Chapter 53: Medicine Man's Atractylodes
The river was clear and emerald-like, with a natural bridge that looked like it was passing through a huge rock.
The herd of cattle was frightened by the sound of my dragon's roar, and they all ran from the stone bridge to the other side.
The handsome dog saw that the last cow had also driven across the river, and let out a wolf howl, and suddenly there was a wooden stake blocking the road on the stone bridge, and there were two people hugging each other, and there were inexplicable runes engraved on it, like a formation.
The dog breathed a sigh of relief and turned his head to look at me, his long flowing hair (dog hair) floating in the wind, like a girl's messy broken hair, very beautiful.
"You ......"
"Hey, I just helped you, and you're still going to unload my arms and legs?" I quickly shouted, I hadn't forgotten this stubble.
"That's it. The dog sighed lightly: "Accept your love, come with me!"
"Are you going to take me to the pharmacist?" I hurriedly asked, but since he didn't do anything to me, he didn't think there would be any danger.
"Are you a fool?" the doll came out of nowhere. "If I don't take you to see that old fellow, will I take you to see the stars and the moon?"
“......”
I was speechless!
The dog walked in front, chic and handsome, if such a dog is a man, I am afraid that it will charm thousands of girls, right? Of course, it will still charm thousands of girls.
"What happened to those cows just now?, did the pharmacist raise them?" I asked cautiously, looking at Su Lou and the beauty's location, what would they do if this group of cows came again?
"Your friend's enchantment is strong, and you don't have to worry about their danger. The dog seemed to see through my thoughts, and said lightly.
Hey, it turns out that he knows everything, then I'll put my mind at ease, at least this dog won't trouble Su Lou and the beauty for some reason.
The dog continued: "Those are dry cows, they are all second-grade demon beasts, barbarians who broke in from another secret realm. ”
"Another secret realm?" I wondered, isn't this Medicine Master Valley one?
But the dog didn't seem to have an explanation.
We walked through several slopes along the way, and these slopes were divided into medicine fields, and each medicine field was planted with various spiritual plants. As soon as I stepped into it, I felt that the aura was ten times and a hundred times richer in the medicine field, and it was almost comparable to the spirit stone.
"I'm a good girl, if my family has this aura concentration, I can soar to the sky and reach the pinnacle of life!" I couldn't help but be envious, very greedy, but I also knew that I didn't have such a blessing.
Walking through the medicine field, it is a pond the size of an acre of field, the pond is planted with all kinds of lotus flowers, and I don't know how to grow. There were also a number of fish swimming around, and each one of them was so aura that I even felt the urge to catch them and eat them even when I looked at them.
Behind the pond is a small vegetable garden, the vegetable garden is naturally also a spiritual plant, there are some chickens, ducks and geese next to the yard, and even the dry cattle have two heads.
After the vegetable garden, I saw the small courtyard, which was not big, just three or two thatched huts built of natural wood, just like the type inhabited by those out-of-the-world masters in the anime, not only did not feel simple, but there was a sense of detachment.
"Wow!"
The dog barked twice into the house and shook the fur off his body.
"Ah Jiu is back, have any of those annoying cows been bitten to death?"
At this time, an old man came out of the house, with gray hair, a bun on his head with a wooden hairpin, a slightly upturned mustache, all his clothes were coarse linen clothes, casually tied around his waist with a hemp rope, and a purple bamboo tobacco pouch and tobacco sachet were hung. At this time, he was cooking around his apron, and his hands were rubbing on the apron while coming out.
"Pharmacist?" I looked at this approachable little old man, a little confused, I thought that the pharmacist should be high, and his gestures were all imposing, after all, the dogs he raised were so domineering and mighty.
Cangshu obviously didn't expect that the dog Ah Jiu would take someone to the door of his house, rub his hands for a while, and then instantly run over and take my hand happily, and looked me up and down: "Where did this female doll come from, she is really blessed, white and fat, oops!"
I was a little overwhelmed by the sudden enthusiasm of Atractylodes: "That, pharmacist, I'm here to ask for medicine!"
"Hey, old man, it's a quick one. Recently, the seal of the Medicine Master Valley has been weakened so much by those annoying demon beasts that any third-grade cultivator dares to break in. Ah Jiu said expressionlessly, and then looked at the house: "I'm hungry." ”
"Weak, weaker, no one has come here for almost ten months, I'm almost bored to death old man!" Cangshu pulled me and refused to let go, the smile on my face reminded me of the grandfathers and grandmothers who saw their own grandchildren in the TV series. "Girl, come in and sit down, have you eaten? Are you hungry? Grandpa Cangshu just cooked, it's delicious!"
Then I was very warmly "invited" into the room, and I was placed on a wooden table, without moving a single step. It didn't take long for Atractylodes to bring out some food, and fried a plate of unknown spiritual plants, but it looked a little black, as if it was overcooked, and there was a pot of braised pork that I didn't know what kind of meat, one side of the meat had been charred into carbonization, how fierce did this fire have to be to burn like this?
"Eat, eat, girl, eat quickly!" Cangshu placed a pair of chopsticks in front of me, looking at me expectantly.
The dog sat opposite me, looking at the emptiness in front of him, with a look of lovelessness: "Old man, where are my dishes and chopsticks?"
"There are only two sets of together, yours is for the girl!" Cangshu said angrily.
So, in fact, this set of chopsticks in front of me is actually for dogs? Ah, okay, at least this Ah Jiu is not an ordinary dog, I have even eaten pig bran, what is this.
"Okay......" Ah Jiu was helpless, his paws grabbed casually outside the door, and a piece of pickled vegetables was caught in front of him, his eyes were sharp, and a few sword lights flashed in the air, and the stone became a new pair of dishes and chopsticks, but no matter how he smelled it, there was the smell of a stinky vegetable jar.
"Girl, why don't you eat it?"
Seeing the eager eyes of Atractylodes, it seemed that it was really a little bad for me not to eat again, so I tried to pick up a dish and put it in my mouth.
Belch...... This weird smell is...... This is obviously too much salt and vinegar, and there is an inexplicable bitter taste? This taste is simply the taste of fried bitter gourd with coriander, with ten spoons of salt and a bottle of vinegar......
"How's it going?" asked Atractylodes.
Ah Jiu seemed to be very experienced, and silently handed me a bowl of water.
Dog, you're definitely my best friend! I quickly made a big move, and then tried to smile: "It's delicious! I drank a bowl of water with a big appetite! I didn't drink water before!"
The gods of heaven and earth, hit me to death with a thunderbolt, if I hadn't asked for the pharmacist, and seeing that he was really an old man, he would definitely spray him in the face if he scolded me!
"It's delicious, it's delicious, come, eat more!" So, Atractylodes enthusiastically put a lot of vegetables and meat and bones in my bowl.
I looked at Ah Jiu with resentment, I think it's better to have a direct fight, does he usually eat this kind of thing?
"Pharmacist, I have a friend who has been injured by a poisoner and needs to be alive to restore his appearance, dare to ask you if you have any money here, I am willing to pay any amount!" I hurriedly said, let's let the storm come more violently.
"Fresh?" Cangshu was stunned: "Isn't it just weeds? There are many in the vegetable garden, how many do you have to dig it yourself." ”
"Huh?" I was stunned, and then ...... Is it that simple?
Sure enough, Cangshu said the next moment: "But it's also something from my Medicine Master Valley, girl, you still have conditions if you want to be alive!"
"What conditions?" I felt a little relieved when I heard this.
"Will you stay with me for a month?"
“......”
What did I hear?
Just when my face instantly darkened, Cangshu blushed, and immediately waved his hand: "No, no, no, you misunderstood, I mean, you will stay in the Medicine Valley, the Medicine Valley is so boring, there is no one to talk to me, talk about the outside world." ”
I breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out to be a lonely old man, and I couldn't help asking, "Then why don't you go to the outside world for a while?"
Hearing this, Cangshu suddenly looked at Ah Jiu with resentment.
Ah Jiu shook his head helplessly: "He is too capable of causing trouble, like a moving treasure, whoever sees it wants to arrest or kill him, and take the Medicine Master Valley for himself." ”
"But I don't blame me, it's not my fault that they want to arrest me. "Atractylodes is extremely aggrieved.
"Old fellow, are you guts?" Ah Jiu instantly glared at Cangshu, and the domineering aura in his eyes could simply shock people to death. "If you dare to make trouble unreasonably, don't blame me for sealing the Medicine Master Valley again, and even the Heavenly King Lao Tzu will not want to come in at that time!"
I was stunned for a moment, this dog is the real master of this Medicine Valley, so what is this atractylodes...... Servant?
"Boom-"
I was secretly amazed at this inexplicable relationship, when there was another roar in the distance.
"These damn demon beasts!" Ah Jiu was not happy, and when he encountered someone who came to make trouble, he was so angry that he rushed out all of a sudden, which was like a big kill.
He ......, "I look at Ah Jiu, this dog is too short-tempered, right?"
"Don't blame him. Cangshu patted me on the shoulder, beside me, and said, "In the past, there were many wandering creatures in the Medicine Valley, people, cats, dogs, rabbits, etc., because of me, they all died, and only Ah Jiu remained. He is for my good, for the good of the Medicine Valley. ”
"Oh......"
It turns out that this dog still has such a story, although it is only a few words, but it can also be seen that the Medicine Valley was lively before, but it was tragic later.
I looked at the black pressure in the distance, and something flew from the sky, frowned and asked, "What are those things?"
"Demon beast, what else could it be. Atractylodes shrugged indifferently. "Every once in a while, sometimes once in a few days, sometimes several times a day. It's stuck together with the secret realm of that demon beast.,Grab each other's territory.。 Don't worry about them, Ah Jiu at this time is comparable to the God of War!"
"Oh......"
Cangshu suddenly looked at the bandage on my neck, and said strangely: "You were injured before, come, let me see the old man, it just happens that my hands are itching!"