In a quiet room in the back house of Ye Mansion, the door is closed, the room is quiet and cool, the ground is spotless and covered with a finger-thick layer of yellow sand. In the center of the empty room was a huge square table, on which were placed some bottles and jars of various shapes and sizes.
Ye Xiaotian stood by the desk, operating it carefully. Elder Dong in a black robe stood beside him, explaining to him some precautions and detailed steps of practicing Gu in a soft voice.
Gu art is a very mysterious thing in the eyes of the world, and the method of refining Gu worms is even more inconceivable to those who don't know the details, so many unimaginable legends have spread, but in fact it is not so weird and bizarre, Gu art is not a witch The technique is not throwing a frog into the pot, putting two feathers on it, and twisting the lizard to drip blood into it, muttering words, it will have some kind of supernatural power.
Gu is more reliable, it should be a biochemical product. To catch all kinds of poisonous insects is to pick raw materials, and to cultivate Gu insects with one's own unique secret technique, which is the process of refining, purifying and synthesizing. In this process, if there is a small mistake in the program, or the composition ratio is slightly deviated, it may fail.
Of course, some voodoo masters with extremely high attainments in voodoo sometimes have purposeful deviations, which is to test out voodoo insects with new functions. But this process must be done by experienced Gu practitioners, a new apprentice would never dare to do it carelessly.
It’s okay if the formed Gu worm dies due to a deviation in the operation process, but once an unprecedented new type of Gu worm is really refined, before it appears, no one can be sure what it will look like and what kind of capabilities it will have. Ability, if you can't protect yourself in advance, it's too dangerous.
Therefore, even with the assistance and guidance of Elder Dong, who is a person with profound Gu skills, who is always ready to deal with emergencies, Ye Xiaotian is still cautious and concentrates on it.
Ye Xiaotian came here today to practice Gu with Elder Dong, not on a whim, but because Elder Dong was about to return to the mountain, so Ye Xiaotian came here for the "last lesson" to fulfill the friendship between master and apprentice.
Elder Dong accompanied Ye Xiaotian around, and his only task was to teach Ye Xiaotian how to learn Gu. As a purely technical talent, although his eyesight was extremely poor, he was actually capable of this mission. However, Ye Xiaotian chose the road of joining the WTO. There is no time to calm down and study.
Fast forward a few years, Ye Xiaotian's Gu skills have hardly improved, not even a half-baked one. The last time Yibo Lao came to visit the Venerable, and he reported the current situation of the Venerable to the elders after returning. He inevitably mentioned this matter. ".
This new "Elder Chuan Gong" is another person who was promoted to the new elder together with Yibo Lao after the battle for the throne of the venerable. His name has only one word: "Yeah!" Since he was promoted to the position of elder, , the honorific title becomes "Yeah!"
Ye Xiaotian has never seriously practiced Gu Art, on the one hand, because he really has a lot of things, and on the other hand, because Shizhang Hongchen is far more attractive to him than being a Gu Art Master, he would rather be in the secular world. Even if you are a small official, you don't want to hide in the mountains and be a grass-headed king locked in a "cage".
Elder Dong's return to the mountain this time was actually planned by Ye Xiaotian. Since he decided to guide the Shengmiao tribe to a new development path, he has decided to use every opportunity to lure these elders out of the mountain and accept the influence of the secular society. .
For thousands of years, with the continuous development of local areas and the continuous integration of human society, the original closed social structure of the Miao family has been continuously broken, and more and more Miao family tribes have broken away from the control of the Gu religion. They feel the crisis.
The way they deal with it is to set up fences around themselves, denying their own people to come out, and also denying outsiders to go in, so as to maintain their absolute rule, but in Ye Xiaotian's view, this move may continue their collapse, It is impossible to avoid their demise.
It is impossible to isolate the infiltration and influence of external civilizations. Sooner or later, closed doors will be eroded by the external world. At that time, this kind of rule formed purely by faith will fall apart, and that will be an irreversible catastrophe.
Even if they can maintain their rule for a long time in the future, the changes will not happen internally. As the external world continues to grow stronger, they can only become a group of ignorant and backward "primitives" in the eyes of the world. Advanced civilizations conquer.
Only by going out and integrating in is the way to long-term development. This is the path he, as the venerable of this term, chose for Gu Sect and the hundreds of thousands of mountain seedlings who believe in Gu Sect: enter the world! Of course, in terms of his personal ideals and interests, Shanmiao can only really help him if he goes out and grows from a seedling to a mature seedling.
Therefore, after this idea matured, he intentionally urged Elder Dong to return to the mountain, so as to ensure that the elders would appear in rotation, to see this colorful world with him, and pave the way for him to finally bring the seedlings out of the deep mountains.
Therefore, when Mr. Yi Bo came to visit him, he intentionally revealed that he had learned Gu art to no avail. The purpose was to change people. The more elders he came into contact with, the more they had to accompany him in the world of mortals. The less resistance he encountered in his future plans.
Facing Elder Dong who was ashamed and blamed himself, Ye Xiaotian naturally felt ashamed, but he also strengthened his belief in coming out: he just used a small trick, and Yibo was fooled, and all the elders were led by him The nose acted obediently, but from the beginning to the end, they thought it was a choice under their control. This is the disadvantage of being isolated in the mountains.
Although they had to travel all over the world when they were young, they lived in the mountains for decades without any threat from foreign enemies or too much internal competition, and their scheming and wisdom were deteriorating. It is a good thing for a person to be kind and simple, but it is terrible to be so simple as the head of hundreds of thousands of seedlings.
Even in this era, they have hundreds of thousands of seedlings, which means they still have an extremely powerful force. They also have a mysterious Gu technique, which will inevitably be used by those who want to. A giant whose IQ is only equivalent to a child of a few years old, how could he not become a victim of being exploited.
"If you enter, you will not be able to protect the family, but if you leave, you will be invincible to foreign patients, and the country will perish." The same is true for Gu religion and Shengmiao, so even though he feels a little sorry for Elder Dong, Ye Xiaotian still chose this path, learning Gu today, Purely for the sake of the disciples.
"My lord! My lord! There's a guest at the door!"
There was a cry from the cold outside, which made Ye Xiaotian, who was concentrating on it, tremble in fright, and the altar lid he was holding fell down with a "dang". He had already ordered the people in the mansion not to disturb him, but Ruo Xiaosheng shouted anyway.
Ye Xiaotian turned back and shouted out of the door angrily: "Didn't you say that I won't see any guests today? You can let Si Niang receive it for a while, and just ask the guests to leave a greeting card."
Ruo Xiaosheng stood in the yard and said in a low voice: "Master's order, how dare I refuse to obey? It's just that this guest is Master Bai. Master Bai said that he has important business to discuss with you, Master. I'm afraid I'll make a mistake. Master's big event..."
Elder Dong sighed, and said to Ye Xiaotian: "In this case, the Venerable should go see the guests first, and it won't do much to practice for a while. When Ye Lao comes, he will continue to teach the Venerable how to practice."
Ye Xiaotian heard that it was Bai Hong who came, and it was difficult to dismiss people of this status easily. Besides, since it was for an important official business, it was true that there was no delay, so he agreed embarrassingly, and packed up quickly.
But he didn't notice that just now when the lid of the altar fell, one of the three Gu worms that were about to form in the altar jumped out of the jar in fright, jumped into another smaller jar, and swallowed the poisonous insect in that jar in one gulp. He jumped out again, eager to pounce on him.
But as soon as the Gu worm pounced on Ye Xiaotian, he smelled a very strong smell on him for all kinds of Gu worms, immediately dodged away and hid in the gap between several jars. The Gu religion refines Gu worms, after countless experiments, they have summed up some rules and experiences, which do not include this kind of worms.
But because Ye Xiaotian made a mistake in his busy schedule, that Gu worm devoured some poisonous insects that shouldn't be fused with it, and it has already mutated, forming a new kind of Gu worm, but Ye Xiaotian turned around and asked angrily. No, neither of them noticed.
Ye Xiaotian left in a hurry, Elder Dong covered those jars, sighed, and left, the Gu insect that looked like a cricket poked out its beard from the gap of the jars, chirping a few times, He jumped to the ground, jumped a few more times, and then got out through the crack of the door.
Bai Hong got Hua Qingfeng's reminder that he came to ask Ye Xiaotian for help today, and he had to say something to ask for help, and he brought another generous gift.
When Ye Xiaotian heard Bai Hong's explanation of his intention, he readily agreed. He is the recommender of the new tax ambassador, and he is also worried that Bai Hong's going to Tongren will accomplish nothing and will bring a series of problems, but he is not in his position, so it is not easy for him to interfere. Now that Bai Hong took the initiative to ask for a favor, it was right in his arms, so there is no reason why he should not agree.
Mr. Bai was worried when he came here, he was afraid that Ye Xiaotian would not agree, when he saw Ye Xiaotian agreed, he couldn't help being grateful, and said goodbye after expressing his gratitude. Ye Xiaotian sent him out of the mansion, just about to say goodbye, when he looked up, he saw several people coming to the mansion in a small sedan chair.
When Ye Xiaotian saw that the person guarding the sedan chair was Zhao Wenyuan, he was a little surprised, and quickly cupped his hands and said, "Brother Zhao, why do you have time to come here today?"
Zhao Wenyuan waved his hand to stop the sedan chair, stepped forward, and smiled at Ye Xiaotian: "Brother Ye Xian, ah! Master Bai is also here, sorry, sorry. Haha, my brother, the post house is in disrepair for a long time, and I am looking for it." It's not enough for people to tidy up and tidy up. It doesn't take three or two months. It's not good for my wife to live in an inn. Your house here is spacious. I came here to ask for a place to settle down. I won't be rejected by you. outside the door?"
While talking, Qian Qingqing also came out of the sedan chair, and saluted Ye Xiaotian and Master Bai with blessings. Master Bai had met Zhao Yicheng a few times before, but this was the first time he saw Zhao Yicheng's wife. When he saw such a beautiful woman, especially her tall and graceful figure, his eyes lit up.
Master Bai twirled his whiskers and thought to himself: "Ye Xiancheng is young and strong, and has not yet married a wife. Zhao Yicheng has such a beautiful woman and dares to entrust him to the mansion. Isn't he afraid that Ye Xiancheng will be guarded and stolen? Cough! If it were me , I'm afraid I can't hold it in."