Chapter 48 The First Display of Magic

Squatting horse steps, standing wooden stakes, flat buckets, overhead incense burners... Jiudeng Taoist's training for Zhou Chongxiao is very simple. However, the simpler the training, the more at a loss. For example...

"Papa"! The bamboo strip slapped hard on Zhou Chongxiao's arm, making his muscles contract, and almost made the full bucket fall to the ground.

"The water spilled out." Jiudeng Taoist said calmly, as if the person who just took bamboo strips to draw people was not like him.

Zhou Chongxiao has been standing motionless for more than an hour. Not to mention that his hands have lost consciousness, even his legs have been sore and soft that they tremble frequently. He may kneel to the ground at any time, but he has been gritting his teeth and holding it.

"Papa"! With another sound, the bamboo strips slammed hard on his abdomen.

Jiudeng Taoist whispered softly, "You forgot the formula."

After learning that Zhou Chongxiao had completed the process of washing the marrow of the I Ching through the emperor's pulp, the Jiudeng Taoist man smashed his mouth twice, and then began to formulate a series of training plans, which included: in the basic training, he must maintain the state of continuous operation.

At the beginning, Zhou Chongxiao either forgot the formula or made a mistake. Only now have I just begun to get used to the feeling of moving in and running into the door.

Ordinary people practice to sit cross-legged, on the top of their heads, palms of their hands, the soles of their feet, and then start to run the formula. However, the cultivation method of Jiudeng Taoist is exactly the opposite, forcing Zhou Chongxiao to learn to use the formula under any circumstances.

When Shui Lian learned about this special way of cultivation, the evaluation was only two words: "Pervert."

A gentle knock on the door sounded, and Zhou Chongxiao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

After Mrs. Zhou returned home, she learned that Aiko was injured by a monster, so she followed the advice of Jiudeng Taoist and asked him to stay at home to prevent it in case. However, Mrs. Zhou has a tough attitude and will never allow Zhou Chongxiao to have the idea of practice.

Therefore, all the training of Jiudeng Taoist people for Zhou Chongxiao is carried out secretly, and the two people often stay in the room for training.

And the Jiudeng Taoist didn't know how to explain it to the outside world. The people of Zhou, especially Mrs. Zhou, believed that he was exorcising evil spirits for his young master, so they let it go.

After signaling Zhou Chongxiao to hide the two buckets of water properly and making sure that it would not be discovered, Jiudeng Taoist slowly got up to open the door.

"Miss Li, what can I do for you?" Seeing Li Hanyu standing outside the door, Jiudeng Taoist was slightly surprised. He thinks that the person standing here should be Xuanyuanbi.

After all, Xuanyuanbi has often disturbed their practice these days. If Zhou Chongxiao hadn't come forward later to show his determination to practice, I'm afraid that Xuanyuanbi will still stay in this room every day and refuse to go out.

Li Hanyu took a look at Zhou Chongxiao and saw that he was sweating and panting. His unbearable feelings immediately overflowed with words. She picked up a small food basket in her hand and said, "Uncle Zhou just ordered the kitchen to make some white jade cakes. I thought my cousin liked this, so I sent some to you. Please also invite the Taoist priest to try this special pastry.

"Thank you, Miss Li, for your beauty. It's better to obey than to be respectful." The Jiudeng Taoist took the food basket and turned around to enter the room.

"Hey..." Li Hanyu said in a hurry. Seeing that the Jiudeng Taoist stopped, he twisted his hands and asked, "I... Taoist priest, how long will this ceremony be held today?"

"It's probably Youshi!"

"Thank you for telling me." Li Hanyu Yingying bowed, and then walked away quickly without looking back.

In the room, Zhou Chongxiao looked at a plate of exquisite white jade cake, but his mind was in a mess.

This white jade cake is the most exquisite pastry in Zhou's house. Because it is the craftsmanship of the imperial chef in the palace, even Mrs. Zhou can rarely eat it.

He remembered that when Xuanyuanbi came to Zhou's house for the first time, he asked the chef Bao in the kitchen to carefully prepare this pastry. But Xuanyuanbi took it to feed the fish.

Later, he learned from Xia Yongshang that Xuanyuanbi could not eat the mortal grains, and his heart was much calmer. But who would have thought that the fish that Xuanyuanbi fed that day was Shuilian.

Now, Shui Lian has become the little master of the Zhou family who has been separated for many years. Relying on everyone's love for him, he asked Master Bao to make cakes from time to time, and also asked Xuanyuanbi to feed him carelessly.

"Damn!" His heart was so angry that Zhou Chongxiao punched the table fiercely.

The dim sum plate flew up, and the Jiudeng Taoist was quick-eyed and grabbed it in his hand: "Don't spoil this exquisite pastry. If you don't eat, I'll eat."

With that, he picked up a piece of pastry and threw it into his mouth. After chewing it for three or two times, he swallowed it into his stomach.

"You!" Although Zhou Chongxiao was angry with the white jade cake, he was still very uncomfortable to see Jiudeng Taoist's way of eating peonies. "The pastry needs to be tasted well. How can the Taoist priest devoured it like this?"

Seeing this, the Jiudeng Taoist put down the white jade cake in his hand again and smiled, "Chew it slowly. That's your business, Master Zhou. But now if you don't eat, how to eat in poverty, that's a matter of poverty. It's a pity that when I eat, I like to swallow dates like this. Anyway, when the food is down, who knows how you eat it?

Zhou Chongxiao was so speechless by these words that he could only shake his sleeves and sit on the chair.

"Papa"! The bamboo strip pulled over unprepared and right into his right shoulder, which made him jump up from the chair in pain.

"Did I allow you to rest?" Jiudeng Taoist bit the white jade cake and said clearly, "Continue to practice."

In the garden, Shuilian is looking for Xuanyuanbi's figure with a large plate of white jade cake.

Today, he was in a good mood. He specially asked the chef of the Zhou family, who was already familiar with him, to make a large pot of white jade cake, and prepared to enjoy the leisurely afternoon with Xuanyuanbi. However, he had almost found the whole Zhou Mansion, but he still couldn't find the trace of Xuan Yuanbi. Finally, he found a small garden behind Xiyuan.

Just under the wisteria tree, Shui Lian found Xuanyuanbi.

He laughed dumbly: "This sister Bi is really not wary at all. She can enter the state of practice anytime and anywhere, and she is not afraid of being plotted."

He sat down at the edge of the corridor, tasting the white jade cake carefully while helping Xuanyuanbi protect the method. He knew that Xuanyuanbi's cultivation would not be disturbed in the Zhou family, but Shuilian was still worried and dared not walk away like this.

Half an hour later, Xuanyuanbi slowly exhaled and then opened his eyes.

"Oh, Brother Lian, why are you here?" She jumped up from the ground, patted the grass leaves and flowers on her body, and quickly walked towards Shuilian.

"Sister Bi, you are here to decide. What should you do if someone disturbs you?" Shui Lian felt that it was necessary to remind Xuanyuanbi of the harm of practicing anytime and anywhere. In case of carelessness, it will be easily lost, and if it is heavy, it will be scattered!

However, Xuan Yuanbi obviously misunderstood his meaning and touched his head and said, "That's how I practiced in the Yunyuan. No one will disturb me!"

"After all, this is Zhou's house, not Yunyuan. In case there is an unwitting maid, it will be a bad thing. Shui Lian said seriously, "Besides, Mrs. Zhou doesn't like practitioners very much, so we'd better not practice boldly in the house."

Mrs. Zhou has always been worried about Zhou Chongxiao's abandonment of his family and his children in the future. If it weren't for the fact that Shui Lian's current identity as the young master of the Zhou family, if she had a special status in Mrs. Zhou's mind, he and Xuanyuanbi would have no chance to stay in the house, let alone practice in the house.

Shui Lian even assured Mrs. Zhou that she would not mention the affairs of the practitioners in the house, which calmed Mrs. Zhou's uneasy heart.

Only then did Xuanyuanbi realize that she was now a guest in Zhou's house: "I'm sorry, I forgot."

He spit out his little tongue, so Xuanyuanbi, called Shui Lian and couldn't bear to say anything about her.

"In a word, if you want to practice in the future, just call me. If I help you protect the law, you can also feel at ease. He raised a doting smile.

"Uh-huh!" Xuanyuan Bi pointed his head heavily.

After finishing the basic training, Zhou Chongxiao began the most difficult practice of the day.

Jiudeng Taoist laid the array in the room, isolated the contact between the room and the outside world, and then let Zhou Chongxiao break through the array by himself.

Zhou Chongxiao, who was close to the weak limbs, took a simple wooden sword and plunged into the formation.

array is the simplest array. From time to time, a wooden man appeared from all directions, holding a wooden sword in his hand, carrying out the simplest straight stabbing, sweeping and oblique clashing movements. Zhou Chongxiao's task is to block the wooden man's attack with the wooden sword in his hand. If he can fight back, it is the best, especially if he stabs the spell in the wooden man's mouth, he can stop the wooden man's action.

Although the content of the training is simple, there are three points that cause Zhou Chongxiao to experience almost nine deaths in the array every time.

One: After a day of training, Zhou Chongxiao, whose physical strength has almost been overdrawn, even the gentle wooden sword seems to be a thousand pounds, and his arms can hardly be lifted.

Second: The appearance of wooden people, whether in terms of orientation or time, has no rules to follow. It may suddenly appear in the same position two or three times in a row, or it may not appear for half a day. For this reason, Zhou Chongxiao must be vigilant for a long time so that he will not be hit by a sudden attack.

The third: Mu Man's attack can be described as thunderous. Whether it is a straight thorn, sweep or oblique split, it is infinitely powerful, which makes Zhou Chongxiao, who has no strength, often unable to stand it and is hit hard in the body.

Today, Zhou Chongxiao has been picked away by the wooden man for the twentieth time in a row, and then stabbed to the ground with a sword.

He covered his stomach and shrank into a ball on the ground in pain.

Jiudeng Taoist shook his head with a shake of dust.

His original intention was to use this formation to teach Zhou Chongxiao a set of swordsmanship. This learning method of memory through the body is the fastest and most impressive. It's just that Zhou Chongxiao has been unable to master the essentials of it. He can only fight with wooden people and don't understand the truth of being soft and strong.

Looking at him being knocked to the ground again and again, Jiudeng Taoist just didn't open his mouth, but just watched coldly.

Because this wooden man is derived from array illusions, the pain and damage caused are actually illusions. It's just that this illusion is so real that it is always difficult for Zhou Chongxiao to get rid of this painful feeling.

Jiudeng Taoist waved his hand to relieve the pain this time, and silently told Zhou Chongxiao that a new round of training had begun.

Zhou Chongxiao picked up the wooden sword again, clenched it desperately, and was on guard against possible attacks in the dark.

On the front, the wooden man rushed out of the darkness and split it with a sword.

Zhou Chongxiao's horizontal sword held the wooden man's attack, but was forced to bend down his knees by its powerful power and almost sat down to the ground. Zhou Chongxiao was unwilling and shouted. His left foot moved back half a step slightly, bowed and stood up, holding on.

But the wooden man did not make any stay and suddenly retreated.

Zhou Chongxiao's upward power could not be stopped, and the whole person rushed forward, just facing the wooden man's straight sword...

The tip of the sword is straight towards his throat in front of him. If he doesn't think of a way, Zhou Chongxiao can already expect that he will be hit hard next. He was unwilling to fail. He was in mid-air, with his arms down, and pressed down the wooden sword in his hand.

"This is..." Jiudeng Taoist narrowed his eyes and was shocked.

The tip of the sword, which was pressed down by half, just pierced the gossip jade card on Zhou Chongxiao's chest. Suddenly, the gossip jade card emitted a dazzling light, and the golden dragon pattern in the dark fish made an angry roar.

In this light and roar, Zhou Chongxiao's eyes turned into a touch of blood red, and then his body turned into a twist. He grabbed the wooden sword of the wooden man with his left hand, held the wooden sword in his right hand, and tried his best to stab the spell in the mouth of the wooden man's heart.

With a loud noise, the wooden sword in Zhou Chongxiao's hand actually pierced the wooden man's body, making the whole wooden man burst. Zhou Chongxiao was also pushed away by the power of the explosion, hit the wall, and then slid on the ground.

"You're fine..." Jiudeng Daoren's words got stuck in his throat.

Zhou Chongxiao raised his head, and his eyes were red, and his face was full of murderousness, as if he were a devil.