Chapter 6 - Kaiding Soup

"Mother, as soon as Grandpa Mo boiled the soup, I saw that everyone in the village ran home in a hurry, why is this?" Mu Feng ran to Rong Xue with the basket on his back and asked.

"Kaiding soup is a major event related to the rise and fall of Sunset Village. I heard from the old people that the last time was twenty years ago, when your father and I didn't come to Sunset Village. Let's go back first, and we'll get ready. "Rong Xue Road.

"Your father has been working in the village for all these years, and has not gone out to hunt or collect medicine. I really can't get good things at home that can be used to cook soup. Rong Xue and Mu Feng returned home and said helplessly.

Mu Feng already knew the meaning of Kaiding Soup, which was not an ordinary vegetable soup, but a collection of all spiritual essences of plants and trees, the remains, bones, and flesh of insects, beasts, and birds of prey. Put it into the Ding Wending and refine it into a medicinal soup.

And he really can't get anything spiritual in his house.

"How many leaves are left of the Baiye Snow Lotus?" Mu Ze asked suddenly.

"Brother Mu Ze, do you really want to take out that thing? That's the biggest foundation of our family. Rong Xue exclaimed.

Back then, Mu Ze and Rong Xue walked from southern Xinjiang to Ricun, a small village on the border, and survived all the way.

"The Hundred Leaf Snow Lotus is a real elixir. How many dangerous situations we encountered on the way to Sunset Village, if it weren't for that Baiye Snow Lotus, we would have died on the road a long time ago. Rong Xue recalled.

"How many leaves are left?" Mu Ze asked again.

"There's only one leaf left. Rong Xue sighed lightly.

"Take it and make the soup. Mu Ze said.

"Brother Mu Ze, that's a life I left for Feng'er!

"Take it, you should be able to exchange it for three bowls of Ding soup, and give it to Feng'er to drink together." The two of us are a lot older, and it's useless to drink all this Rausch stuff. Mu Ze said.

"I knew you weren't that ruthless. Rong Xue's eyes lit up, the effect of the three bowls of soup may not be as good as that of a leaf snow lotus, but the main effect of snow lotus is to heal injuries and recuperate, and Ding soup contains many elixirs and the essence of exotic beasts, in addition to strengthening the body, it may also stimulate Mu Feng's other potentials.

"Although my cultivation has been lost, my sense is still there, and the aura of the old leopard at the entrance of the village is declining day by day, and I am afraid that my life will not be long. Feng'er, Rong Xue, I just want you to live an ordinary life, away from strife and fighting. Was he really wrong?

Sunset Village, I hope you can survive this time. ”

Looking at the departing mother and son, Mu Ze said.

"Gangzi, quickly take this hundred-legged centipede to the martial arts arena to cook soup. Aunt Li yelled, and when she got home, she took a hoe and dug three feet into the ground so hard that she almost dug down the root of the wall, and only then did she dig out the two-foot iron box wrapped in cowhide.

"Mother, my father lost his life in order to catch it. Ji Gang looked dazed and lonely.

"Silly boy, your father didn't fight for your life to kill this beast for you. Aunt Li's eyes lit up.

"Take it, take it and make soup, don't let down your dead daddy. ”

"Fat Dun'er, you will take this dragon elephant's spinal bone to the martial arts arena to make soup. Zhang Orion said, holding a beast bone that was more than five feet long.

This beast bone is crystal clear, and there are faint animal patterns appearing. You must know that only the alien beasts at the level of Qi Practitioner can condense the beast pattern in the bones, this is a dragon elephant spinal bone with strength close to that of a Qi Practitioner, which shows its preciousness.

"Yes, Dad. Zhang Meng's eyes lit up, and he happily ran to the martial arts arena holding the beast bones.

"You should be able to change three bowls of soup, and whether you can open up a qi spring depends on your creation. Zhang Orion muttered.

After Zhang Meng went out, seeing that Zhang Orion did not follow, he turned around and ran towards Mu Feng's house.

"Mu Feng, Mu Feng!" Zhang Meng kicked open the door of Mu Feng's house, rushed into the courtyard, and called loudly.

"Hey, little chubby, are you looking for Mu Feng? He went out with his mother. Mu Ze saw Zhang Meng holding a huge beast bone in his hand, and he looked puzzled.

"Are you out?" Zhang Meng seemed to be thoughtful, picked up a scimitar for chopping wood, and slashed indiscriminately, and a long bone fell from the joint of the five-foot beast bone.

"Uncle Mu, I'm leaving. This bone is left for Mu Feng, it should be useful. With that, he rushed out of the door in a puff of smoke.

"Hehe, this little chubby dun is also a lover. "Until now, Mu Ze still doesn't understand, Zhang Meng thinks that Mu Feng can't get good things, this is a gift for Mu Feng.

Mu Ze smiled and was about to close the door, when a pair of pretty little hands pressed on the door frame. Immediately, a red little face, with two high buns on top of his head, looked in. It was Mo Xiaoyu who came.

"Uncle Mu!" Mo Xiaoyu looked at Mu Ze, her heart was pounding, and her little face was crimson.

"Yaya, are you looking for Mu Feng?" Mu Zehu said suspiciously.

"Uncle Mu, is Mu Feng here?" Mo Xiaoyu's face turned even redder and asked in a low voice.

"Mu Feng went out. Mu Ze smiled.

"Mu Feng is not here. Mo Xiaoyu was relieved, she also thought about lying in front of Mu Feng along the way, Mu Feng would not demolish him in person, since Mu Feng was not there, it would be easy to do.

"Uncle Mu, I heard Mu Feng say that Aunt Rong is not in good health, and I have a ten-year ginseng plant here. It's useless to put it at home, so let's make up for Aunt Rong's body first. With that, he stuffed the wooden box in his hand into Mu Ze's arms and ran away like a rabbit.

"Feng'er said that Rong Xue is not in good health, why don't I know. Mu Ze said. He opened the wooden box and saw that a foot-long ginseng was shining with a luster and a wisp of medicinal fragrance that was refreshing.

Where is this ten-year ginseng, and a hundred-year-old ginseng has such a medicinal fragrance. Yaya's little slippery head must have stolen Old Man Mo's private collection.

Give it back to his grandfather another day, this old man is stingy. Hehe, it is said that this old man Mo is really rich. Mu Ze muttered to himself.

"You see, the Tattoo Ding is here. ”

"The last time I saw this tripod was twenty years ago. ”

"This is the treasure of Sunset Village. ”

...

Thousands of miles away, a striped tiger with more than three feet in length was crawling on the ground, its proud head clinging to the ground and not daring to move a bit.

"That old leopard didn't live long. You take someone to test the Terran village and see if it's there. ”

"What are you talking about, King?" asked the tiger beast.

"If you are told to go, you will go, and if you shouldn't ask, don't ask. ”

As soon as the words fell, the huge coercion receded like a tide, and the tiger beast got up and left as if it had been pardoned.

On the martial arts arena with a length of more than 100 zhang, the villagers of Sunset Village were standing at this moment, and they were all looking forward to it, looking at Chi Danian's people who came up.

"Bloom!"

With Chi Danian's loud shout, several of them put the Wei Wending in the martial arts arena. Except for Chi Danian, the rest of the people were all red-faced and gasping for breath.

Chi Danian alone has more than 1,000 catties of arm strength, and the other three are also the elite of Sunset Village, although they are not as good as Chi Danian, but they are not much different. The weight of the visible mogul is extraordinary.

The top surface is jet black, and it is impossible to see what kind of material it is cast. Three-legged ears, more than one foot high, more than half a foot wide.

The tripod body is engraved with flowers, birds, fish and insects, wind and clouds, mountains and rivers, cliffs, characters and beasts. This is where the name of the Ding comes from.

This is the meaning of turning all things in the world into tripod patterns, taking heaven and earth as furnaces, and smelting all living beings as karma, and smelting rare medicines.

Mo boiled on crutches and walked to the bottom of the crested ding. He looked at the Ding Wending for a long time, then burned incense and candles, and bowed down. A group of villagers also bowed down with Mo Xi.

"Pattern Ding, Open Ding"

Mo got up, pulled open the sealed animal skin, and let out a soft drink in his mouth. This sound lingered, and where it spread, all the villagers who knelt down and worshipped got up, looked up at the Wending, and their eyes showed a strange light.

"Bottom soup, blood scab. ”

Mo Xi stood under the line and said loudly.

More than a dozen villagers stepped forward, holding all kinds of utensils in their hands, which contained blood scabs condensed after the blood of various fierce insects and beasts dried up.

These blood scabs are accumulated by the sunset villagers after years of hunting, although they have dried up, they also have a lot of spirituality, and they are most suitable as adjuncts for Ding Tang.

"This is the blood scab of the unicorn snake, this is the blood scab of the dragon elephant, this is the blood scab of the horse wolf..." Then they have been put into the pattern of Dingzhong.

"It's a pity that I haven't collected the beast blood of the primeval relics over the years. A hint of disappointment flashed in Mo Xi's eyes.

"Medium soup, 100 family water. Note a hundred waters, a hundred families and songs, the sky is clear, bless me Sunset Village. Mo Xi looked around at everyone, took the lead in crutches, lifted the bucket beside him, walked to the bottom of the Dingwen Ding, walked up to the paved five-level stone pier, came to the Dingkou, and poured water into the Ding.

The rest of the villagers followed, carrying buckets of water prepared in advance, and one by one they walked up to the stone pier to pour water into the ding.

This is the way of boiling soup that has been handed down in Sunset Village. According to the village history, when the sunset village was glorious, there were really more than 100 families living here, so it was called Baijia water.

"A hundred families of water, a hundred will not survive twenty, and there will be fewer and fewer people in Sunset Village..."Mo Yu muttered.

The blood scab slowly melted in the water, and a faint smell of blood wafted through the air.

"Soup, Zhenjiabao. As soon as Mo Xifu spoke, the villagers were in an uproar.

This soup is the main event, which not only represents the strength of each family, but also relates to how much soup can be shared in the end.

The villagers stepped forward one after another and put their "town treasures" in the open space in front of Mo Xi.

Although every household in Sunset Village has hidden heritage, these heritages are uneven. Mo Xi's eyes burned, looking at the essence of Sunset Village one by one, he had to distinguish them one by one, pursue the advantages and avoid the disadvantages, and throw all the useful things to give full play to the maximum effect of Ding Tang.

"Ji Gang's family has a centipede for a hundred years, and the centipede can be entered into the Ding, and there are three bowls of Ding soup. ”

Ji Gang's face was overjoyed, he really changed three bowls of Ding soup, with the help of these three bowls of Ding soup, he would have the opportunity to enter and open up the Qi Spring.

"Zhang Meng's dragon elephant spinal bones, animal bones can be put into Ding, three bowls of Ding soup. ”

Zhang Mengle laughed, he stared at Wei Wending, licked his lips, and his eyes lit up.

"Mo Xiaoyu's family has three hundred-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, two hundred-year-old ginseng plants, and ginseng can be put into Ding, and there are five bowls of Ding soup. Mo Xi frowned slightly, and said in his heart that it was obviously three hundred-year-old ginseng plants, and there was one of these girls' pieces where was hidden.

Mo Xiaoyu stole a glance at Mu Feng, and didn't see the hundred-year-old ginseng she sent out in a pile of "backgrounds", and she was anxious.

"A pair of tiger whips from the lame man's house, the tiger whip can be entered into the Ding, and the Ding soup... Half a bowl of soup. Mo Xi thought of this, looked at the villagers with strange eyes, coughed, and continued to choose the villagers' "heritage." ”

"Cripple Wang, you have a deep enough background. ”

"Haha, you're lame on one leg, think about making up for the other leg. ”

"Phew, you old and young men say things that you don't have to be ashamed of. ”

...

The villagers were amused by the background of the lame man and ridiculed him.

"A pair of wolf bones, you can't enter the Ding. ”

"An iron-headed snake can't enter the summit. ”

"Carpenter Li's dragon and snake fruit, foreign fruits can be put into Ding, and a bowl of Ding soup. ”

....

Mo Xi methodically checked the villagers' treasures, selected the things that could be included in the tripod, and then distributed the tripod soup.

When he looked at the Hundred Leaf Snow Lotus, there was a look of doubt in his eyes, there was only one petal left on the broken flower, he didn't recognize it, and he was about to give up.