The rough sound of serial trumpets sounded in the newly cultivated fields.
A group of young men tied ropes on their backs, dragging plows more than ten meters long, and ran forward in unison.
Only deep and crooked ravines appeared in the fields.
Behind the plow, there are women wearing hoods and holding long and narrow jade boxes.
Watching the plow move, ravines appeared, followed closely by green powder sprinkled from the jade box from time to time.
When they reached the end of the journey, the men took a short rest, changed direction, and continued to pull the long plow across the fields and turn over the soil.
The black soil belonging to the Tai'a Mountains, under the tillage of the thick teeth of the long plow, buries and mixes the green powder that was previously sprinkled.
This is burying the spiritual source and fertilizing the soil to consolidate the soil. Even with the mountainous soil of the Tai'a Mountains, it is still extremely difficult to grow spiritual grains or other crops without going through rounds of fertilizing the fields.
In this area, there are many newly cultivated fields like this, scattered in all directions.
The area is mixed with thick tree roots exposed outside the ground, like giant pythons.
Surrounded by large and dense forests of banyan trees, they were twisted together, making it difficult to tell whether it was a forest or a big tree.
As for the top of the head, large areas of tree shade block out the sun, and dense aerial roots hang down in all directions, almost blocking out the sky.
Fortunately, every once in a while, there are holes like skylights, where you can see a corner of the sky, which makes people not feel depressed.
In a sunny place under a skylight, a man in a hooded suit was dragging a plow across the field.
Normally, the rock on Longyun Mountain is so hard that a long plow that requires the combined efforts of a dozen young warriors can be dragged by just one person.
At the same time, this field is also extremely fertile. It can be seen that it has been fertilized several times. The soil has a faint green light, which makes people look very beautiful.
When the last round of plowing was completed, the man began to scatter the spirit source quickly.
At the end of one round of work, I have experienced about two cups of tea.
The man stopped to rest and took off his hood, revealing a smiling, slightly feminine face.
His skin is smooth and fair, and after working for such a long time, there is no sweat on his face.
call!
At this time, a gust of wind blew, and a figure suddenly flashed past and landed on the field ridge.
The person who came was a tall and burly middle-aged man wearing a black robe. The lower half of his face was covered by a black mask.
The exposed hands have haggard skin, thick and ferocious joints, and the nails are long and sharp, three inches long.
As soon as you see it, you will see that the claw skill is amazing.
"Tie Ying, are you back?" The white-faced man who was taking a break in the fields suddenly smiled even more when he saw the visitor.
Pointing his toes a little, he also jumped onto the ridge of the field and said with joy on his face.
He is the blood snake who was injured since the last mission. After returning from the last mission, he was too seriously injured and has been recovering recently.
"I'm back. This mission is relatively simple, and the main force is Young Master Youshui. I'm just assisting." Tie Ying nodded lightly and replied.
"Is that Young Master Youshui your new talent? Is he very powerful? I remember that you have been going on missions with him recently." Blood Snake asked with a smile, and there was a hint of a different emotion in his words.
"Young Master Youshui has indeed only recently appeared under your command, and his strength is indeed unfathomable..." Tie Ying recalled the scenes where the other party took action several times, his expression became serious, and he said in a deep voice.
In his memory, although the young knight Youshui was not tall, he was indeed very clever in his skills. With a slap on the gourd on his back, every opponent he encountered, whether an ordinary True Lord or a Great True Lord, would only fall to the ground.
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"It's true that I have been a little busy recently. After all, my lord gave up his words half a month ago and wanted to occupy the entire Tai'a Mountain Range as quickly as possible. There are several settlements that are difficult to occupy." He came back to his senses and continued to answer.
"Oh, yes, after all, there are several settlements, which are the peripheral forces of the four hidden clans. It is really difficult to deal with them with the support of the latter." Blood Snake was slightly silent and chuckled.
"By the way, Tie Ying, what do you think of the land I opened?" He seemed to have suddenly thought of something, pointing to the spiritual field behind him, and asked happily.
"This is not bad. Judging from the quality, it can be regarded as a Xuan-level spiritual field." Tie Ying looked in the direction pointed by the other party and nodded.
"Yes, haha, this is already the fourth round of fertile fields. In the next round, we can plant spiritual grains." Blood Snake laughed.
"In this area, I plan to plant blood jade grain, which is your favorite grain seed. In this area, I plan to plant some spiritual vegetables." He pointed and said.
"Also, didn't you say that as long as I find a high-level beast king, I can get a share of the spiritual field? I plan to wait for the injury to heal and before I retire, I will do another wave.
Then, use that piece of land to plant a bamboo forest and raise some snakes. Then we can work at sunrise, play chess in front of the bamboo in the afternoon, and play the harp and harp at sunset. It will definitely be great."
He smiled while talking, but he didn't see the complicated look in the eyes of the person beside him.
"Speaking of which, this mountain forest is indeed very good. I have already observed that ordinary mountain beasts and insects cannot enter at all. It is really a good place to retreat!
By the way, Tie Ying, how long will it take for you to go talk to your Excellency about this matter? I remember you told me that you mentioned it to Your Excellency half a month ago, and Your Excellency did not object at that time, right?"
Blood Snake asked with a smile, turning his head and looking in the direction of Iron Eagle.
But when he turned around, the smile he imagined did not appear on the face of his friend beside him. The latter remained calm and his expression showed no fluctuation.
"Didn't you tell the adults?" Blood Snake's heart skipped a beat for no apparent reason, but he still had a smile on his face and shook his head.
"It's okay. It doesn't matter if I didn't say it. I made a great contribution last time and you said you would grant me a wish. I'll take care of it. It's okay...it's really okay..."
As he spoke, he smiled and hugged his friend beside him.
"Blood Snake..." Tie Ying looked at the person beside him and gently held the other person's hand around his neck.
He turned his head and looked at the well-cultivated spiritual field in front of him and at the men who were also working in the distance.
These are the ordinary people they absorbed when gathering other settlements.
"No need, I don't want to retire just yet..."
"What do you mean? Didn't we agree on this? We are all disgusted by the conflicts in the rivers and lakes full of killings and disgusting carnal calculations.
So we had agreed at the beginning to retire together. Now is the opportunity, and we have the conditions." The smile on Blood Snake's face gradually disappeared.
"Is it the bloody hand threatening you? Or is it the fire ghost? Yes, they are short of people and naturally don't want us to leave.
If it really doesn’t work, I’ll go find you, sir. You’re a very kind person and you’ll definitely be able to uphold justice for us!”
As he spoke, he wanted to take back the hand held by Tie Ying, as if he was about to leave immediately.
The two met in the Mafia Tower and were originally strangers.
It's just a coincidence that in real life, they live next to each other. In the end, Qin Se became friends and their relationship became closer.
And in order to cherish this fate, the two even coincidentally concealed their martial arts skills, their past, and the identity of Maison Lou.
But there is a gap in the hundred secrets. During a Mingjiao rebellion, the two had no choice but to reveal their martial arts skills, and at the same time, they learned each other's identities from clues.
However, after this sudden change, the friendship between the two did not break as expected. Instead, they became closer and truly depended on each other for life and death.
They even agreed to retreat into the world.
"It's not their fault, Blood Snake." Tie Ying grabbed the hand of his friend beside him.
"It's me..." He looked at the other person's familiar face.
If he hadn't experienced too much during this period, if he hadn't truly seen the cruelty of today's world, I'm afraid he would have retired from it long ago.
pity……
"Blood Snake, you have to understand that in today's world, how difficult is it to retire?" Tie Ying raised his head and looked at the corner of the sky above his head.
"Just like those ordinary people who obtained permanent residence rights in the settlements before, they can live there for a long time without paying any money, and are they not in danger in Yushan?
However, maybe they imagined the chaos of the beast tide not long ago? Maybe they imagined the danger of the blood tide?"
He shook his head and said, "Chixian County is currently undergoing unprecedented changes. If you want to retire, you are just immersing yourself in a short period of peace, and then restlessly waiting for the general trend to crush you.
Is this what you want?"
After he said that, he let go of his hand, turned around, and no longer looked at the person next to him, his eyes also showed pain.
Point your toes a little, and your figure will disappear.
Only Blood Snake was left standing there, looking at the green light-stained spiritual field next to him, and then looking in the direction in which Tie Ying left.
The expression on his face changed, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
The second half of Longyun Mountain, the area where Blood Valley is located.
After Iron Eagle visited the blood snake, he walked directly through the dense forest vines and headed here.
Not long after, we arrived here.
In this area, there were large holes in the thick tree cover, and the sunlight was very bright, falling on his face, giving him a warm feeling.
It even dispelled part of his originally depressed mood.
He looked at the large rocks that appeared at an unknown time in the center of the Blood Valley under the sun, and continued to move forward.
When we were about to arrive, we saw a familiar figure sitting under the rocks.
"Young Master Youshui!" He stepped forward and whispered with surprise in his eyes.
The person in front of him has a head as big as a bucket, but a short stature, only reaching his waist. He carries a purple gourd as tall as his body on his back.
Hearing this, he turned around:
"It's you, Tie Ying, are you here to see the big boss?" It was You Shui Tongzi.
At this time, he was wearing the same black outfit and the same black mask as Tie Ying.
Yes, during this period, Black Hand Tower was short of manpower, so he took the initiative to ask Ying to join them, hoping to perform well.
It's a pity that although he did a lot of things during this period, since the last goodbye, Lin Mo didn't know what else to do and didn't show up for a long time.
Even if he sat here every time he completed a task, he never saw him once.
It made him feel like his fist was hitting cotton, but his strength was useless.
The only consolation is that during this period, he did not suffer any unfair treatment. Apart from the occasional field work, he was considered free.
Maybe this is not bad?
The boy Youshui kept boasting with Tie Ying, thinking to himself.
Time passed slowly, and the sun began to set in the west towards the foothills.
"Looks like I can't touch anyone again."
Seeing this, the Youshui boy smiled at Tie Ying, skillfully took out a piece of paper and put it in front of him.
There are crooked Chixian characters on it, describing the origin, process and results of this mission.
Then he patted his butt and prepared to run away.
Tie Ying also sighed secretly when he saw this, and also took out a letter.
But at this moment...
"Since we're here, let's all come in." A familiar voice suddenly came from the black mountain that appeared in front of me at an unknown time.
The Youshui boy who was about to escape suddenly turned his head, looked at Tie Ying and nodded to each other, picked up the letter he had put down, and ran towards the Black Mountain.
This black mountain is not high. It is more like a rockery than a mountain.
It is only about twenty meters high, and a path extends to the top of the mountain.
There is a platform on the top of the mountain, and there is a pond on it that takes up three-quarters of the platform.
And a familiar figure was standing by the pool, constantly throwing something.
From a close distance, you can vaguely see the clear water in the pool, which is home to a large group of inexplicable black fish.
"Meet the adults!"
"Greetings, boss!" After landing on the stone platform, the two of them shook their eyes and said in a deep voice without looking back.
The person in front of me is naturally Lin Mo.
At this time, he had a peaceful face, without the slightest sadness before. He threw out the last handful of feed in his hand, looked at the fish scrambling to eat the fish food, nodded, and turned around.
"Thank you for your hard work during this period."
He looked at the two of them and smiled.
He has been in retreat for the past half month, and the purpose of the retreat is naturally to study the blood tree.
Yes, he finally figured it out. For him, there was no need to worry too much about the secret conspiracy in the blood tree. He just ate it in one bite and settled down.
Before this, he had digested the palm of Taoist Yuanyi and was already very proficient in this process.
In fact, he was not disappointed.
In the process of digesting the blood tree, he had many discussions with Taoist Beiming, and after thinking about it himself,
The originally set goal is almost completed, and only the final inspection is needed.
"Hey, it's not hard work. It's hard work for the boss. It's Xiaoshui's blessing to be able to hang out behind the boss." Hearing this, the Youshui boy immediately waved his hands and said modestly.
But after waiting for a long time, when Lin Mo finally said such a compliment, he felt happy.
He spoke modest words, but the black mask on his face couldn't cover it at all, and his grin almost reached the corner of his mouth next to his ears.
"Sir, if there is anything else important to do, Xiao Shui will go through fire and water without hesitation if given the order!"
he said loudly.
Lin Mo smiled and nodded, stepped forward and touched his big head as an encouragement.
Then he looked at Tie Ying beside him.
"Tie Ying, thank you for your hard work. How is the progress at Blood Hand?"
"The Bloody Hand Commander has been on the front line. Except for the forces of the four hidden tribes, the areas around the Tai'a Mountains have basically gathered together. However, the latter seem to be secretly connected and have united with each other.
Now according to the master's plan, we have not acted rashly, we have just circled the location of the mountain gate and are waiting for the next instruction." Tie Ying replied.
The Tai'a Mountain Range is huge, and the deeper you go, the more inaccessible it becomes. There are many places that are simply forbidden areas for humans.
Even if the true king breaks in, he is still in danger of death.
Just like Longyun Mountain under the domain of the Worry-Free Tree at the beginning.
The four major hidden forces are located in a similar environment, which is why they can still sit back and relax even in the depths of the Tai'a Mountains.