15. Departure
Let's say that Hongming Daojun found his daughter, but he killed Qingyun in a rage before, so that no one stopped Chen Ling'er from coming to Lu Bowen, and he couldn't find a reasonable excuse to prevent the pair of young boys and girls from meeting for a while, so he casually made up an abnormal place and ordered Lu Bowen to go to investigate immediately.
"Your master is quite relieved of you, and if he doesn't give you any magic weapon talisman pill, he will let you go to investigate the abnormal place, and he is not afraid that you will not return?" Du Yusheng is a black Hongming Daojun every day, but what she said is not unreasonable: how can there be such a strange master, kicking the apprentice who has just built the foundation to a dangerous place like the abnormal land, but not giving any protection, it is unreasonable.
If Hongming Daojun knew that Du Yushang arranged him like this, it is estimated that he would be able to sing her a song "Dou E's Injustice": This apprentice is still of great use to him, how could he let him go to death, the so-called abnormal place is simply made up by him, there will be nothing in that place, what magic weapon rune pill is needed?
It's just that Hongming Daojun knows that there is no danger in that place, but Du Yushang and Lu Bowen don't know, as seniors, Du Yushang shouldered the responsibility of supervising juniors and began to prepare for this trip.
"Abnormal places generally refer to those places that are very different from the ordinary state, such as a peach forest, which is harmless to humans and animals on weekdays, but suddenly one day there is a strange change, whether it is a person or an animal, there is no return, this is the so-called abnormal place. Du Yushang seriously gave Lu Bowen the relevant knowledge of the abnormal land.
"Generally speaking, there are many reasons for this abnormality, on the bright side: maybe some natural treasure was born, or an unknown secret realm has been opened, etc., and at worst, it may be that there are spirits cultivating evil ways in the peach forest, or some terrible evil beasts haunt the peach forest. ”
"Either way, the anomalous land is very dangerous, and if a young monk like you goes alone, eight out of ten will be sent to death, and the mortality rate is too high, enough to see that your master is not well-intentioned. However, fortunately, I am here, as long as you listen to me, even if it is an abnormal place, you can leave safely. ”
Lu Bowen said respectfully: "Yes, the seniors have helped me more than once, and the great kindness is not grateful, and the juniors remember it in their hearts." ”
Du Yushang waved his wings and said modestly: "There is no need to say kind words, you and I just take what we need, let me tell you what you need to walk the rivers and lakes, don't look at you have been to Fengfall Valley once, but it was two people who went, and in addition to encountering the Demon Sect monks." You haven't encountered any other dangers, although the Demon Sect monk is quite scary to say, but at least he can communicate, the real danger has always been indispensable, if you don't have all the preparations, you can kill people. ”
"Please also ask my seniors to teach me. Lu Bowen humbly asked for advice, and even found a pen and paper to start recording.
"The flying magic weapon must be prepared, even if it is expensive and gritting your teeth, you have to buy one, and you must reserve the spirit stone to drive the flying magic weapon, which you need to use when you run. And what kind of smoke and sweat medicine quicklime, don't look at these things are crude and don't flow, but sometimes they can work wonders. ”
"If you want to take an elixir, you must at least have one that detoxifies, treats internal injuries, and restores spiritual power. Talismans, Divine Talismans, Concealment Talismans, Heavenly Thunder Talismans, just these few things, the chance of encountering evil in the abnormal land is very high, so be prepared. Forget about the magic weapon, you definitely can't afford it. That's all for now, how's it going, are there any difficulties?"
He had just built the foundation, and he had only completed the sect training task once, so it could be said that he was destitute. But no matter how difficult it was, he couldn't say it, so he had to grit his teeth and shake his head and say, "No problem."
Then Du Yushang saw what a monk could become.
"Uncle, this Qingling Grass is in very good condition, it is not the same as ordinary Qingling Grass, what, you said that Qingling Grass does not need to be in good condition? It can always make people feel more comfortable when it looks good! ”
"Brother, you have a good eye, this four-piece rock climbing set is my exclusive patent, climbing mountains, climbing walls, climbing trees, it's not a problem, uh, you can fly, who hasn't run out of spiritual power, don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case, right? A low-grade spirit stone, you can't buy it, you can't buy it, you can't buy it, you can't be fooled!"
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For a whole day, Lu Bowen sold all the stocks in his storage bag, including but not limited to: the spirit grass collected in the last training, the ore bought at the stall of the sect, and various self-made props...... There are quite a lot of miscellaneous categories, but they are not worth much, there are many things that can only be sold and half given away, and everything that can be sold is sold, leaving only an ordinary mortal long sword, which is barely enough to empty the shopping list The spirit stones needed, if it is not for the storage bag to sell, it will be very inconvenient, he is afraid that now he is carrying a burden skin.
When he went to buy the materials on the list, it was naturally indispensable to bargain, Lu Bowen had already practiced his eloquence and cheekiness when selling the goods, and he really saved a few spirit stones when he bought things, and these spirit stones would be the fuel for the flying magic weapon.
Everything was ready, and Lu Bowen set off after receiving a special task in the sect affairs hall.
The abnormal land given by Hongming Daojun is located in Qili County, Songyuan City, within the jurisdiction of Chongxianmen.
This Xiuzhen Continent has no concept of a state, and it all adopts the clan jurisdiction system, and each sect has a city of different sizes according to its strength.
A super sect like Chongxianmen, which has a super-sect with monks in the Transformation Period, has nearly 100 cities in its jurisdiction, the larger ones have a population of millions, and the smaller ones have a population of hundreds of thousands, and the hundreds of cities have a combined population of more than 100 million, which is already a behemoth in terms of administrative units.
The relationship between these cities and the sect is like that of princes and monarchs, the city is governed by the lord of the city, the lord of the city is hereditary, the sect rarely interferes in the internal affairs of the local area, and only provides paid services when the lord needs help, and the lord of the city is required to provide annual tribute according to the population. The per capita amount of tribute is also uncertain, the first is the location, some cities are rich, the tribute is naturally more, and the poor places are less, and the other is to see the sect to which they belong, some sects are benevolent, and the tribute will be relatively less, but the less is also limited, otherwise it will cause the loss of population in the jurisdiction of other sects, which will become a big deal, and will be attacked by the neighboring sects.
Songyuan City is a big city with a population of more than one million, and the city lord is a monk in the Qi Transformation Period, but this time the task is not for the city lord to ask for help, but the county order of Qili County to go directly to the sect for help by crossing the city lord, and seek the near and far, amazing, right? However, no matter how unreasonable this task is, anyway, Hongming Daojun broke it like this, and Lu Bowen, as an apprentice, didn't dare to ask more, so after setting off from the sect, he rushed to Songyuan City without stopping.