PFC Chapter 698 Back to the Inn
Chapter 698 Back to the Inn
After exiting the dense forest and returning to the wide road, we walked slowly along the path. As it was getting dark, we rested for a night. In the early morning of the next day, we finally returned to the Laiqu Inn.
The inn remains the same as before. Li Changxiao had planted green bamboos on both sides in his early years. Now they have grown into clusters, green and straight, with dewdrops hanging from the leaves.
Li Changxiao put Liu Ju down and picked up a hollow bamboo tube from the ground. He used the tube to collect dew, drop by drop, in an orderly manner. The bamboos on both sides were just the height of a person, so it was convenient to pick the dew without bending over or raising his hands.
After a while, the bamboo tube was half full, and the dew gave off a fresh fragrance mixed with a bit of bamboo. A light sniff would make you feel refreshed, as if a fresh air went straight from your nose to your stomach. If a thirsty person could take a sniff, all the hunger and fatigue in your body would be swept away in an instant, which was magical.
Li Changxiao gave Liu Ju, Qu Xiaochan, and Qing Chunhua a sniff, and saw their pupils tremble, and they all felt it was magical. Li Changxiao smiled leisurely, sent the three people to the inn, and let them lie flat on the ground.
Qing Chunhua was originally a rich lady, living a life of luxury, never having to do housework. However, her previous experiences had worn away her ladylike temperament. She felt that the ground of the inn was much better than that of the wilderness and jungle, and she did not feel wronged lying on the ground.
Li Changxiao took off the clothes of the three people. Liu Ju was the most seriously injured, with snake scales covering almost his entire body. Qu Xiaochan was slightly better, but she was also paralyzed on the ground, unable to move except for her eyes. Qing Chunhua was an extraordinary martial artist with the strongest resistance, so she could still move freely, but her hands and feet were paralyzed, and she could not use her kung fu.
Li Changxiao had long known that there were strange beasts lurking in the northwest mountains. He had gone into the mountains to kill them, but he could not kill them all. After a while, the beasts would wreak havoc again.
Now that the world is collapsing, the prehistoric world is getting closer and closer, and there are more prehistoric beasts in the Fuyao world. Although they cannot be seen everywhere, they hide in the depths of the dense forests, creating many strange and terrifying stories, casting a shadow of fear on the hearts of the people of the world, but it is a real impact.
Li Changxiao thought to himself: "In the mountains of the northwest, the most common species are human-snakes, followed by human-headed leopards and bear-bellied bears..."
He had not noticed it before, but now thinking back, he vaguely felt that the aura seemed to have been seen somewhere. He suppressed his doubts and the most urgent thing was to save people.
He took out a silver needle and gave acupuncture to Liu Ju and the other two. At the end of the needle was a red silk thread, which was inserted into the bottom of a bamboo tube that had been filled with dew water before, and then the bamboo tube was hung up.
In this way, the dew in the bamboo tube will slowly drip down the red silk thread to the acupuncture point. Li Changxiao did the same thing, and after everything was arranged, he said, "Wait until the dew dries up, and you will be fine too."
Then he lay back on the armchair, rocking gently, holding a bamboo fan in his right hand. The breeze from the fan lifted up wisps of his clothes, and he looked like he was in a peaceful, leisurely and pleasant state.
Qing Chunhua and the other two looked at each other and had no choice but to lie on the ground and wait quietly. After an hour or two, the snake scales on Qing Chunhua's back had completely disappeared, and the symptoms of paralysis in his hands and feet also gradually disappeared.
And she seemed to have endless energy, and she wanted to draw her sword and kill people. She thought to herself: "This dew may not be an ordinary thing. I might as well absorb more." She didn't struggle anymore and just lay on the ground.
Li Changxiao took a quick glance and saw the cleverness in full view. He shook his head and laughed, ignoring it and taking it easy. At this time, a bird flew in from the window, stood on Li Changxiao's head intimately, and chirped at Li Changxiao, trying to attract Li Changxiao's attention. Seeing that this method was useless, it flapped its wings and flew back and forth in front of him.
Qing Chunhua looked at it intently and was amazed. She saw that the bird had beautiful golden feathers, which was also very extraordinary. It seemed to have intelligence and was pestering Li Changxiao to play with it.
Li Changxiao was helpless because of the noise, so he took out a ball of plush thread from his pocket and threw it gently into the air. The golden bird chirped, picked up the ball of plush thread, and returned it to Li Changxiao.
They were having a lot of fun tossing and catching. Qing Chunhua's eyelids twitched. She had teased Wangcai in the same way when she was at Qing Mansion. After playing for a while, Li Changxiao stretched and felt sleepy. The golden bird was very smart. It flew back to its nest under the eaves, buried its head under its wings, and fell asleep in the same way.
Qing Chunhua's eyes were bright. When she first came to the inn, she felt that it was strange, but now she looked at it again, and she felt completely different. As long as she observed carefully, the strangeness of this innkeeper had already been reflected in the details.
Qing Chunhua thought: "He said he was an old friend of Master. I didn't believe it before, but now it seems to be true. When I recover, I will definitely ask him about it."
She had actually recovered long ago, but she was just greedy for the dew and had not gotten up. The green bamboo in front of the inn was originally called "Western Desert Bamboo", a kind of magic bamboo that wards off evil spirits. Its dew has the effect of exorcising evil spirits, removing filth and washing the body.
It can just remove the snake venom of the students, and Liu Ju, Qu Xiaochan, and Qing Chunhua can bathe in the dew to ward off evil spirits, so that ordinary evil things will no longer be able to disturb the three of them. It is indeed a rare opportunity.
In Li Changxiao's eyes, it was something that could be dispensable, but in the eyes of the world, it was something that could be found in vain. At noon, Li Changxiao waved his hand, and the silver needle flew back into his hand, and the three people were all cured.
Liu Ju said, "Thank you for rescuing me, senior." Qu Xiaochan was a step slower and also said, "Thank you for rescuing me, senior." Although Liu Ju and Qu Xiaochan were both servants, Liu Ju was much more shrewd and knowledgeable than Qu Xiaochan in observing people's words and expressions and dealing with people.
It was also because Qu Xiaochan was a girl, and had a slightly better relationship with Qing Chunhua, vaguely like sisters, and naturally there was less hierarchy, so over time, she became spoiled. However, Liu Ju did not receive such treatment and always abided by his duties.
Li Changxiao smiled and said, "No need, I want to get paid." Li Changxiao asked the three people to stay and work as waiters in the store for a month in return for saving their lives.
Qing Chunhua looked embarrassed and told Li Changxiao that although she was traveling in the mortal world, she also had a mission. She had a senior brother who participated in a rebellion because he was dissatisfied with the tyranny of the emperor of the Dapan Dynasty, but was captured and imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison.
The purpose of her trip was to investigate the situation and, if possible, rescue that senior brother.
Li Changxiao was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help thinking: "Zhang Mo seems to have quite a few disciples."