[Xianjian + Ancient Sword Colleague] Being a master is also a kind of practice

The wind in late spring passes through a row of green willows on the embankment, leans over and sweeps towards the water surface of Chaohu Lake, bringing a sparkling light from near to far.Thousands of soft waves are like the eyes of a woman, lingering and lingering, pouring the jade-like green into the deeper part of the lake.

The shimmering sunshine seeps through the clear lake water to the bottom of the lake, turning into clusters of bright mist that seems to be scattered but not scattered, lingering among the eaves of the Juchao country.

The ancient country of Juchao ushered in another peaceful morning.

The fish swam through the clumps of algae on the sandy piles at the bottom of the lake, playing and chasing them. Groups of them turned towards the group of bronze statues in the northeast of the city. The circles in the waves turned into invisible ripples.

The sound was high and low, beating crisply on the anvil of the iron ax and copper jue, and also on the apex of Yang Rong who was lying on the bed of lotus leaves and sleeping soundly. After a while, the little water spirit came from under the pillow full of helplessness He muttered loudly: "Master is tossing again..."

In the iron shop in the front yard, the fire was burning.

He Yi, who has been holding a blacksmith's sledgehammer these years, is banging and banging at a palm-sized shiny stone on the anvil, but countless sparks have exploded, but the stone is still motionless, and he does not see any anger. Instead, the pair of small eyes flashed with enthusiasm, the heavy hammer in the claws swung higher, and the fat tail behind him also swayed from side to side in accordance with the rhythm.When Yang Rong came in, he was almost caught by Master's crocodile tail.

"Master, you threw that broken stone into the furnace for three days and didn't burn it. Maybe the stone has already turned into essence. It's better to let it go." Yang Rong teased, and walked forward to open the gate of the iron shop. , I really couldn't hold back the yawn that came to my mouth, spit out a few clouds of blue water mist, and added the unspoken sentence bitterly in my heart: Good dreams are not easy to come by, and let the disciples and the monsters nearby Let's go.

He Yi stood in front of the stove and didn't bother to turn back. He heard his apprentice muttering, and unceremoniously sprayed two streams of water vapor from his big nostrils: "Bah! Brat, don't talk nonsense, you are like a stone, rolling in water It has become fine in just a few decades? This piece of cloud crystal is a rare treasure, I have to think about it carefully, smash it and refine it into a good iron, let Hong Yan and the monsters in the city see, I He Yi is also as good a blacksmith as his father!" As he spoke, his subordinates made noises again.

Yang Rong shook his head helplessly, so he tried his best to cover his ears, and hid outside the door, but he was caught by He Yi before he reached the door: "You brat, don't try to sneak away! Clean up the room next door, and if I find out later that you are lazy and dozing off again, Master, I will put you and this 'stone spirit' together and beat it!"

I have to clean that house where no demons live again!Yang Rong frowned, and said reluctantly: "Master, you just ask me to clean the iron shop. The room next door is not occupied by demons at all. Why clean it all day long? Isn't that doing nothing!"

He Yi slammed a hammer on the cloud crystal stone, and hummed: "Why is there no demon living there? It's just that the demon who lives there has traveled far away and will come back at some point. He entrusted me to take care of the house. Take good care of it. There is a saying in the human race: 'If there is something to do, the disciple will do his best', your master is busy forging iron, and of course the cleaning will fall on you—do not hurry up!"

Yang Rong's mouth was pouted even higher, and he refused to leave after dawdling: "I've been sweeping that house for a year, and I haven't seen any monsters living there...Why does it take so long to travel so far?"

"You've only been here for a few years, what do you know?" He Yi glared at him, then turned around and continued to swing the sledgehammer, "Let me tell you, the one who lives next door is a big monster with incredible power, even taller than an elder." Take a look at him. What kind of thing are you? Cleaning his house is a great blessing, and you can talk all you want!"

After hearing this, Yang Rong was curious and dissatisfied, and argued, "It's been more than two years since I moved to Juchao country, why have I never seen any big monsters come and go here, if it is a big monster, why should I avoid Juchao country?" country?"

There is a reason for what he said. In recent years, there have been a lot of foreign little monsters like Yang Rong in Juchao country. Because they are young and weak, they cannot be tolerated by the big monsters outside the world. I heard that there is a monster under the Chaohu Lake. The Taoyuan Township, where the monsters live together, came here admiringly. The elder Hurricane and other old residents of Juchao Country took pity on these monsters and they were helpless, so they accommodated them.Since then, it has been out of control, and more and more little monsters have avoided the Nest Country.Yang Rong came here with a group of monsters two years ago.He only knew some low-level sorcery, and couldn't join the Nest Guard, so he had to be an apprentice in the iron shop, learning the craft from He Yi.After two years, I have gained some understanding of the Nest Country, but I have never seen any powerful spirits haunting here, so I asked this question.

However, He Yi was not stopped by his question, instead, the conversation was aroused. Seeing that the piece of cloud crystal was quite stubborn, he couldn't do anything about it for a while, so he threw it back into the fire, put down the sledgehammer and wiped away the sweat, and then slowly calmed down. Said: "That big monster, he didn't come from outside like you. I heard from my mother that when she was pregnant with him, she was killed and exiled to the Nest Country outside, and gave birth to him here. It's strange, when he was here when he was young, he didn't have the slightest bit of evil spirit, let alone any sorcery. We went to Bailingzhou to play together, and he couldn't even beat Zhu Yu, that stinky girl. Go down!" As he spoke, he seemed to think of that scene, and couldn't help grinning.

"Then master, you still say that he has great demon power?" Yang Rong squinted at him suspiciously.

"One moment and another moment! At that time, he was really weak, but it was different later." He Yi waved his hand, motioning him not to interrupt, "We thought, probably because he had an adventure outside, that made him With the later great supernatural powers. It was all decades ago. I can’t remember exactly what happened. I just remember that there was a big whirlpool on Chaohu Lake that year, and that whirlpool appeared only once in 19 years. It's not uncommon, but there was a big thunder on the lake that year, and most of the branches of the big tree on Bailing Island were chopped off... After the thunder, a strange thing happened in Juchao Country. The monster and his mother have disappeared!" Recalling the scene when he was young, He Yi's expression on his broad, smiling face suddenly became more serious, "At that time, the elder even summoned the monsters of the whole nest guard to look for them, but they can be searched everywhere. We didn't find their mother and child near Chaohu Lake. We all thought he and his mother were... In short, we never thought he would come back. So nearly 20 years ago, he suddenly appeared in front of everyone, and no one recognized him , but he still remembers us, when he walked up to me and said, 'He Yi, you are much stronger than 19 years ago'... Hey, I'm not bragging to you, your master has lived in Chaoguo since he was a child The strongest one among the little demons, unexpectedly he still remembers, haha!"

Seeing He Yi's complacent appearance, Yang Rong couldn't bear to look straight at him, and muttered in a low voice, "What's the use of being strong, it's not like being beaten up by Aunt Hua..." After all, the curiosity happened later He couldn't help urging, "Later, since that big monster came back, why did he go out again now?"

"Of course there is a reason, listen to me!" He Yi waved his hands impatiently, and continued, "When they left, there were only mother and child, but when they came back, there was only him left. We naturally asked where his mother was going. It's just that he didn't want to say more, and only told us that she died outside. When he talked about it, his face was really ugly, and we didn't dare to ask more... Sigh, although that aunt was a bit fierce, she was a very kind person. Big beautiful monster, I didn't expect it to be so... Well, what did the human race say, the beauty is unlucky?"

After all, it is a monster that has passed away for many years and has never met before. Yang Rong has no regrets and sorrows at all, but is anxious to hear the story of the big monster, and asked repeatedly: "Master, you haven't said that the big monster What happened after you came back?"

He Yi sighed again before continuing: "He came back, but he is quite different from before, not only his appearance has changed a lot, but his temperament...Although he still looks quiet, it taught us that no one is willing Dare to underestimate him, tsk tsk, the aura around him is quite powerful, even the elders think highly of him! But he still treats us the same as before, only he smiles less, thinking that those years outside were not very happy ... Sigh, what's the fun in being powerful, it's better to be a carefree little demon in the Nest Country."

After feeling emotional for a while, He Yi continued: "In the courtyard next door, he lived with his mother back then, and when they disappeared, that room was also reserved for the mother and son, so he still lived there, but After living here for a short time, he came to say goodbye and said that he would go out for a while, and asked me to look after the house for him. He left for more than a year. After that, he would go out every once in a while, and each time he went for a long time. The days spent in the Nest Country for more than ten years are really pitiful, and we have been used to it after repeated many times. Speaking of the last time I came back, it was more than two years ago."

"Where is he going?" Yang Rong asked curiously.

He Yi rolled his eyes at him: "How do I know? He probably went to some rare places. Anyway, every time he came back, he gave me some strange treasures, saying that he thanked me for looking after his house. Here, that piece of cloud He gave me the spar." He pointed to the fire.

When Yang Rong heard it, he looked at the "broken stone" in the stove with a different look. The thing brought back by the big monster must be a treasure, and the master burned it for three days and failed to burn it, which is even more obvious.Thinking about it, he couldn't help but murmured longingly: "It would be nice if I could meet this big monster sometime..." Maybe I could also meet some rare treasures.

He Yi snorted, stood up and reached for the piece of cloud crystal with the tongs, and said, "Just dream, it's so easy to see. Your master and I owe so much to our friendship when we were young, You're too lazy to clean your house—"

Before the words finished, Yang Rong jumped up from the stool and ran towards the door without touching the ground.At this moment, the curtain in front of the door was raised, and he slid past the figure behind the curtain like a fish, and disappeared in an instant.

"Ah, are you in a hurry to reincarnate?" Hua Hongyan raised her eyebrows and looked at Yang Rong's back, walked in from the door, spit out a letter curiously, and said to He Yi, "You little apprentice is Burning ass, running so fast?"

He Yi smiled and swung the sledgehammer: "Probably he had a sweet dream of seeing a big monster."

Hua Hongyan flicked the tip of Yin Hong's tail indifferently, suddenly remembered the reason here, and said with a smile: "He Yi He Yi, guess where I just came from?"

He Yi casually glanced at her: "Didn't you go to the algae forest to chase small fish again?"

Hua Hongyan glared at him: "No! I went to the elder, and I happened to see the elder telling Huan Yue to go to the gate of the city. Guess why?"

He Yi said lazily while forging the iron: "Why?"

Hua Hongyan said happily: "Of course it's because an old friend sent a letter back, telling the elders that he is finally coming back. I have been there for more than two years, and I really miss him... Guess who he is?"

The sound of tinkling irons stopped abruptly, He Yi turned his head, saw the answer from Hua Hongyan's beaming snake face, and was immediately overjoyed, blurting out: "Brother Bailing is coming back?"