Chapter 38: Reeling Town (1)
"Are you saying that we can also follow down the mountain?" Qi Bing listened to Jiang Muling for a long time, only heard the word "down the mountain", and the rest of the content was washed away with excitement.
"You......" Jiang Muling nodded his eyebrows, "It's very dangerous to get rid of trouble, everyone else is nervous and scared, just you're so happy, aren't you afraid of danger?"
Jiang Muling went out with Su Rongjun to deal with sect affairs this time, and another reason was to go through training, and only if he could not rely on the division commander to complete the eradication, he would be able to take charge of himself in the future.
Jiang Muling is a genius in the cultivation realm, although the growth of sword cultivation is slow, he is still in the foundation building period, and he has not yet reached the golden pill, but Yang Bing knows that she and Xia Zhiqiu may not be able to defeat Jiang Muling together.
For sword cultivation, experience is particularly important, only people who have personally experienced the line of life and death, and felt a higher realm, can master the sword in their hands, which is a lot higher than those who have not fought in actual combat.
Their next stop was the place where Jiang Muling had practiced, Reeding Town, which had recently been infested by evil spirits, and some people had disappeared, so they asked someone to ask the Xianmen for help.
Su Rongjun and Wuxu Zhenren chatted yesterday to talk about this matter, and Wuxu Zhenren asked him to bring Qi Bing with him, see the world more, maybe he can help a little, and by the way, understand the gap between himself and Jiang Muling.
This is a trivial matter, Su Rongjun readily agreed, and said that since he wanted to go together, why not call the little friend from Tongyang Peak as well, the relationship between the three teenagers is so good, no one can do it without them.
She didn't know that it had been arranged without her knowledge when they had drunk tea and their stomachs were swollen yesterday, although she liked it very much.
"Mu Ling is here, I have nothing to be afraid of. "Qi Bing still misses the time when the three of them practiced and explored together in the past.
"Hmm...... Don't be afraid. Jiang Muling couldn't suppress the corners of his mouth, "Reeling Village is not far away, set off in the afternoon, and you can arrive in the evening." ”
The three men didn't need to prepare anything when they went out, not to mention that they were not going out to play, so in less than half an hour, they set off after calling Xia Zhiqiu.
"By the way, this village is so far away from Penglai, can you also receive a request for help?" Qi Bing stood diagonally on the spirit sword, a little confused, this location is too delicate, even if there is no one in Kunlun to solve it, there will be a closer Xianmen to take over this task, right?
After Qi Bing finished speaking, he saw the two little friends looking at him in surprise.
"Don't you know......? Oh, the real person probably didn't tell you about it. Xia Zhiqiu's face was full of "I have served your two masters and apprentices, and no one looks the same."
The spirit swords of the three of them were very close, and Qi Bing saw that both of them took out a jade plaque from their own empty bags.
Input spiritual power, and bright words flew out of the jade plaque, floating in the air above the jade plaque, as if written on an invisible piece of paper.
"Lingtong Jade, made by the Immortal League, is the central jade card for the monks to choose tasks, and all the tasks that need to be solved by the monks in the cultivation world will be posted on it for the monks to choose, and you can get points after completing the task. ”
"Not only quests, but also auctions, item transfers, and bounties can all be seen here, so even monks who can't accept quests for the time being will use Lingtong Jade. Jiang Muling flicked his fingers, and the words in the air changed, becoming words such as "task, transfer, reward, auction".
"Ah...... However, my brothers have also gone out to do missions, but I have never seen them have this jade plate. Qi Bing began to reflect on whether he had cultivated his brain in the past few years, and he didn't know anything that seemed to be common sense.
"Everyone's Lingtong jade is private, no one will take it out to others, right! If it is stolen, it will be miserable!" Xia Zhiqiu also got the Lingtong jade from Tongyang Zhenren not long ago, and often took it out from time to time to see if there were any new things in the transfer auction that interested him.
Both of them generously showed off their psychic jade, without the slightest concealment, and studied each other.
"Mu Ling Mu Ling, tell me if there is you on the foundation building list! I looked at it for a long time, I don't have your name, is it a fake name?!" Xia Zhiqiu's ass was about to move to Jiang Muling's sword.
"Can you still use a pseudonym for this thing?" Ling Bing felt that he was really backward, didn't Yarrow Zhenren remember about it?
"Of course, but most people will use their real names, after all, if their points are high, they can be seen by the entire cultivation world, which is a great way to improve their fame!" Xia Zhiqiu used his real name, and the three big black characters floated in the air, making Qi Bing can't help but want to catch it and see if he can pass through.
"Different realms have different lists, but we can't see the list of higher realms, we can only look at the Qi cultivation period and the foundation building period, and the top 100 monks in each realm will be on the list. Xia Zhiqiu called out the list to show Yu Bing, and indeed many people knew that it was their real name at a glance, but there were also some strange fake names mixed in.
"Some guys who don't like to receive too much attention will use fake names, and this is the most famous on the foundation building list," Xia Zhiqiu swiped from the bottom of the list to the top, "The second place on the foundation building list, mapo tofu spicy chicken." ”
Qi Bing heard himself swallow loudly, and he was hungry when he looked at it, "Can you still take a fake name like this? I thought they were all heroes and Taoists." ”
"It's usually like this, but people love it so much, and it's the second!" Xia Zhiqiu rubbed to Jiang Muling's side, "Brother Muling, tell me which one you are?"
"I'm ashamed, I've been concentrating on cultivation before, and I haven't done any tasks, so I'm not on the list yet. Jiang Muling scratched the air, he really used his own name, and Yang Bing couldn't think of what pseudonym Jiang Muling would use.
"Huh?" Qi Bing thought about it, something was wrong, "Even Mu Ling is doing a task for the first time, how can there be a Qi training list?
"Who said that the task must be to eliminate evil spirits, there are many kinds of tasks, and Lingtong Jade will divide the difficulty of the task according to the realm, we can't choose a task higher than our own realm. Xia Zhiqiu explained for a long time, took out the water bag with a dry mouth and took a sip.
"Really? I'll take a look...... The task of practicing qi and building a foundation ......" Yi Bing stretched out her hand and stroked Jiang Muling's Lingtong jade, and Jiang Muling also let her look at it casually.
In addition to the task of eliminating evil spirits, not to mention alchemy, healing, and sending things, there are actually tasks such as planting land and building houses, and summoning people to fight in groups, will there really be monks to do it?
"After the task is completed, Lingtong Jade will give points according to the degree of completion, although the points for this kind of task are very few, but some small sects will also have people to do it, just to save points. Xia Zhiqiu didn't look like a master who would farm for so many points, and he didn't understand what these people were thinking.
"That...... I want to ask, is this point useful other than improving fame?"
"It's useless," Xia Zhiqiu put away the Lingtong Jade indifferently, "It's just that you can exchange some spirit coins." ”
"What?" Qi Bing froze, was it the spirit coin she was thinking, the spirit coin that was the common currency of the cultivation realm?
"That's right, one point can only be exchanged for a hundred spirit coins, who wants to change it, it's better to keep it for the list. Xia Zhiqiu completely regarded money as dung, and for him, it was more important to improve his ability and reputation.
The poor man Yu Bing was once again hit by the son of the landlord's family, a hundred spirit coins, is it very little? You can buy a low-level spirit sword.
Qi Bing completely understands why those people go to farming to collect points, and understands very much! Money can make ghosts grind, and money can also let monks farm!
"Even going to farming has one point, there should be more to get rid of evil spirits, right?"
"But multiple people will divide the points equally when they team up," Jiang Muling could see at a glance what Yu Bing was thinking, and couldn't help but wonder, did Kunlun treat his own disciples so badly?
In fact, the treatment of Kunlun's personal disciples is no worse than that of Penglai, but it also depends on who the master is.
Yarrow Zhenren is not short of this money, so he naturally thinks that ordinary people are not short of money, and he has never remembered to give pocket money to his apprentices, resulting in Yang Bing is now estimated to be the poorest personal disciple in history.
"Huh, aren't we just stealing your points?"
"It's okay, I don't care about that, it's all about experience. Jiang Muling had already taken this task before, and he sensed Xia Zhiqiu's Lingtong Jade and pulled people into the team.
"There are immortal leagues distributed in the secular post stations near Reeling Town, you can go to get the demon rope used in the task, let's go buy a piece of Lingtong jade on the way, and then add the ice. "Three friends together, no one can do without them.
In the evening, Qi Bing was given a piece of her own Lingtong jade by Jiang Muling, and thanked her repeatedly.
Her piece of Lingtong jade was jade ice colored, it was cold to the touch, and after absorbing her own blood, it became warm.
Because they had to arrive in Reedori Town before night, Xue Bing was handling her Lingtong Jade as she went.
"Xiao Qiuqiu, do you think I should use my real name?"
Xia Zhiqiu replied, "Whatever you want."
Qi Bing didn't really want to use her real name, so she said that she should be more low-key, and what if others thought she was a female cultivator.
Well, to be on the safe side, let's use a pseudonym.
But the name of Yang Bing was abolished, and he even had to send a flying letter to Jiang Muling to ask what the magic weapon was called, and he couldn't think of any fake name that could be used at this time.
You can't even ask Mu Ling about this kind of thing, right?Xia Zhiqiu's words...... always felt that he would help him choose a name for the second middle school like "Xiao Ye is the first in the world", and her taste was not so low.
Qi Bing casually brushed the list, staring at the second on the list, "Mapo Tofu Spicy Chicken", and analyzed that this person must be from the land of Shuzhong.
In a flash of inspiration, she thought that this old man had given her a good inspiration.
Then Xia Zhiqiu and Jiang Muling saw Qi Bing writing seven big characters in the air.
"Sweet and sour pork ribs and white fungus soup"
Xia Zhiqiu: ???
Xia Zhiqiu: "You have this kind of pseudonym, do you want to fight against the second on the list?"
"Hee-hee, I just think that this form doesn't seem to be bad, this kind of name hides myself perfectly, and I can't even tell if it's a man or a woman!" The only drawback is that I may drool unconsciously every time I see it.
Xia Zhiqiu found that this was really reasonable, but he wouldn't have chosen such a low-grade name.
And Jiang Muling looked at this name for a long time, and found that even a person he didn't know could make Yu Bing take the initiative to become the same pseudonym, but he was even nervous about sending a sword spike, thinking about whether he should also change to a pseudonym?
...... Forget it, his master will look for him on the list, in case he asks, he probably won't be able to say a name like "sweet and sour pork ribs and white fungus soup" when he asks.
"It's here. ”
The town was very large, and the entrance was much more imposing than the villages they passed through, and it was surrounded high by sturdy and beautiful stone bricks, and the roads in the town were spacious, and they were not dirt roads that would be muddy when it rained, but roads paved with blue bricks.
It is said that every household in this town breeds silkworms and makes silk for sale, and with good silk quality and silk weaving techniques passed down from generation to generation, there have always been many orders, so the people in this area are relatively wealthy.
Although you can feel that the people here have a good standard of living when you first enter the town, there are not many people walking on the streets, and the road that can accommodate eight horse-drawn carriages is very empty.
The more they walked, the fewer people came, the shops on the side of the road were closed, the stalls were collected, and the pedestrians went home, and when the night sank, there was no one left.
"Wow, it's really weird, a few people are missing, don't you hide in the house all night, right? There are just three of us on the street, and we don't even have a light. Xia Zhiqiu actually felt a trace of coldness, gloomy.
"Actually, I can already see a lot after walking this part of the road just now. Jiang Muling was shocked and continued to walk towards their destination.
"No one went out at night, and someone went missing recently, which means that those who disappeared were not seen at night. ”
"Think back to those pedestrians, do you notice anything out of the ordinary?"
Is it an expression, behavior, clothing, or ......
That's right!
"It's age! Not a single one of the people we saw was a little younger!"
Xia Zhiqiu also thought about it carefully, and it was true, whether it was a shopkeeper, a vendor, or a pedestrian, without exception, they were at least not confused, which added a little lifeless meaning to the town where there were no people.
"So, those who are missing must be the young people of the town, both men and women. Jiang Muling's voice was very soft, but it was loud.
"Also, along this road, the evil aura is getting stronger and stronger, and it should be just ahead. ”
In the distance, there is a large house with a large area, and the fence is higher than the town gate, which must be a big family in this area.
"This is it. ”