Listening to Advice

After Shi Feizhe left the tea stall, he passed by a bookstore.

Thinking of the True Origin Sword Finger Technique he had bought at Three Talents Manor before, he excitedly went in and asked if they sold the True Origin Sword Finger Technique.

What if he could find another copy of the True Origin Sword Finger Technique?

As a result, he was kicked out.

"Haven't even opened for half the day and already ran into a lunatic!" the shopkeeper grumbled.

Thinking about it, it made sense. What proper bookstore would sell the True Origin Sword Finger Technique!

He didn't argue with the bookstore owner and quickly went to a nearby pharmacy to buy medicine.

This pharmacy was very large, about four or five storefronts, and seemed to have a courtyard in the back. Not only did they sell medicine, but they also had a resident doctor seeing patients. Perhaps the resident doctor was skilled, as there was a long line of people waiting to be seen.

The medicines Shi Feizhe used were all for relieving fatigue and enhancing qi and blood. For pharmacies in the Jianghu, these were even more commonly used than cold medicine, and the medicine was quickly packaged for Shi Feizhe.

"Customer, do you need ice?" the pharmacy assistant who had prepared the medicine suddenly asked.

"Ice? What kind of ice? Is it legitimate?" A certain blue ice flashed in Shi Feizhe's mind; that stuff was illegal.

Oh, this wasn't that world anymore.

Then it was fine.

The pharmacy assistant gave Shi Feizhe a strange look and said, "Ice is just ice, what's legitimate or not legitimate about it? After practicing martial arts, soaking in ice water for a quarter of an hour can greatly improve qi and blood recovery. Before, Qiu Yang City didn't have ice makers."

"If the customer needs ice, you can go to Second Gallery Street. A new ice shop has opened there."

After high-intensity training, soaking in ice water can relieve muscle fatigue, which was a common training method used by athletes in his previous life. This world also had similar methods, and the Nether Springs Divine Shadow Record also had records of it. It was only May or June now, and the weather was just starting to get hot, so where could he get ice?

He didn't expect Qiu Yang City to actually sell ice blocks.

"Thank you! I'll go and ask." Shi Feizhe politely thanked the pharmacy assistant and left with a large bag of medicinal herbs on his back.

He wasn't short on silver in the short term; he needed to convert the silver into strength!

Following the pharmacy assistant's directions, Shi Feizhe quickly arrived at Second Gallery Street. Second Gallery Street wasn't big, and after asking around a bit, he found the ice shop.

Shi Feizhe looked up and saw four words: Ox-Horse Ice Shop!

What a great name!

The ice shop wasn't big, just a dilapidated room, and the light was quite dim. There were several pottery basins or wooden buckets on the shelves on both sides. In the middle, a person was lying on a rocking chair. Seeing someone, he quickly asked, "What kind of ice does the customer want? For eating or for use?"

Shi Feizhe saw that he was about fifty years old, with a thin face and dark skin. He asked, "What's the difference between ice for eating and ice for use?"

"Ice for eating is made from well water, which is clear and sweet, so the price is a bit more expensive, five copper coins a block! Ice for use is made from river water, which is relatively turbid, and the price is cheaper, three copper coins a block!" The man pointed to the surrounding pottery basins and wooden buckets and said, "A pottery basin is ten copper coins, and a wooden bucket is eight copper coins!"

A block of ice was about the size of a brick. Shi Feizhe pondered for a moment and said, "Boss, do you deliver?"

"How much do you want? Several shi?" The ice shop owner immediately became interested and asked.

One shi is approximately equal to 106 catties. Several shi of ice blocks would be a big business.

"No, just a dozen or so blocks! But I need it every day!"

"Go away, go away! You want delivery for just a dozen blocks! I think you're messing with me!" The ice shop owner's face changed, and he said angrily, "You should know that I also know a little bit of boxing and kicking!"

"..."

Damn it, why do people in this world have no service spirit at all!

In his previous life, if he ordered water, someone would deliver it upstairs!

"Then I'll take thirteen blocks for now, and a wooden bucket!" Shi Feizhe had no choice but to buy some for now.

"For eating or for use?"

"For use?"

"Poor bastard!"

"You... Boss, I'm buying your stuff, can't you be more polite!" Shi Feizhe was originally ready to angrily scold the ice shop owner, but then he saw the boss put his hand into a bucket of water, and the water in the bucket slowly began to freeze.

He quickly changed his tune.

When you're in the Jianghu, you have to know how to adapt to the situation.

"Heh... What can a 'niu ma' like you, who hasn't even cultivated true qi, do if I'm not polite?" The ice shop owner said with a smile.

"Who's a 'niu ma'! You might as well make it clear!" Shi Feizhe felt insulted.

Why was he called a 'niu ma' before transmigrating, and still being called a 'niu ma' after transmigrating?

"I am a 'niu ma'! Because my name is Sun Niu Ma!" The ice shop owner said with a smile.

"Huh?" Shi Feizhe was stunned.

"I've been wandering in the Jianghu for decades, working like an ox and a horse, achieving nothing. From a young man like you, I've become this old. If I'm not a 'niu ma', who is?" The ice shop owner Sun Niu Ma said with a smile.

But Shi Feizhe felt that his smile was very bitter.

"Even if you cultivate true qi, what then? Without high-level martial arts, without a powerful force protecting you. In the Jianghu, you wander here for three days, there for five days. You waste half your life, achieve nothing, and instead accumulate hidden injuries. If I'm not a 'niu ma', who is?" He repeated it again, full of emotion.

"At your age, you've only just started cultivating the Qi and Blood Barrier. Who knows when you'll be able to cultivate true qi."

"You should know that after the age of thirty-five, qi and blood decline, and vital essence is lost. Almost no one can cultivate true qi."

"After thirty, even if you cultivate True Qi, you'll be like me, struggling to achieve anything! Compared to those who started practicing martial arts from a young age, the gap is more than just a little bit!"

"I'm practically a born ox-horse!"

"Young man, do you think this ox-horse appearance of mine is a reflection of your future?" Sun Niu Ma said with considerable earnestness. When he saw Shi Feizhe, it was as if he saw himself from back when he was venturing into the Jianghu.

In the Jianghu, besides death and making a name for oneself, there's another kind of person: those who achieve nothing, like him.

There were quite a few people like him.

"...No, we are different!" Shi Feizhe listened to Sun Niu Ma's words and originally wanted to say something, but when it reached his lips, it was just this one sentence.

"Oh? How are you different? When I was young, I was just like you!" Sun Niu Ma looked at Shi Feizhe and said, "Young people are just full of youthful vigor. Only after being beaten down by the Jianghu will they know the immensity of heaven and earth!"

We are different, I am a martial arts genius who can learn anything!

"In the future Jianghu, my name will definitely be there. Remember, my name is Shi Feizhe!" Shi Feizhe said seriously to Sun Niu Ma.

"Heh heh..." Sun Niu Ma just chuckled. The more he looked, the more he felt Shi Feizhe was like him back then, also stubbornly believing he was different from others. Only after hitting his head and bleeding did he accept his own ordinariness. Finally, he returned here to open an ice shop for a living.

"I suggest you practice an ice-element cultivation technique. In the future, you can also open an ice shop to earn a pension!"

"No need!" Shi Feizhe replied with a dark face.

"Then practice a fire-element cultivation technique. In the future, you can open a glass shop!"

"No need either!"

"Young people don't listen to advice. That will be forty-seven copper coins!" Sun Niu Ma said again, carrying a bucket of ice.

Ox-horse! Ox-horse!