one's door

Therefore, "poison" and "elixir" actually have a lot in common in terms of refining techniques.

What Zhang Yan wants to practice is called "soft bones".A poison pill with a slightly hilarious name.But if you know the usefulness of this thing, you will unconsciously feel a chill down your spine.

Poisonous as its name suggests.It's the kind of thing that can turn a hard bone into a soft bone, from a tough guy who would rather die than submit to a servile minion.

Isn't it invincible to be so powerful?

Not quite.The effect of the poison pill also depends on the level of cultivation of the poisoned person and whether they can find a way to get rid of the poison.At least "soft bone" is not a powerful thing in the poison pills recorded by Longhu Mountain Gate.Although it can even work on cultivators who have returned to the divine realm, there are too many ways to get rid of it.There are no less than ten kinds of special antidote, and some detoxification spiritual energy detoxification methods can quickly and without any trouble to get rid of its toxicity.

Therefore, "soft bone" is recorded in the book as a typical poison pill that looks very powerful but is actually almost useless, in order to warn those monks who want to practice poison pill refining not to only pursue toxicity, but also to What is pursued is the complex and incomprehensible characteristics of poison.

Zhang Yan is messing around with this thing these days.

I haven't done it before, and after I get started, I find that it is not as easy as alchemy.It's just because the refining technique of "soft bone" is basic enough, and Zhang Yan has the top pill furnace that he can use so far, so the refining method is more effective with less effort, and after more than ten failed attempts, he finally succeeded.

Different from the various fragrances emitted after becoming pills, poison pills will have an unpleasant stench after being refined.It's just that this stench will not spread, and will gather half a foot around the poison pill.It's nauseating to smell it up close.

After the "soft bones" were refined, the time agreed with Zhou Cang happened to catch up.Zhang Yan went to the garrison camp outside the city again to find He Xianghong.

"I can't believe what you say. Slave status may be a kind of imprisonment that is difficult for others, but it is not so easy for you. But I really need a person like you. So after thinking about it, I thought of a way to let us All at ease."

Just like last time, there were only Zhang Yan and He Xianghong in the cell, and the jailer was greeted in advance and avoided far away.

Seeing the messy colored pills in Zhang Yan's palm, He Xianghong murmured in his heart.It is true that the status of a slave is not a prison in his heart, and it is not impossible for him to defect one day.But why did Zhang Yan give this thing out?don't know.

"This is a kind of poison. It is a by-product of pills like bone strengthening pills. It is called cartilage. After eating it, people cannot die temporarily, but it will cause abnormal pain. It is not enough to describe life as worse than death. It needs to be taken for another period of time. Only one pill can suppress the extreme pain. And one pill can only be suppressed for one month, and it needs to be taken on time non-stop.

If you swallow it, our master-servant relationship will be established.If you don't want to, I won't force you, and it has nothing to do with me when you fend for yourself after exile.

You think it through before you choose. "

Chapter 274

choose?

Still the same problem, He Xianghong has no confidence in surviving as a criminal soldier.He is a martial artist, and he is more difficult to mix with than the criminal soldier who is an ordinary person.When ordinary people go to join the army, [-]% of them will die, and [-]% of them will live.But a martial artist like him is [-]% sure to die.Because he is a warrior, he will be assigned more dangerous tasks when facing the monster clan.

He Xianghong knew this very well, so even if the way out was to be a slave without dignity, he didn't care, after all, he could live.Only by surviving is there any other possibility.

As for the "poison" that Zhang Yan brought out, although He Xianghong was very disturbed, he had no choice.What is "life is better than death"?These four words cannot be understood by just listening to them.Even the severe pain during the period when He Xianghong broke his arm can be regarded as life is worse than death in the eyes of many people, but didn't He Xianghong gritted his teeth and carried it over?

So there is conflict, but not too much.

Stretching out his hand to twist the messy poison pill from Zhang Yan's palm, he smelled an unpleasant stench when he got close.He Xianghong frowned instantly.

Zhang Yan looked at He Xianghong expressionlessly, without urging him.

a villain.This is the person Zhang Yan needs.But to make good use of this kind of villain, you must let the villain "grind" well.Just like a poisoned knife, if you want to use it, on the one hand, it depends on whether the ability to handle the knife is enough to control it;

"Little bones" is what Zhang Yan prepared for himself.A villain in Yuan Kaijing is not enough to satisfy his long-term vision.Even this backhand is staged.Now it can be the second player, but it will have to be replaced in the future, depending on the level of Zhang Yan's own means.At present, "soft bone" is his best choice.

He Xianghong frowned, held his breath, threw the poison pill into his mouth, and then swallowed it directly.

Poison pills and elixirs originated from the same source. Although their properties are very different, they are also the same in many places.For example, after swallowing, you don't need to digest it, it can quickly soak your body by itself.

"what!"

Less than ten breaths after swallowing the poison pill, He Xianghong fell to the ground and screamed.But the screaming sound was only stuck in the neck after more than ten breaths.It's not that the pain is gone, it's that it's too painful to even scream, so I can only open my mouth and throat with a tremor of "cough cough cough".

Tears, snot, saliva, and even excrement and urine all flowed out uncontrollably.He Xianghong's whole body looked distorted beyond human shape.Maybe let him choose now, he will choose to die without hesitation.

In fact, here Zhang Yan can give He Xianghong another poison pill to relieve the other party's pain at this time.And He Xianghong's powerless eyes were also filled with such urgency.But Zhang Yan was unmoved.

The wicked have their own grind.At this time, Zhang Yan is the villain in front of the villain, no matter what, he has to grind him hard.

After waiting for a full stick of incense, Zhang Yan poured out a poison pill from a small white porcelain bottle, and then flicked it into He Xianghong's open mouth with a flick of his finger.

Just like when He Xianghong took the first poison pill, the effect of the second poison pill appeared quickly in less than ten breaths.The feeling of being overwhelmed with sorrow also dissipated.

"Huhuhu..."

At this moment, He Xianghong seemed to be able to gasp for breath. Before, he could only feel the pain more terrible than death like the breath when he was dying.

"This is the 'soft bone'. Maybe you don't understand it now, but when the effect of the poison pill loses its suppression and explodes again in a month, you will understand that it can turn steel into soft fingers. That's the origin of its name." .”

As soon as Zhang Yan's voice fell, He Xianghong, who had only taken a few breaths, knelt down again, kowtowed his head again and again, and shouted loudly, "Slave dare not! Slave dare not!"

Soft bones, specially prepared for hard bones.He Xianghong is not even a hard bone, it will only become softer.

"Okay, someone will come to teach you what to do later. You can just do what you say. Go find me after you go out."

"The slave understands!"

Zhang Yan nodded, at least on the surface He Xianghong was submissive.In the future, if you tap and tap from time to time, you should be able to completely tame it.

Two days later, He Xianghong appeared outside the door of Zhang's house in a simple bunt. He didn't even dare to knock on the door, so he stayed outside in a well-behaved manner, and waited for Zhang Yan to come out before running to kneel on the ground and kowtow.

"Okay, follow me, from now on you will be called Lao He, there is no other name. Do you know?"

"Yes! The slave will be called 'Old He' from today onwards and has no other name." He Xianghong should be, and he followed Zhang Yan almost every step of the way.

Neither of them talked about how Zhou Cang managed to help He Xianghong escape by feigning death in the past two days.Zhou Cang himself will explain the details to Zhang Yan.It's just not the time yet.

For Zhang Yan's sudden addition of a slave, it will be somewhat strange to those who pay attention to him.Then naturally, I would want to explore the origin of this person.But in the end, without exception, they all chose to pretend not to know.They all recognized the slave named "Lao He" next to Zhang Yan.

"Show your arm and let me see, the broken one." Zhang Yan took advantage of the gap when he was giving Zhou Yun a medicinal bath in the lecture hall, and let Lao He, who was standing in the corner, show the broken arm.

Without any hesitation, He Xianghong hadn't let go of his fear from the previous taste of "soft bones", and immediately reflexively exposed the severed arm in the empty sleeve of his left hand when he heard Zhang Yan's voice.The broken arm was neatly cut, and it was obvious at a glance that it was severed by a sharp weapon.It was broken along more than half of the upper arm, leaving a small part attached to the shoulder.

Zhang Yan looked at it, and took out a piece of wood as a board, with aura in his hand like a knife and a saw, he chipped that piece of wood into an arm bit by bit like cutting lard.

He Xianghong really wanted to ask Zhang Yan what he was doing, but he didn't dare at all.

In fact, Zhang Yan has long been thinking of forging a magic weapon that can replace a broken limb.This is called a "limb" in the category of refining equipment, and it is not a very advanced thing.After all, the monks who use this thing are the middle and lower classes who can't afford the "Intermittent Pill".Or some heterogeneous monks who pursue the transformation of their bodies into magic tools.

Intermittent Pill, this thing is too advanced, and now Zhang Yan, who is still a little bit short of Peiyuan Pill, wants to refine it very early.So it's the next best thing.

But after all, it is for people to use. In many aspects, Zhang Yan can't do it like other magic tools. He needs to be tested by the subjects to give him feedback on the effect, and then continue to adjust.

The reason why Zhang Yan would think about this is self-evident.Can't let his elder brother Zhang Shun sit in a wheelchair all the time?I was incapable before, so I could only use a wheelchair to deal with it temporarily.Now that the craftsmanship of refining weapons has been improved, and the cultivation base has reached the state of returning to the gods to be called a "master of world cultivation", naturally it can no longer deal with it.

Chapter 275

The afternoon was supposed to be the time when Princess Qingling came to take a medicinal bath.But it is said that something happened in Yuanding Imperial City. It seems to be about the last time Princess Qingling fought with Huayue Kingdom. People in Huayue refused to admit it, thinking that Princess Qingling could win It's unfair to make a move outside the market, and regret not going to fulfill the bet of the competition to marry her own princess to Nanyuan Kingdom.

It was Xiao Shu who came to tell Zhang Yan about this matter.And Princess Qingling left in such a hurry that she didn't even have time to say hello to Zhang Yan.

So Zhang Yan spent the whole afternoon in the small stone building of Zangfeng Building, and he didn't shy away from He Xianghong who was watching from the side. The iron ingot in it was melted and pulled wantonly, and slowly it could be seen that it was the shape of a metal arm.

Seeing this scene, He Xianghong was quite excited.He knew very well that the metal arm with only a shape must have been made for him by Zhang Yan.Because the wooden model from the very beginning was made by measuring the broken part of his arm.

In addition, He Xianghong was so startled by Zhang Yan's technique of forging that he almost bit his tongue.

If someone told him before that he could instantly melt dozens of catties of iron with a strange black and white flame emerging from his palm, and that he could pull out various shapes he wanted out of thin air without an anvil, would he not believe it? of.Seeing it with my own eyes now, those hands didn't even touch the hot molten iron, as if there was some invisible force behind them.

Seeing this, He Xianghong had to think that those big weapons that were coveted by warriors outside were made in this way?This is completely different from the casting soldiers in his impression.

He Xianghong even wondered in his heart: Is this still casting soldiers?

Of course, this is not casting soldiers, but refining weapons.It's just that this kind of method has never appeared in Huangtianyu, and as a result, some unqualified magical weapons were chased as powerful weapons.And Zhang Yan didn't explain it, he believed that people in Huangtianyu would gradually understand that what he took out was completely different from the so-called cast soldiers from the very beginning.

Laymen watch the excitement, while experts watch the doorway.It seems that Zhang Yan has created the main body of the metal arm, but in fact it is not a main body at all.It's just a very rough metal shape, but it has all the joints of the human arm that can move.There is no driving formation, the key conversion formation connected with the body's meridians and physical induction, and even the weight of this arm is too heavy.

To solve these troubles, we have to do it bit by bit.Even many of the details have exceeded the limit of Zhang Yan's current refining skills, and he must improve through continuous learning before he can do it.

After a whole afternoon, Zhang Yan was pinched by at least five key details, so he could only give up.The black and white pill in his hand devoured the entire metal arm fiercely, and when he retracted in the blink of an eye, there was only an iron ingot on the ground that had returned to its original appearance.This scene once again made He Xianghong's eyes jump.For the black and white flames, his scalp was numb, and Zhang Yan was so shocked that he could not only control such a terrifying flame, but also withdraw it from his body.

certainly.Zhang Yan had no intention of explaining to He Xianghong.

"Come on, go back with me, and buy some bedding by yourself, and you will be a nursing home in my house from now on. There is no need to follow me everywhere. Practice at home if you have nothing to do." Zhang Yan raised a black hand The porcelain bottle fell into He Xianghong's hands.Then he said: "There are two bone-strengthening pills here. I'll give you some money when I go back, and you can buy muscle and bone powder to strengthen your muscles and bones. You can take this bone-strengthening pill when the breakthrough is approaching. It depends on your foundation." The Aperture Realm will not be your end point. Let’s go to the Tongqiao Realm first.”

"This... this... slaves dare not take it!" He Xianghong heard that the contents of the black porcelain bottle were bone strengthening pills, so frightened that his hands trembled and almost fell to the ground.Then he quickly knelt down, poked his head on the ground, and held the porcelain bottle, not daring to take it at all.He felt that Zhang Yan was testing him.I was worried that if he took it here, it would be too miserable for that Zhang Yan to give him a taste of the "soft bones" of incense.

"Take it if you want."

He Xianghong wanted to say more, but when he raised his head and saw that the folding fan Zhang Yan had shaken had already walked out of the stone house, he knew that he had no right to refuse.Nervous, he quickly got up and followed.My heart is too complicated to express.

Back home, he finally introduced He Xianghong, a slave, to his family members.She was pulled aside by Wang Lanping and interrogated for a long time.Because Wang Lanping could see that although "Old He" was respectful, he didn't even dare to straighten his back when he spoke, and he was afraid of his second son to the bone.But that is definitely not a good person.

There are some wicked people whose evil is hidden behind their good side, making it difficult for people to notice.And He Xianghong is the kind with evil on his face, the kind who walks on the street fiercely and makes people avoid him.

It took Zhang Yan a lot of effort to appease Wang Lanping.Then He Xianghong lived in a utility room next to the gate of the Zhang family.Only room for a cot.On the contrary, He Xianghong was relieved.Compared with the bone strengthening pill still in his arms, this kind of small room should be treated like a slave.

However, the thick stack of money notes in his hand after eating made He Xianghong understand that what Zhang Yan said before was not meant to be a joke with him.The money is for him to find connections to buy muscle and bone powder.Buy at a premium.Then use the Bone Strengthening Pill to rush to the realm.

Break through the hole?When He Xianghong thought of this, he always felt a little unreal.

The knock on the door made He Xianghong break away from his complicated thoughts. He opened the door and opened a crack in the door, and saw a warrior in a red robe outside the door.

"Can I help you?"

"You are..." The person who came was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that he didn't reply to He Xianghong's words, but handed over a greeting card.Said, "Tell your master, Shen Wujiu, the special case officer, is asking to see you."

In the Zhangjiatang room, He Xianghong was dismissed by Zhang Yanping after he served the tea.The family members also avoided each other, knowing that Zhang Yan wanted to discuss business with the guests.

"It's too presumptuous to ask for a meeting at this time, so please forgive me. I really dare not delay the order." After Shen Wujiu waited for himself and Zhang Yan to be left in the main room, he immediately stood up from his chair and walked towards Zhang Yan bowed deeply, begging for forgiveness for his night visit.

Zhang Yan waved his hand, signaling Shen Wujiu to sit down and talk, there is no need to be so polite.But he didn't stand up and accepted Shen Wujiu's gift.

And Zhang Yan had been waiting for Shen Wujiu's arrival in his heart.He even guessed why the other party came.Ninety-ninety percent of them are related to the ghost-absorbing bell.

Sure enough, after sitting down again, Shen Wujiu directly stated his intention of coming.He came here just for the ghost-killing bell, and he said without hesitation, "The demon race is not my race, and there are differences in his heart. Although he has a different skill and can help the human race in the matter of the spirit race, he has never done it." With all my strength, with a lot of selfishness..."

So far, it was still within Zhang Yan's expectation.After all, it was his plan to publicize the usefulness of the Dementor Bell through the demon species, and it was reasonable to attract the special case department.

However, after Zhang Yan handed over the prepared three ghost bells to Shen Wujiu and said that he could exchange them with bone strengthening pills, Shen Wujiu said something that surprised Zhang Yan with a tangled face. .

"Professor Zhang, I wonder if I can borrow some bone-strengthening pills from you for emergency? Please rest assured, if you want any mortgage or request, just ask, everything will be done according to your rules."

Chapter 276 Honor and Disgrace

"buy on credit?"

Zhang Yan was stunned for a moment, and only realized after a while.But I am even more curious about why the other party seems so urgent.

Shen Wujiu also knew that his request was too abrupt.Even he is not the most suitable person to say this, Xiao Shu from the Martial Academy is actually more suitable.But the matter was too urgent, Xiao Shu didn't accept this matter at all, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and come over, and he was ready for Zhang Yan to open his mouth.In short, no matter what, you must first get the bone strengthening pill.

"Yes Zhang Jiaoxi, the Yuanding Imperial City urgently needs some bone-strengthening pills to attack the realm. Please ask Xie Wan for help!" Said Shen Wujiu stood up again and bowed deeply to Zhang Yan.The attitude of asking for help is also very good.

Seeing that Zhang Yan didn't answer, Shen Wujiu sighed, and continued: "There's actually nothing wrong with this matter. It's also a follow-up to Princess Qingling's victory in the contest that no one was optimistic about...

It has always been our Nanyuan country that has lost, and Huayue country has always won.I don't want to say too much about the blows brought to Nanyuan Kingdom.But Nanyuan Kingdom has always respected the agreement between the two parties, and paid the price for this humiliation.I thought that this time Princess Qingling showed her skills to win back a city, which would make Nanyuan Kingdom feel proud once again.But I didn't expect Huayue Kingdom to shamelessly repent and refuse to fulfill the agreement. The reason is that Princess Qingling's "method of refining skin and flesh" is an outside move, and it is an unfair competition, so the result is invalid..."

As Shen Wujiu spoke, he obviously couldn't suppress the anger in his heart.As the secret power of Nanyuan Kingdom, his body and mind are only tied to the royal family of Nanyuan Kingdom and even this country.The royal family was humiliated, the country was humiliated, and Shen Wujiu naturally felt the same.

But Zhang Yan gave some general information about this matter in advance.It was precisely because of this incident that Princess Qingling hurried back to Yuanding Imperial City.After all, as the center of the vortex, she cannot avoid it no matter what.

It's just that what Shen Wujiu said later was a bit surprising.The face of Huayue Kingdom's denial is indeed different from those bastards on the street. They are more thorough and insidious.It is even obvious that a shameless incident can allow them to find a new way to continue to hurt Nanyuan Kingdom and "recover their place" and to cover up their shamelessness.

"They said that they were not denying, but correcting the injustice of the previous competition. They also proposed a new competition. They said that if they want to marry their princess, they need their peers to pass three stages on the road of 'marriage'. As long as they pass one stage If you don't, it will be considered as giving up on your own..."

For this reason, Nanyuan Kingdom urgently needs to improve the cultivation level of the young clansmen who are of the same generation as Princess Qingling.It is obviously too late to rely on the method of refining skin and flesh with medicine.We can only pick some children who are about to break through or who are already stuck in the bottleneck of the realm, and use the new rare treasure of the Strong Bone Pill to fight.

"Master Shen, it doesn't seem appropriate to just get into the Huayue state's trap like this? They were rude and made trouble first, and now they have reorganized the situation to make it clear that they will continue to embarrass Nanyuan. This..."

Zhang Yan was very curious about what the top management of Nanyuan Kingdom thought.It's impossible not to understand this obvious rogue way, right?Or is there another secret?

"..." Shen Wujiu looked embarrassed, and paused for a while before saying: "Who can Huayue Kingdom's shameless plan hide from? But... But this time, the envoy of Huayue Kingdom who came to preside over this matter It was replaced by Prince Huayue Guolong, Guo Yulong."

"Guo Yulong?"

"Well. The prince of Huayue Kingdom is in charge of the Yueshui Chilin Navy. His cultivation is at the late stage of Duanshan. This time, from the moment he set foot on the land of Nanyuan Kingdom, Chilin's navy came out in full force. The south is said to be a drill, but in fact, the main water trade route flowing through the territory of Nanyuan country in the south is half closed, and there are often provocative actions against our water village in the Yuezhong Navy, which makes the entire southeast very uneasy, so ..."

After all, Shen Wujiu is just the head of the special case department stationed here in Beijiang County.Looking at Beijiang County, it may have great discretion and the power to act cheaply.But putting him in the high-level power of Nanyuan Kingdom, Shen Wujiu's performance is not so impressive at best, it can even be said to be insignificant.So he may be clear about many things, but he has various concerns if he really wants to tell them, so he can only tell Zhang Yan vaguely.

But although the details are not exhaustive, it is still enough for Zhang Yan to outline the underlying context of this seemingly illogical incident.

In the end, it is still a sentence: You want to reason with others, but they just want to shake their fists with you.

At this point, Shen Wujiu has said everything he can say.The rest depends on how Zhang Yan responds.

To help or not to help?If you don't help, it is very likely that a seed of resentment will be planted between yourself and the senior management of Nanyuan Country.Although Zhang Yan is not afraid of this kind of thing, it is really unnecessary.What's more, he doesn't just want the demons to help gather ghosts. In fact, the human race represented by the Special Cases Division is more suitable to cooperate with him, because compared with the demon races who have more tricks in dealing with ghosts, the human race will naturally be purer. many.

"There is no need to talk about credit. It can be regarded as an exchange I paid in advance to the special case department. I don't know how much it takes?"

Shen Wujiu laughed out loud, he didn't expect things to go so smoothly, Zhang Yan didn't even have any intention of making a fuss about it, he seemed very cheerful.So he hurriedly said: "It would be best to have six, but if it's inconvenient, at least three."

Shen Wujiu felt ashamed and panicked when he said these requests.After all, it was a rare treasure that allowed Shi Xuan to break through from the early stage to the middle stage of Duanshan Realm.As soon as I opened my mouth, I got six, and I returned three as a base.It is absolutely difficult to refine that thing!

Zhang Yan nodded, went back to his room, put six bone-strengthening pills in a porcelain bottle, and put them in front of Shen Wujiu.Said: "Zhang Yan is also a member of Nanyuan Kingdom, so he will not neglect what he can do. These six bone-strengthening pills are doing their best, and I hope that Nanyuan Kingdom can take down those shameless people in Huayue. face!"

"Same hatred and hatred" is the best way to gain a sense of recognition. At this time, Shen Wujiu even felt that Zhang Yan was also a companion who cared about the honor and disgrace of Nanyuan Kingdom. Otherwise, how could he take such a precious treasure out of the box?