Mechanical Pioneer Under One Person

After hearing this, Liu Ke smiled and said, "There will be gifts for you when you go? That's really great!"

"The last time I encountered such a lucky break was during a bank credit card promotion, and I even got a bicycle that pierced my butt crack."

Jin Yong ignored the subtle sarcasm and simply said, "Our newly intercepted brothers and sisters welcome everyone who is willing to join us."

Then, he took out a piece of paper from his pocket, handed it to Liu Ke, and said, "This is our address. You can go there anytime."

After saying this, he stood up, bowed his head in a gesture of farewell, and said, "Then I won't bother you anymore. I have someone very special to invite."

After hearing this, Liu Ke asked curiously, "Can I know who that is?"

Jin Yong thought for a moment, then said, "It's okay to tell you. You've seen him before. It's Taoist Priest Wang Ye. He's been expelled from Wudang Mountain and might be in trouble. The leader has ordered me to help him resolve his problems."

Chapter 154 New Interception (3)

After Jin Yong came out of Biyou Village, his 'leader', the leader of the [New Intercept], Village Chief Ma Xianhong, assigned him only two tasks.

One was to take the devouring sac and Ruhua inside to find Liu Ke, the "weapon refiner" who was very conspicuous in the Luotian Grand Ceremony. The other was to find Taoist Master Wang Ye of Wudang Mountain.

The purpose of finding these two people is similar, which is to invite them to join the Xinjie family.

Of course, in Village Chief Ma’s instructions, the attitude and method of recruiting these two people were also different.

The reason why Taoist Wang Ye attracted the attention of Village Chief Ma was naturally because of the unique and strange martial arts he practiced.

Although Village Chief Ma did not know the real name of the strange technique used by Wang Ye, with his knowledge and combined with Wang Ye's performance in the match against Zhuge Qing, it was not difficult to analyze that Wang Ye was the successor of the Eight Great Techniques.

Therefore, it is not difficult to see that Ma Xianhong's invitation to Wang Ye was simply because he wanted to provide protection to Taoist Master Wang, who was also a descendant of the Eight Wonders, so that they could advance and retreat together. Therefore, for Wang Ye, Ma Xianhong's invitation was more of an equal one.

As for Liu Ke, the reason he was able to attract Ma Xianhong's attention was naturally because of his 'weapon refining' skills.

At least... on the surface, those seemingly unscientific creations are just "weapon refining" in the eyes of aliens, but the methods are somewhat unique.

Ma Xianhong admired Liu Ke's weapon-refining skills. Liu Ke seemed to be on good terms with Zhang Chulan, the successor of the Eight Wonders Techniques. His character was probably fine, so it was natural to invite him.

The reason why Jin Yong was so humble when meeting Liu Ke was naturally because of Village Chief Ma's advice to "seek talents eagerly".

In addition to the common mutual admiration among technical geeks, it was also because Village Chief Ma wanted to build a perfect furnace.

As the saying goes, one person's plan is always short, and sometimes technology requires a collision of passion. Perhaps Liu Ke's participation is the key to creating the perfect self-cultivation furnace and regaining his precious "memories"?

Ma Xianhong is not selfish, nor is he conceited. If Liu Ke is willing to join, he will immediately pass on the [Divine Machine Hundred Refinements] to him, even if it can only increase the progress of his furnace project a little bit.

Otherwise, why do people say that in this world, people without a past are the most pitiful?

Biyou Village, Liupanshui, Guizhou Province.

Just as Jin Yong said, the development of the entire Biyou Village is now booming. Residential areas, functional areas, production areas, training areas, defense facilities, and furnace areas all need additional construction.

Nowadays, there are already quite a few residents in the village. Some of them are extraordinary people, and some are just ordinary people, but the vast majority of ordinary people also have the opportunity and yearn to become extraordinary people.

The villagers here are all full of hope and regard Biyou Village as a paradise and a utopia. Everyone is working hard for the "betterment" of the village.

Raising pigs, building buildings, plastering, planting trees, farming, they do their best in any job and really treat the village as their own home. Some of them are willing to work in shifts day and night.

Of course, it was nighttime, and both strangers and villagers needed sleep. Village Chief Ma had mandated that, aside from those on essential patrols, everyone else should rest when needed, and that overtime, whether voluntary or involuntary, be discouraged.

But having said that, Ma Xianhong just didn't want the villagers to live such a hard life. He himself was still very anxious about the construction period.

So, while everyone else was resting, Village Chief Ma, the leader of Biyou Village, was controlling Ruhua to do the infrastructure work.

As the inheritor of the Eight Wonders Skill [Divine Machine Hundred Refinements], Ma Xianhong can operate Ruhua in large quantities. Perhaps it is difficult to produce thousands of Ruhua, but hundreds are still feasible. It just takes more effort.

The performance of these "brick-moving" and "wood-cutting" machines is excellent. Although they cannot do overly delicate work, they can do the hard work of two people at a time. Each one of them is like a small crane, running around and working.

Amidst the busy flow of hundreds of Ruhuas, Ma Xianhong sat in front of the gate of his village, watching his Ruhuas working at brisk strides.

He was not the only one here. Beside Ma Xianhong, who was wearing a simple training robe, there was a woman dressed in very Western style.

The woman's hair color was light purple with a hint of pink. She was tall and had delicate skin. She was wearing a white Western-style banquet dress with a star badge on her chest. She had an elegant yet strange temperament.

"How is it, sister? How is my Biyou Village?"

The reason why Ma Xianhong was unable to communicate properly with Liu Ke today was naturally because his sister "Sister Ma" came.

Of course, "Sister Ma" was just a nickname. This woman herself was a very prominent figure - she was the president of Yaoxing Society, Qu Tong.

When Qu Tong heard Ma Xianhong's question, she looked around and said in an overly calm tone, "The place you chose is quite good. At least it won't attract attention."

For some reason, when Qu Tong said "I won't let anyone" notice it, a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, which looked very incongruous.

However, Village Chief Ma did not have any opinion on Qu Tong's expression. After all, in his limited memory, his sister would often show that weird and absurd smile.

After a few breaths, Qu Tong raised his head slightly and said again, "I heard from your people that you sent someone to recruit Wang Ye?"

Hearing the question, Village Chief Ma didn't intend to hide anything and said directly, "Yes, Taoist Wang is in a little trouble. This malice directed at the successor of the Eight Wonders is really disgusting. And Wudang Mountain expelled him. I think it would be better for him to come to me."

"At least it's safe here."

After saying that, Village Chief Ma suddenly picked up his cell phone again. When he saw the text message, he couldn't help laughing.

Seeing him like this, Qu Tong smiled and asked, "What makes you so happy?"

Ma Xianhong laughed for a long time before saying, "Nothing much, I just recruited another person with talent for refining weapons."

After hearing this, Qu Tong's eyes shifted slightly, then she shook her head slightly and said, "Can you learn the Divine Machine Hundred Refinements? Like the enemy you sought before?"

Upon hearing this, Ma Xianhong said confidently, "As for talent, perhaps he's even better than me."

After hearing this, Qu Tong's face showed no expression. Instead, she turned around and walked towards the village, saying, "That's good."

"I can still stay in Biyou Village for a few more days. I hope your furnace can make some progress in the next few days, so that my trip will be worthwhile."

Chapter 155 Heading the House

Northeastern cuisine is a general term for the cuisine of the three northeastern provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning.

It absorbs the folk food culture of Han, Hui, Mongolian, Korean, Manchu and other ethnic groups, blends in a lot of Shandong cuisine and Beijing cuisine's cooking skills, and also integrates Russian and Korean methods to form a unique style.

Its special dishes include sweet and sour pork, stewed chicken with mushrooms, and three fresh vegetables.

The Gao family's family banquet is a feast for witches and elves, and the banquet naturally features the hometown flavors of the exorcists and Northeastern cuisine as the main dishes.

Of course, if it were a hundred years ago, the Gao family’s family banquet would naturally be more sumptuous.

For example, this chicken stewed with mushrooms was originally called "Flying Dragon Stewed with White Mushrooms", but later "Flying Dragon" was no longer allowed to be eaten, so it was changed to "Pheasant Stewed with White Mushrooms".

Later, pheasants were not allowed to be eaten, so the only dish available was "chicken stewed with white mushrooms". However, "chicken" was not a good match for white mushrooms, so in the end it became chicken stewed with mushrooms. The same goes for dishes like "three fresh delicacies".

To put it more clearly, more than a hundred years ago, the Gao family's family banquet would have been something like "roasted deer tail", "stewed flying dragon", "braised bear paw", and "tiger bone wine".

However, nowadays we live in modern society. After the promulgation of the Wildlife Protection Law, the recipes of Northeastern cuisine have... lacked many raw materials, and its status has plummeted.

……

"Uncle, are you really not going to serve some solid dishes?"

"Just these... these few things? Aren't they a bit too shabby?"

The next day, in the kitchen of the Gao family's mansion, a nephew of the Gao family looked at the dishes prepared by the chefs and asked with a frown.

This dish is definitely not bad, it's just a little ordinary. It's okay for a small banquet with only family and acquaintances on weekdays, but it can be used to entertain guests...

After that, the nephew of the Gao family continued, "We eat it every year at home, and so do the others in the family. We don't lack anything and we're not picky about anything."

"But the boy Erzhuang brought back was his first time. Not only did he save half her life, but judging by the situation, he might even become your son-in-law in the future..."

At this point, he paused, pointed at the chef's spoon and said, "I'm afraid the ingredients are a bit too shabby. The most difficult dish is the snow-capped bean paste. Our chef Chen couldn't even use all his skills."

After hearing this, Gao Lian couldn't help but sigh and said to the boy in front of him, "Pengzi, I know it's a bit shabby. I want to change the venue for the banquet, and I asked Erzhuang before."

"But she said...this Liu kid isn't suitable for going out to eat hard food. Even if it's something he's not used to, he shouldn't do it. He needs to be very careful."

Gao Peng was also stunned when he heard his uncle's words. He touched his head and asked, "Is this really the case? Oh my god, how can he act like those high-ranking officials? What kind of leader is he?"

Gao Lian shook his head and replied, "I don't know. Er Zhuang said they first met online. Officially, they were both employees of the North China region, so they were half of the company's employees."

"But... how could someone who could create something like that and allow Er Zhuang to move freely be an ordinary person?"

"Hey, you know, my daughter may look carefree, but she's actually quite proud and arrogant at heart."

After a while, Gao Lian covered his forehead again, sighed a few times, and said, "Pengzi, you keep an eye on it here. I'll go... take a look inside the hall."

Seeing Gao Peng nod, Gao Lian took one last look around the kitchen and walked out.

……

Similar to how the North China region of Nadoutong is controlled by the Xu brothers, Nadoutong in the Northeast is also firmly held in the hands of the Gao family.

To put it bluntly, in the Northeast, the Gao family came first, and then the Naduotong family came.

Naturally, Nadutong's Northeast regional branch was built right next to the demolished Gao family mansion, and the distance is very close, only three or two minutes away.

This mansion is extremely wealthy. Although it cannot be compared with the old courtyard houses in Beijing, it is not something that ordinary people can afford.

The entire house is about 2,000 square meters. In addition to the regular functional rooms such as living rooms, halls, kitchens, bathing areas, martial arts fields, etc., the largest area is... the hall for performing rituals.

Actually, this wasn't surprising. The Gao family didn't have much of a legacy in the past, but starting from Gao Lian's father's generation, the entire family began to cultivate the witchcraft of the Chu Ma Xian. After all, being outside the Great Wall, the power of the Chu Ma Xian was strong enough...

Of course, there are still young people in the clan, like Er Zhuang, who are more suitable for other schools and methods, and the Gao family also supports their studies.

But the spirit mediums are now the mainstream of the Gao family.

After Gao Lian left the kitchen, he walked slowly for five or six minutes and arrived at the door of the largest part of the mansion, the [hall].

Seeing the tightly closed wooden door of the hall, Gao Lian first took out a handful of incense ash from the inside of his shirt with his right hand and sprinkled it on the wooden door.

Swish!

As the incense ash was ignited by a faint flame, Gao Lian put his hands together, formed a seal, closed his eyes and chanted an incantation.

After about ten breaths, the door of the hall began to tremble, revealing a crack.

When Gao Lian saw this, he pushed the door open with both hands, walked into the hall, and then closed the door.

As soon as one enters the main gate of the hall, there is thick darkness. Not to mention ordinary people, even Huang Dan, the man in Quan Xing who is famous for his eyesight, would not be able to see anything.

The reason, of course, is that the darkness in front of us is caused by magic.

And the practitioner.

"Boy, why are you here?"

"Silly Biaozi, Lian said he would host his family's 'family dinner' today."