The red fox had fallen asleep on the stone table at some point, with the gentle breeze blowing its fur from time to time. Its big tail covered its body and swept in front of it from time to time.
Ji Yuan changed out of the green robe stained with fox blood and put on a long wide-sleeved gown that was blue in color but similar in style. This was the scene he saw when he came out of the room.
A red fox lies under the jujube tree, which gives a sense of tranquility.
Seeing Ji Yuan coming out of the house, the fox, who was originally sleeping soundly, suddenly opened his eyes and looked at him.
"You rest at home, I'll go to the market and buy you some food..."
As Ji Yuan spoke, he walked past the red fox, paused before opening the gate, then turned around and looked down at the red fox that had been staring at him.
"When you live in Ju'an Pavilion, don't let me find out that some family in the neighborhood is inexplicably short of chickens or ducks, understand?"
Ji Yuan's tone was clearly very kind, but under the gaze of his calm eyes, the red fox felt guilty.
"Woo woo..."
"Well, I'll take it that you know it!"
After saying this, Ji Yuan went out and walked towards the market.
Today it was still Sun Ji’s noodle stall. From a distance, Ji Yuan could hear diners at the stall chatting about the street anecdotes of the morning.
"Hey, Mr. Ji is here!!"
It was Old Man Sun who first noticed Ji Yuan. The chatter at the noodle stall suddenly stopped. Many faces turned to look at him, but when Ji Yuan's gaze turned to them, they immediately turned back to continue eating noodles.
"Hello, Mr. Ji!"
Two old customers who knew Ji Yuan came to greet him.
"good!"
By the time Ji Yuan responded, he had already walked under the canopy of the noodle stall. Old Man Sun came out specially to wipe the only empty table again.
"Mr. Ji, please take a seat. We have some mutton offal for you today!"
"Okay, same as usual, a bowl of braised noodles and a bowl of miscellaneous vegetables!"
Ji Yuan pulled up his sleeves and sat down. Old man Sun had not left yet, but asked in a low voice.
"Mr. Ji, I heard that you rescued a fox at noon?"
Everyone who is familiar with him knows that Mr. Ji from Tianniufang is humble, polite and magnanimous. Old man Sun, who already considered himself very familiar with Ji Yuan, did not feel any pressure and naturally asked out of curiosity.
The other diners were also listening attentively, and even the sound of slurping noodles disappeared.
Ji Yuan found it a little funny. Even though times were different, people’s desire for gossip was similar. He didn’t feel any pressure and just said it directly.
"It is true. At that time, Ji was walking on the street. The fox was chased and bitten by a yellow dog and beaten by idlers. It fled all the way to my feet. I saw its miserable appearance and felt pity for it, so I saved it."
This kind of thing is actually just like a rich old man marrying a young concubine. It is a hot topic that will fade away after a while. Although it is rare for a fox to visit a person, it will not have any impact on ordinary people. However, people have left a special impression on Mr. Ji from Tianniufang.
Ji Yuan downplayed the situation at this time and did not mention any mysterious incident of the fox praying to someone and the yellow dog retreating on its own.
"Mr. Ji is such a kind-hearted person!"
Old man Sun had to do business so it was not appropriate to chat any more. He just gave a compliment and went back to work. However, he became more and more convinced that Ji Yuan was indeed a remarkable man, and thought that maybe he could ask him to interpret a dream or something in the future.
Today, Ji Yuan changed his habit of chewing slowly and ate his noodles very quickly. Then he went directly to the market and bought two chickens, one live and the other slaughtered by the stall owner.
When I went home, the old hen I was holding upside down in my hand was still wilted as soon as I pushed open the gate of Ju'an Pavilion.
The chicken and the fox made eye contact instantly.
“Ku ...
The old hen fluttered happily because of the instinct of fear and flapped its wings hard. The fox on the other side also stood up from the stone table, grinning and showing its ferocious appearance with its fangs and claws bared.
Ji Yuan was a little troubled. He closed the gate and waved the dead chicken in his other hand towards Chihu.
"Eat this today. When you recover a little, I'll give you a live chicken."
After saying this, Ji Yuan walked directly to the side of the kitchen, locked the hen in the chicken coop that had been sealed for a long time, and then went into the kitchen to get a pot to boil water.
Ji Yuan, who doesn't know how to cook, took some effort to remove all the chicken bones and prepared to make a simple boiled chicken.
Although he seemed to have recovered well, Ji Yuan had seen what a fox looked like in the morning after all, so he decided to eat a cooked meal first.
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Dusk gradually fell. After Ji Yuan brought the chicken with soup in a casserole to the stone table, he began to study the calligraphy carefully.
In the previous life, there was a saying that calligraphy is like swordsmanship. Ji Yuan didn’t believe it before, but now he has to believe it.
The characters on the calligraphy are connected together to look like a sharp dragon swimming around. There is no intuitive description of sword moves on it, but in Ji Yuan's eyes, there is a sense of natural sword moves.
With a wave of his hand, a thin branch under his feet flew up and fell into Ji Yuan's hand. He was not sure whether there were similar techniques in the cultivation method, but the so-called "telekinesis" of high-level internal skills, when performed with spiritual energy, really gave a sense of elegance that was detached from the worldly affairs.
"Swoosh... whoosh... woosh..."
He used a twig as a sword, and without any specific sword technique, he temporarily integrated the free and unrestrained sword momentum into the knife technique of the Iron Punishment Battle Post. He relied on his sensitive feeling to get rid of those awkward parts, and he could hook, hang, point, pick, stab, lift and chop with ease.
Gradually, the shadow of the sword technique disappeared, even the shadow of the specific moves disappeared. Ji Yuan felt as if he was practicing calligraphy. The sword moves like the tip of a brush, and the sword shadows seem to be only one strike and one move, yet it seems natural and continuous like a dragon.
Ji Yuan's body in this life could already be described as a masterpiece of calligraphy, and at this moment it was like dancing with a sword and writing a sword-like calligraphy.
The wind in the courtyard of Ju'an Pavilion changes freely. When the sword is gentle, the breeze surrounds you gently. When the sword is sharp, the wind rises and falls violently. It is unpredictable and very magical!
Ji Yuan became more and more arbitrary, the thin branches in his hands seemed to be pulled by sticky silk, and finally as he waved his sleeves and swung his sword, the breeze in the yard carried the fallen jujube flowers and rushed out of the yard diagonally, turning into a faint green and yellow dragon flying over Tianniufang and finally dissipating.
Some people smelled the fragrance and looked up, only to see the breeze carrying flowers like raindrops...
After a long time, the swords in the small courtyard stopped beating and the sky was already dotted with stars!
Ji Yuan slowly calmed down his breath. The satisfying feeling he had just had was extremely refreshing. More importantly, even if he himself couldn't see it, he knew that he must have been very handsome and cool just now!
"That's right. Regardless of the origin of this sword calligraphy without sword moves, the one just now will be called Wandering Dragon!"
Perhaps Zuo Kuangtu, the peerless martial arts master decades ago, would never have dreamed that the precious secret book in his tomb would be of no use to Ji Yuan. Instead, the Sword Intent Card, which he wrote before his death to express his life's sword intent, was regarded as a treasure by Ji Yuan.
The fox had finished eating the chicken without knowing when, and stared blankly at Ji Yuan flying around the yard like a dragon. The sight of the fallen flowers in the yard circling and flying away like a dragon in the wind, with a kind of beauty that brought a sense of proximity, gave the red fox a strong shock!