Chapter 41 Listen to Advice
After Shi Feizhe left the tea stall, he passed by a study.
Thinking of the "True Source Sword Finger Technique" he had bought in Sancai Manor before, he went in excitedly and asked if they had the "True Source Sword Finger Technique" for sale.
What if, by chance, I find another copy of “True Source Sword Finger Technique”?
As a result, he was kicked out.
"We haven't even opened yet and we've already run into a lunatic!" the shop owner cursed.
Come to think of it, who in a serious study would sell "True Source Sword Finger Technique"!
He did not get angry with the owner of the study and quickly went to the nearby pharmacy to buy medicine.
This pharmacy was quite large, with about four or five rooms and what appeared to be a courtyard in the back. They not only sold medicine, but also had a doctor on duty, offering consultations. Perhaps because the doctor was so skilled, there was a long line of people waiting to see him.
The medicines Shi Feizhe used were all for relieving fatigue and strengthening blood. For Jianghu Chinese medicine halls, they were even more commonly used than cold medicines, and they were quickly packed for Shi Feizhe.
"Sir, do you want some ice?" the pharmacist suddenly asked.
"Ice? What ice? Is it serious?" A blue ice flashed through Shi Feizhe's mind. That thing is illegal.
Oh, that's not the world anymore.
That's nothing.
The medicine boy gave Shi Feizhe a strange look and said, "Ice is ice, there's no such thing as formal or informal. After practicing martial arts, soaking in ice water for a quarter of an hour can greatly improve blood and energy recovery. Qiuyang City previously did not make ice men."
"If customers need ice, they can go to Erlang Street. There's a new ice shop there."
After intense training, soaking in ice water can relieve muscle fatigue, a common training method used by athletes in previous lives. This world also has similar methods, as documented in the "Record of the Deep Spring Divine Shadow." However, it's only May or June, and the weather is just beginning to heat up. Where can one get ice?
I didn't expect that there are people selling ice cubes in Qiuyang City.
"Thank you! I'll go and ask." Shi Feizhe thanked the medicine boy politely, then left with a large bag of herbs on his back.
In the short term, he is not short of money, and he needs to convert the money into strength!
Following the medicine boy's directions, Shi Feizhe soon arrived at Erlang Street. Erlang Street was not big, and after asking around, he found the ice shop.
Shi Feizhe looked up and saw four words, "Oxen and Horse Ice Shop"!
What a nice name!
The ice shop wasn't big, just a shabby room, and the light was rather dim. On either side of the shelf were several ceramic basins or wooden barrels. In the middle, a man was lying in a rocking chair. Seeing him, he quickly asked, "What kind of ice would you like, sir? For eating or for use?"
Shi Feizhe saw that he was about fifty years old, with a thin face and dark skin, and said, "What's the difference between what you eat and what you use?"
"The ice we eat is made with well water, which is clear and sweet, so it's a little more expensive, five cents a piece! The ice we use is river water, which is a bit muddy, but cheaper, three cents a piece!" The man pointed to the ceramic basins and wooden barrels around him and said, "The ceramic basin is ten cents, and the wooden barrel is eight cents!"
It was a piece of ice, about the size of a brick. Shi Feizhe pondered for a moment and said, "Boss, are you going to deliver it?"
"How much do you want? A few stones?" the ice shop owner immediately became interested and asked.
One stone is equal to about 106 kilograms. A few stones of ice is a big deal.
"No, about ten or so! But I need it every day!"
"Go away, you're still delivering goods for just over ten yuan! I think you're just teasing me!" The ice shop owner's face changed, and he said angrily, "You should know that I also know a little martial arts!"
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Damn it, how come people in this world have no service spirit at all!
In the past life, when I ordered water, someone would deliver it to my room!
"Then let's get thirteen yuan first, and then a wooden barrel!" Shi Feizhe had no choice but to buy some things first.
"Food and daily necessities?"
"What are you using?"
"Poor bastard!"
"You... Boss, I'm buying something from you, can you be a little more polite?" Shi Feizhe was about to yell at the ice shop owner, but then he saw the owner put his hand into a bucket of water, and the water began to slowly freeze.
He quickly changed his tone.
If you want to be in the world, you must know how to adapt to the situation.
"Hehe... You are a beast who hasn't even cultivated true energy. What's the big deal if I'm rude to you?" The ice shop owner said with a smile.
"Who is the beast of burden? You might as well explain it clearly!" Shi Feizhe felt insulted.
Why the hell was I called cattle and horses before I traveled through time, and I’m still being called cattle and horses after I traveled through time?
"I am Niuma! Because my name is Sun Niuma!" said the ice shop owner with a smile.
"Huh?" Shi Feizhe was stunned.
"I have been wandering around for decades, working like a slave but achieving nothing. From a young man like you to this old man, if I am not a slave, who is?" said Sun Niuma, the owner of the ice shop, with a smile.
But Shi Feizhe felt that his smile was very bitter.
"Even if I cultivate true qi, what's the use? I don't have top-notch kung fu and no power to protect me. In the world of martial arts, I'll be here for three days, there for five days. I'll waste half my life without achieving anything, and instead I'll be covered in hidden injuries. If I'm not an ox or a horse, who is?" He repeated it again, full of emotion.
"At your age, you have just started practicing Qi and Blood. I don't know when you will be able to cultivate true Qi."
"You must know that after the age of thirty-five, Qi and blood decline, and essence is lost. Almost no one can cultivate true Qi."
"After the age of thirty, even if you cultivate true qi, you will still be like me, unable to achieve anything! Compared to those who have practiced martial arts since childhood, the gap is more than just a little bit!"
"I'm a natural born cow and horse!"
"Young man, do you think my appearance, like an ox or a horse, is a reflection of your future?" Sun Niuma said earnestly. Seeing Shi Feizhe was like seeing himself in the past, wandering the martial arts world.
In the Jianghu, besides death and success, there is another kind of person, someone like him who has accomplished nothing.
There are many people like him.
"...No, we are different!" Shi Feizhe wanted to say something after hearing what Sun Niuma said, but when it came to his lips, only these words came out.
"Oh? What's the difference? When I was young, I was just like you!" Sun Niuma looked at Shi Feizhe and said, "Young people are full of youthful vigor. Only after being beaten up by the martial arts world will they know the immensity of the world!"
We are different. I am a martial arts genius who can do anything!
"In the future, my name will be known in the martial arts world. Remember, my name is Shi Feizhe!" Shi Feizhe said seriously to Sun Niuma.
"Haha..." Sun Niuma just laughed. The more he looked at Shi Feizhe, the more he felt that he was like him back then, too, blindly believing himself to be different. It wasn't until he got his head broken and bloodied that he finally accepted his ordinariness. He finally returned here and opened an ice shop to make a living.
"I suggest you practice some ice-based skills, so you can open an ice shop and earn a pension in the future!"
"No need!" Shi Feizhe replied with a dark face.
"Then learn some fire-related skills, so you can open a glass shop in the future!"
“No need!”
"Young man, you don't listen to my advice. I'll give you forty-seven cents!" Sun Niuma said again, carrying a bucket of ice.
Cows and horses! Cows and horses!