Chapter 7: The Brothers (II)

The terrain of Xuanji Mountain is vast, the ground is flat, there is not too much slope undulation, the area here is not small, there are thousands of acres in size, which is more than three times that of the front mountain.

The location of the back mountain is unique, surrounded by steep cliffs, ordinary people can not climb at all, it is a rare and good land isolated from the world, and it is very suitable for the sect to settle and develop here.

The overall pattern of the Xuanji faction is also built according to the mountainous terrain, the front mountain is the mountain gate, the square, the main hall, the refining room, the alchemy room and the living and living area, and the back mountain is the Xuanji faction medicine garden, animal pen, talisman and special equipment research and development institute.

Because there are not many disciples of the Xuanji faction, only a very small part of the entire Xuanji Mountain has been developed at present, and there is great potential for future development.

Tianhuo was thinking about today's conversation with Master as he walked, Master was a little strange today, less calm and calm, and more anxious, could something happen? But Master didn't miss a bit, and Tianhuo didn't understand what Master was anxious about?

Regarding the revival plan of the Xuanji faction, Tianhuo had some ideas in the early stage, but because the time to wake up was very short, he didn't have time to sort out his thoughts in detail, and the whole plan was still very messy, and he needed more time to think about the overall plan.

Tianhuo thought about it while walking, and unconsciously turned to the mountain behind Xuanji.

Tianhuo looked at the lush back mountain and a few buildings, Xuanji Zi has occupied Xuanji Mountain for almost a thousand years, but there has been no time and financial resources to renovate here, so a good piece of back mountain is still in a semi-primitive state.

The Eighth Senior Brother who is good at planting plants and trees, the Ninth Senior Brother who is good at controlling beasts, the Ten Senior Brother who is good at talisman making, and the Eleventh Senior Brother who is practicing archery and developing equipment are stationed in the back mountain all year round, cultivating and researching, and it is rare that they are still enjoying it.

Since Tianhuo has come to the back mountain, he is naturally going to take a look at these senior brothers by the way, and by the way, he will inspect the situation in the back mountain, which will definitely help to develop the ideas of the Xuanji revival plan.

Tianhuo just walked through a medicine garden of the eighth senior brother, picked a few white apricots from a hundreds of years old white apricot tree on the side of the road, rubbed them on the clothes casually and threw them into his mouth.

Tianhuo ate two white apricots, the taste was good, sweet and sour, and there was little fragrance, which made Tianhuo have a great appetite, he simply picked up the placket of his robe and picked dozens of white apricots, and happily walked towards a narrow courtyard by the side of the road.

Suddenly, a big black arrow fell from the sky and shot into the dirt two feet in front of Tianhuo's feet, the arrow shaft the thickness of chicken eggs went four feet deep into the ground, and there were still three feet above the ground, the body of the arrow was still shaking violently, and the dirt raised by the big arrow splashed Tianhuo's pants and shoes.

Tianhuo's face turned a little pale, and he shouted at the narrow courtyard: "Senior Brother Eleven, you are too unrighteous, the junior brother specially picked some fresh white apricots and sent them to you to taste, you actually shot me with a crossbow, is there a reason for you to be so hospitable?"

A cold voice came from in the courtyard: "Little Senior Brother, the white apricot tree of the Eighth Senior Brother is so close to me, I can eat as much as I want every day, and I don't need you to be generous to others." ”

Tianhuo frowned and said, "Senior Brother Eleven, I haven't seen my junior brother for so long, don't you miss me at all? It's so sad! Forget it, junior brother, I'm magnanimous, forgive you! You can be so indifferent to me, but I can't disrespect senior brother! Senior brother, I'm coming in!"

The cold voice continued, "No need! Last time you came in, you broke the equipment that I had been studying for more than half a year, and it took me a whole month to fix it.

You also took away a small crossbow from me, and after you had had enough, you gave it to the hunters in the mountains to hunt deer, you are simply insulting my crossbow making skills!

Tianhuo said aggrievedly: "But you didn't eat a piece of the venison sent by Orion later! Besides, if you don't use the finished bow and crossbow, wouldn't it be a waste, so what's the point of you making it?"

"Get out! I'm too lazy to reason with you!" the cold voice became a little furious, and then three large black arrows fell from the sky.

Tianhuo immediately hugged his head and shouted: "Senior Brother Eleven, you are too stingy! If you don't see it, you won't see it! Why do you want to release arrows!"

The heavenly fire rushed into the next courtyard, and rushed directly into the main hall of the house, where a young man was crouching in front of the table, intently carving something on a variegated jade plaque.

Tianhuo was about to come in and say hello loudly, but when he saw that the young man was carving a jade plaque, he was immediately silenced.

He walked to the table gently, took out half of the white apricot in the placket and put it on the table, then wrapped the placket into a package and pinned it to his waist, and then stood aside and quietly watched the young man carve the jade plaque.

The young man's knife work was superb, the quality of the variegated jade plate was not excellent, and even the jade itself had some flaws and broken lines, but the runes carved by the young man cleverly bypassed those places, and gradually piled up a large number of good-looking runes on the jade plate.

Tianhuo waited for a long time for a stick of incense, and the young man finally completed the last knife, only to see a flash of light on the jade card, and the whole jade card seemed to have a little more charm and mystery, which was immediately much stronger than the previous appearance.

Tianhuo exclaimed: "The tenth senior brother's rune treasure making technique is really becoming more and more perfect, and the power of this jade plate is at least as powerful as the full force of the foundation building high-level cultivator, right?"

Tenth Senior Brother Zhou Heng raised his head, he was only twenty-one or twelve years old, he looked very handsome, but his eyes were a little dark, he shook his head and said: "Senior brother, are you sick?" Unfortunately, the jade quality of this jade plaque is a little poor, and it can't stimulate greater power, but good jade is hard to find, and the price is very expensive. ”

Tianhuo heard what Senior Brother Ten said, and he was even more determined to do business, because the first step to restrain his dreams is money! But money is not something that can be obtained in a while, and it is best to think of an alternative plan for Senior Brother now.

Tianhuo pondered for a moment, and said with some uncertainty: "Senior brother, the spiritual energy contained in this miscellaneous jade is obviously not as much as that in the spirit stone, you can make it into a very powerful rune treasure, so if you directly carve the rune pattern in the spirit stone, will it be even more powerful?"

Tenth Senior Brother Zhou Heng was like being struck by lightning, his eyes widened, and he muttered to himself: "That's right! Why haven't I thought about this before! Spirit stone is also a kind of jade, why can't it be used to make rune treasures!"

Wait, the spiritual power in the spirit stone is relatively pure, it is not easy to control, and the texture of the spirit stone itself is not suitable for carving, and there will be a certain risk of going under the knife, which is likely to cause an explosion. ”

Tianhuo touched his head and said, "But aren't the spirit stones all whole spirit stones mined from the spirit stone mine? Later, after polishing, will all kinds of spirit stones with uniform specifications appear? I rarely heard that when cutting spirit stones, there will be explosions?"

"Yes, they must have a way to avoid the explosion of the spirit stone, why didn't I think of it? Little junior brother, you are simply a genius!"

Zhou Heng jumped up, threw down the bookshelf and began to look for the books that introduced the spirit stone, he said while looking for it: "Little junior brother, there are good charms in the cabinet, you can take it casually, senior brother, I won't talk to you if I have something." ”

Tianhuo said shyly: "Senior Brother Ten, take your charm every time, so how embarrassing is it." ”

Zhou Heng waved his hand and continued to search for information, ignoring Tianhuo.

Tianhuo walked to the cabinet by himself, opened the cabinet, it was divided into more than a dozen compartments, large and small, almost full of all kinds of charms, Tianhuo found the few charms he liked to use the most, grabbed a few handfuls and stuffed them into his new Qiankun bag, and then said goodbye to Fang Heng.

Zhou Heng opened another book at this time, but he didn't hear Tianhuo speak at all, Tianhuo bowed and exited the room.

Tianhuo shook to the animal pen while eating white apricots, and saw a young man who looked like Fang Heng, but was much stronger than Fang Heng, walking towards him with two large bundles of grass, it was Zhou Yong, the ninth senior brother.

Tianhuo called out to Senior Brother Jiu, stuffed a white apricot in Zhou Yong's mouth, and took one of the bundles of grass and carried it, and said as he walked: "Senior Brother Jiu, what is this going to do when you cut so much grass?"

Zhou Yong spit out the apricot kernel in his mouth and said, "It's Tianhuo, are you cured?" The third senior brother said that he would go down the mountain to Wanshui County to buy some daily necessities in a while, and I would add some forage to the green cow and go down the mountain after lunch, would you go?"

Tianhuo said happily: "Okay, Senior Brother Nine, my illness is cured, I haven't been to Wanshui County for a long time, I'll go with you!"

Soon the two walked to the front of the cowshed, Tianhuo saw the green cow wandering in the cowshed at a glance, and felt a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen this green cow, Tianhuo frowned and walked towards the cowshed.

The green ox who was wandering around accidentally saw the fire in the sky, the cow's body was shocked, his eyes were as wide as copper bells, and he hurriedly looked around, and saw the hay in the cowshed where he had slept just now, and without saying a word, he plunged into it, and pulled some of the hay on his body with four hooves, trying to block himself more tightly.

Zhou Yong also frowned, the green ox that the master brought back this time is infinitely powerful, and he is usually quite diligent in his work, but sometimes he has a little mood, why hasn't he worked today, so he picks on it.

Tianhuo is also a big surprise, this green bull is obviously avoiding itself, why is it so afraid of itself? There must be something wrong here, is it related to its own amnesia?

Zhou Yong threw the grass outside the cowshed, preparing to teach the green cow some lessons, so that it could get up to eat grass and work.

Tianhuo hurriedly stopped Zhou Yong and said, "Senior Brother Nine, the junior brother also knows a little about beast control, so it's better to let the junior brother show it." ”

Tianhuo came to the cowshed, stepped on the lowest railing of the cowshed, and shouted to the green cow hiding in the haystack: "Little Niu Niu, do you know me, come out and talk to me~~"

The green cow hid in the hay and rolled his eyes, this pair of masters and apprentices is really a couple, they all call themselves calves and cows!

Qingniu hated this title so much that he raised his two hooves to cover his ears, looking like he didn't listen.

Tianhuo immediately knew that this green bull was the green bull that he had chased and killed before he fell unconscious, and scolded angrily: "Sure enough, it's you, the green bull spirit! Bastard, don't you remember what the little master looks like? Forget how you bullied the young master in the first place? Senior Brother Jiu went to find me an axe, I will chop him alive!"

Zhou Yong looked at Tianhuo in some surprise and said, "Little junior brother, what are you competing with a cow? This is an ordinary cow, except for his strength, he doesn't know mana, how could he have chased and killed you?"

Tianhuo pointed to the green ox in the haystack and said, "Senior Brother Nine, have you ever seen a green cow that can cover its ears?"

Zhou Yong leaned over to the railing and looked at it, and he was not stunned, sure enough, the green cow was able to lift its front hooves to its ears, and ordinary cows would never be able to do this.

Zhou Yong immediately took out a leather whip and handed it to Tianhuo and said, "Senior brother, the axe is too bloody, you have just recovered from a serious illness, and it is not suitable for killing." Besides, if the master brings it back, maybe there will be other uses, so you can use this 'thorn whip' for your brother to teach it a lesson, and relieve your anger." ”

When the green cow hiding in the hay heard the words "thorn whip", he immediately stiffened and began to look around where he could hide in the cowshed.

Tianhuo took the thorn whip that was two feet long, and at a glance he knew that it was made of more than a hundred years of iron wire snake snake skin tanning and weaving, and every two inches would be woven into a thorn made of stainless steel, if this whip went up, there would immediately be a few more holes on the body, but each hole was only half an inch deep, and it would not hurt life, but it would definitely be extremely painful.

Tianhuo said with a smile: "Xiao Niu Niu, if you don't come out again, I have to do it, master." ”

This cowshed green cow had tried countless times, but there was no way to escape, so he simply closed his eyes and pretended to be dead.

The sound of the wind "Huh~" sounded, and Tianhuo whipped Qingniu's side, and the soil on the ground splashed onto Qingniu's body.

The green ox jumped up from the ground as if it had been defrauded, stepped on the wooden wall of the cowshed, jumped on the girders of the cowshed, and rode on it and mooed, the voice was extremely loud, and it was extremely miserable, as if asking for help.

Tianhuo saw the fire, this time he was not polite, a whip was whipped on the back crotch of the green cow, a blood mark appeared, and there were at least a dozen more blood holes on the green cow's buttocks and retreat, fortunately, the skin of the green cow was rough and thick, and each blood hole was only the thickness of the little finger, and there was not much blood flowing out.

The green cow let out a terrible scream, no longer mooing, as if a donkey barked, the sound shook in all directions, and now it is estimated that its cry can be heard in the front mountain.

Tianhuo frowned and said, "Don't scream, you almost killed the master at that time, what's wrong with the master whipping you? If you dare to scream so loudly, the master will ask the eighth senior brother to slaughter you and make a whole cow feast." Don't get down from the beam of the house yet, admit your mistake to the master, maybe the master will let you go as soon as he is in a good mood. ”

Qingniu lay on the beam, turned his head, and looked at Tianhuo, as if to judge how credible Tianhuo's words were.

Tianhuo frowned, shook off the whip in his hand, and Qingniu immediately jumped down from the beam, lowered his head and limped towards Tianhuo, walked in front of Tianhuo, landed on all fours, raised his head and looked at Tianhuo pitifully.

Tianhuo was holding back his anger and wanted to punish Qingniu severely, but seeing that Qingniu had been beaten back to his original form and served as a coolie in the Xuanji faction to atone for his crimes, he was in no mood to bully a brute.

Tianhuo felt a little excited, and was about to return the thorn whip in his hand to Senior Brother Jiu, when suddenly he saw a dark shadow suddenly in Qingniu's eyes, and some fearful and longing complex emotions appeared in his eyes, Tianhuo immediately knew that there was a change behind him!

As soon as the feet of Tianhuo were loosened, the whole person slipped into the cowshed between the two planks, narrowly avoiding the sneak attack from behind.

I only heard the ninth senior brother Zhou Yong's angry shout, and then there was the sound of fists and feet colliding, Tianhuo turned over in time, and found that it was a very big eagle that attacked him, with a wingspan of more than a foot.

It was obviously not Zhou Yong's opponent, only a few rounds, it was hit by Zhou Yong several times, and a lot of feathers were dropped, it didn't dare to fight with Zhou Yong again, it roared, and it was about to fly high with its wings.

Zhou Yong scolded angrily: "Flat-haired beast, you don't change your wild nature, you sneak attack my junior brother, I have to break one of your wings today!"

After speaking, Zhou Yong jumped on the cowshed in one step, and then pounced on the eagle from the roof of the cowshed, the eagle flapped its wings hard, although Zhou Yong's fist wind hit the eagle, but the eagle just shook for a moment, and still flew, and it was more than ten zhang high in an instant.

Zhou Yong sighed in the air and fell to the ground, at this time, a black eagle arrow flew from the narrow courtyard in the distance, the speed was extremely fast, as if it directly crossed the space of a hundred zhang, and shot at the root of the eagle's left wing.

The eagle's body immediately lost its balance, tumbled and fell from the air, and fell heavily to the ground, splashing dust.

At this moment, on the ridge not far away, a young man of about twenty years old dressed in a green and yellow oblique striped power suit appeared, carrying an arrow bag on his back, and holding a large bow in his hand, the arrow he shot just now.

The eagle that fell to the ground struggled to stand up, and another black eagle arrow struck its right wing like lightning, nailing it directly to the ground.

Zhou Yong beckoned to the young man on the roof in the distance and shouted, "Eleventh brother, your archery skills have grown a lot, I admire you." ”

Xia Yi, the young man with the bow, said lightly: "Brother Jiu, you are too careless, if you are injured by this flat-haired beast, the little junior brother will be embarrassed, and the master will also punish you."

There is also a junior brother, not a senior brother, I am indifferent, because you are a veritable king of destruction, my new equipment is still in the development stage, and I dare not let you enter the house now. If you pay attention to your body and improve your strength early, it is impossible for the senior brothers to save you every time. ”

Tianhuo came out of the cowshed, his hands and body were covered with cow dung, he scraped the cow dung in his hand with the whip handle of the thorn whip in disgust, Zhou Yong looked at his thorn whip with some distress, the corners of his mouth twitched, and then he moved his gaze to the side, out of sight is clean.

Tianhuo shouted to Xia Yi in the distance: "Senior Brother Eleven, I only found out that the bow and crossbow are so powerful today! If you make a Zhutian Repeater to defend me, I promise not to cause trouble with you." ”

Xia Yi jumped off the roof, and his voice floated from afar: "Old Twelve, let's do your big dream of Qingqiu! I don't have any money left to make toys for you, and now I can't even afford the materials to make machinery!"

Tianhuo shouted in his heart, another one who has no money, who will go to hell if I don't go to hell?!

Zhou Yong saw that Xia Yi was gone, he also walked towards the eagle, today the eagle dared to sneak attack the little junior brother, and dared to resist himself, he had to give it a profound lesson, otherwise his beast control skills would not be in vain.

At this time, the green cow, who was hiding in the cowshed, gritted his teeth and broke through the wooden baffle of the cowshed and rushed out, blocking the eagle.

Zhou Yong was even more angry, there were only a few spirit beasts in the Xuanji faction, and they all dared to resist themselves, it seemed that they had to show some real skills today.

The green cow is very large, and its shoulders and backs are taller than Zhou Yong's, and it is in front of Zhou Yong, and Zhou Yong looks very thin.

But the momentum and temperament of the two are completely different, Zhou Yong is very firm and calm with every step, the earth begins to tremble gently with his footsteps, and the green cow also trembles on all fours, and the whole cow is like a sifting chaff.

Finally, when Zhou Yong walked in front of Qingniu less than a zhang, Qingniu fell to his knees and mooed to Zhou Yong, as if begging for mercy.

But when Qingniu saw Zhou Yong's murderous face, he knew that it was useless to beg him for mercy, so he immediately turned to Tianhuo and mooed, begging, tears dripping from his huge cow's eyes.

Tianhuo was a little unbearable in his heart, but the ninth senior brother specialized in the way of controlling beasts, and at this time, Tianhuo was inconvenient to stop him from training the green cow and the eagle, so he had to go to the side of the road, pull out a few wide blades of grass and wipe the cow dung on his hands and whip handles, and pretended not to see Zhou Yong and the green cow.

Zhou Yong walked in front of the two beasts, put his two fingers together to make a sword trick, his fingertips faintly glowed with yellow light, and pointed at the green ox and the eagle, only to see that every time he clicked, a yellow light entered the body of the two beasts.

Although the meridians of the demon clan are not as complex as those of the human race, there are still acupuncture points, Zhou Yongjing studied the way of controlling beasts, and naturally knew very well about the demon beast acupoints of the beast clan.

Zhou Yong only clicked a few times, and the two beasts collapsed to the ground, spasmodic, foaming at the mouth, incontinent and urinating, lying on the ground and trembling like two messes of mud.

When Zhou Yong pointed to the ninth finger, he was a little hesitant, and then he gritted his teeth and wanted to click it.

At this time, a voice came: "Zhou Yong, stop." If you point your finger, you will destroy the Daoji of the two of them. It's still useful to keep them for the teacher, so let's end today's punishment. ”

Zhou Yong and Tianhuo hurriedly bowed down together and said, "Master, why did you alarm your old man?"