Chapter 10: The Way of the Formation (I)
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There are still 200 miles of road from Jinchuanwei to Ye Xueguan, although the official road is gentle, but for Tong Lao and others who have cultivated to a high level, they have detoured a lot of wrongful roads, therefore, Tong Lao still tries to choose shortcuts, anyway, it is not a problem to go over the mountains and mountains, and the ravines and cliffs can't stop them.
Without the drag of the three members of the Hu family, the group walked a little faster. Tong Lao walked in the forefront as usual, opening roads in the mountains and building bridges in the water. Zhao Ran thought that when he first saw Chu Yang City, he was held on his shoulder by the Chu Great Refiner to climb the Ping and cross the water, and couldn't help but ask the Seventh Aunt why he had to walk on the ground like a mortal on this trip - in fact, he just wanted to experience the thrill and excitement again.
Zhu Qigu's explanation is very simple, since there is foot strength to walk, why do you need to consume mana? Riding a horse (in fact, a horse, a donkey, and a deer) is not much slower, even if it is a cultivator, if there is no urgency, he is not willing to waste his energy and energy on the road, so he is really tired and panicked. Later, she added an explanation, saying that this kind of cognition is not suitable for some strange people, such as the fourth senior brother who follows behind.
Zhu Qigu especially taught Zhao Ran that this place was no longer a safe place, and he should always be ready to fight. No matter how you play, you must keep in mind that you must save on the consumption of mana as much as possible, even if it is just a small amount of mana, it may be the key to victory.
Zhao Ran respectfully and respectfully taught, and then declared that he would not fight, Zhu Qigu glared at him fiercely, and said with a straight face, My younger brother, how can you not fight? Wouldn't it be a shame for me Zhu Qigu to say it!
Zhao Ran said very innocently that he had no bones, and there was no trace of mana in his body, and if he fought with a cultivator, wouldn't he become scum in an instant.
Zhu Qigu looked at Zhao Ran with disdain, and said that as long as you have the courage and determination to fight, even ordinary people can also make cultivators cry and call their mothers, not to mention that although you Zhao Ran has no roots, you have qualifications, if you can't even fight, it is better for me to turn you into scum in seconds, so as to save me from going out to embarrass in the future.
The four of them marched towards Ye Xueguan, although they were barren and remote all the way, they also encountered several mountain patrols arranged by the Daomen on the way, including pavilion monks with strong roots, and various scattered cultivators who were attached to the Daomen. In general, this place is still within the jurisdiction of the Dao Gate Control zhì, such as Jinghuguan North Road encountering the Buddha Gate Demon Monk halfway interception is still quite rare.
That night, he still found a sheltered cave to sleep, Zhu Qigu beat Tong Lao and the fourth senior brother to find some game to fill their stomachs, the fourth senior brother was cool and motionless, the whites of his eyes turned to the sky, and he didn't look at Zhu Qigu, Tong Lao was quite depressed and obeyed the order, and came back with a wild goat before nightfall.
Long before the well pot pass, Zhao Ran took the initiative to take on the errand of barbecue game, he worked in the vegetable room of Wuji Courtyard for half a year, his hands were not bad, and the small bamboo box behind him was full of various colors, and every time the barbecue came out of the game, it was very delicious, which made the children and the old people move their appetites, and each time they were full of meals, to satisfy their appetites.
Although Tong Lao and several of them are all cultivators, and gradually entered the realm of Bigu, but the cultivation of Taoism is actually not contrary to eating, drinking, eating, and drinking, and the difference between before and after Bigu is only the difference in the length of time to endure hunger and thirst.
According to Zhu Qigu's explanation, Bigu is complementary to the longer and longer retreat in the later stage of cultivation, the so-called non-cannibalism is more because the way of eating was changed during the retreat and cultivation, and what was "eaten" was actually the "Yuan Qi" between heaven and earth, in essence, there was no essential difference from ordinary food, and they could all be converted into mana, but one was more efficient in transformation, and the other was much rougher.
Zhao Ran roasted the wild goat, the burnt yellow skin and flesh were coveted, and the smell of meat soon overflowed the cave, not only Zhu Qigu and Tong Lao had already sat next to them and waited, but the fourth senior brother who had been stained with a lot of light in the past two days also surrounded him.
Zhu Qigu said coldly: "If you don't contribute, you won't eat!"
The fourth senior brother sneered at each other: "Could it be that this goat was called by the junior sister?"
Zhu Qigu glared at him and said, "My little brother's roasted goat, who can eat it if I can't eat it?"
Seeing that the two were arguing, Zhao Ran hurriedly played a round: "It's all one family, don't talk about two families." As he spoke, he moved the bonfire away and stepped forward to cut the meat: "The two front legs are the most delicate, of course, my sister's...... Well, this hind leg is fat but not greasy, it should be the senior brother - the senior brother has worked hard to hunt...... This hind leg is left to the fourth senior brother, and the fourth senior brother angrily slashes the demon monk with a sword, and he must be rewarded......"
Zhao Ran made the decision to divide the meat, and Zhu Qigu didn't object anymore, just glared at the fourth senior brother and said, "Thank you for the little brother." ”
The fourth senior brother didn't say a word of thanks, just took the leg of mutton and walked to the entrance of the cave, while looking at the gradually brighter stars, he ate steadily, leaving only the back of Zhu Qigu's head.
Looking at Tong Lao again, a leg of mutton has been gnawed almost halfway.
After dinner, Tong Lao poured a few large sips of wine into the gourd's mouth, and found a corner with a red nose and fell asleep, snoring like thunder in an instant; the fourth senior brother held the big sword in his arms, leaning against the edge of the cave and did not move, and he didn't know if he had fallen asleep; Zhu Qigu sat by the bonfire and pulled Zhao Ran to talk.
Zhao Ran was very curious and asked Zhu Qigu: "Sister, how much wine is in that gourd, senior brother, why haven't you finished drinking it all the way until now?"
Zhu Qigu chuckled and said: "His gourd is a treasure, I can't tell how many things it can hold, I've known her for almost twenty years, and I've never seen her full." ”
Zhao Ran was secretly speechless, and was about to ask again in detail, but heard Zhu Qigu speak: "Little brother, although I think you have no roots, but you have excellent qualifications, my senior brother said, casually throw you the most superficial meditation method of the Daomen, you will quickly understand it, and he is also very appreciative of it." I've carefully calculated it for you these days, the Daomen exercises are ever-changing, and you still have to have mana to rely on, with your conditions, it can't be touched, if you want to have the power of self-preservation, you can only start with the formation. ”
After a pause, Zhu Qigu said again: "The formation is not my strength, and I have never dabbled in the study of refining weapons, and I don't know how to guide you." I want to give you a magic weapon to protect yourself, but you can't use it...... Thinking about it, I have some methods and skills for the enemy to tell you, I just hope that they can help you in the formation. I heard Senior Brother say, you once helped the two Daomen of Huayun Pavilion walk to get rid of demons, and Huayun Pavilion gave you a set of array disks for this award?"
Zhao Ran nodded: "That day, Da Zhuo and Xiao Zhuo chased a raccoon rat spirit that had not become a big climate, I helped by the side, controlled the formation to trap the enemy, and the main reason for doing my best was that Da Zhuo and Xiao Zhuo were strong in mana, and the magic weapons of the formation were also the two uncles, I was just painting a cat and a tiger." ”
took off the bag hanging on his chest, and took out the set of small array plates inside, the palm-sized array compass, the three-inch small golden sword, the square wooden ruler, a string of mercury beads, and a jade seal were all placed in front of Zhu Qigu. Of course, the "Five Elements Divine Array Compendium" is also indispensable.
Zhu Qigu flipped through it casually, frowned slightly, and said: "It's too simple - the materials are ordinary, and the formation moire is only refined one layer up, and Huayun Pavilion is stingy! ”
Zhao Ran was happy in his heart, and hurriedly sat up straight and listened attentively.
Zhu Qigu said: "There are a total of twenty-five kinds of formation transformations on your "Five Elements Divine Array Compendium", I just looked through it, they are all the most superficial Five Elements Formations, but although they are superficial, they are precisely the foundation of the Five Elements Formation, and Huayun Pavilion gives you this formation book, which is also worthy of it." You only need to study these twenty-five formations well, and in the future, if you practice the more difficult Five Elements Formation, you can get twice the result with half the effort, and even practice the Three Talents, Four Elephants, **, Seven Stars, Bagua, Nine Palaces and other formations, which can be much easier. But how do you know how to be proficient? Have you memorized it?"
Zhao Ran nodded: "I have recited the whole article many times, and I have it all in my heart." ”
Zhu Qigu said: "Then have you demonstrated all these twenty-five formations?"
Zhao Ran said: "It's all demonstrated, and the operation of each array is unhindered, and it took me a lot of water grinding work." It has been less than half a year since he got the array book and array disk, if it weren't for his strong memory and the "visual" ability to operate the heaven and earth qi machine, it would not be easy to do this step, so when he said this, he showed off a little bit in it, but unfortunately Zhu Qigu didn't hear it at all - for Zhu Qigu, this achievement was nothing at all.
Zhu Qigu said: "Okay, you can show me here." ”
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