"Wow! It smells so good!" Tang Zhi, the back cook of Yingsai Dining Hall, carefully opened the steamer that had been cooking on the stove for several hours. Steaming steam filled the air instantly like mist, along with a strong scent of sweet-scented osmanthus. There is a light fragrance, and there are pieces of golden and attractive flower-shaped pastries placed in the steamer.
"You guys should try it too!" Tang Zhi picked out a piece and tasted it. It was sweet but not greasy, and the heat was just right. He nodded, looked at the dining hall disciples who gathered around after smelling the smell, and said with a smile.
"Crispy and glutinous, it's so delicious. Uncle Master, what's the name of this pastry and what's it made of?" Several drooling dining hall disciples hurriedly stepped forward and picked out a piece each, praising them repeatedly as they ate.
"This is honey apricot flower cake. It is made from refined flour, egg yolks and cooked apricot flower liquid, stirred and kneaded into a flower shape, then poured with honey bee nectar and steamed over high heat for three hours." Tang Zhi put the cake in the steamer Putting the apricot blossom cake into the lunch box, he said.
This Honey Apricot Blossom Cake is sweet and delicious, crispy and soft. When they were still in Huangsheng Mountain, Tang Zhi tried to bake it from time to time. She and Yue'er both liked to eat it. A few months ago, Master Taixiong went to Gaocang City to collect his salary, so Tang Zhi asked him to take it with him. Some little bee nectar comes back.
I have made some pastries and will send them to the senior brother who is supervising the underground mine tunnel in Guilin soon. Over the years, Tang Zhi has often made some pastries in his spare time and went to visit workers, just like a peasant woman in the secular world. , It’s like delivering food to the husband in the field.
Time flies, and before she knows it, Tang Zhi has stayed in the guardhouse for eighteen years. Although these years have passed, she has not been able to express her feelings to her senior brother Dao in the end. Two people are inseparable.
Tang Zhi felt very sweet in her heart. She was satisfied to be able to stay by her senior brother's side like this. If only she could stay like this forever, how great it would be!
"Touch!" At this moment, a loud noise came from the gate of the camp. Tang Zhi's expression suddenly changed, and he immediately rushed out of the dining hall. When he took a closer look, he saw that the gate of the camp had collapsed, and dozens of ghost-faced people in black clothes were heard. Someone broke into the door, and several guardsmen disciples on the ground at their feet were groaning in pain.
There were three people in the lead, one man and two women. The man was tall and burly, dressed in blood-colored armor, and looked unruly, like a god of war. The two women had beautiful looks, one with a calm and cold look, and the other with a murderous look.
From the strange clothes of this group of people, Tang Zhi could tell at a glance that they were from the Reincarnation Hall, and the two women seemed familiar to her at a glance.
"I guess you are here for me!" A figure flew out, and Tuoba Yan stepped forward to block the situation. After scanning the group of people in the Reincarnation Hall in front of him, he said slowly with a solemn expression.
Tuoba Yan recognized the two women among the three leaders at a glance. They were not the two women who led the group that attacked the mine in Banpingshan. One of them was named Qinghua, and she had fought against him back then. The strength is not weak.
Although the name of the other woman is unknown, her broken right arm was given to her by her deceased senior brother. How could Tuoba Yan forget that?
When he saw these two women appearing, Tuobayan guessed at a glance that these people were here to seek revenge. Tuobayan couldn't help gritting his teeth. They came just in time to cut off his right arm and destroy his path. This debt must be paid well. Do the math.
Even if this group of people didn't come to him, after a few years, after he resigned from the guard post, he would still go to this group of people to settle accounts.
He couldn't see these two women, but the tall man wearing thick blood-colored armor next to the two women exuded an evil aura, and there was a smell of blood from a distance. This man had many people in his hands. Come to think of it, It's the thug hired by these two women. He's a tough guy and will definitely be difficult to deal with.
If these two women dare to come to seek revenge, they must have someone to rely on. Tuoba Yan himself is not afraid at all. His life span is not much left. Sooner or later, he will die, which is just a support. However, there are seven or eighty years behind him. The disciple of Mingwei Suo forced him to be cautious and did not take action immediately.
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"Yeah!" Liu Yu, who was sitting cross-legged in the underground mine tunnel of the Ghost Forest, suddenly opened his eyes. Someone actually attacked the guard station. He immediately called back the patrolling Bai Niang. At the same time, he asked the disciples of the mining team to stay where they were and not to wander around. Then he He rushed out of the mine tunnel anxiously and rushed back to the guard camp.
At the same time, a ghost figure from the Ghost Forest Traditional Chinese Medicine Village rose into the sky, turned into a black smoke and shot towards the guard camp at high speed. It was Taoist Fengyi, a ghost in the pseudo-dan stage, who was far away in the ghost forest. On one side, there were several sword rays rising into the sky from the guard camp in Ten Thousand Medicine Valley and Gaoyang Taoist Temple.
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"Old guy! Just remember, today is the day you die!" Liu Zhenmiao pointed the long whip in her hand and shouted murderously. She has been waiting for this day for more than a hundred years, and today she will avenge her senior brother. , kill this old guy.
"Liu Zhenmiao, give back my father's life!" Before Liu Zhenmiao finished speaking, a sword light shot from the sky, and it was Tang Zhi whose eyes were red who took action.
At this moment, she had recognized the woman in front of her, not only the female devil, but also the sworn enemy of her father's murder. Anger instantly filled her mind and she rushed towards Liu Zhenmiao.
"Seeking death!" Liu Zhenmiao waved the python-patterned whip and whipped away the flying sword. Then he looked at the female cultivator of the Huang Sheng Sect who was rushing towards her. She was plump and pretty, and she looked a bit... It looks familiar. I should have seen it somewhere before, but I can't remember it for a while.
However, more people died in her hands, and more people sought revenge from Liu Zhenmiao. If she didn’t remember it, she wouldn’t remember it. Since she took the initiative to seek death, she just wanted to kill her. Then she raised her hand, and a shadow of blood was like lightning. Flying out was the "Magic Pattern Blood Leech" she had raised.
"Clang!" There was a crisp sound, and a thick bronze round shield blocked in front of Tang Zhi. The blood shadow instantly hit and bounced away. Although the copper shield blocked the blow, a conspicuous white mark appeared on the shield surface. , this shield is a fifth-grade advanced defense weapon "Heart Shield".
This shield is made of a large amount of high-quality black copper and cold iron as a base, mixed with basalt powder. The body is made of sufficient materials and has strong defensive power. It is a protective magical weapon that Tang Zhihua spent a lot of money to purchase.
When the transport ship was attacked midway, she knew that the female devil kept an extremely ferocious blood-eating demonic insect that specialized in breaking magic shields.
"Do it!" Seeing that Liu Zhenmiao had already taken action, Xue Lang and Qing Hua looked at each other without saying much, and then took action. Xue Lang's eyes instantly turned into blood pupils, and activated the armor's inscribed spell " "Violent", burning essence and blood, his whole body was surrounded by a blood-colored spiritual light, and he punched "Wolf Teeth Thrust", like a wolf pouncing on food, and he was in front of Tuoba Yan in an instant.
Qinghua immediately used the sword control technique, opened the spiritual gate of Dantian, and entered the "True Essence Explosion" state of Dharma cultivation. The "Shangqing True Essence Sword" in his hand turned into a green light and shot out, coming from behind.
The two of them worked together in tandem, and the killing move was immediately directed at Tuobayan. Being in the territory of Huang Shengzong, the two of them planned to fight quickly, and almost used their full strength as soon as they came up.
"Ah!" Tuoba Yan was on guard for a long time, roared, and immediately activated his physical training "Wild Spirit Hegemony", and performed the "Bear King Transformation", a unique skill in "Violent Bear Art", and all his muscles bulged one by one, His body doubled in size, and his Gang Qi shook, and then the blood wolf's fist force and the incoming flying sword were deflected.
Enemies came to the door, but Tuobayan didn't dare to trust him, especially the unknown Samsara Palace body cultivator who was wearing wolf-patterned blood armor. The terrifying aura that appeared and disappeared around him made Tuobayan extremely afraid. His cultivation level would definitely not be the same. below him.
Coupled with the blue and white, one against two, and in a difficult situation, Tuoba Yan immediately used his strongest move.
"Hmph!" The blood wolf took half a step back and punched again. Tuoba Yan took a step forward and punched out as well.
There was a muffled sound of "boom", and the strength exploded. The two of them each took a step back. Tuoba Yan couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. The opponent had not yet entered the "Wild Spirit Hegemony" body cultivation, and his fist strength was equal to his. It was obvious that his opponent was fighting The power is still above oneself.
"The strength is a bit weak!" The blood wolf smiled ferociously, and rushed towards Tuobayan again, firing his fists left and right, causing Tuobayan to retreat continuously.
After surviving this round of fist wind, a cold light struck from one side. Tuoba Yan tried his best to dodge, but he could no longer dodge. The sword light passed by, and a blood mark suddenly appeared on his left abdomen.
With one successful blow, Qinghua controlled the flying sword in a half circle and struck Tuobayan from behind again. Tuobayan turned sideways to avoid the sword, but the fist light in front of him came again, so he could only punch to block it. After receiving a hard punch, the energy and blood in his body surged, and a wisp of blood could not help but flow out from the corner of his mouth.
Apparently faced with the joint siege of Blood Wolf and Qinghua, Tuoba Yan was in a tough fight and obviously couldn't withstand it.
At this time, the disciples of the Guard and a group of Samsara Guards were also fighting together. Although the number of disciples of the Guard was doubled, their personal combat power was not as good as these Samsara Guards who had been going through life and death all year round, and casualties occurred from time to time.
Not far away, Tang Zhi was also in danger. Although there was a "Heart Shield" to protect against the demonic insects, the demonic blood leeches were flying extremely fast, flying around corners and attacking from all directions. In addition, Liu Zhenmiao waved his whip from time to time and struck Tang Zhi. He could only exhaust his defenses and use all his strength to defend himself with the round shield. The surface of the round shield was already covered with dents, all caused by the impact of demonic insects.
"Transformation!" After dozens of moves, Liu Zhenmiao couldn't help but feel a little impatient when she saw that she still hadn't taken down the female cultivator from the Huang Sheng Sect. Her purpose for this trip was Tuoba Yan, and she groaned softly.
There was a flash of blue light, and a "strange fish" with long spikes instantly floated next to Liu Zhenmiao. The "strange fish" flashed out and hit the round shield in front of Tang Zhi.
With a "click" sound, the round shield fell into pieces and was actually damaged by a single blow. The "strange fish" was transformed from the "fish demon child mother shuttle" and was a fine spiritual weapon.
This shuttle has a high-grade "armor-breaking" inscription built into it, and the "heart shield" is only a fifth-grade magic weapon. It has just supported dozens of hits from the "magic pattern blood leech". The body of the weapon has been damaged, so naturally it cannot withstand it. Hold on to this shuttle's full blow.
"Poof!" The sacrificial refining weapon was suddenly damaged. Tang Zhi, who was controlling the magic weapon with all his strength, was hit by the backlash and injured his meridians. He vomited a mouthful of blood, but at this time, Tang Zhi could no longer take care of the magic power to regulate the chaos in his body, because Several whip shadows had already attacked him, and what was even more dangerous was that the demonic insect behind him had opened its jaws and flew towards her.
"Lingyuan Shield!" Tang Zhi immediately forcibly extracted part of his mana, condensed a magic shield, and blocked several whip shadows. At the same time, he suddenly dodged to avoid the attacking demonic insects, but even so, he was still not out of the crisis. , the "child shuttle" on one side followed like a gangrene attached to the bone.
"Ah!" With no other option, Tang Zhi could only activate the amulet he carried close to his body, and held up a magic shield to block the "Mother and Child Shuttle". Although he withstood the blow, a bloody light flashed through, "Magic Pattern Blood Leech" "It went away and came back again, breaking through the magic shield in a flash, and penetrated into Tang Zhi's body from the abdomen.
The moment the "Demon Pattern Blood Leech" entered his body, Tang Zhi felt severe pain in his abdomen, like a bottomless whirlpool, and blood flowed backwards throughout his body, while the demonic worm sucked in the blood.
The demonic insect gnawed all the way to the internal organs and headed towards the heart in the chest. The originally chaotic aura in Tang Zhi's body became increasingly out of control, and it was no longer able to force the insect out of the body.
"Master Nephew, hold on!" Tang Zhi, who fell from mid-air, was suddenly hugged by a figure. It was Tuoba Yan. Without saying a word, Tuoba Yan slapped Tang Zhi on the back with a powerful force. "Blood Leech" was blasted from Tang Zhi's abdomen, along with some internal organs, and a bloody hole opened in his chest.
It turned out that Tuobayan was almost unable to hold on under the joint siege of Xue Lang and Qing Hua. Seeing Tang Zhi in danger, he immediately mobilized a little bit of the elixir energy condensed in his Dantian over the years to fight back the Xue Lang with one punch and break through the siege. , and then Tang Zhi was saved.
"The power of thick soil can turn danger into danger, rise!" Tuobayan hugged the seriously injured Tang Zhi and flew back to the camp warehouse. After putting Tang Zhi down, he took out a prohibition token, poured his magic power into it, and immediately activated it. The fifth-level advanced "earth spirit protection array" deployed around the warehouse opened the defensive spiritual shield of the array.
"All disciples, quickly enter the formation!" After Tuoba Yan activated the formation, he immediately shouted to the surrounding sect disciples.
The warehouse is an important place for storing the raw Yin Stone ore. It is equipped with the only defensive array in the entire guard camp. It is only a fourth-level array.
However, because Meng Shengming, Shangxu, and others secretly sold the Yin Stone last time, they were afraid of another incident. When the Sixth Elder "Hao Yi" came to inspect last time, he personally added the base of the formation, blessed the formation spell, and improved the strength of the formation. Equal order.
Upon seeing this, the disciples of the Guard School rushed towards the magic circle one after another, but only a dozen people rushed into the magic circle. The other disciples were either intercepted or overtaken by the "Magic Pattern Blood Leeches" and sucked into mummies, less than a pillar. At the time of the incense, the Tianshi Guardhouse was completely wiped out with casualties.
"Boom!" The blood wolf punched the magic circle's spiritual shield. The magic circle's glowing yellow spiritual power barrier was dented in a small circle, but it was slowly recovering to its original state.
Xue Lang couldn't help but frown. According to the information he got from the secret gathering point in the palace, this should be a fourth-level defensive array that could be broken open with just a dozen punches.
However, judging from the perceived strength of the punch just now, Xue Lang knew that the information was wrong. The defensive strength of this array was obviously not just a fourth-level defensive array, but it was not much stronger. It would only take more time. Break through.
But this group of people is short of time. If they stay here for a moment longer, there will be more dangers. At this time, I can't help but feel a little regretful. I shouldn't be stingy with the living energy just now, and directly activate the "Wild Spirit Hegemony" to spend more money. Dan Qi, kill the target quickly.
But this can't be blamed on Xue Lang. After this trip, he will go into seclusion to survive the calamity. Naturally, the elixir energy that he has painstakingly cultivated in his body will not move even if it can be moved.
Because the amount of elixir energy contained in a monk's body is related to the success or failure of overcoming the tribulation. A few more elixir qi may be able to survive the thunder tribulation for a few more breaths.
This is why most monks, even if they have reached the perfection of foundation building, are still reluctant to cause tribulations. They will wait until the five degenerations of heaven and man are on the verge of going through tribulations in seclusion, just to breed more elixirs and add more energy. A little bit of certainty.
"Second brother! Let's retreat!" After Qinghua controlled the flying sword to test the strength of the magic circle, Chongxuelang shook his head and said worriedly.
"Master Blood Wolf Hall, you promised my little sister, you can't break your promise!" Liu Zhenmei said anxiously while waving her long and thick "python pattern whip" to attack the magic circle spirit shield.
"No rush!" Xue Lang's eyes turned cold. A mere magic circle was not enough for him. For Thirteenth Sister, he had to win this trip. Then he patted the storage bag and six small green flags flew out. It is good at facing the wind and turns into six thick spiritual spell formation flags.
"Six Spirits Breaking the Spirits, open!" Xue Lang sat cross-legged and controlled the six formation flags with all his strength, setting up the "Six Spirits Breaking Array". A dazzling light ball that became brighter and brighter condensed in the middle of the six spirit spells, spinning rapidly. It grew bigger and bigger, and the light group was filled with violent spiritual power.
Then I saw a pillar of spiritual power erupting from the light group, slamming into the spirit shield of the magic circle set up in the warehouse. The place where the spirit shield was bombarded shook violently, producing irregular fluctuations, and the magic shield's light also suddenly followed. It was light and dark, and it was obvious that it would not last long.
In the magic circle, Tuoba Yan's face was solemn. While paying attention to the fluctuations of the spirit shield, he was also trying to save Tang Zhi, who was on the verge of death. Tang Zhi had lost too much blood, and his spleen, stomach, lungs and other internal organs were infested with demonic insects. Biting and destroying, all depends on Tuoba Yan's continuous infusion of vitality into the living beings, holding on to the last vestige of life.
