A few days later, Dayu's situation on the battlefield went from bad to worse.

Li Ping'an and Lao Niu were still focused on refining the Sage Pill and ignored what was going on outside the window.

"Bang bang bang!!"

A rapid knock on the door suddenly sounded.

"Open the fucking door now."

As soon as the door opened, two men in their twenties walked in.

One is short and chubby.

The other had a mustache and held a thick and long dry cigarette in his hand.

His clothes were a little shabby, and he had a slutty temperament about him.

It may be that people of the same sex are attracted to each other, and Li Ping'an is also a slut.

He immediately concluded that these two people were definitely not official officials.

He has a wretched look on his face, and anyone who sees him will be on alert.

"Why is the door opening so slow? Damn it!!"

Li Ping'an said: "I wonder who the two of you are?"

"Who is it? You don't even know your boss?"

The man holding the big cigarette stick grinned widely, showing yellow teeth.

The beard all over his face looks like a pile of tangled grass.

"It turned out to be two poor men. I don't know what happened?"

"What's the matter? The imperial court is going to war, and it is related to Dayu's life and death.

All passionate men are indignant and voluntarily go to the battlefield.

You deserve to be damned if you live alone in such a big yard!!"

"that is!"

Humpty Dumpty also echoed.

"I don't know what I'm doing. I'm looking after the yard for others. This yard doesn't belong to me."

"Stop talking nonsense and pay!"

"No money."

Li Pingan spread his hands.

"If you don't have money, a cow will do." The short fat man's eyes fell on the old cow. A cow is worth a lot of money.

Li Pingan said nothing more, turned around and left.

"Lao Niu, I leave it to you."

"Moo!!"

The short fat man and the mustache frowned in confusion. What do you mean?

Back in the room, Li Pingan put the tea leaves into a small jar and smashed the tea leaves into pieces like garlic.

Prepare to mash it later and use it to make tea.

After a while, the screams of the two scoundrels were heard outside the house.

"Ahhhh!!"

By May, it was almost impossible to buy rice on the streets of Dayu's capital, and every household began to stock up on rice and vegetables.

Some people say that the Sui Dynasty will soon enter the capital of Yu the Great.

By then, no humans or animals will be left.

As a result, people with connections began to leave the capital one after another.

Vegetable trucks were transporting rice, potatoes, cabbage, green onions... one after another. It looked like they were sending them to the front line.

In July, ordinary people in the capital changed from two meals a day to one meal a day.

Then it turned into two meals of porridge, and many people starved to death.

Li Ping'an and Lao Niu didn't have much food either.

Two steamed buns and a piece of soybean curd for a meal, that's all.

I was immersed in alchemy and couldn't extricate myself.

Finally, one day.

Li Ping'an and Lao Niu, who felt that they had achieved great success, closed the door of the alchemy room.

Get ready to start removing the impurities inside the spiritual stones you obtained.

Take a shower and change clothes, burn incense and worship, and pray to God for blessings.

There are also rules for the quantity of incense.

The main incense burners are all in odd numbers, that is, one, three, five, seven, and nine.

The singular number is yang, yang means respect, and respect means respect.

One is the incense of peace.

Three incense sticks are used to worship all things in heaven and earth.

Five incense sticks, the incense of the five elements of heaven and earth.

Seven sticks of incense are used to summon gods, soldiers and generals. Never use this incense unless absolutely necessary.

The nine-branched incense is the nine-nine auspicious incense, which reaches up to the thirty-three places and down to the thirty-three places.

They are inviting the Jade Emperor from above and Yama from the Ten Palaces below...

Li Pingan rinsed his mouth and cleared his throat.

First, I burned a stick of incense, kowtowed and prayed: "I am Li Ping'an, the erhu player. May God bless you~"

He turned around and changed his clothes.

I put on three sticks of incense and prayed: "I am the knife hunter Li Ping'an. May God bless you."

Then five branches, seven branches...

Finally, I burned nine sticks of incense in one breath.

"I am Li Ping'an, the chief disciple of Tongtian Peak in Shushan Mountain. May God bless you~"

The main thing is to be cautious.

"Lao Niu, it's on fire!!"

...........

Half a month later.

"Lao Niu. It's done!"

"Moo!"

At this time, the alchemy room was already filled with thick smoke.

Although some accidents occurred during the period, fortunately the final result was good.

Li Pingan successfully refined two hundred of the three thousand spirit stones.

This was good news, but soon he received the news that Fengyangzi had died in battle.

The news of his death was brought back by one of Fengyangzi's former disciples.

No bones were brought back because Sui soldiers leveled the village first.

Hearing the news, Li Ping'an was stunned for a moment.

Asked: "With the strength of Dayu, how long can he persist?"

The man smiled bitterly and shook his head, "It won't take more than two years to decide the outcome."

Li Ping'an thanked the man and then had a drink with Lao Niu.

The next day, Li Ping'an and Lao Niu built a tomb for Fengyangzi.

The old cow patted Li Ping'an on the shoulder with his hoof.

Don't be sad~

Birth, old age, illness and death are human nature.

Li Ping'an spilled a pot of wine on the ground and burned Fengyangzi's little yellow book that he had not read before.

There was a moment of silence, leaving a slight sigh.
To be continued...