Volume 3: The situation in Zhongzhou Chapter 71: Between the stations
After New Year's Eve, dumplings stuffed with cabbage are served on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and passers-by on the first day of the Lunar New Year wish them a happy new year.
People who get up early are still immersed in the excitement of last night. In every household, there is always a mother who gets up early to cook the big stuffed dumplings that the whole family made together on New Year's Eve.
When eating these Spring Festival dumplings, you have to be very particular about it. You cannot swallow them raw in one bite.
At least, you have to take two bites, because in this pot of dumplings, one of the dumplings has a washed copper coin in the filling.
Anyone who eats this copper coin dumpling will have good luck and good fortune in the new year.
"Donkey! Why don't you take a bowl and eat it yourself!"
Tang Ke suddenly became very angry when he saw the donkey swallowing the dumplings wholeheartedly.
Everyone staying at the Yuelai Inn naturally had to eat dumplings together for their first meal. Yang Ming worked hard to make these dumplings for most of the night.
Because after eating the dumplings, they had to rush to Zhongzhou. After all, it was still a long way from Yongzhou Prefecture to Zhongzhou.
Originally it was supposed to be a good thing to eat dumplings, but as soon as Mr. Lu came on the table, the taste changed instantly.
Others eat dumplings, but he eats them alive!
Swallowing the dumplings without chewing is simply a waste of Yang Minghe’s good stuffing!
"Don't swallow that copper coin too!"
Lao Lu is the one who misses the copper coin the most. He is a very evil person and always wants to get lucky.
So when Lao Lu ate dumplings, he was very careful in choosing them, for fear that he would miss the copper coins.
"Senior sister, do you want to go to Zhongzhou with us?"
Hu Yue asked. At first, Lin Ruo only said to go home and have a look, but did not say to go with them.
"My grandpa has gone home. I definitely can't stay in Yongzhou Mansion anymore. I might as well go to Zhongzhou with you to visit."
After Lin Ruo finished speaking, Hu Yue said oh, and then asked Mo Lin in a low voice.
"Does senior sister and his grandfather have such a big hatred?"
Mo Lin shook his head. At this time, Lao Lu excitedly took out a copper coin from the dumpling!
"Hahaha! I am indeed the man of destiny!"
"By the way, Lao Lu, I also put a piece of silver into the dumplings. Did any of you eat them?"
Before Yang Ming finished speaking, Mr. Donkey looked like he had been choked.
"Uh-huh!"
Mr. Donkey covered his throat hard with both hooves, as if something was stuck.
"You idiot donkey, I said don't eat like this, you deserve it!"
After Lu Cheng finished speaking, Tang Ke slapped Mr. Lu on the back, and a coin was sprayed out by Mr. Lu.
"Damn, it almost killed me!"
After such a fuss, Mr. Donkey was no longer in the mood to eat dumplings, so he ran to a chair aside and collapsed.
After eating the dumplings, everyone packed their luggage and prepared to go downstairs, when they happened to meet Lin Xiao giving gifts to the third prince and Liu Ruyu.
Lu Cheng's eyes almost widened when he saw what Lin Xiao had given him.
He actually sent a huge piece of coral tree as tall as a person!
This gift is not unkind. Beigan is far away from the sea, and rare things like this in the sea are rare.
"Hey, I'm mainly here to give the opening ceremony to the Third Prince, and secondly, I'm here to see you all out of the city!"
After Lin Xiao finished speaking, he pulled Lin Ruo aside and began to whisper. The two of them didn't know what they talked about. They only saw Lin Xiao stuffing a cloth bag into Lin Ruo.
There are many people who get up early during the Spring Festival. People coming and going on the street are paying New Year greetings. A few people got on the carriage and walked towards the gate of Yongzhou Mansion.
Lin Xiao, the third prince and Liu Ruyu were all sent out, and the three of them slowly followed the two carriages on horseback.
There was a Molin coach, with Lin Ruo, Hu Yue and Yang Ming sitting in the back.
Another Tang Ke drove the carriage, with Donkey and Lao Lu sitting behind it.
It's funny, Lord Donkey, a donkey actually wants to ride in a carriage!
When Mr. Donkey got on the carriage, many pedestrians on the street pointed and looked at Mr. Donkey getting on the carriage.
"What are you looking at? Haven't you seen a donkey getting on a carriage?"
Lin Xiao suddenly looked helpless. Although there are many wonders in the world, this was the first time he saw this donkey getting on a carriage.
Even the horse pulling the cart swung its tail angrily, showing its annoyance at Mr. Donkey riding in the carriage.
To be honest, Lao Lu really didn't want to be in the same car with this donkey, but he was too embarrassed to change places with the brats.
Therefore, I can only wrong him, Master Lu.
"Fuck you, why are you looking at me with disgust? Do you think I am willing to ride in a car with you?"
Mr. Donkey also looked disgusted, and then they became silent and stopped talking.
At the city gate, Zuogong, Jiang
Lao and Xiaohua had been waiting for their carriage here early. Yang Ming jumped off the carriage and saluted Mr. Zuo.
"Mr. Zuo, we are going to Zhongzhou. Don't worry, I will never embarrass you."
"Hey, brat, if you embarrass me, I'll spank you till your ass blooms when you come back next time!"
With that said, Mr. Zuo handed a letter to Yang Ming.
"This is an old friend of mine from Zhongzhou. He has opened a restaurant in Guancheng. You can go over and help."
Yang Ming took the letter and read the signature on it: To Wan Jianye, owner of Zuiwengshan Restaurant in Zhongzhou.
Seeing that Mr. Zuo and Mr. Jiang were both there, everyone also got off their horses and those who dismounted.
After some pleasantries, Hu Yue took Xiao Hua's hand and was very reluctant to part with her.
"Hey, little flower, I have to say goodbye today. I don't know when I will see you again. What if I miss you so much that I become ill?"
Every time Lin Ruo saw Hu Yue treat Xiaohua like this, she felt that Hu Yue was hopeless...
"I tell you, next time we come back, we will continue to steal the old man's sweet potatoes and continue roasting them!"
The three of them burst out laughing when they mentioned roasted sweet potatoes, and Xiaohua held out a little finger.
"Then we have to pull the hook! You have to come back as soon as possible."
The three of them gently pulled the hook and made an agreement to test the sweet potato together next time.
Lin Ruo seemed to understand something. No wonder the old man next door came to trouble her family every now and then. Her second uncle Lin Zheng went to apologize to others every day.
It turns out that these three little villains go to people's yards to steal sweet potatoes every day!
"Goodbye! Yang Ming, Hu Yue, Sister Lin Ruo!"
Waving her hands, tears fell from the corners of Xiaohua's eyes. Watching them drive out of the city gate, Mr. Jiang patted Xiaohua's shoulder.
"Let's go. After celebrating the New Year, we still have to go back to work."
"Um!"
Now Xiaohua is not only Mr. Jiang's bookboy, but also the waiter of Songhelou. He is quick at work and extremely handsome. Mr. Zuo is very fond of him.
Watching the carriage go away, after saying goodbye to the third prince and Lin Xiao, Zuo Gong and his party also returned to Songhe Tower along the street.
The journey from Yongzhou Prefecture to Zhongzhou is considered a long way. It is only fifty miles from Tianheng Mountain to Yongzhou Prefecture, but it is more than seven hundred miles from Yongzhou Prefecture to Miyun Banner in Zhongzhou.
Such a long journey takes three days, and you have to stop at three stations and change horses to get there.
Therefore, it is very laborious to run two carriages.
Yang Ming and the others were enjoying themselves on any carriage, and the three of them were playing a popular card game in Pekan.
"Hey, what do you think Uncle Master and Mr. Donkey are doing in the car? Why are they so quiet?"
Hu Yue looked through the car window at the carriage running in front of them.
"Why don't you be quiet? Do you want to see them overturn the car?"
"That's not true. I always feel that they should be quite noisy. It's a bit weird to be so quiet.",
Hu Yue's worry was not unreasonable. At this time in the car, Lu Cheng showed the power of life and death to Mr. Lu.
Mr. Donkey was dumbfounded.
The two gods in the realm of transformation used some tricks on this carriage to make it a closed space.
In order to prevent their breath from leaking out, Lu Cheng arranged a very tight formation.
Although he is not a master of formations, there is no problem in learning and selling them now.
This formation is the Wanlai Guiji formation of Qinglao, one of the Seven Color Walkers.
There is only one reason for Lu Cheng to do this, and that is to refine dragon crystal!
The trophies obtained after the demon-slaying battle would be difficult to use without being processed by a blacksmith.
Others may hold this dragon crystal more for collection, but Lu Cheng does not just use it for collection.
The crystal that condenses the power of the dragon contains the power of the soul that can nourish the soul. The value of this kind of dragon crystal is not only to assist in cultivation.
Lu Cheng plans to use this piece of dragon crystal to create a spiritual weapon.
There happens to be a master blacksmith named Donkey. If he doesn't manage it properly, wouldn't it mean that the sponsorship fee he gave to the Blacksmith Gang has been wasted?
"After being burned by my real fire, the crystal shell of this dragon crystal has fallen off. If you want to create spiritual energy, you have to inject your power into it."
The donkey was sweating from the work, and this kind of delicate work is the most energy-consuming.
Even though it was an official road, it was still very bumpy, so the requirements for his ability to control fire were very strict. Therefore, the donkey had been working carefully.
Boiling the crystal shell reveals the pure dragon crystal inside. The core inside the dragon crystal is the essence of this piece of dragon crystal.
The core carries huge soul power,
If these powers can be perfectly refined, the soul's cultivation level will definitely improve a lot.
Lu Cheng's soul realm is already unparalleled in the world, so he does not need to continue to improve his soul power.
Therefore, making a spiritual weapon is the best choice.
Lu Cheng mobilized his true energy and held up the dragon crystal core in his hand. A force of life and death appeared. The true energy symbolizing life and the death energy symbolizing death entered the core at the same time.
When the power of life and death appears, the donkey immediately becomes clever.
Every time I see this thing, I always feel some indescribable weirdness. After all, Mr. Donkey is also a living person, so seeing this power of life and death is inevitable.
"If I want to create a spiritual weapon that can contain the power of life and death, can you condense the spirit for it?"
Lu Cheng asked. Mr. Lu thought for a while and nodded.
If it means that he has not advanced to the realm of transformation into gods, then he really can't do this.
However, the current Donkey Master is a strong man in the realm of gods, and he can still do things like condensing a spirit weapon that can contain the power of life and death.
Mr. Lu stared at the core that Lu Cheng had injected with the power of life and death. As Lu Cheng gradually injected the power of life and death, Mr. Lu gently spit out a mouthful of real fire.
The real fire that condenses spirits does not necessarily have to be a fierce fire. Slow fire can also condense spirits.
When Donkey Ye suddenly realized the way of heaven, he discovered a problem. One of the advantages of the way of burning heaven is that it itself has the understanding of elements.
Therefore, Mr. Lu’s current understanding of flames cannot be compared to even ten Lu cities.
This small ball of real fire slowly floated towards the core of the Longjing, flowing into several fire patterns at the core of the Dragon Crystal.
Those fire patterns seemed to be burning some mysterious formations.
In the blacksmith gang, there are generally two methods of condensing spirits, one is to condensate spirits through blood, and the other is to condensate spirits through formation formation.
The method of condensing spirits through blood is indeed a relatively common method, because this method can directly allow the spiritual weapon to communicate with its owner.
It also allows the spiritual weapon and its owner to have a sense of connectedness.
Formation formation and spirit condensation is a relatively complex and high-end method. This method is usually only used when creating extremely delicate spiritual weapons.
For example, the Soul Crossing Banner and Qinglong Soul Suppressing Bell in Lucheng both use this form of formation to condense spirits.
Use extremely detailed real fire to engrave the spirit-condensing array on the spiritual weapon, and use the dual characteristics of the array and flame to directly catalyze the emergence of a spirit.
The spirit born in this way is free and self-centered. In its eyes, it has no master, only who it can get along with comfortably.
If you get along well with me, then I can help you with things. If you don't get along well with me, then please stay where you can.
Therefore, the vast majority of spiritual weapons that form formations and condense spirits are existences that go to two extremes.
Either he is extremely tyrannical, has personality and temper, and is also very powerful.
Either he is unruly and stingy, has no skills and doesn't like to talk to others.
Success or failure depends on how Mr. Lu operates. As the formation condenses, the dragon crystal's appearance is burned into the shape of a round rosary.
The rosary, which is not much bigger than a child's fist, is very convenient to carry, but the formation has been completed, and the presence of the spirit has not been felt yet.
"It's a little strange. The spirit doesn't seem to be in this bead."
Mr. Donkey scratched the long ears and searched for them in private.
As a result, clues were found on the crystal shell of the dragon crystal.
There is actually a small dragon curled up on the crystal shell of the dragon crystal.
"Let me go, Mr. Donkey, you are very capable! You just transformed into a spirit. What kind of operation is this?"
Mr. Donkey was also puzzled. Could it be that his level had really improved? This spiritual weapon that had just been condensed could actually take form?
Not to mention seeing it, I have never heard of it before.
The spirit of this spiritual weapon can only show intelligence, and it would be even more difficult to transform into another form.
Anyway, as far as Lu Cheng knows, the spiritual weapon that can transform must be at least one of the top five on the spiritual weapon list.
Apart from knowing the name of this top five spiritual weapon, the rest is basically unknown.
Currently, the only spiritual weapon known in Lu Cheng that can transform into human form is the fourth-ranked spiritual weapon in the hands of Zongjia.
It was passed down from the Li family royal family for hundreds of years, and it was successfully transformed after years of accumulation.
This little dragon actually transformed successfully?
"No, this is not a transformation, I'm scared to death!"
Mr. Donkey took a closer look at the curled up little dragon and breathed a sigh of relief.
That little dragon is the soul of the owner of the dragon crystal who has not yet dissipated. It flowed out of the core of the dragon crystal after experiencing the power of life and death in Lu Cheng.
Chapter completed!