"Brother Lu, when will the food over there be ready?" Tang Ping held up a wooden branch with a cleaned pheasant skewered on it and several wild fruits skewered over the fire. Now she is very good at roasting game. It also rises greatly, and the pheasant can be easily roasted until it is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and the meat is fragrant. But now, while she was carelessly roasting game on the campfire, she kept staring at the other two fires next to her.
"Sister Tang, why are you so impatient? The fire over there has just been lit. I have to wait for the ones in your hands to be cooked. The ones over there are almost the same." Lu Pingchuan said with a smile.
"But the one in my hand is baked, and the one over there is also baked. Which side should I eat when the time comes?" Tang Ping was worried about this.
Qian Chao said with a smile: "It's okay if you can't eat anything. If you eat here, you can eat over there. If you don't eat, you won't eat. You are an idiot..."
"Shut up, you're an idiot!" Tang Ping interrupted Qian Chao, and everyone laughed.
After laughing, Li Jian looked at a mountain ridge in the distance, as if someone was passing by there. Recently, the disciples in the valley know that there is not much time left in Youming Valley. Those who have similar cultivation and are confident about entering the inner gate have been wandering around in the valley to take a look at the scenery of Youming Valley. Ordinary.
"Miss Tang," Li Jian asked, "we don't have much time in the valley. The sect is divided into five schools, but each door sounds good. The senior brother Guan Shanqi who gave the lecture that time was a bit general. We will go there in the future. Which one should I choose? Or should the elders from the five schools choose us?"
Anyway, the game in hand will still take some time to be roasted, so Tang Ping decided to tell the people in front of him about this.
"Well, we are only selected, but there is no need to rush. I know that Sister Yan really wants to go to Qixia Mountain to learn the art of alchemy, right?" Tang Ping said.
"Well," Yanxuan nodded, "I used to follow my mother to treat people and dispense medicines. I am very interested in the art of elixirs. You also said that with my fire spirit root, you want to enter Qixia The mountain is not difficult. If I can really go there, it will fulfill my wish."
After hearing this, Li Jian said: "In the past, my favorite thing at home was the sword wielder. On weekdays, I would either pester my second uncle or find the highly skilled guard soldiers in the mansion, or compete with them, or compete with them. Please teach me how to use my skills. However, personal bravery is ultimately useless in this world of practice, so I really don’t know where to go?”
Tang Ping heard but did not agree with Li Jian's words. She said: "Brother Li, don't say that either. Among us, you are the only one who has experienced life and death. Maybe you don't have as much insight as Mr. Qian, but you have seen blood, It is really rare to have someone who has killed someone but has such a calm mind. In my opinion, if there is a chance, Brother Li, you would be suitable to go to Namu Xiu Peak to practice swordsmanship and become a swordsman."
"Mu Xiufeng? Sword cultivator?" Li Jian looked at Tang Ping, hoping she could explain it in detail.
"I have never met a sword cultivator, and I only heard about Mu Xiufeng from my sixth grandfather. Mu Xiufeng is the sect with the smallest number of people in the sect, but as long as Mu Xiufeng's disciples can be allowed to walk outside the sect, But almost no one dares to provoke them, because among the monks of the same level, sword cultivators are the best at fighting with others. Depending on the sword skills they practice, or their movement skills are as fast as lightning, they are better than the spiritual weapons and magic weapons used by ordinary monks. Even faster; or maybe the sword in his hand has magical powers. The three-foot long sword can grow to more than a hundred feet in an instant. It is extremely sharp and can flatten mountains and split cliffs easily. It is really powerful.
However, I heard that Mu Xiufeng was very strict in selecting disciples. What they were looking for was not spiritual roots. The disciples who could enter the inner sect naturally had spiritual roots. What Mu Xiufeng was looking for was their character. I don't quite understand how this kind of character can be selected. Because of this, it is said that Mu Xiufeng selects very few disciples every time. Most of the time, they rely on the senior sword cultivators to go out and find suitable disciples on their own. However, Brother Li, you are really suitable for Mu Xiufeng. Although my own knowledge is still short-sighted, I always feel that you are very similar to those sword cultivators that my sixth grandfather mentioned. "
Li Jian nodded after hearing this. According to Tang Ping, he was already quite attracted to Mu Xiufeng.
"Sister Tang, when we were in our Lujiazhuang, your sixth grandfather told me that there was a sect in the sect that specialized in drinking, eating meat and sleeping, which one was it?"
Lu Pingchuan listened to Tang Ping's explanation of the various sects in the sect, and suddenly thought of what Tang Bonian had said to him when he came here, and asked questions. As soon as he said this, several people were curious that such a thing existed, and they all looked at Tang Ping.
Tang Ping said angrily: "Brother Lu! Don't believe what my sixth grandfather told you. How can there be such a good thing? You can cultivate by drinking, eating meat and sleeping. I even want to go!"
Lu Pingchuan became anxious upon hearing this and said, "Your sixth grandfather is a senior expert. How could...how could you lie to me!"
"I'm not completely lying to you. My sixth grandfather must have said it was the Houtu Temple."
"Houtu Temple, hey, Sister Tang, please tell me quickly."
"This Houtu Temple is also a sect with a small number of people in the sect. It is similar to that of Mu Xiufeng. Anyway, there are very few people. However, the method practiced by Houtu Temple is very strange. They are called body cultivators. It is said that with the After practicing for a long time, the physical cultivator will become extremely hard. Not only is he invulnerable to swords and guns, but also invulnerable to water and fire. When fighting with others, he will be deeply feared by others. You think, ordinary monks will use spells and magic weapons after fighting against physical cultivators. After a busy day, I was so tired that I was sweating profusely and panting. The result was that the physical cultivator was like being scratched. I didn't care. The physical cultivator could completely resist the opponent's spells and magic weapons and rush over to catch the opponent. Who wouldn’t be afraid of being hit by fists and kicks?”
Lu Pingchuan said happily after hearing this: "This is what I like."
"My sixth grandfather didn't lie to you completely. Most of the monks in the sect are fasting. Only in Houtu Temple, neither the elders nor the disciples are fasting. But they are very particular about what they eat, mainly what they hunt outside. Some edible monsters are cooked and eaten later, and I heard that the method of cooking those monsters in Houtu Temple is also unique. Well, it is said to be very delicious. I must try it if I have the chance. There is also wine, Hou The people in the Tu Temple were all respectful to my sixth grandfather when they met him, and responded to his requests. It was because my sixth grandfather was a famous winemaker in the sect. Although they also made their own wine, the taste was much worse and the alcohol was not strong. Compared with the wine of my sixth grandfather, wine and meat are indispensable auxiliary means for physical cultivation, but the improvement of cultivation still depends on personal efforts, and sleeping is useless. "
Hearing these words, Lu Pingchuan was very happy and said: "I just said that senior experts can't lie to me. When I enter the inner gate, I must go to the Houtu Temple. Hey, you just said cooking It’s a monster that can be eaten, so why is there something that this monster can’t eat?”
"Of course, there are spiritual beasts in the Tang family that guard the house. They are actually domesticated monsters. For example, my Xiaobai is also a spiritual beast. Some monsters are indeed inedible. I have never seen them. I heard That’s right, it’s said that the whole body of that kind of monster is poisonous, and after being hunted, it can be used for other purposes, but it can’t eat meat.”
"Oh" Lu Pingchuan understood and nodded.
"Houtu Temple's selection of disciples is also very strict, similar to that of Mu Xiufeng, but Brother Lu will definitely be fine. I can vouch for this."
"Hahahaha, I think so too!" Lu Pingchuan laughed with joy.
After talking about Houtu Temple, Tang Ping saw Qian Chao who was listening carefully and asked, "What about you, Mr. Qian, what do you want to learn?"
Qian Chao asked himself, and said with a smile: "I told you, don't laugh. The bronze carriage from the time of the first selection is still fascinating to me. At first, I saw that the carriage was ordinary, as if it was just for picking up I prepared it alone. But when I entered, it was as big as a palace. I was shocked at the time and stared at it for a long time. I couldn't figure it out. Is it because the carriage was originally huge and it looked smaller after it transformed? Or was the carriage originally an ordinary size, but it became smaller after we entered? Or is there some other mystery? This is really puzzling and fascinating. And those senior brothers from the sect, Watching them come or go, a sword the size of a hairpin is thrown to the ground, and in a blink of an eye it becomes the size of a small boat. Not only is it stable when a person stands on it, but it can also fly around, making people I was filled with envy after seeing them. I will be very satisfied if I can practice in the Five Spirits Sect and learn how to make those treasures."
After hearing this, Tang Ping said: "Then you should go to Jiuxuan."
"Jiuxuan, where do you teach these things?" Qian Chao asked.
"Jiu Xuan Sect has the widest range of miscellaneous knowledge and is also the sect with the largest number of people. Almost half of the people in Wuling Sect are from Jiu Xuan. In addition to the basic Five Elements spells, Jiu Xuan is most famous for refining weapons, making talismans, and cloth. Formation, it seems that there are other more obscure and unknown methods. The bronze carriage and sword you just mentioned are all obtained through the art of refining weapons. Almost everyone among the disciples of Jiu Xuan knows one or two skills of refining weapons. If you want to learn the art, you have to go to Jiuxuan. I heard that to become a skilled weapon refiner, you need not only cultivation, but also ingenuity. You have a lot of clever ideas, so it should be a good fit for you."
Qian Chao nodded after hearing this, and then asked Tang Ping: "What about you, you haven't said which door you want to go to?"
"Me!" Tang Ping said helplessly, "Where else can I go? Of course it's Shuiyun Valley. My sixth grandfather won't let me leave under his eyes, but he probably won't teach me personally. He should teach me I'll find a master. I'd rather go to another door, where he can't see me, and then I'll be free, but unfortunately I'm afraid that's not possible."
Then they chatted for a while, and Lu Pingchuan also asked Tang Ping to remember to try to get some wine made by Senior Tang to drink. Tang Ping agreed with a smile while tearing off a strip of meat from the almost roasted pheasant. Come and eat, after chewing for a few times, she suddenly realized something and immediately said to Lu Pingchuan: "Brother Lu, it's baked, it's baked!"
What Lu Pingchuan was roasting was a hare. He brought the hare on a stick close to his eyes and looked at it.
"Well, it's baked, what's wrong?"
"Oh, it's not in your hand, over there, over there!" As she said that, Tang Ping stood up and walked towards the two fires next to her.
Lu Pingchuan then remembered, stood up and said loudly: "Yes, yes, yes, it's almost done, it's almost done."
The other three people also knew that there was delicious food under the two fires, but they had never tasted it and had never seen it, so they all went over to take a look out of curiosity.
The two piles of fire had almost burned out, leaving only a few ashes and a few pieces of still-red charcoal. Lu Pingchuan stamped out all the embers, found a wooden stick and inserted it into the soft soil under the ashes, then pulled out a round He pried the thing out, and it seemed that he used too much force, and the round thing rolled up. Tang Ping chased after it and shouted: "Hurry and grab it, don't let him run away."
When the round thing stopped, it was a ball stained with a lot of black wood ash and burnt like rough pottery.
"Don't touch it with your hands, it's very hot!" Lu Pingchuan said, still using the stick in his hand to drive the ball to the fire where several people were sitting around.
"How do you get it open? Do you want to hit it with a stick?" Tang Ping asked as everyone looked at the hot ball with curiosity.
"Of course, use rocks." Lu Pingchuan said, picking up a rock from the side and hitting it with a "snap".
The rough pottery-like mud shell was smashed into pieces, and a white steam with a strong meaty aroma suddenly came out, making several people twitch their fingers and salivate after smelling it. Even Li Jian, the most insatiable person, couldn't help but nod.
Lu Pingchuan used a knife usually used to butcher pheasants to cut off the straw ropes inside, and then opened up several layers of lotus leaves that had been wilted by the roasting. Inside was a roasted jujube that was bright, crisp and tender. The plump pheasant suddenly became more aromatic.
Yanxuan handed Lu Pingchuan two twigs that he had already prepared with the bark peeled off and sharpened. Lu Pingchuan skillfully used the twigs to dismantle the cooked chicken effortlessly and said: "My father did this very simply when hunting. He didn't pluck the pheasant feathers or drain the blood. He only removed the internal organs. Just rub some fine salt inside, and when it's cooked, just rub it with your fingers and all the chicken feathers will fall off. But my mother is very particular about doing this. She plucks all the chicken feathers carefully and smeared pork on the outside. Oil, which should be stuffed with some peeled river shrimp, diced bacon, mushrooms and bamboo shoot slices, as well as fine salt, cloves, star anise and green onion and ginger to enhance the flavor, oh, and wine. It's a pity these There’s no place to look for it, otherwise it would be more delicious.”
After hearing this, Tang Ping couldn't help it and reached out to grab a piece of chicken. When Yanxuan saw the word "hot", before he could say it, Tang Ping immediately retracted his hand and stopped blowing at her mouth.
"It's very hot, but it smells really good."
Yanxuan caught her hand, looked at it, and said with an angry smile: "How can you be so impatient? It's still very hot now."
Qian Chao saw the funny thing, so he picked a few grass blades from beside him and picked up a chicken leg and handed it to her.
"Well, it's so fragrant and hot." Tang Ping took a small bite and immediately praised it, "I'll have to do this more often in the future."
After a while, several people had tasted it and they were all full of praise. Tang Ping complained that she couldn't eat enough, and quickly dug out the second one, so the others were busy again.
Eating the delicious food, Yanxuan sighed in his heart, it would be great if the few of them could stay together in the future, and they could always be so happy and carefree. However, what the listener just said was that everyone had to go to different sects in the sect, and I was afraid that they would not be able to do so in the future. Together every day.
"A Ping, after entering the inner gate, will we be under strict control and not be able to get together like this often?" Yanxuan asked.
When everyone heard this, they didn't think about this problem and looked at Tang Ping.
"No, after entering the inner sect, we cannot leave the sect for the first and second levels of Qi refining. The large area outside the sect is the territory of the Five Spirits Sect. It belongs directly to the Five Spirits Sect, but there are all The places where disciples of Qi Refining Level 3 and above go when doing things for Keishi-in are not allowed to go until Qi Refining Level 3. At that time, we could only stay inside the sect, but the sect was also very It's very big. If you walk on your feet, you won't even be able to leave your sect in one day. Therefore, after entering the inner gate, you must seize the time to practice the air control skill. In this way, we can fly around. Then we can get together as usual.”
Not only Yanxuan, but also everyone else felt relieved after hearing this.
"By the way, Brother Lu, there are many spiritual birds and beasts in the sect, but you must not take their ideas. You must remember them!"
"Oh? Why, do those have owners?" Lu Pingchuan asked after hearing this.
"Well, even if you have an owner, the most important thing is that the spiritual birds and beasts in the sect are very powerful. Ordinary foundation-building monks would not dare to provoke them easily. If you try to take advantage of them, you will only suffer the consequences. It’s you, you must remember it!”
"Oh, that's right!" Lu Pingchuan nodded after hearing this.
"It is true that we don't have much time in Youming Valley," Tang Ping said. "When we have time, we should also go to Little Lotus Lake to have a look. It is the most scenic place in Youming Valley. Qian Chao has been there. We always praise the scenery there, and we always say we want to go there, but we have never been able to practice here every day. Why don’t we take a lazy trip and take a look another day? After entering the inner gate, we will practice every day, even if we have time. I’m not in the mood to come here again, what do you think?”
Everyone nodded in agreement after hearing this.
