Chapter Twenty-Seven: Turning Point
Now there are still ten days before the Red Cloud Tree bears fruit, and they are all injured in the autumn, and they are afraid that they will not be able to go back for half a month. Therefore, Chen Yu was not in a hurry, and after leaving the range of the Moque Society, he fell from the sky, and took advantage of the night to fall into the shadows under a section of the city wall.
It had been several days since she had closed her eyes, and because she had nothing to do at this time, Ye Luwu felt sleepiness coming over her, and she kept yawning, and her eyes were a little unable to open.
She followed Chenyu's steps almost with her eyes closed, but suddenly bumped into something.
Why did it stop all of a sudden?
Ye Luwu was puzzled, but he still held on to his spirit and opened his eyes, but saw Chongguang with one hand on Chenyu's shoulder, and his head was deeply lowered.
She hurriedly hit a spirit, and Fang Cai's sleepiness suddenly dispersed to the clouds: "Senior brother, what's wrong with you?"
Chongguang didn't speak, but still kept that action.
However, Chen Yu frowned, and his free hand kept rubbing against his back, hoping to alleviate some of his pain: "Why is it okay, and now that's it?"
No one answered him, only a crescent moon hung diagonally above the canopy, and the hazy light reflected the figures of the three on the flat road, the edges of which vaguely seemed to merge into the earth.
After a while, he slowly straightened his waist, moved his sleeves while getting up, and quietly wiped the corners of his mouth: "It's okay, let's go." ”
But how could this action be concealed from the two people who had been watching him? Therefore, as soon as he stood up straight, Chen Yu rudely pulled his sleeve to look.
A piece of bright red was quietly laid out on the sleeves of the moon-white shirt, which looked particularly dazzling in the fiasco moonlight.
Chen Yu put his arm down fiercely, and then stared at the corners of his mouth to examine it carefully, and sure enough, there was a trace of blood on his bloodless lips that had not been wiped clean.
He didn't say much, one hand passed under Chongguang's armpit, and with a little force, he threw the whole person on his back, and then trotted towards the city, and said fiercely: "What can I do? When will I need you to protect? I really think I can't beat a seriously injured demon clone?!"
Ye Luwu looked at Chongguang, who closed his eyes tightly and said nothing, and knew that Chen Yu's words were for him to pass out in an overly quiet environment. She followed suit and kept shouting "Senior Brother", hoping to find a place to stay before Chongguang fell into a coma so that she could heal his wounds.
When they passed through the city gate quickly, Ye Luwu once looked up and glanced quickly, and on the towering city gate, there were two strong and powerful words: Jincheng.
The word "brocade" is enough to show how prosperous this city is, and it has the reputation of "returning to the brocade city without looking at flowers" since ancient times.
It was just after nightfall, and there was no curfew, so it was a good time to be very lively. The three of them hurriedly shuttled through the crowd in such a way, and they looked a little out of place.
On the side of the road, a scholar who was traveling with his wife kindly asked: "Such a beautiful night, but the three of them are in such a hurry, there must be something important, I wonder if there is anything that can help with the clumsy Jing?"
Chen Yu frowned, as if he was dissatisfied with the delay in time.
Ye Luwu hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Thank you, big brother, my senior brother is a little unwell, I don't know where the nearest inn is nearby, so let's settle down." ”
The scholar smiled and raised his left arm, "In this direction, it won't take more than half a cup of tea to arrive." And there's a medical hall next to their inn, which is the perfect fit for you. ”
Hearing this, Chen Yu glanced at Ye Luwu, and then strode away in that direction.
The scholar looked at his anxious back, touched his chin and said: "Your outfit looks like a famous disciple, you have an injury and pain on weekdays, you have to hurry up to see Lang Zhong, otherwise where can you go to the hospital when it is critical? ”
It would be nice if ordinary medicine was effective, and the leaves were green and ruined.
The scholar saw that she did not speak, and thought that he had listened to his words, so he opened his mouth again. Fortunately, his wife pulled his sleeve in time and said softly: "Xianggong, this girl must still be thinking about his two senior brothers, they are not familiar with each other, if they make a mistake, won't they delay their illness?"
"Eh, the lady is still reasonable, I'll go and catch up with them. With that, he lifted his robe and went to look for Chenyu and the others.
Ye Luwu watched his figure getting smaller and smaller in a daze, thinking to himself how could there be such a person, who even cared about his own lady for the sake of others.
As if she had heard her heart, the woman covered her lips with her hand and chuckled: "Girl, don't be surprised, my family official is such a character, as soon as he starts to be kind, he forgets everything. ”
Ye Luwu looked at the woman in front of her with tender eyes, and sighed: "The son and the lady are so kind, there will definitely be blessings." ”
The woman seemed a little embarrassed, and two clouds flew on her face: "Girl, please come with me, it's important to join them as soon as possible." ”
Ye Luwu's eyebrows and eyes were crooked, and he nodded yes.
The two of them walked down the street in the dim lights of thousands of homes, and after turning a corner, they saw the inn that the scholar was talking about.
As soon as he stepped over the threshold and stepped into the store, the shopkeeper hurriedly greeted him, and said with a smile: "The girl must have traveled with the two sons who just came, the tall and handsome son has already booked two upper rooms, and please let the girl go with you." ”
Ye Luwu looked around, but did not see the figure of the scholar, so he asked, "I wonder if the shopkeeper has ever seen a scholar come with them?"
The shopkeeper paused slightly, then nodded: "Yes, there was a scholar who came behind them, and after hearing that they had already booked a room, he hurried out, and he was still muttering that he wanted to invite a man or something." ”
The woman smiled softly when she heard this, and said to the two: "The concubine will go to find the princess, and she will come to disturb the girl after she is invited to Langzhong." ”
Ye Luwu thought to himself, he had already lost the interest of others to travel together, how could he still let them pay for Langzhong, so he had to refuse: "This matter is not bothering......
Before she could finish speaking, the woman turned away with a delicate step, and disappeared behind the door with a slight swing of the corners of her feminine clothes.
The shopkeeper smiled slightly when he saw her expression, and explained: "The girl doesn't need to care too much about this, no one in this Jincheng knows Zhao Xiucai, he and his wife are such people, so everyone doesn't take their money in this food, clothing, housing and transportation." Today is his wife's birthday, and if the girl wants to express her gratitude, she should prepare a birthday gift for her. ”
Ye Lu was clear, and while following the shopkeeper forward, he thought, what kind of gift can such a kind couple deserve? Seeing that the woman was wearing only a plain silver hairpin on her head, she knew that he and the two were not rich and noble. When he left the capital, he brought out a magnolia hairpin of mutton fat jade, which was a gift from Murong Hua and sent directly to the Peony Garden.
Magnolia flowers are pure, and they can be grateful, and they can also wish them a long time and never leave each other, which is the most suitable birthday gift.
When I walked into the room, I saw Chongguang lying flat on the bed, not knowing whether he was awake or asleep. And Chen Yu stood aside with a cold face, the room was filled with a trace of coldness, and even the water vapor in the air seemed to be condensed into small droplets.
The matter seemed to be more serious than they imagined, Ye Luwu's heart tightened, and he slowly walked to the bed: "Senior brother suddenly vomited blood, what is the reason for this?"
Chen Yu's voice was gloomy as if it was about to drip water: "You just came from the door, do you feel a chill getting heavier and heavier?"
Ye Luwu nodded and said, "Yes, I'm still thinking, it's been autumn for a long time, and it's not impossible that this room is colder than usual, could it be because of the turbidity in the senior brother's body?"
Chen Yu took a step closer and sat on the edge of the bed, his right hand and two fingers pointed at the center of Chongguang's eyebrows, and the circle of red light rippled: "That's right, the turbidity in his body is more troublesome than I imagined, even if Elder Zhonglan has already cast Dead Wood Spring like him, the effect has already begun to decline." At this rate, within five days, the turbidity will penetrate deep into the inner body, and there will be no power to return to heaven. ”
Five days at most, but the Red Cloud Tree will bear fruit in ten days, and it will be impossible to wait until the fruit is picked and then go to the Hundred Ghost Pond to get the sacred relics of the Immortal Family.
She seemed to be able to hear her own violent heartbeat resounding in the silence of the room: "Then what should we do, no matter how bad it is, we will have to delay until the day when the Red Cloud Tree bears fruit." ”
Chen Yu thought for a moment, lowered his eyes and said: "There are only two ways now, one is to introduce the turbidity qi in his body into the spiritual veins of this Jincheng, and the other is that I forcibly transfer half of the soul power to him and share it with him." ”
Ye Luwu said softly: "What will be the consequences if you introduce it into the spiritual veins?"
His voice was deep, like a thick night: "The spiritual veins are damaged, and the worst result is that there is no worldly spiritual energy here, and cultivators will gradually become no different from ordinary people without nourishment, and even affect newborn babies." Newborns already have a trace of spiritual sense, and without the help of spiritual energy, there will be no genius born here. ”
It seems that this one method will not work no matter what, Ye Luwu thought, the senior brother would not agree.
"Then if you share the burden with Senior Brother, can your body resist it?"
Chen Yu always believed in himself, but this time he slowly shook his head and said: "I don't know, there were about one or two hundred disciples of the Moque Society in the mountain villa that day, and with so much turbidity piled together, even I can't guarantee that I won't become like him." ”
There was silence in the room, neither of them spoke again, only the crackling sound of the candle flame exploding.
At this moment, Zhao Xiucai's voice came from outside the door: "I invited Lang Zhong here, I wonder if it is convenient for us to go in now?"
The two looked at each other, both a little helpless.
Chen Yu raised his chin slightly towards the door, and Ye Luwu turned to open the door.
Zhao Xiucai grinned at her, and led an old man with a box behind him into the house.
"Wang Langzhong is the most senior Langzhong in this Jincheng, with him out of the horse, even if he enters the Yama Hall with one leg, he can be pulled back, girl, you can rest assured!"
Ye Luwu smiled politely at him, and his tone was shallow: "Thank you Zhao Xiucai." ”
Chen Yu also gave up his seat to get up very face-saving, and gave up the place next to the bed to Wang Langzhong.
After he sat down, he took out a half-worn red wrist pillow from the medicine box, and at a glance he knew that it had been used for many years. He pulled his bare wrist out of his sleeve and placed it gently on the wrist pillow, then stretched out his wrinkled fingers and slowly rested on it.
Chongguang's already fair skin showed a sickly pale at this time, as if he had not seen the sun for a long time, and even the cyan veins on his wrists were clearly visible. Because he was unconscious, his slender fingers curled up slightly, revealing slightly black-purple nails.
Chen Yu frowned slightly, the atmosphere in the room was very tense, Ye Luwu stared at Wang Langzhong's expression intently, and even Zhao Xiucai, who had a lot of words, was silent at this time, and the four of them were waiting for his judgment.
After a while, he returned Chongguang's wrist to its original position, and after putting the wrist pillow back into the medicine box, he slowly got up with his back bent, and said with a nervous expression: "You immortal elders are from a big mountain in the southwest of Jincheng?"
As soon as these words came out, Chen Yu and Ye Luwu were a little surprised, could it be that this old man who had never been in contact with the Tao of cultivation also knew about the existence of the Moque Society?
And Zhao Xiucai opened his mouth in surprise and said excitedly: "You are really immortal chiefs?! I finally met immortal chiefs!"
Ye Luwu asked him with a smile: "Why are you so excited? Could it be that the appearance of our immortal cultivators is still different from yours?"
Without waiting for him to answer, Wang Langzhong sighed and said: "Immortal Chang doesn't know, this Jincheng is located at the junction of Chongzhou and Yangzhou, and it is not too far away from Kyoto, so the Protector Association has a lot of actions here. Because the Protectorate is directly under the jurisdiction of the Holy Lord, and the members are all immortal cultivators, they are arrogant to ordinary courtiers, so this matter of seeking immortals is regarded as a side door among the high-ranking families. ”
"Jincheng has a long history, there is no shortage of scholarly families and famous families in the city, under their influence, even if the family is poor, they will never let their children and grandchildren go to seek immortals. Zhao Xiucai is a poor family, his father and mother save money to let him study, he himself is also angry, he won Xiucai at the age of eighteen, and the future is limitless. ”
Ye Luwu looked at Zhao Xiucai's happy appearance, and said slowly: "The Tao is like this, it's just for this matter of cultivating immortals......"
"You don't have qualifications, it's useless to think about it. Chen Yu interrupted her coldly, his sword eyebrows frowned slightly, and his face was full of impatience: "Wang Lang has only one of the Chinese people to diagnose the pulse, what is the result?"
Wang Langzhong said: "When I first followed the master to practice medicine, an immortal chief found the master, and she was in this situation at that time. When I was young, I quietly went to ask her while my master was away, and she said that she had been injured in that mountain, and told me that I should never step into it in my life. ”
Ye Luwu knew in her heart, the woman must have been dealing with the people in the Moque Society, and she was soft-hearted for a while before she fell into the same trick as herself, and was attacked by the turbidity that had condensed her lifelong cultivation, so she had no choice but to find Lang Zhong to give it a try.
"What happened to that senior, did your master find a way to cure her?" she asked.
A relieved smile appeared on Wang Langzhong's old face, and at this moment, it seemed that his whole body was shrouded in a layer of soft light: "My master and I didn't close our eyes for three days and three nights, and finally found this solution to the problem of turbidity entering the body on a tattered ancient book. Jincheng is a place surrounded by thousands of flowers, the grass and trees are the most abundant, we follow the description in the ancient books into the deep mountains that have never been inhabited, and it took seven days to find the fairy grass that can save lives. ”
Ye Luwu showed a happy smile on his face, thinking that with this immortal grass, the life of the senior would probably be saved, and the senior brother would definitely be safe.
I only heard Wang Langzhong say again: "It's just a pity, when we returned to Jincheng with the fairy grass, we learned that the immortal chief had gone to the immortal two days ago, this matter is like a thorn in our body, and the master has been tormenting me for decades after his death." Now that I have encountered this illness again, it is a good opportunity given to me by God again, and it is not an insult to the fairy grass that has followed me for so long. ”
Chen Yu solemnly bowed his hand to him and said in a low voice, "Thank you." ”
Wang Langzhong waved his hand, meaning that it didn't have to be like this, so he left with Zhao Xiucai.
Ye Luwu thought for a moment and asked softly: "I don't know something, since Senior Brother voluntarily incorporated turbidity into his body, he should be able to discharge it, how could he let turbidity force himself to such a point?"
Chen Yu turned his gaze and stayed firmly on Chongguang: "Then you just wait for him to wake up and ask for clarification." ”
Ye Luwu sighed in his heart, turned around and walked out of the house, and gently closed the door.