The Emperor is Above

Chapter 114: The sudden appearance of the Pig Master Gu in the Small Gathering Spirit Array
May is getting hotter.

When cockcrows over the lake, the water and sky become one color, clouds rise and mist is thick.

The numerous beasts in the wilderness, regardless of their tribes, mixed together in the pools of water, seeking the slightest bit of coolness.

The alligators by the river and in the swamps were also lazily floating on the water like logs. Even if the herd of animals they usually hunted was only ten feet away, they would not even glance at them.

Even the ferocious beasts that love to chase and hunt in groups do not dare to act during the day, as it is very easy to die while hunting in high temperature and humidity.

The solitary hill rises ten feet above the surrounding wasteland. Thanks to its geographical advantage, there is a breeze blowing from time to time, and the shade provided by the sparse large trees makes it seem a little cooler.

Even so, Qing Yi couldn't stand the stuffiness in the house, so he ran to a sentry tower holding a roll of animal skin and a charcoal pencil. The sentry tower was more than ten feet high, with tree canopies providing shade, and the breeze brought a refreshing feeling that was extremely comfortable.

From the sentry tower you can see the newly built school.

Through the window of a classroom, one can see the usually rough-looking Da Niu clumsily holding a charcoal pencil and seriously learning to write. Around him, more than 20 young militiamen are also studying seriously with a thirst for knowledge on their faces, not caring at all whether they will be laughed at or not.

Among the many students in the school, some were listening to Jiang Ji's class, some were copying texts, and more were learning martial arts with Gongsun Wu and Chai Yong.

Even a child as young as six years old knows that Guqiu is close to Jiming Lake and is fraught with danger, and becoming a beastmaster to protect their families becomes their goal.

In a sparse forest and meadow not far from the school, a rooster more than four feet tall was shuttling between the grass and bushes, its bright feathers and fiery red crown particularly eye-catching.

There are more than twenty strange-looking chicks foraging for food around it. These chicks have very long tails and are the offspring of the little phoenix. Their appearance is between a big rooster and a little phoenix.

Usually, Auntie Bo took good care of these little chicks, but the big rooster was still worried and would take his chicks to forage in the woods. At night, he would bring them back to Auntie Bo to take care of them, for fear that the civet cat would steal another one.

As for the little phoenix, it was still squatting pitifully in the nest, continuing to work hard to hatch the other four falcon eggs. Qing Yi could feel the breath of the eggs becoming stronger and stronger as he got closer in the past few days.

After observing the surroundings, he calmed down and continued his research.

The day before yesterday was the first day of May. When he entered the spiritual realm of the God this time, he found a natural rune formation formed by a forest in the newly evolved forest, which had the function of gathering spiritual energy.

However, with Qing Yi's current rune level, he was unable to reproduce it even after studying for several days. In the end, he only produced an extremely simple rune formation, which he named the Small Spirit Gathering Formation.

"No matter what, the small spirit gathering array can also gather spiritual energy!" He was just saying these words to comfort himself, but they suddenly made him feel something.

He ran back to the room and searched for a long time, took out a few crystal stones that the king had rewarded his subordinates with, and then ran to the back of the yard.

Within the area covered by several dragon claw locust tree spirits, the grass and trees grew more and more luxuriantly, especially the large patches of spiritual grass under the trees, whose leaves were thick and extremely strong.

Spiritual herbs are the source of spiritual energy, and the spiritual energy here is even more concentrated. The seedbeds originally used to grow spiritual herbs are now planted with a batch of spiritual medicine seedlings, which will need to be transplanted in a few days.

Qing Yi gave Jiang Ji some serious instructions, set up a miniature spirit gathering array in the area where he planned to plant the spiritual medicine, and then ran to the farmland southwest of the solitary hill.

With the cooperation of Hei Weng and others, they selected a corn field with the best growth rate, with an area of ​​about five acres, and also set up a small spirit gathering formation. Although the large area of ​​the corn field diluted some of the spiritual energy, it did not delay the operation of the formation.

"Qing Yi, what are you doing?"

Although Hei Weng cooperated without hesitation, he looked confused and didn't know what was going on. Qing Yi watched the formation being activated and replied with a smile: "Hei Weng, this is a new formation I have mastered. It can gather spiritual energy. I am going to test whether it has any effect on the growth of corn."

"Can it gather spiritual energy?" Hei Weng's eyes lit up, and soon he came over with the old man and a few other elderly people. They squatted beside the corn field and began to practice guiding techniques.

"Uh--"

He was stunned by their action and was about to say something when he heard Dongmenhu on the sentry tower in the distance shouting, "My lord, there are people running for their lives three miles southwest of Solitary Hill. It seems that they have angered a group of six-tusked pigs."

These were the first guests to Lonely Hill in two months, and we didn’t know if there was anything important.

Qing Yi carried the sixth-grade rune sword without hesitation, picked up the jujube wood bow of a private soldier next to him and a pot of rune arrows on his body, and headed southwest to meet the demand.

Qing Yi's physical strength is now extremely terrifying. He can take a step over ten feet with one kick, leaving a series of deep footprints on the ground, leaving Gongsun Wu and his private soldiers who were chasing after him far behind.

After running less than a mile across the barren and soft grass, I saw a familiar round figure running towards the hill in a hurry.

This figure was naturally Tun Shigu who had not been seen for several months. If he had not been protected by the four followers around him, he would have fallen and slipped into the mud.

Dozens of feet behind them was a group of enraged six-tusked boars, roaring and chasing them relentlessly. They must have done something to anger the pigs.

Tu Shigu was panicking at this time. He saw a figure running towards him not far away. Before he could see who it was, he shouted desperately: "Help, help, I am Guqiu Yi's good brother."

"Swish swish swish——"

A series of rune arrows followed closely behind these people, hitting the most ferocious six-tusked boars in pursuit one after another, and immediately killed the leading boars.

"Ow—"

The herd of pigs let out a series of angry roars, but finally stopped unwillingly. After hesitating for a while, they wailed, leaving behind several dead boars and fled into the distance.

Qing Yi did not chase the group of six-tusked boars. It was not because he didn't want to, but the jujube wood bow with a force of ten stones had been broken by him inadvertently, so it was useless even if there were plenty of rune arrows in the quiver.

After throwing the broken mulberry wood bow aside, Qing Yi looked Tu Shigu up and down, chuckled and said, "Brother Shigu, you are still as graceful as ever after not seeing you for a few months. The six-tusked boars never chase people easily. What did you do to make them so angry?"

"Oh, don't mention it. I met a group of piglets at noon and thought about roasting them for food. I didn't expect that I had just killed the big pig and hadn't had time to catch the piglets before I attracted a group of six-tusked pigs."

Tun Shigu wiped the mud and sweat mixture off his face in a very embarrassed manner, then washed his face in a small puddle nearby before walking up to Qing Yi.

"My goodness, brother, it's only been two months since we last met, and you've grown taller!"

At this moment, Tu Shigu's face was full of surprise and envy. "You are two inches taller than before, and your body looks stronger. If we go to the capital again, I'm afraid that when the pretty girls in the capital see you, Gongsun Wu will stand aside."

Qing Yi only thought it was a compliment from Tu Shigu, and couldn't help but smile and said, "I also want to congratulate you, Brother Shigu. I heard that you were awarded the rank of corporal last month. I don't know where your fiefdom is?"

(End of this chapter)