Twilight Boundary

The shopkeeper was sitting in the yard smoking a cigarette with a gloomy look on his face. Suddenly he saw Hu Ma coming in. He was startled for a moment and then stood up abruptly.

Looking at his expression, it seemed that all doubts had disappeared and he was full of joy, as if all the dark clouds in the sky had dispersed.

"Okay, okay..."

He stood up directly, came to Hu Ma, glanced around, and said anxiously: "I was worried about important things just now, I was just worried that you wouldn't be able to keep up here, but I didn't expect that you would be able to practice it now. "

"How warm is it?"

"..."

"I can use my strength now, but there's still a bit of wood left, so I'm not fully done yet."

Hu Ma responded one by one, twisted her toes a few times, and stepped on a green brick in the yard to create cracks.

"very good……"

When the shopkeeper saw it, he couldn't hide the joy on his face. Even Miss He in the room also cast her eyes over, and you could even feel that there seemed to be some joy in her eyes.

The shopkeeper asked a few more questions back and forth, and Hu Ma answered them one by one without revealing anything. Hearing this, the shopkeeper praised him repeatedly and said with a smile: "You really have put in a lot of effort. It's not in vain." Teach you the Dharma."

"No matter how talented you are, I have taught three apprentices before, but none of them were as good as you."

"Haha, if these things hadn't affected me, I would have thought of closing my disciples."

"..."

The way he praised Hu Ma was not fake.

Of course, the three disciples he had accepted before would not teach them so carefully, let alone support them with so much blood and food.

"We have really put in a lot of effort..."

Hu Ma couldn't help but think silently in her heart: "I think about how to hide my true level every day..."

Now, with a sufficient supply of blood and food, and under the sight of the statue of his natal god, he has refined his two hands and two legs. What he showed to the shopkeeper was his right leg and left leg, which were deliberately slowed down. The legs have actually been trained for a long time.

But this cannot be shown, Hu Ma is planning every day, which step he should reach under normal circumstances.

Now, the right leg has been trained halfway, and it is barely completed. It is the most suitable one.

"I was always worried that you wouldn't be able to learn."

The old shopkeeper sighed, asked Hu Ma to sit down, and asked the old servant to bring tea, and said to Hu Ma: "But you have lived up to the blood food I gave you. If you can practice to this point, I will I can tell you about my unique skills..."

"If you can learn it, then I can arrange for you to do that."

"..."

Hearing this, Hu Ma was a little curious: "Special skill?"

Shopkeeper Wu nodded and said sternly: "We, as watchers, have their own abilities when we climb the stairs and enter the house."

"Of course, it's not just us, other sects also have their own ways of climbing into the palace, but everyone's methods are different."

"To put it simply, you have secretly discovered the method of surviving from death. Whether it is a hand or a leg, or a tricky look or an ear, this is all considered to have entered the door. In the industry, it is called climbing. Upstairs."

"And when you refine your hands, feet and limbs, you have reached the second level. If your talent is deep enough and you have refined the five organs and five temples, you have reached the third level."

"At this point, we are considered to be very skilled in our discipline."

"As for the mind and soul, that is difficult to refine, but once you master it, you will not just climb the steps, but enter the palace."

"Of course, that's not something we can worry about. I've been practicing for thirty years and have only reached the third level. I still don't dare to think about opening a mansion."

"..."

"Sounds like a level?"

Hu Ma couldn't help but think: "If other sects besides the Sui Shou people also have this saying, then..."

"What level has my mother-in-law reached?"

"..."

Just as he was thinking about it, the old shopkeeper looked at Hu Ma seriously and said: "In the doorway of our Shou Sui people, the steps to enter the house are the same, but how to perform the exercises to drive away evil spirits is different. His unique experience and understanding is called his unique skill."

"In addition to the skills of being a New Year's Eve watcher, I also have a unique skill, which was passed down from my master back then."

"I want you to finish practicing one arm and one leg quickly because this is the lowest threshold for learning this unique skill."

"This unique skill can make the four ghosts knock on the door."

"..."

"And this unexpected gain?"

Hu Ma couldn't help being surprised, stood up quickly, and said to the shopkeeper: "Thank you, shopkeeper."

"Don't thank me."

Shopkeeper Wu waved his hand and sighed: "Because, when I need you, you are here at the right time."

"I teach you this unique skill to make your success more likely. Of course, time is tight, so I don't know how much I can learn."

"..."

"coming?"

Hu Ma was deeply surprised. During this period, he had been sending people to watch outside, but there was no movement.

"Oh, look at it!"

When Shopkeeper Wu said this, he sighed, stood up, went into the main room, and took out a letter with a light yellow seal. There was a hole in it, as if it had been nailed somewhere.

At the place where the signature was signed, only a jar was drawn with fine strokes. On the jar, there was also a strange scrawled rune, which seemed to be the word "Emperor".

He took a look and saw something scrawled on it, such as "Good friend, I know you are thinking of us. I will visit you in seven days. Food and drinks are ready." He looked up at Wu with some confusion. Shopkeeper.

"Last night, while I was sleeping, I was nailed to the table with a flying knife."

Shopkeeper Wu shook his head slowly and said, "These gangsters have disappeared for a year, and their abilities have become even greater."

"Leave a letter late at night?"

Hearing this, Hu Ma was indeed a little surprised.

It was a peaceful night last night, and neither I nor the guys in the outer courtyard were aware of it at all.

And the old shopkeeper who lives in the inner courtyard didn't even notice?

If the other party could sneak into the inner courtyard so quietly, nail the letter in the shopkeeper's room, and leave in a big way, wouldn't it be possible...

"don’t worry."

Shopkeeper Wu waved his hand and said: "It's not difficult for them to send a letter quietly, but it's not easy for them to kill me quietly."

"I'm not worried about you..."

Hu Ma thought to herself: "If these people are so capable, wouldn't they be just like the gangsters in Zhuangzi, who can be slaughtered at will?"

"Even, including yourself?"

"..."

Of course, I couldn't say this, I just hesitated slightly and said, "What did you say?"

The shopkeeper sneered and said, "You know I miss them, so I'll come visit them in seven days."

"Of course, they also said that they were missing two people, and they also came to me to collect debts."

"..."

The shopkeeper said it very casually and didn't seem to take it to heart.

But after hearing this, Hu Ma felt a little uncomfortable. She couldn't find the whereabouts of Tan'er Cult.

But in the end, they actually issued a declaration of war?

But this is even weirder. It is obvious that their purpose is to get back the blood food. Wouldn't it be better to work quietly?

Why are you doing this in such a big way?

"Oh, this is where they are playing tricks..."

When the shopkeeper heard this, he sneered and said: "I know why they came back. They guessed that I might not know at first, but after killing two people and not even being able to bring back their souls, they also guessed arrive."

"Knowing that I am waiting for them, I simply wrote this letter of challenge and made an appointment, but it is not certain that I will come, or when I will come."

"Perhaps they will really come according to the schedule, or maybe they have done things in advance, or maybe they are just making us nervous for no reason, consuming our minds for a day or two, but then they come and kill us unexpectedly."

"After all, it is also delusional to expect these low-life villains to keep their word..."

"..."

"More likely, or a test?"

Hu Ma suddenly thought that they had made a declaration of war first just to see if the shopkeeper would report it to the city?

After all, anyone else would probably want to ask for help from above, but this shopkeeper Wu is so stubborn that people can’t understand.

"You don't have to be afraid either."

Shopkeeper Wu looked at Hu Ma and said, "I have been waiting for them for a year and preparing for a year. No matter what tricks they play, I don't care. No matter when they come, I will go over and meet them."

"But, precisely because of this, I have something important that must be left in your hands. From the very beginning, I taught you the skills of being a year-watcher for this very reason."

Hu Ma's heart sank slightly, she looked up at the old shopkeeper and said, "That's what you say."

"We have received your teachings, and you also want to teach me unique skills. No matter what, I will do my best."

"..."

"It's a good one, but it's a pity that we met at the wrong time."

When the shopkeeper saw Hu Ma say this, he sighed and waved his hand to indicate that he didn't need to continue talking. Instead, he looked up and looked outside the village. It was still early, and the big red lantern was sitting by the door.

"It's simple to say, just help me guard this lantern."

"..."

Seeing the surprise in Hu Ma's eyes, the old shopkeeper said: "Normally speaking, when enemies come to visit, the first thing to do is to extinguish the red lantern of ours. This is the difference between victory and defeat on the surface, but in the dark, this is also the key. .”

"I want to meet with these enemies. It's not a last resort and I don't want the higher-ups to know. But if I really can't defeat them, I still need to ask the Red Lantern Lady to come and save my life..."

"Similarly, those who teach Tan'er will also think of extinguishing my lantern and cutting off my escape path."

"So, what I want you to do is, when that day comes, you need to lead people to guard here. Don't open the door or leave the village. No matter what happens, you must guard this lantern and don't let it go. Once it is destroyed, it will be considered accomplished.”

"..."

"I'm guarding?"

Hu Ma was greatly surprised, and she couldn't help but feel suspicious, but she hid it very well and subconsciously said: "Then you, the shopkeeper..."

"Don't ask me where I'm going."

The shopkeeper's face suddenly darkened. He was silent for a moment and looked at Hu Ma with a somewhat condensed expression: "Anyway, it's still what I said before. As long as you do this for me, you won't owe me anything."

Hearing this, Hu Ma was stunned for a long time, and then slowly said: "I have already promised the shopkeeper that I will not deny my account."

Hearing this, the shopkeeper's face softened and he also laughed, saying: "In that case, I will tell you my unique skills!"

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