Chapter 32: Search for loot

Shi Xuan put the incense candles, small streamers, cloth, tokens, and black streamer faces, flagpoles and fragments into the package one by one. He planned to wait for rest and regain his energy, first to explore the cave of the two-headed tiger, and so on. Let's see if there are any methods and materials to repair the magic weapon.
After putting away the items, Shi Xuan discovered that the dark clouds that filled the sky and made the entire Zhuangzi black had disappeared. The bright moon was like a wheel, and the cold brilliance was shed. The yard after the war looked like a dream and fantasy. Hallucinations.
Bathed in the bright moonlight, Shi Xuan recalled the dark cloud just now. It was really strange. Now thinking about it, it was mostly caused by formations, but it was not aggressive.
After returning to his senses, I saw that the two people in the big pit had come out, one holding a few pieces of meat. Seeing Shi Xuan looking over, Ding Mingde said with some regret: "Heavenly Master, I can't think of this monster, although it looks big, even if it removes the completely charred part, there is still so little left."
Shi Xuan smiled and nodded, thinking that with such a powerful thunder light, there are still so many pieces of meat that are not completely charred. I can only say that a double-headed tiger is enough. Shi Xuan himself did not think that there would be leftovers at first. Tiger meat, I just hope to get back a few bones. Tiger bone soup and tiger bone wine are all good things. Especially for such a tiger essence that has only lived for many years, the effect may be better.
"Tianshi, there are not many pieces of meat on my side, but thinking about tiger bones is a good thing, I picked up a few bones that weren't completely broken." I don't think that Yan Jujian and Shi Xuan are what the heroes saw. with.
"Yes, yes, the tiger meat itself is still a bit burnt. It will be cooked and eaten tomorrow. Half of the tiger bones will be boiled in soup, and half of the tiger bones will be boiled. The two of you will take them back to soak in wine and drink. Well, by the way, I will catch a few animals to test it tomorrow. If the tiger becomes refined, maybe the meat will be poisonous." Shi Xuan very pertinently demonstrated the nature of his own food.
Yan Jujian went into the room and tore off half of the veil. Then the three of them put the meat and bones in one by one. Ding Mingde put it at the end and asked the two of them: "Heavenly master, this piece of meat is not bad, it's not charred, but it is Where is it from?" Show the meat left over to the two of them.
"Ha, this is a good thing, although only half of it is left, have you never heard of Tiger Whip?" Shi Xuan couldn't help laughing when he saw this half of the thing, and Yan Jujian made a hehe. .
Ding Mingde had a little embarrassment, and he was busy wrapping up the gauze tent, holding a pile of tiger meat, tiger bones and tiger whips, and put them in the room. The three of them never thought about it. This is midsummer, and tomorrow the meat is likely to be broken. , It is estimated that the meat of such a fierce tiger spirit is assumed to be such a fierce tiger, and it will take at least several days to go bad.
After tidying up, Shi Xuan and the two piled up the corpses of ghosts outside and in the room, as well as those parts of the tiger's scorched black, in the middle of the yard, and Shi Xuan used the burning talisman to ignite and cremate them. Because Shi Xuan planned to wait until dawn to regain his energy before searching for Zhuangzi, he didn't want to smell this rotten smell all night.
"Although this tiger spirit has been crippled, but there are still some little ghosts wandering around. The two will sleep in the house of Pang Dao tonight. There is an accident. Pang Dao can take care of you both." After that, Shi Xuan called the two to his room.
Yan Jujian understood that Shi Xuan was right. Before entering Zhuangzi, he was a bit rebellious and arrogant martial arts master. Now he has listened to Shi Xuan's words: "Tianshi, what you said is very true, then, I will go and get the quilt. Take it, and just get down on the ground."
"It's the same, and it's the same." Ding Mingde felt that it would be nice to have the protection of a heavenly master.
"Okay, everyone is in trouble, so don’t call the heavenly masters. It doesn’t matter if you call Brother Ziang, Brother Shi, or Daoist, you can. Also, you can sleep in bed when you come to Mingde. Right, Pian Dao and Brother Yan still have to meditate, and they don't need a bed." Shi Xuan looked at Yan Jujian.
"Well, tomorrow I will have to search in Zhuangzi. He Tianshi... Brother Shi has to meditate and exercise his energy to regain his energy. After all, there may be unknown dangers in Zhuangzi." Yan Jujian is actually a little curious. , Does this celestial master need to meditate and exercise qi like his own martial arts practice?
After Ding Mingde resigned several times, seeing that the two were determined, they had to go to bed and rest. Shi Xuan asked Yan Jujian to meditate on the chair in the back, while he moved the chair and sat on the side of the bed.
After tidying up the Fu seals and taking emergency measures, Shi Xuan began to sit cross-legged and five hearts facing the sky. After all, he was still in Zhuangzi, and he didn't want to be careless. Shi Xuan didn't want to capsize in the gutter.
Shi Xuan slowly condensed his spirit and entered the state of visualization after a few weeks of breathing. He originally thought that he would be very tired after the war, and it would be slow to enter the state of visualization, but he did not expect to enter the state of visualization more easily this time. Even when using the secret method to bind the thoughts, it is easier than usual.
When visualizing Qingfeng and Mingyue, Shi Xuan's soul cultivation with a slight bottleneck began to strengthen again. After the whole visualization was completed, the whole person was refreshed, as if he had taken a hot spring bath after being tired.
Shi Xuan guessed that it should be the last time of life and death. He was able to suppress fearful thoughts and cast spells calmly, allowing him to further control his soul, thereby bringing about an improvement in the spiritual realm, so there are so many surprises when he visualizes.
At the beginning of "Bao Lu", it is explained that the core of this set of exercises is: control, or control. The control of one's own body, the control of one's inner energy, the control of one's soul, and the control of one's spirit, only by understanding oneself and controlling oneself can one talk about how to cultivate.
However, Shi Xuan is still not very clear about control and control. This is mainly due to his low level and many problems he has not encountered. In addition, there is no guidance and no communication. This strengthened Shi Xuan's determination to search for Daomen.
Although Shi Xuan was worried that there would be ghosts that slipped through the net at night, the whole night was peaceful, and there was no sound of insects and birds. In this way, the night came to dawn without a word.
Shi Xuan regained his energy through visualization, seeing the sun rising outside, the warm sunshine, and smelling the fresh air, he couldn't help but stretched out, only to feel that life is so wonderful, and he should cherish it.
The movement of Shi Xuan awakened Yan Jujian. He sat in meditation and breathed into the middle of the night last night. He really couldn't get through the exhaustion of his body and spirit. He found a few stools, put together a simple bed and fell asleep, "Brother Shi got up. It was so early, and the spirits recovered pretty well."
"It may be that the Taoist qi movement is better for recuperation. Let's wake up brother Mingde and look around together, and come back to eat tiger meat at noon." Since Shi Xuan regained his energy, he faced the two-headed tiger's lair. Something is full of curiosity, it is best to have information about the black flag.
"This time I came to look for an old friend. I am afraid it seems to be bad luck now." Yan Jujian was a little sad, "I hope I can find his relics later, or set up a burial mound for him in the future."
"Well, at least we have already avenged him. Now it's useless to say more and get ready to go." Shi Xuan could only say that.
After waking up Ding Mingde, he did not dare to stay in the yard by himself, so he naturally agreed to follow Shi Xuan to Zhuangzi to check. Then Shi Xuan led the two of them to search in the direction where they saw the double-headed tiger coming last night.
The houses in Zhuangzi are full of stale taste. Except for a few rooms with quilts and other daily necessities, the rest of the rooms have been unused for many years, and there is nothing of value.
The further you go, the stronger the smell in the air, which is very similar to the smell on the two-headed tiger last night, and it seems that there is no wrong place. According to the source of the fishy smell, Shi Xuan adjusted his downward direction slightly. As soon as he entered the house, the front suddenly opened up. A piece of unrepaired land appeared in front of the three of them. There were sparsely planted trees on it, and there were many surrounding areas. The white bones and mutilated corpses, and even some of the corpses seem to have just died a few days.
Yan Jujian signaled to Shi Xuan that he wanted to look for his friends among the bones. Shi Xuan naturally would not disagree, but when he saw the hole at the end of the open space and under the mountain wall, he couldn't hold back his heart. After I walked, I didn’t see any ghosts in my own eyes, so I nodded and said,
Brother Yan, look carefully at these bones. I just opened my eyes to see them. These are not ghosts, and there is no danger. First go to the cave to explore, Brother Yan can retreat to the cave if he is in danger."
"You know, depending on the level of the ghost last night, unless it is the last tiger-headed monster, it is not a problem with the distance to the cave." In terms of light work, Yan Jujian is still more confident, although it is not a quagmire. Top light masters, but compared with those who act like ordinary people or slow ghosts, they are far stronger.
Seeing that Yan Jujian had no objection, Shi Xuan prepared to go to the cave. Ding Mingde saw the cave being dark and remembered the terrifying tiger-headed monster last night, so he volunteered to stay and help Yan Jujian find the corpse.
Along the Ruoyouruuowu road, Shi Xuan walked to the cave. Standing here, he could smell the fishy, ​​blood, and rotten smell in the cave, and even the common scent of beasts. Shi Xuan had to endure the mixed smell and walked into the cave.
It’s not dark inside the cave, some torches were lit along the way, and there were no forks. Except for accidentally kicking some bones, Shi Xuan went smoothly to the innermost part of the cave. This is a circular space with only a lot of space inside. The flat stone looks like a simple table.
On the table were three books in a mess, and there was a large bowl with some black water left in it, like medicated soup. In addition to opening the table, there was a pile of thatch in the corner. Through the gap of thatch, Shi Xuan saw that there were herbs inside, the ones that were planted outside Zhuangzi. The whole situation can tell that the two-headed tiger came out in a hurry last night, and even the books were confiscated.