Chapter 5: Unsealing the sword into a pill
As the phantom became clearer and clearer, the seven stars became more and more dim, and finally the phantom of the Daoist in the feather coat and star crown condensed to almost the shape of the surrounding body, and the seven stars in the sky also disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.
I don't know if it's really gone, or if it's just temporarily hidden?
In the end, the phantom of the Taoist in the feather coat and the star crown merged with the surroundings, and the visions of heaven and earth all disappeared.
The figure around him slowly landed, and he pointed at the corpse of the frog in the water, and the corpse of the frog quickly dried up, and finally flew out of the skin of the frog A bead that seemed to be made of blood gathered.
The beads of blood fell into Zhou's palm and were taken into his arms. Then Zhou's gaze fell on the skin in the water.
"I can't waste it, just make two vestments. Zhou Chu nodded and said, and at the same time pointed into a sword, a star sword qi turned around on the Jiao skin a few times, and then a Jiao skin that was half a zhang long and half a zhang wide fell to Zhou Cheng's feet.
"Pack up, let's go home. Zhou Shi fell from the sky and said with a relaxed smile on his face.
When Zhou Chu and Zhou Cheng returned to Yangxian, the city was still discussing the vision of the daytime star. However, seeing that Zhou Everywhere returned unharmed, everyone seemed a little disappointed.
Zhou Chu did not explain anything to the people in the city, nor did he announce that he had killed the tiger and beheaded the evil Jiao, but went straight back to the house with Zhou Cheng.
Yangxian Zhou Mansion is not a small courtyard in this city.
The courtyard is divided into two entrances, open the door to the main hall, on both sides is the wings, from the side of the main hall there is a corridor, beyond the corridor is the backyard, where is the master's bedroom and study, and there is a not too large treasury.
In the middle of the main hall, Zhou Cheng sat on the main seat, and Zhou Cheng stood in front with his hands down. A lively look like the head of the house talking to the housekeeper.
"Brother Cheng, how much money do you still have in the family?" Zhou called Zhou Cheng Brother Cheng when he opened his mouth.
"Back to the lord, in addition to this house, there are also 20 acres of fertile land and 5 yuan in the house. Zhou Cheng bowed and replied.
The Zhou family now has so much money left, except for this house and land, almost everything that can be sold has been sold by Zhou, and the only remaining money is still earned by Zhou Cheng on weekdays to maintain the livelihood of the two of them.
"Over the years, I've almost lost this business...... It's bitter for you. An embarrassed smile appeared on Zhou Chu's face.
He knew that the Zhou family was also wealthy, and even he inherited the title of Marquis of Guannei from Zhou Doi, but now this family is also the scale of a small landlord in a poor and remote area, which really insults the reputation of the Zhou family.
Zhou Cheng looked at Zhou's self-deprecating appearance, knowing that his lord had woken up, and he was also relieved in his heart. However, as a subordinate, Zhou Cheng couldn't answer at this time.
"How long will we have to keep filial piety?" Zhou continued to ask.
"There are still ten days left. ”
"Tomorrow you will find someone to sell all your possessions, and you will not want any of the houses and fields. All for gold and silver, and two more horses. As soon as the period of filial piety is over, let's go!" Zhou said with a palm lightly on the table beside him, and said with determination.
Zhou Cheng bowed down again when he heard this, and he didn't ask why he even had to sell the ancestral house, but replied with some embarrassment: "In today's troubled times, horses are all military supplies, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to buy them!
"If you can't buy a horse, buy two donkeys..... Let's go to Jianye first. I want to become an official and revive the name of the Zhou family!" Zhou said loudly, revealing a strong confidence in his tone.
"Ancestors bless..... The Zhou clan is sure to prosper. The subordinates are willing to follow the lord and go to the soup and fire!" Zhou Cheng was excited, he was originally a member of the Zhou clan, and now when he saw Zhou Fenfeng, the excitement in his heart was also beyond words.
"In addition, you can buy some incense and candle tributes tomorrow, I will be of great use. Tonight, you will rest well, and then I will refine this skin into a magic robe, one for each of us. Zhou Chu said and reached out to grab it, and the frog skin that was originally placed aside was grabbed by him in his palm.
Zhou turned into the backyard, and Zhou Cheng also returned to his room. After a day of running, Zhou Cheng still doesn't feel hungry, and he estimates that it should be the Demon Tiger Neidan who directly made him achieve the legendary Bigu effect.
In the bedroom, Zhou Cheng tossed and turned, and simply sat up, sitting cross-legged on the bed, learning to do what he did on the Nanshan boulder last night.
Soon Zhou Cheng was immersed, and his perception subconsciously extended in all directions, the spiders on the window lattices in the house, the mice on the beams outside the house, and the insects on the leaves in the courtyard, everything was imprinted in Zhou Cheng's mind very clearly.
It's just that when the consciousness extended to the backyard of Zhou, Zhou Cheng found that all that came was a hazy starlight, and there seemed to be a palace in the starlight, which made people daunting, and even his consciousness was reluctant to approach.
Zhou Cheng estimated that Zhou was refining the frog robe, although he didn't know what the magic robe was, and he was very curious about this refining process, but he still quickly retracted his consciousness.
Soon, Zhou Cheng became introverted and no longer experienced the changes in the outside world.
If it is said that there is no time for cultivation, perhaps Zhou Cheng has already experienced this feeling, if it weren't for the knock on the door from outside the house, Zhou Cheng might have been in this state until he sat down.
When Zhou Cheng was woken up, he only felt that he had only experienced a moment, and when he looked outside the house, it was already daylight.
"Your mind is really suitable for cultivation, and it is so easy to settle down, but it's a pity...... Born at the wrong time..... By the way, it's not good for you to settle down so casually, and some basic cultivation methods should be explained to you. Zhou looked at Zhou Cheng's blank appearance and said with some regret.
Zhou Cheng didn't care, he thought that Zhou Chu was lamenting that he had replaced his heart with Neidan, and his potential for cultivation had been lost, and his achievements were limited after all.
"Come and put on this vestment first, and I will tell you all about these things when you have done your business first. Zhou Chu raised his hand and handed a cyan inner armor to Zhou Cheng, and overnight he had already refined the frog skin into a magic robe.
Looking at the so-called magic robe in front of him, Zhou Cheng found that it was not the robe worn by the Taoist as he imagined, but a vest worn inside, which just protected the body.
Zhou Cheng took the robe, took off the robe and put it on his body. Although this is made of Jiao skin, Zhou Cheng feels unusually light and thin, and it is still a little warm in the hand, like a skin-like touch, as if he is not wearing it on his body.
"After all, this frog is shallow, and this magic robe can only resist ordinary blades, bows and arrows, and avoid ordinary water and fire. You and I can only use it better than nothing!" The voice around him sounded in his ears, but he was not very satisfied with the robe.
"Being able to resist the blade of the war, and also avoid water and fire, is already a rare treasure. Zhou Cheng was extremely satisfied.
A few years ago, he also fought a rebellion with Zhou Yi and fought bandits. knows that although Zhou Zhi is simple, this small magic robe is enough to make a mortal become an enemy of ten thousand, and even become a fierce general in the world.
"If you like it, go and get down to business, and then I'll write out some basic cultivation methods, and you'll have rules to follow in the future." Zhou Chu waved his hand and sent Zhou Cheng to sell his property, this kind of thing is really difficult for Zhou Cheng to come forward, because his popularity is too bad.
"My subordinates will go. Zhou Cheng bowed, then turned around and walked out of the Zhou Mansion.
Zhou Cheng went out for a whole day.
There are really too many things to do, and it is not a trivial matter to sell the housestead, and he just found a few interested sellers for a whole day, and agreed to discuss it on the spot after an appointment.
As for the horses, they were indeed as Zhou Cheng expected, not to mention buying them, and they didn't even see a shadow. The donkey's words are just to hear some news, and if you want to buy it, you need Zhou Cheng to come to the door in person another day.
Approaching dusk, Zhou Cheng returned to the Zhou Mansion with incense and candle tributes.
The three-year period of filial piety is approaching, and Zhou Cheng feels that these things should be used to worship Zhou Doi, so he buys a lot of them, and the ones he chooses are all good.
Zhou Cheng was waiting for Zhou Cheng outside the main hall early, and to Zhou Cheng's surprise, for some reason, Zhou Cheng also moved an offering table and placed it in the courtyard outside the main hall, but there was no tablet for Zhou Yi on the offering table.
"Put the things on the table, you can put away this handwritten book, which has its own foundation for your initiation. Zhou Chu instructed Zhou Cheng to set up the offering table, and handed Zhou Cheng a book.
"Thank you, Lord for the reward. Zhou Cheng took the book with both hands and carefully placed it in his arms. Bow respectfully to the surroundings.
Zhou Chu smiled slightly, and said in a slightly ridiculous tone: "If you can call me brother, I will be even happier when I think about it!"
"Huh...... The lord laughed!" Zhou Cheng smiled awkwardly, but he was still unwilling to cross the hurdle of master and servant.
Zhou Chu waved his hand with lack of interest, no longer talking to Zhou Cheng, and stood quietly to the side watching Zhou Cheng arrange the offering table.
"Almost, go get the Qingping Sword. Seeing that the arrangement was almost the same, Zhou suddenly spoke, but asked Zhou Cheng to take the Qingping sword.
Soon Zhou Cheng took out the Qingping sword from the house, and Zhou took it gently, and gently wiped the sword body with two fingers from the hilt.
With a slight wipe around the place, the Qingping Sword emitted a faint blue light, and the originally plain iron sword instantly turned into a shining treasure.
Suddenly, Zhou raised his hands flat, pointed his fingers together into a sword, dragged the hilt and the tip of the sword respectively, and then raised the Qingping sword above his head, and slowly knelt down in front of the offering table.
Kneeling on his knees, Qingping's sword held above his head.
Just as I bowed around, the incense candles on the offering table were lit without warning, and the curling green smoke rose, as if reaching the sky.
"The ancestor is above, the disciple has found a successor for the Qingping sword, and today the disciple uses blood as a medium to respectfully invite Qingping..... Unblocking!" The voice around is respectful and solemn, but it is not to worship the ancestors and the deceased father, but to a so-called patriarch.
The patriarch of Zhou? This is something that Zhou Cheng has never heard of. But what surprised Zhou Cheng even more was that after Zhou said these words solemnly, the Qingping sword automatically flew to the offering table, and the sword body circled around the offering table, as if enjoying the incense.
Then he bit his finger around and pointed his broken finger at Qingping Sword, and a blood line with starlight shot towards Qingping Sword.
The blood line was entangled along the hovering Qingping Sword for a while, and gradually the two merged, and the Qingping Sword rotated even faster, and soon only a light and shadow remained on the offering table. It seemed that the speed of light and shadow had reached its limit, and in the end, in Zhou Cheng's eyes, there was only a ball of cyan brilliance left.
Suddenly, the brilliance exploded, and then quickly restrained.
The last cyan sword pill the size of an almond appeared on the offering table, and as soon as the sword pill appeared, it turned into a streamer, and it disappeared into Zhou Cheng's eyebrows in the blink of an eye....
Zhou Cheng was slightly stunned at first, but then his eyes cleared, and he actually sensed that there was an extra chaotic space in his mind, and a cyan sword pill was suspended inside, swallowing cyan sword light.