My Journey to the West on the Heavenly Road

Chapter 17 New Ten Herbs
"Get out of the way, don't look at it, be careful that the monster will go crazy and eat you!"

As soon as Zheng Bowei and others passed the suspension bridge, a team of officials rushed quickly from the city, waving sticks, and threatening to disperse the crowd of onlookers.

Then his complexion changed, he approached Zheng Bowei with a shy smile, and flattered him: "Master Zheng, you are here!"

"You don't know, the big households in the city are about to knock down the gates of the county government, and the hair of the old men is all gray."

Zheng Bowei waved his hand to stop the chattering of the leading official, and pointed at the white sheep behind him: "You monsters, I, Mr. Zheng, are not at ease. Did you see that sheep monster, who made a big fuss in Beiyang Mountain Mansion last night?"

The little official's eyes widened immediately, and then he returned to his flattering smile: "Oh, such a powerful monster was easily taken down by Mr. Zheng, no wonder the masters keep talking about you."

Zheng Bowei was amused, nodded to the little official in front of him, and scolded with a smile: "You are a big guy, you really live up to your reputation."

"Stop flattering, lead the way, and get rid of your monsters. Zheng has to go and send the sheep monster to the mountain god."

Soon, the delighted officials led Zheng Bowei and others into the city and headed for the county government.

Jiang Yuan, who was hiding in the crowd, realized at this moment that Zheng Bowei's goal was not him.

However, the goat demon must be on the blacklist of Beiyang Mountain God.

Now that Zheng Bowei got his hands, if he didn't hurry to find the mountain god to ask for credit, why would he carry it all the way and come here to cast down some evildoers.

Could it be that this evildoer has committed a greater evil than stealing pills from the mountain mansion?

Curious, Jiang Yuan walked towards the reward notice for catching monsters posted at the gate of the city.

With a glance, Jiang Yuan was delighted, and called out to be a tour officer.

That's not right, as a tour officer, it is indeed his duty to communicate between the divine way and the secular world, and to hunt down demons and subdue demons.

However, the evil spirits that caused disturbances in the mountain mansion and the evil spirits that disrupted the talisman conferring ceremony were ignored. Instead, they ran all the way here to catch an unknown evildoer who was thieving.

Is that good?
But it fits well, Jiang Yuan's philistine impression of Zheng Bowei.

It turned out that a monster appeared in Gucheng recently, who not only stole the treasury officials' money, but also emptied the money cellars of the rich families and wealthy merchants in the city.

The county magistrate, county lieutenant, and county magistrate, together with the big households in the city, offered rewards, with thousands of gold as rewards, to recruit mages to catch evildoers.

Jiang Yuan felt that the reason why the officials in Gucheng kept inviting Zheng Bowei was because the so-called evildoers only robbed big families.

If the people who stole were all ordinary people, those lords would not be so eager.

And Zheng Bowei's coming here is definitely not for the mere reward of a thousand gold, there must be other things.

Jiang Yuan calls it "guanxi".

He finally understood why Zheng Bowei, who was just a mere tour officer of Beiyang Mountain, was able to send people into the Dongyue Taishan Divine Mansion.

Jiang Yuan shook his head and smiled, that's good, he can breathe a sigh of relief.

"But Gucheng can't stay for long, let's leave as soon as possible."

Why not leave immediately, because he has something to do.

After entering the city, Jiang Yuan stopped a passerby and asked, "My friend, how do I get to the Town God's Temple?"

Then follow the pointed path and go straight to the street in front of the Town God's Temple.

I saw believers coming in and out of the temple, and the street in front of the temple was full of people, and it was very lively.

This is a temple full of incense, and above it, there must be an auspicious cloud of incense air.

Jiang Yuan stopped at the entrance of the street, his eyes swept across the crowd, and he suddenly moved towards a hidden alley.

"Please, woo woo, my mother is sick, I'm going to the temple to pray for her, please leave me some incense money."

"Your old lady is sick, what are you doing to us, pay for it!"

In the alley, a few men with fierce faces surrounded a young man who looked like a scholar.

The scholar lay on the ground, howling and begging, while the men kicked and beat him, while robbing the scholar of his belongings.

Jiang Yuan quietly stepped forward, grabbed the back of a thief's head, and slammed it against the brick wall, causing blood to splash all over the place.

"who?"

When a thief turned his head, Jiang Yuan swung his fist and broke the bridge of his nose, and then hit his temple with an elbow, and the man fell straight down.

There were five thieves in total, and they lay down one by one without even seeing who was coming.

As for the scholar, he only saw the figure of Orion wearing a straw hat appear and leave, and then the villain fainted, and his wallet fell in front of his eyes.

Jiang Yuan took the looted money and walked into a wine house in Temple Street.

"Boss, bring a jug of wine and some food."

After eating and drinking enough, Jiang Yuan went to the front desk to pay the bill, and asked casually, "Is there any horse seller in the city?"

This wine house is not big, it is run by father and son.

The old father was in charge of collecting the bill, took the money for the wine from Jiang Yuan, and replied with a smile: "If you buy a horse, there is no such thing in Gucheng, a small county in our county. If you buy a cart, how many horses are there at Xijiekou today?" The poor horse is for sale."

"Thank you for letting me know."

Jiang Yuan suddenly put the basket on the counter, and handed over some copper coins: "Boss, I'll go and see the poor horse, can I store the things with you temporarily?"

The old man repeatedly pushed away the copper coins, carried the basket under the counter, and said with a smile, "You can come and pick it up anytime before the curfew."

"Thank you."

Jiang Yuan cupped his hands, turned and walked out of the wine house.

The old man's son heard the whole process from the side. After packing up the jug and dishes, he looked into the basket with his head.

Snapped!
The old man slapped his son away: "What are you looking at, go do your job."

"It's just a hunter, what good things can there be?"

The young man curled his lips and went to refill the wine.

Jiang Yuan stayed away from Chenghuangmiao Street, and suddenly felt relieved.

"Finally out of the sight of that old monkey."

That's right, Jiang Yuan was avoiding the old monkey.

For this reason, he deliberately put the basket in the wine house next to the Chenghuang Temple, and asked the Chenghuang to monitor the old monkey for him.

Jiang Yuan kept saying that he and the old monkey should trust each other and be honest with each other, which seemed a bit hypocritical.

But Jiang Yuan always remembered that he was in a weak position, while Lao Hou was in a strong position.

The weak cannot naively hope for the self-awareness of the strong.

He was just thinking carefully and doing a private matter, not trying to plot against the old monkey.

Jiang Yuan turned left and right, quickly left the crowd, and got into a remote and dilapidated alley.

When there were no other people around, Jiang Yuan took Fang Ding out of the sandbag.

"Zhenqing Xunxuan"

As soon as the mantra came out, the five-color brilliance gushed out from the tripod and drowned it.

In the splendid brilliance, the moiré patterns of mountains, rivers, flowers and birds on the body of the tripod quickly disappeared, revealing reliefs on all sides.

It's still ten types of vegetation diagrams!

Jiang Yuan exhaled, he had vaguely guessed that it would be this kind of change before, but now it is true.

From this, Jiang Yuan also deduced Fang Ding's "mechanism".

Collect the ten herbs that appear on the tripod, and you can get a great pill, and use the corresponding ten herbs to arrange the formation.

And after the current ten herbs are collected, new ten herbs will appear.

So, how many rounds will there be?

Jiang Yuan guessed that it should be ten times.

Among the ten new herbs that appeared this time, the seven herbs that represent "zuo" and "shi" are all common ancient herbs.

As for the two herbs representing "Chen", one of them is Ganoderma lucidum.

But looking at the rising auspicious clouds appearing on the mushroom cap, one can tell that it is definitely not an ordinary Ganoderma lucidum, but a spirit herb.

Needless to say, the one representing "jun" is undoubtedly the spirit grass.

This is a spiritual creature shaped like ears of wheat, surrounded by nine kinds of auspicious birds and sparrows, opening their mouths and singing, as if singing praises to the spiritual creature.

Jiang Yuan suddenly remembered an ancient book that he had studied, and there was a kind of spiritual herb recorded in it, which seemed to be very similar to this one.

Jiu Sui He!
According to legend, Emperor Yan Shennong taught the people to cultivate five grains, and the holy virtue touched the heavens. A red sparrow came with nine ears of grain. Emperor Yan planted it and cultivated the elixir.

"Immortal medicine?!"

Jiang Yuan's heart was beating wildly, and after he calmed down quickly, he found it impossible.

According to his speculation, there will be ten rounds in total, and this is only the second round, so it won't be a direct step to the elixir.

This Jiusuihe should only be a special kind of spiritual creature.

Jiang Yuan also thought that the first ten herbs only needed one kind of spiritual herb, but now the second time needs two kinds, and the "Jun" medicine has also become a special spiritual thing.

Based on this, it can be speculated that three kinds of spiritual herbs will be needed next time, and the "Jun" medicine will be more special.

Jiang Yuan was startled: If things go on like this, I'm afraid we will need fairy grass in the future!
But after thinking about it, the spiritual objects needed are special, but the pills and formations given will also be stronger.

Jiang Yuan looked forward again.

back to the front.

Ganoderma lucidum and Jiusuihe need a long-term plan, but the remaining eight ancient herbs can be prepared.

"Zhenqing Xunxuan"

Jiang Yuan wrote down the appearance of the herbal medicine, chanted the magic spell to change Fang Ding back to its normal form, left the remote alley, and went straight to the medicine shop.

"Guest, what kind of medicine do you want to take, do you have a prescription?"

"Bring the paper. I need these kinds of herbs. Do you have any?"

Jiang Yuan lay on the counter of the pharmacy, and quickly outlined eight kinds of herbs.

The pharmacy clerk looked at him twice, his eyes were blank, and he hurried to invite the old master.

The old master came, took the completed portrait, frowned quickly, and started pulling his beard non-stop.

"May I ask, what kind of medicine do you want to dispense?"

After a while, the master raised his head and asked while pinching his forehead.

"I make alchemy."

Jiang Yuan replied three words.

(End of this chapter)