Chapter 1034, The Lian Clan
When a normal person saw such a large box, how could they not continue to pursue it?
Other things aside, just the material of this box was extraordinary, if a normal person saw it, they would definitely think that it contained something extremely valuable.
But these medicine pickers seemed to be very simple and didn’t ask anything.
The open space burned a bonfire, those medicine pickers went to pick up firewood, just this dense forest want to find dry wood is not easy, basically is to find a pine tree and then split the branches down, using pine oil to fuel the fire.
The bonfire crackled, a Han said to Li Shentan and Xiao Li Ren with a smile, “I’ll go look for some condiments, later we’ll roast something to eat.”
Li Shentan responded with a smile, “Are there any ready-made condiments in this mountain?”
“You Wallbangers look like you don’t go into the mountains and wilds much,” the man laughed brightly, “There’s nothing to be found in these mountains, peppercorns, anise, chili peppers, if you really want to find it, you can find anything. And some fruit pulp coated in food, especially sweet and delicious, I’ll go find it for you to taste.”
“Okay thanks big brother,” said Li Shentan.
One of the herb pickers took advantage of the lull to ask absently, “By the way, what are you guys doing here?”
“We’ve heard that typhoons in the south look particularly spectacular, and occasionally you can see seawater being sucked up into the sky by a tornado, and it’s said that this sight is known as a dragon sucking up water,” Li Shentan laughed.
The medicine pickers around the campfire froze for a moment, and they all looked at each other in disbelief, thinking that this was the first time they had ever heard of someone going to see a typhoon.
At this time, Li Shentan asked rhetorically, “By the way, just now when you guys met us, you said that you entered the territory unintentionally, what, are there still people living here?”
The herb picker laughed, “We also heard about it from other old herb pickers, they call this two hundred-odd mile radius the Xiu Zhu Prefecture, there are many water systems, but there are also many miasma zones, and occasionally there are swamps, so the herb pickers don’t come here very often. We also came over here because the wall side suddenly made an offer for 11 herbs that were not available elsewhere, but only in this Xiu Zhu Prefecture.”
Li Shentan realized that in the two hundred years after this calamity, the medicine pickers should have become a very mature industry, and it looked like there was still a legacy.
However, he heard the medicine picker continue, “Earlier, some medicine pickers said that there are actually still people living in this Xiu Zhuzhou, and the other party has some mysterious means to be able to live in this mountainous wilderness. According to them, these people are able to inhale miasma without any problems, and they are also able to manipulate poisonous insects, snakes and ants to practice parasites.”
“How does this old herb picker know about this?” Li Shentan said curiously.
Next to him, a medicine picker said, “This is the most appropriate thing for me to say, after all, this story is still passed down from my grandfather’s time, he said that once there was a nobleman in the wall who needed a herb to cure his illness, and he had to go into Xiu Zhu Zhou to look for it. But at that time everyone dared not enter here, so the nobleman offered a reward of two gold bars, which made two medicine pickers willing to enter the mountain.”
“That medicine picker went into Xiu Zhu Zhou for half a year, and everyone thought he was dead, but it didn’t occur to them that he came back alive, and he was the only one who came back.”
“According to him, the medicine picker who went into the mountains with him died of miasma halfway, while he was rescued by a group of people called the Lian tribe, and spent half a year recuperating in that Lian tribe’s tribe.”
“There is something strange about that Lian tribe, it is actually honored by women, and it is quite magical. It’s only in the last few years that we in the Central Plains have heard of Transcendents, but my grandfather’s generation said that everyone in the Lian tribe can practice parasites, and they can also practice corpses! And there are even bronze, silver, and iron corpses.”
Li Shentan raised his eyebrows, “If it’s so horrible, how can that medicine picker still come back alive, he should have been practiced as a corpse.”
“You don’t know,” the medicine picker laughed, “That senior who came back said that although the Lian Clan sounds horrible, the girls inside are all beautiful and lovely, and that they only practiced corpses to prevent foreign enemies, and didn’t hurt anyone. So that senior had instructed us, if one day really into the Xiujuzhou, meet Lian people do not need to panic, just tell them that they do not intend to offend, the other side will not hurt people. And if it’s meant to be, the other party might even offer hospitality, they are said to be very hospitable.”
The herb picker squeezed his eyebrows, this hospitality is afraid that there is some mystery.
“I see,” Li Shentan always felt that there is something mysterious in this statement, this Lian people survive in Xiujuzhou, how to sound like a paradise.
However, if what the other party said was true, then this Xiuju Prefecture was quite interesting, and Li Shentan wanted to go and take a look.
If it wasn’t for the fact that there were a lot of customers picking medicines here, he would have wanted to yell into the woods to see if there were any Lian Clan girls out there.
However, Li Shentan was skeptical about this, he felt that the person who can practice corpse and parasite should be quite ruthless …….
That medicine picker’s senior, should not be telling the truth.
Since we have to practice corpses, where did the corpses come from? Could it be that someone gave that herb picker senior benefits, deliberately let him describe the Lian tribe very well, making everyone want to go to this paradise, and then the Lian people so that they can cheat some corpses to go back to practice or something?
Li Shentan suddenly felt so witty ah, this explanation seems to be very reasonable right?
A medicine picker lamented, “Now that the Central Plains are at war, many people have heard this story and want to seek refuge in the pure land of Xiujuzhou, we didn’t just come here to pick medicines this time, we also wanted to take our chances.”
Li Shentan froze for a moment, “War? A war?”
The medicine pickers laughed, “How long have you been lost in the mountains, how come you don’t even know about this? The Fire Seed and Kong Clan in the north have been almost completely annexed by the Wang Clan, and according to everyone’s estimation, I’m afraid that the complete annexation will only happen this month. Then the Zhou Clan was given a big fuss by that young marshal in the Northwest, and now the Zhou Clan has more than its fair share of internal strife, and it looks like after Wang finishes cleaning up the Fire Seed and Kong Clan, he’s going to come and clean up the Zhou Clan.”
Li Shentan muttered to Si Li Ren in a low voice, “Bad, I can’t believe I missed such a wonderful thing!”
As he spoke, a chagrined look appeared in Li Shentan’s expression, in his opinion, how could he miss something like Ren Xiaosu making a fuss over the Zhou Clan!
Making another mess together was the same as not missing it, this logic was very logical!
Li Shentan said, “Why don’t we stop watching the typhoon, go to the northwest to find Ren Xiaosu, and then let’s go to Zhou’s to make a scene again ……”
Xiao Li Ren silently looked at Li Shentan, “…… Are you serious.”
Between the whispers, the medicine picker who went out to look for condiments came back, the other party held a few small brightly colored fruits in his hand, and then smeared them on the roasted meat and handed it to Li Shentan and Si Li Ren: “Taste it, it’s fragrant.”
Li Shentan did not take the roasted meat, but instead smiled and took out a silver coin from somewhere, the woman on that coin looked very gentle and beautiful.
He said to the medicine pickers, “Thank you all for your hospitality, why don’t I do a magic trick to thank you all.”
Saying this, he used his thumb to flick the silver coin up high, and the silver coin made an extremely clear and pleasant sound as it spun.
Li Shentan looked at the medicine pickers and laughed, “Now I ask, you guys answer, what will happen if you eat this fruit?”
“You will vomit and die suddenly from foaming at the mouth,” the herb pickers replied stonily.
“Why did you give me this to eat?” Li Shentan asked.
“Because you two must have possessions on you, the chest must contain treasures,” the medicine picker replied, “You should be Transcendentals, but this fruit will surely kill you even if a Transcendent eats it.”
Li Shentan understood, the other party had guessed the Transcendentalist status of himself and Si Li Ren, but the other party was so bold that he dared to assassinate even a Transcendentalist based on his proficiency in pharmacology.
He felt a bit of a pity that he had just said that he would not hypnotize these people, but he had even given them hypnosis anyway.
However, Li Shentan felt that these weren’t good people, so it wasn’t considered a violation of his agreement with Ren Xiaosu! Perfect!
But right at this moment, Li Shentan suddenly looked at the dark woods behind him, and a human face was then hanging upside down under the canopy in the distance, looking exceptionally terrifying.
Li Shentan just blinked his eyes, and his opponent disappeared again.