When it's time to farm monsters, everyone's medicine and food are exhausted, and they go back to the village to replenish supplies and distribute loot by the way. Tu Shi was promoted to level 6 and obtained a piece of pork skin and a hundred catties of pork. The pork was still calculated in the storage bag, and in order to make it easier to walk, he once again added all the attribute points obtained from level 5 to level 6 to strength.

"Strong!"

"Huh?" Tu Shi turned his head and found that it was the physician Huo Xiang.

"Please come with me, what you gave me, I have already researched it."

The two hurriedly walked into Huo's house. Huo Xiang closed the door, and carefully looked out through the crack in the door for a while, before he came over and sat down, pointed to the white mud paste found on the table from Fang Feng's house, and said to Tu Shi seriously: "I finally know what this thing is." ”

"What is it?"

"Remember when I told you that the water quality in the village is different? Poisonous water taste pungent, cold, can treat pit viper or rabies bites, treat children's chancre and abdomen, can also cure evil spirits, in fact, this kind of thing is dissolved in the water, it has medicinal properties. I checked all the medical books at home and found that there was a medicinal herb that matched it. ”

Tu Shi didn't know anything about medicine: "Say it quickly." ”

Seeing that he had sold enough, Huo Xiang leaned his face closer to the candle flame and said mysteriously: "Toad." Toad crisp is mostly produced in the north of Yangzhou, it is the white juice taken from the ears of the live toad, which needs to be carefully picked with tweezers and other materials, and can be used as medicine after drying...... I don't know how much it is worth, it should be similar to Ganoderma lucidum ginseng. ”

Tu Shi remembered the urn at the bottom of Fang Feng's bed, and estimated that he would have to use hundreds of toads.

"In addition, this is not an ordinary toad crisp, or toad ghee, which naturally condenses without exposure to the sun, and has stronger medicinal properties, which I have never heard of in the classics. Ah yes, the most important point is that it can repel snakes, and Brother Fang should rely on it to get in and out of the village. ”

"Huh? Isn't that scientific? The snake eats the toad, and when it smells the crispy toad, it doesn't pounce like a hungry ghost in the color? ”

"What does 'science' mean?" Huo Xiang was stunned for two or three seconds before he replied: "No, no, all things have their own mysteries." When the bird eats the insects, the larvae are covered with poisonous stingers, so that the birds dare not eat; The same is true of this toad, which can make people's skin itchy, and poisonous snakes eat it like arsenic-cream. People who eat toads will be poisoned to death, but snakes are not afraid of their poison, but only toads. ”

I see! Tu Shi vaguely remembers watching "One Hundred Thousand Whys" when he was a child, which is an autonomous defense mechanism evolved by species in the process of long-term evolution, so that natural enemies will not easily approach and can effectively protect themselves. To put it bluntly, toad crisp is the venom secreted by the skin of the toad, which makes the enemy avoid it like the thorn of a hedgehog or the fart of a weasel.

Toad ghee: pungent in taste, cold in nature, different from ordinary toad crisp natural refining ointment, exudes a strange smell, snakes are very sensitive to this. It can also be used for the maintenance of armor and weapons. It can be used for life occupations (raw materials for pharmaceuticals, spirit refining, etc.), and can be used for combat occupations (consumption of [Quenching Poison], etc.); Reduces the durability of equipment by 20% after use; It will not be actively attacked by snake creatures within one hour after use (external use); After using (internally), all the food eaten within one hour is spit out, and the satiety level drops back to the value it was one hour ago.

After the identification was completed, the plaster was renamed from "mysterious plaster" to "toad ghee", which turned out to be a high-grade material. Huo Xiang asked: "Are all these toads found in Brother Fang's house?" ”

"yes? Didn't I tell you? "Tu Shi is inexplicable, why do you want to ask again.

"A lot?"

"It's a lot."

Huo Xiang suddenly looked preoccupied, and sighed: "We can't use realgar anymore." Realgar is poisonous, and because of long-term exposure, nine out of ten villagers suffer from eczema, which is difficult to heal for a lifetime...... As long as there are snakes outside this village for a day. It's time to change something to restrain poisonous snakes, and toad crisp is the best substitute, so I'm going to find Brother Fang and ask him where these toad crisps come from. ”

Tu Shi hurriedly said: "You just said that dozens of toads can take out a little toad, which means that it is very expensive, right?" How much does it cost to replace realgar with toad crisp! Do you expect Fang Fengbai to give it to you? ”

"I don't use pure toad crisp, but I want to use toad crisp and mix other herbs to make a new medicine, which will cost less. In addition, Brother Fang is just a woodcutter, not a professional toad keeper, and he can get a lot of toad crisp, which shows that it is not difficult to get this kind of toad crisp. I don't want him to send it, I just want to know where to get the toad crisp - the toad crisp is mostly produced north of Yangzhou, but here it is Jingzhou. It's so strange, is there really a toad in the black pool? ”

Tu Shi instantly felt that Huo Xiang's image became taller. The heart of the doctor's parents, these five words are not deceived by the ancients. He knew what he had to do:

"I'll go find him."

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Tonight's "Vigil" mission was issued as usual, and although Bao Chang Feng Youjing still looked down on these "strong men", he had to acquiesce that these upgraded cubs had the ability to participate in the mission. A few people noticed that Yu Qingfeng did not appear, and Xuanyuan Dragon God thought that Yu Qingfeng was temporary, so he no longer cared.

Tu Shi is now in the back mountain. After talking to Huo Xiang, he went to find the woodcutter Fang Feng, and happened to see Fang Feng quietly leaving the house with a large bundle of pork ribs (Xuanyuan Dragon God also wanted an axe) as usual with firewood on his back. Fang Feng deliberately took the path, avoiding the eyes and ears of the villagers, and hurriedly headed towards the back mountain. Tu Shi felt that as long as he followed Fang Feng, many clues could be intertwined and the truth could be restored.

Snakes only gather outside the village, there is no snake in the back mountain, this history has been a hundred years, forcing the villagers to buy male yellow to drive snakes;

Huang Er said that there were monsters in Heishuitan who ate his cows;

The village chief said that the black water pool monsters like water by nature, and the water veins of the black water pool are connected to the village well, so snakes and insects have never emerged from the well;

The butcher said that there were water ghosts in the Black Water Pool, and it wanted to find a replacement for the dead ghosts;

The doctor said that there were no monsters in the world, and it was likely that there were many toads in the pool water, and the toads dissolved into the water, so the snakes and insects never emerged from the well;

The woodcutter didn't say anything, but seemed to regard the black water pool as a forbidden place, and behaved very suspiciously;

……

In this novice village, there are no peerless artifacts, no heaven-level divine pets, no anti-heaven exercises, and just a group of poor but simple villagers. Players only use the novice village as a springboard, or a transitional chapter of the novel - hell, if the novice village is really a transitional chapter, this novel called "Qiankun" is too slow, right, and it hasn't jumped to the next volume yet, who has the patience?

Only Tu Shi found the novice village very interesting. The novelty brought by "Qiankun" did not fade, but continued to burn like a fire of the sun. Every little detail he saw was fascinating, giving him a perfect experience like never before. The most important thing is that in this "transitional chapter", he has been exploring, enjoying, and savoring, and has seen the tip of the iceberg of "Qiankun". While the other players complained, he discovered a treasure that belonged only to him - there was a secret in the black water pool behind the mountain behind Daxinwu Village. Investigating secrets alone, this is an opportunity only for the protagonist in the novel!

He hung far behind the woodcutter Fang Feng. At this time, the sky was dark, the clouds were thick, and the moonlight was faint. Fang Feng held a torch in his hand, and he was accustomed to walking on mountain roads, walking like flying; Tu Shi secretly complained, he didn't dare to light the torch, he almost couldn't see his five fingers around him, and he was most afraid of stepping into the trap and clicking it. One walked fast, the other walked slowly, and after a while, the light of the fire disappeared in front of Tu Shi's eyes.

Don't worry, everyone is going to Heishuitan anyway.

When Tu Shi thought about it, he slowed down even more. He held his sword in his hand, cautiously. The road under your feet seems to have no end, and clusters of familiar plants and trees are constantly blocking ahead, as if it is an infinite loop of journey. The night breeze swept through his ears, bringing chills and trivial sounds, stirring up a layer of hair on the back of his neck. The shadows of the trees swayed, as if they were about to pounce, or monsters, whatever they were, with unspeakable malice anyway. This kind of atmosphere really has a bit of a rustic tale flavor, which is quite suitable for making a horror movie.

His calf suddenly hurt! Looking down, the three scratches that pierced the pants were very conspicuous, and the blood slowly oozed out, and then gushed out, staining the trouser legs soaked. It's a bobcat, it must be a bobcat, they move and attack silently, and in such a complex environment, it's almost non-existent, and it's hard to watch out for.

Do you think I'm a threat? Tu Shi looked at the "broken iron sword" in his hand, although this sword was lacking, it was well maintained, and the surface without rust could still reflect the metallic light, and the lynx must be afraid of this sword. Is it Scarhead?

Tu Shi looked around. The bobcat is easier to spot than you might think – its eyes glow green and are very eerie. The green light was in the distance, motionless, this was not the right distance to attack, and now was not the right time to fight it, Tu Shi had to let it go and continue to hurry, but he was full of spirit, and looked left and right as soon as the wind and grass moved.

The bobcat disappeared again like a ghost.

Rumble!

The thunder sounded unexpectedly, startling Tu Shi. The first thing he did was to swing his sword in front of and behind him to prevent something from taking advantage of this flaw to launch a sneak attack, but he was not harmed. His sword struck the grass and trees, splashing small droplets of water - huh? It hasn't rained, and it's not necessarily early in the morning, so why is there so much dew on the leaves? Noticing that something was wrong, he looked down and scratched at the dirt, which was so wet that it could almost catch water. This is not scientific, and when I rolled here in the afternoon to avoid the wild boar, the soil was still dry.

The wind blew, and Tu Shi felt a deeper chill. This mountain forest looks impermeable, but in fact it is like a large stacked net, and the wind comes and goes freely. At some point, the water vapor filled the air, penetrating his clothes and reaching his body, gradually robbing him of his body temperature. Is it fog? At this time, the clouds slightly made way for the moon, and under the moonlight, the white mist was like a dream, gently surrounding Tu Shi.

Finally arrived at the Black Water Pool.

Tu Shi walked this distance in fear, and it took twice as long as usual. Countless bushes were drilled, causing his clothes and pants to get wet. He happened to see this scene: the moon rose, the fog faded, Fang Feng fell to the ground in the white moonlight, and shouted feverishly to the black water pool: "Great Immortal, Great Immortal!" ”