Tongtian Bamboo Repair

Chapter 344 There are nine levels in the sky

Goose Town is the name of the town where Zhang Miao lives. I searched all over this town and couldn't find even a goose feather, let alone a goose. Because Zhang Miao was quite puzzled by the name Ezhen. Asked the other four monsters, the other four monsters couldn't explain why. Before they came, this place was called Goose Town, and it will continue to be called Goose Town in the future.

The population of E Town is 8,000. Zhang Miao asked the Four Monsters if they had counted it. The four monsters shook their heads and said very strangely: "Why do we need statistics? When we came here, the manager told us that there are 8,000 people here, specializing in farming and raising silkworms, and providing food and silk to the Teng family."

These four monsters are not people who know how to manage. To be precise, there are no people in this town who know how to manage things. Zhang Miao was surprised to find that 99.99% of the people in this town were illiterate, and the only literate person was Zhang Miao... because Zhang Miao did not find any writing in this town.

There was no writing, so how did these people record things?

Knot a rope to take notes!

There is a complex method of tying ropes to record events. Each knot on the rope represents how much grain and silk are required here every year. How many people are here? It's difficult to record specific things. After all, this is a rope, not a tape.

Zhang Miao was very surprised and asked the four strange people: "Why is there no writing here?"

The four monsters looked at Zhang Miao in surprise and said, "How can writing be used by people like us? Only aristocratic families like the Teng family can learn and use writing. We can't use it, let alone these mortals!"

Zhang Miao didn't understand this very much. He asked more deeply, but the four monsters couldn't answer again. They said things like "words are poisonous," "learning literature will kill you," "monsters from the original soil" and other confusing words. .

The four monsters guarding this place had the permission and orders of the Teng family. The Teng family was a high-ranking family, with only a hundred members in total, and only a dozen or twenty of them with real status. It was impossible for these people to manage their huge territory, so they recruited many retainers and servants to help them manage it.

The four monsters belong to the retainers, not to the domestic slaves. They wanted to join the Teng family as slaves, but the Teng family wouldn't accept them. It takes many years of work for the Teng family to have any chance of being adopted as a slave by the Teng family. When you become a domestic slave, you become a member of the Teng family. You don't have to work so hard, you don't have to worry about suddenly losing your job, and your resources are guaranteed.

Of course, it is not easy to be a disciple of the Teng family. Only after layers of selection can one become a disciple of a family like the Teng family. This status is a great honor for other wild monsters.

It is worth mentioning that among the five monsters in Moyun, only the boss, the Bullhorn Monster, is an official disciple. He was favored by the Teng family because of his ability to "recognize people with a keen eye", and that's why he became a retainer. The other monsters are his old friends. Although they are all working for the Teng family, the other four monsters are not members of the Teng family.

To put it more simply, the Minotaur is an outsourcer of the Teng family and directly interfaces with the Teng family. The other four monsters, including Zhang Miao, are all 'employees' of the Bullhorn Monster and have nothing to do with the Teng family.

Zhang Miao was not very interested in this kind of thing, even though when chatting with the other four monsters, they kept talking about 'what's the matter with the Teng family' and 'willing to die if they can join the Teng family'. In the eyes of the four monsters, the Teng family is heaven.

What Zhang Miao really cares about is the world, and from the mouths of the four monsters, he gets very limited information about the world. But they still know some basic things.

For example, this world is called "Nine Heavens" because there are "Nine Heavens" here. That's right, the nine-layer halo that Zhang Miao saw was actually the nine-layer sky. The place where Zhang Miao is is the first heaven at the bottom - Partridge Sky.

The partridge is a kind of ordinary bird, and a large number of ordinary people live in the partridge sky. Above the partridge sky are cranes soaring into the sky, where the number of mortals is greatly reduced and the number of monks is greatly increased.

In the Jiuzhongtianxia, ​​the wasteland where Zhang Miao once stayed, that place was called the 'original land' by the four monsters. There are people living on the original land, and those people are called 'remnants'. The survivors are hiding very deep, and the environment in which they live is not good. They always want to attack and occupy the Nine Heavens.

Zhang Miao was once suspected of being a survivor, but Zhang Miao had clear eyes and a pure personality, and was not as crazy and hysterical as the survivors, so he was ruled out as a survivor. Moreover, the Minotaur's sharp eyes can detect whether a person is a remnant. If this is no problem, then Zhang Miao really has no problem.

Another thing is that whenever the sun and moon alternate. The Nine Heavens will also rise and fall. During the day, the Nine Heavens will rise a little, making the Nine Heavens separate from the original soil. But at night, the Nine Heavens will intersect with the original earth. At this time, ordinary people living in Partridge Sky can farm on the original soil.

This time is also the most dangerous time, because the remnants of the original land will take advantage of this time to attack the Nine Heavens, capture the monks and people in the Nine Heavens, and plunder the resources and treasures of the Nine Heavens.

Therefore, every gathering place of mortals will be guarded by monsters. These monsters are hired by various families to protect all the people and resources in the Nine Heavens. This is what the Five Monsters of Moyun do.

Finally, and the most important thing. The monsters here are actually monks!

Every nine days, the Nine Heavens will release power to all people with spiritual roots in the world. These powers will be evenly distributed to the monks based on the strength of the spiritual roots and the level of the monk's cultivation.

For example, monks who have the same inferior spiritual roots and are in the same Qi refining stage will receive exactly the same power. And with the same inferior spiritual roots and the same monks in the foundation building stage, they get the same power, but it is more than the monks in the Qi Refining stage.

Anyway, monks with the same spiritual roots and the same realm will get the same power. This power will transform the monk's body and turn him into monsters. And except for this distributed power, the monks here can't get any spiritual energy no matter how they practice their natal skills. However, spells can be practiced, because spells do not accumulate aura, they only consume mana.

Because of this situation, almost no monks here practice. Anyway, heaven and earth will naturally give it to them. It doesn’t matter whether they practice or not. As long as they live for a long time, the level of cultivation will improve on its own. The magical thing here is that there is no bottleneck in practice. . In other worlds, the foundation-building pill is needed to help break through the foundation-building stage during the Qi-refining stage, but it is not needed here. As long as the spiritual energy and mana are accumulated enough, you will be promoted naturally.

Because of this, there is no talk of golden elixir and Yuanying here. At a certain level, the monk will naturally transform and become what the four monsters call an 'earth immortal'. At that time, his lifespan will reach several thousand years, and he will be qualified to establish a family and become a noble family.

After listening to their words, Zhang Miao felt that the way of cultivation in this world should be the way of the ancient Qi Refiners that had been eliminated long ago. In ancient times, monks did not have so many divisions into the Qi refining stage, the foundation building stage, and the golden elixir stage. They just breathe in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and then continue to accumulate mana. When they reach a certain level, they will undergo a major transformation and become 'real people'. Real people have supernatural powers and can do many things.

However, this way of practice was too primitive and required a huge amount of spiritual energy. It was a very crude, primitive and wasteful way of practice, and was later replaced by new practice methods. I just didn't expect that I could encounter such a way in this place. Zhang Miao was thinking this way, and suddenly he felt something was wrong. If it were the way of the Qi Refiners in ancient times, there would be no such thing as spiritual roots! Qi refiners in ancient times did not care about spiritual roots. In ancient times, spiritual energy was strong. As long as people had perseverance and perseverance, they could refine spiritual energy and enter the Tao regardless of their qualifications. However, here it is clear that spiritual roots are needed to receive power.

What kind of approach is this? Combination of ancient times and modern times? Just ignore the development process in between?

The four monsters didn't understand such profound questions at all, and Zhang Miao couldn't ask anything useful. If you want to know more about this world, I'm afraid you have to visit the Teng family.

As for going to Teng's house, the Minotaur would not take their 'brothers' with them. On the one hand, the other four monsters are not members of the Teng family, and they will not pay attention to you if you go to the Teng family. On the other hand, the Minotaur is also afraid that these brothers will go to the Teng family. What will he do if the Teng family takes a fancy to them and takes them in as a guest?

The Minotaur is stingy and will never give this opportunity to his brothers. The other four monsters don't seem to ask about this. Anyway, everyone is confused and everyone can get along.

Zhang Miao followed the centaur on patrol every day. He and the centaur can fly. They are monsters that are born to fly. This kind of monster is not affected by the world and can fly freely no matter day or night. The patrolling work was naturally left to Zhang Miao and the centaur.

Although there is the danger of attack by the original survivors, Zhang Miao has been here for more than a month, but there has not been any danger.

On this day, Zhang Miao and the centaur patrolled at night as usual. After flying for a while, the centaur suggested taking a rest. Zhang Miao naturally agreed.

The two landed on the ground in the wasteland. Zhang Miao took out a wine bottle from his arms and said, "Fourth brother, I brewed some wine. How about you try it?"

The centaur looked at Zhang Miao in surprise. He took the jug and said, "You can also make wine? This is a big skill!" In this world, all skills are considered skills, because there is no written inheritance, all skills are inherited They are all passed down by word of mouth, which can easily lead to a lack of skills. Of course, if aristocratic families have writing, their inheritance will naturally be much better. But ordinary people and ordinary monsters do not have this advantage.

Zhang Miao's wine-making skills were passed down to Magu. This is considered a god-level wine-making skill. The village they guard produces grain, and it is easy for Zhang Miao to get some grains to make wine. After a month, the first batch of wine has been released. , I just used it today to make friends with the centaur.

In this world, all monks and monsters enjoy life because they don't have to work hard to practice. Drinking is also the favorite activity of the four monsters. After drinking the wine today, the centaur closed his eyes comfortably. After a long while, he said with endless aftertaste: "This is a good wine! Does it have a name?"

Zhang Miao thought for a moment and suddenly said: "How about calling Remy Martin. Once Remy Martin starts, good luck will come!"

The centaur didn't understand the term 'remy centaur'. When he heard the name, he thought it was talking about him. His image is that of a monster with the body of a centaur and a horse!

Therefore, the centaur's eyes lit up when he heard the name, and his expression when he looked at Zhang Miao also changed. He thought this was Zhang Miao trying to please him, and he also enjoyed this kind of flattery very much. Who doesn't like to use their own image as a trademark, and there are also such good compliments as 'when the Remy Martin is in good shape, good luck will come naturally'.

The centaur was so moved that he reached out and patted Zhang Miao on the shoulder, and said excitedly: "Fifth brother, you are so thoughtful!"

Zhang Miao looked at him and smiled dumbly, and then said: "This is nothing, as long as Fourth Brother drinks well."

The two of them drank a bottle of wine and continued patrolling. When it was almost dawn, they returned to Goose Town and waited for dawn to complete the day's work.

After a few days, Zhang Miao suddenly noticed that the expressions of the four monsters looking at him had changed. The centaur is naturally familiar and enthusiastic, while the second brother Leibao becomes wary and hostile.

The third candle spirit looked at him with a little more curiosity. On the other hand, the eldest brother, the Minotaur, became a little sour. He said to Zhang Miao: "Fifth brother, why didn't you tell me that you know how to make wine? What kind of Remy Martin have you brewed for your fourth brother? Let's see how beautiful he is."

What he said was actually a bit jealous! He is the eldest brother. He doesn't even get the loyalty from his younger brother who specializes in brewing wine. How can the fourth brother, He De, get such treatment? Could it be that he specially thanked him because he brought Zhang Miao in?

The Minotaur is stingy, so he didn't take advantage of it, as if he was at a disadvantage. He also wants to have his own wine with his own name!

Zhang Miao was dumbfounded after hearing his complaints. Then he said: "Brother, don't worry, I still have wine to dedicate to eldest brother. The wine given to eldest brother will naturally have to be stored for a longer period of time, otherwise the quality will be inferior. Wouldn't it be disrespectful to eldest brother."

These words made the Minotaur very happy, and he immediately said: "Brother, I don't blame you. I think there is still a lot of food in the town. If you have nothing to do, just make more wine, so that everyone can have a full meal."

These monsters won't get drunk even if they drink, they will only get tipsy. They like to take a few bites when they have nothing to do all day long. Now that they know that Zhang Miao can make wine, they can't wait to turn the remaining grain into wine!

Zhang Miao didn't shirk it. After all, the food didn't cost anything, so he just contributed a little bit. This kind of wine brewed from ordinary grains, no matter how good it is, is just ordinary wine.

When Zhang Miao's wine is ready, the four monsters all say yes after drinking it. Then Zhang Miao sighed and said: "It's a pity that these are ordinary wines made from ordinary grains. If there is spiritual rice, I can brew better spiritual wine, and the taste will be amazing!"

At this time, the four monsters were all a little drunk. When the Bullhorn monster heard Zhang Miao's words, he immediately laughed and said: "Don't even think about it. Don't tell me that we don't have Lingmi here. Even the Teng family can't get a few taels." . There is no way spiritual rice can be grown in the original soil."

Zhang Miao felt very strange when he heard this, and he immediately asked: "Why is this?"

The Minotaur shook his head and said, "How do I know? Anyway, I just know that spiritual rice cannot be grown, and I don't know why."

(End of this chapter)