Chapter 132: Precursor to the Great Tribulation
Lin Feng took Xiao Chen to the mountain gate of the Medicine King Valley, and there were two gatekeeper disciples roasting in a shed next to him.
"I am a disciple of the Jiuding Sect, and I have come here for this experience, so I will visit your sect by the way. Lin Feng was also very polite to these gatekeepers, and by the way, he took out the identity jade talisman in the Jiuding Sect.
"The Jiuding Sect is one of the Nine Great Immortal Sects! Your Excellency is here, so I'll go and report it!" A disciple who guarded the door went in with some excitement after checking the identity jade talisman.
From time to time, disciples who went out to collect medicine returned, and the mounts they rode were low-level demon beasts of the same grade as the blue-eyed cloud eagle, after all, the Medicine King Valley was not as good as the Jiuding Sect, and they would not make a place to raise spirit beasts.
Most of the disciples who went out to collect medicine cultivated blood clotting triple or quadruple, and it was not difficult to deal with some middle and low-level demon beasts in the mountains and forests. And the outstanding disciples who have reached the fifth level or above of blood coagulation should all be in retreat and penance, and there are no outstanding people among the junior disciples of the Medicine King Valley, and there is a gap in strength.
After a while, the gatekeeper disciple returned, followed by a middle-aged man in a short and fat blue jacket, who was very amiable, and waved to Lin Feng with a happy smile.
The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Your Excellency is an excellent disciple of the Jiuding Sect, and your presence here today really makes the valley shine! ”
Lin Feng nodded very gracefully, and then walked in with Xiao Chen, the architectural style here is very different from the Jiuding Sect, the Jiuding Sect is a great sect of immortals, everywhere exudes fairy energy, the building is magnificent and atmospheric, and the building here is mainly in the rural style, the Quyuan corridor, built according to the reeds, the water lilies on the pool are green, the wind and snow can not make it wither, there are several fishing platforms on the shore, but no one comes to fish in such weather.
Snow and ice adorn the complex, plunging the area into a long period of tranquility, with occasional birdsong.
In the Valley of the Medicine King, Lin Feng felt very relaxed, he didn't have to sit upright like in the Jiuding Sect, the life here was relatively leisurely, the disciples went out to collect medicine or went outside to buy various materials, and then came back to carry out their respective tasks, they didn't particularly care about cultivation, and the competition between the same sect was naturally not fierce.
"It seems that the high-ranking figures of the Medicine King Valley have not changed the system, following the traditional practice of Yi Yun at that time, it is indeed a very complicated thing to make a sect strong. Perhaps it was only when the crisis approached in the past few years that their high-level figures urgently felt the importance of cultivating outstanding disciples. Lin Feng said in his heart.
Everywhere he passed, whenever a disciple saw the middle-aged man in the blue jacket, he respectfully shouted: "Uncle Xiang." This person's qualifications in the Medicine King Valley are quite old.
The middle-aged man took Lin Feng and Xiao Chen to a spacious and elegant living room, where a female disciple with beautiful eyebrows brought tea, poured the steaming medicinal tea into the teacup with a light smile, and said softly: "Distinguished guests, please use it slowly." ”
Then the female disciple stood beside him, Xiao Chen was sixteen years old, and he rarely saw a beautiful girl, so he couldn't help but see it, and his eyes didn't move.
The female disciple felt embarrassed and looked to the other side, and the middle-aged man saw this scene and smiled with a smile: "You can call me Uncle Xiang, I don't know what to call you?"
Lin Feng said: "My name is Lin Feng, this is my brother Xiao Chen, he grew up in the countryside since he was a child, please forgive me for being rude." ”
"This little brother has clear eyebrows and clear bones, and his talent in cultivation must be very high, he will definitely be a dragon and a phoenix among people in the future, so why should heroes ask about their origins?" the middle-aged man smiled.
Then he approached Lin Feng again and said in a low voice: "If Brother Ling takes a fancy to this female disciple, I can make the decision to let him take it away!"
"Isn't that okay?" Lin Feng smiled lightly.
"Why not? Being able to have a good relationship with the disciples of the Jiuding Sect is very beneficial to the Medicine King Valley, and it is also her blessing that this female disciple can go with you. "The middle-aged man is like a worldly businessman.
Lin Feng said in his heart: "The name of Jiuding Sect is really bluffing, so that others have to send female disciples." ”
Leisurely took a sip of tea, the special medicinal fragrance lingered between the lips and teeth, and the tea fragrance could be slowly felt, it was really extraordinary, Lin Feng took a long breath and said: "I'll talk about this later, my brother is still young, so there is no need to think about this kind of thing in a hurry." But your medicinal tea is really good. ”
The female disciple was still shy before, but as soon as she mentioned the medicinal tea, she said proudly: "Of course, many of the accessories produced by our Medicine King Valley are unique, and all kinds of elixirs and medicinal teas are treasures that people from the outside world dream of!"
"It is precisely because of its uniqueness that the Medicine King Valley has its charm, and it is really good for you to live and cultivate again. Lin Feng nodded and smiled, "I came to place the Medicine King Valley this time, and by the way, I wanted to inquire about the next old man, who is also from the Medicine King Valley." ”
"Oh, who can be an old friend with the outstanding disciples of the Jiuding Sect?" the middle-aged man was a little curious.
Lin Feng said: "Do you know Ouyang Xu?"
In Lin Feng's opinion, Lu Xueyao's master Ouyang Xu's cultivation was not yet five levels of blood coagulation, and he couldn't help himself in that small battle in the valley, so he shouldn't be a big man.
"No wonder, Ouyang Xu is a well-known figure in our Medicine King Valley, Dan King Ouyang Xu! His own cultivation is less than the fifth level of blood coagulation, but his alchemy technique can be called a generation of masters, and he is a first-class figure in the Medicine King Valley!"
In fact, the pills refined by the Medicine King Valley were not as high-grade as the pills of the Jiuding Sect, after all, the foundation here was small, and it was far inferior in terms of precious materials.
However, the Medicine King Valley specializes in medical techniques and Dan Dao, and the scale of cultivated medicinal herbs here is very large, and the elixirs refined can be used by more monks, and they are more famous in the outside world. Generally, people don't compare the Medicine King Valley with the Jiuding Sect, and the fields involved in the two are different.
When I met Ouyang Xu in a canyon in the jungle of Shunan, he was a middle-aged scribe, and his cultivation was not high, and the two warriors who were chasing and killing Lin Feng at that time did not take Ouyang Xu seriously. And after that, when he treated Lin Feng's injuries, he didn't use any special means, this is a real person who doesn't show his face!
"Ouyang Xu is in retreat refining a furnace of precious pills, so you won't be able to see him in a short period of time. Everything is as usual in the Medicine King Valley, Brother Lin, you can visit and watch everywhere, and it's okay if you need me to lead the way. As for your accommodation, I'll arrange the best rooms. The middle-aged man said sincerely.
Lin Feng nodded and said, "I visited the Medicine King Valley this time, of course I don't want to disrupt your normal rhythm of life and cultivation. If there is something in the Medicine King Valley that needs my help, I won't shirk it. ”
The middle-aged man glanced at Lin Feng carefully, his gaze looked like a secular businessman, but there was a little depth in this floating gaze.
"This young man's cultivation is profound, at least he has the cultivation of the sixfold blood condensation, and he can exert even higher combat effectiveness, and his bearing is extraordinary, and in the Jiuding Sect, he can also be regarded as an outstanding elite. It seems that the next days of Medicine King Valley will be difficult to calm down. The middle-aged man said in his heart.
He looked like a gentle smile, like a businessman, but he actually saw it through in his heart, and a sense of uneasiness rose in his heart, it was the first time he had such a premonition after staying in the Medicine King Valley for so many years.
The middle-aged man was silent for a moment, and said in his heart: "I only hope that some of the masters who came to the Medicine King Valley this time can support us, this Lin Feng is not simple, with my experience of reading people for so many years, I still can't see through him, I hope he is a friend and not an enemy, otherwise the Medicine King Valley will be difficult to get through this time." ”
Lin Feng and Xiao Chen leisurely sipped the medicinal tea, looking at the ice and snow outside, their hearts were very calm, sometimes the sect often became a source of great pressure, and being alone was happy to be at ease.
It can be said that if you are poor, you will be good alone, and you will help the world.
After a while, Lin Feng got up and said, "I'm going to go out and walk around casually, I don't know if there is any forbidden place in the Medicine King Valley that can't be visited?"
"Brother Lin is worthy of being a disciple of the Immortal Dao Sect, and he is really thoughtful, there are two places in the Medicine King Valley where you can't trespass without permission, one is the Xiyun Peak where the old Gu Lord retreats and cultivates, and the other is the Fire Spirit Cave, there are stone tablets in both places, you can pay attention to them. "Middle-aged humane.
Of course, Lin Feng knew that the forbidden place of the Fire Spirit Cave was the place where the Medicine Ghost Monk, one of the two masters of the Medicine King Valley, was located, and the middle-aged man did not mention this matter, it seemed that the reputation of the Medicine Ghost Monk was indeed not good, and it was not enough for outsiders.
The female disciple who served the tea took out two chic oil-paper umbrellas and handed them to Lin Feng and Xiao Chen respectively, and said with a smile: "The wind and snow outside are getting bigger and bigger, so it's more comfortable to wear an umbrella." ”
Lin Feng thanked him, opened the oil-paper umbrella, and walked out of the living room, the cold wind was howling outside, and snowflakes were flying all over the sky like torn cotton wool.
The trees around the complex are covered with crystal ice edges, which are covered in silver, which has a unique style.
And on the corridor in the valley, you can see some disciples passing by, after so many years of elixir edification, they all have a unique temperament, giving people a feeling full of aura, neither rough nor delicate. Especially the female disciples seem to have a faint dusty temperament, leaving the world and independent, and the smile is so appropriate.
And among these disciples, the senior brother and the junior sister seem to be very rusty, and their behavior is very restrained, Yaowanggu is very conservative, and the words and deeds between the disciples do not dare to be presumptuous, and they must not violate the etiquette law.
After a few years in such an environment, the ambition in the hearts of the disciples has long been exhausted, and every day they just complete the plans that have been formulated for a long time, collect medicine and alchemy, study pharmacology, and dominate one of the four major sects in Yunhai County, and the people here live such a monotonous life.
When Lin Feng passed by the bamboo bridge, he attracted the attention of these female disciples, there was no man with such a bearing in the Medicine King Valley, he had the bearing of a grandmaster at a young age, his cultivation was unfathomable, his eyes were deep but not clear, and there was a hint of indifferent smile on the corner of his mouth.
After the bamboo bridge, there is a bamboo forest, bamboo is the most cold-resistant, so the snow can not hide its branches and leaves, under the white snow, it looks more verdant, like jade.
"Who's fragrant snow curtain, deep in the bamboo forest is cooking wine. Lin Feng felt a flickering feeling in his heart, and unconsciously made such a poem, and then shook his head and smiled bitterly, this is all what can be made by the literature he learned in his previous life, and now in this cultivation world, how can he go back? This is more sad than nostalgia, and the two worlds may be on the other side of the starry sky.
"Brother Lin, you are really an elegant person, although I don't know these verses, but I also know that the Dao is very well written, and the disciples of the Immortal Dao Sect are different. Xiao Chen exclaimed.
"You kid have also learned to brag?I just have occasional feelings, you still have to take a good look at this female disciple in the past, if you like it, go to talk, come out to practice, you have to learn a little bit!" Lin Feng didn't want to fall into that tangled mood anymore, so he changed the topic and made fun of Xiao Chen.
Lin Feng still couldn't change the habits of his previous life, stretched out his finger and emitted a green sword light, and engraved the poem he had just made on a bamboo.
Thinking about those literati and writers in the previous life, they would splash ink and compose poems before the famous places, which have been passed down through the ages, but it is indeed difficult to see them in this cultivation world today, and most people are busy cultivating, so how can they have the leisure to pour out any poems?
Many female disciples who were looking at Lin Feng from a distance were all talking, they didn't understand Lin Feng's behavior, Lin Feng smiled leisurely, and walked forward casually, Xiao Chen was stunned for a moment, and followed.
Turning a corridor, I saw a lot of people gathered in front of me, it seemed that something had happened, and Lin Feng also went over to join in the fun.
It was behind the rockery of the pavilion, and there was a corpse crawling on the snow, an old monk with gray hair, dressed in a dark green robe, with two small poisoned arrows on his back, his face had been blackened by poisonous gas, and his expression was very painful.
Lin Feng glanced at it, and soon noticed that the old man had a thick callus on his palm, he was a monk who had been holding weapons for a long time, and the dark green robe on his body was made of quite extraordinary material, so he should be a good casual cultivator.
So where is the storage bag of this loose cultivator? It must have been taken away before, and now the people gathered here to watch the excitement did not rush to the scene immediately.
"This is definitely not our people from the Medicine King Valley, who exude such a strong demonic aura, it should be a demonic monk outside. "A disciple of the Medicine King Valley.
"He was too bold, he dared to sneak into the back yam garden to steal precious medicinal materials, and the two poisonous arrows on his back were the mechanisms arranged on the third floor of the medicine garden, and his cultivation was not bad. Another disciple muttered.
The others nodded in agreement, and Lin Feng said, "Then have you seen where the precious medicinal materials he stole are?"
Only then did they realize that someone had already taken away the things on this monk's body, and it stands to reason that the disciples of the Medicine King Valley are all devoted to medical research and will not be greedy for these things, but it is reasonable that there is such a one.
The dozens of monks present did not recognize which sect this monk came from, and could only conclude that he was a demonic cultivator, and such a thing happened in the calm Medicine King Valley, and more and more disciples came to inquire about it.
Soon, a monk dressed in a moon-white robe walked up, quite dignified, and the disciples saluted him one after another, calling him "Elder Yi." ”
He was a descendant of the Yi Yun family, serving as a law enforcement elder in the Medicine King Valley, and he attached great importance to this matter.
There were two things that made Elder Yi anxious: one was that the Demon Dao cultivators outside had taken advantage of the decline of the Medicine King Valley and started to do it, and the other was that there were people who were greedy and windfall among the disciples of this sect. It can be described as internal and external troubles, this is just a small matter before the catastrophe, Elder Yi has a lot of thoughts in his heart, he has always been calm, but now it is difficult to calm down.
Elder Yi carefully inspected the corpse of the old monk, and all he found was this, and when he was anxious, he saw that Lin Feng was different from other disciples, his face was very majestic, and he said in a deep voice: "You are not from the Medicine King Valley?"
"My name is Lin Feng, I am indeed not from the Medicine King Valley, I am from the Jiuding Sect, I have traveled so far this time, I don't know what advice Elder Yi has?" Lin Feng said neither humbly nor arrogantly.
Elder Yi looked at Lin Feng for a while, and felt that he was calm and upright, and he was indeed a disciple of the Immortal Dao Great Sect, so his attitude improved, and he smiled: "It was me who was abrupt just now, Lin Daoyou came to our Medicine King Valley as a guest, it is really our honor, and now that such a thing has happened, we are really ashamed!"
Lin Feng arched his hand and said: "Elder Yi doesn't have to be polite, these loose cultivators from outside have come in to steal, and they are also to blame for dying here after being hit by a poisonous arrow, the most important thing at present is to be vigilant and arrange the defense system of the Medicine King Valley, from this monk, it can be seen that the people outside have begun to covet the Medicine King Valley." ”
Elder Yi thought so, and sighed: "This is exactly what I am anxious about, Lin Daoyou can quickly think of this, it can be described as wise. ”
Lin Feng smiled and said, "Elder Yi has praised it, this time I happened to travel here at the time of the danger of the Medicine King Valley, and once there is someone who needs my help, I will never push it back." ”
Elder Yi felt that Lin Feng was indeed a rare handsome man of the younger generation, and then he ordered his subordinates to go and strengthen the defense of the Medicine King Valley, not only to increase the strength of the guards, but also to summon most of the retreat cultivation disciples to come out to deal with this catastrophe.
It can be said that the mainstay of the Medicine King Valley, Yi Yun and the Medicine King Valley, are approaching, which is the fundamental reason why the major forces covet the foundation of the Medicine King Valley.
And Lin Feng's Blood Killing Sect sent an elite to come to catch the woman with the ice bone physique, this is just a coincidence, Lu Xueyao, a disciple of the Medicine King Valley, just happened to have this unique ice bone physique, which was needed by the snake demon cave master, of course Huang Fu Hao had to use all the strength of the Blood Killing Sect to capture Lu Xueyao back.
In Lin Feng's opinion, the other three major sects of Yunhai County in Shu Kingdom, the Tibetan Sword Villa, the Butterfly Sect, and the Momen all sent several elite disciples to the Medicine King Valley, and the reasons they were looking for were high-sounding, and their real purpose was obvious, they all wanted to fish in troubled waters, or it could be said that the wall fell down and everyone pushed it, and the Medicine King Valley became a lamb to be slaughtered in their eyes.
In addition, there are some casual cultivators who believe that their cultivation is good is also playing this idea, and these people take the opportunity to make trouble together, and the Medicine King Valley is in danger. I really don't know if Yi Yun and the medicine ghost monk can put aside their cultivation and come out to stop this mess.
There are really not many masters in the Medicine King Valley, for example, this Elder Yi is in a high position, in fact, his cultivation is only in the late stage of the fifth stage of blood coagulation, and the middle-aged man in the blue jacket is also an old figure in the Medicine King Valley, but he has to deal with a lot of trivial matters.
"There are many strange people in the scattered cultivation, and the elite disciples from the other three major sects of Yunhai County are not very powerful, but they will also send some masters of the older generation, how can the Medicine King Valley resist it? Lin Feng had some scheming in his heart, of course he wouldn't tell these words to the elders of the Medicine King Valley on the surface.
"Elder Yi, the elite disciples of the Butterfly Transformation Sect have come to ask for the lost Spirit Weapon Condensation Bottle. "One of the disciples hurriedly ran to report.
Elder Yi snorted coldly and said, "This group of cubs, they have lost their treasures in the Butterfly Sect, but they have come to our Medicine King Valley to beg for it, it is really hateful!"