The days when I opened a tavern in Zongwu

Chapter 108 Smoke stains dust and frost

The true energy circulates, and Yao Yue's figure flies quickly like a charm.

Along the way, the withered yellow weeds that were nearly as tall as a person were quickly crushed into powder when they came into contact with the cold energy around Yao Yue.

As he moved all the way, he actually found a path that was not there before.

Seeing Yao Yue leaving, Li Changqing and others followed closely.

When they chased Yao Yue into the wild grass, their eyes immediately focused on the figure five steps away.

This man was about sixty years old, with thin and small eyes. He has white hair, a stooped body, and is five feet long.

But this person's face was green with black, and his lips were bright red, as if they had been stained by blood.

In the sight of Huang Rong and others, he was crying and wailing while constantly rolling in the haystack, overwhelming the withered grass around him.

However, the little old man's body seemed to have no bones, and coupled with the green tights, he looked very similar to the green snake that attacked them before.

Looking at this little old man, Huang Rong said in astonishment: "Is this the Lord Jade Snake?"

Yao Yue nodded and said, "Not bad!"

After confirming the identity of this person, Huang Rong asked puzzledly: "But this green snake god is hiding in the grass. How could Sister Yue and Sister Xuemei not find it before?"

The western suburbs of the city are not a crowded and noisy place like Hanshan City.

The Jade Snake Lord was only at the early stage of the Grand Master Realm. With the strength of Yao Yue and Huang Xuemei, the two women would be able to detect the Jade Snake Lord immediately even if he came within a hundred feet of Yao Yue and Huang Xuemei.

Why are they only about ten feet apart, and neither of them can sense the presence of the Green Snake Lord?

Faced with Huang Rong's question, Yao Yue said coldly: "He has practiced a unique martial arts, which is able to block the fluctuations of his own energy. When he moves, he can move as dexterously as a snake without making any sound. If he has the intention to hide it, , even we can hardly detect it.”

"If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have survived to this day in the face of the pursuit from Yihua Palace."

Listening to what Yao Yue said, Huang Rong couldn't help but become more interested: "This martial arts is really strange."

Just looking at the green tights on the Lord Jade Snake God, Huang Rong's interest disappeared instantly.

If according to what Yao Yue said, if he wanted to move without making any noise, he would probably have to wear this unique green tights.

But looking at the unflattering look of Lord Jade Snake in this tight-fitting garment, it was hard for Huang Rong to feel any more interested.

Huang Xuemei glanced at the green snake god who was writhing in pain on the ground and was facing Li Changqing.

"You were just waiting for the poison to appear on him?"

Li Changqing nodded.

Huang Rong asked: "This guy has been hiding in the dark. How did you poison him?"

Li Changqing picked up the wooden stick in his hand and waved it gently:

"Poison is called Yanchenchenshuang. It is originally a medicinal powder. It can be mixed with a warrior's internal power or true energy to turn into poisonous smoke. It is colorless but has a sweet fragrance."

"Before, I mixed the poison into the energy and swung it along to leave it on the weeds. However, due to the range problem, the poison will not be too strong, but if you follow it all the way, it will be enough."

Huang Rong approached the stick and looked at it curiously, then sniffed it gently. Sure enough, she smelled a faint sweet smell from the stick.

After learning about Li Changqing's poisoning method and the time of poisoning, several people couldn't help but take a deep look at Li Changqing, with surprise flashing through their hearts.

Huang Xuemei asked curiously: "How do you know that this green snake god is hiding in the dark?"

Li Changqing raised his finger and pointed at Yao Yue, and said, "Didn't Miss Yue and Miss Lianxing introduce this person to the Lord Jade Snake a few days ago after they failed to capture the Lord Jade Snake?"

"Even when arranging a meeting with the traitor in Yihua Palace, he would not do it himself but arrange for his subordinates. This is evident from the carefulness of the Lord Jade Snake."

"But the more cunning a person is, the less likely they are to trust others easily."

"Since the Jade Snake God is named after the Jade Snake, he has also prepared something like Jade Scale Corpse Powder that can complement the Jade Lin Snake. It can be said that the Jade Lin Snake can be regarded as the unique method of the Jade Snake God."

"For people like the Twelve Stars who keep their heads in their belts, it is impossible to teach others how to look after the house and eat, otherwise it will bring disaster to themselves."

"I also said before that the Jade Lin Snake tracks the scent of the Jade Scale Corpse Powder, but the range is only one mile."

Having said this, how could a few people not understand how Li Changqing could tell that the Jade Snake Lord was around?

Huang Rong followed Li Changqing's words and said: "So if there are just people following us out of Hanshan City, the person following us may not be Lord Jade Snake, or he may be a subordinate of Lord Jade Snake."

"But the presence of the Jade Lin Snake around here means that the Jade Snake God Lord will definitely be nearby."

After finishing speaking, Huang Rong muttered: "No wonder you just said that you wanted to pretend to be poisoned at first, but after you found the Jade Lin Snake, you turned around and poisoned the old man selling citrus. He had already guessed that the Jade Snake God was nearby. "

Li Changqing said quietly: "This is to lure the snake out of the hole. Since this snake took such an initiative and was directly lured out, why bother?"

After understanding the cause and effect, Huang Rong's eyes changed slightly when she looked at Li Changqing.

Especially Huang Rong, she originally thought that even though Li Changqing was such an adult, it was childish to play with a wooden stick and hit weeds.

I never thought that Li Changqing would be digging holes for others so early.

Not only Huang Rong, but also Yao Yue and Huang Xuemei were also a little surprised.

Apart from being surprised at Li Changqing's magical way of using poison, what was more important was Li Changqing's thoughts.

Frankly speaking, even if they were put into Li Changqing's position, they might not be able to think as fast as Li Changqing when faced with the things just now.

After withdrawing her thoughts from Li Changqing, Huang Rong looked at the Jade Snake Lord on the ground again.

"But this guy is really careful in his actions. He is clearly in the early stage of the Grandmaster realm. He didn't show up to deal with the two of us. Instead, he arranged for someone to secretly poison us and carry out a sneak attack."

Li Changqing said softly: "So, you must be careful when you go out. People in the early stage of the Grandmaster Realm are so stable. Why do you, a guy who has just entered the Innate Realm, be so unscrupulous?"

Speaking of which, with Huang Rong's temperament, she was able to sneak away from the Song Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty safely, which was really a smoke coming out of her ancestral grave.

Based on Nizi's previous behavior style, whenever she meets someone with strong strength or insidious methods, the grass will probably appear on the grave now.

Being educated out of nowhere, Huang Rong's face stiffened, and she replied angrily: "I know!"

Then, Li Changqing reached into his arms and took out a pill and handed it to Yao Yue.

"This is the antidote to Yan Ranchenshuang. If you want to kill this guy or keep him, it's up to you."

However, when he said these words, Li Changqing mobilized his inner power to convey his voice and said in ecstasy: "The antidote is fake."

Listening to Li Changqing's voice transmission, Yao Yue glanced at Li Changqing and suddenly understood.

Then he chuckled in his heart.

"This guy has a lot of bad water in his stomach."

With this thought in mind, Yao Yue gave Li Changqing a knowing look.

In response, Li Changqing said: "Then Miss Yue, you can handle it yourself, and we will go back first."

After saying that, Li Changqing signaled to Huang Rong and Huang Xuemei and then walked towards Hanshan City.

The pace is still as casual as before, as if he was really going out for an outing.

However, Yaoyue's eyes narrowed instantly after watching Li Changqing split the remaining half of the peeled tangerine into two and handed them to Huang Rong and Huang Xuemei respectively while walking.

When he turned his head to look at the Jade Snake Lord on the ground, his face was already as cold as frost.

I don't know if it was because I was frightened by Yao Yue's cold eyes at this time, or because I was slightly used to the heart-wrenching pain that came from my body after being poisoned, but the screams of the Green Snake Lord on the ground were slightly quieter.

But at this moment, the cold sound that seemed to be able to freeze a person's blood slowly sounded.

"Just forget all the old and new grudges."

Lord Jade Snake: "New revenge? What new revenge? I haven't done anything these days?"

However, before the Lord Jade Snake could think about it, as Yao Yue flicked her fingers, a burst of energy instantly fell on the left leg bone of the Lord Jade Snake.

At the same time, a clear sound of bone cracking came from the leg of the Lord Jade Snake.

The intense pain caused the Lord Jade Snake to let out another scream.

Not far away, hearing the cry of the Lord Jade Snake coming from behind her again, Huang Rong first turned her head and glanced back, then muttered: "It took me so long to get out the Lord Jade Snake, but at the critical moment I have to... Walk."

Li Changqing glanced at Huang Rong and said, "If you want, you can go back and take a look now. It's not far anyway." Hearing this, Huang Rong curled her lips and said, "Forget it."

Lord Jade Snake also involves the issue of a traitor in Yihua Palace. Now that Lord Jade Snake has been caught, as the master of Yihua Palace, how can Yao Yue not force the news out?

When it came to the secrets of Yihua Palace, Huang Rong ran to the side to listen alone, just looking for a fight.

After walking for a while, Huang Rong looked at the wooden stick still in Li Changqing's hand and asked, "Why are you still holding this stick?"

Li Changqing said softly: "I think it's very easy to use. Let's take it home as a souvenir."

"commemorate?"

Listening to Li Changqing's reply, Huang Rong looked disdainful at first.

Then, as if she thought of something, Huang Rong suddenly looked at Li Changqing suspiciously and said, "You don't want to use this stick on me, do you?"

"Huh? This suggestion seems to be not bad."

As he spoke, Li Changqing glanced at Huang Rong's body, and then waved the wooden stick gently, as if he was choosing a place to strike.

Seeing this scene, Huang Rong immediately showed her fangs.

"Bite you!"

After solving a potential threat, Li Changqing felt relieved at this time, and Huang Rong did not need anyone to accompany her when she went shopping for groceries.

On the way back to Hanshan City, Li Changqing used medicine to remove the disguises of himself and Huang Rong.

At this time, the tavern was already open for business. After Huang Xuemei and Huang Rong entered the tavern, Li Changqing walked slowly through the door.

Until you enter the blacksmith shop in the west of the city.

Seeing Li Changqing, Blacksmith Wang from the blacksmith shop also came up to him immediately.

"Master Li."

Facing Blacksmith Wang's greeting, Li Changqing politely said: "I wonder if the sword I ordered before the second half of the month has been finished by Shopkeeper Wang?"

Because of the rampant warriors, the Ming Dynasty in this world did not strictly control the exposure of iron ore like the Ming Dynasty in the previous history.

However, the iron ore purchased by the blacksmith shop every month still needs to be reported.

In order to prevent someone from secretly manufacturing a large number of weapons for rebellion.

Even the sale of weapons such as blacksmithing and making swords must go through special channels, or some Jianghu forces must go to the imperial court to go through certain procedures.

However, the mountains here in Hanshan City are high and the emperor is far away, so there is not so much emphasis on it.

As for the hard work of forging iron to make weapons, few gangs in the city want to endure such hardship.

As a result, over the past hundred years in Hanshan City, most of the blacksmiths were ancestral.

The craftsmanship may be a little worse than outside, but it's still adequate.

It's better than using a stick to cut people.

After all, Li Changqing has not yet reached the level where he is not limited to things and can turn wooden sticks into soldiers.

Therefore, half a month ago, Li Changqing took the time to come to this blacksmith shop to customize several long swords.

Hearing this, Blacksmith Wang said with a smile: "Master Li paid the deposit on the spot after talking about making the sword. How dare I delay it? Master, wait a moment, I will take out the sword for you now."

"Excuse me, Shopkeeper Wang."

"You're welcome, you should, you should."

As Blacksmith Wang entered the shop, Li Changqing's eyes swept over the knife embryos and sword embryos at the door.

Previously, Li Changqing only mastered the "Sword Drawing Technique" and Sword Intent, so what he came here to customize were just a few long swords.

Now that he has mastered the perfect level of sword intention and martial arts such as "Abi Dao Three Swords", sword skills have become Li Changqing's current strength.

Therefore, Li Changqing couldn't help but look at the long knives and knife embryos that had just been forged on the blacksmithing table with interest.

After a short while, after a brief glance, Li Changqing picked up a knife from the blacksmithing table.

The knife is a Yanling knife with a relatively straight blade and a slightly upward arc-shaped tip. It is about three feet long and has many edges from the tip to the back of the knife, which is two inches and seven minutes to four inches and eight minutes away.

The blade is made of fine iron and is roughly the same length as a long sword.

After flicking it lightly, the knife made a crisp sound.

Chefs also use knives, and even chefs have quite high requirements for knives.

After all, the types of knives used by chefs include "slicing knives, mulberry knives, civil and military knives, peeling knives, peeling knives, bone chopping knives, deboning knives, pork knives, roasting knives, carving knives, and Jiujiang knives" 11 Knives.

If the knife is broken and the bones break when you cut it, how can you still cook?

Some skilled chefs even use knives that are forged under their own supervision.

Therefore, Li Changqing's cooking skills also include some forging skills.

Even if you don't know how to forge it yourself, you can still tell whether a weapon is good or bad.

And listening to the sound coming from the sword, Li Changqing smashed his mouth.

"The number of forgings is less, there are problems with quenching, and it lacks flexibility. It can only be regarded as average."

Then, Li Changqing held the handle of the knife slightly horizontally, turned the blade toward himself, and examined the lines on the blade.

But just as he glanced at the blade, which was as bright as a mirror, Li Changqing suddenly saw a vendor selling candied haws at the door of the Tieniu Beef Noodles shop behind him, staring motionlessly at him.

Looking at the reflection in the mirror, Li Changqing raised his eyebrows slightly.

The thoughts in my mind were spinning rapidly.

The first thing that comes to mind is the Lord Jade Snake.

But the next second, this idea was rejected again.

Since the Lord Jade Snake is already outside the city, it is impossible for the Lord Jade Snake to arrange anyone else.

And the other people in the twelve horoscopes are not very likely.

Hanshan City is so big. The more people sneak into Hanshan City, the easier it is to be discovered.

The technique practiced by the Lord Jade Snake is unique, and it can cover up his own cultivation. Only by acting carefully can he avoid being discovered by Yihua Palace.

Adding another person with the twelve zodiac signs is not only unnecessary, but will also bear greater risks.

"In that case, the Qingyi Building?"

Li Changqing has no other enemies in Hanshan City.

Not to mention that Lian Xing also took charge of the Iron Fist Sect and the Evergreen Gang after he eliminated the Zhongyi Gang in Hanshan City.

In addition, Li Changqing also has some connections with the county government.

It can be said that no one in Hanshan City will be targeting Li Changqing.

Naturally, the only ones who can target Li Changqing are external forces.

As his thoughts flowed, the Yan Ling Dao in Li Changqing's hand did not fall.

Instead, after Blacksmith Wang came out with the beaten sword, he asked Blacksmith Wang to buy the Yanling sword with a scabbard.

After paying the money and saying polite words to Blacksmith Wang, Li Changqing left holding the wooden box containing the sword.

But while walking, Li Changqing did not return to the tavern.

But when he was about to walk out of the corner, he turned around and entered an alley.

ps: Hey! I owe another word count. The author stayed up late tonight to catch up, saying that he would have to replace the word count tomorrow. Today he owed another 600 words. Together with the previous 600 words, he owed a total of 1,200 words!

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