Chapter Forty-Nine: Ancient Strange Medicine
The master and apprentice rode at a gallop and did not stay long on the way, until ten days later, when they stopped at the outskirts of a large mountain.
And there is not a town on this road, not even a small village, when asked about Pharmacist Li, the answer he got made Gu Xing a little worried, it turned out to be the only town occupied by the Silver Maple Gang within a thousand miles - Hongjiang City, and this city is actually deep into the mountains, and there are only towns out of the mountains, so that Gu Xing has a preliminary understanding of the geography of this world, that is, big, huge.
Gu Xing also thought about escaping along the way with Pharmacist Li, and also thought about secretly killing Pharmacist Li, but these two ideas were quickly denied by Gu Xing, where are you going to escape? Even if you escape, the speed is not as fast as Pharmacist Li, although they are all horseback, but Gu Xing doesn't think that he can be faster than Pharmacist Li, and it is even more difficult to assassinate, Pharmacist Li is much more clever than himself, even Lu Yinfeng has to surrender as a martial king, not to mention what level he is now?! Although I don't know what Lu Yinfeng cares about a great martial artist.
Once during the rest of the night, Gu Xing also took advantage of the time when he was separated from Pharmacist Li, took out the black flying object of the Taoist priest and looked at it, but he didn't know how to use it, even the blood sacrifice Gu Xing secretly tried it several times, but found nothing, the object that could fly far away in an instant had no reaction, and finally had to give up, and when he had time, he would go to find some information to check it.
Pharmacist Li looked at the large forest in front of him, and a smile appeared on his face: "Disciple, we have arrived." β
Gu Xing looked at the scene in front of him, not knowing if Pharmacist Li "arrived" meant that the place had arrived, or if there was other meaning, he didn't speak, just nodded.
Pharmacist Li glanced back at Gu Xing, and then said, "Get off the horse." β
Gu Xing opened his mouth and asked, "Don't you want to ride a horse, do you want to walk in?" Before Gu Xing's words were finished, he saw that as soon as Pharmacist Li raised his hand, a punch smashed on the horse's head, and the huge horse fell to the ground, before Gu Xing could react, Pharmacist Li shot again, and smashed the horse under Gu Xing to death with a punch, fortunately, Gu Xing's body was agile, jumped out of two feet, floated to the ground, and looked at Pharmacist Li in shock, but saw that Pharmacist Li did not have the slightest meaning to explain, but took out a gourd and poured some on the corpses of the two horses, in an instant, a black mist rose, Gu Xing subconsciously took a few steps back, and covered his mouth and nose, and saw that the horse corpse dissolved quickly at a speed visible to the naked eye, yes, it was dissolved, less than a cup of tea, The two horses with huge bodies disappeared, and two pools of black water appeared on the ground, Gu Xing also trembled in his heart when he looked at it, and his eyes when he looked at Medicine Master Li also increased his vigilance.
Seeing the two horses turn into black water, Pharmacist Li waved at Gu Xing: "Okay, let's go." β
The two began to walk towards the forest, although there was no road to walk along the way, the speed of walking was not affected in the slightest, even so, until it was almost dark, Pharmacist Li's footsteps stopped, Gu Xing looked forward, and found that there was a boulder in front of him, surrounded by lush vegetation, almost enveloping this big stone, just when Gu Xing looked closely, Pharmacist Li went around, and then the voice came: "Follow me." β
Gu Xing saw that Pharmacist Li had gone around the stone and disappeared, and hurriedly followed, it turned out that behind the stone was a secret passage that only allowed one person to climb past, Pharmacist Li had already drilled in, Gu Xing was small, and he got into it without much effort, it was dark at first, and suddenly his eyes lit up, but it was Pharmacist Li who was not far in front of him who raised a night pearl in his hand, illuminating this narrow passage, seeing Gu Xing come in, Pharmacist Li sprinkled a handful of powder with his hand, fell at the entrance of the cave, and then walked inside.
The passage inside is not high, only two feet, follow Pharmacist Li bent down, this way walked about three miles, the top of the cave suddenly rose, Pharmacist Li exhaled lightly, also straightened up, and accelerated to the pace, this passage twisted and turned, and walked a meal, a wall in front of him was blocked.
Gu Xing was about to speak, but he saw Pharmacist Li's palm slapping on a raised stone on the side, and the "wall" in front of him slowly opened.
When I entered here, it was still a passage, and after passing through seven trap walls in a row, I saw Pharmacist Li stop.
Gu Xingdu secretly sighed that the people who cultivated the mechanism were too cautious, and they walked so far before they saw a secret room.
And in this secret room, there are a few night pearls hanging everywhere, very bright, Gu Xing can take a closer look around, this is a place like a cave, there is a passage inside, because the light inside is dim, it is not clear to see, but a passage is certain, it seems that there is another room.
Where Gu Xing stands, the surrounding stone chamber is not big, and there is no door blocked, I can see it very clearly, the first stone chamber on the left hand is full of stone chambers that are actually carbon crystals, and the second stone room is a row of wooden shelves, which is empty, looking to the right, there is only one Ding furnace in the first stone room, and the size is less than one foot, and the second stone room is also a Ding furnace, however, this Ding furnace is very large, enough for three people to hug each other, the height is about one zhang, and there are many carbon crystals that are not burned under the furnace, it seems that this is the place where the pill is refinedγ
Just when Gu Xing was still looking at the space, Pharmacist Li spoke: "Apprentice, this is a secret cave found for the teacher, the stone chamber here has existed before, and the place for the teacher to refine the elixir. β
Gu Xingcai didn't believe that Pharmacist Li was refining pills here, after all, he had never seen those poisons refined in the Silver Maple Gang, and, looking at the scene here, it seemed that those harmful poisons were probably refined here.
Pharmacist Li pointed to the first stone chamber in his right hand: "Apprentice, you will temporarily use the Ding Furnace here to refine the elixir with formulas below the third grade for the teacher, and refine the main formula for the teacher, it is estimated that three months is enough." β
Gu Xing was stunned for a moment, he ran so far, just to refine the pill? Seeing Gu Xing's somewhat puzzled look, Pharmacist Li smiled: "Apprentice, what I have refined for my teacher this time is an earth-shattering Ancient Qi Pill. β
"Ancient Qi Dan?!, how strange is it?" Gu Xing subconsciously asked.
Pharmacist Li also smiled, did not answer Gu Xing's question, and turned to look at the copper furnace, his eyes fluttering, as if he was reminiscing about something.
Seeing this, Gu Xing frowned slightly, and muttered in his heart: "This Pharmacist Li came here to refine the pill, it seems that it really seems to be a powerful elixir, but should I have made plans to leave earlier?"
At this time, Gu Xing and Pharmacist Li were like wood carving clay sculptures, and after almost half an hour of Pharmacist Li's contemplation, just when Gu Xing felt a little uncomfortable with his feet, Pharmacist Li's voice came from his ears: "Apprentice, go to fetch water and eat first, prepare for the teacher, and start alchemy after the meal." After that, without waiting for Gu Xing to answer, he actually went forward, Gu Xing looked down the road, it was a stone room in the back, there was obviously a bed in it, and in the place where Pharmacist Li left, a package appeared there, Gu Xing opened it and saw that it was a set of cooking things, pots and pans.
Gu Xing understood Pharmacist Li's intentions, so he didn't hesitate, and looked around, where was there any water?
Gu Xing walked carefully to the mouth of the passage, and couldn't help but be happy, it turned out that there were things to draw water here, and there was a night pearl every dozen steps, but the light of the night pearl here was a little faint, which caused it to look a little dark here from the outside, it seems that Pharmacist Li also knew that Gu Xing would find water, and sure enough, less than twenty zhang forward was a slow-flowing Qingshui River, but the two ends of the river were mountain walls, and there was no way out.
When Gu Xing returned to the front again, three big rabbits had been placed on a stone table, and they had been stripped of their fur and had been disposed of, Gu Xing flipped it over with his hand, and there were many medicinal herbs in the rabbit's internal organs, and at this moment, the voice of Pharmacist Li sounded in his ears again: "Disciple, just stew the rabbit directly." β
Gu Xing agreed, and got busy, everything looked normal, but Gu Xing didn't notice that the excitement and anticipation that Pharmacist Li in the other stone room looked at him, as if he was looking at a treasure.
Time passed quickly, and half an hour later, a faint medicinal fragrance came out of the pot, and the smell of rabbit meat could not be smelled, which made people feel strange, Gu Xing was also surprised, but after thinking that the rabbit's belly was full of medicinal herbs, he was also relieved.
Opening the lid of the pot and looking inside, Gu Xing was shocked, where is there rabbit meat in the pot? It's all a pot of soup, however, the soup looks like jelly, transparent but solid, Gu Xing subconsciously reached out and poked it up, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Skin stew?!"
Gu Xing carefully shoveled up a little with a shovel, put it on the tip of his nose and smelled it, only the smell of medicinal herbs, no smell of meat, he was puzzled, so he simply went down with a shovel, and looked at the bottom of the pot, it was pitch black, it was all medicine residue, and when he looked at it, there were still some rabbit bones, but there were not many, and he was shocked again: "What kind of medicine is this?
Gu Xing's heart was thinking about dissolution, so he was also a little nervous in his heart, after all, this Pharmacist Li was not a good person. At this moment, a voice came, startling Gu Xing, who was concentrated: "Apprentice, have you cooked the rabbit?"
Gu Xing's hand trembled, the medicine residue fell to his feet, looked back, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Master, there is no meat." β
Pharmacist Li glanced at the pot: "That's it, you just put it in the bowl, eat first." After that, he sat down at the table next to him, Gu Xing didn't think much about it, took out the wooden bowl, and filled a large bowl for Pharmacist Li, then took a few steps back and looked at Pharmacist Li.
Pharmacist Li took a few bites, felt Gu Xing looking at him, and said sideways, "Apprentice, why don't you eat?"
Gu Xing hurriedly explained: "The master will eat first, and the disciple will eat later." β
Pharmacist Li didn't continue to say anything, and ate a bowl of skin stew without much effort, and then said to Gu Xing: "It's best to eat this medicinal food while it's hot, otherwise the medicinal effect will be reduced a lot." With that, he got up and left.
Gu Xing secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Is this medicine really okay?" After thinking about it for a while, he still didn't dare to eat it, turned his back to the direction of Pharmacist Li, and pretended to eat these skin stews, but he shoveled out the skin stew in the pot and threw it into the grass in the pagoda, but he took out a steamed bun that was still in the ring in his hand, and ate it in a few bites, and after eating a few, he felt full, and wiped the remaining skin stew in the pot to his lips, and then turned back to Pharmacist Li and said loudly: "Master, I'm done eating." β
Pharmacist Li snorted, and then said, "Go sleep first, take care of your spirits, and start alchemy tomorrow." β
Gu Xing agreed, walked to the stone room where the wooden shelf was placed, and lay down on the lowest shelf, hey, it was just right for his current body, and after a short time, Gu Xing felt tired, and soon fell asleep.
Just after Gu Xing fell asleep, a black figure appeared in front of Gu Xing, under the illumination of the night pearl, his face was full of excitement, and the corners of his mouth also showed a cruel smile. But Gu Xing, who was asleep, didn't notice it, but a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, as if he had dreamed of some good dream.