"Sting"

The azure spiritual power light flashed, and the huge figure was torn apart, accompanied by the splash of blood, the behemoth fell in response, and gradually, revealing the thin figure behind it.

Looking against the light, there, there stood a young man in rags and dirt, combing his messy hair, and could vaguely see the outline of the young man's face, although his face was covered with mud, he could still see the handsome face of the young man under the unkempt hair.

This young man is Jiang Xiaoqi, who traveled alone from the deep mountains, and since that sneak attack outside the town, he has disappeared, and at this time he suddenly appeared in the lush mountains and forests.

It has been more than three months since the last interception incident, during which Jiang Xiaoqi has spent almost all of his time in the mountains, except for the necessary supplies, and now, he has been running for more than a month, and he has never seen a trace of a small town, which makes him feel a little helpless.

Wandering in the deep mountains and dense forests all day long, Jiang Xiaoqi faced endless dangers every day, fighting all day long, accompanied by spirit beasts, so that he ended up with such a sloppy appearance in front of him.

However, after three months of training and fighting, Jiang Xiaoqi has gradually faded away from his original immaturity, his eyebrows are filled with a heroic spirit, his thin figure has gradually become stronger, his fair skin is faintly bronze, and his muscles and bones seem to be full of explosive power.

"If you can't find a town where people gather, I'm afraid you're really going to become a wild man. ”

Pulling out the dagger from the collapsed giant elephant in front of him, and wiping it on the ragged clothes with his hands, a helpless wry smile appeared on Jiang Xiaoqi's cheeks, looking down at the clothes without a complete piece of fabric on his body, he spread his hands with a bit of self-deprecation, turned around and picked up the small medicine basket full of herbs, and walked slowly into the distance.

"This guy is funny. ”

Not long after Jiang Xiaoqi left, on a towering giant tree not far away, a shadow slowly condensed, the blazing flames wrapped her tightly, her slender legs like jade were on the edge of the thick branches, swaying leisurely, looking at the direction Jiang Xiaoqi left with fiery eyes, a little curiosity flashed in his eyes, his beautiful eyes blinked lightly, and the corners of his mouth smiled.

"It's a strong breath of fire. ”

Walking slowly in the jungle, Jiang Xiaoqi habitually touched his chin, recalled the fiery breath he sensed before, and whispered in his heart.

According to his judgment, the strength of the owner of the blazing aura that permeated his body should be above him, although the attributes are compatible, the absolute spiritual power suppression is not so easy to cross, and in his perception, that blazing aura is very pure, although it is not as vast as his spiritual power origin, but it is also the purest fire attribute power that he has felt in recent months.

"That person's strength should have surpassed the Yangxi Realm, otherwise I wouldn't have such a strong sense of crisis. ”

Jiang Xiaoqi recalled the fiery aura that made him feel a sense of crisis just now, and silently calculated in his heart. After more than three months of training, his spiritual power has been tempered extremely strong, and this is what Old Man Shi once warned him.

If the foundation is not solid, when you break through the realm in the future, it will lead to an unstable foundation of spiritual power, which will lead to a fall in the realm, and in serious cases, you will even lose your way forward, and you will always stop in the realm before the breakthrough. Therefore, from the moment he stepped into the Yangxi Realm, Jiang Xiaoqi repeatedly tempered his spiritual power to make his foundation unbreakable.

However, even though he suppressed the realm and tempered his spiritual power, he still broke through to the middle stage of the Yangxi Realm three days ago, but this breakthrough was not like before, he was like a passive bearer, but became the controller of the realm, and everything fell into place without the slightest obscurity.

"It seems that the "Nameless Sutra" taught by Grandpa Shi is only enough to cultivate to the next realm, the Four Perfections, and then there will be no corresponding exercises. ”

Feeling the blazing and powerful oppression, Jiang Xiaoqi felt a sense of urgency in his heart, although he knew in his heart that that person should have no malicious intent, but in the future, when he really met people in that realm, with his current strength, it would be difficult to have a chance of winning against them, not to mention that the "Nameless Sutra" that Grandpa Shi taught him was still a mutilated exercise, and he could only cultivate to the Four Manchu Realm, and the follow-up exercises Old Man Shi did not teach.

With a sense of urgency rising in his heart, Jiang Xiaoqi made up his mind that after this trial was completed, he must beg Old Man Shi to let him pass on the entire "Nameless Sutra" to himself, otherwise, in his future cultivation, he would become very passive.

"Where did the beggar come from, it stinks to death, go away. ”

Unconsciously, Jiang Xiaoqi carried a small medicine basket full of herbs, gradually walked out of the deep forest, appeared in a noisy town, his mind was immersed in his mind, Jiang Xiaoqi lowered his head and hurried away, and accidentally bumped into a middle-aged man in a gorgeous costume, who saw that his clothes were tattered, his hair was messy, and his cheeks were covered with mud, so he naturally classified him as a beggar, complained a few words with disgust on his face, and hurriedly walked away as if he was afraid of being contaminated.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. ”

Feeling like he had hit something, Jiang Xiaoqi gradually retracted his mind, just saw the scene in front of him, and hurriedly made a difference, only then did he look in front of him, and gradually, a town of no small scale appeared in his sight, and the crowd was endless, full of all kinds of shouting and selling, very noisy.

"Whew, familiar fireworks. ”

Looking at the bustling town that seemed to suddenly appear in front of him, Jiang Xiaoqi couldn't help but sigh in his heart, more than a month of jungle life was finally over, at this time, he just wanted to quickly find an inn, change out of his sloppy outfit, and then find a restaurant to have a big meal and treat himself.

Listening to the discussions of the surrounding crowd, Jiang Xiaoqi knew that the town in front of him was called Qingshan Town, which was the largest one within a radius of dozens of miles, and it was also the area with the most concentrated crowds.

Thinking in his heart, Jiang Xiaoqi walked into the crowd quickly, before going to the inn, he had to go to another place first, sell the herbs picked in the medicine basket, and exchange it for some money.

Although the money bag given to him by Old Man Shi contained a lot of spirit crystals, he rarely used them, first, he could pick herbs in the deep mountains by himself, and then take them to the town to exchange for property, and second, the common currency in the martial arts world could not only be used as money, but also for his own cultivation, so if it weren't for his pockets, Jiang Xiaoqi would not use these spirit crystals as coins to squander.

Pharmacy will exist in every corner of this world, after all, no one can guarantee that they will not be infected with diseases in their lifetime, so Jiang Xiaoqi is not worried that these precious herbs in his medicine basket will not be sold. Of course, the preciousness here is relative to ordinary people, among them, those who have miraculous effects on martial arts cultivation or healing have been digested by himself, and he will not be stupid enough to take them out and pawn them.

"Boss, I'm going to sell some herbs. ”

Walking to a sparsely populated portal, glancing at the plaque hanging in front of his forehead, Jiang Xiaoqi stepped in, looked around, and shouted into the back room of the room.

The environment of the pharmacy is good, the counters are neatly arranged, there are two pots of evergreens next to the door, verdant and dripping, the room is filled with a unique smell of herbs, although the scale of the pharmacy is not large, but in Jiang Xiaoqi's eyes, he found a lot of cherished herbs, such a scene is a bit impressive.

"Hey, come on. ”

Hearing the shouting sound coming from outside the door, then he heard a loud voice from inside the door, and then, Jiang Xiaoqi saw an old man dressed in linen clothes coming slowly from behind the door of the inner room, with a familiar smile on his face.

However, when he saw Jiang Xiaoqi's ragged and sloppy appearance, his expression was stunned for a moment, and then, his eyes fell on the medicine basket he was carrying behind him, just by glancing at it, the old man saw several rare things, he thought that the young man in front of him was begging from a beggar in which realm, but after glancing at it, the old man directly dispelled this thought, judging from his many years of business experience, the ragged and unclear appearance of the young man in front of him was not as good as it seemed on the surface.

"Here, please. ”

Stretching out his hand to walk in front of him, leading Jiang Xiaoqi to the counter on the side, the boss took out an account book out of nowhere, smiled at Jiang Xiaoqi who was sitting in front of him, and looked at the small medicine basket behind him.

"You can take a rough look and give me an estimate, I'm in a hurry. ”

Taking off the medicine basket behind him and putting it in front of the boss, Jiang Xiaoqi smiled at the corner of his mouth, picked up the tea on the table next to him and drank it all, and said to the boss vaguely.

After several skilled business transactions, Jiang Xiaoqi was mostly aware of the prices of various medicinal herbs, and he didn't have to worry about the owner of the pharmacy deceiving him, as long as the price was within his estimated range, it was acceptable.

"Okay, this little brother, wait a minute, I'll help you settle it. ”

Looking at the sloppy dressed Jiang Xiaoqi in front of him, the cow who didn't care about drinking tea, the boss smiled heartily, for him, who has been in business for half his life and is familiar with all kinds of trading, he naturally heard the implied meaning of Jiang Xiaoqi's words, as long as the price is within his estimated range, it doesn't matter much if it's more or less.

After speaking, the boss took the medicine basket from Jiang Xiaoqi's hand, pinched the abacus that made out the pulp, and began to count the precious herbs in the medicine basket.

Not long after the time passed, the last plant in the small medicine basket was taken out by the boss, and then flicked it on the abacus a few times, and then slowly raised his head, looked at Jiang Xiaoqi in front of him, and said, "Little brother, the old man roughly calculated, there are a total of sixteen of these herbs, with different styles, but all of them are treasures, in my opinion, they should be worth this number." ”

After speaking, the old man stretched out four fingers from his sackcloth sleeve robe, and gestured at Jiang Xiaoqi, his eyes were a little inquiring.

"Add two more, this number. ”

Looking at the boss's tentative gaze, Jiang Xiaoqi's face remained unchanged, and there was no wave in the ancient well, so that people could not see the slightest change in expression, and then, according to the boss's movements, he stretched out two fingers from the tattered robe, indicating that this number was the price he expected.

"Although these herbs are extremely precious, they are not worth the amount that the little brother said. ”

Looking at the two fingers added by Jiang Xiaoqi, the boss shook his head a little embarrassed, and leaned sideways to the counter beside him, showing a look of loss on his face.

However, at this time, in the old man's heart, it is not the appearance that is superficial, if it is really about the price, the two numbers added by Jiang Xiaoqi are the lowest price of these herbs, and the boss deliberately showed a look of embarrassment, but he wanted to lower the price by one percent, after all, the young man sitting opposite him did not look like a person who would bargain.

But then, Jiang Xiaoqi's actions were beyond his expectations, without any words, Jiang Xiaoqi directly picked up the medicine basket placed next to him, and walked out of the door with a gesture.

"Hey, hey, the price is negotiable, why bother hurting the harmony for these herbs. ”

I thought that Jiang Xiaoqi would stop when he took two steps, but unexpectedly, the young man really wanted to turn around and leave, and his insistence was very resolute, which made the owner of the pharmacy scratch his heart, and hurriedly stepped forward to persuade Jiang Xiaoqi to pull back the figure of the medicine basket on his back.

"That's it, I see that the little brother is not an ordinary person, presumably he came here for the ancient tomb, why don't you do this, I will add another percent, and then give the little brother a map of the ancient tomb, what do you think?"

Jiang Xiaoqi sat back in the position he had just placed again, and his face did not change. Seeing this, the boss rolled his eyes, and couldn't help but have an idea in his heart, a few days ago, an old man came to his shop, said that he wanted to make a deal with him, and then he threw down a thick stack of parchment rolls, and told him that this was a map of an ancient tomb, and soon, many people would come here, let him take the opportunity to sell these maps to those people, and then divide them into three-seven.

In line with the attitude of being suspicious, the boss vaguely revealed the news to every young man who came to the pharmacy to buy medicinal herbs, and sure enough, within a few days, those thick stacks of parchment rolls piled up in the corner were easily sold out by him, and at this time, he still had the last copy left in his hand, and seeing that the ragged Jiang Xiaoqi in front of him was not like an ordinary person, he planned to sell the last map to him.

"Oh, tomb map?"

Sure enough, as the boss expected, when Jiang Xiaoqi heard the news revealed by the boss, he suddenly became interested in his heart, after all, his purpose on this trip was to experience, and this Qingshan town was not far from the target of his trip, and he wanted to know if the place where Old Man Shi let him go was the same as the boss said.

"It seems that the little brother is also here to seek opportunities, I won't tell you, there is only one map here, and you and I are fated to meet, so it's better to have a good fate and give this map to the little brother, but I don't know, that Yicheng?"

Looking at Jiang Xiaoqi's reaction, the boss was already sure in his heart that the young man in front of him was the same as those young people who came here to find opportunities, so he planned to push the boat down the river and give him this last map, just in time to erase the herbs.

"Boss, you're making a lot of calculations. ”

Although he knew it in his heart, Jiang Xiaoqi didn't break it, after all, the purpose of his trip was to practice, and the so-called place of training was likely to be the ancient tomb that the boss said.

The little brother laughed, it's all about begging for a living. ”

Looking at Jiang Xiaoqi nodded, a smile flashed across the boss's face, looking like a profiteer, but the truth was helpless, after all, the two were willing to fight and suffer.

After putting away the spirit crystals and gold coins exchanged for the herbs, Jiang Xiaoqi walked out of the medicine shop, found a secluded place, opened the parchment scroll given by the boss, and suddenly, an extremely concise map appeared in front of him, which corroborated each other with the map he memorized in his heart, and sure enough, as he expected, the place of trial that Old Man Shi said was the ancient tomb outlined on the map in front of him.

"But why is the style of this map so familiar?"