Liu Jizu was taken aback as soon as he came to the backyard, it turned out that this was another valley. The small building of the Psychic Hall was built right at the mouth of the valley, blocking the mouth of the valley. This valley is larger than the one outside, and it is densely wooded and surrounded by many buildings. The difference is that there are several meadows here, the big ones are the size of a football field, and the small ones are the size of a basketball court, and there are many people and animals moving on them, presumably taming animals.

The old man led him to the nearest building, "You wait, I'll go find the spirit master." ”

After saying that, he also left him there and left.

Liu Jizu looked at the building, it was ordinary, and he didn't know what it was for. But this time the crowd came quickly.

A young man in a short shirt quickly greeted him and said with a smile: "Welcome, welcome, welcome!" I am the spirit master in charge of reception, named Chang Hu, I haven't had a newcomer for a long time, my junior brother is lucky, there are a lot of good spirit beasts now, and the spirit beasts will find me if there is anything in the future." ”

Liu Jizu hurriedly saluted and said, "Hello Senior Brother Chang, my name is Li Chuanzong, what do you need me to do?"

"There are some tests, to see what kind of spirit beast you are suitable for, it's very simple!" said as he took Liu Jizu into a room and asked Liu Jizu to sit down. He sat next to him, took out a pen and paper, and said, "There are a few questions, you have to answer them truthfully, otherwise the spirit beast chooses the wrong one, and it will not be good for anyone." The first question is, do you like animals, do you feel uncomfortable when you come into contact with them, such as sneezing, rashes, itching all over your body, etc. ”

Liu Jizu thought for a while, "I like animals a lot, and I have raised chickens, ducks, sheep, cows, pigs and other livestock and poultry at home, and cats and dogs have also been in contact with other people's homes, so I don't feel uncomfortable." ”

Chang Hu recorded, "Second, you like long-haired ones, short-haired ones or hairless ones." Third, you are hardworking, but you are still lazy. ”

"It's okay to have long hair or short hair, I'm still very hardworking. ”

"What type of martial arts are you, what do you plan to do in the future, what do you want spirit beasts to do for you?"

The question became more and more difficult to answer, Liu Jizu thought for a while and said: "My martial arts are currently fist and leg techniques, and I will definitely go to perform tasks later." I want to earn more money, and I want the spirit beast to help me protect my relatives and friends when I can't be separated. Liu Jizu thought of his family and seventh sister at this time.

Chang Hu nodded, recorded them one by one, and finally asked, "What is your master's spirit beast?" and how much money do you have?"

Liu Jizu couldn't help blushing and said: "My master's spirit beast is a mastiff, and I only have ten taels of silver from the sect on me now, and there are still some at home, but they are far away." ”

Chang Hu didn't care, stood up and patted Liu Jizu's shoulder, "Follow me!" and then took Liu Jizu to the backyard.

This backyard is not big, there is a huge wooden box, there are ten holes on one side of the wooden box, the thickness of the wine glass, there is a rope sleeve in each hole, and below the hole is the corresponding number, Chang Hu pointed to those rope sleeves and said: "Senior Brother Li, you go and try your strength." Generally, formal disciples start from six, let's see how many roots you can pull up at most?"

Liu Jizu thought to himself, this may be a test of how big a spirit beast can be pulled. He followed the instructions and pulled from the sixth.

Chang Hu added at this time: "Pull it until the red paint comes out of the rope." ”

As soon as Liu Jizu exerted his strength, he easily pulled to the red paint, and then he let go of the rope, and the rope was slowly retracted. Without waiting for Chang Hu to speak, he took the initiative to start testing the seventh root again, and there was not much pressure, and then the eighth root, and the eighth root took a little effort.

Chang Hu watched from the side, his eyebrows moved, and he cheered: "Work harder, see if you can pull the ninth!"

Liu Jizu shook his hand and began to pull the ninth root, he turned his head and asked Chang Hu, "Can you use your hands?"

When Chang Hu saw it, he found that Liu Jizu had used one hand from beginning to end, and he couldn't help but be surprised, thinking that this young man had so much strength that he could pull the eighth root with one hand, and he could only pull the eighth root with two hands, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes! ”

Liu Jizu grabbed the rope sleeve with both hands, pressed backwards, staggered his hands, and pulled the red paint in a few clicks. He let go of his hand, shook it, and walked towards the tenth rope again.

This time, Liu Jizu adjusted his breathing and posture, and he guessed that this tenth root was estimated to use all his strength. When he was in a good condition, he grabbed the noose with both hands and pressed backwards, while exhaling for the first time.

This time it was really difficult, but Liu Jizu still struggled to pull to the red paint, Liu Jizu let go of his hand and watched the rope slowly roll back.

He took a few deep breaths, waited for his qi and blood to stabilize and asked, "Senior Brother Chang, is it okay?"

Chang Hu was still in shock, he heard the deacon elders say that the tension of this rope was designed according to ten gears, which was used to measure how big an animal could pull. Gears one to five are used for ordinary people of different ages and genders, and five is the pull of an ordinary man. To the back for warriors or people with greater strength, the more difficult it is to go to the back from the sixth gear. Each additional gear is equivalent to increasing the strength of half an adult, and the tenth gear directly increases the pull of one person, which is equivalent to the pull of four ordinary adult men. He has been on duty for nearly ten years, and it is the first time he has encountered someone who can pull up to ten gears, and he is surprised and abnormal, looking up and down around Liu Jizu.

Liu Jizu was furious by him, and wondered if there was something wrong with this person, so he asked again.

Chang Hu recovered from the shock and became more polite to Liu Jizu, "Brother Xian, you have so much strength! In fact, ordinary spirit beasts will reach the top when they reach eight." The ninth and eleventh two gears are not used for martial artists, but for spirit masters engaged in special tasks. It has been hundreds of years since the establishment of this box, and there are only a handful of people who can pull up to ten gears in the record, all of them are legendary characters in the sect, it seems that the junior brother must be the dragon and phoenix among the people in the future! I must choose the best spirit beast for the virtuous brother, otherwise how can I be worthy of your divine power. ”

Liu Jizu blushed a little when he was flattered, and hurriedly said a few words modestly, "Senior brother, I don't know what spirit beast I am suitable for?"

"Well, in fact, these tests are just to find out who is not suitable for dogs. Your disciples with foreign surnames generally raise dogs, and other spirit animals are generally prepared for deacons with special tasks here or disciples who don't like to raise dogs. ”

Thinking of the disciples he saw exercising in the training ground, most of them were indeed large dogs, Liu Jizu nodded.

Chang Hu continued: "Brother Xian's luck is really good, generally people like you can train fierce beasts, but your foreign disciples can't raise them, and fierce beasts don't meet your needs." Just a few years ago, we had a disciple buy a giant mastiff from Longnan Road at a high price, I don't know why it lives in the wild, it is much larger than the average mastiff, and it specializes in stealing sheep and eating in the pasture over there, and the vigilance is very high, and the herdsmen can't do anything about it.

One night he stole a sheep and dragged it into a ravine to eat, only to have a bloody gas attract several wolves. It fought with the wolf and killed four horses, but was also seriously wounded. The next day, the herdsmen caught it by chance, and they were supposed to kill and peel it. Fortunately, one of our disciples went to the vicinity on a mission, and when he heard that he had caught a mastiff that could bite a wolf to death, he was very interested and rushed to see it. Because every disciple comes to get married, we will tell them that the Psychic Pavilion buys all kinds of strange beasts at a high price. He wanted to see if this mastiff was worth buying, but he was taken aback when he saw it, he had never seen such a big mastiff, so he paid for it and healed it.

Because it was wild and disobeyed the discipline, the disciple finally borrowed money and made an iron cage to transport it back. The hall owner was overjoyed when he saw it, and awarded the disciple a thousand taels of silver. This guy has a lot of strength, and he is used to being wild, and he can't be tamed at all. We had to mate her with our best, and this guy hurt us a lot before we succeeded. Although its offspring is a little smaller, it has been trained, and now it has just given birth to a third litter, and there is a male in it, I think it is the most suitable for you.

Because he had heard the story of Wu Lun's arrogant tiger protector, Liu Jizu had long wanted to raise a spirit dog of his own, and now that he finally had the opportunity, how could he not be happy, and he was about to let Chang Hu take him to get it.

Chang Hu smiled and said: "Don't worry, brother Xian, how can it be so easy, you still have to learn domestication knowledge, you can only pass the exam, we are also responsible for the spirit beast, otherwise what if you die!"

Liu Jizu has never been worried about learning knowledge, "What to learn, how to learn?

Chang Hu saw that Liu Jizu was so anxious, and comforted: "Don't worry, brother Xian, you come with me." After speaking, he took Liu Jizu back to the room where he asked the question just now, took out a very thin book from the shelf next to him and handed it to Liu Jizu, "Brother Xian, you can only read this book here, if you understand it all, come to me for the exam, this is not in a hurry, you can come here to study when you have time." Do you know how to read? It doesn't matter if you don't know how to read, I'll read it to you. ”

Liu Jizu looked at this thin book, thinking to himself what this is for people who have experienced the college entrance examination, and hurriedly said: "Recognize words, I'll take a look at it first." After speaking, I opened it and looked at it, only to see that the mastiff was written on the cover of this book, and there were two words "next volume" underneath, which is estimated to be only part of the mastiff breeding manual. It mainly introduces the habits of this dog, including how the owner establishes a relationship with it, how to train, how to raise, what to eat, what to pay attention to, what diseases are easy to have, how to treat diseases, etc. It's a very simple manual, except for the slightly more complicated dog training in the whole book, the rest of Liu Jizu read it and remembered it, and it was half an hour before and after. Although he didn't dare to say that he had memorized all of them, he understood the meaning, he closed the book and said that he was ready, and asked Chang Hu to take the exam now.

Chang Hu was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth, "Brother Xian, don't worry, it's impossible so soon!"

"You're not asking me to endorse it, just know what it means? I can see it all, can't you?"

Chang Hu didn't believe it, so he opened the book and asked, but it turned out that what Liu Jizu said was the Tao, and he answered correctly. Chang Hu admired Liu Jizu even more, "Brother Xian, you are not normal, people with such great strength are not like you, you must be the stars in the sky and down to earth, don't forget me when you are developed in the future!"

Liu Jizu couldn't cry or laugh, and said with a smile: "As long as you give me a good spirit beast, I will definitely not forget you." ”

"Talk about it, come with me, you know you can't wait. After speaking, he took Liu Jizu to a house with a door number that said Dog Department.

At first glance, you can tell that it is a breeding farm, and the scale is very large, and you can smell it from afar. Chang Hu walked through the house to the backyard, where there were many kennels, and Liu Jizu had never seen so many dogs. Chang Hu said hello to a few deacons who were working inside, and walked directly to the backyard wall, where there was another door, Chang Hu pushed the door open, and took Liu Jizu inside.

As soon as he entered the door, Liu Jizu saw a huge kennel, which was different from the ordinary kennel that only gave the dog sleep. There is a lot of space in this one, like a big cage for tigers in a zoo in the previous life.

He guessed that it was the mastiff brought back from Longnan Road, so he approached and wanted to take a closer look, but as soon as he walked to the side, a fishy wind suddenly greeted him, and a large black shadow pounced on the cage, and the mastiff didn't bark, but let out a low roar of the beast!

Liu Jizu was startled, thinking that this was a sneak attack. He took a step back to see clearly that the mastiff was indeed large. Xiao Hei is the size of an ordinary Tibetan mastiff, which is already much larger than the average pastoral dog. This one is almost twice as big as Xiao Hei, with a shoulder height of more than a meter, and he is almost up to Liu Jizu's chest when he raises his head. But the eyes are obviously different from dogs, they are the eyes of a kind of beast, no wonder they can bite the wolf, ordinary dogs can't do it.

Chang Hu leaned over and said, "How is it, is it worth a thousand taels of silver?"

Liu Jizu thought to himself, when the Tibetan mastiff was the most expensive in the previous life, such a rare mastiff must also be a sky-high price, a thousand taels of silver is nothing, and only in this era of vast and sparsely populated land can you buy fifty acres of land. It's just that later the industry went bankrupt, and the Tibetan mastiff was no longer valuable, but such a large Tibetan mastiff is no longer an ordinary product and cannot be measured by the price of ordinary dogs.

He looked at the giant mastiff and sighed, "It's worth it, I guess a thousand taels of silver can't buy a second one so big!

Chang Hu shook his head, "No, I can't catch up, I guess it's a female dog." I can't help it, I've already found the best match. ”

"How powerful is this mastiff, can it compare to a tiger?"

Chang Hu pouted, "How is that possible, it is more powerful than a tiger, who dares to raise it for ordinary people? Who can raise it? What should I do if I take it out and hurt someone? Tigers are much bigger than this, our beast department has it, you have a chance to see it, there is no comparison at all." This one is more special, I don't know why it has grown so big, and it is wild, otherwise it is not trained, how can it bite four wolves to death. But a single greyhound is at most okay to fight with wolves, and it can't be compared with lions and tigers, let alone bigger rhinos, elephants and the like. According to our training methods, the spirit dogs trained know how to assist the master in fighting, and are not afraid, and a single warrior at the general samurai level can fight alone, and there is a certain danger after a long time, after all, no one is smart, and there are no weapons. Their more important role is to cooperate with their masters, so as to deter opponents, sneak up on opponents, distract opponents, and greatly increase your chances of victory. ”