Chapter 68: Changyu Street
The owner of this convoy that Zhang Yunan is looking for is a local from Duckweed City, looking at the dress and demeanor, it should still be a big family, presumably out to hunt, there is an ox cart at the back of the convoy, there is a big iron cage on the car, and there are several cave beasts in the cage, which are difficult to cultivate into human form, and they are not particularly precious.
Zhang Yunan and Zhou Tianshen were sitting in a carriage, and in addition to the two of them, there were three other people in the carriage.
An old man with a fairy beard, a shabby robe, and a peachwood sword on his back.
The other two are a man and a woman, it seems that it should be a Taoist couple, the woman looks delicate, well-dressed, with a long whip hanging around her waist, and a wooden sign is tied at one end of the long whip, and the wooden card is written with immature writing with the four words of the hand of the hand, the man's appearance is also good, it doesn't look like an ordinary person, there is a long sword on the leg, the scabbard is not like an ordinary thing, inlaid with four black gems, all round and full, Ambilight, you can vaguely see a small spiritual power flowing into the gem, like a stream, making a gurgling soundγ
The man was holding a wooden plaque in his hand, and the wooden plaque was also written with immature writing with the words "grow old" with the son.
Since getting into the car, Zhang Yunan has been holding the pharmacopoeia and guarding things, closing his eyes and recuperating, ignoring the old man's gaze.
Zhou Tianshen stared at the long sword on the man's lap with some curiosity, he looked at those spiritual power streams, and felt very interesting.
The old man glanced at the pharmacopoeia in Zhang Yun'an's arms from time to time, and the spiritual power fluctuations from it showed that it was destined to be a good thing, and this kind of magic weapon was full of temptation for a loose cultivator like the old man.
The old man rubbed his fingers with a smile, and his mind began to come alive.
The man opened his eyes and found that Zhou Tianshen in front of him was stretching his neck to look at the 'blend' on his leg, his fingers brushed each black gem, and explained good-naturedly, "This sword was given to me by my mother during my coming-of-age ceremony, and its name is 'Blend', which means that I can handle everything by myself when I go out this time, instead of going my own way and doing things without considering the consequences." At first, there was only a black gem on it, until yesterday when he killed an adult male lion, he had already cultivated into a human form, if he could concentrate on cultivating, it would not be long before he could advance to the heavenly realm, but unfortunately he was unlucky enough to meet me. β
The man didn't expect that he would say so much, and smiled apologetically at Zhou Tianshen.
Zhou Tianshen touched his nose and smiled, "That's really congratulations to Childe, where is Childe from?"
Xu Shesheng was slightly surprised, and said with a smile, "Of course it's from Xiancaizhou, my surname is Xu, my name is Sheasheng, you are..."
Zhou Tianshen sat down in his position, "I'm Zhou Tianshen, he's Zhang Yunan, and we're all from Estate." β
The woman who was pillowed on Xu Shesheng's shoulder was woken up and said softly, "I finally fell asleep, and I was woken up by you again." β
Xu Shesheng smiled apologetically again, remembered something, took out a small jade bottle from his arms, the bottle was filled with some white pills, poured out five pills, and distributed them to everyone.
The old man pinched the pill with his fingers, put it on his nose and smelled it, and said in surprise, "It turned out to be the Sanpin Pill Guiyuan Dan, the son is really angry, which makes the old man dare to accept it." β
Having said that, the old man still put the pill in a jade bottle that was not of the highest quality.
The elixir is divided into four grades.
Most of the four pins of pills are used to prolong life and cure all diseases, and the three pins can already be called a panacea, and then the second pinnacle can be flesh and bones, and the first product can bring the dead back to life.
The old man put the jade bottle close to his body, and then looked at Xu Yansheng's eyes, and there was a little more respect and jealousy.
can take out the three pins of pills and give them away casually, the strength of the family must be good, is it a person from the four doors.
The old man tried his best to think in his mind, and there seemed to be no surname Xu among the four gates.
Zhou Tianshen put away the pill, and it happened that Zhang Yunan woke up, politely rejected the man, and asked Zhou Tianshen to return the pill to the man, Zhou Tianshen was a hundred reluctant, but Zhang Yunan only said it once.
It was late at night, the convoy was still nearly five days away from duckweed city, in order to take care of the horses, the convoy chose to rest at night, and seven or eight people walked down in the convoy, some of them carried swords, some of them held torches, and some of them carried pots and pans, ready to make a fire for cooking.
Zhou Tianshen and the four of them also got out of the car and chose to stand in front of the carriage.
After getting into the car, Zhang Yunan asked about the identities of the other three people in the car.
The old man only said that he had traveled to the mainland, and he had no sect for the time being, and he was here today to serve as a guard for this big family to protect them from arriving in Duckweed City safely, and he could also get a lot of money.
The men and women all came here from Cunzhou, they were originally natives of Xiancai Prefecture, and they went to the sad mountain experience of Cunzhou, and they got off the boat a few days earlier than Zhang Yunan, and happened to meet this big family, like the old man, hitchhiking, and by the way as a guard.
The man's surname is Xu, the name is Sheasheng, and the woman's surname is You, a single word.
The old man's surname was Jiang, and he was named Hanshui.
Xu Shesheng and You Bi unwrapped the packages on their bodies, took out some cooking tools, and took out some dry cakes and butcher shops, all of which were bought at the Ningxiao Wharf, the old man took out a few bottles and cans from his sleeve, and took out three handfuls of greens and a few large pieces of mushrooms from the small bamboo basket behind him, and finally took out the gourd on his waist, which was filled with water.
Zhou Tianshen and Zhang Yunan didn't prepare anything, Xu Shesheng told them not to mind, just as a few people met in Pingshui to wash the dust for them who had just arrived in Xiancai Prefecture.
You Bi also nodded yes, in her eyes, these two people were much more pleasing to the eye than the old man who stared at her all day long.
Zhou Tianshen had an idea, and took out a few red stones from the bamboo basket behind him, he knew that this kind of stone was called a blood mandarin duck, which could help make a fire, and then took out a few white stones, which could be illuminated.
In a small pot on the fire, put the butcher's shop, greens, and mushrooms, and pour salt and a condiment called chicken essence, and when the water boiled a second time, the old man tasted it and tried the taste, well, it was beautiful.
The old man pulled the bread out of the fire, broke it and saw that it was golden on the outside, white and tender on the inside, and very fragrant.
Beckoned the four of them to eat, served the broth, broke the scones and put them in, and the taste was not to be said.
Xu Shesheng picked up the rice bowl and said, "Mr. Jiang's cooking skills really don't have to be said. β
You Bi does not deny that this old man still has a set of cooking.
The old man waved his hand and said immodestly, "I cook but the famous fragrance of ten miles and eight towns, these days the main thing is that the materials are not good, the guys are not enough, and when you get to the city, I will make you a table full of Han people." That's really a delicacy on earth, an empty stomach in the sky. β
Zhou Tianshen asked, "What is an empty stomach in the sky?"
The old man raised his head and pretended to think deeply, "There is no heaven, don't those immortals just have empty stomachs." β
Everyone was amused by the old man's words, and even You Bi smiled a little.
Xu Shesheng held the empty bowl and looked up at the sky, "Is there really an immortal in the sky?"
You Bi gave him another bowl of broth, and fearing that he would not be able to eat enough, poured out all the butchers in his bowl to him.
The five of them ate and drank to their heart's content, and made do with it outside all night.
On this day, Xu Shesheng walked into the carriage from outside the carriage and brought good news, "The coachman in front said that he could go to Duckweed City this evening. β
The convoy has a total of dozens of carriages, an ox cart, except for the one they are riding in, the other carriages have coachmen, the previous one was named Big Foot by Zhou Tianshen, because the big reef ship has regulations, only cave beasts or elves in human form are allowed to get on the boat with humans, so it was returned to Yu Xiaodu.
As for the painted puppeteer, Zhou Tianshen usually puts it in the cunshou object, and only releases it when he is free.
The convoy gradually approached Duckweed City, and there were more convoys and people coming and going, and when they arrived at the city gate, Zhou Tianshen knew what a real crowd of people was.
Walk across the Peacock Bridge, the convoy and the tourists stand on both sides respectively, there is an old blind man standing in the center of the city gate, the old blind man holds a bamboo pole with ash fluttering in his hand, and a large vat is placed at his feet, the vat is bottomless, and the pedestrians and the convoy need to throw some toll money into the vat before they can enter the city.
Xu Shesheng and Zhou Tianshen got out of the carriage, Xu Shesheng stretched his waist and said with a smile, "Do you think there are a lot of people?"
Zhou Tianshen just nodded.
"It's just getting late, and few people choose this time to go out, otherwise it would take at least two days to see the city gate." β
They didn't need to worry about the toll money, so Zhou Tianshen paid more attention to the vat.
There is a circle of tadpole-sized words on the edge of the vat, what is written is not clear, and then look down, it is a circle of sword marks, very neatly depicted, and then look down is the black cylinder wall and the deep hole at the bottom.
The deep hole is like an abyss.
The convoy passed the city gate safely and entered the duckweed city.
Xu Yisheng proposed to get off the bus and go to his inn to drive meat, because the direction of the convoy was exactly the opposite of theirs.
The old man didn't get out of the car because he had to settle the escort fee with the convoy this time, but only said that the mountains and rivers had met, and he was looking forward to meeting the young heroes again.
After informing the owner of the convoy, Xu Shesheng led the three of them to a relatively remote inn, where four tables and chairs were placed at the door of the inn, covered with black cloths, and the inn was not closed, but there were no guests inside.
Xu Shesheng swaggered into the inn and shouted, Xiao Er.
A thief-headed young man poked his head out of the counter, looked left and right, and after seeing Xu Shesheng's figure, he quickly wiped the oil from his mouth, ran out from behind the counter, and stood upright in front of Xu Shesheng, "Young Master, you're back!"
Xu Shesheng slapped the young man on the head, "I know how to eat secretly, hurry up and make me something delicious, I haven't eaten meat for several days." β
The young man covered his head, frowned and said aggrievedly, "Young master, why did you beat me as soon as you met and beat me stupid, who will serve you in the future?"
Xu Yisheng raised his hand and slapped again, "I still need you to serve, go cook." Prepare a few more empty rooms, where my friend and I will stay tonight. β
The young man counted the number of people and asked, "Young master, do you want to prepare three or four." β
Xu Shesheng raised his legs, and the young man turned around and ran, "What so much nonsense!"
The meals were quickly served, all of them were very famous hard dishes in Xiancaizhou, and in the end, a middle-aged man who looked like a shopkeeper held a wine jar, put it on the table, and wiped the sweat off his face, "Young master, you are back." β
Xu Shesheng nodded, picked up the wine jar with one hand, poured a bowl for each of the five people, handed the wine bowl to the middle-aged man, and the middle-aged man caught it easily, Xu Shesheng said, "Sixth uncle, you are not in good health, don't do these tiring work, just hand it over to the small injuries." β
The middle-aged man said, "The old slave has written it down, so I won't disturb the young master and his friends to eat." β
After eating, I slept comfortably.
The next day, Zhou Tianshen and Zhang Yunan got up to say goodbye, Xu Shesheng wanted to keep one or two, but was stopped by You Bi.
Walking on the land of Duckweed City, Zhou Tianshen felt a little uneasy for no reason, Zhang Yunan explained, "The spiritual power of Xiancai Prefecture is much stronger than that of Cunzhou, and it is really mixed here, it can be said that the races on the continent can be encountered here." β
Zhang Yunan quietly pointed to the young man who was passing by and holding a string of sugar gourds in his hand, and said softly, "Don't underestimate anyone in Duckweed City, maybe he is not a human." β
The young man who had just walked away suddenly stopped, turned around, his face was iron-blue, and asked in a childish voice, "Who the hell are you talking about who is not human?"
Zhang Yunan turned his head to look away, and Zhou Tianshen and the young man were left with big eyes and small eyes, and finally, the young man snorted coldly, and after scolding, the dog was a stranger, and then turned around and left.
Zhou Tianshen pursed his lips, Zhang Yunan looked up at Shichen, and hurriedly said, "Let's go, I won't be able to see my friend of life and death when it's late." β
Turning around again, the two finally stopped in a dead end, Zhou Tianshen pointed to the blue-gray wall and said curiously, "Your friend lives here, then he is really amazing." β
Zhang Yunan knocked on the wall and found that there was no mechanism, and then squatted down and patted the bluestone bricks, and there was nothing unusual.
He was confused, "No, last time it was here, I saw a house with my own eyes, did I hallucinate?"
Zhou Tianshen covered his forehead, "You ask me?"
It's sad that someone who is unfamiliar with life is lost.
Suddenly, a strong wind blew at the mouth of the alley, and the two turned to look, and a figure holding an umbrella blurred in the wind, shouting at them, "Come here, the time is almost up." β
The two hurriedly ran to the street and found several tornadoes standing on the street, with an unequal number of people standing in the wind, and the umbrella man pulled Zhang Yunan and Zhou Tianshen into the tornado, waved and shouted, "Let's go." β
Tornado disappeared into the streets.
By the time the tornado reappeared, it had already arrived in another place.
The man opened his arms and shouted, "Welcome to Changyu Street." β