Xianmen can only be saved by me

Shouchong City is very lively today, crowds of people watching the parade of floats occupy several streets, besieging it tightly.

In this way, the little thief could only find a place where no one was around. He didn't seem to be familiar with the structure of the city, and he ran into a dead end not long after.

"I'll see where you're going!" Lu Rui's eyes lit up, and he threw Youxi out by the back of his neck. He kicked the flying sword out with his own feet, and jumped forward at the same time.Youxi let out a scream, and only had time to adjust her body in mid-air, before being thrown like a sandbag between the thief and the wall, acting as a "blocking stone"; the sword broke the thief's body. On the way back, Lu Rui jumped in front of the thief and raised his chin: "Just grab it! Hand over the money bag!"

……

"The elders in my family used to say that sword cultivators are violent and mindless, and told me not to find sword cultivators as a Taoist companion." Behind him, Zhu Chengbi took Xie Lin and Tie Tie off the flying sword, and whispered, "At that time, I didn't I believed it too much, I believe it now—poor You Xi, he seems to have hit his ass."

Xie Lin couldn't help laughing: "How pitiful Lu Rui is."

"Uh..." Zhu Chengbi hesitated for a moment, then blinked, "Brother Lin, do you want to find a sword cultivator as a Taoist partner?"

"Don't look for it, let's not say that I don't want to find a Taoist partner..." Xie Lin said slowly, "Sword cultivators are so murderous, and I don't belong to the same style of painting, how do we get along?"

"Pfft," Zhu Chengbi couldn't hold back his joy, "Then you still sympathize with Lu Rui!"

The two walked forward together, Lu Rui was already interrogating the prisoner, and the little thief didn't seem to be able to fly to the sky, and he was crying and begging Lu Rui for mercy.Seeing that there was no room for her to use her skills, You Xi rubbed her sore buttocks and walked towards Xie Lin.

The little thief was hugging Lu Rui's thigh and crying: "My lord, please forgive me! I am too hungry to do such absurd things... woo woo woo..."

He was wearing an old dress that was obviously two times too big. Although it was clean, but a closer look showed many scratches and scratches, which could be described as "ragged", which gave his words two more credibility.

Since Lu Rui embarked on the path of sword cultivation, his temper has become a lot more irritable, but he is still a pampered young master in his bones. How can he ever see people go hungry?When the other party cried like this, he felt guilty and sympathetic, and looked behind him as if asking for help: "This... I... Brother Lin, look..."

It's up to Xie Lin to clean up this matter.

Xie Lin stepped forward, looked at the thief carefully, and stretched out his hand: "Where's the money bag?"

The thief took out the purse with snot and tears.

Xie Lin took it, but didn't look at it, and threw it to Youxi directly: "A little bit." Then he lowered his head and stared at the thief.

Youxi got into his consciousness and took a look: "It seems that there are not too many."

"Yeah." Xie Lin responded and asked the thief, "What's your name?"

"Yang Xiao."

"Where did you come from, where did you go? Why did you steal the money?" Xie Lin looked at him, "You also stole your clothes, right?"

Before Yang Xiao could make a sound, the other three were surprised first.

Can someone steal this tattered linen old clothes? ?

Yang Xiao probably didn't expect the other party to be so sensitive, he was stunned for a while, and soon sighed bitterly: "To tell you the truth, I came from a place called Ruyang Valley far away, and I want to go to Xizhou. I am sick and cannot be cured for a long time, and need a herbal medicine that has long since disappeared in the world. I heard that there will be an ancient secret in Xizhou, and I want to go there to try my luck. Ruyang Valley is barren, and I didn’t prepare much. I got a thief, got lost, I had to... I'm so hungry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry—”

He was about to kowtow as he said that, so scared that Lu Rui, who was still arrogant just now, clasped his arms: "What are you praying for! We didn't blame you... just pay back the money!"

Xie Lin murmured: "Ruyang Valley..."

Yang Xiao looked up at him timidly.

You Xi poked her head out: "Brother Lin, where is that?"

"I don't know." After Xie Lin finished speaking, he asked again, "Are you a monk?"

Yang Xiao lowered his head, as if he was embarrassed: "Dharma and mana power are low, it can't be considered..."

"You can be considered a monk if you can refine Qi. It has nothing to do with whether you are humble or not." Xie Lin said, "We have nothing to lose anyway. You can go and stop stealing in the future. If you are so poor, you might as well find a job for a while. You can always save some money. Be a good monk, what can you do, must you steal something?"

"My lord's lesson is, I, I'll leave now." Yang Xiao hurriedly stood up, leaning against the wall and was about to walk past several people.

Lurie: "Hey wait—"

Yang Xiao froze all over, and turned around with an awkward smile: "What, what's wrong?"

Lu Rui reached into his pocket, took out a few pieces of dried meat, walked over and stuffed it into his hands: "Take it and eat."

"Uh..." Yang Xiao was stunned for a while, then suddenly shouted "Thank you sir", and then left with tears of gratitude.

……

The person walked away, Youxi looked away, feeling a little disgusted: "You're pretending to be a good person with brother Lin's jerky again."

Lu Rui ignored him and only smiled embarrassedly at Xie Lin: "Brother Lin..."

"It's okay, it's just a few pieces of dried meat." Xie Lin's gaze was still looking at the direction Yang Xiao left, "Ruyang Valley... If I remember correctly, it is a place name in the Nanzhao area."

The three said in unison: "Huh?"

You Xi wondered: "Brother Lin, you just said you didn't know where you were."

"Why do you pass by Dongyuan when you go from Nanzhao to Xizhou?" Xie Lin poked his head, "Didn't you find anything wrong?"

"Then...Brother Lin, shall we follow and have a look?" Zhu Chengbi asked.

Xie Lin shook his head: "When you're away from home, you shouldn't be too curious. Based on our level of cultivation, can we meddle in our own business? Just get the money back."

Among the four, only Xie Lin has rich experience in dealing with strangers. He has said so, and the other three have no opinion.After recovering the money, Youxi was in a good mood and said that she would fulfill her promise to treat guests.

We ate dinner in the inn, afraid of bumping into You Yu, the four of them ordered food to the room.

Then I was surprised by the dishes with clear soup and little water.

To be honest, the cooks in this inn are quite exquisite in cooking, which is higher than the canteen of Tianxing Xianmen.

But in the past few years, their mouths have been raised by Xie Lin, and the style of cooking that relies on the aura of ingredients is no longer acceptable.

"Tomorrow, I'll go to the vegetable market to buy some meat, and I'll do it next time." Xie Lin said.

The other three naturally raised their hands and feet in favor.

The next day Xie Lin got up early in the morning. Just as he finished packing up his appearance and was about to go out, he felt the tracking symbol he had posted move. He paused, changed his route, and followed You Yu out the door.

You Yu's target was teahouses, restaurants and other places with a lot of traffic in the city. After Xie Lin followed for a while, he found that he had been inquiring about the ancient secret realm, so he made up his mind, and then turned to the vegetable market.

This is his first time entering a monk's vegetable market, and the style of painting is slightly different from that of ordinary people.Because eating is more about aura, it is relatively simple to set up a stall in the vegetable market. The stall owners put the spiritual plants and monsters they brought on the stalls, and clearly marked the price according to the aura content and the year of cultivation. Bargaining is simpler and quicker.

A complete three-year-old wild hog weighs more than 400 catties, and only needs [-] low-grade spirit stones. Counting the price of vegetables at Youxi's dinner yesterday, Xie Lin feels that he can make a small fortune on the way to Zhongtu.

Optimistic about what he wanted to buy, Xie Lin went back to the inn, and carried You Xi who had already woken up out of the door.

"I'm going to do some business and ask you to borrow some start-up capital."

You Xi has no objection, he has never been short of Lingshi flowers since he was a child, and he is not sensitive to money, but more concerned about whether he has something to eat.

Of course, Xie Lin's cooking has never been short of his share, and he paid the money willingly.

Xie Lin selected a few monsters with delicious meat according to different years, and bought three more wild hogs with three years of cultivation, and put them into the bracelet together, spending half of You Xi's fortune; he didn't buy vegetables No, the vegetables on this vegetable market are not as good as the ones he grows in Tianxing Xianmen in terms of freshness and variety.

You Xi followed behind him nonchalantly: "Brother Lin, what are you buying those wild pigs for?"

They don't eat monsters with such a short age anymore.

"Didn't I say, 'startup capital'. "

"Ah?" Youxi finally realized, "Brother Lin, do you want to sell food?" After speaking, he laughed again, "That's right, with Brother Lin's craftsmanship, the money will definitely come quickly."

Coming out of the vegetable market, Xie Lin planned to take a stroll in the city, first to check the prices of various things, and second to inquire about how to get the qualification to set up a stall.

As he walked, he said to You Xi, "Your brother went out this morning."

"Ah?" Youxi jumped up, "Why did he go?"

"Inquire about the secret realm. I followed for a while, but I didn't follow after that."

"This... well, anyway, I sent the letter, let's see what the elders in the family say." Youxi said sadly, "But in fact...they will definitely tell me to follow him."

"If he insists on sending him to his death, will your family still let you follow him?"

"Ah."

"Why?" Xie Lin was a little puzzled, "I don't quite understand. In terms of talent, you and he are both single-rooted; The future is the future, isn't yours nothing?"

You Xi was silent for a moment, and at this moment he seemed to have matured quite a bit, as if he had grown up overnight: "Yuyu is a direct descendant, brother Lin, maybe you don't quite understand it, but that's how it is, I have to take care of him .”

"Won't you be unhappy?"

"It's useless, isn't it?"

It's not that it's useless, then Xie Lin will understand.

He thinks he can understand. After all, he has been adopted many times and retired many times. He can't remember how many times he has experienced the difference between himself and his "biological child". It is probably similar to "useless".

·

Xie Lin turned around and had a general idea of ​​the market situation in his mind. When he was about to leave, he turned around and saw Youxi standing still in front of a talisman paper shop, staring at the brushes on the wall with fascination.

Xie Lin's talisman-drawing pen was given to him by Tian Xinyi, and he used it for several years. Once the three of them saw it, and the young masters and ladies of the family who knew the goods immediately recognized the pen as a good thing.

Youxi was very greedy.

Because You Yu started to practice drawing talismans early, he had a noble filter for talisman pens, but he didn't learn it after a long time.Then again, if You Xi could understand the meaning of each rune, he would not fail to study medicine if he had a good wooden spirit root, and he would switch to practice.

The store manager rubbed his hands and came out with a flattering smile on his face: "Come in and have a look, Immortal Chief. All the goods sold in this store are good, and the quality is undeniable!"

You Xi was a little embarrassed: "I just want to see..."

The store manager eagerly spread out the trial pen and paper on the counter and handed it over: "If you like it, you can try it!"

"I--"

Xie Lin saw his expression, smiled knowingly, and walked forward: "Actually, if you really like it, it's okay to buy a pen, just use it as a practice for yourself..."

Glancing at something out of the corner of his eye, he turned his head subconsciously, and saw Yang Xiao quietly reaching for a passerby's purse not far away...

Xie Lin gave a "tsk" and shouted, "Yang Xiao! It's you again!"

Yang Xiao was startled. After finding Xie Lin's figure with his eyes, he retreated decisively. At the same time, something fell out of his body. The moment it fell to the ground, the solid figure became erratic——

Xie Lin's pupils shrank, and without thinking, he subconsciously grabbed the talisman pen in the store manager's hand, and neatly drew a rune on the yellow talisman paper beside him.

"go with!"

The newly drawn tracking talisman was still stained with a special ink fragrance, and the talisman paper had already floated out like lightning, chasing Yang Xiao all the way.You Xi stared blankly: "Brother Lin, have you exploded again?"

"Buy your pen! I'll come back to you later!"

After Xie Lin finished speaking, he chased after him, and You Xi shouted anxiously from behind: "Brother Lin! It's not safe for you to go alone—"

Store manager: "Customer, you..."

"I want them all!" You Xi took a handful of Lingshi, grabbed the things the store manager was selling him, and ran away, not caring what she bought.But when he ran to the middle of the road, where was Xie Lin's shadow?

·

Xie Lin didn't know how to control the sword, but when he ran halfway, he remembered that when he returned to the inn last night because it was inconvenient to enter the house, he put the sticker back into the bracelet, now he decisively released it, and rode on himself: "Chasing!"

"Ouch-"

In Shouchong Prefecture, as long as they don't disturb the people, there is no restriction on controlling the sword or controlling the beast.Xie Lin ran all the way to an uninhabited courtyard and got off Tie Tie's back.

Sniff everywhere.Xie Lin ignored it and walked to the center of the courtyard.

"Come out." Xie Lin said, "I can feel where you are." No one answered.

"The tracking talisman I drew is still on you, you can't hide it." He turned around suddenly, his eyes fell on the broken wooden pillar in the corner.

"Uh..." A figure slowly appeared behind the wooden pillar, Yang Xiao looked more embarrassed than the day before, his eyes were scarlet: "Why do you have to follow me!"

"Didn't I tell you yesterday that you should stop stealing things." Xie Lin looked at him for a while, then laughed, "I bumped into him again today, should I pretend I didn't see it?"

"I can't live anymore! I'm going to starve to death!" Yang Xiao roared excitedly, his thin body trembling behind the wooden pillar, "I must go to Xizhou! I want to save Rongniang!"

"I didn't let you save me either."

Xie Lin smiled, beckoned Tie Tie to approach, rubbed its head, and said, "I've read the historical data, Ruyang Valley was razed to the ground in the Nanmao War 500 years ago, I assume you're not lying—— "

Yang Xiao looked over suddenly: "Yesterday you clearly said..."

"I'm the only one who has read the historical data. Why did you cause panic to my companions?" Xie Lin said, "I think you only have the strength of the seventh heavenly level of Qi Refining, and I am similar. It is not good for you or me if you really fight. I think Why don't you sit down and have a good chat with me, maybe I can show you the way?"

"What's the way?"

"Ming Lu, who doesn't need to be hungry?" Xie Lin said, "Anyway, it must be better than you stealing things."

There is a saying in the world of cultivating immortals that "a phase is born from the heart". This Yang Xiao has regular facial features and a gloomy look between his brows. He looks like an honest gentleman who has been tortured to death by life.

Ordinary people in this world have a short lifespan, and the lifespan of the qi refining period is actually about the same as that of ordinary people, about 70 years. If Yang Xiao is really in the qi refining period, then he cannot be from Ruyang Valley.

Xie Lin had several guesses in his mind, and he didn't know which one was right, so he scratched his head and scratched his head, very curious.

And he guessed right, after hearing these words, Yang Xiao really calmed down a bit.Xie Lin added in a timely manner: "I made the few pieces of jerky that my friend gave you yesterday. I can give you some more pieces and teach you how to do it."

Meat! !

Don't say that Yang Xiao is not a thug, even if he is, he will break his defense now.

God knows how long he hasn't eaten except for the few pieces of jerky yesterday.

Yang Xiao said dejectedly, "What do you want to know?"

"Which of your words is false?" Xie Lin was really curious.

"It's all true."

Born in Ruyang Valley, going to Xizhou, was robbed by thieves...

Thinking of some possibility, Xie Lin blinked.

"I don't want to do bad things, but I really can't live anymore. I don't know... what kind of work is there here, and I can't afford to waste time." Yang Xiao said, "This is Dongyuan, right? If I walk, I need to stop all the time." It may be the only big secret realm that will be open this year, and I must arrive on time... Rongniang's illness can't be delayed. Today I planned to steal the spirit stone, prepare some food, and then out of here."

"I actually don't understand," Xie Lin said after thinking for a while, "How can you be sure that the herb you need will be in that secret realm? If not, wouldn't you have made this trip in vain?"

"I've checked repeatedly... I've inquired that the owner of that secret realm is at least a God Transformation Realm. According to various visions of heaven and earth and calculation results, the Dongfu of the Spring Breeze Layman is the most likely." Yang Xiao said, "The Spring Breeze Layman once He is a world-renowned medical practitioner, there are many medicinal herbs in the cave, if there is no one there, I... I don’t know where to look for it.”

Yang Xiao spoke very sincerely, and even told Xie Lin a story about his love with Rong Niang back then.

Xie Lin doesn't have any special feelings about love stories, but with Miaomiao's matter in front of him, he feels that he can treat his Taoist couple...or the nature of a man who never leaves his wife is not that bad.

When in doubt, ask your intuition.

He made a decision.

"I'm done listening, you come with me."

After Xie Lin finished speaking and turned around, Yang Xiao was stunned: "Where are you going?"

"Teach you how to make jerky." Xie Lin said, "Don't you want to learn?"

·

Xie Lin's teaching is really teaching, and he teaches very thoroughly.

He took Yang Xiao to the haunt of low-level monsters outside the city, and taught him how to set up traps for hunting. After a lot of tossing, the two brought a gold-eating rat back.

This little thing is actually not delicious, but Yang Xiao's talent is not bad since he can hunt live animals after only teaching for half a day.

Xie Lin taught Yang Xiao to peel the skin and remove the internal organs. After washing, apply salt on the inside and outside, and hang it up to dry; if you are in a hurry, you can also dry it with fire.

Yang Xiao finally found out that this person didn't feel sick to him, his tense nerves gradually relaxed, and the work in his hand was done faster.His hands-on ability is very strong, if it is not for the lack of spiritual energy fluctuations in his body, he does not look like a disciple in the Qi refining period.

It's hard to say, who knows if he is in the Qi refining period?

Xie Lin touched his chest subconsciously.Under the neat collar, there is a life-saving card given to him by the head of the business, and an "anti-evil spirit amulet" made by Chen Kejin.

Air-dried meat takes time. After Xie Lin talked about it, it is mainly the kind that Yang Xiao cooks over fire.There is not much meat that can be peeled off from a gold-eating rat, and Yang Xiao finally finished all the jerky before dark.

"Thank you, little brother!" He stood up excitedly, "In this way, I can get something to eat on the way, so I won't—"

"Do you want to consider following me? I'm actually short of a part-time job. Food and lodging are included, um... and I'll see you off." Xie Lin interrupted him suddenly, "We may also go to Xizhou, anyway, it doesn't matter if we go or not. , at least it will take you to Middle-Earth faster than you can walk."

Yang Xiao: "?!"

He subconsciously looked up at the sky.

What a good day today, why is there a pie in the sky? !

"What kind of work?" He was a little suspicious, a little excited and a little cautious, "I can't do a lot of jobs..."

"There's something missing." Xie Lin stared at his arm, which still had some muscular outlines left.

The author says:

Zhu Chengbi: I don't want to fall in love with Jianxiu.

Xie Lin: I don't want to fall in love with Jianxiu.

I won't say who is dying.