The latest Cheng Shan Tiger to take office is a monk in the late stage of foundation building, ranking second in the sequence of monks in Huaixian Pavilion, and it is also useful to use him as a soldier Cao to join the army.

To this end, Gu Zuo decided to establish the Southern Wu Army, granted five military quotas (including the army himself), allocated five sets of spirit armor purchased by the Golden Armor Gate, and selected five "war horses" that could be ridden from the already small number of horses to equip him, and at the same time allocated 300 yuan of military salary every year.

Regardless of the number of people and the small number of people, this is the official Southern Wu Army, and there must be a military camp. Gu Zuo originally wanted to build a brand-new military camp for the Southern Wu army, but after going to Gao Changjiang's master and apprentice, he found that they couldn't be busy at all, so he remembered that the task he assigned to them seemed to be a bit onerous - building a village.

There are a total of ten villages, each village has 100 sets of farmhouses, each farmhouse is a standard three-bedroom and one courtyard, all distributed in the "city", under the protection of six mountain protection arrays. Among them, five will be built around the planned farmland area in the south of the city, one in the north and south of Shuangfeng Town, two on the edge of the valley forest in the north, and one on the Dongxi side under the eastern slope of the second peak in the south.

According to the construction efficiency of Gao Changjiang's master and apprentice, it is expected that one [fo] village will be delivered in a month, and now the first village is only one-third completed, and there is no time to build a military camp for Gu Zuo. Therefore, Gu Zuo could only use a courtyard left by the original Dongting faction at the halfway foot of the south main peak and set up this place as a military camp.

This courtyard has three entrances and sixteen houses, which is more than enough for the Southern Wu Army, which currently has only five personnel, and it just happens to form a horn with the newly established Fa Division, one left and one right arch to guard the road to the south courtyard of the main peak, forming a barrier.

Chengshanhu newly opened the yamen, and he was very satisfied with this place, so he moved in on the same day, and then tossed in it alone, carrying a broom and a basin of water, and tossing a day of spells in it, and finally cleaned this yard clean and could live in it.

Then, Cheng Shanhu posted a notice on the white bi at the east end of Shuangfeng Town to officially recruit sergeants.

I sat in the hall all afternoon, but there was not even half a figure passing by, which was really frustrating. Just when Cheng Shanhu was thinking about whether the notice posted on the white bi was blown away by the wind, so others couldn't see it, a person finally flashed in outside the open door.

"Uncle Cheng, I heard that you are going to recruit soldiers, can you give me a chance?"

Cheng Shanhu suddenly rolled his eyes: "Little Huazi, what are you here to make a fuss about? I'm recruiting monks here, do monks understand? You have this time to make trouble for me, why don't you go home and plant a few seedlings." ”

Xiaohuazi, whose name is Mianhua, is the only son of the Chen family, a native of Southern Wu Prefecture and a medicine garden. This strange name was still given by the Dongting faction's uncle Guifeng Mountain, when the twelve-year-old Chen Mianhua fell asleep in a bush of flowers, and was seen by the Guifeng Mountain people, and ridiculed on the spot: "This son plays a small sleepy flower, but it is a pity that there is a lack of willows." Therefore, he changed his name to Chen Mianhua.

His father wanted to beg the Guifeng mountain people to accept apprentices, but his talent was extremely ordinary, and he couldn't enter the eyes of the Guifeng mountain people.

There are one out of ten talented people in the world, it can be said that there are a lot, but having talent does not mean that they are qualified to practice, nine out of ten talented people are very "dull", and the practice is half the effort, if it is not for the rich family, or deep connections, few people can "enter the fairy gate".

For example, it is relatively rare for the Huaixian Pavilion to open and accept apprentices and not receive people, which is completely burdened by Gu Zuo's reputation at that time, no wonder others. But at the moment, if Gu Zuo wants to accept apprentices, he can really recruit a lot - rich. Of course, he can only recruit some "bad qualifications" that others don't want, and the kind of genius with excellent qualifications and talents will still not come - his cultivation is too low.

Chen Mianhua has been stumbling until now and has no chance to practice, but he is unwilling to let him become a medicine farmer in a down-to-earth manner, so he tries his best to revolve around the people in Huaixian Pavilion, especially Chengshan Hu, who often appears, is the object of his sycophancy.

Now that the Southern Wu Army is recruiting, of course he can't miss it, and he will report for the first one.

Cheng Shanhu knew his thoughts, but he just shook his head and refused to allow it, but Chen Mianhua had a stubborn tenacity, and Cheng Shanhu couldn't help it, so he said: "I only recruit monks here, what's the matter with you here?" Okay, everyone understands your intentions, or that sentence, my exercises are not suitable for you. Actually, I really suggest that you go to the Gu Pavilion Master to try, you are not young anymore, if you continue to mess around like this, when will you become a leader?"

Chen Mianhua was silent for a moment, and said, "Then Uncle Cheng will help me talk about it, I am willing to worship under the door of the Gu Pavilion Master." ”

Cheng Shanhu was stunned: "Do you really agree to worship the Gu Pavilion Master?"

Chen Mianhua lamented: "Haven't we come to Nanwu Prefecture a lot of sects recently? I went to apprentice one by one, and no one wants to accept my ......."

Cheng Shanhu immediately laughed: "I see, I am dead? Haha, let me tell you, Xiaohuazi, the spirit search recipe is a good exercise, even Elder Tu gave up his family study to cultivate the spirit search technique, can it be bad? Think about it, Elder Tu is a golden pill!"

Chen Mianhua was depressed: "Didn't Uncle Cheng say before that Elder Tu was abolished by the sea of qi, can't you do it?"

Cheng Shanhu hated iron and did not become steel: "You don't want to think about it, then why can you still practice the spirit search technique after the qi sea is abolished? Not only can I practice, but I can also break the mirror golden pill? If it weren't for my own reluctance to practice the previous penance, I would have changed to the spirit search technique a long time ago!"

Chen Mianhua said: "Then why is it that Pavilion Master Gu has been cultivating for eight years, and he is still in the late stage of Qi refining?"

Cheng Shanhu said solemnly: "This is what I admire Pavilion Master Gu, if he only cultivates for himself, where will there be a Huaixian Pavilion that now sits on a land of a hundred miles and has financial resources comparable to the great sects in the world......? Such a mind is the master, otherwise I think I am also a character, why should I join the Huaixian Pavilion and run for it?"

Chen Mianhua muttered: "That's because you have been swept away and have no way out......" Of course, he is not a second pole, he was slurred when he said this sentence, and Cheng Shanhu didn't hear it clearly, but he didn't defend anymore when asked.

Bringing Chen Mianhua to Gu Zuo, Gu Zuo was also very happy, the development plan of Nanwu Prefecture had consumed too much of his energy, although he had always wanted to collect more people who inherited the spirit search technique, but he was always too busy to take care of it, and now that he had Chen Mianhua, he immediately decided to verify the difficult problem in his heart.

The butcher was found by Gu Zuo, looking at Chen Mianhua kneeling in front of him, he was very puzzled, but when he saw Gu Zuo glaring at him, he had no choice but to eat Chen Mianhua's apprenticeship tea and accept this cheap disciple.

Yes, this is the question that Gu Zuo wants to verify: if the soul search technique is not taught by himself, will he still be like the butcher, Li Gusheng, and Ding Jiugu, and directly feedback the cultivation into his own qi sea?

This is of great significance for him to explore the mystery of the soul search method and choose the right way to practice in the future.