Chapter 179: The Cuckoo Takes over the Magpie's Nest

It was two days later when he returned to the sect.

Yuan Ming did not return to his residence directly, but went to the Fire Workshop first.

"Brother Yuan, you have been away for too long recently. Many of the courses in the Fire Refining Hall have been vacant. I am afraid that your contribution points are not enough to be deducted?" Brother Fang Ge's serious face could not help but stiffen when he saw Yuan Ming.

Yuan Ming heard this and knew that Brother Fang Ge was always fair. He said these words not to deliberately make things difficult for him, but out of duty, and even some worry for him.

After all, if you do not participate in the daily courses of the sect for a long time, not only will you not receive contribution points, but you will also have to deduct the existing contribution points.

The sect will not support idle people.

"Brother Fang Ge, I have been itching about the White Deer Hill Alliance recently, so I have been thinking about cultivation, which has delayed the courses here, and made you worry about me. But don't worry, I have done a lot of other tasks before, and I still have some contribution points." Yuan Ming smiled and said.

"You can handle it yourself. I'm just reminding you. However, refining equipment also requires manual labor. If you don't practice for too long, you will inevitably become unfamiliar with it." Fang Ge nodded, without any blame, and said.

"I understand. It happened that I went out the day before yesterday and found a very interesting metal in the market. I wonder if you can help me open my eyes?" Yuan Ming said with a smile.

"Take it out and have a look." Fang Ge was obviously very interested when he heard this.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Ming immediately turned his wrist and took out a fist-sized dark red metal block and handed it to Fang Ge.

"Is this... Fire Red Copper? This thing is not easy to find." After the latter took it, he carefully observed it for a moment, and a rare look of surprise appeared on his face.

"It turned out to be Fire Red Copper. Brother Fang Ge is really knowledgeable." Yuan Ming pretended to be surprised and said.

"Brother Yuan, how much of this spiritual material do you have? Can you sell some to me?" Fang Ge couldn't let it go and asked hurriedly.

He has been refining a piece of embryo iron of magic tool quality recently, but he has not been able to complete it because of the lack of this material.

"This thing is useless to me. If you like it, you can use it." Yuan Ming said.

Hearing this, Fang Ge's joyful expression condensed, and he immediately understood that Yuan Ming was not unfamiliar with this thing, he was obviously looking for an opportunity to give it to him.

"Yuan Junior Brother, I appreciate your kindness. But things must be priced, you can tell me the price now, I can't take advantage of you." Fang Ge said seriously.

"Okay, to be honest, I bought this at a bargain in the market for two spirit stones." Yuan Ming sighed and said.

He still lied, he found this thing in the storage bag of some unlucky guy.

"I'll give you three spirit stones." Fang Ge thought for a while and said.

"Just two, this is a token of my Junior Brother's heart, if it's a business, I won't sell it." Yuan Ming looked at him and said with a smile.

"Okay." Hearing this, Senior Brother Fang Ge nodded without hesitation.

Seeing Fang Ge happily accept it, Yuan Ming said goodbye and went to the weapon house to meet Amuhe.

Yuan Ming also prepared a gift for him.

Unlike Brother Fang Ge's strict style, Amuhe accepted it very readily, without even saying thank you.

Compared with receiving gifts, he was more concerned about Yuan Ming's previous refining of the Green Fish Sword.

After learning that Yuan Ming had successfully refined the weapon with an outsider, he strongly asked Yuan Ming to take out the sword for him to see.

Yuan Ming couldn't refuse, so he had to take out the Cold Star Sword and give it to Amuhe for appreciation.

After seeing it, Amuhe's reaction was more intense than that of the Third Cave Master. He couldn't help but call it "fine workmanship" repeatedly, holding the Cold Star Sword in his arms and playing with it non-stop, and insisted that Yuan Ming demonstrate its power to him.

Yuan Ming finally got away, left the weapon house, and went directly to the courtyard of the Third Cave Master.

However, the Third Cave Master was not there.

Yuan Ming didn't see anyone, so he turned around and went to the valley between the Fire Refining Hall Peak and the Medicine Refining Hall Peak.

The fisherman was rolling up his sleeves and trousers, bending over and wielding a hoe to loosen the soil in the herb field. When he saw Yuan Ming coming, he put the hoe on his shoulder and straightened his back.

"Senior fisherman, I brought you some wine. Do you have any meat to eat today?" Yuan Ming took out two bottles of good wine that he had prepared early, held them high with both hands, and shouted from afar.

"You kid, you haven't come to see me for a long time." The fisherman complained slightly.

"I've been busy these days. Isn't it that I came to see you as soon as I have time?" Yuan Ming said with a smile.

The fisherman carried a hoe and walked up the ridge of the field, and pulled a magical herb in the field.

"Did you buy the Central Plains seasoning I asked you to buy last time?" The fisherman waited for Yuan Ming to approach and asked.

"I only found some pepper and cinnamon, and the others are really hard to find." Yuan Ming said truthfully.

"Hmm... not bad, not bad. With these two things, we can already make a different taste." The fisherman was delighted to hear this, and he smiled and led the way in front, taking Yuan Ming back to his hut.

After arranging Yuan Ming to sit down, the fisherman began his traditional craft and went out to fish.

After a while, when he came back, there were three more plump silver-scaled colorful fish in the fish basket.

The fisherman never needed Yuan Ming's help, and he prepared the silver-scaled colorful fish in a few steps and stewed it in the pot.

While waiting for the fish to be stewed, Yuan Ming took out the wine bowl and poured it for the fisherman and himself. The two of them ate and drank with some braised meat and side dishes brought back by Yuan Ming.

After two bowls of wine, Yu Weng first praised him greatly, and then he saw Yuan Ming's drinking behavior and suddenly became dissatisfied.

"I said, Mr. Yuan, are you making tea? Just drink this much." Yu Weng said displeased.

"I don't want to leave more for you." Yuan Ming said with a smile.

"After staying here for so many years, it's not easy to meet someone like you. You open up to drink when you come. When you come to my place, don't worry about anything else." The fish man said, and he took a sip of wine first.

Yuan Ming also drank heavily.

"Don't be restrained when drinking, and don't use magic to dispel the smell of alcohol. You just need to be a little drunk." Yu Weng emphasized.

"Senior, what's bothering you?" Yuan Ming asked, vaguely feeling that something was wrong with Yu Weng's state today.

"I am an idle person, what can I have to worry about? Come, come, eat fish, eat fish." The fish man shook his head and said, then picked up a large piece of fish with chopsticks and started eating.

Seeing that the other party didn't want to talk, Yuan Ming stopped asking any more questions, and the two of them chatted.

This is the rare place where he can truly relax in Biluo Cave.

"How did you come to Biluo Cave?" Yu Weng suddenly asked.

Yuan Ming thought for a while, and without hiding anything, he told how he struggled to survive from a furry beast slave to how he joined the sect.

Yu Weng listened carefully and said nothing. He just touched the bowl with Yuan Ming and took a big sip.

Unconsciously, the sun set in the west, and the gap in the valley was just enough to see the sunset being covered by darkness a little bit. Both Yuan Ming and Yuan Ming had their cheeks turned red from drinking, and they were quite tipsy.

"Boy Yuan, while I'm still drunk, let me tell you that this place is actually not called Biluo Cave." Yu Weng looked at the shadow in the distance and said suddenly.

"What's that called?" Yuan Ming asked in surprise.

"Originally, there was no name here. I saw these three peaks standing next to each other and their positions corresponded to the positions of three stars in the sky, so I gave it the name Sanxing Mountain." Yu Weng said.

"The name you gave me?" Yuan Ming became more and more curious after hearing this.

"I took it." Yu Weng nodded.

After Yuan Ming heard this, his hand holding the wine bowl suddenly stopped.

"You...can't be..."

In fact, he had always had a guess in his mind. Could this kind old man be the Dinghai Shenzhen of Biluo Cave, the great elder whose name he only heard but never met?

But after more and more contacts, Yuan Ming felt that it didn't look like him anymore.

But now that he heard what he said, Yuan Ming had to think about it. After all, apart from the great elder, he could not think of anyone else who could name or change the name of Biluo Cave.

"I'm not."

Yuweng just glanced at Yuan Ming and guessed what he was thinking.

After hearing this, Yuan Ming breathed a sigh of relief without even noticing it.

Deep down in his heart, he didn't want Yu Wenghui to be the great elder.

"There must be an unknown past event when Sanxing Mountain was renamed Biluo Cave." Yuan Ming wondered.

Yu Weng did not answer directly, but told Yuan Ming a story:

"Did you know that there is a kind of bird in the Central Plains called the cuckoo? They don't know how to build nests. They always lay their eggs in the magpie's nest, and for their own eggs, they will squeeze out the magpie's eggs and break them. This allows their own offspring to hatch and occupy the magpie’s nest.”

Yuan Ming naturally knew the story of the dove occupying the magpie's nest, so he was frightened when he heard it, and his drunkenness disappeared all at once.

"I dare to ask senior, what happened to the magpie whose nest was occupied?" he asked carefully.

"Magpie? The magpie made a small nest under the tree. They plant flowers and go fishing every day. They live a comfortable life." Hearing this, the fisherman smiled and said calmly.

"It turns out that you are the old owner of Biluo Cave!" Yuan Ming said in surprise.

"When people are free, it's easy to feel nostalgic. I just miss the original graceful appearance of Sanxing Mountain." Yu Weng sighed and said.

"That's fine. If you don't fight, don't get upset, senior is really sober in the world." Yuan Ming said with relief.

Yuweng was noncommittal and drank a glass of wine.

"This junior has long known that Senior Yu Weng is an extraordinary person, but I didn't expect you to have such an experience." Yuan Ming said puzzled.

"This Sanxing Mountain was exported by me after a fight, but I was not strong enough. Although I was reluctant to give up and unwilling to give up, I made a bet beforehand and accepted the bet. After all, if I lose, I lose." At that time, Chen Cangqiong It's still a bit tolerant. He didn't kill me or drive me away, but he wanted to take me under his command and serve him." When asked by Yuan Ming, Yu Weng said bluntly.