in the edge

Chapter 200 The Call of the Mountain
After a solid night's sleep, Du Chengfeng woke up rubbing his head.

There was still a dull pain in his head, which was the sequelae of drinking too much cheap wine. Even after washing his face, Du Chengfeng was still a little confused. However, after eating a bowl of gruel, he regained some of his energy and became more energetic. Much more energetic.

He hasn't been this relaxed for a while, or in other words, he hasn't been this relaxed for a long time.

The process of pursuing strength seems magnificent, but only Du Chengfeng himself knows how hard it is - the so-called way to become stronger is never as simple as mastering any martial arts or defeating a strong enemy. Countless days and nights, the spirit is tense, and the state of combat readiness is maintained at all times. Even if you lie down to sleep, you must save your energy, so that when you feel the slightest disturbance, you can stand up and fight the enemy at any time.

And now, he finally had a good sleep for the first time in a long time.

There is no longer a need to tense up and be ready to take action at any time. Now he finally has the qualification to sleep freely.

Perhaps this is the smallest unit of strength, just like in nature where dangers are everywhere, only the large beasts at the top of the food chain are qualified to sleep wherever they want.They are too powerful and have no natural enemies, so naturally they are not dangerous. Even if they lie there unconscious for several hours, they will not lose their lives inexplicably.

"I just want to sleep..."

Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

Obviously when he was still a Taiping man, he could sleep soundly every night, but now he has to be so strong that he doesn't look like a human being in order to sleep soundly. I really don't know whether he is crazy or the world is crazy. .

Maybe this world is crazy, otherwise why would there be such nonsense as evil spirit?

Of course, the evil spirit cannot be considered completely useless. Just like now, when Du Chengfeng raised his sword and pointed it at it, the stone the size of a human head floated up again, jumping around him for a while, and in front of him for a while. It spins in circles, but is as nimble as a cat or dog.

While mastering this new technology, Du Chengfeng sipped cheap tea and enjoyed the morning sun that he had not seen for a long time.

There is no fighting or killing, there is no bloodbath here or there, there is no need to fight to the death, there is no need to swing a knife to kill people, there is only relaxing silence and peace.

This is called living, this is called life.

Yu Laoer got up a little later, but his body was much worse than Du Chengfeng's today. In addition, he drank too much last night and almost all the hidden wine was taken out. It also directly caused Yu Laoer's hangover to be more serious than Du Chengfeng's, and he even staggered when walking.

But after waking up, Yu Laoer found Du Chengfeng immediately.

"Where did you talk about yesterday? I remember it was the team that defeated the prairie people..."

"Oh, it must be the Prairie National Master."

Du Chengfeng vaguely remembered that this happened.

The main reason is that after drinking too much, you have to have something to talk about. Yu Laoer has stayed in Lijiacun all his life and has nothing to talk about, so Du Chengfeng is the only one left to talk.As for the content, it was naturally about his adventures during this period of time - but he did not say that this was his own experience, after all, it would scare this peasant man who could not even hear about killing people.

He only said that these were heard from outside, and were other people's experiences. He told them as legends, and Yu Laoer was happy to hear them.

"Can you please stop telling the story about the big tree? I almost vomited."

This is Yu Laoer's only opinion.

"Okay, let me tell you something else."

Du Chengfeng smiled.

"Instead of talking about big trees, let's talk about spirit turtles. A long time ago, there was an old turtle..."

"Stop, stop it, just stay here, I won't listen anymore."

Yu Laoer immediately shook his head, unwilling to listen any more.

This also made Du Chengfeng, who was holding back his mischief, burst into laughter. He knew this would be the result.

But halfway through laughing, Du Chengfeng felt a little dazed.

When was the last time you laughed so happily?

It seems like it was a long time ago again.

"It's over..."

After a long time, Du Chengfeng sighed.

It was at this time that he realized that those battles, those life-and-death battles were really in the past. Now he had mastered the power to settle down and live a new life. .

Away from the fighting and killing, only leisure and tranquility remain...

"Uh."

Looking at the stone floating in front of him, Du Chengfeng choked.

Well, even if he has the power to settle down and live his life, he can no longer take any time off.

No matter how much he wanted to live a life away from those who were fighting and killing, he had to admit that the experience of pursuing power had left a deep mark on him and even became a part of his life—— Just like when he faced the ruins before, he could obviously ignore it, but he still wanted to compete with it and learn some new skills from it.

I still want to turn this knowledge into power.

"gone!"

Du Chengfeng greeted Yu Laoer and prepared to continue today's work.

What we want to try this time is replication. If you can make one stone fly, you should be able to make ten stones fly. And there are a lot of things like stones in the ruins - Du Chengfeng was even a little grateful to the gray pheasant. , although he didn’t know where he was going all the way, but it was this chance encounter that allowed him to find the possibility of continuing to improve.

That hilltop is simply his blessed land, and he will definitely turn all the ruins into fertile farmland.

This is also another way to exercise. How do you say that?You can practice while walking, sitting or lying down.

But just when Du Chengfeng was about to set off, Yu Laoer didn't move for a long time.

"How to say?"

Du Chengfeng came over.

"What happened?"

"Guy's style is broken."

Yu Laoer's face was quite ugly.

It turned out that the hoe and shovel were broken, and there were obvious gaps on the thick blades. It was obvious that they had encountered something hard when they were cleaning up the ruins on the hilltop yesterday. It was just that it was still dark when I came back, and I drank alcohol afterwards. , so I didn’t even notice.

But this is no small matter, especially for Yu Laoer.

Although it is just an ordinary object, it is still two pieces of iron. If he goes to the town to build a new one, it will make him who is not rich once again make things worse - of course, if he must use it, it does not mean that it cannot be used. , but using such a guy to work will definitely affect the efficiency.

Moreover, there was another important reason why he didn't want to change.

These styles were passed down to him by his late father.

"Is that so..." Du Chengfeng scratched his head.

"Then I try to fix it for you?"

"This...can you fix it?"

Yu Laoer couldn't help but raise his head.

The main reason is that Du Chengfeng, who is carrying a big sword on his back, doesn't look like someone who can do this kind of work.

"I'll try, what if it works?"

Saying this, Du Chengfeng took out the whetstone.

Although he has no experience in sharpening farm tools, since they are all edged, it may be no different from sharpening a knife.

Nowadays, he no longer needs to rely on sharpening to improve his strength, so he only keeps the whetstone with him as a reminder. He did not expect that this old skill would still continue to shine.

"You give way first and don't block my work."

After finding a bench and sitting down, Du Chengfeng unloaded the hoe and shovel from the pole and prepared to polish them carefully.

There are more than one gaps on the blade. It can be seen that these tools have been used for a long time. It is only because the users cherish them that they are still in use today. However, the long time has still caused these tools to inevitably age. He When your fingers touch those old gaps, you can even feel the memories and carvings accumulated over the years.

"...wait a minute?"

Du Chengfeng couldn't help but be startled when he realized the familiar feeling.

Just polishing a farm tool, but you can still feel the memory?
Yes, it really can.

It was the memory of a young farmer. This young man looked somewhat similar to Yu Laoer, but his face was more mature and he seemed more honest.In order to make his work more efficient, the young man known as Lao Yu saved some money and asked the blacksmith in the town to get these two handy tools.

Then there was a very ordinary farming life, exactly the same as Yu Laoer.

When I first arrived, I was unfamiliar with the place and had limited money. Lao Yu couldn't afford to rent any good land, so he negotiated with the local Li family and rented farmland near the foot of the mountain.Although this is not a good start, Lao Yu believes that as long as he works hard, everything will be fine.

And this is indeed the case. The hard-working old Yu quickly established himself in Lijia Village. In the following years, not only did his life get better and better, he even got a wife, and he was completely in the Lijia Village. This Lijia Village has taken root.

"sure."

Even Du Chengfeng, who was a bystander, admired Lao Yu's perseverance. He had also been a refugee, so he could naturally understand the hardships involved. Although he had the power now, if there was no conspiracy, If he accidentally embarked on this road of fighting, he might be like Lao Yu, and it would take him several years to earn some money in Yangjiapu.

No, he is probably not even as good as this old Yu. After all, he has the knowledge and ideas from when he was a Taiping man, he also has the help of the kind-hearted Carpenter Li, and he also has the blind flow from Yangjiabao to provide him with a lot of mental losses. Fei, this made him feel at ease in Yangjiabao.

But this Lao Yu has nothing and truly started from scratch.

It is really good for the refugees to reach this point.With his family business, Lao Yu can already afford to talk to the local Li family and rent some better-located fields, or simply rely on his savings to make a living that is easier to make money - just with As Du Chengfeng thought when he was a refugee, if he develops step by step, life will always get better and better.

But what confused Du Chengfeng was that this capable old Yu was stuck at this step.

Obviously he has the ability to continue to develop, but Lao Yu just chose to give up and guard this little field at the foot of the mountain without moving even half a step - of course, it is not that Lao Yu has not thought about development, but Lao Yu stares at it. The target is the hilltop not far away.

This old Yu's plan turned out to be to open up wasteland.

"I want to dig up the mountain so that it will be safe to go to the ground in the future... As long as the mountain in front of us is gone, we can directly divert water from the river for irrigation. How convenient is this?"

This is how Lao Yu convinced his family. He wanted his wife and children to understand what he was doing.

But in Du Chengfeng's eyes, there are problems with this plan no matter how you look at it.

He can split mountains and open up wasteland because he can really split mountains. The biggest problem is not a problem for him, that is, he just wants to challenge himself in the follow-up processing - to say the least, if he really If he didn't want to do the job of cleaning up the ruins, he could go to the nearby county government with a big knife and directly pull out a group of people to clean up the ruins.

But this old Yu... doesn't have this power.

Lao Yu did not have this amazing power, nor could he find anyone to help him. He only had hoes and shovels, and only himself.How is it possible to dig up a mountain with just this thing?

Why do we have to dig up mountains when things can be solved by just changing the place?

"Crazy, you are really crazy."

When Lao Yu changed from a young man to a middle-aged man, his wife finally couldn't stand this hopeless life anymore, so she gritted her teeth and stamped her feet and simply returned to her parents' home.

But Lao Yu continued to dig, as if that mountain had some fascinating magic power. Lao Yu dug from youth to middle age, and from middle age to old age, even though the little savings in his hands had long been consumed, even if the results of the past were He found that his wife had died long ago, and even though his hair was gray, he never stopped. Fortunately, he did cultivate some fields, and his son also grew up and was willing to support him, which made his progress faster. Faster.

But Lao Yu's body couldn't hold on anymore after all.

Lao Yu, who had been fighting against the top of the mountain all his life, finally fell at the foot of the mountain. When he was carried back home, he was already dead.

"Mountain, mountain..."

Even though his body was exhausted, Lao Yu still held the hoe tightly in his hand.

"Mountain……"

"Dad, I'm listening."

Lao Yu's son, Yu Lao Er, quickly came over and held Lao Yu's hand.

"I will dig up the mountain and open up the fields. Even if I can't do it, my son, my grandson... I swear, one day, that mountain will be dug up!"

"Mountain, mountain..."

However, Lao Yu seemed not to have heard Yu Lao Er's oath. He just looked in the direction of the mountain and kept chanting, his voice getting lower and lower.

Yu Laoer couldn't hear the sound as small as a gnat.

But Du Chengfeng heard it clearly.

This is clearly what Lao Yu said.

"The treasure in the mountains is mine."

　The reason for the belated update is that Hao Houyomizi came over to celebrate the holidays together. We chatted about writing methods and ideas for a long time. After he fell asleep, I sorted out my thoughts, so it is even later. I am really sorry.

　　Since I haven’t slept since yesterday, I will update two chapters first. I will post Chapter 2 when I finish writing it, and I will write the rest when I wake up during the day.

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　　I continue to code, happy holidays everyone.

　　
　
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