Chapter 13 The oil withers and the lamp goes out
With a sound of system prompts, Wednesday slowly immersed his mind into his body, controlling his internal force to circulate according to the running circuit diagram of "Mixed Yuan Jin".
"Ding: Congratulations, the internal injury has healed, and the healing skill proficiency is +20. ”
With this system prompt sounding, Wednesday slowly gathered the internal force into the dantian, and only opened his eyes after a few breaths. Looking at the system, his internal strength and health have all returned to full value, and the internal injury state has disappeared.
Looking at Margaret again, she was sitting across from him in a daze, looking at him and thinking about something, but she must have thought of her grandfather. Thinking of this, Wednesday sighed secretly, Margaret couldn't help but go out alone to find her grandfather, and it was really hard for her. Ordinary people don't have such strong self-control, even if they know that going out alone will not end well.
Of course, if Margaret really left Wednesday to look for her grandfather alone, then Wednesday wouldn't be able to care so much, he couldn't throw his life away for a mission, anyway, he had already told her the situation and the result, if she didn't listen, Wednesday wouldn't bother to care so much, it would be easy for him to escape alone.
"Margaret," Wednesday patted Margaret on the shoulder and said softly, "Don't worry too much, we'll figure it out at night," he said seriously, "If there are no accidents, your grandfather will not be in danger, although the strength of that cavalry captain is not bad, and the attack is also fierce, but he is too impatient, and if he can't attack for a long time, he will inevitably be defeated, and he will either flee or be killed." Margaret blinked her red eyes and grabbed Wednesday's arm and asked nervously, "Really?"
Looking at her eyes full of anticipation, Wednesday couldn't bear to say anything else, so she could only nod silently. Margaret didn't know if she believed Wednesday's words, so she let go of Wednesday's arm and sat on the grass with her knees in her arms, looking like an abandoned kitten, which was particularly cute.
Wednesday wanted to comfort him, but he didn't know how to speak, so he could only silently light a bonfire, boil water and get some dry food to satisfy his hunger.
"Is there anything else to eat?" said Wednesday and Margaret as they were munching on whole-wheat bread like Fellow Wax, when suddenly an old voice came from the darkness.
Hearing this sudden voice, Wednesday suddenly drew his ring knife and jumped up to block Margaret's side.
But Margaret pushed Wednesday away and rushed over, "Grandpa-" and cried before she could finish speaking.
Wednesday squinted his eyes and saw an old man dressed in an ordinary coarse cloth costume walking out of the darkness with Margaret in his arms. Standing still in front of Wednesday, the old man nodded, "Yes, young man, where are you from?"
Wednesday looked at this old man with a pale face like a zombie, and sighed secretly in his heart, the old man is really not pretending, and he is afraid that he will not be able to last too long. But looking at Margaret lying in his arms, Wednesday didn't say anything, just arched his hand and said, "I don't know where I'm from, I grew up in the mountains, and I only came out of the mountains seven days ago." ”
Margaret's grandfather nodded, sat down by the fire, and gently rubbed Margaret's hair, "Good thing she's okay." ”
Wednesday didn't say anything, took out a piece of ginseng, peeled a slice and handed it to the old man: "Eat it, it will have an effect." ”
The old man didn't say anything, took the piece of ginseng and put it in his mouth, chewed it like a turnip, and ate it. Then, the old man's eyes lit up, "It's really useful, give me some more ......" At this time, Margaret got up from the old man's arms and excitedly touched out the ginseng she had dug up, "Grandpa, grandpa, this is what I dug up, does it really work?" Like a child who is eager to show himself in front of his parents.
Wednesday looked at the old man thoughtfully and said: "Ginseng is effective, especially for a situation like yours, but it is difficult to cure it, and you can't eat too much at once. ”
The old man waved his hand and said nonchalantly, "It's okay, I know my own physical condition," and as he spoke, he took a ginseng from Margaret's hand, washed it, put it in his mouth, and chewed it all up.
I ate a whole root of fresh ginseng at once, and the effect came out quickly, and the old man's face suddenly became rosy, and it seemed to shimmer with some luster under the light of the fire. Margaret was so excited to see this that she handed all the ginseng to her grandfather.
But Wednesday shook his head in his heart, the old man was afraid that he wouldn't be able to last long. was already injured, and another big battle with that cavalry captain was already a fire candle in the wind. Eating a stick of ginseng now may stimulate some vitality, but it will not help, it is like pouring water into a broken tank, and no matter how much it is filled, it will leak.
But seeing that the old man knew his own situation very well, he didn't say much on Wednesday. What should come is still coming, what Margaret should bear still has to endure, can't run away, this is fate.
Watching the grandfather and grandson tell each other about their affection over there, Wednesday walked away with interest, and then stood under a big tree in the dark, and opened his system to check the task he had just completed.
"Ding: The status of the quest 'Dangerous Town' has been updated, the quest has been completed, good and evil +20, contribution +20, and 10 primary qi pills ×, ×1 of "Iron Arm Gong". ”
Seeing that the good and evil values and contribution values had arrived, and then ten primary qi pills and an iron arm gong had been obtained, Wednesday breathed a sigh of relief with satisfaction. The rewards of this mission are indeed not small, and although the risks are also great, it seems that everything is worth it now.
Wednesday's contribution has reached 31 points, and there are a few more missions that can be exchanged for new cheats. As for the hard skills of outsiders such as iron arm skills, Wednesday is not very fond of them, but for him at this time, it is also a good reward, and it is better than nothing, so he ordered to learn casually.
Primary Qi Pill: Recovers internal force, internal force +50
Iron Arm Gong: D-level, one of the Shaolin Temple Waifu Kung Fu, after exercise, the arms can be as hard as iron, not afraid of knives and guns. (Learning Requirements: None; Beginners.) )
Yiqi Pill is also a good thing, it can improve the continuous combat effectiveness, and when the internal force is exhausted, you have to rely on it, although it can only add 50 points of internal force.
As for "Iron Arm Gong", looking at the practice method, it is very boring, and with the use of medicinal materials to carry out continuous platoon exercises, slowly improve the toughness of the arms. Of course, looking at the introduction of the system, if this kung fu is practiced to a certain extent, the lethality and defense are quite terrifying.
After pondering it carefully, Wednesday felt that this kung fu was not useless, at least it could improve his defense, and in the absence of weapons, blocking the opponent's blade with both arms must have a surprise effect.
Thinking of this, Wednesday didn't feel how unbearable this kung fu was, just thinking about how to practice. According to the introduction of the system, Wednesday focused on his arms, and then pounded twice on the tree, but he almost didn't cry out in pain.
Margaret's grandfather shouted, "Let's get out of here." ”
Wednesday was about to go over, but then shook his head, "You guys go, I'm leaving too, I don't really want to get involved in this, and we don't have anything to do with each other, right?" ”
Hearing Wednesday say this, both Margaret and her grandfather were silent, what Wednesday said was the truth, he was just to complete the task, there was no need to get involved in such a thing.
Margaret didn't know about her grandfather's physical condition, and seeing that Wednesday didn't want to be with them, she didn't want to force it. But just as he wanted to speak, he was stopped by his grandfather, and then heard her grandfather shouting: "I have a task for you here, I don't know if you are willing to accept it?"
Hearing her grandfather's words, Margaret suddenly remembered something, "Mr. Wednesday, I asked you to help my grandfather with his illness, you haven't finished it, how can you leave like this?" She really didn't want Wednesday to leave like this, but she probably didn't realize why she thought so.
But I have to say that the words of the two grandparents made Wednesday a little embarrassed. If you want to say that there is a task, Wednesday will definitely not refuse, but you need to see if this task is difficult, if it is beyond his ability, Wednesday will naturally not accept it.
As for helping Margaret's grandfather, Wednesday had almost forgotten about it. One is because his own medical skills are really not very good, and he has no bottom in his heart, and the other is that he has seen it on Wednesday that Margaret's grandfather is not saved, unless Da Luo Jinxian descends to earth.
Because of these two reasons, Wednesday subconsciously ruled out the task of healing.
But at this time, he was shouted out by Margaret, but Wednesday couldn't pretend to be stupid anymore, he couldn't just say that your grandfather was not saved, he couldn't do anything like that.
Thinking of this, Wednesday shook his head and walked up to Margaret's grandfather and grandson, looked at Grandpa Margaret and said, "Excuse me, what can I do to help? ”
The old man's face glowing with a strange red light smiled slightly, "It's very simple, escort Margaret to a place, and when you reach the destination, the mission is completed."
"Where is the destination?" asked Wednesday cautiously, "what's at stake?"
The old man smiled slightly at Margaret's strange gaze: "Fox City in the southern part of the Gunas Province of the United Dudley Principality, although the road is far away, but no one will know your whereabouts, as long as you don't take the initiative to reveal your identity, no one will be unfavorable to you, of course, the chaos along the way, mercenaries, bandits, thieves or something still have to be guarded against, but I think with your ability, you should be able to deal with those small things." ”