Chapter 43: Message

Some emotions are useless. For example, at this moment, I am thinking of my master, thinking that he is protecting me. What am I afraid of?

These emotions are like this word, which can all be abandoned. I can only take my fellow disciples and keep walking forward, even if one day we will be crushed to pieces. At least I will not regret it, and I will have no regrets.

When I looked up again, the strong feeling of tears I had just had had been suppressed, and I had replaced it with a calm expression. My eyes no longer showed any emotions.

I waited for Brother Chengxin at the stall selling a hundred-year-old wild ginseng. I asked him, “How was it?”

“The price is quite high. He wants to use this ginseng to make some pills for cultivation. You know that ginseng has a strong medicinal effect, let alone a hundred-year-old wild ginseng. Even cultivators may not be able to withstand it and absorb it completely. And without a secret recipe to mix it with, even if you forcefully make a prescription to take it with it, it will not be completely absorbed.” When it comes to medicine, Brother Chengxin is a bit of a chatterbox.

I scratched my head in a bit of a headache and asked directly, “The point, the point!”

“Okay, the point is that he provides the ginseng, I provide the other ingredients, and then he gets 6 parts of the pills and I get 4 parts! This is a bad deal because the ingredients needed for the concoction are not ordinary, some of them are also precious,” said Brother Chengxin with a bitter smile.

“Then just refuse it.” I didn’t care at all.

“Forget it, I can’t refuse! I’m still waiting for you to get the medicine, Big Brother.” Cheng Xin Ge put on his glasses and revealed his trademark gentle smile.

My heart warmed, my throat choked, and I didn’t know what to say for a moment! The practice of the Shan Zi meridian requires too much. When I was young, my master gave me a lot of fragrant water, medicinal herbs, and other things to build a foundation for me, but it was also a headache to carefully calculate. Even so, it was not sustainable in the end.

Now that my master has left, I have always kept my practice simple. After all, the reality is helpless. I didn’t expect that Brother Chengxin would still be so concerned.

“Okay, don’t be moved. The Shan Zi pulse is a combination of martial arts and the supernatural. I’m counting on you to protect us and lead us to Kunlun.” After saying that, Chengxin brother habitually pulled me.

I pushed him away and took his arm instead, saying, “I’m not moved! This is what you should do. And I’m warning you, don’t hold my arm. This is too girly. Who knows how many people in here think we’re doing it.”

“What, don’t you like me?” Cheng Xin Ge looked at me with a “melancholy” expression, but the next moment he couldn’t help laughing out loud.

I laughed along with him. At the same time, I sensed a resentful gaze staring at me. I turned and looked at him, but it was Lin Chen, waiting to see me in a sorry state. Unfortunately, I didn’t even notice him, and I didn’t want to ruin the mood of my fellow students.

After another hour, Chengxin and I finally left the market, which meant that the value of the 1,000 yuan was over.

Except for the century-old wild ginseng, Cheng Xin Ge didn’t get anything. Those vendors with medicinal herbs were all taking advantage of the scarcity of the goods and charging exorbitant prices. Compared to the value of ginseng to cultivators, the other things were not bad.

Moreover, in the meantime, I told Chengxin everything that had happened, and he didn’t even change his expression. He said, “If you don’t provoke trouble, then it’s fine, but if you do, then that’s it. Who’s afraid of who?” When he said this, his eyes narrowed, and he looked really “sinister.” I really wanted to tell the girls who liked him, “Look, this is the true face of the gentle man you see in your eyes.”

However, this attitude is also the true nature of Chengxin Ge. In fact, where are we from the Li family? We are basically from the “bachelor” family.

When we left the market, Lin Chen didn’t come out, and neither did the black-robed man. I guess there were unfinished transactions. I was also happy and relaxed, laughing and joking with Chengxin all the way, and I didn’t care about them at all.

There were still a lot of people outside the market. When they saw us come out, several people came forward to ask us something, but they were pushed away by Wu Erni, and in return received a few angry glances. However, Wu Erni had a thick skin and simply ignored those people.

“What do you think, two brothers? Are there any good things inside?” Wu Lao’er is straightforward.

“What do you consider a good thing?” I asked in return.

“Hey, what do I want? I just want to find some good medicine to live a few more years and take a chance. You know that only the living can have a chance.” I didn’t expect this Wu Erni to be so cunning, but he made a lot of sense.

Seeing that he was asking, Cheng Xin stepped forward and told him about all the medicinal herbs sold inside, and finally said, “I took over the hundred-year-old wild ginseng. This thing is not a medical word, and I can’t do business with the stall owner. He will ask you to give a prescription for ginseng. It seems that at least in pharmacology, he is also quite accomplished.

Wu Er said with a sigh, “Forget it. Don’t talk about the hundred-year-old wild ginseng. Even the other herbs are not affordable to me. Let’s talk about it later. All my hopes are still on the ghost market.”

We were talking as we walked, and it seemed that we were on good terms with Wu Laoer. I thought of something and felt the need to remind Wu Laoer that we were not afraid of anyone, but we did not want to implicate others.

So I said to Wu Laoren, “You don’t have to come with us. I seem to have offended someone very important in the market just now, and it would be bad if you got involved.”

Sure enough, after hearing what I said, Wu Erni shrank his neck and looked like he wanted to leave right away. But in the end, he didn’t leave, but asked in a low voice, “Big brother, who is it? Tell me. I can’t do anything else. I’ve participated in many ghost markets and know a lot of people, but others don’t know me.”

Wu Er’s behavior made me think more highly of him, and my impression of him also rose sharply. In addition, I actually wanted to find out about the background of that person. After all, our family has been protected by the masters since childhood, so we are rather ignorant. Knowing more would be helpful in dealing with things when they come up.

Not afraid, but it doesn’t mean reckless.

Thinking about this, I told Wu Laoni about the man’s physical characteristics in detail. The more Wu Laoni listened, the more serious his face became. By the time I finished talking, Wu Laoni quickly said, “Brother, I really admire you. You offended him. Brother, I won’t trick you. The best thing you can do now is to apologize as soon as possible. Do whatever he asks you to do. Second, don’t go to the ghost market tonight. Pack up your things quickly and beg the people in the Ming organization to let you go. From now on, you will live in hiding and never appear again.

Chengxin and I looked at each other, slightly frowning. Is it that serious?

Wu Erni then stopped and said, “Do you know anyone from the Ming organization? I know a couple of them. They are much easier to talk to than the people from the Dark Organization. Otherwise, I can go and talk to them for you. By the way, is that not enough? Do you know any fortune tellers? Let them use secret methods to help you cover up your fate, that is, to cover up your traces, otherwise you will be found.”

This Wu Er’er is really not a bad person. You know, I only gave him two hundred yuan, but he is really helping us find a solution.

Chengxin said to him, “Don’t worry. Since he’s taken an interest in us, we’re not afraid of anything. Just tell us everything about him. Don’t worry about the rest. It’s good that you’re not involved.”

Wu Erzi wiped the sweat off his face, looked around with his neck tucked in, and said in a low voice, “I can’t talk about it now. You guys say where to stay, and I’ll come quietly to find you before the ghost market opens at night.”

Chengxin and I understood that 200 yuan was enough to do this, and it was a good deed. I nodded and said something about where I lived, and Wu Er was about to leave.

I stopped him again. I felt that I had to ask Wu Er a question. Wu Er looked anxious, but he still pretended to be calm and stopped. He was afraid that the people around him would see something, so he lowered his voice and asked, “Hurry up and say it.”

“I think there are many people with personal grudges who come here. I know that the organization in charge here prohibits any form of fighting or dueling, but of course, only in the trading area. What about other places? Will it be prohibited?” I asked quickly.

Wu Er said, “If both sides agree, there are places where you can fight. If one side refuses, it won’t work. This is the rule! The ghost market has been open so many times, but there are actually very few fights. After all, there is no need to solve them in the ghost market.”

“Is that true?” I asked.

“Of course there is. Let’s talk about it tonight.” After Wu Lao’er finished answering, he hurriedly left.