Chapter 110

The two, one big and one small, sat on the ground without rules, playing with the small box.

It was a hollow rectangle made of many small wooden blocks piled together, like a mortise and tenon structure, using the pressure between the wood to build a unique structure.

It seemed that one could see a small sachet locked in the center of this rectangular hollow body, unable to be taken out no matter what.

That was the raisins he bought for the little guy when he went to the grocery store yesterday.

The little guy sat on the ground, holding this small toy, looking and looking, twisting and twisting, but he just couldn't solve this small lock.

Li Xiang recognized this toy.

It's called a Lu Ban lock, a toy for children to play with; it looks very difficult to open, but if you can find the pattern of the Lu Ban lock and find the key nodes, a gentle twist will open the lock.

He had played with this thing a lot before.

He didn't expect to see it here today.

"Hehehe! Can't open it, right!"

"How about this, you share half of the raisins inside with me, and I'll give you this Lu Ban lock to play with."

"How about that."

The man sat on the ground, his small mustache shaking with laughter.

"No, no!"

"If you don't return my raisins..."

"I'll tell everyone everywhere that you're a big liar!"

Hearing this, the man laughed even harder.

"Oh?"

"Then how are you going to tell others about me?"

"You don't even know my name, how can you say I'm a liar?"

"Oh! That's right!"

"Stinky liar, what's your name!"

Xiao Zhenger realized belatedly, staring with big eyes, his mouth pouting as he looked at him.

"Hahahaha, you little guy are really cute."

"My name is Gongshu Pan, from Lu in the State of Chu, and people call me Lu Ban."

"It would be better if you didn't have a teacher."

"Come join my Mohist School, and I'll buy you something delicious then!"

"No, no, no! What's good about a big liar's school!"

The old and the young started arguing again.

The little guy was still too young and had been teased for a long time.

But he was really cute.

Watching the little guy playing with people, the gloom in Li Xiang's heart today was completely vented.

However, playing was playing, and Li Xiang didn't expect to meet Lu Ban here.

The history of this world is really strange.

Although it is very similar in general, the details look a bit rough.

Even Lu Ban was born in this era.

He smiled, holding the candied haws, and walked toward the house.

"Can I play with this lock?"

As the words fell, the two looked up.

Li Xiang, white and tender, carrying two candied haws, although he looked about the same age as the little guy, his eyes were much steadier than his.

"Eh?"

"Senior brother, when did you go out?! Weren't you sleeping at home?"

"Come quickly, help me open this broken box."

"He locked the raisins you gave me inside!"

"You beat him... ah no, you help me open this broken wooden lock quickly!"

Seeing Li Xiang appear, the little guy jumped and ran over, holding the Lu Ban lock, his little mouth pouting, looking a bit anxious.

"Okay, senior brother will vent your anger, senior brother will get the food back for you."

"Here, candied haws for you!"

"Ah, thank you senior brother! Senior brother is so good!"

Getting the candied haws, the little guy laughed heartlessly again.

At this time.

Li Xiang picked up the Lu Ban lock and looked up at the man in front of him.

"My younger brother is a bit mischievous, please forgive him, senior."

Lu Ban was also looking at the young... child in front of him.

The child in front of him looked about the same height as the little guy just now, and his age should be similar.

But for some reason, he looked much more mature, like a little adult.

Lu Ban smiled.

"Are you his senior brother?"

"He is also a spiritual child."

He sat on the ground carelessly, signaling Li Xiang to sit down and play with them.

"Senior brother! Senior brother! Beat him quickly! Tell him to bully me!"

"Hahaha, stinky brat, if you scold me again, I won't return the raisins to you."

"Ah!"

Li Xiang didn't put on airs either, sat on the ground, right at the door, and played with them.

"Come, if you can solve my Lu Ban lock, I will give you both a toy each!"

"And what if I can't solve it?"

"The candied haws in your hand also look quite delicious."

"Pah, pah, pah! Stinky guy, you still dare to covet the candied haws senior brother bought!"

After a few words, the little guy started arguing with Lu Ban again.

Li Xiang shook his head.

He couldn't be bothered with the two of them.

He dragged the toy over and began to think about the nodes in it and how to solve it.

He didn't have much interest in playing this child's game with them, he just suddenly wanted to ask Lu Ban what happened in the half day he was away.

Why so many cultivators came to the city.

Nowadays, even people from the Hundred Schools have come.

Not only Lu Ban, Li Xiang just looked at the street, and many outsiders appeared on the road, with Haoran Qi flowing faintly on their bodies, all seeming to be from the Confucian school.

But looking closely, he felt that their breaths were not similar, as if there had been many changes.

Like Lu Ban in front of him, he also had Haoran Qi on his body.

But this Haoran Qi, feeling it, did not have that domineering power to suppress evil, but instead carried a little sawdust smell, plain and simple, very interesting.

No more idle talk.

Li Xiang ignored the little guy and Lu Ban who were bickering.

His attention was focused on the Lu Ban lock.

A structural diagram of this Lu Ban lock was naturally constructed in his mind.

This is a Lu Ban lock built with twelve wooden blocks, which is much more difficult than the usual six-block and nine-block locks.

No wonder the little guy couldn't solve it after playing for a long time.

The difficulty of this thing might be a bit high for him.

But for Li Xiang, it didn't mean anything.

With his mind concentrated, condensing the appearance of the Lu Ban lock in his mind, it only took a few breaths to find the nodes of the Lu Ban lock.

With a gentle twist, he saw the Lu Ban lock shatter with a clatter, and twelve wooden blocks fell to the ground.

The little guy had sharp eyes, like a little rabbit, and quickly picked up a small bag on the ground.

Seeing that the number of raisins inside had not decreased, he patted his belly, puffed at Lu Ban, and stuck out his tongue.

"Tsk, a powerful one has come."

Lu Ban laughed loudly.

He collected the wooden blocks on the ground and put them in the cross-body bag he was carrying.

"Come, I won't lie to you."

"I'll give you both a toy."

Lu Ban reached into the bag, fumbled for a while, and took out a piece of wood and a carving knife.

Pinching the wooden block with his left hand and holding the carving knife with his right, he smiled gently at the two.

"Little dummy, what animal do you like."

"I'll carve one for you."

Lu Ban smiled at the little guy.

The little guy looked at him suspiciously.

After thinking for a while, he spoke slowly.

"Swallow!"

"You help me carve one, so the little swallow I raise won't be lonely, and there will be someone to play with him, hahaha."

Swallow.

Lu Ban smiled.

"Okay!"

"Then I will carve you a little swallow that can fly in the sky for three days and three nights."

Saying that, Lu Ban began to carve attentively, with a faint light flashing in his eyes.

Li Xiang's expression was a bit surprised.

He saw that the Haoran Righteous Qi on Lu Ban's body was gathering toward the wood carving in his hand.

(End of chapter)