Volume 4: The Eventful Years Chapter 233: The Statue of the Emperor [II]
When the sword on the clouds heard this, he almost fell headlong, and scolded secretly: "How can you talk about this kid? Who is the demon king, I think you are the demon king, and you are so demonic at a young age!"
Of course, Baoyu didn't know this, his conclusion just now was wrong, but his thinking was completely reasonable. Xiao Tian did integrate the strength of Wu Ding Gong into the roaring magic power of his talent, so he practiced this cough. Baoyu said again: "Why are you so rigid? You are not the old man, what you send out should be a dog bark, so that you can give full play to the maximum power of your natural powers." You don't have to learn how to cough anymore, and you can roar like you used to. ”
Hearing this, Xiao Tian fell to the ground on all fours and arched his body, and roared at the stone just now, and the surface of the stone cracked in response, and a deeper and longer crack was cut out, and it was really more powerful.
Jian Sha muttered on the clouds: "That's it, that's it, I thought it was fun when I was young, and I created my own wood-chopping skills, and I just learned it by this kid." But my unique cough skill was actually learned by a dog...... Play by yourself, I'm not going to watch it anymore!"
The sword shatter turned around and flew away without looking back, but missed the more "exciting" scene that followed. I saw that Baoyu was also stiff and energetic, and suddenly let out a roar, which was not only like the roar of Xiaotian, but also like the roar of the two mastiffs of Tengjin and Fujihua, but if you listen carefully, it is simulating the roar of the horse at the beginning of evolution.
Baoyu ran vigorously, agitated the resonance of his chest, and roared for a long time, the sound was enough to make people laugh, and even Xiaotian covered his ears with his claws and flashed to the side.
In the end, I only heard Baoyu sigh and say: "This secret method, after all, has not yet reached the realm of both form and spirit." I can simulate the evolution of the horse's form and electric power, but the power of the roar is still a little weaker after all. I'm not a horse after all, and I'm born with a different original structure, so it's hard for me to make such a roar. ...... Hmm, is the cough sound more suitable for me?"
Then Baoyu also began to cough, and the cough echoed with a roar and thunder, and Xiao Tian hid even further.
He coughed for a long time, and then said to himself: "It seems that something is still wrong, the emphasis in this should be to cultivate the edge of the sword intent and sacrifice the invisible sword qi, so why bother to cough?...... But this secret method needs to be carefully pondered. ...... Oops, my throat is almost hoarse!"
As he spoke, he coughed again, this time not on purpose, but his throat was a little uncomfortable, but he opened his mouth but spit out an electric light. The secret method he just mentioned did not refer to the formless sword qi, but the form-swallowing technique, but Baoyu himself did not know its name. The form-swallowing technique he cultivated was comprehended from the natural supernatural power of swallowing the form of a horse with divine energy, and then evolving that horse.
Baoyu learned to roar or cough like Xiao Tian, but in fact, he was deliberately using some form of magical power, but he lost the original intention and true beauty of the Swallowing Technique, so he didn't feel right himself, so he didn't play like this anymore.
The nature of the teenager is still fun, Baoyu and Xiaotian have found the way they are interested in playing, and they are not so boring to practice on the Wufu Hill in the snowy mountains.
The long winter days on the plateau passed day by day, and in a blink of an eye, it was the third month of Baoyu's ascent of Wufu Hill. At this time, there was no snow in the plain area where Bamuro Province was located, and the climate was gradually warming, and the grass and trees began to sprout, but the mountains were still covered with heavy snow on the Takefu Hill. Baoyu and the others went to Huobo to hand in the task again, bringing more than a dozen Wufu beautiful stones that had been mined recently.
Huo Bo was happy when he saw them, and said with a smile: "I have found so many martial arts stones, pick one for each person, and I will take back the rest." ”
At this time, a woman with a burly figure than Hanxiong walked into the house with a broadsword like a door panel on her back and said, "Huo Bo, I have come to get a bundle of cold fire wood branches, and I want to go to the furnace fire of the sacrificial vessel." ...... The last time I saw you carrying four big fat pigs up the mountain in the snow, your skills are quite profound! I heard that you have broken through the cultivation of the four realms, how about we have a competition?"
Looking back, it was Xiong Li, the female senior brother she had met on the first day of climbing Wufu Hill. Hanxiong had already been reminded by Dajun that he couldn't provoke this female senior brother, especially never to learn kung fu with her, so he quickly shook his head with a bitter face and said, "No, no, no, junior brother, my cultivation is low, how can I be your opponent?"
Xiong Li frowned, and said very dissatisfiedly: "Even if you think that your cultivation is low, you have to find someone higher than your own realm to learn, so that it will help you improve." ”
Baoyu whispered on the side: "Senior Brother Xiong Li, your cultivation is higher than Senior Brother Hanxiong, so why bother to learn from him?"
Hanxiong hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, yes, Senior Brother Xiaolu has already been transformed into the beginning of the Five Realms. If Senior Brother Xiong Li wants to compete in kung fu, let's find Senior Brother Xiaolu. ...... When he picked pigs up the mountain that day, he also picked four of them!"
Xiao Tian glared at Hanxiong very dissatisfied, Baoyu obviously wanted to help him get out, why did he sell Baoyu to Xiong Li in a blink of an eye? Xiong Li glanced at Baoyu, his expression was obviously not interested, it seems that some things have to be paid attention to, and it has nothing to do with who can pick a few pigs.
I saw Xiong Li shaking her head and saying, "Senior Brother Xiaolu's body bones are forgotten." Senior Brother Hanxiong, you should be strong and not lose money, what I admire most is your physique, at a glance, you can see that you are also honest and simple, and you are beautiful both physically and mentally...... Don't worry, my sister and you are just learning from the same door, and it will definitely not hurt you. ”
Huo Bo said suddenly: "Xiong Li, you are a disciple of the Orthodox Sect, why do you need to find a miscellaneous disciple to learn? If you want to find it, you can find those senior brothers on the main peak, you can go to the cave house and knock on the door." Look for whoever pleases your eye. ...... As for Hanxiong, he still has to help me carry water to water the garden, and it won't be easy to do if you beat him down. ”
Hanxiong hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, yes, yes, I still have to help Huo Bo carry water." ”
Fortunately, Huobo helped to send Xiong Li away this time. Hanxiong finally breathed a sigh of relief and said to Huobo: "Thank you!"
Huo Bo smiled: "I haven't seen many of your senior brothers after being cleaned up by Xiong Li. She is born with infinite strength, and she has four realms and eight transformations to compete with her. It's not ordinary. I think you're very pleasing to the eye, so I'll save you. However, it is also true that you are asked to fetch water. ”
Hanxiong straightened his chest and said, "What I said is also from the bottom of my heart, I told you last time." Whenever you want me to help carry water, just ask. ”
Huo Bo still smiled and said, "Even now, have you already cultivated Wuding Gong?" Then you should be able to help me carry water." ...... I'll go back and say hello to the Fourth Elder, and your tasks will be changed this month. Don't mine on the wood-cutting peak, come and fetch water on the fire-making peak. ”
Hanxiong patted his chest and said, "Let's pick it, let's pick it today! And how many buckets of water, where are the buckets, and where do you let me get them?"
Huo Bo glanced at him and said, "Why do you speak in a tone that looks a bit like Dajun......?" Since you asked for it, let me do it. ”
The garden that Huo Bo took care of was about ten acres of land on the side of the fire peak facing the main peak. It has to be said that it is a miracle that fresh melons and fruits can be grown on the plateau snow mountains in this harsh winter season. It takes advantage of the heat of the mountain's natural hot springs, and the gentle slope is surrounded by snow.
At the top of the hill there is a pool hewn out of natural rock formations, and there is a gate next to the pool. By opening a small slit in the gate, the water in the pond flows out and irrigates and infiltrates the land along the shallow ditch carved in the gentle slope. Baoyu and Xiaotian also came here to see the excitement, and they couldn't help but be amazed, but when they saw the things placed by the pool, they looked at Hanxiong with sympathy.
The burden of carrying water here is a rare cold fire wood, which is more than two zhang long. There were no buckets under the burden, only two large copper cylinders. No wonder Huo Bo would find Hanxiong to carry water, if it was Baoyu's physique, carrying the cold fire wood on his shoulder, the bottom of the vat would not leave the ground.
Hanxiong was also dumbfounded, and stammered: "Fire, fire, fire, fire, do you just let me use these two cylinders to pick, pick, and carry water?"
Huo Bo smiled honestly: "Didn't Xiong Li say it just now, looking at your appearance, you don't lose your strength, and I also think so, that's why I asked you to fetch water." ...... If you look for your Wang Wang's junior brother, even if it has the strength, it can't pick up these two cylinders. ”
Hanxiong: "I'm afraid it has nothing to do with strength, these two cylinders are not something that ordinary people can provoke." ”
Huo Bo: "Didn't you cultivate the martial arts......? You already have the cultivation of the four realms, if you can't pick it up, or if you step on the mountain road, you can also use supernatural spells to help. In fact, whether I remind you or not, you will do this, but in the end, it is still with the strength of Wu Ding Gong. ”
Baoyu and Xiaotian had to sigh secretly, this water-carrying errand that Hanxiong asked for himself was really perverted, so it was better to go back and let Xiong Li beat him. But at this point, Hanxiong had no choice but to accept his fate, bowed his head and asked, "Where do you get water?"
Huobo: "You can't be lazy and put the snow in the tank to melt, and you can't get water from the nearby hot springs. The water used for irrigation in the pond is taken from a specific spring. ...... You can go down the mountain with me, and pick up the empty tank first. ”
Hanxiong picked up the two huge copper cylinders with all his strength, and followed Huo Bo down the mountain with all his might. Baoyu and Xiaotian also followed, a little worried that Hanxiong would roll down with one foot in the air, ready to protect him at any time. Hanxiong used his martial arts skills, and at the same time, he also stabilized the two cylinders with the help of the imperial method, but it was not too dangerous.
The trail below the orchard is wide and snow-free, but steep. Descending more than 100 zhang, there is a spring on the cliff wall, and a small pool is carved out of the spring, which can just put the copper jar into it to fill water. The spring has a constant temperature all year round, and it feels cool in the summer and slightly steaming in the winter.
Standing at the edge of the pool, he said, "Every day you carry water up from here and pour it into that pool." These two tanks are very large and heavy, and it is even more difficult to pick them up when they are filled with water. At first, you don't have to fill that pool with water, but you have to pick at least two tanks a day. After a month, if you can fill a pool of water in one day, you'll be done. ”
Huo Bo also told some other things, such as completely removing the snow from the stone steps before carrying water every day to prevent slipping. Wu Ding Gong has a method of cultivation and a method of luck, and these two tanks carry water on this road, which is both cultivation and luck. Hanxiong has cultivated in his body, and at first he can also use his supernatural power to help.
The junior fourth elder must have taught him how to cultivate and use martial arts, so now he needs to experience it carefully, if there is anything he doesn't understand, he can come and ask for advice. After he had become proficient, he would naturally be able to carry water up the mountain and fill the pool in one day, without the need to use any other magical spells except for Wu Ding Gong.
After explaining everything, Huo Bo finally said before leaving: "If you are tired, you can pick some melons and fruits from the garden to quench your thirst." ...... By the way, before you, it was Xiong Li who helped me carry water!"
Hearing this last sentence, Baoyu and the others glanced at each other, and a thought came to their hearts, and the one they encountered today was not something that Huo Bo and Xiong Li had discussed in advance? What is even more interesting is that on the first day Han Xiong ascended Wufu Hill, he bought Huo Bo's melons and fruits on the way to quench everyone's thirst, and now, he has fresh melons and fruits to eat every day.
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The secret methods of inheritance on Wufu Hill include the techniques of imperial sword, sword refining, sword formation, and sword runes, as for the "wood-chopping skill" and "coughing skill" of the sect master Jiansha, it is not passed down by the ancestor, but created by this master. Chopping wood Gong cultivates the perfect luck skills, and Cough Gong cultivates the incomparably sharp invisible sword qi.
In fact, as long as you cultivate the swordsmanship on the Wufu Mound to an extremely high level, you can sacrifice that amazing sword qi, and it doesn't matter if you cough or not. The monk who faced the group of beast mountain people only coughed a few times that day, if he really drew his sword, who would be able to escape? But those people were not worthy of the name of Zhen Bayuan's sword shaking.
As for the Third Elder Huo Bo, he also created his own kung fu or secret magic power. If you are successful in practice, you will not only be able to master the extremely clever method of using the strength of Wuding Gong, but also be extremely helpful in comprehending Wufuqiu's swordsmanship in the future. This is what he realized when he was carrying water, so he called it "water carrying gong".
In the fourth month after Baoyu came to Wufu Hill, Hanxiong was caught by Huo Bo and went to the Fire Peak to fetch water, only he and Xiao Tian were still in this secluded place halfway up the mountain of Chopping Wood Peak, and no one disturbed them in their daily cultivation. Baoyu always wanted to laugh when he thought of Hanxiong, because he couldn't help but think of the two huge copper cylinders again.
Hanxiong's big man can take a bath in the tank, and he can soak his muscles and bones in the elixir by the way.
The long harsh winter has finally passed, and there is still perennial snow on the peak, but the grass and trees at the foot of the mountain have gradually sprouted, and the spring is like the vitality of all things.
All the secret methods that Baoyu had realized before his evolution during this period of time were all integrated into the cultivation of the Five Realms. Unconsciously, he had already been transformed into the second of the five realms. But the damaged empty mulberry branch, Baoyu has not yet repaired it, on the one hand, he has not yet taken the time, on the other hand, he also feels that there is no absolute certainty.
On the day of the spring flowers, the housekeeper Dajun came to him. It turned out that Xiaojun had already felt confident that he could cut through the clouds and ascend to the main peak, so he wanted to make an appointment to try it together, and by the way, he also asked Hanxiong, hoping that everyone would be able to go up together.
Baoyu was not surprised by this result, in fact, a few days ago, he felt that Xiaojun's cultivation was almost hot. At this moment, spring has arrived, and it is time for Xiaojun to climb the main peak, and the time to stay on Wufu Hill is running out. He said to Dajun: "I went to Hanxiong a few days ago, and he can already carry water to fill the pond in one day, so I guess there is no problem climbing the main peak, and I can do it at any time." ”
Dajun nodded happily and said, "Then I'll go and report to the elder, I've never seen anything like this in these years, and I haven't even heard of it, the three miscellaneous disciples climbed the main peak together!"
Baoyu shook his head and said, "It's not three, it's four, and Senior Brother Wang Wang will also go with him." ”
Dajun was surprised and delighted: "Senior Brother Wangwang, is it okay?"
Baoyu: "I think it should be more fine, Wu Ding Gong is very well cultivated, and even plays tricks." ”
Dajun looked around: "Where is Senior Brother Wangwang? I haven't seen it in a few days." ”
Baoyu: "It goes to the mountains and forests every day to find a secluded place to practice, and it doesn't want to disturb others with its roar, so it goes out early in the morning, and it is estimated that it will come back after a while." ”
Dajun: "Then let's wait for Wang Wang for a while, Xiaojun will go to Hanxiong today, and we will meet in the melon orchard later." ”
The two of them sat here waiting for Xiaotian, Dajun looked at the verdant grass and trees and blooming mountain flowers in the distance, and suddenly asked, "Senior Brother Xiaolu." After the beginning of spring, there will be a chance to go down the mountain for a walk, shall we go and see how Senior Brother Xia Zhuo is doing?"
Although Wufu Hill is a legendary place of cultivation outside the world, it is not isolated from the world. Every winter, when the mountain is closed by heavy snowfall, it basically cuts off contact with the outside of the mountain, and after the beginning of spring, some disciples will take turns to descend the mountain. More than 300 people are cultivating in the mountains, not to mention anything else, even eating meat every three days is also a great consumption, and it is impossible for everything to be completely self-sufficient.
However, the disciples of Wufuqiu are also the best artisan groups in Bayuan, such as the stone sickle made by Baoyu Zeng saw Xiaojun build, not only for his own use in cultivating fields in the mountains. It is also the most popular farming tool at the bottom of the mountain. There are also armor weapons built on the Fire Peak, although there are not many of them, but they are all the most sophisticated.
Some of these artifacts were stored in the arsenal of the mountain behind the main peak, and the other part was to be sold at the bottom of the mountain. The things on Wufu Hill are not only popular in the bazaars of Hongjin City, but even among the five countries of Bayuan, and many caravans come to buy them.
Of course, the disciples of Wufuqiu can afford to eat meat, and their daily labor is also extremely hard in the eyes of ordinary people, creating a lot of wealth in this world. The road up and down Takefu Hill is too difficult. Therefore, transporting materials down the mountain and purchasing things up the mountain are difficult for ordinary people to do, and they are all tasks that Wufuqiu's disciples receive on weekdays.
Every year after the beginning of spring, there are disciples of the Orthodox Tradition who take the miscellaneous disciples down the mountain. Go to the markets around Hongjin Castle to sell all kinds of utensils and buy a lot of things to carry back. After a winter on the snowy mountain, this is also a rare and good opportunity to relax, so the disciples are not allowed to go down the mountain unless they are punished, or they are in retreat and cultivating. Otherwise, they can all take turns to receive such tasks.