The five of them chatted for a while, Lu Pingchuan's meat was ready, and several of them had already moved their index fingers and couldn't help but eat it.
While eating, Tang Ping remembered something and said, "In a few days, it will be the 'Fairy Fishing' held every five years within the sect. Do you know?"
After hearing this, Yanxuan immediately said, "Well, I heard about it."
"Immortal fishing?" Lu Pingchuan didn't understand what he heard and asked, "Sister Tang, what is that, fishing?"
"Isn't the immortal fishing?" Tang Ping said, pointing at a bone she had chewed until it was fleshless, "What is that?"
Lu Pingchuan looked over and said, "Isn't that Yuhu Mountain on Tianshui Lake?"
"Yes, Brother Lu, do you remember that there are many vines hanging down on Yuhu Mountain?"
"Remember."
"Those vines are also strange. Every few years, one day they will grow very long and hang down into Tianshui Lake."
Lu Pingchuan finally understood and said, "Oh, those vines have grown long, and when they fall into the water, they are called immortals fishing. What's so fun about that?"
"That's not fun, Brother Lu, do you know what's on Yuhu Mountain?"
"Didn't I say that the seniors of our sect are practicing on Yuhu Mountain? Hey, is it possible that they used this method to fish from Tianshui Lake that day?"
As soon as these words came out, Yanxuan was amused.
"Oh, of course not," Tang Ping said helplessly, "Brother Lu, in addition to the seniors of the ancestors, there are many, many monkeys on Yuhu Mountain. Usually those monkeys can't come down, and that's the only day they can come down." Climb all the way down with those vines."
"Oh, that's right. Then... isn't it just a monkey coming down the mountain? What's wrong?"
"Brother Lu, those monkeys are not easy to mess with," Yanxuan said, "I have also heard about this immortal fishing. We disciples in Qixia Mountain are required to go to the Lingcao Garden to help on that day. That is, I’m afraid those monkeys will come down from the mountain and harm our spiritual grass.”
"Are those monkeys so hateful?" Lu Pingchuan asked.
"More than just hateful," Tang Ping said, "They are also very powerful. Think about it, how can the monkeys on Yuhu Mountain be ordinary? It is said that ordinary small monkeys are equivalent to the cultivation level of Qi refining, and even the bigger ones are It is equivalent to the cultivation of foundation building. They come down the mountain and behave unreasonably. When they see something delicious, they rush up to them. When they grab it, they stuff it into their mouths. When they see something interesting, they also rush up. When they grab it, they take it back to Yuhu Mountain. If you don't Give or stop them, they will swarm forward, scratching and scratching. Ordinary Qi refining disciples are no match at all and can only be robbed. If they run slowly, all their clothes will be snatched away by them! But they They are also clever, and they don’t bother with the monks who have high levels of cultivation!”
Qian Chao and Li Jian were in a daze when they heard this.
"so smart!"
"Well," Tang Ping said, "Actually, good things are hidden. If you don't provoke them, nothing will happen. But Brother Li, you have to be more careful that day."
"Oh! Why is this?" Li Jian was very curious one day. In fact, he was not the only one, but several others were also curious.
"Alas! Those monkeys will not die if they encounter something sweet to eat. Brother Li, the wild honey in your bamboo forest used to be fine if it was not of high quality. But now the wild honey in your forest is very good. You have to be careful this time, you might attract those monkeys and cause trouble to you without even leaving a single hive."
Li Jian nodded after hearing this and said, "Well, it seems that I really need to cheer up that day. Huh, I didn't expect to have to deal with monkeys."
Lu Pingchuan immediately said after hearing this: "It's okay! Brother Li, I came to you early that day, and we will deal with those monkeys together!"
"I'm coming too." Qian Chao also said.
"Sister Yan is going to protect their spiritual grass. I have something to do that day, but with the three of you, it's probably about the same. Otherwise, I would also like to join you in the fun. Oh, by the way, you must Remember, those monkeys can only be beaten, but not injured. They are very vindictive. If you hurt one, the next time all the monkeys come down the mountain to only cause trouble for you. Even if they can't find you, they will take your place. Only by tearing down the mess can we relieve our hatred."
"Ah?" This surprised these people again.
"I heard from a senior brother of my sixth grandfather that a disciple of Shuiyun Valley planted some spiritual fruits by himself. One year when he was driving away those monkeys, he accidentally killed one. As a result, the next time he came down from the Yuhu Mountain, a few Hundreds of monkeys came to make trouble for him. The disciple was so frightened that he ran away without even wanting the orchard. When he came back, he found that not to mention the spiritual fruits in his garden, even the fruit trees had been chewed up by those monkeys. Very quickly It’s miserable.”
"This monkey is so disgusting!"
"Well, as long as it doesn't die or get hurt, everything else is easy. It doesn't matter how painful it is."
…
On the stone table in Qian Chao's small courtyard, a piece of beige brocade was spread on the table like a baggage. Five large nail-like objects were placed on the brocade, and two books were also placed there.
Those five big nail-like things were naturally the soul-locking stakes refined for Senior Sister Luo. The two books were also left by Senior Sister Luo that day. Seeing that the one-month deadline had come, Senior Sister Luo still found someone to give Qian Chao Qian Chao came here with a message saying that he was coming to pick up his spiritual lock stake, so Qian Chao waited quietly in his small courtyard.
Qian Chao has been very curious about this spirit-locking pile since he refined it. He has tried it several times in private. Unfortunately, the method is wrong at all. In addition to making these five big nail-like spirit-locking piles fly and move, Apart from moving, nothing else can be done.
However, Qian Chao never thought that he could figure out how to use the spirit locking pile on his own. He was just curious. He was curious now that Senior Sister Luo was here, how to verify whether the spirit-locking pile was successfully refined?
Hearing the knock on the door, Qian Chao hurriedly got up and answered the door, but the person who knocked on the door pushed the door open and walked in. It was Senior Sister Luo who was still wearing a black dress.
When Qian Chao saw him, he hurriedly greeted him and saluted. Senior Sister Luo just said "hmm" softly. When she entered Qian Chao's courtyard, she saw the things placed on the stone table and walked over directly to sit on the stone bench. superior.
"It's really been refined? How is the refining going?" Seeing the spirit locking stake on the stone table, Senior Sister Luo was curious and picked one up and looked at it carefully.
"I made it exactly according to Senior Sister Luo's requirements. However, Senior Sister Luo has to verify it in person."
After hearing this, Senior Sister Luo hummed softly and stopped talking. She just picked up the spiritual locking stakes on the table one by one and looked at them carefully. It seemed that there were no flaws that could be seen with the naked eye. She then They were all placed on the stone table, and a bag was also taken out and placed on the stone table.
"Junior Brother Qian, I'm going to verify it right now. Hey, did you see it? If it works, this bag of spirit stones will be yours. If it doesn't work, huh, Junior Brother Qian, how many spirit stones should you pay me in compensation? ?”
After hearing this, Qian Chao quickly said cautiously: "If it fails and delays Senior Sister Luo's time, I will naturally have to apologize to Senior Sister Luo. Don't worry, if this happens, Senior Sister Luo will naturally be satisfied."
"Humph, Junior Brother Qian, your tone is quite serious. Let's take a look first and then talk."
As she spoke, Senior Sister Luo clapped her hands together, and saw five spirit-locking stakes floating up from the stone table in unison, and spinning into a circle above the table. At this time, Senior Sister Luo no longer paid attention to Qian Chao, and stared at the spirit lock pile with both eyes without blinking.
coming! Qian Chao secretly thought that he wanted to see how Senior Sister Luo verified the spirit-locking stake that he had made, so although he stood still on the side, his eyes kept staring at the five spirit-locking pillars.
The five long nail-like spirit locking stakes were spinning around under the pull of Senior Sister Luo's spiritual energy. Gradually, a faint blue light emerged. It seemed as if there was a blue circle in front of Senior Sister Luo that was constantly rotating. Sometimes it was big and sometimes small, and then the color of the circle changed. Sometimes it was fiery red, sometimes bright white, and then it was called grass green. However, because it was rotating, it made people feel dazzled when they saw it.
These things obviously happened under the control of Senior Sister Luo. Qian Chao noticed that the five slender jade fingers on Senior Sister Luo's right hand were constantly changing. The color of the soul-locking stake would change almost every time. He secretly remembered the hand technique in his heart, but he only knew the hand technique, but he didn't know how to use the mental technique.
After a while, Senior Sister Luo stopped and looked at Qian Chao.
Qian Chao quickly asked: "Senior Sister Luo, how about this spiritual locking stake?"
"Why are you so anxious? You haven't finished reading it yet!" After saying this, Senior Sister Luo reached out and took out a spiritual stone from the bag on the stone table. Qian Chao was very puzzled when he saw it. He didn't know what Senior Sister Luo was going to do with the spiritual stone. use.
"Look carefully, Junior Brother Qian, success or failure depends on this." Senior Sister Luo said and threw the spiritual stone on the ground.
The spirit stone was crystal clear. It jumped twice when it landed on the ground and then stopped there. Then, the five spirit locking stakes that were still suspended suddenly fell around the spirit stone, entering the ground within a few inches. Nailed on the ground, and the spirit stone is in the center of these five spirit locking piles. Immediately, Qian Chao noticed that Senior Sister Luo's hands were changing in unison, and then he saw the colors of the five soul-locking stakes changing.
The spirit stone in the spirit lock pile was like a piece of ice suddenly exposed to high temperatures. It slowly became smaller at a speed that Qian Chao could discern with the naked eye. It finally shrank to the size of a grain of rice and then disappeared after a slight flash.
This surprised Qian Chao. If he used spiritual stones in his practice, he would have to meditate at least twice to absorb a spiritual stone. In just a few breaths, a spiritual stone was gone! Incredible! He came closer and squatted there, looking carefully on the ground. Finally, he stretched out a finger and pressed on the place where the spiritual stone had fallen, as if to find out where the spiritual stone was. Nothing special.
Qian Chao's actions made Senior Sister Luo laugh. She looked at Qian Chao's actions with a proud face and said, "Stop looking for it. The spirit stone is gone. It has been consumed by this spirit lock pile."
After saying that, Senior Sister Luo made a casual move with her hand, and the five soul-locking stakes jumped up from the ground and flew into her hand one after another.
"Not bad, Junior Brother Qian, it seems that I really underestimated you at the beginning. I didn't expect that you on the second level of Qi Refining could really refine this spirit-locking pile. Not bad."
As she spoke, Senior Sister Luo put the spirit-locking stakes into her storage bag. It seemed that these five spirit-locking stakes were approved by her.
"However, if you hadn't refined it and it was all a joke at the beginning, maybe I would have rewarded you with some more spiritual stones. Now, you can only get these spiritual stones."
Qian Chao naturally understood what she meant, but he just listened and did not say anything.
"Okay, if that's the case, then I'm leaving." Before leaving, Senior Sister Luo also took away the two books that she had left with Qian Chao.
Only the bag of spirit stones was left on the stone table, and of course one piece was missing.
After Qian Chao saw off Senior Sister Luo, he grabbed the bag of spirit stones and weighed it in his hands, then opened it and looked at it. It was really quite a lot, and it was a considerable amount of money.
After putting the spirit stone away, Qian Chao looked carefully and confirmed that Senior Sister Luo had gone far before turning back to his room and closing the door with his backhand.
In the room, Qian Chao sat on the futon and seemed to be about to start meditating, but after doing it for a while, he took out five spiritual locking stakes from the storage bag that were almost identical to those taken away by Senior Sister Luo.
Senior Sister Luo also underestimated Qian Chao, thinking that it would be great if Qian Chao could refine the Soul Locking Stakes in one month. Unexpectedly, Qian Chao not only refined it, but also secretly refined five for himself. It can be seen how curious and yearning Qian Chao is for the art of formation.
However, after Qian Chao fiddled with it for a long time, he was able to make the five spirit-locking stakes rotate like when Senior Sister Luo used them, but there was no change in the five stakes. This is also simple, because Qian Chao used the object-controlling technique to drive the soul-locking pile, and Senior Sister Luo obviously used her own unique magic. As the saying goes, a key opens a lock, even if Qian Chao is superb in the object-controlling technique, This soul locking pile cannot be used.
Sighing, Qian Chao took back the five stakes, and then took out a piece of paper from the storage bag. What was drawn on the paper were exactly five soul locking stakes, with the runes Qian Chao on each one. They were all traced carefully. He placed the piece of paper on the desk, took out pens of different colors and began to draw many lines between the five piles.
Earlier, Senior Sister Luo used a spirit locking stake to quickly dissipate an unused spirit stone, which opened Qian Chao's eyes. In fact, he had already paid attention to it, and secretly took advantage of Senior Sister Luo's unpreparedness. He used his Blue Eyes Technique to see the changes among the five soul-locking stakes, and he really saw some clues.
In Qian Chao's view, Senior Sister Luo did not give them much spiritual power after the five spirit-locking stakes were nailed to the ground. She only used a spell to change the rune on one of the stakes, and then the rune started After absorbing the spiritual energy in the spirit stone, other runes on this pile were triggered. The change of one pile caused the adjacent piles to also change. The runes of the last five piles were constantly changing, until that piece Until the spirit energy of the spirit stone is completely absorbed.
But what surprised Qian Chao even more was that after the spiritual energy contained in the spiritual stone was absorbed by the spiritual locking piles, after several turns between the five piles, a pair of five piles were formed. In the center of the five piles, the spiritual stone An oppressive force in the position. Seeing this, Qian Chao immediately thought that if the thing in the middle of these five soul-locking piles was not this spiritual stone, but a monster beast, then these five soul-locking piles would not only continuously absorb the spiritual energy from its whole body, but also absorb all the spiritual energy from it. The incoming spiritual energy turned against the trapped monster, making it unable to move. Originally, when the spiritual energy was sucked away, it was like a person losing his strength. He gradually became weak, but then he turned back and used this strength to deal with it! In this way, no matter whether it is a monster or a monk who is trapped, the end will be the same, they will be captured without any help!
This formation technique is really wonderful! Qian Chao couldn't help but sigh in his heart after seeing it clearly, but he was also afraid that the change in his face would be seen by Senior Sister Luo. After all, even if he was not stealing, he was still spying on the secrets of other people's magic. Not to mention the Senior Luo behind Senior Sister Luo. Even if Senior Sister Luo saw through it, she would not let him go, so Qian Chao deliberately squatted on the ground and pretended to be curious, but in fact he was hiding the shock on his face.
The drawing on the paper was completed, and Qian Chao also knew how the formation of Senior Sister Luo worked roughly. However, Qian Chao knew why but didn't know why. He knew why the formation was powerful, but he didn't know. How to make the formation work.
After staring at the drawing for a long time, Qian Chao still didn't know how to operate it. However, after looking at it for a long time, he frowned. After thinking for a while, he rummaged through the storage bag and took out a larger paper roll and spread it on the desk. superior. There were also five drawn on the paper, but they were not spirit-locking stakes, but five pillars. There are complex and obscure runes on each pillar, and there are different lines connecting the five pillars.
What was drawn on this piece of paper was not simple. It was the Small Five Spirit Formation that Qian Chao and the other five experienced at Little Lotus Lake when they were still in Youming Valley.
Qian Chao has a photographic memory, and anyone who has seen it once can basically remember it in his heart. That time was another rare adventure, which can be regarded as the first real danger he experienced when he entered the world of cultivation, and because of the After some hard work, his eyes had some changes and he saw some strange sights. So after entering the inner door, he used his memory to describe all the situations in the formation on the paper one by one.
Comparing these two pictures, Qian Chao looked at them carefully for a while, and finally became a little discouraged. In addition to the number of stakes and pillars being five, there was also the fact that the spiritual energy was spinning around in both formations. Even go. Apart from these two points, it seems that these two formations have nothing in common.
But the Little Five Spirit Formation is always much more complicated.
Shaking his head, he thought he could gain something from the comparison, so he put away both papers in disappointment. However, although he was disappointed, Qian Chao was not in a hurry. He still gained something today. At least he knew why the formation composed of the soul-locking piles was so powerful. However... if he was accidentally trapped by this formation, he would be trapped again. What to do?
In such a formation, if you destroy a soul-locking stake, it will be considered a breach of the formation. In fact, there is no need to destroy it. If you have the ability, you can kick a stake away in the formation, and it will be considered a breach of the formation. But within the formation, there is no need to destroy it. Do you have the time to do this?
When using the formation to break the formation, Qian Chao was not thinking about using force to break the formation, but if he was trapped in the formation, how to arrange a formation around himself, which would not only protect him from harm but also block the formation outside. The law is broken and eliminated.
There was silence in the room, Qian Chao fell into deep thought.
