- The guard who slapped Shan Liang just now, after listening to Shan Liang's report, thought about it and said, "Although the people in this place are still relatively simple and peaceful, exceptions are not excluded. You take my waist card and call a few people to the west of the town to look for it. ”

Shan Liang took the waist card and said hesitantly: "If Lord Lin really went out of the town to send the old pharmacist, how can you be sure that you are going to the west?" We don't know where the old pharmacist's ancestor mountain gate is. ”

The guard who was asked by him explained: "It is impossible to go north, there are almost no deep mountains and forests there, and it is almost to the wild goose realm, and the old medicine master will not go there when he returns to the mountain gate, so only the other three sides are left." I'll go to find Jiang Chao, and I'll go to the east and south to look for it, so you don't have to worry about it. ”

Shan Liang nodded and went.

Just when the guards in Lin Shan's residence were all facing a dark cloud on their heads, and they were calling the whole team to prepare to go out of the town to find someone, the two people they were looking for had already left the stone archway at the entrance of the town. Two horses and a couple of men galloped at a moderate pace on the unrepaired dirt road at the exit of the town, their hooves moving in unison, kicking up a cloud of smoke.

This road did not go far, and the two men turned into a mountain pass.

It is not very accurate to say that these two people rode horses to climb the mountain, because the "mountain" that the two horses climbed can only be described as mounds. The mountain is not steep, and the sparse trees on the mountain are comparable to the top of the head of a middle-aged man who gives thanks to life. Horses in the north have long been accustomed to this kind of sparse mountain forest, and can run wild in it almost without hindrance, as if walking on the ground.

However, Lin Shan and Chen Jiu did not continue to walk on the dirt road, but carried the reins to the mountain on horseback, the main reason was that they had caught up with the footsteps of Liao Shi and Yan Xingzhi.

On the top of the mountain, a man and a woman on horseback on the mountain watched from afar as the old man and the young man walking on foot on the dirt road down the mountain, and the speed of the horse was also slower to the same pace. In this way, the four of them walked on two parallel lines, one high and one low, hundreds of meters away.

The slender old man walking on the dirt road carried a bamboo basket for collecting medicine behind his back. The belt around the neck that framed the medicine box like a necklace, and the medicine box, which was rather heavy because it was filled with no less than forty-three small medicine bottles, was like a large gemstone pendant at the front of the necklace. As he walked heavingly, bouncing on his sunken chest.

The old man's thin shoulders still hung the blanket stuffed with slices of braised dried pork, and at the end of the blanket hung the old gourd that had been holding fifty years of wine. He was also "walking" with a flick on his hip bounce.

Liao Shi threw all the weight on Yan Xingzhi's body onto his shoulders, which were not strong.

Yan Xingzhi, the only grandson of Yan Guang, the doctor of the Taiyi Bureau, walked beside Liao Shi, and he was very close. The vision of the two people walking on horseback on the mountain was slightly blurred, and Yan Xingzhi's hand was placed under the medicine basket behind Liao Shi's back, as if he wanted to use his hand to support it as much as possible to help Liao Shi lose some weight.

The three years of living in the north are the years of Yan Xingzhi's growth, and the eating environment with more meat and less vegetables makes this young man who is still as tall as Liao Shi when he comes. Now it has grown to the height of Liao Shi's forehead on his shoulders.

In order to support the medicine basket on Liao Shi's back, Yan Xingzhi had to walk with a slight bow, so the appearance of the old man and the young walking together looked as awkward as it was.

Lin Shan, who was riding slowly on the hill here, finally couldn't bear to sigh and said, "That medicine box is full of medicine bottles that the medicine master regards as treasures, so the box is made of three layers of materials, and there is an iron plate in the middle that has been forged hundreds of times. Although the box was not big, I weighed it, and with those bottles, it weighed about thirty pounds in total. Counting the set of tools for climbing the cliff and digging medicine in the bamboo basket behind him, he must have fifty pounds in this body. ”

Chen Jiu, who was riding a horse beside him, pondered and said, "About the weight of half a bucket of water next to the well pavilion in the backyard?" ”

Lin Shan nodded. He added: "Uncle Liao has to carry the weight of this half bucket of water for about 400 miles. ”

"Four hundred miles?" Chen Jiu's eyes showed a hint of surprise, looking at the old and young people walking slowly on the dirt road below the mountain in a somewhat awkward posture, she thought for a while before she said, "Look in this direction." Where his division is located, he should reach the clear water and mountains of Zhongzhou. However, you can move the people in Zhongzhou, and he won't let you send someone to send him, so you can also transfer the people from Zhongzhou to respond. ”

"It may be in the Zhongzhou range, but it may not be in the clear water and surrounding the mountains...... I don't know ...... accurate," Lin Shan lowered his head in some annoyance, and then quickly raised it again, "Liao Shi is considered to be the same generation as my mentor, but his sect was separated from the Northern Fence School a few generations ago. Otherwise, it will not be passed down to the present day, and there will not be such a big difference in expertise and attainment. Since they have become an independent faction. It is not easy for the North Fence to intervene. Perhaps only the official inheritors of the generation of the Northern Fence School can have enough manpower to find out the specific location of the Medicine Valley, but I think it's best not to know. lest the valley of medicine be robbed. ”

Hearing the words "Inheritor of the Northern Fence School" in Lin Shan's words, she didn't think deeply about how the Medicine Valley might be destroyed because of the leaked address, she just unconsciously remembered what Liao Shi explained to her a few days ago.

As for the Hokuri School, which is extremely low-key, but has a long journey that is almost the same as when the previous dynasty was in operation, there are strange school rules that resemble the laws of the cultivators.

If Lin Shan can't inherit the position of the inheritor of this Shimen school, or if he voluntarily renounces his qualifications before returning to Shimen to compete for the promotion, does that mean that he doesn't have to comply with this regulation? That means that he can really make a lifelong commitment to the woman around him who he likes happily?

Looking at Chen Jiu, he seemed to be thinking about something, and he looked slightly distracted, but Lin Shan could not accurately recognize the thoughts in her heart at this time, and only thought that she was still pondering the location of the medicine valley.

After a little consideration, Lin Shan said slowly: "Although only Liao Shi knows the way back, since he took the initiative to take Yan Xingzhi to the Medicine Valley, he should be able to take care of it well no matter how far he travels along the way." ”

Chen Jiu retracted his distant thoughts, and nodded lightly when he heard the words. And when her thoughts returned to her eyes, she suddenly remembered something she had heard Lin Shan mention about Medicine Valley before, and couldn't help but ask, "Could it be that Medicine Valley kidnapped children to practice medicine puppets is true?" ”

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On the top of the hill a hundred paces away on one side of the dirt road, when the couple on horseback were talking about a certain topic at a critical juncture, the old man on the dirt road parallel to the ridge, who had carried a lot of heavy loads on his chest and back, and seemed to be crushed by this, was talking to the young man beside him to a point where he was about to quarrel.

Yan Xingzhi wanted to remove the bamboo basket on Liao Shi's back. Carrying some weight for this elder whom he respected incomparably was pushed away by the old man's thin palm for the sixth time.

"It's just a bamboo basket, and it's not heavy!" Yan Xingzhi, who had just been pushed away, did not come close for the time being. Keeping a three-step distance from Liao Shi, he was rejected many times. couldn't help but be a little strangely annoyed, raised his eyebrows and said: "If you don't let me carry it, the burden in my heart is heavier!" ”

Liao Shi still didn't back down at all, and said with a breath in his nostrils: "Nonsense, this is just the weight of half a bucket of water, and I can still afford it." ”

As he spoke, he pressed one hand against the medicine box on his chest, so that it would not bounce and bump on his fleshless sternum so often. Wrap your other hand around your back and tug at the bottom of the basket so that it doesn't always slip on either side of your skinny shoulder.

But this action, in Yan Xingzhi's opinion, is a bit like he is protecting himself, and he will no longer let himself touch the slightest.

Yan Xingzhi pouted and said: "I know that the pharmacist is going to take me to a somewhat distant and dangerous place, and I have been paying attention to recuperating my body these days, just four hundred miles, not to mention letting me carry the weight for you throughout the whole process, at least two hundred miles of weight can still be done." ”

"And then the remaining two hundred miles. You want me to carry you on your back? Liao Shi said extremely sharply, and after a pause, he said again: "That's what will kill me!" ”

Yan Xingzhi was silent. There was a frustration in his eyes.

Regarding the strange disease that has been passed down from the Yan family for four generations, the cause has not yet been figured out. After the first symptoms of that strange disease began to appear on his body three years ago, although Liao Shi had extremely precise research and drug application, and he felt relatively good, he would not forget that the time from the first appearance of his illness to the death of his brother was only three or four years.

If it weren't for the careful treatment of Liao Shi, the first pharmacist, Yan Xingzhi felt that he would probably have reached the state of his dead brother's terminal illness.

However, there is no pathological flashpoint that is too strict on his body now. Can you really fully prove that you are not in a state of severe illness? Maybe I'm in good physical shape right now. It is only the result of fine control of medication, and it does not really change the pathological constitution.

At least in the face of his seemingly good state of treatment. As a ruler, Liao Shi has always been extremely rigorous, and he has never relaxed his spirit in the slightest.

Since even the pharmacist did not dare to slack off in the slightest about this disease, he, a patient who had not yet figured out the cause of his family's strange disease, should indeed follow the doctor's instructions everywhere.

As for the tragic situation when this family strange disease broke out in full force, Yan Xingzhi really didn't want to recall what his brother looked like before he died.

In fact, Liao Shi didn't want to say such cruel words, but Yan Xingzhi was too tough, so he would make a quick knife to cut off, and his verbal words would naturally become sharp.

Liao Shi has always disliked arguing with others on verbal falsehoods, except for the pharmacology of new subjects--in this regard, he has always believed that only his brother-in-law, who is close to demons, is worthy of discussing with him--for other trivial matters of life, he chooses to avoid as much as he can, and if he can't avoid it, he will express the most authentic results in the shortest words and in the most direct way.

For example, when faced with a seriously ill person, life is life, and death is death, he rarely says anything that is almost certain of these kinds. It really hurts to talk like this, and it also brings him a lot of trouble. As a person, being able to say something beautiful should be a standing skill, but it is this temper that Liao Shi has cultivated in the relatively closed living environment of Medicine Valley since he was a child, and no one can change it lightly, including himself.

At this time, the old man looked at the young man's silent appearance, and he was a little unbearable, so his tone softened a little, but the words he said again still seemed a little hard: "Wait a little longer!" ”

Yan Xingzhi slowly raised his head when he heard the voice, his eyes were still gloomy, and there was a trace of doubt at this moment.

Because he could hear from Liao Shi's tone that they seemed to be really waiting for someone or something, but this was before leaving, Liao Shi told him many details about the long journey, and made sufficient preparations for the trek, but the only thing he deliberately omitted was not told.

And it seems that as long as they wait for this person or thing that is also waiting for them, it will be of great help to their situation of carrying a heavy burden at the moment.

"What are you waiting for?" Yan Xingzhi couldn't help but ask, and unconsciously, he stopped.

"Tell you to wait. You just wait. Liao Shi also paused slightly, and there was a sudden mysterious smile on his face, still refusing to explain his words. But it's not for you to stay where you are. We're going to keep moving forward. ”

"Oh......" Yan Xingzhi ran two steps fast and kept up with Liao Shi's pace.

Although he could obviously see that the old pharmacist had something to hide and refused to explain it quickly, he knew very well that although the old pharmacist had a withdrawn personality and spoke ugly, he would not even have bad thoughts towards strangers, let alone treat him, a little follower of the medicine boy who had been officially recognized. If you don't say it, you won't say it, and it won't get in anyone's way anyway.

Yan Xingzhi was only physically ill, and as a descendant of a famous medical family, he was trained by the family's dogma since he was a child. The good character formed in this way will not be changed lightly because of physical illness.

He was not a frizzy person, and the old pharmacist finally admitted to taking him as a medicine boy, which made him confident in his "entanglement" formula. I don't know today, he will find a way to take advantage of the old pharmacist's good mood to ask questions again another day, and he will definitely be rewarded.

Looking at Yan Xingzhi's thoughtful appearance, Liao Shi's heart moved, and he wanted to ask him what little idea he was making, but the words changed again, and he just said in a very casual tone: "Four hundred miles is Lin Shan's sue for you?" ”

"Yes......" Yan Xingzhi nodded without thinking, but he quickly seemed to understand something else from Liao Shi's words. Immediately asked, "Isn't it?" ”

"Huh." Liao Shigan laughed.

Originally, he didn't want to say anything more about this matter, but when he thought that Lin Shan had finally been deceived by himself, he was a little proud. At this time, it is only a pity that his beard is not long enough. Otherwise, while brushing his beard and saying the next words, he must be very good in front of this newly accepted little medicine boy.

"If you want to get rid of the people he sent to follow you, it's not enough to have four hundred miles." Liao Shi let go of the hand pressed on the heavy medicine box on his chest, touched the short beard under his chin, which was only half a finger long, and said slowly, "But if I tell him that it will take eight hundred and thirty miles to return to the valley, he will definitely know immediately that I am lying to him." ”

"Huh? Four hundred miles is fake? Yan Xingzhi looked at the rickety old man with extremely surprised eyes, and was stunned for a moment. He suddenly shook his head again and said, "Eight hundred and thirty miles, you tell me." I wouldn't think it's true either. ”

"It's... Hey......" Liao Shi almost admitted that eight hundred and thirty miles was a reliable distance, but his words were only one word. was cut off by himself. He wasn't sure if he would take this Yan family's only grandson back to Medicine Valley for the second time, so it would be useless to talk about it.

After a slight pause, he casually perfunctory: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter how long the road is." ”

Yan Xingzhi pursed his lips and thought for a moment, he gave up asking Liao Shi "why doesn't it matter", but said seriously: "Mr. Lin wants to give us a ride, and it is also a good intention, pharmacist, it is wrong for you to lie to him." ”

Liao Shi smiled disapprovingly when he heard this, and said lightly: "If you can only refuse a person by deception, how will you choose?" ”

Yan Xingzhi didn't answer, but just puzzled: "Why do you have to refuse, isn't it acceptable?" Mr. Lin doesn't want to throw you a fireball, he just wants to send a few guards to escort you for a while, and you don't need to take care of the food. ”

"You don't know what kind of place Medicine Valley is, that's why you can say these things calmly." Liao Shi sighed lightly, "If he sends someone to escort me, he will definitely send his most handy subordinates." Of course, I believe that these subordinates will be able to escort them safely, but I can't guarantee their return, and I can protect you alone at most. This way back, it's not that I can't go by myself without those few guards to give me a ride, so why let him lose his most powerful subordinates. ”

Liao Shi's master has only been stored in the ears of the world, and no one has ever been able to accurately say the specific location of this place.

Even if some of the false addresses are popular, they will soon be exposed. Because there are still quite a few individuals or organizations who want to find the medicine valley and destroy it, as long as they really go out to investigate, they will find out which claims are false. But despite this, no one can strip the real result just by ruling out false rumors.

Of course, there are still a few medical students who want to learn from their teachers without fear of hardships and dangers, but in addition to the hidden address, even the recruitment of people in the medicine valley does not seem to be an open way. In addition to Liao Shi, he also left some footprints in the world, and the demon doctor who was falsely rumored to be more exaggerated, specializing in alchemy, and even specializing in refining medicine puppets for daily pleasure, has never been seen by anyone with the seclusion of Medicine Valley.

Heard Liao Shi personally mention the horror of Medicine Valley again. But not to mention where the specific horror was, Yan Xingzhi squinted, and a question that had been entrenched for a long time in his heart also popped up again. But it is not the legend of the medicine puppet that the world pays the most attention to.

After enduring it for a while, Yan Xingzhi finally couldn't help it. He asked, "Pharmacist, I have long heard rumors from others that the Medicine Valley has been immersed in a poisonous mist all year round. Even if anyone just enters by mistake and doesn't know that it is the Medicine Valley, they will be killed by those poisonous mists. Is this really the case? ”

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On the small mountain parallel to the dirt road that extends from the entrance of the town's torii, the forest cedar riding on horseback looks down the mountain.

There was no rain for many days, and the empty dirt road reflected the grayish-white color of the dry sand in the sun. On the road, an old man and a young man suddenly took a few steps away from their bodies, and suddenly approached side by side. The walking speed is also fast and slow. When the young and old looked at each other, their lips opened and closed from time to time, without a long pause, as if discussing a more important issue.

However, with the distance of Lin Shan, not only could he not hear what the two people were saying on the dirt road a hundred paces away, but it was impossible to even capture the shape of his mouth to read the words.

After condensing his gaze towards the two people at the bottom of the mountain for a while, Lin Shan withdrew his gaze, took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled.

Looking sideways at Chen Jiu, who was riding a horse beside him, he remembered the question she had just asked. After hesitating for a while, he finally chose to answer: "The medicine puppet is indeed a thing, but the reason why the medicine valley is causing trouble is not only this. ”

Originally, Chen Jiu saw that Lin Shan didn't speak for a long time, thinking that the matter he asked caused him to be displeased. and they were not prepared to receive an answer. However, not only did she get an echo at this moment, but she also saw Lin Shan's answer so directly, she couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

Putting Lin Shan's words in his mind and repeating them, to make sure that he had heard correctly, Chen Jiu couldn't help but sigh and said, "It's hard to imagine that the pharmacist's sect is such a terrible place. ”

Lin Shan pondered for a moment, then said, "Liao Shi left the Medicine Valley almost thirty years ago, and after seven years, there were rumors of demon doctors refining medicine puppets in the world. Liao Shi quietly went back to the Medicine Valley. I am sure that his crazy junior brother is indeed evil, but it is slightly different from the rumors. The puppet children were picked up from refugees fleeing the famine. ”

The look of surprise on Chen Jiu's face was slightly subdued, but she still firmly believed that the medicine refining puppet was doing evil. He immediately said: "Refugees are also human beings, and even if those children starve to death in a disaster year, it is better than being tortured and living a life that is not human." ”

In fact, it is also true that it is a sin to test medicine on a living person, for whatever reason.

"Now that the medicine puppet has been refined, there is no room for manoeuvre in this matter." Lin Shan looked at the old wine, his eyes softened.

He knew that women had motherhood, and he could not see children suffer. Even if Chen Jiu scolded Yaogu in front of him for a few words, and scolded Liao Shi with him, he would not be angry at her. Let alone...... It would have been a big mistake for Yakuya to do this kind of thing, and there was no reason to explain it.

When he saw that the anger on Chen Jiu's face had receded slightly, he slowly explained: "The Medicine Valley is secluded in the mountains, and there is no chance to meet refugees, but Liao Shi's junior brother also came out of the Medicine Valley that year, just to find him. Unexpectedly, the person I was looking for didn't find it, but I took a few sick children back. ”

Chen Jiu said suspiciously: "It turns out that the rumored demon doctor has never been out of the medicine valley. ”

"That's just the time I came out." Lin Shan Wen Yan continued, "As soon as the rumors of the medicine puppet came out, Liao Shi returned to the medicine valley in order to dissuade his junior brother. Since then, his junior brother has never left the Medicine Valley, and of course he will no longer arrest people to enter the Valley to refine puppets. Liao Shi agreed with his junior brother that he would return to the Medicine Valley once a year, as long as his junior brother could settle down. ”

Chen Jiu's puzzled expression on his face became even heavier, and he couldn't help asking, "Is such a ruthless and terrible person also afraid of loneliness?" Do you want his junior brother to go back to accompany him for a few days every year? ”

Lin Shan didn't answer immediately, but just asked: "If you have enough food and keep making wine, but no one comes to drink it, and your love for wine makes you still can't help but continue brewing, until the house is full of wine, and even new varieties are produced, but still no one comes to drink, how would you feel?" ”

Chen Jiu muttered thoughtfully, "That's indeed a bit lonely. ”

"So Liao Shi goes back to Medicine Valley once a year, although it is true that he is to accompany his junior brother for a few days, but the content of his companionship is not a happy and leisurely thing such as hand talking, fishing, and drinking, but fighting medicine." Lin Shan sighed lightly, "His junior brother is even more ruthless with poisonous methods, if he walks out of the valley." It's almost a weirdo who won't be tolerated by the world. ”

Listening to Lin Shan's words all the way here, Chen Jiu faintly realized a Yan zhòng problem, and his eyes shrank slightly. asked softly: "As far as you know, Liao Shi and his junior brother." Who's more poisonous? ”

Lin Shan heard Chen Jiu's worry, but his expression eased, and said gently: "These two people are both invincible to poison, even if anyone is heavier, at most lying down for a few days, it is impossible to harm their lives." The people of Medicine Valley do not use medicine for a day, and poison is like us touching food every day. ”

Chen Jiu suddenly said: "Are they poisoned by their own medicine?" It's similar to the result of ordinary people choking and eating too much, so it's natural to let them rest for a few days without eating? ”

Lin Shan couldn't help but stagnate when he heard this, then smiled and said: "Almost, it can only be said that it is almost, it is better to eat less poison, although it is not invaded by a hundred poisons, but it is just a flesh body." ”

Chen Jiu raised his hand and raised two fingers, covered his lips and smiled.

Lin Shan smiled and looked at her for a moment, and then looked sideways at the dirt road, and could vaguely see that the old and the young on the road were still talking about something.

Liao Shi until the day before departure. He didn't really tell him the exact location of the Medicine Valley, but he still knew the general direction. So he found someone to investigate and arranged a route to pick up.

At this time, seeing that Liao Shi and Yan Xingzhi were still walking unhurriedly, as if they were just wandering around a certain scenic spot, and there was not much hurry, Lin Shan was very worried that when it got dark, they might not be able to go to the next town in the established route to rest.

And if he could hear clearly the distance between the old and the young just mentioned, it is estimated that he would not only not be worried, but would also be a little annoyed.

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Regarding the question about the poisonous mist of the Medicine Valley, after listening to the personal explanation of the heirs of the Medicine Valley, Yan Xingzhi was so surprised that he opened his mouth and forgot to speak.

Liao Shi looked at him and only added, "I made an exception to tell you this big secret." You can't just say it! If others knew, spread the word. The Valley of Medicine will suffer! ”

Yan Xingzhi hurriedly shook his head and said, "Of course I won't say it, otherwise Medicine Valley will not be a secret." ”

"You kid. really has a simple heart, so quickly thinking about the medicine valley. Liao Shi felt a hint of joy in his heart, but the more he saw Yan Xing's heart towards the medicine valley, the more he suddenly felt that he should remind the young man of something, so he said solemnly: "Since you have heard the rumors of the poisonous mist, of course you will not have heard the rumors of the medicine puppet, why don't you ask about this matter later, for fear of making me unhappy?" ”

Regarding the choice of these two issues, Yan Xingzhi did consider avoiding the important in front of Liao Shi. Suddenly, when he heard Liao Shi mention this matter himself, he was a little speechless for a while, and he didn't know whether to continue to avoid the important and light.

The rumor of the refining medicine puppet is almost a stained hat that exterminates humanity in the drug delivery valley. Now that he is almost half of the heir of the Medicine Valley, it will always be a little inappropriate to talk about this matter in front of the old pharmacist as a junior, right?

"Alas......" Liao Shi sighed, and said with a deep sense of melancholy in his tone: "This is the most criticized and most difficult stain in the Medicine Valley. But I'm going to take you to Medicine Valley now, even if you don't ask about this matter, I'm going to sue you, so that you can take precautions in advance, and you can be less uncomfortable when you arrive at Medicine Valley. ”

In fact, just waiting for Liao Shi to admit the matter of the medicine puppet is enough to make Yan Xingzhi uncomfortable.

The stain of Medicine Valley that has been criticized by the world, Yan Xingzhi is because he grew up in a family of famous doctors, and he hears it more often than ordinary people. In the eyes of many doctors, Medicine Valley is the scum of the medical world, and the image of the two descendants of Medicine Valley has been demonized, otherwise how can there be two titles of "medicine ghost" and "demon doctor"?

But Yan Xingzhi has always privately thought that the rumors of the drug puppet are just rumors.

Although Liao Shi's reputation in the world is evil, after getting along in recent years, Yan Xingzhi thinks that he knows this withdrawn old man well enough. The old medicine man was ugly in appearance and spoke unpleasantly, and he couldn't even see a little charm outside his body when he looked at him from behind, but this old man was actually not enthusiastic enough, not tactful enough, but not vicious.

At least you can't do such a terrible thing as refining medicine with a living person.

But now he has taken the initiative to admit it!

"There are about six puppets in the Medicine Valley...... Well...... This is what I counted when I went back four years ago, and I don't know how many ...... are left."

"Those puppets have whiter faces and straighter eyes when they look at people, don't be scared when you see them, but don't try to talk to them either, because they don't think anymore."

"And. If a puppet tells you to go somewhere, just don't answer them. I still have to tell you again, when I arrive in the Medicine Valley. Don't listen to anyone there, not even your uncle. For you. He is just a madman, without the affection of the teacher, and it is extremely dangerous. ”

"Oh, there's one more crucial thing to say. If you see what your uncle asks you to eat or drink, don't think that he has tried it for the children around him, and you can eat it with confidence. The medicine boys who can follow him are all refined, and they are not afraid of any poison, you can't compare. ”

“…… It seems that sometimes even I can't tell the difference. The food is poisonous to you, because I can't taste it, how is that good......"

Liao Shi chattered a lot slowly, and Yan Xingzhi, who was walking side by side with him, not only did not respond half a sentence, but gradually slowed down a lot, and fell behind Liao Shi.

Liao Shi had to stop, and when he looked back, he saw that Yan Xingzhi had simply stopped in place, his young face was slightly pale, and his eyes were full of surprise.

"It's not going to scare you right now, is it?" Liao Shi misunderstood Yan Xingzhi's expression. But from his point of view, it is indeed difficult to read Yan Xingzhi's state of mind at this time.

After being stunned for a moment, Yan Xingzhi muttered, "If the rumors of the medicine puppet are true. Why is it that when I mentioned to my grandfather about the apprenticeship of the Medicine Valley, he didn't mention it in the first half of the sentence, only that if I could pass your test, even if he agreed? ”

"Yan Guang Lao'er really means this?" Liao Shi hesitated for a moment, a trace of surprise suddenly appeared on his face, and he asked in other words: "Could it be that you always thought that the rumors of the medicine puppet were just a lie?" Or if the medicine puppet is proven to be true, you don't want to go to the medicine valley? ”

Yan Xing was speechless.

When a person has always believed that something is suddenly overturned, and thus provokes a complex process of emotional change, it is really difficult to express it in any way for a while.

Liao Shi has long looked down on the world's prejudice against Medicine Valley. It doesn't matter how much smudge others pour on his master, he doesn't plan to hang the pot to help the world anyway. He had never considered befriending nobles and celebrities, and he was not short of silver. If your reputation stinks, it stinks!

However, when he saw the little follower in front of him behind him, who had been inseparable from the young man to the weak crown in a few years, he also showed a hint of doubt about him, and somehow, this trace of negativity was quickly enlarged in his eyes, which made him a little sad.

If he has nothing to do with the world, in fact, it is not absolute, he only made very few friends, but these few people who know him well actually have a lot of weight in his heart.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have given her daughter five years of free treatment for her body poison because the woman named Ye Ziqing created a medicine box for him more than ten years ago, and he also achieved a complete cure, with her daughter's anti-poison physique.

You must know that the former queen mother treated him to death, and the current emperor summoned him several times to ask him to treat the second prince, but he refused to go.

He lived in seclusion for five years, and finally let the world gradually forget his existence, but in order to save Lin Shan's life, he came back, but he was almost killed by a group of killers in the street as soon as he entered the gate of the imperial capital.

In order to save Lin Shan, he spent another three years, and consumed most of the various miraculous medicines he had collected from his five years of seclusion and thousands of miles of mountain roads. These resources are also integrated by him with his life time, and there are some rare medicinal materials, and he even used up the specimens he kept, and I don't know if there will be a chance to return to the original place where he collected them in the future.

Although half of the reason for Yan Xingzhi's treatment now is to fulfill a promise, but now, most of it is because he gradually acknowledges Yan Xingzhi's excellent character in his heart and intends to regret it.

Many years ago, Liao Shi took a request from Yan Guang, the grandfather of the Yan family, and said that he would treat Yan Guang's old mother, but the treatment only started for two months, and Liao Shi went to prison due to misfortune, and Yan Guang's old mother died after not long. Although Liao Shi may not be able to cure the old woman at that time, it is a fact that he lost his promise.

Now that the only grandson of the Yan family is in trouble, and it is also the same as the missed promise more than ten years ago, he can no longer turn a blind eye.

And if Yan Xingzhi's strange family disease can be cured and he is taken back to Medicine Valley this time, Liao Shi may still be officially accepted as an apprentice.

If it was Ye Ziqing who grabbed his ears and shouted: "Old monster, get out!" ”； Or Mo Ye pouted and said to him unremittingly: "Evil old man, I won't call you grandpa!" ”； Lin Shan sprinkled him with wine; Yan Guang spat and quarreled with him, and you said, "Hunchbacked old man, why is it shrinking more and more as it grows?" I said, "Old immortal, I really didn't expect you to be able to catch your breath!" ”…… These scenes he had imagined and happened to experience, Liao Shi didn't take it to heart. To him, these disrespectful treatments are like a daily routine, and he can continue to take a break today.

(To be continued)