Chapter 21 [Hey, brother, do you want to buy some medicine? 】
Shen Xiu couldn't understand the last thoughts of the Orion man, nor could he know who the He Laojiu he was thinking about in the end was.
Little did he know that this Orion man, known as Lao Guitou, once had a pleasant conversation with a herb gatherer named He Laojiu in a tavern in Yangjia Town at the foot of the mountain.
Little did he know that the herb picker named He Laojiu was chatting with the Orion man in front of him while they were drinking.
It is said that there have been many outsiders gathering medicine in the mountains recently, pretending to be forces from other places, such as the Red Fire Pirates, the Blood Sea Sect, and the disciples of the Jinhong Martial Arts School.
This is to scare them away from the herb collectors and compete with them to collect herbs.
The means are extremely abominable.
So, when he met Shen Xiu, he hesitated, but greed still took over his reason.
He Laojiu's words and the ordinary gray shirt Shen Xiu wore gave him enough confidence and enough ideas to confirm that the Shen Xiu in front of him was another impostor.
The other party revealed that his background was not bad, and after telling him, he even thought that Shen Xiu was a tough-tempered person.
So he fought once, but lost.
"Huh..."
Seeing that the Orion man turned into a cold corpse, lying lifeless on the ground, Shen Xiu slowly let go of the Hundred Forged Knife in his hand.
Losing support, the old ghost fell to the ground, his head rolling to the side.
The corpses are separated, and the dead can no longer die.
Why bother?
Although it was the second time he killed someone, Shen Xiu no longer had any strange emotions.
Maybe it’s my previous memory, or maybe I’m used to such situations of the jungle and the strong.
Those who kill will always be killed.
After this incident, Chen Xiu also felt more and more the importance of strength. In this world where strength is respected, it is not easy to live stably.
In the encounter just now, if his strength was lower and his reaction was slower, there would naturally be no good results.
Looking at the Orion man at his feet, Shen Xiu thought for a while, then immediately bent down and started groping on him.
As we all know, touching corpses has been a tradition since ancient times. No matter how rich you are, you cannot abandon this traditional craft.
Maybe it’s just because he’s out hunting, and the Orion man doesn’t have much on his body.
A few pieces of dry food, a dozen copper plates strung together, a small digging hoe, and a paper bag that seemed to repel insects, and then nothing else.
The only valuable thing in his body is probably the hard bow. It's just that this hard bow is really good, but he has no use for it.
Then there is nothing else.
That stiff bow is not bad, but a bit eye-catching.
If he brought it into the town, it wouldn't take until the next day for Old Li Tou's family to come looking for him. He hated trouble.
It’s better not to bother with such a troublesome thing.
After searching carefully to make sure there was nothing else, Shen Xiu raised a hand and dragged the Orion man to the edge of the cliff. After observing that there was no one around, he kicked him down.
A plop.
The body fell into the mountain stream and no bones were left.
All the other worthless and trivial things on the Orion man's body were picked up and thrown to the bottom of the cliff, and the scene was cleaned up.
Even the stiff bow was thrown to the bottom of the cliff.
Although this Orion man doesn’t look like he has any background, it’s better to be careful.
After disposing of the body, Chen Xiu turned his attention back to the Liuyan Guo.
At this moment, he discovered that with the delay just now, there were a few more wisps of fine white mist around the fruit. When he looked at it, the mist surged on the surface and slowly penetrated into the fruit.
The beauty-retaining fruit was slowly turning red at a speed that could be seen with the naked eye. It was obvious that the beauty-retaining fruit was really about to mature.
When the surrounding wisps of mist turn from thick to light, from light to non-existent, and the last piece of green on the surface of the Lingyuan Fruit disappears, the entire Liuyan Fruit matures at this moment.
Seeing that the beauty-retaining fruit was ripe, Shen Xiu no longer hesitated and decisively found a piece of cloth from his body, wrapped the beauty-retaining fruit layer by layer, and then put it in his arms.
After leaving the stone forest, we walked down the mountain peak.
Soon we set foot on a gravel path heading to Yangjia Town, and the continuous mountains in the distance were gradually left behind.
……
"By the way, do you know where the old ghost has gone?"
He Laojiu in the tavern was a little puzzled.
He recently met a friend, and they have become very close to each other recently. After only a few meetings, they had a very happy conversation.
His friend Lao Guitou comes to this pub every afternoon, and he has made an appointment with him to have a drink in the evening, and whoever pours it first is a coward.
As a result, no one is here now, not even a hairy one.
Yesterday, the other party was still chatting, asking him if he had picked up any good medicine recently.
He Laojiu was let go and was very depressed.
The rough guy in the tavern laughed heartily.
"Haha, who knows? I might end up lying on the mountain today."
"There are so many monsters on the mountain. Maybe they were seduced by vixens. With the old ghost's head and body, I can still hold on for a few days..."
"Why are you so vicious? I said what if, what if he is disabled..."
"Hahaha..."
……
In the tavern, everyone was laughing and yelling, laughing at matters between life and death. Sitting among them, Chen Xiu inadvertently thought of the strong man who wanted to take the medicine.
After drinking a pot of wine to warm up, Shen Xiu left the tavern.
Not long after Shen Xiu left, a chubby young man in the tavern also left.
The small eyes covered with flesh glanced around at Shen Xiu's figure on the street, and then followed him quietly.
The fat man's tracking technique was not clever, or even clumsy. He followed Shen Xiu for less than half a street before Shen Xiu noticed the looming and sneaky figure behind him.
Shen Xiu frowned slightly and immediately put his fingers on the Hundred Forging Sword at his waist.
In this chaotic town, there are so many blind little leeches and thieves. Last time we caught a pair, and this time another one came. They were really leeks in the field. Once you cut one crop, there will be another crop.
Unable to understand the identity of the stalker behind him, Shen Xiu continued to walk forward with a normal expression, as if he had not noticed anything.
Yu Guangzhong.
Notice that it is a chubby figure.
After walking for a while, Shen Xiu gradually turned into a remote alley intentionally or unintentionally, and at the same time slowed down unnoticeably.
The stalker behind him never noticed that the man in front of him had noticed the movement behind him, and continued to follow him furtively.
In high spirits.
Unknowingly, as the figure in front of me went deeper, the lights gradually dimmed, and I had unknowingly turned into a remote alley beside the street.
Shen Xiu's steps became slower and slower, and the distance of the pursuer behind him became closer and closer.
There were only a few steps left and we passed a corner.
The five fingers of Shen Xiu's right hand have already vaguely grasped the Hundred Forged Sword at his waist. He has gathered his strength and is ready to strike in the next moment.
But at this time.
The figure behind him quickly ran a few steps closer, and then spoke first, and a somewhat obscene voice came out.