Volume 1: Spring in Wulong Town Chapter 25: Tea eggs? Hand-pulled pancakes?
In the center of the snow-white rice paper, there is a circle the size of a palm. It is very regular. Even if you use a compass, you probably can't draw such a regular circle!
In the center of the circle are some vague and complicated patterns, but because the "patterns" on the palm can only outline the approximate shapes of the stars, the deep and shallow patterns inside the circle cannot be seen clearly at all.
Tang Zheng looked at it for a long time, but couldn't guess what species his horoscope represented.
"Little bell." Tang Zheng looked at Meng Fengling with a smile.
"Hmm?" Little Bell raised her watery eyes with an innocent look on her face.
"Can you help big brother with something?"
"What's the matter?" Little Bell was still quite alert.
"Call your sister and Xiaotang over here and tell them I have something to talk to them about."
"My sister..." Xiao Lingling looked at the bell on her neck, "She's easy to find, but Sister Xiaotang... is a little far away."
Tang Zheng saw that Xiao Lingdang had been glancing at the half-used tattoo ink, and he cursed in his heart, "Damn it, didn't you say that I was born with a one-star talent and I don't need it at all?" However, he didn't intend to reason with a seven or eight-year-old child. He grabbed the tattoo ink, put it back in the exquisite box, and handed it to Xiao Lingdang: "Yours!"
A smile immediately broke out on Xiao Lingdang's face: "Thank you, big brother. I'll help you call sister and Xiaotang sister!"
"Hey." Tang Zheng watched her run out happily and quickly added, "That's ink! It's used for writing! Not for eating..."
"..." Little Bell staggered and turned back with an innocent look on her face.
"Okay, go quickly..." Tang Zheng stroked his forehead speechlessly.
But after a while, Meng Fenghua, who was taking a class in the primary martial arts training ground, called another coach to lead the way and rushed to Tang Zheng first.
Tang Xiaotang had just finished her morning classes and was busy with a bunch of things at noon. She had just picked up her bowl and chopsticks when Xiao Lingling came over. She cried out in despair: "Damn! He must have been sent by God to help me lose weight!"
Having said that, she quickly put down her bowl and chopsticks and rushed to Tang Zheng's side.
…
The afternoon sun made the entire courtyard warm. Tang Zheng was pacing in the courtyard holding the piece of paper representing his horoscope.
Meng Fenghua leaned quietly against the willow tree, frowning and thinking.
Tang Xiaotang followed behind Tang Zheng, looked, thought, looked again, and thought again.
"Five-spiced tea eggs? No, tea eggs are oval, not perfectly round. Taiwanese hand-pulled pancakes? It seems that no one can make hand-pulled pancakes so perfectly..." Tang Zheng thought as he walked.
"A perfect circle with complicated patterns inside... Sister Fenghua, could it be the constellation of your Xuantian Yinyue Sect - the Xuantian Haoyue?" Tang Xiaotang thought about it for a long time, and it seemed that she could only come up with this conclusion.
"No, Xuantian Haoyue is a clan-level constellation..." Meng Fenghua directly denied this conclusion.
The powerful-level constellations, clan-level constellations, and aristocratic- level constellations are all born with the ability to light up one star. Tang Zheng can't even light up a star, let alone his star power can't even support the freeing up of a star.
The constellations below the powerful level are generally swords, spears, halberds, ferocious birds and beasts, so they should be very easy to judge.
However, the result of Tang Zheng's tattoo was really beyond comprehension.
"How is your star power cultivation going now? How long will it take to cultivate three hundred strands of star power?" Meng Fenghua asked Tang Zhengdao.
"If nothing unexpected happens, about a week." Tang Zheng replied.
"How long is a week?" Tang Xiaotang gave him a look and said, "Speak human language."
"Seven days..." Tang Zheng quickly changed his words.
"Then you'll have to wait another seven days." Tang Xiaotang smiled gloatingly, "With about three hundred strands of star power, you can directly create a star image!"
"Are you sure that the rising stars won't be a mess like this?"
"Of course not!" Tang Xiaotang answered confidently, and then asked, "By the way, has the ID badge been repaired?"
Tang Zheng went into the house and handed her the fake ID card, asking her to return it as soon as possible, and then let her go to eat.
Meng Fenghua was sitting on a stone bench, still looking carefully at the tattoo results.
In fact, Tang Zheng was already very satisfied after confirming through the tattoo that he really had a horoscope and it was definitely not instant noodles. As for what it was specifically, he could wait a few more days.
So, he took the rice paper back from Meng Fenghua: "It will only take seven days. After seven days, we will know whether it is an egg or a duck egg."
"No." Meng Fenghua shook his head, "Your tattoo..."
"Hmm? What's the problem?"
"Could it be Yao Mo that was used?"
"..." Tang Zheng's breath stagnated, "Are you looking at this ?"
"Yes." A trace of confusion appeared on Meng Fenghua's cold face. "I was wondering, why do you want to use Yao Mo?"
Only eight words came to Tang Zheng’s mind - only buy expensive things, not the right ones!
If you have money, you can be so willful!
Meng Fenghua's cold voice seemed to come from the ice surface that was just warming up in early spring: "Yao ink, because the stars floating on the paper are light purple, very beautiful, and have a fragrance, it is usually used by the children of the noble families when they perform the 'tattoo ceremony'."
"ceremony?"
"Well, most of the children of aristocratic families are born with one star, and they don't need tattoos when they are young, so their tattoos have become a kind of ritual, which is performed around the age of fifteen, symbolizing their adulthood. However, in some aristocratic families, Yao Mo is more commonly used as a token of love..."
"Ah?" Tang Zheng was immediately frightened, "A token of love?"
"I just said it casually. What's wrong with you?" Meng Fenghua looked at Tang Zheng with even more confusion.
Tang Zheng rushed out of the yard without saying a word.
He must find the little bell as soon as possible!
No matter what method he uses, he must get back that large piece of Yao Mo!
Otherwise, if Meng Fenghua knew who he gave Yao Mo to, he would definitely die, and it would be a very ugly death!
…
While spring is in full bloom at Tangjiabao and the atmosphere is filled with the atmosphere of "study hard and make progress every day", Yinlan Villa is gloomy from top to bottom.
Everyone in the entire Yinlan Villa knew that last night, on West Street, in the Lan family’s territory, two servants wearing the Lan family’s uniforms were actually killed!
West Street, killing the Lan family’s people, it was just a slap in the face with several loud noises.
When he heard about this, Lan Shaoze was practicing his martial arts - Li Gou Sword Technique - in his own yard.
On the "Moon Like a Hook" constellation behind him, two bright stars kept rising and falling as his sword rose and fell.
However, no matter how bright the stars are or how bright the sunshine is, they cannot clear away the haze in his heart.
Swish!
With his last move, he slashed a nearby locust tree with his sword. The decades-old locust tree was cut off at the roots and collapsed with a loud bang.
"Speak." Lan Shaoze casually threw away the sword, took the cup of warm tea handed to him by the maid, and didn't even look at his trusted commander who was trembling with fear in front of him.
"Yesterday...last night, the ones who were killed were...Old Ding and Xiao Gui. Judging from the killing method, it was somewhat similar to that of one of the two people in Fengmen Village."
"Oh." Lan Shaoze's eyelids moved only slightly. "Why are you shaking? This is good news!"
"Eh? Good news?"
"The person we are looking for hasn't left Wulong Town yet, right?" Lan Shaoze said.
"Ah, yes, yes..."
For Lan Shaoze’s confidants, this is indeed “good news” and they will continue searching!
Moreover, they still couldn't look for him openly and couldn't let anyone from the Lan family know that the person they were looking for was not a two-star warrior.
Lan Shaoze asked again: "What happened?"
"It's at the second entrance of Huiyin Alley on West Street. Among them, Xiaogui...seems to have successfully attracted the star before his death and became a one-star warrior!"
Lan Shaoze then raised his eyes and glanced at the trusted commander.
The commander understood what he meant at a glance: "Xiao Gui...he...he doesn't have a starburst."
"Another piece of trash!" Lan Shaoze snorted coldly, "A Viper and a Little Gui, neither of them have learned the Star Attraction Style? They don't even know how to perform a Starburst? Did we raise them in vain at Hidden Blue Villa?!"
Lan Shaoze didn't care about the two lives. What really mattered to him was that since Xiaogui had made a breakthrough in the battle, he had the opportunity to seriously injure the opponent or even kill him directly, but he didn't do it.
Lan Shaoze's trusted commander quickly lowered his head, not daring to breathe.
"You go ahead." Lan Shaoze quickly controlled his emotions and waved his hand towards the commander, "Forget it, since we've confirmed that the person is still in Wulong Town... go and call Xu Qingyan... and invite him over."
The commander was stunned at first, then immediately followed the order and left.
Xu Qingyan is the only three-star warrior around Lan Shaoze. His horoscope is a two-headed Tibetan mastiff, and his three life palaces contain Tianji, Ju Men and Tai Yin, which gives him very strong tracking and combat capabilities.
Lan Shaoze didn't even need Xu Qingyan to actually take action.
He only needs Xu Qingyan to track down the opponent's hiding place, and he can send a two-star warrior over to crush the opponent to death!
