Yun Qishen

Chapter 2188 Public Transport
"Well, take care of yourself then. I have said what I need to say." The middle-aged man sighed and then pulled the shopkeeper next to him under the table. "Shopkeeper, come over here. I have something to tell you."

"Sir, what are you doing?" The shop owner didn't know what the man was going to do, so he pulled him and refused to let him get up.

"Hey! Just wait for a while. I'll tell you it's enough before you show your head again. But keep your head down, or you'll bleed." The man's look was too serious and solemn, so the shop owner had no choice but to follow the man's instructions and squat quietly under the table waiting.

"...Sir, what do you mean?" The shopkeeper waited for a while and felt annoyed, so he asked again. Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, the outside of the table became lively.

"Uh--"

"what!!!!"

Suddenly, the group of thieves who were preparing to rob Jinhai Bailu let out howls of shock.

The shopkeeper was so frightened that he hugged himself and trembled, staring at the middle-aged man in horror, "Sir! What...what happened? What's going on? It's so scary!"

"This is Jin Hai Bai Lu protecting its master." The middle-aged man explained, "Its power in protecting its master is too cruel, it simply cannot distinguish between friend and foe..."

After a while, as Long'er sat down on the ground, the robbers also lay dead there.

"Ah! Are they... all dead? Ah!!!" The shopkeeper leaned over the table and took a look at the corpses. His legs suddenly went weak and he couldn't stand up.

"Shopkeeper, here are some silver coins. Please clean up the house. When the government comes, tell them that I killed him." The middle-aged man came out from under the table after everything calmed down. He threw a heavy bag of silver coins to the shopkeeper and came to Long'er with a bag on his back. "Boy, can you give me the Golden Sea and White Dew now? You can't suppress it."

"Um……"

Long'er gave the Golden Sea and White Dew to the middle-aged man, and the man happily took the sword.

"I just said, if you give me the sword, I will give you a bowl of plain noodles." The man walked past Long'er with the sword in his hand and headed towards the store entrance. "Don't worry about eating. There's not a drop of blood on the bowl left on the table."

Before the man could finish his words, Taki had already stood up and walked to the dining table to eat noodles.

"呲呲-"

The man was curious when he heard the sound of slurping noodles from behind. He turned around and paid more attention to Long'er. "Hehe, you are really the only one with a bad brain. You can still eat in this situation. I just wanted to tease you, but I really underestimated you."

Long Er quickly drank a mouthful of soup, then shouted to the man who was about to leave, "Who... Can I come find you after I finish my noodles?"

"Why, you want the sword back?"

"No, I want to be your disciple!"

"What a joke." The middle-aged man casually picked up a bamboo hat from the table at the door and put it on his head. This hat should have belonged to a dead robber. "I don't accept disciples, and you don't really want to be my disciple."

Long Er said quickly, "I'll have food to eat if I follow you, and I won't go hungry. I don't want to be hungry all the time."

"Heh." The man was somewhat satisfied with Long'er's answer. "Then come find me after you finish eating the plain noodles. If you can find me, I will support you for the rest of your life and ensure that you will never go hungry."

"Well, what's your name? I want to know about you." Taki asked.

The man paused and then replied, "Gongshu."

"Just the last name?"

"Yes, only the last name."

"You don't know your own name either?"

"..."

The snow outside the store was blown into the store with a strong wind. The store owner held the purse in his hand and looked at the middle-aged man. In his eyes there was a hint of admiration in addition to fear.

"Gongshu... Sir, are you the famous swordsmith? The Gongshu who forged the sword that could cut through iron like mud?" "Yes, it's my family, but it's not me." The middle-aged man's happy expression suddenly became serious. He lowered the edge of his hat and rushed into the wind and snow. "I'm leaving."

Gong Shu...

Takier finished the rest of the noodle soup while silently repeating the last name in his mind.

The shopkeeper unknowingly built up his inner strength and stood up. He sat next to Long Er and sighed, "Boy... I really admire you..."

Then he found a large straw raincoat and threw it on a bench nearby. "Here's the straw raincoat for you. When you're done eating, leave quickly."

Long Er bowed to express his gratitude, but the shopkeeper just waved his hand for him to leave quickly without saying another word.

Long'er put on a straw raincoat and walked into the snow. He followed his feeling. The surroundings were turned into a vast expanse of white by the wind and snow, but only he could see the golden light emitted by the Golden Sea and White Dew.

Following the guidance of the light, he soon found the middle-aged man named Gongshu.

"Got you!"

The man was squatting on the ground holding something in his arms. He was startled to see Long'er coming over so quickly. "Are you born in the year of the dog?"

"Maybe." Long'er did not hesitate and walked closer. Only then did he see clearly that Gongshu was holding a little person in his arms.

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"I really underestimated you. Could it be that the Golden Sea and White Dew led you here?" Gongshu pressed the Golden Sea and White Dew on his waist with one hand and sighed, "It seems that you and this sword are quite predestined."

"Who are you?" The little person in Gongshu's arms spoke. She was a pale little girl, about seven or eight years old.

"She is..." Long'er thought she was Gongshu's child.

Gongshu directly pushed the little girl in his arms and Jin Hai Bai Lu to Long'er, "That's great, you can help take care of her, she is the child I just picked up."

"Just found it? In this snowy day?"

It’s lucky that the little girl didn’t get frozen.

"Yes, I picked it up, just like you."

"..." When Long'er heard Gongshu say this, he was speechless.

"Why are you staring at me in a daze? Let's go." Gongshu patted the snow on his skirt and turned around to walk forward.

"Where are we going next?" Taki hurriedly followed with the girl.

"Go to Jiangbang, the land of demons." Gongshu replied with a smile.

"What are you doing there?"

"Take the heavenly steel and forge swords."

"Why are you so obsessed with forging swords?"

"As for me, I want to surpass the tradition of the Gongshu family and forge the most powerful sword in the entire Gu'ao Continent. No matter if it is a fairy sword or a demon sword, as long as it can surpass the sword forged by my family, it is a good sword."

"..." After hearing Gongshu's words, Long'er felt a little uncomfortable, and his pace slowed down.

After noticing Long'er's attitude, Gongshu just smiled and walked forward without any confusion. "Oh, do you think I'm a bad person? I only forge knives and swords. As for what these swords are used for in the future, it has nothing to do with me. This is my philosophy of forging weapons. If you think I'm wrong, you can take this child away from me.

After all, the path I'm going to take is definitely not normal and definitely not safe. I told you in advance that it's up to you to decide whether to follow me or not."

"I also said that I want to take you as my master. I won't have to worry about being hungry if I follow you." Long Er clenched his fists and quickened his pace. "I also... no matter whether you are a good person or a bad person, I will follow you for the rest of my life!"