Chapter Seventy-Four: Seeking Lingzhi and Encountering the Old Demon (I)
Hurrying and hurrying, it took Haiying two and a half days to arrive in Xishuangbanna. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ infoThis speed should be very fast, because Xishuangbanna is in the south of Ning'er, that is, the southernmost part of the southern country, nearly 3,000 miles away from Lijiang. The Celestial Star Shenxing Taibao Dai Zong travels 800 a day, and his father the God of War Mountain Eagle travels 1,000 a day, and the Sea Eagle should be faster than the two of them. Fortunately, Xiao Jinyu, the second leader of the Ice Girl Country, captured the four state cities of Cangyuan, Shuangjiang, Ximeng, and Menglian, and did not occupy Xishuangbanna, so Haiying did not encounter any obstacles.
Xishuangbanna was originally the Qing Dynasty's Cheli Xuan Envoy, Wan Jiangshan turned his back on the Qing Dynasty and established himself as the queen, so he set it up as a state in the south. There are low mountains and hills, the climate is warm and humid, the vines are intricate, and the trees are verdant, which is very suitable for the growth of Ganoderma lucidum.
Haiying inquired all the way and asked around, only to be told by an old man of the Dai tribe that only in that place could there be a thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum.
The old man of the Dai nationality said that there are also in other places in Xishuangbanna, but there are only decades and hundreds of years of Ganoderma lucidum, and there is no thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum.
Haiying didn't ask again, and was about to rush to Gasa, but the old man shouted and said: "Young man, I advise you not to go, if you go, not only will you not be able to get the thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, but you may have to throw your little life there." β
Seahawk paused and asked, "Why did the old man say that?" β
The old man said, "Because there's an old demon there." β
"Dead-reeling old demon?"
"Yes, it's him, he's going to kill you, throw you to the hot springs and burn you to death. β
"Don't ask about the innocent, will he die when he sees someone?"
The old man said: "Yes, he wants to die when he sees people, so he is nicknamed 'Old Demon Seeking Life'! In fact, the old demon is not like this, his name is Song Bencao, he is a peddler who runs a shop of medicinal herbs, mainly sells Ganoderma lucidum to support his family, has a soft personality, is kind and friendly, and is a rare good person. But then, he became a bad guy. One day, Xiao Jinyu, the second leader of the Ice Maiden Kingdom, suddenly came and not only robbed him of a thousand-year-old Lingzhi tree that he regarded as a treasure, but also killed his wife and robbed his daughter. Song Bencao has a martial arts, although he bravely resisted and fought back, he still watched Xiao Jinyu kill his wife and rob his daughter and couldn't save it. Emei's magic skills are too powerful, Song Bencao's martial arts are not good, and he can't compete, although he escaped, he was also seriously injured. Later, after Song Bencao recovered from his injury, his temperament changed greatly, he not only practiced kung fu and martial arts, but also everyone who came to his medicinal herb shop to buy Ganoderma lucidum, he thought it was a bad person, did not show affection, did not ask the reason, all punched and kicked and thrown into the hot spring to be scalded to death. β
Seahawk said, "This man is probably crazy. β
The old man said: "People also speculate so, but the real situation is unknown. He has martial arts, and in this place in the south, except for Xiao Jinyu, no one can beat him, so no one dares to explore. β
The sea hawk said, "I'll go and find out today." β
The old man saw that Haiying was young and ignorant, childish, and not very tall, so he shook his head and said, "Young man, you better not go, live well, why do you want to break through that ghost gate?"
Haiying said: "Old man, I have received your kindness, don't persuade me, even if the old demon burns me to death, I will go, because I need to use the thousand-year-old Lingzhi to save my fiancΓ©e Maria." β
After saying that, the sea eagle jumped up and walked away with light skills. The old man stood there, stunned for a moment, unable to imagine that this young man still had such good kung fu.
When he came to Gasa, Haiying saw a shop with a sign with the word "medicine" standing tall in the distance. The signboard is an apricot yellow cloth with red characters written on it, and the cloth piece is blown by the wind, making a loud noise, giving people a feeling of emptiness and distance.
The sea eagle fell from the sky, took the broken steps of "stepping on the snow without a trace", and quietly sneaked into a hidden corner outside the shop to observe the movement. The shop was very deserted inside and out, and there was not a single figure shaking. Haiying changed the angle, only to find that there was a middle-aged man with a cold face, short beard, thick shoulders and a round waist sitting behind the counter, which was probably the old man who said that the old demon Song Materia Medica. According to the old man, if you buy other medicinal herbs, you will be fine, but if you buy Ganoderma lucidum, you will be beaten by the old demon and thrown into the hot spring. It is said that there are more than a dozen hot springs, the lowest temperature is more than 20 degrees Celsius, and the highest temperature is more than 100 degrees.
Haiying didn't dare to act rashly, in the face of such a life-seeking madman, he was thinking about how to get the thousand-year-old Lingzhi he wanted. Explain the situation and ask for courtesy, I am afraid that the old demon who asks for his life will not pay attention to him, but if he comes by force and forcibly captures it, it is not the way of Haiying. What should I do if I am pressed for time?
At this moment, a person entered the medicine shop, it seemed to be a young woman, as soon as she entered, she knelt down for the old demon who asked for her life, she took out a string of copper coins and said: "Please Song Dashan, sell me a Ganoderma lucidum, my old father is dying, I must use a thousand years of Ganoderma lucidum to live!"
The sea eagle didn't understand, the old demon was obviously a great evildoer, why did the young woman call him a great good man? Isn't this black and white reversed? Oh, by the way, the young woman was for his father, in order to avoid being killed, so she spoke against her will and begged for help. However, can she move the old demon who is struggling for her life?
The old demon slowly stood up from behind the counter, walked up to the young woman with a lingzhi tree, and asked in an unusually cold tone, "You were sent by Xiao Jinyu's little goblin, right?"
The young woman said, "I am not." He handed over a string of copper coins and prepared to take away the Ganoderma lucidum.
Unexpectedly, the old demon kicked the young woman to the ground with a kick and said, "Still say it's not?"
The young woman said, "I'm really not." So he got up, and went to get the lingzhi again.
The old demon said unreasonably: "It's not for sure. Tell me honestly, did that little goblin send you to ask for Lingzhi or to explore the way?" another kick kicked the young woman backwards.
The young woman got up again, didn't dare to take the lingzhi, and explained: "Xiao Jinyu, I have only heard of it, I have never seen it, how could it be that she sent it?
However, the old demon didn't listen to her explanation at all, and walked towards the back of the pharmacy as soon as he picked her up. Seahawk reckoned that he was going to throw her into the hot springs......