Douluo's opening with a bird

When Kong Wanqing and Ma Hongjun surfaced, the ice on the pool had disappeared.

Zhu Zhuqing did not wait for him stupidly in the middle of the pool. Instead, he pulled out the blood-cutting talisman and brought it back to the shore before the ice completely disappeared.

Kong Wanqing paused for a moment, then dragged Ma Hongjun and swam towards the shore.

Zhu Zhuqing was a little surprised when he saw Ma Hongjun who was motionless: "Ah Qing, this is Fatty"

"Almost drowned." Kong Wanqing said as he put Ma Hongjun's head and feet on the rocks, found the right position and punched him: "When I found him, he was already in a state of suspended animation."

Ma Hongjun's body suddenly bounced off the ground following Kong Wanqing's movements, and a large stream of water spurted out of his mouth at the same time.

"Ah," Zhu Zhuqing was stunned, a little puzzled: "The fat man can't hold it in, why doesn't he come up for air?"

"I don't know. Maybe he didn't want to leave, or maybe he couldn't leave at that time."

Kong Wanqing's face was calm, but his men kept hammering the acupuncture points on Ma Hongjun's back.

"cough cough"

It wasn't until Ma Hongjun's chest rose and fell violently that he breathed a sigh of relief.

If you can breathe, you are saved.

"I can't walk." Zhu Zhuqing frowned and turned to look at the sparkling Eagle Pool Waterfall: "Why can't I walk? I shouldn't be entangled in water plants."

"That's not true." Kong Wanqing rearranged Ma Hongjun's position and used a bit of his soul power to explore his physical condition.

Fortunately, he got down in time. If it had been later in the evening,

Then the only option is to go to the underworld and try to summon spirits.

"cough"

Zhu Zhuqing turned around and found that the person coughing was actually Kong Wanqing. He was stunned for a moment: "Aqing, what's wrong with you?"

Kong Wanqing took a deep breath and shook his head gently: "It's okay, just take a rest."

Only then did Zhu Zhuqing notice that Kong Wanqing frowned and seemed a little uncomfortable.

Ah Qing's body is a bird, so he definitely doesn't like the feeling of being soaked like this.

Zhu Zhuqing subconsciously took a step forward and reached out to grab Kong Wanqing's hand.

Suddenly, Kong Wanqing felt a warm current pass to him from the overlapping palms, driving away the moisture on his body bit by bit.

very warm.

Kong Wanqing's heart felt soft, and she raised her hand to rub Zhu Zhuqing's hair: "Thank you for your hard work."

"It's okay." Zhu Zhuqing narrowed his eyes and smiled. From the corner of his eyes, he glanced at Ma Hongjun, who was still awake on the ground, and then let go of Kong Wanqing's hand: "Fat man is still wet. I'll go find some dry firewood and come back to make a fire~"

"Yes." Kong Wanqing nodded, summoned the blood-cutting talisman knife and stuffed it into Zhu Zhuqing's hand: "Don't go too far."

Zhu Zhuqing clenched the blood-cutting talisman knife in his hand and nodded heavily: "Yeah."

After Zhu Zhuqing left, Kong Wanqing pressed her chest that was feeling stuffy, lowered her eyes and breathed a few short breaths.

The discomfort he felt was not just because he was soaked, but more importantly, it was actually the feeling of weakness caused by the instability of his foundation after consuming his essence and blood.

The terrain of Eagle Pool Waterfall is special, and it is a natural water-based spirit trapping circle, which is how it was able to trap the Phoenix Blood Stone.

But after all, the Phoenix Blood Stone is an acquired artifact formed by condensing the blood of a true phoenix. It will instinctively wander around in the pond, constantly looking for opportunities to escape.

Therefore, some special means are needed to find the specific location of the Phoenix Blood Stone.

One of the methods is to set up the ice spirit array using the blood-cutting talisman knife as a medium.

It's just that his various powers were reduced to nothing after being weakened many times by the way of heaven, and later they were completely sealed when he formed a contract with Zhu Zhuqing.

At this time, it would be no exaggeration to say that he was in the weakest state in history.

Even if we don't mention his achievements in the prehistoric period, he had never been so weak when he was reborn in Douluo Continent as Xuefeng.

At that time, even if he didn't use any magic power or bloodline power, he could freeze half of the mountain range instantly by simply drawing a formation diagram to communicate with the power of heaven and earth.

How can it be like now, just setting up the simplest ice spirit array? He not only used his natal magic weapon, but also used his own essence and blood to outline the array map.

Moreover, the Ice Spirit Formation, which cost so much, only froze a pool as big as a palm for about ten minutes.

Oh, it really echoes the old saying that "a plucked phoenix is ​​not as good as a chicken".

Kong Wanqing smiled mockingly to himself, then closed his eyes and adjusted his breath to recover.

Zhu Zhuqing picked up dry firewood, lit a bonfire and set up the pot skillfully. He also processed the fish he had just caught from Eagle Pond and threw it into the pot to make soup.

Under the temptation of the fish soup, Ma Hongjun finally opened his eyes: "It smells so good."

Zhu Zhuqing heard the commotion and threw a handful of wild green onions into the pot: "It's a good time to wake up. The fish soup is just ready to drink."

Ma Hongjun pressed his hand on his dizzy and painful head, feeling the inexplicable pain in his back, and sat up from the ground with a grin on his face: "What's wrong with me?"

Zhu Zhuqing filled a bowl of soup and stuffed it into Ma Hongjun's hand: "You fainted under the water, it was Ah Qing who fished you out.

Although the things were not brought up, it was good that the person was fine. "

Ma Hongjun held the slightly hot wooden bowl in his hands and looked at the green onions floating in the milky white fish soup. He had mixed feelings for a moment.

The fish soup mixed with the aroma of wild onions penetrates your nose, and the temperature in your palms seems to be burning from your hands all the way into your heart.

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Suddenly, Ma Hongjun looked up at Zhu Zhuqing and said seriously: "I'm sorry."

"Yeah" Zhu Zhuqing was stunned for a moment: "What are you sorry for?"

Ma Hongjun lowered his head: "I'm sorry about what happened in the afternoon."

in the afternoon

Zhu Zhuqing suddenly understood that Ma Hongjun was apologizing for the offense in the afternoon, and waved his hand: "I was very angry in the afternoon.

But since you didn’t mean it the right way, and you are Ah Qing’s disciple, I will reluctantly forgive you, if there is a next time.”

"There won't be any more." Ma Hongjun stared at the fish soup for a long time, then took a sip from the bowl and whispered, "Thank you."

Zhu Zhuqing

He was the third person who showed kindness to Ma Hongjun after he was spurned by others.

The first one is, of course, Granny Ma who adopted him, and the second one is Kong Wanqing, who saved him twice.

It felt good to be cared about, and he liked it.

Kong Wanqing could not set up the formation again until seven days later, so Ma Hongjun had to wait until seven days later if he wanted to conquer the Phoenix Blood Stone.

Since waiting at Yingyingtan Waterfall didn't work, Kong Wanqing and Zhu Zhuqing simply followed Ma Hongjun back to Granny Ma's house.

The three of them returned to the yard in the early morning.

The furnishings in the courtyard have not changed at all, except that the dew that formed on the early autumn night made the fabrics hanging in the courtyard very wet.

Zhu Zhuqing frowned and took back the hand touching the fabric: "Fat man, these fabrics are just hanging out like this, and no one has taken them into the house?"

Ma Hongjun smiled bitterly: "I went to Eagle Lake with you, so of course no one will take care of these cloths."

Kong Wanqing glanced at the dark room: "There is no smell of other people, there is no one in the room."

"Hey." Ma Hongjun was stunned for a moment, then walked towards the front door pretending to be meaningless: "I am the only one here, of course there is no one in the house."

What did Zhu Zhuqing think of: "That"

Ma Hongjun didn't wait for Zhu Zhuqing to finish the question and answered directly: "My mother-in-law passed away six months ago. She has no relatives. I was afraid that people in the village would gossip, so I didn't dare to make it public. I quietly dug a grave and buried her in the backyard."

Zhu Zhuqing was startled and didn't say anything for a long time.

Kong Wanqing looked thoughtfully at the pile of cloth at the door: "So, you have been mending clothes for the villagers in the past six months."

Ma Hongjun opened the door and skillfully turned the oil lamp while he said a little shyly: "Yes, my mother-in-law has had bad eyesight in the past two years, so I helped her a lot, and I learned it after going back and forth.

At the beginning, my skills were really poor, but the villagers all knew that my mother-in-law had bad eyesight, so they didn't think much about it. As time went by, everyone got used to it. "

Ma Hongjun said it calmly, but Zhu Zhuqing felt some sympathy from the bottom of his heart.

Kong Wanqing glanced at the countertop stacked with sewing tools by the window, knowing that what Ma Hongjun needed was not comfort, so he changed the topic knowingly: "I'm tired."

Ma Hongjun picked up the oil lamp on the table: "Come with me, I will take you to a place to rest."

Granny Ma's yard is very large, but there are only a few houses in total. There is only a main house, a bedroom, a side room and a kitchen.

Ma Hongjun took Kong Wanqing and Zhu Zhuqing to the wing room on the other side of the yard: "The bedroom was my mother-in-law's former residence. I have locked it. There are a lot of materials piled up in the main room and it is very messy, so you can live in it."

The facilities in the wing are extremely simple, with only a wooden cabinet, a set of tables, chairs, benches and a bed.

And there was no one in the house, it seemed like no one had lived here for a long time.

In fact, no one has lived in this house for a long time.

The wing room is Ma Hongjun's residence, but since he came back, his mother-in-law's physical condition has been getting worse day by day. In order to take care of her more conveniently, he has been practicing instead of sleeping in the main room outside the bedroom.

Later, Ma Hongjun never went back to his room to sleep.

Zhu Zhuqing looked at the dusty and simple room in front of him.

If she were a month ago, she would definitely not be able to stay there for a second, but after experiencing the savage life for more than half a month, her thoughts and concepts have changed dramatically.

She was very satisfied to have a bed to sleep on.

As for Kong Wanqing

Hey, don't mention it.

By the time Ma Hongjun helped Zhu Zhuqing finish cleaning the room, it was already close to noon.

As Kong Wanqing has a level [-] disability, we don't expect him to help with cleaning. If he doesn't cause trouble, he is very cooperative with the work.

Zhu Zhuqing wiped his sweat while looking at the cleaned house. He nodded with satisfaction and said, "Huh, it's finally done. I'm exhausted."

Ma Hongjun frowned: "I'm starving to death."

"I'm so hungry too." Zhu Zhuqing touched his stomach: "By the way, fat man, what should we have for lunch?"

Ma Hongjun thought for a while: "I haven't finished yesterday's boiled potatoes yet. I'll get you one."

However, when Ma Hongjun came back with a boiled potato with the skin in one hand, Zhu Zhuqing was stunned: "Just eat this."

Ma Hongjun nodded: "Yes, potatoes can be eaten just by boiling or baking them. They are convenient and filling.

The taste is just a bit off, but I’ll just make this and make do with it. "

Zhu Zhuqing looked at Ma Hongjun, who was holding a potato and chewing it with relish, and then at Kong Wanqing, who was sitting cross-legged under the shade of a tree in the yard, and was speechless for a moment.

Sure enough, these two people are worthy of being master and disciple.