"I will teach you a technique now. As long as you practice this technique well, you will soon be able to resist the assimilation of this world to you." said the fox.
"Kung Fu? I have a tree body now!" Gu Zheng said again.
"What I taught you is exactly the technique suitable for the body cultivation of tree people." said the fox.
"How come you have such a skill?"
Although Gu Zheng knew his tree-man body very well, there was no cultivation method for this tree-man body at all. Now that the fox said that he would teach him the cultivation methods of tree-man cultivation, this made him very curious.
"I know because of the Wordless Heavenly Book! There are many kinds of cultivation techniques suitable for reshaping the body according to the law, including your tree man, my fox, and even those suitable for the slaves around us." Fox.
road.
"Then you can teach me the skills! If there is a suitable skill, maybe this tree-man body can improve its strength!" Gu Zheng said.
"Don't expect this body of yours to improve your strength. What I got is only a very basic skill. This skill will still be the same even if you practice it for hundreds of years."
As soon as the fox finished speaking, he immediately passed on the formula of the technique to Gu Zheng.
The formula is not complicated, and Gu Zheng will know how to practice it as soon as he hears it.
Next, Gu Zheng chatted with Fox for a while, but he didn't talk about too far things. Anyway, things that were too far away wouldn't be touched for a while, so he would first follow the plan and combine a few things for refining special potions.
Collect them first and then talk.
The day passed quickly, and Gu Zheng and other slaves were led into the mine by the overseers.
Returning to the exclusive mine tunnel again, Gu Zheng continued to mine his hidden jade.
Gu Zheng, the tree man, has not had a chance to practice the skills yet, because the fox told him that practicing the skills would definitely cause unnecessary trouble if the supervisors saw him.
How can he practice the exercises without being discovered by the supervisor? Gu Zheng already has a countermeasure in his mind. The first thing he has to do is to complete the day's task in advance, because once he completes the day's task, he will hand over the hidden jade to Yingzui.
After supervising the work, all supervisors will know that he has completed the task, so the supervision of him will be relaxed.
There are five kilograms of hidden jade to be handed over every day, but Gu Zheng had already mined two kilograms before, so today he only needs to hand over three more kilograms of hidden jade.
Unconsciously, four hours passed, and the supervisor who delivered the meal appeared in Gu Zheng's sight.
However, the food delivery supervisor was not alone today. He was accompanied by fangs that Gu Zheng did not want to see.
"I've always wanted to find an opportunity to let you know the taste of whipping, but you always manage to complete the task ahead of time, which makes me really have no idea where to start!"
Fangs narrowed his eyes, and the ivy whip in his hand made a 'snap' sound.
Gu Zheng didn't pay attention to Fang Ya. He just looked at the supervisor who delivered the food, and the supervisor who delivered the food was also preparing to serve him food.
"There is no need to serve him food." Fang said.
"Why? I complete my tasks every day, and this is the food I deserve."
Since eating the food provided by the overseer was unavoidable, Gu Zheng prepared for this step in advance, otherwise he wouldn't care whether he had food or not.
"Don't you know how to roast tree roots yourself? Then just roast the roots and eat them." Fang sneered.
"If you complete the task, you will have enough to eat. Whether I eat or not is one thing, but you must give. This is the rule of the mine!" Gu Zheng said.
"The rules of the mine? The big overseer is the rule in this mine! Yesterday the big overseer saw you roasting tree roots and thought you were a very backbone person. Since you are a backbone person, the big overseer is also willing to fulfill your wishes.
Integrity! So, from now on, you can eat what you cook, and these things that you don’t like will never appear in front of you again! "
Tuya laughed, raised his foot and kicked the empty iron trough towards Gu Zheng's face.
"Boom!"
Gu Zheng stretched out his hand to block it, and the iron trough flew towards the rock wall aside, knocking out a spark.
"Squeak!"
The sound of wood rubbing together sounded, which was the teeth of the ancient tree man's body grinding.
"What? You want to hit me? Come on, come on!"
Fangs moved closer to Gu Zheng, he very much hoped that Gu Zheng would take action against him, then he would have a reason to rectify Gu Zheng.
However, it was impossible for Gu Zheng to attack the fangs, and his teeth clenching was just for show.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
He looked at Gu Zheng for a while, and when he saw that Gu Zheng didn't dare to take action, he laughed and left.
After Fang Ya left, Gu Zheng continued to mine the ore, and he couldn't help but think of the big overseer in the mine.
For Gu Zheng, it is good that the big overseer confiscated his food. Anyway, he has not yet mastered the martial arts, so he would not dare to eat even if there is food. However, the big supervisor will confiscate his food, then
It means that the big overseer pays more attention to him, which is not a good thing!
Moreover, if he does not eat the food provided by the overseers and does not accept the invitation of the hawk-beaked overseer to the wine pond and meat forest, it will take half a year for Gu Zheng to be assimilated into this world. This is something that all the overseers know. But now, Gu Zheng is eager to be under reasonable circumstances.
Next, he wanted to be 'assimilated' into this world as soon as possible, so that it would be more convenient for future actions. However, the big overseer took away his food, which made him feel that he must find the big overseer once in a while to let him go.
He can only restore the food supply.
Another four hours passed, and the figure of the meal supervisor appeared in Gu Zheng's sight again. However, the meal supervisor did not come to Gu Zheng this time. He went directly to another mine tunnel.
Gu Zheng was indeed hungry at this moment, but this hunger was also a feeling he wanted to maintain, so that he could react more realistically with greed when seeing food that he had originally dismissed.
Gu Zheng started to look for the Eagle Beak Overseer because his task for today had been completed.
There was not much time left, so when Gu Zheng went to find the hawk-beak supervisor, he followed the work beetle truck that delivered the meal supervisor.
Someone was following behind, so the food delivery supervisor naturally sensed it. When he turned around, he saw Gu Zheng staring at the food on the Beetle cart and taking a deep breath from time to time.
"Why are you following me?" asked the meal supervisor.
"I'm going to deliver the hidden jade to the Overseer, so we're on our way."
Gu Zheng no longer had the cold expression before, a smile appeared on his face, and he even looked at the food on the Beetle cart twice while speaking.
Gu Zheng's expression made the food delivery supervisor laugh, and he asked: "Don't you know how to cook your own food? Why don't you eat your roasted roots?"
"You don't come across tree roots every day. You might be hungry today."
Gu Zheng was not lying about this. He had indeed not encountered that kind of tree roots today, and he had already eaten all the ones he had stored up before.
"Bless yourself! The big overseer has collected your food. No matter how hungry you are, you can only watch." said the meal delivery overseer.
"When do you think the supervisor will return my food to me?" Gu Zheng said with a smile.
"I don't know about this, but I think it's probably impossible in the past three days."
While they were talking, the food supervisor turned into another mine tunnel. Gu Zheng no longer followed him, so there was no need to follow him. However, Gu Zheng understood that the supervisors would soon know about his reactions.
Seeing Gu Zheng walking towards him, the eagle-billed supervisor asked, "Did you complete the task ahead of schedule again?"
"Yes, five pounds of hidden jade, you order it!"
Even though he was very hungry, Gu Zheng felt nauseous when he saw the earth spirit insects on the table of the hawk-billed supervisor, but he had to look at them for a while.
"That's right, keep it up, go back and rest!"
Gu Zheng's reaction made the hawk-beaked supervisor laugh, but he didn't say anything more and just asked Gu Zheng to leave.
Gu Zheng also wished for this. He was also afraid that the Eagle-billed Overseer would tell him about the land-rewarding spiritual insects, or open a wine pool and meat forest for him. Now was not the time to come into contact with all of these.
Instead of staying at the Eagle Beak Overseer's place, Gu Zheng took the long way back.
After returning to the exclusive mine tunnel, Gu Zheng immediately started practicing.
The physical cultivation method of tree people is different from that of immortal cultivators. Immortal cultivators breathe and exhale, while tree people sink their vines deep into the soil and absorb the essence of the earth.
At the same time, somewhere in the mine, the big overseer gathered with several other overseers, including Fang and the overseer who delivered the food.
Laughter rang out twice in succession. The big overseer had listened to what Fangs and the food delivery overseer had said.
"I thought he was very persistent, but now it looks like he won't be able to persist for long." The big overseer said.
"What do you think he is doing now? There is no food and no tree roots. His stomach is probably growling with hunger, right?" asked the food delivery supervisor.
"I want to know what he is doing now. Can't we just take a look?"
The big overseer smiled, raised his head and blew out a stream of green smoke towards the stone wall.
There were several mirrors on the stone wall, but the surfaces of those mirrors seemed to be covered with water mist, and nothing could be seen clearly.
The big overseer sprayed green mist towards one of the mirrors. After the green mist came into contact with the mirror, the water mist on it immediately dissipated. The scene presented inside was exactly the ancient struggle practiced in the mine tunnel.
"Eh? What is he doing?" Fang said.
"His body is different from ours. Who knows what he is doing?" said the food delivery supervisor.
"Fang, go over and take a look!"
The big overseer gave the order, and Fang followed the order and left.
The mirror is magical. It allows the overseers to see the condition of the slaves. However, the mirror also has disadvantages. The picture shown in the mirror will miss some special things! For example, when Gu Zheng, the tree man body, is practicing, there will be a kind of
Special fluctuations are emitted. If this fluctuation is within a certain range, it can be sensed by the supervisors immediately. However, the picture in the mirror cannot show the fluctuations in this feeling, so the supervisors feel that Gu Zheng behaves strangely.
But I don't know what he is doing.
Divine Mind is also very magical. It allowed Gu Zheng, who was practicing, to detect the fangs coming towards him in advance, so he ended his practice, but still remained in that state.
"What are you doing?" Fang asked.
"If you don't have anything to eat, find something to eat in the dirt."
Gu Zheng already had a response, and he seemed particularly calm.
"What did you find?" Fang asked again.
"I found some soil and the breath of the earth." Gu Zheng added.
"Are you satisfied with these things?" Fang asked again.
"I don't care if I'm full, I'm just trying to fill my belly."
Gu Zheng sighed, he was not lying about this. With his current tree-man body, he divided his day into three parts, mining, cultivating, and absorbing nutrients from the soil. Then the time spent on absorbing nutrients would not be enough.
It can only be done to make him reluctantly rest his belly.
"That's good, it just gives me some peace of mind!"
Fangya laughed and left. After feeling that he had stepped out of the range where he could sense the fluctuations, Gu Zheng continued to practice.
Unconsciously, it was the day when the mine god woke up again, and the slaves and overseers gathered again.
In the past two days, Gu Zheng still completed the task ahead of schedule every day, but he was obviously weaker than before. After all, the nutrition he could get from high-intensity labor and training every day could not keep up. Fortunately,
, Shuren's cultivation method is very simple for Gu Zheng. In just two days, his resistance to hunger has been significantly enhanced.
When slaves gather together to eat, there is still no dispute.
"Does this big overseer have any evil intentions?" Gu Zheng asked the fox in his heart.
"It's not that he's thoughtful, he's just bigger. You can try asking him when your food will be restored."
The fox's suggestion reminded Gu Zheng of the same idea, and Gu Zheng walked towards the supervisors.
"Overseer, I'm hungry." Gu Zheng said.
"Don't you get nutrients from the soil every day?" the big overseer said slowly.
"I'm not really hungry at all. If I don't eat something decent, I'm afraid I won't have the energy to work." Gu Zheng said.
"Where are your roasted roots? I remember your roasted roots are very fragrant!" the big overseer laughed.
"You can't encounter tree roots just because you want to. I haven't encountered them in two days." Gu Zheng said.
"Where has the backbone gone?" the big overseer asked again.
"You can't even fill your stomach, so how can you talk about your backbone?" Gu Zheng said helplessly.
"Looking at the way you are now, you won't starve to death for a while. Then complete the task two days ahead of schedule! If you can complete the task two days in a row ahead of schedule, then I will restore your food to you!" said the big supervisor.
"Okay, thank you, Overseer!"
Gu Zheng turned around and left, with a cold smile in his heart, "I am a slave to you and I am a fish to you. This is a helpless situation, but when I am a slave to you and I am a fish to you, I must get my debt back."
However, the big overseer said that he would be starved for another two days before he would be given food again, which put some pressure on Gu Zheng. In the next two days, he would spend more time on training in order to restore food before he could eat again.
At that time, he was no longer afraid of food assimilating to him.
Perhaps due to good luck, in the next two days, Gu Zheng was able to complete the task within three hours every day, which gave him more time to practice. As for the progress in cultivation, although
It is still not like a fox who is not afraid of assimilation into this world, but it has already formed a good cycle. Even if you eat food from this world every day, you don’t need to worry. The worst thing is to continue to practice for a longer time.
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In the next two days, Gu Zheng still completed the task ahead of schedule every day, and did not give up on his cultivation. The big supervisor also restored Gu Zheng's meals as promised.
When the food delivery supervisor poured food into Gu Zheng's iron trough, he did not leave immediately like before.
Gu Zheng understood that the meal supervisor wanted to see his reaction.
Gu Zheng devoured the food that he originally looked down upon. He looked like a starving man. The supervisor who was satisfied with his reaction left with a smile.
Chief Crow originally told Gu Zheng that as long as he could complete the task for seven consecutive days, he would give him the Shuiying Jade.
Since the mine works for two days and takes one day off, when Chief Crow comes to the mine, it is not the real seventh day.
Chief Crow came to the mine to take away the resources mined during this period, not specifically to see the ancient dispute.
However, Chief Crow was also very satisfied with Gu Zheng's performance in the mine. After all, Gu Zheng completed his tasks ahead of schedule every day.
Gu Zheng still practices every day. When he sensed that the Crow Spirit Pearl was approaching a certain range, he ended his practice and still maintained his original posture.
"You already have something to eat, why do you have to do this?" Chief Crow asked.
Gu Zheng didn't know that Chief Crow would come today, otherwise he wouldn't be practicing today because he had more things to do than less things to do.
"Anyway, the mission has been completed. I have nothing to do. I just treat it as a snack." Gu Zheng said.
Without saying anything else on this issue, Chief Crow smiled and said: "Yes, you can complete the task every day, you are outstanding!"
"Life is precious and I want to live it well."
Gu Zheng's smile was flattering, which was the reaction he should have after eating the food provided by the overseers for several days.
"It's great that you have such an awareness!"
Chief Crow nodded, and then took out the bottle containing the water jade: "Do you want to get the contents of this bottle? If you get the contents of this bottle, you won't have to eat snacks in your free time."
"Think!" Gu Zheng said, licking his lips.
"If you want, I will give you a new task. Complete the mining of seven kilograms of hidden jade every day for seven consecutive days, and it will belong to you." Chief Crow said.
"Chief, you said you would give it to me if I completed the task for seven consecutive days. Now I have completed it." Gu Zheng said.
"I did say that before, but at that time you looked down upon it, so the agreement naturally didn't count."
Chief Crow smiled slyly: "But don't worry, if you make an agreement with me this time, then in the next seven days, I will definitely keep my word!"
Originally, Chief Crow had taken out the bottle containing the water crystal jade, and Gu Zheng thought he could get it, but he didn't expect Chief Crow to make such a condition again.
One man is a swordsman and the other is fish and meat. This is something Gu Zheng cannot refuse, but an idea flashes in his mind.
"Chief, I can work hard to complete the mission, but can you promise me one thing?" Gu Zheng said.
"Oh, what's the matter?" Chief Crow asked with great interest.
"Eating snacks every day is indeed boring. The hawk-beaked supervisor saw me working hard and opened a wine pool and meat forest for me once, but I didn't go in at that time. Now I want to go in once."
For Gu Zheng, since there is no way to get the water jade first, let's see if we can get the gilded water first.
"I thought it was something, but it turned out to be this, I can promise you!"
Chief Crow smiled. Gu Zheng's request made him feel that he could satisfy it, which would speed up Gu Zheng's becoming a part of this world.
"Thank you, Chief!" Gu Zheng said happily.
"Let's go, I will take you to the wine pond and meat forest now!" Chief Crow said.
