Liu Lu, who was tense all the way, finally couldn't support himself and fell ill after his mind relaxed.

For three days, Liu Lu had a high fever and was unconscious, but fortunately, Hu Wei was familiar with medical skills, ran around all the year round, and carried a lot of medicines with him, which happened to save Liu Lu's life.

"After taking this last dose of medicine, it will be as little as half a day, or as much as a day, and you will be able to wake up."

"There's Mr. Rahu." The uncle's tone was flat.

Hu Wei muttered in his heart, this person is really not in a hurry at all, I really don't know what the relationship between these two is. "It's nothing, it's a lot of effort, but fortunately, it's just an invasion of evil qi caused by overwork, and it's no problem to calm down and recuperate for a few days."

Looking at Liu Lu, who had calmed down, Hu Wei sighed, "I'm afraid this young man has suffered a lot of sins along the way!" In the past two days, Liu Lu has been in a coma with a high fever and has never lived in peace at all, like a nightmare, his mouth kept moaning and muttering to himself, and it was not until today that he slowly calmed down.

Liu Lu's body was so weak that he lay down for a day longer than Hu Wei had originally estimated before slowly waking up.

"What's wrong with me......"

Liu Lu opened his eyes, looked at the empty sky and was stunned for a while, and only after a while did he come back to his senses, only to find that he was still lying on the carriage, and the others were sitting around not far away to rest.

Liu Lu got out of the carriage, looked into the distance, and found that they were still on the Gobi Desert, but there was no shadow of the Devil's City around.

"Wake up."

A tall and strong young man, but with a young face that looked immature, looked at Liu Lu with dark eyes.

"Who are you?" Liu Lu didn't know the person in front of him.

"My name is Xiang Shang, noble Shang."

Liu Lu sighed, "My name is Liu Lu." ”

Xiang Shang said: "I know, who here doesn't know you now, and you have been lying for five days." ”

"Huh?" Liu Lu was very surprised, he didn't expect him to lie down for so long when he got sick.

Seeing Liu Lu wake up, Hu Wei beckoned them to go over and have something to eat.

Liu Lu saw the uncle and greeted, "Uncle." ”

The uncle nodded, "It was Mr. Hu who healed you, and he has taken good care of him these days, so you have to thank him well." ”

Liu Lu nodded, then looked at Hu Wei, "Thank you, Mr. Hu." ”

Hu Wei waved his hand, "You're welcome, it's nothing." ”

"It looks much better, but your body is already weak, you still have to recuperate well in the future, otherwise you will fall ill."

Liu Lu thanked him again.

"Mr. Yuan is really not an ordinary person, and he really makes Lao Er worship in the past few days."

Now Hu Wei and the others admire the uncle, in the past, they passed through the Devil's City, the shortest time, it was almost eight days before they went out, and this time, under the guidance of the uncle, counting the time they delayed before, it was only five days.

"It's Caitan ahead, Hu Lao, do you think we should slow down?" Xiang Liqing asked Hu Wei.

Hu Wei stroked his beard and pondered for a while, "It's okay, since we're a few days early this time, it's time for them to try their luck." ”

Seeing that the uncle and Liu Lu didn't know why, Hu Wei explained to the two: "The section of the road ahead is called Caitan. The reason for this name is because a long time ago, there were a lot of gems and jade on this land, but after so many years, they have been picked up by others over and over again. Therefore, today's Caitan is actually a bit unworthy of the name. However, there are still lucky people who can occasionally pick up one or two precious gems from here and make a fortune. Of course, if you come here to find it, it's not very cost-effective, but since we're passing by, and the time is not too rushed, let's have fun, relax and be happy, and have a good fortune. ”

Without asking for the uncle's opinion, he suddenly decided, which made Hu Wei a little embarrassed. "I'm sorry, Mr. Yuan, I don't know if you're in a hurry, if you're in a hurry, we won't stay here."

"It's okay, just follow Mr. Hu's wishes." Uncle didn't seem to be interested in this Caitan at all, but Liu Lu was looking forward to it.

Except for Xiang Liqing, Hu Wei and Uncle Xiang, as well as a few drivers who couldn't get out, everyone else was in high spirits, scattered on the Gobi Desert, with their heads down and kicking and trampling, for fear of missing a stone.

The recuperation in the past few days has made Liu Lu in good spirits, but what makes him embarrassed is that he has never seen any gems and jade since he was a child, so he naturally doesn't know how to identify them.

After Liu Lu looked around, he walked to Xiang Shang's side and asked a little embarrassedly, "Xiang Shang, what are the gems and jade like here?" ”

Xiang Shang was not as serious as the others, walking on the ground very casually, occasionally glancing around. "I don't know, I've been here twice, and I haven't seen a fart, so I don't know what the gems here are."

Seeing that Xiang Shang had misunderstood what he meant, Liu Lu explained: "I mean, what kind of stone is a gem, and jade. ”

Xiang Shang looked at Liu Lu and suddenly understood, "Have you never seen gems and jade?" Haven't you seen it anywhere else? ”

Liu Lu was a little embarrassed, "No, my family used to be very poor. ”

Xiang Shang patted his head, "Oh, look at my brain." "Liu Lu fled from the Chen Kingdom, and his family background is not much better, so it is not surprising that he has never seen gold and jade gems.

"Let me tell you, although I have never seen the gems here, the ones that can be called gems are those that look better than ordinary stones, rare and rare. As for what kind of stone is better than ordinary stone, it is naturally good texture, delicate, and brightly colored, such as those red, green, yellow, white, black, and so on. ”

Liu Lu listened carefully.

"Anyway, if you see it and think it's beautiful and beautiful, you pick it up."

"Understood." Liu Lu nodded.

"Then I'll go over there and have a look." Before Xiang Shang could reply, Liu Lu had already run away.

Hu Wei gave the crowd only two hours, and then told them to hurry.

For two hours, the others did not gain anything, only Xiang Shang picked up a piece of jade the size of a dragon's eye and a bright red color.

Xiang Shang handed the jade he picked up to Hu Wei, saying that he would let Hu Wei identify it.

Hu Wei glared at Xiang Shang angrily, how could he not know this kid's thoughts, saying that he was asking him to identify, but in fact, he was showing off to everyone.

Hu Wei took it in his hand and looked at it, "The boy is very lucky, it is a good stone." ”

"How much is it worth?" Xiang Shang asked, in his opinion, whether the stone is good or not depends on how much it is worth.

"Forty or fifty taels are still available."

I don't know if Xiang Shang is intentional or serious, so he asked. "Silver or gold?"

Hu Wei seemed to be choked, and said angrily: "It's gold!" After speaking, he threw it directly to Xiang Shang.

"Oh, be careful." After Xiang Shang caught it, he rubbed the jade on his clothes. "It's worth a lot of money!"

Then, Xiang Shang handed the piece of jade to Liu Lu, "This is jade, it's very precious, so it's also a gem." ”

Liu Lu took it carefully, it did feel very delicate in his hand, and looked at it carefully, it was very different from ordinary stones, in addition to the beautiful color, there was no crack on the whole stone except for some traces of wind and rain erosion in the slow and long years.

After Xiang Shang took the jade that Liu Lu handed back, he asked casually, "Liu Lu, did you pick up all the pieces in your pocket?" Open it up and see what's good. ”

Liu Lu was a little embarrassed, he picked up a total of more than a dozen stones, large and small, round, flat, long, short, but none of them were like Xiang Shang. Compared to the jade in Xiang Shang's hand, the stones he picked up were simply too ordinary, so he wondered if he had picked up a bunch of useless ordinary stones, so he was a little scared, afraid of taking them out and making others laugh.

"Hurry up, hurry up and take it out, and let Master Hu give you an appraisal." Xiang Shang urged.

Liu Lu saw that everyone was looking at him curiously, so he had to open his pocket with some embarrassment.

Looking at the pile of things in Liu Luyi's pocket, Xiang Shang was a little surprised. "Wow, that's so much?"

The others also stretched their necks, although they couldn't see Liu Lu's specific condition clearly, they were all curious about what Liu Lu picked up.

Liu Lu's pile of stones also aroused Hu Wei's interest.

Hu Wei took the initiative to come to Liu Lu's side, "Come, let me show you, old man." ”

Liu Lu handed the stones he picked up to Hu Wei one by one, and Hu Wei began to comment on them one by one after taking them.

"These two pieces are useless. These are also ordinary stones. This piece is okay, called red clay stone, although it is not a gemstone and jade, but it is a stone that can carve seals, and it can be worth twenty or thirty copper plates. ”

For Liu Lu, twenty or thirty copper plates are also a lot of money, so when he heard that this red clay stone can be worth twenty or thirty copper plates, Liu Lu was still very happy, and he finally didn't work in vain.

"Huh? This stone is kind of interesting. Hu Wei took a thumb-thick earth-brown stone and wiped it in his hand. This piece is good, it is a piece of jade, the texture is delicate, there are no cracks and cracks, although the color is still a little worse, but it is better than uniform and transparent, and it can be worth a few taels of silver. ”

A few taels of silver, Liu Luchang has never seen so much money when he is so old, so he is naturally surprised.

"The rest are ordinary stones." The rest of the stones were not surprising, which made Hu Wei feel a little unsatisfied.

Just as Hu Wei was about to throw away the rest of the stones, the uncle suddenly said, "The black one is left." ”

This not only made Hu Wei stunned, but everyone else also looked at the uncle curiously, wondering if that stone was not an ordinary stone.

After getting along along this way, everyone knows a lot about the uncle, who usually doesn't talk much, but he seems to understand everything, and as long as he says something, it seems that he hasn't missed it at all.

Hu Wei took the baby's fist-sized, uneven, dark stone and looked at it carefully.

"It's a little different, it's much heavier than a normal stone."

Hu Wei looked at it for a while, but didn't see the reason. Ask the uncle. "Mr. Yuan, do you have any words for this stone?"

"Actually, there is nothing surprising about this stone, it's just a piece of ore, it's a kind of iron ore, and it can be worth a little money if you give it to people who know the goods and need it."

Hearing this, everyone suddenly realized that this black bump-like thing turned out to be a piece of iron ore. These people generally think about gems or jade, unless it is gold or silver, and other than that, they don't really look at anything else.

After hearing that it was iron ore, everyone immediately lost interest, how much is a pimple worth, even Hu Wei is no exception. Hu Wei snorted, "It's because I'm clumsy, or Mr. Yuan is well-informed." ”

When everyone dispersed, Liu Lu, who was holding three stones in his hand, was happy, and held the thumb-thick earthy brown jade and stretched it out in front of the uncle. "Uncle, this stone is for you."

The uncle was a little surprised, he didn't expect Liu Lu to give him the most valuable of the three stones.

The uncle shook his head, "You can keep it for yourself." ”

Seeing that the uncle didn't want it, Liu Lu didn't insist anymore, thinking that he would buy the money in the future, and he would give the uncle some more when the time came. Then he carefully received all three stones into his arms.

Liu Lu recovered from a serious illness, in fact, his body was still very weak, but when he picked up the stones just now, he was excited and didn't feel anything. Because he felt like he couldn't even speak.

All of Liu Lu's things were seen by the uncle. "You are already weak, and this journey has made your body even worse, and now you have hurt your vitality and need more recuperation."

Liu Lu was silent and didn't speak, he could naturally feel his own body, but what could he do if he knew, he couldn't even eat enough before, he didn't even know if he could live, and he could still care about whether his body was good or not.

"I'll teach you a set of breathing and breathing qi methods, which can help you cultivate your body and cultivate your qi."

In Liu Lu's opinion, the uncle is omnipotent, as for the method of breathing and exhaling, he doesn't know what it is, but the uncle can care about him, which makes him very happy. Since the uncle said that this method could help him, for the sake of his own body, he was naturally willing to learn it.