Two days is a short time. But it was not Wenhui who was waiting, but Yan Fei, the chief deacon of the outer hall of the Shennong Sect.
"Elder Song, I have taken the liberty to come here to disturb you, but I hope you will understand me." Yan Fei, who followed Wen Hui in person, came to the house for the second time. She was still dressed in plain clothes, with a respectful expression and clear eyes.
"You're welcome, Elder Yan. I wonder why you came here today?" Song Pingcun didn't have a good or bad impression of Yan Fei. Although he hadn't seen her last time, he had heard Liu Yiyi describe it. Later, we met several times at the medical dojo, but there was no specific interaction. When I came to the door at this time, I had a bad feeling.
"I heard that Elder Song is about to leave, so I shouldn't have come to disturb him. There is just one thing. The sect sent me to ask Elder Song for advice. I hope he can give me some advice." Yan Fei said this with such sincerity that Song Pingcun could not refuse.
"Elder Yan, please tell me what is going on? I am young and still learning many things. I don't know what I can do?" Although you can refuse the Shennong Sect's request after taking someone else's offering, you still have to figure out what it is about first. .
"Elder Song, do you still remember the pot-bellied patient you rescued when you returned from the Shennong Sect for the first time?"
"of course I remember."
Only then did Yan Fei tell the story.
When Song Pingcun went down the mountain after treating the patient, Wen Wushang immediately arranged for someone to check the address mentioned by Orion, and sure enough, they found the hole in the overgrown weeds next to a trail.
The cave is very secretive, and normal hunters would not fall into it. The father and son were chasing the prey that day, but they were also careless, and the son fell into the cave. The disciples of the sect found out that there were swarms of golden-threaded leeches inside, and they wanted to kill them immediately. The most indispensable thing for the Shennong Sect was fire-based skills, but a fire burned through it, even the edges of the cave were dry and cracked, but the body of a golden leech was not seen.
The disciples from the outer hall ventured in, searched along the hole, and reached the bottom dozens of feet deep, but still no trace of him. Something fishy happened, so the sect sent more deacons from the physical body realm to search one by one. Apart from finding a few thumb-thick holes where golden thread leeches had sunk into the ground, nothing else was found.
After digging ten feet deep, there was still no trace of the golden leech. The deacon had no choice but to restrain the fire spirit power to search downwards. However, the holes were extending in all directions, and he finally returned without success.
There was no trace of him, so the disciples of the sect sealed the cave to eliminate the hidden danger. But a few months later, the same patient appeared again. With Song Ping's treatment method of Huang Checao, the Shennong Sect was already a permanent fixture in the medical dojo, and the patient was cured.
The disciples from the outer hall went to search again, and the same strange thing happened again. This goes back and forth, every few months, always appearing in the branches of the Daling Mountains. The location is different every time. Except for the similar size of the burrows, the golden thread leech's escape method is the same. Some disciples boldly used their spiritual bodies to protect themselves and entered the cave before killing them. This was actually a success.
However, it did not reduce the occurrence of such things. In the past six months, half of the outer disciples have gone to various branches to investigate, but this is not the solution after all. The sect probably has a lair of golden leech underground, and the golden leech has mutated and its life cycle has been extended. Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain the situation that has only occurred once in the past few months, and the size of the hole is similar. It is unclear whether it is man-made or the ability of the golden thread leech.
After listening to what Yan Fei said, Song Pingcun asked with some confusion: "I understand what Elder Yan said. The Shennong Sect has done a good job, but I can't hear anything that I can help with!"
Yan Fei hesitated for a moment before continuing: "I heard that Elder Song used the essence and blood of the patient's father to feed golden leeches to delay time when he was treating them. We also tried to use animal essence and blood to lure them, but no results were achieved. At most That is to say, the golden thread leeches found in the caves were eliminated, but they still could not be eliminated. Knowing that Elder Song was going to travel far, the sect sent me here just to ask the elder if there was any other way to lure all these leeches in Daling. The golden thread leeches in the branches of the mountain range, otherwise this hidden danger will not be eliminated, and the harm to ordinary people will still exist."
Only then did Song Pingcun understand the real reason, but there was nothing he could do about it. Delaying the golden leech was just a stop-gap measure due to lack of food rations, and luring the huge golden leech to die one after another was not a problem that could be solved with blood.
In desperation, he could only send a message to Ji Shance, who had not asked for help for a long time.
Ji Shance's feedback was very quick, "Spiritual stones, a lot of spiritual stones."
"Lingshi?" Song Pingcun didn't expect such an answer at all.
He blurted out these two words, but it made Yan Fei and Wen Hui and Liu Yiyi who had been beside them...
The three women were all surprised. Use spiritual stones to lure golden thread leeches?
In order to lure out all the golden thread leeches, the Shennong Sect even used the elders of the sect to use their spiritual sense to detect them. However, these golden thread leeches are brainless creatures and do not have any mental fluctuations at all. There are too many small creatures underground, and the golden thread leech is Leeches don't live in groups, they are all instinctive, so why would they need spiritual stones to seduce them.
The three women were surprised, and Song Pingcun was equally surprised. They quickly asked and found out the reason, so they explained to Yan Fei: "I don't know what you will find out later, but the golden thread leeches in the patients I treated can indeed absorb spiritual energy." I don’t know how the spiritual energy in the stone mutated, so it’s no wonder that it can break the life cycle and exist. The Shennong Sect has been tracking down and killing for nearly three years, and the number must have been quite large. No one came to the door or restrained them. This may not be artificial, but It’s a real alien species, I’m not sure why.”
Not to mention Yan Fei's disbelief, even Song Pingcun himself was half-convinced when he said this. If it hadn't been for the answer given by Jishance, he would not have believed it if anyone else had said it.
Yan Fei maintained his usual calmness, and as the deacon-general of the outer hall of the Shennong Sect, he was still very experienced in handling affairs.
After listening to Song Pingcun's explanation, his expression changed slightly, returned to normal and asked again: "Since the golden thread leech can absorb the spiritual energy in the spirit stone, can it be used as bait to set up a trap to lure the golden thread leech to appear?"
Song Pingcun shook his head: "To be honest, I'm not sure, but I can give it a try. And the quantity is too small, so I'm afraid it won't work."
A trace of disappointment flashed in Yan Fei's eyes, but she still nodded and said, "In that case, I will bother Elder Song today."
Song Pingcun smiled slightly: "Elder Yan is too polite. I wonder if I need to take action this time?"
Yan Fei shook his head: "No need, the sect does not dare to delay Elder Song's schedule. Yan Fei's arrival has already made things difficult for others."
Song Pingcun shook his head quickly: "Actually, it may not really work, it's just intuition. If this method is useless, I can't think of any other method."
Yan Fei was sent away, but Wen Hui stayed. There was no place to stay in the affordable alchemy room, so Song Pingcun had to arrange to leave immediately.
There was no rush for this trip, and Song Pingcun's state also needed time to stabilize. Liu Yiyi purchased a large carriage to make the road less bumpy and hard. Moreover, the journey was long and there were no grooms hired. Hong Cui and Lv Yi changed into men's clothes and became male attendants.
Looking at the ordinary carriage, Wen Hui asked strangely: "Why don't we go by flying boat? It's smooth and doesn't waste time. Even if we walk slowly to Po Yuan Zong, we can get there in less than five days."
Only then did Song Pingcun understand why Wen Hui wanted to go with him. The eldest lady felt that everyone should have high-level spiritual weapons such as flying boats and spaceships. Mu Ling secretly muttered in his heart: It's still flying, it's almost like a cruise ship. Brother, if I bring out any flying machine, I'll scare you to death. But he could only think about this in his own mind, but Song Pingcun could only express his "embarrassment" helplessly.
Although he has never encountered the problem of insufficient training resources since he started practicing, it seems that he has not made much effort on his own, and it is all arranged by Liu Yiyi. He couldn't help but glance at Liu Yiyi after he finished speaking, his eyes filled with gratitude.
This glance made Liu Yiyi, who had originally planned to remain silent, speak out. After all, the more recognition the young master can gain on this blue star, the more resources he will receive and the more help he will receive in the future. "Sir, could it be that you were practicing in a secret room and exhausted the food of these golden leech?"
Song Pingcun already had his own spiritual seeds, and the unexpected opening of the Zi Mansion. The dual spiritual and spiritual blessings allowed him to have spiritual conversations, but it was still very difficult. So he did not ask Liu Yiyi in the sea of consciousness, but looked back at the cheap alchemy room that had closed the door.
The alchemy room was quietly somewhere, but Song Pingcun had a feeling that something big was going to happen here, but he couldn't tell what it would be.
"Yiyi, help me take a look. Is my bun a little messy?" Song Pingcun turned his back to Liu Yiyi, but took the opportunity to pull out his hairpin. This time he used his spiritual mind to send a message to the wood spirit: Shouzan The Queen will come after you.
The hairpin in his hand trembled and disappeared from his palm. Liu Yiyi understood it at a glance. She took out the simplest jade hairpin from her head and carefully inserted it into Song Pingcun's bun. "Sir, this is also very good."
Wen Hui, who was blaming herself next to her, finally found an opportunity to cover up her "ignorance" just now and said, "Young master, using a jade hosta makes you look more noble, which is in line with your status."
Mu Ling, who had already attached himself to the signboard of the Affordable Alchemy Room, almost fell down when he heard this: Brother, am I so unworthy? Woman! Those who are young may not be good, and they don’t understand anything! It’s better to have flowers! No, the flowers are pink too!
