Liangjiang runs from north to south, starting from Zijun City. The water channel becomes narrower, the water flow gradually becomes more rapid, and the river channel is more complicated and curved. It is difficult for cargo ships to pass, and they can only carry goods in small boats.
You Ziji said goodbye to his friends and boarded the speedboat alone that Manager Hu had established a good relationship with early in the morning. He went down the river and arrived at his destination in just one day, eliminating a lot of trouble. After landing, you can walk more than a hundred miles on the dry road to reach Jianjun, the base camp of Xuanming Road.
The boat can accommodate up to three or four people, and the remaining empty spaces are used to hold cargo. The boat operators only have a small area to sit, and when they are tired, they lean on the cargo box next to them to rest. On weekdays, most of the boat operators are two people, replacing each other. Some skilled and bold veterans sometimes even operate the boat by only one person, just to haul more goods and make money.
With the management of Guixianglou Guanshi Hu, a lot of space was left on the small boat. The two boatmen could earn a handsome shipping fee just by carrying You Ziji, so they naturally waited on them carefully.
The rapids in the river suddenly filled up and the boat was very unstable, so I could only use a wooden box as a table. The two boatmen originally wanted to put some wine and food on it, but when You Ziji saw it, he stopped the boatman and took out the food in his package to share.
The two boatmen returned to their small stools. Youzi Ji relied on his ability to stand on the bow of the boat, eating cakes and looking at the beautiful scenery, which was very comfortable.
Both sides of the river were lush and green, and when apes saw the boat, they howled on the branches of the trees.
There happened to be a rapid current ahead, and the boat was ups and downs but could not capsize. Youziji stood on the bow of the boat as if he was glued to it, and his body swayed with the boat. Even if the waves hit the bow of the boat, it did not delay him from eating.
Seeing such a stunt, the two boatmen cheered, which was a bit more lively than the apes on both sides of the bank.
Halfway through the journey, we reached a slow stream, where a large number of small boats were parked and drifting slowly. It was a rare and good place for boat operators to rest.
In order to repay You Ziji for the cakes, the boatman also let go of the fishing net and fished out a few plump fresh fish. The boatman made the fresh fish into raw fish and gave it to You Ziji to taste.
Liangjiang is full of aura, and the fish it breeds are fresh and delicious, leaving you with endless aftertaste.
By the time the boat docked in the afternoon, You Ziji had reached its destination, and the boat operator had to continue transporting goods.
After getting off the ship, You Ziji walked all the way to the southeast. There was an inn there for people from the government to rest. You Ziji took advantage of Lihuasi's name to check in tonight.
He knocked on the door and handed over the documents. The other party only took a cursory look and led You Ziji in.
There are only two postmen guarding this post station, but I don't know where the postman here has gone. You Ziji didn't care at all, but for some reason the two postmen looked timid and didn't seem to like talking to others, which surprised You Ziji.
But You Ziji was not interested in exploring other people's secrets. He asked the postman for some hot water and dry food to wash up and eat, and then found a room to rest.
He found a room near the door, packed it out, and laid out the bedding. For some reason, the two postmen looked at him strangely and hesitated to speak, but in the end they said nothing.
You Ziji paid close attention and meditated on the bed until midnight. Suddenly he heard several strange noises coming from outside the house. You Ziji turned over and came to the door of the room. He looked through the crack in the door and saw a dark mass in the yard. When the thing came over, You Ziji's eyes opened and he could see the figure clearly.
It was a monster that looked like a middle-aged man. Its body was covered with scars and its movements were stiff and slow, so it didn't look humanoid.
But I don’t know who this person is, and he actually came to the inn in the middle of the night.
Convinced that the strange man was a human and not a monster, You Ziji was not in a hurry to deal with him and wanted to see what was going on.
The strange man's breath is unstable, his limbs are strong but his heart is weak. It seems that he should have been a monk at one time, but now he has lost his cultivation. Could it be that he was harmed by other monks?
You Ziji's room was closest to the door. The weirdo rummaged around and came here. You Ziji gently opened the back window and jumped out, jumped up to the roof, and continued to follow and observe.
Sure enough, the weirdo entered the house, but he didn't rummage around. He just took a look and came out again, continuing to search in the next room.
You Ziji thought to himself, "It seems like he's not looking for something, more like he's looking for someone."
The cool night breeze brought a voice, interrupting You Ziji's thoughts. He turned around and saw two postmen hiding in the corner.
You Ziji leaned over and heard the two people say:
"The boy who came during the day ran away, and the adults didn't find him."
"What can we do? The chickens in the inn have been almost eaten. If you don't have blood food, don't you want to beat our teeth as a sacrifice?"
"Let me think of a solution... By the way, isn't that village in the east? Let's lead the adults there."
"What a good idea. There are at least dozens of families in the village, which will be enough for him to eat for a long time."
"My Lord himself went to the village to help and became like this. Now he has become a devil because of this, but he needs to collect some interest from them."
There was crying in the words of the two people, which showed that they were very scared, but they could still come up with strategies to harm others, which showed that they were not good people. Thinking of this, You Ziji decided to punish the two of them.
He saw the two of them opening the back door, then went to greet the weirdo, and lured the weirdo over.
The weirdo seemed to know these two postmen, or was looking for them, so he walked over quickly. His body was stiff and he couldn't move any faster, so he simply jumped forward.
The two postmen were so frightened that their legs were weak. Seeing that the seduction was effective, they quickly ran away.
How could You Ziji watch helplessly as the two of them caused trouble to the east? He used his magic technique and blew out a gust of wind, which knocked the two of them off their feet, and the back door that had been opened in advance also closed automatically.
They crawled and rolled to the door, and saw that the door had been closed at some point. The door latch was clearly leaning against the wall, but it seemed that someone was holding it against it, and it could not be pulled. They thought they had seen a ghost. Although they were frightened, they could not move it. It also feels normal.
Ghosts, I heard a lot of stories like this when I was a kid.
Seeing that the strange man was coming, the two of them joined hands to climb over the wall. You Ziji withdrew his palm to push the door, and instead grabbed the skirts of the two of them. Now they couldn't even stand up, let alone jump. The two of them were anxious and afraid and kicked their legs on the ground.
At this time, the weirdo finally approached.
His hair was disheveled, his clothes were torn, and there were two huge, ferocious scars on his face from top to bottom, connecting his chest and abdomen. It looked like he had been scratched by some monster, and was almost split into three parts. Fortunately, someone used a magic trick to remove his scars. He was sewn with needle and thread, and his life was saved.
The weirdo opened his mouth and said intermittently: "Why are you running?"
The sound was like an old bellows, hoarse and frustrated.
"Sir, it was not us who killed you. Sir, please let us go."
"Every wrong has its owner, and every debt has its owner. It was the village over there that harmed you, not us."
The weirdo was silent for a while. His thinking was a little slow. In recent days, he only knew how to eat and drink, but he had forgotten many details, including how he became like this.
"I did go to Changxia Village to help. They were all patients with difficulty walking and there were no strong men. But it was not an ordinary beast at all, but a bear demon. I was attacked. It hurt, it hurt... ...I should be in pain."
The weirdo howled in pain and scratched the scar on his face with his nails. Blood flowed out, but even he was confused. He seemed to have no pain.
"I remembered that there was a Taoist in yellow robe. He saved me... It was he who defeated the bear demon and healed my injuries so that I could come back here."
The lost memories flooded into the weirdo's mind like a tide. He howled but couldn't shed any tears.
You Ziji thought that this person must be Yi Cheng. Seeing that this person was heartbroken, he no longer hid his identity and jumped off the roof.
"I am passing by a post station and staying here. I feel deeply sorry for Yi Cheng after hearing about his experience. I know a little bit about medical skills. Can you let me have a look?"
"Is it you? Come on, hurry up."
The postman's first reaction when he saw You Ziji was to drive him away. Yi Cheng's matter had not been brought to light, so the fewer people knew about it, the better. But then I thought about it, when You Ziji came out at this time, I am afraid that he had heard the whole story and stopped talking.
The origin of You Ziji was unknown, and the Yi Cheng had a sense of alienation. "Thank you, little brother. My injury has been cured by an expert. I won't trouble you anymore."
You Ziji was not polite, he stepped forward and grabbed Yi Cheng's pulse gate, and took a rough look inside him.
"You, what are you doing?"
Two postmen came to pull him away, but You Ziji had already withdrawn.
"Yicheng's injury is indeed very serious. I can't cure it, but I can unblock the blocked meridians in your body. In this way, even though your movement is limited, you can still rely on your own cultivation of Qi to help, which can save you a lot of trouble. The process is a bit painful, are you willing to let me treat it?"
The Yi Cheng was very excited after hearing this. Even the Taoist Master could only save his life, but his cultivation could not be restored. He hurriedly knelt down, but halfway down, he could no longer move, so he had to say in this weird posture: " If my benefactor has a way, please do it as much as you can, I am just a broken body, no matter how bad I am, I can't get any worse."
After You Ziji got the answer, he took Jun Cheng back to his room and asked him to lie down on the bed.
It is still using the power of Samadhi True Fire to break through the blockage, but this time it is more difficult.
This person's injuries were horrific. In addition to not moving too hard to cause the injury to recur, he also needed to connect and activate some meridians.
His entire body was almost torn apart, and the meridians in his body had long been broken and misaligned. Therefore, no matter how brilliant the Taoist's medical skills were, he could snatch half of his life back from the Lord of Hell, but he could not bring back his cultivation level.
Meridians are the foundation of zhenqi practice. Although some people are injured in battle and have broken arms and legs, the overall meridians are still there. As long as the skills are improved and fine-tuned, the cultivation will not disappear.
It is very rare for the major veins in the body to be almost broken into several pieces like this.
You Ziji is not a miracle doctor, so naturally he cannot restore the connection of the meridians, but he can unblock and connect as many meridians as possible that have not been inactivated to complete a circuit again, so that the true energy can be circulated and stored in it, and he can naturally continue to practice.
This is a project, and You Ziji has been working on it until dawn before it is completely completed.
Fortunately, he had a deep cultivation level and had not slept all night, so he was still refreshed. In order to avoid trouble, he did not stay after the treatment was completed and left the inn directly.
