Flower Thousand Bone Story-The End of the World Road

Inside and outside the Changliu Barrier in the Demon Refining Tower, one side is warm and comfortable green mountains and green waters, like the willow bank in the south of the Yangtze River, while the other side is the vast desert Gobi with long yellow sand and gravel.One step away, heaven and hell, probably nothing more than that.

The morning light is bleak, the wind is raging, and the world is desolate, filled with a murderous aura.Hua Qiangu was wearing a black cloak, which was tightly wrapped from head to toe, only revealing a pair of bright eyes, braving the howling wind and flying yellow sand, she walked forward quickly.

The wind and sand raging in this world has almost no effect on her. Compared with the harshness of the wild world, this place can only be regarded as "ancient road west wind and thin horse". I am used to the life of cultivating immortals with pavilions, towers and pavilions. It is interesting to change the environment .

The gate of death is thousands of miles away, if you want to walk there, it will not only take a long time, but also not safe.Although most of the demon powers of the demon race have been refined, there are some who are ferocious in nature, bloodthirsty and aggressive. Naturally, they must first find a horse to travel. It would be better to have a camel, or a mule will do.

A hundred miles ahead is Digui City. I heard that Li Meng opened an inn outside the city. Hua Qiangu cheered up and walked from noon to dusk before seeing a wisp of cooking smoke rising from the clouds in the distance.Hua Qiangu was overjoyed, quickened his pace, walked for another incense stick, and finally saw a tall pole in the distance, with a wine flag hanging on the top of the pole, with four large characters on it: Changliu Inn.

Hua Qiangu shook his head and sighed, senior brother Li Meng is really straightforward and cute, all the monsters in the Demon Refining Tower were subdued by Changliu, their crimes were not enough to rectify the Fa, and they were released because they feared that the monsters would confuse all living beings, so they were imprisoned in the Demon Refining Tower and lived forever Do not leave the tower.Brother Li Meng named the inn Changliu, did he intend to scare the guests?

There are three two-story mud houses under the tall flagpole, and two separate small rooms, probably one is a kitchen and the other is a toilet.The setting sun is gradually disappearing, the west is full of bright red clouds, and a faint new moon rises in the east.In the Gobi wasteland, the daytime is scorching like a torrent, and the night is cold to the bone.

Hua Qiangu pushed the door in and quickly closed the shop door.Sure enough, there was not a single guest in the inn, the main hall was small, only three Eight Immortals tables were placed, the outside was windy and sandy, but the inside was kept spotless.The person who greeted the guests was actually the proprietress. She was tall and burly, fat and white, and greeted her with a smile on her face:

"Guest officer, please, please, I don't know if the guest officer is staying at the hotel or eating?"

Hua Qiangu didn't dare to inquire, so she sat down in the shop first, ordered a few small dishes at random, and ordered a jug of warm wine, and slowly poured herself a drink.The proprietress was attentively serving dishes and wine, and there were busy sounds of pots and pans in the back kitchen, but there was no one there.Hua Qiangu picked up the thick bowl, took a sip of the wine, and immediately frowned, looking like a toothache.

The proprietress noticed it immediately, and ran over immediately, and asked with an apologetic smile, "This is the kumiss brewed by the shop itself. How does it taste? Do you like it?"

The color of this wine is like milk, the mouth is like a knife, its taste is pungent, and it has a strong aftertaste.Hua Qiangu smiled shyly, bowed his head and summoned up his courage, drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp, and said: "Only this wine is worthy of the wind outside like iron, and the flying sand like a knife. He is a man of iron blood." temperament!"

"Happy!" The proprietress was overjoyed, and boldly slapped her thin shoulder hard, like a heavy weight, Hua Qiangu was almost slapped under the table.The proprietress sat down beside her honestly and unceremoniously, took out a wine gourd from her waist, rolled up her sleeves, filled two bowls of wine, handed a bowl to Hua Qiangu, and said:

"Try this again, this is my private treasure, do it!" Then he raised his neck, doing it first as a respect.

"Thank you!"

After taking the wine bowl, he closed his eyes to inhale the strange smell coming from his nostrils, a hot feeling went straight to his dantian, Hua Qiangu's face turned green.

"How about it?"

"Good wine!" As soon as the words came out, Hua Qiangu's internal organs protested.

"Come again!"

"..."

Although drinking like this is not unprecedented in her life, but in the past she drank fine wine, thick and mellow, with a long aftertaste, never had she drank such a fierce and fiery wine.After the third bowl, Hua Qiangu didn't have time to savor it, so she hurriedly picked up the chopsticks to pick up the vegetables, and the proprietress burst out laughing when she saw this.

After a few chopsticks, Hua Qiangu suddenly stopped, took a mouthful of vegetables and chewed slowly.After the hot taste of the wine in the mouth, I just tasted the taste of the vegetables. The taste is salty, salty with bitterness, bitter... with alkali, no matter how much I chew it, I can't chew it well, but I can't taste what kind of food it is.

"This is...?" Hua Qiangu held back and didn't spit it out.

"Smoked cow's hooves." The proprietress also picked up a piece and threw it into the mouth. After a few slaps, it fell down, like chewing peanuts.

Hua Qiangu let out a "hmm", and then looked at the other plates, he couldn't tell what ingredients were there, but they were all salted and smoked, and he lost his appetite immediately.Although there is no food in the wild land, she and Zhuran can only eat roasted hamsters to satisfy their hunger, but the meat of hamsters is not unpalatable, and there is no shortage of spices in the wild land.

"Miss Boss, do you have any vegetarian dishes?" After much deliberation, Hua Qiangu decided that vegetarianism was safer.

"Vegetarian dishes? Yes!" The proprietress turned around with a smile, and roared to the back kitchen: "Damn ghost, bring out the tofu and fried kidneys that you stayed up late last night."

Hua Qiangu hurriedly interjected: "Tofu is fine, no need for kidneys." She used to like eating kidneys, but after being with Master for a long time, she is no longer interested in these things that Master frowns upon seeing.

"Oh...then I'll make you a plate of fried tofu, and I'll make you a bowl of tofu soup. I'll make it for you myself, and put in more oil." The proprietress slapped the table and stood up. Hua Qiangu felt that the whole house was shaking. shaken.As soon as she turned around to face the kitchen, the proprietress changed her face, with a fierce look, and cursed: "You damn ghost, I don't know if you were begging for food from that poor and clinking ruined temple before, and you probably haven't touched a few drops in your life. Youhua, let him fry a dish, it looks like it is fished out of clear water. No wonder after you came, the business of my shop has been declining day by day. This month, there has not been a single ghost. It made me pickle all the vegetables."

The proprietress entered the back kitchen for a while, and a thin young man came out with a plate of hot fried tofu, his face was flushed, and he was walking like flying.As soon as he walked into the front hall, he had a face-to-face meeting with the guests in front of the hall, and he was stunned both times.That young man was really Li Meng back then. We haven't seen him for many years, but his appearance hasn't changed at all, but Hua Qiangu has gone through life and death several times, and finally grows into an adult.Li Meng rubbed his eyes, looked again, and finally confirmed that he was not dazzled, and the person in front of him was indeed the one whom he had told the Lord of the Dead——Hua!thousand!bone! .

Why did Hua Qiangu also enter the Demon Refining Tower?Could it be that she is also a demon, no wonder my lord... Thinking of this, Li Meng immediately felt a chill in his heart.His mana is so weak that he can only maintain his human form, without the protection of the proprietress, he will be bullied wherever he goes, and it is not surprising that big monsters eat little ones in the Demon Refining Tower.

"My lady... my lady, come and save me!"

Li Meng felt his whole body was weak, and when he let go of his hands, the tray fell to the ground with a bang, and a pot of fried tofu splashed all over the floor.

"Damn it! Useless things, what are you doing? Sending a dish is like seeing a ghost. You will spend your life on the stove, and you won't be able to get on the table."

The proprietress roared angrily, holding an iron spoon and kitchen knife in her hand, and came up to her aggressively.Seeing Li Meng staring at Hua Qiangu in horror, he was not only amused but also annoyed, he hit him on the head with a spoon, and cursed: "A girl scares you like this, do you want to be better off?" !"

Li Meng hugged the proprietress's elephant leg, tremblingly said: "Lady, she is Hua Qiangu! She came to seek revenge on me, madam, save me! Save me!"

The proprietress stared at Hua Qiangu for a long time, her eyes widened, and she asked leisurely: "So you are Hua Qiangu?"

Needless to say, in the mind of the fat proprietress, she is probably trying to piece together the evocative picture of poisoned love in the Palace of Unfeeling Love.Hua Qiangu couldn't hold back his heart beating wildly, but his face was calm, and he nodded calmly.

"That's right, she is Hua Qiangu, I will recognize her even when it turns into ashes."

"Dang", Li Meng was hit hard again on the head. Fortunately, he was made of wood, so he was used to it even if it wasn't broken, but it was still painful. He rubbed his head aggrievedly and dared not make a sound.The proprietress opened her throat and cursed:

"You damn ghost, no one can get out after entering the Demon Refining Tower, whoever is full enough to seek revenge on you elm bump, you think you are worth a few catties and a few taels, and it is worth the trip. Take a good pot The fried tofu was ruined by you, hurry up and tidy it up, and make another one, don't add too much oil, the girls you stay for a long time will eat lightly."

Li Meng was blushed by the scolding, but he felt much more at ease, no longer afraid, put on the waiter's signature smile, nodded and bowed, and said, "Qiangu, you sit, you sit. Ma'am, I'm going to cook right now. "

Seeing Li Meng bumping into the kitchen, Hua Qiangu's jaw dropped in shock. After all, he is Changliu Xianxiu, how could he become such a philistine.However, he seemed to be very happy, and he yelled "Lady" smoothly and smoothly. Perhaps, this is where his heart belongs!

"Miss Qiangu!" This time it was the proprietress's turn to apologize, and she said cautiously: "That dead ghost doesn't know what to do, talkative, and caused you a lot of trouble, but he also caused trouble for himself. Locking him up in the Demon Refining Tower His retribution. In the past few years, he has endured a lot of hardships with me. In this area, the water is salty and alkaline, and no grass grows. My small shop is closed for eight out of ten days, and the two of us can barely make ends meet. You As long as adults have a lot, don’t be as knowledgeable as him.”

Hua Qiangu waved his hand, and said with a smile: "I was passing by here and accidentally ran into Senior Brother Li Meng. The wind is too strong to travel tonight, so I will stay overnight and leave tomorrow."

The proprietress immediately breathed a sigh of relief, grinned and said:

"It doesn't matter how long you stay, as long as Miss Qiangu doesn't dislike the shabby shop, the three upstairs rooms are all empty, you can choose yourself. My dead ghost has no other advantages, his hands and feet are still very diligent, and the tables, chairs and benches are wiped clean every day net."

Saying that, the proprietress was about to pour wine, but Hua Qiangu hurriedly stopped her and said, "This wine is enough, I'm a little hungry, I'll have something to eat first."

"Haha, this is no ordinary kumiss, it's a wine brewed from dragon's milk." The proprietress said proudly, "If it wasn't for your fate, I would not be willing to keep this for myself."

"Dragon horse? Are there any dragon horses here?" Hua Qiangu was overjoyed. There were several white dragon horses in the Heavenly Court. It was said that they were galloping like the wind. Unfortunately, they were only used as guards of honor, and they never let them run around.

"There are some dragon horses raised in the city. It is said that they are the descendants of the last great demon bred in the demon refining tower. Since they can't get out of the demon refining tower and can't cultivate into demons, they can only be used as legs."

All night, the wind howled violently, the sky was full of yellow sand, and the sky was full of yellow sand.The Changliu Inn closed early, the Kang fire was raging, and the room was warm.

A group of one, two, and three people sat around together, and put a few clean and simple side dishes on the table, such as peanuts, stewed dried, roasted vegetarian chicken, bad soybeans, and a pot of strong tea, planning grand plans all night.

As soon as Hua Qiangu easily said that she wanted to buy a dragon horse, the proprietress was startled.In the Demon Refining Tower, as a hybrid descendant of the Demon Dragon King, the status of the dragon horse is so noble. Once the entire Demon Refining Tower was their fodder, galloping and trampling at will, and no one dared to hurt a single hair of them.Later, their luck was bad. Their ancestor, the Demon Dragon King, died, and the dragon horse lost its protection. It was robbed by the big demons, and finally reduced to other people's mounts or pets. Qian Xiaoyao can only hope.The proprietress has worked so hard to open an inn outside Digui City for hundreds of years. With a little savings, she can only occasionally buy a few pots of dragon horse milk wine to satisfy her hunger. A lively dragon horse is a wealth that she can't even imagine.

"Qiangu, with all due respect, how much money do you have?" The proprietress was beating her heart out. Looking at Hua Qiangu's light gauze dress, no rings, and a small bamboo basket with her, she seemed to be returning from picking lotus and singing. Not like a millionaire.

"How much?" As expected, when "money" was mentioned, Hua Qiangu looked blank.

Speaking of which, Hua Qiangu really didn't have much copper stink since she was a child. In Hualien Village, she relied on her father to teach. She raised some chickens and ducks to lay eggs in exchange for some oil and salt. "Brother Mo" left her some money.It’s just that it’s the first time for her to travel far away, and everything she sees is very interesting, such as glutinous rice cakes, jujube cakes, candied haws...everything has been tasted, and in the spirit of sharing blessings, she often buys a few more and distributes them to those who are drooling. The children, before reaching the foot of Shu Mountain, they spent almost nothing left, and had to pull out wild radishes to satisfy their hunger.

When she met Bai Zihua again in Shushan, she had already been hungry for three days. When they parted, Bai Zihua didn't give her any more money, but directly prepared dry food for her, enough for her to eat until the foot of Changliu Mountain.Afterwards, she entered Changliu, entered the Palace of Unrequited Love, and was always under the protection of her master. Changliu, the head disciple of the Palace of Unrequited Love, responded to everything she asked for, and no one asked her for "money." "Words, although she saw Qingshui and the others, every time she exchanged them with the treasures she brought from the mortal world.Until she was expelled, turned into a demon god, escaped from the dead and reincarnated as a human being, she suffered a lot and learned a lot of lessons, but she just didn't develop the good habit of carrying money with her.

The proprietress's heart skipped a beat, it's broken, it's easier to please God than to give it away, maybe I will have to raise another mouth in the future!Li Meng lowered his head, secretly laughing happily, Feng Shui turns, it's Hua Qiangu's turn to be unlucky.When I entered the Demon Refining Tower at the beginning of the year, I walked into the inn foolishly. After eating a bowl of noodles, I couldn't pay for it. The king of Hades owed me money, so I had to sell myself to pay off the debt.

So, the couple exchanged glances and decided to patiently enlighten Hua Qiangu.The proprietress squinted her eyes and said first:

"Thousand bones, all laws are inseparable from their roots. Humans use gold and silver, fairy coins are common in the fairy world, and the demon world also has magic crystals, and the demon refining tower has its own set. We are close to the Earth Turtle City, and turtle coins are common. You only need to wear If you have enough turtle coins, let alone Longma, if you want the son of our Turtle City Lord, he might be willing to sell it."

At this time, Li Meng took out a palm-sized tortoise shell from his bosom, the sides were polished to a shiny finish, and the tortoise shell was engraved with four twisted pictures and texts, presumably in the characters of the monster race.Go on to explain:

"Qiangu, this is the tortoise coin, and it is used for hundreds of miles around the tortoise city. One hundred tortoise coins can be exchanged for one silver tortoise, and one hundred silver tortoises can be exchanged for one golden tortoise. We only need three tortoise coins to stay overnight in this small hotel. A good meal only costs five tortoise coins at most. As a husband and wife, we worked hard and frugally for a year, but we couldn’t even save five silver tortoises.”

"Damn ghost! Why are you mentioning our shabby shop? Thousand bones, but the value of the dragon horse... Hey, you can't practice in the demon refining tower, only the dragon horse milk can slightly nourish the demon power, so it is worth a hundred times, a big turtle In the city, there are only a few horses raised by the city lord, and they have never been bought or sold, so the price is really hard to say." The proprietress raised her fingers and quickly counted: "However, according to a pot of dragon horse milk wine, one silver turtle is calculated, and one dragon horse is one silver turtle. At least one hundred pots of milk can be produced every month. Damn, if we can buy a dragon horse, it means that we can give us a golden tortoise in a month. He sighed deeply, sighing endlessly.

I didn't ask to borrow money, why are you like this?Hua Qiangu suddenly remembered the saying of "husband and wife". When it comes to money, the two people who were originally irrelevant are like printed in a mold.It seems that there is a fate to meet thousands of miles away, not only the fate is at play, but also whether the family does not enter the house.

Hua Qiangu smiled and said:

"I really don't have turtle coins, but there are some gadgets. I don't know if there are any demons who know the goods in the Demon Refining Tower?"

Hua Qiangu slowly uncovered the bamboo basket, opened the box inexplicably given by the demon king, took out a string of twelve beaded bracelets, and placed it in front of the proprietress and Li Meng.

Millennium unicorn blood crystal!The proprietress's heartbeat quickened immediately, even one thousand-year-old unicorn blood crystal is rare and hard to find, not to mention twelve of them are completely alike, and their price is immeasurable.However, after all, the proprietress has been through the rivers and lakes for a long time, and she is quite calm. She just glanced at the man wearing the bracelet, which turned out to be a horned dragon tendon, and her eyelids twitched involuntarily.

Li Meng has lived in the Greedy Hall of Changliu for a long time, and he also has a little experience in appraising treasures. He picked up the bracelet, pointed it at the bright place of the candle, and rubbed it carefully in a circle: "Twelve unicorn blood crystals are at least six taels in weight. I saw some in Changliu Artifact Refining Pavilion a long time ago, the particles were smaller, the color was different, and it was not as bright red. One day, Ru Zun wanted to add a pendant to his flute, and the elder of Artifact Refining Pavilion insisted The pearl was cast secretly, and he refused to give it to him, so he reluctantly gave him three. Changliu Artifact Refining Pavilion has such a rich treasure that the elders can't bear to part with, lady, do you think it should be very valuable."

How can the gadgets that the demon king carries with him be ordinary?After hearing this, Hua Qiangu felt more at ease, "Sister-in-law, do you think these are enough to buy a dragon horse?"

Unexpectedly, the proprietress glanced at Hua Qiangu with a complicated expression, and said sadly:

"If the twelve thousand-year-old unicorn blood crystals appeared in the demon world, there would be a bloody storm. Not to mention a dragon horse, I am afraid that even a live dragon can be exchanged. No matter which big monster gets it, it will devour it without hesitation. Refining, improving the demon rank. Unfortunately, this is the demon refining tower, where the demon clan is imprisoned, unable to cultivate, let alone increase the demon rank. Although this string of bracelets is rare and rare, it can increase the demon power if worn for a long time, but it is far inferior to the dragon horse milk wine Its effect can be seen immediately, but it is a pity that it has a price but no market."

Hua Qiangu couldn't help frowning, scratching her head.She knew very little about Yaoxiu, and she could only see that this bracelet was extraordinary from the gift from the inexplicable senior, and she couldn't see the material of the other items.After hesitating for a moment, he simply slapped away a dozen or so simple and inconspicuous small ornaments on the table.

Sea King Jade, Nine-Headed Coral, Crystal Dragon Tooth... The proprietress's eyes became brighter and brighter, but her head was empty, dizzy for a while, and she picked out a piece of yellow and green amber from it devoutly, and held it to the tip of her nose After sniffing, the thick fingers trembled imperceptibly, and there was actually a tail feather of the divine bird peacock inside.

There are so many rare and rare treasures, and they are always displayed in front of them one by one. The proprietress couldn't help being heartbroken, and hated seeing each other late, and shouted angrily:

"Which god damn it, actually make it into jewelry and wear it, and bring it into the demon refining tower!"

If it was 500 years ago... let her meet any treasure... then she wouldn't be just a little demon and be caught in the demon refining tower.

Hua Qiangu suppressed the tension in his heart, pretending to be calm and asked: "Is this enough?"

The proprietress's rough and big hands stroked one by one with infinite tenderness, her breathing became more and more difficult, she raised her head to look at Hua Qiangu with an innocent face, she was immediately discouraged.It's really more popular than others, and the wealth of hundreds of years of hard work is not as good as the little girl casually took out a few gadgets, and said with infinite emotion:

"Digui City is too small, and it's a remote place. I'm eager to sell it at a high price. If I go to Luoma City, which is three hundred miles to the east, I might sell it at a high price. But it also depends on luck. A big customer who knows the goods is hard to come by. If there are swords and weapons, it will be easier for buyers to find them, after all, magic tricks cannot be performed in the Demon Refining Tower, and weapons are more practical than jewelry."

"Sword soldiers?"

Hua Qiangu rubbed her chest anxiously, in her bosom she still cherished the dagger given by this unknown senior, the black crystal iron was mixed with a sufficient amount of sky star sand, like flowers twining around, revealing a faint amber bewitching light, more The rare thing is that it can shrink freely, it is only the size of a palm in your arms, and it is as light as nothing.It must be Senior Inexplicable's beloved close-fitting sword, if not a last resort, Hua Qiangu would like to keep it for Zhuran.

Rolling his eyes, Hua Qiangu took a step back and said, "Otherwise, you don't need to buy the whole dragon horse, just rent it for a few days."

Li Meng quickly shook his head and said: "No, no, Qiangu, you need a guarantor for any rental, and the small business has small profits, so how can you afford a guarantor for renting a dragon horse? I think it's better to go to Luoma City together to have a look. There is a big bazaar, and there is no need to pay an entrance fee to enter and exit the city.”

"Huh, the entrance fee?" Hua Qiangu asked in surprise.

"Yes!" Li Meng replied naturally: "Every city has an entry fee, and you have to pay a turtle coin to enter the Turtle City. There are two worlds outside the city, Qiangu, you come to the Demon Refining Tower It’s not easy, it’s a worthwhile trip to see the bazaar in our tower.”

It seems that this trip is inevitable, and for the sake of long-term planning, it is also necessary to get acquainted with the local conditions and customs in the Demon Refining Tower.Hua Qiangu nodded, discussed for a whole night, finally came to a decision, each went to bed satisfied.The proprietress, Li Meng, and the two, turned around excitedly as soon as they returned to the room, spinning like a tortoise coin falling from the ceiling, and Hua Qiangu was the big golden tortoise that fell from the sky!There are so many precious treasures, not just one dragon horse, but five or six. If you are lucky, you may even be able to buy a first-generation sweat-blooded dragon horse.The most wonderful thing is that no matter how many dragon horses Hua Qiangu bought, she couldn't take them out of the Demon Refining Tower, so she had to leave them to take care of them in the end.From now on, the couple will be able to make a lot of money day by day just by selling Longma milk wine.

"Lady, after we get rich, let's get a guy to cook and stir-fry. You don't know, I'm most afraid of fire."

"You slacker, you took care of the buddy to cook, so what are you doing?"

"I can comb hair, plant flowers, wash clothes, and sweep the floor... My lady, you don't know. Before Hua Qiangu entered the Palace of Unrequited Love, I served His Majesty."

"Damn ghost, tell me honestly, did you go to Mo Yan to sue Hua Qiangu out of jealousy? Jealous of her being favored?"

"Oh……"

"Oh what? Say it!"

"Miss, to be honest, don't hit me, it's... a little..."

"You bastard!"

"Miss, you agreed not to hit me!"

"Shut up and sleep!"