Before the two of them came down the mountain, someone came up the mountain the next day.

When he came to worship the mountain, Liu Xiaolou was hunting at the bottom of the mountain, and when he returned to the mountain with a fat wild boar, he happened to be stopped by this person on the mountain road.

"You are the Liu Xiaolou that Xing Dejun said?" The person who came looked to be around forty years old, with a mustache on the side of his mouth, looking at Liu Xiaolou up and down.

"Respect is ......" Liu Xiaolou looked puzzled.

"I am a visiting deacon of the Qingyu Sect, and my surname is Hou Mingsheng." The man put his left hand behind his back, and introduced himself with a mustache in his right hand.

Liu Xiaolou hurriedly put down the flat shoulder and bowed his hand: "I've seen Deacon Hou!" ”

Qingyuzong is located on Junshan Island in the middle of Dongting Lake, less than two miles to the east, and is one of the blessed places for cultivation in the world. Qingyu Sect is a famous sect, more famous than the Xiangxi Zhanglong faction, the Xiangnan Dongyang faction, and the Lu clan in Xiangzhong Tianmushan, as for the visiting deacons, they are usually the monks who are sponsored by the inner doors of each sect to investigate the case, and the cultivation is not necessarily very high, but for Liu Xiaolou, it is definitely an existence that cannot be provoked, and the entire sect stands behind the people.

"Are you a loose cultivator in Xiangxi Oolong Mountain?" Deacon Hou continued to ask.

"Yes." Liu Xiaolou is very honest, just as honest as he should deal with the deacons of the Zhanglong faction. It's not good to be honest in this kind of small joint, people can check it at any time, once they find out that you are lying, maybe they will automatically move you closer to a certain case in their hands, and it will be a big trouble.

"Where do you practice in Oolong Mountain?"

"Deacon Huihou, practice in Qianzhuling."

"Let me ask you, what is the mountain northwest of Qianzhuling? What kind of mountain is the Northeast? Who is your neighbor? ”

Is this cross-examination? Check if you're making it up?

Liu Xiaolou's trip is above board, of course, there is no need to talk nonsense, tell me one by one at the moment.

Deacon Hou was noncommittal to his answer, and he didn't know what mountains and people lived around Qianzhuling, so he just reminded: "I'll go and verify, you'd better tell the truth." ”

Liu Xiaolou was very helpless: "The deacon can visit as much as possible, and he will know when he asks at Wulong Mountain." ”

Then, Deacon Hou asked Liu Xiaolou about the purpose of coming to Xingde Mountain, how long he was going to stay, etc., and then said: "You casual cultivators, since you are here, be honest, don't have any messy thoughts, otherwise my Qingyu Sect will not be spared!" ”

was stopped and interrogated inexplicably, but Liu Xiaolou could only swallow his anger and continued to nod: "Yes." ”

Deacon Hou asked again, "What suspicious people have you seen recently?" ”

"When the deacon says suspicious, he means ......"

"Unknown origin, hidden head, sneaky...... Etcetera. ”

"This is not the case, if it happens, you must quickly tell the deacon."

Deacon Hou nodded and said in a deep voice, "My Qingyu Sect is cleaning up the Taoyuan Mountains, and those people of unknown origin must be cleaned up and blown away to protect the peace of the party." You are also considered a good fate, Xing Dejun is willing to guarantee you, but if you want to live here for a long time, you still have to register and get a temporary residence card. ”

As he spoke, he patted his waist.

Only then did Liu Xiaolou notice a string of small wooden cards hanging around his waist, and immediately realized: "Dare to ask the deacon, how much does he charge from the example?" ”

Qingyuzong's move is no different from the Zhanglong faction that dominates Xiangxi, every three or five years, the Zhanglong faction has to send deacons into the mountains to clean up the "unknown origin" of the field, so Liu Xiaolou is clear.

Deacon Hou nodded, feeling that he could be taught, his tone changed a lot, and he smiled: "Twenty taels of silver." ”

This time, he collected the silver that Liu Xiaolou brought with him, and after handing over the silver, he received the wooden plaque, which was engraved with the words: "Yun Taoyuan Mountain Temporary Residence".

Deacon Hou left satisfied, and Liu Xiaolou spat at the ground: "What's the matter!" ”

Back to Xingdeguan, Xingdejun told Liu Xiaolou: "Don't go down the mountain in the past two days, something happened to the Qingyu Sect, and I am searching for suspicious loose cultivation from outside, although I will guarantee you, but I am not stable, if you meet a strange Qingyu Sect deacon alone, and I am not around, I will inevitably suffer some hardships." ”

Liu Xiaolou asked: "The Taoyuan Mountains are taken care of by the Qingyu Sect?" ”

Xing Dejun said: "This place is located between the forces of the two sects, the Lu clan of Tianmu Mountain in the west, and the Qingyu Sect of Dongting Lake in the east. ”

Liu Xiaolou asked again: "What happened to the Qingyu Sect?" ”

Xing Dejun shook his head and said: "It is said that a few days ago, there was a foreign scattered cultivator who ransacked the Zhou family, and the Zhou family is a cultivator family attached to the Qingyu Sect, and the family has a lot of assets, so this time there is a big loss." I heard that it was summoned by a thief surnamed Wang, and this group of small people ......"

Liu Xiaolou was dumbfounded, Boss Wang posted a hero post again?

Immediately fascinated - it's a pity that I didn't receive the hero post of Dai Sanren, listen to Xing Dejun's meaning, this Zhou family is a fat sheep......

"Xiaolou? Small building? Xing Dejun asked, "What are you doing in a daze?" Do you know the news of these thieves? ”

Liu Xiaolou hurriedly denied: "Where is the news of the juniors?" The seniors know that the juniors have been in the view for more than half a month. These traitors rob the rich...... It's really hateful to go around robbing homes and houses, if I know, I will immediately report to the Qingyu Sect, and I will not let them go unpunished! ”

Xing Dejun brushed his beard and said, "Actually...... It doesn't have to be. ”

"Huh? What does the predecessor mean? ”

"The few people in charge of the Zhou family are not good people, and they should suffer a little."

"The Zhou family is not a good person? I see......"

"There are also good people in the Zhou family, but the few who call the shots are not good people."

"Junior...... Got it......"

So Liu Xiaolou avoided the edge and did not go down the mountain to hunt, a wild boar is a hundred catties, and it is not perishable in winter, which is enough for Xingdejun to eat.

After a few days like this, Xing Dejun felt that his injuries had healed by seven or eighty percent, and finally beckoned Liu Xiaolou to accompany him down the mountain.

On the way down the mountain, he took Liu Xiaolou halfway into the forest and came to a mountain col: "Have you ever seen bloodstone?" ”

Liu Xiaolou nodded: "Its quality is like wax, and its color is like blood." ”

Xing Dejun nodded: "Then you should know, the purpose of bloodstone?" ”

Liu Xiaolou said: "It contains cinnabar, I heard that it is a material for alchemy." ”

Xingdejun said: "Cinnabar has the effect of communicating with heaven and man, not only alchemy, but also refining talismans and refining tools must use cinnabar, and the true yuan can be unimpeded in the utensils." There is bloodstone in my Xingde Mountain, which is of good quality, but others don't know about it. ”

Liu Xiaolou looked at a small cave on the mountain pass: "Is this here?" It looks like a bear hole. ”

Xing Dejun took out a foot-long pickaxe and handed it to him: "You go and dig two pieces of bloodstone, remember not to break it." Bloodstone is the essence of heaven and earth, has its own vitality, and after it is damaged, it will leak its vitality, there is a mediocre master who does not know its reason, thinking that this thing is ordinary, and he is negligent when mining, and even directly knocks and grinds the powder, and the cinnabar obtained is very mediocre, and he can't refine the best magic weapon. ”

Don't look at it and listen to the ordinary, but the trick is often so simple, Xing Dejun came up to teach the true method, which surprised Liu Xiaolou, and felt solemn, carrying a pickaxe into the cave, leaning sideways and digging around, digging carefully, little by little pry the sand and gravel soil downward.

It took an hour to dig up two pieces of bloodstone, all of which were in perfect condition, and they didn't even dare to wipe the soil attached to them, and handed them over to Xingdejun.

Xing Dejun put it away with satisfaction, waved his hand, and said, "Let's go, go to the next place." ”