During the time when Zhou Tianshen and others were cultivating, the villagers of Laohuai Village were also doing their own things in an orderly manner, since they found the trunk of the tree that had been cultivated into essence in the mountains, Tie Liu set a rule for himself, that is, to take ten days as a cycle, and then bring wine, meat, cloth, gold, silver and iron tools to the mountains to worship, one is to thank the tree spirit named Fan Fang, and the other is also so that the mountain elves can take care of their little girl more, hoping that she can follow Meng Cheng to learn the craft. Today, in addition to the usual worship, Tieliu has other things to do.

Put the things in the pit built with stones in advance, Tie Liu knelt down on one knee, and there were words in his mouth, which were nothing more than some words of blessing and hope, and then, Tie Liu took out a small square cloth specially prepared before going out, the cloth seemed to be wrapped in something, and reverently opened the cloth bag, and there was a branch that was almost dry inside, and there were three leaves hanging on the branch, the leaves had withered, and there were many cracks on it, and it felt that if you used force, it would be shattered into ashes, this is the three-leaf branch that Fan Fang had personally handed over to Tie Liu a few months ago, it was split from his body after Fan Fang cultivated into a human form, and Fan Fang had confessed that when the leaves were completely withered, buried it in the place where the two first met, Tieliu kept it in mind, so, when the leaves were not completely withered, Tieliu brought it, but I didn't expect that such a little distance from home to the mountain, the leaves would wither to this point, Tieliu was afraid of a mistake, I really couldn't afford it, so I carefully put the branch in the middle of the hole, carefully covered it with a cloth, and then filled the hole with an iron shovel, and put three stones on it as a sign.

Tie Liu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He packed up his things and walked towards the mountains, the food at home had run out, so he thought about beating a few pheasants to send to his daughter, and by the way, he sent some clothes, after all, she was a girl, and she must not be slack in dressing up.

There are more insects and ants in the mountains, and he walks on a small road, the path is full of rocks and trees, and some small beasts occasionally pop out of the roadside, although there is no danger to life, but it does delay a lot of time, and when he sees the prey, his palms are covered with sweat, he pulls the bow hard, and soon hits three pheasants, and an arrow-tailed pig, because he consumes a lot of physical strength, he rests in place, intending to find some dry firewood around to make a fire, at this moment, he faintly heard a voice, the sound is very close to himself, and it sounds very painful, he took out the axe pinned to his waist, and carefully inquired around, in case of accidents, finally found the target in a pile of fallen leaves, it turned out to be Zhou Tianshen, the son of Zhou Qian.

He pulled Zhou Tianshen out of the pile of fallen leaves, shaking his body, Zhou Tianshen opened his eyes weakly, his lips moved slightly, Tie Liu put his ears close to hear clearly, Zhou Tianshen said his back. Tie Liu ripped off Zhou Tianshen's clothes, and found a round fleshy white insect at the top of the backbone, that is, the position of the neck, the insect was curled up, the body was undulating, and he slept very comfortably. Cut down, as soon as the insect fell to the ground, he was trampled to death, and then he used a small horn of an iron axe to cut Zhou Tianshen's skin, found a small black thorn in the flesh, and pulled it out, Zhou Tianshen coughed instantly, Tie Liu patted Zhou Tianshen's back, while pulling him to the tree, took out his own kettle, poured him some, and fed him some small pastries, Zhou Tianshen was alive again.

Looking at Zhou Tianshen with a blank face, Tie Liu couldn't help but feel funny, "Have you drunk?"

Zhou Tianshen poured another big sip of cold water, only to feel empty in his stomach, and replied, "I drank some last night, what's wrong?"

Tie Liu said, "Do you know that you are almost dying, the white worm on your back is called a unicorn worm, commonly known as 'wine fool', as long as it is entangled by it, within three days, it will be sucked away from the essence of the whole body, and then turn into a dry corpse." ”

Hearing Tie Liu's words, Zhou Tianshen only felt a chill on his back, and he couldn't believe it, "Really?"

Tie Liu went to the side and began to get busy, "That kind of insect is delicious and lazy, as long as it is entangled by them, it will always follow you until you have no nutrients on your body, at that time they will find a place to hide and sleep, and then come out when they are hungry, so this kind of insect also belongs to the kind with a relatively long lifespan." Okay, let's take it as a lesson, don't be so careless next time. ”

Zhou Tianshen, who had just come out of the ghost gate, nodded with palpitations, and wanted to give himself a big mouth, wouldn't it be good to cut down trees next to the camp honestly, why did he come to such a place.

Zhou Tianshen looked around, but he didn't see the shadow of the bamboo basket, and he asked, "Uncle Tie, why did you come here?"

Tie Liu has already raised the fire, and now he is disemboweling a chicken, "There is no food in the house, I think I haven't seen Zishan for two days, I'm afraid that she won't have enough to eat in the mountains, so I will bring her some food and clothing, what about the others, not with you?"

Zhou Tianshen helped add firewood to the fire, "Uncle Meng has assigned tasks to each of us, they are somewhere else, by the way, did you see a few bamboo baskets when you just found me?"

Tie Liu recalled, "No, it may have been blown away by the wind, and when you are full, I will accompany you to look for it." ”

The roast chicken made by Tieliu is always the most delicious, Zhou Tianshen wiped the stains from the corners of his mouth, and the two of them quickly ate it to prevent fire, Tieliu extinguished the fire with mud, and stepped on it a few times with his foot before leaving with peace of mind. According to Zhou Tianshen's memory, the two wandered around the mountains for a long time before returning to the camp, and Meng Cheng was the only one in the camp at this time.

Zhou Tianshen recounted his previous experience, Meng Cheng nodded and said, "It seems that this place is not very safe, you go to the wooden house to rest first, and today's cultivation will be done tomorrow, I still have some pills here, you take them." ”

Meng Cheng took out a small jade bottle from his own belongings and threw it to Zhou Tianshen, and after Zhou Tianshen thanked him, he walked into the cabin.

Meng Cheng and Tie Liu walked in the opposite direction of the wooden house, and Meng Cheng said, "Senior Kou once told me that no matter what you do, you are not allowed to ask or care, but after all, I protect the entire village, so I need some answers from you." ”

Tieliu was also open and honest, "I know what you want to ask, I am indeed not from the village, but I am not a bad person either, the reason why I am here, you can understand that I am running away from some things." ”

Meng Cheng narrowed his eyes, put his fists behind his back, and clenched secretly, "Why are you saying this to me, you are not afraid..."

Tie Liu smiled, "I know very well what Senior Kou is, and so do you, if you really doubt me, you won't say this to me, I believe you." ”

Meng Cheng said, "But I can't trust you... Guys. ”

Tie Liu said indifferently, "You should be talking about me and Zhang Yun'an, whatever you want, anyway, I have already said what is in my heart, believe it or not, if Laohuai Village can't accommodate our family of three, I can move out immediately, and I will never drag mud and water." ”

Meng Cheng relaxed his nerves and patted Tie Liu's shoulder, "I'm sorry, Brother Tie Liu, I've been busy lately, and I'm really nervous." ”

Tieliu said righteously, "It's okay, I can understand your feelings, if you can trust me, no matter what happens in the future, words can help you, I Tieliu is not ambiguous." ”

"Thank you. By the way, you're here to find Zishan, she's here..."

Tie Liu took Meng Cheng's hand, "Don't, if you tell me Zishan's whereabouts, I will definitely not be able to control and go to her, now is not the time to meet, you can help me hand over these things to her." ”

Tie Liu put the wooden box behind him at his feet, chatted with Meng Cheng for a while, and then said goodbye and left, Meng Cheng moved the wooden box to the door of the wooden house, and continued to meditate cross-legged.

Time flew by, and soon, it was dark.

The crowd returned.

Meng Cheng checked them one by one.

Wang Duo wrinkled his little face, and his legs couldn't stop shaking, "Uncle Meng, I really tried my best, but I'm still afraid of heights." ”

Meng Cheng rubbed his hair and comforted, "It's okay, just do it seriously." ”

The others were not as embarrassed as Wang Duo, especially Wan Sansi, who opened the kettle with a smile, which was filled with fragrant honey, Meng Cheng squinted at Wang Cunyuan, who was bowing his head on the side, and asked, "You picked this?"

Wan Sansi smiled, "How can it, this is all picked by Cunyuan alone." Wang Cunyuan raised his head in disbelief, and Wan Sansi continued, "Uncle Meng, you don't know, I'm not afraid of anything, I'm just afraid of insects, so when I saw a bee, it was like Wang Duozhan standing on a high place, and it was easy to pee my pants, so I asked Cunyuan to help me pick some, Uncle Meng, look..."

Meng Cheng nodded with satisfaction, "Well, you are still honest, I will spare you this time, but there is no next time." ”

Wan Sansi responded with a smile, turned around and put the honey on Wang Cunyuan's hand.

Bai Xiaosheng's experience is the most thrilling, because no one thought that in the swamp, there was a big python hidden, and he chased Bai Xiaosheng for nearly ten miles of mountain roads, so frightened that Bai Xiaosheng fell into a small river in a panic, and hid at the bottom of the river to escape, Meng Cheng stared at the white and pure Bai Xiaosheng, Bai Xiaosheng's heart was empty, he lowered his head and said guiltily, "I'm sorry, Uncle Meng, I didn't stick to it, the smell was too stinky, so I went to the river to wash it." ”

Meng Cheng didn't speak, turned around and came to Tie Zishan, Tie Zishan held his head high and handed a map to Meng Cheng's hand, "I've run all around, and I haven't found any big cave beasts or caves, but here, and here, I have found some footprints of large cave beasts, I don't know them, so I marked them all." Tie Zishan pointed to the marked place on the map and said.

"Well done. Meng Cheng put away the map.

Before Meng Cheng could speak, Jin Quanyi consciously took out the stones he had collected, colorful, arranged together, Meng Cheng squatted down, picked up a turquoise pebble-shaped stone, and put it in the sun, you can vaguely see some black impurities in the stone, and then, Meng Cheng picked up a blood-red stone, compared the two, and found that the red stone was more crystal clear, with only slightly less impurities in it, and more of a light red substance. Meng Cheng handed Jin Quanyi in front of him and said, "Pay attention to the difference between these two stones. Meng Cheng's hand holding the stone kept turning in the sun, "The red piece is called the blood mandarin duck, and the light red substance in it is the 'mandarin duck', this kind of stone can not be cultivated into refinement, but it is a good refining material, when striking iron, throwing two stones into the furnace can greatly stimulate the temperature of the flame, and this turquoise stone, called the bamboo dragonfly, its function is similar to that of the blood mandarin duck, but it is placed in the wind furnace to stimulate the power of the wind." Meng Cheng introduced the functions of the remaining stones to Jin Quanyi one by one, and Jin Quanyi nodded as if he didn't understand.

Ma Xiandi obediently took the bamboo basket to Meng Cheng, which was filled with all kinds of herbs, some of which were not explained by Meng Cheng in advance, Ma Xiandi playfully explained, "Five bamboo grasses are not enough, so I picked some others." ”

Meng Cheng nodded and didn't say anything.

Eight people, seven tasks, and only two people completed the tasks in the strict sense of the word.

This is not a very good result.

Because these tasks are specially formulated by Meng Cheng according to the shortcomings or characteristics of each person, time is urgent, and he must speed up his efforts.

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No inn, on the fourth floor, a young man dressed in green stood in front of the window as before, keeping an eye on the old locust tree.

Ju Baishui, the novelist of the Tianshou Continent, since he stayed in the inn, except for three meals a day on the first floor of the inn on time, the rest of the time he has hidden his whereabouts, the villagers all know that there is a somewhat learned scholar in the village recently, but he has not seen it once, and now, there are not many readers.

Ju Baishui is a rare appearance in the inn today.

Ju Baishui held a wordless book, clenched his fist with one hand to support his forehead, his eyes were gently closed, his face was soft, just like a scholar who entered Beijing to take the exam, humming a self-created song, his toes against the corner of the table, comfortable and comfortable.

At this time, Fan Fang suddenly closed his eyes, pinched his fingers with both hands, the red leaf tattoo on his forehead emitted a dazzling light, Ju Baishui waved his sleeves, the red light disappeared, for a long time, Fan Fang spit out a mouthful of jet-black turbidity, his fingers couldn't help but tremble, Fan Fang said, "Thank you, senior." ”

Ju Baishui said lazily, "Your cultivation is still shallow, and you can't control it, which is normal." ”

Fan Fang wanted to speak and stopped.

Ju Baishui asked, "Something?"

Fan Fang nodded.

Ju Baishui smiled lightly, "Then let's do it." ”

Fan Fang closed his fingers together, turned in front of him, and a few leaves fell on the spot.

Ju Baishui put away the wordless book, poured a cup of hot tea, came to the window with the teacup, personally took care of the old locust tree in the village, and muttered, "Ten years, it's really a little difficult." ”

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Every time he has free time, Zhou Tianshen will be alone, find a quiet place to sit, and take out the flying knives and darts that Meng Cheng handed him that night. He has no memories of his previous life, and he can't remember many things, if Meng Cheng is like him, he is from that mysterious place, then he really has to have a good relationship with him, maybe with the strength of the two, he can find that mysterious place. But why didn't he point it out?

Zhou Tianshen was confused.

He remembered some memories of his past life, which he wasn't sure if it was.

That vague idea.