Chapter 36: Descending the Mountain

When Lu Shaoyu returned to the valley, his life was still peaceful, and the tense atmosphere outside seemed to have nothing to do with him.

Elder Liu spends most of his time in the pharmacy and rarely goes out. Since handing over the medicine field to Lu Shaoyu for management, he usually doesn't even bother to dig up medicine. Three meals a day, eating, drinking, and sleeping are all solved in the pharmacy.

"This old man is definitely a crazy paranoid research freak. Lu Shaoyu commented on Elder Liu in his heart.

However, this is fine, no one is watching, and he can rest assured that his cultivation.

As the days passed, Lu Shaoyu lived a very fulfilling life, and in addition to the penance of those major spells and martial arts, he also learned a lot of other auxiliary techniques.

Unconsciously, another two months passed.

Lu Shaoyu's cultivation was slowly improving.

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"Boy, come here. ”

In the morning, Lu Shaoyu was watering the medicine field, and Elder Liu opened the door of the pharmacy, walked out, and beckoned to him.

Lu Shaoyu hurriedly put down the bucket, ran to Elder Liu, and nodded, "Elder Liu, are you looking for me?"

"Well, you go down the mountain and help me buy some things and come back. Elder Liu said lightly.

Lu Shaoyu wondered in his heart, the things in this Ten Thousand Medicine Valley, except for the medicinal materials, had always been provided by the disciples outside, why did he have to go down the mountain to buy it himself this time?

Elder Liu took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Lu Shaoyu: "The live poultry written on it should be bought according to the quantity." I've recently made a new medicine and used it for testing. ”

Lu Shaoyu took the paper and took a cursory look, only to see that there were a lot of fine characters densely written on itβ€”500 white rabbits, 50 yellow dogs, 100 hemp chickens, and 100 wild ducks......

Densely packed, there are dozens of kinds. And it's all about some smaller poultry and wild animals. Large animals like horses, cows, donkeys, etc., are not written on them.

Although Lu Shaoyu glanced at it, he roughly estimated that the things on it were at least a few hundred taels. If you get it all back, you can open a small livestock farm.

"This is my token and the handwritten book from the mountain, you take it to the miscellaneous hall and ask them to pay you five hundred taels of silver, and by the way, call two people to help." Elder Liu handed Lu Shaoyu a piece of paper and a token.

Lu Shaoyu took it, it was a token made of black iron, black and not slippery, with a strange pattern engraved around it, the front was a big Liu character, and the back was a medicine tripod. The paper below only had a few words written on it: "Send disciples down the mountain to do errands, and you will be allowed to β€”β€” Liu Younian." ”

It turns out that his name is Liu Younian. Lu Shaoyu said secretly.

"Go, go early and come back early. ”

"Yes. Lu Shaoyu nodded, went back to the room to pack up his things, left the valley, and ran in the direction of the miscellaneous hall.

The Miscellaneous Hall is the hall that manages all kinds of chores and miscellaneous affairs in the sect, and is responsible for food procurement, clothing customization, and the purchase of common supplies.

Lu Shaoyu had the bookmark issued by Liu Younian in his hand, came to the miscellaneous hall to find the person in charge, showed Liu Younian's waist card, and easily got seven hundred taels of silver as funds.

Why is it seven hundred taels instead of five hundred taels? Hehe, anyway, Elder Liu didn't specify how much money he paid on the paper, and Lu Shaoyu had the final say on the money, and if he embezzled one or two hundred taels, it is estimated that Elder Liu would not pursue it.

With the help of the person in charge of the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall, he asked two more gray-clothed disciples to help, and obtained an order from the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall that he could go to the bottom of the mountain to receive a large carriage for temporary use.

Leaving the Miscellaneous Hall with two gray-clothed disciples, the three of them went down the mountain directly. With the order, he went to the livestock farm at the foot of the mountain to get a big carriage for Zongli's captive riding car, and galloped towards the nearest county seat.

After galloping for a while, he came to the city.

This is a small city with a population of about 100,000, which is much larger than Xuanyang Town. The three of them did not dare to delay, and after entering the city, they drove directly to the animal husbandry and miscellaneous market in the west of the city.

The miscellaneous market is full of people, bustling, very lively, and the fishy smell of all kinds of poultry and livestock comes to the face. Lu Shaoyu frowned, he hated the smell and covered his nose with his hand. A gray-clothed disciple beside him saw it and said with a smile: "Senior Brother Lu, you don't seem to like it very much here, why don't you leave the matter of buying livestock to us, the two of us will act separately, it is estimated that it will be finished in one or two hours, you have a rare trip down the mountain, go to the city for a walk, right? Two hours later, we will wait for you at the south city gate." ”

Lu Shaoyu glanced at him, and understood that he was just trying to take advantage of something when he was shopping, and his heart was also happy, and he nodded: "That's very good." Then I'll trouble you, Senior Brother Le. There are five hundred taels here, which is estimated to be enough to buy these things, and the extra money will be divided equally between the two of you. ”

The two glanced at each other, their faces showing joy, and the gray-clothed disciple named Senior Brother Le hurriedly said, "Hehe, Senior Brother Lu, don't worry, we will definitely help you handle things properly." ”

They are people from the miscellaneous hall, and they often go down the mountain to shop. The price is clear, according to what is written on this paper, after calculation, the preliminary estimate is only more than four hundred taels, and if he shows the identity of the Xuanyang Sect, those merchants will not dare to ask for too high a price, and the discount will be lowered, and this trip of four hundred taels can be handled. An extra hundred taels and two people divided it equally, and each of them also had fifty taels. Why not do such a good thing?

didn't bother to pay attention to the little abacus of the two, handed over the bill of goods and silver to them, Lu Shaoyu turned his head and left the animal husbandry market.

The first time I saw this world city, although it was a small city, Lu Shaoyu was also interested in visiting it. He walked towards the busiest shopping street in the city.

The commercial street is a goods market, and the flow of people is more dense, which can be described as shoulder to shoulder. But there is no such fishy smell of poultry here, and Lu Shaoyu's heart is much more relaxed. As he walked, he watched the dazzling array of goods on both sides.

"Wow, big sale, big sale. Authentic Tianjing porcelain, you can buy three pieces for one or two silver, you can choose any one, if you don't buy it, come and see it, hey......"

"Longgang iron farm tools, wear-resistant and durable, each piece only sells for five dollars of silver, if you want to buy it as soon as possible. ”

"Good silk is cheaper than the cloth village, the price is fair, and the child is not bullied......"

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The cries of selling were heard one after another.

Lu Shaoyu held the mentality of playing, walked forward slowly, and when he encountered those places where he bought jade ornaments, he would also stop and tiptoe for a while to see if there were any leaks like last time.

But it is impossible to have such good luck every time, and the result is naturally disappointed.

"This broken knife also sells for fifty taels? you might as well go and grab it......"

Suddenly, a voice reached Lu Shaoyu's ears. He paused for a moment, looked at the place where the sound came from, and saw a bunch of people not far away, talking about itβ€”

"Although this knife is sharp, it has broken like this, is it worth fifty taels?"

"That's it, Mingkeng people. ”

"Fifty taels can go to the refining hall and buy two fine steel knives. ”

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Everyone was talking, and Lu Shaoyu walked over curiously.

Parting the crowd, I saw a small stall in the crowd, and the stalls sold some weapons, and there were only a dozen or so kinds of them. The stall owner is a middle-aged man in his 40s. In front of him was a broken machete.

For the crowd around him, the middle-aged man raised the broken knife in his hand and said coldly: "The sharpness of my knife is no worse than those swords and swords, if it weren't for being tattered like this, I wouldn't sell it if I gave me a thousand taels." ”

Lu Shaoyu glanced at the middle-aged man, and saw that the muscles on his body were bulging out one by one, and he looked like a person who practiced martial arts, and he was afraid that he had also reached the ninefold realm of quenching his body, and he was only one step away from the acquired realm. He looked at the broken knife in the middle-aged man's hand again, but saw that the knife was wider and longer than the ordinary knife, the blade was pale yellow, the blade was sharp, and it flashed with a faint cold light.

Although Lu Shaoyu's cultivation is not high now, he still has eyesight, and with just one glance, he can see the extraordinaryness of this knife. This knife should be a treasure knife, which is many times better than ordinary steel knives. It's a pity that this knife is too badly damaged. The tip of the knife was slashed, the edge of the knife was broken a lot, and the body of the knife was deeply corroded.

Except for the finger-long blade near the tip of the knife, the rest of the knife was badly damaged.

The middle-aged man didn't talk nonsense, picked up an iron bar from the ground, and pressed it slightly on the intact blade, and the finger-sized iron bar was suddenly broken into two, and the fracture was smooth.

Sharpen iron like clay!

Although this treasure knife is damaged, it is still as sharp as clay!

The people around were in an uproar, and the discussion became much quieter. One of them was still unconvinced: "Although your knife is sharp, it is so rotten that even if you buy it, you won't be able to use it." You can only spend money to re-forge. However, if you reforge it, the materials will be lost, and the failure rate will be high, and the entire knife will be melted, and in the end, I am afraid that you will not even get a small dagger back. The asking price of fifty taels is still too high. I can give this knife a maximum of ten taels. How?

The middle-aged man shook his head: "Fifty taels, no two prices." ”

Lu Shaoyu suddenly interjected: "This ...... Can you show me the knife?"

The middle-aged man glanced at him, although the other party was a child, but his clothes were from Xuanyang Sect, he didn't dare to underestimate him, and generously handed the knife to Lu Shaoyu.

Lu Shaoyu took the broken knife, only to feel that the blade of the knife was very heavy, put it in front of him and looked at it carefully for a while, frowned slightly, and secretly thought to himself: "This knife is cast from a hundred refined iron, and it seems to have mixed something into it." But the blade of the knife was badly damaged, and at this time he had no divine sense, so he couldn't see the ingredients inside. If his cultivation is improved in the future, and the true fire is condensed in his body, and he calcines it with the real fire, it is estimated that he can also refine the iron essence from the knife. Although the number will be small, it is still possible to refine a flying sword the size of a finger. Fifty taels of silver is worth it. ”

Thinking in his heart, Lu Shaoyu raised his head and asked the middle-aged man, "How did you get this knife?"

"Don't worry, this knife came from a normal way, and it was definitely not stolen. The middle-aged man replied crisply.

Lu Shaoyu was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Hehe, I want this knife." ”

Happily took out fifty taels of silver from his arms and put it in front of the middle-aged man, Lu Shaoyu left directly with the broken knife, not giving those people around him a chance to admonish him at all.

After walking around the street, Lu Shaoyu bought some simple materials such as cinnabar, yellow paper, brushes, and ordinary jade for making talisman seals. In addition, there is no need to see the purchase again. Looking at the time, it has been nearly two hours since I left the Animal Husbandry City.

He turned around and left the shopping street in the city and walked towards the south gate.

Outside the South City Gate, Senior Brother Le and another gray-clothed disciple were already waiting there, and when they saw Lu Shaoyu coming back, they stepped forward enthusiastically and politely. Lu Shaoyu glanced at the things in the car and asked, "Have you bought all the things?"

Senior Brother Le said: "I have bought it all, there is a lot of it, Senior Brother Lu, do you want to check it yourself?"

"Hehe, no need, let's go back. Lu Shaoyu said with a smile. Sitting in the driver's seat, waving the whip lightly, the carriage galloped in the direction of Xuanyang Mountain...... (If you think it looks good, please collect it to support.) Thank you!)