Chapter 1: Cowtown
In the northern part of the Far East, there is a small town called Cowtown, which has a long history. Thousands of years ago, when the immortals and demons were in turmoil, Niucheng was called the Ten Thousand Demon Cave, and it was the gathering place of the demons.
The battle between the immortals and demons lasted for an unknown amount of time, and suddenly one day, a jade cow with a faint blue light fell from the sky. Wherever it passed, the gray demonic qi collapsed and disappeared, and it fought and fought with a group of demon generals.
Although the Jade Bull is brave and invincible, there are a large number of demon generals, and the two sides are evenly matched. In the end, the jade cowshed itself turned into this large array of cattle to suppress the demons under this Ten Thousand Demon Cave, and then this Ten Thousand Demon Cave was called Niucheng by later generations. The Great Array of Oxen is turned into a hundred stone oxen, located in the cow city, so far for thousands of years, the hundred stone oxen are intact as before, and the external force cannot destroy them at all.
With one hand on his chin, Stu listened absentmindedly as the teacher told the legend of Cowtown.
Shi Tu is 17 years old and is studying in the second class of the second year of Niucheng Yuling High School. Yuling High School is one of only two high schools in Niucheng with a large student population and ten classes in each grade. Nowadays, they are all all-round development type immortal cultivators, and the graduation conditions for high school are very harsh. If you want to graduate successfully, you must reach the Yuan Infant Stage in cultivation, and you must also get the qualification certification of Pharmacist Level 4 and Forge Master Level 3 before you can graduate, otherwise you will have to repeat the grade. If you want to continue to work up, you need to learn more majors and refinements.
"Okay, today is the last class of school, and the rest of the time everyone will teach their summer homework. The head teacher said.
Hearing the head teacher's last words, Stu's face changed, and he looked at the black round object in his hand, which still had a few dry cracks on it.
Shi Tu's summer vacation homework was to refine a second-level pill called the Explosive Spirit Pill, although it was a second-level pill, it was the most difficult of the second-level pills to refine. When refining the elixir, the spiritual power must be kept in a violent state, and it will be maintained on the verge of collapse for a long time, and a slight relaxation of the spirit will cause the spiritual power to rage and cause an explosion, and their job is to do their best to refine the most perfect explosive spirit pill.
There are forty people in a class, and the head teacher picks up the pills in the hands of the students one by one and observes them carefully, and the expressions that flow out are relatively satisfied, and when he picks up the pills in Stu's hands, the head teacher's face becomes extremely ugly. She took the dry black round elixir in her hand, observed the rough cracks on it, and asked cautiously, "Classmate Stu, is this elixir of yours exploded? There is not a trace of spiritual power on this elixir?" ”
"Nope. Stu replied quietly.
The head teacher's face changed again, "You... What kind of pill furnace is used to refine the pill, how can this happen if there is no fryer. ”
Shi Tu was silent for a while, thinking of the two-month holiday and couldn't help but sweat profusely, "Teacher Liu, this elixir is... My mom taught me how to make it in a wok. Stu replied quietly.
Listening to Stu's words, the head teacher fell into deep thought for a long time and did not react. "Wok? What kind of stove is it?"
"It's the kind of pot for stir-frying, commonly known as a big horse spoon. Stu was quieter.
The head teacher who had a good taste was furious, "The pot for stir-frying, and the Malaysia... You... I... Let your parents come tomorrow. There are forty people in the class, and you are the only one who pays for the Dan refining. The head teacher was so angry that he was already incoherent. "Get out of school!" the head teacher said angrily, and slammed the door.
After school, all the students rushed towards the school gate, because there are rules on the campus, and riding is prohibited on the campus.
Walking out of the school gate, all the students took out their riding tools and embarked on the journey home. I saw colorful bands of light flashing in the air and on the road, some were Peng, some were birds, some were horses, and some were elephants. There are also airplanes of various formats and locomotives of different shapes. There is a wide variety of riding tools.
"Hey, I was approached by the parents on the first day, and I said you really ...... Well done!" Hai Hao said with a flying eye at Stu.
"I said you did it on purpose, using a big horse spoon to make elixir? You're such a cow!" Haiming said.
Haiming and Haihao are classmates of Stu, and the two are twin brothers, but they don't look the same. Hai Ming has a graceful figure and a delicate face, while Hai Hao has rough bones and thick eyebrows and big eyes.
"I said, can you two stop laughing at me. It's not like you two don't know about my family's situation. Stu said with a dejected face.
Hai Ming and Hai Hao recalled the only time they went to Steo's house, and they couldn't help but be covered with fine beads of sweat and regret not being at the beginning. Stu tried his best to prevent the two from visiting his house, but the two refused to listen or believe him, so much so that they left a lifelong shadow.
"I'll go home first, we'll see you tomorrow." After greeting the two of them, Stu took out his riding tools and left.
Stu's riding tool is a pitch-black black dragon, usually entrenched on Stu's little finger, like a black tail ring. It's just that this tail ring is like a black hole that can swallow any light, giving people the illusion that it is alive.
From Yuling High School to Stu's house, you have to travel through the entire Cow City. Stu rode on the back of the black dragon and looked down on the ancient town. Modern technology combined with spiritual power has made the city develop more rapidly. Stu searches for stone oxen hidden in the city, each of which has a different shape. Those who read, those who plough the land, those who play in the water, those who sit and look at the moon. The largest one is formed by nine cows, which step on the clouds as if they were flying into immortals, and are flanked by peaks in the shape of wings. It is also the city mark of Niucheng, and later generations named it the statue of Jiuniu Mountain.
"Hey, the smallest stone ox to the east is missing?" thought to himself. Every day when he comes home from school, Stu's greatest pleasure is to find the stone ox in the middle of the cow city in the air. "Maybe it's something blocking it. Stu didn't think much of it and kept going.
The sun was over, and Stu finally came to the front of his home, which was a small two-story building. This two-story building is located on the outskirts of this cow city, and it seems a little lonely. A long time ago, there were still many neighbors in Stu's house, but now, surrounded by broken bricks, all thanks to one person, Stu's mother, Zhang Chunhua.
When Stu opened the door, a faint incandescent light came from the living room. On the dining table is a plate of golden-colored shredded potatoes, the thin sugar shreds as thin as a hair are shimmering with silver light, and the brilliant golden potatoes are very visually impactful, and the aroma that comes out is also full of fragrance. The corners of Shi Tu's mouth turned up slightly, and he secretly said in his heart, "This must be Zhang Chunhua's trap, I won't fall for it." ”
At this moment, a blonde young woman came out of the kitchen, she was wearing an apron and holding a freshly cooked dish in her hand, this person was Zhang Chunhua. "Yo, Tutu is back, wash your hands, go to the second floor and call your dad down for dinner. ”
"Oh, okay. Stu said yes and went upstairs.
Dinner is the warmest moment for the family, and for the Stu family, it is a deceitful performance.
Stu's father's name is Shi Jun, his face looks a little haggard, and he has a yellow wine gourd in his hand, which he never leaves his waist all day, and he will drink two sips from time to time. Stu's mother's name is Zhang Chunhua, and she likes to delve into food, but she may have some misunderstandings about food. Shi Tu is the only son of Shi Jun and Zhang Chunhua, graduated from Niucheng No. 5 Junior High School with excellent grades, and has extremely good physical fitness.
Shi Tu first launched an offensive against Shi Jun.
"Dad, you try my mother's shredded potatoes first, and looking at the appearance makes your mouth water. As he spoke, Shi Tu picked up a piece of potato and put it in Shi Jun's bowl.
Shi Jun was sleepy-eyed, looked like he had just woken up, picked up the potatoes in the bowl, chewed them twice, and swallowed them.
Seeing Shi Jun finish eating, Shi Tu asked expectantly, "How does Dad feel?" Do you want to drink two sips of wine?" Shi Tu knew that if there was a problem with the meal every time, his father would drink, and if there was no problem, he would pick up something and continue eating.
I saw Shi Jun stretch out his chopsticks and pick up a piece of potato again, put it in his mouth and eat it. Shi Tu's eyes lit up and he looked at Zhang Chunhua, he wanted to confirm again whether his mother had observed them, if Zhang Chunhua didn't eat and only observed them every time he ate, there must be something wrong with the food.
This time, Zhang Chunhua ate it first. Stu said darkly, "I can finally eat normally today." So he took the bowl and ate it.
Halfway through the dinner, Shi Tu only felt a chill emanating from the dantian, and then the spiritual power rushed uncontrollably in his body, his heart was squeezed by the spiritual power and suddenly stopped beating, the blood seemed to stop flowing, and his limbs became numb, as if someone had pinched his neck and couldn't breathe. At this time, I saw Shi Jun take two sips of wine from the wine jug in his hand, while Zhang Chunhua showed an excited expression and looked at herself. Stu knew that he had lost again this time, and gradually Stu lost consciousness, and at the last moment he woke up, he saw Zhang Chunhua holding a small notebook and recording something.
When Stu woke up, it was already the next morning, and looking at the time on his phone, Stu bounced out of bed like a spring. He hurriedly got dressed and rushed out of the house.
Zhang Chunhua shouted, "What's the hurry, bring breakfast." ”
"I'm going to be late, by the way, today the teacher is looking for parents to let my dad come to school. Stu shouted eagerly.
"Your dad has an important meeting in his company today, and he can't go over. Zhang Chunhua replied quickly.
"It's okay for you to come, but don't bring something strange!" Then Shi Tu's figure disappeared from Zhang Chunhua's field of vision.
"Can you let me go?" Zhang Chunhua muttered to herself, her face showing a touch of joy, and there was an unbearable excitement on her body. As for the second half of Stu's words, she didn't hear half of it.