Volume 1 10 Revisiting the Old Place
"Dog meat!"
Xiao Yi saw that this thin figure was the fur dog who was his companion, I hadn't seen him for a long time, this little guy was so skinny, where did he still have the original demeanor?
"You, let me watch the cave for me, but I can't find your shadow when I come back. I'm not blaming you for lending them to you, but this is my place to practice, and if it's a bit reluctant to let you clean your room, then at least don't and pee on me!"
Xiao Yi had to say more, and then he remembered that the dog meat didn't seem to understand what he was saying at all. Squatting down and gently stroking the little guy's head, there was a faint sadness in his heart.
"How did you do that? Skinny like this! I see that the other fur seals seem to be fat and strong, how did you do this? Have you been bullied?"
Yat had caught some big fish on the island before, and there were two more in the storage bag that could be used. So he took out a large fish and placed it in front of the dog's body to signal that it was edible.
Dog Meat gently arched the big fish with a damp nose, raised his head and barked happily at Xiao Yi twice, and then took a tentative bite. Then there was a gust of wind and clouds, and a big fish was gnawed by it.
Watching the dog meat rolling at his feet, Xiao Yi suddenly remembered that there were still a lot of spiritual enhancement fruits in his storage bag, and he didn't know which unlucky monk was cheapened by Wu Lian and the others after his death.
Xiao Yi took out two pieces and put them in front of the dog's body, the little guy had just eaten a lot of things, and now he smelled the spirit fruit and was interested again. I swallowed the fruit in two bites, and I felt that it was more useful than ordinary sea fish.
Xiao Yi felt that there was no way for this cave to go on like this, and it was also sad to drive the fur seals to clean up the filth every time he came back. So he took out the flying boat, and lived on the flying boat for the next two days. Tomorrow he will try a magic circle ban that he has seen before, and once it is activated, he should be able to protect Kojima.
Seven days later, a simple magic circle was arranged by Xiao Yat. As soon as the spirit stone was put into the array, a thick mist rose from the sea around the island. According to the book, this is a kind of prohibition formed by the magic circle relying on the surrounding water vapor, mainly covering a certain area and preventing mortals from approaching rashly. Xiao Yi's favorite thing is that the mist generated by this formation has a dispelling effect. If there is no special induction, then whether it is a mortal or a bird or beast, once it enters the fog, it will produce fear and anxiety. Xiao Yat pierced the skin of the dog meat with a dagger, squeezed out a little donated blood and dripped it on the array plate. He forced a drop of essence blood from his fingertips, and dripped it on it as well. In this way, this magic circle has less dispelling effect on himself and the dog meat, and even the surrounding fog has lost its effect of blocking the view.
After seven days, Xiao Yat was also very shocked. This formation is not mysterious, at least it is almost ineffective for cultivators. At the beginning, Zeng Fan Qing mentioned this array, and his tone was extremely ordinary, claiming that a formation mage could arrange a magic circle within a radius of ten miles in half a day. And most of the time is to insert the thirty-two array flags to the sideline, and it only takes a few moments to adjust the array disc to connect and control the array flags. However, when Xiao Yat operated it himself, this array plate often could not be sensed with the array flags, or several array flags would be skipped and ineffective.
This kind of formation is to control thirty-two formation flags at most, and control the distance of five miles. If the area is reduced, then the number of array flags will also be reduced. The smallest range of more than a dozen zhang or even a formation flag can make a difference. Like Xiao Yat, this small island is only four or five miles long and wide, and it only needs fourteen or fifteen array flags. However, even though the number of array flags had decreased a lot, Xiao Yi still tested it repeatedly for a few days. It seems that he is not a genius of cultivation, at least not a genius of cultivation formation.
Xiao Yi took out the Spirit Enhancement Fruit, and before he could speak, the dog meat obediently lay in front of him, quietly waiting for him to reward the fruit.
In the past few days, Xiao Yi has been rewarding dog meat with the spirit fruit, and in the first few days, this little guy was still frantically chasing Xiao Yi to eat. Gradually, Xiao Yat found that dog meat was a little different from before, and he seemed to be much more sensible. Seeing that the food was also a little more stable, if it wasn't for Xiao Yi to let it eat, even if the thing was right in front of him, it was estimated that this little guy would not touch it for half a point if he starved to death.
"It seems that this spirit fruit is really working! I'll go to the auction to get more for you. ”
Xiao Yi said, it seems that he has forgotten that three of these fruits will cost one low-grade spirit stone, and he will feed two or three pieces of dog meat every day, and when he converts them into gold coins, it will be seventy to one hundred gold coins.
With everything in order, Yat came to the center of the island.
He poured out all the contents of several storage bags, especially the bodies of Zeng Fanqing and Ma Bowen, which were still in a state of deep sleep at this time.
Xiao Yat split two soil pits with the power of his palm, and spread two straw mats in them. After placing the bodies of the two, Xiao Yat began to rummage through the items. What kind of water bladder tea set sword thing, as long as it is not a high-grade magic weapon elixir, Xiao Yi will all be placed next to the two.
"Brother Zeng, Xiao's time for cultivating the truth is too short. There is nothing that is his own, and he can't look down on mundane things. As he spoke, Xiao Yat selected a delicate wooden box from among the items.
"This is what I got at the auction, and it can be regarded as a product of the cultivation realm. Today, Xiao used this to express his sorrow and let him accompany Brother Zeng. ”
As he spoke, Xiao Yi put the wooden box on Zeng Fanqing's chest, and bowed three times before covering the two bodies with a straw mat. The nearby earth was piled up in two pits, and two low mounds were finally formed.
Xiao Yi didn't set up a tombstone, but just sprinkled his wine and bowed for a while, and then put away his belongings again and turned around and returned to the cave.
"Dog meat, this is a flower seed given to me by someone else, you are not allowed to pee here in the future. You have to take good care of these flowers and plants, so that our environment here is getting better and better. ”
Xiao Yi sowed the flower seeds in the bag in the soil and whispered to the curious dog meat on the side. Hearing what Xiao Yi said, Dog Meat stared at him for a while, and then lay on the ground and looked at the soil.
After tidying up the flower field, Xiao Yat returned to the flying boat. Although his own cultivation is diligent, it is still a fatal wound to the lack of cultivation. According to the rumors of casual cultivation, as long as he does not succeed in building a foundation, then he is just a mortal who knows some spells, a mortal who is stronger than ordinary mortals.
In the past few days, Xiao Yi will refer to a few books to try to cultivate, but no matter how he absorbs the aura, his dantian has still not changed. He could still feel the rhythm of the golden essence under the clouds, but the rhythm was too smooth, and there was no change without waves.
"Maybe after a while, I should try to find some pills to cooperate with my cultivation. "Xiao Yi heard that many monks whose cultivation has stagnated. I can't bear the loneliness of not being able to advance for decades like them. In his mind, just building a foundation is far from satisfying his needs, because his opponent is far from an existence that can be shaken by a foundation.
Half a month later, Xiao Yi appeared on the outskirts of Yecheng.
hasn't come back for a long time, and Xiao Yi has two emotions in his heart that are constantly fighting.
He wants to come back here, it's where he grew up. There is the palace of his childhood, the temple where he grew up, and the mausoleum where his parents were buried.
At the same time, he was afraid to return here, there was no imperial grandmother in the palace, the imperial grandfather and uncle were missing in the temple, and there was no longer a palace archway in the imperial tomb.
He even wished that he was in a nightmare, waking up that all these shadows were gone. It's a pity that he is not so lucky, some experiences will not be as cruel as dreams but can be awakened.
A team of guards at the city gate was checking the pedestrians entering and leaving, and Xiao Yi didn't want to be disturbed by these people, so he simply slipped in with the help of stealth.
Inside the city gate, Xiao Yat showed his figure in a shop. This is a fat powder shop, and no one in it notices that there is an extra young man in white. Xiao Yi casually looked at a few products in the store, turned around and walked out the door.
"Miss, come back tomorrow. Today, the prince is going to hunt in the suburbs, and he can find a good position if he is early. With the demeanor of a young lady, she will definitely be seen by the prince. Miss Hui has become the crown princess, and Qing'er may be able to accompany her into the prince's mansion!"
"What do you say? People are princes! How can they fall in love with an ordinary woman like me? Even if you really go in, with the little power of my family, do you think you can make me sit firmly as the crown princess? That is the position of the queen in the future! I don't dare to think about it! Anyway, do you have any ideas? If you want to get ahead, I will ask my father to accept you as a righteous daughter. Hurry up and help you find a good place to go, so that you don't have to take me for fun all the time. ”
The two women laughed from behind, and Xiao Yi knew that the street would be guarded by soldiers and horses soon. It's also good to find a place to rest and watch the excitement when you have nothing to do.
After walking two steps, Xiao Yat saw a restaurant. Ordered a private room on the second floor, Xiao Yi sat in front of the window and drank while watching the staggered crowd on the street.
After a short time, a group of soldiers hurried to drive the people in the street to two sides. Soon a group of people walked slowly. The crowd on the street began to discuss, some of the female relatives were blocked because of their position behind the view, and no matter what the image was, they stepped on the basket bench and even some stepped on the guardrail to peek in.
Suddenly, a green figure jumped down from the opposite building, and this sudden sight startled a group of officers and soldiers who drew their swords one after another. It's just that this figure did not panic in the face of the heavy guards and soldiers, waved his hand and raised a puff of white smoke, and the officers and soldiers in front of him dropped their blades and fell to the ground.
A young man in a yellow robe in the team was also startled when he saw someone coming, but when Bai Yan was close, he only had time to turn the horse's head and fainted. Before the horse under the yellow-robed young man could fall from his master, his hooves fell to the ground.
"It's a good smoke! I don't know if there are any adverse reactions. Xiao Yi nodded approvingly, drank all the wine in the cup, and poured another glass.
The green figure fell to the ground, stretched out his hand and grabbed a handful of the yellow-robed young man's neck, and saw someone rushing over and jumping towards the crowd of onlookers.
A peddler jumped over in fright and quickly hugged his head and lowered his body, and everyone saw that the green figure stepped on the peddler's shoulder, jumped onto the roof, and disappeared out of thin air.
The officers and men who came up with bated breath searched in the crowd for a long time, but did not find a green figure. When he looked back, the yellow-robed young man had already been rushed aside by the soldiers who had arrived.
"General Guo, the other party is using smoke, the prince just fainted, and no damage has been found so far!"
"Wake up!"
When a black-armored general heard that the prince was unharmed, his heart eased slightly, so he commanded.
A group of officers and soldiers quickly cleaned up the onlookers, and a medical craftsman had already rushed to the yellow-robed young man with a medicine box. After a period of chaos, the young man slowly woke up, remembered the frightening scene just now, and quickly touched his neck.
"My fairy stone!
............
Xiao Yat paid for the wine and walked out of the restaurant through the back door.
Although it happened quickly, he could see it clearly. Just now, the green figure took a golden stone from the neck of the yellow-robed young man, although there was no spiritual power fluctuation, although he had not seen it, Xiao Yi was sure that this was a high-grade spirit stone.
That's the equivalent of a million gold coins, and you might be able to plunder it yourself. Sure enough, the mortal prince still has no ability to shelter such treasures.
I had just walked through an alley, and a woman in a green shirt with a white veil blocked the way.
"The thing is mine, if you want to grab it, you should save it. I made a move just now, but Daoyou didn't make a move on the side, could it be that you want to trouble me now?"
When Xiao Yi heard this, a wry smile appeared on his face, and then he said: "Daoyou misunderstood, I just finished eating the wine and planned to leave." If you grab something, it's yours, and I'm not interested in looting and killing. ”
The green-shirted woman looked at Xiao Yi suspiciously, and asked curiously, "This is a top-grade spirit stone! Daoyou really don't want to keep it for yourself? You are a mid-stage Qi cultivator, I'm afraid that all your net worth can't be worth this spirit stone, right?"
Xiao Yi sat directly on the steps on the side, stared at the green-shirted nun curiously, and asked with a smile: "Fellow Daoist, how do I feel that you are deliberately inducing me to rob you of your things? You choose, do you go or do I go?"
The green-shirted nun was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then took out something and shook it at Xiao Yi. This was the golden crystal she had just snatched from the crown prince.
"This spirit crystal is a metallic high-grade spirit stone, although it was worn as a treasure by that bullshit prince, but it was obvious that I met a knowledgeable craftsman. Look at this spirit stone, the color is golden, transparent and light. The best thing is that it was inlaid into the silver pendant by the craftsman, and the body was not damaged at all, and the aura in it collapsed. If nothing else, the estimate may reach 12,000 lower-grade spirit stones. ”
Although the nun was masked, her exposed eyes were spreading a little starlight at this time.
"Please, do you want to stop me from robbing or seducing me into committing a crime? I've said that the road is all over the place, why do you still repeatedly sell your own things? Is it that I robbed you, and you will be satisfied?"
Xiao Yi felt a headache and raised his hand to press his forehead. When the female cultivator on the other side heard Xiao Yi's words, she also felt that something was wrong, so she hurriedly cleared her throat and changed her words: "Well, I don't understand what you said. Just now I was going to say, I want to talk about this spirit stone...... That's right, I'm going to talk about this high-grade spirit stone. When I get this spirit stone today, there will definitely be many fellow cultivators who covet my treasure. For the sake of you not falling into the ground, I believe that you are a righteous gentleman. Why don't you escort me back to the family, and I'll pay you...... I will pay you a thousand spirit stones in return. What do you think?"
Xiao Yi looked at the nun strangely, rolled her eyes weakly, let out a sigh, and sighed: "Thank you Daoist friends for looking down on you, it's just that I said just now that things belong to Daoyou." I just ate the drink and wanted to go home after eating. The spirit stone promised by the Taoist friend, I have no ability or interest. ”
When the nun heard that Xiao Yi refused again, tears faintly appeared in her eyes, and she simply gritted her silver teeth, turned around and disappeared in place.
Xiao Yi got up inexplicably, straightened his robes and walked slowly along the alley. Behind him, a pair of eyes stared resentfully at his distant back in the corner.
Before that, Xiao Yat wandered to the vicinity of the imperial city. He looked left and right, and found a luxurious inn with a magnificent architecture to stay.
It is said that in general, inns and restaurants, even if the buildings of the palace are at the feet of the Son of Heaven, must avoid being high-profile. It's just that this inn was opened grandly on the edge of the imperial city. Xiao Yi had never seen this inn before, and it was probably newly built after he left. The reason why I chose to live here is that it is completely an inexplicable attraction that is encouraging Xiao Yat.
"Tianzi No. 3 room. ”
"Guest, please be careful of the steps. ”
Xiao Yi went up to the second floor, and this staircase was more than a dozen steps more than that of an ordinary inn. When he came to a room, the shopkeeper behind him hurriedly stepped forward to help him push the door open.
"Guest officer, if there is anything you need to order directly. The second floor is always available. ”
Xiao Yi nodded with satisfaction, and the little second child exited the room and gently closed the door.
It was a room about three feet long and two feet wide, and the bath barrels and curtains were all new. There is a square table in the middle window, teapots, teacups, tea cans, and tea trays. There was a coat rack next to the head of the bed, a low table with a bronze mirror on the side, and a brass basin beside it, and the water in it was rising with a faint mist. There are several calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall, although they are not the handiwork of famous artists, but they are at least a hundred years old.
Xiao Yi sat in front of the window with a smile and looked at the bustling crowd on the street. The prosperity of the capital is really not comparable to itself in Yubo City.
Taking out the teapot from the storage bag, Xiao Yi poured a cup from a small white porcelain cup and drank it in a leisurely gulp.
The bronze mirror in the room faintly showed a pair of annoyed eyes, and a female voice complained in one space: "This stinky boy! What is so good about his tea? What I put on him is the dew drops of the foggy sea and clouds, and he is reluctant to drink it! Can't this kid smell the aroma of my spiritual tea through the teapot?"
Xiao Yi finished drinking the tea and took out a formation book from the storage bag. Although they were all stolen goods found by Wu Lian and the others before, they were also beginners in the primary formation of a Qi training period. It's just that with Xiao Yat's current experience, it is difficult to study this kind of book, after all, he is studying alone, without the guidance of the Master, and he does not even have a companion to communicate with.
Xiao Yi just watched it for half an hour, which made the female cultivator in the space anxious.
"No, let him read like this, I don't know how long it will take. My Ecstasy Phantom Array can last for an hour at most, and it looks like I'm going to give him a little bit of power. ”
As soon as the female cultivator pinched the magic trick, her figure disappeared into the mysterious space, and in an instant, she appeared in the lobby on the first floor of the inn. The shopkeeper was not surprised by the nun's appearance out of thin air, and she walked straight to the back kitchen and waved her hand to conjure up a plate of exquisite wine and food. The nun patted the storage bag on her waist, and a black porcelain wine bottle appeared in her palm, and the intoxicating aroma slowly wafted out when the cap was lifted.
"I sent this to the No. 3 room of Tianzi, and said that it was given by the store. ”
A small Ermu picked up the tray, turned and walked out of the kitchen, through the antechamber, to the second floor.
"Childe, the owner asked me to bring wine and food, and thank Childe for taking care of the business of the small shop. Can I send it in now?"
Hearing that there was someone outside the door, Xiao Yi closed the book and gently put it in the storage bag. got up and let the shopkeeper into the room, a few plates of side dishes were placed properly, and seeing that the second child was still pouring wine for himself, Xiao Yi hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop it.
"I won't bother you with this drink, I'll eat it when I'm done washing." Step down and thank the owner for me. ”