Qi Yatou smiled and said it was okay. There was a cave in the water. Once on the shore, the clothes would be dry soon.
Zhao Chuan still felt vaguely uneasy.
Zhao Chuan said that it was such a dark sky and underwater, I couldn’t see anything.
Qi Yatou said I can see it, you follow me.
Zhao Chuan said I can’t see how to follow you.
Qi Yatou said otherwise, you can use the belt around your waist and we can tie them together.
Zhao Chuan was still hesitant.
It's not that she doesn't trust Qi Yatou, it's just that she feels that she has no night vision and has lost her cultivation. Although she has the underwater breath-holding breathing technique taught by her great-great-grandfather, she always feels frightened for some reason.
In the darkness, Zhao Chuan's face looked uncertain.
Seeing that Zhao Chuan kept hesitating, Qi Yatou was a little dissatisfied.
"If you don't want to go, forget it, I'll go by myself!" Qi Yatou jumped into the water and went away.
Alas, I offended someone again.
It seems that it is really inconvenient to do anything without martial arts skills, and I always feel a little guilty relying on the protection of others.
Zhao Chuan sighed inwardly.
Zhao Chuan waited uneasily for more than an hour before Qi Yatou emerged from the pond dripping with water.
"It's a pity that I let that thing escape and only brought this one back!"
Qi Yatou bundled the bundle into a large ball of soft material and threw it on the ground in front of Zhao Chuan.
Zhao Chuan leaned over to identify it carefully, and Qi Yatou said with some complaints: "Don't look at it, take it back first. If two people go there, the thing won't be able to escape."
Zhao Chuan had no choice but to carry the thing and follow Qi Yatou back angrily.
When he arrived at Qingfengguanli's residence, Zhao Chuan discovered under the light that this large mass was white and as thin as cicada wings.
"Stop looking! This is snake skin!"
Qi Yatou changed her clothes and said to Zhao Chuan who was looking carefully in the outer room.
Snakeskin?
"This thing can relieve the energy and blood in your blocked acupuncture points. I don't know how effective it is. Let's try it first." Qi Yatou said.
Snake skin is also called snake slough, which is the dry epidermal membrane shed by the snake family Elephant Snake during its growth. Zhao Chuan himself is a medical student, so of course he understands this.
The treated snake skin of traditional Chinese medicine is soaked in licorice water, then sprayed with rice wine and stir-fried in a pot. It has the effects of dispelling wind and calming convulsions, removing nebula and relieving itching, detoxifying and reducing swelling.
"Well, this doesn't seem to have a therapeutic effect on my situation. It's not right for me." Zhao Chuan said solemnly.
"This is not an ordinary snake skin. This snake is more than two to three hundred years old. It is a white jade python that lives in the water. Have you heard of the story of the White Snake? This kind of snake is a love species, and it may be able to eliminate your body. The gloomy atmosphere left by your uncle." Qi Yatou said seriously.
But come on, snake skin can only remove rheumatism poisonous gas in the human body, how can it have that function? Zhao Chuan muttered to himself.
But maybe, Qi Yatou said that this is a spiritual snake, maybe it can really be cured, or at least it can alleviate the pain caused by the luck of having the acupoint blocked.
"Then if we catch that white snake, how can we treat it more effectively?" Zhao Chuan asked.
Qi Yatou said that the spiritual objects that practice have inner elixirs, which are the crystallization of many years of practice. Of course, if you eat its inner elixir, the effect will be better, but it is not easy to get, because once the spiritual object loses its inner elixir, all its cultivation will be lost. All those years of busy work were in vain.
Speaking of this, Qi Yatou suddenly froze, her face changed, and she seemed a little panicked.
Zhao Chuan immediately understood and said with a smile, don't worry, I won't ask for your inner elixir.
Unexpectedly, Qi Yatou heard that she was not reluctant to give it to you because you saved me, but now she is not sure that this method is 100% effective and will definitely unlock your acupuncture points. She is just worried that if it doesn't work, the inner elixir will be wasted.
Zhao Chuan was greatly moved after hearing this.
Since the inner elixir formed through physical cultivation is helpful, does the artificially refined elixir have any effect? Zhao Chuan had an idea and remembered the medical skill "Elixir Pill" taught to him by the ghost master Xiaotian. He called up the corresponding content in his mind and discovered that he could use snake skin and several other elixirs to refine the elixir.
It seems there is a way.
The alchemy furnace given by the ghost master Xiaotian is in the Qiankun bag. The Qiankun bag is temporarily kept by Qi Yatou. The tools are not difficult. The main reason is that the other ingredients need to be found. However, this Taoist temple is built on Lingyin Mountain. It is not difficult to find a few medicinal herbs in this vast mountain.
Qi Yatou asked Zhao Chuan to wash the snake skin, dry it, fold it up, and put it into the Qiankun bag on her body for later use.
The next day, Zhao Chuan got up early and planned to go to the mountains to find herbs after breakfast.
Zhao Chuan took Qi Yatou to the dining hall and found that he arrived just in time, as someone was eating inside.
In addition to the three quacks who stayed in the temple waiting to ask for money, there are also a few Taoists in the temple. It seems that these are all the people in the temple now, except for the little Taoist boy who said he has difficulty moving and needs to deliver food. A few elderly Taoists living elsewhere.
The middle-aged Taoist with a scar on his face who was in charge of serving food was minding his own meal.
Zhao Chuan walked up to the generous table. Dao Scar glanced at him expressionlessly, put down his rice bowl, slowly served Zhao Chuan a vegetarian dish and a bowl of rice, and then waved Zhao Chuan away.
"One more." Zhao Chuan pointed to Qi Yatou behind him.
"Non-visitors are not allowed to eat here." Dao Scar muttered and continued to eat his meal.
"Then I want another dish, a steamed bun." One is not enough. Last time, I had rice, steamed buns, and pancakes to eat, and there were three more dishes. Now give a dish a little rice to feed the cat? Zhao Chuan was so unhappy.
Dao Scar ignored him and continued to eat his food.
Zhao Chuan said it again, and Taoist Dao Scar said casually and in a low voice, "People who are not from this temple are not allowed to eat here. Food is precious this year, and now the Taoist temple is encountering difficulties and it is difficult to protect itself."
What's going on? We have only been here for three days without food. The third uncle clearly said that he could take care of the food, and even said that he could take care of the food even if it was a donkey.
Oh, I understand, because the third uncle has left the Taoist temple now, words will no longer work when people are gone.
It turns out that this is how the rules established by Qingfeng Temple over the years - no overnight stay and no food - came about.
Are you too poor to take care of food, or are you stingy and don’t want to give me food?
"The three people over there are not from this temple, right? How come they have food to eat?" Zhao Chuan asked.
"They are here to ask for money. The host arranged them before he left." Taoist Dao Scar did not stop chewing the food in his mouth.
His uncle's, didn't I arrange it before the host left? Zhao Chuan was angry.
This Qingfeng Temple was built with the support of our ancestors of the Zhao family, how dare you not eat it! Zhao Chuan was a little angry.
Zhao Chuan looked back and saw that everyone eating in the hall was eating their own food. Occasionally, someone looked up and immediately lowered his head to eat again, pretending to be okay.
Okay, you all pretend not to notice what's going on here.
But not giving him food was really embarrassing for Zhao Chuan.
It's his uncle's fault, he won't eat the food at Qingfengguan!
I don’t want to eat it at all. What’s so delicious about this kind of monk’s vegetarian rice? There is much better food out there, and you can eat whatever you want, and it’s not like you have no money.
Zhao Chuan wanted to get angry, but after thinking about it he felt something was wrong. This was the Taoist temple where Uncle San was staying. If he beat someone here, he would be blamed by others when he came back. Besides, looking at the scars on this guy's face, he is probably a belligerent and ruthless person. I don't have spiritual energy cultivation now, so I may not be able to beat this guy.
Zhao Chuan turned around and looked at Qi Yatou, who was looking at him with eyes.
Zhao Chuan looked around the dining hall and saw that he hadn't paid attention here. He quietly winked at Qi Yatou and nuzzled at Taoist Scar.
Qi Yatou understood and muttered something. Suddenly, Taoist Dao Scar's mouth, which was chewing food, made a clicking sound, as if he was biting sand.
Taoist Dao Scar hurriedly stopped chewing, spit out the food in his mouth and looked at it. He was shocked when he saw it, it turned out to be a small squirming insect.
Taoist Dao Scar was a little confused and turned to look at the rice in the rice bowl. He saw that the bowl was full of maggots, swarming and crawling around. It was extremely disgusting.
Bang! With a crisp sound, Taoist Scar threw away his rice bowl. The rice bowl broke into pieces, and the maggots fell to the ground. Seeing that the soil became larger, they all climbed onto Taoist Scar's feet and crawled upwards.
"Ah! Ah!" Dao Scar screamed in fright, stood up from the stool in a hurry, stamped his feet and jumped up, looking extremely embarrassed.
"Hey, hey, hey! It makes no sense for you to be so good-looking. You don't cherish your food. You throw the food on the ground and trample it with your feet. What's the point?" Zhao Chuan yelled.
Hearing the shouts of the Taoist and Zhao Chuan, the people eating in the dining hall raised their heads and looked over. Seeing the madness of Taoist Scar, they all looked at each other.
"You, Taoist leader, are unreasonable! You don't want to bring me food, but you also said that non-believers are not allowed to eat here. Food is precious this year, and you are wasting food like this! You have violated Taoist rules!"
"Chong Chong Chong! There are worms in the rice! They are all worms!" Taoist Dao Scar shouted while stamping his feet.
"Where are the worms in this good rice? You smashed the bowl when you were full! The dog also knows how to protect the dog bowl before using it next time!" Zhao Chuan raised his hand and knocked on the large porcelain basin containing the rice.
Taoist Scar's attention was successfully directed to the large porcelain basin by Zhao Chuan. When he looked at the big porcelain basin, the rice in the big porcelain basin immediately turned into maggots and gushed out.
"Ah! Ah!" Taoist Scar immediately dragged the big porcelain basin over and threw it to the ground.
"Bang!" The big porcelain basin shattered and the rice spilled out.
Zhao Chuan turned around and winked, and Qi Yatou stopped mumbling.
Several Taoists who were having a meal ran over and looked at this scene in surprise.
"Qiu San! You're so dishonest! You're sick again, right? If you don't abide by the rules, I won't be able to control you. I'll drive you down the mountain when the people from the Council come back!" An old man with a long black beard came over and pointed Looking at the Taoist Dao Scar, his lips trembled with anger and he cursed.
"Let's go! I won't eat anymore. What's going on here at Qingfeng Temple? If you don't let people eat good food, you're ruining it. It's better to think that I'm a newcomer!" Zhao Chuan turned around and left.
As soon as Zhao Chuan and Qi Yatou came out of the dining hall, they saw the three quack doctors coming out of the dining hall. The white-haired old man among them stared at the two leaving and whispered to the two companions.
Zhao Chuan told Qi Yatou that when he went down the mountain, there was a small town at the foot of the mountain. There were delicious food in the town and meat and fish in the tavern.
The two returned to their residence first, changed into ordinary clothes, and prepared to go out.
In fact, the two of them didn't have any clothes, except for a change of clothes.
The two of them came out of the yard, looked at each other and laughed, because they both had empty hands, and they didn't look like people going out at all, but more like idle young men.
It's no wonder, because with the Qiankun bag, even if you have luggage, it will be packed in the Qiankun bag. Once the things are in the Qiankun bag, they will become smaller, and then stuff the Qiankun bag into your arms.
There are three ways to go down the mountain. One is to go down the mountain through Nanshan Gate, which is the main entrance.
The second is to walk down the back mountain. There is no right path here, only the mountain path made by feet.
The third is to go down the mountain from the west. There are steps and stone paving here because there is Xintang Town at the foot of the mountain. Moreover, Jiangzhou City is in the northwest direction, and most of the pilgrims who usually walk up the mountain take this road.
Zhao Chuan was going this way at this time.
As Zhao Chuan walked, he suddenly remembered something. The two little Taoist boys were missing in the dining hall. Could it be that they had gone to deliver food to the elderly Taoist priest who had difficulty walking?
Zhao Chuan stopped again, thought for a while, then said he would take a look when he went back, and asked Qi Yatou to wait for him here.
Returning to the entrance of the dining hall, I saw loud shouting coming from inside.
Zhao Chuan carefully raised his head and took a look, and saw that all the Taoists eating inside had left, except for the old Taoist with a long black beard who just scolded Taoist Scar, who was still scolding him there.
"You are so confused. You have to use your brains to drive people away. Will they be convinced by such childish methods? He is the nephew of your silly uncle. Qingfengguan has always ranked its status based on ability! You What else can you do besides fighting to the death and charging ahead? We are Taoist priests, not warriors!"
"Master, you are right. Isn't that boy just the nephew of the stupid uncle? What ability does he have?" Dao Scar was unconvinced.
"Nonsense, your stupid uncle is just pretending to be crazy. He has been away from home for many years. Do you know what he has done? A nephew suddenly appeared at this juncture. You will not do anything you are not sure about..."
Zhao Chuan was confused when he heard this. Originally, he wanted to see if Zhen Yuanzi was eating inside just now. But now that he saw no one inside and heard a lot of nonsense, he was a little annoyed, so he turned around and went back.
