Chapter 21: Red Maple Town
Half a month has passed since the sensational Wang family's birthday banquet, and Guo Xu, the behind-the-scenes hero of this birthday banquet, is different from the Wang family's door, and the days are still dull and quiet. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Guo Xu was sitting quietly on the bamboo collapse at this time watching "The Spiritual Kitchen Vientiane Record".
This is the classic of the spirit kitchen given to him by Huzi three days ago, saying that he has passed part of the test, and the master wants him to start learning to prepare for the future.
I don't know what kind of material this "Vientiane Lu" is made of, the outer skin is like gold but not gold, the inner page is like jade but not jade, and the pages are not only tough, but also rare and thin.
The tens of thousands of pages of books are only less than twenty or thirty centimeters thick, and they are very light, and Guo Xu weighs dozens of pounds when he weighs them.
The content of "Vientiane Lu" can be described as all-inclusive, Guo Xu's family has been a doctor for generations, and he has also learned and contacted various medicinal herbs since he was a child.
But despite this, many of the elixirs recorded in this "Vientiane Record" are still unheard of and unseen!
Not to mention the introduction of various demon beasts and monsters that are much more than the types of elixir, which made Guo Xu feel the boundlessness of cultivation and his own shallowness.
Since Guo Xu advanced to the congenital, he has become more and more deaf and clear, and his memory has also been greatly enhanced, almost to the point of unforgettable.
Guo Xu didn't seek to understand this "Vientiane Record" first, but first remembered it in his mind, and Guo Xu remembered about a quarter of it in just seven or eight days.
On this day, Guo Xu did not continue to study "Vientiane Lu", he set off, went out of the restaurant, out of the Agarwood Valley, and went to the edge of the 100,000 mountains of the Demon Beast Mountain Range to practice.
He had to complete the second round of tests of Master Li, hunt three first-class demon beasts Qi Xiaxiang pigs, and pick ten moonlight plants that were at least fifty years old.
Before leaving, Huzi secretly stuffed a book to him, which contained the precautions and lessons learned from going out, as well as fifty spirit stones!
Guo Xu rejected the spirit stone and accepted the book.
Guo Xu cherished this book, looking at Huzi, he did not thank him, but buried this kindness deep in his heart.
This experience is Guo Xu's first outing in the four years since he entered the Agarwood Valley.
He was only twelve years old when he first entered the mountain, and he was a teenager who was ignorant of cultivation and full of curiosity about everything.
Hongfeng Town is a small town on the edge of the 100,000 Great Mountain, about 3,000 miles away from the Agarwood Valley.
Guo Xu spent ten contribution points from the Spirit Beast Courtyard of the Miscellaneous Service Courtyard and rented a red wildebeest to hurry.
This red wildebeest walks like the wind, has enough endurance, can travel thousands of miles a day, and the horse's back is broad, the temperament is tame, and the walking on dangerous roads is not bumpy, it is the first choice for outer disciples to go out for trials.
Guo Xu's first trial also chose a horse to save time!
It has been three days since Guo Xu rode a red wildebeest to Hongfeng Town.
Looking at the tall city wall that was more than ten zhang high, all of which were built with hard and abnormal iron graphite and stretched for several miles, Guo Xu was speechless for a while, it was a bit unworthy of the name to call this huge city a town!
The terrain of Hongfeng Town is dangerous, and there are mountains on both sides that stretch for an unknown number of thousands of miles, but the 100,000 mountains have left a small gap in this location of Hongfeng Town, and human beings have built the town here.
The construction of Red Maple Town here is equivalent to choking the throat of the 100,000 mountains, and it is also used as a bridgehead to resist the beast tide, and when the beast tide comes, Red Maple Town will inevitably bear the brunt.
The reason why the walls of Red Maple Town are all made of rare and hard iron graphite are built is to resist the tide of beasts!
Although there is no beast tide now, under the sunlight, the original dark iron and graphite has been covered with a layer of blood and evil qi, obviously this city wall has witnessed many beast tides, and the blood of all kinds of fierce beasts and birds has been sprinkled all over the city wall.
Guo Xu led the red wildebeest to the city gate. There was already a long queue here at the city gate, and it was obvious that they were all going to Red Maple Town for trials.
Hongfeng Town, as the throat of the 100,000 Great Mountain, not only the disciples of Agarwood Valley came here, but also the disciples of the surrounding Xiuzhen sects, Ziyang Sect, Luoyan Mountain, Wanjian Sect, etc., came here to try, of course, more of them were those who risked their lives to find opportunities.
The special location of Hongfeng Town has made it a distribution center for people and materials, with all kinds of facilities and all kinds of facilities, and it is very prosperous, especially Xiuzhenfang City in Hongfeng Town.
Because there are often elixirs and demon beasts from the 100,000 mountains to trade, it has become a transcendent thing second only to the internal markets of the major sects.
Moreover, the flow of people in this square is complicated, and all kinds of treasures that are inconvenient to sell in the pie are not worried about buyers here, so the business is extremely hot.
To enter the city to verify his identity, Guo Xu has an identity talisman disc issued by Agarwood Valley, so he can enter for free with the talisman disk, and if it is a casual cultivation without a talisman disk, he must use the spirit stone to buy a temporary identity talisman.
A spirit stone stays for a month, and if it exceeds the time, you must continue to buy it, otherwise it will be expelled.
At this moment, the one in front of Guo Xu was a loose cultivator, obviously dissatisfied with the rules of Red Maple Town, and complained to the guards guarding the city.
The doorman didn't say a word, and picked up the long knife in his hand and slashed at Sanxiu's neck, the Sanxiu didn't expect the doorman to dare to use force at all, and let out a terrible scream, blood splashed everywhere!
That Sanxiu was caught off guard and was hacked to death by the guards!
The doorman kicked the loose corpse away like a broken sandbag, and continued to examine the others.
Guo Xu witnessed this bloody scene, and his understanding of the cruelty of reality deepened again.
Guo Xu entered the city until Agarwood Valley handed over the red wildebeest at the camp in Hongfeng Town, and he wandered aimlessly in the town alone.
It was his first time in Red Maple Town, and he wanted to walk around and observe the various conditions in the town first.
Just walked a few streets, and suddenly heard someone behind me say hello: "This Taoist friend is the first time in Hongfeng Town." ”
Guo Xu turned around and found that it was a middle-aged man with a sharp head and a thin body talking to him, a little strange: "It's really the first time I've come here, I don't know what you have to say!"
"Haha, don't you dare to see the sect! Daoist friends are afraid that the disciples of the sect will come to Hongfeng for trial. The middle-aged man continued.
"Oh, what does it have to do with whether I am trying or not? Guo Xu was a little displeased when he saw this person probing him.
The middle-aged man knew how to observe words and feelings, and hurriedly explained: "Don't misunderstand. I don't have any other intentions in the next place, but I saw that Daoyou came here for the first time, and I guessed that I must not be familiar with the red maple. ”
"There is just a book of "Secrets of Red Maple Town" here, which has a detailed introduction to all walks of life and various rules in Red Maple Town, so that Taoist friends can get familiar with various situations in the fastest time and avoid being deceived. ”
The middle-aged man said that the saliva was flying, and suddenly there was a small book with a golden cover in his hand, and the cover was written with five big characters on the small seal book "The Secret of Red Maple Town".
Guo Xu laughed dumbly, it turned out to be a "flea" who sold books.
This "flea" tiger is introduced in a small book to Guo Xu, which is a special business developed by some local monks in Hongfeng Town to make a living, specifically for monks who have just arrived in Hongfeng to sell various so-called "necessities" at high prices.
These so-called "necessities" are of mixed quality and deception, and when the foreign monks realize that they have been deceived and seek out the people who peddle them, these people disappear like fleas into the vast sea of people.
When the foreign monks left, they magically came out again to continue to be active, and continued to look for the next "wronged leader".
Since he knew the details of this person, he naturally wouldn't be fooled and decisively refused.
This person was a little surprised to see Guo Xu's refusal, and hurriedly said: "Don't think about it again, this "Secret" is a rare book, you have mastered the "Secret" and made fewer mistakes, sometimes it is equivalent to an extra life." The middle-aged man continued to lobby.
Guo Xu simply ignored him, raised his feet and left.
The middle-aged man was especially unwilling, and trotted to catch up with Guo Xu and said: "Fellow Daoist, seeing that you are so sincere, this secret is a big discount, originally five spirit stones a copy, and now a spirit stone is sold to you." ”
The middle-aged man saw that Guo Xu was still not moved, so he reluctantly used his nirvana to greatly reduce the price.
Guo Xu glanced at the middle-aged man with a smile, he didn't think about buying it at all, where did the sincerity come from?
This person can use such a lame reason for selling books as a selling point, this cheeky skin is much thicker than himself, and it is worth learning from himself!
Guo Xu and this person's situation, but they didn't know that they were completely looked at by the two people behind.
One of the young women, dressed in green and wearing a veil, said to a tall and burly young man with an honest face: "This Guo Xu doesn't seem to be stupid, he didn't fall for this flea. ”
The young man looked excited: "That's, how could Senior Brother Guo be so shrewd, how could he be easily fooled?" Huzi knew that it was his little book that played a role, and his eyebrows fluttered, even happier than Guo Xu himself.
"Really, I remember that there was also a fool who claimed to be smart but was actually stupid, and the first time he came to Red Maple Town, he bought a broken book called "The Secret of Red Maple Town", and spent five spirit stones!"
The girl was merciless, and her tone was full of ridicule.
The boy's face was flushed instantly, and he lowered his head like a bird who had made a mistake, and he couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into!