Lord, I'm floating

Chapter 15
Walking into the shop from the passage in the backyard, Chen Mou took the initiative to put down the cloth bag in his hand and opened it for the clerk to check, and showed Master Zhong's hand note, which contained various drawing tools and a roll of high-quality rice paper that Master Zhong had given him.

Shopkeeper Hong smiled and looked towards the counter and bowed his hands. He never lacked in courtesy every time.

I heard from Senior Brother Wan that the shopkeeper Hong’s eyes are very vicious, and if the apprentices hide materials that should not be hidden, they will be seen. Jiaofang City, sent to mining, it is very difficult to see the light of day again.

So every day when he got off work and changed back to his Taoist robe, he had to carefully check his whole body twice to prevent someone from letting something that shouldn't be there.

Shopkeeper Hong smiled and nodded, waving his hand to let him go.

When the sun was setting, the streets were bustling with activity. Chen Mou was carrying a cloth bag, feeling a sense of satisfaction and joy in his heart, and a lot of spirit stones would be added to his account.

Suddenly the crowd in front moved aside, and someone whispered.

"It's Mr. Ma and the others, don't run into each other."

Chen Mou saw a group of people dressed in bright clothes, faintly overflowing with colorful light, talking loudly, walking from east to west as if no one else was present, and the jewels and jade pendants were shining brightly under the setting sun, so he hurried to the side of the street.

The young man who was walking in front was slightly fat. The hilt of the sword around his waist was sunken into a small arc and inlaid with two diamond-shaped blue gemstones, which made Chen Mou immediately recognize that the other party was his client. .

Behind the arrogant young masters with upturned nostrils, there are a few young women with good looks and enchanting figure, talking and laughing softly, looking forward to brilliance, not paying much attention to the gaze of many monks on the side of the road, and laughing at themselves Trembling.

On both sides were guarded by several guards with indifferent expressions, and their eyes glanced coldly.

At the end was a thin old man in a black robe, his eyes half-closed, as if he had fallen asleep, and he followed slowly without touching his feet.

Chen Mou didn't look at it too much, he didn't like how lively this kind of people were.

The thirty spirit stones in the sleeve pocket suddenly disappeared.

Like any piece of jewelry on the young master's body, it may be the end of most casual cultivators' life savings on the street.

Turning to a street shop, he bought a delicious roast chicken, a big bag of cooked food and a jar of five catties of wine, he was really too lazy to cook, and he couldn't treat his belly badly if he earned a small amount of money, so he wanted to reward the temple of five internal organs.

Walking down the mountain, he heard someone calling him.

"Brother Mou, please stay!"

Looking back, it was the bearded Mu Xing flying down from the sky with his sword.

"Brother Mu, let's go, go to the humble house to drink, if you don't get drunk, you won't return."

Chen Mou warmly invited and smiled. He knew that Mu Xing was a good drinker, and he even held up a few lotus leaf bags and a jar of wine. His hands were full, so he didn't greet him.

"No, I've been busy with inspections these days, and I have to be on duty in the middle of the night, so I can't steal or play tricks, and the superiors are watching closely."

Mu Xing hung a shield-shaped bronze plaque representing the visiting monks on his waist. He regretfully refused, moved closer, and asked through sound transmission: "Recently, don't go out at night. The city is haunted by ghosts. There are at least seven or eight casual cultivators. They lost their lives, and their belongings were even looted.”

Chen Mou was startled, he didn't hear any wind, and asked in a low voice: "Have you caught it yet?"

"There are people coming and going in and out of the square city. I haven't found any specific clues yet. Maybe it's the evil cultivators of the Foundation Establishment Realm? Be careful and don't spread the news. It's best to keep the primary protection of the yard The formation is activated, don't be reluctant to part with the spirit stone. Let's go."

Mu Xingfei got up, and Yujian flew towards the two people who were waiting in the air a little further away.

Chen Mou hurried back to his yard. He put down his things, and the first thing he did was to take out the bronze key, insert it into the formation keyhole on the wall, and open the formation protection to the maximum.

The consumption of 24 spirit stones will be added.

Fangshi is big, it's not easy to live in.

Shaking his head, he viciously suspected that the city guard deliberately put ghost cultivators in, in order to increase a large amount of formation protection income?

In a few days, rumors of haunting will surely spread everywhere as if they have grown wings, making people panic.

Then catch a "ghost" and slaughter it, calm the storm, and the income of the market will rise.

Wait and see.

After eating meat, drinking and drinking, Chen Mou paced in the yard to digest food, watched the sunset glow in the sky fade away, went back to the room and read the books for half an hour, then spread out the rice paper, put out the drawing tools, and stared at the paper The requested note, "conceived" in my mind what style to plagiarize this time...

There was a sudden knock on the door outside, and it was very rhythmic.

Chen Mou has a kind of chilling horror, he has never done anything wrong, and he is not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door... Ah bah, there is a strange knock on the door in the dead of night, it is too scary, and it has nothing to do with wrongdoing.

He didn't have two friends in Fangshi, so it was impossible for a living person to rush through the door at this time.

"Pfft", he blew out the lamp in one breath.

I'm asleep, go find the next gram.

A soft and strange woman's voice sounded outside: "Fellow Daoist, the little girl is in trouble and penniless, please stay in the yard for a night, and I will leave tomorrow morning. Great kindness, great virtue, I will report it in the future!"

Chen Mou rolled his eyes in the dark, pretending he was a three-year-old child.

Still a female ghost.

Although he has little experience in the world, at least he won't be overwhelmed by women. Fortunately, Mu Xing greeted him in advance.

A strange idea suddenly popped up in his heart, his ancient jade can absorb ghosts, I don’t know... He shook his head, determined not to open the door, one more thing is worse than one less thing, wouldn’t it be nice to stay at home peacefully, why would he take the risk of gambling on the ancients Can Yu take away the powerful female ghost?

If you can't take away the female ghost, but you are crushed by the female ghost and sucked into a mummy instead, it will be very unpleasant to think about.

If the female ghost dared to attack the yard and affect the guarding formation, it would definitely attract the monks who guarded the workshop, so he just didn't go out.

In the daytime tomorrow, he will go to the amulet shop in Fangshi to see if there is a suitable amulet?
Lingshi is a bastard, you can earn it after you spend it.

There was another knock on the door outside, and a moment later, the woman sighed pitifully, and there was no more sound from then on.

Chen Mou remained motionless in the dark like an old monk, sat for a long time, groped to find the bamboo tube, unscrewed the cover, blew on the torch inside, lit the oil lamp, and continued to think about the style of the sword. It's too far away, he urgently needs to earn Lingshi.

Use a pick pen to draw up a sketch, modify it, and after confirming the style, formally draw it on rice paper.

After working for more than an hour, I completed three renderings of swords with different styles.

He has learned the general knowledge of crafting for a few days, and he already knows that the more complicated the craft, the richer the level, the more difficult it is to forge. In order to design new ideas, he can only embarrass the forging master.

The styles can definitely be refreshing without being too unorthodox.

Chen Mou packed his tools with satisfaction, and went to the side room to practice kung fu with a hammer. The sound of "dangdang ding ding" hammering could be heard far away at night.

The next day, Chen Mou had breakfast and was not in a hurry to go out. He had half a day to rest.

Read and write in the main room, or go to the yard to practice agility and swordsmanship, or practice martial arts with a hammer in the side room. When the sun is at its strongest at noon, he will go out leisurely after eating and drinking.

Under the bright sky, where is there any ghost shadow?

When I came to the "Jinji Talisman Shop" in Fangshi, after listening to the friendly introduction from the clerk, I chose about a quarter of an hour, bought three talismans, and spent [-] spirit stones. Thieves are fast.

There is still a peaceful atmosphere on the street, people come and go, and they don't feel any negative effects caused by haunting.

Chen Mou watched all the way into the Forging Pavilion, bowed his hands to the smiling treasurer Hong, and came to the yard of the forging house. He saw Master Zhong sitting in the main room drinking tea, and Wan Lin and Xue Biao were serving him respectfully.

Master Zhong stood up, waved his hands to let the two well-behaved apprentices go down, smiled and raised his hand to signal Chen Mou not to be polite, and the two walked into the east room one after the other.

After closing the door, Chen Mou took out a roll of drawings from his left cuff and spread it out on the desk.

"Master Zhong please advise!"

"Okay, okay, well done, you can go to the forging room to work."

Master Zhong is a connoisseur of goods, looking through the three drawings, compared with his own drawings, there is a kind of unrestrained wild agility, which is what he lacks.

He smiled more kindly, suddenly remembered something, and called Chen Mou who was about to go out.

"Don't go out at night these days. I heard that Fangshi is haunted, and it will be clean in a few days. It's good to know this news yourself, and you must not spread it."

"Ah... yes, thank you Master Zhong for reminding me, I won't spread the word."

Chen Mou said silently in his heart, I have already dealt with the female ghost once.

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(End of this chapter)