Chapter 11: Wintering
Not long after Su Fan left Fang City, several huge flying boats flew in the distance.
Each flying boat was dozens of zhang long, and its appearance was filled with a thin mist, flickering with the breath of a magic circle from time to time.
As it passed over the city, a flying boat landed.
A large number of monks poured out of the Fang Market and began to gather towards the Flying Boat, including the children of the Xiu Immortal Family, the disciples of the sect, and many scattered cultivators around the Fang Market.
Every time there is a dispute between immortals and demons, the sect is quite generous in order to hire loose cultivators as cannon fodder.
Not only is it given enough spirit stones, but it can also be used to earn good deeds on the battlefield and exchange various cultivation resources for the same as the disciples of the sect.
This is indeed nothing to the children of the family and the disciples of the sect, but it is undoubtedly a rare opportunity for these hard-pressed cultivators.
Although I know that I will be used as cannon fodder, there will be a lot of casual cultivators who will go to apply.
Su Fan shook his head, he didn't know how many people would come back alive.
Anyway, he won't join in the fun, why play with his life, isn't it good to live well.
It was already afternoon when he got home, and after eating a mouthful of food, Su Fan began to process the demon beast meat.
He originally wanted to buy some smoked demon beast meat, but when he arrived at the market, there was no goods at all.
Because it is easy to carry, the monks who go to Qin State to join in the excitement will buy some some.
Even though prices have more than tripled, demand still outstrips supply.
When Su Fan went, he couldn't buy it.
Moreover, the smoked demon beast meat has more than tripled, and it is impossible for him to spend that unjust money.
There was no way, he had to figure it out on his own.
Su Fan cut the fresh demon beast meat into ten-centimeter-wide strips and washed it with spirits.
Pour soy sauce into the pot, add spices such as bay leaves, spices, and peppercorns, and bring to a boil and simmer for a while.
Scoop it out and let it cool, then put the monster meat in the soy sauce soup and soak it for three days and three nights.
The meat is then taken out and hung in the yard to air dry for seven days.
This kind of soy sauce meat can be left for a long time, and when you want to eat it, slice it and put it on a plate and steam it, and the taste is amazing.
In his previous life, he was a northerner and couldn't get used to eating bacon from the south.
He makes this kind of soy sauce meat at home, and the taste is no worse than bacon, and there is no cured meat that he is not used to.
The next day, the shop brought a water tank jar and a large cart of vegetables.
Winter is coming, and now the temperature is very low, and frost has begun to fall on the yellow grass and trees in the early morning.
At this time of year, the weather can change.
I don't know what day, the cold air from northern Xinjiang will move south.
Maybe after a night's work, a cold wind will blow and make you feel a biting chill.
Su Fan began to prepare for the winter, and the first thing he did was to dig a vegetable cellar.
In the past, he watched people dig at his grandmother's house in the countryside, and it was not difficult.
In the small courtyard near the north house, dig a large boxy pit, and use the "fossil charm" to petrify the inner wall and bottom of the pit.
Then put a wooden board on it, spread hay, and cover it with earth.
Wooden shelves are placed in the vegetable cellar, and overwintering vegetables such as weeds and radishes are placed on them, so that you can eat fresh vegetables all winter.
He also used large pieces of woad to pickle several large jars of sauerkraut, and made several jars of kimchi.
I bought a lot of cucumbers and large turnips, cut them into strips and kill them with salt.
They are strung with rope and dried in the yard with vegetables such as weeds, cowpeas, and kidney beans.
In winter, these dried vegetables are stewed with meat.
Outside, the snow was falling, so put the steaming dried beans and stewed pork belly on the kang on the ground, and then get some wine to drink.
How other monks lived, Su Fan didn't know.
Anyway, even if he becomes an immortal, he has to live a good life.
During this time, he went to the Fang Market to purchase again, and bought a lot of spiritual rice and demon beast meat, and also bought a lot of firewood for the winter.
Lingmi has risen again, and it is said that the purchase may be restricted in the future.
In winter, the mountains are covered by heavy snow, and no matter how desperate they are, they do not dare to go into the mountains to hunt at this time.
If the war between the immortals and demons does not end, this situation will continue forever.
If you don't prepare the supplies for wintering, you may not starve to death, but life will definitely not be comfortable.
It took two days to get these things done.
Su Fan carried his hands behind his back and walked around the house and outside.
The rice jar in the outhouse was filled with crystal clear spiritual rice, and the firewood piled up by the stove was almost up to the roof.
In the courtyard, more than a dozen water tanks and jars were placed in the corner, and all the meat strips and dried vegetables were hung in a circle in the small courtyard.
After getting these things, he was finally able to calm down and cultivate.
No matter how long this immortal and demon war lasted, anyway, in this winter, he didn't have to worry about the shortage of materials.
In the early morning, snowflakes were falling outside.
This is the first snow of the winter.
Su Fan took the tongs and filled the brazier in the middle of the room with a few pieces of spiritual wood charcoal.
The spirit wood carbon in Fang City has been rising, and I don't know that the fairy and demon war has anything to do with this thing.
No way, you still have to use it.
Ordinary charcoal produces smoke and dust, which affects the cultivation of monks.
On this cold day, there was no heating or air conditioning, and they all pointed to the brazier in the house.
Don't think that the monk can be cold and warm, it has to be after the foundation is built.
Of course, if you spend 1,800 spirit stones to buy a robe that seals the talisman array, you don't have to suffer this sin again.
I sold him, and I couldn't afford to buy a robe like that.
Su Fan rubbed his hands and sat cross-legged on the futon.
Take out a Qi Nourishing Pill, put it in your mouth, and then start running the Mixed Yuan Gong.
After a month of summing up, taking one Qi Nourishing Pill for three days, the proficiency of the third layer of Qi cultivation increased by about eight points every month.
At this rate, in about a year or so, you will be able to cultivate to the perfection of the third level of Qi training.
This kind of cultivation speed is already very fast.
Other casual cultivators also have such a fast cultivation speed, it is estimated that they can wake up with a smile when they dream.
The reason why it is so fast is of course the game panel is indispensable.
There is also the Thunder Dao Body that has improved his qualifications, plus he has taken the Qi Nourishing Pill.
No matter what, Su Fan was very satisfied anyway.
After cultivating the Mixed Yuan Gong, he opened the panel.
Name: Su Fan
[Yangshou] 36/92 years old
【Realm】Three layers of Qi training: 9/100
【Exercises】
1. Mixed Yuan Gong (First Order): 23/100.
2. Horizontal exercise (second order): 45/200
3. Heavenly Demon Eucharistic Formula (1st Order): 100/100
【Spell】
1. Qi Hope (into the micro): 85/800
2. Light body technique (into the micro): 242/800
3. Occult Soul (subtle): 72/800
4. Xingyi Quan (Dacheng): 265/400
5. Nine Poles Serial Chop (Dacheng): 151/400
【Skills】
1. Green Lantern (Starter): 35/100
【Magical powers】None
Both spells are "subtle", and as for the effect, at least one level is raised.
There is not much difference between the current "Wangqi Technique" and the medium-grade "Lingmu Technique".
The "Hidden Soul Technique" is more awesome, and the effect is not a little stronger than the medium-grade "Breathing Technique".
After Dacheng, the Nine Poles Serial Slash and Xingyi Fist have greatly increased their power, but they are only quantitative changes.
It seems that only when the spell is advanced to the realm of "subtlety" will a fundamental qualitative change occur.
The magic sword I just bought, when I started using it, I didn't use it very well
I've been carrying it for a month, and as my strength grows, I'm now fully adapted.
Su Fan, who was in a good mood, adjusted his mentality and began to draw talismans.
With the increase of his divine sense, coupled with continuous practice, he has now successfully drawn the "Green Lantern Talisman", with a success rate of almost 30%.
This success rate is now losing money, and it will not be profitable until at least fifty percent.
Su Fan didn't point to the green lantern talisman to earn spirit stones, he just used it to practice and gain experience.
So in the next step, he is not going to draw the blue lantern charm.
After careful consideration, Su Fan was ready to study the "Exorcism Talisman".
That dirty thing last time, still makes him feel palpitations when he thinks about it.
Today is the first time he has officially painted an "exorcism talisman".
Even though he had been studying the exorcism for several days and copying it many times on rice paper, he was still unsure.
Su Fan held the talisman pen in his hand, his eyes were contemplative, his wrist swung like a snake, the tip of the pen was light and lively, and the slender and graceful red arc spread on the talisman paper.
It's like flowing water, comfortable and natural.
The ink is even, and it is a world of its own.
When an intricate and mysterious pattern appeared on the rune paper, the surface of the rune paper suddenly lit up, then dimmed and returned to normal.
"Succeeded......"
Su Fan let out a sigh and a smile appeared on his face.
I didn't expect it to be successful the first time, and I had good luck at the beginning.
He opens the panel, which has been updated, Exorcism (Starter): 1/100
Then keep up the good work and keep drawing the talismans.
As time passed bit by bit, Su Fan's expression was focused and focused, and the whole person was immersed in a state of selflessness.
In this state, he was like a divine help, and the next five runes succeeded twice.
Su Fan rubbed his temples, which were a little swollen and painful, and got up and came to the courtyard.
Looking at the snowflakes in the sky, he felt a little homesick again.
My father had a bad leg, and every winter, the old problem would come to him.
At this time, his mother would count him down every day.
It's gone, and they don't know how to be sad.
"Hey...... Don't want to ......."
Su Fan sighed, and just as he wanted to turn around and enter the house, he heard a knock on the door outside.
He walked over and asked.
"Who......"
"Brother Su, my brother got a bottle of spirit wine today, do you want to ......taste it?"
Su Fan smiled, and then opened the courtyard door.
"Brother, when I saw the snow today, I knew you should come......"
Xu Wen laughed, stuffed the spirit wine into Su Fan's arms, and handed over two oil paper packets.
"You take the wine in, I'll go home first, I'll come over at noon, let's take a sip......"
After he finished speaking, he turned around and went to the next yard, he didn't go home for a few days, and the two concubines in the house didn't know how to talk to him.
Su Fan went back to the house and put down the spirit wine and oil paper packet.
While it was still early, I also made a few dishes.
A Northeast sauerkraut white meat, a dried bean stew monster meat, a steamed soy sauce meat, and a whole vegetable stir-fry.
Coupled with the two packs of cooked food brought by Xu Wen, this can be regarded as Qi Huo.