Shennong Sequence

Chapter 140: Learning Taotie Method, the assassin of Yanyu Tower, and the dragon vein of the latent dragon condensed by the Xiang family

"In the case of Butcher Liu, he will either die in the calamity of entering the Dao, or he will suddenly become violent in adversity. But in the case of him having a grudge against the officials, he is more likely to die..."

After listening to Master Sun's words, Zhao Yun sighed slightly.

Moreover, Zhao Yun also heard about Liu the Butcher's own story. Liu the Butcher was framed and forced to serve in the military.

At that time, he was intended to be sent directly to the frontier battlefield, but something went wrong and he was assigned to the garrison.

Later he was placed in the logistics department, where he was asked to raise horses and work hard on his studies.

Moreover, after working in logistics, it would be difficult for him to go to the battlefield to gain merit, so naturally he could suppress Liu the Butcher for the rest of his life.

But now, Butcher Liu has already reached a certain level. If he could learn one or two handy techniques, he would be able to kill ordinary people when he meets them.

Therefore, some causes and effects will unfold and take root.

"Since Butcher Liu has chosen to practice cultivation, he must have considered the subsequent calamity of entering the Dao..."

When Zhao Yun said this, a word suddenly popped up in his mind: "Respect the fate of others."

After that, Sun Zhengxuan stopped talking about Liu the Butcher and started to teach Zhao Yun all the things about Taotie cultivation:

"This Taotie method actually has another name, called the Devouring Method."

"Everything, as long as it is eaten, no matter whether it is poison, spiritual object, elixir, treasure, or magic weapon, etc., as long as it contains energy, this Taotie method can squeeze out the energy from it!"

"Therefore, this technique that can adapt to various foods and is very powerful in tempering various energies is not only practiced by warriors and military strategists, but also by Taoist monks, Yin-Yang, Mohists, etc. who like to go deep into the mountains. People also like to practice this Taotie method!"

"Of course, for us peasant cultivators, the Taotie Method, such as being immune to all poisons and using the energy in food to refine the body, are just side effects."

"Because our family's advancement rituals include many rituals that require swallowing large amounts of various spiritual plants... Among the various abilities of the Taotie method, the most important one for our family is the ability to swallow large amounts of food and digest it quickly!"

"Also, the whole world is not at peace! Even though our Great Zhou seems to have been peaceful for a long time, the whole world is in chaos... After practicing the Taotie method, you can enhance your ability to survive in the wild. If you are really hungry, you can barely survive by eating dirt!"

"Therefore, this enhances digestion, strengthens absorption, and extracts beneficial energy. This is the main reason why the Taotie method is widely used!"

Sun Zhengxuan paused and continued:
"Of course, another major reason why I'm in a hurry to get you to successfully practice the Taotie Technique is that Li Sinong received news that something might go wrong at King You's banquet..."

"Things like poisoning are common, but as long as they work, we should be on guard no matter how bad they are. This is one reason."

"Also, at King You's banquet, there will definitely be plenty of wine and meat. With the Taotie Technique, you will be able to handle it more easily..."

Sun Zhengxuan talked about some content and then described the key points of practicing Taotie method.

……

Earlier in the evening,

The man from the Xiang family who met Zhao Yun again at the city gate grabbed at the void after Zhao Yun and Sun Zhengxuan rode away on their horses.

It seemed that he had grabbed something, so he found a corner of the city wall, leaned the flag against the wall, and then sat in the corner.

Mr. Bajiu took out the three copper coins that Zhao Yun had spent at the market in the afternoon, as well as a residual breath that Zhao Yun had collected when he rode past him.
He extracted the copper coins, Zhao Yun's breath, and the luck remaining in the purple gourd behind him, then gathered the three things in his hand, shook them a few times, and then scattered the copper coins on the ground in front of him. After truly telling the fortune, he sighed slightly.

Then, Mr. Bajiu stared at the people coming and going on the surrounding streets.

He carefully selected a few people with good luck, and fooled them with a few words. After tricking one person and telling his fortune, he extracted eight-tenths of the person's luck and poured it into the purple gourd behind him.

In this way, Mr. Bajiu ended the fortune-telling process and found a hotel to stay in temporarily...

After some time, Mr. Bajiu dressed up carefully and transformed himself into a Confucian scholar in Confucian robes.

Mr. Bajiu left the inn and headed towards Yufeng Tower, the largest brothel in Yanshan County.

After arriving at Yufeng Tower, he stood on the first floor, watched the charming appearances of the various graceful ladies on the stage for a while, and then walked upstairs.

When he reached the top floor, he quietly pushed open the door of a room with a number one status.

"Mr. Bajiu is here. Ma Zhi, please call another courtesan and arrange it for Mr. Bajiu." In the room, a middle-aged man with women on both sides instructed a burly man in armor.

Mr. Bajiu, who was wearing a Confucian robe, did not refuse and sat down beside him.

When the new courtesan arrives, Mr. Bajiu will drink and take advantage of her.

It was not until late at night that the banquet ended and the courtesans, maids and other people left.

Mr. Bajiu also set up a formation in the room to block detection, sound, etc., and then said to the middle-aged man:

"Your Majesty, I have seen that boy. He is indeed quite lucky. I also saw some of his tactics..."

"In addition, I also noticed that the boy's luck is indeed related to the luck of the Great Zhou..."

"It's just that the boy was cautious and didn't let me tell his fortune."

"This has caused me to not figure out his luck yet. Is it innate? Is it a result of fate? Is it a change of fate? Or is it the luck that will lead to him receiving various rewards and official positions? Or is it a plan set up by the emperor in advance... Because I have not had much contact with these external factors, I have not been able to investigate them clearly."

"Besides, that kid isn't a Confucian who can bring good luck to the world..."

King You thought for a moment and said, "Then please ask Mr. Bajiu to stay in Yanshan County for a while longer.

After I reward Zhao Yun, I will take a look at his luck and see what kind of causal relationship there is between it and the luck of the Great Zhou. This will determine some of our subsequent plans!"

"We should share the worries for the prince." Mr. Bajiu expressed his attitude, and then reminded: "However, the prince should not forget the agreements made between our two families after the matter is completed."

King You laughed and said, "Of course I won't forget it! The luck of the northern land and the many broken dragon veins finally gathered in my Youshui Mansion and helped me gather a dragon vein of the latent dragon... Our two families have long been one!"

Mr. Bajiu nodded and said:

"I have been traveling around these past few days and heard a rumor. The barbarians were angry about the fact that they had already lost before the war even started, so they issued a hunting order to the Misty Rain Tower, which has the most powerful assassin force among all the countries." "Whoever can kill the culprit Zhao Yun will receive a resource provided by the Barbarian King's Court that is enough to allow anyone to cultivate to Sequence 6, as well as a Danxia grass that can allow a person to cultivate to Sequence 6 without damage, and condense a vision or a Dharma image!"

"Here, many people in the martial arts world have become restless and have begun to gather towards this Beiliang border island..."

"It is estimated that after waiting for another three to five days, those assassins will probably gather in Yumen Mansion. Therefore, Your Majesty cannot delay any time and needs to bestow the reward on Zhao Yun as soon as possible..."

"And I also went to watch it on the spot, so that I could accurately judge whether Zhao Yun's luck was innate, acquired, or caused by someone else's mischief, etc."

King You nodded and said, "Okay, I will make arrangements in advance, and as soon as my carriage arrives the day after tomorrow, I will summon Zhao Yun and the many heroes who have made contributions in this campaign, and issue them rewards first.

At that time, you will pretend to be my entourage and observe from the side... But be careful to ensure that the final result is foolproof!"

Mr. Bajiu immediately assured King You:

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. As long as Zhao Yun's luck is in a period of drastic fluctuations, all kinds of secrets will be exposed in the fluctuations. And when I observe closely, I can definitely see his true colors clearly!"

……

In addition, in a place far away from Beiliang Border Island, King You's chariot, which was heading all the way from the Divine Capital to Beiliang Border Island, encountered the Flying Bear Legion that came out of the Netherwater Cave Heaven.

When Dong Can, the commander of the Flying Bear Army, wanted to meet King You, he was rejected by the officials accompanying King You in his carriage, who said that King You was ill recently and needed to rest...

While Zhao Yun was at Sun Zhengxuan's place, he first listened to the various explanations of the Taotie Technique, and then he watched the true intention of the Taotie Technique in person from Master Sun.

In fact, when this technique was first invented, its original intention was to allow the master to force his understanding into the user's consciousness, to assist clumsy apprentices in learning things quickly.

But nowadays, the specific function of the true intention of magic has become to assist practitioners to cultivate a certain magic to the entry level more quickly.

Therefore, although Zhao Yun had listened to the various cultivation methods, contents, and usage techniques of the Taotie Technique from Master Sun's place, if he really wanted to start practicing from the beginning on his own, many troubles would be waiting for him.

It would be better to use the true intention of Taotie's technique directly to assist in rapid learning after listening to the basic knowledge...

In addition, the Taotie Method is essentially the same as the Five Internal Organs Breathing Method, and is a method of practicing martial arts.

Therefore, when Zhao Yun was watching the true meaning of the magic from Master Sun, he only watched it once, and he definitely could not quickly comprehend it to the entry level.

Then you have to go back and continue watching and contemplating before you can get started with cultivation.

So Zhao Yun stayed with Master Sun for a while, understood the true meaning of the magic, then took his leave from Master Sun and returned to his own courtyard.

At this moment, Zhao Yun felt that he still had some mental strength left, enough to see the true intention of the magic once more.

After thinking about it, Zhao Yun decided not to learn the Taotie method anymore.

He planned to inject this last bit of mental strength into the Great Method of All Beasts Returning to Their Hearts and learn it.

Another major reason for not choosing to continue learning the Taotie technique is that one’s understanding of the same technique is limited every day.

Even if you read a lot, sometimes you don’t get any inspiration and it’s all in vain.

Therefore, unless it is an emergency situation, you can only view the true intention of each technique once a day.

Therefore, Zhao Yun chose the Ten Thousand Beasts Returning Heart Technique that he had not seen today.

After Zhao Yun finished reading the Great Method of Beasts Returning to Their Hearts, he experienced it again, transforming into an ant soldier and spending his short life...

Although Zhao Yun gained some insights during this process, he ultimately failed to fully comprehend the mystery and failed to achieve any substantial breakthrough.

However, Zhao Yun also clearly felt that in the process of comprehending the true intention of the magic of All Beasts Returning to Their Hearts, the effect was remarkable!
It is estimated that after watching it one or two more times, he will be able to master the Great Art of Beasts Returning to Their Hearts.

Then, Zhao Yun rubbed his head which felt a little sore and sleepy.

At this time, his mental strength had been almost exhausted.

However, Zhao Yun still checked the spiritual plants planted in the yard.

After making sure that there were no problems, he looked at the three special spiritual plants planted in the door key space - the blood-sucking vine, the dragon god tree and the white bone tree.

There is no need to check the blood-sucking vine. After all, the spirit of the blood-sucking vine is still in Zhao Yun's sea of ​​consciousness. Any abnormal situation can be fed back to him in time through this spirit.

The Dragon God Tree has only sprouted a small bud next to the Blood-sucking Vine.

However, Zhao Yun also looked at the growth status of the Dragon God Tree, and found that it seemed to be more adaptable to the environment of the blood field and blood spirit energy, and was in a vibrant state.

As for the white bone tree that was originally planted in the yard and later moved back to the blood field in the door key space, after Zhao Yun checked it, he found that its growth condition was fine.

However, the originally pure white color of the roots of the bone tree had undergone a slight change!
From the roots of the white bone tree, there were actually a few tiny blood threads extending upwards.

"This tree has changed a bit. Blood has grown inside the bones, and it feels like flesh and blood are about to grow again, as if it is giving birth to life again in the midst of extreme death. I wonder what this bone tree will eventually transform into?"

Zhao Yun pondered secretly in his heart and examined the white bone tree twice more.

Then Zhao Yun started to look through the books again...

However, most of the books given by Master Sun were about farming and introduced various major events in the world of cultivation.

As for this strange white bone tree, Zhao Yun searched everywhere but could not find any records about it.

Zhao Yun had no choice but to take notes to record the abnormal situation of the white bone tree and make a summary:

"... Overall, the overall growth of the white bone tree is vigorous and its vitality is not damaged. This change should be a benign change..."

After observing the changes in the white bone tree, Zhao Yun used the spiritual seal to connect with the spirits of the two earth vipers under the Dragon God Tree, hoping to better control them when using the Ten Thousand Beasts Returning Hearts technique.

(End of this chapter)