Xia people often call people they interact with on a daily basis by their first names. Only those who are more formal like Xiahou and Cangfeng will add a title after their name. Even Shen Gongbao, when asking for help from Wu Guangzhen, will
The word 'sir' will be added to the end of the name. But on weekdays, most people still call them by their first names, especially when the two parties have no friendship. Therefore, seeing Shang Tang leading the people in, Xiahou
He greeted him directly: "Shangtang, what a coincidence that I can meet you here."
Shang Tang was stunned for a moment, and saw Xiahou saluting him, and quickly returned the salute, with a smile on his face that always looked extremely kind and generous: "It turns out to be the Chihu Tyrannosaurus. No, now it is the Chihu Military Marquis.
Yesterday I heard from the king that you defeated 851 sea warriors by yourself, so I specially named you the Bronze Tiger Military Marquis. It is rare to be able to surpass the position of Zhu Junjun and directly rise to the Tiger Marquis.
." After saying that, Shang Tang extended his hand towards Xiahou enthusiastically.
Xia Hou understood that among the herdsmen or mountain tribes in the south, this was an act to show their good intentions. He spread his hands generously to prove that he had no weapons in his hands, and he did not make small moves such as sealing seals behind his back. So he also
He opened his hands, went up to meet Shang Tang, and shook hands with Shang Tang tightly.
Shang Tang's hands were soft, generous, and hot, like a refined diamond, with incomparable toughness inside. Xiahou's hands were hard, smooth, with protruding muscles, like the rocks on the mountain that had been beaten by countless winds and rains.
Pimples. The palm prints in both hands are deep and long, as if they were carved by knives, and they contain infinite vitality.
Shang Tang laughed loudly, retracted his hand and smiled at the accompanying guards behind him: "Come, you should also meet the heroes of Anyi. Commander Chihu, this is Yi Yin, a slave who was my wife's dowry. Now
He works by my side. I can't do without him for any chores, big or small, and he's the most convenient."
Xiahou was shocked. Yi Yin was another indescribably powerful person. It could be seen that Shang Tang really loved him to the extreme. Otherwise, Shang Tang would not have introduced a slave person next to him to him.
We just met each other not long ago, and we have no friendship, let alone outsiders with whom we have no connection. Yi Yin, is this Yi Yin who helped Shang Tang destroy Xia?
Yi Yin is a very clean and transparent person. He is not tall, a little shorter than the average height. He has a very ordinary build and does not appear to have much strength. After all, he is a slave. He is well groomed.
He was clean and tidy. Xiahou noticed that his nails were all neatly trimmed. It was obvious that he was an extremely strict person with his own rules. But Yi Yinna looked a bit bigger than ordinary people and stood out a little more.
His big eyes gave him a lot of aura out of thin air.
Standing behind the tall Shang Tang, Yi Yin is like a piece of transparent crystal. Anyone can see through this person at a glance. Isn't he just a slave in charge of chores next to Shang Tang? Oh, at most Shang Tang appreciates him and makes him his slave.
His identity has been eliminated, but he is still a servant after all. Only Xia Hou is secretly warning himself that if he thinks so, then he is really underestimating this person. It seems that there is no danger at all, and he looks like an ordinary person.
People.
However, limited to his current status, it is impossible for Xiahou to rush up to Yi Yin, a famous person in history, and cry bitterly to ask for his autograph, right? It is estimated that if Xiahou did this, he would also yell: "You He is the hero who destroyed Xia!" I am afraid that Shang Tang was the first to take action and cut Xiahou into pieces.
So, Xiahou, who was neither salty nor bland, not particularly affectionate but not too cold either, just like two ordinary people, said hello to Yiyin. Yiyin had a smile on his face, but he gave Xiahou a deep smile. After bowing, the pair of big eyes looked at Xiahou carefully from top to bottom. Xiahou felt that the hairs on his body stood up. This Yiyin's vision was so powerful, it was simply better than the laser scanner he had encountered before. A bit more aggressive.
After suppressing all the thoughts in his mind, Xiahou asked Shang Tang: "Shang Tang, why do you hire so many wizards and warriors?"
Shang Tang pointed at Yi Yin and said with a smile: "This is Yi Yin's idea. Our Shang clan cannot withstand the Dongyi people's invasion year after year. Instead of being harassed by them all the time, it is better to spend every year on them." They took out their money, grain and livestock, and hired a large number of shamans, warriors, and sorcerers to fight them. Although our Shang clan is weak, our output is abundant, enough to form a large army to teach those Dongyi people a lesson, and perhaps wipe out several of them. As a tribe, we can still get a lot of benefits. What do you think, the military commander?"
Xiahou quickly glanced at Yi Yin, who was standing there as if he was a virgin, without any dangerous aura, and was secretly stunned. He hired mercenaries to fight to the death with the Dongyi people, but retained the vitality of his tribe. What's the point of spending a little money and food? However, the Shang clan shouldn't have any objections now, right? According to Xia Hou's current understanding of Daxia, no vassal country can pose any threat to Daxia's rule. The nine states in the Central Plains of Daxia span hundreds of thousands of miles. With a huge territory and an astronomical population, the powerful Witch Palace is extremely loyal to the royal family of Daxia. Most of the leaders of the Witch Palace are members of the royal family. Who can threaten the rule of Daxia?
Well, maybe I was overthinking it. Yi Yin's behavior was probably just to deal with the harassment from the Dongyi people, right? It was just the weird feeling in Xiahou's heart that never went away.
At that moment, Xiahou nodded with a smile: "Yi Yin has a good idea. It is much better to use a batch of money and materials in exchange for a large army to deal with the Dongyi people than to be beaten passively. However, if they all hire high-level witches, Wu, sorcerer, isn’t this too expensive?”
Shang Tang laughed: "No matter how much it costs, it is still better than being robbed by the Dongyi people. Besides, if we can wipe out a few small tribes of Dongyi people, I am afraid there will be a lot more money and goods. Well, what are the military commanders doing here? Do they also need to hire people?"
Shang Tang glanced at the skinny old man standing aside with a smile on his face, and smiled at Xia Hou: "Could it be that the military commander wants to hire people to join Daxia's army?"
Xia Hou understood that Shang Tang's last words were purely a joke. Daxia was not so poor that he asked his generals and officers to recruit their own soldiers, right? He shook his head and said calmly: "I hire people as guards. This is Cangfeng Sir, they are overseas Qi practitioners. They open a dojo in Anyi and they always need guards to handle some things."
Cangfeng nodded slightly towards Shangtang. Shangtang smiled at Cangfeng and said in surprise: "Qi Refiner? Open a Taoist temple? It's interesting." He asked with great interest: "It is said that the so-called Tao of Qi Refiner is Inhaling wind and drinking dew, can you also develop witchcraft power?"
Xiahou was stunned. The Wu Clan used the Yuan Power that was everywhere in the world, and the Qi Refiner used the Yuan Power of the Heaven and Earth to a very high level. The two methods were different but similar in essence. How could Shang Tang ask this question?
Such a ridiculous question? Breathe the wind and drink the dew? Why do you want to be a Qi practitioner? Are you a cicada?
However, it can also be seen that the understanding of Qi Refiners by the higher-ups of the Wu Clan is really at a very primitive stage. The princes of the Shang Clan only heard about it, let alone others.
Cangfeng was almost choked to death by Shangtang's question. Inhaling the wind and drinking the dew? Is this how the Qi practitioners practice in the minds of the great witches? He smiled bitterly and shook his head. Cangfeng just spoke vaguely.
He said: "It is not necessary to inhale the wind and drink the dew. What we practice is naturally not witchcraft. What we pursue is the supreme way of the unity of nature and man."
Shang Tang was an extremely calm person. When he heard what Cang Feng said, he shook his head repeatedly: "Heaven and man are one? This statement is too broad. We pursue our own tyranny. This is the most fundamental truth." He looked again.
After looking at Cang Feng, he really couldn't bring up the interest to communicate with a Qi practitioner. Shang Tang could only smile apologetically and said to Xia Hou: "In this case, how many people do you need to hire for the military? Wait until the military candidates are selected.
, I am afraid that the remaining Wuwu in this company will be hired by me."
The black man also looked at Xia Hou without blinking, and shouted loudly: "Yes, yes, you are right. How many people do you want? I have several brothers who came out of the mountains and forests with me, why not
Just hire them together."
Xiahou smiled slightly at Shang Tang, turned to look at the skinny old man and said: "Since Shang Tang wants a lot of people, spirits are not suitable for serving in the army. Then, choose a hundred spirits for me, none of them can be worse than this one."
The big man is too weak, so how about adding ten people to make a total of one hundred and ten people?"
The skinny old man's thin lips trembled, and he immediately said: "One hundred and ten Wuwu? It's easy to say, we can recruit thousands of people for you today just by saying hello. However, since you don't want so many, but this
Master Shangtang wants it. Well, we charge five copper bear coins for each introduction to the spirits, and ten copper bear coins for each introduction to the wizards and wizards, a total of six hundred copper bear coins. If you want to sign
For each contract, there is a cost of one copper bear coin."
The old man pointed to the door again and said with a strange smile: "This door is cheaper. You can give me ten coins."
Xia Hou's eyes widened and he shouted: "It's just two stones, why do you offer such a high price?"
The old man stood on tiptoes without showing any signs of weakness, and exchanged a big eye with Xia Hou: "This stone door has been in our company for more than a hundred years, and it was damaged by you today. In addition to paying for this door,
Money, don't you want to take care of our mood? I cleaned this door every day when I was young, but you ruined it today! For ten dollars, or we can go to the Sheriff for review."
Shangtang just laughed beside him, shaking his head repeatedly as he looked at the stone door that was damaged by Cangfeng's palm.
Xiahou and Cangfeng blushed for a while. Cangfeng knew that he had done something wrong, but Xiahou never bargained. Although he knew that these two stone gates could be built and installed for a sum of money at most, he still couldn't argue.
The skinny old man could only survive being stabbed.
Angrily, he took out a large amount of money from his wallet and threw it to the old man. Xiahou shouted angrily: "One hundred spirits that are strong enough, I will give each spirit ten copper bear coins every month.
It doesn’t matter if you have enough food and drink, you can also ask for a girl. Ten shamans or sorcerers will be priced according to their witchcraft strength.”
The skinny old man squinted his eyes and smiled: "Okay, just wait. There are ten wizards. If the wizard takes a little time, there are a hundred monsters in the company now. These monsters are so poor that they don't even have a pair of pants.
Those who are allowed to eat and drink here live in the company. You will also have to pay for all the expenses they spent on eating and drinking here later. I don’t need to explain this rule, right?"
Mr.
As they stepped on and kicked them, the big black man yelled: "Get up, get up, brothers, get up. Finally, someone has come to hire us. We don't have to drink cold water and eat corn cakes every day. We can also eat and drink in large quantities of wine and meat."
Soon, a hundred monsters with thick arms and thick legs, although occasionally some of them still retained some traces of beasts, but had transformed into human forms, stood behind Xia Hou happily. They crossed their arms across their chests
, put on a loyal look, but there was a long glistening line of saliva hanging from the corner of his mouth.
Bai lay on the ground, glanced disdainfully at the hungry monsters in their bellies, clicked his mouth, and actually let out a few "hum" sneers from his nostrils.
Shang Tang took a few steps forward, smiled at the old man and said, "I would also like to ask the old man to select ten more capable people for the military commander. Then, we can start talking about the deal between us. I wonder if you can hire me?"
How many people can be gathered within twenty days? If the price is reasonable, my merchant family will take them all. Hmm, I wonder if you can give us a discount on the cost of introduction? After all, we are recruiting so many people at one time.
"
The skinny old man laughed a few times, nodded heavily, and waved his hand vigorously: "Don't worry, Lord Shangtang, twenty days is enough for us to gather 20,000 witches who can fight and fight hard. But, we have to
They are going to fight the Dongyi people, and you have to negotiate the terms with them yourself. Well, come on, didn't there happen to be ten witches who came to register yesterday and said they were looking for work? Go to the backyard guest room and call them out.
Hey, Commander Chihu, here, let me sign the contract for you."
The skinny old man led a large group of people including Xiahou and Shangtang to the room where the contract was signed. There were more than a dozen people from the employment agency starting to work. The old man said with a nagging smile: "Marquis Chihu will tell you at a glance.
He is a careful person. It is true that these monsters are difficult to control, and they often cause trouble when they are drunk. But they can also worry about it. If there is any accident, they can just dig a hole in the wild and bury it. There will be no orphans or widowers coming to complain.
Money is the most worry-free thing."
Xiahou, Shangtang, Yiyin, and Cangfeng all broke into cold sweats at the same time. This old guy really had evil intentions. However, it was true that he had no father, no mother, and no relatives. He was really dead.
Just dig a hole and bury them, and save a lot of pension. If they hadn't eaten too much, drank too much, and had really bad tempers, I'm afraid all the employers would rather boss them around than ask them to.
Those witches who charge high prices are hard to deal with.
After busying for a while, he finally completed all the procedures, and was brutally stabbed by the people at the employment agency. Even the corn cakes eaten by the monsters were sold for more than ten times the market price. Xiahou finally succeeded in carrying
Carrying the empty money bag, he said goodbye to Shang Tang and left the door of the employment office angrily.
Cangfeng, who had no feeling for money, shouted angrily: "A bowl of water can be sold for a small penny? This, this is simply a black, black, black shop!" Perhaps, Cangfeng is history.
Be the first person to use the term "black shop".
Xiahou is also very angry. Could it be that he is honest and honest, so he will be slaughtered by profiteers? What is the truth? But it seems that others are right. The people you hired ate and drank in their employing place.
I went to bed. Although I ate the worst corn cakes, drank pure water, and slept on the flagstones in the hall, corridors, and courtyards, after all, you must pay for your accommodation and food, right? It’s just that the price is really real.
It's a little too high.
"God bless Comrade Shang Tang! He will hire tens of thousands of people at a time?"
If you have anger in your heart, you must vent it. As Xiahou walked, he kept turning his head to teach the one hundred spirits and eight wizards and two wizards: "I hired you just to beat people up. You will be divided every day."
The third class is guarding the front door. For other people who come to the dojo, if they cause trouble, I will beat them; if they make trouble, they will be beaten severely; if they insult others, they will be beaten to death; if they dare to set fire, I will beat them for the rest of their lives.
All I can do is lie in bed."
The black bear spirit's eyes shone brightly, and he roared: "Don't worry, our brothers will make sure to beat him until his mother-in-law won't even recognize him." As soon as his tone changed, the black bear spirit's eyes started to spin.
: "But, boss, look at it, now we have been signed by you on a long-term contract for several years, why don't you find us some clothes to wear first? Also, we don't have weapons, why don't you make them custom-made for us first?"
A few weapons? Also, the shamans in the employment office often say that a man without money is not considered a rich man. Why don't you get some money for us first?"
A tiger-headed monster chuckled. In order to fully cooperate with the black bear spirit's words and emphasize the persuasiveness of the black bear spirit's words, his claws seemed to intentionally or unintentionally scratch his waist, and the only tattered animal skin on his body suddenly disappeared.
The wind blew down, and a piece of crude goods swaying carelessly was exposed to the eyes of the people coming and going on the largest street in Anyi City.
Where have the conservative people of Anyi seen such rude behavior?
Three old men on the roadside fainted on the spot, hundreds of men spat at Xiahou and the others at the same time, and all the young women and girls on the street screamed at the same time, hiding their faces and running away hastily. The whole street suddenly became a mess.
On the streets in the middle of the street, those young masters who knew Xiahou stopped their carriages and horses at the same time, pointing at Xiahou and the tiger spirit that was exposed without hesitation and laughing wildly. At both ends of the street and at several nearby intersections
, almost at the same time, a police inspector in black uniform rushed out shouting and cursing.
Xiahou, Cangfeng almost fainted, and even Bai rolled his eyes.
At that moment, Xiahou ran away, shouting angrily: "Damn it, I agreed to it all. Come on and follow me, do you want to go squat in Zhi Si's prison?"
So, Cang Feng and Bai followed Xia Hou closely, and ten shamans with pale faces caught up with them. Ninety-nine spirits with animal skins wrapped around their waists laughed and laughed, and finally a naked tiger spirit screamed.
He yelled for people to wait for him. Behind the tiger spirit were more than a hundred patrol sergeants from the police department, chasing him noisily all the way.
Seeing that he was about to arrive near Xing Tian's house, Cang Feng really couldn't imagine the consequences of bringing this trouble to the front door of Xing Tian's house. When he raised his hand, five small paper tags flew out of his hand, and suddenly appeared on the street behind him.
The thick fog rose more than ten feet high. Taking advantage of the cover of the thick fog, the group hurriedly fled into the courtyard of Xing Tian's family.
In the next ten days or so, Xiahou was so busy that stars were spinning around his head.
Wu Guangzhenren and other qigong masters basically do very little other than meditate to refine qi, refine gods, and reconcile golden elixirs. Xingtian Dafeng, Xingtian Xuanzhi and other brothers, Xiahou can't count on them.
The brothers would rather take a large group of Black Soldiers and Xuanbiao Army soldiers to clear out those ferocious beasts in the mountains and forests near Anyi City, euphemistically called field training, rather than help Xiahou even a finger.
Statistics show that what Xiahou has to do recently is to turn the house that Shangwu sold to them into what he thought a dojo should look like. This work has been going on for a month, but Xiahou still has to be there at all times to tell the craftsmen how to proceed; to buy a large number of
Cangfeng and the others needed materials, such as cinnabar, Fu paper, etc., and also purchased a large amount of medicinal herbs; to forge several large alchemy furnaces. The alchemy furnaces used by the alchemists were very different from those used by the witches, so additional
Forging; training a group of spirits headed by the black bear spirit Dahei!
Especially the last thing made Xiahou want to ask Bai to kill a few spirits to establish his authority. These fools who had just emerged from the mountains and forests and came to the big cities of humans to seek life according to the legends of the spirit ancestors did not understand human feelings.
, does not understand etiquette, does not understand reason, and does not know moral articles. When you ask him to stand, he falls on the ground and dozes off; when you ask him to sleep quietly at night, the spirits who are used to moving at night are full of energy.
Get up and wander around to eat blood.
Fortunately, there is still one person in the Xingtian family who can help Xiahou and take care of him from time to time: Xingtian Thirteen.
This little old man didn't know what happened recently. He no longer went to Xifang to find a familiar girl to listen to the piano. Instead, he wandered around the yard of Xingtian's house every day. When he saw Xiahou being tortured to death by a group of spirits, he was speechless.
, the little old man laughed a few times, and took the initiative to take over the task of training these monsters.
Xingtian Thirteen, this old man whose true identity was not known until Xiahou arrived a long time later, used cruel methods to train these monsters. He never talked about reason, principles, etc. like Xiahou. He never used these methods.
. He will only use violence, absolute violence to establish his authority in the minds of these monsters and establish extremely strict discipline.
If you drop a bit of corn cake powder while eating, you will be beaten severely; if you get a little oily star on your face while eating meat, you will be beaten severely; if you make too much noise while drinking water, you will be beaten severely; if you drink water, if you make too much noise
Sprinkle a few drops and give him a good beating; talk in his sleep and yell while sleeping, catch him and give him a good beating; get up at night when he should be sleeping and look for food, immediately push him to the ground and give him a good beating.
Third, if he sees a spirit that is not pleasing to the eye, he will give it a good beating; if he thinks that a spirit is too pleasing to the eye, he will give it a good beating.
In short, in fifteen days, one hundred spirits were beaten on average more than thirty times by Xing Tian Shisan. The beatings left them bruised and swollen, and their wild nature was gone.
When Xia Hou came to receive these spirit guards, he was so surprised that he almost swallowed his tongue. These spirits were dressed in uniform black leather armor, carrying uniform huge four-sided steel rods in their hands, horned helmets on their heads, and pedals on their feet.
The tiger claw boots stood neatly in a standard square formation, and they actually released a cold murderous aura that could only be seen in an army that has fought hundreds of battles.
During the fifteen days, Xingtian Thirteen, who had enjoyed beating people so much, gently patted Xiahou on the shoulder, and laughed a few times in a pointed way: "Chihu dolls, you are still young.
.This is the ability of me, Xingtian Thirteen, even if it is a ball of mud, I can crush it into stones."
After handing over the command of the hundred spirits to Xiahou, Xingtian Thirteen quietly hummed a minor tune and left slowly. Maybe it was an illusion? Xiahou heard that Xingtian Thirteen was humming a minor tune and could still speak clear words at the same time.
Come: "Tell Dafeng and the others how I teach these monsters. Especially Xing Tianyi's baby. What is their new military camp?"
Xiahou was silent and just bowed towards Xingtian Thirteen's back.
The ten witches were divided into three classes in a balanced manner according to their strength. At the same time, the spirits were also divided into three groups. Xiahou set a timetable for them to take turns on duty in the dojo. The guard work of the dojo was completed. Then,
Xia Hou directed the craftsmen, worked overtime, and completed the final renovation of the house in three days.
The seventh day of the tenth lunar month in the Great Xia calendar is an auspicious day, and it is an even better time at noon. The newly decorated 'Tongtian Taoist Temple' was officially opened in Anyi. Of course, Xiahou and the others were not stupid enough to spread this news all over the world.
Something happened. Xingtian Dafeng and the others did not appear near the dojo. Even insiders from Xingtian's family and Shen Gong's family avoided the dojo.
Master Wu Guang, Cang Feng and a group of Qi practitioners, together with Huang Yi who had sneaked out with Huang Long to watch the fun, stood under the tall archway of Tongtian Dojo and watched Xia Hou complete the final ceremony there.
Yes, it's an archway. This may be the first archway in Daxia. Xiahou built it according to the specifications he saw in his previous life. The craftsmen almost vomited blood from exhaustion before they dug out huge granite stones from the mountains outside the city.
An archway. This archway stands outside the main entrance of the dojo. There is a row of pines and cypresses on the left and right. The first floor has five bays, the second floor has three bays, and the top floor is a small pagoda. The archway is carved with simple techniques.
The mountains, trees, and patterns of various exotic animals look majestic.
In the middle of the archway, there is an inlaid white jade board from top to bottom, three feet wide and one foot long. This white jade board is the fine mutton-fat jade that Xiahou pried directly from Xingtian Dafeng's yard. It is polished to look like a mirror.
On the jade plate, four large characters were carved from top to bottom, which were the four characters "Tongtian Taoist Temple". And on the writing, Xiahou was very wealthy and had someone simply inlaid a circle of red gold inside. The four characters were in the sunlight.
Below, it’s called a golden light.
Master Wu Guang was filled with joy and repeatedly praised the good deeds: "Okay, what is this called? The tiger and tyrannosaurus called him the archway? This archway is indeed good and magnificent. I have traveled all over the world before, but I have never seen anything like this.
Architecture. Although the Chihu Tyrannosaurus is a barbarian, he has his own set of hills and valleys in his heart."
One hundred spirits were lined up under the archway. Their armors were neat and weapons were straight, and the momentum was rising. However, both Xiahou and Wu Guangzhen ignored the murderous one hundred spirits lined up.
Opened under the archway, why does this place look like the residence of a wealthy official, rather than a Taoist temple open to accept disciples? Just look at the ferocious appearance of these monsters, which civilian dares to approach the door? Don't say entering the dojo, just take a look
What on earth were they doing?
Master Wu Guang was inexperienced, but Xiahou was busy at the front door.
The main entrance of the Tongtian Dojo is not at all the thick and heavy architectural model that the people of Anyi are familiar with. Instead, it was changed by Xiahou into a light and flexible form with high eaves and overhangs. The two gates are three feet high and two feet wide.
It is about 10 feet thick and up to a foot and a half thick. It is cut out from a single piece of extremely strong iron wood that is ten thousand years old. Ninety-nine and eighty-one brass door nails are driven into each door. The door is painted bright red. This is
It is incompatible with the Xia Dynasty's utilitarian style and lack of any decoration, but it is extremely attractive.
The threshold in front of the door is an iron board three feet long, six feet high, one foot two inches thick, two inches and four inches thick. Various talismans provided by Master Wu Guang are carefully carved on it, which naturally has its own special functions.
And directly above the main entrance, under the eaves of the green tiles, is a large plaque with the same four characters "Tongtian Taoist Temple" written on it. This is also something new that has never appeared at the entrance of any house in Anyi City.
Xiahou looked at the sky, and according to the time that Master Wu Guang told him, when the auspicious time came, he grabbed the evil-proof knocker on the door with both hands and slowly opened the door. Bai then walked up from the door upstairs.
Jumping down and tearing off the red cloth covering the plaque with a 'chi-la' sound, this is regarded as cutting the ribbon to open the dojo, which means it is auspicious and auspicious.
The heavy wooden door slowly opened, revealing a long corridor inside. Overseas Jin'ao Island officially had its own stronghold in Anyi. Master Wu Guang was very happy, applauding and laughing, and led Cang Cang
Feng and the others, guided by Xia Hou, slowly walked into this dojo that they had never seen before.
The large square behind the main entrance was renovated by the craftsmen ordered by Xiahou to make great efforts. The wide corridor is paved with fired blue bricks. The craftsmen of Anyi are extremely skilled. The corridor is as flat as a mirror and extremely clean. The green road surface is
It has a calming effect.
On both sides of the corridor, Xiahou planted all the pines and cypresses that were dug out to house the large archway at the door. Two neat rows of large pines and cypresses lead directly to the main door of the main hall. Outside the pines and cypresses, close to the courtyard wall, there is a stream of water.
In the tank, Xia Hou ordered people to fish out a lot of water plants and plant them in the mud. There were also live fish swimming in the tank, full of life.
At the end of the corridor leading to the main hall are nine steps. Under the steps, on both sides, are two three-story pagoda-shaped incense burners; on the steps, on the left and right are a round incense burner, with the top of the incense burner cast into a giant crane.
It looked like wisps of cigarette smoke were blowing out from the crane's mouth.
Different from the common flat-roofed halls built with heavy boulders in Anyi, the main hall renovated by Xiahou had completely transformed into the low, high eaves and large sloped roof he had seen in his previous life.
, covered with green tiles, and various wind chimes hung under the eaves. This architectural format is novel. Compared with the common houses in Anyi that give people a monster-like, heavy and depressing feel, this hall looks extremely solemn and solemn, but it is also
There is a bit of a strange smell in it.
Master Wu Guang and the others could only keep nodding and saying yes, what else could they say? Just from the appearance of the main hall, it can be seen that Xiahou put a lot of effort and effort into it. Master Wu Guang and the others never thought that the house
It can be built like this. Originally, they thought that it would be enough to have a house that was almost suitable for use. Who knew that Xiahou actually copied the Taoist temple building he had seen in his previous life?
Shi was greatly shocked.
In the main hall, where the statues of gods should be enshrined, Xiahou did not dare to mess around. He built a high platform there and placed a few futons on the high platform. That was all. Tongtian Taoist monks and brothers were placed there in later generations.
Who else can you worship among the gods enshrined on the altar and in the place where they preach? Ask Xiahou to carve Pangu and Nuwa, the great gods from ancient legends, to put them on it? Well, you don’t know if these Qi refiners will buy it!
On the ground of the main hall, there are nearly a thousand futons placed neatly. This is a place for the disciples who will be recruited in the future to do their daily homework. Xiahou wonders if the Qi Practitioners already have various skills at this time.
He thought that if nearly a thousand disciples chanted sutras loudly in the main hall near the main entrance, it would have an advertising effect, right? It should attract more civilians to visit in order to discover outstanding people.
Talents are collected under the disciples.
Bypassing the main hall, there are two-story and three-story halls. These two halls are a bit smaller than the main hall in front, and there are many fewer futons inside, especially the colors of the futons have changed. This will be a trend in the future.
It is a place where senior and well-qualified disciples teach profound techniques. Xiahou knows the disadvantages of big pot rice. You can't let a qi-refining genius like Huang Yi sit in the main hall and listen hard to the lectures with those disciples with poor qualifications and slow progress, right?
This second and third courtyard is different from the previous courtyard. It is full of all kinds of exotic flowers and plants. There are several stone tables and benches placed under the tall pines and cypresses, and a pagoda-shaped incense burner stands in the middle.
, the smoke filled the air, and the whole yard had a sense of dust.
On the road leading to the backyard, there are small bridges, flowing water, and dense forests. On the edge of the path, Xiahou painstakingly found a few lake stones to build a rockery, which looks quite pleasing to the eye. In the backyard, there are rooms divided into rooms.
The small buildings and huts that are separated but integrated into a whole are the residences prepared for senior disciples. Xiahou sold all the overly luxurious furniture left by Shangwu and exchanged it for a large sum of money.
.The only things left in the house are a cloud bed, a square table, a bookshelf, and a futon. It is a good place for people to concentrate on practicing.
There was only a monastery prepared for Taoist Master Tongtian and his brothers. Xiahou put in extra effort. There was no worldly splendor. The monastery was full of shelves with small boxes and small boxes, and there might be a piece of shelf on them.
An inkstone, or a piece of uncut jade, or a strange stone, or a small incense burner, pen holder, etc. made of red gold or copper. Xiahou tried his best not to make this room become cliché.
And in the center of the backyard, a high tower was built. The thirteen-story tower could not be completed in a short time by the means of civilian craftsmen. Therefore, Xiahou secretly transferred Daxia through Shen Gongbao's relationship.
The shaman craftsmen under the orders of Wang Tinggong built this tower in more than a month.
Except for the top floor, there is an alchemy furnace placed on each floor of the tower, which is the place where elixirs are made. On the top floor, there is a circle of desks against the wall, with paper, ink, pens, inkstones and other items.
There are also paperweights made of strange beasts carved from inkstone, purple jade, etc. There are three purple futons woven with sacred grass in the middle on the ground, and dozens of cyan futons of the same texture are placed against the walls around them.
After looking at the alchemy rooms and other places in the backyard that were arranged for high-level disciples to live in, Xiahou led a group of Qi practitioners to the side courtyards on both sides.
There are also neatly built palaces in the side courtyards. Xiahou smiled at Wu Guangzhenren and said: "If the master of the sect teaches the secrets, it will naturally be in the main hall. And in the side courtyards on both sides, I ordered people to prepare several side halls.
The ten places, this is prepared for you, Mr. Wu Guang. In the future, you will recruit disciples, or the disciples will recruit disciples, and you will teach the wonderful Dharma here, but it will be extremely quiet."
Master Wu Guang could only nod his head, what else could he say? Xiahou considered it too carefully and meticulously, and they had no room for additional opinions. Especially these side halls, although small in scale, have the same internal facilities.
It is fully equipped and there are lush trees outside the temple, so there is naturally a quiet and serene atmosphere inside.
Near the side hall, there are dozens of residences prepared for the disciples. There are single rooms, which are equipped with cloud beds, desks, futons, and bookshelves, but the area is slightly smaller. There are also two-person rooms, four-person rooms, and even eight-person rooms.
In the human world, these all have their own furniture and objects. These must be prepared for those disciples with good qualifications, with different conditions and different treatment.
And more of them are Datongpu, which can accommodate two to three thousand people. Xiahou copied the Tongpu layout in the new military camp without blushing. In those rooms, the ground was densely paved with stone slabs, and placed
Simple bedding and quilts are prepared here for those disciples who are just starting out.
Master Wu Guang, Cang Feng and others kept nodding their heads along the way. They looked here and nodded, looked there and nodded again. What else could they say?
Behind the side courtyard are two huge dining rooms. The simple long wooden tables and benches are all nailed together with wooden boards about a foot thick. The two dining rooms are enough for nearly a thousand people to eat at the same time. Although they are a bit simple
, it’s a bit crowded, but why do monks pay so much attention to it?
Behind the dining room are kitchens, woodsheds, mills, and livestock sheds, all of which are extremely well prepared. The woodshed is filled with chopped firewood, and there are dozens of beasts of burden pulling carts in the livestock shed. As for the mill,
, Xiahou deliberately prepared several huge stone mills weighing thousands of kilograms. He planned to let the introductory Qi practitioners have a hard time with their minds and muscles. A shaman would never join the sect of this dojo. Collected
The disciples must all be ordinary civilians. Just imagine the appearance of dozens of weak civilians pushing these heavy monster-like stone mills to grind beans. Xiahou couldn't help but laugh.
In the courtyard at the back, because Shangwu's house is really big, You Qi also used witchcraft to compress a little space inside, and actually let Xiahou command people to carve out a small area of land and sprinkle it with vegetables.
There is also a cesspit and a well inside, which is great. With the woodshed and mill, it is a complete place for punishing disciples who make mistakes.
In the end, Master Wu Guang bowed his head deeply to Xia Hou and thanked him. Xia Hou also hurriedly returned the gift. This Jin'ao Island dojo in Anyi was officially opened for business and had disciples.
However, it is a pity that except for Xia Hou who is determined to get started no matter what, Shen Gongbao who has no Taoist intention, and Huang Yi who is a bit cunning and unwilling to kowtow to get started, this huge dojo currently has no disciples to accept.
Candidate.
However, after all, a sect has been established. Although big figures like Taoist Tongtian will not appear for the time being, Wu Guangzhen, the second-generation disciple of Jin'ao Island, is also a person with extraordinary strength! He is full of rewards and believes wholeheartedly that he
