The years of reselling the haunted house

I didn't dare to answer, and ran into the inner city along a ramp on the city wall.

Looking up again, a line of guards with torches appeared from the city wall.

I hurriedly ran towards the inner city. At this time, I didn't care about the south, east, and north. I just hoped to get rid of those guards as soon as possible.

Fortunately, my skills are not slow. I guess the level of those guards is around the seventh level.It's not difficult to get rid of them. What's worse is that after the fight between me and the other person, the inner city probably won't be peaceful.

I need to be more careful, I remind myself from time to time.

But there are some things that you just don't want to be careful about.I just rushed to the inner city, and suddenly found that this place is completely different from a town in the traditional sense.After all, this place is just an island, and the so-called inner city is nothing more than a place surrounded by stone walls.In it, there is no concept of streets, and there are no houses one after another. All the buildings look so messy.One on the east and one on the west, without any rules or rules.

The warning whistle has not stopped, and the guards in the inner city are almost all over the inner city.

It is completely impossible to completely hide yourself.I can only run along the road in front of me, hoping to get rid of the pursuers behind me.

As a result, I ran and suddenly found an iron gate in front of me, which was tightly closed.

At this time, the pursuers behind him were getting closer and closer, and looking forward, there was an open field.If I ran to the open ground, there was nowhere to hide.

Although I am confident that these chasing soldiers will be resolved.But who can guarantee that there are no other masters among the inner city guards?

This is Tianshu Island, the most resource-rich island among the Seven Killing Islands, and the first island where the chief island owner is located.The level of disciples on the island must be higher than other islands, and we have made such a big commotion, maybe the chief island owner already knows about it.

Therefore, if you can't conflict with them, you can't afford to conflict.

I quickly weighed the pros and cons, and pushed the iron door violently.The iron door was unlocked, and I pushed it open a crack, and I dodged and hid inside.

The pursuers behind him arrived in an instant.I heard the sound of chaotic footsteps, from far to near, and after staying outside the iron gate for a while, I quickly chased forward.They actually let go of the iron gate and didn't come in to search.

I felt a little relieved, and leaned against the iron gate and heard that there was no movement outside for a while, so I turned around to look at the situation inside the iron gate.

In the end, I didn't look at it, but when I turned around, I just saw another face behind me.

"Ah..." I didn't realize there was someone behind me at all, and this person had obviously been standing behind me for a long time, watching me all the time.So I couldn't help but screamed, but luckily I stopped the sound in time, but I still hid behind me.

This time, it hit the iron door behind him, making a loud bang.

This sound was very noticeable at night, and I was startled, as expected, I heard footsteps outside again, as if the chasing soldiers had left and returned, and surrounded the iron gate again.

With a look of horror on my face, I turned around and looked at the person standing inside.

This person is an old man, wearing a gray cloth dress, the clothes are very special, the surface looks very smooth, as if covered with a layer of grease last year.On the chest, three gold stars are embroidered with gold thread.

The old man looked over 60 years old, with his hair tied up in a bun, like a Taoist priest, but the clothes he wore were definitely not Taoist robes.

The old man looked at me coldly, without a smile on his face, and he couldn't tell whether it was good or evil by looking at his face.

But under the fence, I can only try my best to please him. I cupped my hands at him, pointed to the outside, and put my finger next to my mouth, making a silent gesture.

I have made up my mind, once this old man betrays me, I will take him hostage first.Being able to secure a place in the inner city is obviously of great importance to the chief island owner, and I can hold him hostage to make a last-ditch effort.

Seeing my actions, the old man still had no expression on his face.

But at this time someone was already knocking on the door outside. Obviously, I had rang the iron door and had already attracted their attention.

As I imagined, this old man's status may not be low. People outside did not dare to rush in, but knocked on the door in a regular manner.

"Old Tong, someone has broken into the inner city. We are being ordered to arrest you, are you okay here?" Someone outside shouted inside.

I looked at the old man in front of me nervously, and felt that this old man should also be a cultivator, but now his level is unknown, giving people an unfathomable feeling.I can only hide my internal strength and act immediately when I find something is wrong.As for whether it can be successful, I don't think so much for the time being.

The old man was still staring at me with squinted eyes, and did not answer the questions outside.

The people outside were obviously in a hurry, and he knocked on the door again: "Old Tong, don't talk anymore, for your safety, can we rush in?"

As soon as I heard it, I became anxious, and I had already copied the Dragon Subduing Wooden Sword in my hand, and looked at the old man at the same time.

The old man glanced at the sword in my hand, and calmly said to the outside: "Why is it so noisy? Are you still allowed to work quietly? I'm fine, you can go look elsewhere."

The old man's words really worked, and the people outside didn't dare to fart. They reminded the old man to be careful, and then there was a sound of footsteps, and they walked away after a while.

I breathed a sigh of relief and saluted the old man: "Thank you, old man."

The old man gave me a sideways look, ignored me, turned around and walked towards the house.

I didn't understand why I offended him when I first came here. Since he ignored me, I thanked him and it was not considered rude, so I wanted to leave here.

I grabbed the iron door, ready to open it and walk out.

"If you don't want to be arrested, just stay here honestly." The old man didn't even look back, as if he knew what I was going to do, he left this sentence and walked into the house.

I thought about it for a while, and the old man was right. If the pursuers outside didn't catch me, they would definitely not retreat. Right now, the old man's place is the safest place.

Chapter 2121 Li Yang's Sad Sword

But the old man didn't know which tendon was wrong, and his face was cynical, and he couldn't see a smile.

Although he didn't report me, I can't relax my guard for the time being.Maybe he saw the sword in my hand and didn't push me out.So I had to follow him closely and not give him a chance to report.

I didn't care whether the old man let me in or not, I quickly followed him into the small house in the yard.

When I entered the house, I found that although the house was very dilapidated, it was actually lit with electric lights.There are several light bulbs with large wattages on the roof, and the brightness in the room is sufficient, even brighter than during the day.It's just that the windows and doors are covered with thick curtains, so the outside can't see the light coming from inside.

In addition, in the middle of the room, there is a clay kiln that is as tall as a person. You can see sparks and flames coming out of the opening above the kiln. There is a ladder next to the kiln, which can be climbed to be parallel to the mouth of the kiln. one of the platforms.

Due to the existence of this earthen kiln, the temperature in the room was extremely high, and I was covered in sweat after only standing for a while.

The earthen kiln was obviously used for something else.When I came in, the old man had already climbed the ladder to the platform, sat on a chair, and stared into the kiln.

Obviously, he was using this kiln to fire something.

After I came in, the old man ignored me.I took this opportunity and looked around the house.Finally, it was found that there was another door on the other side of the house.Beside the door, there was a pile of scrap metal.

I walked over and found that those were actually some broken swords.

Of course, those swords are just a prototype, there is no obvious distinction between the blade and the hilt, the blade and the hilt.They are all broken in the middle.But I saw that the blade was very good, and the sword was covered with a layer of cold air, obviously they were some rare sharp weapons.

At least among the swords I have seen, they are definitely top-grade.Not sure why it's broken here.

But after seeing these, I finally understood what the clay kiln was for.It turns out that this is a kiln for refining weapons, and it is an ancient method of refining.

So, this old man is a smelter?

On Tianshu Island, there are still such people?

In that pile of broken copper and iron, most of them are swords, and a small part are knives.

I saw that the blades were all sharp, but they were all broken, so I couldn't help but feel a little pity.In addition, most of the moves I have practiced recently are related to swords, such as the Mountain and River Sword, and the Seven Kills Sword I just learned, so I naturally have a kind of affection for swords.

I don't know what happened, but when I looked at those broken swords, I felt pity in my heart.

And this kind of emotion was out of control, looking at those broken swords, he suddenly felt compassion, and even squatted there and sobbed.My reaction surprised even myself.No matter how sharp and exquisite those swords are, they are nothing but a pile of scrap copper and rotten iron.For this inanimate thing, I actually have such a state of mind, and this state is born from the heart, and will not change with my will.

So even though I was surprised myself, I couldn't hold back the emotion.

In ancient times, there was Daiyu burying flowers, and now there is Li Yang's sad sword. This is really a strange story in the world.

I squatted there feeling sad for a while, and my emotions were vented, and only then did I feel more comfortable in my heart.I stood up and wanted to ask the old man what is this place and when can I leave here.

Unexpectedly, when I stood up and turned around, I found that the old man was standing behind me without anyone noticing.

I nearly bumped into him again.

"Ouch." I yelled, covering my chest with my hands: "Old man, why do you make no sound when you walk?"

The old man didn't speak, just kept staring at my face.

I felt that there should be tears on my face, so I quickly wiped them off with my hands, feeling a little embarrassed: "It's windy here, why do you still get sand in your eyes?"

In fact, this room is a confined space, there is a fart wind.

Of course the old man wouldn't believe my nonsense, he just stared at me, frowned, and asked, "Did you cry when you saw those swords?"

"I... I said it, I got sand in my eyes..."

The old man stared: "Don't talk nonsense, are you lying to ghosts?"

I had no choice but to admit: "Okay, I don't know what's going on, but I feel inexplicably sad when I see those swords. Old man, these swords look pretty good to me, why did they break?"

The old man snorted coldly: "Not bad? It's far away. Where did you come from? Why did you come to this inner city?"

Although the old man still had a cold face, his attitude eased a lot after he found out that I had that reaction to those swords.

I still want to ask him, of course I hope to have a relationship with him.

And he didn't expose me to those pursuers just now, which means he was covering me on purpose, and I don't need to hide my identity, but of course I can't say much about my real purpose of coming here.

I simply told the old man that I was here to participate in the martial arts competition. Out of curiosity, I went out for a walk at night and strayed into the inner city.

In fact, my reason is too far-fetched, and I can't stand at all.But the old man didn't ask any further, he just snorted and said, "You are quite courageous, not only did you leave the posthouse privately, but you even broke into the inner city. If you are caught, do you know what the consequences will be?"

I also know that the consequences must be serious, but now I really want to know what is in the inner city that makes Tianshu Island so heavily guarded.

"Old man, what is there in the inner city? Why are we not allowed to enter the inner city?" I asked the old man.

The old man squinted at me: "I'm just a craftsman, I don't know anything, and you don't even want to learn anything from me."

"A qi trainer? You are also a qi trainer? Old man, judging by your age, you must be a master, right?" In order to get close, I had nothing to do with the old man.

Unexpectedly, the old man looked at me helplessly, and said, "This utensil is not that Qi. I am a refiner, a utensil, not a gas. You are so stupid."

It turned out to be a vessel, a refiner.

"That's right. I'm a craftsman. My surname is Tong. Do you know who I am?" The old man talked to me a few words, and he wasn't as reticent as before. He puffed out his chest confidently as he spoke. .

But seeing my bewildered expression, the old man frowned and pointed to his nose: "Is your boy from the Taoist sect? I am a craftsman and my surname is Tong. Do you know who I am?"

I still shook my head: "I don't know."

The old man's expression was full of confidence. When he heard what I said, he was immediately discouraged and waved his hand: "That's all, you young people really don't have any knowledge at all."

Chapter 2122

The old man surnamed Tong shook his head helplessly, walked to the front of the earthen kiln, snapped open a small window, and observed the fire inside through the window.

There should be something still practicing inside, and the old man is quite concerned.

After listening to the old man's words, I became interested in his identity, a craftsman, there is such a profession in the world.I only knew about alchemists before, it seems that there are too many things I don't know about this Taoism.

"Oops."

At this moment, the old man suddenly yelled, stretched out his palm, and pushed it in through the two air holes on both sides of the small door.

I went over to take a look and found that as the old hair clapped, the fire inside also changed.It turns out that this refining tool has something in common with refining medicine. It also needs fire to refine it, and it also needs internal force to stimulate the fire.

The old man surnamed Tong was obviously using internal force to control the fire in the kiln.I don't know what's wrong with it, the old man started to burn, and sweated on his forehead, he was sweating profusely, and beads of sweat the size of beans dripped down.

I saw a towel next to me, so I quickly grabbed it and wiped the old man's sweat.The old man didn't have time to speak, his face was flushed, and images of those flames shot out from his eyes, as if he was on fire.

Seeing him so nervous, I also turned my head to look into the kiln.

I saw the shape of a sword in the center of the kiln, which was obviously the sword that the old man was going to forge this time.

The surrounding flames, like fire dragons, licked and licked around the sword.

And the flames in this kiln are also divided into two colors.One is yellow and the other is blue.

I have experience in refining medicine, and I understand that the yellow flame is Yang fire, and the blue one is Yin fire.Yang fire is naturally activated by positive internal force, and yin fire is activated by negative internal force.In order to achieve the balance of yin and yang internal forces, and at the same time stimulate the fire to refine medicine, I have made arduous and long-term efforts for this.

Finally, after reaching the level of a master, and reaching the top alchemist, he can also emit two similar internal forces of yin and yang at the same time.

I know that many people can actually form two internal forces in the body, but it is even more difficult to achieve the balance of yin and yang.Sun Yulou devoted his whole life to this but failed, because the two strands of internal energy they emitted had to originate from the dantian.But the dantian itself belongs to yang, and the yin power formed is very little.My success is also entirely due to the Tao bone relic in my body, which can replace the dantian to send out internal force.

I found that there are also two internal forces in the old man's body. His two palms stimulate the fire at the same time, which means that he is stimulating the two internal forces.

But the yang energy emitted from his dantian is sufficient, but the yin energy is too weak.

It is manifested in the flames in the kiln, that is, the yellow flame is very fierce, while the blue flame is very weak, and has been gradually suppressed by the yellow flame.

No matter how hard the old man surnamed Tong exerted himself, the internal force from the right palm still couldn't be compared with the left palm.So he had to slow down the internal force of the left palm, and the yang fire also declined, so as to balance with the yin force from the right palm.

But in this way, the heat of the furnace will be much worse, and it is definitely impossible to forge a qualified sword.

I don't know anything about the art of refining, and I can see that these are all from my theory of refining medicine, and I don't know whether the two theories are connected.

But looking at the sweat on the old man's face and the nervous expression, I feel that my guess is pretty close.

From this, I suspect that the pile of discarded swords on the ground should all be the product of failure.Just now the old man said something bad, presumably something went wrong with the sword he practiced this time.

I stood outside the furnace mouth, looking at the sword that was being tempered inside, feeling pity again in my heart.If it fails, it is destined to have the same ending as the pile of scrap metal in the corner.

Seeing this, I couldn't help but want to help.I stood behind the old man, stretched out my palms, and sent out the yin and yang internal forces from the bone relic and the dantian respectively, urging the flames in the kiln to ignite.

Of course, both yellow and blue fires were burning inside.Moreover, the fire was out of control and quickly filled the entire kiln.