Then Changyue and the four of them wandered around Zhulu City, taking in the charm of this big city, purchasing some supplies, and then found an inn to stay for one night.
Zhulu City is indeed a big city, and prices are much higher than Mingyue City. In a not very high-end inn, a first-class room costs five taels of silver a night, and that doesn't include food.
After paying the money, Han Yuanqi said dissatisfied: "This is just like robbing money."
At this time, a passing warrior said in a low voice: "Girl, be careful, all the inns in Zhulu City are run by the city lord's palace. If the city guards hear what you say, I will keep you from eating and walking around!"
Hearing this, Han Yuanqi opened his mouth in surprise, and Chang Yue and Lin Miaoxue also looked surprised.
"I didn't expect the City Lord's Mansion to control Zhulu City to this extent." Lin Miaoxue said sadly. Although she had heard of Bai Yuanfeng's name a long time ago, this was her first time coming to Zhulu City.
"I'm just saying that that bullshit city lord is just trying to gain fame. Most of his good reputation was blown out by himself. The whole city is under his strict control, and it doesn't matter what he says!" Afraid of causing trouble for his master, Qing Yiya deliberately lowered his voice and said.
"Okay, let's go get settled first!" Chang Yue said, turning around and walking towards the Tianzi No. 1 room she booked upstairs. All Tianzi No. 1 rooms in this inn are first-class rooms.
Lin Miaoxue and the others quickly followed after hearing this.
The four of them booked two rooms, Chang Yue and Qing Yi shared a room. Qing Yi could not live too far away from Chang Yue and could only sleep in a room with her, while Lin Miaoxue and Han Yuanqi shared a room.
Except for the two rooms booked by Chang Yue and the others, no one has booked any of the superior rooms on the second floor of this inn. This shows that their prices are beyond the reach of ordinary people.
This not-so-high-end inn is so outrageous, and I don’t know what the situation is like in other inns.
After settling in, the four of them went downstairs to have dinner. Of course, dinner was not the focus. Seeing if they could hear any special news was their main purpose.
After ordering a few of the store's signature dishes, Chang Yue and the others sat by the window, eating and listening to the guests chatting. Naturally, the thing everyone talked about the most was tomorrow's exotic beast exhibition.
The sword master Bai Yuanfeng, the strange beast Wind and Thunder Beast, are full of gimmicks.
Just then, a dirty old beggar walked into the store. The waiter was busy greeting the customers and failed to notice him for a while.
The old beggar looked left and right in the hall, and finally stopped in front of Chang Yue and the others, his eyes fixed on the pot of wine on the table.
This wine was ordered by Han Yuanqi. She heard from the waiter that the wine in their inn was the best in Zhulu City, so she couldn't help but order a bottle.
Although Han Yuanqi is young, he is a good drinker. When he heard that there was good wine, he immediately couldn't walk.
It's a pity that after taking a sip of the wine, she was greatly disappointed. What Zhulu City had to offer was clearly swill from this black-hearted waiter!
Just one tael of silver for this jug of wine! This inn is owned by the City Lord's Mansion. If it weren't for the fear of getting into trouble, Han Yuanqi would have flipped the table over.
In the end, no one touched the pot of wine.
"Do you want this pot of wine?" Chang Yue asked after noticing the old beggar's gaze.
The old beggar nodded without saying a word.
Seeing this, Chang Yue looked at Han Yuanqi. The wine belonged to Han Yuanqi. Even if she didn't drink Chang Yue, there was no reason to give it away casually.
Han Yuanqi pushed the jug out without hesitation, "Here you go, here you go, if this swill is delicious, it's not a waste if you throw it away."
The old beggar immediately hugged the wine bottle with joy.
Seeing his appearance, Han Yuanqi smiled and said: "You old beggar is strange. Everyone is begging for food, but you come to beg for wine. This wine is not fine wine, how can it still fill your stomach?"
The old beggar stared at the wine bottle without saying a word.
At this time, the waiter finally noticed the old beggar. He came over angrily and said, "Why are you here again, old guy? Get out of here quickly. This is not the place you should be. If you bump into a customer, be careful and I'll break your legs!" "
The waiter cursed and pushed the old beggar. The old beggar stumbled and the wine bottle in his hand fell to the ground and broke. Without any hesitation, he lay down on the ground and started licking it.
"Hey~" The waiter in the shop was very angry and picked up the old beggar by his collar, "You old guy!"
Changyue and the others watched the waiter try to beat the old beggar, but they did not stop him. It was understandable that they wanted to drive away the beggars in the store. They couldn't let the beggars affect the business.
But I didn't expect that after the old beggar was punched by the waiter, he staggered and fell to Changyue, who subconsciously supported him.
But when she held the old beggar's wrist, she looked at the old beggar's face in surprise, but his face was dirty and nothing could be seen.
After the old beggar stood up, Changyue calmly withdrew his hand.
Seeing the old beggar bumping into a customer, the waiter quickly came over and apologized, "Sorry, guest, please forgive me, I didn't mean it!"
"No problem!" Chang Yue waved her hand.
"Thank you, thank you so much!" The waiter quickly kowtowed to Chang Yue to express his thanks.
In this case, if the customer pursues the case, his job may be in jeopardy, especially if the customer is a warrior.
Lin Miaoxue and Han Yuanqi both carried swords with them and were very well-dressed. It was easy to identify their status as warriors.
In Zhulu City, the status of ordinary people is very, very low, and they are inferiors in front of warriors. The situation here is not as special as Mingyue City. There are only warriors left in Mingyue City, but here warriors and ordinary people live together. .
The waiter is just an ordinary person.
After the waiter got up and was about to take the old beggar away, Chang Yue suddenly stopped him, "Wait a minute!"
"Guest, do you have any other instructions?" The waiter turned around and said respectfully to Chang Yue.
Changyue threw a piece of silver to the waiter and said, "Give him a bath, change into clean clothes, and prepare him some food and a jug of fine wine."
"This..." The waiter was stunned.
"What? Are you in trouble?" Chang Yue asked.
"No...no!" The waiter quickly raised his smile again and replied, "I'll go and do it for you right now. I guarantee it will be done properly!"
The moment he turned the old beggar around, the waiter looked confused. Is there something wrong with this girl's brain? Why do you care about an old beggar when you have nothing to do?
This old beggar has been wandering on the streets of Zhulu City for more than twenty years, and almost everyone in the area recognizes him.
I just didn't expect that this old beggar would have great luck today and meet a noble person!
After the waiter left with the old beggar, Qing Yi looked at his master doubtfully, "Girl, is there anything special about that beggar?"
Lin Miaoxue and Han Yuanqi also looked at Changyue curiously after hearing this.
"It's a bit special, let's take a look first and then talk about it!" Changyue said with a smile.
Lin Miaoxue and Han Yuanqi couldn't help but become more curious when they saw Chang Yue's mysterious look. However, seeing that Chang Yue had no intention of saying more, they did not continue to ask.
After dinner, Chang Yue and the others sat in the inn lobby for a while before going back to their rooms to rest.
Changyue had nothing to do, so she sat cross-legged on the bed and meditated, while Qingyi was reading a book.
Not long after, there was a knock on the door, and the waiter's voice came from outside the door.
"Girl, that old beggar has been cleaned up, what should I do with him?"
"Bring him in!" Chang Yue opened her eyes and said.
"yes!"
As the door was pushed open, the waiter walked in with an old man with gray hair, stooped body and dull eyes.
"Get out!" Changyue said to the waiter.
"yes!"
The waiter cupped his hands and left the room full of doubts.
Changyue got off the bed, walked to the table and sat down, then gestured to the old beggar, "Please sit down."
After washing up, the old beggar looked much more pleasing to the eye.
The old beggar said nothing, with a confused look on his face, and sat down on the stool opposite Changyue obediently.
"Stretch out your hand." Changyue said again.
The old beggar was very obedient and would do whatever Chang Yue asked him to do, but his eyes were always lifeless, like a fool.
Changyue put her hand on the old man's wrist, and after exploring it, asked him: "Do you mind if I use my true energy to check your body?"
The old beggar lowered his head and said nothing.
"Then I'll take it as your consent."
After saying that, Chang Yue controlled her true energy to enter the old beggar's body. The condition of the old beggar's body was similar to what she had guessed.
"The meridians throughout the body are severed!"
"There is a strange poison in it. The rupture of the meridians should be caused by poisoning!"
"The poison is not fatal, but it can bring endless pain to people. Are you drinking to relieve the pain in your body?"
"It was supposed to be a warrior with peak strength in the Great Zhou Heaven Realm!"
Every time Chang Yue said a word, the old beggar's eyes would show a trace of fluctuation.
After a while, Chang Yue showed a surprised look on her face because she discovered something that surprised her.
"You... have actually differentiated your soul!"
As soon as Chang Yue said these words, the old beggar suddenly raised his head and looked at Chang Yue in surprise, with emotions in his eyes for the first time.
"It seems that you were tricked by someone during the process of breaking through to the Xiantian Realm!" Changyue took back her hand, looked at the old beggar with a smile and said.
This made Chang Yue a little curious about the identity of the old beggar. Breaking through the innate realm required the source energy of heaven and earth. In the old beggar's case, he had obviously already used the source energy of heaven and earth, but he failed to break through because of someone's conspiracy.
So where does his heaven and earth energy come from?
There are three levels of innate realm for human warriors, namely, three flowers gathering at the top, five qi heading toward the origin, and the unity of heaven and man.
The three flowers in the three-flower gathering on the top respectively refer to the sky flower, the earth flower and the human flower, which respectively correspond to the human essence, energy and spirit. When the three flowers gather on the top, the warrior will give birth to the soul. This is the innate way of cultivating. The first step of the body.
If the alien beasts do not cultivate their souls, they will naturally not be able to gather the three flowers at the top.
The second stage of the Xiantian realm is when the chaotic Qi in the warrior's body begins to evolve into the five elements, that is, the five attributes of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth appear, but in the end only one attribute will remain, and the remaining attributes will be based on the five elements. The principle of mutual generation is all transformed into an attribute that is most suitable for the warrior's physique.
This process is the Five Qi Chao Yuan.
Except for some warriors who practice special techniques, it is at this step for most warriors that the true energy in the body will have attributes. After evolving the attributes, the warrior's true energy will become more pure.
The true energy in the bodies of alien beasts is born with attributes. For example, Jin Shuangshuang's ice attribute is water, and Ruby's poison attribute is wood... Therefore, they naturally do not have the stage of five qi rising to the vitality.
The final stage of the innate realm is to unite the soul with the true energy, to reach the point where the heaven will return to the innate state, and to achieve the true innate body, so it is called the unity of heaven and man.
The soul in the old beggar's body has been born, but it has not returned to the aperture, that is, it has entered the Shenque acupoint. If the soul does not return to the aperture, it means that it cannot truly enter the innate realm.
The soul needs to pass through the meridians throughout the body to return to the acupoints. If his meridians are destroyed, the soul will naturally be unable to return to the acupoints.
Changyue pondered for a while and said: "Although it is difficult to solve all the problems you have, it is not impossible for me to do anything about it."
"real?"
The old beggar finally spoke. He looked at Changyue with burning eyes, but he probably hadn't spoken for too long. His voice was hoarse and unpleasant, like the sound made when sawing wood.
"Of course it's true, but what's the benefit of me helping you?" Changyue said casually.
The old beggar fell to his knees and said word by word in a hoarse voice: "Please... girl... help... help me, I will give you my life!"
The old beggar did not doubt Chang Yue's ability. Since Chang Yue could accurately tell all the problems with his body, he must be capable.
Changyue looked at the old beggar, and she could indeed accept him, because as long as he was cured, she would immediately get a master of the innate realm.
Cangyue Pavilion developed late and has insufficient foundation. It needs such a master to be in charge. Only when Cangyue Pavilion develops strong enough can it bring enough luck to her.
"Get up first." Changyue said to the old beggar.
After hearing this, the old beggar slowly stood up and sat back on the stool at Chang Yue's signal.
"I can take you in, or I can save you, but I have to know your identity, right? What is your name?"
"Bai...Yuan...Qi." The old man replied.
"Bai Yuanqi?" Chang Yue raised an eyebrow, "What is your relationship with Bai Yuanfeng?"
When he heard the name Bai Yuanfeng, Bai Yuanqi suddenly trembled all over, his eyes turned blood red, and his teeth clenched.
"evil creature!"
After holding it in for a long time, Bai Yuanqi could only hold back these two words. Seeing that he was struggling to speak, Chang Yue simply said:
"Forget it, forget it, let me help you detoxify it first. You can sort out your thoughts and tell me again after you straighten your tongue."
Bai Yuanqi, Bai Yuanfeng... It sounded like they were brothers. Thinking of the rumors related to Bai Yuanfeng, Chang Yue actually had some guesses about Bai Yuanqi's identity.
"Thank you... thank you..." Bai Yuanqi squeezed out two words from between his teeth.
He had not spoken for more than twenty years, and it was not easy to speak smoothly at this time.
To help Bai Yuanqi detoxify, Chang Yue still needs to prepare some things. This man has been poisoned for too long, and the toxin has taken root in his body. If adequate preparations are not made, it will not be detoxification, but death.
Taking out the alchemy furnace, Chang Yue asked Qing Yi to help him, and then started to make alchemy.
(End of chapter)
