Chapter 14: The Assemblies
Shangguan Xiu left the academy and went to a medical center near the academy.
In the medical hall, Shangguan Xiu handed over the pill given to him by Gu Qingling to the doctor, hoping that the doctor could make the exact same pill.
The doctor in the medical hall took the pill, only lowered his head and smelled it, then handed the pill back to Shangguan Xiu, his head shook like a rattle, and said bluntly that their medical hall could not refine this kind of pill.
This elixir contains thousands of years of ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum, such precious medicinal materials, not to mention that they don't have them in the medical hall, even if you look for all the medical halls in the capital, I'm afraid there are few medical halls that have them.
Even if you find thousand-year-old ginseng and reishi, you can't refine it without a formula.
Hearing the doctor's words, Shangguan Xiu was disappointed and surprised. Originally, he wanted to buy more of these pills and keep them for future use, but according to the doctor, this kind of pills were not sold at all, they belonged to the treasures that were hard to find in the world, and they should be secretly refined, but where did Gu Qingling get them?
Leaving the medical hall, Shangguan Xiu was walking in the direction of the academy, and a young man walked briskly in front of him. Dressed in the clothes of the Imperial Academy, he walked quickly in front of Shangguan Xiu and stood still.
Shangguan Xiu glanced up at him, his eyes were very angry, and he was about to walk sideways when the young man asked, "Your name is Shangguan Xiu, right?"
He raised his eyebrows and looked at the other in bewilderment. The young man smiled and said, "I saw you injuring a nobleman in the academy just now. ”
His words made Shangguan Xiu's eyes narrow, and his sharp eagle eyes stared at the other party.
The young man was startled by the sudden light in his eyes, and he hurriedly explained, "Don't get me wrong, I'm not here to stand up for them......"
"Even if it is, I'm not afraid!" Shangguan Xiu said disapprovingly.
The young man was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing, reached into his arms, took out a black invitation from his arms, and said, "At midnight tonight, we have a meeting in the academy, if you are interested, you can come and listen to it." The location is in the Jade Garden of the Academy, as long as you go to the Jade Garden on time, with this invitation, someone will naturally take you to the place of the assembly. Also, whether you come or not, I hope you will keep this matter a secret and not make a public announcement. ”
After speaking, he stuffed the invitation card in his hand into Shangguan Xiu's hand, and then before he could react, the young man was about to leave.
"Wait a minute!" Shangguan Xiu's hand was quick, grabbed the young man's arm, and said with a smile: "Friend, you invited me to the rally, you should always tell me what the content of the rally is!"
The young man smiled back, and said inscrutablely: "As for the nobles, and about the commoners, I think you should come and listen to it, and you should also come and hear it. ”
Shangguan Xiu felt even more at a loss after hearing this, what kind of nobles and commoners, what does this mean?
Before he could figure it out, the young man shook off his hand and walked away quickly.
Looking at the other party's back, Shangguan Xiuzhang and the second monk were puzzled.
He looked down at the invitation card in his hand, it was very ordinary, there was nothing special, to say that there was something special, that is, black invitations were not very common.
He didn't know what the real purpose of the other party's invitation was, and he didn't know whether what the other party said was true or false, but it was very interesting that the location of the meeting was set in Yuyuan, last night, he rescued Gu Qingling in Yuyuan, and killed two young people wearing the uniforms of the Imperial Lingwu Academy.
Back at the library, Shangguan Xiu continued to study the ancient texts in the random change cheats, and at noon, Gu Qingling came to the library to find him.
After meeting, she asked, "Ah Xiu, have you taken the pill I gave you?"
Shangguan Xiu was about to talk about this, but he nodded and said, "Eat it, it will work very well on my injury." Hearing this, Gu Qingling's little face immediately showed a look of pride. Shangguan Xiu asked curiously, "Miss Gu......"
"Qingling. Gu Qingling corrected with a straight face.
"Qingling, where did you buy these pills?" Shangguan Xiu changed his words and asked.
"I didn't buy it, I asked for it from my uncle!"
"Your uncle runs a medical clinic?"
"Of course not, my uncle is in business, he knows a lot of strange people, these pills were given to him by his friends, on weekdays, my uncle is very precious to these pills, if I didn't ask for it, my uncle wouldn't have taken it out anyway!" Gu Qingling said triumphantly.
Shangguan Xiu was inevitably a little disappointed after hearing this, but he was more grateful. He smiled and said, "Qingling, I want to thank you again this time." ”
"Thank me, you're injured because of me!" Gu Qingling said with a smile.
Shangguan Xiu secretly said ashamed, his way of cultivating spiritual martial arts was different from others, for him, fighting with spiritual cultivators was equivalent to cultivation, and his cultivation had very strong side effects, the five pills that Gu Qingling gave him were equivalent to temporarily helping him solve this problem.
Seeing him look thoughtful, Gu Qingling said with a smile: "As long as these pills are helpful to you, if they are not enough, I will ask my uncle again." ”
"Then what's embarrassing?" Shangguan Xiu said with embarrassment.
"It's okay, wrap it up on me. Gu Qingling said: "I don't have classes in the afternoon, I will accompany you to read in the library, but you have to send me back to the courtyard in the evening." ”
"Good. Shangguan Xiu agreed briskly. Gu Qingling is sometimes a little tsundere, but she is just a little girl with no scheming, and Shangguan Xiu likes the feeling of being with her.
That night, Shangguan Xiu first sent Gu Qingling back to the courtyard, and then he went to the artificial lake of the academy, and when he saw that there was no one on the left and right, he squatted down and compared it to the lake, trying to practice random change cheats.
In the past two days, he has learned all the ancient texts in the random change cheats.
There isn't a lot of random content, but it's very mysterious. It is divided into three stages, the first stage is to change the appearance of the cultivator's facial features, which is also the simplest stage, as long as you have a certain cultivation foundation and master the cultivation mantra, it is easy to refine.
The second stage is to change the cultivator's physical form. This stage is much more difficult than the first stage, it is a change in one's own bones, and it is also a very painful process to cultivate. The third stage is to change the gender of the practitioner, which is a step more difficult.
Now Shangguan Xiu is trying to cultivate the first stage of random change. If there were people around him at this time, they would definitely be frightened by his appearance. As he practiced, his facial features were twisted together, and the muscles of his face twitched violently and suddenly.
After practicing it several times, Shangguan Xiu gradually mastered the tricks.
He looked at the lake, trying to think of a man's face, and at this moment, an incredible scene occurred, his facial features changed rapidly, his eagle eyes shrank into a pair of small eyes, his eyebrows were also bent downward, and he became a figure-eight eyebrow, the bridge of his nose collapsed, and his mouth fork was widened and raised.
It was completely different from the face that came to his mind, but it was also very different from his own appearance. Shangguan Xiu sighed at the lake, although the first stage of random change is the easiest to cultivate, but it also requires repeated practice, if you want to become another person as you like, it is still far away.
Unconsciously, it was midnight, and Shangguan Xiu went to the Jade Garden as promised.
At this time, the jade garden was empty, not to mention that there were no people in sight, not even a ghost shadow.
Just as Shangguan Xiu was walking slowly forward on the path in the jade garden with his hands behind his back, a person suddenly appeared from behind a big tree on the side of the road.
This person was wearing the uniform of the academy, and he looked to be about twenty years old, with a medium build, and an ordinary appearance.
While Shangguan Xiu was looking at the other party, the man was also looking him up and down. After looking at it for a while, he asked, "Are you here for the rally?"
"Yes. Shangguan Xiu stepped forward, nodded in response, and said, "My name is Shangguan Xiu." ”
The other party was obviously not interested in what his name was, and stretched out his hand and said, "Where's your invitation?"
Shangguan Xiu pulled out the invitation card from his cuff and handed it to the other party. The young man took it, looked down a few times, confirmed that it was correct, and asked, "You come with me!"
The young man took Shangguan Xiu around to the back side of the rockery, where there was a small cave, only more than one meter high and more than half a meter deep, which looked like it was decorative, making the rockery more realistic.
The young man bent his waist and went into the cave, and Shangguan Xiu, who was standing outside, only saw his hand scratching the cave wall, and then, the stone in the cave was actually pulled away by him, and a faint light emanated from inside.
Shangguan Xiu was secretly surprised, and he didn't expect that there was a secret door hidden inside this rockery.
The young man withdrew from the cave, said to Shangguan Xiununu, "Go in!"
Shangguan Xiu stood outside the cave and asked, "What is the place inside?"
"Nature is where we meet. The young man replied impatiently, then looked left and right, frowned and urged, "Hurry up, don't waste time." ”
Shangguan Xiu took a deep breath, bent down, walked into the cave with full vigilance, and followed the secret door in the cave.
As soon as he entered, he heard a soft snap behind him, and when he looked back, the young man outside the cave had closed the secret door.
Shangguan Xiu frowned secretly, and after a moment of silence, he walked forward step by step.
In front of it is a downward staircase, and there are lampstands on the walls at intervals, so that they are not so bright that they barely illuminate the road.
He walked down the stairs to the end, where the space was much more open and the man was finally able to straighten up.
Vaguely, he heard the sound of talking inside, Shangguan Xiu walked over, and what caught his eye was a curtain tent, he opened the curtain and went in, raised his eyes, and couldn't help but be stunned.
The curtain tent is brightly lit, the space is huge, like a large underground palace, it is densely packed with people, some people are wearing the uniforms of the Imperial Academy, and many people are wearing the uniforms of the Imperial Lingwu Academy.