A mile of banyan trees.
The shade of the trees blocks the skylight, and there are dense trees below, with several houses faintly visible.
There are strange human-eye orchids on the trees, and there are sunflower-like plants around under the trees.
Twenty armored ghost soldiers were practicing cross-legged practice under the tree, absorbing the yin energy.
Sitting at the head is Yin Cheng Zhang Qi.
Beside him was a golden-eyed frog about the size of a human head, lying on all fours, with its mouth wide open, breathing in the yin energy.
There are fields around the trees, where ghost rice, ghost cotton, ghost vines, etc. are planted.
A dozen ghost soldiers are taking care of it.
When it was time to shift, these ghost soldiers returned to their wooden houses to practice. After eating, they went to the banyan tree to practice the Yin Gathering Technique.
Others practice will-o'-the-wisp.
Tang Ping opened up his magic to his Taoist soldiers.
Although there are only more than thirty Dao soldiers now, they are all elite soldiers without exception.
For safety reasons, Tang Ping only recruits people from the clan, and basically does not accept lonely ghosts.
In the wooden house, Tang Ping was no longer around.
He has a palace deep in the pool.
boom!
Gululu......
Suddenly, the thirty-foot-deep water bubbled like a boil.
The majestic energy burst out.
Near mangroves.
A big black fish nearly one foot long was swimming in the shallow cement pond.
At this time, he also noticed the situation on the water surface.
I saw a tall human figure emerging from the water.
He is nine feet tall. His upper body is human, with black hair and red scales on his face. His lower body is like a carp's tail.
The moment this god appeared, the entire water seemed to boil.
The water attribute energy surged at this moment.
Kurofu took this opportunity to open his mouth and drink the essence in large gulps.
Click, click, click...
Suddenly, in addition to his head, Kurofu's body also turned into a human.
Tang Ping closed his eyes and sensed the form changes brought about by the completion of the Water Control Technique.
He seemed to have really turned into a fish.
Like a fish in water, it has a very strong affinity for water flow.
Even if you enter the deep sea, you don't have to worry about water pressure.
"Am I in the form of He Bo?"
Tang Ping was quite interested.
This underworld contract is really powerful, and you can change into whatever form you want.
What if icebergs, volcanoes, or even clouds are formed in the future?
His magical power is vast, even stronger than the so-called seventy-two transformations.
Tang Ping put away his magical power.
At this time, a fish-headed man came to pay homage to him. With a simple and honest voice, he bowed and said, "Black man pays homage to the god."
"Huh? Have you broken through to the evil soul?"
Unknowingly, there was another evil soul under his command, and now it was the third one.
"Thanks to God."
"I will appoint you as the Water Controlling School Captain, and you will be responsible for assisting the Tomb Gate Pavilion Chief in guarding the waters."
"As you command!"
Wow!
Tang Ping returned to the cabin.
After the water control method is completed, the only magic left is the evil eating method and the method of cutting mountains and cutting grass.
Now it would be perfect to have someone who refines medicine.
Tang Ping took out the wooden slips.
Carefully study the magic bait ginger saltpeter method.
The main root of this method is yellow powder.
Yellow powder needs to use special water and fire methods to extract the essence of ginger and saltpeter.
Tang Ping called it the bait refining method.
Ginger is fire and saltpeter is water.
The two are integrated into one, in line with the creation of heaven and earth.
"First soak the sacred ginger in the water from the east flow for seven days, then smash it with a mallet, filter it with cloth to get the juice, put it in a black pottery, cover it with earth and bury it for ten days, add wild grass to expose it, roast it with fire, and get the turmeric liquid... …”
"The saltpeter is drained of sand by flowing water east of it, and new reeds are soaked in water to submerge the saltpeter, soaked for a hundred days, then ground... and roasted over a fire..."
When the two are combined into one, they become yellow powder.
White is the lower grade, light yellow is the middle grade, and golden is the top grade.
Yellow powder can be paired with many things.
The so-called bait is to fish out the ingredients in natural materials and earthly treasures.
In theory, different functions can be fished out, but these are the only ones that are currently useful, and most of the others are poisons.
"Ignore all these for now, let's start by recreating a few prescriptions."
Tang Ping thought.
My own strategy of suing the ground is actually quite suitable for practicing this kind of alchemy method.
Refining alchemy relies on techniques. The more stable the method, the easier it is to refine the elixir.
Tang Ping walked out of the door.
When the ghosts woke up, Zhang Qi stepped forward to greet them.
: "Marquis of God!"
"Keep practicing and leave me alone." Tang Ping suddenly said, "By the way, you can go to the ghost market later and buy a tripod, not too big, and three black clay pots."
"July 15th is coming soon, Zhang has some tripods there."
"You can also build a cauldron?" Tang Ping asked curiously.
The difficulty of building a tripod is relatively high, and it is not comparable to that of ordinary swords.
"I wanted to build a chariot before, but the bronze tripod was just for practice."
Tang Ping shook his head and said: "There is no need to build a car. People have been making cars since childhood. How can you, a monk who has become a monk halfway, compare? Continue to engage in mounted archery, with soldiers as the main force and cavalry as the supplement. This is your strength."
"Buy one for yourself."
Tang Ping took the time to put on his feathers and go to the underworld to get some water, so that he could basically make medicine behind closed doors.
A few days later.
Zhang Qi bought back the bronze tripod.
This is a bronze tripod with three legs and two ears. It is not big and reaches about the thigh.
Tang Ping did what he said and started refining medicine.
Leave the banyan tree to Zhang Qi and the water area to Hei Fu.
boom!
Ten days later, there was an explosion in the wooden house, the roof blew into the sky, and bronze shards were everywhere.
"Quack, quack, quack..." The frog spun around in circles in fright.
boom!
A piece of bronze fragment hit it on the head, with stars in its eyes, and it lay on the ground with its white belly exposed.
"Zhang Qi, buy another day, no, ten tripods."
"yes!"
"It should be an accident." Tang Ping muttered to himself.
Bait refining method? (1/1000).
I'm getting started, but my proficiency is a bit low.
Accidents are prone to occur when proficiency is low.
Practice first and then talk.
The medicine Qiu Sheng gave me is enough for three to five months, so there's no need to worry.
Fifteenth next month.
Zhang Qi brought a pile of bronze tripods in two storage bags.
"Have you seen that person?" Tang Ping asked.
"No."
"Then it's time to go into seclusion."
Tang Ping threw the thought behind him.
Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of a frog lying under the banyan tree with his big belly exposed, and he suddenly became furious.
"You have some free time, kid. Come here."
"Quack, quack..."
The frog jumped up with a swish and landed on Tang Ping's shoulder. Its two little eyes stared at Tang Ping fawningly.
"Go back to the water pool to pickle fish. Then help me pickle fish..." Tang Ping paused and suddenly shouted, "The Tomb Gate Pavilion Chief obeys the order! I will make you the general of Yuanshui and lead six...twelve armies to guard the water pool. , there must be no mistake!”
"Quack!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the frog's eyes suddenly lit up, and he puffed out his chest and flew into the darkness, ready to patrol his territory.
Tang Ping returned to the cabin.
Youdu Tinghou does not raise idle people. Now there are three evil spirits, which is much better than forty years ago. How can it be possible to let this group of laborers idle.
With sufficient materials, Tang Ping started his alchemy business again.
Spring passes and autumn comes.
The Wu family came back victorious and became one of the six top officials of the Jing Kingdom by virtue of their military exploits. They were so powerful that they controlled three cities and 500,000 people, and were known as the hegemon in the southeast.
The taxes in the underworld have not been cancelled, but have been symbolically reduced to 30%.
It is divided among three people: Feathered Deer, Feathered Tiger and Feathered Fish.
Spring and Autumn are two more years.
There was no news about Qiu Sheng, maybe he had a breakthrough, maybe he didn't want to become a ghost, so he didn't go to find Xiong.
Zhang succeeded in cultivating ginger trees in Meishan and found a small saltpeter mine.
Tang Ping spent tens of thousands of materials and achieved a small success in the bait refining method.
Finally, the success rate of low-grade yellow powder was reached to 60%.
There is a 10% chance of refining medium-grade yellow powder.
Reach a level of self-sufficiency.
The progress of the evil spirit is also slowly improving; the Yangjian resumes two sacrifices a year, and the territory gradually becomes larger. The number of ghost soldiers aquarium is also growing.
Everything is on track, just wait for time.
On this day, a strange phenomenon appeared in the mortal world.
Meishan.
There is a wooden hall on the mountain, which is the place where Zhang family practices.
"Ahhh!!"
In the back hall, a young man was pacing anxiously, and from time to time, shrill shouts came from the door.
Hearing his wife's voice, Zhang Cong was so anxious that he was sweating profusely.
His wife, Mrs. Xiong, is Xiong Ying's woman, and they have been engaged since childhood.
This is the fifth child Xiong has given birth to.
"Whoa whoa whoa!"
With the final shout, a baby cried throughout the house.
"Congratulations, head of the family, you are a boy!"
Suddenly, the room was filled with red light, like the sun setting.
"Bold monster!"
Zhang Cong thought the ghost was causing trouble and rushed into the house immediately.
He stopped in his steps and was stunned. He saw the red light in the room sinking into the baby's body. The baby stopped crying. His blue pupils seemed to penetrate yin and yang, and he was looking at Zhang Cong curiously.
