Shi Mu sat on a chair, looking at a small bottle on the table in front of him, thinking about something with a deep expression on his face.
Suddenly there were several knocks on the door outside.
"Come in"
Shi Mu said lightly without raising his head.
The door opened, and a pretty figure walked in holding a wooden plate, and skillfully placed a bowl of steaming meat porridge on the table.
"Miss Zhong, you're here again. Didn't I tell you that you don't need to do these rough jobs?" Shi Mu then raised his head, looked at the girl in front of him and shook his head.
The person in front of me is none other than Zhong Xiu.
Since this woman entered the manor, because she was grateful for Shi Mu's kindness in taking him in, she often went to his residence these days to offer tea and meals.
"Brother Shi, you haven't eaten for a whole day, so you'd better eat some food. I stewed this bowl of porridge over slow fire myself." Zhong Xiuwen said softly, even though the green mark on his forehead was very shocking, it still made people feel sad.
A gentle and touching feeling.
"Have you not eaten for a day? In that case, I won't be polite." Shi Mu was startled for a moment, then smiled bitterly.
Then, he picked up the bowl filled with meat porridge in front of him, drank the contents in three gulps, and let out a sigh of satisfaction.
"Miss Zhong, this meat porridge is really delicious. I never imagined that you have such cooking skills. Whoever marries you in the future will be very lucky."
"Brother Shi is joking. With my humble appearance, who can be so good at it? But if Brother Shi really likes my cooking, Xiu'er can cook more often in the future." Zhong Xiu listened to Shi Mu's words,
A blush appeared on her fair face, and she replied with a hint of joy in her mouth.
"If that's the case, I..."
Shi Mu smiled at the girl and was about to say something else when suddenly there were footsteps outside the door, and then Zhang Suo broke in and said hurriedly:
"Master Shi, Manager Cheng of the Jin family is here and wants to see you right away."
"Mr. Cheng, okay, I'll go see you." Upon hearing this, Shi Mu narrowed his eyes slightly, but replied without hesitation, then picked up the vial on the table and strode away.
Got out.
Zhang Suo naturally chased after him furiously.
After Zhong Xiu hesitated for a moment, he also followed.
A moment later, outside the gate of the manor, Shi Mu looked at the banknote handed over by Jin Cheng with a gloomy expression:
"So, my Qi Ling Dan is gone and replaced with thirty thousand taels of snowflake silver. Very good, the market price of the Qi Ling Dan is only ten thousand taels of silver. So, I still made a lot of money.
"
"Ahem, Mr. Shi, the mistress has tried her best, and even went to the Jin family's main house to make a big fuss in person, but the ancestor said it herself, and there is nothing the mistress can do. Even the thirty thousand taels of silver
, also came from the mistress herself. In addition, the mistress asked me to bring a message to Master Shi. Although she can no longer provide Qi Ling Dan, the other condition she promised is still valid." The old man in green coughed slightly.
, explained.
Speaking of which, this steward of the Jin family had always had a good impression of Shi Mu, and after learning the news that he had inspired the useless pulse, he felt a bit regretful.
"It turns out it was the ancestor of the Jin family who said it. This is really hard for Aunt Zhen." Shi Mu was a little surprised after hearing this, and then he slowly took the banknote.
"It's good that Master Shi knows that Mistress is working hard! In addition, Mistress said that someone in the Jin family may take the opportunity to embarrass Master Shi during this period. It would be better for Master Shi to go into the city less during this period." After Jin Cheng thought for a while,
He said again with caution.
"Okay, I understand, please help me thank Aunt Zhen." Shi Mu nodded slightly.
"Then I'll take my leave first. By the way, if Master Shi really doesn't give up on the warriors, this old slave will have a good place to go." The old man in green shirt saw that Shi Mu could still remain calm after hearing these words.
He couldn't help but smile, and he took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it to Shi Mu, and then left.
Shi Mu stood at the gate and kept watching the old man disappear, still holding the three banknotes and the note motionless in his hand.
Zhong Xiu and Zhang Suo were always listening.
The girl vaguely understood something, and looked at Shi Mu with a look of worry, while Zhang Suo had a confused look on his face, as if he did not understand the meaning of the previous conversation between Shi Mu and Jin Cheng.
…
That night, Shi Mu sat cross-legged on the bed, playing with the vial he had taken out at noon, his eyes as cold as ice.
"Is Stone Monkey ruined his veins?"
"Hey, I don't believe I'm a waste!"
"Mother, don't worry. Since I have determined to become a strong person in the world, I will never give up halfway and embarrass you. A mere broken meridian is nothing, it's not like all meridians are broken!"
After Shi Mu muttered these words, he suddenly opened the bottle cap, poured out a milky white pill, and swallowed it in one gulp.
It was the Qi Spirit Pill that the mysterious girl who called herself Tianyin Girl gave me.
This elixir was originally as hard as iron, but as soon as it entered Shi Mu's mouth, it immediately turned into something soft and sweet like cotton. In just a few breaths, it turned into a ball of body fluid that flowed directly down the throat, and then turned into a scorching heat.
The energy dissipates in the intestines and stomach.
"boom"
Shi Mu only felt a roar in his head, and his five senses instantly became several times more sensitive than before. At the same time, various parts of his body began to itch extremely.
He immediately sat cross-legged with his knees crossed, his eyelids drooping, and his expression extremely solemn.
…
at the same time
A quiet room in Jin Mansion.
A middle-aged man was yelling curses at the young man in front of him who looked similar to him.
"Waste, waste! You also said that boy Shi Mu is a waste. I think he is worse than a waste vein. You are the real waste. This is the second time you have taken the Qi Ling Dan. Didn't you say that this time there is a waste?
Are you 100% sure that you can understand the sense of Qi? What is going on now? How could I give birth to a useless son like you? If I had known this, why would I have spent such a high price to steal the Qi Spirit Pill from Qimei?
Come here, why not leave it to that boy Shi Mu, and I can spend less money."
The middle-aged man became angrier as he spoke. He suddenly raised his hand and slapped the young man in the face, then opened the door and left angrily.
"Shi Mu"
Jintian stroked his red and swollen face and called someone's name through gritted teeth.
…
Half a day later, Shi Mu pressed one hand on his abdomen, feeling a bit of heat looming in his body, and was filled with surprise.
This is the feeling of Qi!
If it weren't for the power of Qi Ling Dan, it would indeed be impossible to sense its existence.
Now, as long as he finds a copy of the acquired skills, he can cultivate the true energy that only acquired warriors can have.
In a sense, he is now a true warrior.
After a while, Shi Mu removed his mind from his body, took out the note given by Jincheng from his sleeve, unfolded it, and read it carefully.
"Three states in the frontier fortress! Military Hall!"
After a while, the young man murmured.
(Until now, the plot has really unfolded. Please vote for me by the way!)