"Brother Ming, you are so domineering today!" Lin Xiaodong kept saying as he walked on the road.
Lin Ming did not speak. What he said in the afternoon was certainly very convincing, but it was very difficult to surpass Zhu Yan, and he had to make great efforts for this.
He has nothing to fear from hard work and hard work, but hidden wounds cannot be solved by faith alone. Medicines are needed, and each medicine is expensive.
Lin Xiaodong seemed to have guessed what Lin Ming was thinking. He said: "Brother Ming, just work hard and practice. I will find a way to solve the money issue. Don't worry. Although my old man is not very powerful among the family members, he is still capable of doing business.
Two brushes can be obtained for several hundred taels of gold."
Lin Ming paused for a moment and turned to look at Lin Xiaodong. In life, there are many people who are the icing on the cake, but there are only a few people who help in times of need. Between brothers, any words of thanks seem pretentious, but Lin Ming still
He stopped and said seriously: "Xiaodong, thank you."
"Okay, stop it, I can't stand this. I don't have any big pursuits in this life. I'm just trying to gain face for my father by taking the Qixuanwu Mansion. Brother Ming, I'm optimistic about you. One day you will become a master. When the time comes,
Just stick to me, haha."
Lin Ming also smiled heartily, "Yeah! As for you, my brother, I will definitely continue on the path of martial arts."
…
It was already evening when Lin Ming returned to his residence. This was the house he rented. During the period between registration and examination in Qixuanwu Mansion, accommodation in Tianyun City was very tight. The hotels were full, and the hotel fee had to be increased by half.
Therefore, many candidates choose to rent a house, which of course is not cheap.
Lin Ming rented a single room, which was only ten square meters. The layout of the room was very simple. Lin Ming went to bed and was about to meditate and adjust his breath, when someone knocked on the door.
Lin Ming opened the door and saw that the landlady came in. A middle-aged woman in her forties or fifties with an extremely chubby figure. Normally, the landlady always looked fierce and mean, but this time she
But there was a flattering smile on his face, which made Lin Ming feel a little unusual.
"Landlady, is something wrong?"
"This... young man, I'm sorry, please see if you can vacate this house."
"Huh?" Lin Ming frowned slightly, "Why?"
"Haha, I'm sorry, I rent this house." A harsh male voice interrupted. Lin Ming looked up and saw a man with pointed ears and monkey cheeks walking from the hall, his face full of teasing.
of smile.
Lin Ming was stunned for a moment and recognized this person. He was a servant who followed Zhu Yan and another young man during the day. He seemed to belong to the unknown young man. At that time, the young man did not interrupt, but looked at Lin Ming and
Lin Xiaodong's eyes were full of contempt.
There is no doubt that in order to please Zhu Yan, this young man sent his subordinates to disgust him. As long as he offered a rent several times his own, the mercenary old landlady would naturally want to drive him away.
Now is the registration day for Qixuanwu Mansion. Housing is in short supply. It is not easy to change the place. And even if you can change it, this bitch may cause trouble again.
Lin Ming's face darkened. He looked coldly at the usually sarcastic landlady and said, "We agreed on a five-month rent, and I paid five months' rent in advance. There are still three months left. You want me to rent it for five months?"
Walk?"
The landlady smiled apologetically, "Well... of course I know. Look at this, how about I refund the rent to you for the three months you haven't lived here?"
"Ha! Retire for three months, your calculation is really good!" Lin Ming was really angry. If the landlady was forced by power, then he would leave, but now she has a mercenary face.
, which made Lin Ming feel a fire in his stomach.
"Hey, what are you talking about? I just said it verbally before, and there is no written document. This house is mine. I can rent it to whomever I like!" Tianyun City is the capital of Tianyun Kingdom and the landlord of Tianyun City.
They subconsciously have a sense of superiority, thinking that people from the outer city are all country people, no one looks down on them, and they have a lot of confidence in what they say, not to mention that the person next to her looks like a servant sent by a rich and powerful family.
With this guy's support, the landlady's waist is naturally very strong.
At this time, the man with pointed ears and monkey cheeks also smiled arrogantly and said: "If you are sensible, get out of here. I am not afraid to tell you that I have my eyes on you. Even if you can find a new home, I will still have the ability to drive you away."
Come out, during the three months from registration to the exam, just clean your butt and sleep on the street, haha!"
The man laughed so proudly.
The aristocratic class is born with a sense of superiority, but their sense of superiority is mostly expressed in the form of temperament. Even if they lose their temper, they are like Zhu Yan. Although he is domineering, he speaks appropriately and always maintains the demeanor of a superior.
On the contrary, they are the servants of the powerful class. If they want to be arrogant, it is the arrogance of the police. There is nothing better than fighting against the power of others.
Lin Ming looked at the monkey-like man, his eyes becoming colder.
"What are you looking at? If you want to hit someone, I'm not afraid to tell you that my young master is the second son of the leader of the Tianyun City Guard Army. If you dare to hit me, I will let you..."
"Get out!" Lin Ming shouted fiercely and punched out, hitting the monkey man's nose. With a "bang" sound, the man flew backwards like a monkey. With a series of ping-pong sounds, the wooden furniture and pots were thrown away.
The bowls and pans were shattered on the floor, and the man fell into the debris, his hair disheveled and his face covered in blood.
The result of a fist that can break iron wood and fall on a person's face can be imagined. The monkey man's nose collapsed directly.
The landlady was stunned, her eyes widened, and she stayed there for several breaths before she screamed like a pig, "Help, it's a murder!"
The landlord rushed out like a meat ball, but his fat feet were not very flexible, and he fell to the ground with a thud after being mixed up with the messy debris.
Lin Ming walked towards the monkey man step by step. He was currently at the first level of the physical training period. Although it was just the beginning of martial arts, the first level of the physical training period was not a big deal. After all, most people in the Tianyun Kingdom were not suitable for martial arts training at all, and Lin Ming
Ming's talent itself was only one in a hundred, and coupled with his diligence, he might not be able to find one among a thousand peers who could surpass him in strength. This monkey man was just a servant of a military lord's son, and Lin Ming was just playing with him.
of.
The man kept moaning. He never dreamed that Lin Ming would dare to hit him. He stretched out his bloody finger, pointed at Lin Ming and said tremblingly: "You... you dare to hit me, you... you are finished."
"I don't know if I will be finished in the future, but now I know you are finished." Lin Ming kicked the man in the abdomen. The man screamed and flew out like a monkey again. This time he was directly smashed.
He opened the wooden door and was kicked out of the house.
Without saying a word, Lin Ming went back to his room, packed up his things, and then strode away. The whole house was in a mess, and the landlady's heart was bleeding. She bravely said: "You... you can't leave like this.
Yes, you...have to...have to compensate."
Lin Ming paused, turned around and glanced at the old woman who was curled up into a ball on the ground, "Compensation?"
"Compensate...compensate..." The landlord's voice became less and less confident. She felt that the boy's eyes in front of her were like an abyss, which made her shudder.
Without saying a word, Lin Ming suddenly punched the wall. With a muffled sound, a layer of earth was shaken off the beams, and the brick wall was directly punched through by Lin Ming. The landlord
The lady screamed, rolled her eyes, and fainted.
Lin Ming carried his luggage and walked out of the room without even looking at the unconscious monkey man lying on the ground.
He knew very well that if he beat this person today, the master behind him would not let it go and would bring trouble to him, but Lin Ming had no regrets.
Of course, a person must learn to endure. If a martial arts master came today and he was no match for him, Lin Ming would choose to endure. He had to bear the loss. However, it was just a servant of Three-legged Cat Kung Fu who only relied on the power behind him. If
No matter how much you endure, what's the use of practicing martial arts?
This is not in line with Lin Ming's martial arts aspirations.
Just like that, he strode away from this residential area. Lin Ming threw down the package and began to think about the issue of accommodation. He needed to find a place to stay. The hotel was almost full, and the price was too expensive. As for sleeping in the wild, although he didn't care, but
Lin Xiaodong would definitely not be able to stand it and would drag him to live in his own place.
If it passes, the military leader's son will definitely send someone again, and then Lin Xiaodong won't have to live there anymore, and the two of them can sleep on the street together.
What's more, he had just gotten into trouble. The son of the military leader might have sent thugs directly. To these people, it was nothing unusual for them to beat someone to death. Lin Ming did not want to implicate Lin Xiaodong.
So where can I live?
Lin Ming thought for a while and finally thought of a place to stay - one of the most luxurious restaurants in Tianyun City - Daming Xuan.
Da Mingxuan's consumption is extremely high, the people who come in and out are either rich or noble, and their backgrounds are also very high. With such strength, the son of a military leader will naturally be unable to move.
Naturally, Lin Ming couldn't spend money on accommodation when he went to Damingxuan. He came here to work. Lin Ming's parents owned restaurants. Lin Ming could cook, and the food was good, but he didn't think he could compare with the chefs in Tianyun City.
, in fact, his specialty is not cooking...
…
When Lin Ming came to Damingxuan, Damingxuan was still brightly lit. It was open until early in the morning and was the best-selling restaurant in Tianyun City.
Lin Ming's clothes were really ordinary. When he entered the store, the waiter looked at Lin Ming a little strangely, because this person who was dressed and carrying a package really didn't look like someone who could eat at Damingxuan, and the most important thing was that he was very old.
About five years old.
However, the hospitality was quite good. He walked over and asked, "Is this little brother here with his parents?"
Lin Ming shook his head and said, "I'm looking for a job."
At this time, even if the waiter was very well-mannered, he frowned. What kind of job can a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child do? A beautiful girl in her eighteenth or nineteen is required to serve the dishes, and a tall and handsome man in his twenties is required to serve. As for the chef, a ten-year-old
Can a five or six year old child be a chef?
"Go away, don't come here and make trouble." The waiter waved his hand impatiently.
"I do know how to work. You can let me try it in the kitchen."
The receptionist asked unhappily: "What can you do?"
Lin Ming smiled slightly and said: "Bone breaking."
"What?" The receptionist was stunned.
…
Bone dismemberment is a very eccentric profession that is not set up in every restaurant. This job is actually to dismember slaughtered livestock or hunted prey into pieces of meat.
In ancient times, there was a saying about cooks dismembering a cow. A master swordsman can dismember a cow with ease. Although a better swordsman can also dismember a cow, he has to change his knife every year. However, an average swordsman can dismember a cow with ease.
It takes a month to replace a knife, and the efficiency is extremely low. A cow can work for most of a day.
As for Damingxuan, what is often dismembered is not cattle, but ferocious beasts. Many ferocious beasts are delicious, but the scales, skin, bones, and tendons are extremely tough. Ordinary people can only dismember a small piece with the effort of nine cows and two tigers.
As for martial arts masters, it is said that a gentleman is far away from the kitchen. Masters will naturally not put aside their status to do this job. Even if they come, they do not understand the texture and cracks of muscles and bones. They have no strength and often make the meat messy and different in size, making it impossible to cook.
Serve exquisite food.
Lin Ming first came into contact with martial arts through bone-breaking. In his parents' restaurant, bone-breaking was a daily practice for him, and he did this for several years.
This is a very tiring job, no easier than pile driving! Lin Ming never thought that he had any extraordinary talent in martial arts. All he could rely on was his own diligence. Practicing over and over again, his martial arts was solid.
The basics are learned through this one knife after another.
The waiter couldn't drive Lin Ming away, so he had to bring him into the kitchen...
"Sister Lan, this little brother is going to apply to be a bone cutter."
"Bone-breaking hand?" In the kitchen of Damingxuan, a beautiful woman in her twenties or thirties, wearing a gorgeous cheongsam, looked Lin Ming up and down. She saw her simple clothes and the look of a refugee wearing big and small bags. The beauty
Her smoky eyebrows frowned slightly, and she said dissatisfiedly to the waiter who brought Lin Ming in: "What are you doing? You bring everyone into the kitchen, Dongzi, give him some money and send him away."
This beautiful woman obviously regarded Lin Ming as a child in distress. As for the reprimanded receptionist, he had a bitter look on his face. In fact, he originally wanted to push Lin Ming out, but found that Lin Ming's feet seemed to have roots.
, can't be pushed at all.
"Okay." A young man who was deboning was about to come over and drive Lin Ming away. But at this moment, he felt his eyes dazzled, and his hand was light. The deboning knife that was originally nestled in his hand was actually moved by the young man.
Taken away.
The young man named Dongzi didn't understand what was going on. Lin Ming said: "I'm not here to beg for food. Miss, please take a look at my skills before driving me away."
The beautiful woman was slightly startled. This boy has really practiced. She rolled her eyes at Dongzi and said, "It's really useless. A child can't handle it. Go lift a pig from the library." At this point, she turned to Lin Ming and said
: "If you can finish it in half an hour, I'll keep you in Damingxuan."
Dongzi knew he was embarrassed and turned around to lift the pig. At this time, Lin Ming said: "No need, just that one."
Lin Ming said as he pointed at a dragon beast not far away.
The beautiful woman was startled. The dragon muscle beast is a second-level ferocious beast. It has many tendons in its body. These tendons are extremely tough and difficult to be damaged by swords. However, if you add specific medicinal materials and simmer for three days and three nights, it will be delicious and sweet.
Mellow soup.
This kind of ferocious beast would be difficult to deal with even if a bone-breaking expert came. This young man was really crazy.
"Are you kidding me? This dragon-muscled beast got more than a hundred taels of gold. Can you afford to pay for it if it's destroyed?" Dongzi said angrily. He was still worried about Lin Ming taking away his sword.
The beautiful woman rolled her eyes at Dongzi and said angrily: "Can you destroy me if I ask you to?"
Dongzi's voice faltered and he stopped talking immediately. The Jiaojin beast is not a pig, cow or sheep. Ordinary people can't break through its scales with a knife. It's not something ordinary people can do to destroy this thing.
The woman turned to Lin Ming and said, "I'll let you cut it!"
Lin Ming nodded and picked the best boning knife in the kitchen. He had only cut into the dragon beast twice, both times at the birthday banquets of powerful figures in the Lin family. After all, this kind of ferocious beast was not affordable for ordinary people.
of.
Taking a deep breath, Lin Ming carefully stroked the scales of the dragon muscle beast, feeling the raised tendons. This process lasted for a full stick of incense, and he formed a tendon diagram in his mind.
The sub-picture is corroborated with the diagram of the tendons of the dragon beast that Lin Ming remembered from before.
While waiting like this, some people became impatient and said, "What are you doing? Not yet?"
"Stop being mysterious and do it quickly."
It's no wonder these people were impatient. A fifteen-year-old boy was doing the bone-breaking job, and the object of dismemberment was a second-level ferocious beast. It looked like a prank no matter how you looked at it.
Lin Ming turned a deaf ear to these questions. When he picked up the knife, his eyes had become extremely focused. Breaking bones was equivalent to his practice.
After confirming the tendon diagram, Lin Ming finally took out his sword. He did not use an ax or machete, he only used a boning knife that was difficult to exert force.
And this ordinary dagger became extremely sharp in Lin Ming's hands. The moment the blade fell, the scales of the dragon muscle beast were cut open by Lin Ming!
Seeing this scene, the people who originally doubted it immediately shut up. Just to do this, the strength on the wrist required no less than three hundred kilograms. Normally, the dismemberment of the dragon muscle beast would have to be done with an ax or a saw.
The blade of the knife advanced along the gaps between the tendons, the knife speed was extremely smooth, like cutting paper, and with a swishing sound, the white tendons in the body of the dragon tendon beast were revealed one by one.
Seeing Lin Ming's effortless expression, the man named Dongzi rubbed his eyes vigorously. He even suspected that he was dazzled. Is this kid really cutting into a dragon muscle beast?
Lin Ming's movements were smooth and flowing. Occasionally he would encounter a few tendons that could not be avoided. At this time, he would use brute force to break them. In this way, it took less than half an hour to finish the dragon-muscle beast by Lin Ming.
Ming cut the meat into pieces, and the pieces of white silk placed next to the meat were the most valuable tendons of the dragon-tendon beast. These tendons were of the same length and there was almost no loss.
This scene was truly astonishing. What Lin Ming did seemed easy, but people knew that dismembering a dragon beast was a huge project. It usually took four or five big men to work together for a long time, and that boy
But her face is just slightly red, and it looks like it won’t be a problem to get one or two more hairs!
Daming Xuan was not very busy at night, and many people in the kitchen were watching. Everyone in the room was quiet when they saw this scene. At this time, Lin Ming put down the knife and said: "Can I stay here now? I work every day
It can’t exceed two hours, and my monthly salary is five taels of gold. I also have one condition, which is that my food and accommodation must be included.”
The beautiful woman thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay!"
Lin Ming's conditions were not low, but they were definitely worth it. With Lin Ming's speed, he could do a lot in two hours, and the loss of key ingredients was small, which was very important.
In this way, Lin Ming started working at Da Mingxuan. Two hours was not a waste of time, because this was also training. Driving tree stumps was a training of ruthless strength, while breaking bones was a training of skillful strength.
That night, Lin Ming had been in the warehouse and cut up three first-level ferocious beasts in one breath. By this time, he was sweating profusely and his arms were sore and numb. He was about to cut off the last one and went to his residence to rest.
For the last one, he chose a second-level ferocious beast - the golden-backed pangolin. This ferocious beast's teeth can crush stones and drill through mountains like tofu.
Because Lin Ming consumed too much real energy, it took a lot of effort to cut open the abdominal scales of the golden-backed pangolin. His original intention of choosing this second-level ferocious beast was to push himself to the limit.
It became much easier after cutting through the scales. The blade of the knife traveled along the gaps between the muscles on the belly of the golden-backed pangolin. At this moment, Lin Ming felt the knife hit something hard.
Bones? No, there shouldn't be bones in the abdominal cavity.
So it's a stone? That's not right. Although the golden-backed pangolin occasionally swallows stones, it has already been chewed into pieces. Even if it is not broken, it will be corroded by the powerful stomach acid. There is no such a big piece, so is it...
Neidan?
Thinking of this, Lin Ming felt slightly excited. The inner elixir of a Level 2 ferocious beast was very valuable. If it was eaten without selling it, it would be of great benefit to the body.
Lin Ming put on his gloves, carefully avoiding stomach acid, and took out the hard object. However, at first glance, Lin Ming was disappointed. It was a square object, and it obviously couldn't be the inner elixir, because the inner elixir was basically
Round.
It seems to be a real stone, but this stone is a little weird...
The gray cube has overly neat edges and corners, as if it were cut with a knife, and strange black inscriptions are engraved on all six sides of the cube stone, giving it a mysterious aura.
Metallic?
Lin Ming observed it carefully. It didn't look like metal, but it didn't look like stone either. Maybe it was a kind of jade?
——There are not many highlights in the new book. Thank you everyone for supporting me. I won’t be able to concentrate on it this week——