Qi Wuhuo bowed to the man and said, "Hello, big brother..."

Then he looked at the yellow ox that was bigger and stronger than any other beast he had ever seen, bowed slightly, and said:

"I have also seen this Big Brother Niu."

The ox seemed to be quite satisfied with the boy's courtesy and integrity. It called out twice and nudged the boy with its body. The tall man's expression softened unconsciously and he laughed and said, "Good boy, good boy, it turned out that I was presumptuous."

He looked at the old man again and said, "I'll give you three hundred each..."

The old man coughed slightly.

The man said calmly, "Ahem, yes."

"It matures every three hundred days... The rice is ready, the rice is cooked, and the wine is brewed."

"We are waiting for you to come. Although there is an extra little brother, the food we have prepared is enough."

"please."

The old man smiled and nodded. The tall man led the way in front. Qi Wuhuo looked around and found that there were not only fields here, but also waterways to irrigate the fields and a reservoir to store water. It looked like a farm. But when he looked again, he found that the tall man had a gentle and simple smile, with his sleeves rolled up, revealing his strong arms. When he walked, he looked like a mortal who did not practice cultivation, but there was also a sense of calmness.

Noticing Qi Wuhuo's gaze, the man smiled, lowered his eyes, and nodded to him.

Then he exclaimed: "What a child with good understanding."

"Your taste is still as discerning as ever."

He knew that this old gentleman often traveled around the world, and when he met someone with a good character, he would not hesitate to teach him some methods. However, those who could make the old man remember their names were all those who had a compatible character and good understanding. In fact, there were quite a few such people, and they had all achieved good results in spiritual practice.

"Just walk around and take a look."

The old man seemed to have something to say to the man, and asked Qi Wuhuo to go around and have fun first. The young man bowed and agreed, then walked back and forth in this place with the sword case on his back. He saw that the rice plants were huge and exuded a spiritual charm. Even the water pond was not an ordinary thing, and it exuded a spiritual energy.

Qi Wuhuo saw a stone tablet standing next to the water pool, with words written on it in a flamboyant style.

"【Jiu Kan】?"

"Does it mean nine gullies?"

Qi Wuhuo was puzzled.

"Pfft, how can it be so straightforward?"

Just as he was wondering, a bell-like laughter came from behind him. Qi Wuhuo turned around and saw a girl who looked only thirteen or fourteen years old. She was wearing light green clothes with flower and bird patterns on the hem of her gauze skirt. She was looking at the young man in front of her with some curiosity. He was wearing a blue cloth dress and carrying a sword case on his back.

"Are you a guest?"

"I haven't had any guests here for a long time!"

The girl seemed to seldom see outsiders. She came forward with big, dark eyes and a clear smile.

Qi Wuhuo calmly took a step back, pulled away to a suitable distance, bowed slightly, and told the old man that he had come to visit a friend. The girl nodded, seemed to be relieved, and said in understanding: "Oh, I see, you followed the elders to find my father, so your generation is about the same as mine."

"After all, some of the guests look very young, even younger than you and me."

"But he actually has a very bad temper and is quite old."

"Of course, seniority is also very important!"

"It's so big it's scary."

"It's great that you are not that kind of person!"

The girl stuck out her tongue, obviously still frightened by something, and then asked:

"Where are you from?"

"May I have your name?"

"Come here, I'll take you around my house."

The girl has a natural and pure nature and smiles brightly, as if she is happy that there are rarely people of her age coming here.

Qi Wuhuo bowed and thanked him.

Walking along the road, the girl happily introduced the scenery of the entire island. However, Qi Wuhuo could see that, apart from the farmland and houses where they were, the entire island was still very large, almost stretching as far as the eye could see. And the girl seemed to seldom go to other places, just saying that they were desolate and there was no need to go and see them.

In fact, the area where rice straw is grown alone is already very large.

Moreover, the scenery is particularly beautiful. The young man walked forward step by step with the sword case on his back, listening to the girl talking about the scenery of this home and the scenery of the world. He did not have much experience, but there was the Yellow Millet Dream and the "Record of Becoming Immortal" in which Tan Tai Xuan struggled for his whole life. All kinds of scenery were also in his eyes and in his heart.

Talking about the scenery outside actually attracted the girl's longing and curiosity.

She sighed sadly:

"It's nice outside."

"When can I get out?"

Qi Wuhuo asked: "Why do you want to go out?"

The girl pointed around and said, "If you spend your whole life here looking at this kind of scenery, don't you want to go outside and take a look? Besides, my father and mother met outside, why doesn't my father let me go out?"

Qi Wuhuo asked: "Is your mother here too?"

"I am a junior and a guest, so I should go and greet him."

"She's not here."

The girl waved her hand, indicating that the boy in front of her didn't need to do this, and explained: "My mother is in another place now."

"Well, you ask why? Because a long time ago, my father and mother served in the same place. At that time, my mother was of a higher class, and my father was a general who protected the law. They met every day and developed feelings for each other. But they were discovered. My father was just a guard at the time, so he was dismissed from his duties and kicked out. Later, my mother also ran away and met my father [outside]."

"We finally overcame all difficulties and got married, but later we were separated again."

"Although one person did speak up in the end, he was not criticized too much, but he was also assigned a heavy task."

"We can only see each other once a year."

Qi Wuhuo asked: "Meet once a year?"

"So you can only see your mother once a year?"

The girl didn't seem to care: "Yes."

"But we can still write letters and talk to each other on weekdays, so it's okay."

"There is also the [Circular Light Manifestation Method], it doesn't matter."

"Oh, I'm so tired from walking."

"You sit down too."

The girl sat on the bluestone nearby, took off her shoes, and stepped into a stream in her stockings. This was a tributary of the water that irrigated the farmland. This tributary was not used to irrigate the farmland, but was only used for viewing. The girl exhaled and smiled, saying, "This water from Jiukan is very good for soaking your feet. It can really soothe your spirit. Do you want to try it?"

Qi Wuhuo saw the clarity and purity in the girl's eyes.

It is a kind of pride that comes from introducing something you are very proud of to your peers and friends.

He smiled slightly and said, "Thank you..."

He took off his sword case and thin-soled shoes, and put his feet into the water. Indeed, there was a cool feeling, which made Qi Wuhuo feel relaxed, as if all the fatigue in his body was dissipated. He said, "Come to think of it, you haven't told me yet, what does [Jiu Kan] mean?"

The girl supported herself on the ground on both sides with her hands, raised her feet and stepped on the water, looking at the ripples.

Hearing this, he laughed and said, "Ah, you came here, how come you don't know this allusion?"

She looked at the sky, answered carelessly:

"Because the Xingguanxiu composed of nine stars was originally called Jiukan."

"What's the point of asking that?"

Qi Wuhuo was stunned.

Seeing the water of the Nine Canals so clear that one could see the bottom, and then the various veins merged into the majestic river that Qi Wuhuo had never seen before, everything seemed to have lasted for a long time. After thinking for a while, he nodded and said, "So that's how it is. Are the water branches here named after the stars in the sky?"

“It’s very interesting.”

The girl tilted her head, without correcting her mistake, and just asked in confusion:

"What's so interesting about that?"

Qi Wuhuo pointed to the vast river over there and replied:

"In that case, if this is really the water of Jiukan, then aren't we washing our feet in a river made up of stars in the sky?"

"The river of heaven washes my feet."

"It's quite romantic."

"It's like something a god would do."

The girl's eyes lit up, she looked at what she often did, and suddenly smiled brightly.

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. He then hugged the boy in blue and shouted, "Is there any other explanation like this?!"

"Can this be explained?!"

“What a boldness!”

"You really are an interesting genius!"

"No one I know can say such a thing!"

Qi Wuhuo was just a girl of thirteen or fourteen, her eyes were clear, she was not embarrassed, and had no evil thoughts, she replied: "I just happened to be there." The girl patted Qi Wuhuo's shoulder, sat back, thought about this statement happily, and wrote it down - compared to saying that she just didn't want to practice and came out to be lazy, such words were undoubtedly more majestic.

You can tell your dad and teacher the same thing next time!

While chatting, Qi Wuhuo gradually felt sleepy, so he followed the girl's example and lay back on the ground.

The boy in blue shirt bit the tender sprout given to him by the girl, put his arms behind his head and looked at the sky.

That's strange.

He thought absentmindedly.

Why are there no stars in the sky today?