The means are too cruel
When Ruhua Gongzi saw Chou, his eyes suddenly became different. Even Jiang Wenchao, who was somewhat familiar with Jianchou before, was slightly surprised.
On the contrary, Xiao Jin and Zuo Liu didn't think anything of it. They were just curious about the "method" that Jianchou mentioned.
Xiao Jin blinked: "What is the method?"
"Cut the whole body open vertically and bleed it, or burn it."
In fact, if you cut horizontally to a certain core position, you will probably die.
However, Jianchou had never done it himself, but had heard about it from old farmers in the village. What they were actually facing was not a earthworm, but a "black dragon".
Now when asked about earthworms, Jianchou could only tell him a few methods that seemed more likely to work.
After saying that, she looked at Xiao Jin and Zuo Liu with a smile.
When Xiao Jin heard the word "burn", he shuddered. Zuo Liu's mouth twitched: "So cruel?"
"Yeah, this is too pitiful..."
Xiao Jin grew up in a relatively simple environment, and was not infected by the murderous and violent nature of the cultivators outside. Before he came to Zuo Sanqian's meeting, he could chat with a bird for half a day. So when he knew that the black dragon was actually a poor earthworm, he couldn't bear to kill it.
The beautiful young man sneered, with a fake smile on his face. Although he looked charming and seductive, he made people feel a chill down their spine.
With a hint of mockery in his eyes, he swept across the two of them and fell on Jianchou.
"Kūkai hunts dragons. How can you pass the test without hunting? In this world, only the fittest survive, and the strong prey on the weak. If you have such a kind heart, why don't you go to the Northern Territory Zen Sect? That way you don't even have to eat meat, let alone kill."
"… "
Zuo Liu and Xiao Jin choked at the same time.
This was not a very polite statement, and Jianchou frowned slightly after hearing it.
Everyone thought that they would be on edge the next moment because of Mr. Ruhua's words, but who would have thought that after a moment, Jianchou's frown would relax, his eyes and eyebrows would be calm, and he even smiled a little, and said sincerely: "Mr. Ruhua is right, I shouldn't have any kindness, it's me who is obsessed."
… He admitted his mistake quite quickly.
In fact, Ruhua Gongzi also felt that he had said too much. At the moment when Jianchou frowned, he was already wondering whether their group of five would just go their separate ways. He never expected that Jianchou would change his mind the next moment and be so "responsive to advice".
For a moment, he was stunned, and then he looked at Jianchou with a look filled with an indescribable joy and ambiguity: "Daoyou Jianchou is a wonderful person."
"… "
Zuo Liu and Xiao Jin shook off the goose bumps on their arms at the same time again.
Jiang Wenchao's gaze towards Ruhua Gongzi suddenly became strange.
On the contrary, Jianchou seemed to have known about all the strange words and deeds of Ruhua Gongzi. Hearing this, he remained calm and said, "I don't dare to call you a wonderful person, but you have come up with a lot of vulgar tricks."
"oh?"
Jianchou said it was a cliché trick, but no one dared to think so.
As it was about the cramp of the dragon hunter, Ruhua Gongzi and the others dared not neglect it. When Jianchou said this, they immediately asked, "It seems that Daoist Jianchou has some ideas."
Of course I have ideas.
She looked at the sea plate of Ruhua Gongzi, drew a circle around the black dragon that was still moving forward, and said, "Dragons are very fast in the sea. In order to win the battle quickly, we might as well trap the black dragon in a range and catch it in a jar."
When these words came out, Mr. Ruhua was stunned.
"What's wrong?"
Jianchou thought there was something wrong with his plan and was about to say the rest of the words, but when he saw that his expression was wrong, he stopped and asked.
The flowery young man raised the tail of his long brows slightly and looked at her inquiringly: "Nothing, I just think that Daoist Jianchou's ideas are different from those of ordinary people."
Different from ordinary people
What does this mean
Jianchou didn't quite understand for a moment. When he turned around, he found that Jiang Wenchao was also looking at him with a strange look. He immediately wanted to ask something.
But the next moment, he suddenly realized: she knew.
Regardless of the level of their cultivation, each of the cultivators from the Nineteen Continents is far superior to ordinary people and prefers to fight alone.
In the face of absolute power, the saying "an elephant can be killed by ants" does not exist at all.
Mortal military thinking such as deploying troops and battle formations is not popular in the Nineteen Continents.
In everyone's view, Jianchou's current proposal of "surround first and attack later" is actually a cautious and foolproof approach, and has a sense of overall planning, which is completely different from some of the combat modes they are familiar with.
So even though Jianchou hadn't revealed her plan yet, everyone had already vaguely guessed what she meant, which was why they looked at her with strange eyes.
If you think about this clearly, the doubts in your heart will be resolved.
Jianchou smiled and said, "I'm sorry to make you laugh, fellow Taoists. I came from an isolated island in the mortal world, and I've been exposed to the military formations by nature. I'm afraid I won't be able to change in a short time."
"That's fine. Jiang thinks it's just right." Jiang Wenchao smiled and looked at Mr. Ruhua. They both saw a strange admiration in each other's eyes. "Although it's different from the ideas of ordinary cultivators, it should be very interesting. Please continue, Brother Jianchou."
Ruhua Gongzi nodded, agreeing with Jiang Wenchao's statement.
Xiao Jin was eating the watermelon with a crunching sound, anticipation showing in his eyes, and Zuo Liu's eyes were shining even more.
This time, Jianchou was speechless.
At the foot of Kunwu Mountain, everyone became curious.
Because mortals who have not cultivated are relatively weak, most of them win by numbers. There are many ways to compete in "quantity". In fact, they are naturally unique, but cultivators emphasize the word "unique". They often know the mortals' methods but basically do not use them, so they have no awareness of using them at all.
As soon as everyone sees someone trying out something new, they immediately pay attention.
"Since everyone agrees, I will continue."
In the past, Jianchou had only seen Xie Buchen deducing on the chessboard. When she entered the room, she would occasionally take a look out of curiosity, and he would just say a few words casually. His attitude was calm and composed, as if everything in the world depended on his applause.
But now that things fell to her, there was naturally a sense of unfamiliarity.
Fortunately, she now has the title of Master Uncle of Yashan. In terms of seniority, reputation and even current combat power, she is not inferior to anyone else. Although she is unfamiliar with him, she speaks with some confidence and no one can hear anything unusual.
"To trap the black dragon, the area cannot be too large, so a formation is the best. I wonder if you fellow Taoists are familiar with formations?"
Xiao Jin shook his head in confusion.
Zuo Liukuang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "This... I come from a wild background, I don't know how to do it."
Jiang Wenchao said: "I have learned a lot, just the basics."
After saying that, he looked at the Flowery Young Man.
The handsome man suddenly smiled charmingly and looked at Jianchou lazily, with a gleam in his eyes, as if he wanted to seduce someone.
"I know everything about these 19 continents that ordinary people know. As for formations, I know a little bit, but I think it's enough to deal with today's matter."
"… "
Is this modesty or arrogance
Judging from what Mr. Ruhua said, not only is his knowledge diverse, but his attainments are probably even higher than those of ordinary people.
As expected, he was ranked second by the Mental Retarded Old Man... no, the Zhilin Old Man.
Jianchou was silent for a moment, hiding his thoughts, and nodded: "In this case, the first step is easy. I will ask you to help me set up a formation with a radius of ten miles to surround the black dragon. Secondly, I need to know what the unique seal you got from the sea of space is."
Kukaido seal
Everyone looked at each other, without any doubt, and said everything out.
Starting from Jianchou and ending at Zuoliu, the Dao Seals obtained by the five people were different.
There is no need to mention Jianchou's useless island-control ability; Ruhua Gongzi can spy on the entire empty sea with a sea plate in his hand; Jiang Wenchao can talk to fish and communicate with all the animals in the sea; Xiaojin can turn all the sea water into solid ice wherever he passes by, which ordinary people cannot break, and is called a "sea stumbling stone"; the last one is Zuoliu, who has the ability to become invisible above the empty sea.
There seemed to be nothing special about the Dao seals of other people, and Jianchou focused his questions on Zuo Liu.
Unexpectedly, Zuo Liu himself didn't know much about this seal.
As the saying goes, knowing yourself and the enemy is the key to success in every battle. Jianchou thought Zuo Liu's Dao Seal was interesting, so before setting off, she asked Zuo Liu to do two things:
First, let Zuo Liu use the Invisibility Seal on someone else;
Second, when one person has become invisible, use the Dao Seal on the second person.
They easily verified two things at once: Zuo Liu's invisibility seal can be used on others, not just himself, but it can only be used on one person. If the second person is to be made invisible, the first person's invisibility will be automatically broken.
With this conclusion, Jianchou found it much easier to think.
There was a gleam in her eyes. She glanced at the sea and said, "The black dragon has changed direction and is heading towards us. Why don't we set up a formation here? Mr. Ruhua?"
"I'll just be at the command of Fairy Jianchou."
Hearing Chou calling her name, Ruhua smiled so kindly and charmingly that even many of the buds on her lapels bloomed.
When Jianchou heard this, the corner of his mouth twitched: It's just cooperation, how can it be considered an assignment
She wanted to correct Mr. Ruhua's wording, but when she thought of the words left in the Black Wind Cave that were even more terrifying than what she was saying now, she swallowed back the words that were about to burst out of her tongue.
With a calm and nonchalant look on his face, he saw that his heart was as calm as still water, and he was not tempted by Mr. Ruhua at all. He just said, "Then let's get started. Xiao Jin Daoyin will use the Sea-Breaking Stone Technique to make the formation base, and Mr. Ruhua and I will complete the formation."
"good."
Xiao Jin readily agreed, quickly finished the last bite of the watermelon, and ran barefoot directly along the area that Jianchou had drawn on the sea.
“Bang, bang, bang!”
Suddenly, there was the sound of countless waves exploding on the sea.
Because he intentionally controlled the strength, every time Xiao Jin took a step, only a small ice cone appeared, which did not look conspicuous at all.
Jianchou and Ruhua Gongzi followed closely, using the ice cone as the cornerstone and hammering in the spirit stones needed to set up the corresponding formation. Soon they had formed a semicircle on the sea surface, only leaving a small gap intentionally.
After all, the black dragon has not arrived yet. The last step of the formation is to wait until the black dragon enters the formation before closing it, to ensure that the black dragon does not find anything unusual and enters the formation obediently.
“Pah.”
A spirit stone was thrown out with a flick of the finger and accurately embedded on the ice cone.
Jianchou looked back and saw that the black dragon was still some distance away.
Ruhua Gongzi was at the other side of the gap, while Jiang Wenchao, Zuo Liu and Xiao Jin were on the opposite side of Jianchou.
"Now that the formation is complete, what will Fellow Daoist Jianchou do next?"
Jiang Wenchao asked the first question.
Jianchou smiled, with a remarkable and heroic look on his face.
"Based on the direction and speed of the black dragon, it will automatically join the game in about half a minute. At that time, please ask Fellow Daoist Zuo Liu to take action and hide Young Master Ruhua. At the same time, Young Master Ruhua will close the entire formation. The black dragon will be trapped. And Fellow Daoist Jiang can communicate with the 'fish' in the empty sea. Jianchou is presumptuous and would like to ask Fellow Daoist Jiang to try to talk to the black dragon. First courtesy and then force."
First, courtesy before force
Jiang Wenchao was suddenly speechless: Aren’t they being a little too polite to these earthworms
At the foot of Kunwu Mountain, many of Jianchou's "defeated generals" had the urge to grab her from the sea of space and beat her up!
You said "get out of here if you don't agree with me", but now you are telling an earthworm "be polite first, then use force"?!
What on earth do you take us for!
Even some sect leaders and elders were speechless after hearing this.
Only Zhenren Hengxu's eyes lit up after hearing Jianchou's brief arrangement.
"Begin with courtesy, then use force" does not mean that we do not agree with "the survival of the fittest". On the contrary, the fact that Jianchou was immediately persuaded by Mr. Ruhua shows that she is very clear about this rule, and there is no such thing as being truly soft-hearted and kind to the earthworm.
She should just be holding out hope for a better solution to the dragon tendon pulling issue.
But this is not the focus of Master Hengxu.
All he heard was Jianchou's meticulous mind and thorough consideration, which was a kind of "big picture view".
Only one person from Zuo Sanqian's gathering can step onto the stage and gain supreme opportunity, so all those participating in the gathering should be opponents and should fight to the death. However, both the first and second tests were different from what they had encountered before.
Just because, the people taking the test are worried.
As the eldest senior sister and uncle of Yashan, although she had been a disciple for a short time, she naturally carried the aura of Yashan, and was naturally superior; but unlike Lu Xiangleng's aloofness, she gave people a feeling of being bathed in spring breeze, with a bit of gentleness and kindness, making people feel close and trustworthy; although her cultivation was not high, she was full of fighting power, and she had made many amazing moves. When it was time to take action, she was decisive and ruthless, not inferior to her opponents at all, and could be called first-class...
It was such a monk who, unknowingly, had a strange cohesive force on his body, and turned most of his "opponents" into friends who fought side by side.
In the first test, there was a lack of money in the Fish Eye Tomb, which was not a big deal. But when it came to the second test of the Battle of Sky and Sea, everything was revealed.
No matter whether it is Ruhua Gongzi, Jiang Wenchao, or Lu Xiangleng, they are able to gain some fame among the new generation of cultivators in the Central Region. Naturally, they are not simple-minded people like Zuo Liu and Xiao Jin, but they all trust Jianchou and gather together because of her.
and…
They left everything to Jianchou to plan, and in fact they had already tacitly accepted her position as "leader".
Everything seemed to be telling everyone: The eldest sister of Yashan was naturally trustworthy and should be the center of everyone's trust, becoming a leader in a team.
But Zhenren Hengxu actually knows very well that all this is not innate, but the accumulation of all past experiences.
Because she came from an isolated island on earth and started practicing cultivation too late, everything in the mortal world was already deeply rooted in her. Even when she later embarked on the path of cultivation, those things were already imprinted in her bones.
Precisely because of these things, she has a different way of thinking from most cultivators in the Nineteen Continents.
For example, in the small segment of the five-person team hunting dragons, she showed a sense of the overall situation and careful and thoughtful considerations...
"Although this girl started her cultivation journey late, it has its advantages. I'm afraid her future prospects are limitless."
Master Hengxu thought about it and suddenly sighed. He then thought of his thirteen disciples and shook his head, saying, "Among my thirteen disciples, most of them are not as good as her in terms of careful thinking and thorough consideration. Only I have a great mind and may be able to defeat her."
"That's right, who is my family worried about?"
Fudao Shanren didn't feel embarrassed at all when he heard the compliments from Zhenren Hengxu. Instead, he felt very proud.
“How can a person like me be accepted as a disciple? Besides, Jianchou has only been practicing for a short time and has unlimited potential. As for your amazing talent that can save Kunwu, I have never seen it anyway... Hehe, God knows!”
Never seen...
“Soon.”
Zhenren Hengxu had a calm expression on his face, but a hint of smile flashed across his eyes that were able to see through the mysteries of heaven.
The formation in front of the hidden gate of Qingfeng Temple will not be able to trap him for long. It depends on when he can return to Kunwu.