So many people traveled thousands of miles to come to the Daqi Dynasty as if they were risking their lives. Little did they know that the mortals at the bottom of the Daqi Dynasty were also in danger.
"Sure enough, harsh taxes are as fierce as tigers!" He couldn't help but sigh.
When the medicine boy heard what Li Chengfei said, his face changed slightly and he quickly explained:
"Uncle, you don't want to say that! We have no intention of complaining about the Immortal Sect. If it weren't for the Immortal Sect protecting us, how could we have survived with so many man-eating beasts and monsters in the deep mountains and forests? It's too late for us to be grateful.
Woolen cloth!"
"Yes! Yes! All the immortals were originally immortal, but in order to protect us, they fought with the monsters and beasts in the mountains, and people died every year. Now, there is still a stone statue erected at the entrance of our village. It was a stone statue three years ago.
The stone mandrill ghost was hungry and came down from the mountains to look for food. In order to protect our village, Immortal Master Zhao Jizi died together with the stone mandrill ghost..."
When a boy collecting medicine said this, his voice even became a little more throaty.
"We still remember clearly what happened three years ago. That night, the sky outside the village turned blood red, and half of the village was affected. They died tragically without leaving any bodies. Afterwards, the village chief wanted to express his gratitude.
Immortal Master, a statue of the Immortal Master was erected at the entrance of our village, and people worship him in the morning and evening!"
Li Chengfei listened and felt a little confused for a moment.
The villagers were so exploited that they even had to risk being eaten by beasts and spirits in order to pay taxes, and went to the mountains every day to pick medicinal materials and offer them to the immortal master.
But without the protection of the immortal master, they, mere mortals, would not even have a chance to survive in this world full of beasts and monsters, and they might have been wiped out long ago.
Therefore, even though the villagers had their bones knocked and their marrow sucked out, they were still very grateful to the immortals and even built stone statues for them and worshiped them morning and night.
So is this right or wrong?
It seems that only in this way can both parties coexist. Is that right?
At the same time, Li Chengfei was a little suspicious, because he had seen the "immortals" taught by Tomorrow and Tomorrow, and they seemed a bit incompatible with such a majestic and upright image...
"Uncle, how did you survive when you encountered the Diaotic Tiger yesterday? That big insect is very ferocious. When you encounter people, even if they are not hungry, they will often bite you to death!" The herb collector mentioned the Diaotic Tiger and hated it.
You have to grit your teeth.
"Oh, I was afraid of death. I hid in the room and didn't dare to move. It didn't notice it." Li Chengfei said.
"Then you are really lucky! The eye-catching tiger has a very good nose and can smell human scent from a long distance..." A boy picking medicine seemed a little strange.
"Uncle, your medicine fields all have protective formations. The reason why the eye-catching tiger can get in is because the protective formation is broken. If you repair it, if it is repaired, the beasts will not be able to get in in the future." Another
A boy collecting medicine said.
"The protective formation is broken? How did you know?" Li Chengfei was stunned.
"We heard what Lao Zhang said. Lao Zhang told us before that the protective array was damaged and needed maintenance, but he was old and frail and couldn't do anything. He told us that he wanted to ask us to help with the repairs. We had already said
Well, who would have thought that Lao Zhang would be bitten by a poisonous insect..." A boy collecting herbs sighed and shook his head, looking very regretful.
Li Chengfei was suddenly surprised. It turned out that the formation was damaged. No wonder the eye-catching tiger could jump in at will.
"Is Lao Zhang the drug boy from before? Didn't he go back to his hometown to retire?"
"Yes! Lao Zhang is the drug boy who was here before. How can we, as boys, take care of ourselves? How can we be so lucky! He was bitten by a poisonous insect and died on the spot. He was carried away by the corpse exorcists and reported to the police.
Go back to your hometown to retire, otherwise you will be registered in the book. Too many dead people will look bad on the Immortal Sect." said the herb collector boy.
Li Chengfei: "..."
The faces of the immortals are important!
Sure enough, it is like this no matter where it is.
"Boys, I'm new here. I don't know how to maintain this protective formation. Do you two know how to repair the formation?" Li Chengfei humbly asked for advice.
Although these two herb-picking boys had no mana fluctuations at all and did not seem to be able to maintain the formation, since the other party said that Lao Zhang wanted to ask them for help before, then the other party should know some ways.
Besides, apart from these two people, Li Chengfei has no one else he can rely on now.
Fortunately, the two herb-picking boys smiled sheepishly, and one of them scratched the back of his head and said:
"How do we know how to maintain formations? Lao Zhang doesn't understand formations either. However, he has been here for a long time. Elder Tian, the owner of this medicine field, told him that this protective formation has a simple structure, so it is very durable and generally
It can’t be broken.”
"It's just that the formation is driven by a canal. The canal diverts water from a small river a hundred meters away. If the formation doesn't work, it's because the canal is blocked. All you need to do is clear the canal. Lao Zhang found it last time
We are also asked to help clear the drains."
"We don't know how to repair formations, but we can still dredge ditches."
"So that's it." Li Chengfei understood and felt relieved, "In other words, as long as I clear the ditch, the formation can operate normally. Thank you both."
"Why are you so polite? We go to the mountains to collect herbs every day and pass by here. We will inevitably come to you to ask for water or to take shelter from the rain!"
"Yes! We didn't know each other originally, or we just met each other often, and we became friends. We promised Lao Zhang before to help repair the canal, so we won't go to the mountains today. We will repair the canal with you!
"
The two herb-gathering boys had the enthusiasm of mountain people and took the initiative to build canals with Li Chengfei.
"What's the point of this? Doesn't it delay you from going to the mountains to collect medicine?"
"It's okay! The two of us were lucky the day before yesterday. We picked up a big snake shed. An old man in the village said it was shed by a big snake when it turned around. Give it to the immortal master, and our two families don't have to worry about taxes this year.
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These two herb-picking boys looked very happy.
The two put down the baskets on their backs and were busy dredging the drains with Li Chengfei.
Enthusiasm is hard to control, and Li Chengfei is no longer polite.
There were originally hoes and pickaxes in this small courtyard.
However, Li Chengfei discovered that the design of their tools was unreasonable, and the shovel was actually made of wood, with only a piece of iron covering the head of the shovel.
Li Chengfei brought a lot of equipment in his space ring, but he really didn’t bring any working tools.
This thing cannot be blown up with explosives.
Firstly, because there were two herb-picking boys here, Li Chengfei didn't want to expose too many of his trump cards; secondly, he didn't know the formation, so if the power of the explosives was not controlled well, it would be terrible if the formation was destroyed.
The three people, because they lacked the tools, worked for most of the day before digging the culvert.
This culvert is about the thickness of a bucket, and it is filled with siltation and debris such as aquatic plants, branches, and other debris. After being dredged, the water flows smoothly, and the river water flows through the culvert to the small courtyard.
For a moment, Li Chengfei felt something around the courtyard vibrate slightly, making a "buzzing" sound, and then calmed down. It was like some kind of electrical appliance being turned on.
"How to control this formation? If you activate it now, won't even I be able to get in?" Li Chengfei suddenly thought of something and slapped his forehead.
"Of course not." The two herb-gathering boys both laughed, "This courtyard protection formation only works on ferocious beasts. As long as they come close, they will be frightened away. However, there is no hindrance to people's entry and exit. It will only serve as a warning.
Every time we approached the courtyard, Lao Zhang knew about it."
"That's it! It's really amazing!" Li Chengfei nodded and felt relieved.
"Of course! The methods of the immortal family! How can we mortals understand it?" When the two medicine-gathering boys mentioned the immortal, they both admired him inexplicably.
After the culvert was re-covered, it was already getting late.
The two herb-picking boys declined Li Chengfei's invitation to stay for dinner and hurried back.
Li Chengfei also knew that it was not safe to travel at night and did not force them to stay.
In the yard, there is a piece of land planted with cassava, which is reserved for the medicine boy.
Li Chengfei went to dig some cassava and gave it to the two of them as a reward. The two did not refuse this time. After being polite, they accepted it sheepishly.
Li Chengfei did not dare to give tiger meat to the two of them, not because he was reluctant, but because he was afraid of not being able to explain clearly.
He was a little medicine boy, and he suddenly took out tiger meat and gave it away... It was so arrogant! He was clearly telling people that he had a problem.
In the evening, Li Chengfei roasted two cassava and ate them with the tiger meat and broth cooked in the morning.
After the nursing formation was restarted, he found a formation operation manual in his bedroom, which briefly introduced some common knowledge about the daily maintenance of the formation and its functions.
It turns out that this formation, in addition to the warning and driving away wild beasts mentioned by the two herb-picking boys, can also cover up the smell of the small courtyard, so that the wild beasts cannot smell the smell of the small courtyard when outside.
can not see.
this point is very important.
Surrounded by deep mountains and old forests, it is pitch dark at night. Turning on the lights would be too conspicuous and could easily lead to danger.
Although the formation was restarted, Li Chengfei did not dare to be careless at night. He used a thermal imaging telescope to look at it. When there were beasts approaching, sure enough, after approaching a certain range, they would automatically turn...
"It's very similar to the electronic pulse devices used to drive away sharks at some beach resorts on Earth!"
Li Chengfei thought again of the teleportation array in the immortal ruins of the human world, which resembled a chip...
He very much doubted that whether it was a cultivation civilization or a technological civilization, perhaps the essence was the same. They all used some means to apply the rules of heaven...that is, the physical laws in the technological civilization. This chapter has been completed!