"Hey, little guy, if you don't get some snacks, this flame will burn my old man's beard!" The old man was holding a piece of thousand-year-old red pine wood in his hand. When he saw Ruoshui was distracted, the flames suddenly started to waver, and he suddenly
Said to him very dissatisfied
"Ah, I forgot, senior, I'm sorry." Ruoshui quickly put away his chaotic thoughts. He didn't expect that this old man didn't look very smart, but he showed his ability with just a few casual words. He really had something in his belly.
Ruoshui thought that he was going to teach some spells or skills, but he didn't expect that his strength would improve just after listening to a few words from him. It seems that there are really many mysteries in the game of Dao, really.
The kind of game that is completely restrictive and allows players to adapt to system settings
"Remember, you must maintain stability and firepower. When my old man comes to burn charcoal, you must pay full attention. If there is something wrong with your fire and ruin my precious wood, don't blame the old man for turning his back on you."
Ruoshui nodded with a smile on his face, but secretly said in his heart: "Tsk, I got this wood. Now you are turning your face and you don't recognize me. The old man's memory is too bad?"
Not to mention Ruoshui's inner criticism, just watching the old man firing this pine charcoal, I have to say that the old man is still very skillful in his skills. He actually used the flying sword technique to control the flames emitted by the small pieces of wood in Ruoshui.
Shuttle around, this thousand-year-old pine wood is under the control of the old guy. The flight angle is unpredictable, and the speed is fast and slow. It is erratic. It is simply dazzling. It is a pity that Ruoshui must do his best to maintain the flame. Otherwise, it is estimated that he can still fly from
This old man learned a lot from his sword-handling skills, which is really a pity.
However, Ruoshui will not think about these things now. The only thing he is thinking in his heart now is: Please let this miserable day end quickly. This job of setting fire to a handsome guy... is really not easy to do.
I don't know if it was intentional or not, but the old man roasted the wood by the fire for an hour before he said softly "Okay", then he couldn't put it down, holding a piece of black stuff and turning it over and over, but Ruoshui was hearing it.
After the old man agreed, he immediately sat down on the ground, panting from exhaustion, and stuffed pills into his mouth one after another. You must know that even an ordinary flame consumes terrifying mana to maintain it for an hour.
Yes, what's more, when Ruoshui sets fire, it requires not only the support of strong physical force, but also the concentration of compression and concentration of the power of the flame itself. This fire is more tiring than fighting five sixty or seventy-level bosses. It's really
Work that no one else does
"Isn't this going to work? I still have a piece of ancient pine wood waiting to be refined." The old man looked at Ruoshui with a half-smile, then took out a piece of wood and threw it to the ground, causing Ruoshui to almost hit him to death without any regrets: "I
Why do you have to give him two pieces of wood? You can complete the task with just one piece of wood! Failure, a huge failure!"
"However, your ability to set fires is still far behind. This piece of ancient pine wood will not be wasted in your hands." Although he was belittling him, Ruoshui was extremely happy after listening to the old man's words, because it meant that he was working as a coolie.
The days are finally over, the clouds are clearing and the moon is bright!
"Boy, you have helped me a lot. If you have any requests, just ask."
"Really?" Ruoshui was overjoyed. He originally thought that being taught spells would be a benefit, but he didn't expect that the old man was very generous and even wanted to give him some benefits. The pain of setting fire at this moment was finally not in vain.
"Humph, of course it's true. Little guy, please don't push yourself too far and make such excessive demands. The old man is in a good mood, but he is not a fool. If he makes me unhappy and runs away, I don't think you can catch up."
Damn it, this old NPC is really awesome, he can even refuse to pay and run away? Ruoshui could only look at this old guy helplessly, thinking about what request he should make to directly improve his level? Just kidding, the system will definitely not do it, a Ordinary NPCs don’t have that ability. Giving two super magic weapons? It shouldn’t be possible. This old guy is so light and does not look like someone with any wealth. Teaching two special skills? This can be considered. It seems that the old guys They all have some skills, of course. Last time I heard him say that he could repair eighth-level magic weapons. I don’t know if that’s true. If that’s true, it would be good to learn this ability to repair magic weapons...
After thinking about it for a long time, Ruoshui didn't decide what request he should make. First, Ruoshui really didn't want to let go of this great opportunity. Second, he didn't know much about the old man's true and false, and didn't know what he was capable of. So, in this way, Come, it will be difficult to make a decision
"This is really a difficult choice. I'm not the boss of the system. How can I know how to maximize my profits?" Ruoshui rubbed his hair and thought in distress.
"Wait, I don't know, but someone knows!" Ruoshui suddenly had an idea in his mind, so he immediately said: "Old senior, you are very capable and have been practicing Taoism for longer than I have been alive in this world. , as long as you teach a little something, the kid will be able to benefit a lot. It’s just that I’m young in cultivation, so it would be bad if I lose your reputation.”
"You little naughty boy!" the old man scolded Ruoshui with a smile. In this way, if he didn't come up with something good, it seemed that he couldn't get through it, but he kept saying "You don't know who I am, and I'm nothing." What fame are you afraid of losing?"
"However," the old man suddenly changed his tone and said: "I can't let the little guy suffer. It doesn't matter, I will give you an advantage. Little guy, do you know that in my life, in addition to practicing hard in the way of heaven, I In addition, I just like the four arts of music, chess, calligraphy and painting, but each of these four arts is profound and profound. I have spent hundreds of years and only have a superficial understanding of it." When he said this, the old man even sounded confused. Change, my old man has also been replaced by an old man. From this we can see that the status of the four arts of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting is indeed quite high in his heart.
However, he said that he only knew a little bit about Go, which Ruoshui agreed with. Ruoshui concluded that the old man's chess skills were so poor that he couldn't even understand a thousand pieces of gold. Put it in the real world. Li, probably only at the level of 1st and 5th dan amateur, not really a master. As for the fact that he attaches so much importance to such things as monkey brushes and loose ink, Ruoshui secretly laughed in his heart. Even a modern man like him knows the art of calligraphy and painting. , although I am very particular about using paper, pen and ink, but if I pay too much attention to these things, I will never be able to write and draw truly good works.
The old man didn't care that Ruoshui had wandered thousands of miles away, and just continued talking, "Although I only had a brief glimpse of the skills with this old man of four arts, after all, I have spent hundreds of years on it.
"Xinxue, although my attainments in the four arts are difficult for the Fang family to discern, when it comes to the ability to combine magic with music, chess, calligraphy and painting, I'm afraid there is no one in the world who is even half better than me."
Here comes the drama! Ruoshui, who had already been distracted by what he heard, immediately became energetic and said with a deliberately surprised face: "Is there really such a method in the world that combines the four arts of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting with magic? It is indeed magical.
Ah, the world is so vast, and there are indeed many wonders.”
The force of the flattery slap was moderate, and the direction was accurate. It just hit the old man's itchy spot, and immediately made the old man look up to the sky and laugh, "That's natural. My four arts are really rare in the world.
I'm so happy today, and I meet a clever guy like you, so I'll teach you something! Say, piano, chess, calligraphy, or painting, which one do you want to learn?"
After a long time of fussing, we only asked you to learn one thing? Well, just one thing. I guess this thing is not commonplace. There is no harm in learning it. But, which one is better to choose? This old guy just made himself spend a lot of money.
Brain selection, now I actually do it again
Piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting. If you were to judge by name alone, you don't know which one is best. It would be more appropriate to ask first and then choose. But this time, the old man kept his mouth shut. No matter how Ruoshui asked, it was just...
Smilingly letting him choose, he refused to reveal the contents of these four skills at all.
"Forget it, I've chosen painting!" Ruoshui was not an indecisive person, so he finally made up his mind to choose painting. The reason was very simple. Last time, didn't the old man say he would help Xiangfei repair the fan? Listen.
That tone should have something to do with the art of painting. Ruoshui thought, since the old man can repair eighth-level magic weapons with his painting skills, it shouldn't be that bad.
Seeing that Ruoshui had made a decision, the old man nodded with a smile, took out a finger-sized jade bead from his arms, and stuffed it into Ruoshui's hand, "Here, take it, the old man's experience in painting over the years is in it. Go back."
But you have to think about it carefully. In your words, you must not ruin my old man’s reputation.”
After saying this, the old man turned into a golden light and walked away. Before Ruoshui could ask his name, the old man disappeared like a yellow crane again.
"You can actually run so coolly. The old guy seemed to be a cool guy who liked to be cool when he was young." Ruoshui said to himself. However, since I know that the old man is hanging out in this area, I will come back next time if I have anything to do.
What he said shouldn't be too difficult, so Ruoshui quickly turned his attention back to the jade bead and looked at its properties carefully.
Painting jade record: a strange object that records the wonderful painting methods studied by the senior masters, which can be relied on to learn the wonderful painting techniques of the immortal family.
It turns out to be something similar to a Taoist book. I don’t know what kind of magical skills are recorded in it. How mysterious it is. “It would be great if there was Wu Fei’s sword energy kung fu that was so awesome,” Ruoshui thought greedily.
Although he was very curious about the skills in this painting and jade record, this place was not a good place to learn skills at the moment. Ruoshui thought about it and decided to find a quiet place to learn after returning to the city. Anyway, there was no rush at this moment.
Although there are many monsters in the Baiyun Cave, there are very few that are over level 70. Their allure is too low, and naturally they will not be in the eyes of Ruoshui now. And since he has returned to Jinling, he will not go to see the smelly ones.
It didn't seem appropriate for Little Baldy and the others to play around, so Ruoshui casually killed a few monsters wandering nearby and walked leisurely out of the cave.
While walking, Ruoshuike remembered the figure scroll that the old man had just thrown to him. Such a thing is considered a rare object. Although there is no grade evaluation, rare objects are also ranked high and low. This character scroll, in terms of attributes.
Look, it is estimated to be a high-level rare item, no worse than a fifth-level magic weapon. Moreover, this transformation of image based on self-filled information is most likely a skill such as disguise, which is definitely a home trip.
A must-have product with incredible perverted attributes.
Thinking of this, Ruoshui couldn't help but take out the character scroll, intending to study it to see how it was used and what the effect was. It was only when he took out the painting that he saw the amount of money he had.
, but was immediately dumbfounded and shocked to the point of losing his soul.
"His mother has a gold ring, where did my money go?" Ruoshui looked at his money bag and really wanted to cry. Last time he got more than 10,000 taels of gold from Wuyang City, Ruoshui had been carrying it with him.
On his body, plus the money he originally had on hand, he had seventeen or eight thousand taels, which was considered quite wealthy. But now Ruoshui looked at it, and of the more than seventeen thousand taels of gold, only more than seven thousand taels were left.
A fraction of that ten thousand taels of gold actually disappeared!
"There are no thieves or thieves on the road? System boss, how wrong am I!" Ruoshui counted the numbers on the money bag over and over with tears in his eyes. Unfortunately, if he was allowed to count again, that big one word was also a reply.
not coming
"By the way, there must be records in the system log!" Now that he was talking about the system boss, Ruoshui suddenly remembered that generally speaking, the logs in the game recorded most of the information in the game, so naturally there were questions about why the money disappeared.
information, so Ruoshui immediately jumped up, hurriedly opened the system log, and started checking
I saw two lines of big words in the system log: Player Ruoshui obtained the mysterious old man's painting and jade record, the learning fee was deducted from the player's account, and a total of 10,000 taels of gold was recorded!
"mlgbd! No wonder that old ghost can run faster than flying. He is so treacherous, so treacherous. He actually asked me to give 10,000 taels of gold in exchange for a broken bead!" Ruoshui has now realized what treachery and insidiousness are.
What is shameless...
Although Ruoshui used all the derogatory words he knew to curse this ruthless and shameless old man, he never expected that he still underestimated the old man's character. He was so angry that he completely turned the character upside down.
It was only after unfolding that I fully understood
