Eighth Crown

The wooden house doesn't need to be big or comfortable, it's just a short-term place to stay anyway, as long as it can block the wind and rain, it's enough, and there are no squeamish people among them. Mosquitoes and the like can be settled with enchantment.

Two hours later, two wooden houses were built on the left and right of the Cao Nunnery.

On the left is the wooden house of Liu Xia, Esdes, and Dotya. There are three rooms in total. There are only some basic furniture such as beds, and there is not even a wardrobe, which is abnormally simple.

On the right is the single-room wooden house of Yinshun in the Treasure Courtyard. Although the layout is also simple, he has nothing to do, so he made more wooden furniture and planned to send it to Liuxia after finishing it. When he was alive, he often lived in seclusion. In the mountains and forests, there is still some craftsmanship.

After the wooden house was built, it was night time.

"Are you two embarrassed to eat and drink here for free!"

Qianzi Village was shouting to Fujimaru Tatsuka and Musashi, who were lying softly on the wooden table: "With so many people living here, how can Ah Xiu be so busy cooking by himself? Why don't you help me? The prey is back! What does it look like lazily!"

"Oh oh oh! I'm sorry!"

The two were reprimanded by Qianko Village, and they quickly got up. Fujimaru Rika went to the kitchen to help and attacked Ah Xiong. Musashi ran to the nearby river and caught the fish.

"Hmph, the young man is not conscious if he doesn't scold him twice."

Qianzi Village snorted coldly, then walked out of the grass nunnery and came to the place where the barrier was laid. By fiddling with the magic items placed here, the coverage of the barrier was expanded, and the left and right wooden houses were also covered. in the boundary.

Before he could turn around, he suddenly found that two more barriers were rising around the grass nunnery, covering all the wooden houses within the scope of the barrier.

After a while, he saw Liu Xia's figure walking back from outside the nunnery.

"This is a barrier that repels mosquitoes, and... um, is it a barrier that warns you?"

Qianzi Village was recognizing the purpose of the enchantment somewhat unskillfully, and his expression softened a little, "I didn't expect you to be a magician, it's not bad, at least when Ah Xiong and the sister and brother sleep in the future. , so you don't have to worry about being bitten by mosquitoes."

There are a lot of mosquitoes in the countryside, especially at night. The humming in the ears can make many people run wild, even if there are mosquito nets.

He is just a swordsmith, his rank is still Saber, and he is not good at magic at all, so he can only build a barrier to block the weird, otherwise Liu Xia doesn't need to build such a barrier.

Lucia frowned slightly.

This old man, his attitude towards him was still so blunt during the day, but when he saw that he had laid two barriers, his demeanor softened, and what he valued more was not the barrier that warns him, but the barrier that repels mosquitoes. Weird Heroic Spirit.

"Are they not there?"

Liu Xia glanced in the direction of the nunnery, but did not find the figures of Fujimaru Rika and Musashi, so asked out loud.

"I was scolded by the old man for a while, and I went to help Axiong to cook."

Qianzi Village sighed, and his expression completely softened, "There are so many mouths in the family, which is also a big burden for Ah Xiong."

"Yes."

Liu Xia echoed meaninglessly, and then said indifferently: "I and Esdes are both ghosts, and there is no problem with not eating. If it is too late, it is enough to prepare only human-sized meals."

"Oh? That feeling is good!"

Qianzi Village glanced at Liu Xia approvingly.

This old man seems to be very sensitive about matters related to the siblings. As long as you do me a favor and say something nice, it will easily soften his attitude.

"By the way, I have a request."

Liu Xia hit the snake with the stick at the right time, stretched out his right hand, and embodied his broken He Dao in his hand.

"My sword was broken during the battle with the heroic swordsman. I wonder if you can re-forge it for me?"

Because of his ability to transform into a spiritual child, the fragments of the He Dao were all in Liu Xia's hands at the moment, and the hilt, blade body and several other broken blade fragments were not badly manifested by him.

"Tsk, you little bastard..."

Qianzi Cunzheng clicked his tongue again. As soon as he said that kind of praise, this guy immediately made a request. This kid is really thick-skinned.

But he didn't mean to say anything, his eyes were immediately attracted by the knife in Liu Xia's hand, and there was a look of interest on his face.

"Hose's knife? The old man has never seen it before. How was this knife made? What ore was used? What is the method of fire refining and extraction?"

"have no idea."

Lucia gave the answer very succinctly.

"cut."

Qianzi Cunzheng slashed unhappily, then took the fragments of the He Dao from Liu Xia's hands, lowered his head and observed it carefully, tapping his knuckles on the body of the blade from time to time, a contemplative look on his face.

"Although it's a good knife, I can't see any different techniques just by looking at it... Well, for the sake of your good knife, this old man will do me a favor and recast it for you!"

He pondered for a while without hesitation, and quickly agreed to Liu Xia's request.

"Is this kind of knife a good knife?" Liu Xia asked somewhat incomprehensibly.

"In the eyes of you swordsmen, it must be that the sharper the knife, the better it can kill people, but for us knifesmiths, the important thing is not whether the blade is sharp or not, but whether there is a soul in the knife."

Qianzi Village was clearly looking at Liu Xia's He Dao, and was looking back and forth.

"Just like you swordsmen who want to step into the realm of the Tao must pour endless effort and emotion, if you want to forge a good knife, you also need to pour the soul of the swordsmith."

"Although the craftsmanship of this knife is not very good, the knife forger has obviously poured his soul into it. In the eyes of this old man, other knives are not as sharp as this knife."

Pour into the soul?

The realm of Tao?

Heart and soul?

A long time ago, before he started to travel around the world, Musashi once said the same thing as him, saying that most people who pursue kendo are willing to put in hard work and blood and sweat for their own way, and are willing to achieve this. A person who dedicates his life to a goal.

There are countless swordsmen who have studied swordsmanship in history, but none of the swordsmen who have stepped into the realm of kendo is because most swordsmen do not have the heart of kendo, they just study skills.

Lucia is the same.

He never pursued any kind of kendo, but only studied powerful sword skills, and only used pure power to overwhelm his opponent.

But now, he has reached the pinnacle of his skills, and there is no way to go ahead. The only way that seems to be possible is the way of kendo, breaking the shackles and becoming the supreme swordsman.

But how to reach the realm of Tao, Liu Xia still has no clue.