At this moment, an old man walked out from the bushes. He looked very old, probably in his sixties or seventies. As the saying goes," A man in his seventies is rare since ancient times." This old man was already so old. Could he be an otherworldly expert, like those otherworldly experts in martial arts novels who did not eat human things?
I'm sorry, I guessed wrong. Because he was holding a machete used for chopping wood, his clothes were patched, and there was a large bamboo basket on his back. It seemed that he was just a very ordinary old man.
Seeing that Carefree was injured, the old man quickly put down the bamboo basket and the chopper and carried Carefree along the path in the forest.
Although the old man was very old, he was very energetic. Carefree, who was more than 1.8 meters tall, was easily carried by the old man like a bundle of firewood. It seemed that the older the ginger, the wiser.
The old man carried Carefree into a wooden house. He let Carefree lie on the wooden bed and took out a sticky, green jar of something that looked like medicine. The old man smeared that thing on Carefree's wound. Carefree groaned in pain, but he didn't wake up. He was just talking in his sleep.
The old man smiled comfortably and closed the door. He walked along the original road. We can just treat it as going back to chop wood.
After an unknown period of time, he looked out of the wooden house and saw the setting sun standing on the top of the mountain again. It seemed to be waving goodbye to all things.
Carefree finally woke up. He had a beautiful dream. He began to dream that he had found Li Shiming and fought alongside him to become one of the founding generals of the Great Tang. In his dreams, he could even ride a sword and fly. It was just like what was often written in martial arts novels. A person would stand on a sword and then fly into the sky with the sword. They would embrace the blue sky with the flying birds and chase the speed of the wind. It could really be said to be endless.
"Sigh, it was just a dream.”Carefree sighed to himself.
"Young man, you're awake."
Before Carefree could check his surroundings, he saw an amiable old man sitting at the head of the bed with a metal bowl in his hand. The bowl was steaming hot.
"Come, drink it while it's hot. This medicine is good for your injuries."
"Thank you, grandpa."
Carefree took the iron bowl and gulped down the bitter medicine in it without even frowning. Carefree knew that one had to suffer the most to become a superior person.
"Grandpa, where am I?”
He didn't know why, but the moment he saw the old man, he felt a sense of familiarity and knew that he was a kind old man.
"You are now in my house. I saw you in the forest injured and unconscious, so I carried you back.”
"Thank you for saving my life!"
Carefree sat up. He couldn't kneel down, so he could only bow to him on the bed.
The old man quickly supported Carefree and said with a smile,""What's there to thank? Saving people is the foundation of happiness. Doing a good deed every day can be considered a great Yin virtue. Come, your body is still very weak and needs to recuperate for a period of time. You can make do with staying in my broken room for the time being. After your injuries are healed, I will send you down the mountain.”
"I can't thank you enough for your kindness. Xiaoyao would definitely repay the favor of a drop of water in the future!”
"Hehe. I'm not sure. I haven't studied for a few days, so I don't understand the literary things of you scholars. I only hope that you will get better soon. Otherwise, this old man will have a hard life.”After saying that, the old man laughed heartily.
Carefree was lying on the bed because his back was injured. When the old man laughed, he laughed too. This laughter made his stomach hurt abnormally. He looked carefully and found that there were also a few small wounds on his stomach. Originally, the wound was shallow and not a big deal, but Carefree's smile caused the wound to rupture. Although it did not bleed, it was enough for Carefree to suffer.
Hence, Carefree stayed in the old man's wooden house.
Carefree learned from the old man that the old man's wooden house was built next to a mine cave. This place was called Crouching Bull Mountain, and the old man was called Crouching Bull. Carefree guessed that the old man might have named the mountain himself.
Carefree also knew that the old man was a blacksmith, a very famous blacksmith. Carefree often heard people outside shouting the old man's name, saying that he was here to buy weapons. People came every day, and there were many of them. It was just that Carefree was injured, so he had never seen him before.
When he was bored, the old man gave Carefree a book.
Haha, Carefree thought it was a martial arts secret book, but after reading it, he realized it was an introductory book on blacksmithing. There weren't many words in the book. There were only pictures, and each picture only had a few words. Most of them introduced the names of the things on the pictures. For example, black iron ore, red iron ore, black gold iron ore, and so on.
He heard from the old man that Crouching Bull Mountain was rich in ores. The old man had spent his entire life digging for ores on the mountain and then making weapons to sell to martial artists.?The old man also said that his greatest wish in his life was to forge the hardest sword in the world, harder than diamonds and resistant to high temperatures.
Carefree thought about it. Wasn't the hardest metal titanium alloy? The outer shell of a spaceship was made of this kind of metal. However, Carefree did not recognize Tai. Otherwise, he would have told the old man to fulfill his wish.
The old man also said that he had a very beautiful granddaughter called Chan Juan. When she was ten years old, she was taken away by a nun. Before she left, the old man used a thousand year string iron to forge a pair of ancient moons. The ancient moons were engraved with the word "Gu Yue". The old man's "Gu Yue" was engraved with the word "Gu", while Chan Juan's "Gu Yue" was engraved with the word "Yue". The old man said that if he died, he would ask a man to hand Gu Yue over to Chan Juan.
Carefree saw the mysterious smile on the old man's face when he talked about this. When he missed his granddaughter, he would look at Carefree with this kind of expression. Strange.
However, Carefree wouldn't be delusional, because the old man also said that he and his granddaughter hadn't seen each other for twenty years. In other words, Chan Juan was already thirty years old. Even if she was still unmarried, she was still an old virgin. Xiaoyao did not dare to provoke an old virgin. He heard that old virgins were very suspicious, jealous, and hot-tempered. Wow, I can't take it. 'I'd rather be a monk than marry her,' Carefree thought.
After two consecutive days, Xiaoyao's injuries were almost healed. He could get out of bed and walk.
Since he had nothing better to do, Carefree asked the old man for advice on smithing skills. Since he had nothing better to do anyway, he might as well learn more.
The old man seemed to like Carefree very much, and he was willing to tell Carefree everything he knew. At the same time, Carefree was absorbing the old man's wisdom like a sponge absorbing water.
Four days later, Carefree had fully recovered from his injuries. However, the old man refused to let Carefree leave the mountain. He said that he must teach Carefree everything he knew. The Free and Unfettered Bull knew that he would not be able to return if he left. This was a good opportunity to repay the favor. He had to repay the favor.
Hence, Carefree settled down quietly in Crouching Bull Mountain.
In the morning, the sun shone on the earth, and a new day began. The forest was filled with joyful songs. There were birds chirping in the distance. They seemed to be singing in a chorus, singing about the beauty of the world. Look, the flowers are in full bloom. Each and every one of them is tender and beautiful. The forest was echoing with intermittent but rhythmic sounds. Oh, that was the hardworking Carefree and the old man forging iron.
"Good! Xiaoyao, don't stop, and don't use too much strength. When you have hammered the iron until there are no black spots, immediately put it into the mud. That's right! That's it, good, the spots are gone! Quick, quickly stab the sword into the mud!”
Carefree and the old man were sweating profusely. Both of them had a happy smile on their faces. One was proud, and the other was proud. One of them was proud because he could forge an iron sword, and the other was proud because he had such a disciple.
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