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The four of them were walking on the long street of Zhengyang City. Du Heng asked blankly, "Where are we going now? Shenxu Palace?"

Jing Nan laughed and said, "You think that Shenxu Palace is our backyard, so you can go if you want? Shenxu Palace is usually only accessible to people from the sect, and others who want to go can only go when the gate is opened to accept disciples."

Feng Gui looked at the rolling hills to the west and added: "There is another way to get in, and that is to go to the kicking hall." Xuanyu said: "With our current cultivation, going to the kicking hall will probably be stabbed into pieces by sword cultivators. sieve."

The corner of Du Heng's mouth twitched: "So we can only wait in Zhengyang City now? When will Shenxu Palace open to accept disciples?"

Jing Nan said: "Probably next March? Don't worry, it will be soon. You see, it is almost the twelfth lunar month, and the time will pass in a flash." In the light snow season, there is at least one and a half months before the twelfth lunar month.”

In this way, wouldn't they have to stay in Shenxu Palace for half a year?Where did you live for so long?The longer they are here, the more likely they are to be exposed.

Feng Gui whispered to Jing Nan: "It won't work for you to fool him on the season." Jing Nan nodded: "I can see it."

Xuanyu said: "In addition to the two methods they just mentioned, there is another method. That is to become a task disciple, and you can also become a sect disciple. If we succeed, we don't have to wait until next spring, we will be able to retire .”

Du Heng nodded again and again: "Yeah, then let's become task disciples! Let's go now?"

Feng Gui stopped him: "Don't worry, even if we become task disciples, we can't do it in the past. We need to find a recommender before we can go."

Du Heng smiled and said: "Didn't we meet Xu Changge before? Isn't it enough to let him be the recommender?"

Jing Nan said: "Well, it makes sense, but do you know how to find Xu Changge? Do you have a talisman that can contact him? If you come to the door so rashly, you may not even be able to enter the door of Shenxu Palace."

Du Heng was stunned: "Then... what should I do?"

Xuanyu said: "There is no rush at this time, let's go to the residence first and then discuss in the long term."

Hearing this, Du Heng and the others began to worry again. God knows what place Xuanyu has prepared as their temporary residence this time!

The house is in the old street of Dongcheng, where many ordinary people live. Compared with the high and tall Xicheng, Dongcheng is a slum that monks don't want to set foot in.

Walking on the bumpy Qingshi street, Du Heng was dumbfounded when he saw the ordinary people shopping for groceries, "Is this... where we want to live?"

Xuan Yu said calmly: "Yes, it used to be very lively here."

Thousands of years ago, before Zhengyang City was rebuilt, the east of the city was the most prosperous place.It's just that a new city was built later, and rich ordinary people and powerful monks all moved to the west of the city.The west of the city is close to Shenxu Palace, how can I say something?People who are close to the water get the moon first, and every time there is any disturbance in Shenxu Palace, the people in the west of the city will always know about it before the people in the east of the city.

Jing Nan laughed and said, "I didn't see a single monk after walking all the way. I'm sorry for you, Xiaoyu. It's not easy to find such a pure land in a city as big as Zhengyang City."

What Jing Nan said was so repeated that Du Heng didn't know whether he was praising Xuanyu or belittling him.

Xuan Yuquan thought Jing Nan was praising him: "The house I bought before was not so remote at that time."

While talking, the four of them came to a remote alley, which had no name, and there was a tall weeping willow in the yard of a family in the alley.Willows cover most of the alley, and you can see the branches and leaves fluttering in the wind as soon as you lift your head.

The east of the city is not covered by an enchantment like the west of the city. It is already early winter, and the leaves on the willow trees have already fallen.The road in the alley is covered with willow leaves that have been rotten by rain, and the alley exudes an old breath like an old man in his twilight.

The alley is only three feet wide and can only accommodate two people walking side by side.There are eight-foot-high courtyard walls beside them, the walls are covered with moss, and a few grasses grow crookedly from the blue-black wall bricks.When Du Heng looked up, he happened to see a vigorous black cat flashing past the courtyard wall, and a shrill meow made Du Heng's hairs stand on end in fright.

The deserted and narrow alleys, the tall willows, the slippery and soft touch under the feet, coupled with the unstoppable meowing of cats, Du Heng felt like he was walking in a haunted house.He couldn't help hugging Xiaoxiao tightly, Xiaoxiao was a little uncomfortable being strangled, he raised his head and protested twice to Du Heng.

Xuan Yu quickly walked to the gate of the innermost courtyard. There was a broken copper lock on the rotten wooden door. Half of the wooden door was opened, exposing the ground full of leaves in the courtyard.Du Heng found that the willows covering the alley were growing from the yard!

Even though the sun was in the sky at this time, the yard was extremely gloomy under the cover of willow trees.Du Heng looked left and right: "This alley... Is it just our family?"

Xuanyu said: "It should be. There may have been residents, but they didn't live long enough." Stop talking."

Besides, he was going to have nightmares at night.

Xuan Yu reached out to remove the broken copper lock, he pushed the wooden door lightly, and the wooden door fell down.

Xuanyu with his hands hanging in the air: ...

Jing Nan said cheerfully, "Is this the sound of the yard welcoming us? Not bad."

After the five people entered, Xuan Yu even picked up the broken wooden door on the ground and put it on the door.Feng Gui said: "It's all rotten like this, let's make a new one."

Xuanyu closed the wooden door and said: "If you don't close it, you can't activate the formation."

Jing Nan looked around, and saw that the narrow courtyard was square, and the gate facing the gate was the gate of the main room.The door was also half-open, revealing the dark interior.He walked to the willow tree: "Is it the eye of the formation? It has grown so big, can it still be used?"

Xuanyu tapped lightly on the willow tree three times, and the trunk of the willow tree made solid sounds for the first three taps.When Xuanyu knocked again for the fourth time, the voice from the willow tree changed.Du Heng heard the sound of splashes, the sound was like the sound of a gurgling brook flowing by.

The tall willow tree turned into water and fell down with a bang. The huge water flow bypassed Xuanyu and the others and rushed towards the ground and the four walls of the courtyard.Surprising changes took place in the place where the water flowed, and the ground covered with thick willow leaves turned into a clean and flat bluestone ground.The dilapidated door turned into a bronze-colored wooden door with a bolt, and the mottled courtyard wall covered with moss turned into a pattern of blue bricks and black tiles, and even the height was raised a bit.

The open door of the main room also became wider, and there was light in the dark room.The best thing is that the willow trees that shaded the sun in the courtyard disappeared, and the dilapidated and gloomy small courtyard suddenly became a clean and tidy courtyard.Even the black cat that was stepping on the courtyard wall and screaming ghostly just now turned into a three-flowered cat licking its paws and basking in the sun on the courtyard wall.

Du Heng's mouth grew wide: "Wow..." It's amazing!Is this the legendary illusion?

Xuan Yu's voice was very calm, he said: "There are illusions in the properties I buy, there are only a few of us in the alley, no one will find us here."

Feng Gui gave Xuan Yu a thumbs up: "Well, you are still careful. The properties I bought can't be used, and you should do things safely." Jing Nan patted Xuan Yu's shoulder: "Be careful."

Du Heng boasted a rainbow fart to Xuan Yu: "Xiao Yu is amazing!"

Xuan Yu smiled and held Du Heng's hand: "Go in and have a look? If there is no accident, we should be able to live here for a while."

The courtyard Xuanyu bought was a typical Chinese courtyard, with two entrances and two exits, more than enough to accommodate the four of them.There is a formation in the yard, and there are rare spiritual plants growing in it. Jing Nan's eyes lit up when he saw it, and he has already started digging the stone slabs to dig out the spiritual plants.

Feng Gui was pacing in the courtyard, he squinted his eyes and asked Xuan Yu: "When did you buy these properties? Why haven't you heard about it before?"

Xuanyu said: "In those years when people cultivated the world, they bought it. Even if they were alone, they wanted to have a foothold. Firstly, it was convenient to do things, and secondly, they also thought that there might be emergencies one day. When buying these properties Only I know, and the names used are all pseudonyms, so don’t worry about anyone finding out.”

Jing Nan finally dug out a pitiful spiritual plant growing in the crevice of the stone, he pinched the leaves of the spiritual plant and said with a smile: "Being a demon god and doing the three of us like this is really nothing. For other sects, why do we have to compromise so much? We rushed to Shenxu Palace and grabbed the current Palace Master to force him to hand over the Hunting Pearl."

Du Heng said: "Is Shenxu Palace so powerful?" When he was in his hometown, he read those cultivation novels. In the novels, it was said that sword cultivators are the most powerful kind of cultivators, and their fighting power is stronger than that of Dharma cultivators.Could it be that Jing Nan and the others were afraid of the sword cultivators of Shenxu Palace?

Feng Gui said: "It's amazing. The first sect of sword cultivators has countless Jindan Nascent Soul cultivators. Those sword formations alone can make monks come and go without returning. Coupled with their demon-slaying formation, it really makes us a little Headache."

Du Heng asked suspiciously: "Monster Slaying Formation?"

Jing Nan introduced: "That is one of the two ecstasy arrays passed down from ancient times, which is specially designed to deal with high-strength demon cultivators. The location of Shenxu Palace is exactly in the middle of the human cultivator world. According to historical records, once the array is activated, most The world of personal cultivation will be shrouded in the monster slaughter formation, and all the monster races in the formation will be devastated.

"Of course, the Monster Slaying Formation is not as powerful as it is recorded in the history books, but it is enough for the three of us to drink a pot just by mobilizing it."

Xuanyu said: "It is precisely because of this that the three of us have to find a way to sneak into the Shenxu Palace. If we can, we will try our best not to disturb them, so as not to cause trouble."

Du Heng nodded half-understood: "So that's the case." It's too embarrassing for Xiaoyu and the three of them, but as long as he can take out the Hun Tianzhu and find out the situation in the forbidden area, the temporary forbearance is worth it.

Feng Gui said: "Let's take a day off today, and tomorrow the three of us will go outside Shenxu Palace to see if we can be task disciples of the outer sect."

Jing Nan put her hands in her hands and sighed: "It's a crime, I think back then when the Lord of Shenxu Palace begged us to come, we didn't come, and now we still have to sneak in. Hey..."

Du Heng said: "It's okay, it's okay, didn't Wen Tingzhi from Tianyi School say it before? He said that we must be very good as mission disciples. I believe in everyone's strength, and tomorrow we will be able to become mission disciples smoothly!"

As soon as the words fell, everyone stared at Du Heng, and Du Heng scratched his hair in confusion: "What... what's wrong?"

Xuanyu tidied Du Heng's clothes, and he said softly: "It's nothing, what you said is right. But you don't want to go, you and Xiaoxiao have a good time around and get familiar with the surrounding situation."

Wen Tingzhi was right, they were indeed very powerful, but Du Heng was not included.Let's find a way to take Du Heng to Shenxu Palace after they become mission disciples!

249

The next day was sunny, and Du Heng was walking aimlessly on the long street with a smile in his arms.There are a lot of bought ingredients in the back basket on his back, the most of which are water chestnuts and twig mushrooms with mud.

Strange to say, there are a lot of aquatic plants in Zhengyang City covered by the Golden Seal Barrier, among which water chestnuts and citrus mushrooms are all over the streets.But only ordinary people and spirit beasts would eat these things, and monks would dismiss these things.

Du Heng is currently visiting South Street. The reason why he is here is because there is really nothing to visit in the east of the city.Du Heng walked for two sticks of incense before reaching the south of the city, and the number of people in the south of the city suddenly increased.

The sun had just risen when Du Heng came out. After walking around, he felt it was time to go home.I don't know if Xiaoyu and the others have made any progress in finding a job near Shenxu Palace...

Just as Du Heng was distracted with a smile in his arms, there was a piercing sound of gongs and drums at the end of the long street.Du Heng followed the sound and saw a high platform covered with a red carpet at the end of the long street. On the high platform stood two Taoist priests in gray robes at the stage of Qi refining.

These two Taoists are domineering, one is tall and thin, the other is short and fat.The tall and thin man held a golden ring magic weapon in his hand, and the chunky man put his hands behind his back.

An enthusiastic voice came from the magic weapon: "Neighborhood neighbors! Neighborhood neighbors! Good news, Shenxuling Beast Garden and Dining Hall now need to recruit handymen! Five taels of silver per month, and there are three days off Mu! The remuneration is generous, and there will be additional rewards if you perform well! Come and sign up! No matter men, women, young or old, as long as you come, we will use it!"

However, the two Taoists outside the magic weapon were not enthusiastic at all. They poked on the stage and frowned, their expressions were full of disdain.Even so, a lot of people quickly gathered under the high stage in front of them: "I sign up! I sign up!"

Du Heng and Xiaoxiao looked at each other, and Xiaoxiao tweeted twice encouragingly.Du Heng was happy, Xiaoyu and the others were still thinking about entering the Shenxu Palace, and they deliberately kept him at home.Maybe he will be the first person to enter the Shenxu Palace!

After figuring it out, Du Heng also squeezed into the crowd: "Take me one!"

When Xuanyu and the others came back at noon, their complexions were not very good. Looking at the delicious dishes on the table, the three of them were a little sad.The three of them sat at the table listlessly, and Du Heng smiled: "Today I made stewed lion's head! I added water chestnuts in it, it will be very crispy, everyone, try it."

Xiaoxiao burped with a lion's head flavor to promote Du Heng: "Jiu Jiu Jiu!" It was delicious, he ate two, so happy.

Du Heng served rice for everyone. The warm rice exudes a fragrance and the grains are distinct. This kind of rice is the best.Du Heng happily distributed the chopsticks in his hand to the three of them: "Lion's head with rice warms the stomach and heart. Don't be dazed, eat quickly."

As he spoke, he lifted the casserole on the table, and saw eight lion heads that were bigger than fists floating in the casserole.The usual lion heads are braised in soy sauce, but this time the lion meat is stewed in clear water, and each one weighs half a catty.There are also fresh bamboo shoots and vegetables in the soup, which looks like an enlarged version of the meatball soup with small vegetables and meatballs that I ate before.

In addition to the stewed lion head, there is braised pork with mushrooms and braised pork on the table.The shiitake mushrooms that have been removed from the dirt and skin are dyed a beautiful maroon by the braised pork broth, which looks like potatoes.However, as long as you take a bite, you will know that they are two completely different varieties from potatoes.

Today he also made a stir-fried water chestnut. This dish is sweet, and the diced water chestnuts are topped with thin thickening sauce. It tastes crunchy and sweet like eating fruit.

In addition, he specially made roasted pigeon for Nan Nan.The little maroon pigeons squatted on the plate with their heads up, just like Du Heng's mood.

Xuan Yu picked up the bowl and greeted Feng Gui and Jing Nan: "Let's eat first."

Feng Gui breathed out a foul breath, and said the first words after returning home: "I'm so mad." Jing Nan didn't say anything, he first took a spoonful of lion head soup and took a sip: "It's still at home. good."

Du Heng asked Xuan Yu in a low voice: "Are you wronged?" Xuan Yu gave Du Heng a comforting smile, and he said slowly: "Let's eat first, and then talk slowly after eating."

The stewed lion's head made by Du Heng is very large, and it is a bit difficult to eat it in one bite.Jing Nan took a lion's head and split it in half. One half couldn't be put into his bowl, so Jing Daxian had to separate the other half.

After taking a bite, Jing Nan's eyebrows stretched out: "It's so tender, what's the crunchy thing inside? Bamboo shoots? It doesn't look like it." Jing Daxian'er obviously didn't listen carefully to what Du Heng said just now, otherwise There would be no such question.

Du Heng and Xiaoxiao looked at each other and smiled even more happily: "It's water chestnuts. This can be eaten as a fruit. I'll peel it for you to taste after dinner."

The stewed lion's head was softer than the balls in the small green vegetable ball soup. Du Heng specially chose half-fat and half-lean meat as the filling.The meat stuffing with starch and seasoning is made into balls and then stewed on the vegetable leaves. Although it is not complicated, it still takes a lot of thought.

Xuan Yu ate half of the meatball in one breath: "It's delicious, is this soup chicken soup?"

Du Heng nodded: "Yes, I use chicken soup to taste the taste. If you like it, eat more."

Du Heng secretly glanced at Feng Gui's face, Feng Daxian'er first poked the mushrooms in the braised pork.After eating a mouthful of shiitake mushrooms, his complexion was a little gloomy, and after he ate a stir-fried water chestnut with chopsticks, his complexion became even more gloomy.

Du Heng quickly served the chili sauce: "Come on, I'm sorry you eat it with chili."

Feng Gui's complexion softened a little, he picked up a chopstick and put the stewed lion's head in the chili sauce, and when the white lion's head was covered with red pepper, he scooped it up and put it in his mouth.

The smell of chili aroused Fenggui's appetite, and he finally had the desire to eat and talk: "How do you do it?"

Du Heng soon realized that Fenggui was asking about the method of stewing the lion's head, and he quickly said, "Oh, just take half-fat and half-lean meat, put a proper amount of onion and ginger water, salt, sugar, and pepper in it, and add Add eggs and starch and beat vigorously. Then put the rounded lion’s head into the chicken soup to shape it, cover it with a few cabbage leaves, and simmer for an hour like this!”

After Du Heng finished speaking, he asked, "Do you want to go into more detail?" He still has the formula that he weighed out using the Tianhu scale. If Feng Gui is interested, Du Heng can also give him his manuscript paper.

Feng Gui smiled and shook his head: "No need, it's already detailed." He just wanted to hear Du Heng talk and calm himself down.

Delicacy cooked with heart can always soothe people's hearts, Feng Gui soon forgot the unpleasantness.He pointed to the shiitake mushrooms in the braised pork: "This taste is very special, what is it?"

Du Heng smiled and said, "Cigu, I saw a lot of people selling them in the city. There are a lot of aquatic plants in Zhengyang City, some of which I haven't seen before."

Xuan Yu put a piece of pigeon in Du Heng's bowl, and he said slowly: "Gold produces water, and the place with the golden seal has more water, which can complement each other."

Jing Nan ate a mouthful of Citrus mushrooms and said, "The taste is not bad, it's powdery, similar to taro." Feng Gui said, "I think it's completely different."

Xuanyu really prefers sweet things, and Du Heng noticed that Xuanyu ate most of the crunchy and sweet fried water chestnuts on the plate.

Halfway through the meal, everyone finally felt at ease.Jing Nan drank the soup and said, "You don't even know that there are not five hundred or three hundred monks lining up outside Shenxu Palace to be task disciples. We lined up all morning, and finally even the gate of Shenxu Palace was closed. I didn’t touch it. They even disliked us, saying that I am not a person who can bear hardships and stand hard work because of my thin skin and tender flesh.”

Jing Nan said angrily, "Why can't I endure hardships and stand hard work? I am hardworking. If you don't believe me, ask Xiaoyu and the others, I am the hardest working in the village!"

Feng Gui choked for a while: "Well, you are the most hardworking." Xuan Yu said calmly, "Yes, as long as you are happy."

Feng Gui sighed: "I thought that changing my appearance would at least cover up my charm, but I didn't expect my charm to be unmatched by anyone."

The oblique words made Du Heng confused, Du Heng asked Xuan Yu in a low voice: "What did Xixi say?"

Xuanyu whispered to Du Heng: "It's a pity that someone molested me." Du Heng was caught off guard and choked, and then burst into an earth-shattering cough. Xuanyu could only pat his back to help him straighten out his breathing.

Feng Gui touched his face depressedly: "I've already made my face so rough, it's unreasonable, I can't stand the change anymore."

Jing Nan hurriedly comforted Feng Gui's broken heart: "You are fine as you are, and you can't change it. I can't blame you. It's because they haven't seen a beauty before. It's definitely not your fault."

Du Heng asked Xuanyu, "Are you three eliminated together? Xiaoyu, why did you get rejected?"

Xuanyu hesitated, but before he could speak, Jing Nan revealed the mystery: "They said that Xiaoyu is a big fool, who doesn't know how to change things and only accepts death at first glance. Don't say it, what they said has some truth, Xiaoyu really He's the most stubborn of us."

Xuan Yu drank the soup: "That's persistence."

Du Heng laughed so hard that his belly ached, why wasn't he there?It is not uncommon for the three major demon gods to be disliked at the same time.

Feng Gui said: "If it doesn't work, let's change our appearance and go tomorrow, I don't believe it. Tomorrow, we will raise our cultivation level higher!"

Du Heng cleared his throat: "Actually, I have some good news to tell you." Before everyone could ask, Du Heng put a diamond-shaped jade tablet the size of a palm on the table, with a circular pattern in the middle , there is a simple word engraved in the pattern: God.

The three of them were stunned for a moment: "The brand of Shenxu Palace?"

Du Heng and Xiaoxiaoxiao narrowed their eyes: "Yes, I will go to work in Shenxu Palace from tomorrow! I am the first person in our family to break into Shenxu Palace!"