The history of the struggle of the God of the Stove

Chapter 4
The sun hangs high, shining everywhere.

The hot sun at noon released bursts of heat waves, and the grass and trees on both sides of the road barely brought a little coolness under the blowing of the wind. On the long winding loess road, an old horse pulled a broken car, walking unsteadily. .

On the carriage, two old men with white beard and hair were talking softly, it was Qi Yuan and the old man He Yu.

A few days ago, Qi Yuan promised to teach them some cooking skills. Later, he heard that the other party intends to return to his hometown. After inquiring about the other party's itinerary, he knew that the other party's hometown is the territory of a small prince in the west, but he needs to go north first. Then turn to Qinglong Pass and go westward.

So Qi Yuan planned to take a ride, let Duofang take him for a ride, and planned to go to Chaoge to see if he could find any opportunities.

Although it is said that Xiqi will be the main trend in the future, Xiqi has not yet rebelled. According to Qi Yuan's speculation, Xibo Hou Jichang should still be imprisoned by King Zhou, so he has no plans to go to Xiqi now.

After more than ten days, Qi Yuan taught them some dishes. Although they couldn't cook many things because of the ingredients and tools, the He Yu family was astonished and grateful just by what he taught them.

In fact, Qi Yuan really felt that he didn't teach the other party much, because the conditions were too simple, and he felt that the most practical thing to give to the other party was a few methods of making pasta.

There is no way, in this era, besides roasting with fire, most of the food in this era is cooked and eaten, and a girl who Qi Yuan once pursued in a pastry shop learned a lot of pasta recipes from her with the cheek .

He Yu is already very old, and in recent years he has felt a little powerless. It is also his greatest wish to be able to bring his family to a stable place without running around.

Now with the skills that Qi Yuan handed over, He Yu has enough confidence to have a foothold in his hometown and live a stable life, so he is very grateful to Qi Yuan in his heart, and he also imparted several spells he practiced. Gave it to Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan learned it very carefully, and he was very flexible in his mind, so he learned it very quickly. In a few days, he thoroughly understood this exercise with only a few hundred words, and he also firmly memorized the spell-casting formulas of several spells. This point made the old man He Yu highly praised.

The only pity is that although Qi Yuan has memorized all the things taught by He Yu in his mind, even after a period of time with his heart, he has been able to perceive the existence of the aura of heaven and earth.

However, he just couldn't practice the sense of anger.

Regarding this, He Yu told him that it was because he was getting old and his body's meridians were blocked, and in the initial stage of cultivation, it was necessary to guide the aura existing between heaven and earth to open up the meridians in his body. The aura is converted into mana, and if he wants to cultivate the sense of qi in the dantian, he first needs to open up the blocked meridians.

After these days of hard work, Qi Yuan almost cried, until now, he has not even opened up the smallest meridian.

"Old Qi, along this road, it will be Chaoge after another three or two days' journey."

The eldest son of He Yu, who was driving in front, slowly pulled the reins to stop the carriage, and said back.

"Oh, so soon?"

Qi Yuan poked his head out, looked at the fork in front of him, shook his head helplessly, got up and got off the carriage, and said to He Yu: "It seems that we are going to separate."

He Yu said gratefully: "If it wasn't for my virtuous brother to teach me cooking skills, even if my brother brought the children back to his hometown, he wouldn't know what to do for a living. There is really no way to repay such a great kindness."

As he said that, He Yu bowed deeply: "This place is not far from Chaoge, and I have never heard of any bandits who dare to do evil nearby, so there should be no danger along the way. I don't know if we leave this time. There is still a day when we will meet each other for the rest of my life, dear brother Wanwang, take care."

Qi Yuan quickly helped He Yu up: "It's the same with my brother. In the future, you don't need to travel around and suffer, so you can raise your grandson well, so that you can see your great-grandson doing filial piety at your knees as soon as possible."

"Hahaha."

These words comforted He Yu's old feelings, and he was very happy.

He Yu's two sons cupped their hands one after another: "Old Qi, take care."

"Take care of yourself."

Qi Yuan returned the gift, and watched their family leave in a carriage. After a long time, he sighed softly, turned around and looked at the road ahead, distressed: "There is no free carriage, so I can only walk on two legs. , but it hurt my old legs..."

Reluctantly, he took a step forward, set foot on the road ahead, and walked slowly step by step.

In the evening, Qi Yuan stood on a high slope and looked around, but he didn't see a single house, so he had no choice but to build a fire by the side of the road, and baked the pancakes presented by He Yu's family before leaving. Roast and eat barely enough to eat.

After staying up until midnight, Qi Yuan was too sleepy, so he leaned against the tree trunk and took a nap.

He didn't dare to turn off the fire, for fear of encountering wild animals at night, at least most of the wild animals were afraid of fire, and the light of fire could also prevent him from falling into darkness.

The idea was good, and there was no danger during the night, but Qi Yuan, who was sleeping soundly at dawn, suddenly woke up, turned his head to look, and saw a lone wolf planning to approach quietly.

Qi Yuan was startled, and quickly reached out to pick up a wooden stick, which he picked up yesterday, and it can be used as a crutch and self-defense.

Wolves live in packs. Lone wolves like this one are mostly old and frail and driven out of the wolf pack. Instead, they are more ferocious and patient than ordinary wolves for food.

Qi Yuan tried to scare the lone wolf, but he couldn't scare him away.

This lone wolf was always wandering on the road ahead, but it happened to block Qi Yuan's way out.

Qi Yuan had no choice but to look left and right, and could only make a detour from the side.

It's impossible to waste time with each other here, he doesn't think he can waste more than a wolf.

It's just that, going around, the direction deviates from the original main road, and a river appears in front of it.

The river is several feet wide and the current is fast. Qi Yuan doesn't know if the wolf can swim, but it's not an option to waste time with each other here, so he plans to swim across the river to see if he can get rid of the old wolf.

As for whether there are monsters in the river, Qi Yuan can't care anymore, and besides, this place is not far from Chaoge City, so there shouldn't be monsters entrenched in any place!

Beware of coming to the river, not giving the lone wolf a chance to attack, carefully looked at the small river, the river was clear, but did not see too big fish, which made Qi Yuan feel relieved.

The water in the morning was a bit cold, but luckily it was summer, so it wouldn't make him catch a cold. Looking at the lone wolf who was following closely, Qi Yuan walked into the water step by step.

The lone wolf saw Qi Yuan's intentions, and it wanted to rush forward, but was frightened away by Qi Yuan waving a wooden stick.

But the lone wolf didn't give up.

It is old and has no physical strength to chase other prey, but the slow-moving human in front of it is its hope for food.

So even though Qi Yuan had swum across the river, it was still following the opposite bank, trying to find a place where the water flow was relatively slow and then swim across.

Qi Yuan was forced to be extremely helpless, the old wolf just followed him neither far nor near, and never approached, giving him no chance to fight at all.

Of course, if they really wanted to fight, Qi Yuan might not be able to fight against this old wolf. The current situation is just that both sides are afraid of the other party's harm to themselves.

After walking like this for more than half an hour, Qi Yuan was tired and hungry, wiped the sweat from his brow, and cursed secretly as he looked at the persevering lone wolf.

But no matter how tired he was, Qi Yuan didn't want to stop and give the meat of his body to the other party to enjoy, so he could only forcibly walk forward, hoping to find a way to get rid of the old wolf.

When passing through a valley, because he put most of his energy on the wolf, Qi Yuan didn't notice that the surroundings were quiet, and the sound of birds and insects gradually became rarer.

On the contrary, for some reason, the lone wolf hesitated at the entrance of the valley and did not follow up.

Qi Yuan was overjoyed when he saw it, and thought that the lone wolf would give up seeing that he had no chance to take precautions, so he sped up and rushed forward, thinking that it would be better to stay away from this wolf as soon as possible.

It's just that the further you go, the colder you feel.

At first Qi Yuan thought it was because there was no sunshine in the valley all day long, which caused some gloomy coldness, but he didn't realize that something was wrong until his wet clothes started to freeze.

When he turned a corner, he suddenly felt a strong cold air. Looking forward, he saw a small pool of water in front of him, and endless cold air was pouring out.

Looking around, there is no life in the entire valley except for a crystal clear lotus growing in the cold pool.

At this time, the lotus is in full bloom, exuding a charming fragrance.

After smelling this fragrance, Qi Yuan couldn't help swallowing, and the desire to swallow it couldn't help rising in his heart.

"Could it be that this lotus is the legendary exotic flower?"

Qi Yuan muttered in his heart: "Yes, ordinary lotus flowers can't emit such an alluring fragrance. It seems that today is a lucky day. I didn't expect such a chance."

Qi Yuan, who was overjoyed, came to the front, and was shivering from the cold in the cold pool. He didn't know how lotus flowers could grow in such a cold pool.

As Qi Yuan came closer, he felt that the fragrance became more and more intense.

However, the crystal lotus petals withered and withered in a very short period of time, leaving only the emerald green lotus pod exuding endless vitality.

Qi Yuan resisted the chill and excitement, and saw that the lotus pod was not far from the shore, so he stretched out his wooden stick and hooked it to the front, tugged, but it didn't come off, so he simply took out the kitchen knife on his body, and chopped it down. Only then did he hold the lotus pod in his hand.

The tempting fragrance came rushing towards his face, Qi Yuan couldn't bear the instinctive desire in his body anymore, took out the lotus seeds and ate them one by one.

After eating the lotus seeds, Qi Yuan burped comfortably, and felt a cool breath flowing from his stomach all over his body, which was extremely comfortable.

At this time, a rustling sound came from the side, Qi Yuan turned his head to look strangely, and when he saw what it was, his heart almost jumped out of fright.

(End of this chapter)