Early the next morning, the ship exploded, and a group of warriors pointed around the mast, whispering something, and everyone looked frightened, and when they saw that Steward Zhao was coming, they hurriedly retreated to the side and flashed a way.

I saw a person nailed to the mast, his facial expression was distorted, as if something very terrible had happened, his face was pale, and he was already dead. A three-inch-long nail hung the body from the mast through the throat of the deceased, and the blood stained the mast red, and on the deck below were written in four large red letters: Six days left.

Steward Zhao frowned, and asked sternly, "Who was on duty last night?" How is it that no one has told me about such a big thing? ”

Wu Er, who was on duty at night, was already frightened, and said hesitantly: "I... I also... I don't know what's going on.,I didn't sleep last night.,Just patrol here in the back cabin.,There's been no abnormality.。 But..."

Steward Zhao shouted angrily: "But what? Could it be that this dead man grew out of a mast? You didn't even notice anyone dead? ”

Wu Er's legs were weak, he fell to the ground, and stumbled: "The villain doesn't know either, the villain just relieved himself when the day was about to dawn, and when he came back, he found this... This one... Well... Who can kill a person so quickly without making a sound? Steward Zhao, I... We're not going to be ghosts, are we? ”

Steward Zhao was furious, kicked Wu Er to the ground, and said sharply: "It's clear that you were lazy when you were on duty at night, so that the enemy succeeded in sneaking attack, and now you dare to talk about it, spread rumors, come here!" Drag him to the cabin and fast for a day! If any of you dares to spread rumors and cause trouble, he will be punished with him. ”

Everyone hurriedly kept silent - fasting for a day is a small matter, but being alone in the cabin to those evil fellows is the greatest torment.

After breakfast, Steward Zhao, Zhang Wei, Qin'er and Zhao Yudan sat around the room, and Steward Zhao explained the reason for the matter, and then said: "This matter is extremely strange and important, so I have to invite the two of us to discuss countermeasures together!" ”

Zhao Yudan still looked lazy, leaned on the chair with his elbows, and said lightly: "Wu Er is not lazy, it's just that the enemy's means of attacking are clever!" As soon as these words came out, Steward Zhao and Qin'er were shocked, only Zhang Wei knew the reason, and his expression was calm.

Zhao Yudan stroked his hair with his Qianqianyu hand, revealing half of his fragrant shoulders, and said lightly: "This is the enemy I mentioned before, they came to the door!" But I don't know which samurai died, and Steward Zhao must treat his family well! ”

Steward Zhao took a step forward and said, "Miss is benevolent and righteous, it is really a blessing for the subordinates, but it is not our people who died!" ”

The three of them sighed at the same time, and Zhang Wei hurriedly asked, "Who died then?" ”

"Guys on board!" Steward Zhao said word by word: "I counted our numbers in the morning, and there is no change, but Wangcai's buddy is one less!" ”

Zhang Wei was stunned for a moment, and said casually: "Since it is Miss Zhao's enemy, why don't you move our people instead of killing the guys on the boat?" This is really strange and weird! They are not... The murder methods are too vicious! He originally wanted to say that they were not all members of the True Heaven Sect in the second half of the sentence, but suddenly remembered that Zhao Yudan didn't know what he had eavesdropped on the night before, so he hurriedly changed his words.

Zhao Yudan lowered his head, sighed, and said resentfully: "This time it is the concubine who has affected you, my enemy is ruthless, they found me this time, and I was limited to seven days to hand over the Nine Dragons Purple Gold Ding, otherwise it will make my life worse than death." It was their habit to kill the same number of people every day for the agreed period, killing one on the first day, two on the second day, and three on the third day..."

When Steward Zhao heard the name of the Nine Dragons Purple Gold Ding, his face changed, and he was surprised: "Miss, could it be that the little ding you gave me for alchemy is the Nine Dragons Purple Gold Ding?" ”

Zhao Yudan nodded and said: "I don't know anything about alchemy, but seeing that they attach so much importance to this small alchemy tripod, it can be seen that there is definitely a lot of article in it, and I will hand it over to you to refine the pill, I just hope to find out the secret as soon as possible, but unfortunately the big thing has not been done, but the enemy has already come to the door, it's a pity, it's a pity!" ”

When Zhao Yudan said the second pity, Steward Zhao had already blushed, ashamed, and stood there helplessly.

Qin'er opened a pair of big eyes and said with a serious face: "The guys on the ship have only fifteen handmaids in total, which means that from the sixth day, they will attack us?" ”

Zhao Yudan nodded weakly and said, "That's right, I'm afraid that when the deadline is reached, no matter whether I hand over the Nine Dragons Purple Gold Tripod or not, all of you who are on the same ship will be implicated, and they will never leave anything alive." ”

Zhang Wei smashed the gentleman's sword to the ground, the scabbard hit the wooden board, made a muffled bang, and said with an arrogant face: "The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, instead of feeling sorry for ourselves here, we should hurry up and discuss the next countermeasures, but I don't know what the origin of your enemy is, Miss Zhao?" ”

Zhao Yudan said lightly: "Zhang Gongzi doesn't know, my enemy is a person from the True Heaven Sect, if you talk about martial arts, Zhang Gongzi is not afraid of them, but they will make demon laws, can control people's minds, and even kill people in their sleep, because everyone hears the color change, for fear that if they inadvertently say the wrong sentence, they will be heard by the people of the True Heaven Sect, and they will take their lives in their sleep!" ”

Zhang Wei suddenly said: "I see, it seems that the guys and maidservants on the ship are not disciples of the True Heaven Sect, they are just manipulated, and they are killed without the slightest resistance, no wonder Wu Er didn't find out!" ”

She sighed lightly and said faintly: "When this is the case, this matter has nothing to do with Zhang Gongzi and Miss Qin'er, when the ship docks, you should leave quickly, don't give your life in vain because of the concubine!" ”

Zhang Weihao was angry and said loudly: "No matter what Miss Zhao thinks, since we got along for a few days, I treat Miss Zhao and Steward Zhao as my good friends. Not to mention the escape? Zhang Wei would rather die for his friends than turn his back on his friends and steal his life! ”

Zhang Wei's words were righteous and awe-inspiring, so that Qin'er couldn't help but cast an admiring gaze, and she said loudly: "I also advance and retreat with Sister Zhao!" ”

Zhao Yudan was so moved that he held Qin'er's hand, and said in a trembling voice: "Silly sister..."

Zhang Wei couldn't stand this sensational scene the most, and hurriedly changed the topic and said: "Steward Zhao, you quickly bring your Nine Dragons Purple Gold Ding for us to refer to together, if we can discover this secret within the time limit, then we will still have the strength to fight, and we will not be too passive!" ”

Steward Zhao glanced at Zhao Yudan, and when he saw that the latter nodded in agreement, he hurriedly walked out, and after a while, he brought a one-foot-square red wooden box, which contained an alchemy tripod of similar size to the wooden box.

The color of the tripod is purple, and the sunlight shines on the surface of the tripod, and there seems to be water vapor steaming and circulating. There are nine dragon heads of different styles around the body, the base is a dragon head turtle body of the god turtle, the four corners of the ground, a huge dragon head slightly raised.

Zhang Wei was amazed, and couldn't help but reach out to touch the alchemy pill ding, as soon as his fingers touched the ding wall, he felt that the fighting qi in his body suddenly rose, and a ball of blue tightly wrapped Zhang Wei, and then a trace of blue fighting qi flowed into the ding.

Zhang Wei was shocked, hurriedly withdrew his hand, and the blue fighting qi on his body instantly returned to normal, hidden back into Zhang Wei's body, and disappeared.

Zhang Wei looked at Steward Zhao with a stunned expression, and asked as if he was asking, "What's going on?" The latter was also stunned, and asked, "How did you do it?" ”

Zhang Wei glanced at the Alchemy Ding in disbelief, and asked Steward Zhao, "The treasure you mentioned to me before, but this Alchemy Ding?" ”

Steward Zhao nodded and said, "I was about to mention this, according to what I found after refining the pill for so long, this Ding is different from Fan Ding, it doesn't need a pill blank, it doesn't need other medicinal materials, all it needs is blood!" Before I refined the Jiuyang Guyuan Pill, I injected the fighting qi into the blood and dripped it into this tripod; If I use other medicinal materials and pill blanks to refine, what I often produce is fatal**. ”

"One day, on a whim, I wanted to try what kind of effect would be produced if I used a large amount of blood to refine it, so I spent money to select more than a dozen people from the young people in Xiangyang City and put together a few bowls of blood." Steward Zhao was completely obsessed with the process of telling about alchemy, and he didn't notice that Qin'er and Zhao Yudan frowned when they heard it, and covered their mouths with their sleeves, almost nagging.

And the most painful thing was Zhang Wei, he remembered that the elixir he ate with relish was actually made of human blood, only to feel that the sour water in his mouth was flowing, and his stomach was turning over the river and the sea.

Steward Zhao said to himself: "So I poured my fighting spirit into these bowls of blood, poured it into the ding, and actually produced a crystal clear red pill, I thought this pill must be extraordinary, so I hid it with me." Until the last injury, my life was in danger, I took it out, who knew that it had the miraculous effect of promoting wound healing, the injury that should have been recuperated for a year, actually healed in ten days, and did not leave the slightest scar! As he spoke, he unbuttoned his shirt and exposed his back, and sure enough, there was no scar, as if he had never been injured.

Seeing that Qin'er was so ashamed that he was silent, Steward Zhao noticed the gaffe, hurriedly put on his shirt, and said with interest: "I'm thinking, if there is enough blood and fighting energy, can we refine an elixir that brings people back to life?" ”

When Zhao Yudan heard the words "come back to life", his eyes emitted a strange light, but this light flashed and disappeared, and then he regained his calm.

Zhang Wei said: "If this tripod really has the ability to come back to life, then it can't fall into the hands of the group of madmen of the True Heaven Sect, if they rely on this tripod to do evil, then wouldn't we kill them forever?" Could this be the big secret of this alchemy tripod? ”

Everyone was silent for a while, and then Qin'er suddenly spoke: "If according to Steward Zhao, the alchemy pill can refine the healing medicine, and then it is possible to refine the medicine of resurrection, then if Steward Zhao can refine the Jiuyang Guyuan Pill that provides fighting qi, can he then refine the elixir that permanently improves the fighting qi and physique?" We might as well boldly speculate that since the True Heaven Sect has the ability to control people's minds, they will naturally not be interested in such an elixir as improving martial arts, so is it because Alchemy Pill Ding can refine an elixir that controls the mind? ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was shocked, and they couldn't help but sigh: "How could I not think of such a simple truth?" ”