Shushan: Extinction

Chapter 136 A good start
Gong Tianwu smiled slightly and took out the invisible sword:
"This is our Great Snow Mountain's unique magic weapon, the Invisible Sword. It requires special spells from refining to controlling. It is completely different from other flying swords."

Hua Manlou also looked over, of course, and said with a nostalgic look:

"So this is the Invisible Sword. I still remember the Emei Sword Contest 38 years ago. I had the honor to watch it as an attendant."

"Elder Ling of your sect relied on the Invisible Sword to defeat three powerful enemies in a row. In the end, he used the Seven True Mysterious Arts to create a massive blizzard that covered the entire fighting field. I never thought that the true face of the Invisible Sword would be like this."

What Hua Manlou said did make sense, because the body of the Invisible Sword was very different from the sword. Instead, it looked more like a twisted fish.

However, Gong Tianwu had also heard of this Elder Ling that Hua Manlou mentioned. In his day, he was so arrogant and full of vigor that he even overshadowed the leader of the sect.

It’s a pity that the Emei sword fighting event thirty-eight years ago was his peak period. After that, he was like a tree that stood out in the forest and the wind would blow it away. During a joint expedition, he accidentally fell into a trap and became a disabled person even after being rescued. He died suddenly half a year later.

Of course, whether it was a "mistake" or not, and who set up the mechanism, are not matters that outsiders can know.

Then Hua Shilang took out six cans of Xuantong oil and said with a smile:
"The bodies of the demons we killed today have all been handed over. The city lord said that they are of very good quality and can be used to refine a very good demon pill."

"You humans have no use for this stuff, so I converted it into Xuantong Oil and sent it to you. Of course, if you don't like Xuantong Oil, you can also exchange it for other goods."

Gong Tianwu laughed and said:
"I like it, we are not strangers, so I will be disrespectful if that's the case."

After seeing this scene, the three junior brothers nearby were immediately filled with envy.

But Hua Shilang also made it very clear that this was the spoils obtained in exchange for the corpses of the killed monsters. The three of them were standing far away on the periphery to provide assistance. This was safe, but they would definitely not get any credit.

Fortunately, Gong Tianwu looked back at the three junior brothers and knew exactly what they were thinking, so he said to Hua Manlou:

"Before the uncle came, my three junior brothers were a little worried. They said that the brothers who fought side by side today were very brave and fearless, and they were afraid that there would be a lot of casualties."

When this was mentioned, the father and son of the Hua family suddenly felt distressed and their faces twitched. Hua Shilang couldn't help but sigh:

"Yes! This has destroyed a small part of our family's wealth."

Gongtian Five Convenience Road:
"We have a spell in the Great Snow Mountain called Ice Cleansing, which can not only clean wounds, but also freeze and relieve pain. Combined with our unique wound medicine, Snow Lotus Jade Ginseng Powder has a very good effect on red wounds."

"If you don't mind, we brothers are willing to help."

Medicine has always been a big problem for the demon tribe. They usually just clean the wounds and apply medicine, and then rely on their strong vitality to fight. As for professional doctors, there are very few of them, and there are only a few kinds of elixirs for healing.

After hearing what Gong Tianwu said, how could the Hua family father and son not agree?
He immediately invited four people over. As for the other three who were able to come with Gong Tianwu, they still had basic emotional intelligence and IQ. They knew that this matter would be of great help to their business, so they all nodded in understanding, with joy on their brows.

So the next step is a busy healing time:
The basic procedure is to clean the wound first and cut off the rotten flesh.

Then use the Ice Cleansing Technique to reduce inflammation and relieve pain, sprinkle some Snow Lotus and Jade Ginseng Powder and that's it.

Gong Tianwu will also look at the size and length of the wound and suture it, which will significantly speed up the healing process.

After being treated by four people, all the injured showed significant improvement.

The most outstanding effect is in terms of analgesia. The wound is first frozen by the low temperature of the ice cleaning technique, and after applying the medicine, waves of coolness are felt, which is many times better than before.

The people who benefited the most from the treatment were the seriously injured patients with damaged internal organs. They were originally suffering from severe pain and could only endure it, but now after the pain was relieved, they fell into a deep sleep.

Considering the demon race’s own recovery ability, as long as they can survive the most dangerous time of the first day, they will most likely survive the rest.

Among these seriously injured soldiers, there was one named Lieya, an old brother who had followed Hua Manlou for thirty years. Hua Silang even called him uncle.

His injuries were already extremely severe. Even after being given the best medicine they could find, he was still unconscious. It seemed that his breath was very weak and he was rapidly dying.

After seeing this, Gong Tianwu decisively cut open his stomach!
A large amount of accumulated blood was drained out, and the three bone arrowheads were taken out. Then the bleeding was stopped and medicine was applied, and the surgery was performed and the wound was sutured.

After this process, the condition of the cracked tooth has improved significantly.

After seeing this scene, even Hua Shilang couldn't help but ask Gong Tianwu to come out and treat his chest wound.

In fact, as far as Gong Tianwu was concerned, Hanashiro's injuries had been treated very well and there was no need to make any more trouble.

But of course he, with his high emotional intelligence, would not say it out loud, but would handle it decisively and carefully.

Hua Shilang, on the other hand, grinned and praised with cold sweat:
"Ah!! Your spell is really good. It feels cool and the burning sensation in the wound has been relieved a lot."

"This medicine is amazing. It feels cool and like a bitch is licking it with her tongue."

As soon as they finished their healing, Gong Tianwu and his team received their first high-priced order:
Snow Lotus Jade Ginseng Powder. Take as much as you want!

After hearing the news, the one who couldn’t stop smiling was Lin Wenguan.

This guy has connections in the alchemy room, so he brought the most corresponding Snow Mountain specialty medicines.

Among interpersonal relationships, the most solid relationship is the one that involves both friendship and interests.

After this rescue, Gong Tianwu and his gang had a very close relationship with the dog demon clan.

After his injuries were treated, Hua Manlou carefully inquired about the quantity of goods that Gong Tianwu and his men had brought this time, then discussed it with his family and bought almost one-third of their goods at the market price.

As for the remaining two-thirds of the goods, Hua Manlou suggested that he would use the venue and connections to organize an auction similar to the Daxue Mountain special.

The Hua family will take 20% of the proceeds from the auction. If any goods cannot be sold on site, Hua Manlou will buy them all at a 10% discount and then hand them over to its stores for slow sale.

Such favorable conditions certainly made Gong Tianwu and the others very excited.

Of course, this matter is a sure win for Hua Manlou. Gong Tianwu's arrival this time allowed him to see a completely new business route that was exclusively monopolized by him.

Needless to say, how huge the benefits of monopoly are. At critical moments, it is not uncommon for profits to increase tenfold or twentyfold.

***
At noon the next day,

Gong Tianwu slept until the sun was high in the sky.
The seventh sister was lying on the windowsill early in the morning, watching the excitement on the street with great interest.
Gong Tianwu was a little confused about this. You said you had been locked up for a long time and so you liked the hustle and bustle, which was understandable.

But she has been working as the boss lady in her own shop for a year, and there are still a lot of people in Hulu Valley! Isn’t Qimei tired of seeing this?
Gong Tianwu walked behind the seventh sister, touched her first, and then said:

"Is it too early (for breakfast)?"

The seventh sister shook her head and said:

"It's suitable for lunch when you go out."

Gong Tianwu nodded and said:
"Okay, I'll go get them together."

Seventh sister said:
"Your three fellow apprentices have already gone out. They said they wanted to take a good look around this place."

After listening to this, Gong Tianwu nodded, washed up, and went out to eat with his seventh sister.

After coming back to Mujiang City a year later, the two were already quite familiar with the place. They knew that some of the food culture here was very suitable for the demon race, but not very friendly to humans, so they went to a familiar store they had been to before.

This store is called "Koufudong". Although it is named after a cave, the store is actually several large wooden sheds built together, and the tables and chairs are either made of stone or wood.

The main food in the store is barbecue. The specific type of meat depends on the owner's purchase of the day, mainly pork, beef and lamb.

Gong Tianwu also had some doubts as to whether human flesh was mixed in it, after all, humans were also on the demon tribe's menu, but Hua Manlou and Qimei both said that the possibility was very small.

Because there are many monsters that eat humans secretly, a monster that eats humans openly will directly cause public outrage, and many human cultivators will come to enforce justice, not to mention using human flesh to cook.

Of course, the demon clan also hates things like using monsters to refine pills, and any cultivator who dares to do so will be attacked by the demon clan.

The reason why Gong Tianwu was able to get along well with Hua Silang, Hua Manlou and others was also due to the fact that he found his seventh sister as a concubine.

On the contrary, Lin Wenguan, He Shu and others are not like that. No matter how hard they try to hide it, that faint feeling of discrimination still exists, so Gong Tianwu is not afraid that they can replace him.

After they found a seat here, they found that there were quite a lot of monster guests around, almost full, and they all ate in a horrible manner. When they saw Gong Tianwu, a human, they just glanced at him a few more times, but did not dare to cause trouble. The boss of this place was also a monster, and he was a fat and big-eared pig monster, and he was a whole family. But surprisingly, the monster pig in charge of the stove had superb skills in roasting meat and controlled the heat very accurately.

A pair of hands (pig's trotters) look short, thick and clumsy, but in fact they are extremely agile, as if they are a butterfly flying through flowers, very delicate and almost able to play with flowers, so they often attract people to watch when they are grilling meat.

Because of what happened later, Gong Tianwu and Qimei were prepared to wait for a long time. However, they had only sat down for less than two minutes when a pig demon came over with a large greasy wooden plate.

The plate was lined with washed banana leaves, and on top were several piles of chopped grilled meat, as well as skewers and dipping sauces, which smelled delicious.

Seeing this scene, a hot-tempered bull demon couldn't help but slam the table and roared:

"How come I waited for half an hour and they can eat as soon as they arrive?"

Upon hearing this, the bamboo curtain next to it was lifted, and a big black sow demon rushed out.

The fat on this fellow's body was trembling. He was wearing a greasy apron and holding a bone-chopping knife in his hand. He chopped the meat fiercely on the chopping board beside him and roared loudly:

"If you want to eat, wait. If you don't want to eat, get out!"

The bull demon was about to curse back when he suddenly noticed the patrol team on the street next to him looking over. He immediately sat down again in great anger.

Gong Tianwu and Qimei had a great time eating barbecue this time. Although Qimei was small in stature, she had a very good appetite. The two of them ate six large plates of meat before they were satisfied.

When we finished eating and paid the bill, the pig demon who was grilling meat came running over and said with a flattering smile:
"Has Fifth Master finished his meal?"

Gong Tianwu was a little stunned, and then asked curiously:
"Ah? What's your name? I didn't see you yesterday?"

Because only those dog demons who were rescued called Gong Tianwu "Master Wu", probably because they heard Hua Shilang call him Brother Wu.

The pig demon laughed and said:
"My name is Zhu Laofei. My brother-in-law was saved by Fifth Master yesterday. He said that it was thanks to Fifth Master that he was able to save his leg."

"Master Wu thinks highly of my craftsmanship, and that's a sign of our honor, so of course I can't accept any money."

Gong Tianwu was also straightforward:
"Okay, you treat me to this meal, I'll accept it, I appreciate your kindness."

Then Gong Tianwu took out a small silver bell:
"This is a little gadget I brought with me. Boss Zhu, hang it on your body and no flies, mosquitoes, or poisonous insects will dare to approach you within a ten-meter radius."

Pig demons, cow demons and the like hate blood-sucking mosquitoes the most. Wild boars like to roll in mud puddles, and old cows like to soak in puddles, just to avoid the harassment of these creatures.

Even if it becomes a spirit, it is still difficult to kill it, which can be said to be very troublesome.

Not to mention the barbecue business, the quality and freshness of the meat are very important.

The bell that Gong Tianwu took out can be said to have solved Zhu Laofei's big problem.

Even the hand holding the bell was shaking:
"Is this true?"

Gong Tianwu smiled and said:
"Of course it's true. I wear this myself. Don't you notice that there are no flies or mosquitoes here?"

Zhu Laofei took a look and said in surprise:

"Hey, hey, hey, it seems to be true."

The bell contains nothing else but a special medicinal powder that Gong Tianwu prepared after consulting famous experts, using the powder from Xiangliu's rice fields as the main ingredient.

Of course, it can make flies and mosquitoes run away like crazy as if they saw a ghost.

Zhu Laofei happily hung the bell around his waist, and then went directly to the warehouse where the most meat was stored. He found that it was indeed the case. Not only the flies and mosquitoes disappeared, but even the cockroaches and ants seemed to have seen a ghost and moved frantically to escape.

So after a while, they brought two skewers of barbecue to Gong Tianwu and the other man.

The two were already eight-tenths full by now, but after taking a bite of the barbecue, their eyes widened in surprise.

It turns out that what makes these two skewers of barbecue outstanding is not only the taste, but also the various flavors superimposed together, which is wonderful.

Looking closely, the first piece of the kebab is the oily edge, the second piece is the freshly cut lamb kidney, the third piece is the roasted pork belly, the fourth piece is the juicy lamb tongue, and the fifth piece is the crispy and chewy lamb tripe.

After taking a bite, he tasted a unique texture similar to that of a pancake, which really made Gong Tianwu applaud and he came to the grill and said:

"Old Fei, your barbecue skills are amazing."

Zhu Laofei laughed and said:
"An ordinary barbecue chef can be considered a master if he coats the meat with a secret seasoning and makes it crispy on the outside and tender on the inside."

"A high-level barbecue chef can process the ingredients in a targeted manner according to their parts to achieve the most suitable taste."

"Top barbecue chefs can combine various ingredients to complement each other's strengths and further enhance their taste."

After hearing this, Gong Tianwu nodded and said:

"I see, you should be in the top category, right?"

Zhu Laofei nodded and said:

"Yes."

Gong Tianwu said:

"Is there anything stronger than this?"

Zhu Laofei said:
"Of course there is. That realm should be almost perfect."

"I once encountered an old wolf demon who reached this level in roasting sheep."

"It first feeds the sheep with special plants for a month, and then kills the sheep using the heart-gripping method, causing all the sheep's blood to accumulate in the muscles."

After hearing this, the seventh sister already held her chin with her hands, finding it extremely interesting.

"I never thought that there is so much knowledge hidden in this little piece of barbecue."

Zhu Laofei continued:
"When it officially starts to barbecue, the ingredients used are grass roots from the grassland, and the barbecue utensil is a sheep's stomach, which is filled with a few pieces of specially taken mutton."

"After being roasted, the lamb tripe is golden, crispy and bouncy, with a fragrant aroma. The lamb meat is fresh and plump, and melts in your mouth. It is truly unique to be able to use the roasting method to create the taste of a stew."

"But that old wolf demon only knows how to cook mutton this way. It has lived for more than two hundred years and has been cooking mutton this way since it gained intelligence."

"This is not just a matter of ten years to sharpen a sword. This can be said to be hundreds of years of dedicated work on the same thing. It takes so much practice to reach such a level. I don't even need to think about it."

After hearing what Zhu Laofei said, both Gong Tianwu and Qimei lamented how difficult it is to attain enlightenment.

Even if one wants to master a minor skill like cooking, one needs to devote hundreds of years of time and focus on it! How much more so for other things?

At this moment, Gong Tianwu suddenly felt a prompt coming from his eyes:

"Your act of giving the Xiangliu bell successfully changed Zhu Agang's (Zhu Laofei's) fate."

"Four years later, Fatty Zhu would have suffered a severe injury from a venomous insect bite that would have resulted in a broken leg and amputation."

"Later, when he was out, he encountered a flash flood. As a result, his broken leg greatly affected his running speed and he died."

"But four years later, although the effect of Xiangliu Bell almost disappeared, it also caused the poisonous insect that caused Zhu Agang to suffer from the evil wound to choose other targets to bite."

"Fat Zhu, whose legs were not broken, escaped the flash flood and died at the hands of an Emei swordsman one hundred and seventy years later."

"You gained three karma points."

(End of this chapter)