Chapter 247: Pathfinding
"How's it going?" Jiuyou looked at him expectantly.
"It tastes good, how did you come up with the idea of using wine to make soup? Mushrooms and wine are easy to cause poisoning when eaten together, how do you dilute the alcohol of the wine and combine the two so naturally? Qiao Zhi asked curiously.
"In the library before, it was not in vain to see so many recipes and pharmacology, and later in Lingtian Temple, it was when the nine-colored lotus rushed to the depths of my mind, a lot of skills in refining medicine and experience in cooking and brewing suddenly appeared in my mind, and I knew that I was not only very good at eating before, but also liked to specialize in some medicinal diets, as well as winemaking, I was the best at brewing flower wine and fruit wine" Jiuyou explained to him with great interest.
Qiao Zhi was surprised that this was the case. It seems that the curse really imprisoned her a lot of sanity and talent.
"Eat it, the trace of toxicity of the combination of spirit mushrooms and wine has been solved by my elixir, and later I added the rarity that Aunt Lan gave me, the taste is more delicious, and it also has a health effect, it is very good for the body, I cooked a lot" Jiuyou listened to his heart, his eyes were slightly gloomy, and it was fleeting. Urging with a smile.
Qiao Zhi lowered his head, and a touch of distress flashed in his eyes, the curse of the God King!! He sighed inwardly. Immediately he found that the soup she made was really delicious, and the wine was well integrated with the elixir and mushrooms, which was natural, retaining the fragrance of the mushrooms, the sweetness of the monkey wine, and a slight hint of smoke, which was even better than his mother's cooking skills.
I don't know how good she will be when she is sober, or will she ...... Qiao Zhi thought that at his 700th birthday banquet, she was like an old man who had gone through vicissitudes of life, looking down on life and death.
In this life, he didn't want to see her so sad eyes again.
Qiao Zhi was very face-saving and ate two large bowls directly. The rest of the Nine Shades are round. I promised to make a unique meal for people who were good to her, which was a reward for them, but now she has done it, and she is sincere enough to make amends with this, right?
"Qiao Zhi, after eating my spirit mushroom medicinal wine soup and receiving my flower tea, you can't regenerate my anger," Jiuyou said seriously.
"I'm not angry," Qiao Zhi sighed helplessly.
"No, you have, when you came back at noon, your face was stinky, and you shut me out and ignored me," Jiuyou said seriously.
"I went out yesterday for something, and I was too tired to fall asleep when I came back," Qiao Zhi had a hint of unnaturalness on his face.
"Really?" Jiuyou asked suspiciously.
"Hmm," Qiao Zhi replied calmly.
"Actually, in the future, if you think I've done something wrong, you can beat me, I used to raise my grandmother every time I did something wrong, I never showed mercy, so I knew that I had done something wrong," Jiuyou said mischievously.
"I never hit a woman," Qiao Zhi sighed helplessly.
"Then you can just tell me," Jiuyou said quickly.
"Okay," Qiao Zhi replied with a faint smile.
"Qiao Zhi, do you think I'm stupid?" Nine Shadows asked the doubts in his heart.
"No," Qiao Zhi replied calmly. Suddenly remembering the things he had prepared when he first came, he directly took out the storage bag he had prepared in advance and handed it to her.
Jiuyou was stunned, took it in surprise, and opened it to see that it was a portrait of Sakura's sister, a Musheng spirit fruit, and a daughter red wine that I bought last time.
Looking at the portrait, Sister Sakura, who was wearing a mask and dressed in bright red, Jiuyou was sad in her heart, she remembered that Sister Sakura had never worn such ostentatious color clothes before, and usually chose the kind of little fresh, standing in the crowd, inconspicuous. What did she go through in the years that followed?
"I'm sorry, I promised you to take you to her attic yesterday night to have a look, but I broke my promise" Qiao Zhi saw her somewhat sad look, and apologized a little distressed.
"It's me who got drunk first, it's none of your business," Jiuyou said in a low voice.
"Then I'll take you there now?" Qiao Zhi asked calmly.
"I went there today, there was a fierce old man next to Sister Sakura, and before I got close, he yelled at me, saying that if I didn't leave, he would break my legs, and he took a cane, and shook the ground casually, and there were many cracks in the ground, and he looked so powerful, have you beaten him?" Jiuyou asked worriedly.
Qiao Zhi was surprised, there was still a house keeper?
"Then why don't I go and investigate first, and you go back and wait for my news?" Qiao Zhi pondered for a moment and said.
"I heard Eva say that tomorrow they will hold a three-day courtship here, the first day is a blind date proposal, the second day is an engagement, and the third day is a wedding. It's safer," Jiuyou said in thought.
"It's okay, he may not be able to find me," Qiao Zhi said calmly.
"He's fierce," Jiuyou retorted worriedly.
"It's okay, I'll send you back first" Qiao Zhi directly took out the bamboo flute, and Jiuyou reluctantly reached out to hold it.
Sent Jiuyou back to the Cherishing Pavilion, for the sake of safety, Qiao Zhi put on an invisible black suit and teleported to a hundred zhang away from the attic of the Long Pavilion. He was surprised to find that there were dense formations within a hundred zhang, at least hundreds of formations.
Qiao Zhi was stunned, and felt even more that this place was extraordinary, he glanced at the eye-catching three-story courtyard next to the attic, and it seemed that the housekeeper of Jiuyou was inside.
Qiao Zhi opened the eyes of the divine pupil and began to study the hundreds of formations on the ground, whenever he cracked a formation, he did not take the initiative to destroy it, but stepped directly on the formation eye, after all, he was only here to help Jiuyou investigate, not to make enemies, there was no need to damage the formations that others had worked so hard to arrange.
But as he cracked it more deeply, the closer he got to that long corridor attic, the more strange the look on Qiao Zhi's face became.
Forbidden Air Array, Forbidden Earth Array, Forbidden Spirit Array, Forbidden Fire Array, Forbidden Water Array...... Outside there were all very common low-level formations.
Qiao Zhi thought about it again, it was just a seventh-level spirit gathering array, and he was pleasantly surprised by the old patriarch Gu Tian here, it seems that this secret realm has been self-closed for too long, and the middle and high-level formation materials have been almost lost, it seems that they have used all the high-level materials to repair the largest ancient mysterious formation outside the town.
It wasn't until he broke hundreds of ordinary formations one after another that Qiao Zhi finally stood a foot away from the attic of the promenade.
He found that in this attic, there was actually a ninth-level remnant array in operation, and the principle of its arrangement was the ancient array of the sun and moon and the same light recorded in ancient books.
Absorbing the power of sunlight during the day, absorbing the power of the stars at night, and the sun and moon rotating together, it is no wonder that after so much time, this set of formations is still in operation, intact as before.
Qiao Zhi looked up at the shining moon in the sky, frowning and speechless, it seemed that if he wanted to break this formation, he could only wait until it was cloudy, and cut off the supply of this array, which was the weakest moment of the formation. Usually, as long as there is a day or a moon, the ancient ninth-level formation, even if it is a remnant formation, is not something he can crack, after all, he is proficient in the way of the formation but does not specialize in it.
In addition to this, under the eyes of his divine pupils, he also discovered a subtle fluctuation of blood veins, this is blood forbidden? Only the master who arranged this array, the person of her favored bloodline, could break the ban and enter. It seems that this blood ban can only allow the Nine Shadows to enter.
Next time, when it's cloudy, bring her over again.
"Who's sneaking around there?" Suddenly, from the three-story courtyard, there was an angry roar.
Qiao Zhi was shocked, and just wanted to teleport away, but suddenly thought that he had just come over and had not destroyed the forbidden teleportation array, so he quickly calmed down, held his breath, and stood still, he wanted to see if this housekeeper could find him if he could find him if he had cultivated deeply.
Heavy hurried steps, coming from far to near. An old man with a bowed body and a cane walked out with a serious face.
"Three watches in the middle of the night, I actually had the courage to come, why didn't I dare to show up?" The old man's sharp gaze seemed to sweep over Qiao Zhi intentionally or unintentionally.
Qiao Zhi still stood still. He is still very confident in his stealth black clothes, unless he is a person whose cultivation is higher than him, or he takes the initiative to spread the movement to reveal his flaws, it is difficult for outsiders to see him.
What's more, the old man in front of him, his qi and blood are withered, his breath is not strong, thinking that his cultivation is not as high as him, at most he is above and below the puppet emperor, he doesn't believe that he will find himself.
"Since Your Excellency is here, why do you have to be a turtle with a shrunken head? Don't you want the old man to invite you out in person? The old man said with a sneer.
Qiao Zhi was still unmoved, on the contrary, he put his mind at ease. If he really found himself, he would have made a move a long time ago, and he would not have been so tempted.
The old man seemed to be a patient hunter, and he did not move until they met, and he did not move. In fact, he didn't find anyone just now, but with the inheritance of his ancestors and many years of contact with pills, his nose was naturally very sensitive to smells, and the moment the wind blew just now, he seemed to smell a faint breath of life upstairs. Gu has this deception.
"Hmph, the rat who hides his head and tail, the old man wants to see, you are ready to hide in time, the old man has not played a game of cat and mouse with others for a long time, since you want to play, the old man will accompany him to the end" The old man took out a chair directly from the storage bag and sat in the center of the door solemnly.
The corners of Qiao Zhi's mouth twitched, he was now very sure that this old man must be suspicious, but he didn't find him, this was cheating him. This old man is as cunning as a fox.
The two of them began to compare their patience in this way, the enemy did not move, I did not move, until three hours later, when the moon fell and the sky was full of frost, the old man had no choice but to put away his chair, and he was very puzzled and walked back step by step.
Qiao Zhi just wanted to leave, but suddenly he had a warning in his heart, and he stood still again.
After an hour of incense, the old man came to inspect again angrily, and found that there was still no movement, he muttered to himself, could it be that he was mistaken?
Until he returned without a problem, Qiao Zhi quickly stepped on every formation eye he had cracked before according to his memory, walked out of the formation zone, and left in an instant.
Back in the Cherishing Pavilion, Qiao Zhi saw Jiuyou leaning against the windowsill in his room and falling asleep, it seems that she has been waiting for herself this night.