness have a sense of fatigue. This fatigue naturally makes its dharma powerless.

After reporting everything to the temple master, the temple master didn't say much, he just raised his hand to let him go. After Lou Jinchen came out, the two boys had already been waiting for him with excitement on their faces. Chen first gave the knife to Deng Ding, and then gave one of the burdens to Deng Ding, saying: "This is the pastry that your mother asked me to bring to the temple owner. You can give it to the temple owner."

Deng Ding was already very happy when he got the knife, but he was even more happy when he heard that his mother had prepared a cake for the temple master, and immediately took it to the temple master's room.

Lou Jinchen asked Deng Ding to deliver it not only because it belonged to Deng Ding's family, but also because he couldn't even enter Shang Gui'an's house, so naturally he didn't bring the message.

In Shang Gui'an's place, there will definitely be a contrast with Deng Ding. Although he will know it afterwards, he doesn't want to share the situation of their respective families when both of them are present, so that Shang Gui'an will feel better.

He also told about the situation he encountered in the Shang mansion, and then saw Shang Gui'an's expression quickly dimmed.

"Daddy went outside, when my dad comes back, after my dad comes back..." Shang Guian didn't know what to say for a while.

"When your father comes back, I will accompany you back and buy twenty chicks!" Lou Jinchen said with a smile.

"Yes, buy twenty." Shang Guian smiled.

I don't know when it fell from the sky, drizzling, and gathered into lines in the grooves of the tiles of the Taoist temple. It seemed to implicate the dark clouds in the sky and time, making time disappear in the flowing water.

It was raining lightly at night, Lou Jinchen took off his coat, and practiced sword in the open space of the temple with bare arms and bare feet.

There is a temple in the Taoist temple. When you come out from the door behind the temple, you will find a courtyard. The courtyard is not surrounded by walls, but is surrounded by houses, including kitchens, woodsheds, and huts. And several houses, the largest of which is the house of the master, and these rooms are surrounded by a yard.

The courtyard was leveled, but it was covered with mud. Lou Jinchen practiced sword here, the ground was slippery, but he still practiced here, because he applied the method of lifting and controlling to swordsmanship while refining the sword.

Shang Gui'an and Deng Ding were sitting under the eaves, eating snacks brought back from Deng Ding's home. The temple master didn't eat those pastries, but gave them all.

On the other side, he watched Lou Jinchen fall down and get up again in the mud, looking embarrassed, his sword was incapable, but he was so serious.

There was no doubt in their eyes, only shock.

No matter how unbelieving they were, they could tell that Lou Jinchen had already refined Qi, and they thought that what Lou Jinchen said before might be true.

But how is it possible?
Obviously they got the Qi refining method later than themselves, but they have already started, and it seems that they are still practicing some kind of magic, because they saw a subtle blue and white light remaining in the void between the sword swings in Lou Jinchen's hand .

And they also saw that every time Lou Jinchen made a vertical leap, his whole body was shrouded in a layer of light and mist that suddenly rose.

The fog of light converged towards him, and his whole body was like a big bird jumping up, swooping down with the sword in his hand.

When he pounced down, the sword in his hand was full of light and mist, and his momentum was turbulent, but Deng Ding had some words stuck in his throat, and finally couldn't help saying: "Lou Jinchen, you are so slow, flying in the air, you only need a bow, you can fly!" Could shoot you through the gut."

Lou Jinchen heard it, pondered for a moment, and said, "You're right, I'm too slow now, so I need to practice."

After speaking, he continued to practice.

He wanted to integrate the method of raising power into his own swordsmanship, but after experiencing Deng Ding's words, he also felt that instead of practicing vacating, he should practice the dodging and moving on the ground first.

He steps on the mud to dance sword, and he always breaks the sword pose at the beginning, because his feet are slippery, it is difficult to complete the whole practice of sword pose, but after practicing for so long, he originally needs to completely step on the ground, but it has changed. It's getting lighter.

For Lou Jinchen, who has practiced the basics of swordsmanship for more than ten years and understands the principle of rooting under his feet, he can jump out or turn his body just by standing on tiptoe, and the sword in his hand is like a hand waving in water It can drive the body to quickly follow and rotate on the ground.

He found that he felt a bit like walking with the sword.

And it seems that he has practiced the legendary lightness kungfu, stepping on the mud without falling, because what he uses to balance his body is not only relying on his feet, but relying on the pulling force formed by sensing the void .

That's exactly the case, the whole courtyard is full of wind and clouds, very powerful, and the whole is fluttering like a bird, but Lou Jinchen feels that if he really wants to fight life and death, he might not be as good as before.

The two boys watched him practice the sword, thinking that he had learned some spells to control the wind. In fact, he just captured the vitality of a void with his spells, and used the pull to use his strength to fly forward and sprint.

After practicing, he stopped again, thinking that his train of thought might be wrong.

So they sat under the eaves of the verandah and thought about it again. The two boys looked enviously at this kind of magic that they could think about and practice by themselves.

Lou Jinchen sat there, his thoughts were flying, but he was chaotic, so he decided to go to sleep first, and after washing up, he lay down on the bed, resting his head on the sword, and soon there was a sound of sound sleep.

The two boys looked at each other, Lou Jinchen fell asleep like this, without saying a word from beginning to end.

When the sun was rising, Lou Jinchen woke up, first carried water, and then began to collect daily essence.

Today is not a good weather, gloomy.

While the two boys were cooking, he started chopping wood with an ax again, but he was thinking about his sword skills.

He decided to start with the simplest.

For example, increasing the power of the ax in the hand.

Previously, he condensed the magic thoughts on the sword and attracted the sun's essence fire, so that the sword could hurt the invisible monster, but in fact, he could not gain an advantage when fighting some powerful or fast martial arts masters , because his sword may not be able to stab a nimble person.

Concentration of magic thoughts on the ax can make the ax kill monsters, but it can't make the ax split the wood more effectively.

He held up the ax and thought, Deng Ding and Shang Gui'an, who were watching him anytime and anywhere, widened their eyes, they didn't know what Lou Jinchen was doing.

Last night, he was fluttering in the air, leaping as light as a feather. It was just that others looked at Xuan Miao. He knew that the sword he swung was powerless, just like in water, there were layers of pain in the sword he swung. Resistance, the body soaring into the air, and the sword thrusting out are strenuous.

After chopping a few logs in a row, he put down his ax and came to the edge of a deep pool not far from the Taoist temple.

He stretched out his hand to stir the water in the pool, and there was a small eddy in the water. As the circle of his hand stirred faster and faster, the vortex became bigger and bigger. At the same time, he felt that the force needed to stir the water in his hand was getting stronger and stronger. Small, but the vortex of the water will push the hand to rotate, and he can clearly feel the thrust. As long as the hand follows the vortex, it will naturally borrow force, but it is a force of obedience.

The vitality of the heaven and the earth is densely distributed, stirring the vitality of the heaven and the earth, forming a storm, how similar to this pool of water
Feeling enlightened, he immediately ran to the Taoist temple.

　coming.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)