In the next few days, Ding Qi put all his thoughts on the cultivation of innate skills. After a few days of cultivation, he was finally convinced that when he was cultivating his innate skills, the speed at which his true qi was generated was indeed much faster than that of cultivating the Iron Sand Palm.

On that brocade, there was no introduction to the evaluation criteria for the cultivation qualifications of this kind of exercise. However, judging from the qualification evaluation of exercises such as the Iron Sand Palm, the speed at which this true qi is generated has reached the level of medium qualification.

Although there is still a huge gap between this level and those with excellent cultivation qualifications, it is several levels higher than his slow cultivation of Iron Sand Palm and other kung fu. Let Ding Qi be excited about this.

"If you cultivate at this speed, if you want to practice the exercises to the point of achieving a small success, it will not be as difficult as you estimated before. Ding Qi sensed the flow of true qi in his body and muttered happily to himself.

The cultivation speed of this innate skill is not slow, and if you find a way to buy medicine to assist in cultivation in the future, the speed will be even faster. In this way, it will be much easier for him to realize his dream of breaking into the rivers and lakes.

Every time he thought that he could get the cultivation method of the Innate Gong by chance, Ding Qi felt that he was really lucky.

Thinking of this, Ding Qi sat cross-legged on the bed again, intending to start a new round of cultivation.

For this hard-won opportunity, he must cherish every quarter of an hour and cultivate. Except for the routine care of the medicine garden, he snuggles up in his room almost all day.

However, just when Ding Qi was about to run Zhoutian, his stomach was 'cooing' and growling.

Hearing the sound in his stomach, he remembered that he had been cultivating since he got up in the morning, and he hadn't eaten yet.

In response, Ding Qi smiled bitterly and got up from the bed. I'm going to take a trip to the town and bring today's meal.

Because he remembered the matter of cultivating innate skills, he quickly finished his meal and came out of the Tongfu Inn, wanting to go back and continue his cultivation.

"Boss Tong, too, is too stingy. In addition to arranging a sufficient amount of steamed buns and a simple soup dish for Steward Zhao and me for free, if you want to eat the rest of the wine and food in the restaurant, you have to pay extra money like ordinary guests. On the way back to the medicine garden, Ding Qi complained.

He was carrying a few steamed buns in his hand, and there was a dish in the bowl, which he was going to fight back and save for the evening.

It is also an industry of the Qingyun faction, although the Tongfu Inn can provide Steward Zhao and Ding Qi with free food every day, but it is impossible to let the two of them eat, and they will only be given extremely simple and monotonous food every day.

Now he can eat hot steamed buns at every meal, compared with his previous life at home, for Ding Qi, it is naturally an unimaginable luxury. At the beginning, he was also extremely satisfied with his current food.

However, after a long time, as Ding Qi ate in the backyard of the Tongfu Inn every day, he saw all kinds of wine and dishes that he had never eaten before, and they were served to the front hall of the inn in front of him, he could only swallow his saliva dryly, and began to hope to taste what those exquisite dishes tasted like.

However, when he thought that he needed to pay another amount of money to eat these delicious wine and dishes, Ding Qi hesitated again and again, and still chose to honestly eat steamed buns in the back hall of the restaurant every day.

He is now working as a deputy, and the money he gets is very limited. Every month, I also send most of the money to my family to improve the lives of my parents and little sister. Keep a very small amount of money on you just in case. Where is the reluctance, spending the money on food and enjoyment.

Fortunately, although the daily meals are boring, the supply is sufficient, and there is no need to worry about not being full, so Ding Qi himself does not have too much to spend. It's just that when I come back from eating in the restaurant every day, I can't help but complain that the shopkeeper Tong is too stingy.

In addition to being a little stingy, through these days of contact, Ding Qi feels that the person who is the shopkeeper Tong is still good. He often saw that the shopkeeper Tong gave food to the beggars in the town, millet and others. If it was an ordinary inn restaurant, but it would not be so kind, it would have driven these beggars far away with sticks, where would they give away food.

Walking on the road, greeting a few people he knew, Ding Qi walked towards the medicine garden outside the town, and looked at the town casually.

Different from the deserted medicine garden, Qixia Town, as an important transportation hub within a radius of 100 miles, is quite lively.

Looking at the people coming and going on the streets of the town, thinking about what happened to him these days, Ding Qi was quite emotional for a while.

"Hey, it seems that Boss Wang's business today is really good! It's the same as before I came, there are still so many people" Walking on the street, Ding Qi looked towards a shop on the side of the road.

The shop was a pharmacy in the town, and the owner was named Wang Ji. Because Steward Zhao and Ding Qi took care of the relationship between the medicine garden, they had some dealings with the pharmacy opened by Boss Wang. Between each other, it can also be regarded as an old acquaintance.

Usually, Ding Qi is also very clear about the situation of this pharmacy.

It is different from lively places such as restaurants and inns, unless someone in the family is sick and needs to take medicine. Otherwise, no one would have come to the pharmacy at all. It's usually a lot more deserted than the bustling streets of the town centre.

Today, however, the situation is markedly different. The pharmacy was full of people, so it was not lively.

On the way to Tongfu Inn for dinner today, Ding Qi already felt quite strange when he saw so many people coming and going in the pharmacy, and wanted to see if something had happened. But at that time, his stomach was 'growling' with hunger, and he was in a hurry to eat, so he did not rush over.

Now that he saw that there were still so many people in the pharmacy, his curiosity couldn't help but be raised again.

Before returning to the medicine garden, Ding Qi wanted to see if there was anything going on with Boss Wang. After all, this medicine shop has some connection with their medicine garden, and if something really happens, it may also have an impact on the medicine garden they are watching.

Thinking of this, he walked towards the pharmacy.

"Boss Wang, business is good today!" Ding Qi said to the shopkeeper Wang, who was turning around to take something from the medicine cabinet in the back.

Boss Wang and Ding Qi are acquaintances, and they are already extremely familiar with his voice. Even if you don't turn around, you know who is coming.

"Oh, Xiao Ding! Today's business is okay. While rummaging through the medicine cabinet, Boss Wang replied.

Soon, Boss Wang found the medicine to be caught, wrapped it up, and handed it to the person who took the medicine at the counter.

Seeing that the person who took the medicine had left, and there was no one in the pharmacy for the time being, Ding Qi was about to inquire with the shopkeeper Wang about why there were so many people in the pharmacy today.

"Boss Wang, take out the anchovy grass in the store, I want to buy some. One of the middle-aged men with a long face said to the shopkeeper Wang.

Ding Qi found that when he heard the long-faced man say that he wanted anchovy grass, a few people next to him who came with him suddenly looked a little unpleasant. And these people also glanced at each other, revealing a tense atmosphere between them.

Ding Qi didn't know why these people were so nervous when they mentioned anchovy. However, he had already seen that these people were not the same people.

And it seems that they are all here for anchovies.

The reactions of the next few people also verified Ding Qi's guess.

"Boss Wang, I also need anchovies here for urgent use. We're old friends, you see if it's ....... A man with pockmarked faces said, and looked at the others with a blank look.

Without waiting for the pockmarked face man to finish speaking, the rest of the people also said that they were also in urgent need of anchovy. One of them even said that he wanted as much anchovy as there was in the pharmacy, and he also showed a posture that the price was negotiable, and it didn't matter if it was higher.

"I know a few people who are in dire need of anchovies, but the only ones in our store have been bought up by a few big customers in the morning. Now, it's really gone. Sorry, I'm sorry. Boss Wang said to a few people with regret on his face.

In this way, no matter how these people entangled with Boss Wang, and even if they were willing to increase the price of this anchovy by two or three layers to buy it, Boss Wang only claimed that the anchovy grass originally purchased in the store had been sold out.

In the end, these people could only leave with helplessness.

Seeing a few people leaving, Ding Qi looked at the shopkeeper Wang with a puzzled face: "Boss Wang, why are there so many people who came to buy anchovy grass today, and they still raise the price so high." This is a little different from the usual situation. ”

Although anchovy grass is a specialty of Qixia Mountain, it is not a commonly used herb in the treatment of diseases. Most of the nearby mountain people sell the herbs they dig up to places like Wang's shopkeeper, and then the pharmacy accumulates a certain amount of stock before they bring it to Liangcheng to sell. Of course, occasionally there will be pharmacists from other towns who come to Qixia Town to buy anchovy grass.

As before, several groups of people rushed over on the same day, scrambling to buy anchovies, but they had never seen them.

Thinking of the people who kept coming and going in front of the pharmacy when he rushed to Tongfu Inn to eat, and thinking of the people who bought anchovy grass before, Ding Qi suddenly thought of something, and his face changed: "Boss Wang, there are so many people coming and going in the pharmacy today, it won't all be because of anchovy!"

Shopkeeper Wang laughed twice and said, "Hehe, as Ding Xiaodi said, most of the people who came here today are for the anchovy grass. ”

"Oh, is there something wrong with the anchovy grass?" Hearing what the shopkeeper said about it, Ding Qi was also interested.

Shopkeeper Wang had no intention of concealing it, and said with a wry smile: "It's not that there is anything wrong with the anchovy, but there is another matter, which has something to do with the anchovy." The recent conscription of the imperial court, Ding Xiaodi should also know. ”

"I know that. But what does this have to do with anchovies?" Ding Qi nodded first, and then said suspiciously.

"Hehe, Brother Ding will understand after listening to me. Actually, it's very simple. Today, the official list was released in Liangcheng, and the announcement of the official list said that as long as 500 anchovies could be handed over to the government every year for two consecutive years, it would be able to offset a person's military service. If I say so, Brother Ding, you will understand. The shopkeeper said.

Hearing this news, Ding Qi was shocked, Boss Wang had already said it so clearly, where would he not understand.

"I see, that's why so many people come to buy anchovies today. Ding Qi nodded.

For ordinary people, the conscription of the imperial court has always been a chilling disaster. After being pulled into the strong, he often did not return, and finally died on the battlefield, resulting in the destruction of his family.

Even if there is a 1 in 10,000 chance, no family is willing to be strengthened, but the imperial court's conscription order is not something that ordinary people can resist.

But anyone who has some connections and abilities will try their best to eliminate the military service in the family, just like Ding Qi's second uncle did. However, most ordinary people do not have this ability, so they can only wait for military service to come.

Now the court proclamation is posted that the method of paying anchovy grass can be used to offset military service, which is the only way for ordinary people to avoid the scourge of military service. For example, a family with a little assets in the family but not enough to offset their military service will buy anchovies in the market to offset their military service.

"As soon as this official list is posted, the price of anchovy is estimated to rise a lot. Ding Qi muttered.

Shopkeeper Wang laughed dryly twice and said: "Who said no, otherwise the few people who left just now would not have bought anchovies at a price two or three levels higher than the previous market price." ”

Later, the shopkeeper Wang continued: "It's a pity that the official list has not been posted to the town until now. The big merchant of Liangcheng who got the news earlier bought all the anchovies I had here before dawn. Otherwise, with this batch of anchovy grass in my hands, I will also be able to make a lot of money. ”

Speaking of this, the shopkeeper Wang showed a look of great regret on his face. However, relying on the subtle spiritual sense brought by the cultivation of true qi, Ding Qi faintly felt that when Boss Wang in front of him spoke, his eyes flickered a little, and there were many untruths in his words.

Knowing the reason why the pharmacy was so lively, he didn't stay there for a long time. After chatting with Shopkeeper Wang for a few more words, he left the pharmacy and returned to the medicine garden.

"This Boss Wang is really careful in handling things. On the way, Ding Qi couldn't help but shake his head amusedly.

Ever since he had true qi in his body, Ding Qi had a wonderful sense of anchovy.

Although the shopkeeper Wang said that he had sold all the anchovy grass in the morning. However, he obviously didn't know that Ding Qi could clearly sense that in the side room behind the medicine shop, a large amount of anchovies were hoarded.

The shopkeeper of the pharmacy has always been known for his shrewdness in the town.

The shopkeeper Wang obviously did not sell out all the anchovies in the store in the morning, as he himself said, but did not know how to get the news of the anchovies earlier than others, and hoarded a batch in his store.

It seems that the shopkeeper Wang intends to wait until the price of anchovy grass climbs to a higher price before he plans to sell it.

In order to prevent leaks, just now he even tried to coax Ding Qi, a half-grown boy, into the past, and it was not careless to do things. But in the end, it still made Ding Qi discover the abnormality in his expression.

Although he noticed Boss Wang's careful thoughts, Ding Qi would not poke this matter out and offend people, but he just didn't know about it.

Although he is not very old, the stories of the rivers and lakes he heard from Lao Zhangtou before let him know that he still has to be less harmonious with the matter of the king's shopkeeper, so as not to offend people.

After holding the matter of the king's shopkeeper in his heart as if it had never happened, he couldn't help but think of another thing.

"I once tested Lao Bai, and I also asked my second uncle. They all said that even if they cultivated True Qi in their bodies, it was impossible for them to have any strange induction towards the anchovy grass, which was obviously different from my situation. I don't know, what the hell is going on!" Ding Qi thought in his heart.

He once asked others about the fact that after cultivating True Qi, he was able to have a strange sense of anchovy grass. But even if those people have true qi in their bodies, they are just like ordinary people, and they can't easily find anchovy grass. After knowing this, Ding Qi has been quite puzzled, trying to figure out the secret.

"Could it be that Uncle Zhang gave me that true qi at the beginning, what's so special?" Sometimes, Ding Qi thinks the same thing.

After learning that ordinary martial artists could not search for anchovy grass as quickly as he did, he had already realized that the problem was probably the true qi that Lao Zhang Toudu gave him.

There should be something special about that true qi.

In fact, Ding Qi now thinks back that it was he who was able to discover the abnormality of the Iron Sand Palm Secret Book at the beginning, and it was also thanks to the true qi that Lao Zhang Toudu gave him, which suddenly changed at that time.

This is a great opportunity for him to obtain the thirteenth layer of innate skills.

But what was so special about that true qi, Ding Qi still couldn't figure it out.

"Forget it, since you really can't figure it out, then don't think about it, it's not a bad thing anyway. Instead of thinking about such things that you can't understand, it's better to cultivate innate skills. "As always,

Ding Qi shook his head, giving up dwelling on the issue.