It was bone-chilling cold inside the mine, and the soldiers were still shivering there, wrapped in quilts and blankets.
"Click, click"
A young man of eighteen or nineteen years old was leaning on a wooden board and scratching on the wall with a rusty knife. There were carvings all over the wall.
"Tomorrow is New Year's Eve." He said to himself.
He was one of the five thousand wounded soldiers who were sent over. In the previous battle, his right arm was cut off, and now only one left hand was left.
Next to him were a group of old soldiers. One of the old soldiers looked at the ceiling discretely, and after a long time he said: "At this time in previous years, we all started killing pigs and slaughtering sheep over there. It was rare to eat meat once a year. This is a great blessing during the Chinese New Year.¡±
Another veteran said: "I'm not so comfortable anymore. The last few days are the most tiring days. The boss has to take inventory, check the goods, and finally clean the shop. I have to work until New Year's Eve. But there are also The good thing is that on New Year¡¯s Eve, our boss always treats us to a meal. The year before last, we had it at Yingbin Building, and last year it was at Fulai Shun.¡±
"It will be good to be alive this year." The young wounded soldier threw away the knife in his hand.
"Don't complain, you and I have more chances to survive than those people." The old soldier just whispered into the ear of the young wounded soldier.
"How do you know?" The young wounded soldier suddenly sat up.
"You should have heard about it, right? The two leading monks have returned. These days, the spirits of the monks are different from those in the past. They seem to be happy about something." The old soldier still said in a very low voice.
"They left to arrange a retreat?" Although the wounded soldier was young, he had good knowledge.
"Nine times out of ten, this is the case. When the war first started, we were all scared to death, but Leader Li didn't care at all. He said that the big leader had already figured out how to escape before he came."
"I'm afraid they may not take us to escape with them." The young wounded soldier said with disdain.
"No, taking us people away is just a convenient task for the leaders. The two leaders have already arranged an escape route. They can leave when the time comes. The barbarians can't stop them." The old soldier was abnormal. He said proudly that because he fawned over Li Jinbao, he often got information that others didn't know.
"This must take a lot of mana. Who of those monks are willing to do this? We are just little ants to them." The young wounded soldier still did not believe it.
"Who said they need to work hard? The bugs in your hands and mine are all treasures adopted by Su Tou. They would not be given to people normally. Each of those bugs has magic power and is stronger than some monks. When the time comes, we can Use their magic power to escape." The old soldier revealed the secret.
"In this case, those who don't raise insects will have to die trapped here?" The wounded soldier sat up straight.
"That's what I mean." The old soldier laughed: "Some people rebelled some time ago and Leader Lao Li suppressed them. Afterwards, many people were afraid of being implicated, so they asked Leader Lao Li for bugs to show their loyalty. But Leader Lao Li didn't give them this chance at all. Do you understand why?" The old soldiers laughed more and more happily. Most of the wounded soldiers were unwilling to raise insects, but the superiors actually agreed, which made them feel very uncomfortable. Raising insects hurts one's vitality, so they have been separated from the injured soldiers invisibly. Now that they know that those people are smart and have blocked their own way out, the old soldiers are happy to watch the joke.
This is the mentality of little people. It cannot be said to be bad, and it is definitely not good.
The young wounded soldier was distraught, and there was his good brother over there.
"You'd better not talk nonsense. Since those people rebelled, the leaders have been very careful about that side. If there is any trouble, they will immediately suppress it. The leaders will not kill people, but just throw people outside. You You can imagine the result." The old soldier saw the young wounded soldier's thoughts and immediately warned from the side.
"It's useless even if he tells it. Those bugs are in the hands of the monks. How can he touch the monks?" Another veteran said sarcastically.
"You blame me for talking too much." The old pawn looked regretful. He got up from the ground and walked away in a boring way.
After passing the corner, the old pawn saw the uncle standing with his back against the rock wall.
"I have already followed your wishes." The old soldier nodded and bowed quickly.
The uncle was thinking about something, and it took him a long time before he sighed and said, "I don't know how to do this, right?"
"You have a Bodhisattva heart." The old soldier quickly flattered him.
¡°I just don¡¯t want to watch so many people waiting to die. I was just like you a year ago., they are all like ants. "The uncle sighed.
"You are the blessing that you have cultivated in your previous life." The old man said the truth this time.
"You should also seize the opportunity. If you have anything to do, think more about the benefits of the big leader. Through those Gu insects, he can sense your thoughts." The uncle didn't want to say this. It made him feel like a witch and a spirit. Media.
He is now considered a genuine monk. He already knows that most of those witches and mediums are liars and have little magic power. Even if there are two who can do magic occasionally, they are only the worst kind.
He doesn¡¯t know why Xie Xiaoyu asked him to do this? He doesn't ask random questions, he just knows how to do it.
"I obey, little one," the old soldier said repeatedly.
When he reaches his age, he has no more ideas. He just wants peace. It would be better if he could live better and longer. Anyway, the monk just asked him to pray sincerely and there is no need to do anything else. It didn't cost money, and there was no risk to his life. Why didn't he do it?
"Tell that person again that if his friends also ask sincerely, they might have a chance to get spiritual worms. But only spiritual worms are not enough, because it is too late for them to get spiritual worms. Even if they can take them with them by then, Maybe they can't go far, so they have to pray more sincerely, maybe there is a chance of survival." The uncle was shamelessly playing tricks, and he felt his cheeks were burning. Fortunately, the light in the mine was dim, so there was no need to worry about being seen through.
"You understand, I understand." The old soldier made up his mind to recite the leader's name 20,000 times a day and worship him as a god.
"You go back." The uncle waved his hand.
The old soldier turned around and went back.
Seeing the old pawn walking away, the uncle also went back to resume his life.
In the corner of the mine, there is now a small stone chamber with five pits dug according to the directions of the five elements. A group of people are crowded there at the moment.
There is abundant spiritual energy in the stone chamber, second only to the spiritual eye. This is no longer the effect of the spirit gathering array, but is extracted by force. In three months at most, this spiritual vein will be completely destroyed.
In order to improve their strength as soon as possible, Xie Xiaoyu and Mazi didn't care about so much anymore.
Mazi alone occupied the earth position, Xie Xiaoyu and Fa Qing occupied the gold position, Zhao Bo and several other people who were good at water escape crowded on the water position, Su Mingcheng occupied the wood position, and the fire position next to it was the most crowded. , Li Jinbao and the other boys were all crowded inside.
"The Book of Hercules" does not belong to any of the Five Elements, but because the spiritual eye in Luohun Valley was deflected, the best cave happened to be the element of fire, so over time, including the uncle, their The true energy is more or less mixed with some fire energy.
Seeing his father coming, Li Jinbao quickly moved aside.
The uncle was not in a hurry to go in. He first said to Xie Xiaoyu: "The news has been disseminated."
"Thank you for your hard work." Xie Xiaoyu didn't say much.
"You do everything you can." Mazi stabbed out of habit.
"Isn't this great? They pray sincerely, and I use the power of their faith to increase their cultivation speed. When the time comes, I will take them to escape, give them a way to survive, and end this cause and effect." Xie Xiaoyu said this He was explaining it to everyone, and he didn't want to leave the impression that he was pretending to be a ghost to the people in front of him.
"It turns out there is such a shortcut." Zhao Bo said enviously.
Others also became thoughtful.
"Don't be jealous. Not everyone can learn this method. There is nothing for nothing in the world. When someone prays, you have to respond. If you can't do that, you have to pay back all the benefits you got. This guy It just so happened that I got this advantage," Mazi said coldly, but he was also kind-hearted and explained the cause and effect to Xie Xiaoyu.
"Can I avoid the bottleneck with this trick?" Fa Qing asked from the side.
"How can there be such a good thing? This guy has started all over again. His realm is already high. He just needs to make up for it. There is no bottleneck in the middle." Mazi knew the mystery, so he didn't Put a foot in.
"It's not useless. It's never wrong to accumulate more and gain more. If you encounter a bottleneck and can't get over it, there are two ways to go. Either stop practicing and walk around to seek opportunities. Or you can work hard and practice hard, but your realm cannot be improved. Because it can be improved and the cultivation level is high, it may not be possible to forcefully break through the bottleneck. Not all those with great supernatural powers in the ancient times had superb understanding, and no one had to guide them. They had to create their own enlightenment, and every step was bumpy, and there were bottlenecks everywhere. In the ancient times, there were treasures everywhere, and they just tried their best to improve their cultivation and push their way through." Xie Xiaoyu didn't deny Mazi's words, he just pointed out another point.road.
But this road is not easy. Even in Tianbao Prefecture, there are not many things that can truly be called natural treasures.
There is another path that can be taken, which is to practice Shinto, and then switch to other methods. Unfortunately, this road is too dangerous. Once the matter is revealed, he will be hunted by people all over the world and become a public enemy of good and evil.
"I'll teach you another trick. Don't break through the bottleneck at the eighth level of Qi training easily. It's best to be fully prepared, because the avenue you see when you break through the bottleneck is related to your future prospects. The same goes for the ninth level of Qi training. There are countless Qi of Heaven and Earth, and there is a huge difference between them. If you choose any one, it will be too late to regret it in the future. "Xie Xiaoyu said smoothly, anyway, we are all our own people, there is no need to hide our secrets.
"Then how should we choose?" Su Mingcheng asked quickly. When he left Wucheng to seek battles, he broke through the eighth level and entered the ninth level. He was in the same row as Xie Xiaoyu and Mazi, and higher than Fa Qing, Wang Chen, and Wu Ronghua.
"You don't have to worry. Didn't I tell you about a perfect gas well before we boarded the spaceship and came here?" Xie Xiaoyu nodded.
Su Mingcheng understood immediately. When they left, Xie Xiaoyu used Xuan Mingjin to build a small room in the spiritual eye, and also placed a Geng metal spiritual formation in it.
"The Qi of heaven and earth must first be in large quantities. If the quantity is small, no matter how good the quality is, it will be useless. It's like eating. It's okay to have delicacies from the mountains and seas for an occasional meal, but you still have to live on white rice. Secondly, it must be pure, and then you can eat it afterwards. To condense and purify, you will get twice the result with half the effort, and then consider the quality based on these two points." Xie Xiaoyu said very carefully, but he did not tell the real trick, such as the trick of finding a spiritual eye to transform it. , is definitely much more valuable than most techniques.