Chapter 017: Sacrifice
Three days later, Zhu Youdao took the children of the Zhu family and his three apprentices to the Jinsha Gang to participate in their sacrificial activities.
Ma Laohei of the Blackwater Gang and Hu Lin of the Tempest Gang were also invited, but they were disdainful of Zhu Youdao and didn't even come over to say hello.
The three of them were the only spectators in the huge sacrificial square, and each family was arranged with a large table full of melons, fruits, barbecue, and wine, and let them sit at the table and watch the ceremony from afar.
It was the first time Zhu Youdao had met Jin Wuda, and his first impression of this person was that he was ordinary, so ordinary that he would almost be ignored. If it weren't for this person's profound cultivation and the respect of the sand people, he would only think that this person was a middle-aged sand man with no status.
Jin Wuda personally led the sandfolk around a statue made of sand and danced a dance of incomprehensible meaning.
After dancing for half an hour, a complicated ritual was carried out before the sacrifice was finally offered!
Looking at the statue of the sand god being sacrificed, Zhu Youdao couldn't help but think of the statue of the demon god sacrificed by the revenge-bent Seinfeld on the side of the Bailong River a few years ago.
Now that the desert people are sacrificing a statue, will it be related to the demon gods of the demon world?
But he only thought about it for a moment, and then he didn't pay attention to it.
The sacrificial tradition of the sand people has been around for tens of thousands of years, and if it has anything to do with the demon gods, I'm afraid it will cause big trouble long ago!
In the eyes of outsiders, the sacrifice of the sand people was boring and boring, so before the sacrifice was over, Ma Laohei and Hu Lin took their leave, which was a very disrespectful move in the eyes of the sand people, Jin Wuda's eyes showed a trace of murderous intent, but he did not stop his sacrificial action.
After the sacrifice, the young men and women among the sand people gathered together to sing and dance, and some even ran over to invite Zhu Youdao and others to participate.
Seeing that the clansmen behind him were a little eager to try, Zhu Youdao nodded and asked them to go and carnival with the men and women of the Shamin.
Jin Jingran was more reserved, stayed behind the master, and did not participate. She didn't go, and Yun Jiamu and Yang Xingzu, the pair of Jin Jingran's followers, naturally didn't move.
Zhu Youdao didn't care about them, because at this time, Jin Wuda had already walked over to him!
Zhu Youdao hurriedly got up, learned the etiquette of the sand people, and said with a smile: "Gang Master Jin, thank you for inviting us to participate in the sacrifice of the sand people!"
Jin Wuda also returned the salute: "President Zhu, welcome to Heiquanji, and thank you for respecting the traditions of the Shamin!"
Zhu Youdao said: "There is a saying in my hometown called 'follow the customs'! Our Zhu Chamber of Commerce walks the world, relying on the word rules, Heiquanji is the most well-behaved place I have encountered since I entered the desert, I like it very much!"
Jin Wuda's eyes lit up, and he suddenly felt like a confidant! He sighed: "It's a pity, in the desert environment, there are fewer and fewer people like President Zhu who are willing to abide by the rules! I hope that your Zhu Chamber of Commerce can become the eternal friend of the sand people!"
"Of course, the Zhu Chamber of Commerce intends to take root in this desert forever, and we businessmen like to have a stable and orderly place the most, so as to ensure our business safety!"
The two sat down at the table and talked happily, Zhu Youdao was talking about the outside story, and Jin Wuda was talking about the legend in the desert, and after some conversation, they were already as close as old friends.
When the sacrificial activities ended and Zhu Youdao led people to say goodbye, Jin Wuda also kindly reminded: "Ma Laohei is a restless person, my friend, you should be more careful, they don't dare to do anything in the walled city, out of the walled city, they will be more murderous than the bandits!"
Zhu Youdao smiled confidently, and learned Shamin's way of speaking: "Don't worry, the Jin Gang Master, if our Zhu Chamber of Commerce dares to come to the desert, we will not be afraid of any challenge! When we meet a friend like the Jin Gang Master, we respect kindness and wine, and when we meet someone with bad intentions, we will return with swords and blood!"
Jin Wuda was a little surprised when he heard this, and his evaluation of Zhu Youdao increased a few points!
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After more than ten days, Xu Fu did not disappoint Zhu Youdao and successfully built the foundation to get out.
He was originally a house slave of the Xu family in Kongzhou, his status was extremely low, and his cultivation exercises were very ordinary, and he could only cultivate to build a foundation, and there were no follow-up exercises.
He originally majored in fire-based exercises, and Zhu Youdao gave him a golden pill technique called "Three-Yuan Heart Fire Sutra".
This technique was obtained by a purple gold fruit and a declining family when he was still in the Qi cultivation period.
The so-called three elements refer to the monk's essence, qi, and spirit, that is, the physical body, mana, and divine consciousness, also known as the Three Jewels, which are the foundation of all spiritual practice.
The Three-Yuan Heart Fire Sutra is to cultivate a dantian fire to temper the three treasures of essence and spirit, and the cultivation of this skill is not fast, but it can lay a strong foundation for cultivation, and it is an extremely clever fire system exercise.
It's just that the most important aspect of this exercise is qualitative, paying attention to "a mouthful of dantian fire, the eight winds can't blow", and the cultivation is "static fire", which requires people who are calm and calm and have excellent patience to practice.
Zhu Youdao's wife, Xie Xiaohong, is a fire-based heavenly spirit root, but because of her flying temperament, she can't practice the "Three-Yuan Heart Fire Sutra". For more than ten years after she built the foundation, she still practiced the original foundation building exercises, and it was not until Zhu Youdao took over the Yu Xiuzong that she found a fire system Jindan Gong that was suitable for her to transfer.
It was Zhu Youdao's other wife, Li Yunniang, her temperament was the most suitable for cultivating this exercise, Zhu Youdao originally planned to let her practice this exercise after building a foundation, but later she had a more suitable "Blood Demon Refining Dafa", so she gave up the "Three Yuan Heart Fire Sutra".
After Xu Fu obtained this exercise, he cultivated a little bit of the Dao in a few days, noticed the extraordinaryness of the Sanyuan Heart Fire Sutra, and came over to express his gratitude to Zhu Youdao.
The lord saved him from the sand scorpion gang, and he also valued him very much, not only gave Zhuji Dan, but also gave him such a clever exercise! This made Xu Fu even more grateful in his heart, and secretly decided to relieve the lord's worries more in the future to repay the kindness of his acquaintance.
Zhu Youdao saw that Xu Fu quickly cultivated the "Three-Yuan Heart Fire Sutra" into the door, and he was also very satisfied in his heart.
The characteristics of this exercise also test the function of subordinates, if Xu Fu is half-hearted and not really effective, there are distracting thoughts in his heart, and he will not be able to cultivate the "Three Yuan Heart Fire Sutra" in a short period of time, which is a very important exercise of the mind.
Now that he has cultivated in just a few days, it can be seen that there is no problem with his loyalty!
At this time, Li Yunniang also came with good news, her retreat was over, and her cultivation was upgraded by another layer, reaching the fifth layer of foundation building.
When she was on the battlefield in Fengzhou, she had already built four layers of foundation, and a few years ago, she designed to kill Xu Fengnian, who was in the Jindan period, in Fengming Mountain, and made up for it, and almost reached the fifth layer of the foundation.
After that, he cultivated in the Fire Molten Mountain for a few years, but because he didn't kill anyone, his cultivation progress was negligible. It wasn't until recently that after entering the desert, he first killed the leader of the Blood Wolf Gang, killed a lot of sand bandits along the way, and now killed the second-order sand lion beast, and after refining the bloody qi into mana, he finally took another step!
After Li Yunniang came out, Zhu Youdao summoned Xu Fu and said to him: "You make arrangements, let Yunniang lead the team, and go to the outside of the city to train the troops! I estimate that Ma Laohei of the Blackwater Gang will not let go of this opportunity, you plan carefully, how can you surprise the Blackwater Gang......"