Chapter 32: The Search for Spoils

Shi Xuan put the incense candles, small flags, cloths, tokens, and the flags, flagpoles, and fragments of the black flags into the package one by one, planning to wait for a good rest and recover his energy, and then go to explore the cave of the two-headed tiger first, and then see if there is a way and materials to repair the magic weapon after the search.

After putting away the items, Shi Xuan found that the dark clouds that filled the sky and made the entire Zhuangzi pitch black had disappeared, the bright moon was like a wheel, sprinkling a cold light, and the courtyard after the war looked like a dream, and the previous danger was an illusion.

Bathed in the bright moonlight, Shi Xuan recalled that the dark cloud just now was indeed very strange, and now that he thinks about it, it is mostly caused by the flow of the formation, but there is no attack surname.

When I came back to my senses, I saw that the two people in the big pit had come out, one holding a few pieces of meat. Seeing Shi Xuan looking over, Ding Mingde said with a little regret: "Heavenly Master, I didn't expect that although this monster looks big, after removing the completely scorched black part, there is only so much left. ”

Shi Xuan smiled and nodded, thinking that with such a powerful thunder light, there were still so many pieces of meat that were not completely charred, it could only be said that the two-headed tiger was enough, and Shi Xuan didn't think that there would be any leftover tiger meat at first, but he just hoped to pick up a few bones, tiger bone soup and tiger bone wine are all good things, especially such a tiger essence that has lived for an unknown number of years, the effect is probably better.

"Heavenly Master, so-and-so, I don't have many pieces of meat here, but thinking that tiger bones are good things, I picked up a few bones that were not completely broken. "Unexpectedly, Yan Giant Sword and Shi Xuan are heroes who see something in common.

"Not bad, the tiger meat itself is still a little burnt, tomorrow it will be roasted directly to eat, half of the tiger bones will be boiled in soup, and half of the two of you will take it back to soak in wine and drink, strengthen the body, and treat rheumatism and other diseases It is very effective." Well, by the way, tomorrow catch a few animals to test, this tiger is fine, maybe this meat will be poisonous. Shi Xuan showed his essence as a foodie very pertinently.

Yan Jujian entered the room and tore off half of the gauze tent, and then the three of them put the meat and bones in it one by one, Ding Mingde put it at the end, and asked the two: "Heavenly Master, this piece of meat is not bad, it's nothing charred, but where is it?"

"Ha, this is a good thing, although there is only half of it left, you haven't heard of the tiger whip?" As soon as Shi Xuan saw this half of the thing, he couldn't help laughing, and Yan Giant Sword also heheed twice.

Ding Mingde had a little embarrassment, hurriedly wrapped the gauze tent, and put a bunch of things into the room with tiger meat, tiger bones and tiger whips, and the three of them didn't think about it, this is the height of summer, and the meat is very likely to be spoiled, and it is estimated that the meat of such a fierce tiger spirit will be broken by default, and it will be at least several days if it is bad.

After cleaning up, Shi Xuan and the two of them piled up the corpses of the ghosts outside the house and in the room, as well as the blackened parts of the tiger essence, in the middle of the courtyard, and Shi Xuan used the fire burning talisman to ignite and cremate them. Because Shi Xuan planned to wait until after dawn tomorrow morning to recover his energy before searching for Zhuangzi, he didn't want to smell the rotten smell all night.

"Although this tiger spirit has been ambushed, but there are still some little ghosts wandering around, the two of them will sleep in the house of Poor Dao tonight, there is an accident, Poor Dao can take care of the two of you. After finishing the work, Shi Xuan called the two of them to his room.

Yan Jujian understood that Shi Xuan was right, he was a little unruly and arrogant martial arts master before entering Zhuangzi, and now he has obeyed Shi Xuanyan: "Heavenly Master, what you said is very true, then so-and-so, I will go and bring the quilt over, and I will just go down on the ground." ”

"It's down there, it's down there. Ding Mingde thinks it's good to have the protection of the Heavenly Master, and it's not extravagant to sleep in a bed or something.

"Okay, if everyone is in trouble, you don't want to be called by the Heavenly Master, whether you are called Brother Ziang, Brother Shi, or Dao Chang, you can do it. Also, wait for Brother Mingde, you can sleep in the bed, Poor Dao and Brother Yan still have to meditate and practice qi, and they can't use the bed. Shi Xuan looked at Yan Giant Sword.

"Well, Ming said that there is still a comprehensive search in the Zhuangzi, and a certain and heavenly master...... Brother Shi still has to meditate to recover his energy, after all, there may be some unknown danger in Zhuangzi. "Yan Jujian is actually a little curious, does this Heavenly Master also need to meditate and practice qi like his own martial arts, is it like this in cultivation.

After Ding Mingde excused himself a few times, he saw that the two of them were resolute, so he had to go to bed. Shi Xuan asked Yan Jujian to meditate on the chair in the back, and he moved the chair to sit on the edge of the bed.

After sorting out the talisman seal and taking emergency measures, Shi Xuan began to sit cross-legged and sat cross-legged towards the sky, after all, he was still in Zhuangzi, and he couldn't be careless, Shi Xuan didn't want to capsize in the gutter at the end

After a few days of qi, Shi Xuan slowly gathered his spirit and entered the visualization state, originally thinking that he would be very tired after the big battle, and it would be very slow to enter the visualization state, but he didn't expect that this time it would be easier to enter the visualization state than before, and even when he used the secret method to suppress his thoughts, it was easier than usual.

When visualizing the breeze and bright moon, Shi Xuan's soul cultivation, which had a slight bottleneck, began to strengthen again, and after the whole visualization was completed, the whole person was refreshed, as if he had taken a hot spring bath after being tired.

Shi Xuan guessed that it should be the final moment of life and death, he was able to suppress the fearful thoughts and calmly cast spells, so that his control of the soul could be further improved, thus bringing about the improvement of the soul realm, so there would be so many surprises when doing the visualization.

At the beginning of the "Treasure Record", it is stated that the core of this set of exercises is: control, or control. The control of one's own body, the control of one's own internal qi, the control of one's soul, and the control of one's own spirit, only when we understand ourselves and control ourselves can we talk about how to cultivate the Tao.

However, Shi Xuan's theory of control and control is not very clear, this is mainly due to the fact that his own realm is still low, many problems cannot be encountered, and there is no one to guide and communicate. This strengthened Shi Xuan's determination to search for the Daomen.

Although Shi Xuan was worried that there would be ghosts that slipped through the net at night, it was quiet all night, and there was not even the sound of insects and birds. In this way, the night was silent until dawn.

Shi Xuan regained his energy through visualization, seeing the rising sun outside, the warm sunshine, and smelling the fresh air, he couldn't help but stretch his waist, only to feel that life is so wonderful, to cherish it.

Shi Xuan's movement woke up Yan Jujian, he meditated until midnight last night, he really couldn't survive the physical and mental exhaustion, found a few stools, put together a simple bed and fell asleep, "Brother Shi got up really early, and his spirit is also recovering well." ”

"Maybe the Taoist method of qi is better at recuperation, let's wake up Brother Mingde, let's go around together, and then come back at noon to get tiger meat to eat." "Now that Shi Xuan has regained his strength, he is full of curiosity about what is in the two-headed tiger's lair, and it is best to have information about the magic weapon of the black flag.

"I came to find an old friend this time, and now I am afraid that it is more than lucky. Yan Giant Sword was a little sad, "I hope that we can find his relics and set up a tomb for him in the future." ”

"Alright, at least we've avenged him, it's useless to talk about it now, let's get ready to go. Shi Xuan could only say that.

woke up Ding Mingde, he didn't dare to stay in the courtyard by himself, so he naturally agreed to follow Shi Xuan to Zhuangzi to check. Then Shi Xuan led the two of them to search in the direction where he saw the two-headed tiger coming from last night.

The houses in Zhuangzi are full of stale smell, except for a few rooms with quilts and other common items, the rest of the rooms look like they have not been used for many years, and there is nothing of value.

The further back I went, the stronger the fishy smell in the air, similar to the smell of the two-headed tiger last night, and it seemed that I had not gone to the wrong place. According to the source of the fishy smell, Shi Xuan adjusted his downward direction slightly, and after passing through the house, the front suddenly opened up, and an untrimmed land appeared in front of the three of them, with some trees sparsely planted on it, surrounded by a lot of white bones and mutilated corpses, and even some corpses looked like they had just died a few days ago.

Yan Jujian signaled to Shi Xuan to go to these bones to find out if there were any of his friends, Shi Xuan naturally would not disagree, but when he saw the big black hole at the end of the clearing and under the mountain wall, he couldn't hold back in his heart, thinking that he had traveled all the way, and he didn't see any ghosts in his heavenly eyes, so he nodded and said: "Then Brother Yan, you take a closer look at these bones, Poor Dao just opened the eyes of heaven to see it, these are not ghosts, there will be no danger, Poor Dao will go to the cave to explore first, if Brother Yan encounters danger, he can retreat to the cave." ”

"I understand, according to the level of ghosts last night, unless it is the last tiger-headed monster, with the distance to the cave, it is still not a problem. "In terms of light skills, Yan Giant Sword is still relatively confident, although he is not a top light skill master in the rivers and lakes, but compared with those ghosts who act like ordinary people or are slow, it is really too strong.

Shi Xuan saw that Yan Giant Sword had no objection, so he was about to go to the cave, Ding Mingde saw that the cave was black, and remembered the terrifying tiger-headed monster last night, so he volunteered to stay and help Yan Giant Sword find the body.

Walking along the path, Shi Xuan walked to the front of the cave, where he could smell the fishy smell, the smell of blood, the smell of decay, and even the smell of scratching common to wild beasts. Shi Xuan had to endure the strange smell of the mixture and walked into the cave.

The inside of the cave was not dark, there were some torches lit along the way, and there were no forks, except for accidentally kicking some white bones, Shi Xuan walked smoothly to the innermost part of the cave, which was a circular space, and there was only a very flat stone inside, which looked like a simple table.

There were three books on the table, and a large bowl with some black water left in it, like a medicinal soup. In addition to the table, there was also a pile of things in the corner that was covered with thatch, and through the thatch gap, Shi Xuan saw that there were herbs inside, which were the ones planted outside the Zhuangzi. The whole situation can be seen that the two-headed tiger came out in a hurry last night, and even the books were confiscated.