318
Su Zhan and the others were all seriously injured in order to defend Ye Wenqiu. Although they also got a little bit of the luck of heaven when Ye Wenqiu successfully passed the tribulation, this luck was only enough for them to repair the injuries to their souls. If they want to recover to their previous lively level, they need to rest for a few days.
The last time he went to Shenhua Peak, Du Heng saw Chef Chang cooking a medicinal soup for Sect Master Yang. Thinking of his master who was suffering from deficiency of Qi and blood, Du Heng also cooked a medicinal pigeon on his small stove.
The pigeon soup in the casserole was bubbling. Du Heng lifted the lid and took a look. He saw wolfberries, red dates and ginger slices floating in the golden pigeon soup. There were also two medicinal herbs that Du Heng had never used before.
The first one is Adenophora australis. It looks like Chinese angelica when placed in a casserole, but its taste is different from that of Chinese angelica. There is another herb that looks like ginger slices, but is larger and thinner than ginger slices. This is Polygonatum odoratum.
Du Heng consulted Jing Nan before adding these two herbs to the pigeon soup. The flavors of these two herbs are not strong, and they are not difficult to swallow after stewing. After the two herbs were mixed into the pigeon soup, it smelled a little bit of medicine, and it smelled warm and fragrant at the entrance of the dining hall.
Du Heng used a long spoon to stir the soup pot. The pigeon and the ingredients mixed with the Chinese medicine in the casserole spun in circles. A slight poke with chopsticks revealed that the meat on the pigeon's breast was already soft and rotten. Du Heng put the lid of the casserole aside.
He called Jingnan and the others: "Nannan, Master, come and eat pigeon soup."
Hearing Du Heng's call, the first person to run over was Xiao Xiao. Xiao Xiao looked at Du Heng eagerly with the big bowl in her hand. Du Heng chuckled and said, "Don't worry, you'll be there for me."
He has never been a person who is stingy with ingredients. There are eight pigeons in this pot of pigeon soup, and each of Jing Nan and his friends can get one.
Wen Qiong then came out. After a few days of rest, her round face finally had some color. This was all thanks to Jing Nan's special treatment, otherwise Wen Qiong's complexion would not have recovered so quickly.
Du Heng scooped a pigeon into everyone's bowl, and soon he heard the sound of drinking soup. Jing Nan held the pigeon leg in his hand and said, "Du Heng, I haven't eaten roasted pigeon for a long time. Can we have roasted pigeon tonight?"
Du Heng said without even raising his head: "If I remember correctly, we had roasted baby pigeon last night." Jing Nan hummed: "Baby pigeon is delicious. No matter how soft the old pigeon is, it won't melt in your mouth like the young pigeon."
Wen Qiong and Xiaoxiao never expressed their opinions when they were eating. They drank the soup and ate the meat face to face. Soon, a handful of thin bones piled up next to their bowls.
Jing Nan looked around: "Hmm? Where are Xixi and Xiaoyu?" Du Heng said: "Tai Shuhong asked them to help repair the formation of the Beast Garden."
Jing Nan smiled: "Oh? What formation?" Du Heng said: "The formation used to lock up the spirit beasts is in the Beast Control Garden. When you finish eating, let's go and have a look. Xiaoyu also said that there are many mushrooms in the Beast Control Garden. Let's go pick some mushrooms later."
Xiaoxiao looked up and chirped something to Du Heng, but Du Heng didn't understand. Jing Nan translated, "Xiaoxiao asked if he could bring an extra portion of pigeon soup for Tai Shuhong."
Du Heng smiled and said, "I already brought Tai Shuhong's portion, you can send it over if you want."
Wen Qiong said, "I'll stay and look after the house, you guys can go. By the way, Du Heng, please come back early, your brothers and sisters are coming to see you." Du Heng said happily, "Really? Are they coming today? Should I prepare anything?"
Wen Qiong smiled and said, "There's nothing to prepare. If you're interested, just make something delicious."
Du Heng's eyes narrowed with a smile: "Okay! I'll go pick some mushrooms and come back soon!" Du Heng smiled, revealing his white teeth. He suddenly thought of a question: "By the way, Master, how many brothers and sisters do I have?"
Wen Qiong said, "There are five, but your second and fifth senior brothers are staying in the sect and have not come out. Only your eldest senior brother, third senior sister, and fourth senior sister are here."
Du Heng rubbed his head: "Oh, should I prepare a gift for meeting the younger generation?" Wen Qiong smiled: "I've only heard that elders prepare gifts for younger generations, why is it the other way around for you?"
Jing Nan smiled and said to Du Heng: "Didn't you get the Eight Treasure Fruit last time? Why don't you take it out and honor your senior sisters?"
Du Heng slapped his head. Oh, yeah, why didn't he think of that? Since she's a senior sister, she must be beautiful. Is there anyone more suitable than the Eight Treasure Fruit? !
Du Heng quickly took out the eight-treasure fruit from the refrigerator. He picked up the largest one and placed it in front of Wen Qiong: "This is for Master."
Wen Qiong was happy: "Even I have a share?" Du Heng smiled and said: "Of course, Master's must be the biggest."
Wen Qiong did not refuse: "Okay, I will accept it first." She picked up the fruit and wiped it on her clothes, then took a bite. The crisp and sweet eight-treasure fruit made Wen Qiong very happy. Du Heng observed carefully and found that Wen Qiong's skin did become whiter after eating the eight-treasure fruit.
The dining hall was just outside the Imperial Beast Garden, and Du Heng went out just like visiting a friend. He carried a food box and a backpack, and set off with Xiaoxiao and Wonton. Wen Qiong looked at the long line of small animals behind Du Heng, and she almost laughed to herself: "These are too cute."
Jing Nan and Du Heng walked through the gate of the Beast Garden together. They went to the Lingbao Garden, the largest of the Beast Gardens. From the outside, it looked like an ordinary palace, but when you walked in, you would find that there were several mountains hidden in the Lingbao Garden!
The mountains were covered with lush forests, and the sounds of birds singing and animals roaring could be heard from time to time. As far as the eye could see, there were tall trees and rolling hills everywhere. Du Heng estimated that this Lingbao Garden was even larger than the Shenzao Peak.
Looking up, he could see a light blue barrier above his head. Jing Nan studied it and said, "Oh, this barrier is quite powerful."
Du Heng didn't know much about barriers and formations, so he couldn't figure out what was going on. Jing Nan introduced, "There's such a big mountain hidden here, but we didn't see it from the outside. I thought there was a trick outside the barrier at first, but when I walked in I realized it wasn't a trick. This can't be considered a barrier, it should be considered another world hidden by the formation."
Du Heng turned around in surprise: "Nannan, what did you say? What other world?"
Jing Nan said, "Have you heard of the mustard seed space?" Du Heng nodded, "Yes, I have heard of it." Du Heng's portable cave is actually also a mustard seed space, which can place such a large place in a warm jade.
Jing Nan said: "Outside the Taixu Realm is the Chaos Sea, which is the origin of all things. If we regard the Taixu Realm where we are as a transparent bubble, there will be many spaces around the Taixu Realm. Some of them can merge with the Taixu Realm. High-level cultivators can use magic to find them and use them for their own benefit.
"Just like the mountains you see now, they really exist in front of you, but once you leave the gate of the Beast Control Garden, you can no longer see or touch them. Because the formation here splits the space, we are actually no longer in the Shenxu Palace, and we are not even in the Taixu Realm anymore."
Du Heng listened intently, and then heard Jing Nan say: "The space in this Lingbao Garden is actually not that big. Some larger worlds can be hundreds or thousands of miles. Such worlds sometimes pass by the Taixu Realm. At this time, an abnormal phenomenon will appear, and it will become what everyone calls a paradise."
Jing Nan said: "The more dangerous the place, the more likely it is to have such a space. For example, Dongji Mountain, there are often strange phenomena there. Sometimes you see lightning and thunder, and then there will be a golden and silver fairy mountain. You see, there are many cultivators in the cultivation world who are looking for ruins and caves. Once they find them, there will be many treasures inside, and they can use them to walk smoothly on the road of cultivation. But not all worlds are safe, and many cultivators have lost their lives halfway. The unknown world brings opportunities, but also challenges."
Du Heng thought of something. Was his hometown also in the same situation? Was his hometown also a world that passed by the Taixu Realm? !
Jing Nan smiled and said, "Why are you looking at me like that?" Du Heng asked anxiously, "Nan Nan, if this space is bigger, can it accommodate more people?"
Jing Nan smiled and said, "Yes. Apart from other things, the dozen or so mountains in front of us are larger than the Shenzao Peak. If they really want to accommodate people, it would be easy to have thousands of people living inside. Some worlds are larger than our Taixu Realm, but in the few caves that have been discovered that are larger than the Taixu Realm, there are not many people living there."
Du Heng asked in confusion: "Why?"
Jing Nan smiled and said, "Some worlds seem peaceful and tranquil when you enter them. But after a while, they may suddenly become dangerous places. From my observation, a world that can support many people must be stable. There are turbulences in the sea of chaos. No matter how big a world is, if it encounters turbulence, it will be divided and dismembered."
Du Heng thought of the show he had watched in his hometown. He sighed, "There are so many stars in the sky, but only a few are habitable."
Jing Nan smiled: "It's rare that you have such awareness."
Du Heng felt a little lost and didn't know where his hometown was.
Jing Nan sighed at this time: "The Chaos Sea embraces everything, and the Taixu Realm is just dust in the dust. Maybe for other worlds, our Taixu Realm is just a possession in the pocket of the powerful. Why think so much, just look forward."
Du Heng felt comforted. The world was so big, and he was so small. Instead of thinking about inappropriate things, it was better to live well.
Not long after Jingnan and the others stood there, Taishuhong came down the mountain path. Xiaoxiao chirped and flapped her wings to greet them. Taishuhong stopped and hugged Xiaoxiao before he reached Duheng and the others. He stroked Xiaoxiao's down intimately: "You guys are here? Yuxuan and Xifeng are on the mountain. They will be repaired in a while."
Du Heng handed the food box to Tai Shuhong: "Here, it's for you." Tai Shuhong took the food box with surprise: "Are you eating now?"
Du Heng smiled and said, "It's not really a meal, but a snack. I cooked some medicinal pigeons and brought one for you."
Tai Shuhong opened the food box and saw the delicious-looking chicken soup in the bowl. He actually hesitated: "Medicinal food?" Du Heng asked in confusion: "What's wrong? Don't you like the taste of the Chinese medicine in it?"
After adding Adenophora and Polygonatum odoratum, there is indeed a little taste of medicinal herbs, but it doesn't taste too bad. Maybe Tai Shuhong has a sensitive sense of smell, or he doesn't like certain medicinal herbs, so he hesitated?
Tai Shuhong said quickly, "No, no, I like it very much. It's just that when I was at Shenzao Peak, I saw the chef in the main dining hall cooking medicinal food for Sect Master Yang, and I think your cooking is much better than his." Du Heng smiled, "It's my first time cooking, so I don't have much experience. You should try it."
Tai Shuhong looked at Du Heng seriously: "Thank you for thinking of me, but can I leave this medicinal meal to Su Zhan? He was injured while defending the formation..."
319
Hearing Tai Shuhong's words of guilt, Du Heng felt mixed emotions. Tai Shuhong looked cold, but he was actually a grateful and considerate person. When he saw the medicinal food, he did not eat it himself, but left it for Su Zhan to taste.
On the other hand, Su Zhan had a terrifying thought in his heart. Tai Shuhong must not know that Su Zhan, whom he trusted, was trying to take his body away. If he knew, I wonder how he would feel.
Hearing Tai Shuhong say this, what else could Du Heng say? He could only smile and say, "I still have some in the kitchen. I'll pack another portion for Elder Su later. Eat it while it's hot." Tai Shuhong said embarrassedly, "Thank you very much."
Jing Nan patted Tai Shuhong on the shoulder and said, "Don't be so polite. You've been so nice to Xiaoxiao, so it's only natural that you should eat a few pigeons."
What Jing Nan said was true. Ever since Xiaoxiao and Taishuhong met, Xiaoxiao's favorite person had shifted from Du Heng to Taishuhong. Since arriving at Shenzao Peak, Xiaoxiao would sleep with Taishuhong every night. Taishuhong had so many spirit beasts, but many of them were as scared of him as if they were a ghost. Only Xiaoxiao and him felt like old friends at first sight. The two of them kept whispering to each other, and sometimes Du Heng would wonder if he understood Xiaoxiao's words or not.
After Du Heng and Tai Shuhong climbed two hills, they saw a palace surrounded by mountains. The palace was in tatters and looked like it had been destroyed. Xuan Yu and Feng Gui were shoveling something in the square in front of the palace with long shovels in their hands. When they saw Du Heng and his group coming, they stopped what they were doing.
Jing Nan asked curiously, "I haven't seen you two shoveling the ground for many years. Is the ground here very hard?"
Xuan Yu nodded: "Yes, this is the murderous stone ground." Hearing the words "murderous stone", Du Heng lowered his head to look at the ground. To be honest, he was not good-looking and did not feel any murderous aura coming from the ground.
But the ground was really hard. Feng Gui dug twice before the shovel blade bent and only a shallow groove was dug out. Du Heng picked up the gravel he dug out and looked at it. He squeezed it hard, and the stone didn't move at all. His fingertips were cut by the stone. Du Heng looked at the stone in surprise. He didn't see any sharp edges on the stone, so how could it be cut?
Moreover, with Du Heng's current arm strength, even jade can be crushed by him easily. However, even though he squeezed the stone so hard, not even a crack appeared on it.
Following the principle of asking if you don't understand, Du Heng looked at Xuan Yu: "Xiao Yu, what is the murderous stone?"
Xuan Yuzheng opened the lunch box and took out three bowls of pigeon soup to share with Tai Shuhong and Feng Gui. He explained, "The murderous stone is a stone that can absorb spiritual energy. Ordinary stones become very easy to handle when they come into contact with the spiritual energy of a cultivator. It becomes very easy to carve or polish. However, the murderous stone is different. It is originally hard in texture, and it becomes even harder when it encounters spiritual energy. It stores spiritual energy. If someone attacks this kind of stone, they will be injured by the spiritual energy stored in the stone."
Du Heng was shocked: "There is such a stone?!" It was like he had opened his eyes.
Feng Gui said: "Murderous stones are usually used to build prisons to detain extremely vicious criminals. I didn't expect there would be such a large square of murderous stones here."
Tai Shuhong explained, "The barrier of Lingbao Garden is maintained by the formation on the square. A few days ago, when the Supreme Elder was going through a tribulation, I opened this place. I don't know if there are too many spirit beasts imprisoned inside or what, but the formation has weakened. In the past, Su Zhan was the one who repaired this formation, but Su Zhan was injured, so I wanted to help him. However, I don't know enough about the formation, so I can only ask Yu Xuan and Xi Feng for help."
Xuan Yu said: "It's nothing, we just need to reinforce the formation engraved on the murderous stone. The main reason is that the formation has been worn out over the years. Generally, a large formation like this should be reinforced every ten years. Because of the murderous stone, the use time of this formation has been extended hundreds of times. Generally, it only needs to be reinforced every two hundred years."
Du Heng understood that the so-called reinforcement of the formation was to deepen the lines on the murderous stone and then brush it with a golden mineral. It sounds simple, but it is still a bit difficult to do. Feng Gui and his team were busy for most of the day before they repaired a quarter of the formation.
Tai Shuhong said gratefully: "Yuxuan and Xifeng Daoist friends are already very fast. When Su Zhan was consolidating the formation before, it took him more than a month."
Xiaoxiao stared at the formation with traces of chiseling curiously, and while looking at it, he asked Tai Shuhong and Du Heng to look at it together. Du Heng couldn't figure out what it was, so he asked: "What kind of formation is this?"
Tai Shuhong said, "Su Zhan said that this is a formation used to fix things, called the Eight Directions Formation. Without this formation, the land in front of us would disappear. Do you see that there are eight circles in the eight directions of this formation?"
Du Heng was taught: "Oh, I see. You are really amazing. This is the first time I have seen such a formation."
Xuan Yu said, "Generally, eight auxiliary array eyes appear next to a circular array, mostly to fix something." After hearing this, Jing Nan smiled and said, "A array that can fix mountains, rivers and the earth must be extremely powerful."
Du Heng could not understand the meaning of the two people's words. He walked around the square and asked Xuan Yu: "Xiao Yu, where are the mushrooms you mentioned?"
He brought a large backpack with him to pick mushrooms, but after looking around he didn't find any.
Hearing Du Heng's words, Tai Shuhong said, "The mushrooms are not in the forest, but here." Du Heng followed Tai Shuhong's instructions and looked at the palace behind the square. He was a little confused: "Ah?" Mushrooms grow in the palace? Could it be that someone planted them there specifically?
When he walked into the palace, he finally understood how the mushrooms came from. There were a lot of wood in the palace hall. I don't know who put the wood here. The wood was rotten. There were mushrooms of different sizes growing on the wood. Some of the mushrooms were old, and some were just emerging.
Du Heng picked a mushroom and handed it to Xiaoxiao who was watching the fun nearby: "Xiaoxiao, go ask Nannan if this is a mushroom."
Ever since he was knocked down by a mushroom that looked very similar to the chicken mushroom, he no longer dared to eat mushrooms even if he saw familiar ones.
Xiaoxiao quickly brought Jingnan's judgment: "Chirp!" Yes!
Hearing this news, Du Heng felt relieved. He placed the basket in the hall and began to pick mushrooms. These mushrooms were of good quality. The largest one he picked was bigger than his palm, with white irregular patterns on the gray-brown skin.
Du Heng was enjoying picking mushrooms, and Xiaoxiao and the others were also helping him pick mushrooms. Suddenly, Wonton called out to Du Heng, and Du Heng turned to look at Wonton: "Wonton, what's wrong?"
Wonton looked towards the corridor next to the main hall. The walls on both sides of the corridor had been mottled due to years of disrepair, and it looked a bit eerie. Du Heng rubbed Wonton's head: "What's wrong? Did you see anything?"
Wonton shook his big tail and walked into the corridor. Wonton has always been energetic. When he was a puppy, he ran to Nanshan Mountain to chase monsters. Du Heng thought that he must have seen a mouse or something. After all, there are not many people living in the palace in the mountains, so it is normal for there to be monsters hidden in it.
After a while, Wonton walked towards Du Heng with something in his mouth. Du Heng didn't see it clearly at first, but when he saw it clearly, he screamed out miserably. What Wonton held in his mouth turned out to be a human head! !
Du Heng howled, and Xiao Xiao also screamed. The man and the chicken hugged each other and trembled. Wonton innocently dropped the food in his mouth to the ground, and lay on the ground humming with grievance.
When Feng Gui and the others rushed into the hall, they saw Du Heng and Xiao Xiao hugging each other and screaming. Xuan Yu and Feng Gui rushed towards Du Heng, one holding a long sword in his hand: "What happened?!"
Du Heng pointed to the ground tremblingly: "Head!!"
Everyone looked at the ground next to Wonton, and saw a puppet's head on the ground. Jing Nan kicked the head with his foot, and the head rolled twice on the ground. Jing Nan squatted down and took a closer look: "What's wrong with you? This is the head of a puppet doll."
But it was no wonder that Du Heng screamed miserably, this puppet head was made too realistically, even the hair on the head was almost the same as a real person's. Add to that the eyebrows and the empty eyes, it really looked like a real person's head.
Du Heng and Xiao Xiao turned their heads when they heard this: "Puppet?" The two were scared to death, especially Du Heng, whose legs went weak.
Feng Gui spat, "You are still a cultivator after all. Haven't you seen a dead person? Even if it is really a human head, you don't have to scream like a girl, right?" Du Heng was scolded so hard that he couldn't even lift his head. He reflected, "I'm sorry, I really didn't know much before."
It is said that the world of cultivation is cruel and death is the norm, but Du Heng has never seen anyone die since he came to the world of cultivation. As a serious cook who cooks every day, he really doesn't have such a strong ability to endure.
Tai Shuhong squatted down and picked up the puppet. He said apologetically, "Sorry, I forgot to tell you. This palace is used by the Refining Hall to store some unused refining materials."
Even the wood that grew mushrooms in the hall was placed there by the people in the weapon refining hall. As time went by, no one thought about it anymore, so the wood that was covered with dust was covered with dust, and the wood that grew mushrooms grew mushrooms.
Tai Shuhong straightened the puppet's long hair, held the puppet's head with one hand and said to Du Heng: "I'll put the puppet back." Just as Tai Shuhong was about to leave, Jing Nan suddenly called him: "Wait a minute!"
Jing Nan reached out and caught the head. He stared at the puppet head for a long time with complicated eyes. Tai Shuhong was confused: "What's wrong?"
Jing Nan said nothing. He turned the puppet's head in his hand and showed it to Feng Gui and the other two. Feng Gui's expression changed when he saw the puppet, and Du Heng was also stunned. Only Xuan Yu's expression remained the same.
The reason why Du Heng was stunned was that the face in front of him was 70% similar to his own! When he looked at the head, he felt like he was seeing his brother.
But the puppet in Jing Nan's hand didn't have such a lively expression as his. He had never encountered such a creepy thing. His face appeared on the face of the puppet in the abandoned palace. Thinking of this, he almost suffocated.
If it wasn't a bit embarrassing to yell again, Du Heng felt that he could howl a few more times.
320
Du Heng's voice got stuck in his throat, and his face turned slightly pale. Feng Gui and the others looked very bad. Seeing their faces, Tai Shuhong finally realized something was wrong. He was also stunned: "What... is going on?"
Jing Nan sneered, "What's going on? Why don't you go and take a look?"
After walking five or six feet along the corridor, Du Heng and his companions arrived at the side hall. The roof of the side hall was broken, and the sunlight poured down from the beams onto the floor of the room. Without releasing his spiritual sense, Du Heng saw the puppets scattered in the room.
These puppets were big and small, the big ones were taller than Du Heng, the small ones looked like children. They were either standing, sitting or lying on the ground. Some of them were made of wood, some had gold and jade mixed in their bodies. Some felt just like real people.
The further you go inside, the more detailed the puppets are. Some of the puppets' faces have been corroded by rain and are not clear, but some of them are very clear. They all have the same face and empty eyes. Xiaoxiao was so scared when she saw this scene that she let out a chirp and went into Du Heng's arms.
Du Heng was also scared to death. His hair stood on end. This was too scary. Xuan Yu walked to Du Heng and hugged his shoulders: "Don't be afraid." Du Heng showed a forced smile. He didn't want to be afraid, but this scene was too scary!
Jing Nan put the head in his hand on the body of a puppet sitting on the ground at the entrance. After straightening the puppet's head, he stood up and looked around: "There are so many."
Feng Gui's face turned pale: "There are more than a hundred here, right?" Xuan Yu said: "One hundred and eighty-seven."
Jing Nan's fingers slowly slid across the puppets, and he walked along the path between the puppets to the innermost part. In the innermost part, there was a body lying horizontally, and this body looked very new. Jing Nan reached out and touched the face of the puppet, and whispered, "I don't know much about puppetry, but this puppet gives me the feeling that it is very similar to a real person, come and take a look?"
Du Heng's feet seemed to be nailed to the spot. He wanted to go over, but he was afraid that if he went over, he would see someone who looked exactly like him lying there. He couldn't lift his feet, and that was fine. His body actually began to tremble uncontrollably.
Xiaoxiao felt Du Heng's panic, and he stretched out his round head to rub his palm. The furry and warm touch gave him back some courage.
Feng Gui walked along the passage to Jing Nan's side. He looked down and blurted out a curse word. This was the first time Du Heng had heard Feng Gui swear since he knew him for so long. He also wanted to go over and see what was inside, but Xuan Yu stopped him: "Don't go in."
Tai Shuhong looked at these puppets in astonishment: "What... is going on?" He had been in and out of Lingbao Garden so many times, but this was the first time he found so many puppets here.
Tai Shuhong said, "How about I ask Elder Jiang what's going on?" As soon as he finished speaking, Feng Gui and the others said in unison, "Don't go."
Jing Nan smiled calmly, and said, "This may just be a coincidence. I knew a weapon refiner before who also liked to make puppets. The puppets he made were basically the same."
Feng Gui also said, "Yes, the puppets I use at home are all similar. I heard from the people who make puppets that in order to save trouble, they often use a person as a template, and the puppet they make is similar to the person who serves as the template."
Xiaoxiao also expressed her opinion in a chirping voice: "Chirp chirp~!" That is, the puppets in his uncle's house all look the same, so he just needs to get used to them.
Xuan Yu comforted Du Heng, "This place has been abandoned for so long, and Shenxu Palace is also a famous and upright sect. It should be just a coincidence."
Du Heng was relieved. He thought of Feng Gui's puppet. It was indeed what everyone said. Just like Nan Nan said, it was a coincidence!
He smiled and touched his face: "Yes, I often feel that I have a common face. If you look closely at them, each one is actually different and there are still differences." Besides, he is a living person, what relationship can he have with these puppets?
Tai Shuhong looked at Du Heng, hesitant to speak. Du Heng asked curiously, "What's wrong, Tai Shu?"
Tai Shuhong said: "The puppets here should have been made by Jiang Shangzhou. No wonder he is so obsessed with you, maybe it's because of this reason." Tai Shuhong heard from someone that weapon refiners would use the faces of people they like or hate to make puppets, so that they would put more sincere emotions into the making of the puppets, and the puppets would be more effective.
Hearing Jiang Shangzhou's words, Du Heng's face darkened: "Ah...Is that so."
Everyone closed the door of the side hall, and Feng Gui even repaired the leaking roof of the side hall. Du Heng was about to continue picking mushrooms, but after being frightened by the puppet incident, he also put away his playful heart.
Du Heng remembered an important thing: "Oh, Master said that I would meet my senior brothers and sisters today. I have to go back early to cook!"
Jing Nan smiled and said, "I see. From now on, you will be protected by your master. I will stay here to help Xiaoyu and the others. We can fix this formation as soon as possible so that we can feel at ease sooner."
Tai Shuhong bowed and said, "Thank you." Jing Nan looked at Tai Shuhong and said, "Uncle, can you help send them to the gate? They look like they are easy to bully. I'm afraid they will be intercepted by your monsters halfway through their journey."
Tai Shuhong nodded: "It's what I should do." Du Heng and Xiaoxiao were very depressed: "We are not so easy to bully, right?"
Tai Shuhong cleared his throat and said, "There are thirteen spirit beasts in the Lingbao Garden that are close to the Golden Core level." If someone breaks into the spirit beast garden, these spirit beasts will rush over, and even if they are lucky enough to survive, they will lose a few layers of skin. It was for this reason that Tai Shuhong hurried to pick up Du Heng and Xiaoxiao as soon as they entered the door.
After Du Heng and the others disappeared on the mountain path, Jing Nan and the others looked gloomy. They turned to look at Xuan Yu and said, "Xiao Yu, do you have anything to explain to us?"
A green light appeared in Xuan Yu's eyes. He looked at the two of them calmly and said, "This is a long story."
Tai Shuhong held Xiaoxiao in his arms, and he looked at Du Heng, who was carrying a half basket of mushrooms and thinking about what dish to cook later. Du Heng asked Tai Shuhong with a smile: "By the way, Taishu, do you want to go back to the dining hall with me? The medicinal pigeon in the pot is still hot, you can pack a portion and send it to Elder Su."
Tai Shuhong said slowly: "Can I go there later? I want to watch Daoist Fellow Yuxuan and the others doing their work." Du Heng nodded: "Okay, I'll pack it for you, you can just go and get it when the time comes."
Tai Shuhong showed a grateful smile on his face: "Thank you. Speaking of which, I always feel that Daoist Fellow Yuxuan and the others are amazing."
Du Heng looked at him: "Hmm? What's so magical about that?" Tai Shuhong said: "Although the three of them are not as skilled as me, they give me the feeling of being reliable and trustworthy, especially Fellow Daoist Xifeng. No matter what he says to me, I think it makes sense."
Xiaoxiao chirped proudly a few times, but unfortunately Du Heng and Tai Shuhong failed in bird language, otherwise they would have heard Xiaoxiao praising his uncle.
Tai Shuhong looked up at the sky and said to himself, "In the future, I also want to become a cultivator like them." If others heard this, they would definitely think that Tai Shuhong was stupid. How could he, a cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, want to become a cultivator in the late stage of the Golden Core?
However, Du Heng, who knew the inside story, narrowed his eyes and said, "You will definitely become such a cultivator!" He is worthy of being the demon cultivator that Xixi has chosen to be the successor. Such insight and intuition are really terrifying.
Tai Shuhong sent Du Heng to the door and then turned back. Du Heng turned around and counted his little pets. Ciba and the others were fine when they went in, but when they came out, they were holding a big rat in their mouths. Du Heng was happy: "When did you catch the rat?"
Ciba put the mouse at Du Heng's feet, and Du Heng laughed out loud: "Thank you, Ciba!" The round-headed Ciba squinted his eyes and raised his chin to let Du Heng tickle him. Du Heng was never stingy with praise, and every time he praised Ciba and the others, they were very happy.
Du Heng walked to the door of the dining hall with three fat rats in his hands. The door was open and there was no one on the rocking chair.
Du Heng held up the spirit mouse and shouted, "Master!" Wen Qiong didn't respond, so Du Heng thought she must have gone to the backyard to look for cucumbers. Ever since he knew that putting cucumber slices on the face could beautify the skin, the good-looking cucumbers on Du Heng's cucumber rack disappeared.
As soon as Du Heng stepped into the dining hall, he heard footsteps behind the door. Du Heng thought it was Wen Qiong, and he didn't even turn his head: "Master, there's an extra meal today! Niannian Suisui caught a big spirit rat."
A chilly breath came from behind, and Du Heng heard a sinister voice: "I found you."
Hearing that voice, all the hairs on Du Heng's back exploded. He remembered this voice! He turned around tremblingly and met Yan Buhui's evil face. The bamboo rat in Du Heng's hand fell to the ground with a thud: "Yan... Yan Buhui..."
Yan Buhui looked Du Heng up and down. Du Heng didn't see clearly what kind of body movements he used. The previous moment he was standing outside the gate, and the next moment, Yan Buhui's face was only one foot away from him.
Du Heng's neck tightened, Yan Buhui grabbed his neck and lifted him up. All of a sudden, Du Heng's spiritual energy was restrained, he could not resist, and could only hold Yan Buhui's wrists with both hands.
Yan Buhui didn't say anything, but Du Heng could clearly hear his voice: "After a year of separation, you have advanced from Qi training to the early stage of Jindan. The power of the Huantian Pearl is indeed strong. But don't worry, I won't kill you. I have found a better way to use you."
Xiaoxiao flapped its wings and rushed towards the door from outside: "Chirp!" It was like a white light flying straight towards Yan Buhui's back, but there was a crisp sound, and Xiaoxiao stuck to the empty door, and his nose was bleeding.
Yan Buhui had set up a barrier in the dining hall when he entered, and Xiaoxiao failed to break through it. Du Heng could only watch Xiaoxiao slide from midair to the ground, leaving a long trail of blood on the transparent barrier.
He used his spiritual energy to break free from Yan Buhui's shackles, but as soon as his spiritual energy started to rise, his body felt as if it was torn apart and he felt a sharp pain. Suddenly, the spiritual energy that had just gathered dispersed, and Du Heng personally understood the saying: being caught by the throat of fate. Now that Yan Buhui was choking his fate by the throat, all the suffering and beatings he had endured in the past year were in vain!
Yan Buhui was like a top hunter who had caught the right prey. He whispered, "I've been looking for you for a whole year. Are you surprised to see me now? You killed my pet before. I have a good idea. Why don't you come back with me and be my pet?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
