Chapter 12: The Soul Craftsman

With a thud, the broken exercise book was slammed onto the table.

Jiang Xiaofeng sat on the bed and scolded angrily:

"How can this be reasonable, Old Man Li, this is the practice you boasted about about going to the sky? What kind of bullshit "Beast Spirit Demon Codex", I think it's called demon beast juggling!"

The exercise in front of him is the "Beast Spirit Demon Codex", Jiang Xiaofeng has already read it hastily, it's okay not to read it, the more he looks at it, the cooler his heart becomes.

There is not a single text in this exercise, all of which are painted with sketches, and there are birds and beasts in it, making movements that are difficult for humans to understand, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a book of exercises, but it looks like a treasure book that introduces demon beasts.

"Sure enough, Bitong's girl said it, if I cultivate this book, won't I be laughed at by someone?"

The more Jiang Xiaofeng thought about it, the more angry he became, and slapped it heavily on the exercise book.

He was angry, but then he remembered Old Man Li, when he introduced this exercise, the mysterious appearance didn't seem to be a joke.

Jiang Xiaofeng covered his head a little depressed and shouted:

"Forget it, I don't want to think so much, Old Man Li, I'll believe you again!"

Even if he is reluctant in his heart now, but Old Man Li's will still has to be followed, although that old guy is usually a little unreliable, but he still has some skills.

Jiang Xiaofeng has never been a procrastinator, and he will put it into practice as soon as he thinks about it.

Looking at the sketch in the book, he reluctantly squatted down, and according to the record of the "Beast Spirit Demon Codex", he reluctantly made a toad on the tree, guiding the spiritual power to follow a specific vein, swimming between the limbs and hundreds of remains.

Suddenly, the moment Jiang Xiaofeng squatted down, he felt a sudden tingling pain in his body, as if his entire body had been torn apart.

He gasped, grinning in pain, but he didn't dare to act rashly.

After all, it was the first time he had practiced this kind of exercise, and he didn't have the guidance of others, so if he went mad, it would be over.

In desperation, Jiang Xiaofeng had to be supported hard, and he had already scolded Old Man Li ten thousand times in his heart.

Jiang Xiaofeng endured the unbearable pain of ordinary people while thinking:

Anyway, there is nothing else to do now, so it is better to practice the ancient method taught to me by Old Man Li, and the old guy seems to have said: "Beast Spirit Demon Codex" and the ancient method Cultivating together will have unexpected effects.

His thoughts flashed through him, and he even frightened himself.

Jiang Xiaofeng didn't know the origin of the ancient method at all, and he didn't know that there were such strange exercises as the "Beast Spirit Demon Codex" in the world, if the two practiced together, would they go mad?

Although he was terrified, his curiosity drove him to give it a try.

"His grandmother's, Lao Tzu spelled it. ”

Jiang Xiaofeng didn't care about the pain, he silently recited the ancient mantra in his mouth, the dark light in his mind flickered, and the aura of heaven and earth began to grow around him.

"What's the matter, after running the ancient method, the pain in my body has been somewhat reduced?"

Jiang Xiaofeng was overjoyed in his heart, could it be that this was all Old Man Li's arrangement?

Before he could react, he suddenly felt that his current self seemed to have become a real toad, his stomach was like a toad, rhythmically agitated, and even he wanted to "croak" like a toad.

At the same time, with every agitation of his stomach, the aura of heaven and earth around him began to enter his body in large quantities, flowing through every meridian, as if it was being reshaped.

In the end, all the spiritual energy gathered in the spiritual energy vortex at the dantian, Jiang Xiaofeng thought to himself: The purple mangs in his body for a while will definitely swallow up all the spiritual power, after all, he has been cultivating like this before.

But what happened next completely stunned him.

That spiritual power went straight into his own aura vortex and was refined and absorbed, but the purple mang, which had made him sad for more than ten years, did not appear, and the spiritual power allowed him to refine in this way.

"What?

Jiang Xiaofeng hurriedly dispersed the exercises, returned to his human form, carefully investigated the aura vortex in his body, and confirmed again and again that the aura had indeed been refined.

He rubbed his eyes and patted his brain, it was incredulous.

"It seems that Old Man Li really didn't lie to me, and the way I improve my cultivation in the future seems to be not only limited to taking pills, but also this evil sect's exercises can also help me improve my cultivation. ”

Jiang Xiaofeng hurriedly adjusted his body to the toad state just now, and thought excitedly in his heart:

I don't know what spiritual skills I will perceive if I continue to cultivate like this.

Just then, the door was pushed open.

Jiang Xiaofeng's strange cultivation method was fully seen by Fang Bitong and Jiang Xiaoxue.

After a moment of silence, Bitong's earth-shattering laughter rang out from the house. Rao is Xiaoxue also pursed her lips secretly, not daring to laugh out loud.

"Xiao Feng, you can't really be cultivating that wonderful exercise, right? That action just now, is it a toad on a tree? haha......

Jiang Xiaofeng hurriedly put away the exercises, glanced at Fang Bitong angrily and said:

"I'm practicing toad hugging, would you like to try it together?"

"Get out!"

Fang Bitong saw that he was not doing right, so he scolded. Then wiped the tears of laughter from the corners of his eyes:

"I thought you were just curious to take a look, but I didn't expect you to play for real, I really admire you so much, dare to practice such a wonderful exercise. ”

Looking at Fang Bitong's thumbs up, Jiang Xiaofeng didn't feel that she was praising herself, and after glaring at him, she went out to cultivate by herself.

At noon, the three of them gathered around to eat, Xiao Feng chewed steamed buns and asked without raising his head:

"I heard that the Fang family's Dan Pavilion is recruiting miscellaneous workers, and my eyes have recovered now. Bitong, you can introduce me, I want to go there to exercise. Just learn how to make medicine. ”

Fang Bitong, who was eating, listened to Xiao Feng's words, and was so frightened that her chopsticks almost didn't hold it steady, and reached out and touched Jiang Xiaofeng's head:

"Your brain isn't broken, is it? Just you, you still want to learn alchemy? Your cultivation is only the third order of spirit building, isn't it a joke? Do you know how difficult it is to become a spirit craftsman?"

Jiang Xiaofeng raised his head and took another big steamed bun and stuffed it into his mouth:

"What about the third order of spirit building, who said that refining medicine must be cultivated to a high level?"

"If your spiritual power is insufficient, how can you give birth to spiritual fire, without the support of spiritual energy, refine a fart medicine. Don't tell me, you've condensed a fire now!"

Fang Bitong scolded angrily.

"You don't have to worry about it, I naturally have my own way, you just need to help me introduce you. ”

Seeing that Jiang Xiaofeng didn't seem to be joking, Bi Tong lowered her head and pondered for a while and said:

"It's no problem to help you introduce him, but do you have to stand that old monster? Since Grandpa Li disappeared, our Fang family didn't know where to invite a spirit craftsman, this old man has a very strange temper, and ordinary people don't fall into his eyes. ”

"What's this weird way to do it?"

Fang Bitong shook his head:

"I don't know, anyway, he has been in the Fang family for so long, and I don't know how many disciples of refining medicine have changed. The children of the Fang family who worked under him heard that they had not been more than three months old. ”

Hearing Fang Bitong say this, Jiang Xiaofeng came to his senses, thinking that he must meet this old monster.

"Bitong, you don't have to worry about anything else, just be responsible for introducing me. ”

"You're looking for death yourself, don't blame me when the time comes. ”

Jiang Xiaofeng didn't raise his head and said:

"Don't worry, if I'm dead, you can dig a pit and bury me casually. ”

Learning the art of alchemy is the third requirement before Old Man Li leaves: the first requirement is to pretend to be blind for three years, the second is to burn the ancient books to learn the "Beast Spirit Demon Codex", and the third requirement is to learn alchemy and become a spirit craftsman.

On the second day, Jiang Xiaofeng took Fang Bitong's token early and came to the Fang family's Dan Pavilion. Before he could get closer, a burnt smell came from inside the Dan Pavilion.

Jiang Xiaofeng forcibly endured the pungent smell and came to the door, bent down and bowed:

"Boy Jiang Xiaofeng, I am entrusted by the Fang family to help Elder Wan. ”

After waiting for a while, Jiang Xiaofeng didn't see any movement inside, and he couldn't hold back his curiosity, so he pushed the door and walked in.

The pavilion was pitch black, and he couldn't see anything clearly, Jiang Xiaofeng pinched his nose tightly and walked inside cautiously.

Suddenly, Jiang Xiaofeng felt an unprecedented danger approaching. In the distance, two green lights were fleeting, like bats, making strange cries in the dark.

Jiang Xiaofeng didn't dare to be careless, and the ancient method began to operate at full strength.

Although it was pitch black in the room, the flickering light in his mind allowed him to catch a black cloud in the corner of the house.

With a "bang", Jiang Xiaofeng slapped out with a palm, and the black shadow in the dark did not expect that Jiang Xiaofeng had discovered his location, and he was accidentally slapped by him, staggering and falling, and there was a sudden jingle in the house.

The black mass seemed to be extremely annoyed, and before Jiang Xiaofeng could react, a gust of wind seemed to rush in, Jiang Xiaofeng didn't even have the slightest resistance, and he grabbed the collar, which was completely stronger than his crushing.

When the black shadow approached, Jiang Xiaofeng found that what he was looking at was a thin and dry old man, with extremely high cheekbones and deep eye sockets, and two small gray-brown eyes, which seemed to be two soybean grains embedded in them.

His gray beard dragged up to his chest, and there were some black things like pot ash stuck to it, which made people laugh a little when they looked at it.

"Stinky boy, how did you find me just now, tell me quickly, or I'll pick your skin. ”

Seeing the appearance of the person in front of him, Jiang Xiaofeng concluded from Fang Bitong's description that this person was the old monster he said:

"Elder Wan is angry, just now, I was just blind in a hurry, and I bumped into Elder Wan by mistake, and asked Elder Wan to punish him. ”

Hearing Jiang Xiaofeng say this, Wan Laowei's eyes turned around, stroked his beard, and seemed to have figured out something, so he let go of Jiang Xiaofeng's collar:

"Forgive me for not daring to tell lies, the old man ate the bat spirit pill that he had just refined, and he was the best at hiding traces, how could a boy like you who was a third-order spirit builder be able to find out?"

Jiang Xiaofeng thought that this old man was really strange enough, so he actually tried the medicine himself, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said:

"What Elder Wan said is, how dare I, a three-legged cat, show off my kung fu in front of your old man. ”

In the face of Jiang Xiaofeng's praise, Wan Laowei was extremely useful in his heart, and said with a smile:

"Count your kid who can speak, you are the grandson of the old man Li of the original Fang family, I have heard of you, aren't you blind?"

"Isn't this cured again!"

"Fart, don't fool me. If you don't want to say it, I will force you. You were ordered to come and assist me in refining medicine, and when I talk ugly about it, you will have to suffer. ”

"Elder Wan rest assured, the kid should go all out. ”

"Okay, you can clean up my alchemy pharmacy first. ”

After finishing speaking, he left without looking back, Jiang Xiaofeng looked at the mess in the house and scratched his head helplessly.