Chapter 4: Nine Bears
Unexpectedly, Zhang Tong just proposed to leave, but was stopped by Zhen Yuandao. Reaching out and taking out three yellow paper talismans about two fingers wide and five or six inches long in his sleeve, he said, "Don't you be busy first, you have made a lot of meritorious contributions today, and put away these three talismans and arrows, and go back to drip the blood of your middle finger." Save it for emergencies to keep your eyes on the target and hit it. It can be turned into an arrow of light, whatever you want, and hurt people in the air. ”
When Zhang Tong heard this, his eyes immediately lit up, and he quickly took the three paper talismans, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said, "Thank you Master for your gift!"
Zhen Yuandao waved his hand and said, "It's just three talisman arrows, when you practice true qi in the future, you will be rewarded for your teacher's own magic weapon." Go, go!"
Zhang Tong knew that Zhen Yuandao was the most redundant, and when he heard him drive people out, he hurriedly retreated. Returning to the next room with three talisman arrows in his hand, he immediately couldn't wait, took a sharp knife, and stabbed a small wound in the belly of his middle finger. Squeeze out a few drops of blood and smear them on the talisman arrow.
The blood veins of the middle finger are directly connected to the heart, which is where the essence of the human body is, and the three talisman arrows are stimulated by the blood qi, and a ball of essence light suddenly emerges.
Suddenly, Zhang Tong only felt a palpitation, and then he had a wonderful feeling with the three rune arrows. This made his heart even more joyful, and he couldn't help but want to try it and see the power.
It's a pity that Zhen Yuandao has already explained in advance that these three talisman arrows are all temporarily refined, and only one prohibition is engraved inside, and once they are used, they will be abolished. Zhang Tong first got three rune arrows, and he regarded them more and more as treasures, how could he easily experiment. I can't put it down, play with it for a while, and I carefully collect it closely.
Up to this point, it was still dark, and it was at least an hour before dawn.
Zhang Tong recalled that the person who fought with Zhen Yuandao just now, although he only saw a scale and half armor, he couldn't help but secretly envy, and thought: "That person came in the dark at night and retreated in a hurry, and he will not stop." Although the three talisman arrows that Master gave me were a bit miraculous, they were not serious magic weapons in the end, and they were gone when they were used up. For today's plan, we have to refine that mantra as soon as possible, and then ask the master for a magic weapon, and only when I encounter a strong enemy, can I protect myself. ”
He pondered for a while, and his heart became more and more determined, and he refused to waste any more time, so he immediately meditated cross-legged and used the mantra, tirelessly trying to introduce the external air flow into his body.
But this time, although he was anxious, he didn't dare to spare no effort. After only practicing for more than an hour, he found that the sky was getting brighter outside the window, so he quickly stopped and got up to pack his bags. Then he called the three coachmen, each of whom prepared his carriage and waited for his departure.
Sure enough, after a while, Zhen Yuandao walked out of the inn's room, and when he saw that Zhang Tong had all taken care of it, he couldn't help but nodded, boarded the carriage directly, and started to hurry again.
This time, Zhang Tong stole a clever trick, and just arrived at the inn last night and checked the three carriages. It was found that except for the second carriage, which Zhen Yuandao was riding, the other two were only loaded with a few small wooden boxes. Closing in a little bit frees up a lot of space, just right for him.
Zhang Tong sat in the first carriage, although it was not very comfortable, it was finally able to shelter from the cold wind. He simply had nothing to do, and when the carriage was on the official road, he put the mantra into operation again.
It's a pity that because the car was really bumpy, and he had to be distracted to listen to the movements behind, his cultivation effect was far inferior to last night, and he could only intermittently sense the presence of the air flow around him.
Fortunately, Zhang Tong is quite tenacious, and he does not feel discouraged when he encounters this situation. I just made up my mind, recited the mantra over and over again in my heart, carefully understood the flow of breath outside my body, and unconsciously passed the day.
It wasn't until the evening that he stopped at the post station to rest, and he began to meditate and cultivate again, only to find that after this day's hard work, the response to the faint qi outside his body became clearer and clearer!
He secretly rejoiced, hurriedly calmed down, attracted his thoughts, escaped, tried to ingest those air currents into his body, and then tried to introduce them into the dantian. It's a pity that he hasn't opened up the sea of qi yet, and as soon as the heaven and earth essence qi from the outside world enters his body, it is immediately dispersed by the turbid qi and disappears without a trace. ...,
Zhang Tong was unwilling, and tried two more times, but the progress was still not obvious. However, he knew that cultivating the Dao was all about water milling, and he couldn't be impatient at all, so he simply pressed his temperament and practiced every day.
After three or five days, it was finally not in vain, and the air flow that he introduced into his body gradually condensed into a line, along the meridians, and into the dantian. Although Zuihou will still be dissipated by the turbidity entrenched in the dantian, it has made a lot of progress compared to before.
Zhang Tong can personally experience the results of hard training every day, and when he cultivates, he becomes more and more energetic. As for the man in black, he hasn't been seen since that day. But Zhang Tong always felt a little uneasy, especially in the last two days, the feeling became more and more intense, as if someone was always peeping in secret, so that he couldn't be completely at ease when he cultivated.
Zhang Tong couldn't help but be a little more worried, wondering if it was the man in black who was making trouble, and originally had the intention to report to Zhen Yuandao. But he thought about it again, Zhen Yuandao was quite powerful, and even he could detect it, and Zhen Yuandao would not be unaware. Since it has not been mentioned, there must be something else. In the end, he didn't dare to say more, just a little more careful.
Two days later, their group had left the Eagle's Beak Mountain boundary.
This morning, I left the post station and had just walked less than forty miles. Zhang Tong was practicing in the car, when he suddenly heard a whistle outside, followed by a burst of people shouting horses from far and near.
Zhang Tong had seen Hao Laoqi robbing them, and he was no stranger to this movement, and immediately reacted, he must have encountered a bandit. At the same time, he also suddenly realized where the feeling of being watched by others came from these days. It must be this group of bandits who have long been looking at them and have been secretly watching.
Zhang Tong couldn't help but sneer, pushed the door out of the carriage, and looked ahead. I saw that on the official road, three knights in strong suits were already standing seven or eight feet away. Behind that, about fifty or sixty minions armed with knives and guns followed. One by one, they waved their flags and shouted, and they were quite imposing.
Zhang Tong swept the amount slightly, and immediately recognized that the black-faced strong man with a tiger's back and a bear's waist on the opposite side was the big boss of the nearby Erlong Mountain, because there were nine sarcomas on the top of his head, he got a nickname, called Nine Bears.
A few days ago, I led people to visit Heifeng Village, and lived in the Alpine Inn when I passed through Liuyi Town. I heard that this person is strong in martial arts, knows some art of war, and has minions under him, and is very elite. Only Erlongshan's family background is not thick, and the fifty or sixty people in front of him are all his belongings. This time, he actually poured out of the nest, but I don't know if it was because of weishenme.
Zhang Tong was suspicious in his heart, and couldn't help but secretly think: "Now I have a master as a backer, but I am not afraid of a few bandits, but these nine bears, it is said that the outside is thick and the inside is thin, and they are a little anxious. ”
Immediately, while summing up, he jumped out of the carriage, took a few steps forward, took a good moment, and hugged his fists and said: "The one who came in front is the nine-headed bear brother from Erlong Mountain?"
The nine-headed bear was slightly stunned, but he didn't expect that he had just put the formation away, and before he could step forward to shout, a young man came out from the opposite side and broke his name.
The nine-headed bear frowned and looked carefully, but he didn't remember who the person opposite was. Just looking at the young man's calm and relaxed spirit, he couldn't help but feel a little wary in his heart, and asked back: "Who are you? How do you know the name of so-and-so!"
Zhang Tong said with a smile: "Brother Nine-headed Bear is a noble person who forgets things! In the next Zhang Tong, he is now begging for a life in Heifeng Village, when Brother Nine-headed Bear came a few days ago, I had seen it from afar, but unfortunately people were soft-spoken, and I didn't have to come forward to meet him. ”
Originally, Zhang Tong was carrying three rune arrows, and if he encountered ordinary bandits, he would not hesitate to try his power. But the dozens of people in front of him are all long-standing bandits who have been trained by the nine-headed bear, and even if the three rune arrows are used, it is impossible to kill them all. At that time, Zhen Yuandao will have to make a move, wouldn't it seem that he is very incompetent!
When Zhang Tong first entered the school, he didn't want to leave a bad impression, so after thinking about it for a while, he wanted to use the name of Black Wind Village to see if he could scare the nine-headed bear group away.