Chapter Twenty-Three: Spirit Grass
I don't know how long it took, Li Sheng opened his eyes, looked left and right, and found that he was actually lying on the bed of a family.
Li Sheng shook his head, got out of bed, and when he walked to the door, he saw a little girl cutting grass.
The little girl was absent-minded, and Li Sheng, who was looking left and right, was really worried that she would cut her hand.
The little girl looked back at the door at this time, but what she saw was Li Sheng, and she shouted with a smile: "Big brother, you are awake, grandpa said that you are injured very much, and you need to rest more." ”
Li Sheng touched her head and said, "Did your grandfather bring the eldest brother here?"
The little girl nodded and said: "When grandpa carried you back, he found that you were seriously injured, and you fell in a big pit, fortunately, grandpa was kind-hearted, if it was someone else, he would definitely not save you, but big brother, you were so badly injured that you were only in a coma for a day, no, it should be said that it was a day and a night."
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"At least you've slept all day and night when Grandpa carries you home. ”
"So what are you going to do there? little sister. ”
"My grandfather and I would go there to pick herbs in less than five days, but I don't know what happened there, but there was such a big pit, and he drew a circle in the air with his hands. ”
"By the way, big brother, my grandfather is the doctor in the town, and he is the only doctor, and our town is called a slum town, because everyone is very poor, so don't be picky when you wait for dinner." ”
Li Sheng smiled and said: "No, how can I say that you and your grandfather are my saviors, even if it is unpalatable, I will swallow it, by the way, what is your name, little sister?"
"My name is Xiqiao'er, my grandfather told me that I was born different from other children, because I didn't cry, my father said that I was very well-behaved so I was named Qiao'er, and my father's surname was Xi, so my full name was Xiqiao'er. ”
Li Sheng touched Qiao'er's head and said, "Then Qiao'er, what about your grandfather and your parents?"
Qiao'er took Lu Yue's hand and replied: "My father said that no one was allowed to touch my head, because I would not grow tall, my father and grandfather went to see someone else's doctor, and my mother went to pick vegetables in the field." ”
"Then Qiao'er, do you know how far this place is from Yangzhou?"
"Big brother, are you asking about the big and beautiful Yangzhou City?" Li Sheng nodded.
Xi Qiao'er muttered at the moment, then broke her fingers and said, "Probably... Probably... It's probably going to take two days. ”
Li Sheng heard it and guessed, if Qiao'er meant that ordinary people would have to walk for two days, then I would probably only take about six hours, it doesn't seem to be far, but my current injury is really a headache, my whole body is sore and the meridians have been shaken, I can't recover quickly, and after casting the forbidden life spell that time, I vaguely felt the feeling of touching the level of Wu Shuai, the hateful Flame Sect you wait, I will destroy you sooner or later!
At this time, there were two people thirty meters outside the door, an old man, and a middle-aged man, the middle-aged man was carrying a box on his shoulder, Li Sheng heard the middle-aged man say: "Father, what kind of grass is this grass, so magical that it will emit light?"
The old man also shook his head and said: "I don't know, it's the first time I've seen this in my life, but I don't think it should be very precious, otherwise it wouldn't grow in such a conspicuous place, but it's also strange that there is no water source or even plants around, but it's really strange that this grass grows there." ”
The middle-aged man also nodded and said, "Father, I look at the child's clothes, obviously he is not a rich and noble family, but I think he looks a bit like a scholar, maybe he knows what kind of grass this is, why don't you let him see it?"
The old man nodded when he heard this, and said, "That's it," came home, "Let's go in," and then shouted: "Qiao'er open the door, grandpa is back." ”
Xi Qiao'er, who was inside, heard the cry, and went to open the door, although it was a slum town, but there were not many people living here, so the houses of these people were relatively large, each family was about more than 200 square meters, and there were some small houses around the house with some poultry.
When Li Sheng saw this, he couldn't help but think that it was not bad to live a dull life, at least the life was quite solid, he was well fed, and although the accommodation was not very good, it was very quiet.
When Xi Qiao'er came in again, the old man and the middle-aged man also looked behind, and when the old man saw Li Sheng, he said: "Child, your body is still very weak and you can't move around casually, you better go and lie down first." ”
Li Sheng replied: "Thank you for your concern, but I think I'm fine now, and I should be fine after a few more days of rest." ”
The old man didn't say anything when he saw Li Sheng say this, so the middle-aged man said, "Child, have you ever read?"
Li Sheng nodded and said, "I've read it, but it's not much." ”
The middle-aged man was very happy when he heard this and said, "Then have you ever read a book on medicinal herbs?"
Li Sheng hadn't read it originally, but then he thought that when he entered the misty forest, the atlas of medicinal herbs given to him by the old man in the carriage was still in the necklace, and there were also those atlases of the Qingdan Master, so he couldn't believe that he couldn't find what that grass was.
He replied: "Naturally, I have read some of this, I don't know why you ask this, uncle?"
The middle-aged man was overjoyed and then took out the grass and said, "As for this grass, my father and I haven't seen it before, so I want you to see what kind of herb it is." ”
Li Sheng took the herb and said to his soul in his mind: "You take a closer look at this grass, remember what it looks like, and then go to the necklace to check what this grass is, I believe you should be able to find it." ”
Although Li Sheng was seriously injured, it was still okay for Danshi to communicate with his soul, after all, it was his body that was injured, not his spirit.
Li Sheng's soul said: "Okay, give me a minute, you resist first." ”
At this time, Li Sheng said to the middle-aged man: "Uncle Xi, I really want to see this herb if you wait a while, but I can't think of it for a while, give me a few minutes to let me think about it." ”
The middle-aged man was happy when he saw Li Sheng and said that he had seen it, didn't he just think about it for a few minutes? The villagers still cared about these moments, so he said, "It's okay, it's okay, don't stand at the door, go into the back room." ”
Li Sheng didn't say much and turned around and walked to the back room, at this time Li Sheng's soul said to Li Sheng: "The body, your life is too good, this grass is called dry grass, and it is also a spirit grass, it has a special effect is to restore the internal injuries of martial artists below the level of martial arts, as for how much recovery, I don't say clearly." ”
"And you probably know that this grass only grows in arid land, and it takes a hundred years to mature, and there will never be any plants near this grass, hence its name. ”
Li Sheng nodded and said to the soul, "Thank you." ”
And Li Sheng's soul said: "There is nothing to thank for this, you are me." ”
Li Sheng smiled silently, so he said to the middle-aged man and the old man: "This grass is called dry grass, this grass only grows in arid land, and it takes a hundred years to mature, and there will never be any plants near this grass, so it gets its name." ”
The middle-aged man nodded when he heard Li Sheng say this, after all, this grass is indeed as Li Sheng described, and there are no plants around this grass at all.
So the middle-aged man said to Li Sheng: "Then do you know what its medicinal effect is?"
Li Sheng said to the middle-aged man: "I can't say this, because it is not an ordinary grass itself, it is a spirit grass, which can only heal martial artists, so for ordinary people, it is just a gold coin that changes hands." ”
The middle-aged man was even more pleased after hearing Li Sheng's words, so he said, "I haven't heard of the spirit grass or anything, but it must be very valuable, so how much is it worth?"
Li Sheng was speechless when asked, how could he know how much the spirit grass was sold for? But when he saw the middle-aged man's expression, he had to stretch out three fingers.
The middle-aged man said suspiciously, "Three silver coins?" Li Sheng shook his head.
The middle-aged man said again: "30 silver coins?" Li Sheng still shook his head.
At this time, the middle-aged man said excitedly: "3... 3 gold coins?" Li Sheng still shook his head.
The middle-aged man immediately slapped the table, then shook Li Sheng's body and said, "Is it thirty gold coins?" Li Sheng originally wanted to shake his head, but because of his injury, he was naturally nodded by the middle-aged man who shook his head like this.
The middle-aged man immediately put down his hand and apologized to Li Sheng, and then said, "I'm sorry, kid, I'm really excited, I didn't think that the grass I picked up was worth thirty gold coins." ”
Li Sheng wanted to say that it was more than that, but when he thought that the middle-aged man was so excited just now, he held back and didn't say it, because Li Sheng was afraid, and he was shaken by the middle-aged man a few times just now, and there was a sudden sharp pain in his chest, so he didn't plan to speak now.
At this time, the middle-aged man shouted: "Father, come over for a while, Qiao'er, you also come over, I have something to tell you." ”
At this time, the old man and Qiao'er both walked over, and at the same time the old man said, "What's the matter, so anxious?"
The middle-aged man immediately said, "Father has good news for you, this kid recognized this grass and said that it is worth thirty gold coins." ”
The old man also laughed when he heard this, after all, this grass was just picked by hand, who would have thought that he could easily earn thirty gold coins with just one hand? So the old man smiled and said to Li Sheng: "Child, are you sure this grass is really worth thirty gold coins?"
Li Sheng nodded and said, "Definitely worth it, maybe it may be high." ”
When the old man heard that he could be so sure, he said to Qiao'er: "Qiao'er, after this grass is sold, grandpa, your father, and your mother will go to Yangzhou to buy clothes to wear with you, okay?"
Qiao'er said happily when she heard it: "Okay, okay, thank you grandpa."
When Li Sheng heard this, he said: "Grandpa, if you want to sell it, I can buy it directly now, I don't know if you are willing to sell it to me?"
When the old man heard Li Sheng say that he wanted to buy it, he asked, "Child, do you want to buy this grass?"
Li Sheng nodded and said: "Yes, old man, and I still have to pay fifty gold coins to buy it, because I have a little money on me, although this grass is worth thirty gold coins, but you saved me, I think my life is still more than twenty gold coins." ”
When the old man saw Li Sheng say this, he said: "Child, I also appreciate your kindness, otherwise, you yourself said that there is only a little bit of money, then you can take out forty gold coins, after all, ten gold coins is also a large amount." ”
How could this old man know that Li Sheng himself still has a few hundred gold coins, plus there are some silver tickets in the Qingdanshi necklace, although it is not much, but it adds up to nearly a thousand gold coins, maybe ten gold coins is indeed a large amount for them, but for Li Sheng, it is simply a drop in the dime.
Li Sheng shook his head helplessly, took out an ingot of gold from his arms and said, "Grandpa, it's not that I don't promise you, but this ingot of gold in my hand is fifty gold coins, you can't let me break it, right?"
The old man and the middle-aged man and Qiao'er were dumbfounded when they looked at the gold coins in Li Sheng's hand, after all, this town is called a poor town, and when you hear the name, you know that it is a poor country, even if you have seen what the gold coins look like, I am afraid it will not exceed fifty taels of gold coins.
At this time, the middle-aged man spoke: "Child, I see that you are not very expensive in your clothes, it can be seen that you are not a big family, you must know that if you carry so much money and are known by bad people, you will definitely hit your attention, so you have to be careful to know?"
Li Sheng nodded and said: "Thank you uncle for your concern, but it doesn't matter, I never show my wealth to outsiders, and I also know some truths, not to mention that after buying this dry grass with these fifty gold coins, I have a little bit on me, so even if I am robbed, I can't lose anything." ”
The middle-aged man continued: "The child has been talking for so long, and I don't know if it is convenient for you to penetrate your name?"
Li Sheng touched his head and said: "I forgot, my surname is Li Mingsheng, I should be a little older than Qiao'er, if you don't dislike it, uncle, just call me Li Xian's nephew." ”
The middle-aged man smiled and said: "Okay, okay, nephew Li Xian, then you can accept this grass, and we will also accept the gold coins, by the way, you are still very weak now, I will go and ask Qiao'er's mother to kill a chicken so that you can make up for your body." ”
When Qiao'er's father left, Qiao'er's grandfather spoke: "Li Sheng, in fact, I found that you are different from ordinary people, if your injury is replaced by someone else, I think that person will be in a coma for at least a week, but you have only been in a coma for three days, from this point it shows that you are not an ordinary person, and the old man has also heard that there are some people in the outside world who have practiced the magic of the world, and the powerful ones can fly to the sky, and the almost ones can also pull out a thousand catties, I don't know if it's true or not?"
Li Sheng understood the meaning of the old man's words, and the old man wanted to ask him if he was a martial artist, so Li Sheng said: " Grandpa, I don't want to hide anything from you, I am indeed a martial artist, as for what you said about flying to the sky, I will indeed fly, but I really can't, the reason why I fainted there is because I happened to fly there when there were two peerless powerhouses fighting, I was unfortunately implicated, fortunately I did not die, but was saved by you, this is how it happened, as for the back, I was already in a coma at the time, so I don't know what happened later. ”
When the old man saw Li Sheng answer, although he had doubts in his heart, what Li Sheng said was also reasonable, so he said, "Then I don't know how long it will take you to recover?"
Li Sheng replied: "If you don't pick this dry grass, I may need about a month, and with this dry grass, I think it will be able to recover in five days at most, I don't know what you are asking this for, old man?"
The old man sighed and said, " To tell you the truth, not long ago, a gang of robbers suddenly came on a high mountain three hundred miles away from our slum town, although they were very few, but all of them were extremely powerful, and their speed was also very fast, which has always been the bane of the troubles of the people around us, and the people around us once gathered together, intending to drive this gang of robbers away, but what I didn't expect was that when they were about to start fighting, the ground suddenly shattered for some reason, trapping our group of people in a group of people who don't know what it was. ”
"Then I don't know how long it took to let us out, but since that time, the gang of robbers began to wreak havoc on the nearby villagers, arson, robbery, murder, and plunder, we once went to Yangzhou City to ask the Yangzhou City Lord to send troops to exterminate this gang of villains, but before we arrived at the Yangzhou City Lord's Mansion was blasted out. ”
"And we heard that the bandits might come to our slum town in a few days, so the people around us have gathered together to resist, after all, this is where we live, and if we leave like this, I don't think our ancestors in heaven will forgive us. ”
After listening to this, Li Sheng couldn't help but think of his relatives and also thought of Li Jiazhuang, if it weren't for the incident of Huo Xuanzong, I'm afraid that his current relatives are still living there, right?
Then Li Sheng said: "Old man, you are doing this is nothing more than asking for your own death, even if they are the most junior martial artists, they can fight three with one, one against five at the higher level, and one against ten at the higher level, if they are samurai, they are likely to be able to fight one against a hundred, if there is a higher level, even if there is only one person, I am afraid that you can kill nearly a thousand of you, because the strength is at the back, you can't use ordinary people to kill him." ”
The old man's eyes widened when he heard this, and said, "If this is really what you said, then I will let them leave now, and I can't let them go to death for no reason." ”
As soon as the old man finished speaking, Li Sheng stood up and said: "Old man is not in a hurry now, didn't you say that there are still a few days? ”
When the old man heard this, he said: "Li Sheng, don't be impulsive, your injuries are so serious, if you really go there, then you will be sent to death, I have received your intentions, it's a big deal that I and the villagers can go a little farther away to live in another place, there is no need for anyone to sacrifice at all, it is a matter of time to find a place to live, don't go if you are obedient." ’
Li Sheng understood that the old man was worried about her, and couldn't help but feel warm in his heart, which reminded him of the feeling of home, and thought: If they hadn't saved me, what I encountered now would definitely be in danger instead of being able to sit here safely like now, if they hadn't found me in time, I'm afraid that the people of the Agni Sect would find that grove in the near future, and then I would definitely be imprisoned, and the rest of the things can be imagined, if I can't repay this kindness, then I am really sorry for them.
So Li Sheng made up his mind to pay attention, took dry grass to breathe for a day, and then went to the bandit gang to check the situation, if the bandit gang can be destroyed, then it should be regarded as a thank you to Qiao'er and their family!