If we just wait, maybe the Xiong family has eaten enough before, so she may not take the initiative to come to Taojiagou Village tonight...
If it doesn't come, I can't wait another day, right?
Staying here is not an option either.
But if there is a bait, the possibility of success is much greater.
With this thought in my mind, I feel more and more that I need a "bait" - but the bait can only be a child!
Although I can 100% guarantee that the child will never have an accident, who would trust me to use their child as a "bait"?
What a headache.
"Forget it, let's explain the situation clearly to the village chief first. Let him go to the village and ask. If anyone is willing, I will try it tonight. If no one is willing, I will try my luck and take it step by step. I just An outsider tries his best to help Taojiagou Village..."
I thought to myself silently.
So on the way back to the village, I told my thoughts to the village chief, Tao Zheng, and brothers Tao Feng and Tao Jiang.
Sure enough, they fell silent.
After a while, Tao Zheng asked hesitantly and cautiously.
"Brother Wu, using children as bait... I think it's a bit too risky, isn't it?"
I nodded.
"Indeed, even if I say that I will do everything possible to ensure the safety of the child, the child is the heart and soul of the parents, and there must be concerns. So I just make a suggestion. If no one is willing, then try your luck, look at Grandma Xiong Will you come to Taojiagou again tonight? The choice is in your own hands."
Tao Zheng thought about it and told me that he would go back and ask the villagers if anyone was willing...
After returning to Taojiagou.
Xiao Yuan and I rested at Tao Zheng's house first, while he took brothers Tao Feng and Tao Jiang to the village to find someone to ask if they were willing to "become bait".
Madoka was also a little worried.
"Boy Wu, is it really too risky to do this... After all, we don't know exactly who Grandma Xiong is. If anything happens accidentally, the villagers of Taojiagou will probably cause trouble for you. . And it will also leave inner demons behind, which will be detrimental to your future practice."
I chuckled.
"Yo? You damn fat bird, you're not used to being so concerned about me all of a sudden."
"Get out! I don't want to get involved with you. But seeing how you smile so cheaply, I must be confident?"
I nodded.
"A few days ago, when we were sorting and inventorying supplies in my master's backyard, I learned a new powerful advanced talisman from the "Three Mountain Talisman Encyclopedia" - the Substitute Talisman."
oh?
Madoka was stunned for a moment, then asked.
"Is it that spell that can instantly change the position of a person or something within a certain range?"
Yes!
The so-called substitute spell is actually a little different from the [substitute puppet technique].
A few years ago, when Li Miao and I ambush and attacked the evil cultivator Thousand Faces in a small wooden house on He Street in Lianghe Town, he used the "Substitute Puppet Technique" to escape.
The substitute puppet technique is to leave the little straw puppet in place and move it instantly to any place within a radius of five meters. There is no need to replace it with other objects. And when activated, the opponent will not notice it.
In essence, it is more similar to the life-saving technique of "escape from the golden cicada".
As for the substitute spell, the person who produces the effect may not include the caster himself. It can be that the positions of any two other objects are interchanged!
However, it does not have the invisibility of [Substitute Puppet Technique] and is easily discovered by opponents, requiring the caster's own exquisite spellcasting methods.
But the good thing is that the distance between switching positions reaches ten meters!
Madoka suddenly realized...
"I see, Mr. Wu is quite smart. So you plan to ambush yourself ten meters away, and when Grandma Xiong comes to catch the child, you will suddenly switch yourself and the bait in front of Grandma Xiong. A distance of ten meters is enough to ensure that The child who was originally used as bait is safe. No wonder you dare to play like this."
I chuckled.
"That's probably the plan! But the target of the bait-and-switch is not me, but you."
Madoka: "???"
"Young boy Wu, you bastard! If you encounter such a dangerous thing, just let me do it! I won't do it."
I explained patiently.
"No, you damn fat bird. I am doing this mainly to maintain the overall vision. I need to coordinate the arrangements to prevent the bear family from escaping. What's more, aren't you the great Jade Claw Haidongqing, the God of Eagles? A mere black bear spirit. That’s all, I’m afraid of a hammer!”
"Of course I'm not afraid! But the point is that it stinks. I love cleanliness so much..."
I said calmly.
"You can choose any pill of the fifth grade or below."
"make a deal!"
Madoka's eyes immediately lit up and she stopped beeping.
This guy is really a miser!
During this time, I followed Xiao Yuan to take stock of the various cultivation materials left behind by my master, and at the same time, I carefully read the book "An Overview of Alchemy". Therefore, I also have a basic understanding of the elixirs of the Alchemy School (Quanzhen).
The levels of elixirs are divided into nine levels from low to high.
The first grade is the lowest and the ninth grade is the highest.
Of course, the [Grade] of elixirs is mainly distinguished by the difficulty of refining and the amount of various materials consumed. It is not entirely based on the effects and quality.
After all, everyone's needs for the effects of elixirs are actually different.
For a monk who is about to die, an elixir that can extend his life and restore his energy is definitely more precious than an elixir that helps him break through the realm of cultivation and enhance his energy - even if the latter is of a higher grade. !
Among the elixirs left to me by my master, there are not many of the lowest first-grade elixirs, and most of them are concentrated between the second and fifth grades. There are some sixth-grade ones, but seventh-grade ones are very rare.
As for the eighth and ninth grades, there is no such thing...
For example, the [Jie E Dan] that was exchanged for the "strange stone" by Bai Yang, the young corpse exorcist, in Eling Ghost Market was a fourth-grade elixir.
Speaking of which, I have been researching that strange stone that can react with the clear and turbid qi in my body for two or three months... and I have found nothing.
Of course, don't rush, just keep it and play with it slowly.
Back to business.
After discussing it with Xiao Yuan, the main thing is to see if anyone in Taojiagou is willing to let their children be used as bait...
It was about five o'clock in the afternoon.
Tao Zheng and the other three came back, bringing with them a tall, thin man with a black face, followed by an equally thin little boy. There is a stubborn look between his eyebrows.
I looked at Tao Zheng.
"Village Chief, is there any villager willing to cooperate with us in seducing Grandma Xiong?"
Tao Zheng smiled bitterly but did not speak yet.
The little boy took the initiative to speak.
"My dad doesn't agree, but I am willing to take the initiative to be the bait."
