Immortal Refiner

Entering the mansion, Old Man An looked at Li Qing who was wearing thin clothes and sighed dullly: "Master Li, are you practicing martial arts?"

Li Qing, who was full of energy, nodded and said, "Practice some boxing and kicking skills to increase your strength. This will make it easier to strike."

In this world, it is very important to master a craft, which is why Yan San and Old An respect him very much.

Nowadays, in Obsidian City, which has ten rooms and nine empty rooms, there are almost no blacksmiths who can forge, and even fewer blacksmiths like Li Qing who are quite good at craftsmanship.

Old Man An glanced at the pile of finished cutting knives beside the house, and a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes. ..

"Hey, old man, I did see a lot of people practicing martial arts in the past, but now it's rare. If you can't grow food in the ground, it's hard to become famous." Old An shook his head and continued: "Master Li, If you have anything to ask, just ask. Old man, I have no other merits. I just live a long time and have more experience. I should be able to answer a lot of your questions."

Li Qing's heart moved slightly when he heard this. It meant that when old man An was young, there were many martial arts practitioners. In other words, there shouldn't be a shortage of food in that era?

Sure enough, the polar night world is not always dark, otherwise it would be impossible to develop such a level of human civilization.

In the past, or at least decades ago, there should have been sun!

This is also the issue that Li Qing is most concerned about right now.

"Old man An, according to you, could food be grown in the fields before?" Li Qing asked tentatively.

Old man An was stunned for a moment, then looked at Li Qing's young face, and then said with a wry smile: "Yes, about a few decades ago, there was still the sun in the sky. Master Li, you are still young, I guess you won't Do you know what the sun is?"

"It's just a huge sun that will shine, much brighter than the red moon above. You can't look directly at it, otherwise your eyes will look like flowers!"

"At that time, there was sun in the sky, it was very warm, and food would grow in the ground, which was much more delicious than this rye mushroom..."

I have to say that once we started talking about this, Old An became very talkative and taught Li Qing a lot about what it was like in the era when the sun once existed.

Then one day the sun never rose again, and the world here was plunged into darkness forever. From then on, coldness and hunger became the main theme here.

Because it has been so long ago, the day when the sun once rose has become a legend among older people like Old Man An.

People born after that will all listen to such words as myths. Because they have never seen the sun with their own eyes, they do not think that such an era really existed.

"Master Xiao Li, you are also a miserable person. Haha, living in this dark world, you can only eat rye mushrooms. Everyone is miserable!" Old Man An's eyes showed some yearning and longing for the past. .

Li Qing didn't say much about this, nor did he express any doubt.

He asked: "Then where did the sun go? Why did it disappear?"

Elder An did not expect that Li Qing did not first doubt whether the sun existed, but instead asked where the sun had gone, which surprised him.

You know, his granddaughter would roll her eyes every time she heard him say this, not believing it at all.

Old Man An said in a recalling tone: "I don't know, no one knows. At that time, some people said that we offended the gods, so they took away the sun to punish us..."

At that time, there were still people who took the opportunity to promote various doctrines to gather people and make money, causing harm to one party.

But as the sky darkens longer and longer, these religious traditions that took advantage of the opportunity have also died out, and there are fewer and fewer people left alive in this era.

It is conceivable that if food such as rye mushrooms were not discovered, the entire polar night world would probably fall into silence, and no one would be found when looking around.

Soon, Li Qing asked the third question: "Is there no one to take care of the evil side like the Yan family?"

He wanted to know if there was anything similar to a court official in this world or in the region he was in.

However, the answer given by Old An was not beyond his expectation.

"In the past, when the government was still there, there were still people in charge. Now that the government is gone, the Yan family has the final say in Obsidian City."

Li Qing's eyes quickly narrowed. Since there is no government, it is really unreasonable for the Yan family to use rye mushrooms to exchange the secrets of those martial arts schools!

In other words, if he was one of those powerful martial arts gymnasts, when he was about to starve to death, his first choice would definitely be to rob the Yan family's granary instead of exchanging his martial arts secrets.

Youdao is like my neighbor hoarding food and I hoarding guns, and my neighbor is my granary!

It is unreasonable for the Yan family to be able to hold on to such a large granary.

From this point of view, either the Yan family has powerful thugs themselves, or there is a powerful backer behind them.

Regardless of the possibility, at present, it seems that the Yan family is not someone he can easily offend, so he should try his best to maintain such a relationship and not let others worry about it.

Li Qing's mind was beating as quickly as a furnace fire. He set up the broken iron pot and placed it on the stove to heat it.

This level of damage is very simple to repair. It doesn't even take long for him. He can repair it with just two hammers.

While repairing the iron pot, Li Qing asked the last question that he was very concerned about: "Are there other cities near Obsidian City?"

Old Man An answered without thinking: "Of course there are. Go straight out of the west gate and there is a Giant Rock City, which is much larger than Obsidian City. To the south is a Black Soil City. Basically, the coal we burn is transported from there."

"But Master Li, don't think about going out of the city alone. It's too dangerous on the road. It's easy for a person to encounter an accident!"

Listening to Old Man An's instructions, Li Qing picked up the hammer and quickly repaired the iron pot.

"Okay, I don't have anything to ask, Old Man An, take the pot back." Li Qing handed the still hot iron pot to Old Man An.

Old Man An was grateful, and he said: "Master Li, thank you so much!"

Without keeping the other party, after sending Old Man An away, Li Qing closed the gate tightly.

After today's conversation with Old Man An, he had a deeper understanding of this world, and he could roughly draw an impression in his heart.

"The sun disappeared... angered the gods?" Li Qing whispered to himself, and then shook his head.

Whether in his past life or this life, he is a staunch atheist.

He believes that there are extremely powerful lives, but he obviously doesn't believe that the sun god can be taken away in anger.

After a little ridicule in his heart, Li Qing returned to his comfortable room and prepared to have a good sleep.

After practicing martial arts, he paid more attention to his sleep. Fortunately, he traveled to the polar night world and had enough time to complete this task.

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