Baiyun Mountain, dusk
Large swaths of snowflakes fell from the dark sky. Mountains, rivers, cities, and wilderness are all shrouded in this heavy white snow. The entire Baiyun Mountain is covered in silver and is extremely enchanting.
The north wind howled, picking up a cloud of snowflakes, which then exploded and hit a large steaming urn below, disappearing instantly without a trace.
In the big urn, a boy about ten years old, all red in color, was closing his eyes tightly, as if he was enduring great pain, but the words he shouted were: "It's not hot enough, it's not hot enough, add more fire!"
A little maid in a coat and skirt, with some beads of sweat on her forehead, was adding firewood under the big urn. When she heard the boy's shout, she not only smiled:
"Xiao Langjun, we need to add more heat. Are you really not afraid of it being cooked?"
This young man is Yang Zhen. There are big beads of sweat on his head, but he is teasing: "Caisi, if I cook it, you won't be able to eat candied haws in the future?"
Caisi retorted: "When you're cooked, I'll sell you to the market. I think the young man's current body is almost that of a monster."
"You... are cruel enough."
In the quarrel with the sharp-tongued girl, Yang Zhen was defeated again.
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Today is the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. Four months have passed since Yang Zhen completed his small goal and helped Xiaocao recover.
At this moment, Yang Zhen's body training technique has reached the last step of the second stage, which is the last medicinal bath. After completing this medicinal bath, his physical fitness will be greatly improved.
Each course of the second phase of the body training technique requires first eating a large amount of monsters, and dispersing their energy throughout the body through physical training. Finally, a large amount of spiritual energy will block the surface of the skin, making the body very hard. Especially after eating the Black Iron Beetle for the third time, there was a faint metallic echo when the body was struck. Take a dagger and scratch it lightly, leaving only a light white mark on the skin.
At this time, under the hot potion, the skin of Yang Zhen's entire body was gradually softening, and almost all the pores on her body were expelling turbid air. Although he himself was not moving, his muscles and bones were doing vigorous exercises, constantly contracting, releasing, contracting, releasing, and finally his body became delicate and soft again.
However, Yang Zhen understood that his muscles, bones and skin not only retained the hardness before the medicinal bath, but also became more flexible, further improving the body's defense capabilities.
Yang Zhen now looks like a handsome young man with fine features, but the actual strength contained in his body far exceeds that of an adult.
Not only can the power of one punch reach 500 kilograms, but with every punch and kick, his body is continuously providing energy, allowing him to fully display his power.
He also fully learned the Wuyuan step, and was no longer confused about Zhao Yue'er's strange and flexible steps. Nowadays, he and the little girl have been fighting frequently, and his strength and endurance are even better than the girl's. In the end, it was Zhao Yue'er who couldn't hold on.
However, at that point he would often stop early and the two would end up in a draw. Zhao Qing was a little dissatisfied at first, but later he got used to it, but he would give Zhao Yue'er more careful guidance every time before starting a fight.
…
Finally, she was no longer forced to call her sister, and Yang Zhen was in a happy mood. Of course, what's even more exciting is that Xiaocao is about to "talk".
In these four months, he received about a hundred spiritual stones from Caiyan. Through various bargaining, he saved nearly twenty spiritual stones. Adding the five spiritual stones saved by the spiritual ginseng, he squeezed out a total of twenty-five spiritual stones, which is two thousand five hundred spiritual stones. drop.
In addition, through the publication of "Journey to the West" and the follow-up "Calabash Baby", "Lotus Lamp", "Bedtime Children's Stories", etc., he obtained about two thousand silver coins from Maplewood Bookstore. All this money was exchanged for spiritual drops by him in various ways, which was another two thousand.
Furthermore, from the medicine garden, he collected all kinds of spiritual plants branches and leaves, including some dead spiritual plants, which is approximately equivalent to the amount of spiritual energy of a thousand spiritual drops.
In the end, there was still a shortage of fifteen hundred spirit stones, so he had to find Zhao Yue'er, a young rich woman, and borrowed fifteen more spirit stones from her. He already owed this little girl twenty-five spiritual stones. Although she generously said that it was a reward and did not need to be repaid, how could Yang Zhen eat this soft rice for free.
When I get rich in the future, I will pay you back twice as much, he reminded himself.
In this way, he finally gathered seven thousand spiritual drops. Yesterday, after he put the last five hundred spirit drops into the space according to Xiaocao's instructions, Xiaocao gave him a message that he would be in seclusion for three to five days, so that Yang Zhen would not come to the space to find her these days. .
Yang Zhen believed that when Xiaocao's "retreat" was over, she would not only be able to talk, but she would also give him other surprises.
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Yang Zhen followed the requirements of the exercise formula and soaked for two full hours. Her whole body was as red as a cooked lobster, and she still felt a little itchy, which made him want to do some exercise.
So he shouted: "Sister Caisi, I'm coming out, don't look at anything inappropriate!"
Caisi spat disdainfully: "You little baby, what's wrong with you?"
Having said that, the whole person turned his back.
Yang Zhen screamed strangely, and Chi Guoguo jumped out of the urn, grabbed a piece of clothing and tied it around his waist, and then started punching and kicking.
This boxing technique is a set of basic boxing techniques taught by Zhao Qing. It is not mysterious or profound, but it can move the muscles and bones of the whole body. Yang Zhen would do a circle of massage after every medicinal bath, which made her whole body feel more comfortable.
After the punch, he shouted with joy. Cai Si had already left by this time, leaving behind a towel and a set of clean starched clothes. Yang Zhen got dressed and saw that it was dinner time. He did not go back to Shuihengyuan, but took a pot of wine and walked towards the medicine garden.
Tomorrow is the New Year, and he will go back to Changshan with his wife and Zhao Yuer to celebrate the New Year. Tie Zhu and many servants stayed in the county, so tonight he went to see Tie Zhu to celebrate the New Year with him in advance.
At this time, Tiezhu had already been on duty. He had been notified by Yang Zhen in advance and had prepared meals, while Yang Zhen put the fruit wine on the table. The two of them were in Tie Zhu's room, eating and chatting over this simple meal.
Although the time at the Taoist temple was only three days, Yang Zhen could remember almost every detail of what happened in those days. Just thinking about it now, it seemed to be a very distant thing, and both of them were filled with emotion.
I don’t know what happened to the group of beggars who fought with them to occupy the Taoist temple at that time. I don’t know whether they later occupied the Taoist temple.
"Why don't you go to Grandma Chen's house to celebrate the New Year, and I'll say hello to them." Yang Zhen suggested.
Tie Zhu shook his head: "Just in the medicine garden. Many brothers here are orphans like me. We can have fun together."
Although Tie Zhu didn't like the manager, he got along well with the servants like Yaoyuan. He was forthright and upright, and he had the same fate, so he quickly became involved with them.
Seeing Tiezhu's insistence, Yang Zhen stopped trying to persuade him, and the two of them continued drinking. This fruit wine has a light taste. Yang Zhen's body has been completely reborn, and Tie Zhu is half an adult. Although the two of them drank a lot, they are only slightly tipsy.
While he was drinking like this, there was a sudden noise outside, mixed with angry shouts and screams.
What happened? The two of them suddenly had no intention of drinking and went out to investigate together.
I saw a person kneeling on a flat ground in the medicine garden. Zhao Qianan was holding a whip in his hand and was beating the person severely.
"You bitch, you ant!" He beat and cursed: "If you hadn't been negligent, would Lingzhi have died?"
As he said this, he struck the man with several severe whips, and the man couldn't help but let out another scream.
As a monk, even if he doesn't use magic power, his strength is far greater than that of ordinary people. I'm afraid no one can bear these two whips.
"You still dare to scream?" Zhao Qian'an became more and more angry and raised the hand holding the whip high again.
"Uncle Dazhu!" Tie Zhu screamed, rushed over, and hugged the man tightly.
Zhao Qian'an was about to swing down the whip when he saw Tie Zhu blocking him in front. He paused slightly, but his heart became even more angry, and then he raised his hand higher.
At this moment, Yang Zhen also walked over quickly. He bowed his hands and said, "Manager An, what happened?"
Then Zhao Qian'an will be Yang Zhen. Thinking of this person's identity, he finally puts down the whip in his hand. With the other hand, he grabbed the swinging whip tip and said bitterly: "This guy didn't take good care of the medicine garden. Two fragrant grass plants died!"
Then he added: "There are still about ten plants with frostbite."
This Dazhu is the same age as Zhao Qian'an. It is said that the two were orphans who entered the Zhao mansion at the same time. This person is considered to be the oldest among the servants, and he has such a close relationship with Zhao Qianan, so this person is responsible for many things in the medicine garden.
Both he and Tie Zhu have the character "Zhu" in their names, and they usually take good care of Tie Zhu.
Xiangzhi grass? Yang Zhen was shocked. He knew about the spiritual plants in the medicine garden and knew that they were second-level spiritual plants, which were the main ingredients for refining the Yuan Ning Dan. The Yuan Ning Dan contains a large amount of spiritual energy, which can be used by foundation-building monks to replenish their spiritual energy when their mana is exhausted.
It can be said to be one of the most important spiritual plants in the Baiyun Mountain Medicine Garden, and two of them actually died!
The Zhao family has a total of three acres of second-level spiritual land in Baiyun Mountain. Because the stewards here only have Qi training, they are planting some second-level spiritual plants that don’t require much care. This fragrant grass only needs sufficient spiritual energy and a warm environment to grow well. Baiyun Mountain happened to meet both requirements, so the Zhao family set aside about half an acre of land here specifically to plant this plant, with a total of nearly a hundred plants.
The growth period of Xiangzhi grass is forty years, and the price of each mature plant is about ten spirit stones. The two dead plants had been growing for twenty years, so they had lost ten spirit stones. Including the damage caused by frostbite, the total loss was about twenty spirit stones.
This loss is neither big nor small. It is at least Zhao Qianan's salary for more than two months. Now that something happened, it was hard for him to explain.
"What caused it?" Yang Zhen asked.
"A monster broke in and bitten two plants. In addition, it also caused some damage to the formation and the cold wind invaded."
"What monster?"
"Preliminary judgment is that it should be a mountain rat."
No wonder. Although the mountain rat is not of high rank, it is good at digging holes in the soil and is a natural enemy of many formations, often causing damage to the formations.
"How come there are monsters here?"
"The medicinal garden's spiritual energy is so abundant, probably because it has just awakened its demonic power." Zhao Qian'an analyzed.
He looked at Yang Zhen and suddenly pulled him aside: "I know that the young man goes to the house to tell stories every night. When I see my wife later, please help me explain it to my wife."
"This won't work," Yang Zhen shook her head quickly: "I'm just a storyteller. I don't understand these things, and I don't dare to say them in front of my wife."
PS: I went out early this morning and started writing at 7pm. Sorry for being late.
