The old man blushed a little by the smile of Uncle Gu. He didn't know what to say for a moment, but he just stared at me fiercely. After a while, he said angrily, "Agu, why did you get rid of this kid as soon as you meet?" Uncle Gu was about to speak, when a man in a servant's clothing stepped out of the gate and hurried to the old man's side. While reaching out to take the bag on the old man's shoulders, he said respectfully, "Master, you are back."

I was stunned when I saw this scene. I never expected that the old man had a servant in his house. Although he was just a pure man, he was older than Uncle Gu, and he could already see fine wrinkles on his face, and he was not the little maid I dreamed of, but this also made me feel very awesome.

"This is Kang Bo," the old man introduced me, and then pointed at me and said, "Akang, this is my newly accepted apprentice. I will live here in the future. You can call him Zhou Zheng, Xiao Zheng or Turtle, Wang Ba Dan, any name is just a title anyway, anyway, the name is just a title." The old man said in a revengeful tone, "I dare not! I dare not!" Kang Bo said as he waved his hand desperately, then bowed to me, and said respectfully, "Young Master, please follow me into the house."

This title made me feel ecstatic. I never thought that I would be called the young master in this life, but my joy was immediately destroyed by the old man. "Well, young master, this title is good. I am the old master and he is the young master. Our relationship is one step closer." After saying that, he looked at me with a smirk.

This old guy dared to make a profit from me. I glared at him fiercely, and then hurriedly said to Kang Bo, "Well, that's the case----Kumbo, you'd better call me Zhou Zheng." "How dare I do this?" Kang Bo shook his head repeatedly, "It's okay, just call me Zhou Zheng." My attitude was extremely firm, "Then I will call you Mr. Zhou Zheng." "Okay." I reluctantly agreed. At least when the title of "Mr. Zhou Zheng" is associated with "Master". It should not cause misunderstandings.

At this time, the old man and Uncle Gu had already stepped into the door. I hurriedly chased them behind them. As soon as I entered the door, I saw a screen wall with a large "Dao" written on it. This wall was larger and more grand than the one I saw at Liu Chengshou's house, but the scene behind the screen wall made me feel a little disappointed.

This is a large yard with blue bricks on the ground, but the hard blue bricks cannot withstand the erosion of time and now they have become uneven. You can see tender green grass growing tenaciously in some bricks. The surrounding houses were originally tall and grand, but now they are locked. A lot of the paint on the walls has fallen off, and they look red and yellow, as if they have skin diseases. The wooden doors and windows have also cracked. The breeze blew, and the cracked doors and windows made a 'squeak, creaking' sound, making the already desolate yard look even more dilapidated.

The old man and Uncle Gu who were walking in front did not stop here, but turned directly into a corridor next to the yard. Of course, I didn't want to stay in this dilapidated yard alone, so I followed a few steps. After passing through the corridor, a smaller courtyard appeared in front of me. Although the houses around were not as tall and grand as I saw just now, it was obviously inhabited here all year round, so I had a little more popularity and looked much more comfortable.

At this time, the two people in front had already walked into one of the rooms, and I hurriedly walked in. The furnishings in the room were extremely simple. A large table was placed in the center of the room, occupying almost half of the space of the room, and there were several chairs around it.

Apart from that, there is nothing else in the house. However, both the tables and chairs are very old and also very shabby. Many places are painted or cracked. Only the tabletop looks bright and exudes a faint greasy smell. This effect can only be achieved by eating on them all year round.

After finding a chair to sit down, the old man immediately took out something from his arms. It looked like a bell or a wine glass, but there was a branch at the bottom. It looked like it was growing on a tree. This thing was very solid and crystal clear, and it was white, like jade, but it was not pure white, but gray in white, and it felt like a piece of white jade was mixed with cement.

"This is the best one I have found. I also saw two, but they are all a little black. You are an expert in this regard, so see if you can still use it." The old man handed over the thing in his hand while talking to Uncle Gu.

Uncle Gu reached out to take it, looked carefully for a while, and his expression gradually became solemn. After a while, he slowly said, "I didn't expect that the jade claw was actually polluted by the demonic air to this extent." "Can it still be used?" the old man asked anxiously.

"It should be effective, but the demonic energy inside will also enter the body, and the consequences are difficult to predict." "Why would I go out and look for it again. I heard that someone had seen the Yuzhan Fruit on Lianyun Ridge in the Yasha Sea before." "Don't look for it anymore. The Wanling Mountain you went to this trip is already a dangerous place, but the Yasha Sea is a hundred times more dangerous than it. Even the powerful figures in ancient times dare not enter easily. There is no difference between entering there by people below the powerful and suicide. Besides, this world is full of demonic energy now. Even if there is a Yuzhan Fruit in the Yasha Sea, it will not be much better than this one. Life and death are based on fate, so there is no need to force it too much." Uncle Gu said calmly.

I sat next to listen to the conversation between the two people, and gradually heard a little bit of eyebrows. It seemed that the old man went out to find medicine for Uncle Gu, and it was a life-saving medicine. So he asked, "Uncle Gu, what's wrong with you?" "It's nothing, I was just bitten by the Red Yin Snake." "What is the Red Yin Snake?" "It's a very powerful poisonous snake. After inhaling the demonic energy, it transformed into a snake venom in its body. This evil poison is very domineering and will wipe out the vitality of people. Ordinary people will die within three days after being bitten. I have practiced martial arts since I was a child, and my body is much stronger than ordinary people. Now I am just temporarily suppressing the evil poison. Originally, this was not a big deal. As long as you use the Yuzhan Fruit that is so strong that it can dissolve the evil poison, but you have seen the Yuzhan Fruit now, alas, "Uncle Gu sighed helplessly.

"It's better to find more jade fruits. If you are lucky, you may find a few that have not been polluted by the demonic air." I wanted to comfort Uncle Gu, but the old man sitting next to him stared at him. "If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. Do you think the jade fruit is a cabbage in the ground? You can have as many as you want. Although this jade fruit is not considered a fairy grass or a magical medicine, it is also very precious. It grows in a very dangerous place. I searched for Wanling Mountain for half a month before I saw three. Do you want to find a few more? Do you think you are a god?" "Forget it, say less, Xiaozheng has a good intention." Uncle Gu stopped the old man's words.

Because I was thinking about Uncle Gu's condition, I didn't even feel like I was hitting back at the old man. Instead, I asked Uncle Gu directly, "Is there no other way except Yuzhangguo?" Uncle Gu smiled slightly, then patted my shoulder and said kindly, "Don't worry, Uncle Gu is fine."

Uncle Gu said it very easily, but it was equivalent to telling me clearly that there was no other way besides the passing of Yuzhan. This made me feel very disappointed. Although I only met Uncle Gu for the first time today, I felt like I had met an elder who had been reunited for a long time, very close and admired. Although I feel very close to the old man now, I don’t have any admiration. The feeling between people is really wonderful. Maybe this is fate.

Next, the two began to talk about the old man’s experiences along the way. This was originally something I was very interested in, but today, because of Uncle Gu’s condition, I was very depressed and I had no sense of knowledge at all. I just sat there alone, until Comb brought the supper to the table, and my mood was getting better.

Wow! It’s all seafood! There’s a whole table, the crabs are bigger than my palms with five fingers open, and the prawns are almost as long as chopsticks. A fish actually occupies half of the tabletop. In addition, there are some things that I don’t know at all. It seems that they are also seafood, but it doesn’t matter if I don’t know them. It won’t affect my appetite at all. I’ll know them after eating them a few more times.

After serving the dishes, Kang Bo also sat on the table. The four of them started to have supper. The three of them ate not much. Each of them only ate a small bowl of rice and a little bit of food. I was the only one who ate the seafood on the table and pretended not to see the rice placed next to me.

"Eat slowly, don't worry," Uncle Gu said with a smile, "Yeah, um." My mouth was filled with things, so I could only agree vaguely, "Don't worry about him, let him hold him to death." The old man's tongue was as fierce as ever, but I didn't bother to pay attention to him, but he didn't give up. After a while, he continued, "It may be difficult to hold him to death, but it's easy to get tired of it."

At this time, I finally swallowed the whole shrimp hard, and then I took the time to reply, "If you have the ability, you will use seafood to make me so tired of it", "If you have the seeds, you will eat them every day", "If you have the seeds, you will buy them every day." I angrily grabbed a crab while angrily.

It was late at night, and I was lying quietly in bed. I had been sleeping in the open these days, and I almost forgot what it felt like to sleep in bed. Now I finally have a bed again, and it was my own room, which felt so comfortable.

But I couldn't sleep. It was so wonderful to think about the experiences of these days in my mind, as if I was dreaming. However, the reason I couldn't sleep was not because I was thinking about things, but because I had eaten too much. Almost all the seafood in my stomach was in my stomach, and it felt a little uncomfortable. ‘In the end, if I didn't eat that fish, I might feel better now’ I felt a little regretful.

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!