Skilled in managing a house

In a huge cave, there was a bonfire. Next to the bonfire, an old Taoist with a big nose sat cross-legged.

There is a pot of cucumbers beside the old Taoist. He is chewing the cucumbers while looking across.

On the other side of the fire was a stone wall. Under the stone wall, lay a female Taoist priest wearing an apricot yellow robe. That's right, it's Shangguan Ning.

At this time, Shangguan Ning slowly opened her eyes. She glanced around subconsciously, and her heart suddenly tightened. But he soon felt relieved. He must have been captured by the big-nosed old man.

"You're awake." A big-nosed voice sounded.

Upon hearing the sound, Shangguan Ning immediately sat up and said, "Wake up, what do you want?"

"If you are hungry or thirsty, there are cucumbers here to quench your hunger and thirst." The big-nosed old man said, gently lifting the one next to him and then falling steadily to Shangguan Ning's side.

With just this hand, Shangguan Ning could see how powerful the veteran was. She said "thank you", picked up a cucumber and took a bite.

Anyway, in her opinion, she was already in someone else's hands. If the other person wanted to kill her, there was no need to poison her or anything.

The old Taoist ate all the cucumbers in his hand and threw them into a handful. Then he raised his hand and a cucumber from the basin next to Shangguan Ning flew out and fell into his palm. The old Taoist continued to eat cucumbers. Seeing that the old Taoist was just eating cucumbers, Shangguan Ning couldn't help but be a little curious. He wouldn't be in such a state of despair, right? Being so old should have nothing to do with weight loss.

Although she was puzzled, she didn't ask, she just ate the cucumber quietly. Even as a prisoner, she ate elegantly. While eating the cucumber, she discovered that her pair of mahogany swords were neatly placed next to her, very close to her.

This made Shangguan Ning even more suspicious. Even if the other party was very powerful and didn't take her seriously at all, he wouldn't return all the magic weapons to her.

But she still didn't ask. She slowly ate a cucumber and put the remaining cucumber tail aside.

Seeing that she had finished eating and did not continue to eat cucumbers, the big-nosed old man said, "Become your teacher to me."

"Huh?" Shangguan Ning was stunned for a moment, thinking she had heard wrong. She subconsciously said, "What did you say?"

"Let you worship me as your teacher!" the big-nosed old man said seriously.

"I...I worship you as my teacher..." Shangguan Ning couldn't help but feel wary and said, "What do you mean? I am a disciple of Baimei Palace and I will not worship you as my teacher..."

"In addition to the signboard, what else is left in the White Eyebrow Palace? You have a fate with Youlong Shuangjian. Even if you are a person with great wisdom, no one in the White Eyebrow Palace can give you advice. . Moreover, listening to what you are talking to that lawyer, your master is not the one who favors you the most. Even if he favors you and teaches you all the skills, he will not be able to learn anything. At best, he will be a little better than your master. You just need to worship me. As a master, with a little guidance, with the two dragon swords in your hands, you can defeat your master in a year at most." The big-nosed old man said with confidence.

"What about my White Eyebrow Palace? I don't need you to make irresponsible remarks. I won't accept you as my teacher!" Shangguan Ning said forcefully.

"We are all Taoists, so we can have another Lindu master. No Taoist master will have many Lindu masters in his life. I don't need you to betray the master, just worship me as a Lindu master." The old Taoist with a big nose said carelessly. said.

"I won't bow to you then." Shangguan Ning said firmly.

"You are so shameless... Anyone in the world who wants to take the old Taoist as his teacher, even if there is not a train, will have to have several wagons..." The big-nosed old Taoist said unhappily.

Shangguan Ning didn't make a sound this time, just sitting with his head down.

"Okay! I think you won't cry until you see the coffin..." The old Taoist said, suddenly raising his hand, a dark yellow mist appeared in his palm, and he patted it towards Shangguan Ning.

Shangguan Ning didn't even hide. In fact, he couldn't hide even if he wanted to. After passing through the fire, the mist immediately turned into thin strands of air, which instantly came to Shangguan Ning's body, and then Disappear.

Immediately afterwards, Shangguan Ning felt a stinging pain on her body, as if she was being pricked by countless fine needles. This kind of pain was beyond the endurance of ordinary people, and she screamed out in pain.

She clenched her teeth and didn't want to make a sound, but the piercing pain caused her body to fall backwards and lean against the stone wall. Cold sweat was pouring from her head, and she was literally dying.

Shangguan Ning gritted his teeth and said, "Kill me..."

"Now if you agree to become my disciple, I will spare you." The big-nosed old man said calmly.

"No!" Shangguan Ning gritted his teeth and said.

Then, she moved her teeth and placed them on the base of her tongue. It can be said that such pain is a hundred times more painful than killing her.

It was also because it was so painful that even wanting to bite his tongue and commit suicide was slow. The big-nosed old man obviously noticed this and immediately shouted: "Wait a minute!"

While speaking, he hurriedly waved his arms.

In an instant, the stinging pain that hit my bones disappeared.

Shangguan Ning was stunned again. She originally wanted to commit suicide, but she stopped and said, "What do you mean?"

"I have a very stubborn temper, just like me. Forget it, since you don't want to become a disciple, then don't do it. Your friend still has to work for me. I always keep my word, so I can't hand it over to you when the time comes. He's just a corpse." The big-nosed old man said carelessly.

Shangguan Ning didn't say anything. As for whether the old man really kept his word, she didn't know. She could only hope so.

Seeing that she didn't speak, the old Taoist looked her up and down, and then said: "There is nothing to do now that I am free. You showed your magic weapon before, but you didn't have time to take action. I'll give you a chance. Now take it." Youlong's double swords attack me, if you can kill or injure me, you can leave."

"I'm not your opponent, so what's the point of taking action?" Shangguan Ning said.

"It seems so..." The big-nosed old man nodded, then turned his hand, and a wooden man no bigger than a palm appeared in his hand.

He threw his hand to the side, and the wooden man fell to the ground, landing on both feet.

With a "swipe" of the ground, the wooden man grew bigger and became the size of a normal person.

The old Taoist looked at the wooden man, then looked at Shangguan Ning, and said: "Otherwise, if you can knock down this wooden man, I will let you go. You don't have to knock it down, it will count if it has missing arms or legs, you can See if it works.”

"This is your magical weapon. How can I defeat you?" Shangguan Ning said.

"How can I, a wooden person like me, be better than your two dragon swords? Don't look down on your own magical weapons and your own abilities. People who can control these two swords are all famous and romantic figures. If you are I feel that even the two swords of the majestic dragon can't destroy a wooden man, so just use your sword to wipe the neck and let it change its owner so as not to bury it." The big-nosed old man said disdainfully.