Chapter 11: The Escape Plan of the Nakshatra Faction
The Nakshatra is located in Qinghai Province, the Nakshatra Sea is hidden deep in the oasis of the wasteland, and the perennial rain accumulates into large and small lakes.
Because the Xingzhu Sea is surrounded by endless lakes and swamps for hundreds of miles, it is dark and damp all year round, and there are many poisons, so the disciples of the Xingshu sect often catch poisons here for the purpose of cultivating poisonous skills.
As the founding patriarch of the Nakshatra faction, Ding Chunqiu naturally didn't have to catch poisons in person, but asked his disciples to go to the swamp and jungle every day to catch poisons, and then provided him with poison skills, so the Nakshatra faction also had daily collection tasks.
As the senior brother of the sect, the authority to pick up stars is the heaviest of all the disciples, so the collection tasks on weekdays are also arranged by him.
Bai Yi heard Ah Zi's call outside the door, and replied "um", indicating that he understood, and then changed into the clothes he used to practice on weekdays and opened the door.
Outside the door, a delicate girl with a strand of purple hair in her hair stood there, seeing Bai Yi come out, her eyes purring, very lively and cute.
"Senior Brother, your martial arts seem to have improved again, it seems that the successor of our Star Constellation Sect in the future will be none other than Senior Brother!"
Ah Zi said a word of flattery, but unfortunately Bai Yi didn't believe half a word of the words of the cute girl in front of him.
I believe in your evil spirits! At this time, my martial arts are only retrogressive compared to the original star-picking sons, so how can I be diligent. However, Bai Yi didn't care, just replied lightly according to the cold appearance of Xingzi on weekdays:
"Well, let's go, go to the practice square. ”
Then, he crossed Ah Zi and walked in the direction of the Xingzhu Sect's practice square, and Ah Zi immediately followed.
"Senior brother, what is the Central Plains talking about now North Qiao Feng and South Murong, I see, they are not as good as you, Senior Brother. It's just that the senior brother is low-key, and he doesn't often walk around the rivers and lakes on weekdays, otherwise, they have to add a sentence in front of them to pick up stars!" Ah Zi followed behind Bai Yi and continued to pat his ass.
I have to say that Ah Zi is very good at sycophancy, so he can be so favored in front of Ding Chunqiu, but these flattering words are useless to Bai Yi.
Even his own master Ding Chunqiu will not be Qiao Feng's opponent, what else is the star of the west? In the original book, Ah Zi, who was just blessed by Qiao Feng's internal force, made me second in one move!
"Hahahaha! That's natural, what North Qiao Feng and South Murong, that's just because my Star Sect is located in the Western Regions, and my reputation for picking stars is not obvious, otherwise how would they have the opportunity to become famous!" Although Bai Yi didn't believe Ah Zi's words in his heart, he still pretended to be very useful, and said with a big smile.
The so-called teacher must have his disciple. Picking the stars is influenced by the old monster of the stars, although it is very cold, but also likes the flattery of others.
The corner of his eye kept paying attention to Ah Zi, and seeing that there was nothing unusual about this little girl, Bai Yi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
It seems that my acting skills are okay, and she doesn't see any difference in me.
Along the way, Ah Zi changed his tricks and said some words to please himself, and Bai Yi responded according to the way he picked the stars in his memory, and did not show any horse's feet for the time being.
When she was about to arrive at the practice square, Ah Zi cautiously walked to the side of Xingzi, stared at Bai Yi with her seemingly innocent big eyes, and said coquettishly:
"Senior brother, can you arrange for me to go to the swamp in the south for today's collection task, junior sister has made a breakthrough in her poison skills recently, and I need good poison to consolidate my poison skills. ”
Looking at Ah Zi's pitiful appearance, Bai Yi's heart did not fluctuate, and some even wanted to laugh. Others may be deceived by her pitiful appearance, but Bai Yi, who has read the original book, is not, Ah Zi is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and her mind is not as simple as that of a young girl, but she is as cunning as a fox and is not lacking in viciousness.
"I said how could it be Ah Zi who came to call himself today, it turned out that he was asking for himself. Bai Yi said secretly in his heart.
There are many swamps and lakes around the Nakshatra Sect, but in terms of the quantity and quality of poisons, the area located in the south of the Nakshatra Sect has more poisons and is more toxic.
Bai Yi smiled at Ah Zi's request, and finally nodded.
Calculating the time, Ah Zi stole the Shenmu Wang Ding and escaped from the Star Sect in a short time, and at this time, her requests are a bit noteworthy.
"Senior brother, I knew you were the best! Thank you, Senior Brother. Seeing that Bai Yi agreed to his request, Ah Zi jumped up happily, but a look of triumph flashed on his face.
"I'm your senior brother, I don't care about you, who cares about you!" Bai Yi smiled at all of Ah Zi's behavior, and seemed to be very satisfied with Ah Zi's performance.
During the conversation, the two came to the practice square. In fact, it is said that it is a practice square, but it is not as wide as the square, and the ground is not paved with bluestone, but just a flat and dry grass, surrounded by some fences, and a flag of the Star Sect is erected in the middle.
At this time, the various disciples of the Star Sect had already gathered here, waiting for Bai Yi, the senior brother, to arrange the collection task.
Next, Bai Yi divided everyone into groups according to the habit of picking stars in his memory, set the direction of their own collection and the amount of poison to collect, and then let everyone go their own way.
Naturally, Ah Zi was arranged by Bai Yi to the south where she wanted, and Bai Yi waited for Ah Zi to go away, and then followed.
In the Xingzhu Sect, Ding Chunqiu did not manage the affairs of the sect very much, and the affairs of the sect were all managed by Xingzi as a big disciple, so he had a lot of authority among the disciples, and naturally no one cared about him in which direction he went to collect poison.
It stands to reason that he can come and go freely in the Xingzhu faction, and it should be very simple to leave the Xingzhu faction, but in fact it is not the case, although the Xingzhu faction is notorious in the rivers and lakes, but few Xingzhu sect disciples appear in the rivers and lakes, in addition to the Xingzhu faction is far away from the Central Plains, but also because Ding Chunqiu does not let the Xingzhu disciples go out privately.
The last one who went out privately was a fifth-generation disciple named Caihuazi. After picking flowers and going out, as his name suggests, he picked flowers everywhere, so that he was wanted by the government, and was finally caught and killed by some martial arts people, losing the face of the Xingzhu faction and Ding Chunqiu, so from then on, he did not allow his disciples to go out casually.
Moreover, almost all the disciples of the Star Sect are evil and evil, and they are called scum by the people of the rivers and lakes, and once they appear alone, they are very easy to be attacked by the crowd. Therefore, Ding Chunqiu set up this rule.
Of course, this is not a manifestation of Ding Chunqiu's love for his apprentices, it is just because he feels that he will lose his face if he is killed outside as his own disciple, and his own face is something that Ding Chunqiu is very fond of.
Bai Yi quietly followed Ah Zi, and saw that Ah Zi first took out a flute and played it, and after a while, some centipedes, scorpions and other poisons gathered around her.
This is the method of poisoning in the Nakshatra sect, which blows the flute with a poisonous internal force to attract the surrounding poison, and can control the poison for a short time through the syllable change of the flute.
Seeing that the poisons were almost gathered around him, Ah Zi took out some jars, and then blew the flute again, and the poisons crawled into the jars under the control of the flute. After all the poisons had crept into the jars, Ah Zi stopped playing and closed the jars with lids.
At present, Ah Zi is doing everything as usual, and she can't see any unusual behavior at all.
But just after Ah Zi had done all this, he suddenly began to look left and right, and after finding that there was no one around, he quietly drilled into the primeval forest further south.
That primeval forest is considered a forbidden place of the Nakshatra Sect, not that there are any secrets of the Nakshatra Sect hidden in it, but that the poison inside is very dangerous, and it is difficult to control with the sound of a flute, and it needs to use one of the three treasures of the Nakshatra Sect, the Shenmu Wang Ding, to be subdued!
"It's really not that simple!" Bai Yi said secretly in his heart as he watched Ah Zi run towards the primeval forest.
Bai Yi continued to follow Ah Zi and entered the primeval forest.
The primeval forest was full of tall and stout trees, and the bushes were also extremely lush, and it was easy to be embarrassed, so Bai Yi sped up his speed and stayed behind Ah Zi. Fortunately, the strength of Xingzi itself is much higher than that of Ah Zi, even if Bai Yi is still not proficient in Xingzi's martial arts, he has always been very careful, but he has not been discovered by Ah Zi.
I saw Ah Zi leaving some marks as she walked, and by the way, she also sprinkled some poison repellent powder to expel poisonous snakes and poisonous insects, looking at her skillful appearance, it seemed that it was not the first time she had done such a thing.
Bai Yi followed for a while, and found that Ah Zi was not walking towards the depths of the primeval forest, but walking towards the edge of the primeval forest, and walked around the south of the primeval forest.
After walking for about half an hour, Ah Zi finally arrived at her destination, a lake the size of a football field, the water of which was dark and looked quite deep.
The lake is gourd-shaped, narrowing at the end away from Ah Zi, and it is unknown where it flows.
Following Ah Zi here, Bai Yi finally discovered the purpose of Ah Zi's trip, because he saw a half-finished raft on the shore near Ah Zi, and some tools for making rafts were scattered around the raft.
Ah Zi is going to make a raft so that she can escape on a raft after stealing the Shenmu Wang Ding in the future! Judging from the completion of the raft, Ah Zi has already planned a lot of time!
Then, Ah Zi picked up a saw from the ground and began to saw the dry branches of the trees on the ground, and then weaved the sawn branches together with rope and raft.
A lively and lovely young girl actually started carpentry work in this deep mountain and old forest, and she couldn't help but give people a weird feeling of being a little funny, and Bai Yi couldn't help but sigh in her heart:
"In order to steal the Shenmu Wang Ding and then escape, this little girl is also very hard!"
Hiding behind a tree and watching Ah Zi make a raft for a while, Bai Yi returned the way he came. Because Bai Yi estimated that according to Ah Zi's speed, it would take a few days to completely build the raft, and it would be useless to monitor Ah Zi here.
At this time, he found that the marks that Ah Zi made on the road were probably also to make it easier for him to find the lake, because the environment of the primeval forest was already complicated, and if she didn't make some marks, it was estimated that she would not be able to guarantee that she would take the right path every time.
There is no time limit for the daily collection tasks of the Nakshatra Sect, as long as you collect a certain amount of poison, you can return to the Nakshatra Sect and start a day of internal cultivation. However, the disciples of the Nakshatra Sect generally catch more poison and keep the excess for their own cultivation of poison.
As the eldest disciple of the Star Constellation Sect, Bai Yi actually didn't have to collect poisons, because the tasks he assigned to those disciples every day were actually exceeded, and the part of the poison they handed in was even captured by him, the senior brother.
Ding Chunqiu also knew and acquiesced in this matter, after all, whoever is strong in the Star Sect will be the senior brother, and he must have some privileges. Of course, if Senior Brother occasionally went to catch some poison in person, the other disciples would have no opinion.
After returning to the Star Sect, Bai Yi went directly back to his room and began to practice the original martial arts of Xingzi, not seeking to make any progress, at least to be familiar with the martial arts possessed by his body.
Bai Yi practiced while thinking about his escape plan.
His first escape plan was based on Ah Zi's defection, and he planned to wait for Ah Zi to leave behind Ah Zi after stealing the Shenmu Wang Ding!
After all, Ah Zi was able to escape from the Star Sect smoothly after stealing the Shenmu Wang Ding in the original book, she must have a careful escape plan, he only needs to escape with Ah Zi at that time.
But now that he knew Ah Zi's escape route and the raft, Bai Yi had more options.
He can wait for Ah Zi to leave with Ah Zi after stealing the Shenmu Wang Ding, if Ah Zi does not agree at that time, he can directly hold Ah Zi hostage, or he can directly kill Ah Zi, and then escape on a raft, he can even take advantage of Ah Zi to steal the Shenmu Wang Ding and escape directly on a raft!
In short, there are many ways to escape from the Nakshatra faction.
But he currently plans to wait for Ah Zi to leave together after stealing the Shenmu Wang Ding, after all, he and Ah Zi have no grudges, if Ah Zi is willing to take him with him at that time, he doesn't need to pit Ah Zi.
Of course, he can't tell Ah Zi about this kind of thing in advance, and he can only have a showdown after Ah Zi steals the Shenmu Wang Ding, otherwise if Ah Zi denounces himself to Ding Chunqiu with his backhand, wouldn't his trip to the Tianlong World be GG in advance!