Wang Laodao was naturally extremely grateful for Duan Yu's rescue.
Duan Yu didn't take it seriously, because he really wanted to buy the Qi Gathering Pill, and this rescue was just a matter of convenience.
Besides, there were many neighbors around here who greeted him with smiles and helped him, but what he appreciated the most was the old man's kindness.
After all, before he and his senior sister showed up, Wang Laodao was the only one who took the risk to remind them of the presence of someone in their home.
The icing on the cake is good, but giving someone timely assistance is even more valuable.
In fact, Wang Laodao made the right bet. He took the risk at the time and was frightened afterwards.
At that time, he only saw a figure sneaking into Duan Yu's house, thinking it was a thief who stole something. Unexpectedly, it was five murderers, including masters of the three realms of Yuan Condensation.
If Duan Yu and Yao Xue hadn't killed all those people, even if one or two escaped, he would have been too scared to sleep for fear of retaliation.
Now it's better, those people are all dead, and he has established a good relationship with fellow Taoist Xiao Duan.
In this short period of time, the fellow Taoist monk, because of his evil reputation as a fellow Taoist sister, could make the elixir-reducing shrew stay honest with just a few words.
If he didn't have this relationship and others used force, he would probably have to retreat.
People in this world really disrespect alchemy!
The only thing that can be blamed is that there are no mortals in Liangtaigou. They are all monks and there is fierce competition in everything they do.
Unlike in the mortal world, he is not just a living god, but at least he is an uncle.
Wang Laodao couldn't help complaining: "This Liangshuigou is really getting worse every year. You can say that they are all monks, and they look like ignorant shrews. It's humiliating."
Duan Yu couldn't help but ask: "Senior Wang, why has the price of rice and meat risen so much this year?"
Wang Laodao has been here longer than them and has more experience than them.
Wang Laodao pointed to the mountains outside Fang City and said, "I only discovered it recently. Look at the snow line. It has never been so low in previous years."
Duan Yu and Yao Xue looked at the mountains and forests outside the workshop, and saw that the snow line in the mountains and forests had indeed dropped a lot, and half of the green ink sea was now covered with snow.
"Weren't you so low in previous years?"
"No, in the late autumn, there was no snow in that area. Now the snow area has become wider. If the beasts all run into the snow, it will be much more difficult to hunt. I don't know how much snow there is in this mountain area. Is there any grandma Xue in there?"
"If you have Grandma Xue, the price of meat will go up to the sky this year. But if you don't eat meat, don't eat meat. Now even rice is so expensive."
"Hey, if you have money, let's hoard more."
Wang Laodao didn't know about the rice purchase restriction yet. After Duan Yu told him, he quickly went to buy rice with a sack.
The strong feeling of anxiety in the market is indeed not fake. The outside of the market is not so bad. It is because there are too many down-and-out casual cultivators and few people go shopping. Most people are not aware of the news that rice purchases have been restricted.
As Wang Laodao said, when the snow line drops, it will be difficult to catch wild animals, but Ke Mi should not be affected too much.
You must know that the Aquarius Sect ships rice grains for sale every year, and even specially develops land here to grow spiritual rice.
Duan Yu felt bad.
However, they did not panic. After several large-scale purchases, they still had a lot of food left in their hands.
Since the first evolution of steamed buns, its requirements for meat have become lower.
"If nothing else happens, Steamed Bun and I will go hunting. Steamed Bun will definitely be much more reliable in hunting down prey than humans." Duan Yu said.
The steamed bun barked twice to express approval.
After hearing the word "hunting", it seemed particularly excited.
News of the limited rice purchase finally spread, and there was a sigh of relief in the surrounding areas of the market.
The scariest thing is that you can't buy food even if you have money. Some people regret not stocking up on food earlier.
Duan Yu was sitting at the door, drinking tea, looking at the faces that were a little weird and worried because of practicing miscellaneous arts, and just sighed that the world was difficult.
As Wang Laodao said, no matter how bad you are here, you are still a monk, but you can live like a poor person.
Some wandering cultivators with no fixed abode are like refugees fleeing from famine, their eyes are dull and numb.
There is no way, everyone under the foundation building is a mortal. If you want to live a more transcendental life, you must at least build a foundation in the four realms.
This is also the reason why Liangshuigou is so difficult and dangerous, and there are still so many monks going there.
The demonic mountains, evil seas, and cave ruins are full of dangers, but also full of opportunities.
It is an opportunity for people to make a fortune, or even further, to build a foundation.
This opportunity is enough to make people crazy.
But the anxiety around him did not affect Duan Yu's life.
This small room, filled with rice and meat, and with steamed buns standing guard, was like a strong fortress, isolating most of the worries.
Duan Yu either practices or eats every day, or plays with his senior sister in the evening before practicing.
With the blessing of Gathering Qi Pills, his realm has been steadily improving.
What he learned was Yao Xue Sect's "Five Clouds of Qi Refining Technique". With the guidance of his senior sister, his practice naturally became smoother.
At night, Yao Xue's forehead was covered with sweat, and her beautiful eyebrows were slightly frowned.
Several gold needles as thick as nails are inserted into acupuncture points such as "Qimen", "Qihu", and "Zhongfu", and are rotated from time to time to increase stimulation.
Duan Yu couldn't bear to look at it after a few glances.
The skills in this world are really such that even if the "Qixia Sword Sect" where Senior Sister Yao belongs is a sect that has been passed down for several generations, you will still pay a price when practicing.
The price is pain, which triggers the sword intent and accelerates the liquefaction of spiritual energy in the body.
Of course, compared to those techniques that drastically change one's temperament and appearance, or even cause one to act like a demon, this technique is already considered perfect.
As for Duan Yu's converted technique, it currently has no side effects, but it is not easy to pass it on to others.
That kind of understanding is familiar to the heart, as if it is the instinct of the body. There will be no difference if you control it yourself, but if you let others do it, it may be completely different.
Especially when it comes to visualization pictures, such as the Jade Girl visualization diagram, he simply cannot restore it to Yao Xue.
Duan Yu felt distressed, but Yao Xue seemed to have become accustomed to this way of training.
Looking at Duan Yu's appearance, she even joked: "This is not as good as when you tormented me at night."
"You go fast now and slowly now, and I can't control it at all. It's so annoying."
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The wind and rain outside have not affected the lives of Duan Yu and Yao Xue, but this does not mean that the wind and rain do not exist.
Now that Duan Yu had the courage to sit at the door of the house and drink tea, he naturally also learned some news.
This Wang Laodao seems to have a heart for gossip. He knows where people died in the city, who was poked while sleeping at night, who was killed, and which tree his butt was hung on.
Mainly because as an expert in alchemy, he still has some regular customers.
Those who buy elixirs say all kinds of things, and naturally he knows all kinds of things.
By mentioning from time to time, "The animal meat was given to me by fellow Daoist Duan.", people nearby gradually came to know that he and Duan Yu had a good relationship. In this chaotic season, few people caused trouble to him.
The news that Wang Laodao received was naturally true and false, but the news that came early that morning surprised Duan Yu.
That means the foundation-building monk stationed here from the Aquarius Sect is dead.
