Chapter 144: Cheating the Kung Fu

After two years of development, the foot of Shekou Mountain has changed a lot.

A village was built not far from the foot of the mountain.

This village is different from the common villages. The layout of the houses was planned before.

The village is built entirely of blue bricks, with thick outer walls connected together. There are only three exits in and out of the village.

The internal roads are crisscrossed, and those who are not familiar with the environment will definitely get lost when entering the village.

This was specially arranged by Er Gouzi based on the battle formations in the military books.

He also used the knowledge he learned in "Qian Ji Yin" to arrange a large number of mechanisms and traps in the village.

If we encounter the kind of rebellion we had before, we can retreat into the village and grind the enemy to death.

After two years of growth, most of the more than 2,000 people under his command have sensed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and entered the Qi Refining Period.

Some of those with higher cultivation have even reached the middle stage of Qi Refining.

With the strength of this group of farmers under his command, it is much stronger than the army in the county city.

Originally, according to the Da Zhou rate, privately passing on the skills, raising private soldiers, and the scale reached more than 2,000 people, it was definitely a capital crime punishable by confiscation of property and extermination of the clan.

However, all this was done by Ji Cang, and it had nothing to do with Er Gouzi. Anyone who had any objections could go to Ji Cang.

He just raised a group of farmers, and everyone worked honestly.

In addition, this group of people had been staying in the village for a long time, never going out to show off, and had made contributions in suppressing the rebellion.

At present, no one in the local government asked about this matter.

Er Gouzi carried a large bag of Pei Yuan Gu Ben Pills today and came to the village to distribute them to everyone.

Qiuyue took out a large booklet, which recorded how much work each person did and how much grain they planted.

Now there are many people under his command, and over time, the initial passion has slowly faded.

Everyone has a different personality, so it is inevitable that some people do faster or slower, more or less.

Such a gap, in the difficult period when everyone was in danger of losing their jobs, everyone under the leadership of Er Gouzi could still unite and help each other like a big family.

But over time, these resentments will accumulate.

Why do I do more work and get the same benefits?

Since others can get the same treatment without working, why should I work?

Gradually, everyone began to cheat and be lazy. They were worse than others, so I had to be worse than them to avoid being at a disadvantage.

Er Gouzi had no choice, and it was impossible for him to keep an eye on everyone all the time.

He thought for a long time and came up with this idea. Those who work more can get more and better resources, and those who work less can get fewer resources.

In this way, it seems much fairer, and everyone is full of enthusiasm to work.

It's just hard for those children.

Many of his subordinates were bought when they were two or three years old. Now they are not yet ten years old. Naturally, they are not as good at work as adults, and the resources they can get are limited.

At this time, Qiuyue took out the booklet, compared it with the records on it, and distributed Peiyuan Guben Pills to everyone.

A child took the Peiyuan Guben Pills and put it in his mouth to chew.

"It smells like snot."

"Why do I smell snot every time I take this pill?"

The child asked curiously while chewing.

"Nonsense, this is medicine, where does the snot come from, how do you know that snot smells like this?"

Qiuyue patted the child's head and scolded with a smile.

"It's true, it smells like snot and booger."

"Don't you lick your snot?"

"Don't you usually eat the dry boogers you pick out?"

The child asked a little curiously.

"Who among adults would do such a disgusting thing? This is medicine, it can taste sweet, sour, bitter or spicy."

"Everything in the world can be used as medicine."

Er Gouzi said a little embarrassedly when he heard the child's words.

I don't know how much snot and tears Yushan mixed in it to make the child taste it.

Luckily, I haven't eaten Peiyuan Guben Pills for many years.

Yushan sold all the Peiyuan Guben Pills he made on the black market, or distributed them to his men to eat.

Er Gouzi handed Pei Yuan Gu Ben Wan to Qiu Yue to distribute. He walked out of the village and prepared to kick Yu Shan a few times when he returned to the top of the mountain.

As soon as he walked out, he saw the Taoist Jiuxing of Daoxuan Sect standing outside the village with a smile.

"Congratulations to Taoist Zhang for successfully building a foundation."

Taoist Jiuxing saw from a distance that Er Gouzi had successfully built a foundation, and hurriedly bowed to congratulate him.

"Thank you, Taoist Jiuxing."

"Please come this way."

After Er Gouzi built a foundation, he looked much more confident and calm when facing these foundation-building cultivators.

As for the straw bag building a foundation.

In the past few days, he didn't care so much. Anyway, there are so many straw bags in the world, and he is not one more.

Maybe the Taoist Jiuxing opposite is also a straw bag building a foundation.

Thinking of this, he felt more balanced.

He led Jiuxing to a blue brick house and poured tea for him.

For the wooden sign, Taoist Jiuxing has come many times in the past two years.

So Er Gouzi knew what he was up to without him saying anything.

"Fellow Daoist Jiuxing, I want to ask you, how big is the Dantian Sea of ​​a general foundation-building cultivator?"

"The Dantian Sea varies from person to person."

"Those evil cult cultivators who are eager for quick success and instant benefits, some of them only have a Dantian Sea of ​​three to five inches."

Hearing what Jiuxing Daoist said, Er Gouzi breathed a sigh of relief, at least he was not the worst.

"We, the righteous cultivators, emphasize steady progress and building a solid foundation. Generally, after building the foundation, we can reach about one foot."

"My Dantian Sea is one foot and two inches."

Jiu Xing said this, quite complacently, this is his capital that is better than other fellows.

Hearing that Jiu Xing was one foot and two inches, Er Gouzi looked inward at his humble Dantian again.

"I wonder how big is the Dantian Sea after Zhang Daoyou built the foundation?"

"I'm about the same as everyone else, also about one foot."

The actual size made Er Gouzi a little embarrassed to say, thinking that five inches should also be considered about one foot.

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and Jiu Xing brought up the old matter again.

"I wonder if the wooden sign has been found?"

Dao Xuanzong should attach great importance to this wooden sign, and he would come to ask about it every now and then.

If he hadn't been afraid of the strength of the big snake, he would probably have resorted to violence.

"Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission!"

This time, Er Gouzi was uncharacteristically and admitted that he had found it.

"Really?"

The Taoist Nine Stars stood up excitedly.

"Show me now!"

Er Gouzi was not in a hurry at this time. He took out a wooden box and gently opened it.

There was a wooden sign in the wooden box, which was engraved with runes.

But this wooden sign was obviously severely damaged.

It was reassembled from many small pieces, and there were some signs of corrosion on it.

"This?"

"Is this the wooden sign?"

Although the Taoist Nine Stars had never seen a wooden sign before, he knew that it should not look like this.

"It should be. In order to help you find this wooden sign, I have to sift through the shit of the big snake every day.

It took several months to find these bits and pieces, and they look like this when they are put together."

Er Gouzi has read so many sage books and cultivated his face to be thicker and thicker. Now he will not blush when talking nonsense.

This wooden sign was of course forged by him. He used a piece of jujube wood and stored it in a gourd with some spiritual energy.

Then cut it into the style of the original wooden sign, and engrave it according to the runes on it.

Then break the forged wooden sign, so that it looks more like it was sifted out from snake feces.

He made a total of more than a dozen fakes, but this one was the most satisfactory.

Jiuxing stared at the broken wooden sign in the wooden box, poked it with his fingers, scratched it with his fingernails, and smelled it. There was a bad smell.

"This wooden sign is extremely tough, how could it break? And now it can be scratched with fingernails, it's a bit too brittle."

Jiuxing Taoist was still full of doubts when facing this broken wooden sign.

"I don't know about this. I sifted it out of snake feces for you. I'm tired and smelly."

Er Gouzi didn't intend to make any explanation. Anyway, he insisted that he picked it up from snake feces, and he didn't know anything else.

If the other party has any questions, he can study it himself and find the answer.

Jiuxing Taoist studied the wooden sign for a long time, but still couldn't judge the authenticity.

Although the wood is extremely tough.

But the snake was indeed extraordinary. The wooden sign had passed through the snake's stomach, so it might have become brittle.

So after looking at it for a long time, Jiuxing Taoist still couldn't figure it out.

"Daoyou, can you give me this wooden sign first?"

"I'll take it back and let many fellow disciples refer to it for identification."

"No!"

Er Gouzi shook his head firmly and refused.

"Since it's a transaction, one hand pays the other hand. What if you cheat me of my wooden sign and don't let me practice the skills?"

"I'm just an honest farmer, but I can't fight against you Daoxuan Sect."

Although it was a fake he made, it must be sold as the real thing to be valuable.

So, his attitude was also very firm.

"But I can't judge the authenticity now, and I can't give you the skills rashly, right?"

Jiuxing Taoist was also hesitant and couldn't make a decision for a while.

Seeing that Jiuxing was unable to make a decision, Er Gouzi reached out, closed the wooden box again, and put it in his arms.

Anyway, he was not in a hurry. He was just trying to make a move. Daoxuan Sect could change it or not.

Jiuxing Taoist hesitated for a long time, unable to make a decision, but reluctant to leave. The wooden sign was too important to Daoxuan Sect.

After a long time, Jiuxing finally came up with a compromise.

"How about we each take a step back?"

"How do you take a step back?"

"You take the wooden sign back to me, and I will give you a small part of the skills first. If it is genuine, I will give you the rest of the skills."

"What kind of step back is this? You have taken all the benefits."

Ergouzi immediately disagreed, as if he had suffered a great loss.

"In the end, you took advantage of it and took the wooden sign."

Jiuxing Taoist used the reputation of their Daoxuan Sect to guarantee that he would never deceive Ergouzi.

He said a lot of good things, and in the end, Ergouzi reluctantly agreed.

The technique that Jiuxing Taoist gave Er Gouzi only had the initial and middle stages of foundation building.

As for the later stages of foundation building and the golden elixir, they needed to confirm the authenticity of the wooden plaque before they could be given to Er Gouzi.

Seeing Jiuxing Taoist happily leave with the wooden box, Er Gouzi was also very happy.

This was a mutually beneficial transaction, and both of them got what they wanted.

Er Gouzi took the technique back to the mountain and locked himself in the stone house to study it carefully.

Even the original intention to kick Yushan was forgotten now.

He read it many times and asked Chang Ling'er to help him read it again.

He was afraid that Jiuxing would use fake skills to deceive him.

"The skills should be fine, you can practice with confidence."

Chang Ling'er's voice sounded in his mind.

"You spent so much effort to cheat a very rubbish foundation-building skills. You might as well find Xu Feng's whereabouts."

"Back then, Chang Ling'er's own demon skills were not suitable for the human race, so she found a top human skills for Xu Feng."

"If you find Xu Feng's whereabouts, you might be able to get this skills."

Chang Ling'er was instigating Er Gouzi to find Xu Feng's whereabouts.

"Wait a little longer, I'm not strong enough now."

Er Gouzi didn't have a foundation before, and he always felt that it was too dangerous outside and didn't want to go out.

Now he has successfully built a foundation, but he is just a straw bag foundation. He still has no confidence and is unwilling to go out for this.

He still remembers that when he saw Ji Cang kill three foundation-building cultivators with a flick of his finger.

There were also nine foundation-building cultivators from the National Defense Army, who could chase dozens of cultivators of the same level and make them flee in panic.

There was still a big gap between foundation-building and foundation-building.

Er Gouzi was not bewitched by Chang Ling'er. He returned to the stone house on the top of the mountain, swallowed a Qi-gathering pill, and began to practice.

The real foundation-building period technique was indeed much faster to practice.

It used to take him one or two days to finally refine a Qi-gathering pill into mana.

Now, it only took one hour to completely refine it into mana.

In the following period of time, he practiced the foundation-building technique every day to refine the spiritual energy and increase mana.

Then he used "Nine-Layer Foundation Building" to purify and compress these mana, increase the purity of mana, and widen the sea of ​​​​Dantian.

His Dantian Sea was finally widened by five points with his day-by-day efforts.

Now it has reached five inches and five points.

Persistence, one foot is expected.