Before midnight the next day, a shrill whistle sounded throughout the mountains and fields. All the apprentices gathered one after another and took the flying boat towards the giant cauldron.
Four golden beads a day, it takes six hours just to knock them, plus the time to rest and adjust the breath, everything goes smoothly, it will almost be completed at Xu hour, and more will be done until Hai hour, or even at midnight.
hour. But no later than four quarters past midnight, everyone must call it a day and not stay overnight.
Of course, there are also many people who have strong spiritual consciousness, high energy, and exceed their quota every day.
Those who do better, exceed the quota by completing two stones every day, and earn a total of nine thousand spiritual stones every month!
In the eyes of Master Sun, this newcomer named Liu Yun has a high chance of becoming another apprentice earning nine thousand a month!
Almost without stopping, Yang Zhen completed the daily quota of four pills just after the hour of Unity.
By Haishi, he had fixed six golden beads, and the rest time in between was less than a hundred breaths in total.
Master Sun was secretly surprised. If it were him, such continuous beating would be too much for him.
He hurried over. Although he didn't have to do it himself, he checked the workmanship of dozens of people every day and couldn't make any mistakes. In fact, it was not easy at all.
The first four have been inspected and are flawless. He believes that the boy can pass the last two as well.
However, the results of the inspection disappointed him, as they were all unqualified!
"What's the matter with you?" he asked sharply.
"Maybe, maybe I'm a little tired," Yang Zhen said.
"Playing the piano randomly! You don't know your own abilities!" He angrily shouted: "Two demerits! You have to pay attention from now on!"
"Yes." Yang Zhen replied with a grimace.
Unexpectedly, the next morning, when striking the first golden bead, the new apprentice made another mistake!
"Liu Yun!" Master Sun said with a stern voice, "You are looking for death!"
"Disciple, disciple... I was too exhausted yesterday," Yang Zhen said with a haggard face, "Disciple, I promise you will be careful next time."
"Just rest for two quarters of an hour, and then continue," Master Sun waved his hand: "For the next four, control the rhythm, you can't make any more mistakes!"
However, this disciple who performed amazingly on the first day seemed to be completely out of balance. When he struck the third golden bead of the day, he made another mistake!
"Mud can't hold up the wall!" Master Sun lamented: "Take off your apprentice robe and enter another book!"
In this way, on the third day of coming to Yupinfang, Yang Zhen changed from an apprentice to a prisoner.
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After becoming a prisoner, his situation plummeted, and naturally he no longer had a flying boat to pick him up.
Yang Zhen was held in Master Sun's hands, brought to the corner of the square tripod, and thrown directly down.
The moment he threw it away, he personally felt that there was a powerful formation restriction under his body.
His feet have been tied with iron chains. Once the true energy reaches below his knees, it will be sucked away by the iron chains, making movement very inconvenient. However, the meridians throughout his body are not sealed, so he can only use the Feather Falling Technique to protect his whole body.
Falling slowly from a height of two hundred feet.
When she was still about a hundred feet above the ground, a long black whip came. Yang Zhen did not dare to resist and let the whip tie her up tightly.
He was brought to a middle-aged man with a sinister face and a late-stage cultivation base.
This is a scaffold located in the middle of the giant cauldron. It is somewhat similar to the scaffolding on earth, but it is not as tight and scattered everywhere. There are several people sitting or standing on it, holding long whips. It looks like
The supervisor in the field.
"Hey, this is a distinguished guest coming down from above!" The middle-aged supervisor sneered maliciously while playing with Yang Zhen's identity token, and the two followers next to him laughed.
"I don't care where you come from! When you get here, you have to listen to me," the supervisor said sadly: "Hand over a hundred spiritual stones, otherwise, you will look good!"
"I, I don't have a spirit stone," Yang Zhen explained: "I have only worked for three days, I haven't paid the bill yet, and I have never received a spirit stone."
"No spirit stone?" The supervisor looked suspiciously, looking from head to toe. Seeing that he was covered with ordinary clothes issued by the workshop, he couldn't help but let out a "poof" and cursed: "Damn, he is actually a poor guy!
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His eyes finally fell on the stone chain on the young man's wrist.
In order not to attract attention, this bracelet has been replaced with inconspicuous blue stones. Apart from being harder to the touch than ordinary stones, it is not worth much.
During the inspection before entering Yupinfang, this thing did not arouse any suspicion.
Moreover, the customs in the mountain realm are diverse. Even among the prisoners, there are many who wear earrings, necklaces, bracelets, and even nose rings, and no one's jewelry has been confiscated.
Otherwise, Yang Zhen would not tie the stone chain on her wrist so boldly.
But in the eyes of this middle-aged supervisor, mosquito meat is still meat no matter how small it is, and he is not going to let it go.
"Throw the stone chain in your hand." The man said coldly.
Yang Zhen's heart thumped, and she shook her head with a dull expression: "My wife gave this to me, not a magic weapon."
"Oh, it's a gift from a woman!" The supervisor seemed to be interested: "Bring it over and let me have a look."
"Maybe there's still a woman's makeup on it!"
"I treat this like my wife, wear it on my hand, and touch it every night!"
"Then let's touch it even more, haha!"
The two followers talked and laughed unscrupulously.
Yang Zhen seemed not to hear anything, and stood still with her head lowered.
Seeing that the newcomer was disobedient, the supervisor suddenly changed his expression, moved his fingers slightly, and slapped the young man on the back with his long whip.
"Boy, don't be shameless, bring it!"
A long blood streak stretched from the shoulder to the lower back. Yang Zhen did not use the body-building technique and allowed the blood to drip.
"This is a mortal thing, given to me by my wife." He insisted.
"Made, this boy is very stubborn!" Before the supervisor could say anything, a follower couldn't stand it any longer, so he raised his leg and kicked the young man in the waist.
Yang Zhen fell down, and the shackles seemed to be inadvertently moved in front of her, causing the man to stagger.
"Damn you," the attendant cursed and stood up straight. Feeling humiliated, he took out the whip in his hand and whipped the young man's head and face.
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Yang Zhen remained silent, covering her head with both hands and letting the black whip hit her back.
The iron chains on the feet do not affect the strength of the arms. It is very easy to injure this person. However, since this choice has been made, these pains and insults can only be endured silently.
After a while, the cloth on his body was beaten to pieces, his back was scarred, and his flesh and blood were molded, which looked quite miserable.
The follower looked back at the supervisor and saw that his face was expressionless and he used more force on his hands.
At this moment, a strong and strong hand suddenly appeared and firmly grasped his whip-wielding hand.
A tall, burly man with thick eyebrows and round eyes appeared between the two, and the chains on his feet showed his identity.
"Pei Jian," the supervisor shouted, "you have nothing to do here!"
"It's none of my business?" The strong man's voice was like a bell: "I've finished my work a long time ago, and I haven't seen you come for a long time. Do you want to starve to death?"
"Are you done?" A trace of anger flashed in the supervisor's eyes, and he waved to another follower: "Xiao Hei, go over and take a look."
The follower responded and left, but the strong man stood still and sneered:
"The man named Zhuang is showing off his power in front of the newcomers again?"
"Pei Jian, stop minding your own business!" Supervisor Zhuang said fiercely.
"I just don't care, so what do you do?" The strong man didn't accept his threat at all. He stretched out his hand to pull the young man up from the ground, looked him up and down, and laughed loudly:
"Little brother, do you dare to receive a thousand lashes?"
Yang Zhen looked at him doubtfully and said nothing.
"If you have the guts, give the overseer in front of you a good beating. As long as you can't kill him, the punishment afterwards will be no more than a thousand lashes."
"If this person dares to bully you again in the future, you should continue to beat him, beat him a few more times, and see if he dares to mess with you again."
"How about it, little brother, do you want to try it?"
Yang Zhen remained silent, slowly raised her head, and looked into the eyes of the follower.
The servant's face turned the color of pig liver, his veins popped out, but his eyes were a little dodgey, and the whip in his hand slowly dropped.
"You're just going to get a beating, but you won't be executed?" Yang Zhen turned around and asked.
"No." Pei Jian affirmed: "I used to be a member of the Hong Tan Society. Before I was captured, I killed several second-level monsters, but I didn't see them execute me. I estimate that as long as this giant cauldron is not completed, , if they can still use us, they won’t kill us.”
Yang Zhen suddenly realized it, a smile appeared on her face, her eyes were slightly misty, and her gaze gradually became fierce as she looked at the follower.
"You, don't act recklessly. A thousand blows from the divine whip will hurt you to death." The follower threatened loudly, but he involuntarily stepped back.
For a moment, he even felt that the other party would kill him without hesitation.
"Hahaha," Yang Zhen smiled brightly and held her hands in the direction of the follower: "This little brother is new here, so he should suffer some hardships. However, if this eldest brother is still so elegant in the future, I will definitely accompany him well and never let him sing a one-man show. ”
After saying that, he clasped his fists towards the supervisor and stood with his head held high.
The supervisor surnamed Zhuang glanced at Pei Jian with a sullen face, snorted coldly, and threw the token in his hand to Yang Zhen:
"Complete the one hundred feet of cloud pattern before we call it a day!"
The stone chain was never mentioned again.
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There are similarities and differences between the work inside and outside the tripod.
The same thing is that the adhesive material used in both is red gold, and both require continuous tapping to fix a golden material on the tripod.
The difference is that the work inside the cauldron requires extreme meticulousness and precision, without any mistakes. If you hit 3,600 records, it must be 3,600 records. According to Yiyi's explanation, this is to compare with the 3,600 records between heaven and earth. The rules of the avenue echo each other. The number of strikes, whether light or heavy, will directly affect the induction of the rules and reduce the effect of this imitation, which should not be underestimated.
This is also the reason why those who work in the tripod must be apprentices who have passed strict examinations in the weapon refining workshop and are given such generous rewards.
As for the cloud-shaped runes outside the tripod, there are not so many requirements. All you need to do is stick the material. So those with strong strength and quick hands and feet will work much faster.
To cover hundreds of feet of cloud pattern, a total of 10,000 square-inch golden flakes need to be fixed.
Yang Zhen swung the hammer, as fast as lightning, with hundreds of strokes falling with each breath, and easily stuck a thin piece tightly, forming an indestructible body with the tripod body.
Despite this, it still took him more than four hours to create these ten thousand thin slices, and it was not until midnight on the second day that he was declared finished.
No anti-theft
Obviously, although the supervisor did not trouble him again, the tasks given were calculated on a full day basis, and it did not decrease just because he came at dusk.
Fortunately, there is no such thing as not being allowed to stay overnight outside the tripod, so you can work as late as you want.
When Yang Zhen jumped down from the air, she looked up and saw that the lights on the cauldron wall were still flashing, and the sound of "ping ping ping ping ping ping ping" could be heard everywhere.
On the ground, some extremely tired prisoners lay down directly on the ground, sleeping soundly.
Yang Zhenwang is very happy.
He effortlessly arrived under the nearest tripod foot. Around this circular pillar with a diameter of more than ten feet, a circle of people also lay down.
He sat on the floor, pretending to adjust his breath and luck, and quietly communicated with Yiyi.
Soon, Yang Zhen stood up, walked to a place three feet away from the west side of the column, stretched her waist, and slowly lay down.
Straighten your right hand, and the stone chain on your wrist is gently resting on the grass.
Without attracting anyone's attention, a small bluestone slipped silently into the grass...