Wang Ou's condition did not improve at all, and Li Mu's mood was on the verge of collapse. The child just cried for a while, and the nanny fed her milk, and it took a long time to coax him to sleep. Zhenyu stewed lotus seed soup, and Li Mu used a spoon to
, feeding Wang Ou bit by bit, like taking care of a patient paralyzed in bed.
When Elder Kun Ling came in, he saw this scene. The makeup on Li Mu's face had not been removed yet, and he still looked like Cui Yuzheng.
Elder Kun Ling stared at Li Mu for a long time, then suddenly knelt on the ground and said, "Greetings to the Marquis."
Li Mu ignored him and continued to feed Wang Ou until Wang Ou couldn't eat any more, then he put the bowl aside and looked at Elder Kun Ling.
"The Great Elder has good eyesight. I have long heard that the Great Elder has the ability to recognize people. Today I have learned a lesson." Li Mu said calmly: "Since the Great Elder has recognized it, why not point it out in public? There are thousands of elites on the mountain, and I
No matter how powerful I am, you can't protect me. If you kill me, you will be avenging your leader."
Elder Kun Ling bowed to the ground and said: "What did the Marquis say? I have always been loyal to the court and should cooperate with the Marquis. How dare I do anything to harm the Marquis? However, the Snake Spirit Sect's beliefs
It's so deep into my bones that I can't express my position, so I came to see you privately to see where I can cooperate with the Marquis."
"Official official?" Li Mu raised his eyebrows, and Elder Kun Ling hurriedly explained: "Master Marquis, the imperial court has granted the title of native official to us elders of the Miao family."
"Oh," Li Mu understood now. He remembered that Li Shimin once mentioned that giving these elders of the Miao family nominal official positions would be beneficial to maintaining local stability. But the official positions of these local officials have nothing to do with
The official position in the imperial court is not the same thing, and the imperial court does not provide salary and salary. It is completely for show. Now that the elder is using this to build relationships, it is clear that he is anxious.
"Great Elder, please wake up. I heard that you are a doctor. How are your medical skills?"
Hearing Li Mu ask about medical skills, Elder Kun Ling perked up. He stood up and said, "I'm not boasting, but my medical skills are second to none in Miao territory..." Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of Zhen Yu from the corner of his eye.
He choked back the last half of his sentence and said: "...Secondly, Xiaguan's medical skills rank second in Miao territory."
Li Mu followed his gaze and looked at Zhen Yu, who explained in a low voice: "The first one is my father."
The great elder also said: "Zhen Yu's father is the disciple of Divine Doctor Sun, and the lower officials cannot compare with him."
The second one was enough. Li Mu stood up and moved out of the way, gestured, and said: "Please also ask the Great Elder to check on my wife's condition."
Elder Kun Ling was stunned when he heard this, but a wise man would not say much. He quickly took the medicine box, took out a brand new linen handkerchief, put it on Wang Ou's wrist, and then took his pulse.
"The pulse is very thin, and it goes deep into the bones..." Great Elder Kun Ling sighed and said, "This is a godless pulse. Lord Marquis, it is very likely that the saint will not be able to survive these two or three days."
Li Mu was prepared in his heart, so he was not surprised. Now was not the time to be discouraged. After a moment of silence, Li Mu asked again: "Is there no way at all?"
"This..." Elder Kun Ling looked hesitant. Li Mu did not rush him and waited quietly. After a while, Elder Kun Ling said: "Master Hou, I am also guessing that the situation of the saint is probably
It will also fall on the snake spirit."
"What exactly is this snake spirit?"
Li Mu asked Zhen Yu the same question, but Zhen Yu knew very little information. Kun Ling, as the elder of the Bai tribe in Miao territory, naturally knew more than Zhen Yu. But judging from his performance just now, it seemed that this matter
It’s still a bit hard to say.
"Master Hou, please step aside."
Next to Li Mu, there were only Zhen Yu and Dugu Jiu, who was guarding the door uneasily. Kun Ling said that she would back away, which meant that they would avoid them. Zhen Yu belonged to the Bai Department, and naturally he had to listen to the words of the elder. Wen Yan
He stood up and went out, but Dugujiu didn't care whether he was a great elder or not. He leaned against the door frame and didn't move at all, and had no intention of getting up.
Li Mu said: "The great elder said this, there must be something hidden. It won't take long for you to go out for a walk and then come back."
"Brother, you and sister-in-law——"
Li Mu patted his chest and hid the Burmese Pear Blossom Needle in his arms. Dugujiu thought of the power of the Burmese Pear Blossom Needle, nodded, turned around and followed Zhen Yu out.
Only Li Mu and Wang Ou, who was in a coma, were left in the room. Elder Kun Ling then spoke: "Forgive me, Mr. Hou, because it involves the secret law of Miao territory, so it has to be like this."
Li Mu nodded to express his understanding and motioned for Elder Kun Ling to continue. Elder Kun Ling said: "Master Hou, I'm afraid he has seen this when he came to Miao Xinjiang. There are many miasmas and poisonous insects in southern Xinjiang, so in southern Xinjiang,
To live in Xinjiang, you must have some skills to save your life. The Miao family has lived here for generations, so they naturally know a few tricks."
"I will not mention the common medicines to avoid snakes and insects. The ancestors of the Miao village have summed up their experience for a long time and found a secret method. Through this secret method, they can be protected from all poisons."
This is the first time in the past few days that Li Mu has heard the words "invulnerable to a hundred poisons". Hearing this, he said: "Is the so-called invulnerability to a hundred poisons the prerequisite for selecting the leader of your Snake Spirit Sect?"
"Yes," Elder Kun Ling was not surprised. Li Mu had an ambiguous relationship with Wang Ou. Of course he thought it was Wang Ou who told Li Mu: "It is extremely difficult to practice being immune to all poisons. You need to test the poison on your own body. Not everyone can do it."
Yes, it requires innate foundation. This level has eliminated 99% of the people, and the remaining people," Elder Kun Ling shook his head and said: "There are not many who can persist."
Li Mu's understanding ability is still good, and he roughly understood what Elder Kun Ling meant. What he meant was that if you want to practice being immune to poisons, your innate poison resistance must be high, otherwise you have to test poison with your own body.
As soon as I passed the level, I was immediately tested to death.
"If you want to practice immunity from all poisons, you need to raise a venomous snake with your own blood. The higher the toxicity, the faster the training speed, but correspondingly, the higher the toxicity, the greater the chance of failure. Therefore, choose a poisonous snake
Moderately venomous snakes are the top priority.”
"In the secret method of snake spirit, such a snake is called a life dragon."
"Normal candidates to succeed the leader do not have their own life dragons. Because they are all in the mother's body, and their mother tests the poison on her body, and then the mother's body may die. After the child is born, he will naturally be invulnerable to all poisons.
In other words, the mother's life is exchanged for the child's invulnerability to all poisons. When the child is selected by the snake spirit, the snake spirit becomes their life dragon. The poison of the snake spirit is the first among all snakes, and it is also the most poisonous in southern Xinjiang.
The strongest."
"Poisonous insects pay attention to fighting poison with poison. Only those who can control the strongest poison can deter the miasma poisonous insects in southern Xinjiang. And the normal leader of the snake spirit has the ability to control the group of snakes. It is recorded in the handbooks of past leaders
, all snake spirit leaders can control snakes, maybe dozens, or hundreds, and there are thousands of people with profound skills. It is for this reason that when there is something strange in the holy pool, only the leader with a snake spirit can comfort him
.”
Afraid that Li Mu would not understand, Elder Kun Ling added: "What the official is talking about is a normal situation. The situation of this generation's leader..."
"No need to explain, I know all this. Go on, what exactly is a snake spirit?"
Elder Kun Ling continued: "As I said just now, the snake spirit is the life dragon. There are many people who know the method of cultivation. People like us who are not born with the ability to cultivate a body that is immune to all poisons can also cultivate through this method.
, enhance resistance to various poisons. Therefore, for a long time, the popular saying in Miao territory is that the snake spirit is a kind of snake. The legends in the religion are also based on the dragon who failed to ascend to heaven and turned into a snake spirit.
To explain.”
"But actually..." Great Elder Kun Ling sighed and said, "Those who have been in contact with snake spirits for a long time will have a feeling that snake spirits are probably not a kind of snake. At least there is no record in the handbooks of the leaders of the past dynasties.
The specific shape of the snake spirit. And the specific appearance of the snake spirit, if you find a similar thing in Miao territory, it is more like a kind of Gu."
"insanity?"
"Yes." Elder Kun Ling nodded and said: "Snake spirits are fed with blood, and poisonous poisons are fed with blood. Snake spirits can control animals and people, and they also have the same function as poisons. Therefore, the official guessed that snake spirits are likely to be
It’s a poison. However, there is no concrete evidence.”
Li Mu frowned and said, "If the snake spirit is treated as a poison, is there a solution?"
Elder Kun Ling smiled bitterly and said: "Master Hou, if it's Gu, then there's really nothing we can do about it. The Gu technique in Miao territory is extremely mysterious, and it's passed down from mother to daughter. What's going on? Even I, the elder,
Everyone knows nothing about it. I only know that only the person who cast the poison can solve it, and there is nothing others can do."
Li Mu felt a thump in his heart and said, "What if you don't understand?"
"The poison will eat away all the vitality of the host, and eventually we will die together."
Elder Kun Ling had made his words very clear, and Li Mu knew that even if he pressed him again, he would not be able to solve the problem. He was silent for a while and said: "In the current situation, the court needs a step up. The people of Miao Village,
We also need a step up. The imperial court will send negotiators tomorrow, and you will come forward to persuade me to make peace with the imperial court. At that time, I will agree and then make some requests for the imperial court to handle. These will include building bridges, building roads, and punishing people.
Han officials will wait, and the imperial court will agree."
Grand Elder Kun Ling was overjoyed and wrote them down one by one. Li Mu added: "At this point, the matter has come to an end. When the time comes, I will announce that our sect will mainly practice in seclusion, and the affairs of Miao territory will be left to the two great elders.
, don’t ask anymore. Then the imperial court will come to grant you new official positions. This time it will be a real official position, not a false one. By then, the roads will be open, the bridges will be open, and the imperial court will no longer have any restrictions on the people of Miao territory. As for the days
Whether you can live a good life or not is up to you. The imperial court is not a mother-in-law. It gives you food and cannot feed it into your mouth. Do you understand what I say?"
Elder Kun Ling knelt on the ground and said with tears of gratitude: "Master Hou has done this for the people of Miao territory, what else can you say? From now on, Miao territory will be loyal to the imperial court from generation to generation without any second thoughts."
Wang Ou's situation did not improve. Li Mu was too lazy to exchange greetings, waved his hand and said: "After you finish the trick, let's go."
"Master Hou," Elder Kun Ling stood up, walked to the door, and came back again, as if he had something to say.
Li Mu glanced at him and said, "Is there anything else?"
"Master Marquis, I am old and my ears are not working properly. I didn't hear clearly what the Marquis just said. Are you talking about conferring an official position on Xiaguan alone, or..."
"You're getting older, so stop being scheming. There won't be only one great elder in Miao territory. It's impossible for either Baibe or Wube to dominate."
"Hey," the elder Kun Ling was disappointed and went out honestly with the medicine box. Li Mu looked back, stroked Wang Ou's hand, looked at her sleeping appearance, and secretly swore in his heart: "I
I’ll definitely wake you up!”
…
Li Mu's attitude was very clear. Even if Elder Kun Ling wanted to take advantage of the loophole, he could only think about it in his mind and not dare to take action. When he returned to his residence, he briefly told Elder Kanqin what had happened, and Elder Kanqin did the same.
Happy. Li Mu's attitude showed that Miao Jiang had the final say from the leader, and Wang Ou's situation had not improved. Li Mu was too lazy to say hello, waved his hand and said: "After performing the trick well, let's go."
"Master Hou," Elder Kun Ling stood up, walked to the door, and came back again, as if he had something to say.
Li Mu glanced at him and said, "Is there anything else?"
"Master Marquis, I am old and my ears are not working properly. I didn't hear clearly what the Marquis just said. Are you talking about conferring an official position on Xiaguan alone, or..."
"You're getting older, so stop playing tricks. There won't be only one great elder in Miao territory. It's impossible for either Baibe or Wube to dominate."
"Hey," the elder Kun Ling was disappointed and went out honestly with the medicine box. Li Mu looked back, stroked Wang Ou's hand, looked at her sleeping appearance, and secretly swore in his heart: "I
I’ll definitely wake you up!”
…
Li Mu's attitude was very clear. Even if Elder Kun Ling wanted to take advantage of the loophole, he could only think about it in his mind and not dare to take action. When he returned to his residence, he briefly told Elder Kanqin what had happened, and Elder Kanqin did the same.
Happy. Li Mu's attitude showed that Miao Jiang had the final say from the leader, and Wang Ou's situation had not improved. Li Mu was too lazy to say hello, waved his hand and said: "After performing the trick well, let's go."
"Master Hou," Elder Kun Ling stood up, walked to the door, and came back again, as if he had something to say.
Li Mu glanced at him and said, "Is there anything else?"
"Master Marquis, I am old and my ears are not working properly. I didn't hear clearly what the Marquis just said. Are you talking about conferring an official position on Xiaguan alone, or..."
"You're getting older, so stop playing tricks. There won't be only one great elder in Miao territory. It's impossible for either Baibe or Wube to dominate."
"Hey," the elder Kun Ling was disappointed and went out honestly with the medicine box. Li Mu looked back, stroked Wang Ou's hand, looked at her sleeping appearance, and secretly swore in his heart: "I