Chapter 2: Come to Town Again
People would never have imagined that there would be such a small town in this northern border.
To the north, the town faces the kingdom of God, and the town faces to the south, bordering the two states of Jin and Qi.
Different from the Yinyang Pass hundreds of miles to the west, here, people can not feel a sense of urgency at the junction of the two countries, every day, a team of Qi medicine merchants will come here, and the natural treasures of the barren mountains will start from here and flow to every corner of the various ethnic groups in the Eastern Continent.
Although it is located in the extreme north and the environment is harsh, the world knows that those incomparably precious medicinal materials often survive on the steep cliffs, and those tenacious vitality always make countless cultivators rush to it.
This is the town again, you think it's good, please come again.
After packing his bags, Liu Chen took Beigong Fu to live in the small courtyard of the north corner of the town, standing outside the fence, Liu Chen could see the legendary non-barren mountain from a distance, and the Linhai Snow Field in the non-barren mountain is the hometown of Beigong Fu, and the only remaining remnants of the spirit clan in the mainland all live there.
"Why don't you just go and live in the Spirit Clan?"
"I can go, but you can't, and if the scouts of the kingdom of God find out, you will die. ”
"It's been almost 10,000 years, and those northerners really hold grudges!"
Liu Chen smiled, shook his head and stopped staring at the snow mountain, turned back to the house, cleaned up the two wings, and then came to the front yard, moved a low dun and sat next to Beigong Fu.
"You once told me that you want to learn a good body technique, don't you?" Beigong Fu wrinkled her nose and lit a new fire in the small furnace, in recent days, she suddenly liked the flower tea in Los Angeles.
"That's right, I've printed the Academy's Tiger Running Skills, and I've just settled down, so I can start studying tomorrow. ”
"I think your swordsmanship is too fickle, and the Tiger Running Skill is not suitable for you. ”
"Do you have any good recommendations?"
"What do you think of me?"
Liu Chen frowned, carefully thinking back to the day he escaped from Chang'an, Beigong Fu was chased by so many princelings in the academy, but finally threw them away, such a light and elegant body is more chic, it seems that there is no routine at all, but every step is a routine.
"The reason why I brought you to the north is to let you learn this body method!" The small pot on the stove has begun to be cleared by the boiling water, Beigong Fu Waner smiled, lifted the kettle, and filled the two porcelain cups on the table, the air-dried petals melted in the boiling water, and the refreshing fragrance filled the entire courtyard, "This body method has no name and no formula, but all the old and young of the spirit clan can do it." ”
"What's the explanation?"
"You know, the barren mountains are full of cliffs, the environment is extremely harsh, my people want to survive, they have to wander between the cliffs, those precious treasures of heaven and earth, often grow in the most dangerous places, this is the paradise of wild beasts, but the hunters of the spirit race are their only natural enemies, the Eastern Continent clans, no race can fight against the spirit hunters in the mountains and forests. ”
"You mean to let me learn the skills of a Spirit Hunter?"
"Huh. Beigong Fu picked up the porcelain cup, raised his hand and handed it to Liu Chen's hand and said, "How much can you learn, count as much!"
Liu Chen nodded, then stopped talking, seeing that he was thoughtful, Beigong Fu glanced at him lightly, and picked up the scroll again.
Early the next morning, Liu Chen walked on the streets of the town again, and the people here did not look at him more because he was an outsider, and always said hello, as if Liu Chen had lived here for many years, and everything was so natural.
With the wind blowing from the barren mountain, the whole town was full of rain for no reason, on the old trees on both sides of the road, the petals of Qili incense swayed with the wind, and Liu Chen was fascinated, he often wondered if the flowers here could be more beautiful than the snow of the lonely mountain.
Cheng Qi is the neighbor of Liu Chen and Beigong Fu, and he is also the best medicine farmer in the whole town, Liu Chen followed him all the way to the market, bought all the supplies needed to go up the mountain, the two talked and laughed, and went north out of the town, and walked towards the edge of the barren mountain.
"Uncle Seven, how much money can you earn by collecting medicine every day?" Following behind Cheng Qi, watching him skillfully open the way, Liu Chen had some admiration in his heart, coming to this mountain, unless you can go as high as a Taoist master, otherwise with two legs, without rich experience, you may throw your life here at any time, this mountain is too steep, especially the violent storm and snow blowing from all directions, almost people can't open their eyes, even if the boots are tied with straw ropes, Liu Chen still feels that this mountain road is too slippery, so that he can't stand steadily.
"Be careful!" Cheng Qi climbed a steep cliff, turned around and stretched out his hand to Liu Chen, "You also know, Fluttershy is sick, I don't have the ability to be a father, I can't go and invite her to invite the magic doctor of the Medicine King Valley, but I heard that the snow lotus in the lonely mountain can cure him, I have never seen what the snow lotus looks like, but I believe that I can find it." ”
Fluttershy is the daughter of Cheng Qi, a family of four, his wife's surname is Wen, his son is ten years old, called Cheng Feng, and his youngest daughter is eight years old, called Cheng Die. At the beginning, when Liu Chen and Beigong Fu moved to that small courtyard, Beigong Fu had taken the pulse for Cheng Die, and the congenital deficiency really needed a natural treasure like Snow Lotus to continue his life, but in the market, such natural materials and treasures are often priceless.
"Uncle Seven, I see that you have practiced martial arts, why haven't you practiced?" Liu Chen held Cheng Qi's big hand, jumped onto the high platform with one kick and said, "Come to the town next to the Buddha country, it won't be difficult for you to practice." ”
"Cultivation?" Cheng Qi grinned, and his weather-beaten face suddenly fell into some longing and confusion, "People's hearts are made of meat, who is willing to be too forgetful?"
"Who said that cultivation is too forgetful?"
"Ruthlessness is invincibility, that's what the Holy Ancestor said. Cheng Qi raised his hand to wipe away the ice slag on his face, and smiled at Liu Chen: "It's a pity that his old man didn't do it, and he finally returned to the ruins." ”
"Don't talk about me. Cheng Qi turned around and opened the road in front, and Liu Chen's description was no longer clear in the wind and snow, "Let's talk about you, how did you two come to Zailai Town." ”
"I've provoked some enemies, come to the north to take refuge!" Liu Chen carefully stared at the road under his feet, for fear that he would accidentally fall into this abyss, "We are from Yunzhou, Fancheng, do you know." ”
"Yunzhou, you have to cross the Cangshui first, and then go south to cross the Canglan River, tsk, it's too far, I've never been that far in my life." ”
"Yo, Ice Grass!" Before Liu Chen could speak, Cheng Qi in front of him stopped, looked up at the steep not far away, and said to Liu Chen with joy in his eyes: "Brother Chen'er is really a lucky star, this Ice Grass can be sold for more than a hundred taels of silver!"
Cheng Qi's words were filled with joy, and after squatting down slightly, he took out the tools in his back basket with great difficulty, preparing to climb the cliff face and pick the ice grass.
The cliff surface is as smooth as a mirror, there is no place to put his feet at all, Liu Chen noticed that Cheng Qi's hand is constantly holding a rope to tie the iron hook, and then the iron hook is fiercely chiseled into the ice, so that it will take at least a few hours to climb to the position of the ice grass, and due to the strong wind, such a climb is simply playing with life, you know, they have been up the mountain for so long, this small mountain road is reluctant to stand alone, this way, the two of them are against the wall, step by step.