"Then there is no hope?" Lu Sheng's face darkened.
"Hope?" The old gang leader smiled, "We have been looking for it, but unfortunately..." He picked up the white stone powder and took a deep breath.
"By the way, the positive inner qi is of some use to them. Maybe if the inner qi is developed to an unprecedented level, maybe they can find a way out?" He said half-jokingly.
"..." Lu Sheng didn't answer, but his expression was still ugly.
"Okay, I've asked you all the questions clearly. Just take good care of your injuries if you have nothing to do. This time you were injured on the job. You can get the healing powder at the pharmacy. Your contribution will be recorded. It's considered Grade A and third class." The old gang leader said casually.
."It's enough for you to exchange for all the martial arts elixir weapons you want. However, I suggest you exchange them for a weapon that's handy."
"Let's talk about it later." What Lu Sheng was thinking about was not these, but the last words of the old gang leader.
Positive inner Qi is effective for them all.
"Is it effective..."
After leaving the elixir store, he went directly back to the flower room, where Meng An, the third section of Ning, was already waiting there.
"Brother, there is news!" Ning San hurriedly stepped forward and said. "The body of Mr. Lu Chenxin... was found in the stone forest next to the village..."
"How did you find it?" Lu Sheng was stunned for a moment, and then said in a deep voice. In fact, since Lu Chenxin disappeared, he knew that the other party was in danger. But because he had no feelings, he felt a little regretful at most, but not very sad.
"Two gangsters went to the stone forest to relieve themselves. They happened to see a hand exposed on the ground, so they asked someone to dig it up. Four corpses came out..."
Duan Meng'an added on the side: "Two soldiers guarding the city, Mr. Lu Chenxin, and a farmer I don't know."
Lu Sheng was silent for a moment.
"Where is the body now?"
"Still not moving at the same place." Ning San quickly replied.
"Don't notify my family yet." Lu Sheng said calmly.
"yes!"
Lu Sheng planned to find another opportunity to tell his family. He also knew that his father, Lu Quan'an, was mentally prepared for Lu Chenxin's death. The one who was really sad was Sanniang Wang Yanyu. Lu Chenxin was her only one.
son.
It won't be too late to wait until the blockade period of the deserted village is over.
Lu Sheng called Yu Lianzi again and asked about the future arrangements. After making sure everything was fine, he went back to the room to take medicine, apply medicine, and rest.
In the afternoon, the Gangli Red Whale sent another message that a landslide had occurred in Dongjiazhai near the mountain city, and many people were buried alive. They were asked to go over and help with the aftermath.
Lu Sheng asked Yu Lianzi to send a master from Feiying Hall, bringing more than thirty people and various tools. He himself was still recovering from his injuries in the room.
In the evening, the expert who led the team came back with a bad look on his face. Not only him, but Yu Lianzi who went with him also looked bad.
"What? There was an accident?"
Outside the flower room, Lu Sheng slowly performed the basic moves of Broken Heart Palm to activate his body's energy and blood. At the same time, he asked Yu Lianzi who came back.
"No." Yu Lianzi shook his head, "There is no accident. It's just that the corpses that need to be disposed of were not killed by landslides, but all the corpses were torn to pieces, and the government officials all vomited."
"Torn to pieces?" Lu Sheng paused, knowing that it must have been caused by something weird like a ghost.
"Looking at the traces, it seems that two parties were fighting. The scene was very brutal and bloody. Broken limbs and broken arms were everywhere, and internal organs and spines were not uncommon..." Yu Lianzi said solemnly.
Lu Sheng closed his eyes and pondered for a moment.
"You should treat this matter as a landslide, and leave the rest alone. Tell the brothers who have been there to be tight-lipped, and each go to the accounting room to collect a tael of silver."
"Yes." Yu Lianzi nodded.
"In addition, it may be very chaotic outside recently, so I ask everyone not to travel far away." Lu Sheng warned.
"yes."
"Okay, let's go." Lu Sheng patted Yu Lianzi on the shoulder to reassure him.
During this time, the Zhen family had a scuffle with ghosts. Lu Sheng guessed that it was the aftermath of the previous fight for the treasure.
That lantern girl obviously belonged to a certain organization, just like the previous Red Mansion Painting Boat. Maybe the person who came to trouble him this time was a force that was fighting with the Zhen family.
Yu Lianzi turned around and left.
Lu Sheng looked at his back, thoughtfully.
"If you think about it carefully, I'm just a leader of the Red Whale Gang, which is equivalent to the one who cleans up the Zhen family's logistics department. No one has come to trouble me yet, and no one should know that I killed the lantern girl.
As long as the details are not exposed, I will be safe for the time being.
That level of melee is currently not something I can participate in. What I have to do is to improve my strength as much as possible. At least I must be able to ensure my own safety in such chaos.
As for the method of improvement..."
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for several days in a row.
Near Yanshan City, news of missing people continued to spread everywhere. The government posted a notice saying that there was a group of strongmen named Shifeng bandits who specialized in robbing passers-by near Yanshan City. They did not leave any openings and their methods were extremely cruel. Let everyone reduce the risk.
When going out, do not take roads other than official roads.
Suddenly, everyone in Yanshan City was in danger, and everyone reduced their travels. Even the number of passing caravans, vegetable, melon, and ox carts, etc., decreased a lot.
The Red Whale Gang and several other gangs and sects fully cooperated with the government to stabilize the situation around them. They immediately shut up when there was trouble and spent money to deal with the aftermath.
Although Lu Sheng had been recuperating in the flower room, there were as many as three aftermaths that came to him. He also took the time to look at them. They were all bloody and cruel, with broken arms and limbs. At first glance, they didn't look like this.
What humans do.
With his current skill, he can still faintly feel a hint of coldness, which is obviously related to weird ghosts and the like.
After several days, the Zhen family above finally responded.
Soon two people came, a man and a woman, both young people. They asked for two strong horses from the Red Whale. Lu Sheng didn't even meet them, so he heard that the two were heading straight to Weng Lin in the south.
grassland.
The next day, rumors came back that there was a fire on the grassland, and everyone living in a nomadic village near the mountain city was missing.
Two large-scale flower boats on the Songbai River also caught fire, and none of the girls or guests inside could escape.
He knew in his heart that this was the Zhen family's counterattack. The areas along the mountain city and other places were the Zhen family's sphere of influence. If the ghost organization dared to take the initiative to provoke, it would naturally lead to a fight.
The fight was in full swing outside, but Lu Sheng, in the name of recovering from his injuries, left everything to Yu Lianzi and entered Yanshan City to start his own plan.
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"Apricot blossom stuffing! Excellent apricot blossom stuffing! If it tastes bad, it doesn't cost any money!"
"Deer antler rice wine! Three Wen a pound! Five Wen two pounds!"
"Three-Year-Old Bear Fruit Wine costs ten cents per jar and is sold cheaply!"
Along the wine street of the mountain city, Lu Sheng walked slowly out of a wine shop with a white square box in his hand.
He wore a light green gown and a scholar's hat, completely covering his bald head.
Walking to the roadside, he weighed the box in his hand and slowly stopped a carriage.
"Master, where are you going?" the coachman asked with a smile.
"Shanbaotang." Lu Sheng said a place name softly.
"Okay, sit tight." The coachman raised his whip and twitched it in mid-air. Suddenly the horse began to move slowly. Although it felt very strenuous, it still drove steadily along the street.
Lu Sheng sat in the carriage, lowered the curtain to block the view from outside, then put the white box in his hand on his knees and gently opened the lid.
There were ten small porcelain bottles placed inside, all white narrow-necked bottles. Each one was stopped with a fine white cloth stopper.
The pure white porcelain bottle is set in the middle of the black silk cloth, and the contrast is particularly eye-catching.
Lu Sheng took out a bottle, gently pulled out the stopper, and looked inside.
The porcelain bottle contained an extremely dark water-like liquid. As soon as the stopper was removed, a strong aroma of wine could be smelled.
"The world is so big and full of wonders. I didn't expect that senior brother would actually develop this method to store the power of Ju and melt it into strong wine." Lu Sheng sighed in his heart, "If I try it myself, I don't know how long it will take to test it.
Come up with something like this."
After sighing with emotion, he concentrated his mind, tilted the small porcelain bottle slightly, faced it into his palm, and poured out a drop of black liquid the size of a sesame dot.
hiss....
In an instant, the palms of Lu Sheng's palms suddenly turned red, and a steady stream of Chiji Qi surged into his palms, reacting violently with the black liquid.
The skin on the palm of the hand turned black and white, constantly tugging. A trace of putrid smell spread from the hand. It was like meat that had been left for a long time and rotted away.
This is a method he has researched by himself. Ju Li can remain in strong wine for a long time. He just used it to test his own skill to see how far it is and whether he can fight against monsters at the Ju level.
Soon, in less than ten breaths, the water droplets in Lu Sheng's palm slowly evaporated and disappeared. He was also sweating profusely, and his face turned a little pale.
Raising his hand and looking at it, Lu Sheng showed a wry smile.
"According to senior brother's research, the weakest form that Juli can form has at least ten porcelain bottles. If I want to really defeat people with weird shapes and noble families, the most basic condition is to be able to resist Juli. If I am Lianju's
The poison can't stop them, which means they will die if they even touch them, let alone break the restraint barrier."
He recalled the look of disappointment and decadence on the face of the old gang leader when he asked for these porcelain bottles from his senior brother Hong Mingzi. Apparently he had also tried to resist the toxicity and power of the Jing level. Unfortunately, there were no accidents.
failed.
"My current skill is the six-level Chiji Heart Technique, which is almost on the same level as my senior brother, but I am actually stronger. After all, my senior brother is old and frail, and needs to spend a lot of skill to keep his body from failing. But I am different.
.”
Lu Sheng shook the porcelain bottle in his hand. It was empty. There was only a drop of Juli wine the size of a sesame seed in each bottle.
This magical power can only be slightly weakened after being stored in high-concentration alcohol for more than ten years.
"Despite my skill, I can barely resist one-tenth of the poison. The gap is huge..." Lu Sheng sighed with emotion.
"I hope Shanbaotang will have good results this time."
He came out this time partly to buy wine himself and to do some activities to relax. On the other hand, Shanbaotang, the largest antique store in Yanshan City, notified him that a batch of gray goods had just arrived and asked him to go and pick it out.
Shanbaotang is the property of the Forestry Association of the Second Association and Sanmen of Yanshan City.
The relationship between the Shelin Society and the Red Whale Gang was relatively good. Lu Sheng had notified them before, saying that he wanted some objects unearthed from the tombs, and they decided to pay attention.