Chapter 41: The Town of the Dead
Jedo Town is a small town with only a few dozen households, located in the southernmost part of Tianshui City, close to the periphery of the Demon Beast Forest, nominally belonging to the territory of the Zhongzhou Empire, but because there are many cultivators here and close to the Demon Beast Forest, Tianshui City did not garrison troops here.
Originally, this was a very ordinary town, until the Demon Beast Building began to buy a large number of demon beasts, and countless cultivators from the Zhongzhou Empire gathered here to hunt demon beasts.
And the people in the town also began to blush the benefits of the cultivators, and ran towards the Demon Beast Forest one by one, and in the end, almost all the mortals here died, and the previous name of the town had long been forgotten, so they called it the Desperate Town.
At noon on this day, the sun in the sky scorched and scorched the earth.
In the distance of the town, a young man in a black robe walked towards the town unhurriedly. This young man has a resolute face, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, long hair that only reaches his neck, is tied behind his head, and a black starling stands quietly on his left shoulder, it is Li Fugui who has left the Forest of Demon Beasts.
Li Fugui's appearance did not attract the attention of these cultivators, and a large number of cultivators would enter the Demon Beast Forest every day, some of them could return with a full load, and some of them never came out.
Li Fugui came to a humble inn, touched his stomach, and had eaten wild fruits and sweet potatoes for several months, and he was already tired of eating them. Raised his feet and walked into the inn, found a table in the corner and sat down, Xiao Er hurriedly walked up and asked, "This adult, what to eat." ”
Looking at the antique wooden buildings around him, Li Fugui felt a chivalrous feeling in his heart, and said: "Come to two catties of cooked beef, and then a jar of daughter red, hurry up." ”
Xiao Er was stunned, and said cautiously: "This adult, there is cooked beef, but what is this daughter Hong?"
Li Fugui was also stunned and asked, "Don't you have a daughter red here?"
Xiao Er said embarrassedly: "My lord, we are located in a remote area, I hope you will forgive me." ”
Li Fugui waved his hand and said, "Then just go to the bar." ”
This time, Xiao Er understood, nodded and retreated, and shouted loudly: "Two catties of cooked beef, a jar of good wine." ”
Taking advantage of Xiao Er's cooking, Li Fugui quietly looked at the people in the inn, there were more than a dozen people here, all of them were cultivators, and each of them had a strong bloody aura on their bodies, and it seemed that they had been in the process of killing for a long time.
Within a moment, the wine and food came up, Li Fugui picked up a piece of beef and put it in his mouth, chewing it carefully, although the taste was not very good, but for him, it could be regarded as the best thing to eat during this time.
After eating a few pieces of beef, Li Fugui picked up the wine jug and poured it hard, a sour taste filled his mouth.
Just as Li Fugui was feasting, the words of several monks caught his attention.
"I heard that, the beast trapping team of the Demon Beast Building has entered the Demon Beast Forest. ”
"I know, I know, I saw it that day, more than a hundred people, the situation ......"
"I also saw it, I heard that they are led by three king-level seniors this time. ”
"Yes, I've heard that they must have made some big moves this time. ”
"Alas, if we were a little stronger, we would be able to be recruited, and the income would be much higher than we are now. ”
"Don't think about those good things, hurry up and eat, and then go to the periphery of the Demon Beast Forest to see if you can meet the lone demon beast. ”
......
Just as Li Fugui listened and was about to continue eating, a middle-aged man sat opposite him, looked at him with a smile on his face, and said, "This fellow Daoist, but he just came out of the Demon Beast Forest?"
Li Fugui looked at him lightly, quietly probed his cultivation, and in the late stage of Qi cultivation, he asked vigilantly, "What's the matter with Daoyou." ”
The middle-aged monk said with a smile: "Next week, Xiaobao, there is a friend who specializes in buying the products of the Demon Beast Forest, and the price is much higher than that of ordinary shops, I don't know if Daoist friends are interested." ”
Li Fugui wanted to get up and leave, but after thinking about it, maybe he could get some information about the current situation of the mainland from this person's mouth, so he arched his hand and said: "In Xia Li Pipi, what Daoyou said is true?"
Zhou Xiaobao said seriously: "Of course, in fact, my friend bought these items for his own use, not for sale, so the price is slightly higher, if you are interested, I can take you there." ”
Without waiting for Li Fugui to speak, Zhou Xiaobao shouted loudly: "Xiao Er, this Li Daoyou's account is on my head." ”
As he spoke, he picked up Li Fugui and walked out of the town.
While walking out, Zhou Xiaobao asked, "I don't know which sect Brother Li comes from?"
"In the next session of casual practice, there will be no sect or sect. ”
Hearing Li Fugui's answer, Zhou Xiaobao smiled even more happily and said, "Brother Li has relied on his own efforts to cultivate to the early stage of Qi cultivation, and Junior Brother really admires it. ”
Li Fugui saw that Zhou Xiaobao was taking him more and more deviated, and he had already guessed seven or eight points in his heart, he was afraid that he would be robbed, thinking of this, Li Fugui's smile was even brighter, and he turned his head sideways to look at the starling standing on his left shoulder, and said: "Don't rob me for a while, I have something to ask them, but don't kill me." ”
Starling nodded and didn't speak.
Zhou Xiaobao also saw the starling on Li Fugui's shoulder, and asked with a smile, "Brother Li, is this your pet?"
Long before Li Fugui entered the Desperate Town, he asked the starling to take a pill of hidden spirit pills, because he didn't want to be too public, for fear of attracting the prying eyes of others. In Zhou Xiaobao's opinion at this time, this starling was just an ordinary bird, and he didn't take it to heart at all.
Li Fugui turned his head to look at Zhou Xiaobao and said seriously: "It's not a pet, it's my brother." ”
Zhou Xiaobao nodded awkwardly and said, "Uh,...... This Brother Li is so humorous, hehe. ”
Li Fugui didn't speak, and sneered inwardly: "I'll let you see a more humorous me." ”
There was nothing to say all the way, under the leadership of Zhou Xiaobao, the two came to a remote valley, Zhou Xiaobao looked around, and said, "Brother Li, let's get here, take out your things and take a look." ”
Li Fugui pretended to be puzzled and said, "Brother Zhou, didn't you say that a friend of yours wants to buy something?" ”
As he spoke, Li Fugui looked left and right exaggeratedly, making sure that there was no one around.
Zhou Xiaobao said predictively: "Hey, hey, Brother Li, you said that you, as a casual cultivator, why don't you have any vigilance at all, it is not easy to be able to mix in the Dao for so long." ”
Li Fugui continued to pretend to be confused, looked at Zhou Xiaobao with cute eyes and asked, "Brother Zhou, what does this mean?"
"Alas, that's it, someone Zhou did a good deed today to help you end this life, don't enter the path of cultivation again in the next life, this is a bloody road, not suitable for people like you. ”
Li Fugui clasped his hands, looked at Zhou Xiaobao and continued: "Oh, what kind of person is it suitable for?"
Zhou Xiaobao took out a Fang Tian painting halberd and pointed it at Li Fugui, and said, "Take out your storage magic weapon." ”
Li Fugui continued to pretend to be confused: "But your friends haven't come yet, I'll take it out, who will give me the money." ”
Zhou Xiaobao laughed angrily, the Fang Tian painting halberd in his hand trembled, and he continued after a while: "I, Zhou Xiaobao, rob." ”
Li Fugui also smiled, smiled happily, looked at Zhou Xiaobao and said, "What do you want?"
"Your storage magic weapon, take it out quickly, otherwise I'm welcome. ”
At the moment when Zhou Xiaobao spoke, the big knife puppet appeared behind him, slapped Zhou Xiaobao on the back, and took away Fang Tian's halberd.
This sudden suddenness slapped Zhou Xiaobao into the mud and knelt in front of Li Fugui.
Li Fugui squatted down, looked at Zhou Xiaobao and said, "Brother Zhou, what did you just say? I didn't hear clearly, you say it again." ”
Zhou Xiaobao ignored Li Fugui, turned around and looked at the puppet behind him in horror, swallowed his saliva, and said, "This, what is this." ”
Li Fugui squatted aside and patiently explained: "This is called a puppet, its strength is in the early stage of the general level, and the one it holds in its hand is called Fang Tian's painting halberd, I heard that it is very easy to use, do you want to try it, Brother Zhou?"
Zhou Xiaobao reacted at this time, knowing that he was kicked on the iron plate today, where is this Li Fugui who is a loose cultivator, he must be a disciple of a certain gate sect, otherwise it is impossible to take out a perverted magic weapon like a puppet, and he also has the strength of the early stage of the general.
Thinking of this, Zhou Xiaobao turned around and knelt in front of Li Fugui, with a pleading look on his face, and said, "Brother Li, I'm joking with you, don't take it seriously." ”
Li Fugui said with a smile: "How can I take it seriously, Brother Zhou is so humorous." ”
Zhou Xiaobao was careful and wanted to stand up slowly, but just halfway up when the puppet slapped him on the back again.
"Brother Zhou is fine, I just got this puppet not long ago, and the control is not too skilled, so I didn't hurt Brother Zhou. ”
Zhou Xiaobao, who was lying on the ground, raised his hand and signaled that he was fine.
"Brother Zhou, the friend you mentioned is still not coming, if you don't come, I will sell you these things. ”
Zhou Xiaobao sat paralyzed on the ground, he understood that Li Fugui was stupid, he was simply playing with him, hearing Li Fugui say that he was selling, he quickly sat up straight and said: "I buy, no matter what Brother Li has, I will buy it at a price three percent higher than the market price, and I hope that Brother Li will let the little brother go once." ”
Li Fugui smiled, took out a star leaf orchid, and asked, "This thing, how many spirit stones does Brother Li produce." ”
"Ten low-grade spirit stones. ”
Originally, the market price of Xingye Orchid, a spirit grass, could only be sold for seven lower-grade spirit stones, and Zhou Xiaobao did not hesitate to offer the price of ten lower-grade spirit stones for his own life.
Li Fugui took out a bunch of Xingye orchids again, and said cheaply: "I have a lot." ”
Looking at the Xingye Lan that Li Fugui took out, Zhou Xiaobao was about to cry, but with tears in his eyes, he took out all his spirit stones and handed them to Li Fugui.
Then put the spirit grass into his storage ring, and these spirit grass can at least sell some spirit stones, which is not too much of a loss. Seeing that Li Fugui was about to dig out, he hurriedly said: "Brother Li, this is all my spirit stones, there is really no more, don't dig it out." ”
Li Fugui glanced at him and said, "Okay, the transaction is over, let's move on to the next activity." ”
Zhou Xiaobao looked at Li Fugui suspiciously, and asked, "What activity?" ”
As soon as Zhou Xiaobao's words fell, the Fang Tian painting halberd in the puppet hand behind him was placed around his neck.
The corners of Li Fugui's mouth rose slightly, revealing an evil smile and said, "I, Li Pipi, rob." ”