It's actually not difficult to do. It is necessary to select ironwood with few knots and cut it into the appropriate thickness and length along the wood grain. The key is to have a careful mind and a steady hand, so that there are as few truncated wood veins as possible on the outer layer. According to Tao Chunxi, if the outer layer is cut off too much, the spiritual power will be dissipated too much.
Li Bochen is not as good as Zhou Pantong in nature, but he is a warrior and has great strength. He has practiced swordsmanship for many years and his fingers are also nimble, so he can get started quickly. He chipped two of them first - not much ironwood was brought into the secret realm, and Zhou Pan was so distressed that he frowned - and finally succeeded on the third one.
Li Boxen put away the knife and stood at the table to watch Tao Chunxi slowly draw runes on the wood.
The rest of the people didn't dare to disturb her and stayed far away. It was already noon in the secret realm and the sun was shining brightly. Tao Chunxi sat at the table and first drew the bottom line with a pen filled with lacquer sand, looking very focused. Li Bochen looked at her like this and slowly remembered the time when he was in Tao's house.
He felt a little sour in his heart, but he also knew that the sourness was not necessarily about Tao Chunxi as a person... but about the days at that time. Practicing boxing, joking, and having a touch of emotion in my heart. Although there were demonic troops in the north at that time, they were still blocked from Dangtu Mountain. Now that Taiping has been trampled to pieces, neither he nor she can go back to the past.
He exhaled slowly. I hope this world will be peaceful one day.
I must make this world peaceful.
After two quarters of an hour, Tao Chunxi slowly put down his pen, looked at the piece of ironwood carefully, took a step back and let out a breath. Meng Peiyong immediately said: "Miss Tao, is it done?"
Tao Chunxi smiled: "Not yet, it's still early. I still have to carve the formation into it slowly."
Although ironwood is strong, it is not a sacred object after all. Chisel patiently and slowly like chiseling stone, and you can always leave some small marks. But in this case, I'm afraid it will take a day or two to do it. Li Bochen could lend Yaohou to her, but at this time, Yaohou, who had hidden the Yin soldiers, really didn't dare to leave.
It seems that there will be no need for this thing tomorrow night.
He whispered: "Thank you, Miss Tao."
Tao Chunxi's eyelashes flickered twice and she bit her lip: "I should."
Several people a few steps away looked at each other. Meng Peiyong wanted to speak, but Fang Junfeng stopped him quickly and said, "Brother Meng, I have something to ask you. Let's come over and talk."
Meng Peiyong only had time to say, "I just want to ask -" before he was dragged away by Xie Yusheng.
After a few people had gone far, Li Boxen said: "You can tell Li Shengyi about this method when you go back."
Tao Chunxi was about to speak, but Li Boxen interrupted her: "The current situation is not the time for internal fighting. If Linxi can also have this thing, it should be easier to deal with the monsters."
Tao Chunxi was silent for a moment and said, "Okay."
The two looked at each other in silence for a while. Li Bochen sighed in his heart and said: "I... still have something to do. If you need anything, just ask someone to call me. There may be monsters in the secret realm, so don't go away alone."
Tao Chunxi nodded.
Li Bochen turned around, took a breath, and walked towards the entrance of the secret realm. When I walked to the newly built shack where wood was piled, I met Fang Yu. He was gathering a few young men, and it was time to get rations from him.
When you take people back here, the last thing you don't have to worry about is food. He had previously collected a lot of food from the golden platform in that realm. Although the taste may not be good, it was the most filling. After arriving here, in order not to frighten people, everyone was assigned tasks. This secret realm was actually much larger than the previous Mengjiatun. In addition to monsters, there were many animals. The hunting teams were divided into There were also a lot of gains. If the monsters can be prevented from changing the earth's aura, it is not impossible to recuperate here.
Li Bochen asked them to wait, went to a hiding place and brought out a few bags of rice noodles and dried fish. These foods are all he has in stock. To make the same kind of marching elixir as before, it may be enough for everyone here to eat for two or three months. He thought that if something happened to him, at least they wouldn't have to starve to death.
Fang Yu had seen his magical methods before and was not surprised. On the other hand, the young men were a little disappointed when they saw that there were only a few bags. When they heard Li Boxen said that these were the spiritual materials for the Marching Pill that had been distributed to the villagers before, they became happy and thanked them repeatedly.
Throughout the afternoon, Li Bochen walked around among the crowd, probing people's hearts. The situation was better than he thought. Most people had slowly recovered from their fear and began to grieve for the dead. More people thought that the monsters were coming and the five countries would definitely send troops to rescue them. They also heard that there was a banquet in the evening, so they felt that there was no need to worry about food and water here, and it felt more stable.
As the sun sets in the secret realm, the aroma of meat gradually rises. The military camp was set up near the entrance, the residents were placed near the island in the middle of the river, and the "banquet" was held in an open space near the residential shacks. They fled here last night and brought few cooking utensils, so most of the prey they hunted was roasted.
Five bonfires were lit on the velvety grass. Sheep, deer, hares, etc. were skinned and spread out whole on the fire. Although no one brought any seasonings, they collected hydrochloric acid berries, wood ginger seeds, oregano, etc. from the secret place. Some people discovered a few nests of wild bees while hunting and were so annoyed by the stings that a group of people simply stabbed the nests. A swarm of bees versus a swarm of bees, and a lot of honey was obtained. When baking, all the honey was used, and it was applied over and over again until the oil and water flowed.
When Li Bochen invited Sui Wujiu to sit down, there was a whole lamb roasting beautifully on the bonfire in front of him. The legs and body of the lamb were all cut with knives. The surface was browned with seasoning particles, and oil was sizzling inside. There was a crackling sound in the fire, and the fragrance made your cheeks sore.
Although the life of these villagers was pretty good in the past, it was only compared to other people in Li State. In fact, they may not be able to eat meat and fish all year round, and their intestines and stomachs were filled with clear soup and little water. Now that it's an all-meat feast, even if someone became lonely last night, their mood can be slightly relieved.
When Li Bochen took his seat, almost everyone was looking at him. However, he knew that these people did not necessarily want to ask him to "say a few words", but just wanted to "let's eat". At this moment, he really didn't have much to say about this scene, so he just stood up and said: "Everyone is tired for a day, so I won't say more. The person next to me is Duke Chebei - he has two thousand elite soldiers outside the secret realm. , are guarding our camp. Although the monsters have come, Li Di is one of the six countries, and the emperor must immediately send troops to drive away the enemy - the dead are gone, but the living are like this. Everyone, live well. ——”
When he said this, he saw that many people in the bright and dim fire looked dim, so he sighed in his heart and waved his hands: "Okay, let's eat."
He sat down slowly. There were generals and stewards around his fire, as well as Tao Chunxi and Qin Le. People elsewhere gradually began to talk and carve up meat and lively, but here everyone was silent. He knew in his heart that these people must have known that he planned to kill the demon spirit together with Sui Wujiu - things had reached the point where the master was going to the enemy camp to take the enemy chief's head, which was not optimistic in any way. They must not be happy because of this.
However, he himself is not often able to eat meat happily. Now that you've made your decision, there's no point worrying about it. He took out Yaohou and cut off a piece of the mutton leg, including the tendons and skin, and threw it into his mouth to chew. The meat is well grilled, elastic and tender, and because of the addition of wood ginger seeds, it is salty and slightly sweet but also has a slight lemon flavor. He had not tasted this taste for more than ten years, but he felt really happy for a moment and said, "Everyone, do you still need me to share it with you one by one?"
Fang Chu smiled and said, "How dare you bother me?" Then he also drew his knife and moved his hand.
Li Bochen then turned to look at Sui Wujiu and saw him sitting cross-legged on the green grass, frowning slightly. He didn't know whether Duke Chebei was unhappy because he was sitting around with a group of people without distinction of superiority or inferiority, or whether he felt that eating like this was too rough, so he said: "Mr. Sui, are you not used to it? In fact, it doesn't taste bad - I I’ll get you some tail oil to try, it’s a tooth-sticking fragrance.”
Just as he was about to take action, he saw Sui Wujiu narrowing his eyes and looking toward the secret realm, and moving his lips.
Li Bochen was stunned for a moment, not knowing what he said, so he said, "What did Mr. Sui say?"
Sui Wujiu frowned again and sneered: "I'm afraid someone else will come to the banquet. Marquis Wuwei, let's prepare to entertain guests!"
