Chapter 394

A white egret flew into Ziyun County.

The white egret flew very high, almost level with the clouds. After arriving in Ziyun County, it circled a few times. Under the guidance of Chen Niu, it observed and searched for a moment before flying down.

"Fellow Daoist, you've worked hard."

Lin Jue took the letter bag from its claws.

Knowing that Fellow Daoist Bai Lu set off from the capital last night to deliver letters to Seventh Shixiong and Fourth Shixiong respectively, and flew back this afternoon, it must have traveled day and night, so he handed out a spiritual pill.

"Thank you, fellow Daoist."

"Ga..."

The white egret took the spiritual pill, raised its head, and swallowed it, its posture extremely elegant.

"During this period, I may still need fellow Daoist's help to deliver letters," Lin Jue saluted it and said. "In addition, this place is close to Mo Dushan, which is Wang Mu's territory. There are many monsters and ghosts, and there are straw men in the wilderness that will shoot arrows into the sky. If it is not necessary, fellow Daoist, try to reduce going out. If you go out, be sure to be careful and fly higher."

"Ga!"

"Thank you."

Only then did Lin Jue open the letter bag and take out two letters.

They were written by Seventh Shixiong and Fourth Shixiong respectively.

The main content was very simple: they had already set off to come.

In addition, there were mostly words of concern for him, urging him to be careful, and if there was a more dangerous fight, please wait for them to arrive before acting together.

"In addition, if Shidi finds Third Shixiong first, please ask him for me, what is going on with the wild man?"

This was the last sentence added by Fourth Shixiong.

"Finally, I have written another letter and delivered it to Fifth Shixiong, Sixth Shixiong, and Eldest Shixiong, asking them to be prepared. If the war here is difficult, I will ask them to come and help together."

This was the last sentence added by Seventh Shixiong.

Lin Jue put away the letters, his expression calm.

Seventh Shixiong's thoughts should be basically the same as his.

Although they had been down the mountain for several years, the skills of Fifth Shixiong and Sixth Shixiong were no longer limited to medicine and spirit-writing, but they were still not good at fighting, so Lin Jue did not inform them immediately. Moreover, Fifth Shixiong's reputation in Zhongzhou had gradually risen, which was his good fortune, and Sixth Shixiong also had his career in Huizhou, progressing steadily, so Lin Jue did not want to disturb them easily.

Eldest Shixiong was already the temple master and had taken on apprentices, bearing the heavy responsibility of inheritance. Recently, he had been lecturing on scriptures for the disciples of the two sects of Xianyuan Temple and Fuqiu Temple, so it was not good to disturb him.

Second Shixiong's reasoning was about the same.

Moreover, although Huizhou was relatively peaceful, it was only relative. The troubled times had arrived, and the people of Huizhou also needed Daoists to eliminate monsters.

However, this was only in non-emergency situations. If the situation was critical, naturally he would still ask them for help.

Seventh Shixiong delivered the letter in advance, which was a good thing.

Lin Jue put away the letter paper and suddenly heard a sound from next door:

"No love and no hate...

"Tsk! Starting as a carefree person..."

It had been a few years since he heard Third Shixiong's drunken poetry, and it was still that style.

"Heh..."

This Daoist is really dashing!

Lin Jue was a bit unaccustomed to it and knocked on the wall next door:

"Knock knock..."

"Hmm?" Third Shixiong was in high spirits and asked excitedly, "Shidi, why are you knocking on my room wall? Are you lonely at night and want to drink and talk with your Shixiong?"

"Have you read the Yin-Yang Method I gave you, Shixiong? Are you willing to learn those few spells, Shixiong? If there is anything you don't understand, you can discuss it with Shidi," Lin Jue said. "In addition, Xiao Shimei has a method of divine movement, which several Shixiong have learned. Third Shixiong should also understand and practice it early. After learning it, it will be much more convenient for us brothers and sisters to meet."

There was no sound from that side for a long time.

After a long time, there was a drunken muttering from the Daoist:

"What kind of mess is this? What's the rush? I have at least a hundred years of lifespan. What Great Yin-Yang Method, what spells, do I have to rush to today or tomorrow..."

But he didn't expect that the wooden wall was too poor at soundproofing.

"Shixiong, this is wrong! Although there is a poem that says, 'Drink today's wine today, worry about tomorrow's worries tomorrow,' but today, in front of Shixiong, there is not only wine on the table, but also the worries of the north at this time," Lin Jue said. "Now that I am guarding here with Shixiong to prevent Wang Mu from invading, besides relating to the lives of the people of Ziyun, it also relates to the lives of Shidi and Xiao Shimei. If Shixiong practices the Great Yin-Yang Method early and understands the spells early, if Wang Mu sends troops to invade, there will be one more point of winning, and one more point of safety."

"Are you a monk? I haven't seen you recite the 'Yin-Yang Sutra' so smoothly when reading it in the Mountain-Moving Hall!"

"It's not just these..."

Lin Jue paused as he spoke, looked at the wood carving in his room, and the half-bucket of spiritual gold beans, and said: "Shidi still has things to ask Shixiong for help." "Don't try to coax me!"

"There really is serious business."

Lin Jue's tone was very serious.

What he said just now, although he meant to tease Third Shixiong, was indeed the truth.

Now that he has come here, he must guard the people of Ziyun County and resist the possible invasion of Wang Mu. Besides not being able to relax in daily patrols, he must also improve his fighting ability.

Third Shixiong was already good at fighting. He didn't know if he had encountered other opportunities after going down the mountain and practiced other spells, but with his talent, if he could switch to practicing the Great Yin-Yang Method early, he would definitely progress very quickly. Then, adding the divine movement technique and the spells Lin Jue gave him, his fighting power would definitely not be bad.

And for Lin Jue, the top priority to improve his fighting ability was to make Long Bo bean soldiers.

"Creak..."

The sound of a door opening came from the room next door, followed by a few erratic footsteps in the corridor, and Third Shixiong pushed the door in with the smell of alcohol.

Lazy is lazy, but he still has to help his Shidi.

However, as soon as he entered the door, he saw the half-person-high Martial God wood carving on the table, and the large bag of spiritual gold beans next to it, and was immediately stunned, even his drunkenness woke up a bit:

No errors in the content at a glance!

"Shidi, this is..."

"Have you heard of Long Bo bean soldiers, Shixiong?"

"Naturally I have heard of them..." Third Shixiong stared blankly at the statue on the table, "We have four in our Daoist temple."

"Do we have them in our Daoist temple too?"

"Of course we do. Long Bo bean soldiers are the highest pursuit of the method of carving beans into soldiers. Our predecessors through the ages, as long as they were the ones who specialized in the method of carving beans into soldiers, unless they died young after going down the mountain, they would all cultivate this spell to the realm of perfection before their lifespan was near, and naturally they would search in this direction," Third Shixiong's eyes went straight. "It is said that those four Long Bo bean soldiers, two of which were left by the previous two temple masters, and the other two were sent back to the temple by the predecessors who went down the mountain before they died. In a thousand years, there were only four, and all four appeared during troubled times."

"Shixiong, you have traveled all over the country these past few years, have you found any traces?" Lin Jue asked.

"How could it be that easy? Long Bo are rare, and remnant souls are even more hard to come by. Even now that troubled times are coming and various monsters and ghosts are on the stage, the traces of Long Bo have begun to emerge. I have also seen one, but that was a living Long Bo. It is too rare for one to die and turn into a remnant soul and obsession."

"It is said that Long Bo often appear in troubled times. If Shixiong has the heart, it will definitely not be difficult to find."

"That's easy to say! Unless you specifically go to places where demons cause trouble and gods and ghosts fight!" Third Shixiong shook his head. "Besides, even if you get the help of Long Bo remnant souls, such large high-quality spiritual wood and so much spiritual gold are not so easy to gather. I have walked around these past few years and have indeed obtained the help of many hero remnant souls, but the spiritual wood needed for these hero remnant souls has not been gathered yet."

"This is not a difficult task for Shixiong."

Lin Jue paused as he spoke and got straight to the point:

"Shidi was lucky enough to get a Long Bo willing to help at the Leopard King's place in the northwest. It has been several months since then, and I have always wanted to make a body for it early so that it can settle down, and also ask it to help me eliminate demons early. Unfortunately, forging armor and weapons is too cumbersome and cannot be completed in a short time. It just so happens that I arrived here at this time, so I am even more anxious. So I want to ask Third Shixiong to help me, so that this Long Bo can see the light of day early. If Wang Mu sends demon soldiers to invade, it will also be a great help."

"Alas, Shidi can go to face the Leopard King in the northwest directly. That is already a place where demons cause trouble and gods and demons fight, so it's not lucky," Third Shixiong's drunkenness seemed to have woken up a lot. "Shidi means, you want Shixiong to help you do hard labor, forging armor and weapons, right?"

"Exactly! Shixiong's attainments in this area are far better than mine, I think it will be much faster than me!"

"Alas..."

"Thank you, Shixiong!"

Lin Jue smiled and thanked him first, then said: "Shixiong just said that Shixiong obtained the help of many hero remnant souls, but hasn't gathered the required spiritual wood yet?"

"How should I put this..."

Third Shixiong shook his head, very shamelessly:

"Shixiong, I am full of righteousness, heroic and extraordinary, and charming. Any hero remnant soul is naturally willing to help me. There are many heroes, but of course, there is not enough spiritual wood. Besides, these past few years, I haven't often eliminated demons like Shidi, and I have slaughtered two demon kings, all relying on luck and opportunity. I haven't encountered good spiritual wood, and I don't like the bad ones..."

"That is indeed true. Before, when I returned from the Western Regions, I obtained the help of 28 hero remnant souls, and it took a long time to gather the required spiritual wood. It is normal that Shixiong is busy traveling through mountains and rivers, talking about love, and there is not enough spiritual wood." Lin Jue smiled at him, "It just so happens that a few months ago, when I eliminated that Leopard King in the northwest, I searched for many good things from its cave, including some high-quality spiritual wood. Shixiong, take a look and see if there is anything you like. If you like it, just take it and use it first."

Lin Jue said and pulled open the cloth bag.

"We'll talk later..."

Third Shixiong waved his hand, turned to bend down and look closely at the wood carving on the table, and then picked up the large bag of spiritual gold to check.

With his vision, he could naturally see at a glance that this wood carving had been refined for a period of time and should have been larger, and this spiritual gold was also high-quality spiritual gold.

According to Shidi, this spiritual gold was the Leopard King's weapon, which was sought in times of danger. He didn't envy it, but that piece of ten-thousand-year floating iron wood was given by the Yishan Mountain God, which made him envy it a bit uncomfortably.

At some point, two stone horses stood in front of the post station, one on the left and one on the right, standing very symmetrically.

From the next day, the sound of ding-dong came from the post station again.

Little Xiao Shimei was responsible for urging the fire and melting the spiritual gold. The newly recruited hard laborer Third Shixiong forged it into armor pieces, and Lin Jue was responsible for the final processing and inlaying.

The speed was indeed more than double the original.

(End of chapter)