Shushan: Extinction

Chapter 31 Leaving Home
Gong Tianwu shook his head:

"I can't do it because I'm going to leave soon. My family will tell others that I'm studying abroad."

Father Xie was stunned again:

"Leave? Are you going to go to Lijiaba to deal with the aftermath?"

Gong Tianwu thought to himself that he was going to do the main quest, but on the surface he sighed and said:

"Sooner or later, Lijiaba will find out that the manuscript of Ci Shuo is missing. If they come to our door, there will be trouble. Not only that, I was the one who killed Heimala. Even if we conceal this matter well, it will inevitably be leaked after a while. What should we do if people from these two sides come to our door?"

Old Man Xie was speechless. To be honest, the two things Gong Tianwu mentioned were completely beyond his ability.

Gong Tianwu continued:
"Once I, the client, leave, there will be no evidence. Without solid evidence, the people of Lijiaba are a family of great scholars after all, and they will not use any drastic measures."

"Let alone the people from Heimoro. They are from an enemy country, so it is impossible for them to come in a big way, nor can they stay for a long time. So if they can't find me in our house, they will definitely go after Master Xiong."

After hearing this, Father Xie said anxiously:

"Although that's true, kid, you're only 19 years old this year. You've never been far away from home before, and your mind is all on fucking women. How can anyone feel at ease when you go out?"

At this moment, Old Man Xie's true feelings were revealed when he spoke, and his eyes were slightly red. He was completely different from the image of the heroic smuggler who killed people with a smile.

After resting at home for a day, Gong Tianwu decomposed the bead that he had torn off the leather armor and actually got 4 points of Zhenlong, but he was also quite exhausted.

Then he used up the temporary causal point and triggered the opportunity of Heimorro's domino, and got the hint:

Please take this domino to the Mizhen Temple in the nearby city.

The bigger the Mizhen Temple is, the better the rewards of the opportunity are likely to be.

Waited until the third night.

Gong Tianwu boarded a grain ship docked at the Xidu Town Pier. He was now dressed up as a poor scholar, accompanied by a middle-aged servant.

This grain ship was loaded with 130 dan of rice and 70 dan of cassava flour, so the cabin was filled with the smell of grain. It was one of the ships in this year's grain transport fleet, responsible for transporting Changshui County's summer grain along the waterway to Jibei County, and then along Jibei County's highway to the capital Yicheng.

In order to conceal his true identity, no one in his family came to see him off. However, when he was leaving, Old Man Xie's eyes turned red again.

The man accompanying Gong Tianwu is called Di Song, a rare Shan person. He is also an old man who has traveled around the country with Old Man Xie for more than ten years. He is in his prime, smart and capable, and good at socializing. His wife and children are also in Xidu Town, so Old Man Xie is relieved to have him accompany Gong Tianwu.

When the rooster crowed for the first time, the captain of the grain ship shouted "Peace in the World", and the boatmen at the back also responded with a loud shout, then pushed the bamboo pole hard on the shore and slowly started the boat.

Needless to say, the scenery along the way was stunning. However, Gong Tianwu only came out occasionally to enjoy the scenery, and spent most of his time practicing the True Feather Heart Sutra. He stayed in the cabin all night and never went out, and did not even call out to the boat girls that were commonly seen at the dock.

This made Di Song breathe a sigh of relief, because before leaving, Old Man Xie repeatedly reminded him to make sure Gong Tianwu was restrained in terms of "lust" to avoid hurting his body. And he was still a servant, and if he failed to persuade him well, the two sides would conflict and it would be very embarrassing.

What Di Song didn't know was that since Gong Tianwu could see his "soul age", he felt that a heavy burden was on his shoulders. He only had a dozen years before he really died! If he reincarnated again during this period, then the time would be shortened even more.

Under such pressure, how could Gong Tianwu still have the mind to play with women? Those two pieces of meat will only affect the speed of my sword drawing! So I wish I could split every minute and every second into two halves.

It is worth mentioning that after killing Heimorro, two bottles of elixir were obtained.

Later, I asked a pharmacist to check it out. He said that one of the bottles was a blood-breaking pill used to treat internal injuries. The medicinal properties were very strong and it was very effective in treating internal injuries but it would damage the meridians. The other bottle was a mid-grade Huangya pill.

The recipe of Huangya Pill is widely circulated and can be easily found in both the mortal world and the world of cultivation. After it is refined, it is divided into three grades: high, medium and low.

The technical content of refining Huangyadan is very low, and its quality depends on the raw materials.

The better the materials used to make the elixir, the higher the grade.

Top-grade Huangya Pills are of great use to cultivators and are rarely exported to the human world, so this bottle of mid-grade Huangya Pills is already a remarkable thing in the mortal world.

Its effect is to nourish the body, replenish the spirit, and repair the injured meridians of warriors, so Gong Tianwu took it with him. This time the canal boat went downstream, especially after merging into the wider Siam River, it could travel day and night, so it only took eight days for Gong Tianwu and his servant to travel two thousand miles away from home.

When the canal boat approached the Guangchang City wharf, Gong Tianwu suddenly said to Di Song:
"Uncle Di, let's pack our bags and stay here for a few days."

Di Song was a little surprised. He originally thought that the two of them would go directly to Jibei County, but since the young master intended to stay here longer, he certainly had no objection.

After the master and his servant landed, they first found an inn that looked clean and tidy to stay overnight.

Gong Tianwu found that it was still early, so he asked Di Song to inquire about the location of the local Mizhen Temple. He found out that it was less than two miles away, so he hurried there while it was still early.

The purpose of Gong Tianwu's coming here, of course, was for the domino opportunity found on Heimola. According to the prompts, the larger the size and the stronger the strength of the Mizhen Temple he was heading to, the more benefits he could get.

Although Guangchang City is not the capital, nor even the county seat, the size of Mizhen Temple must be the largest in the entire Nanyi Kingdom, because Guangchang City is the secular city closest to Baimanshan, the sect that rules this place!

Yinfeng Cave, the gate of Baiman Mountain, is only two hundred miles away from here. Qianshi Valley, the forbidden area of ​​Baiman Mountain, and the Insect God Valley, the trial area, are located six hundred miles away from here.

The entire Nanyi Kingdom will hold an immortal gate attraction every three or five years. The selected immortal seedlings will be gathered in the Mizhen Temple in Guangchang for a second screening. Therefore, the Mizhen Temple in Guangchang is implicitly the top Mizhen Temple within a radius of several thousand miles.

The two walked along the bluestone-paved streets and found that Guangchang City was quite prosperous, with many restaurants, opera houses, stages, brothels, teahouses and other places that provided entertainment services.

In addition, the shops on the street are also very distinctive. The shops on the streets of other places sell nothing more than herbal medicines, groceries, tung oil, cloth, rice and flour, calligraphy and paintings, butcher shops, etc., but here most of the products are insects.

For example, on the left of Gong Tianwu at this time is a shop called "Qiwutang". The name sounds like a shop selling antiques, but the jars of various sizes are filled with all kinds of insects.
After he took two more steps, he saw a shop called "Mingqi Ju". With great curiosity and a little excitement, Gong Tianwu took a big step in and took a look. In the middle of the shop, there were more than a dozen large vats half buried in the ground!

And it wasn't just an ordinary big vat, it was a giant vat like the one Sima Guang smashed, which was filled with water to grow lotus flowers and was big enough to drown a child.

You can see that each large tank contains poisonous creatures such as scorpions, centipedes, snakes, toads, etc. These creatures are crowded together, wriggling, and look creepy.

At the same time, a corresponding industrial chain has been formed around these insects for sale:

These insects, poisonous creatures, usually eat things.

Special soil and leaves are needed to build the nest.
The medicines, special primers, etc. required when raising them.

In addition, there are several shops with very luxurious decorations. The poisonous insects sold inside are not visible to outsiders at all. Only regular customers can enter. This is not because the store is big and bullies customers, but to protect passers-by. If people who don’t know the business go in and touch things randomly, it can really kill people.

Di Song had been here several times before. He pointed to a golden five-story tower and said to Gong Tianwu:
"Master Wu, guess what this place is for?"

This golden five-story tower is extremely magnificent, with seven golden bells on each floor! It glows brightly under the scorching sun in the afternoon, and its surface seems to be covered with a layer of molten gold, dazzling and luxurious. I'm afraid that even the imperial palace cannot compare to this magnificent tower. Gong Tianwu hesitated and said:

"Is this perhaps where some important person lives?"

Di Song smiled and shook his head:
"This place is called the Insect Palace. It is the largest insect trading market in this city. Every 49 days, the Supreme Beings of Baiman Mountain will even sell all kinds of refined Gu and magic insects here."

"Usually, only the outer area of ​​the Insect Palace is open. The core area will only be opened after the golden bell is rung for seven days and then closed. The number of times the golden bell is rung each time it is opened is a multiple of seven. I heard that when the golden bell is rung forty-nine times, the goods for sale may even include the treasure of the mountain, the Hundred Poisons Golden Silkworm Gu!"

Gong Tianwu was quite fascinated by what he heard and looked forward to the life of cultivation even more.

After hearing so many stories, Gong Tianwu began to understand that the core service objects of Guangchang were not ordinary people, but disciples of the Baimanshan cultivation sect.

They also have seven emotions and six desires, they need to eat, drink, defecate, urinate, and enjoy life, and they also need the materials provided by mortals as the necessities for their cultivation.

Soon, with the help of passers-by, the two arrived at the Mizhen Temple. Needless to say, this place covers a very large area and has many houses, which gives it a sense of majesty.

What surprised Gong Tianwu was that the gate of Mizhen Temple was not guarded and he could walk in directly.

After entering the gate, an arrow suddenly appeared on his retina, indicating the direction to move forward.

Gong Tianwu walked without any taboos, but Di Song beside him became more and more afraid as he walked. He knew very well that the attitude of cultivators towards mortals was superior, and if they were not careful, they might be killed.

(End of this chapter)