Chapter 58: Saving people from the tiger's mouth
On the other side, Su Ziyi changed his clothes after Bian Qing and the others went out, and went into the mountain carrying a hatchet.
Doing the math, it has been several months since he last entered the mountains. So as soon as he stepped into the mountains and listened to the sound of tiny dry branches being crushed under his feet, making a "clicking" sound, he actually felt a little longing for it in his heart.
But even so, he never thought about going deeper.
On the one hand, it was because he really went into the mountains to collect firewood; on the other hand, because New Year's Eve was approaching, he would find less things to do and there would be fewer accidents. This would also make Bian Qing and Su Yulang feel at ease and not always If you are worried that you are fine, then you will make a big deal out of it. When he thought of this, he shook his head helplessly.
After all, it was the middle of winter, and the scenery in the mountains was completely different from the last time he entered the mountains. The ground is full of fallen leaves. Except for some evergreen trees, the branches of many big trees are empty. Some broken trunks and dead old trees stand out abruptly, which can be seen at a glance.
Therefore, Su Ziyi did not waste any time. He breathed into the palm of his hand, rubbed his hands, took out the hatchet hanging from his waist, stepped forward, and started chopping with a bang. For a time, the entire quiet mountain forest echoed with the sound of him chopping firewood.
Because the family needed more firewood because of the long winter, Su Ziyi chopped more firewood. It was just that he was cutting higher and higher, completely unaware that the others were already walking deeper into the mountain. It wasn't until he stopped sweating all over and felt his arms were a little tired that he realized that he had already walked deeper into the mountain. A piece of it.
He immediately stopped and without thinking, he immediately cut some vines from the nearby tree and tied the chopped firewood into a bundle. After making sure that the bundle was strong, he took it in his hand. After weighing the bag, he walked on the same path without looking back. As he walked, he did not forget to pick up the firewood that had fallen on the ground and bundle it into a pile.
In this way, he picked up bundles all the way, and soon packed up all the chopped firewood before lunch. All that was left was to pick up the bundles of fallen firewood and take them home. He looked at the sky and thought that it was time for Bian Qing and Su Yulang to come back, so he picked up the load on the ground without any further delay and planned to pick a few bundles back and come back in the rest of the afternoon.
However, he had just put the burden on his shoulders, and before he could stand up straight, a thin "pop" sound penetrated his ears. At first, the sound was very small, like the hissing of mosquitoes in summer, but soon the sound became louder. When you hear it, you can tell that it is the sound of countless branches being broken, sometimes with the sound of some branches being broken. .
This made Su Ziyi subconsciously let go of his burden.
The relaxation on his face completely disappeared. He had a cold face and pursed his lips tightly. The hatchet originally hanging on his waist was now in his hand, and his eyes were fixed on the direction of the sound. . The sound disappeared after ringing for a while, as if it was Su Ziyi's illusion, but Su Ziyi did not relax and still stared in that direction.
Sure enough, after a while, the voice sounded again, and it seemed to be getting closer and closer. Just when Su Ziyi was ready to respond, a loud roar came over, and the "roar" shook Su Ziyi's whole body. He no longer hesitated, and went towards the place where the sound came from with a hatchet in his hand. run.
He had to go see what was going on!
When I only heard the sound, I thought it was quite close, but when I actually rushed over, the distance was still a bit far, but fortunately the sound there never stopped, so Su Ziyi was not afraid of losing him. He gathered his spiritual energy in the soles of his feet and ran through the forest "rubbingly". The fallen leaves on the ground were shaken, leaving a small hole in the mud where he landed.
After about a cup of tea, he finally arrived nearby while running at full speed. He didn't impulsively go forward to see what happened. Instead, he put his foot down and climbed up the tree. After a few moves, he jumped from the tree a little further away to the tree closest to the circle. , then he pressed his body close to the tree trunk, lowered his breathing, and looked down.
The leaves on the trees are sparse, and the entire scene can be seen at a glance without any effort at all. So he just glanced casually and frowned, because he never expected that another
monster appeared so close to Luoshan Village.
The monster in front of me is called "Red Scorpion". It has red fur all over its body. From a distance, it looks like a flashing flame. It is not small. When it is on all fours, it is as tall as an adult. It also looks very majestic. , except for the fact that it has no stripes and has a slender hairless black tail, it looks like the tiger Su Ziyi saw in the zoo before, except that it is bigger.
But although it looked very fierce, Su Ziyi didn't feel much nervous, because the red beast was a low-cost monster, and the adult monster was only as strong as a monk at the fourth level of Qi refining. Compared with what Su Ziyi had seen before His Green Horns and Black Spiders are much weaker and pose no threat to him now.
At this time, this demon beast relied on its strong body to toss around in the forest, breaking a dozen trees as thick as a bowl in one breath, causing the whole area to be broken like an earthquake. Branches and gravel. But it wasn't over yet. At this time, it was drilling into the forest like crazy. When it encountered a place that it couldn't get through, it hit it with its body. Not only did the collision cause the trees to collapse and the gravel to break, but it even caused scars on itself. Li Lei, it's just because its fur itself is red, so it can't be seen clearly.
This made Su Ziyi feel a little abnormal.
Because although the red beast looks a bit fierce, it is actually a relatively gentle monster. If no one deliberately provokes it, it will generally not take the initiative to hurt people. But at this moment, the other party seemed to have changed his personality, going completely against his nature and wreaking havoc on this mountainous area, as if someone had done something hell-bent on it.
This made Su Ziyi feel strange. He subconsciously looked in the direction of Chi Xionggong, and then his pupils shrank suddenly. Without thinking, he jumped from the tree!
"Roar--!" At this moment, Chi Xie was also extremely angry. His brain, which was not very clear to begin with, had been knocked dizzy. However, because of that inexplicable power, he still refused to give up and stretched out his arms stubbornly. I have grown claws to reach the little bug escaping in front of me - just a little bit close, just a little bit close! It bared its fangs and looked at the monk who was very close. The desire in its heart was infinitely amplified as the distance became shorter and shorter - eat him! Eat each other! It can eat the opponent by itself -
just as the tips of its claws are about to touch the opponent's back - when it hisses in victory between its teeth, there is a sharp wind and a black shadow falling from the sky. , just hit it. And before it even had time to be stunned, a sharp and severe pain came from the tip of its paw, and then large streams of blood flowed out, staining the gray leaves on the ground into red.
It blinked, dazed by the sudden pain. It subconsciously retracted its forelimbs, and then blinked again, and saw that the black claw tip at the end of its left front leg had disappeared together with half of the soft red flesh claw. , and looked forward again, oh, it turned out that it had fallen on the place where I just stepped on - "Roar!" In an instant, along with this sharp roar, there were already sounds on the surrounding trees
. The leaves that had almost fallen were rustled by the shock, and the more fragile ones were directly knocked to the ground. Looking at the red beast again, it was already crazy enough. It was completely crazy at this time. Its blue eyes were completely filled with blood-like red, which looked extremely scary. It stared at the man who suddenly appeared with a pair of eyes like bull's eyes, gasping for breath, and a stream of heat rushed out.
In the face of its demonstration, Su Ziyi didn't say anything. He bent down indifferently, picked up the hatchet that nailed the left paw of the red beast to the ground, and held it in his hand, and then looked at it. You know, the knife he just made completely covered the hatchet with spiritual energy. It only took an inch of meat to mash all the surrounding flesh tissues into minced meat.
"Are you okay, Doctor Li?" Su Ziyi asked without looking back. Yes, Ren Su Ziyi never thought that when he went into the mountain to collect firewood, he would encounter Dr. Li being chased by a monster. He looked at the embarrassed appearance of the little old man and thought that if he had come a little later, , I'm afraid I can't even find the other party's clothes.
"I - hoo -" Doctor Li, who was still stumbling to escape, could no longer stand after Chi Xie's roar. He fell directly to the ground, covering his face with pain. Before the words could be spoken, a mouthful of bright red blood gushed out from his heart, and his already pale face became even whiter than paper.
"Tsk-" Although Su Ziyi couldn't see it, he could hear the other party gasping because of the pain. This made him realize that Doctor Li was probably seriously injured. From this point of view, he had to deal with the red beast in front of him as soon as possible. Otherwise, if he delayed it any longer, Doctor Li's life would really be in danger.
On Chi Xie's side, the pain from the severed forelimb became clearer and clearer. Such stimulation completely destroyed the little reason left in its mind. It didn't care about anything else anymore, and limped half of its body towards Su Ziyi. Rushed over suddenly!
Naturally, Su Ziyi, who had always kept his eyes on Chi Xie, would not be jumped by it so easily. He just dodged and passed by the opponent. In order to prevent the opponent from hurting Doctor Li again, he The moment Su Ziyi turned around, he used a lot of force with his feet and kicked the opponent's injured right forelimb violently!
In an instant, Chi Xie, whose movements were originally restricted, was kicked completely off balance by this force, and because of Su Ziyi's strength, he kicked it directly! When its heavy body hit the tree trunk next to it, it broke four or five sand trees with a "snap"! Some of those tiny sawdust fell into its wounds, making it feel uncomfortable again.
I'll kill you while you're sick!
Su Ziyi didn't wait for Chi Xie to wake up, and almost as soon as his feet landed on the ground, he rushed down with the hatchet in his right hand! He wasn't afraid of those sawdust splattering on his face, hurting him, and shooting straight into the opponent's neck like an arrow that penetrated the clouds! While the other party was still grinning due to the pain caused by the sawdust on the wound, the chilling light of the sword was already touching the other party's fur!
"Pfft--" When the tip of the knife pierced into the flesh and blood, it was silent, and only a large stream of blood spurted out, splattering Su Ziyi's body with blood, and this fatal wound completely caused Chi Xie to lose his vitality. , his limbs moved unconsciously a few times, then he froze, his head tilted, and he fell to the ground, completely dead and silent.
Su Ziyi took out the hatchet from the other person's neck, wiped the blood-stained hatchet on the opponent's fur, and then inserted the hatchet back into his back. He straightened up with blood on his face. His face was neither red nor white, as if the fight just now took only a little effort on his part. In fact, he really didn't use much energy. After all, his cultivation level was two levels higher than that of his opponent.
After roughly cleaning up, Su Ziyi didn't care about anything else. He turned around and walked to Doctor Li. He squatted down and looked at the dying Doctor Li and asked, "Are you okay? Doctor Li.
" At this time, Dr. Li's face became even paler and looked lifeless. "I -" He stretched out his hand tremblingly, but Su Ziyi didn't understand what he meant. He put one hand around the other person's back and helped him sit up, and then grabbed the other person's hand. "I...I...in my arms." Dr. Li said these words angrily, but if Su Ziyi hadn't been so close, he might not have been able to hear them clearly.
"In your arms?" Su Ziyi questioned, letting go of the other person's hand, and neatly took it into the other person's arms. Then his fingertips touched a cold object. His heart moved, and he hooked his fingertips to pull the object out. Suddenly, a small cyan porcelain bottle appeared in his palm. "Medicine..." Looking at the porcelain bottle, Dr. Li's face gained a little more color.
After hearing what he said, Su Ziyi didn't understand anything. He didn't waste any more time and immediately pulled off the stopper blocking the mouth of the bottle. With a shake of his hand, a round black pill no bigger than the nail of his little finger rolled to him. in the palm of your hand. "Is this it?" He put his palm to Dr. Li's mouth, and Dr. Li couldn't wait to swallow it.
After swallowing the pill, Dr. Li's complexion instantly improved a lot. He didn't say anything, folded his hands in his arms, and closed his eyes.
But Su Ziyi, who was supporting him, was filled with surprise! Although Dr. Li did not assume a meditating posture, as a practitioner, he could really feel that the spiritual energy around him was rolling crazily at this time, rushing into the body of the old man in his arms. ! This surprised him. He had never expected that this unassuming Doctor Li was actually a practitioner!
Chapter 59 Magical Potion
But this matter has actually been traced for a long time.
That was when he first came to this world -
because he suffered a head injury, Doctor Li prescribed some rejuvenation pills to him, but there were too many scum in them, so he showed some displeasure on his face. In order to appease himself, Bian Qing took the initiative to explain that because Dr. Li only had the strength of the second level of Qi refining, the elixir he refined was inevitably rough.
Therefore, he should have realized that Dr. Li was a cultivator at that time.
After all, like magic, alchemy is a skill that only practitioners can master. It's just that I just came to this world at that time, and I was completely confused. I was tired of dealing with Bian Qing and his son. It was impossible to pay attention to this old man who I only met a few times, so I didn't go deep. think.
Of course, even if he knew it now, he didn't take the other party seriously.
Moreover, compared to Doctor Li's status as a cultivator, Su Ziyi was now more curious about why the red beast insisted on staring at Doctor Li. After all, the strength gap between the two sides is really too big - he just used spiritual energy to sweep Dr. Li's body, confirming that Dr. Li is still on the second level of Qi Refining at this time, and the second level of Qi Refining is facing the monster beast on the fourth level of Qi Refining. This There is no doubt that a chicken will fly when it hits a stone.
So, could it be that Doctor Li took the initiative to provoke Chi Xie?
Looking at Dr. Li's thin body and kind face, Su Ziyi could not imagine the scene where he took the initiative to provoke Chi Xie. And since the other party is a cultivator, he naturally knows the gap between him and Chi Xie, and there is no way he would gamble with his old bones.
So, this is really weird.
However, no matter how curious he is, he can only keep the question in his heart at this time. After all, now is not a good time to talk. And looking at the other party's still pale face, Su Ziyi couldn't help but worry about whether the other party could survive. He pondered for a while, and finally put his hand on Doctor Li's back, and slowly sent spiritual energy into the doctor's body.
His spiritual energy obviously helped the other party a lot. As soon as it entered, it was absorbed crazily by the other party to repair the injured internal organs. After a while, Su Ziyi felt that the spiritual energy in his body was about to be sucked dry by the other party. Looking at Doctor Li's face, he finally had a little more blood and was not so miserable.
This made Su Ziyi relax and withdraw his spiritual energy. After all, they are still in the mountains now. If they are really sucked dry by Doctor Li, they will have no choice but to wait for death if something unexpected happens later.
"Cough - cough -" Almost as soon as Su Ziyi moved his hand away, Doctor Li reacted immediately. He opened his eyelids tremblingly, looked at Su Ziyi with a pair of cloudy eyes, and raised the corners of his mouth with great effort: "Thank you - cough -" As soon as he started to say a sentence, he started coughing again, and even the corners of his mouth There were also a few strands of blood flowing out.
"Don't talk yet -" Seeing his appearance, Su Ziyi immediately stopped him. He patted the other person's back gently and said, "You are injured too badly. It's better to rest now."
As Doctor, Doctor Li knew that his injury was serious, so he didn't argue with Su Ziyi. He simply closed his eyes and adjusted his breathing. Seeing him like this, Su Ziyi didn't want to delay any longer. He bent forward and knelt directly on the ground with one knee. Then he grabbed one of Doctor Li's arms with both hands, wrapped it around his shoulders and hung it in front of him. He freed his hands and hugged the other person's knees, lifted his body and strength at the same time, and carried the other person on his back.
"Just be patient, I'll take you to the town hospital right now." With that said, Su Ziyi walked away.
When Dr. Li, who was hanging on his back, heard this, he shook his head with some difficulty. Su Ziyi's shoulder felt itchy as he rubbed it, and his voice was intermittent: "No... no need... go back to my... home." Su Ziyi stepped forward After a pause, he didn't try to persuade the other party. He just responded with a faint "Okay" and then quickly carried the other party down the mountain.
Doctor Li lives in the innermost part of Luoshan Village, which is a bit remote, so based on Su Ziyi's usual route down the mountain, he will definitely meet many villagers on the way. Sure enough, as soon as he came down the mountain, he met several children and women one after another. Those people looked at Dr. Li who looked weak on Su Ziyi's back, with a look of concern on his face, but as soon as his eyes met Su Ziyi's , and immediately dodged away timidly.
But Su Ziyi didn't have time to care about them, and ran straight back to Dr. Li's house.
Like most families in Luoshan Village, Dr. Li's house also has several adobe houses, and they look very old. Su Ziyi, who was standing outside the door, was worried that the house would collapse. At this time, Doctor Li was feeling a little better. He mustered up the energy to hand the key in his pocket to Su Ziyi, followed Su Ziyi's wishes, and lay back on his bed.
"You -" At first, Su Ziyi didn't want to meddle too much, but when he saw that there was no one else in Dr. Li's house, and the house looked dilapidated and poor, he couldn't help but said: "Otherwise, I'd better Let's take you to the town hospital." When he saw Doctor Li open his eyes, he thought he was worried about money, so he immediately added: "You don't have to worry about the medical fees, I'll help you pay for it first."
" Cough--" Dr. Li coughed lightly, shook his head against the pillow, and said weakly: "No need, I have medicine at home." His voice was very small, but at least he could say a sentence smoothly. . "This -" Su Ziyi was still a little hesitant. After all, the other party was a lonely old man, so he was still a little worried.
Dr. Li also noticed his concerns and begged in a low voice: "There is a white porcelain bottle in my medicine box. That is medicine. Just give me that." The sentence was a bit Long, it was a bit difficult for him to speak. When Su Ziyi heard what he said, he could only sigh helplessly in his heart, and then followed the other person's instructions to find his medicine box.
Dr. Li's medicine box can be seen at a glance that it has been used for some time, but it is still old and the contents are very complete. Su Ziyi rummaged through and found a small porcelain bottle in the cubicle. He weighed it in his hand and felt that there was nothing in it.
"Is this it?" Su Ziyi took the porcelain bottle and sat beside the bed. He handed the porcelain bottle to Dr. Li and helped Dr. Li sit up from the bed. After seeing that Dr. Li hadn't opened the bottle for a long time, he immediately took over and opened the medicine bottle, and then a refreshing fragrance hit his face, like the smell of grass and daisies.
"Thank you." Taking the porcelain bottle back into his hand, Doctor Li's eyes came alive. He did not pour the contents of the bottle directly, but first stuck out his tongue, then brought the porcelain bottle to his mouth, and carefully poured it over. At this time, Su Ziyi really saw the true face of this medicine. Unexpectedly, it was not a pill or a powder, but a liquid?
This medicinal liquid was crystal clear and glowed with moon-white light. If it weren't for the difference in smell and color, Su Ziyi would have thought it was honey.
Dr. Li didn't pour much, only a fingernail-sized amount, and then he swallowed the liquid with a contraction of his tongue. Then a blush quickly appeared on his face, a thin layer of sweat covered his forehead, and his whole body became limp. If Su Ziyi hadn't hugged him, he would have fallen on the bed.
As for the bottle of medicine, Su Ziyi also took it with quick eyes and hands, and quickly sealed the bottle tightly.
But as soon as he finished doing this, there was a burning sensation in his chest. He looked down and found that Doctor Li's entire face was frighteningly red! This made him feel a little bad. He immediately held the other person's shoulders and let him lie down on the bed. Then he touched the other person's forehead with his hand, and found that it was not only hot, it was like a stove!
Oh my god, what did Dr. Li feed himself?
For a moment, Su Ziyi was shocked. He held the porcelain bottle tightly in his hand and looked at Doctor Li on the bed without blinking. It wasn't until Dr. Li had a look of pain on his face and groaned that he realized - he had to do something! Otherwise, Dr. Li will be burned alive!
He put the porcelain bottle in his hand into the medicine box and ran out of the bedroom door. He found the Li family's water tank, and in a panic, he filled some cold water with a wooden basin, then rushed back with a piece of face towel. room. But unexpectedly, as soon as he stood beside the bed, he saw that Dr. Li, who had been completely exhausted just now, had opened his eyes and was still smiling at him!
Although that smile still looks a little labored, it can show that his health has improved a lot!
As for the scary red color on his face, it has long since receded. If it weren't for the sweat-soaked hair hanging in front of him, Su Ziyi would have doubted whether he was dreaming! He put down what he was holding in a daze, then stretched out his hand and touched the other person's forehead hesitantly -
it wasn't hot.
--Not hot at all! Almost exactly like normal people!
Su Ziyi was a little surprised by this sudden change, but he was not stupid. Just thinking about it, he knew that it was the effect of the medicinal liquid just now. So, he looked back at the white porcelain bottle in the medicine box, and used all his strength to suppress the huge wave in his heart - so it turns out that such a thing still exists in this world? It was actually able to make a seriously injured patient almost recover immediately!
This made him look at Doctor Li with something else in his eyes.
The change in his eyes was clearly seen by Doctor Li. He smiled at Su Ziyi, his voice a little hoarse: "Thank you, boy from the Su family." Hearing Doctor Li's words, Su Ziyi came back to his senses. He suppressed the doubts in his heart and put a smile on his face: " It's okay, it's just a piece of cake."
"That's not--" Doctor Li seemed to have recovered. He stretched out a hand towards Su Ziyi, and Su Ziyi subconsciously caught it, and then used his strength to let the other person sit down. Get up. "If it weren't for you, I would have died there today." After saying that, he sighed, with a look of regret on his face: "What a pity for my medicinal materials." His words brought back Su Ziyi's initial thoughts
. In doubt, he immediately asked: "Doctor Li, how did you provoke the red beast? That one is not easy for you to deal with." "How could I have thought about provoking
it?" Doctor Li looked in the direction of the teapot. Su Ziyi knew at a glance that he was thirsty, so he immediately poured him a cup of tea, but the tea in this cup was cold. "How about I boil a pot first?" "No, no need." Doctor Li took the tea cup with one hand and drank all the tea in one gulp: "It's okay if it's cold." "Okay." Since everyone is like
this Having said that, he didn't need to worry about it: "What's going on with the red beast?" "
I don't know either." After drinking a glass of water, Doctor Li's voice finally calmed down, and there was lingering fear on his face: "I don't know what's going on, but a monster appears here." He shook his head, with worry on his face: "I saw a monster in the mountains a long time ago, but the monster was nothing more than a monster. A first-order monster. And why does it appear near Luoshan Village?" At the end of the sentence, he seemed to be asking himself.
"Oh?" This is not the first time Su Ziyi has heard about this, but Doctor Li is the first person in Luoshan Village who has actually seen the monster, which makes him a little interested: "It has never appeared before. Have you passed?" "No." As time went by, Doctor Li's expression became better and better, and he saw that the magical liquid was indeed very useful.
"After I saw the monster for the first time, I stopped going deep into the mountains." Dr. Li rambled: "This is the first time I saw a monster outside the mountain." After that, he glanced at Su Ziyi: "I heard that you killed a few monsters in the mountains?" "Yeah." Seeing that the other party was indeed fine, Su Ziyi was relieved. He pulled up a stool and sat in front of the bed: "But basically it's all right. I didn't see it until I walked into the mountains."
"That must be something happening in the mountains." Doctor Li frowned and said, "Such a thing has not happened in hundreds of years." "So from now on, you still have to do it
. Don't go to the mountains." Su Ziyi advised casually. He didn't know what happened in the mountains, but if something like this happened again next time, Doctor Li probably wouldn't be so lucky. "That's for sure. I can't bear to go through such trouble." Doctor Li smiled bitterly, and then looked at Su Ziyi with an appraising look: "By the way, will you go into the mountain again?" "Me?" When Li
heard The doctor asked him, which made Su Ziyi feel a little strange, but he still replied: "Yes." Upon hearing his words, Dr. Li's eyes lit up, and he smiled at Su Ziyi with a shy face. : "Can I trouble you?"
"Say." Looking at the other party's face, Su Ziyi felt that he had guessed the other party's request.
"You also know that I am a doctor." Dr. Li looked sad, and his face was still a little pale, so he looked even more unbearable. "The conditions of the people in the village are limited, and I am also living in poverty, so many medicinal materials need to be collected in the mountains." He raised his eyes and glanced at Su Ziyi, pursed his lips: "It's hard for me to go into the mountains now, can I trouble you? Can you help me bring some medicinal materials from the mountains?"
He seemed to be worried that Su Ziyi would not agree. Before Su Ziyi could say anything, he hurriedly added: "Of course I'm not asking you to do it for nothing, I'll give you money."