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However, sometimes, pretending to be dead is not so easy. Du Heng spent an entire afternoon to memorize the spiritual energy route of the turtle breathing method. I don't know if it was because he consumed too much spiritual energy when running it, but when it was time to cook dinner, Du Heng was so tired that he couldn't even lift his arms.
Du Heng sat on a chair beside the dining table, and Xuan Yu used his spiritual energy to loosen up his muscles and bones. "It is indeed difficult to call upon the spiritual energy of the whole body during your first practice, but don't worry, this is a gradual process. Slowly you will get used to the feeling of the spiritual energy circulating in your body, and you can practice even when you are asleep."
Du Heng was so tired that he didn't even want to move his fingers. He was a little worried about tomorrow: "I think tomorrow when I get to the bamboo forest, I will be knocked unconscious by the bamboos. It won't be my turn to practice the Turtle Breathing Technique, right?"
Wen Qiong, who was sitting next to him, said coquettishly, "It's okay. You'll know Pei Zhu's attack pattern after you faint a few more times."
Du Heng: ...
He didn't want to make any complicated dishes in the evening, so he cooked some rice and steamed some bacon and sausage on it. Fearing that the dishes wouldn't be enough, he also beat a few eggs and made a chicken mushroom and duck egg soup.
The piece of sausage that Du Heng had promised Xiaoxiao was placed on top of the sausage. After steaming, the sausage looked round and short, much cuter than the other sausages.
Xiaoxiao held the sausage in his mouth and couldn't let it go. This was the meat and sausage he had been looking forward to for a long time, and it belonged to him alone!
Just when Xiaoxiao wanted to show off for a while, his mouth suddenly loosened. When Xiaoxiao looked up, his beloved intestines had been bitten in his uncle's mouth.
Xiaoxiao's eyes were immediately filled with tears. Feng Gui took a bite of the sausage slowly and said, "Doesn't this taste the same as other sausages? There's nothing special about it."
Xiaoxiao was furious and started fighting with her uncle on the spot. Suddenly, there was chaos around the dining table, Xiaoxiao's down feathers flew everywhere, and Fenggui's hair was pulled down by Xiaoxiao several times. If there was no formation in the kitchen, these two people could have overturned the dining table.
Xuan Yu and the others were eating with their bowls: "It feels a lot quieter now that Chonghua and the others are not here." Jing Nan was drinking duck egg soup: "Yes, yes, it's another peaceful day."
Xiaoxiao cried so hard that he didn't eat dinner, and he didn't want to go back to sleep with his uncle at night. He lay down between Du Heng and Xuan Yu angrily, hugging Xuan Yu's arm with his little wings and chirping from time to time to protest.
Du Heng rubbed Xiaoxiao's belly: "Don't be angry, I will make more sausages for you in the future, okay?"
Xuan Yu said slowly: "I'm afraid you won't have much time to cook in the next six months."
Xuan Yu was telling the truth. Once Du Heng started practicing, his time would be occupied by practicing. It was no longer possible to spend a lot of time in the kitchen like before. Jing Nan even took the time to make a furnace of fasting pills for Du Heng. After all, they were big monsters who didn't need to eat to survive.
When there is no time to cook, Du Heng relies on the fasting pills to survive.
The next day, Du Heng stood in front of the bamboo forest in high spirits: "Come on!!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the originally gentle bamboos in the bamboo forest suddenly bent into a terrifying arc towards Du Heng.
Du Heng actually thought of many ways to deal with it last night. He thought that the bamboos close to the ground could not reach him. When the bamboos hit him, he would lie down on the ground. Wouldn't that buy him some space to survive?
As the bamboo whizzed towards Du Heng, Du Heng saw a golden light flying up from his side. He didn't have time to take a closer look and fell to the ground. At this time, the sound of whizzing wind exploded from above his head. Du Heng covered his head. Just as he was secretly happy that he had avoided the first round of attacks, he suddenly felt something breaking out from the ground.
Something suddenly jumped out from the ground, and Du Heng was unable to dodge, and his thigh was pierced with a bloody hole. In the severe pain, he looked towards his thigh in doubt, only to see that what pierced his thigh was actually a piece of bamboo shoots! !
The bamboo shoot came and went quickly, and after piercing Du Heng, it shrunk back into the ground. Du Heng immediately understood that the living space he thought was actually a place of murder.
There was a chirping sound coming from above his head. Du Heng looked up and saw Xiao Xiao running towards him amidst the shadows of bamboos. Xiao Xiao was agile and dodged the bamboo poles coming from all directions. Du Heng saw Xiao Xiao getting closer and closer. Was Xiao Xiao here to help Du Heng?
Just when Du Heng was about to cry with emotion, Xiao Xiao kicked Du Heng in the side. Du Heng only heard a crack of his ribs, and his body flew out.
The moment he flew out, several bamboo shoots jumped out from where he had been lying. If Du Heng was still lying there, he would have been pierced through the lungs by the bamboo shoots!
Du Heng burst into tears: "Xiaoxiao——" He really wanted to thank Xiaoxiao.
But the next moment he couldn't laugh anymore, as Xiaoxiao kicked him towards the bamboo next to him. His body was in the air, powerless to resist and he could only watch as countless bamboos hit him.
Du Heng lost consciousness with a howl. He fell limply to the ground, and fainted before he could even use the Turtle Breathing Technique.
Feng Gui, who was making tea on the terrace of Jing Nan's house, said: "I... I haven't had time to put the tea leaves in yet."
Xuan Yu, who was preparing to light incense, hadn't lit the incense yet: "..."
Although it was a bit unkind to say this, Du Heng was really too weak, so weak that Jing Nan couldn't bear to watch him: "Oh, that's tragic, the bone must be half broken, right? But don't panic, the muscle and bone regeneration pills I recently refined can come in handy. Use one pill today, and you'll be full of energy tomorrow."
The bamboos in the bamboo forest slowly returned to their original state. Xiaoxiao squatted beside Du Heng and used her little wings to hit Du Heng's face: "Chirp chirp!!"
Wen Qiong dragged Du Heng's leg out of the bamboo forest with regret: "Xiao Fengjun, there is no need to call him. He has fainted."
On the first day of his practice, Du Heng didn't know how he fell down. He only knew that when he opened his eyes again, it was already the second day.
Spring has arrived, and the temperature is slowly rising. A few days later, a spring rain fell and melted the snowmen piled up in the yard. In the small yard, Feng Gui and Jing Nan were playing chess in the bright spring sunshine.
Feng Gui took back his chess piece with regret: "I wonder if Du Heng will cry when he wakes up and sees that his snowman has melted."
Jing Nan said without any conscience: "He probably has no time to cry these days. If he has time to lament about his snowman, he might as well think about how to last longer in Peizhu Forest."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xuan Yu came in holding the half-dead Du Heng. Du Heng was dying: "Wuwuwu... I'm so stupid... Why didn't I expect Zhuzi to hit me from behind..."
Then he tilted his head and lost consciousness. Xiaoxiao came in with his two younger brothers. The three little chickens shook their heads heavily: "Chiu..."
Jing Nan looked at the sky and said, "Hey, it seems like I have persisted for a cup of tea. I am more conscious today, which means I have made progress."
Wen Qiong just walked in: "In the past few days, most of his bones have been broken. In two days, I will be able to teach him the practice method of physical cultivation."
Feng Gui nodded: "In terms of cultivation, we are all above you. In terms of experience, you are much richer than us. Du Heng is a human cultivator after all, so I'll trouble you to worry more."
Wen Qiong bowed politely, with the orange-red butterfly on her head flickering: "Feng Gui, you are too kind. Du Heng is a very talented cultivator. Although he is a little delicate, he has a tenacity that ordinary people don't have. As long as he persists, he will become a qualified cultivator."
Jing Nan poured a cup of tea for Wen Qiong: "Xiao Qiong, there is no need to say so many words to encourage him. We all know his personality very well. Come on, have some tea."
Wen Qiong knelt in front of the chessboard and held up the tea generously: "Thank you, Lord Jing."
Jing Nan looked at Wen Qiong with admiration, "Speaking of which, the cultivator I admire the most is you. You have five spiritual roots, but you are a dual-cultivator of physical and magical skills. You must have suffered a lot, right?"
Wen Qiong smiled and said, "The cultivation of cultivators is against the will of heaven. Without hardship, there will be no gains. There are countless cultivators with outstanding talents in this world, but how many of them can finally stand above the thousands of people? Only those who can adhere to their own morality and practice diligently can be blessed by heaven. Those who do not endure hardships and only think about taking shortcuts are not worthy of leaving their names in the world of cultivation."
Feng Gui praised: "Xuan Yu asked you to be Du Heng's master because he saw this in you. Wen Qiong, you are very good."
Wen Qiong smiled happily: "There are not many cultivators in the entire cultivation world who can be praised by Feng Jun. Thank you very much!"
Xuan Yu settled Du Heng down and walked out of the living room. Jing Nan asked, "Did you fall asleep again after taking the medicine?"
Xuan Yu said: "Yes, the sleep time has been gradually shortening in the past few days. His muscles and bones are much stronger than before. It may not be long before he can enter the stage of body building."
Wen Qiong said, "Without destruction, there is no construction. Du Heng has been stuck at the first level of Qi training for too long, which is not conducive to his subsequent development. I can only teach him the basics of magic when his body has adapted to this level of training. Otherwise, his magic will be too much better than his body, and if he encounters a powerful physical cultivator in the future, he will be killed with just a close attack."
Xuan Yu bowed to Wen Qiong and said, "Thank you for your kindness."
Wen Qiong stood up and saluted. "Master Xuan, please don't be polite. If it weren't for the three of you, Wen Qiong would have become a pile of dried bones on Dongji Mountain thousands of years ago. Moreover, Du Heng's situation is special. The news that he is carrying the Phantom Sky Pearl has spread in the cultivation world. Years ago, Yan Buhui issued a hunting order in the cultivation world specifically targeting Du Heng. Although he didn't say it explicitly, the people in the five major sects who knew about it are already ready to make a move. Sooner or later, they will form a group to enter Dongji Mountain to look for his whereabouts."
Feng Gui said domineeringly: "What are you afraid of? If anyone dares to come to Dongji Mountain, I will make sure they never come back."
Wen Qiong said: "That being said, if Feng Jun really did this, I'm afraid it would provoke a war between the human and demon worlds. Before coming to Dongji Mountain, I went to the Demon Sect's territory and met Yan Buhui."
Jing Nan raised his eyebrows: "Huh? You went to see Yan Buhui, what did you say?"
Wen Qiong said: "I didn't say anything. I beat him up and cut off half of his spiritual veins. He won't be able to cause trouble to Du Heng for at least three to five years."
All the demon cultivators present gave Wen Qiong a thumbs up. Wen Qiong said embarrassedly, "I was bullying the weak. Yan Buhui had just left his body, and I relied on my higher cultivation level to beat him up in the name of sparring. I don't know if the group of people from the Demon Sect will go to Dingkun Sect to cause trouble, but I don't think they dare to go for the time being."
Xuan Yu looked up at the room on the second floor and said slowly, "I hope he can find his own way of cultivation soon."
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When the last bit of snow in the spiritual field melted, the spring breeze had already started to blow in the small valley. In the spring breeze, the spiritual plants in the spiritual field poked their heads out one after another, and the impatient little flowers had already bloomed all over the ridges with their yellow flowers.
The breath of spring is gentle, completely different from the harsh breath of winter. Overnight, the mountains in the distance turned from gray to blue-gray, and if you look closely, you can see that some trees have grown bulging leaf buds.
Du Heng once again stood in front of the bamboo forest. After more than a month of training, he could already hold out for two cups of tea in the bamboo forest. He did not faint when he fell to the ground these two days. He felt that Pei Zhu's beating speed was not as fast and fierce as at the beginning.
In fact, it was not that Pei Zhu was slow, but that he was fast. Ever since Wen Qiong taught him the body-hardening technique, every time his tendons and bones were broken and regrown, they would become stronger. Now, even if he was hit by Pei Zhu a few times, Du Heng would not fly out like he did at the beginning.
His body no longer had bruises after being beaten like it did in the beginning. When he took the pill and circulated his spiritual energy around his body, the bruises on his body slowly healed.
The body-building technique that Wen Qiong taught Du Heng was not a high-level technique. It was already very common in the human cultivation world. The name of the technique was "Strengthening the Body". Du Heng never thought that common things were bad. On the contrary, since he started practicing this technique, he felt that his body was getting stronger day by day.
Some physical practitioners would end up with lumps of tendon flesh on their bodies that looked like skinned bullfrogs. Wen Qiong particularly despised this kind of body shape. She felt that the body was a storage bag for one's own spiritual energy, and it was fine as long as one used it conveniently. If one practiced in a flashy way, it would be better not to practice at all.
Du Heng felt that what Wen Qiong said made sense. After all the practice he had done during this period of time, he didn't feel that his arms or thighs had gotten thicker. He just felt that he had more strength.
Du Heng took a deep breath: "Come on!"
The bamboos bent and swung at Du Heng from all directions. Du Heng heard the whistling sound of the wind around him. After a month of being beaten, he could already tell which direction the bamboo would hit him first.
He dodged to the left, and saw bamboo leaves sliding past his face. He heard a sound like firecrackers exploding: "Pah, pah, pah!"
When he saw Xiaoxiao dodging in the shadows of bamboo before, he always thought it was incredible. But now it was his turn, and he felt that it was not that difficult.
After being beaten so many times, Du Heng also had some insights. When he realized that Peizhu actually had a sequence in how he beat people, he started looking for Peizhu's weak points in attack as if he had just gotten a clue.
At the beginning, Du Heng was like a headless fly, and was beaten half to death by Pei Zhu. When he calmed down and started to fight with Pei Zhu to find his weakness, he suddenly felt that time was not so difficult to endure, and the bamboo poles that fell on him were not as many and painful as at the beginning.
Du Heng dodged among the dense bamboo poles, and there were dense snapping sounds around him. Wen Qiong's voice rang in his mind.
Wen Qiong had told him that many cultivators pursued advanced techniques or mysterious formulas while neglecting the most basic principles. There were tens of millions of techniques in the world that could be seen through and broken. Once one's routine was seen through by the opponent, the consequences would be very serious.
Wen Qiong never taught Du Heng how to walk or move. She told Du Heng that everyone can create their own skills, and learning from others is not as useful as learning by yourself. She did not teach Du Heng how to walk or move because she wanted him to find the most suitable steps for himself after countless dodging.
Du Heng understood a little bit. If the opponent hits you, being able to block it back is an ability, but if you can't block it, dodging in time is also a skill. The smaller the dodge, the more physical strength he can save, and the more unpredictable his opponent will be.
For example, right now, Du Heng felt the spiritual energy fluctuations coming from the bamboo pole above his head. He had nowhere to hide, so he chose to squat down. The bamboo pole swept across his chest.
When Du Heng felt the vibration coming from underground, he jumped sideways, his toes touching the bamboo shoots that were popping out, and his waist on both sides successfully avoided the blows from the bamboo poles.
His body was in an incredible position, and at this moment he heard two slight popping sounds coming from his body. He was very sure that these were sounds coming from his body and not the sounds made by Peizhu next to him when he was whipping him.
After these two sounds, Du Heng felt his body lighter than ever before. The last time he felt so light was when he dreamed that he had turned into a white jade bird. Du Heng felt that his movements were faster, and he could actually see the afterimages of the bamboo poles whipping at him.
This feeling was very mysterious, and Du Heng felt that everything around him was slowing down. He could see the bamboos in the forest straightening up and then bending into a bow under the pull of spiritual energy, and he could also see the bamboo poles hitting him and straightening up suddenly, shaking off the white dust.
Xiaoxiao stood on the bamboo branch beside him and flapped his wings excitedly. Du Heng himself didn't realize that he had already stayed in the bamboo forest for an incense stick of time today! This was a great progress! He only needed another three incense sticks of time to stay in the bamboo forest for half an hour!
Wen Qiong clapped his hands: "Okay, today's practice ends here."
When the bamboo stopped moving, Du Heng was still a little stunned. He was standing in the bamboo forest today. He was not dragged out of the bamboo forest unconscious by Wen Qiong, nor was he carried out by Xuan Yu while dying. He relied on his own strength to survive for an incense stick of time and walked out of the bamboo forest with dignity.
Du Heng felt a little dazed. Had he taken the first step?
Hearing the sound of the breeze blowing through the treetops, Du Heng suddenly felt that the world had changed in his eyes. His ears could hear the sound of plants growing in the soil, his eyes could see the flourishing wood spirit under the soil, and his skin could feel the abundant spirit brought by the spring breeze.
He felt that he was a little different, but when asked to describe specifically what was different, he couldn't put his finger on it.
Wen Qiong looked at Du Heng with a smile: "Congratulations, you have already established your foundation."
Du Heng was stunned for a moment: "What? I have established my foundation?"
Wen Qiong said: "Yes, you have established your foundation. You originally have a top-grade spiritual root. After a month of elixir-based body tempering and spiritual energy circulation, your cultivation has rapidly increased without you noticing. You have established your foundation."
Du Heng's eyes were full of suspicion. He had little education, so don't lie to him. He was beaten for a month, and he established his foundation? Even the protagonists in fantasy novels who cheated wouldn't dare to write like this.
Wen Qiong said: "The so-called foundation building means that the meridians in your body are integrated and unobstructed. Now let's circulate the spiritual energy. Do you feel that the spiritual energy is flowing smoothly?"
Wen Qiong hadn't said this, and Du Heng hadn't reacted yet. As soon as she pointed, Du Heng's spiritual energy did feel smoother than ever before after running through his body. Especially from his purple palace to his dantian, it seemed like there was an extra passage, which was not obvious before.
Wen Qiong said: "I originally thought that you would gradually advance to the fifth level of Qi training, and then gradually open up the meridians in your body to build your foundation. Top-grade spiritual roots are indeed powerful. You can defeat others who have practiced for decades in just one month. Du Heng, congratulations!"
Du Heng was a little stunned. He couldn't believe it: "Is it true?"
Wen Qiong said with a smile: "There is no need to lie to you. The aura you exude now is already that of a foundation-building cultivator. You have reached this level just by tempering your body. It is even more amazing than I thought. I will give you a day off today. Starting tomorrow, we will begin to practice the magic formula of the wood spirit root."
Du Heng was still a little dazed. He looked into Xiaoxiao's eyes and said, "Xiaoxiao, I have established my foundation?"
Xiaoxiao was jumping around Du Heng. He was happier than Du Heng that Du Heng was building his foundation: "Chirp chirp!!"
Jing Nan poked his head out from the terrace of his house and said, "To celebrate Du Heng's foundation building, shall we have a meal today?"
Jing Nan's meaning was very clear. Du Heng hadn't cooked for a long time because of his practice, and the pot in Du Heng's house was almost cold.
Xuan Yu stood outside the bamboo forest and looked at Du Heng tenderly. Du Heng felt that the dreamlike feeling just now had dissipated. He smiled widely: "Xuan Yu! I have established my foundation!!"
Du Heng received several gifts. Sitting at the dining table in the kitchen, Du Heng opened his storage bag and took out the gifts from Jing Nan and others.
Jing Nan gave him a lot of bottles and jars. Du Heng asked curiously, "What is this?"
Jing Nan said with a smile: "Some of these are poisons that kill instantly, and some are elixirs that can calm people down. You are about to start practicing magic, so keep these things, they will be useful whether you use them on yourself or others."
Du Heng took the bottles and jars carefully and said thank you to Jing Nan solemnly.
Jing Nan showed his white teeth: "Don't thank me, I haven't eaten for almost a month. If you really want to thank me, can you make something delicious later?"
Du Heng already knew Jing Nan's taste: "No problem."
Feng Gui also pushed over a storage bag: "I want to eat spicy food." Then he gave Du Heng a look that said you know what I mean.
Du Heng opened the storage bag and looked inside. He saw a pitch-black dagger and an oval jade pendant with a picture of a fish playing with lotus leaves. He looked at it for a while before realizing, "Isn't this..."
Feng Gui said, "The people from Wan Workshop delivered it on the sixth day of the first lunar month. You were in a coma at that time, so I didn't give it to you. It just so happens that you have already established your foundation, so I will treat it as a foundation-building gift for you. You don't need to thank me."
Du Heng pulled the dagger out of the scabbard and took a look at it. The scabbard on the dagger was added later. Like the blade, the scabbard was completely black and looked very low-key.
Du Heng’s eyesight was limited, so he couldn’t tell what was special about the scabbard. However, since Wan Workshop had spent so much effort to reforge the scabbard, it must have some outstanding features.
He picked up the jade pendant and looked at it. This jade pendant was completely different from the jade that Yun Zhonghe gave him at the beginning. If the previous jade looked ordinary, this jade now felt warm in his hand, and it was obviously a good piece of jade.
Du Heng was just about to take a look at what the simple cave had been transformed into when he heard Feng Gui say, "You'd better go outside the yard and let it out."
Du Heng and Xuan Yu looked at each other, and Xuan Yu nodded. Then Du Heng walked out of the courtyard gate and injected spiritual energy into the jade pendant. At this time, an amazing thing happened. The two small fish on the jade seemed to come alive. They swam around the jade pendant twice, shaking their heads.
The jade pendant flew up in Du Heng's hand and slowly floated to the spiritual field in front of the yard. A flash of light appeared in the spiritual field, and a small bamboo building with a beautiful and simple shape appeared.
There was actually a pond in front of the bamboo building! Du Heng was shocked and walked around the pond to the eaves in front of the bamboo building. There were several exquisite bamboo chairs under the eaves. It was obvious that this was a place where elegant people lived.
Du Heng felt that he was desecrating the bamboo building by walking into it, so he asked Feng Gui cautiously, "Is this... for me?"
The small bamboo house was about the same size as Xuan Yu's house. It was fully furnished with all the necessary furniture and even had a kitchen. How could this be a simple cave? This cave was too luxurious!
Feng Gui said, "I originally thought this building was too simple, but Xuan Yu and the others said you would like it. I won't let the people from Wan Workshop take it back and redo it. You can just use it as it is."
Du Heng was very moved. After he had a home, he also had such a nice cave. Did he save the world in his previous life? He actually had such luck in this life!
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A flash of inspiration appeared in Du Heng's hand, and he put away the simple cave.
Feng Gui grinned at Du Heng: "You can live in this cave normally. It's more convenient than your and Xuan Yu's house. Why don't you just move out of Xuan Yu's house?" As she spoke, Feng Gui looked at Xuan Yu in a teasing manner. Xuan Yu looked at Feng Gui calmly.
Xuan Yu calmly said to Du Heng: "Don't move. I will be lonely without you at home."
Jing Nan and Feng Gui immediately laughed and said, "Xiao Yu is anxious, hahahaha!"
Du Heng saw the pleading look in Xuan Yu's eyes, and he smiled, "No, no, we live well here, I won't move anywhere." Only then did Xuan Yu smile.
Xuan Yu also had a gift for Du Heng. He took out a storage bag from his sleeve and said, "I should have given it to you in winter, but the people from Miaoyi Pavilion only delivered it in the past two days. You can only wear it until next winter."
Du Heng opened the storage bag and saw a furry cloak inside. He took out the cloak and shook it, laughing: "Hey, is this made of the skin of a leopard?"
The tanned cloak had no smell of the beast, only a cool scent of Xuan Yu's body. The cloak was silver-gray in color, and felt soft and comfortable in the hand. Du Heng had never worn leather clothes before!
Xuan Yu held the collar of the cloak and shook it, then he put it on Du Heng: "Yeah, it fits."
Du Heng thought the style of this cloak was very nice and it didn't feel bulky at all. After wearing it for a while, Du Heng felt his body getting hot. Du Heng touched the furry rabbit fur on the cloak and said, "Thank you, Xuan Yu!"
Xuan Yu also took out two scarves from the storage bag and wrapped them around Du Heng's neck. There was a round ball at the bottom of the scarf, which could just pass through the hole at the other end to fix the scarf.
Du Heng looked silly after putting on the scarf. Jing Nan and Feng Gui burst out laughing: "It suits Du Heng very well."
Du Heng now looks like a silly rabbit, the kind that will run away if given a carrot.
Du Heng touched the rabbit scarf embarrassedly: "Thank you Xuanyu."
Xuan Yu handed another scarf to Du Heng: "There is one more scarf. I wanted to give it to Xiaoxiao, but Xiaoxiao said he wanted to wait for you to put it on him personally."
Xiaoxiao looked at Xuan Yu in confusion: "啾?" Did he say that?
Du Heng smiled and waved to Xiaoxiao: "Xiaoxiao, come here."
Xiaoxiao obediently walked in front of Du Heng, and Du Heng bent down and buckled the rabbit fur scarf around Xiaoxiao's neck. Xiaoxiao twisted her neck, and he felt that his neck was thicker. But Du Heng smiled and said, "How cute!"
Forget it, Xiaoxiao accepted the scarf just to make Du Heng happy.
Wen Qiong also had a gift for Du Heng. She held a magic sword in her hand. The sword was green in color, with a narrow blade three feet long, and two words "Qingshuang" were engraved on the blade.
Wen Qiong said, "Just now I saw you had a dagger, so I'll give you this Qingshuang sword. The dagger and the sword are one in the dark and one in the light, so keep them for self-defense."
Du Heng was very moved. He only built a foundation, but he got so many good things. What could he do to repay everyone?
After much thought, Du Heng decided to cook a good meal to reward everyone.
Du Heng walked around the refrigerator and quickly decided on the menu. For lunch today, he would make blood curd, dry pot rabbit offal, sweet and sour pork, and pan-fried pork ribs!! As for the vegetarian dishes, he looked outside the yard. Spring is here, so there should be vegetables for him to pick, right?
Du Heng walked around the ridge with the basket on his back, and Xiaoxiao and his two younger brothers followed Du Heng's footsteps. Xiao Wonton walked in front of Du Heng, and Du Heng was surprised to find that he had only practiced for a month, and all his little animals except Xiaoxiao had grown two times bigger.
Little Wonton grew up and became a medium-sized furry dog. Its stubby claws told Du Heng that it would grow into a tall and mighty hunting dog like its father.
As for Nian Nian and Sui Sui, when I first picked them up, I could fit them in one hand, but now I can't hold them in both hands. Normal chicks need to change their fur in more than a week, and they are still furry. When they walk with Xiao Xiao, they look like two balls of fur, which is very funny.
Du Heng took a deep breath, and the spring breeze carried the scent of spiritual plants into his lungs. He hadn't looked at the village properly for a month. He had heard before that time did not pass when cultivating, and now he had experienced it firsthand. When you are really cultivating, you really can't feel the passage of time.
A month of intense practice had changed Du Heng's temperament. He was no longer as slow as before. When walking in the fields, he would unconsciously use his spiritual sense to observe the surrounding situation.
Look, what did he find? In the fields, each shepherd's purse was bigger than a palm. They formed a patch, and Du Heng saw the flourishing green spirit at a glance. Look at the green vegetables in the field again. After a month of ice and snow, they sprouted tender stalks when the spring breeze blew.
The cauliflower sprouts of this season taste different from those in previous seasons. The cauliflower sprouts that grew out of the green vegetables before were because they had naturally aged. Although they also tasted fresh, sweet, crispy and tender, they were ultimately not as good as the products grown in the fields in accordance with the seasons.
What’s even more interesting is that he actually found a bunch of wild vegetables that looked like onions. He was familiar with them. They were called garlic. Every spring, Mother Du would go to the countryside to dig some and make garlic pancakes out of them!
Du Heng swung his sickle quickly, digging shepherd's purse and pinching vegetable stems, and finally placed two handfuls of bright, long garlic cloves on a basket of green vegetables.
Wen Qiong stood outside the courtyard gate with her arms folded, staring at Du Heng's direction as if she was thinking about something. Her clothes had turned pink today, just like a flower bud about to bloom on a branch.
Du Heng could see Wen Qiong as soon as he turned his head. To be honest, he had some unusual thoughts about Wen Qiong at first. But after a month of practice, he had given up on that idea. Wen Qiong was a determined cultivator, and she shouldn't get involved in a bad relationship between a man and a woman. Moreover, Du Heng knew that Wen Qiong regarded him as a disciple and had no thoughts about him.
Du Heng is a man who can let go easily. After accepting this reality, he now regards Wen Qiong as his mentor. Seeing Wen Qiong standing at the gate of the courtyard, he greeted her: "Master, how about having shepherd's purse dumplings for lunch?"
Wen Qiong smiled: "Okay. What are shepherd's purse dumplings?"
Shepherd's purse dumplings are made of rice flour and filled with shepherd's purse and meat filling. The finished dumplings are five inches in diameter and look like white jade balls after being cooked. The skin is soft and glutinous, and the inside is delicious.
Shepherd's purse is the first vegetable to emerge, and it has the unique fragrance of spring. Eating food stuffed with shepherd's purse in spring is like eating spring in your mouth.
Du Heng put the basket under the eaves, took a small stool and sat down to clean the shepherd's purse he had dug. When shepherd's purse grows on the ground, it looks like a flower. When it leaves the ground, its stems and leaves curl up.
Du Heng picked off the dry leaves. If you don't use your spiritual sense to see the shepherd's purse in the basket, their color is not that green, and they look a bit gray. Some of the shepherd's purse have grown gray, and at first glance they look like dead grass.
Du Heng was very fast, and he quickly picked out half a basket of shepherd's purse. While picking the vegetables, he forgot about the painful practice he had undergone in the past month. In a good mood, he hummed a little tune and went to the pool to wash the shepherd's purse with a basket.
After washing the shepherd's purse several times, Du Heng put them into boiling water for blanching. He put a little soybean oil and salt in the water, and the blanching time should not be too long. When the leaves are shrunken, they can be fished out.
Du Heng used long chopsticks to turn the shepherd's purse in the pot and prepared to take it out of the pot. After taking it out of the pot, the shepherd's purse should be rinsed with cold water so that it would not turn yellow. Half a basket of shepherd's purse was boiled into a large bowl of shepherd's purse balls. Du Heng happily chopped them up, squeezed out the water and put them in a wooden basin.
Seeing Du Heng chopping meat again, Feng Gui asked in confusion, "Didn't you say you wanted to make a spicy dish?"
Du Heng said: "Don't worry, I will cook all the dishes I promised you. Just watch if you don't believe me."
Du Heng pointed to other wooden basins beside the pool. Some of them contained pickled rabbit offal, while others contained pickled pork chops and meat slices.
Du Heng smiled and said, "While the meat is being marinated, I'll prepare the stuffing so that you won't be in a rush later."
Xuan Yu asked slowly: "Can I help you with anything?"
Du Heng looked at Xuan Yu with a smile: "Can you help me get some garlic from the back mountain?"
Before starting to practice, Xuan Yu did bring some garlic, but later Du Heng was busy practicing and forgot about the garlic. When he remembered, the garlic under the eaves had disappeared. Maybe Jing Nan or Feng Gui threw it away when he wasn't paying attention?
Xuan Yu said, "Okay." He disappeared in an instant. Whenever Du Heng saw Xuan Yu perform this move, he would be amazed. When would he be able to achieve such skill?
Du Heng put the chopped mountain jelly meat on the shepherd's purse. A closer look revealed that there was more mountain jelly meat than shepherd's purse. Du Heng cracked three duck eggs into the pot, then poured in white wine, salt, a small amount of sugar, and a little pepper. He also sprinkled a handful of chopped green onions and ginger. In fact, if there was some oil residue mixed in, the stuffing would taste better.
Du Heng washed his hands in the sink, and just as he was about to reach out to stir the stuffing, he heard Wen Qiong's voice: "Du Heng, can you use your spiritual energy to stir the stuffing instead of your hands?"
Du Heng looked at Wen Qiong, then at his own hands. He looked at the basin of stuffing in the wooden basin and was a little confused: "Use spiritual energy instead of hands?"
He was in a dilemma. How should he do this?
The author has something to say: Among wild vegetables, my favorites are shepherd's purse and golden cauliflower.
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