1034, Lian Clan
When a normal person sees such a big box, how can he not continue to ask questions?
Not to mention anything else, the material of this box alone is extraordinary, and if a normal person sees it, he will definitely feel that it contains extremely valuable things.
But these medicine pickers seemed to be very simple and didn't ask anything.
A bonfire was lit in the clearing, and the herb pickers went to collect firewood, but it was not easy to find dry firewood in this dense wood, basically they found pine trees and then chopped down the branches, using pine oil to fuel them.
The bonfire crackled, and a man smiled and said to Li Shentan and Xiao Liren: "I'll go find some condiments, and we'll bake something to eat later." ”
Li Shentan responded with a smile: "Are there any ready-made condiments in this mountain?"
"You fortress people don't go into the mountains very much," the man said with a hearty smile: "If you want anything in this mountain, Sichuan pepper star anise, if you really want to find it, you can find anything." And some of the fruit syrup is spread on the food, and it is especially sweet and delicious, so I will go find it and give it to you. ”
"Okay, thank you, big brother," Li Shentan said.
One of the herb pickers took advantage of the gap and asked casually, "By the way, what are you doing here?"
"We've heard that typhoons in the south look particularly spectacular, and occasionally we can see seawater being sucked into the sky by tornadoes, which is said to be called dragon sucking water," Li said with a smile.
The herb pickers around the campfire were stunned for a moment, and everyone looked at each other, saying that it was the first time they had heard that someone was going to see a typhoon.
At this time, Li Shentan asked rhetorically: "By the way, when you saw us just now, you said that you inadvertently entered the territory, what's the matter, is there still anyone living here?"
The herb picker smiled: "We have also heard from other old herb pickers, they call this radius of more than 200 miles Xiuzhuzhou, there are many water systems, but there are also many miasma areas, and occasionally there are swamps, so the medicine pickers do not come often." We also came here because of the sudden price of buying 11 herbs on the side of the barrier, which is not available elsewhere, only in this Xiuzhuzhou. ”
Li Shentan found that in the more than two hundred years after the catastrophe, medicine pickers should have become a very mature industry, and it seems that there is still a heritage.
But I heard the herb picker continue: "Some herb pickers said before that there are actually people alive in this Xiuzhuzhou, and the other party has some mysterious means to be able to live in this mountain wilderness. According to them, these people can inhale miasma without incident, and they can also manipulate poisonous insects, snakes, and ants to practice Gu. ”
"How did this old herb picker know?" Li Shentan said curiously.
A medicine picker next to him said: "I am the most suitable for this matter, after all, this story is still from my grandfather, he said that once there was a noble person in the barrier who needed a taste of medicinal materials to cure a disease, and he had to go to Xiuzhuzhou to find it." But at that time, no one dared to enter here, so the nobleman offered a price reward for two gold bars, and only then did two medicine pickers be willing to enter the mountain. ”
"The medicine picker entered Xiuzhuzhou for half a year, and everyone thought he was dead, but they didn't think that he came back alive, and he was the only one who came back. ”
According to him, the medicine picker who went into the mountain with him died of miasma on the way, and he was rescued by a group of people named the Lian tribe, who cultivated in that Lian tribe for half a year. ”
"The Lian tribe is a little strange, it is actually a woman's respect, and it is quite magical. We in the Central Plains have only heard of transcendent beings in recent years, but my grandfather's generation said that everyone in this Lian clan can practice Gu and corpses! ”
Li Shentan raised his eyebrows: "It's so terrifying, how can the medicine picker come back alive, he should be trained as a corpse." ”
"You don't know anything about this," the medicine picker said with a smile: "The senior who came back said that although the Lian clan sounds terrifying, the girls inside are all delicate and lovely, and they practice corpses only to prevent foreign enemies, and they do not hurt people." Therefore, the senior once told us that if we really entered Xiuzhuzhou one day, we should not panic when we meet the people of the Lian tribe, just tell them that they have no intention of offending, and the other party will not hurt anyone. And if they do, they may be hospitable, and they are said to be very hospitable. ”
The medicine pickers squeezed their eyebrows, and this warm hospitality was probably a bit mysterious.
"I see," Li Shentan always felt that there was something mysterious in this statement, how did Xiuzhuzhou, where the Lian people live, sound like a paradise.
However, if what the other party said is true, then this Xiuzhuzhou is quite interesting, and Li Shentan wants to take a look.
If it weren't for the fact that there were many guests collecting medicine here, he would have wanted to shout to the woods if there was a girl from the Ripple tribe who came out to see him.
However, Li Shentan was suspicious of this, he felt that people who could practice corpses and Gu should be quite ruthless......
The senior of the medicine picker should not have told the truth.
Since you want to practice corpses, where does the corpses come from? Could someone have given the medicine picker a benefit to his predecessor and deliberately let him describe the Lian clan very well, so that everyone wants to go to this paradise, and then the Lian people will trick some corpses into going back to practice or something?
Li Shentan suddenly felt that he was so witty, this explanation seems to be very reasonable, right?!
A medicine picker sighed: "Now that the Central Plains is in turmoil, many people have heard this story and want to find the pure land in Xiuzhuzhou for refuge. ”
Li Shentan was stunned for a moment: "War?
The medicine pickers laughed and said: "How long have you been lost in the mountains, why don't you even know about this?" The fire and Kong clan in the north have almost been completely annexed by the Wang clan, and according to everyone's estimates, I am afraid that it will be a matter of this month to completely annex them." Then the Zhou family was made a big fuss by the young marshal in the northwest, and now the Zhou family is in civil strife, and seeing that the Wang family has finished cleaning up the fire and the Kong family, he is about to clean up the Zhou family. ”
Li Shentan whispered to Si Liren: "Oh no, I missed such a wonderful thing!"
As he spoke, Li Shentan had a look of annoyance in his expression, in his opinion, how could he miss this kind of thing when Ren Xiaosu made a big fuss about the Zhou family!
If you make trouble again together, it means that you haven't missed it, and this logic is very smooth!
Li Shentan said: "Why don't we stop watching the typhoon, go to the northwest to find Ren Xiaosu, and then let's go to Zhou's to make trouble again......"
Xiao Liren looked at Li Shentan silently: "...... Are you serious? ”
In a whisper, the herb picker who had gone out to look for condiments came back, and the other party held a few small fruits with bright colors in his hand, and then applied them to the roasted meat and handed them to Li Shentan and Si Liren: "Taste it, it's fragrant." ”
Li Shentan didn't take the barbecue, but smiled and didn't know where to take out a silver coin, the woman on the silver coin looked very gentle and beautiful.
He said to the herb pickers, "Thank you for your hospitality, why don't I do a magic trick and thank you." ”
As he spoke, he flicked the coin high with his thumb, and when it turned, it made a very pleasant sound.
Li Shentan looked at the medicine pickers and smiled: "Now I ask, you answer, what will happen if you eat this fruit?"
"Will vomit, foam at the mouth and die suddenly," replied the herb picker sluggishly.
"Why did you give me this?" asked Li Shentan.
"For there must be treasures on you both, and the treasure must be in the chest," replied the herb picker, "You should be transcendent, but even if the transcendent eats this fruit, you will surely die." ”
Li Shentan understood, the other party guessed the identity of himself and Si Liren's transcendent, but the other party was very bold, relying on his mastery of pharmacology, even the transcendent dared to plot.
He felt a little pity that he had just said that he would not hypnotize these people, but he still hypnotized them.
However, Li Shentan felt that these were not good people, so it was not a violation of his agreement with Ren Xiaosu!
But at this moment, Li Shentan suddenly looked at the dark woods behind him, and a human face hung upside down under the canopy in the distance, looking extremely terrifying.
Li Shentan was just a blink of an eye, and the convenience disappeared again.