From a refugee to a martial artist

Chapter 42 The Second Perfection of the Essence Fire

The moon was dim. After a night of hard training in the training ground, Meng Yuan returned to his residence.

He was a little hungry again. But at this moment, Meng Yuan didn't really want to eat, because his mind was full of women.

"I don't have any ambitions in this life. I just want to make a little money, get a little power, and sleep with a few more pretty girls."

Seeing a faint candlelight in the middle of the night, Meng Yuan went forward and pushed open the door.

I saw that Jiang Tang had changed into new clothes today and had pearls and jade on her head. She looked particularly beautiful under the dim light.

"Brother, I want to sleep with you." Little Jiang Tang had lustful eyes and began to take off her clothes.

"Isn't this old fox's work too rough? With just this level of cultivation?" Meng Yuan rubbed his head, borrowed Nie Yannian's evaluation of the Great Tail Venerable, then drew out his knife and chopped it over.

For a moment, I felt a slight pain in my head, and then I heard a clear voice, "Little gelder, I'm here to help you! Ahhhh!"

Meng Yuan quickly opened his eyes and saw that the old fox had a dagger in his hand, two feet in front of him.

A figure with brown skin and white belly, carrying a floral bag on his back, came running over, jumped up, and hit the old fox with his head.

The old fox was about to hold Xiangling down with one hand, but when she saw Meng Yuan had opened his eyes, she was horrified, obviously not expecting Meng Yuan to get rid of the secret technique so quickly. She ignored Xiangling and stabbed Meng Yuan with the dagger in both hands.

Meng Yuan immediately retracted his abdomen and stepped back, while stretching out his hands to grab the opponent's sword handle.

The old fox had short arms and was injured, so Meng Yuan succeeded immediately and then twisted it to take away the old fox's dagger.

"Have mercy on me! Young man, have mercy on me! I will give you a map of the secrets of heaven!" The old fox knew that the game was over and begged for mercy decisively.

Meng Yuan was very curious about what the Tianjitu was and wanted to get one.

but not now.

He stood up and rode on the old fox, holding the fox's head with his left hand, and grabbed the dagger with the other hand, stabbing it hard into the fox's neck.

One sword, two swords, three swords, Meng Yuan even forgot how many swords he had stabbed.

The old fox was dead beyond death, with its head almost separated from its body.

Only then did Meng Yuan get off the fox and sat on the ground, gasping for breath.

Looking at the side, Xiangling's eyes were wide open, staring blankly at the old fox's corpse.

"The matchmaker is dead..." It took Xiangling a long time to react.

"Yes, the fox is dead." Meng Yuan wiped the blood that splashed on his face and said with a smile: "Are you scared?"

Xiangling nodded repeatedly, she was indeed very scared.

"I remember you said that your godmother taught you that it is better to live a miserable life than to die. Then why did you try so hard to save me just now?" Meng Yuan asked.

Xiangling sat down, thought for a while, and then said, "I don't know either."

"Aren't you afraid of death?" Meng Yuan asked with a smile.

"I'm afraid!" Xiangling said very reasonably, "But my godmother also said that it's good to be alive, and it's okay to die."

"It's good to be alive, and it's okay to be dead too." Meng Yuan repeated, and without saying anything else, he touched the old fox's body again.

This old fox, besides his green clothes, only had a short sword and a wooden staff. The wooden staff seemed to be an ordinary item, which showed how poor he was.

As for the so-called Tianjitu, no one knows where it is.

"Do you know the matchmaker's origins?" Meng Yuan asked Xiangling.

"I don't know." Xiangling shook her head and scratched her ears. "The matchmaker is actually quite nice. Sometimes she even tells us about things in the city!"

"She is not a good person. You should be more careful in the future." Meng Yuan said.

"I'm a lot smarter!" Xiangling became anxious when she heard the gelder say that she was not smart enough.

"Yes, yes, you are very cunning. Pick up some dead branches and let's burn the fox." Seeing that he could not squeeze any money out of the fox and not wanting to take it back for trouble, Meng Yuan planned to burn the corpse.

Xiangling was very obedient at this time and hurried to find dead branches. Meng Yuan also came to help.

"Your arrows are great for firewood!" Xiangling picked up an arrow and happily took credit for it.

"..."Meng Yuan flicked her head and took her to retrieve all the arrows.

The two of them worked for a long time before they finally got the fire started.

The smell of burning came, and Meng Yuan and Xiang Ling did not avoid it. The former was just thinking about the gains and losses of this fight, while the latter was wondering what to think. "When Wolf Da ate my godmother, he also burned her like this." Xiang Ling cried, "My godmother said that eating meat raw is a beast, and eating meat cooked is a monster, so she asked Wolf Da to cook it before eating."

"..." Meng Yuan covered his forehead with his hands. For a moment, he really couldn't understand what was in Xiangling's godmother's mind.

"Do you want to eat?" Xiangling asked.

Meng Yuan was indeed a little hungry, but he had no appetite at all, so he shook his head.

"I don't want to eat it either." Xiangling wiped her tears with her floral headscarf and muttered, "Little gelder, can you read and write?"

"I have learned a few words." Meng Yuan said.

"Then can you write my name?" Xiangling asked curiously.

Meng Yuan immediately pulled out a branch and started writing on the ground.

Xiangling leaned in to look, her eyes wide open, "Is this my name?"

"It's the other way around, look from my side." Meng Yuan pinched Xiang Ling's neck and pulled her in front of him.

"Oh! My name is so pretty!" Xiangling was crying just now, but now she sniffed and jumped up and down, saying happily, "Write my godmother's name again."

"What's your godmother's name?" Meng Yuan asked.

"My godmother is called Hua Guzi!" Xiangling said loudly.

Meng Yuan wrote Hua Guzi's name on the ground again.

Xiangling looked at it carefully and even used her little paws to gesture.

Seeing her like this, Meng Yuan took out the old fox's dagger and carved their names on a small stone, "This way we won't have to worry about the words being blown away by the wind."

"Little gelder, you are so kind!" Xiangling was very happy. She held the small stone in her hand and then took off the bag on her back.

"I haven't given this to you yet." Xiangling took out a small green fruit.

Meng Yuan took the green fruit that he had risked his life to obtain and looked at it carefully in his hand.

The fruit is only the size of a thumb, and is green with a hint of crimson. If you sniff it closely, you can smell a subtle fragrance.

Xiangling hid the small stone in her bag and tied it carefully around her neck, showing how much she cherished it.

"Hurry up and eat it!" Xiangling held another green fruit in her hand and said seriously, "My godmother said that we should eat it quickly after picking it, otherwise it will not taste good after a few days."

"Didn't you say I could take it away as a dowry? Why do I have to eat it right after I picked it?" Meng Yuan had originally wanted to wait until his essence and fire were complete before eating it.

"I didn't say I want to take it off as a dowry. It can be used as a dowry even if I don't take it off!" Xiangling tilted her head, looking at someone stupid.

"..." Meng Yuan rubbed his eyebrows, not knowing what to say.

"I'll just eat it too." Xiangling's tone became sad again. "My godmother originally suggested that I eat it in front of my son-in-law to show off my family's wealth. But I ended up eating it in front of you..."

She turned her back and started eating with a crunching sound.

Seeing this, Meng Yuan did not hesitate any longer and swallowed it immediately.

Before I could chew it, it had already fallen into my stomach.

For a moment, Meng Yuan only felt that the thirty-three heavens below were shaking slightly, there was a burning sensation in his dantian, and the acupoints in various places seemed to be a little bigger.

My whole body felt slightly hot. After a brief thought, I saw that most of the nutrients in the green fruit were absorbed by the essence fire.

The spirit fire immediately rose up, and after only a few breaths, it enveloped the whole body. It was clearly complete.

Meng Yuan felt that as long as he urged it in his heart, the essence fire would immediately emit its power and temper his body again.

But this was clearly not the right time. And... looking at Xiangling again, the little girl was steaming all over, swaying and unable to stand steadily.

This was obviously because the medicinal effect of the green fruit was too strong, and Xiangling's small body could not absorb much of the medicinal effect at once.

"Xiangling?" Meng Yuan pinched Xiangling's neck and lifted her up.

"Ah?" Xiangling was dazed, her eyes blurry. "I feel very hot, I want to sleep."

Meng Yuan said no more. He stuffed her into his clothes, donned his short sword and long knife, put on his longbow and quiver, and went down the mountain.

(End of this chapter)