In the land of Chenghuang, spiritual Brahma flows surge, and where the spiritual surge accumulates, wild monsters will appear.
In the records of Fang Zaosi, the description of "weird monsters" is "the incarnation of disaster that endangers people's livelihood and the country." In the Chenghuang Kingdoms, from the court to the common people, wild monsters are generally regarded as "must be destroyed immediately once they appear."
"The ominous monster that was eradicated". Even so, based on Gu Chen's feelings since traveling through time, it is difficult to fully accept the above concept.
Although all strange monsters are born from the spiritual Brahma Yun, according to Gu Chen's feelings, strange monsters can actually be divided into two categories.
One type is the "wild" monsters that emerge from natural trees and rocks. Most of the wild monsters lack rationality and will attack nearby strangers indiscriminately. And they are indeed worthy of being in the outside world and continuing to cause trouble for passing business travelers.
Prefixes such as ominous and disaster.
Another type of wild monsters are "home" monsters that are transformed from man-made objects, such as the rattan rope monster that follows the pack team, the pot monster that sleeps in the warehouse, etc. These monsters that are born from long-term coexistence with people are actually
He does not reject coexistence with others, and clearly possesses a spirituality that transcends wild monsters.
Whether it is the vine rope monster who generously goes out of his way to protect his companions, the cowardly pot monster who immediately pretends to be dead when he encounters a stranger, or the black sheath sword monster who is drunk with a wine jar until he is unconscious, all of them are extremely extreme.
A master with unique character. Looking at these monsters who carefully hide their appearance but live a casual life, Gu Chen really can't regard them as the incarnation of disaster that must be eradicated.
Compared with Chenghuang people's instinctive hatred of monsters, Gu Chen has no fear or disgust towards monsters. Rather, he feels that it would be quite pleasant to be with them. But at the same time, Gu Chen also knows very well
Such an idea is considered an absolute heresy in Chenghuang Land. After all, it is precisely because they will be punished immediately if they are discovered, so the monsters living in the city have to carefully hide their bodies.
Probably, among them was the drunken sword monster.
The talent of looking directly at the spirit beast allowed Gu Chen to see through the disguise of the monster, but no matter how hard he tried, it could not help him communicate with the monster that was drunk to death. After trying various methods to wake up the sword monster, Gu Chen had to find a piece of linen cloth.
Wrapping up the sword monster in a hurry, he quickly left the crime scene filled with the smell of wine.
Gu Chen, who left the alley, tried to find the female rider who rushed into the market earlier.
The female rider was obviously chasing the sword monster. And judging from her panic, it was not so much that she was anxious to eradicate the monster that was harming the people, but that she was worried that the sword monster would reveal its identity and be eradicated by others. This made Gu Chen feel quite fresh.
, so I wanted to talk to her.
Of course, the so-called "protecting the sword monster" is just Gu Chen's unauthorized understanding. We can only know after communicating with each other. Gu Chen was really looking forward to finding like-minded comrades. However, he took the sword monster to visit most of the market, but he didn't know.
No female rider was found.
The female rider chasing the lost sword monster disappeared somewhere.
Or did he misunderstand it, and what she was chasing was not a sword monster at all?
Gu Chen was confused, but doubts were doubts, and there was nothing he could do if he couldn't find anyone. At this moment, the sword monster wrapped in linen was drunkenly dreaming behind his back, and Gu Chen had a debt of two hundred silver coins earned before next week, and he couldn't spend the whole day
Time was spent on this matter. After assessing the current situation, Gu Chen decided to return to the original route.
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Gu Chen went to the medicine shop to purchase the medicinal materials needed to refine Xiaoyu Water.
"Little Healing Water" has extraordinary curative effects in instantly curing trauma, but it is a very common type among the elixirs refined by the master. The price is basically within the reach of ordinary people, so it has always been on the market.
It is a hot item. As for Gu Chen, he would choose Xiao Yu Shui as his entry point, firstly because it is not difficult to refine, and secondly because its materials are cheap.
The materials required for refining Xiaoyu Shui are all common commodities in drug stores. Just two Yintong can be sold for several large packages. Compared with other elixirs that have high selling prices but difficult to find materials, simply looking at
In terms of return on investment, Xiao Yu Shui may have the highest rate among common elixirs.
Based on the experience of refining medicine last time, Gu Chen planned to refine hundreds of Xiaoyu Shui at one go this time, completely blocking Bai Minghua's room for picking and choosing. But little did he know that this plan suffered setbacks at the beginning.
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"What? 'Perilla' is sold out again?"
Gu Chen looked at the medicinal herb shop owner in front of him in astonishment. Although the other person looked "very sorry", he still told him categorically that all his perillas had been purchased by a certain party. Gu Chen had encountered similar situations several times before.
"...Can you tell me who purchased it?"
"Uh, sir, according to business rules, we cannot reveal the details of our customers."
Looking at the embarrassed stall owner who was apologizing fearfully, Gu Chen couldn't help but frown.
"Perilla" is a necessary medicinal material for refining Xiaoyu Shui. It was originally a cheap commodity in the market. However, at this moment, Gu Chen visited several medicinal shops and was told that the perilla was sold out.
It's time for the dull guy to realize something is wrong.
What Gu Chen is not sure about is, who is this extraordinary situation aimed at, or is he just unlucky enough to be swept away by the aftermath of the dispute?
(Is the assumption of "targeting me" considered excessive self-awareness...)
Gu Chen pondered.
In Liyang City, he was a foreigner with no roots, no connections, and no reputation. Apart from the huge debt of 50,000 silver coins, Gu Chen didn't think that there would be any element of malice in him. Even if he was a newly promoted person,
Considering the identity of the master, it was difficult for Gu Chen to connect the perilla famine affecting the market with himself.
But the actual situation is like this, the key medicinal materials for refining Xiaoyu Shui have been bought out.
It was pointless to continue shopping, so Gu Chen stopped and sorted out the situation.
At this moment, there are no perilla herbs for sale in the market, and according to the medicinal shop owner, the next batch of perilla will have to wait until three to five days to be released, no matter how soon it is released, which will not be able to meet the time limit agreed with Bai Minghua. Except for the Beimen Market
, are there any other places that sell medicinal herbs in Liyang City? Or find out the organization that buys perilla wantonly, and buy some from them for emergency use even if the price is raised?
(Something’s not right, is someone causing trouble...)
Gu Chen rubbed his eyebrows in confusion, and glanced at both sides of the street intentionally or unintentionally, but unexpectedly saw a familiar-looking figure at the corner of the street.
He was a skinny young man wearing a cloth hat, about the same age as a junior high school student, and he was wearing a patchwork of coarse cloth clothes. That kind of mixed-match style clothes often appeared among the refugees, and it aroused Gu Chen's immediate attention.
What is touching is the young man's white hair peeking out from under his cloth hat.
(From the White Ape tribe? Remember the name is indeed...)
There are many barbarian tribes living in the southern barbarian territory near Liyang. Each of these barbarian tribes has its own inheritance and characteristics. Among them, the barbarians called the "White Ape Tribe" are famous for their white hair and their ape-like intelligence. The reason why Gu Chen knows this
The reason is that when Guan Hai came to help Gu Chen move last time, he brought a boy from the White Ape tribe along the way to meet him.
Guan Hai introduced the young man as "Xiao Yi" and he was a refugee who came to Liyang City to seek a living. It was said that the White Ape tribe had white hair regardless of men, women or children, so it left a deep impression on Gu Chen.
At this time, the white-haired Xiao Yi on the corner of the street also noticed Gu Chen in the distance. His eyes widened immediately, and he quickly ran towards Gu Chen. There were many obstructive vendors and sundries piled up on the market streets.
Xiao Yi jumped up and climbed the wall rope like a spiritual ape. He crossed the pile of debris in a few clicks and landed lightly in front of Gu Chen.