In the courtyard of Yingxiang.
A group of men and women dressed in different clothes, but they all looked extremely fierce in appearance, with very personal characteristics, huddled together and cursed at each other.
In the corner, there are some unrelated people who have nothing to do with themselves, staring at both sides of the bickering coldly. There were also old people who tried to persuade the fight, but after being slapped, they also joined the battle group.
Lu Sheng was sitting in the corner, eating the delicious food and wine provided by the Mei Mansion, while watching the few people present who had already fought each other, it was like watching a sideshow.
He was dressed in a navy blue long coat, his hair was neatly combed, and he carried a single knife on his back. He looked no different from ordinary Jianghu people.
But the two people sitting at his table were completely different from his appearance.
One was a woman, and the other was a huge fat man who was nearly two meters tall, but almost 1.5 meters in length.
The woman was almost half standing and half sitting, leaning on the table to feast on the food on it, and could finish a large bowl of food in just a few mouthfuls.
The fat man just sat at the table, covering the light with his body, making the people around him avoid snakes and scorpions. The weirdest thing was that the fat woman kept crying while eating.
"Master... I really... really can't eat anymore...." She cried bitterly.
"It's okay, my stomach won't explode anymore." Lu Sheng showed a gentle smile.
Hearing this, the fat man cried even more sadly.
The other person sitting next to her was a skinny, pitiful man with eyes protruding like frogs.
The man was wearing a black robe of the smallest size, but it seemed to be wearing a cloak, which almost enveloped his whole body.
This person has heavy bags and dark circles under his eyes, and he looks like he hasn't rested for a long time.
If anyone from the Zhang family saw him, they probably would not have recognized him long ago. This person is Zhang Zhao, the Zhang family ghost who was so talented back then.
And the big fat man before was Bie Feihe, who was still hot in the past.
The two of them are the two experimental seeds officially selected by Lu Sheng.
What Zhang Zhao was experimenting with was the Heavenly Magic Art, while Bie Feihe was experimenting with the basic method of spiritual power. Although it has been started for a while, there are many side effects and sequelae, which cannot be fully tested immediately at that time, and careful checking and follow-up observation are still needed.
That's why Lu Sheng asked Zhang Zhao to practice Tianmajue and Bie Feihe to practice spiritual power.
As for practicing spiritual power, don't let Feihe's physique be too weak, so Lu Sheng took her to exercise and started a targeted weight gain plan at the same time. Spiritual power and physical body are actually directly proportional. The stronger the physical body, the stronger the spiritual power.
So ever since Lu Sheng chose not to fly to Feihe, he never treated her as a woman. She didn't talk about the different ways of exercising every day. Lose.
So Bie Feihe is almost always eating while crying and shedding tears.
But Zhang Zhao is treated differently, he can only do two things every time he eats.
One is that you can only drink water, and the other is that you have to watch don't fly to eat. On the way, Lu Sheng would occasionally hang him with spiritual power. After a period of time, the original handsome man became the ghost he is now. No matter how powerful the spiritual power is, it cannot replenish a large amount of trace elements.
So it was inevitable that Zhang Zhao was on the verge of starving to death. Ever since Lu Sheng asked him to come over from the Zhang family, he has been treating him like this, maybe it is public revenge and punishment in disguise, but Zhang Zhao is already too hungry to think, and now he just wants to eat.
Lu Sheng looked at the two people in front of him, and he was quite satisfied. The two of them practiced with his own training routine, and now it seems that the effect seems to be good.
He scanned the entire Yingxiang Courtyard, most of them were just mobs, but in another corner, there were two strange combinations of decisive and straightforward actions, words and deeds.
One of them was young, wearing a bunt in Tsing Yi, and seemed to be an ordinary person, while the other carried a pair of short guns on his back. The red tassels on the guns fluttered slightly in the wind, which further accentuated his strong and smooth figure.
"Everyone, it seems that we don't pay much attention to it. The Mei family, I heard that in order to find Youjiang, they even made a special trip to find the relationship with the Jiujiang Gang, and entrusted their nearby rudder leader Hunjiang Ling Zhao Hun." The big old man stepped forward to the middle and said loudly.
"It's okay if you continue to make noise like this, and achieve nothing, and you'll lose Xiao Youjiang's face even more. I don't know why you came to rescue Xiao Youjiang. But the old man, I also couldn't think about it for a while. , When he was in poverty, he was helped by Xiao Youjiang, and then he made a comeback.
If it weren't for Xiao Youjiang, the old man would have died in Huangquan back then, so no matter what happened today, the old man Du Quanfu would always say the same thing! "
This old man seemed to have quite a status in everyone's minds, and when he spoke, he made a loud noise, making the restless people around him quiet down very quickly.
"What Elder Du said is very true. I don't know how many people Xiaojiang has helped in these years, but there are only so many people who are really willing to come and dare to come here.
Brothers and sisters present, in fact, which one came here with the idea of "returning my life to Xiao Youjiang in the worst case", don't worry, since you are here, you will not look back. "The other person was a middle-aged man, and at this time the man hurried over and added.
"Yes. Yes, that's true."
"That's right, no one here is afraid of death, if it wasn't for the favor of Xiao Youjiang..."
"If it wasn't for Xiao Youjiang's life-saving money back then, my mother might not even be able to see me for the last time."
As soon as these words came out, all the people present were full of praise.
"Since the Mei family doesn't care about us now, why don't we set up a leader to lead us all, to unite all of our strengths, and at the same time avoid repeated verification of some clues." The middle-aged man smiled, Talk eloquently.
"Leader?" Lu Sheng saw the two people at the other table stand up slowly, and when they heard about the leader, they also showed indifference.
Lu Sheng withdrew his gaze and looked at Zhang Zhao whose eyes became brighter and brighter. The weaker the body, the richer and stronger the spirit. This is the rumored spirit of enshrining the body.
Zhang Zhao used the soul-out technique similar to this method. This kind of artificial simulation of the environment of the celestial demon practiced. Although the effect was really poor, it could actually be considered to be able to cultivate a soul that was most similar to the celestial demon.
"If possible, I know a better way to force out a stronger spirit." The young master of the Zhang family had already seen Lu Sheng's intentions, and immediately opened his mouth at the very beginning, trying to save himself.
But Lu Sheng was unmoved, and continued to use this extreme method to force him, almost bringing him to the brink of collapse.
Zhang Zhao tried hard, but after several repeated attempts, he and Bie Feihe finally understood that there was only one way to get rid of Lu Sheng's control. Just be obedient. The more obedient you are, the less Lu Sheng will take the initiative to tease you.
After discussing for a while, everyone finally came to a conclusion and let that old Du Quanfu, as the leader of the crowd, start to integrate all kinds of information that everyone knew.
As soon as everyone's position is determined, everyone gathers what they know, and the situation suddenly becomes brighter. Don't look at these people's appearances, but snakes have snake nests, rats have rat holes, and everyone has their own channels. Putting it all together in this way, it actually roughly delineated a range.
Lu Sheng also made a temporary decision to go with this group of people. He learned from this group of people that because of the large number of hunters and herb pickers everywhere, almost every inch of the place has been thoroughly explored.
In this situation, there is basically no secret place to hide.
But there is no secret land, but there is an extremely mysterious force here. This force is in the Jianghu, and there is no spread in other foreign circles. It is only in a very small area, and the legend echoes among the few indigenous ethnic groups here.
The name of this force is You Zhai.
The search for people is constantly escalating. With the confirmation of the commander-in-chief and the collection of all the information, it took only half a day for everyone to determine the approximate possible search range and assign people to search.
It's just a pity that no one could find out where Mei Youjiang was until late at night. It was just to make sure that some bystanders saw her and a chubby rich man leaving the city one after the other.
"It is said that I saw them go to the northeast...."
"Northeast, are you sure?"
"Sure."
"......"
"I remember that there seems to be a large cornfield in the northeast, right? It belongs to the Li family in the town."
"That's not it, we have to go northeast...."
Everyone fell silent, and Lu Sheng noticed that most of the people present had ugly faces. It seems that going further to the northeast is a serious no-no here.
In the Yingxiang Courtyard, he saw a few people sitting in the shadows standing up and quietly going out the door with firm expressions.
"Are you still going?" a voice asked in a low voice.
“…….”
"Don't go, go back to accompany sister-in-law and the others, we have nothing to worry about, even if we encounter You Zhai, we will die, it doesn't matter." Someone said casually.
Sitting in the corner of this group of people, Lu Sheng and the two apprentices beside him listened to the whispers of the crowd, and obviously felt a faint sadness gradually spread along with the silence and whispers.
Among the dozens of people, more than a dozen people got up one after another soon, and the rest sat silently.
The three of Lu Sheng asked someone about the specific situation, and then they realized that the people who got up were all heroes who decided to find someone even if they died.
Those who continued to sit were those who chose not to go. Lu Sheng suddenly became interested. This force called You Zhai actually has such a terrifying deterrent power in this small place.
He took two apprentices together, got up and followed one person, and walked towards the gate of the courtyard.
Just as he went out, Lu Sheng took a step forward and put his hand lightly on the shoulder of the person in front of him.
"Brother, take a step to speak." He lowered his voice, "Can I ask, what's the problem in the northeast? Is that the force called You Zhai entrenched there?"
The person who was approached was a short man with a capable and vigorous body. He was taken aback by Lu Sheng's sudden accusation, but when he heard that it was this question, he also calmed down.
"It seems that the three brothers are from other places. In our local area, there is no one who doesn't know about Youzhai." The man smiled wryly, "In that place, there are often rumors that someone broke into the restricted area by accident, and then disappeared without a trace. No one can be found behind.
There are one or two rumors like this almost every year, even among the people I know, such things happen. The missing people all went to the northeast. There was no one to be seen either. "