Chapter 9 Counting the Harvest
Call!
There was the wind whistling in my ears.
After blessing the weight loss operation, Xu Mu let go of his full strength to run for the first time.
His body is like electricity, and one step is a few feet away, as if riding the wind.
Fortunately, he also had a stealth technique on him, and it was in the dark of night, so no one could see this amazing scene.
The sound of the wind brought by the body was also covered by the night wind, and no one noticed.
When passing by the alley in front of his house, Xu Mu did not stop and continued to run forward.
It wasn't until I was about to leave the shantytown that I slowed down.
The moon shines through the dark clouds, and as far as the eye can see, you can see the lush trees of the White River Forest in the distance.
"Can't go any further!"
Taking advantage of the fact that the stealth technique had not disappeared, Xu Mu quickly flashed into an abandoned house nearby.
If the area where Xu Mu lives is a slum in Baishifang City, then this area near Baihe Forest is a slum within a slum.
There is no clothing, no food, and the house where he lives is leaking from all sides.
The only good thing is that there is no rent here.
Xu Mu hid in the corner of the abandoned house, pricked up his ears, listened to every move outside the house, and silently counted the time in his heart.
About half an hour later!
Except for the night wind and the roar of the beasts in the distant mountains, there was no movement.
"Looks like there are no pursuers!"
Xu Mu once again set himself a stealth technique, slowed his steps, and rushed home.
Whew!
The night breeze kept blowing by.
The moonlight was once again covered by dark clouds, and the sky and the earth were pitch black.
In the shadows, there seemed to be ghosts and ghosts dancing their claws.
In order to avoid being noticed, Xu Mu could only move forward in the dark.
"Next time, maybe you can consider cultivating a spirit type spell!"
Xu Mu thought secretly in his heart.
"I remember that there is a far-sighted technique in the spell book, I wonder if it is useful at night?"
The dark clouds crossed, the silver-white moonlight sprinkled down, and the familiar fall of the alley had already appeared in Xu Mu's sight.
"This time, not only did I solve the hidden crisis of Sun Daocheng, but I also got a storage bag, maybe there was something valuable in it, and it can be said that I have gained a lot!"
Xu Mu, who was curious about what was in the storage bag, walked briskly, and was a little like an arrow.
However, thinking that Sun Daocheng was a gambler, he was sloppy, and suddenly felt that there was nothing to look forward to.
"But the power of compressing the fireball is far more than I thought!"
At that time, he only thought about killing with one blow, and he didn't dare to spare his hand, almost compressing the flames to the limit.
Sun Daocheng was killed on the spot, he had no power to resist, and even he himself was almost injured, and the power was comparable to the explosive bag in his previous life.
"I'm afraid that the power of the compressed fireball has surpassed the second-order spell and reached the level of the third-order spell! Not to mention that Sun Daocheng is a third-level Qi practitioner, even if he practices the fifth or sixth layer, without a powerful defensive means, I am afraid that he will be killed on the spot! ”
"The only regret is that the attack speed is too slow and consumes too much time!"
At that time, he had just begun to compress the fireball, and he was noticed by Sun Daocheng, if it wasn't for the high level of the light body technique, it was likely to be run away by Sun Daocheng.
Sun Daocheng is also an old man, he noticed the abnormality, threw out the poison pill, and ran away, without any intention of exploring or fighting.
"Huh?"
Xu Mu, who was thinking about things while walking, suddenly felt a little cold in his back.
He jerked his head back.
There is no one behind him!
Only the night wind, rolling up the fallen leaves!
He quickened his pace with uneasiness.
The chill on my back grew heavier and heavier, and it gradually became a little colder.
Xu Mu didn't know if it was his illusion or if there was really something, so he could only desperately speed up his pace.
The cold grew heavier and heavier, as if I had carried an ice cube on my back.
Definitely there is a problem!
He held his breath and ran almost like a gallop home!
But the cold meaning followed him like a shadow, as if it was glued to his back, and it was about to freeze his whole body.
The five fingers were spread out, and Xu Mu was about to release the flames, when a warm breath suddenly came from his chest, flowing all over his body, and in an instant, most of the cold meaning behind him was neutralized.
At this time, Xu Mu had already entered the alley.
A few arrows reached the door, pushed the door in.
Ye Yingying obeyed his orders and did not lock the door.
Quickly reverse lock the door.
Five fingers flexed and stretched, and with a pop, a large orange flame ignited.
Hiss!
The Eye of Fire turned into a hideous fiery serpent that encircled his entire body.
Xu Mu reached out and touched his back.
There was nothing out of the ordinary, just a cold sweat on his back.
He put his hand into his bosom again and pulled out the almost burned talisman to ward off evil spirits.
"There really is evil in the shantytown!"
Xu Mu was a little frightened.
He has lived in Baishifang City for so many years, and he has only heard of it, and today is the first time he has encountered it.
Although I was a little frightened, I didn't have much fear.
At that time, the situation was just inconvenient to use the fire resistance technique, otherwise, he would not be able to kill ordinary evils.
"But in the future, it's better not to go out late at night!"
If there is only one he can deal with, what if there is a group?
After checking his body up and down several times, and waiting for half an hour, Xu Mu knocked lightly on the bedroom door.
"Ying'er, I'm back!"
There was no response in the bedroom, except for a reddened apricot eye peeking out of the crack in the door.
After confirming that it was Xu Mu many times, Ye Yingying opened the door carefully.
"Xianggong!"
Ye Yingying didn't have anything, just threw herself into Xu Mu's arms and buried her head deeply.
"Worries you!"
Xu Mu gently stroked her inky hair.
"Did Ling'er sleep?"
"Hmm!"
"Then you should go to bed early!"
"I want you to hold it!"
"Huh! Good! ”
Xu Mu smiled helplessly and agreed.
After putting the eldest one to sleep, Xu Mu left the bedroom lightly, came to the utility room, and with a flick of his fingers, a red firebird appeared, hovering above his head to illuminate him.
Take out the storage bag obtained from Sun Daocheng, and after refining, take out the contents one by one.
A book!
A Dan furnace!
Two bottles of elixir!
Five servings of medicinal herbs!
Twelve lower-grade spirit stones!
As well as some ordinary clothes and daily necessities!
The book is a book of pills, which records the three kinds of pills that Sun Daocheng will know, as well as the experience of alchemy.
The three kinds of pills are Jingyuan Dan, Rotten Bone Pill, and Chalcedony Pill.
The function of Jingyuan Dan is to replenish essence, and it belongs to the first-order elixir, which is said to be very popular with Goulan regulars.
The Rotten Bone Pill is a kind of poison pill, which can be shot out through a special technique to form a cloud of corrosive poisonous gas.
Not only can it corrode flesh and blood, but it can also corrode the spiritual power of cultivators.
The power is not particularly strong, but the attack range is large and lasts for a long time.
At that time, the green pill that Sun Daocheng threw out to attack him was the Rotten Bone Pill.
It's a pity that Xu Mu, who was blessed with the light body technique, easily dodged it and didn't exert any power.
Chalcedony Pill is the only second-order pill among the three pills, and it is also the first second-order pill that Xu Mu came into contact with.
Chalcedony Pill has the effect of improving cultivation talent and enhancing physical fitness, and some big families like to use it to lay a foundation for younger generations.
At the beginning, Sun Daocheng still wanted to fool him with the pill recipe and pill recipe of this elixir.
"Reading the annotations of the book, I'm afraid he has only learned a scratch himself! Otherwise, you wouldn't be so poor! ”
However, the reason why Sun Daocheng is poor, in addition to not being proficient in learning and art, I am afraid that the bigger reason is that he is lazy, and he only thinks about getting something for nothing all day long.
Otherwise, even if you can't be rich and expensive, at least you don't have to worry about food and clothing.
It turned out that Xu Mu's alchemy was not much better than him, he didn't live in Fang City, and he also married a wife.
If it weren't for the battle between the two major factions, he wouldn't have come to the shantytown.
Xu Mu put away the Dan book and didn't study it too much.
He doesn't need it yet.
Then he picked up the Dan furnace and began to check.
As an alchemist, my love for the Dan furnace is engraved in my bones.
The Dan furnace in his hand, the more Xu Mu looked at it, the brighter his eyes became.
"This is actually a first-order mid-grade Dan furnace! This old guy doesn't seem to be as simple as I thought! ”
Just now he complained that the other party was not good at learning, but now it doesn't seem to be what he thinks.
His Dan furnace was a first-order low-grade spirit stone, and he spent one hundred and ten low-grade spirit stones when he bought it.
And the first-order mid-grade Dan furnace, the cheapest also costs three hundred grade spirit stones.
To be able to afford such an expensive Dan furnace, there must be two brushes in hand
"I should be considered rich!"
Xu Mu held the Dan furnace and couldn't put it down.
No wonder others say that the gold belt is murdered and set on fire, and the money is indeed too fast.
"I didn't expect this old guy to be so poor that he was reluctant to sell the Dan furnace!"
"But that's right, if he really sells the Dan furnace, I'm afraid he won't be alive now!"
An alchemist without a Dan furnace is not much different from a beggar on the side of the road.
Reluctantly put away the Dan Furnace, Xu Mu picked up two bottles of Dan Medicine to check.
One bottle is the Rotten Bone Pill, and the other bottle is the Bigu Pill.
Xu Mu took a slight look and put it away.
The spirit stone is naturally in the bag.
As for the rest of the clothes, they were completely worthless, and they were burned by him.
Put the three things back into Sun Daocheng's storage bag.
Then Xu Mu found a place and buried it.
Although I didn't think it would be too much trouble, I decided to hide for a few days for the sake of safety.
The next day
The autumn sun is warm and pleasant.
The residents of the alleys have stepped out of their homes, or go to work in the fang market, or go to the white river forest to hunt and gather, and they are busy.
Xu Mu observed through the crack in the door for a while, and after making sure that there was no problem, he returned to the utility room and began refining the Qi Gathering Pill.
Three or four days have passed!
In smooth water!
Sun Daocheng's death seems to have no impact on the whole world at all.
At least in the alley where Xu Mu was, no one showed anything abnormal.
Including the Li brothers that Xu Mu always paid attention to.
In fact, Xu Mu considered solving the problem with the Li brothers.
However, these two people are different from Sun Daocheng, their strength is unknown, their means are unknown, and if they make a rash move, they are likely to capsize.
So I decided to take a look at the situation first, and then improve my strength by the way, and then find a chance to solve it.
……
"Hemp eggs! This old guy won't die in that stinking gutter, will he? ”
The tooth man who was in charge of collecting the rent kicked Sun Daocheng's door hard, and when he saw that there was no response inside, he scolded and went to the next house.
The rent here is fixed, and unless you pay it for a few months in a row, you will be waiting at home when the time comes.
Soon, I received Xu Mu's house.
"Starting next month, the rent will rise to two lower grade spirit stones!"
"Why?"
"How do I know why, the people who were ordered from above to live if they want to live, and move to Baihe Forest if they don't want to live!"
With that, the tooth man turned and left.
Xu Mu looked at the other party's back, frowning and contemplating.
Originally, he still thought that after he had money, he would move back to Fang City.
Now that the shantytowns have risen in price, the city may have risen even higher.
"It's really strange, there are so many people in Fang City, they have raised the rent so high, and they have driven everyone away, who will rent it to?"