Immortal Cultivation and Life-Saving Guide

Chapter 280 Double Scales
In fact, Wei Xi didn't care what Li Chun thought at all: as long as he got the information he wanted, it didn't matter if the other party died in an instant.

She even felt a little complacent in her heart: after all, she had seen through Li Chun's thoughts, and it was easier for her to deal with him.

What happened next in Bingzhou City should have nothing to do with the three of them, but Cen Jin asked Wei Xi to stay and help stabilize the situation.

Lian Gouyu's injuries prevented him from showing up, and since the three of them didn't want to travel to other prefectures to complete their missions, Wei Xi and the others stayed behind to help. They repaired the city walls, apprehended criminals, and patrolled the area. Even Qin Feng, the most attractive of the three, was taken by Cen Jin to borrow food from the local tyrants.

The three of them worked tirelessly until finally a torrential downpour settled, calming the raging public anger. With the return of Prince Wuyang, relief grain from the imperial court finally arrived, finally putting an end to this natural disaster, which was tainted by hidden man-made consequences.

Less than a month into his stay in Bingzhou, Cen Jin had already been educated by reality. Besides sending a copy of the memorial he had submitted to Wei Xi, the young general also gave each of the three men five hundred taels of silver as a farewell gift in late summer.

"The situation in Bingzhou City is dire. Thanks to the three of you for your help, you have driven out the demons and helped rebuild Bingzhou City. I will just treat you to tea. I will repay you in the future!"

Wei Xi weighed the silver in front of him, and seeing the embarrassment that flashed across his eyes, he grinned and said, "Bingzhou City is in quite a mess. We cultivators have been affected by it, not to mention General Cen, who is caught up in it. It's better to be careful!"

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Wei, for your reminder. I will certainly be cautious and prudent, and will never let the emperor down!"

"Since the issue of military rations is caused by a demon, I hope General Cen can help General Li Feng."

Wei Xi had read the memorial and figured the issue of military rations was also attributed to the evildoers in Bingzhou. "Especially the Wu family in Tingzhou. Several of their female relatives helped out. Now that the perpetrators have been brought to justice, these female relatives can be comforted!"

Cen Jin looked troubled and replied, "General Li Feng shouldn't be imprisoned...it's just that the Wu family's group of prisoners were dispersed by the fleeing refugees, and both the officers and the prisoners who were escorting them died..."

"What?" Qin Feng was shocked. Seeing that the other party did not seem to be faking it, he asked, "When was it?"

"I'm in charge of Bingzhou's city defense and government affairs. The affairs are so complicated that the people under me are running around like headless flies. What happened at the beginning of the month was only reported a few days ago."

Cen Jin was filled with complaints when he mentioned these things: he was young and full of vigor, and he wanted to achieve great things. However, he didn't get any military credit for the victory at Qijiaogou, and now he was trapped in Bingzhou. If he wasn't careful, he would be dragged into the fight for the throne.

Cen Jin, who had been working all night to arrange for the refugees to return home, rubbed his neck. "I looked at the files handed to me and calculated the time. It was after we recaptured Bingzhou City that some rioting refugees fled the city... Anyway, that group of prisoners fell into the Wild Horse Stream."

"Wild Horse Gorge is extremely deep, with complex terrain and is surrounded by constant gas. Even wild horses can't escape. High-level monsters appear from time to time, and the bodies of these people cannot be recovered..."

"I have official business to attend to, so I can't stay here any longer." Fearing that Wei Xi would ask for further preferential treatment, Cen Jin stood up and said goodbye. "I hope you three take care!"

After Cen Jin disappeared, Qin Feng said dejectedly, "I even gave her the diagrams of how to practice martial arts... It's a pity that she's so young..."

"Why is there something going on with the Wu family again? And you're only sixteen, how can you say someone is young?"

After saying that, Lian Gouqie subconsciously touched his chin: the burnt area was slowly healing, but it still didn't look like flesh, so when outsiders saw him, he still wore a hood.

When Qin Feng told him about Wu Fangfei, he stopped joking and sighed, "Life and death are determined by fate. Who could have imagined that they would encounter such things..."

When Qin Feng heard these words, she became even more worried. Her thoughts were turning and jumping around, and she even thought of her own family's tragedy, which made her even more worried.

"Wu Fangfei won't die so easily," Wei Xi said, jumping onto his horse. "Maybe she took advantage of the chaos and escaped."

Wei Xi secretly felt that Wu Fangfei was in grave danger. After all, she had only recently begun to draw Qi into her body, had no systematic training, and no weapons to hand. She might be able to sneak in some food, but if she encountered a ferocious refugee, she wouldn't even stand a chance against them.

Therefore, Wei Xi only gave a few words of comfort and did not suggest going to Yemajian to look for the body.

The three of them set out from Bingzhou at the end of July. Since none of them had achieved elixir, they had no choice but to change horses along the official road, traveling day and night. Even so, Wei Xi, eager to return home, arrived in Qingzhou in late autumn.

The three of them stayed in Qingzhou City for one day - Senior Brother Yan Xiao sent a message to Qin Feng, asking her to buy a batch of medicinal herbs in Qingzhou City and bring them directly back to the sect.

"Scaled Hemp, Silver-edged Grass, Flame of Knowledge..." Wei Xi, wearing autumn clothes, flipped through the list sent by Senior Brother Yan. "These are all companion herbs. Who in the sect uses these?"

Previously, in order to grow medicinal herbs, Wei Xi read "Essentials of Hundred Plants" and had some understanding of some common magical medicines and accompanying herbs.

Companion herbs can only grow near spiritual medicines, but they are not spiritual medicines and cannot condense spiritual energy at all; but they are not ordinary herbs either, so their efficacy in treating diseases is greatly reduced.

The growing conditions are harsh and they have no value. If it weren't for the fact that spiritual medicines cannot survive without their accompanying herbs, these things would have become extinct long ago.

The spiritual herb garden often buries the herbs on the spot after harvesting them to serve as fertilizer for the next crop of spiritual herbs.

"I forgot to tell you," Qin Feng said, inserting his hairpin in front of the mirror, the golden pendant swinging back and forth. "Those fish Chen Shuangli raised are finally useful! I scale the freshly caught fish directly and boil them with these accompanying herbs to make a double-scale ointment. Apply it to wounds to reduce inflammation. It saved many lives during the snow rat outbreak last winter!"

"How is the effect?" Upon hearing this, Wei Xi looked at the list carefully, although she knew nothing about pharmacology.

Lian Gouyu, who was cracking walnuts, laughed, "The effect is average, and it took a lot of effort! Not to mention Brother Carp's tears. Last year, except for a pond of fry, his precious fish pond was emptied by Wei An!"

Wei Xi understood: The drug's effectiveness is average, but it's cheap! Its biggest advantage is that ordinary people in remote areas can afford it!

"Senior Brother Chen is quite generous," Wei Xi praised sincerely, "He put a lot of effort into that yard of fish!"

With a crackling sound, Lian Gouyu crushed two walnuts. "If the snow piles up to our calves this year, I'm afraid there will be another snow mouse problem. Senior Brother Yan takes precautions. He is really thrifty and can even squeeze out money..."

"This time, the Ju Kingdom mission will have a share of the money for the sect," Qin Feng, who had finished dressing up, looked like a fairy concubine. "It seems that the sect can get a hundred taels of silver for the Bingzhou City mission."

Wei Xi could understand the sect's willingness to pay for a bowl of rice, and planned to give his share of the money to the sect.

Wei Xi's parents gave her life and raised her, and the Qingcheng Sect nurtured and educated her. When it comes to repaying her, Wei Xi is never stingy.

"Our general deserves all the credit for this! If it hadn't eaten anything, Senior Brother Wei An wouldn't have discovered the formula for the Double Scale Ointment!"

Qin Feng has always doted on the tabby cat in the house. Wei Xi is in jail, and the rat-catching general is left unchecked, so he can go to Chen Shuangli to eat fish without restraint.

Although Wei Xi had previously said that the fish the general would eat would be deducted from the spiritual stones earned from selling snow radishes, Chen Shuangli, who had fallen into the situation of working for his junior sister, felt sorry for the fish he had bred, so he took the general with him and stayed away from the fish pond.

As a result, the cat ran around in the woods and accidentally ate the companion herbs that Wei An had removed. It then turned around and fought with the Eight Treasures Magpie raised by the Bird Department, and was scratched with several wounds.

When Chen Shuangli found this living ancestor, the general licked his butt and his wounds, which scared him so much that he took the cat to find Senior Brother Wei.

"That's how Wei'an discovered the miraculous formula," Qin Feng said proudly. "After several experiments, he turned waste into treasure and finalized the formula for the Double Scale Ointment."

Wei Xi's hands itched as she listened. She'd brought this cat home to work, and if it didn't catch mice and only ate fish, it was fine. She had a cat. What was wrong with eating random things in the sect? What if something happened to it?
Thinking that he would have to teach the cat a lesson when he got back, Wei Xi suddenly asked, "They're using fish scales? Is it possible that the water used to raise the fish is the source of the medicinal effect?"

　Chen Shuangli: Junior Sister! You are the granddaughter of clear soup! (Breaking down in tears)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)