After leaving the Tianshen Villa where the palace of the Shenyuan Lord was located, the Ling family siblings headed south together.
Since the elite cavalry of the five thousand Zhenwu camp were all staying in the "wine and meat return to the ruins", Ling Zhen went on a far journey this time. From the outside, the formation was really low-key, and there was nothing glamorous, bright clothes and angry horses. Family pomp and circumstance.
On the surface, there is no domineering team, only a pair of siblings.
At noon that day, the weather was just right, so Ling Zhen bought some good lamb shank in the Walled City Market. It was raw and didn't need to be cooked. He wanted to make a barbecue by himself.
The fiefdom of King Shenyuan is located at the northern end of the Jinxiu Dynasty. It has a large area of grassland, rich water and grass, and the food such as beef and mutton is extremely delicious!
Of course, if you want to eat cooked food, there is no problem, you can just spend money to buy it, but Ling Zhen was in a mood and felt that it tasted best when grilled by himself, so he specially bought some utensils and condiments needed for barbecue.
Then, he and his eighth sister Ling Xiaoxiao went to a nearby grove to have a barbecue.
There was a calm flowing stream in the forest. When reaching the depths of the stream, there was a waterfall. Next to the waterfall, Ling Zhen decided to have a picnic here.
Listening to the sound of falling into the water, Ling Zhen sat cross-legged on the ground and grilled a relatively complete and strong lamb leg with bones.
With skillful techniques, when the heat is almost up, sprinkle with spices and cumin powder, brush with some secret sweet sauce, turn over, and bake.
When both sides were almost seared and the inside was cooked, Ling Zhen happily ate large chunks of the mutton, biting into it one bite at a time.
The shank meat is very juicy and has less fat. It doesn't taste greasy at all. It doesn't have an overly greasy taste. It's just right.
Coupled with the good quality of seasonings and the good grilling techniques, the taste is very good, comparable to the food in restaurants.
Ling Zhen chewed the freshly roasted mutton in his mouth, his mouth was full of fragrance, his expression was quite comfortable, and he was obviously very happy.
Seeing that his brother was enjoying his meal, Ling Xiaoxiao, a woman in white sitting next to him, frowned slightly and said, "Eat less. Isn't it easy for monks after the second-level Bigu Realm to be contaminated by the 'tacky' food in the world of mortals?" ? If it is too vulgar and is not conducive to spiritual practice, you should avoid it."
Ling Zhen swallowed a mouthful of cumin lamb leg, smacked his lips, and said happily: "It's okay, as long as it's delicious. I've been staying in Chi Lian Guixu all day and night for the past four years, and I can't even eat shit. At one point, it’s all about refining qi, but I’m so greedy that I want to take a bite of everything I see now to satisfy my craving.”
Ling Zhen took another bite of the fresh lamb leg that he had roasted, and chewed the meat in his mouth. While chewing, he said vaguely: "We are all human beings. With cultivation levels above the world of mortals, that's just 'okay.'" It’s just not eating, but it doesn’t necessarily mean that you can’t eat! You’re afraid of the tackiness of the world. If you really don’t touch any tackiness, can you still be considered a human being?! It’s not like those sick guys from the Angel Clan and the Holy Light Clan. Why don't you go and learn from the Baihua Clan and collect honey and drink syrup every day!"
Ling Xiaoxiao pursed her lips and hesitated to speak. She knew that she could not speak to her younger brother, so she simply stopped talking.
Ling Zhen smiled and raised one eyebrow, "Sister Xiaoxiao, you actually want to eat it, right? It's so delicious, how can you really hold it back?"
As he spoke, he tore off a small piece of meat and pretended to feed it to the eighth sister.
Ling Xiaoxiao's face changed slightly when she saw this, and she waved her hands quickly, "No, no, I don't want to eat."
"Hey, you are telling the truth. I just want to eat it. I can see it. Just eat it!"
Ling Zhen forcibly opened Sister Xiaoxiao's mouth and stuffed the tender roasted mutton inside.
Under the force of her younger brother, Ling Xiaoxiao ate the piece of roasted mutton, smacked her lips, and licked her lips again, with a look of joy on her face, and said excitedly: "It's delicious, brother, why are you so good at your craftsmanship?" ?!”
Ling Zhen laughed, "Many years ago, before Third Sister went out to make her fortune, I learned from her. Third Sister's cooking skills are excellent, didn't you know?"
Ling Xiaoxiao pouted, "If I had known that I would have pestered Third Sister more to make me delicious food and taste her craftsmanship before I was born, it's a pity."
"You can afford it now! Your brother and I are as good at barbecue as Ling Taohua!"
Ling Zhen took the initiative to tear off the mutton and feed it to her sister.
Ling Xiaoxiao said "No more" while obediently eating the cooked meat into her mouth. It was delicious.
"My mouth says no, but my body is very honest."
Ling Zhen said with a crooked smile, looking at the eighth sister with one cheek bulging and eating with gusto.
After Ling Xiaoxiao ate two pieces of mutton, she couldn't help but feel greedy and her appetite increased greatly. She simply broke the jar and said, "Can you let me bake some by myself? I want to give it a try."
"Although I tried it, I bought a lot."
Ling Zhen generously spread his hands, "The seasonings are here, you can take a look at it yourself. Don't put too much on it, it's salty and not delicious!"
Ling Xiaoxiao took a thin bamboo stick, inserted a few small pieces of mutton, held the stick, and roasted it on the fire.
The firelight shone on the young girl's face, making her look even more attractive, pure and beautiful, like a gem that cannot be stained, a pure and holy object.
Ling Zhen looked at the eighth sister's face, and then quickly glanced at Ling Xiaoxiao's iron-flat chest, and thought to herself: "Oh, if sister Xiaoxiao's body could grow up, she would be a slim figure by now. What a beauty! What a pity..."
Ling Xiaoxiao was eating mutton and suddenly noticed Ling Zhen's slightly lowered gaze and asked, "What are you looking at?!"
Ling Zhen lowered his head and pretended not to know, "It's nothing... I haven't seen you for four years. My good sister has become even more beautiful and beautiful. I can't help but take a few more glances."
Ling Xiaoxiao burst out laughing and poked the tip of Ling Zhen's nose, "What a mouthful!"
Ling Zhen also smiled, with a calm and leisurely expression. Time spent with her sister is always very relaxing, without any pressure or even the need to use your brain.
"It's been four years, brother. Now you are also a swordsman, just like my mother."
Ling Xiaoxiao asked, "The natal sword is called the God of Fire? It doesn't sound very nice. How about just calling it the God of Heaven? It's the same name as my father, Zhuangzi."
Ling Zhen smiled bitterly, "Do you know how to avoid taboos? It's still a god. I just named the sword Shenyuan. It's the same as my father's vassal name."
Ling Xiaoxiao never realized that she was a waste of naming. She just muttered to herself: "I really want to have my own natal sword, but I can't make it. My bones are too weak. I was born with only one water spirit root. After practicing for so many years, , it’s just the ground level…”
Ling Xiaoxiao raised her lips, glanced at Ling Zhen sitting next to her, and continued: "How is it like you, Ling Zhen? Humph, you were born with five spiritual roots of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. You have a body of innate enlightenment, and you can practice any technique with any attribute." , and they are all refined very quickly... By the way, brother, I heard from dad that your wood and fire inspirations have reached the heaven level?"
Ling Zhen nodded, "Yes, at the Wood Fire Heaven level, the fire spirit root attribute is the strongest. I guess it's because I have been practicing in the Red Lian Gui Ruins for a long time."
Ling Xiaoxiao became more and more envious and said bitterly: "It would be great if I could be a talented person like you. I have nothing more to do in this life than to become a master of martial arts. I can train Shui Ling Gen before I am thirty." Heaven level is already a thank you."
Ling Zhen stared at the bonfire on the ground with solemn eyes and sighed softly, "Am I gifted? Then why did I only open my natal sword aperture the day before I left seclusion? I remember when I was ten years old, I was already vaguely aware of it. There were signs of enlightenment, but then for some reason, it was just a little bit short..."
"Here, let's try sister's craftsmanship."
Ling Xiaoxiao put the freshly grilled meat skewers to her brother's mouth.
Ling Zhen bit off two pieces of meat, tasted it, and said "hmm", "Not bad, it tastes a little better than raw meat."
"Huh? Am I not done yet?!"
Ling Xiaoxiao was surprised and looked down at the meat skewers she had just grilled.
"Not only is it not cooked yet, I'm also afraid that this piece of mutton will suddenly come to life again! It's so raw..."
Ling Zhen joked, "I thought you were so kind when you gave me the first bite, but it turns out you were testing poison on me! Ha, woman!"
Ling Xiaoxiao pouted and hummed, and had no choice but to continue grilling on the fire.
Ling Zhen tried to find the topic just now and said: "Sister Xiaoxiao, in fact, the efforts put in by most monks are not enough to compete with talent. If you don't have a sword aperture, what can you do if you can't become a sword cultivator? We can still practice Anger! Like me, you are now in the third level of Pingxu Realm Small Perfection. Next is the Pingxu Great Perfection, then Danyuan, Consecration, Tribulation Transcendence, Wuji, step by step martial arts, and finally the eighth level Great Way. Realm! He is in the same realm as dad!"
Ling Xiaoxiao sprinkled a lot of seasoning on the meat skewers, nodded, as if turning a deaf ear and not listening very seriously, and responded mechanically: "It makes sense."
Ling Zhen sneered, "I just said I wouldn't eat it, but now I'm baking it so seriously."
"Now, try again."
Ling Xiaoxiao did not refute his brother's words and handed the skewer of grilled meat to Ling Zhen to eat.
Ling Zhen was so excited when he said it that he took another bite of the meat on the stick. This time his facial expression changed. After he swallowed it reluctantly, he stared and said angrily: "Okay, beat the spice seller to death! You are going to kill me." ah?!"
Ling Xiaoxiao apologized several times, had no choice but to give up this string and start a new string.
Ling Zhen forced the bamboo stick in the eighth sister's hand and helped her insert the meat, "Okay, okay, you old man, just have a good rest, I'll bake it for you."
Ling Xiaoxiao chuckled, touched his brother's head a few times, like a kitten or puppy, and said with a smile: "Thank you, brother~"
Ling Zhen inserted the meat on the skewer and grilled the skewers on the fire, "Sister Xiaoxiao, now that you and I are at the same level, we might as well compete to see who can reach the state of Dzogchen first. You don’t need to spend too much energy, but you can still travel to the North Sea in the morning and evening in Cangwu, with the grace of an immortal, how cool and unrestrained!”
Ling Xiaoxiao has never been very confident in her martial arts improvement, "But your cultivation qualifications are much better than mine, and your talent is so high, I will definitely not be able to compare with you!"
Ling Zhen smiled a few times and encouraged: "Don't be so arrogant, sister, you must have enough confidence in yourself. Look at me, before I was twenty years old, I couldn't open the sword aperture even if I practiced hard. If at that time I give up on myself and am afraid that I will never be a sword cultivator in this life. So, you must believe as firmly as I do that in the future, we will definitely be extremely powerful martial arts masters, or sword immortal heroes!"
Ling Xiaoxiao said as if pouring cold water: "Then you have to let me refine the natal sword first. Without the natal sword, what kind of swordsman is he?"
Ling Zhen raised his eyebrows, stretched out a hand and pressed it on the eighth sister's little head.
He looked directly into Ling Xiaoxiao's beautiful pair of naturally cherry-red eyes, spoke righteously and loudly: "If you can't be a sword fairy, then be a swordsman. A swordsman is no worse than a sword fairy! In fact, I thought about it a few years ago. Even if I can't be a swordsman in this life, then I will become the strongest swordsman in the world and beat up those bullshit swordsmen one by one!"
After a pause, Ling Zhen added with a smile: "Except for my mother and my sister, I won't beat them, but everyone else will be beaten!"
Ling Xiaoxiao stared blankly at her ninth brother, "Then... do you want to beat your brothers-in-law too?"
"Hit! My brother-in-law is not familiar with me, so just beat him and that's it!"
Ling Zhen laughed wildly and said, "Sister Xiaoxiao, so when you look for a husband in the future, you have to find a stronger one who can withstand my beatings, haha!"
Ling Xingchui sighed softly, "I'm not getting married. Look at the seventh and sixth sisters who are married. They stay with their husbands every day and don't see their parents. If it were me, I would have stayed there long ago. Going crazy!"
Ling Zhen patted the eighth sister on the shoulder and advised: "Then you should take advantage of the time when others are caring for their husbands and raising their children, step up your practice and strive to surpass them as soon as possible."
Ling Xiaoxiao was a little inspired and nodded in response: "That makes sense. The sixth and seventh sisters all have husbands, and the fourth and fifth sisters have also eloped with their master. This is a good time for my cultivation to catch up with them!"
Ling Zhen nodded with satisfaction, "Boys can be taught!"
Ling Xiaoxiao frowned and said, "You are not a Confucian. How can you teach a child?"
"I'm just expressing my appreciation for you, Eighth Sister."
Ling Zhen said leisurely, "Sister Xiaoxiao, your goal should be very clear now, which is to raise the water spirit root to the heaven level as soon as possible, and then practice the best water attribute skills! The seventh sister stepped forward, but she brought the Heavenly Palace on the Sea I leave it all to you. As the master of the Tiangong Palace who guards such a large sea, but he doesn’t even have the water spirit root of the heaven level, isn’t it a bit unreasonable?”
"Oh, that 'sea' of the Heavenly Palace is just a larger lake at most, with not many water transport opportunities in it."
Ling Xiaoxiao said sternly, "But brother, you are right. When the seventh sister left a few years ago, I promised her that she would practice well. I went all the way to Nanhai to see her this time, so I can't let her down!"
After saying this, Ling Xiaoxiao, who looked like a cardamom girl, stood up from the ground, puffed out her chest like a boy, with a solemn expression on her face, and said loudly: "I want to practice, brother, please lend me your mother's Hongmo Sword." ."
Ling Zhen held the meat skewers being grilled in his hand, smiled, and suggested kindly: "How about we practice after we are full?"
"If you don't eat, I will practice sword practice now!"
Ling Xiaoxiao was holding back her energy and had no place to vent it, so she couldn't help but pull out the long sword Hongmo from Ling Zhen's waist.
Holding her mother's Hongmo Sword tightly with both hands, the "girl" in white, Ling Xiaoxiao, shouted loudly, her voice was like thunder, and she suddenly slashed out with the sword.
The powerful energy of the sword flew out immediately and quickly rushed towards the huge waterfall with rapid water flow.
boom!
The giant waterfall was split open by the sword.
From a distance, it looked like a piece of snow-white satin was torn apart instantly!
Ling Xiaoxiao turned her head, grinned triumphantly and said, "How about you, sister?"
Ling Zhen gave a thumbs up and complimented against his will: "My swordsmanship reaches the sky!"
Ling Xiaoxiao was in a good mood after being praised by her younger brother. She felt so good after eating a hundred skewers of mutton, and was about to continue to draw her sword.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a sharp voice came from behind the waterfall: "Who cut your grandma's sword?!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a figure jumped out of the waterfall at a very fast speed, leaping in front of Ling Zhen and Ling Xiaoxiao at a terrifying speed that was almost indistinguishable to the naked eye.
The dwarf who suddenly appeared was wearing an ocher robe and was extremely short. He was almost half a head shorter than the short girl Ling Xiaoxiao.
His head was full of disheveled hair, like a hen's nest, and his face was so skinny and skinny that it looked no different than a skeleton.
On the left and right waists of the man, there are swords, one is black and the other is white.
The dwarf looked like he was coming with bad intentions. His eyes were filled with murderous intent, like an enraged and violent beast.
Evil nature!
It can be called the most terrifying peak of evil nature!
Ling Xiaoxiao was a little frightened. She was so thin and stood speechless, dumbfounded.
The ocher-robed dwarf jumped out of the waterfall, angrily, and cursed at Ling Xiaoxiao: "You damn little bitch, you are the one who killed Uncle Ruan and me with your sword? What are you doing? Are you going to reincarnate?! "
Ling Zhen stood up and helped the eighth sister Ling Xiaoxiao to escape. He clasped his fists and bowed in salute, saying: "Senior Ruan, my little sister is new to swordsmanship and wants to try cutting through this waterfall to practice her skills. I don't want to accidentally hurt her." Senior, I’m really sorry!”
The dwarf surnamed Ruan snorted, "A sword of this caliber can't even hurt you or me, and it's more like scratching an itch! Seeing that your attitude is quite sincere, I won't pursue it any further! You guys?" Let’s go.”
Ling Zhen nodded, took Sister Xiaoxiao's hand and turned around to walk away.
After walking a few steps, Ling Zhen's pupils dilated, and he immediately used his strength to push Ling Xiaoxiao away, and he also ducked to the side to avoid it.
Ling Xiaoxiao was almost pushed to the ground by his younger brother. After staggering, he shouted anxiously: "What are you doing?!"
Ling Zhen's eyes were very cold, like frost, and he muttered to himself: "He is indeed a sinister person, and he attacks from behind."
He said in a deep voice to the frightened Sister Xiaoxiao: "That person named Ruan just took advantage of our unpreparedness and secretly shot out two fine needles. I think the needles must be quenched with life-threatening poison. If I If I don’t push you away, I’m afraid you’ve already been poisoned!”
After hearing this, the dwarf with a strange and ferocious face laughed arrogantly, "Little sister, your brother is right. Without him, you would have been hit by my 'bone-killing anesthetic needle' and your whole body would be soft." My muscles are numb and I can’t move!”
Only then did Ling Xiaoxiao realize that her life had been saved. Cold sweat soon covered her back, and she secretly sighed in her heart. Fortunately, her younger brother Ling Zhen was by her side.
Otherwise, if you are poisoned and lose the ability to move, everything will be doomed!
The freak named Ruan said to Ling Zhen again: "Hey, boy, how did you realize that I was going to attack you?"
Ling Zhen said solemnly: "I don't believe 100% or 120% of what Ruan Cang, the 'face-cutting ghost', said! I guessed that when you let us go so generously, you must have other intentions of harming us, so I deliberately I put extra thought into it, and it turned out just as I expected!”
The dwarf man laughed loudly and said, "Do you recognize me?"
"I'm not the kind of person who doesn't hear what's going on outside the window. Naturally, I've heard about your cruel deeds, Ruan Cang."
Ling Zhen said, "Because of your unsightly appearance, you hate handsome men and beautiful women the most. When you see good-looking people, you have to cut off their faces! Am I right?"
Ruan Cang nodded happily, "It seems he is a knowledgeable boy, what is his name?"
Ling Zhen responded: "My surname is Zu, and my name is only the name of my father!"
"grandfather……"
As soon as Ruan Cang spoke, he immediately realized something was wrong, but unfortunately it was too late.
Ling Zhen immediately responded: "Hey, dear grandson, your grandfather and I are here!"
Ruan Cang was furious and shouted: "How dare you take advantage of me! I originally thought about letting you two die more quickly, but now I have changed my mind. I will rape and kill your sister in front of you first." , and then I will cut off all the flesh from your body, so that you can experience the pain of Ling Chi! Finally, I will feed your flesh to the dogs!"
Ling Zhen put a hand on the "girl" Ling Xiaoxiao's shoulder and said with a smile: "My dear grandson, you are mistaken! This is my eighth sister Ling Xiaoxiao. I, Ling Zhen, have no sisters, only eight sisters. Also, Ling Chi Such pain is nothing, your grandfather has experienced it for four years, I have experienced it for four full years!"
For four years, Chi Lian returned to the ruins to practice asceticism, and the suffering he suffered was no less than the torture suffered by Ling Chi. What Ling Zhen said was true.
Ruan Cang's patience was almost exhausted, and he shouted angrily: "You little bastard named Ling, please see my natal sword 'Courage'!"
In an instant, a rather bright green light flashed out from the center of the short dwarf's eyebrows, which was dazzling and dazzling, as if the eyes of the sky were opened!
A gaseous green sword flew out from his "eye of the sky" and hovered above his head.
There is a flying sword three feet above your head!
Ruan Cang suddenly pulled out the sword from his waist, with two sharp blades, one green and one white.
The three-foot sword above his head turned into a large cloud of blue mist, wrapping around the double blades.
The mist is like a long dragon, and Ruan Cang seems to be holding two strong green dragons in his hands!
Ruan Cang said sternly: "Before I play with your sister, I have to cut off your face first!"
Ling Zhen took his mother's Hongmo Sword from his sister's hand, stared at the evil thief in front of him, "The Face-Severing Ghost", who had a very strong level of cultivation, and responded in a deep voice: "Just come over here!"
Ling Xiaoxiao's expression was extremely nervous, "Brother, he is a sword cultivator, so be careful..."
Ling Zhen narrowed his delicate peach blossom eyes, the water in his heart lake was as calm as a mirror, and said calmly: "Killing the sword cultivator right out of the gate, this is incredible luck!"
