Chapter 42: Descending the Mountain
In the past two days, the three elders have always been saying some inexplicable things and asking some inexplicable questions. Wu Qin is already about to start immunizing, but he can't help but wonder what it means.
On the third day of treatment of Gu Zhengcheng, today is the deadline, if Gu Zhengcheng does not wake up today, then his life will be over. Although he is not dead, he is more uncomfortable than death. What is the point of a living dead who is immersed in his own spiritual world, and who seems to outsiders to be asleep all day, in this world? Just to let relatives and friends know that you are still there?
No, Gu Zhengcheng already has no relatives. Lou Lanxue can barely count one, but she hasn't passed the door yet. And Lou Yetong will definitely not let Lou Lanxue marry Gu Zhengcheng, the down-and-out third prince. In the eyes of the world, the most common should be a down-and-out scholar, but I didn't expect there to be a down-and-out prince. For they really can't think of where the king's son will be, and will he be as sorrowful as they are?
Wuying gritted his teeth and sat up, and the movement of straightening his upper body made his whole body ache like a crack. He was sweating profusely, and even a little blood was surging, but he endured it all, and he wanted to see his second apprentice wake up with his own eyes.
Mi Xiang was even more anxious, and finally went to the courtyard to set up an offering table with fairly square wood, which was full of vegetarian meals. At that time, I wanted to say a word, what should you do if you want to get the gods to love meat? Sincerity is spiritual, sincerity is spiritual, sincerity is spiritual, important things are said three times.
Wu Diligent was anxious, but on the surface, he looked at Gu Zhengcheng, who was still in a coma, with a serious face.
The only one in the audience who was calm was the third elder Zhu Yeqing, she had prepared a lot of tools and pills early to deal with the unexpected situation after Gu Zhengcheng woke up, in her heart, no, in their hearts, Gu Zhengcheng would definitely wake up.
Gu Zhengcheng is also in a very mysterious state now, since Zhu Yeqing fed him the Re-Creation Pill and made him fall asleep, in fact, he has always been awake. He can perceive everything around him but he just can't open his eyes, everyone is worried about him, he can feel it, and what Mi Xiang said when he chatted with him, although he couldn't speak, but every word of Mi Xiang was remembered in his heart. Of course, the appearance of no diligence in the yard did not escape Gu Zhengcheng's perception.
The True Qi from the neck down has all been unblocked, but the True Qi flow will be slightly blocked when it passes through the joints of the broken tendons. Now there was a true qi that should run to the head, but it was blocked in the chest. Gu Zhengcheng has been working hard for a day, but he still hasn't broken through the barrier. As long as this true qi is cleared, he will wake up immediately.
The three elders really didn't call in vain. When Zhu Yeqing was exploring the flow of true qi in Gu Zhengcheng's body, he finally discovered that something was wrong. Most people will wait with peace of mind after checking the true qi in the broken tendons of their limbs. Zhu Yeqing didn't, she placed testing points on Gu Zhengcheng's chest, neck, forehead and back of his head.
The true qi on the chest is the most active, but there is no true qi at all on the chest. The problem has been found, and Gu Zhengcheng, the kid, is also working hard. Although there was no smile on Zhu Yeqing's face, the big stone in his heart was now really falling to the ground. The old lady with broken tendons can connect it for you, can you still stump me when the real qi is blocked?
Zhu Yeqing took out a fiery red herb and mashed it, and used the water of the herb itself to make a medicinal pulp. And he took out five special silver needles from the wooden box, which were hollow. They were pierced into Gu Zhengcheng's limbs and chest, and the medicinal pulp was sent into Gu Zhengcheng's body through these five special silver needles.
The fiery herb is called Magma Grass and grows in the crater of an active volcano. And it has a very short growth cycle, just half an hour before the eruption. The medicinal effect is to stimulate the flow of true qi in the body, and magma grass is rare and rare. After all, there are too few people in this world who don't want to die for medicinal materials, but there is another saying, money can make ghosts grind, and there must be brave men under heavy money. So although there are few magma grasses, they are not nothing. There is also the most critical point, there is no way for people who do not practice martial arts and have no true qi to use it, and there is only one consequence, exploding and dying. So don't expect Magma Grass to let you go from a martial arts novice to a martial arts master. And even if it is used on people who practice martial arts, there is no effect of the elixir to make you break through the realm, at best, it is a recovery medicine that stimulates the activity of true qi, and the advantage is that there are no side effects at all. It is precisely because of these shortcomings that people have become much less enthusiastic about magma grass.
Under the stimulation of the drug and his own efforts, Gu Zhengcheng woke up after less than a cup of tea. But he was gasping for air, and his eyes were bloodshot.
"A-Niang, what's going on?" Mi Xiang asked anxiously on the side.
"Don't worry, the effect is a bit strong. It will be restored soon. Zhu Yeqing stroked Mi Xiang's head and replied.
Hearing Zhu Yeqing's answer, Mi Xiang was a lot more relieved. Then she turned and ran out into the yard, ready to cook something delicious. She can't help much in healing, but Senior Brother Gu has not eaten for so many days, he must be hungry, and she wants to make a table of delicious food. Seeing that the ingredients brought out were not enough, Mi Xiang took the ones on the table. This is crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, scolding the cook when you are full, and withdrawing the offering after begging the gods. But the gods won't bother with her little girl. Looking at it and still not satisfied, Mi Xiang went down to the cellar again, and this time the ingredients on her back were twice as many as the last time.
The ingredients outside are flying, and the aroma repels the fire. Gu Zhengcheng's eyes returned to normal, and when he sat up, his body shook, and he hurriedly stepped forward to stabilize it.
"Why don't you lie down for a while? Now you need to rest, we've been lying down for three days, and it's not bad for a few days. ”
Gu Zhengcheng's lips moved, it was obvious that he wanted to speak, but unfortunately he couldn't. In the end, I can only shake my head to answer that there is no diligence. He slowly removed his hands, and then moved his legs to the side of the bed. Put your hands behind your back and rub forward little by little. Until his legs hit the ground, and then he suddenly pressed his arms and leaned forward with his whole body.
With a "bang", Gu Zhengcheng knelt in front of Zhu Yeqing. His forehead was on the ground, and he didn't get up for a long time. No diligence stepped forward and pulled it a few times, but it was useless.
"Alright, I received your wishes. Get up, if you kneel well, let's not say that our efforts have been in vain. Your master will try his best to find his wife. After speaking, Zhu Yeqing helped Gu Zhengcheng to the bedside.
Only then did Gu Zhengcheng raise his eyes and see the shadowless person half-lying on the table, and the master's face was also very ugly. He knew that the master was injured, but he didn't expect it to be so serious. That day, Wuying desperately released the firebird's move, and the aftermath was indeed protected by Zhu Yeqing, but Gu Zhengcheng was still affected and fell into a coma in the real sense for a while. When he wanted to kneel again, he was stopped by Zhu Yeqing.
"I said you kid is addicted to kneeling, right? When you're all well, go back to your Zixuan Peak and kneel. I don't care about the old lady who kneels down on the mountain, and the task now is to recuperate from her injuries. Of course, after the injury is healed, I will repair the house for the old lady first!"
The last sentence made Wuying very embarrassed, and when the master was embarrassed, Wuqin and Gu Zhengcheng also lowered their heads silently. Can't be provoked, can't be provoked, don't look at me, don't look at me. Fortunately, Mixiang came in and saved the three men.
"Auntie, the meals are ready. Senior Brother Gu, I know that you can't eat normally now, so I boiled meat porridge for you, as well as all kinds of diced vegetables. Hope you get better soon. Mi Xiang smiled, and this smile warmed most people. Gu Zhengcheng was also very warm at first, but when he thought of that invitation, his heart hurt terribly.
He understands, he understands everything. As a powerless prince, the Lord Protector will definitely not hand over his precious daughter to him. Regardless of food and clothing, does he have the ability to protect her, or even the entire Protectorate Mansion? Why did he come to the Shushan Sword Sect obediently in the first place, first, because he knew that no one looked down on him and could hide quietly. The second is that he wants to learn martial arts, join the army and make meritorious contributions, and come back to marry Lou Lanxue.
But Gu Zhengcheng ignored a problem, Lou Lanxue was willing to wait for him, but the protector was unwilling. And even if Lou Lanxue was willing to wait, she threatened her father. His father and brother in the palace would not give him a chance. The more I think about myself, the more aggrieved I become, hating my own incompetence and hating my powerlessness. A mouthful of blood rushed up his throat, and he held back, not letting everyone worry anymore.
Mi Xiang didn't notice Gu Zhengcheng's strange appearance, and stupidly handed the porridge to Gu Zhengcheng with a spoon. Gu Zhengcheng smiled, opened his mouth and drank the porridge, and when he coughed, he spit out half a mouthful, which was mixed with blood.
Zhu Yeqing sighed: "Xiangxiang, now your senior brother Gu can't eat in a hurry, let's eat again at night." Drink some honey water first to replenish your body's hydration. ”
As soon as the words fell, Mi Xiang put down the porridge bowl and ran out. Zhu Yeqing looked at the rice fragrance that ran out, and then looked back at Gu Zhengcheng with a sad face, and her sigh became louder.
At night, Gu Zhengcheng was able to walk on the ground, but he needed to use crutches. Reconnect, not to be precise, the long meridians need to be adapted to activities, plus Gu Zhengcheng has been lying motionless on the bed for three days, and he can't walk anymore.
Unlike Gu Zhengcheng's meridians, which are already getting better, the muscles and veins of Wuying's whole body have not yet shown any signs of recovery. However, he was also happy to see that his apprentice could walk on the ground.
The lighting still depends on the bonfire outside, and the candles are regularly sent by the disciples, so Zhu Yeqing has no stock. She only cares about whether her medicinal herbs are stored well or not, and even the cellar where the ingredients are stored is dug by Mi Xiang. The weather is getting colder, and the night breeze is not pleasant. The current half of the room is barely a good house.
The damaged half was repaired with bamboo, there was no bamboo forest on the mountain, and these bamboos were the private wealth of the three elders, but no one knew about it. These bamboos were cultivated by Zhu Yeqing back then, whether it is toughness or patience, and most importantly, they can be used in medicine when stored in a specific place for decades.
Finally, the five of them had dinner together in a place where the upper room was counted, and the atmosphere at the dinner table was not so relaxed, because Gu Zhengcheng still said something that could not be refuted, but made people a little worried and angry.
"Master, I'm going down the mountain to go back to the royal capital. ”
Shadowless didn't say anything, and slowly closed his eyes. Zhu Yeqing put down the food he had fed to Wuying, turned his head to look at Gu Zhengcheng, took out a dagger from his waist and threw it on the table.
"If you want to die, you don't have to go back to the royal capital, let's end it here. ”
"Auntie!"
"Third Elder!"
Mi Xiang and Wu Qin wanted to say something, but were stopped by Zhu Yeqing.
"Do you think you are willing to die for the sake of your beloved girl, and if you die, the girl is still not yours, but you have a chance to live. ”
"Do you want to watch her marry my eldest brother?! I know my eldest brother too well, and his liking for Lou Lanxue is completely jealous of Lou Lanxue's kindness to me, and everything around him in his heart will revolve around him! If he is really good to Lou Lanxue, I will let it go, but he is just to take revenge on me, a waste brother who has no threat!" Gu Zhengcheng threw away the dishes and chopsticks in his hand and yelled at Zhu Yeqing.
Zhu Ye Qingfeng took a bite of the dish lightly, and then drank a glass of wine under the envious gaze of Wuying: "Yes, I still know that I am wasted." Since you know that you are wasted, don't go down the mountain and be embarrassed. It would be stupid to do it when you know you can't change anything. ”
"Then I'd rather be a fool. Gu Zhengcheng got up and was about to leave the room, but he was slapped back to the bed by Zhu Yeqing, and spit out a mouthful of blood.
Mi Xiang hugged Zhu Yeqing's waist and pleaded, Wu Diqin's hand clenched into a fist, Wu Ying closed his eyes again and didn't say anything.
Gu Zhengcheng can be said to be a stubborn donkey, when he was on Zixuan Peak, he learned without diligence. What he wants to do, he wants to stop unless he dies.
The blood was almost vomited, Gu Zhengcheng supported his weak body and walked towards the door of the room again. Zhu Yeqing raised his hand again, and Gu Zhengcheng was beaten back to the original point. The blood at the corner of his mouth overflowed a little more, and he didn't know whether he was angry with himself or with the blocking of the three elders, Gu Zhengcheng felt as if a stream of energy was pouring out of his body, pushing him to move on.
Of course, Zhu Yeqing would not fulfill his wish, it was still a palm, but this time Zhu Yeqing's body shook slightly.
This was repeated five times, and when Gu Zhengcheng passed in front of Zhu Yeqing again, Zhu Yeqing did not make another move. Gu Zhengcheng walked to the door of the room, and before crossing the threshold, he turned and knelt down again.
"Third Elder, I know you're doing it for my good, but there are some things that still need to be done. If you don't work hard when you could have worked hard, the result will be worse than death. After Gu Zhengcheng kowtowed heavily, he turned around and walked down the mountain.
"Xiangxiang, go pack some things you need on the road, and let Xiao Fenfen and Gu Zhengcheng go to the royal capital together. Ahem. Xiao Fenfen, do you remember the tips I gave you? You will be able to use it to the king, but you must open it again when you encounter difficulties and have to do so. Your task is not only to help Gu Zhengcheng's kid, but also to get a pill in the hands of the King of Shu. It was the Qi Gathering Pill refined by the seventh generation of the head of the family for the royal family, and whether you could reach the realm of opening the four veins before the assessment depended on it. Okay, you and Xiangxiang go and pack your things. ”
After saluting without diligence, he pulled the teary-eyed rice fragrance and withdrew. What can you pack? Just a rag with a little dry food in his pocket, not even a change of clothes, Gu Zhengcheng is still wearing shadowless clothes, not to mention his own torn, it is still full of blood. I simply brought dry food, and went down the mountain to chase the ancients without diligence. I don't know how this kid went, and after a few words, he disappeared.
In the room, Zhu Yeqing's face turned pale, and he finally couldn't help but spurt a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground.
"Third Elder, I owe you a great favor. But why do you have to help that kid in this way?"
Gu Zhengcheng was indeed slapped five times by Zhu Yeqing, and it was very heavy. But each of these palms contains Zhu Yeqing's own skills, she is using these five palms to force out the blood congestion in Gu Zhengcheng's body, open up the blocked meridians again, and by the way, give Gu Zhengcheng Sancheng's own skills to help him break through the realm in the near future.
The meridians have obviously been connected and can transport true qi, so why do they still need to be opened? With the help of medicine and his own recovery ability, Gu Zhengcheng was able to recover to his current appearance and his body was already overloaded, and his severed meridian connection points had just begun to recover, and now it was like a coiled ball of yarn, although it was connected, but the path was complicated. And there are also four knots formed in the body, and if it recovers and unravels on its own, it will be the Year of the Monkey.
"Of course you owe the old lady!" Zhu Yeqing moved his body and leaned against the table. "The kid surnamed Gu is too stubborn, if I reason with him, will he accept my three successes? Even if I knock him out and pass it on to him, who knows what kind of demon will make when he wakes up? This is good, he doesn't know, so he doesn't owe me anything, he doesn't have too much burden in his heart, and he will act freely. ”
Suddenly, there was the sound of empty bowls tipping over at the door.
"A-Niang, I'm sorry, my daughter blames you, woo~" Mi Xiang heard Zhu Yeqing's words at the door, and threw herself directly into Zhu Yeqing's arms.
"A-Niang, your body is not too harmful, right? I know all the medicinal materials sorted out by Senior Brother Wu, I'll go and make you a tonic medicine." After saying that, Mi Xiang was about to go, but she was hugged tightly in her arms by Zhu Yeqing.
"Mother is fine, just less effort. Xiangxiang has to work hard to learn what her mother left you, and this green peak will depend on you in the future. When my mother's baby grows up, my mother will rely on your protection. ”
At this time, Gu Zhengcheng had already come to the bottom of the mountain, and he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't think of it, so he simply didn't want to, but the poison array in front of him gave him a headache, otherwise he walked over and tried it directly?
"Senior Brother Gu!" Wu Qin rushed to catch up, and sure enough, he had true qi in martial arts, and he was fast to go down the mountain!"Are you addicted to drugs, and you will be gone after a few words?"
"Senior brother, why did you go down the mountain too?"
"Of course there is a task. ”
"Protect me, then you don't have to ......."
With a "snap", Wu Qin patted Gu Zhengcheng's shoulder: "What do you want to do? I went down the mountain for a pill in your father's hand." I also have to prepare for the sect assessment in three months. Gu Xing, that old thing, wants me to pass the assessment of my own disciples. ”
"What?!" Gu Zhengcheng was shocked, it was not that he looked down on no diligence, but that the foundation before the lack of diligence was clearly placed in front of him, three months, and he passed on his disciples. This is no longer embarrassing people, but it is about putting people to death.
"What, don't you believe that your senior brother has this ability?" Wu Qin punched Gu Zhengcheng, but he didn't expect this guy to nod his head straightly, clearly showing his disbelief. Wu Qin felt that his heart was blocked, how did this upright nerd, the daughter of the protector of the country, fall in love with him?
"Actually, you can be tactful. Wu Qin looked at each other helplessly, but unfortunately Gu Zhengcheng still looked unclear. Alas, play the harp to the cow, play the harp to the cow. If it weren't for my big heart, I would probably be angry with him if I didn't get to the king all the way!
"Senior Brother Wu, since you were ordered to go down the mountain, didn't the three elders give you the method of passing through the poison array?"
"Well, I don't have that. ”
"Why don't you go back, senior brother?"
You kid also have times when you can't wipe your face? Just now you left with a heroic and righteous appearance, and now you don't have the face to go back.
"Minor problem, Chi Lian!"
Wu Qin called out to Chi Lian, and Chi Lian separated the poisonous mist as soon as he spit fire. A flame-rimmed door appeared in front of the two of them, and after they left, Chi Lian sucked back the flames in one breath, and the poison array returned to its previous appearance.
"Xue'er, wait for me, I'm coming!" Gu Zhengcheng's voice was very small, but he was still heard by Wu Qin.
If you don't say anything, it seems like I'm a little sorry for this atmosphere.
"Danyao, wait for me, the master is here!"