Shi Xuan put the incense candles, small flags, cloth, tokens, black flags, flagpoles and fragments into the package one by one. He planned to explore the two-headed tiger's cave first after he had a good rest and regained his energy, and waited until the search was completed.
Let’s see if there are any methods and materials to repair the magic weapon.
After putting away the items, Shi Xuan discovered that the dark clouds that filled the sky and darkened the entire Zhuangzi had disappeared. The bright moon was like a wheel, shedding a cold light. The yard after the war looked like a dream, and the previous danger seemed like nothing.
Field illusion.
Bathed in the bright moonlight, Shi Xuan recalled that the dark clouds just now were really strange. Now that he thought about it, they were probably caused by formations and the like, but they were not offensive at all.
When he came back to his senses, he saw that the two people in the pit had come out, each holding a few pieces of meat. Seeing Shi Xuan looking over, Ding Mingde said with some regret: "Master Tian, I didn't expect that although this monster looks big,
After removing the completely blackened part, there is only so much left."
Shi Xuan smiled and nodded, thinking that with such a powerful thunder light, there were still so many pieces of meat that were not completely burnt. It can only be said that the two-headed tiger was enough. Shi Xuan himself never thought that there would be any leftovers at first.
Tiger meat, I just hope to pick up a few bones, tiger bone soup, tiger bone wine are all good things, especially the spirit of a tiger that has only lived for who knows how many years, the effect may be better.
"Tianshi, so-and-so, I don't have much meat here, but I thought tiger bones are a good thing, so I picked up a few bones that were not completely broken." Unexpectedly, Yan Jujian and Shi Xuan were like heroes.
same.
"Not bad, not bad. The tiger meat itself is still a little burnt. It will be roasted and eaten tomorrow. Half of the tiger bones will be boiled into soup, and the other half will be taken back and soaked in wine. It will strengthen the body and cure rheumatism and other diseases. It is very effective.
Well, by the way, I will catch a few animals tomorrow and test them. If the tiger becomes a spirit, the meat may be poisonous." Shi Xuan showed his nature as a foodie very pertinently.
Yan Jujian went into the room and tore off half of the gauze, and then the three of them put the meat and bones in one by one. Ding Mingde put it at the end and asked the two of them: "Master Tian, this piece of meat is pretty good, it's not burnt, but it's
Where is it?" He showed the remaining piece of meat to the two of them.
"Ha, this is a good thing. Although there is only half of it left, you haven't heard of tiger whip?" Shi Xuan couldn't help but laugh when he saw the half of the thing, and Yan Jujian also heheed twice.
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Ding Mingde had a little embarrassment, so he hurriedly wrapped up the gauze tent, carried a bunch of tiger meat, tiger bones, and tiger whips into the room and put them away. The three of them never thought that it was midsummer and the meat would probably go bad tomorrow.
, I guess they all assume that the meat of such a ferocious tiger spirit will take at least several days to go bad.
After cleaning up, Shi Xuan and the two piled the corpses of ghosts outside and in the room, as well as the charred parts of the tiger spirit into the middle of the yard. Shi Xuan used the fire spell talisman to ignite them and cremate them. Because Shi Xuan planned to wait.
I will search Zhuangzi tomorrow morning after I regain my energy, so I don't want to smell the rotten smell all night.
"Although this tiger spirit has been killed, there are still some little ghosts wandering around. The two of you should sleep in Pindao's room tonight. If there is an accident, Pindao can take care of you two." Do the final work.
Afterwards, Shi Xuan called the two of them to his room.
Yan Jujian understood that Shi Xuan was right. Before entering Zhuangzi, he was a bit unruly and arrogant martial arts master. Now he has obeyed Shi Xuan's words: "Tianshi, what you said is true. So, I will go and put the quilt back on you."
Just take it over and put it on the ground."
"It's the same for me, and it's the same for me." Ding Mingde felt that it would be good to be protected by a heavenly master, and he didn't expect to sleep on a bed or anything like that.
"Okay, everyone is in trouble, so don't call me Heavenly Master. You can call me Brother Zi'ang, Brother Shi, or Taoist Priest. Also, Brother Mingde, you can sleep on the bed later.
Well, Pindao and Brother Yan still need to meditate to circulate their Qi, so they don’t need a bed." Shi Xuan looked at Yan Jujian.
"Well, tomorrow we will have to conduct a comprehensive search in Zhuangzi. A certain person and the Heavenly Master...Brother Shi will have to meditate and circulate his qi in order to regain his energy. After all, there may be some unknown dangers in Zhuangzi." Yan Jujian was actually a little curious.
, does this Celestial Master also need to meditate and move Qi just like he does martial arts? Is this the same for all Taoists?
After several refusals, Ding Mingde saw that the two of them were resolute, so he had to go to bed to rest. Shi Xuan asked Yan Jujian to meditate on the chair in the back, while he moved a chair and sat beside the bed.
After sorting out the talisman seals and taking emergency measures, Shi Xuan began to sit cross-legged and with five hearts facing the sky. After all, he was still in the village, so he couldn't be careless. Shi Xuan didn't want to capsize in the gutter.
After moving his Qi for a few days, Shi Xuan slowly gathered his energy and entered the visualization state. He originally thought that he would be very tired after the battle and would be slow to enter the visualization state, but he did not expect that this time he would enter the visualization state more easily than before.
Even when using secret techniques to restrain thoughts, it was easier than usual.
When imagining the clear breeze and bright moon, Shi Xuan's soul cultivation, which had been slightly bottlenecked, began to strengthen again. After the entire visualization, his whole body felt refreshed, as if he had taken a hot spring bath after being tired.
Shi Xuan guessed that it was at the last moment of life and death that he was able to suppress his fearful thoughts and cast spells calmly, which further improved his control over the soul and improved the realm of the soul. That's why there were so many surprises during the visualization.
"Baolu" explains at the beginning that the core of this set of exercises is: control, or also called control. Control of one's own body, control of one's inner energy, control of one's soul, control of one's spirit.
Only when you understand yourself and control yourself can you talk about how to cultivate Taoism.
However, Shi Xuan is not very clear about the concept of control. This is mainly because his level is still low and many problems cannot be encountered. In addition, it is also because there is no one to guide and communicate with him. This further strengthens Shi Xuan's search for Taoism.
determination.
Although Shi Xuan was worried that ghosts might slip through the net and attack him at night, it was quiet all night, not even the sound of insects or birds. In this way, the whole night was silent until dawn.
Shi Xuan regained his energy through visualization. Seeing the rising sun outside, the warm sunshine, and smelling the fresh air, he couldn't help but stretch. He just felt that life is so wonderful and should be cherished.
Shi Xuan's movements woke up Yan Jujian. He meditated until midnight last night. He couldn't bear the physical and mental exhaustion. He found a few stools and made a simple bed to sleep on. "Brother Shi got up.
It was so early, and I seem to be in good spirits."
"Maybe the Taoist method of moving qi is better at regulating it. Let's wake up brother Mingde and go look around together. We'll come back at noon to get tiger meat to eat." Now that Shi Xuan has regained his energy, he looks at the double-headed tiger's lair.
There are some things that are full of curiosity. It would be best to have information about the black banner.
"I came here this time to find an old friend, but now it seems that the odds are against me." Yan Jujian felt a little sad, "I hope we can find his relics later and build a tomb for him in the future."
"Well, at least we have avenged him. There is no point in talking now. Let's get ready to go." Shi Xuan could only say this.
After waking up Ding Mingde, he did not dare to stay in the yard by himself, so he naturally agreed to follow Shi Xuan to Zhuangzi to check. Then Shi Xuan took the two of them to search in the direction where they saw the two-headed tiger coming last night.
The houses in Zhuangzi are full of stale smells. Except for a few rooms that contain quilts and other daily necessities, the rest of the rooms have not been used for many years and have nothing of value.
The further back he walked, the stronger the fishy smell in the air became. It was very similar to the smell on the two-headed tiger last night. It seemed that he had gone to the right place. Based on the source of the fishy smell, Shi Xuan slightly adjusted his direction and walked through a
After entering the house, the front suddenly opened up. A piece of unmaintained land appeared in front of the three of them. There were some sparsely planted trees on it. It was surrounded by a lot of white bones and mutilated corpses. There were even some corpses that looked like they had just died.
sky.
Yan Jujian signaled to Shi Xuan that he wanted to look for his friends among these corpses. Shi Xuan naturally would not disagree, but when he saw the big black hole at the end of the clearing and under the mountain wall, he couldn't help it. He thought about the journey all the way.
Xing Lai didn't see any ghosts in his heavenly eyes, so he nodded and said: "Brother Yan, please take a closer look at these bones. Pindao just opened his heavenly eyes and saw them. These are not ghosts and there is no danger. Pindao
Let’s go to the cave to explore first. Brother Yan can retreat to the cave if he encounters danger.”
"I understand that based on the level of ghosts last night, unless it is the tiger-headed monster at the end, it will not be a problem for me to reach the cave at this distance." In terms of Qinggong, Yan Jujian is still relatively confident, although he is not considered a martial artist.
He is a top light kung fu master, but compared to those ghosts that move like normal people or are slow, he is really much stronger.
Seeing that Yan Jujian had no objections, Shi Xuan was about to go to the cave. Ding Mingde saw that the cave was dark and remembered the terrifying tiger-headed monster last night, so he volunteered to stay and help Yan Jujian find the body.
Along the vague path, Shi Xuan walked to the cave. Standing here, he could smell the fishy smell in the cave, the smell of blood, the smell of rot, and even the common odor of wild beasts. Shi Xuan had to endure it.
Following this strange mixed smell, I walked into the cave.
The inside of the cave was not dark, there were some torches lit along the way, and there were no forks. Except for accidentally kicking some bones, Shi Xuan successfully walked to the innermost part of the cave. It was a circular space with only a few small blocks in it.
The flat stone looks like a simple table.
There were three books messily placed on the table, as well as a large bowl with some black water left in it, which looked like medicinal soup. In addition to the table, there was a pile of things covered with thatch in the corner. Through the gaps in the thatch,
Shi Xuan saw that there were herbs inside, the ones grown outside Zhuangzi. From the whole situation, it could be seen that the two-headed tiger came out in a hurry last night and did not even close the book.