Chapter 55: The Rebellion in Dragon City (8)
"What the hell happened?" Xuanyi couldn't help but ask.
The woman gritted her teeth and said: "One day, a noble man came to Haicheng by chance, this noble man was infected with an unknown evil disease while playing in the mountains and rivers, many famous doctors and doctors in Haicheng were helpless, Ah Xiang was tempted by the heavy money of the city guard to cure the nobleman's disease. ”
Xuanyi nodded slightly: "Then you will enter the eyes of this nobleman, and you will live a life of brocade clothes and jade food from now on." ”
"Yes, at first we thought the same, the family moved and followed the nobleman to Pingliao City, and the nobleman provided Ah Xiang with a monthly salary of fifty taels of silver for Ah Xiang to study the art of alchemy, and Ah Xiang also proposed to the nobleman many times that he could reduce the salary. ”
"Fifty taels of silver per month? Such a high salary can be said to be a sky-high salary in a society that despises peasants and workers, and this so-called noble man must have some ulterior motives. Xuanyi said secretly in his heart.
As the woman spoke, she suddenly began to cry as if she had thought of something. The little girl next to her saw her crying hysterically, and hurriedly opened her hand to hold her leg and comforted: "Mommy don't cry! Mommy doesn't cry!"
The long cry continued to echo in the wilderness, and Xuanyi's heart tightened inexplicably.
The woman wiped her tears and sobbed: "Among the many alchemists hired by the nobles, there are only two new pills newly researched by Ah Xiang, which can treat several incurable diseases, but the nobleman is not satisfied, he asked Ah Xiang to develop an elixir that can prolong life and make people live a long life." In the end, the nobles even did not hesitate to use rare birds and beasts, boys and girls to refine medicine. ”
"Using living people to refine medicine? I'm afraid this noble man has already embarked on the road of annihilating human nature. Xuanyi sneered.
"Yes, Ah Xiang and several other conscientious alchemists categorically rejected this method of alchemy, and they took advantage of the night to quietly let go of the kidnapped children, but they didn't expect to be denounced by other alchemists. The woman sighed at this point, and the rest of the ending can be imagined.
The enraged nobles were about to cut off the limbs and tongues of the alchemists who tried to escape and throw them into the alchemy furnace, but they gave up temporarily because Wang Xiang's alchemy had made some progress, so except for Wang Xiang, several other alchemists were thrown into the alchemy furnace and turned into ashes.
"Oh?" Xuan Yi suddenly became interested: "Could it be that Wang Xiang has really researched the elixir of immortality?"
"This... The woman couldn't help but speak, and even Wang Xiang, who was standing on the side, showed an embarrassed look: "Ah Xiang didn't refine any elixir of immortality, but refined another... Well, it's a terrible elixir. The woman pondered her sentence and used the word horror to describe it.
"Horror?"
"Yes, it's terrifying, I've seen Ah Xiang put the prepared elixir in a crockpot and ignited it with fire, the whole crockpot instantly burned violently and made a huge explosion, and the entire thatched shed was overturned by an invisible force. The woman patted her chest with trepidation.
"Burning, exploding?" Xuanyi thought about it carefully, this is very likely to be one of the four major inventions of gunpowder in the previous life, gunpowder in the Spring and Autumn Period of the previous life has been used in people's livelihood applications, and it is precisely because of the long-term alchemy and pharmaceutical practice developed, after thousands of years of circulation and optimization to be passed on to future generations. Thinking of this, Xuanyi couldn't help but have a trace of admiration for the somewhat stupid man in front of him.
"This pill is extremely powerful after it explodes, and it is extremely harmful to ordinary people, and it must not be transferred to people with ill intentions. Wang Xiang said word by word with a big tongue, because he refused to hand over the recipe for the Burning Explosion Pill, and the nobleman, who had lost patience, cut off his mouth and tongue, gouged out his eyes, and threw him into the wilderness to fend for himself.
Wang Xiang, who had a big life, was rescued home by a hunter who returned late, and he was able to reunite with his wife after twists and turns. But I don't know when the news leaked and was approached by the previous employer, so, in a huge explosion, Wang Xiang detonated the hundreds of explosive pills developed again, and the entire Wang family mansion was wiped out together with hundreds of pursuers who came to arrest him, and only Wang Xiang's wife escaped because she happened to go out to buy medicine.
Wang Xiang's soul was full of resentment, but he was unwilling to disperse because of hatred in his heart, and in the end, he became a powerful ghost wandering in the world and the netherworld under such a mistake, and the cyan hell fire on his body was actually just a Dan fire that was assimilated with his soul, and there was no real power of the hellfire.
Hearing this, Xuanyi finally had a full understanding of the ins and outs of the matter, and felt a little more sympathy for the miserable family of three in front of him.
"You and I have no grievances, why did you sneak into the post house and assassinate me?, and forcibly attach yourself to this friend of mine?" Xuanyi asked after a moment of silence.
"Breath ... The breath of his body ... Wang Xiang stammered, his right hand stiffly reached into his arms and trembled and took out something.
Xuanyi looked intently and found that it was only a letter written in a special material.
Wang Xiang pointed to the letter: "I smell his breath from here, it is his breath, I will not be mistaken!"
Xuanyi's puzzled result letter carefully flipped through it, and a few words were written on it, and Xuanyi read it several times, feeling a bit like a codeword or a joint code of an organization.
"You mean you smell the breath of the noble man who ruined your family from this letter?"
Wang Xiang nodded again and again and said eagerly: "Yes! Where is he? Avenge. ”
Xuanyi smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I'm afraid it's hard for you to repay this revenge, if I guessed correctly, this employer of yours should be called Fang Yu." ”
"Fang Yu?" Wang Xiang and his wife looked at each other with blank expressions, obviously they had never heard of this name.
"Oh, by the way, he should have a lot of subordinates, don't those subordinates call him Lord Lord?"
"Yes! Yes!" the two nodded in unison, "I've heard his men call him that." ”
"Then you better cut off the idea of revenge as soon as possible, the difference in strength is too great. Xuanyi shook his head again and persuaded.
"I'm not reconciled... I have helpers too... Wang Xiang stammered, and the whole person couldn't help but walk towards Xuanyi, and almost grabbed his hand.
"Just yourself, or is it this group of lonely souls and wild ghosts around you?" Xuanyi pointed at Wang Xiang and ruthlessly debunked him: "You can't even deal with me, do you still want to deal with Fang Yu?" There are twenty-eight people in the Grandmaster Realm like me, and there are several masters at the Great Grandmaster level, what are you going to do to fight him, and still rely on sneak attacks like tonight?"
Wang Xiang was silent when he heard this, he squatted down with his head in chagrin, his expression was full of pain, and his wife also sobbed lowly. Xuanyi didn't speak for a while, just looked at them fixedly.
After a long time, Wang Xiang suddenly got up and walked to Xuanyi and knelt on the ground with a "plop": "My lord, if you can point out the huge gap between me and Fang Yu, it means that you and him are not all the way." ”
Xuanyi nodded awkwardly: "Not at the moment... ”
"Please also help me, as long as you can let me get close to Fang Yu, even if it is just to bite off a piece of his meat, I will be content. Wang Xiang's face was full of resentment: "As long as the adults are willing to help me, I am willing to give away the formula of the Burning Pill." ”