Chapter 151 The Little Girl Selling Medicine
Chapter 151 The Little Girl Selling Medicine
After the banquet, Li Jingchuan arranged for a few people to stay and prepared to rush to the scene of the incident the next day.
Silent all night.
On the second day, several people got up early, and some disciples even had dark circles under their eyes, obviously because they did not get enough rest last night. Changqing was not surprised, because the contradiction between beautiful ideals and the cruel reality would eventually fall on everyone.
That day, Chang Qing also learned the names of several familiar faces.
Arrogant girl------Ran Ruo, the name is nice, but her personality is...
The girl whom he saved during the sect competition-------Jie Xinyu, a very quiet girl.
The little fat boy------Liu Jiakai, looks like he loves to join in the fun.
As the sword flew into the air, Jiaocang, who was originally in Changqing's arms, ran to Ran Ruo's arms. Before departure, Ran Ruo took the opportunity to lure him over with the meat of a spiritual beast. At this moment, he was touching Jiaocang's fur, feeling quite satisfied.
Changqing also felt helpless about Jiaocang, the foodie.
Several streaks of light streaked across the sky, heading towards the village where the accident occurred dozens of miles away.
During the few days, the disciples traveled to various massacred villages in an attempt to look for clues. At the beginning, these people's faces were pale and their expressions were furious, but gradually they became numb and silent. However, it could be seen at a glance that these people were holding back anger in their hearts, just waiting to explode after finding clues.
The fragmentary clues gathered over the past few days indicated that the perpetrator did not seem to be a wild beast. Zhong Baixuan pieced together the bodies of many people. Although most of them had bite marks, they were obviously not from wild beasts. They looked more like tooth marks from humans or monsters. These tooth marks were more like those caused by an attack, not eating.
This was not simply a massacre.
The investigation found that these bodies were all missing the most important part - the heart!
The result is something everyone can guess, evil cultivator!!
Only evil cultivators would attach so much importance to the heart, because the human heart is the seat of life and is suitable for use as medicine and for spiritual practice!
It’s a pity that this group of evil practitioners hid their whereabouts very well, and tracking them was fruitless.
Zhong Baixuan had no choice but to divide the crowd into two teams, led by him and Yun Qinghan, and patrolled the area where the tragedy occurred, trying to encounter the gang of bandits again.
Because Changqing was too "weak", Yun Qinghan arranged him to stay on a slightly flat hill.
Yun Qinghan then laughed
He took out a pile of pots and pans from his storage bracelet.
Let Changqing be the chef in the cafeteria and take care of everyone's meals.
Chang Qing now understood the strange look in Yun Qinghan's eyes before he left. It seemed that it was premeditated. Moreover, Yun Qinghan was probably worried about his own weak strength and was unwilling to take risks, so he resorted to this desperate measure.
Changqing was happy to have some free time, so he agreed.
During this period, Chang Qing asked Jiao Cang if he could find the group of evil cultivators by smell. Jiao Cang shook his head and said that it had been too long and the smell had almost dissipated.
Changqing had no choice but to calm down and do his job well.
A few days passed quietly, and the disciples of Yuling still did not find any useful clues. The group of evil cultivators seemed to have disappeared from the world without any trace.
One day, I was fetching water from the river at the foot of the mountain to cook, and I accidentally saw a small figure carrying a large medicine basket and looking for herbs in the woods. The figure gradually disappeared into the woods.
Because it was too far away, Changqing didn't care. He hunted some game and started cooking.
At noon, after the disciples had eaten their fill, they sat in meditation. Chang Qing told Yun Qinghan that he was going down the mountain to buy some seasonings, and then he headed for the town several miles away, facing the setting sun.
Not long after they walked away, Xie Xinyu caught up with them.
"Miss Jie, the town is not far away. Are you afraid that I will get lost?" Chang Qing turned his head with a smile in his eyes and teased.
Chang Qing's extremely ordinary face, when he smiled, really dimmed the temperature of the sunlight. Jie Xinyu was amazed by this scene, her face slightly flushed, and for a moment she didn't dare to look directly into Chang Qing's deep eyes.
As if realizing that he had lost his composure, Xie Xinyu explained awkwardly, "Senior Sister Yun said that Senior Brother Changqing's strength was relatively low, and she was afraid that he would encounter evil cultivators in the town, so she sent me to protect him."
Changqing looked strange.
On the one hand, Jie Xinyu's reason was to be cautious, because her strength was only at the twelfth level of the Tuojing realm. If there was danger, neither of them would be able to escape, and Yun Qinghan would definitely not send her to protect himself.
On the other hand, he wondered if he had disguised himself too much, causing a girl who was much younger than him to want to protect him.
Chang Qing stroked his cheek with his hand, wanting to cry but unable to. This was also a big blow to his masculinity.
But there was no other way, so he had to let Jie Xinyu go with him.
The two of them didn't talk along the way, but Jie Xinyu would steal a glance at Chang Qing from time to time, making Chang Qing feel very uncomfortable.
The town was not far away, and before long he saw the bustling market. Chang Qing walked around the stalls, stopping here and there to buy necessities. He would also stop for a long time because of some novel gadgets. When he made up his mind to buy something, he would bargain with the stall owner for a long time.
Jie Xinyu, who was secretly observing Chang Qing, felt as if the Chang Qing at this moment was the real him, and he stared at him in a daze without realizing it.
It was not until Chang Qing called out to her that Xie Xinyu came back to her senses. Seeing Chang Qing staring at her and asking her if she was feeling unwell, she turned her head away, her face unconsciously turning red again.
Changqing didn't understand what was going on.
When passing by a candied haws stall, Chang Qing bought two strings of candied haws, handed one to Jie Xinyu, and then continued shopping.
The sunlight began to turn dim, and the market came to an end, with only a few scattered stalls in front.
Jie Xinyu gently bit the candied haws in her hand, with a hint of aftertaste in her eyes. She was also born in the mortal world, and she missed the taste quite a bit.
As they were walking, Chang Qing in front suddenly stopped, and Jie Xinyu was caught off guard and bumped into Chang Qing's back.
Thinking Chang Qing would blame her, Xie Xinyu was about to apologize, but she found that Chang Qing was looking at a stall and sighed softly.
Xie Xinyu followed Chang Qing's gaze and saw a little girl no more than ten years old selling medicinal herbs at a stall. She looked anxious, perhaps because she was about to close the stall.
The little girl was wearing clothes made of coarse linen, which were quite worn out and covered with traces of mending.
There were tiny bloodstains on the little face from being scratched by mountain thorns and vines. The little face was gray, and the long yellow and somewhat dry hair also turned gray. Even so, it could not hide the sallow and thin face caused by malnutrition.
What is most unforgettable is that pair of bright big eyes, which are very lively and clear, as if they have the ability to purify all evil in the world.
It was the little herbalist that Changqing met in the mountains that morning.
Seeing Changqing looking at her, a glimmer of hope appeared in the little girl's clear eyes.
"Big brother, do you want to buy some herbs? These are just picked today, and their medicinal properties haven't been lost much."
The little girl hurriedly sold her herbs.
Changqing squatted down and looked at the herbs on the stall.
Indeed, the herbs were very fresh and wrapped in moist moss and turf. The herbs themselves were handled very carefully and could indeed be considered to be well preserved.
But what surprised Changqing was the method of picking herbs. The roots of these herbs were intact. It was obvious that the method was very sophisticated and could not be mastered in a short time. He unconsciously looked at the little girl carefully again.
The little girl was a little nervous, thinking that the buyer in front of her was not satisfied, and there was some panic in her big eyes.
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