[Comprehensive] Famous Jianghu

New Year's Eve is still a guest, and this year's footsteps are non-stop.

A few months have passed in the blink of an eye, and it is the Spring Festival of the year again.

Before that, I found the stone chamber at the bottom of the cliff in Wuliang Mountain. The medical books of the Xiaoyao School contained many rare herbs and strange prescriptions for curing diseases.There are several references to the poison mutations in the Western Regions, and there are cases similar to the poison Lou Ke suffered from.

Since Lou Jingmo robbed Ouyang Feng of a batch of rare flowers and plants, he has been experimenting with them one after another.Although a lot of strange medicines have been developed from them, the solutions for treating the mutated toxins in Lou Ke's body are always lacking, and the difference between poisons and medicines is thousands of miles away.

The discovery of the medical books at the bottom of Wuliang Mountain was a surprise.The doctor mentioned that if the patient wants to be cured without sequelae, it is best to use the immortal Changchun inner power supplemented by a variety of rare herbal medicines.

It also mentions that Xu Zhu went to the South China Sea to find out the origin of Xiaoyao School, some of the martial arts taught by Xiaoyaozi are more like fairy arts.The Immortal Changchun Kung Fu has been lost, and it is said that the Kung Fu was adapted from the fragments of "The Secret of Longevity".

It is difficult to verify the matter about martial arts, but the medical records at least record where to find the medicinal materials for curing diseases - there are drawings for reference, and those medicinal plants are distributed in the sparsely populated areas from the junction of Yunnan and Tibet to Tianzhu, Myanmar.

Therefore, Lou Jingmo embarked on the road of searching for medicinal materials. This trip is accompanied by Huang Yaoshi, who is also a researcher of medicine, and the mountains and fields can also help each other.

The two climbed over the mountains and entered Gaoligong Mountain in the new year of the first lunar month.This section of the mountain range is steep and dangerous, because the complex terrain of the alpine valley is "one mountain is divided into four seasons, and ten miles are different in the sky", so you can see waterfalls in the front and volcanic hot springs in the back. distributed among them.

"According to the Orion I met before, his father picked this kind of strong rainbow flower decades ago near the Jinshi Cave at the bottom of the valley. The area with higher geothermal heat is where the hot springs are located."

Huang Yaoshi drew a few sketches on the ground with the branches, outlining the way forward concisely. "However, the people of Duowa Village near Jinshidong are tough and don't like outsiders approaching. In recent years, few hunters have gone hunting in the valley, and we know very little about the specific situation in the valley. When we go into the valley to find Liehonghua, we must do well with them. Prepare for conflict."

The road of collecting herbs for several months has not been peaceful. Wild animals in the mountains and the harsh environment have long been unavoidable. Fortunately, the two have rich experience in wild survival and are fully prepared. However, conflicts with locals in the deep mountains and old forests are sometimes unavoidable.

Even though the two are strong in martial arts, they still have to work hard to get out of the crowd when they meet a group of locals who know their surroundings well.

Lou Jingmo is proficient in several languages, but the dialect in the deep mountains is difficult to understand. In most cases, he cannot communicate with the xenophobic locals to solve problems. "The detoxification pills and powders are all complete. We try not to disturb the people in Duowa village. We will go to the next target when we find Lie Honghua."

That being the case, they climbed down the mountain.

The scene in the valley made the two of them a little stunned.Looking from a distance, there are rows of cottages with thatched eaves and low eaves. On the side, there are peach red with rain, and willow green with morning smoke. You can also see two or three children playing in the fields. It is a peaceful and rural scenery.

At first glance, it is impossible to know where the Golden Stone Cave mentioned in the book is.

The two discussed whether to go to the village, and saw an old man in front of the village greeted him with a peaceful smile.

"Are you two from the Middle Earth? My surname is Dao, and I haven't seen anyone from outside for many years."

The old man Dao introduced himself as one of the elders of Tingxi Village. Although his Chinese is not standard, it can be understood.Regarding Lou Jingmo's question about Duowa Village, he bluntly said that the village had been destroyed more than ten years ago. "The gang in Duowa Village acted viciously. They were the ones who robbed our village of land. We successfully expelled them more than ten years ago."

Such a scene was really unexpected.

The old man Dao also said that the ancestors of Tingxi Village made their living as merchants on the ancient tea-horse road for generations, but it was a pity that the people in the village were scattered because of the seizure of land by the Duowa village decades ago.Even though the villagers are now reunited to live at the bottom of the valley, there is no way to continue the broken business.The people in the village have always hoped to get in touch with the Chinese people outside and gradually open up the old trade routes again.

Lou Jingmo came to the southwestern border firstly to find herbs, and secondly to open up trade routes to Tianzhu and Persia in the west, and now he encountered such a good thing that he dozed off and gave away pillows.

Excessive coincidence inevitably reveals a hint of conspiracy.

Lou Jingmo didn't talk about business at all, but just asked the old man who tried his sword to find out where Lie Honghua was.

"We were entrusted to search for medicine in the valley. I heard that there are hot springs in the geothermal area at the bottom of the valley, and a strange plant with petals resembling fire and rainbows appeared in the Jinshi Cave near the hot springs. I don't know if the old man knows a thing or two?"

"It turns out that the two of you want to find herbs near the hot spring cave. Look south, there is a forest in the distance, and there is indeed a large cave that goes deep into the ground behind it. That should be the golden cave you mentioned. As for geothermal spa……"

The old man Dao smiled and stretched out his hand and pointed around, "The area around Tingxi Village is located on the hot spring, and many people have dug out the spring. Of course, there are hot springs in the caves in the forest, but because of the complicated terrain , people in the village hardly enter the cave.”

The old man Dao said and looked towards the westward sun. The children playing in the fields came home for dinner one after another. He also politely invited the two of them to stay overnight. "The two of you must have come to Tingxi Village after a long journey. My house has a lot of vacancies. If you don't mind, why don't you rest for a night, soak in the hot spring to relieve fatigue, and wait for tomorrow to go to the forest to find a cave. This will tell me about the outside by the way. How's the situation, you say it's so good?"

Both Lou Jingmo and Huang Yaoshi agreed to Old Man Dao's gracious invitation.

The pair didn't deny that the dinner was the best they've had in months.Mr. Dao’s family members can speak some Chinese, and their curiosity about the outside world can be heard in their conversations. They also hope to reproduce the convenience and prosperity that the ancient tea-horse road brought to Tingxi Village as soon as possible.

Just as Dao Lao said, the villages at the bottom of the valley were built on the hot spring belt, and many people built their own springs.There is no shortage of land in the mountains, and every household can build a hot spring soup backyard, and build several small courtyards so that everyone in the family can bathe as they like.

That night, Lou Jingmo and Huang Yaoshi ate delicious food, chatted with everyone from the Dao family for half an hour, and then took a comfortable soak in the hot spring.This kind of life can be said to be a rare relaxation and enjoyment in mountain forest adventure.

Before you know it, the night is deep, and the half-window mountain is white.

Lou Jingmo was leaning against the window in plain clothes, with his long dry hair casually tucked over his shoulders.She also hopes to hear that Xicun Nengcun is only quiet and distant as its name suggests, but she already feels that there is a danger lurking behind the peace tonight.The old man Dao's desire to reopen the business is true, and the Dao family's goodwill towards outsiders is true, so what is hidden behind Tingxi Village?

'Knock-knock--' There is a knock on the door, and one can tell by the footsteps that it is Huang Yaoshi who is coming.

"Come in, the door is unlocked." Lou Jingmo didn't bother to pretend to be polite and got up to greet him, he just raised his chin to signal Huang Yaoshi to sit down casually, "It's getting late, it looks like you couldn't sleep and went out for a walk , what did you find?"

Huang Yaoshi looked at the person by the window who was half leaning and half leaning, and the two words "the blue cream is new, the cloud is slippery, the plain clothes still bring the moonlight" suddenly appeared in his mind, and he forgot what he wanted to say before entering the door.

"Brother Huang?" Lou Jingmo waved his hand suspiciously, "Could it be that you didn't find anything and came to sit here with depression?"

Huang Yaoshi coughed lightly, slightly avoiding Lou Jingmo's gaze, "Of course I found out. I wandered around the village for a while and heard a few conversations. The old man Dao didn't lie. Generally, there are no villagers in the caves in the woods behind the village." Go, because they are near the cave and their time of death is not far."

It turned out that the old man Dao also stayed up late at night, and went out to the other side of the village to talk to someone.The conversation between the two old men was veiled, but it could be heard that they were very concerned about a certain person or a few people living in the cave.

The existence in the cave is bound to be full of martial arts. It has even killed the villagers of Tingxi Village, and the village needs regular tributes and sacrifices from living people.

"Old man Dao left us here. Ninety percent of the time he wanted to borrow a knife to kill people. Before listening to their conversation, he got the news that outsiders would enter the mountain recently. As for whether Duowa Village was taken away by Tingxi Village more than ten years ago, or was it in the cave? It’s hard to say that people were killed.”

Huang Yaoshi had already taken a step into the forest, "I'm not close to Jinshi Cave, just judging from the distribution of trees outside the cave, it's obviously a labyrinth. The cave must have been remodeled, and it's very likely that there are many traps. Are you sure?" Do you want to enter the cave tomorrow?"

Lou Jingmo lazily picked up a strand of long hair and nodded indifferently. No matter what, she couldn't pass by when she got there.

"The strange poison in my body has been determined to come from the Western Regions, and the medical books of the Xiaoyao School have records of similar pulse conditions, and it is also recorded that detoxifying plants can be found in Yunnan and Tibet. I have long suspected that the red flame-like mutant fever The poison is more or less related to the former Xiaoyao Sect, maybe it came from an opponent of its sect, or maybe it was the product of a certain branch of its sect. Maybe that is the origin of the cave people."

"As for Tingxi Village's earlier news that outsiders will come, it may have something to do with the connection between the people in the cave and the outside world. Or he got wind of it and paid attention early."

Lou Jingmo said and tapped on the window sill with his fingers.I could have thought that she would come to the Southwest in advance, and she might have something to do with the Southwest, and she is a person who makes poison and knows a lot about the distribution of rare and rare herbs. Maybe she has an old story with the Xiaoyao Sect branch. , after much deliberation, there is only Ouyang Feng from White Camel Villa.

Ouyang Zheng also revealed that Ouyang Feng learned how to drive snakes from Yunnan to Tibet.Now, Ouyang Feng lacks the skills to separate himself and will not easily leave the desert of the Western Regions, but he can definitely contact others to do something.

"No matter what's going on in the cave, you can only know when you walk through it. Good luck and bad fortune accompany each other. Brother Huang, do you want to pass through and not enter?"

"If you dare to go, I would be afraid. Have a good rest tonight, and go find out tomorrow."

After Huang Yaoshi finished speaking, he got up and went out. Just as he was about to close the door, he turned around and said, "After all, it's still January, and the mountain wind is cold at night. Remember to close the window and sleep."

There is a kind of cold, that is, you think I am cold.

Lou Jingmo shook his head with a smile.The climate in the valley has obviously entered spring, and the surroundings will be surrounded by peach blossoms and willows, but she still closed the windows graciously, and there is no need to argue with someone over trivial matters.

Sleep well tonight, just wait until tomorrow to break into Jinshi Cave.