Chapter 39: Eavesdropping
The sun has set for the most part, and the afterglow is warm.
A young man in cloth clothes carries a medicine basket woven with rattan on his back and walks barefoot on the winding roads of the mountains, giving people the feeling of working hard since childhood to make a living.
"Squeak!"
The animal skin bag on the young man's waist came out with an unbearable cry.
"To be honest, didn't you just eat it last night?" the cloth-clothed boy patted the animal skin bag with one hand, and gently scolded the call.
"It's almost time to get to the Hundred Tombs, if you eat this little herb again, we won't even have a reasonable cover, do you want to be caught?"
This young man is Ji Fan who spent more than half a year walking towards the Xuanyin Mountain Range in the domain of ten thousand mountains.
"Your aura must be restrained well, don't show too high intelligence, so that people can't see that you are a demon beast. Ji Fan was not at ease, and reminded the little hedgehog again.
The mountains on both sides are shaded by acacia, and the grass is green at the bottom of the mountain, and the red flowers are long.
Even if he walked in the vast mountains in the afternoon, the sea of red flowers in the shadow of the mountains still made Ji Fan feel weird.
"This red mandala flower, although it is not a spiritual essence, but it is also not common, the world calls it the other side of the flower, mostly grows in the place where the yin qi is heavy. Ji Fan walked unhurriedly and did not rush away.
There was not a single person on the road between the mountains, not only other barefoot and soil-stained farmers, but also hunters who were carrying prey to return home, and Ji Fan was one of some people who carried medicine baskets on their backs.
Approaching the periphery of the Hundred Tombs Mountain Range, Ji Fan had already discovered that this Hundred Tombs Mountain Range was not as sparsely populated as other places in the Ten Thousand Mountains Domain.
In addition to farmers, medicine pickers and hunters, capable warriors and monks also appeared frequently, and the caravans seemed to have increased, which made Ji Fan, who had been on the road alone for most of the year, hiding and hiding, quite uncomfortable.
"Jingle Bell ......"
The sound of camel bells came from the mountains on the right, and Ji Fan looked sideways and found more than a dozen huge gray Pengs with their wings outstretched.
"It's a caravan!"
There are people who walk on the road between the mountains, and some sigh.
"Is this the case with the Hundred Tombs Mountain Range?"
Not long after the flying caravan left, Ji Fan found two more groups of monks flying south in the air.
Ji Fan, who did not approach others in the middle of the mountains, finally walked out of the valley before the sun set.
On one side of the high hill of Wolong, the trees are sparse and the grass is green.
Ji Fan looked at the lush and reckless wasteland mountains and forests, and saw several large rivers that were winding and flowing endlessly.
"Surrounded by mountains and entwined rivers, it seems that it has arrived at the place!" Ji Fan looked at the heavy mountains and rivers, and his heart couldn't help but be shocked.
Twilight stares at the heavens and the earth, as if reluctant to look back, but can't see through the fog barrier of the reckless mountains.
In Ji Fan's opinion, the mountains of the Hundred Tombs Mountain Range are extremely majestic, some towering into the sky, and some are strong and horizontal, as if they have been sitting in the mist for a long time, which makes people unreal.
And on the periphery of the foggy mountain range, a majestic and brilliant city, is also full of treacherous atmosphere, for no other reason, the majestic city is black, and there is a strong contrast with the green mountains and clear waters, just looking at it has a depressed ancient heaviness.
Ji Fan was slightly surprised and went down the hill, realizing that he couldn't enter the Hundred Tombs City today.
The weathery sunset faded, and Ji Fan got on a ferry to cross the river and arrived at one of the villages and towns outside the Hundred Tombs City.
"It's ......"
When Ji Fan arrived at the entrance of the village and town, he looked at the high town gate, engraved with the three big characters of Danxia Town, and couldn't help but recall the location of the village and town he saw on the high post before.
Ji Fan knew that the Ten Demon Dao Alliances in the Domain of Ten Thousand Mountains were the Li Ying Sect, the Luo Ying Sect, the Hehuan Sect, the Xuanyin Sect, the Black Demon Valley, the Ling Gang Sect, the Cangyue Sect, the Danxia Sect, the Phantom Dust Sect, and the Prison Heaven Sect.
The Danxia Town in front of him made Ji Fan inevitably think of the Danxia Sect, one of the Ten Demon Dao Alliance.
"Could it be that this Danxia Town is a peripheral village and town of the Danxia Sect in the Hundred Tombs Mountain Range?" Ji Fan was at the town gate, and he didn't see any soldiers and guards.
Following some villagers carrying medicine baskets into the town, Ji Fan was not hindered or interrogated in any way.
The buildings in the town are generally not too high, and they look like a small village, and some people's houses have fenced medicine fields outside their doors.
Some of the villagers carrying the medicine baskets went to the medicine garden to find the steward to sell the medicinal herbs and settle the money.
Ji Fan was also barefoot, following the medicine pickers who went to the medicine garden.
By eavesdropping on the conversation of the medicine pickers, Ji Fan found that some of them were not from Danxia Town, and they came mainly to sell medicine for money, and there were inns in Danxia Town, and people who stayed in the town could also stay in the town.
"Two ten-year-old mountain ginseng, one unformed seven-year-old shouwu, one sticky cordyceps, and a three-year-old red potato. When he arrived at the stewardship of the medicine garden, Ji Fan saw how the other medicine pickers did it, and took out the herbs in the medicine basket in a similar way, while the old steward with a little wrinkle on his face talked about the quality of the herbs.
"It's a little less when it's young, but it's okay, add up to one ingot of gold and two ingots of silver. The old housekeeper nodded with satisfaction that Ji Fan had emptied the medicine basket.
"Thank you~ steward. ”
Ji Fan took the gold and silver from the female medicine boy, and gave it up again and again, as if he regarded the female medicine boy as a manager.
"This kid has gone deep into the mountains, he is bold enough. A man in the back who picks medicine, although he is envious of words, has no jealousy meaning.
Collecting medicine and hunting were very dangerous, and the money earned was tied to the belt of the trousers, and when you left the town, you could not return one day.
Carrying the gold and silver in the cloth bag, Ji Fan still held the medicine basket even though he sold the herbs.
Ji Fan didn't ask someone in the town to spend the night, but went to the inn.
Observing silently in the town, Ji Fan found that there were many monks in the town, and judging from the outfits of the group of monks, it seemed that they were not just from the Danxia Sect.
"Senior Brother Wei, why don't you go into the city, this Danxia Town has nothing to do except collect and sell medicine, and the building is a short ......" Ji Fan arrived at the door of the inn and met a group of people, one of whom was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl complained.
"This time, the disciples of the Ten Demon Dao Alliance are about to enter the Hundred Tombs Mountain Range, so let's settle down in the outer towns first, and see if the attitude of the Ten Demon Dao is better. The sword-wielding young man led by a group of people looked cautious.
"Last year's trial of the disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, and this year's trials of the disciples of the Ten Demon Dao Alliance, when will our Heavenly Thunder Sect be able to test?" a fat-faced young man muttered.
"It should be soon, over the years, there has been constant friction between the Righteous Demon Sect, and the successive trials are on the one hand to show their strength, and they are not without the intention of being strong. The wry smile of the young man at the head has the meaning that trials are not necessarily a good thing.
Ji Fan, who met a group of people, hurriedly stepped back and bowed his head, maintaining enough awe that he didn't dare to argue with them, so he let the group enter the inn first.
"Could it be that the Great War of Righteousness and Demons is really about to start?"
Knowing that the Ten Demon Dao will be tested and chosen in the Hundred Tombs Mountain Range, Ji Fan's heart couldn't help but tremble.
The first floor of the inn was very spacious, and when Ji Fan entered it, he was interrupted by a commotion.
Ji Fan followed the prestige and found that there was a table of diners who were drunk and drunk, and they were already blushing and thick-necked, and the atmosphere was quite warm.
"Come, Brother Du, have another drink. ”
On a wine table in the middle, a tall bald young man persuaded the young man in Xuanyi at the same table to drink.
For a noisy drinker, as well as other strangely dressed people at the table, Ji Fan had a feeling of a group of demons dancing wildly.
"Guest officer, if you stay in the hotel, the upstairs guest rooms are full, and there is still a table for dinner. The little guy with a cloth towel on his shoulder came over and smiled at Ji Fan.
The little guy didn't watch people put down the dishes, shrewd and sleek.
"Serve me some food and drinks. ”
Ji Fan found a table in the corner and sat down, and took out a silver ingot.
Even if there was no guest room, Ji Fan didn't plan to leave, but thought about eating for a while and listening to if there was any news that needed to be paid attention to.
"Please sit down first, have a cup of tea, and immediately greet with good wine and food. The little guy smiled, skillfully wiped away Ji Fan's silver, and wiped the table with a cloth towel.
"Brother Wu, this time the Ten Demon Dao Alliance is trying in the Hundred Tombs Mountain Range, but it is a grand event in the cultivation world in the northern part of Cangluan Prefecture, I don't know when the senior brother and sister of the Danxia Sect will come?"
"It will be there tomorrow, and Danxia Town will be lively at that time, speaking of our Danxia Sect, but the well-known name, the network is even all over Cangluanzhou, and there are too many people seeking medical advice. The bald man said proudly.
Ji Fan knew that Danxia Sect was good at refining pills, and he was alchemizing the Tao, and the bald man was not wrong, practicing medicine and treating diseases and saving people, he must have a wide range of connections.
However, looking at the bald man, he doesn't look like the inner disciple of the Danxia Sect.
"Brother Wu, I heard that the Ganjia Village in the Ganlu Mountains has been destroyed, do you know what's going on?"
"It's not that the Miao clan has done a good thing, if people don't know unless they do it, the Gan clan was almost slaughtered overnight, this matter must not be just settled, who doesn't know the relationship between the Gan clan and our Danxia Sect. The bald man shouted.
"Is it really the Miao family who did it? I also heard some rumors, and I thought it was a false rumor, but why did the Miao family attack the Gan family, is there any grudge?" asked the young man in Xuanyi pretending to be surprised.
"Because I don't know what, most of the merchants are mixed, and those caravans are wandering around, and it is normal for them to have bad intentions when they see profit. The bald man drank a bowl of wine and said.
Ji Fan, who was drinking tea on the surface, but was actually secretly eavesdropping, thought of the coffin pendant that he had included in the jade tooth.
"The rumors are directed at the Miao clan, will anyone know the true situation of the Gan clan's extermination, or recognize the corpse of the young man I took away?" Ji Fan faintly realized that the corpse of the young man he obtained could not easily see the light.
In Ji Fan's mind, once the Miao clan's killing of the Gan clan was revealed, it was not easy to deny it, and the Miao clan must have killed and injured a lot of people, and the patriarch of the short old man was not able to come out of the life peak of life and death peak.
"It seems that the life of the Miao clan will not be easy in the future. "Ji Fan came to Hundred Tomb City this time, mainly to find out the news and make supplies.
It didn't take long for three more groups of people to come to the inn, which made Ji Fan, who was sitting at a table alone, have no choice but to leave.
The disciple trial of the Ten Demon Dao Alliance, Ji Fan felt that although it was an opportunity to worship the sect, it also had a certain risk.
"I don't know how Ji Ming is doing in the Xuanyin Sect, will he run into him in this Ten Demon Dao Alliance trial?" Ji Fan thought about it with some worry.
"Huh, what about people?"
When the running hall servant brought the wine and food to Ji Fan's table, he found that the person was gone.