Chapter 479: Branches

Compared with the rugged terrain of the Huaxue River Basin, the terrain on the banks of the Yongquan River is much flatter. Much of the Yongquan River runs through the trees, and at this time of year the river has long been frozen, except this year. Thinking of the strange poison in the water, Hua Qingyu suspected that the Tianxing River and its tributaries were not freezing, which must be man-made.

When she arrived at the Yongquan River, the first thing Hua Qingyu did was to try it again. After sprinkling the water with giant snake saliva, yellow stone powder, and poison detection powder, the water of the Yongquan River immediately turned red.

Sure enough, there are also strange poisonous raw materials in the Yongquan River. Hua Qingyu said in her heart.

Speaking of the strange poison in the Heavenly Star River, although it is very evil, as a member of Hua Junmen, Hua Qingyu is quite interested in it. According to her many years of experience in refining poisons, the more high-grade poisons with such strange effects, the more stringent the requirements for poison refining conditions. From the quality of the materials, the ratio of the materials, the tools for refining poisons, the environment for refining drugs, the way of refining drugs and the ability of the refiners, every aspect must not be neglected, so as to achieve high-quality poisons.

But this strange poison is an exception.

In terms of the quality of the material, judging from the two materials that have been mastered, one is the saliva of the giant python, which is not processed at all, and the other is a crispy "stone", which does not look like a high-grade material.

In terms of the proportion of materials, the giant python salivates more and sometimes less, and the "stone" is soaked in the water, and finally through the river water as the medium, and finally mixed together, there is no "proportion" at all.

There are no tools for refining poison at all.

The environment of poison refining is directly between heaven and earth and nature, and it no longer makes sense to consider this.

The method of refining poison is the most common, the most common, and the simplest way of "mixing", which is completely unmanned, and is more crude than "blending".

Strictly speaking, the formation process of this strange poison is not the word "refining".

Could it be that the ability of the poison refiner is really so outstanding, and he can even ignore other factors and make a world-class poison in such a rudimentary way? Hua Qingyu couldn't believe it.

This poison has an inexplicable connection with the fierce demon Qu Shuoheng and the Chixi Emperor Ji Yuqiu, and Hua Qingyu's heart feels heavy, so he is silent most of the time along the way. Fei Tukong knew that she had something on her mind, and he didn't say much.

The Yongquan River is slightly shorter than the Huaxue River, and the spring at its source is in the saddle between the two peaks. It is a depression where water gushes from dozens of springs and gathers into a small lake. After the lake fills the depression, it flows down from the sloping ditch between the two peaks, forming the Yongquan River.

The two walked for almost two days, and finally walked out of the vast forest. The woods cover all the way down to the roots of the hillside where the spring is located. After coming out of the woods, the slopes of the "Double Moon Peak" are not far away.

"The Yongquan Lake mentioned by Brother Wu should be at the top of the mountain, which is the source of the Yongquan River. Fei Tukong pointed to the top of the double convex peak, "The white needle forest along the river road has not found anything unusual, presumably the last raw material of the strange poison is on it." ”

Hua Qingyu put her hands in front of her eyebrows and looked up. The left and right peaks of Shuangyue Peak are not far apart, and the terrain of the saddle is not much lower than the peak, as if a big steamed bun has been smashed. The water of the spring river flows down from the ravines between the two mountains, like a transparent ribbon. "It doesn't seem easy to climb. She said.

"'There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain', so don't worry. Fei Tukong took a step forward.

As they walked, they looked for a path up the mountain, and it seemed that only the east side of the hill had rocks to tread. So, the two left the riverbank, who expected that just a few steps out, the surrounding snow suddenly cracked a gap, and before they could react to what was going on, their feet suddenly collapsed into a big hole. The two fell to the bottom of the pit, and then the gravel and snow fell down with their heads and faces, burying them completely.

The two of them actually stepped on the trap in the barren mountains and mountains!

Fei Tukong cursed in his heart as he struggled to remove the snow that was pressing down on his body. But before he could even reveal his head, several hooks and ropes fell from above, pulling him out of the snowdrift, and hanging him in the air with his limbs spread out. Hua Qingyu was immediately hung up like this. Fei Tukong shook his head vigorously, shook off the snow and dust on his face, and looked at it, and there were many people around the trap. There were four groups of people who each pulled the hooks around their arms.

"Let go of me!" Fei Tukong struggled hard, but two more groups of people came, threw several ropes at the two of them and tightened them, and now they couldn't move at all.

"Who are you!" Fei Tukong even tied a rope around his neck, and had to hold back his strength to squeeze a few words out of his teeth.

A big man wearing a tiger skin shirt and looking like a hunter turned out from behind the crowd, touched his chin and looked at the two of them carefully, and said angrily: "Where should I be, but I didn't expect it to be two low hands!"

"You bandits are so bold!" said Fatu. actually digging a pit in the deep mountains and old forests, it really doesn't look like a high-end person.

"Bandits? hahaha!" the big man in the tiger skin shirt laughed so hard that the flesh on his face trembled, "How stupid would a bandit choose to rob in a place where such birds don't? Listen, we're ordered to arrest people! Tie me up and take it away!"

A group of minions rushed up, tied their hands and feet to bamboo poles, covered their heads with cloth bags, and carried them by a few strong men, as if they had hunted wild boars and returned to the village in triumph.

A sudden and inexplicable encounter, Hua Qingyu guessed in her heart. This group of people said that they were here to arrest people, but they used the passive method of "digging traps", could it be that someone calculated that the two of them would come to Shuangyue Peak? The location of the trap was also very peculiar, because only people who wanted to climb Shuangyue Peak would go there, could it be that the master envoy had even anticipated their intentions in advance? Judging from the speed at which this group of people were surrounding, it was obvious that they had been lying in ambush nearby. Thinking of this, Hua Qingyu's heart sank, and he secretly complained: "It's not good, it must be that our killing of pythons and destroying stones was known by the poisoners, so we sent people to ambush near the last raw material to wait for the rabbit!" Although there is a demon clan in the prison world to protect each other, Hua Qingyu is real

I don't want to confront the mastermind behind the scenes so early. If that mysterious figure is powerful and powerful, even with the help of the demon clan, I am afraid it will not end well.

During Hua Qingyu's thoughts, Fei Tukong's mouth never stopped: "You miscellaneous people, while I am not angry, let us go!" "Good boys, if you don't let us go again, you will be broken into thousands of pieces in a while!" "I have a master friend to protect me, he is just leaving for a while now, and when he comes back, he can't find us, hum, he will definitely chop you all into meat sauce!"

The swearing seemed to be effective, and the cloth bag on Fei Tu's empty face was torn off, and the gloomy face of the big man in the tiger skin shirt came into view. Fei Tukong sneered: "Heh, even if you ......" Who knew that before the word "acquaintance" could be spoken, the big man stuffed a stinky and salty cloth into his mouth, and then put the cloth bag back on.

Fei Tukong retched repeatedly, and the smell of the rags in the cloth bag was even more smoky, choking him to tears. "Woooo

"No, it must not fall into the hands of the people behind the scenes now!" Hua Qingyu thought about it, it was most appropriate to get rid of this group of people. She was about to summon the demon clan in the prison world when the sound of the minions next to her came to her ears.

"It was an old man and a young woman, but this man didn't look like an old man! "A minion.

Another voice said, "Maybe the messenger made a mistake, whatever! Anyway, except for those two, no one will come to Shuangyue Peak." The boss's plan to set a trap is so brilliant that it's a no-brainer, hahaha!"

"Is this wrong? An old man is an old man, a young man is a young man, and I always felt that something was not right. ”

"Anyway, the main target is the woman, white, thin, hat, long hair, all right. The location is right, Cangyun Ridge is an inaccessible place, and no one will come here at Shuangyue Peak, the two of them clearly want to go up the mountain just now, yes!"

Hearing this, Hua Qingyu hurriedly spoke: "Heroes, have you caught the wrong person? We are from other places, and when we passed through Shenyu Valley, we heard that there is a spring lake on the Shuangyue Peak of Cangyun Mountain, and we just want to go up and get some water." ”

The voice of the big man in the tiger skin shirt came: "What are you doing with water?"

"I'm an alchemist, and the water from the mountain spring is very useful to me. "Hua Qingyu said.

"Alchemist, that's right. We've been waiting here for more than a day or two, and I advise you not to use your brains anymore, you can't fool me!hehe!" the big man smirked.

Hua Qingyu was stunned, and then secretly said: "What a pig's head, if you want to deceive people, how can you admit that it is the 'medicine refiner' who asked you to give it to you?" However, from the words of the tiger skin shirt man, it can be known that the mastermind who ordered them to arrest people was not the one who poisoned the Tianxing River, after all, Hua Qingyu's arrival at the Peony Set was only a few days ago, and this group of people has been ambushed here for a long time. In this way, she felt a lot more at ease, but she was not in a hurry to summon the demon clan of the prison world to come out, she wanted to see what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of this group of people. The strange poison in the Heavenly Star River, two of the three raw materials have been destroyed, so there is no need to worry about it for the time being. Thinking of this, Hua Qingyu simply closed her eyes and closed her eyes to recuperate with the rhythm of the bamboo pole's fluttering.

I don't know how long I walked, the bamboo pole was suddenly slammed to the ground, and Hua Qingyu screamed "ouch" in pain. She felt like the ground was flat, like she was in a house.

"Caught?" said one person.

"I don't know what's going on! Hurry up and report to the third master! Just say that I, Kuai Jin'an, lived up to my expectations, waited in the snowdrift for more than a month, and finally caught someone!" the tiger skin shirt man urged.

"Hey, but two low hands, what's so difficult to catch? When the man in front had finished speaking, he walked away with a light step.

Kuai Jin'an, who stayed in the room, muttered and complained: "It's really not a backache when you stand and talk, it's cold and snowy, is it nice to hide it for more than a month......?"

A minion persuaded: "Big brother, forget it, looking at his face, he originally looked like a guy who forgot his righteousness." This kind of person is gone, and there is no need to worry about it. Besides, you still have us, and we will always follow you faithfully. ”

"Alas, do you think I'm sorry for the loss of his brother? I'm afraid that he will cross the river and tear down the bridge, unload the mill and kill the donkey! I knew that I shouldn't have recommended him to the third master!" Kuai Jin'an regretted.

Hua Qingyu listened, and said secretly in her heart: "That 'third master' should be the leader of this group." The person in the high position is the 'leader', and the person in the low position is the 'brother', what would an organization with such a simple structure be if it was not a bandit?" Suddenly, a word that Li Lingshan had said jumped into her mind, "By the way, it's a 'gang'!"

As far as Hua Qingyu knows, there are also well-known people in the gangs. From the commander downwards, the positions are carefully distinguished, everyone has a clear division of labor, each performs his own duties, and is strictly disciplined, which is no different from the army. There are only two types of gangs like this, either big gangs where everyone calls each other brothers and sisters, and small gangs that are loosely disciplined and respect only the leader. Judging from the situation mentioned by Kuaijinan, this gang is obviously the second type.

After a while, footsteps rang out again, and someone came into the house. Kuai Jin'an hurriedly and respectfully exclaimed, "Third Master!"

"Hmm. To Hua Qingyu's surprise, the voice of this "third master" turned out to be a woman! And the voice was still young.

"'Third Master', I've done a pretty good job in this matter, right?"

The "third master" reprimanded coldly: "It took more than a month to arrest two people, and you still have the face to say?"

However, this girl has just returned to Shuangyue Peak until today...... "Kuai Jin'an is very aggrieved.

"Third Master" saw that Kuai Jin'an returned his mouth, and slapped the table angrily: "Then what are you waiting there for? What if she doesn't come back? Do you also plan to wait for death at the bottom of the mountain?"

was choked by the "third master" like this, Kuai Jinan didn't dare to say anything.

"Take off the cloth bag for me, I want to see what it looks like, and I actually fascinated the son of the second master's family!" "The third master" ordered.

"It turns out that 'Third Master' is not only a title, but also represents his status in the gang. In this way, in addition to the 'second master', there should also be an 'uncle', and that 'uncle' should be the leader of this gang. Hua Qingyu was thinking about it, and the cloth bag on her head was rudely ripped off.

"Hey, what else do you bring, pretend!" "The third master" seemed to be in a very bad mood, she walked up and kicked the hat away.

Hua Qingyu's green silk slid down to her shoulders, and she raised her head to look at the "third master".

Unexpectedly, the "third master" is an out-and-out beauty, although she is wearing simple cloth clothes, but her delicate temperament does not need gorgeous clothes to set off. Unfortunately, her face was painted with rouge gouache that smelled a little choking. Hua Qingyu felt that although this person was beautiful, he didn't seem to have good taste. In addition, this woman has a fierce look on her face, and there is a murderous look between her eyebrows.

"Yo, she's pretty good-looking. "Third Master" smiled, but there was not the slightest smile on his face.

Hua Qingyu cut her hair and said calmly: "I already said on the road, you should have caught the wrong person." It was the first time I passed through the Cangyunling area, and I went to Shuangyue Peak just to get some spring water from Yongquan Lake. ”

Kuai Jin'an hurriedly said: "'Third Master', don't listen to her nonsense, she wants to make up nonsense in order to get out." The white clothes, the hats, and the long hair are all right. Also, she has already admitted that she is a medicine refiner!"

Hua Qingyu turned her head curiously to see what this stupid guy looked like. After the two looked at each other, Kuai Jin'an shouted: "What do you see, is there something wrong with what I said?"

Hua Qingyu turned around and shook his head slightly, Kuai Jin'an's appearance matched his brain very well, no wonder he couldn't climb to a high position in the gang.

"Fool! Big mistake! The woman in white clothes with long hair and a hat is so much in the world that you may be caught on the streets of the big city, and this can also be regarded as a group?

Kuai Jin'an was startled, and hurriedly knelt on the ground with those minions to beg for mercy: "The subordinates are not doing things well, and I hope that the 'third master' will forgive them!"

"That's it, I didn't expect you to get things done, get out!" "The third master" waved his hand impatiently.

"Yes, yes. Quan Jinan reluctantly led his brothers out of the room.

The "Third Master" raised his hands, circled around Hua Qingyu, and asked, "What's your name?"

Hua Qingyu replied: "My name is Duan Qingyu, and I can refine some medicine." ”。

"Third Master" threatened: "If you dare to lie to me, it won't end well!"

Hua Qingyu glanced at her: "You have a faint smell of herbs, according to my judgment, you should have been exposed to the four herbs of Shangong Vine, Yuan Ma Ren, Lumeng Grass, and Ba Pu Rong within two hours." ”

The "third master" was stunned for a moment, clapped his hands and shouted "Okay". "Looks like you're much better than I thought. Are you a four-elephant?"

"It's not. Two Rites. Hua Qingyu said truthfully.

"Liangyi level can reach this level in alchemy, it's not a small ability!" "Third Master" couldn't hear whether the words were praise or disparagement at all, and after finishing speaking, she circled around Hua Qingyu again.

"Who is he?" "The third master" then asked Fei Tukong.

"He's my friend, and we're going to the Immortal Realm together. ”

"Oh?" "The third master" squatted down, personally took off the cloth bag for Fei Tukong, untied the dumb hole, and broke all the ropes on his body, leaving only the rope that tied his wrists. Eventually, she pulled the stinking rag out of his mouth again. "What a thing, it's dirty and smelly!" the third master frowned, throwing the rags aside.

"Bah, I've swallowed this stinky cloth, and I haven't complained yet!" Fei Tukong was annoyed and spat on the ground.

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