Chapter 287: Xiangyu Small Town(1/2)
The next day, the sky just saw some light, and Li Xuanzhou left the village with silver tea. During this period, he naturally exchanged some greetings with Zhong Daichen's disciples. However, because of some noticeable reasons, the two sides did not communicate much. After Li Xuanzhou left the village, another disciple of Zhong Daichen also came to the town.
When he heard from Zhong Yuchi that a senior brother from Qing Ming came from the village, he was still a little worried at first.
The reason for concern is very simple.
The relationship between the senior brother and the junior sister is sometimes difficult to say clearly, so if the other party is really Qing Ming's senior brother and this person is very strong, then the other party has a congenital advantage over him, and he likes Qing Ming very much, so it would be very uncomfortable not to be chased by others directly. But after learning about Li Xuanzhou's shallow cultivation from his master Zhong Daichen, he finally felt relieved and instantly threw this kind of thing away.
"I thought he was a powerful man."
"It's just such a small bug."
"Hey, I really scared myself." He shook his head and said helplessly.
"Haha, you still have to continue to follow the master to practice well in the future. As long as you can successfully own the medal of the Medicine Buddha Valley, then, let alone this woman named Qingming, or other women, aren't you just choosing any of you?" Zhong Daichen said very sharply, and he also said to his eldest disciple, "We can strengthen our own power in the Medicine Buddha Valley, and we will never be suppressed by those people. This world is very unbearable!"
Zhong Yuchi listened silently to the conversation between his senior brother and his master. He didn't say anything, but he felt a little embarrassed on his face and always felt that he was embarrassed to be with them. However, considering that his master was pretty good to him, he couldn't say anything. After reluctantly echoing, he did his own thing.
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There is a small body moving in the sea of death, but no one knows it now.
A voice asked in a low voice: "The monk who came to the Death Sand Sea yesterday did not discover us, did he?"
Another voice answered, saying, "He and the little white fox didn't notice us, otherwise we would definitely see many monks coming towards this place today. The fact is that there is still no monk here, which proves that our hidden ability is quite powerful."
The first sound was obviously a little relaxed. It looked at the drowsy appearance around it, and then pulled out a living dead man from a pile of sand. When the living dead man fought desperately to kill him, it directly pinched the other person's upper and lower jaws with two monkey-like arms. With the sound of tearing kraft paper, it had already tore the mouth of the living dead man directly. Looking at the completely dead man, it pulled out the sharp mouthpiece in the mouth of the living dead man.
"What are you still standing there? Let's do things quickly. After solving this kind of thing earlier, we can leave this place. Otherwise, we have to worry about whether we will be discovered by others. Otherwise, if others know that this kind of thing is what we do, God knows what will happen to us."
"Don't say it, the more you say it, the more I'm a little scared."
Another voice also began to quietly capture these living dead people, and at the same time said to the companion next to him, "Why doesn't the commander come to do this kind of thing? The old man is much stronger than ours. If he comes to this place, wouldn't he be able to find what we want directly in a short time?"
"The commander is too demonic. People from other sects will not care about this kind of thing, but don't forget that there are still many casual cultivators called Yingge on the south bank. These casual cultivators have a feud with us. They will keenly practice the demonic aura of Taoism. If the commander is discovered, even if he can directly kill Yingge, it will be serious once it is exposed. Therefore, this will let us, who are much shallow in demonic nature, come and do it." In the torn sound, it continued, "We should not think too much, and honestly finish this thing, and after we have done this link, we can enjoy our old age."
After he finished speaking, his companion next to him was silent for a while.
While the living dead were constantly being abused, the silent companion suddenly asked, "What do we want to do?"
It really doesn't know what it is doing, and it has no idea why it is doing this. It is a thorough tool.
After hearing its answer, the answer was very simple, saying, "I said, let's not care about this kind of thing. This kind of thing is not something we can control, or for us little monsters, we don't know it, otherwise if we are discovered, wouldn't the whole plan be known to the monks? At that time, those Taoists who are not aware of the world may have to stand up because of some things. We are weak, but it is dangerous."
After saying that, it looked at this companion who was still stunned.
This companion looks like a monkey, but he does not have the noble temperament of a golden monkey. Overall, he looks like a monkey. The completely different from other monkeys is its blood-red eye beads. The eye beads are filled with some demonic aura, and their arms are very slender and their nails are sharp.
"Why don't you talk?" it asked.
"You have said so much, what else can I say?" the other party replied, looking up at the yellow sand-filled sky. "Forget it, I don't want to do so much. Just do it honestly according to the requirements of the superiors. I just think about when I can swallow some flesh and blood. I haven't eaten anyone for a long time."
The other party smiled and grabbed the face of the monkey's cheek, "You are really a big appetite. What's sour in human flesh? It's very sour."
"You care about me, I'll do this."
"Haha, okay, after I finish my work, I'll go back and talk to my superiors and ask them to catch two of you."
"This is almost the same!"
Li Xuanzhou didn't know that there were monsters in the Death Sand Sea at this time, but even if he heard the conversation between these two monsters, he might not know what these monsters were talking about. After all, even the monsters themselves don't know what they are doing. They are just a small part of a big thing. Perhaps all of this is for the sake of keeping it secret?
So what needs to be kept confidential?
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Half a year has passed in a flash.
After going through a lot of hardships, Li Xuanzhou finally arrived at the area where the Medicine Buddha Valley is located.
Unlike the Gobi Desert I walked before, the feeling near the Medicine Valley is still good, at least it is much better in terms of climate. It is now December of the year, and the weather has gradually become a little cold. But even so, you can still see a lot of lush mountains around the Medicine Valley, and you can see a lot of green plants such as woods. The not-so-huge city in front of you looks like a small mountain town.
Now Li Xuanzhou is really standing outside the small town outside the Medicine Buddha Valley, and his eyes finally felt a little emotional.
It is really not easy to walk along the way. Looking back at the time when I left Qingyu Sect and left outside the Medicine Buddha Valley, it took about twenty months to walk back and forth, and too many things happened on the way. However, after finally seeing the Medicine Buddha Valley today, Li Xuanzhou also breathed a sigh of relief. All the efforts were worth it. He finally had the opportunity to find his junior sister Qingming, so he could see how Qingming was doing and whether he needed help.
"Sir, where is the Pharmacist Valley, what about the Pharmacist Valley that I promised, why didn't I see the Pharmacist Valley?" Yin Cha said, hiding in the small bamboo basket.
She can only see a small town now.
The name of the small town is Xiangyu City.
Li Xuanzhou was standing outside Xiangyu City at this time, which was a small city without a wall. I think with the help of Medicine Valley, the wall was useless, but the moat still exists. The main function of the moat was not to avoid the enemy approaching, but to put out the fire when the city caught fire. When he looked down at the one-meter-wide moat under his feet, and the overflowing river water in the moat, Li Xuanzhou's eyes fell on a stone tablet not far away.
The stone tablet records the specific age of the Xiangyu City and the purpose of the existence of Xiangyu City.
While looking at the stone tablet text that is about the same height as him, Li Xuanzhou also whispered and calmly said to Yincha: "We must have not taken the wrong path. Brother Chen gave us this map is very reliable. Now we are in Xiangyu City, which is a small city funded by the Medicine Valley. The small city can accommodate about 10,000 people. However, this is indeed not an ordinary small city. The whole small city may be like a huge clinic, used to treat diseases and save people."
Although there are still some shops in Xiangyu City that have nothing to do with medicine, almost 90% of them are pharmacies without plaques. This shows that the main purpose of the entire city is to save people, and other shops are just built because they cannot be missing.
"That's how it is."
Yin Cha was a little convinced. She looked at the dense marks on the stone tablet in front of her and fell into some confusion. Then when Li Xuanzhou calmly checked the outline of the entire Xiangyu City, Yin Cha suddenly asked: "Sir, will you have the chance to teach me to read in the future!"
Although Yincha can speak, he doesn't know how to read, and it doesn't matter. But now he is a little embarrassed. If he recognizes words just now, he can see what is written on the stone tablet. He will not ask if he is taking the wrong path, and will not make himself look very smart...
"Yes." Li Xuanzhou replied with a smile.
However, since Yincha asked this, he also took the initiative to talk about the words on the stone tablet in more detail, saying: "The reason why Xiangyu City is called Xiangyu City is because there is an old pharmacist in the Medicine Buddha Valley called Xiangyu, and Xiangyu City is taken from the name of this old pharmacist. Naturally, this pharmacist is not in the world. In order to commemorate his merits or satisfy his last wishes, later generations built such a small town outside the Medicine Buddha Valley that can accommodate ten thousand people."
"Xiangyu City naturally inherited the wishes of its predecessors. It is a small town dedicated to patients. You can regard it as a large clinic."
Yin Cha nodded and had a better understanding.
Li Xuanzhou smiled again and said, "Of course, I just looked at Xiangyu City simply. Even if I didn't walk in, I could still see the names of some other pharmacies sporadically. I think there are other pharmacies building shops in Xiangyu City. It is probably because the original pharmacies of these pharmacies should have been from the pharmacies Valley, so of course I have to repay the kindness that pharmacies Valley gave them. However, I cannot be sure of the specific things, but it is based on some reasonable speculations."
Pharmacist Valley has a very good reputation, and this place is not for profit.
"Sir, let's go to Xiangyu City first!" Yincha said excitedly. She still wanted to see how these pharmacists saved people.
Li Xuanzhou smiled and refused, "No need."
Then he looked at Xiangyu City, which was extremely crowded in front of him, and Li Xuanzhou also said softly: "Now Xiangyu City is already crowded, full of all kinds of patients. The streets are very crowded, and we are not patients. We should not go to such places to make it worse. Just take a look outside. It can be considered that we have been to this place and found the real location of the Medicine Valley."
"Okay!" Yin Cha responded obediently, and couldn't help but say, "Sir, you are so gentle!"
Li Xuanzhou was stunned.
Yincha's thoughts jumped so quickly. What did he do with gentleness? He didn't care in his heart, so he walked towards the outside of Xiangyu City. "Let's go to the post station to ask. The post station can be said to be a place with more informative information. I saw a signpost on the way to come. The distance is not far, so let's take a look."
As he said that, Li Xuanzhou also bent down and bought a bunch of candied haws for Yincha. The candied haws were calmly placed in the bamboo basket. The silver tea started to eat happily. Li Xuanzhou had a similar judgment on the price of this place. The candied haws should be a bunch of three cents in Jiangzhou City, and the ten cents here are a bit expensive. It is probably because of this special reason. But it’s okay, I accidentally made some bits of silver tea to eat. This is OK.
Walking on the edge of the flat bridge, Li Xuanzhou smelled some heavy medicinal herbs. He came to the next sign, and then looked at the words on the sign. He also found the direction to the station. Just as he said, the station was not very far away, and it was just a mile away.
Before Li Xuanzhou could reach this station, he was already shocked by the scene in front of him.
He had seen so many people before, but he was still in Jiangzhou City.
Now he could see too many carriages parked in the open space behind the post station, and naturally there were no stables. Carriages lined up one by one, with different models of carriages, and they could see many unprecedented horses, and even some other people. The carriages were not horses, but some rare beasts after taming. As expected, this is the Medicine Buddha Valley, and there are all kinds of people, but even these rare beasts, immortal deer, etc., have to honestly eat grass from the wooden trough.
There were even more pedestrians on the road. After a rough observation, there were about twenty of the 100 pedestrians who were monks. Their clothes were easy to see clearly. The monks were dressed in bright clothes, which was obviously different from other people. I just didn’t know why these monks came here, and weren’t it to protect the entire Xiangyu City?
Li Xuanzhou didn't know.
Others cast doubtful eyes at him, and he just smiled and bowed, but his steps still didn't stop.
Walking through the green weeping willows next to the moat, passing through rows of vendors, and stepping on the pavement of gray stone slabs, Li Xuanzhou finally arrived at the largest inn outside Xiangyu City.
The station interprets what it means to be crowded with people.
Li Xuanzhou was a little scared just when he saw so many people crowding together. He would never go to places with so many people, but now there is no way, so he could only walk along the crowd and walk into the inn. The inn is no different from ordinary inns, with all kinds of inns, noodle shops, etc. It is thought that because Xiangyu City is not allowed to sell some food and other things, this is why some of the functions that Xiangyu City should have been moved to this inn.
"There is definitely no problem in peacetime. The carrier of this inn can completely eat a thousand people, but it is not possible now." Li Xuanzhou's ears were a little painful, and he was shocked by the noise.
All kinds of shouting, hawking, shouting, etc. are mixed together, which really makes Li Xuanzhou feel what crowding is when he feels a very strong vitality.
"Senior, I would like to ask how to find the people from Pharmacist Valley?" Li Xuanzhou held two steamed buns in his hand and asked with the opportunity.
The shop owner didn't even lift his head, and his fingers covered with flour pointed in one direction.
"Thank you." Li Xuanzhou looked at the direction that was flooded by the crowd and nodded with a bitter smile.
Steamed buns are also expensive, one steamed bun is two yuan.
In the past, it was just one penny for two steamed buns, but the prices of steamed buns in different places were really too different.
Yin Cha looked at the steamed buns that were put into the bamboo basket in surprise, and immediately held the steamed buns excitedly and chewed them.
"There are also steamed buns to eat!"
There are only a few days when she can eat steamed buns along the way, and steamed buns are a good thing!
"Senior, how do you find the people from Pharmacist Valley?" Li Xuanzhou asked with two more fried dough sticks in his hand.
"Over there." The store owner pointed in a direction just like the previous one.
"Thank you." Li Xuanzhou stuffed two more fried dough sticks into the bamboo basket.
"There are also fried dough sticks!" Yincha was excited again.
"Senior, may I ask..." Li Xuanzhou was holding an egg in his hand.
Li Xuanzhou was holding a teapot in his hand.
Li Xuanzhou was holding two buns in his hand.
To be continued...