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With Lu Yuan's order, when Xuanqing got up the next day, he saw Sun Geng and others saying goodbye to him. He was very satisfied with the back of Sun Geng and his party riding away, and took a deep breath in the inn yard after the rain. A mouthful of grassy air.

Lu Yuan was sitting in the lobby of the inn eating breakfast at this time, obviously alone, but eating very richly, Xuan Qing sat across from him politely and asked the waiter to bring another set of bowls and chopsticks.Before the buddy came, he looked at Lu Yuan chewing slowly, and said, "The poison has reached the neck, and there are not many people like you who can still eat."

Lu Yuan blew on the hot porridge in the bowl, and replied: "If I can't eat every day, I'll be a dead body now. I'm afraid you won't be able to see me, let alone sit here with me and wait for food."

Within two sentences, the waiter came up with clean bowls and chopsticks, and the bowl was still filled with porridge, Xuan Qing didn't care to say anything else, picked up the bowl and started drinking the porridge.

After the meal, the two started to go to Yaowang Valley. Xuanqing had no horses, and the only donkey in the valley was ridden away by the master who left. The remaining two chestnut cakes were happy, so they left with the master.

Since Xuan Qing was walking ahead slowly with a medicine basket on his back, Lu Yuan couldn't say anything, but quietly led the horse and followed behind. It was like splitting a mountain peak, leaving the width for two people side by side. Lu Yuan took a closer look and found that the crack was covered with thick fog and could not see the end. He guessed that behind it was the legendary Valley of the Medicine King. I just don't know what's wrong with the dense fog.

Xuan Qing in front kept walking forward, didn't hear the sound of horse's hooves behind him for a moment, turned around and saw Lu Yuan standing in the same place leading the horse, wondering what he was thinking.

Xuan Qing: "What are you doing standing there! Hurry up and keep up!"

At this moment, Lu Yuan slowly came back to his senses and followed Xuan Qing into the fog. The thick fog was indeed very overbearing, and after walking only seven or eight cloths, Lu Yuan could no longer see the scene in front of him, and Xuan Qing also disappeared into the fog. If he hadn't held a rein, he probably wouldn't have felt the presence of the horse. Lu Yuan had to stop and listen carefully to the footsteps of Xuan Qing who was walking in front of him, and followed the footsteps. He can find a way out as much as he said, otherwise walking blindly in such an environment does not know what kind of danger it will bring.

Lu Yuan listened intently for a while, but he couldn't hear Xuanqing's footsteps, not only that, he couldn't even hear the panting and snorting of the horses that were close to him!Not to mention the chirping of birds and insects in the mountains!There must be a profound formation in this dense fog. Could this be a test for entering the Valley of the Medicine King?Or is this the real reason why Yaowang Valley has been famous in Jianghu for more than a hundred years but no one has found it?

When Lu Yuan was seriously thinking about how to get out of the formation smoothly, a hand was secretly stretched out towards Lu Yuan. Before this hand could grab one of Lu Yuan's sleeves, Lu Yuan found it and held it in his hand.

Lu Yuan looked down and found that the sleeve in his hand was blue, and this person was Xuan Qing.The held hand shrank, Lu Yuan quickly let go of him, Xuan Qing didn't take his hand back, but grabbed Lu Yuan's elbow and pulled him forward.

Lu Yuan realized that Xuanqing was leading him the way, so he quickly followed Xuanqing forward.The two staggered forward by pulling elbows, and it took nearly a stick of incense before they got out of the thick fog.

When everything in front of him returned to Lu Yuan's eyes again, the sound of birdsong lingered in his ears, and Lu Yuan suddenly felt as if he had passed away. This feeling was a little strange to him, but in the dense fog The loss of control over the environment reminded him of the previous times when he suffered from poisoning. Lu Yuan felt cold all over his body, and he didn't get better even under the sun that he hadn't seen for several days. Even he himself couldn't tell if it was caused by the poison. The side effect is still the fear he feels from the bottom of his heart.

The sudden melancholy was interrupted by Xuan Qing's complaint before it could be sorted out.

"You really don't know good from bad, I brought you out of the illusion, and you treated me like this!"

Seeing Yu Hen on Xuan Qing's wrist, Lu Yuan apologized with guilt: "I'm sorry."

After apologizing, he recalled the illusion that Xuan Qing had mentioned. He looked back, and there was no huge crack, thick fog, and the path ahead was clearly the path they came from.He fell for it without knowing it!Thinking of this, Lu Yuan didn't dare to easily estimate the scene in Yaowang Valley.

Today's weather is really good, Xuan Qing picked a piece of dog's tail grass by the roadside, put it in his mouth, and walked forward leisurely, Lu Yuan became silent again, and followed behind with his horse.

The two walked for a while, and there were neat houses, stretches of medicine fields in front of them, and the boy in white squatting in the medicine fields.Xuan Qing seemed to be much more excited than the seriously ill Lu Yuan. He stretched out his hand and pulled off the dog's tail grass, and shouted at the boy: "Xuan Lin, I'm back!"

The white-clothed boy named Xuan Lin in the medicine field put down his small hoe, stood up and walked towards them quickly, even trotting a step or two, and he seemed to be very happy to shout: "Brother."

When he got closer, Lu Yuan realized that Xuanqing Xuanlin looked exactly alike, and they were actually a pair of twin brothers.

Xuan Qing hugged Xuan Lin intimately, and complained: "Why run away, brother can't run away if he stays here."

Xuan Lin looked at him with a smile and didn't speak, he didn't look like an obedient child at all.

Xuan Qing complained enough, and asked him again: "What did you have for lunch yesterday?"

"Leftovers from the day before yesterday."

"What about dinner?"

"Leftovers from lunch."

"How about breakfast?"

"Chestnut cake. The leftovers were all eaten last night."

Xuanqing was very dissatisfied: "Eating chestnut cakes in the morning is not afraid of indigestion!" After speaking, he said to himself a little annoyed: "Blame me! I shouldn't have gone out last morning, it rained too much, and the mountain road is not good Let's go, I can't come back at night..."

Xuan Lin probably couldn't listen anymore, and complained in a low voice: "Brother is so long-winded!"

Xuan Qing stopped talking as if being strangled, rubbed Xuan Lin's head helplessly and pamperingly and said: "Go back, I'll cook for you."

While arranging his tousled hair, Xuan Lin said: "Brother, go back first and settle down the guests. My medicine field has not been tidied up yet. It has rained for half a month, and many herbal seedlings have been watered to death. It is a rare day today." good weather."

Xuan Qing glanced at the forgotten guest Lu Yuan, then pressed Xuan Lin's shoulders and pushed him forward: "There is no rush at this moment, after lunch, we will make it together."

Xuan Lin couldn't beat Xuan Qing for a while, so he could only pat the mud on his hands, and walked forward along Xuan Qing's strength. Lu Yuan behind him still followed silently, and made a judgment in his heart: Xuan Qing and Xuan Lin were both medicine men. Wang Gu's disciple, and has a very good relationship.

Xuan Lin took Lu Yuan's horse and left, saying that he took it to the donkey shed, since they were all mounts anyway, and the place where he lived should be similar.And Xuanqing led Lu Yuan, who was carrying a bundle, into a guest room, it can be seen that there will be some visiting guests in the Valley of the King of Medicine, it is not true that no one knows the exact location.

Lu Yuan put down his burden, Xuanqing had already poured two cups of tea on the table in the guest room, and sat there drinking it by himself, Lu Yuan glanced at the neat and tidy interior furnishings, and concluded that this guest room has been cleaned all the time.

Lu Yuan sat beside Xuan Qing and drank tea calmly, but there was a space between them. He didn't like to get too close to people.

Not long after, Xuan Lin came in with a plate of snacks, happily put the plate on the table, and said: "I just made the chestnut pancakes this morning, try it quickly."

Xuan Qing took out another cup from the teapot, filled it with water and pushed it in front of Xuan Lin, saying, "You make chestnut cakes every day, and the master and I are getting tired of eating them." Rather, he was very sincere and touched a chestnut cake on the plate.

Seeing that Lu Yuan didn't express anything, Xuan Lin said to him again: "Don't listen to my brother's nonsense, brother, try it quickly, the taste of this chestnut cake is still good, Xiao Hui likes it very much."

Xuan Qing curled his lips, chewed a chestnut cake in two or three mouthfuls, and said, "Xiao Hui is a donkey, he cannot be compared with a human being."

Xuan Lin smiled and didn't speak, it can be seen that Xuan Qing always has such a dog temper when facing his younger brother.However, the dog temper is still so kind when facing outsiders: "Although my brother's cooking is a mess, even the bottom of the pot can be burned through, but his chestnut cakes are really delicious. I have eaten them for several years. Not tired." As he spoke, he reached out for a new chestnut pancake.

Lu Yuan looked interesting, so he also reached out to take a piece. Xuan Lin was not overwhelmed by his brother's words of "cooking is a mess". Instead, he followed Lu Yuan to get chestnut cakes with a smile. He understood his style very well, but unfortunately he didn't get the chestnut cake because Xuanqing hit his hand.

"You just ate chestnut cakes for breakfast today, and you still eat them for lunch. Do you want to eat lunch?"

Xuan Lin withdrew his hand, changed the subject with a smile, and asked Xuan Qing: "Brother, have you bought everything you need to go down the mountain this time?"

Xuan Qing bent down to rummage through the basket placed on the ground, and asked, "Salt, soy sauce for cooking, wine that the master likes to drink, meat... are all there?"

Xuan Lin thought for a while, and answered him: "It's all done."

"Oh, I brought you this." Xuanqing said and handed Xuanlin something wrapped in oil paper.

Xuan Qing took it curiously, and opened it to look: "What is it... rice candy!"

Speaking of which, Xuan Lin couldn't wait to grab a piece and put it in his mouth. Xuan Qing tidied up the basket and said to him: "You can hide it well. If the master finds out and wants to snatch it from you, I won't help you then."

With rice candy in his mouth, Xuan Lin casually agreed.

Xuan Qing continued: "I saw a few rare medicinal seedlings on the way, and I dug them up, and I just planted them in the medicinal field after a while, hoping that there will be no more after one night..."

At this time, Lu Yuan only had thoughts in his head: it turns out that there are not only herbs in his back basket!