Chapter 25: Qingshui Town
"Senior brother, what should we do now?" Arus asked, looking at Shi Yan.
"Let's say goodbye to President Wan first, and then we'll continue on our way," Shi Yan said.
"And where are we going?" Arus asked.
"Santis," Shi Yan said.
"Don't make a fuss~" Arus said.
"I didn't mess with you, we were meant to go there," Shi Yan said.
"No, what do you think? There were four of us when we went out, so why are we going to do it now that we've lost half of it," Arus said.
"Are you scared?" Shi Yan asked.
"I'm not afraid," Arus pondered, "I'm afraid of death, I'm afraid of death, you know?" ”
"You can rest assured, I'm afraid I'm going to go" Shi Yan smiled slightly.
"Don't don't, I can't see you laughing, forget it, who told me to follow you, die, die, I'll go, I'll go~" Arus said.
Back in Ten Thousand Snakes Town, the town boiled all of a sudden, there was no news for three months, and the people in the town thought they were dead, who knew that they would suddenly appear in three months~
"Huh?" When President Wan heard the news, he ran out without worrying about putting on his shoes.
"Uncle Wan" Shi Yan smiled.
"It's good to come back, it's good to come back," President Wan hurriedly led the two into the house.
Shi Yan asked President Wan to support everyone, and privately handed over the spirit stone to President Wan, how could President Wan care about any stone, put the stone aside, or her wife's real goods, and immediately saw that it was not an ordinary stone, but a 'hundred spirit beast horn'.
According to legend, in ancient times, there was a kind of Bailing Ancient Beast, which was a kind of spirit beast that was different from the divine beast and the demonic beast, which was very rare, and the mainland cultivators knew very little about it, only the ancient books had recorded it, but unfortunately it was all brushed aside, and the content was unknown. This kind of spirit beast is white or silvery-white, does not have any attack power when it is young, and the body is short and very cute, it emerges as an adult, and the horn on the top of the head is called 'lark horn', it is said that it can absorb hundreds of kinds of spiritual power for its own use, and it belongs to the strong and weak spirit beast.
Because the horns of this lark ancient beast have been continuously absorbing and releasing various spiritual powers throughout their lives, and over time they have the effect of identifying spiritual powers, and the lark horns after adulthood are very rare. Cultivators really knew it because there was a famous Yao Venerable on the continent, who once possessed a hundred spirit beast horn and refined and forged it into a Dan furnace.
President Wan's wife knew this because she had taken some courses on identifying spiritual powers when she was practicing at the Academy. I also saw some legends about the Bailing Ancient Beast in the scrolls.
"Master, I've only seen this thing recorded in ancient books, and I can't imagine that there really is such a thing," the beautiful woman laughed.
"Huh?" How did President Wan know that this inconspicuous black stone was so precious.
"This is what Queen Medusa asked me to give to you, probably to thank you for returning the Colorful Divine Stone," Shi Yan explained.
"Oh, it's really a blessing in disguise, a blessing in disguise, come on, the two of you have done me a lot of help in Ten Thousand Snake Town this time, and you have to stay for a few more days anyway, but ~ Why is it only the two of you, isn't there a little girl?" President Wan asked curiously.
Shi Yan smiled and didn't elaborate, but just dismissed President Wan's kindness and decided to leave here today, but President Wan wanted to keep them for one night anyway, and the two of them couldn't shirk it, so they had to be respectful and obey!
Early the next morning, Shi Yan was about to say goodbye, who knew that President Wan had already taken care of it, prepared a lot of dry food and necessary supplies for Shi Yan, and gave Shi Yan a ring made of a new space stone. I packed the things in one by one. Shi Yan couldn't refuse, so he had to accept it.
After Shi Yan left, the president's wife looked at the two children with the 'Bailing Stone' in her hand, and suddenly whispered, "Master, you have a good eye, since that kid is already a 6th stage fighter when he comes back."
"Alas~ It doesn't matter if it's okay, it's okay" President Wan sighed, and watched Shi Yan and the two disappear at the end of the forest.
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Re-entered the Strange Stone Forest, and walked for three days, and the two of them were speechless all the way. The personnel change has caused a lot of blows to Shi Yan, but Arus doesn't care, anyway, the ancient beast teacher doesn't like him, Xiaoyu only knows Brother Xiaoyan, and now only the two of them are comfortable on the road.
"I said, senior brother, don't be upset, don't keep thinking about those who are not there, can you take care of those who are there?" Arus looked at Shi Yan and said.
"Senior brother, hehe, it's quite smooth to hear you call," Shi Yan said with a smile.
"Get used to it," Arus laughed.
"Oh yes," Shi Yan said, taking out a cheatbook from the ring that Zhu Xiong gave him, and handing it to Arus, "You now have the thunder attribute, although this cheatbook is yellow-level, it is also considered yellow-level, and it should be helpful to you."
"Huh?" Arus said, and immediately opened the cheats and read "Thundering Fist".
Shi Yan also felt that it seemed a bit monotonous that he could only 'ghost fist', so he opened the ring again, found a book of low-level fire attribute cheats and read "Fire Cloud Legs".
""Thundering Fist" Arus read it as he walked, "It is divided into three sections, the Fighting Qi Cheats, majoring in the thunder attribute meridians, enhancing the power of boxing is 3 times that of ordinary attacks, the second stage can bring out a trace of thunder, which is 6 times that of ordinary attacks, and the third stage carries a trace of thunder, which is 9 times that of ordinary attacks."
"So powerful?" Shi Yan looked at Arus and said.
"Hehe, it looks quite bluffing, senior brother, it's not early, our strength is so weak, find a place to practice first" Arus smiled.
"Let's walk for a while, and when it gets dark, I'll be practicing," Shi Yan said and continued on his way.
Arus had no choice but to follow Shi Yan and continue to move forward, walking for a long time, and finally staying up until dark, the two of them found a quiet place and began to practice separately.
Shi Yan's 6 stages of Dou Qi run very quickly, a full hour faster than Arus, and then transport the Dou Qi to the meridians to which the fire attribute belongs, and begin to practice the 'Fire Cloud Leg', this time the meridian direction is much simpler than the 'Ghost Fist', after all, with the foundation and experience of the Ghost Fist, the first wave of luck of the Fire Cloud Leg only took 1 hour to end.
And although Arus recovered the 1st stage, it took almost 1 night to run the size of the week, and it was not until the sky was bright that he began to practice the 'Thundering Fist', because he had no experience, it took 3 hours to barely go through the meridians he belonged to, and after slowly exhaling that turbid breath, he was directly promoted to the 2nd stage fighter.
"I'll go," Arus was surprised, "It's amazing, although it's quite difficult, but I have to admire the poison of the demon snake clan, it turns out that this is how the cultivation cheats feel."
"Hehe~" Shi Yan smiled and stretched his waist.
"Thundering Fist," Arus suddenly shouted at Shi Yan.
"Huh?" Shi Yan was stunned for a moment, then smiled slightly, jumped up violently, and kicked Arus's fist.
Shi Yan is fine, but I, Ruth, have taken a few steps back, but just now, Arus has realized what it feels like to have a fist mixed with fighting energy.
"Come again" Arus continued to wave his fist clumsily, but fortunately, Shi Yan had a bottom in his heart, since the two of them had been fighting in the forest for nearly an hour. Due to the fact that Arus's 2nd stage of Dou Qi was very weak, he was almost so tired that he couldn't get up after two hours, Shi Yan had 6 stages of Dou Qi as a base, and he still had a lot of strength that he didn't use.
"Huh~Huhu, cool~" Arus kept panting, although he was very tired and painful, but Arus still smiled.
"Come, eat a military food pill" Shi Yan handed a military food pill to Arus.
This kind of pill was prepared for them by President Wan and his wife, as well as some spars. Shi Yan nodded, enough for two people to use for several months. Each of them took a military food pill to replenish their physical strength and energy, and if they were injured, they could take a golden pill.
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One month has passed, and Shi Yan is very happy, because after this month, he will be 11 years old.
This month was very fast for the two of them, rushing during the day and practicing at night. The beginner's practice is very difficult, just the big and small Sundays will take a night, the two of them stopped and stopped, and finally came to the next town, in front of the town erected a huge stone tablet, engraved "Qingshui Town".
"Qingshui Town," Arus said, looking at the stone monument in front of the town.
"We still have food and medicine, but let's see if there is anything else in the town," Shi Yan said, and began to walk around the town with Arus.
Shi Yan and Arus wandered around the streets of the town, feeling that this Qingshui town did not seem to be as lively as the town of Ten Thousand Snakes, with a few people scattered on the streets, selling very few things, and they were all useless.
"I said, brother, this town is so deserted, why don't we go," Arus was bored as he strolled around.
"Okay, let's go to the pharmacy first, and if we don't have what we want, we'll go," Shi Yan said.
"Hmm" Arus nodded, and followed Shi Yan around the town, about half an hour, and finally found a pharmacy with an open door.
"Hehe, are the two little brothers buying medicine or water?" The pharmacy owner greeted him with a smile.
"Buy water?" Shi Yan was puzzled.
"I said boss, we have our own water, it's everywhere, why buy it," Arus said.
"Hehehehe, little brother, you are from other places, I don't know, Qingshui Town is named because of the spring water, not only that, the spring water flowing out of this mountain has the effect of clearing the heart, moistening the lungs and detoxifying, drinking it all year round can also moisturize the meridians, which helps the inner cultivation of the practitioner, which is very good for beginners," said the owner of the pharmacy.
"It's definitely the most braggadocio I've ever heard in my life," Arus said.
"Little brother, what are you talking about, I'm not afraid to tell you, the water in Qingshui Town is only the most authentic in my family, and the effect of other homes is not as good as mine," said the owner of the pharmacy.
"And how do you sell this water?" Shi Yan asked.
"1 child," the boss laughed. (1 Copper Crystal)
"What?" Shi Yan and Arus exclaimed.
"Aren't you going to be a slaughterer? A bottle of water, you sell it for the price of a bottle of gold sore medicine," Arus said.
"Hehe, good things are not afraid of high prices, if the two of you are too expensive, it's okay not to buy them, you can buy some gold sore medicine and military food pills" The boss still smiled.
"Oh my God, I can't even afford to drink water," Arus said.
Just when the two of them were talking to the boss, a group of caravans suddenly came to the door, and the fat boss led by him ran in and shouted at the boss, "Boss, bring me 10 bamboo buckets of clear spring water, and 20 bottles of Qingshui Dan."
"Oh, isn't this President Zhao, why did you come in person, there are yes, yes, yes," the boss said, ran into the back room, and after a while, he took out 10 bamboo tubes of clear spring water and 20 bottles of Qingshui Dan.
"Give it to me" President Zhao picked up a bucket of clear spring water, drank most of it, and laughed, "Cool, if you want to say that this water is still good in your Qingshui Town, refresh your mind, relieve fatigue, Lao Tzu ran all the way to drink a sip of the water in Qingshui Town."
"Hehehe, President Qian, you have worked hard, these two barrels were given to you by the small shop, you are an old customer, I can't lose you" The owner of the pharmacy said with a smile.
"Hehehe, it's a businessman, I got it, but my old Zhao is not a person who is greedy for a small bargain, take it" Chairman Qian said, throwing a money bag to the boss.
"Ouch, President Qian, look at you, said that it is a small filial piety to you, this ~~ how bad this is" The boss weighed, perennial trading, nothing else, but this hand is amazing, and you know that there are 40 copper spars when you weigh it lightly.
These 12 bottles of water plus 20 Qingshui Dan add up to 30 copper spars, but now that he has earned 10 copper spars for nothing, how can the boss not be happy.
"Okay, okay, I'm still on my way to join the 'Strange Stone Chamber of Commerce', and I'll come back next time I pass by," Chairman Zhao said, turning around and getting into the car.
"Huh~" A roar, one by one, the cloud-stepping beasts pulled the huge wooden carts and began to move forward.
The Cloud Beast, a kind of cart-pulling demon beast used by merchants, has a physique like a cow, a roar like a tiger, looks like a horse but not a horse, like a cow but not a cow, with two long whiskers on both sides of its mouth, and a huge horn on the top of its head that stretches forward. It is worth mentioning that the Cloud Stepping Beast does not have a high IQ, but once it is tamed by humans, it will protect its master, and its two long beards are very sensitive, and can recognize rainy days and sense whether there is danger ahead.
"Hehe, two little objective, see, the presidents of this exchange all came to buy water, and only bought my family's water, because the water of the other houses is not as pure as mine, and the effect is not as good as mine, and the quantity of this water is limited, and the supply exceeds demand" The pharmacy owner smiled.
"A bottle of water, two Qingshui Dan," Shi Yan said, putting the money on the table.
"Do you really want to buy it?" Arus asked.
"Well, maybe it will be useful to you, why don't you try it," Shi Yan said.
"I'll go, you're going to move me to death," Arus said.
"Come on, come on, try it," the boss said, taking out two bamboo tubes of water and two Qingshui pills.
"Boss, I just need a bucket," Shi Yan said.
"Hehe, this bucket is a gift from the boss, the two little brothers are cultivators at first glance, and they will come to take care of the shop more in the future" The boss smiled.
The boss is not a fool, as soon as Shi Yan came in, the boss knew that this was not an ordinary child, he had lived in this town for decades, and he had read countless people back and forth, and he still had this eyesight.
After Shi Yan and Arus took it, they were also very grateful to the boss.
"By the way, boss, what's going on with the Strange Stone Chamber of Commerce?" Shi Yan asked.
"Two little brothers, is a newcomer, this strange stone chamber of commerce is our strange stone forest once every 3 years of the big chamber of commerce, held in the strange stone city, the strange stone forest has more than ten small towns, this strange stone city is located in the middle of the strange stone forest, but also the most lively place in the strange stone forest. When the year comes, the presidents of each town and some mainland cultivators will gather there and put the treasures they have collected there for auction."
"What are they?" Shi Yan said curiously.
"It's more, generally speaking, merchants go south and north, and the things they collect are also varied, such as precious ores, weapons, jewelry, armor created by foundries, as well as high-grade pills refined by mainland pharmacists, as well as long-lost ancient scrolls, heavenly books, cheats, and even ~" The boss said and lowered his voice and said, "For example, the inner pill of ancient beasts or divine beasts, and the divine bones left after the promotion of the strong are there."
"So powerful? Looks like I must go and see it," Shi Yan said.
"God bones again?" Arus wondered.
"The teacher once said that the residual divine power in the body of a promoted person is a rare treasure for a cultivator," Shi Yan said.
"Hehe, the little brother knows a lot, this strange stone chamber of commerce will be held in 1 month, the two of you can go and see it if you have time" The pharmacy owner smiled.
"There is still 1 month, so long, so why is this Boss Zhao so anxious?" Shi Yan asked.
"You don't know, even though it is held in June, in order to grab a good spot and to exhibit their treasures in advance, they all go one month in advance," the owner explained.
Shi Yan smiled, and after thanking the boss again, he decided to continue his journey with Arus. Not long after leaving, Arus became thirsty and drank a large sip of spring water. At first, the spring water was cool, but slowly, Arus felt that the coolness had spread to his whole body. In fact, Arus has been very uncomfortable since he improved his attributes through snake venom, and although the demon snake clan detoxified him, Arus still feels a little dizzy from time to time. After drinking this spring water, Arus visibly felt a lot more relaxed.
"I said, senior brother, should we buy a few more bottles?" Arus asked, holding the bamboo tube.
Shi Yan looked at him, and he also took a small sip, and he also felt refreshed, decompressed, and relieved, the two of you look at me, I look at you, and suddenly I had a special idea.
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