Volume 1: Spring in Wulong Town Chapter 193: Form a team, work is not tiring
At night, the night sky is not quiet.
There was an uncontrollable commotion at Yinlan Villa .
“Xu Qingyan!” Several managers of Yinlan Villa shouted angrily, “How did Xu Qingyan get in? Did you guard the gate well?!”
"What's your attitude? We are guests of Yinlan Villa, not slaves of Yinlan Villa. Don't forget, we are three stars, and Xu Qingyan is also three stars!" Several three-star powerhouses of Yinlan Villa frowned.
"Guest officials also get paid to do things, but you took the money but didn't do good things."
"Whatever you say, we are leaving anyway. We are incapable of participating in your blood sacrifice. Please seek help from others!"
“You…you guys…” The faces of several managers turned pale at first, and then they immediately softened. “No, we can talk it out. I was just excited for a moment. Let’s pay more, pay more…”
“Even if you pay more, you still have to live. If I’m not mistaken, your ancestors’ blood sacrifice is simply to weaken our strength and strengthen his… We only have so many years to live in this world, and I don’t want to exchange my life for money.” The guests of Yinlan Villa shook their heads.
"You guys believe what Xu Qingyan just randomly drew in the picture album?" Several managers were as anxious as ants on a hot pan.
"We can't tell whether the atlas is just a random drawing or not?" A three-star guest official sneered, "I learned a little about formation patterns when I was young, and I can tell at a glance that the drawings in the atlas are not only exquisite and detailed, but also true in every word!"
"Although Xu Qingyan is usually very boring, he is also a guest official. He is saving us!" another three-star guest official thought self-conceitedly.
The fault of Yinlan Villa is very serious, which is why the ancestor had to make a desperate attempt and perform a blood sacrifice to destroy Tangjiabao.
Most of the three-star experts in Yinlan Villa are guests.
Lan Shaoze, the only one among the younger generation who had a hope of reaching three stars, died at the hands of Tang Jiabao!
If the old ancestor does not make use of his remaining energy, then when the day comes for his natural death, the descendants of Yinlan Villa will not be able to compete with the descendants of Tangjiabao.
Because there are guests who understand formation patterns, what is stated in the "Blood Sacrifice Atlas" is irrefutable.
The manager of Yinlan Villa could only grit his teeth and said, "Yes! The atlas is real! However, it is not detailed. The ancestor can only absorb the power of the moon and the stars. You are not the bloodline of Yinlan Villa. There is no blood connection. How can you contribute to the ancestor?"
Upon hearing what the steward said, several guests looked at each other in bewilderment.
That's true. It's impossible to absorb it without blood connection.
"Manager Li is also from another family, just like us. Didn't he become like this, too?"
"Of course Steward Li is the bloodline of Yinlan Villa! Moreover, his bloodline is purer than ours. That's why our ancestors used him as the 'Bloodline Star Guide' for the last step of the blood sacrifice. Alas, as for his bloodline... it involves a scandal in Yinlan Villa's early years." In order to keep the guests, several stewards simply told them everything about Steward Li.
These guests of Yinlan Villa were basically all invited from the Tianqin family. After hearing what Manager Li said, they were all stunned. This was a serious challenge to the basic values of the Tianqin family that they were familiar with, which advocated "marrying far away is honorable, and having an affair nearby is shameful."
The policies and customs in each family of Xingyao Continent vary greatly due to their different situations.
Because the Tianqin family is responsible for a long border, the casualty rate among men, especially ordinary soldiers who have not lit up the stars, is very high. The number of women in the entire family is almost twice that of men!
Therefore, the Tianqin family not only encouraged marrying far away, but also encouraged remarriage and polygamy.
The Tianqin family even stipulated that in a family where there is no warrior who has lit up the palace of life within three generations of direct blood relatives, it is legal to selectively abort unborn female fetuses.
The custom of the Tianqin family is that women are proud to marry into a "big family". The more wives and concubines a woman's husband has, the better she will be considered...
However, the Tianqin family’s supplementary regulations regarding marriages and funerals are so complicated that it’s outrageous!
For example, if a woman from the Tianqin family marries someone from another family, she has to pay high taxes. A man who has not lit up his life palace must go through a long application process and wait for the approval of the family elders if he wants to marry a woman with a lit life palace. It is illegal for a man who has never lit up his life palace to marry a woman with three stars or more. It is also illegal for a man over sixty years old to marry a younger wife or concubine, and so on and so forth…
As for having children before marriage and marrying someone else, these are the most illegal in the Tianqin family!
Because no matter whether it is policy or custom, they all serve the purpose of governance - in essence, having children before marriage affects the demographics, and marriage between relatives affects the quality of the population!
What's more, Manager Li's parents are not just related relatives, but siblings!
If it wasn't in a lawless area like Wulong Town, everyone in Yinlan Villa would have been implicated and sent into exile!
“There is such a thing in Yinlan Villa…” After hearing about Manager Li’s scandal, several guests from Yinlan Villa exchanged glances.
Originally, those who came to Wulong Town as guests were not good people. Some of them had grudges or were wanted.
Since the blood sacrifice would not threaten them themselves, then it would not be a big problem to extort money from Yinlan Villa and let them stay.
Several managers of Yinlan Villa hurriedly said, "It is of course beneficial for both of us to stay. Otherwise, after our ancestor comes out of retreat and destroys Tang Family Fort, I am afraid he will not let go of those of you who abandoned Yinlan Villa before the battle..."
With inducements on one side and threats on the other, several guest officials just went with the flow and stayed.
However, the disciples of Hidden Blue Villa could no longer stop them...
Countless young people from Hidden Blue Villa poured into the meeting room and started making loud noises.
"Is what you just said true? The blood sacrifice will drain our cultivation and lifespan? Why?"
"An explanation! We want an explanation! They locked us up here just to sacrifice us. That old man is simply not a human being!"
"Open the gate, let us out... let us out... let us out..."
What the stewards of Yinlan Villa said to the guest officials was overheard by a few juniors and soon spread throughout the entire Yinlan Villa.
More than a hundred people angrily demanded that the door be opened to let them out. They had worked so hard to cultivate the star power for so long and were unwilling to hand it over to their ancestors casually. They were still in their prime youth, at the age when they had the most energy to enjoy life, and they did not want to see their beauty fade in the blink of an eye!
When they saw the boys and girls having their throats cut and their blood drained, they thought it was quite interesting, but when it came to their own youth and strength, they began to curse their ancestors for being inhuman.
Seeing the angry commotion of the younger generation of Yinlan Villa, the managers missed the deceased Lan Shaoze even more...
A manager of Yinlan Villa finally couldn't help it and said to the guests, "Please guard the gate. Anyone who wants to go out will be killed!"
Should I sacrifice a little strength and lifespan to survive, or die immediately?
The stewards knew with sadness what choice the children of Yinlan Villa would make!
…
When Yinlan Villa was in a mess, Tang Zheng was squatting next to a beautiful girl playing with ants.
The ant in Hua Yingxiu's hand is not an ordinary ant!
They were transparent throughout and lay obediently on various parts of Manager Li's body, taking in his heart's essence and blood, his brow-refined blood, and his wrist blood bit by bit.
Then, the bodies of those ants emitted all kinds of beautiful lights. Hua Yingxiu took a pen and paper and kept recording the changes of those ants.
"If you analyze the composition of his blood, you can simulate his blood?" Tang Zheng asked Hua Yingxiu, holding an ant in his hand.
"You're just holding it like this, aren't you afraid?" Hua Yingxiu didn't answer Tang Zheng, but asked: "When I first learned the 'Blood Ant Gu', I was so scared that I couldn't sleep for several days."
"Normal. Of course girls are timid." Tang Zheng smiled. He had seen ants three times bigger than humans and dense colonies of man-eating ants in the game. What was there to be afraid of such a small transparent thing in his hand?
"Then help me prepare the 'Wen Die Gu'. You need to reduce your star power to one star, and nurture it for half an hour before giving it to me." Hua Yingxiu saw that Tang Zheng was indeed not afraid, so she simply let go and let him help.
"Okay." Tang Zheng saw Hua Yingxiu picking up a piece of wood and carving it, and asked, "What are you doing?"
"This is called 'Blood Zombie Gu'. It is made of golden wood and kingfisher blood, simulating the blood I need. 'Blood Zombie Gu' has no life, but when mixed with 'Warm Butterfly Gu', it can be mixed into a two-star 'Butterfly Zombie Gu'. After using 'Butterfly Zombie Gu', you will look no different from a normal person..."
"Oh? Is this the substitute doll I want to put in the Luo Fei formation?"
"Yes, it's the substitute doll you proposed!" Hua Yingxiu covered her mouth and smiled, she was quite surprised by Tang Zheng's statement.
"Can a substitute doll really be made? Why don't you take some of my blood and make a few more for me so that I can carry them with me to save my life..." Tang Zheng asked without any hesitation.
"Of course." Hua Yingxiu did not refuse, and nodded in agreement with a smile, "But, warm butterflies are difficult to raise. Among a group of hot spring butterflies, only one or two butterfly kings can emerge, and only butterfly kings can be used to refine Gu, which is very difficult. After making this 'Butterfly Zombie Gu', I only have one cage of warm butterfly Gu, so I can only make a substitute doll for you."
"One is fine!" Tang Zheng certainly wouldn't think it's too little. He has become accustomed to the low production capacity of the Yaoshan tribe. Besides, it's already good enough to get one of this kind of life-saving item.
Tang Zheng worked on it for a long time, and the little wooden figure in Hua Yingxiu's hand became more and more exquisitely carved, with eyes and noses carved to look lifelike.
Even Tang Zheng couldn't help but admire that the hands of the girl from the Yaoshan tribe were truly as skillful as those of a master in carving gold and jade.
"Master, Master..." Just when Hua Yingxiu had finished carving the little wooden man, Tang Xiaotang's voice came from outside, "Luo Fei wants you to come over and say... the 'Eating Gu and Drawing Blood Formation' has been designed!"
"Okay, okay." Tang Zheng stood up from the ground and complained in a low voice: "To fight the big boss, we still need to form a team!"
