Chapter 11: Huzhou City
"That, hey, hey, where did you get this red heart grass? Is there anything else? After feeding Sun Xiang and eating the red heart grass, Ji Long looked at the colorful little snake and wanted to figure out the origin of the red heart grass.
"Hiss......" the colorful snake shook its head.
"Well, thank you, we won't bother you." Now that the red heart grass is gone, Ji Long doesn't have too much entanglement and plans to leave this place.
He picked up Sun Xiang again and summoned the map interface to check where he was.
According to the map, they are about forty or fifty kilometers away from the Ducui Bamboo Forest, and it is estimated that this place is about sixty kilometers away from Huzhou City, and it will take at least two days to reach Huzhou City by walking on two legs alone, plus Sun Xiang, who is unconscious.
It was impossible for him to return to the Ducui Bamboo Forest, in case those masked people waited for the rabbit, wouldn't they be killing themselves?
Locating Huzhou City and identifying the direction, Ji Long didn't think much about it anymore and strode forward in the direction specified on the map.
But he hadn't taken a few steps before he paused and turned his head to look behind him.
"My snake ancestor, how can you follow us, thank you for saving Xiang'er this time, let's say goodbye?" Ji Long said bitterly.
"Hiss." The colorful little snake shook his head, his eyes full of reluctance to break up.
The corners of Ji Long's mouth twitched twice, and he was helpless in his heart.
In the end, after some ideological struggle, he decided to ignore the colorful little snake, and it followed it if it liked it, and maybe it gave up as he walked.
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Four days later, at noon, in Huzhou City, in the territory of Yueguo, on the lively street, Ji Long accompanied Sun Xiang to go shopping.
The colorful little snake in her arms curiously pokes out a little head from time to time to look at this prosperous scene.
Ji Long took Sun Xiang to Huzhou City two days ago, and under his careful care, her injuries healed yesterday and she woke up from her coma.
After another day of recuperation, her state has now returned to her peak, but the damage in her heart is difficult to erase.
She wanted to go back to the Ducui Bamboo Forest to find Sun Wu, but Ji Long resolutely did not allow it.
In the face of his firmness, she could only obediently obey and stop clamoring to go back.
In order to untie Sun Xiang's heart knot as soon as possible, Ji Long explained many times that Sun Wu would be fine, but the effect was mediocre, and in desperation, he took her out of the inn and went to the street to relax.
As for the colorful little snake, I don't know which tendon is out of order, if I have to stick to them, Ji Long can't shake them off.
There was no way, knowing that it would not hurt himself and Sun Xiang, he brought it into Huzhou City.
When the little girl woke up yesterday, it scared her, but in less than half a day, they got acquainted, and I have to say that it will sell cuteness to please girls.
"Senior sister, are you hungry? Why don't we go back to the inn for dinner first? Looking at the time, it was already noon, and Ji Long said to Sun Xiang.
"Hmm!" Sun Xiang nodded.
Then the two turned around and returned to ...... the same way.
In the past two days, their expenses have all relied on the dozen taels of silver that Ji Long earned from selling medicinal herbs, but fortunately, the prices in Huzhou City are not too expensive, and a dozen taels of silver are enough for them to last for a few days.
Recently, Huzhou City is indeed lively enough, compared with the past, there are many people in the streets and alleys.
At the same time, there is a legend in the streets and alleys: the legend of the birth of the immortal ginseng, and passers-by can often be heard discussing this legend on the street.
No, on the way back to the inn, Ji Long and the others heard someone discussing it again, and various versions of gossip continued.
Sometimes, Ji Long even thinks that the gossip habits of modern people are all inherited from their ancestors.
"Did you hear that? Phoenix Mountain (now Renhuang Mountain) has 10,000-year-old immortal ginseng to be born, this time our Huzhou City is lively, enough to hold a martial arts conference. Passerby A asked passers-by B and C.
"Of course, this matter spread a few days ago, and now who in Huzhou City doesn't know?" Passerby B said.
"Are you saying this is true or false?" Passerby C pondered.
"Is this still fake? Jiang Immortal Master in the dynasty has predicted that the immortal will appear in the near future; I heard that smelling it can make people live longer, eat a little, increase their internal strength, and even use it to bring the dead back to life, it is a real fairy baby. Passerby A was boastful.
"If I get it, I won't have to do this kind of chores for the rest of my life." Passerby C sighed.
"You better stop dreaming, this time the immortal ginseng comes into the world, there will be a river of blood, you get it? I'm afraid you won't be able to enjoy it. Passerby B was dismissive.
"Senior brother, is this fairy ginseng true or false?" Listening to the discussion of passers-by, Sun Xiang asked Ji Long.
"It may be possible that 10,000-year-old ginseng is a fairy treasure, it doesn't exist at all, it's just that people exaggerate its use." Ji Long shook his head.
"Shall we go to Phoenix Mountain?" Sun Xiang asked again with a little expectation.
"It depends on the situation, our martial arts are not too strong, if it is not necessary, it is better not to wade into troubled waters, after all, there are many masters who come to grab ginseng this time, and we can't become cannon fodder." Ji Long said.
"If we can get it, our skills will be greatly increased, and we will be able to return to the Ducui Bamboo Forest at that time." Sun Xiang muttered.
"Hahaha, don't worry, if you have the chance, I will fight for it, it's not that you don't know my character." Ji Long behaved cheerfully to avoid bringing Sun Xiang more Sen Shen.
"Uh-huh!" Sun Xiang nodded and didn't say anything else.
Ten minutes.
The two of them went back to the first floor of the inn where they were staying, ordered some food, and began to enjoy this fairly good lunch.
Huzhou City, located in the middle of the Yue country, is adjacent to Jiaxing City in the east, Hangzhou City in the south, Tianmu Mountain in the west, Phoenix Mountain in the south, Taihu Lake in the north, and Wuxi City and Gusu City across the lake. It is located on the south bank of Taihu Lake, at the confluence of East Tiao Creek and West Tiao Creek.
The city is the capital of a large country, with a population of millions, but only about 200,000 inhabitants, and the dense flow of people in the city is mostly tourists passing through the area, rather than stable residents.
Speaking of Huzhou City, I have to say that the palm-sized brocade box that Sun Wusai gave to Ji Long a few days ago, he and Sun Xiang secretly opened it, and there was only a palm-sized wooden order in it, which depicted the icon of the word 'vertical and horizontal', only this icon, there were no other patterns, and I couldn't see any practical use.
Ji Long used the system to probe it, and only got a sentence: special token, please keep it.
Although he didn't know what it was used for, he didn't throw it away, freed up a space in his backpack, and saved it.
Sun Wu asked them to go to Zongheng Mountain, maybe this token has something to do with Zongheng Mountain.
"Two friends, you don't mind being at the same table, do you?" Just as Ji Long and Sun Xiang were eating seriously, a woman's voice disturbed them.
Ji Long looked up and saw that it was a veiled young woman, followed by seven young women who were also masked.
Seeing that they were holding swords and carrying packages, it was not difficult to guess that they were disciples of a certain sect in the rivers and lakes.
Recently, people in the rivers and lakes in Huzhou City can be seen everywhere, and the eight women in front of them are nothing special.
However, Ji Long smiled meaningfully.
"There's an empty table over there, why are you at the same table with us? And we can't sit at this table as many as the eight of you. Seeing Ji Long's fascinated face, Sun Balsamic was strong.
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