The donkey cart was heading west, with the clatter of hooves and the rumble of wheels. When the wind blew, it already brought a chill.
It was late autumn, and fallen leaves were swirling in the air and falling on the roof of the car, accumulating a thin layer.
Liu Xiaolou sat in the carriage and took stock of his wealth. He calculated what he carried with him and what he had hidden in Wulong Mountain's tunnel secret cave. There were a total of forty-eight spiritual stones left. Over the past six months, twenty-four spiritual stones had been consumed, and they were basically used for hunting. After using Meridians, a total of twenty acupoints of Foot Shaoyang Meridian were opened. If you add the five spiritual stones Luofu Sect Zhao Ruyu gave you, it is equivalent to one and a half spiritual stones opening one acupoint.
There are twelve acupoints left in Foot Shaoyang Meridian, most of which are small acupuncture points. Only Guangming, Qiuxu and Foot Qiaoyin point are large acupuncture points that need to be charged into the true energy acupoint pool. After all, it will cost about thirty spiritual stones to open up the entire Foot Shaoyang Meridian, so that you can advance to Qi Refining Level 7.
There are only eighteen spiritual stones left.
There are still more than three months left in the one-year contract reached with Steward Song. If you want to go to Shenwu Mountain to talk about redeeming Susu's life, you have to find at least 82 spiritual stones to be qualified. Putting aside whether Su Jiatong disagrees, this is the basic condition for the negotiation. How can you get so many spiritual stones?
When I think about this problem, I feel a little overwhelmed.
I wonder what level of cultivation level Susu is now with Fifth Lady? The higher her cultivation level, the greater the price she will have to pay, which is really disappointing.
He had to admit that what Steward Song said was right. Even if he collected enough spiritual stones to redeem Susu, what would happen in the future? I don't have enough ability to provide Susu with the resources needed for practice.
Forget it, don't think about it anymore, let's talk about it when it comes. Liu Xiaolou continued to hold the spirit stone, absorb the spiritual power, and attack the Xiyangguan point, and arrived at Tianmen Market two days later.
Since I'm passing by, of course I want to visit Wei Hongqing. I haven't heard from him for a long time, and I don't know how he is doing in Tianmu Mountain. When will I have the opportunity to talk to that widow? Liu Xiaolou blinked his eyes, why can't he remember?
Hongji Restaurant is still busy, but Wei Hongqing is not at Tianmen Market. The shopkeeper still remembers Liu Xiaolou and knows that Liu Xiaolou is a good friend of the Wei Dong family, so he asks He said frankly, "My boss hasn't been to the restaurant for almost three months. If anything happens, we all report it to the sect together. My boss lets us make up our own minds about small things. Only when it comes to big things, he writes a note and we take care of it. If you have something to do, you can leave a letter and we will send it to the sect in a few days."
Liu Xiaolou naturally had nothing important to do, so he came out in shock, bought a jar of Bamboo Leaf Green and put it in the car, ready to go back to Wulong Mountain and Tan Bazhang to have a drink to celebrate his breakthrough to the seventh level.
A jar Bamboo Leaf Green cost eighty taels of silver. After buying it, Liu Xiaolou found that his wallet was empty. He couldn't help but reflect on whether he had developed a habit in the three years in the Su family. His hands and feet were so big. This habit was not good.
Back to Wulong Mountain, Liu Xiaolou wrote two posts and handed them to Fang Buai: "Xiaofang, you go to Dragon Horse Waterfall I went with Half-Acre Gorge and asked Tan Bazhang and Chieftain Zuo to come here for a banquet in the evening. I asked Dabai and Little Black to catch some mountain game to go with the wine."
Fang Buai said, "Senior Liu, they should be at Gourd Mouth at the moment. Daoist Hudu of Gourd Mouth is back. Just in the morning, Li Busan came here specially and asked you to come with him. I said that you have not returned from a long trip."
Liu Xiaolou was overjoyed. "Is he okay? That's great. Brother Bazhang is happy, right? Come on, I'll go see Old Hudu too."
Fang Buai said, "I'm afraid it's not as simple as coming back. Daoist Hudu is followed by someone. Senior should still remember that guy named Wuzhuzi, right? He is the guy who came at night to persuade senior to put up the flag."
Liu Xiaolou was startled. "Why did Old Hudu get involved with him? This guy and the previous Long Er are both liars, go and see Gourd Mouth!"
Strictly speaking, Old Hudu can only be regarded as an "acquaintance" of Liu Xiaolou, not a "familiar", let alone a close friend. However, because Tan Bazhang has a good relationship with him, they should be closer emotionally. For nine months after the Zhuoshui War, there was no news from him. Everyone thought he was dead. Unexpectedly, as Tan Bazhang said, he came back alive and well.
Old Hudu is the oldest among the Wulong Mountain group, second only to Longshan the Rogue Cultivator, Jiang Feihu, Dai Shenggao, Guzhang Mountain Five Friends, etc., about the same as Zhang Shihua and Yellow Leaf Immortal and others were about the same, so as soon as the news of his return spread, comrades came to see Gourd Mouth one after another. When Liu Xiaolou arrived, thirty to fifty people had gathered in front of broken Daoist temple inside Gourd Mouth.
The atmosphere was obviously not right. Everyone was silent and sat on the floor. Some people were nodding, some were deep in thought, some had doubts on their faces, and some had dull faces. Old Hudu was sitting on the doorstep with a straw mat underneath. There was a person standing next to him, it was Wuzhuzi who had visited Qianzhu Ridge at night.
The arrival of Liu Xiaolou caused a commotion. Longshan the Rogue Cultivator greeted, "Xiaolou, come and listen together."
Tan Bazhang looked around. "Is there a straw mat? Is there a straw mat? Xiao Ye, move to the side!"
Someone beside him quickly stood up. "Ah, Sect Master Xiaolou is here, come on, come on, sit here with me."
Liu Xiaolou handed over his hand and said, "I'm so sorry." He patted his shoulder and squeezed to sit down.
Wuzhuzi glanced at Liu Xiaolou, waited for him to sit down, and continued to talk, "I have made it very clear just now, let us Wulong Mountain fellow cultivators take it out one by one, who is not a well-known hero? Why are you always bullied by famous families? Isn't it just a mess? Hu Daoist Master This time, it was not easy to crawl out of the pile of dead people, but it also made me enlightened! When he came to me and told me his thoughts, I expressed my opinion on the spot. This is a good thing. As long as we Wulong Mountain fellow cultivators think in one place and work hard, there is nothing we can't solve?"
Liu Xiaolou turned around and asked Tan Bazhang in a low voice, "Why did Old Hudu hang out with this guy?"
Tan Bazhang frowned and said, "Who knows? This guy has been inciting everyone to join some kind of gang, saying that he must enforce orders and prohibitions."
Liu Xiaolou smiled, "What are the orders and prohibitions? Whose orders do you obey?"
Tan Bazhang pursed his lips helplessly. "Isn't that right? Old Hudu. Old Hudu is also crazy. Why do you think of this? It's like you've been intoxicated."
Liu Xiaolou asked curiously, "Old Hudu is not yet at the tenth level, right? How dare he think like this? Several seniors are here, listening to his orders?"
Tan Bazhang sighed and said, "We have been talking for a day. The Jiang Feihu group agrees with the establishment of a gang. They have objections about who should be the leader, but this Wuzhuzi has been supporting Old Hudu and supporting him to become the leader."
Liu Xiaolou asked, "What did Longshan the Rogue Cultivator say? Where is Hermit Dai? Didn't you see Hermit Dai?"
Tan Bazhang said, "Longshan the Rogue Cultivator said to check out the excitement first. Hermit Dai is not on the mountain. He and Huang brothers went down the mountain a month ago and are nowhere to be found."
Liu Xiaolou asked again, "Where is Yellow Leaf Immortal?"
Tan Bazhang said, "I don't know. Jiang Feihu sent people to invite them, but they haven't come yet. Anyway, the only ones who can come are these people in front of me."
Liu Xiaolou said angrily, "This Wuzhuzi is a liar. You actually allowed him to talk nonsense here for so long? He also came to persuade me. I have seen this kind of thing many times. They recruit people to top up the number and collect spiritual stones or silver per head. Old Hudu is really an old Hutu. I don't know how much I have been deceived by him!"
Tan Bazhang said, "Liar? It doesn't look like that. He looks like a capable person. He showed his skill in the morning, flying sword, and everyone was restrained."
Liu Xiaolou sneered, "A blind trick, right? Flying swords? Brother Bazhang, we are doing this ourselves, how can you be fooled? Haha, someone who can fly swords is here to do this business? There is also a man named Long Er, right at Xikou, who does the same thing as him, don't believe him!"
Seeing what he said so firmly, Tan Bazhang asked doubtfully, "No way? Is he really a liar?"
Liu Xiaolou patted him on the shoulder. "Let's go, let's break up. Do you want to listen to what he's talking about? I made a mess. Bamboo Leaf Green, go to my place to drink!"
He stood up and pulled Tan Bazhang to leave, then called out to Longshan the Rogue Cultivator: "Senior Long, let's go and have a drink at my place."
Jiang Feihu was displeased and said, "Liu Xiaolou, this is a major matter related to Wulong Mountain fellow cultivators's future. Can you not be so willful?"
Liu Xiaolou sneered, "Everyone on Wulong Mountain is looking for freedom. Who wants to find a dad to ride on your head and poop and pee? Senior Jiang is willing, but Liu is not willing, so I won't accompany you!"
He had been muttering below, and at this moment he started to disperse the group again. Wuzhuzi immediately turned pale and shouted, "Liu Xiaolou, are you here to come and leave as soon as you say?"