Chapter 38: The Skilled Craftsman
It turned out that last night, when the lightning struck the shopkeeper's carriage, the horse was too frightened, although the shopkeeper escaped Zangfeng's sword and jumped onto the horse's back, but the horse did not listen to the order, but only galloped forward, ran for more than half an hour, and actually ran to the 'Alchemy Ridge'. www.biquge.info In fact, as early as before the shopkeeper was expelled from the 'Mushroom Ridge' by Hua and Lu, he often drove a carriage to escort the poisonous mushrooms back and forth on this road, so the horse was very familiar with the road between the 'Refining Medicine Ridge' and the 'Mushroom Ridge', but the road between the 'Mushroom Ridge' and the black shop on the side of the road was only walked once, and it was bent vertically and horizontally, but it was rusty, so under the fright, he only ran in the direction it was familiar with, and was running into the 'Refining Medicine Ridge'.
The shopkeeper was also thinking on the back of the galloping horse: "Although the masked man who kidnapped me just now is a member of the same sect, he must not be from the 'Medicine Refining Ridge' lineage, otherwise why don't you know the method of destroying the poisonous mushroom?" Seeing that he had already entered the Medicine Refining Ridge, although he didn't like to come until he had to come in the past, he thought that it was safe for the time being.
It turned out that the Demon Sect had selected a total of three secret places in this decadent mountain domain, namely: 'Mushroom Ridge', 'Medicine Refining Ridge', and 'Gu Worm Ridge'. 'Mushroom Ridge' is dark and damp, except for the loft on the hillside, there is no sunlight, and the 'glow powder poisonous mushroom' that is specially cultivated and refined 'Eroding Bone Powder'.
The 'Gu Worm Ridge' is full of mosquitoes, and it specializes in cultivating the poisonous insects needed to make the 'Soul Exchange Pill'. Since ancient times, China has had the saying of 'demagogic people', which means that if you want to confuse people's hearts, seize people's hearts, change their souls, and control their consciousness, you must use things like 'Gu', and 'Gu' is a kind of highly poisonous insect cultivated by special methods, and 'Gu Worm Ridge' specializes in cultivating this kind of small worm. The mountain is extremely sinister and evil, and the disciples who violate the rules of the Demon Sect are often guarded, and it is very likely to be eaten by poisonous insects!
As for the 'Alchemy Ridge', the raw materials provided by these two mountains are processed into finished products using the secret technology of the Demon Sect, so it is also the superior of the 'Mushroom Ridge' and the 'Gu Worm Ridge', and there are many disciples. Compared with the other two places in the vicinity, the cultists here are well paid, and they naturally have a sense of superiority, and they are more arrogant, and they are used to calling and drinking, so the 'Mushroom Ridge Lord' florist shopkeeper doesn't like to come! As soon as he ran into the Medicine Refining Ridge right now, a disciple from the 'Medicine Refining Ridge' shouted: "Hey! Mushroom farmer, why are you running here in the middle of the night?"
The shopkeeper turned over and dismounted, and said: "I was going to bring you a big poisonous mushroom, but I was intercepted on the way, and my assistant has already died.
The 'Alchemy Ridge' disciple said: "You mushroom farmer, you grow mushrooms all day long and your brain is confused, although we love to call you to drink, but we will not kill your assistant, not to mention that no one here goes out, and our mountain master is also about to go to you to get some raw materials, but seeing that the rainstorm is coming, just wait for the rain to stop, but you are not afraid of the rain and come, don't you wait for something to happen, you come in with me!" The shopkeeper said, "I thought I would be able to arrive before it rained!"
When they arrived at the house, the 'mushroom farmer' explained their intentions to the master of the 'Alchemy Ridge'. It was almost dawn, the rain was getting lighter, and the alchemy lord led a group of people to ride their horses and gallop towards the 'Mushroom Ridge', and as soon as they entered the mountain pass, they saw that the entire thriving 'glow powder poisonous mushroom' was completely ashes, and the group was all surprised and indignant. In fact, the reason why Zang Feng was able to burn this large piece of poisonous mushrooms clean was also due to the heavy rain at night, so that this pedestrian could not be rescued in time.
The shopkeeper of the black shop saw that the poisonous mushrooms he had carefully cultivated were all ashes, and his heart was even more painful, and he didn't come up in one breath, but there was a fishy heat in his mouth, and a mouthful of blood spurted out wildly, and then he fainted and fell off the horse! The other two or three people also turned over and dismounted, and probed the shopkeeper with their hands to snort, but one of them opened his arms and slapped the shopkeeper in the face. The shopkeeper woke up and sat down on the floor in a daze!
I only heard a disciple of the 'Refining Medicine Ridge' shouting: "Mushroom farmer, I waited to see that you are excellent in gardening, and let you cultivate mushrooms in the 'Mushroom Ridge' and serve the Divine Sect, which is both idle and elegant, how did you neglect your duties and destroy all these sacred objects?" Recently, the cult has been recruiting wizards from all over the world, and in addition to gardening and planting, this shopkeeper also set up a two-story shop on the side of the main road in only seven days, so that the rare wizards of Sailuban naturally want to recruit under his command. In terms of horticulture and planting, the strange flowers and plants that are not alive by ordinary people are cultivated by the skillful hands of this shopkeeper, all of them are thriving and thriving, and the shopkeeper is also happy in it, and he likes this kind of pastoral elegance, so the Demon Sect just makes the best use of it and lets it take care of the 'Mushroom Ridge'.
At this moment, the shopkeeper was confused, and he couldn't think clearly, so he had to reply tremblingly: "The lightning is huge at night, and the poisonous mushroom was caught on fire by lightning?"
The 'Refining Medicine Ridge' Lord said: "The 'Mushroom Ridge' carefully selected by my Divine Sect, no matter how big the lightning is, it can't be slashed in, and you haven't been here for a short time, why don't you know?"
The shopkeeper was so distressed that he was confused, and said, "Oh! It must have been the fire set by the masked fellow sect who kidnapped me at night!"
When the master of the 'Medicine Refining Ridge' heard that the 'fellow sect had set fire', he was even more angry, and scolded: "You have neglected your duties, are you still pushing the responsibility on our 'Medicine Refining Ridge' people? Could it be that there is a traitor in my Medicine Refining Ridge?" The work of the 'Medicine Refining Ridge' is somewhat similar to today's money printing factory, so the disciples there are more disciplined than other branches of the Demon Sect.
The shopkeeper heard the reprimand of the 'Medicine Refining Ridge Master' like this, and had nothing to say, and suddenly remembered that seven or eight days ago, he was expelled from the mountain by Hua Lu and the others, and the thunderstorm at night was huge, so he said: "Ah! I know, it must have been the pair of men and women who set the fire, and everyone followed me up to the attic on the hillside and captured them!"
When the group heard this, they said, "Let's go!" If you can't catch the real culprit, I'll take you for the crime!" The group walked up the hillside, and Zang Feng hid behind the big rock, holding his breath even more, for fear that there would be too many people to see it, and some people would turn to the rocks and find themselves! But luckily, when the group led the horses in front of the rocks, everyone only looked at the ashes in the sighing mushroom field, and hardly even looked at the rocks!
In the blink of an eye, we arrived in front of the pavilion. Two of them rushed in, but they heard the sound of cups, plates, and bowls breaking in the attic, and the sound of hard objects knocking, and after a while, the two of them turned down from the attic and returned empty-handed. When he went out, he scolded the shopkeeper: "You mushroom farmer, you like flowers and plants, how can you arrange the house so flowery, like that woman's boudoir! The key is that there is no figure here, where is the real murderer you are talking about?"
Seeing this, the shopkeeper said in a cold sweat: "That pair of puppies and men and women must have set fire and fled on horseback, but they are also people in the Divine Sect, and they have been hit by the 'Eroding Bone Scatter', even if they reach the ends of the earth, the Divine Sect can find it!"
After hearing this, the 'Master of the Medicine Refining Ridge' said: "When your 'Mushroom Ridge' was occupied, why didn't you come to me, the superior, to report it in time, but you went to open a black shop on the side of the road? This alone is also a crime of dereliction of duty!"
The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "Alas, I have been cultivating poisonous mushrooms in the mountains, after all, there are few people who get lost and turn in, so I thought that since there are people from the same sect who take care of the mushrooms for me, I just want to go to the roadside to get more living people." If you want to open a black shop on the side of the road and hunt the living fertilizer needed for the 'glow powder poisonous mushroom', it is also to serve the Divine Cult! But who would have thought that this man and woman would actually burn the mushrooms in one fell swoop!" He said this, in fact, there was another reason, that is, he thought that the people of the 'Medicine Refining Ridge' were arrogant and conceited of superiority, and the reason why he was bored in his heart was that he would rather stay in a random place like the 'Mushroom Ridge' and the roadside black shop.
After all, he was different from those disciples under his command who were 'brushing a sense of existence', and thought: "This gardener's skill is really ingenious, although the number of 'Mushroom Ridge' is small, he is also the master of the mountain after all!" My Divine Cult has always accommodated you as a skilled craftsman, and you are well paid, and you say that the pair of men and women are really arsonists, well, if you can't catch them, I will take you for the crime, and when the time comes, the canons of the Divine Cult will be ruthless, and I can't do anything about it!
After Zang Feng saw that the group had entered, he finally had leisure, so he hurriedly walked out from behind the boulder and sneaked out of the mountain pass. It was early in the morning, and while he remembered the path of the carriage when he came, he quickly turned left and right, and ran in the direction of the main road!
2016/11/03