In Dongying City, the moonlight after the rain is as bright as frost, and several maids are busy in and out of a courtyard with basins.

In the room, a white-bearded old man was constantly threading needles and threads by the bedside, and sweat continued to leave along the old man's face.

Juchen, who was standing aside with frowns, said to the maid:

"Wipe the sweat of Dr. Xiong"

"Yes"

"Be careful, don't run into Dr. Xiong. ”

"Yes"

When the maid heard this, she wiped the old man's face with a towel more carefully.

Sweat continued to seep out, and the old man was gritting his teeth and persevering, staring at mending the wound for the illusion.

"Whew...."

The old man stopped his needle and thread, let out a sigh of relief, and was about to get up, when he was unsteady and was about to fall to the edge of the bed.

The Absolute Dust Arrow stepped forward and helped the old man.

"Doctor Xiong, how is Ah Huan?"

"After all, the young master is a person who cultivates the truth, he has true qi in his body to protect his body, and his heart and veins are unhindered, but this blood loss is indeed too much, if he can't replenish his blood within three days, he is in danger of being paralyzed!"

"This, how is that good. ”

"Hehe, Deputy Sect Master, don't worry. Doctor Xiong smiled indifferently.

"Do you have a way to save you?" asked Jedi with a look of anticipation.

"Hehe, this method of salvation is not in old decay, but in you, the deputy sect master. ”

"In me?"

"Yes, you and the young master are brothers and blood relatives, as long as your blood is drawn into the young master, this danger of blood loss can be solved. ”

"It's... Alas!" was full of anticipation, and couldn't help but sigh helplessly.

"I can't hide it, I'm a sectarian son, and Ah Huan...."

"It's... , can you quickly find a blood relative to the young master now?"

"Ah Huan's blood relatives are only the sect master who is far away in Mount Tai..."

"In this way, only one thing can help the young master recover his blood. ”

"What?"

"Blood ginseng!"

"I have not heard of what this is. ”

This is a unique treasure medicine in Beihai, also known as sea cucumber, which looks like a human body. ”

"This is easy to do, I will send someone to the pharmacy and buy blood ginseng with a lot of money!"

"Deputy Sect Master, slow!"

"What's wrong?"

"This sea cucumber is too rare, and ordinary pharmacies categorically don't have it, but I heard that the lord of the palace has offered a high price reward all year round to buy sea cucumbers, so you might as well ask him. ”

"What does he want this sea cucumber to do?"

"Uh... This, it is inconvenient to say more. ”

"Come on!"

A guard outside the courtyard heard the sound and hurried inside.

"Deputy Sect Master, please command. ”

"Call the king to sponsor it immediately!"

"Yes!"

The guards immediately left the courtyard and went in search of the lord of the palace.

After a while, the king sponsor, who was bloated and had a wrinkled face, twisted his fat body and came to the room.

"Subordinate kings sponsor, see Vice-Sect Master. ”

"Lord Wang, I heard that you buy sea cucumbers all year round, but is there such a thing?"

"Well, this is true. ”

Wang Sponsor glanced at Dr. Xiong on the side and replied hesitantly.

"Ah Huan has lost too much blood and urgently needs sea cucumbers, and I hope ..."

Jue Chen looked at the king and said meaningfully.

"Real... To tell the truth, last year, I did buy a sea cucumber. ”

"Then, bother the lord of the king's mansion, take it and lend it to me. Jiechen said warmly.

"Hey... Don't dare, don't dare, the young master is in urgent need, and his subordinates should naturally serve sea cucumbers, but... It's just..."

"Just what?" Seeing that the king was hesitant, he couldn't help but have a frost on his face.

"Alas, deputy sect master, let's be honest, my subordinates love Fengyue, and there are twenty-eight wives and concubines in the house, and this physical strength is a little weak, just... , just buy that blood ginseng, supplement... It's up for it. ”

"You!"

Like a big quilt, Wang Sponsor folded his waist as if he had folded his waist, knelt on the ground, and said tremblingly:

"Oops, damn it!"

Doctor Xiong on the side is also a black line on the brain, such a treasure medicine that can give birth to human flesh and bones, and he actually took it to replenish his waist...

"Is there only one sea cucumber?"

"It's too rare, it's one of the best water-based young people in the city, named Agung, who helped his subordinates pick it up in the deep sea last year. ”

"Okay, don't kneel here! Triple the sea cucumber bounty you issued, and let everyone in the whole state go to the sea to find it!"

"Yes, the subordinates will go here and issue an announcement overnight!"

After the king sponsor left, Jue Chen couldn't help but scold:

"What a rice bucket!"

When Dr. Xiong on the side heard this, although he didn't speak, the words "That's right!" were clearly written on his face.

"Vice-Sect Master"

"What's the matter, Doctor Xiong. ”

"The young master's blood is stopped, as long as you find the sea cucumber and recover your blood, you can wake up, but this broken arm, alas, the old man really doesn't have the ability to move flowers and trees. ”

"Doctor Xiong, it's a blessing that Ah Huan was able to pick up a life. ”

"Well, that's all I can think of. ”

"You're tired, go and rest, come on, take Dr. Xiong back to rest." ”

"Then the old man arranged for the old man to live in a side room in this courtyard, if there is any situation, you can call me in time. ”

"It's okay, I've wronged Dr. Xiong. ”

"Hehe, it's okay..."

That night, the messenger of Dongying Prefecture, regardless of the fact that the people might have slept peacefully, sounded gongs along the street and shouted:

"Buy sea cucumbers with a lot of money, and those who pick them within three days will be rewarded with three hundred silver!"

By the sea, in a dilapidated fisherman's house.

"Ahem... , ahem..."

The sound of coughing made the candlelight flicker in the room.

A sick woman, pushing open the window and looking at the seashore, her eyes full of sorrow, kept muttering:

"Nan Mu Guanyin Bodhisattva, please bless my husband and son and return safely..."

Worship God is like God, maybe it is really the heavens who heard the lady's request, and a little fishing lamp on the sea is lit.

The anxious woman couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

On the beach, Agung and his father struggled to tow the fishing boat ashore.

"Dad, now you can exchange money with the lord of the palace and buy medicine for your mother!"

"Oh, you stupid boy, why are you so reckless! I thought you were drowning at the bottom of the sea!"

"Okay, Dad, don't you think I'm good, the trench is too deep, and if you don't dive, you won't be able to find sea cucumbers. ”

"Alas, it's so suspenseful, this stormy, if it weren't for our two good water qualities, even if you picked sea cucumbers, you wouldn't have been able to go ashore. ”

"Dad, don't go to sea with me in the future, I can do it alone. ”

"Look at what you said, a person, a person, how do you pull the net?"

"This...."

"I hope you find a daughter-in-law as soon as possible, so that your father doesn't have to accompany you to the sea. ”

"Dad, why did you talk about finding a daughter-in-law...."

"Okay, Dad knows that you are filial, let's go, go home, your mother is probably worried and can't sleep. ”

"Hmm"

With that, Agung carried a cloth bag the size of a sock and walked with his father to the hut by the sea.

"Oh, you two, you guys, you really scared me to death, do you know, how big the wind and rain are!"

"Hehe, okay mother, isn't it good for me and my father. ”

"Hey, the Bodhisattva manifests, just come back. ”

"Mother, look, I caught a sea cucumber!"

As he spoke, Agung raised the cloth bag in his hand to Agung's mother's eyes.

In the cloth bag, a red humanoid creature was wriggling.

"Argon... Take it away, that thing looks like a human, alas, my mother looks at it and feels that it is evil, great compassion Guanyin Bodhisattva..."

"Oh oh oh, I'm sorry mother, I was so happy for a while that I forgot that you were afraid of this. ”

"All right, Agung, go boil the water, take a hot bath, you've been at the bottom of the sea for too long, go and be hot. Father Agung lowered the rope and said to Agung.

"Okay"

Agung made a sound and walked towards the kitchen, ready to boil water for a bath.

A wet red figure, with his left arm in his hands, stood up from the sea, which continued to fall down his hair.

After soaking in the sea for a long time, Lian Ling's left shoulder was already only flesh and skin, and the blood had dried up.

Only in this way can we escape from this place without leaving a trail of blood.

She has lost too much blood, and her eyes have become misty...

In my groggy mind, some distant and unfamiliar images flashed.

Legend has it that when people are about to die, they will think of their past, those past events that are so far away that they can't usually remember.

Droughts, pestilences, famines, wars...

Each of these is enough to devastate the lives and plunge the people into the abyss of darkness.

"Woooooo Father... Father.... Mother...."

In the rubble, a young girl cried helplessly beside her parents, who had been dead for many days.

The corpses of the parents are already rotting, and the young daughter still refuses to leave...

Hunger, coupled with constant crying, made the young girl weaker and weaker.

The crying also became humming and chirping...

"Puff" The weak young girl fell on the corpse crawling with snipers.

Soon after, a sloppy wandering young man came to the ruins with heavy steps.

The wandering youth's muddy eyes suddenly emitted a little divine light, looking at the young girl in the ruins.

The young girl was picked up and left, and the sniper-crawling parents...

The homeless young man carried his young daughter out of the ruins and onto the road.

The homeless youth put the young girl on the ground and looked at her weak face, her lips that kept sucking...

The homeless youth opened his mouth and bit his wrist...

In a daze, the young girl kept sucking the wrist of the homeless youth, and the homeless young man's wooden face, there was no trace of pain, but she was just so wooden, letting her suck unscrupulously.

Slowly, the young girl seemed to feel content and fell asleep peacefully.

In the distance, a girl about thirteen or fourteen years old walked towards her.

The homeless youth withdrew his arm and continued to walk indifferently...

CHAPTER XXII