Chapter 11 [Meet the Herbal Hall]
After leaving the Shenglong Tower, Luo Xiao replaced it with a yellow belt. From this moment on, he was the highest-grade yellow belt disciple among the disciples in the hall. However, Luo Xiao did not intend to go up to the level and be promoted to the red belt or even the black belt, which is based on two reasons.
First, the prerequisite for promotion to the red belt is to open up thirty-two meridians and refine the Hunyuan Yiqi Art to the fourth level. If he wants to continue to advance, there is no need to hide it just now, and he will directly shine thirty-two white lights. Obviously, such a high-profile is definitely a way to seek death.
Another thing is that he has not yet fully met the standard of promoting the red belt. Although his Hunyuan Yiqi Art has already broken through to the fifth level, and from the perspective of realm, he has already existed at the same level as the black belt disciples, but the red belt certification is different from the yellow belt. The yellow belt only needs to open the meridian, while the red belt needs to meet three conditions. One is to reach the fourth level of the Hunyuan Yiqi Art, two are to open up the thirty-two meridians, and three is to practice a martial arts skill to achieve a small success. The black belt has higher requirements. Not only does the Hunyuan Yiqi Art reach the fifth level, but also needs to master three martial arts, weapons, fists, and body techniques, two of which achieve small success and one achieves great success.
Luo Xiao's current realm has reached the fifth level of temptation, but his strength is almost the level of yellow belt, because he has not really selected a martial arts skill.
"If you become a disciple of the Yellow Belt, you can formally ask the teacher for martial arts skills. But before that, I have to monetize the rare herbs I picked in exchange for body refining resources." Luo Xiao was sure of what he wanted to do next and strode out of the martial arts cultivation hall.
When passing the mountain gate, Luo Xiao saw the square-faced disciple of the "door stake" and smiled and said hello to the other party. The square-faced disciple stared at the yellow belt around his waist and opened his mouth wide. He couldn't speak until Luo Xiao walked away. At this time, the square-faced disciple understood the meaning of Luo Xiao saying to him that day, "You are afraid you will continue to move on with this wooden stake"...
For old students like Luo Xiao who have been in the martial arts hall for nearly three years, they have learned almost all the basic courses. Except for the weekly elective courses, it doesn’t matter if the rest of the time is not available, and the martial arts hall will not care. At this stage, disciples pay more attention to self-study and obtain as much resources as possible to improve themselves.
The improvement of warriors is nothing more than the two ways of "internal and external cultivation". Internal cultivation means absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, including absorbing spiritual energy from spirit stones or some kind of treasures of heaven and earth to strengthen meridians, internal organs and primordial seeds, thereby gaining stronger combat power. External cultivation means body refining, using flesh spirit stones or similar rare herbs to soak the body, strengthen the skin, flesh, muscles and bones, and obtaining strong defense. Internal and external cultivation means complementing each other, and any one is weak, it is difficult to become a warrior.
Not to mention, the name of the sixth-level warrior is "Xuanwu". The correct statement of this Xuanwu is "Xuanwu, Shi", not "Xuanwu". Xuanwu, one of the four divine beasts, is shaped like a turtle, and is known for its powerful defense. The reason why the first-level warrior is called Xuanwu, the iron-wearing turtle buckle is because the strongest warrior at this stage is its defense.
Because Luo Xiao's defense is far superior to that of the same or even higher-level disciples, but there is still a certain gap between the strong defense of the Xuanwu Warrior. In the short term, he will not be able to have a second time to cut off the marrow. If he wants to improve his defense, he can only take a regular path, that is, obtain the flesh spirit stone and wash the body. The conventional way to obtain the flesh spirit stone is to go to the Bencao Tang.
Every city of Bencao Tang has it, and it is spread all over the world like the martial arts hall. The difference is that the Dan Pharmacy in the State City or the Guodu capital is higher in specifications and more complete items. Yishui City is considered a medium-sized city, and the Dan Pharmacy is also of medium size, but it is enough to meet the needs of most middle and low-level samurai warriors, not to mention Luo Xiao, who is not even a samurai.
Bencao Tang sells elixirs, spirit stones, meat spirit stones and various rare herbs, and they also purchase them. So Luo Xiao plans to sell the other rare herbs and spirit herbs for meat spirit stones, although he has many good things on his body, these are the only ones that can safely exchange resources. Unfortunately, he was in a hurry to go out that day and didn't have time to search for rare herbs and spirit herbs. These are just picked on the road. They are not very rare, but they are also very good.
The most central street in Yishui City is called Changjie. The north of Changjie is the official office area, and the south of Changjie is the commercial area and residential area. The most conspicuous building on the south side of this long street divided into north and south is Bencao Tang. Not far from the side of Bencao Tang, is the city guard house. From this geographical location, the importance of Bencao Tang to a city is self-evident.
Bencao Cottage has three floors high and covers a wide area, with two entrances north and south. Luo Xiao comes from the south and walks the south gate. From a distance, you can see the unique sign of Bencao Cottage - a human-shaped Polygonum multiflorum.
When I entered the shop gate, a few servants from the door came up with a smile on their faces, and greeted him with their hands crossed, "It's Brother Luo, what are you here today?"
Luo Xiao is also a regular customer of Bencao Cottage, but he is a regular customer who sees more and buys less. Despite this, when he comes in, he is a guest, and a well-trained servant has to greet him with a smile.
Luo Xiao shook the big bag on his hand: "I won't buy it today, I will only sell it."
This bag is just a look, and there are some stuff in it. You can't take a bunch of herbs out of your arms.
"Brother Luo has entered Longyuan Mountain, right?" The servant smiled and gave a gift, "Please follow me to the herb cabinet..."
Luo Xiao shook his head: "I need a secret room."
The secret room is a confidential room unique to Bencao Cottage, specially prepared for customers who do not want to show up or show their goods.
The servant was stunned, nodded quickly, and turned his hand in a direction: "Please here."
Luo Xiao followed the servant for a few turns, came to a row of wing rooms, stopped in front of a house marked with the ground number B on the door. The servant took out a bunch of keys, selected one of them, opened the door lock, and signaled to Luo Xiao to come in.
It was also the first time Luo Xiao came to this secret room, but he saw that it was simply furnished, with only two chairs, a square table, and a copper candlestick and a set of tea sets on it.
The servant entered the room and lighted the candles, took the tea set, and waited for a while. The tea came and turned around and left.
As soon as the servant left, Luo Xiao stood up and checked it carefully, but no peeping devices or holes were found. He sat back on the chair, rolled up his left arm sleeve, and a sound of his arm, and a sound of a sound, the table was filled with rare herbs of spiritual herbs, and the small secret room suddenly filled with medicine fragrance and spiritual energy.
"Luo Ge'er, tea is here..." As soon as the servant took the tea, he was shocked by a pile of rare herbs on the table, "Luo... Luo..."
Luo Xiao leaned lazily towards the back of the chair: "Please give me a valuation."
Soon, the Chang Gong, one of the ten worshipers in Bencao Cottage, came to hear the news. This Chang Gong Gong was an expert in identifying herbs. He was surprised to see the rare herbs with rich medicinal aroma and full of vintage on the table: "This guest, what method did you use to keep these herbs so fresh?"
Although these herbs are quite precious, they are not enough to surprise them with their common knowledge. What really surprised him was that all the herbs were like they were just picked from the medicine garden, green onion and tender, and some even had damp soil. The only precious herbs nearby can pick this year are Longyuan Mountain, but Longyuan Mountain has a day's journey away. Once the herbs are picked, they will soon wilt and dry, but these herbs are still so fresh. How did they do it?
Luo Xiao smiled but said nothing.
Chang Gongfeng woke up and found out that this was inquiring about other people's secrets. He shouldn't have done so. He quickly apologized and then directed a group of apprentices to carefully move the rare herbs on the table into a special jade box. He asked Luo Xiaokuan to sit and wait for the appraisal to end.
Because Luo Xiao ships a large amount of shipments, some identification tools will be used during the identification of herbs, so they cannot be operated in a secret room and must be taken to the counter.
Luo Xiao's purpose of asking for the secret room has been achieved, but he doesn't want to wait here. Now he goes to the counter with Chang Gong and check out the flesh spirit stone he wants.
In the lobby of Bencao Cottage, Luo Xiao sat leisurely and tasted tea, playing with a good-looking flesh spirit stone in his hand. There were several other similar appearances on the table. Luo Xiao estimated that when the herbs were sold, it was no problem to buy these low-quality flesh spirit stones on the table, and there was still a large amount of money.
On the counter, I often offer several apprentices to orderly identify the herbs brought by Luo Xiao. After a while, after half of the identification was confirmed, it would probably be almost half an hour.
At this time, a few people walked in from the north gate and walked directly toward this side. A voice sounded: "Lao Chang, have you mixed the medium-grade flesh spirit stones in the yard recently?"
Chang Gongfeng stopped his work, looked up and said, "Isn't this Yuantou? Why? How much has Lord Chengshou rewarded him? He can actually buy a medium-grade flesh spirit stone..."
Luo Xiao looked up, but saw that the person who was speaking was a middle-aged man about forty years. His head was covered with black hair, his hair was tied with a green belt, his face was as sharp as a knife, his eyes were sharp, and he exuded a sense of vigor. Luo Xiao knew this person, Yuan Tong, the deputy captain of the City Guard Guard, and the sixth-level Xuanshu.
But Luo Xiao's eyes only swept Yuan Tong's face and quickly moved to a girl behind him.
The girl was about seventeen or eighteen years old, wrapped in a red scarf, wearing a red suit and leather boots, and exuding a heroic and cool look on her body. When her eyes moved to her face, Luo Xiao was slightly surprised. The girl's appearance was not as delicate as an ordinary girl, but with a neutral heroic spirit, especially her pair of black and shiny thick eyebrows that were not inferior to a man, exuding a grand and generous feeling.
Luo Xiao noticed that the girl had a black belt with white thunder cloud patterns tied around her waist - a black belt disciple! And she was also a disciple of the martial arts hall in Yanshan City, where the county seat was located!
The same Xiuwu Hall is the Xiuwu Hall where the county seat is located, and the Xiuwu Hall where the capital is located is also higher. The belts worn by these high-level Xiuwu Hall disciples will be different and they are printed with unique badges. These are basic common sense, and the Xiuwu disciples all know it. Therefore, Luo Xiao recognized the girl at a glance from the Xiuwu Hall in Yanshan, the county seat, but he did not know this girl.
Before Yuan Tong answered, the girl in red spoke first: "I want the medium-grade meat spirit stone. My brother is a new Xuanwushi, and I want to buy a medium-grade meat spirit stone to express my congratulations."
Chang Gongfeng looked at the girl in red carefully, and the more he looked, the more surprised he became: "Is this... Miss Feifeng?"
The girl in red smiled and said, "It's me who often worships me. I haven't seen you for a few years, and my eyesight is still so good."
Chang Gongfeng quickly put down the herbs in his hand and said in surprise: "Miss Feifeng went to Yanshan Martial Arts Hall for several years to practice, and she has become a disciple of the house. It's amazing! It's amazing! It's worthy of being the daughter of the city guard."
The girl in red shook her head embarrassedly: "I'm nothing, my eldest brother is amazing. She has been promoted to Xuanwushi in just six years after entering the martial arts hall."
The worship often said, "Young Master Feilong is really a martial arts genius, and Lord Chengshou is a talented person! Congratulations!"
Luo Xiao heard it aside and understood that the girl in red was Cheng Feifeng, the daughter of Cheng Xiaofeng, guarding Yishui City. He had never seen Cheng Feifeng before, because when he entered the martial arts hall, Cheng Feifeng had already left Yishui. However, Luo Xiao had heard of her reputation, and was very fond of her, and often taught the tyrants in the city a lesson. Even the powerful and powerful families would still be beaten. It is said that when she left Yishui and went to Yanshan, all the tyrants in the city took the Zuixian Tower and had a party for a day and a night, and could be called a famous woman.
At this time, I heard Chang Gongfeng shook his head and sighed: "Whatever Miss Feifeng wants, as long as I have it in this hall, I will definitely offer it...but this medium-grade flesh spirit stone is really not..."
Medium-grade flesh spirit stones refer specifically to flesh spirit stones over fifty years old. They are rare. They are the best spiritual objects for samurai to temper their physical bodies. They are more effective for new sixth-level warriors. This is why Cheng Feifeng wants to buy them and give them to his brother.
Yuan Tong didn't give up: "Has there been no new goods arranged in the Zongtang?"
Chang Gongfeng smiled bitterly: "Mid-grade meat spirit stones were allocated three pieces before the beginning of the year. As soon as the goods arrived, they were purchased by Qin Jianzheng, Pang Jianzuo, and your city guard. Now there is no goods in the Zongfang..."
Yuan Tong also knew about the purchase of the middle-grade flesh spirit stone in the City Shoufu, and he was blocked now.
Cheng Feifeng was very disappointed: "You can't find Yanshan City, you can't find Xiuyan City, you can't expect Yishui City..."
Chang Gongfeng looked ashamed and rubbed his hands: "Or, Miss Feifeng will look at other things... By the way, this shop has newly refined three Yuan Yuan Dans, which is very effective for the warrior Yuan Yang Power, and is not worse than the medium-grade flesh spirit stone..."
Cheng Feifeng's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then he thought about it, he was still a little disappointed. Because the new Xuanshu, what he needed most was high-quality flesh spirit stones to improve his defense, and the Yunyuan Dan was more meaningful to intermediate warriors above the Suzaku Warrior.
"Okay..." Cheng Feifeng hesitated for a moment and said helplessly, "Then let's get a Yuan Yuan Dan... Hey! Wait, this flesh spirit stone..."
Cheng Feifeng's eyes suddenly lit up, he pulled open the pile of herbs to be identified, and picked out a piece of flesh spirit stone the size of a fist: "The skin is dark yellow, and the folds are like a groove. It seems to be a flesh spirit stone of fifty years old, but the stone skin is shiny, and it faintly reveals a bit of crystal clearness, but it also looks like the characteristics of a century-old flesh spirit stone..."
The identification of the year of the flesh spirit stone is relatively simple. There are courses in the Xiuwu Hall. Generally, disciples can identify it. The year is usually determined by the color and the depth of the skin folds. For example, the 10-year meat spirit stone is gray-white and has light folds; the 20-year meat spirit stone is light yellow and has slightly dark folds; the 50-year meat spirit stone is dark yellow and has deep folds like a shallow groove; and the 100-year meat spirit stone, which is the top-grade flesh spirit stone, in addition to the orange-yellow color and the folds like a deep groove, there is another obvious feature, that is, the stone skin is translucent, hidden and crystal clear, and looks like topaz.
Cheng Feifeng discovered that this flesh spirit stone has the characteristics of fifty years and a hundred years, which made her blind for a while and it was difficult to identify the exact year.
Chang Gongfeng also exclaimed: "Miss Feifeng, can you please Chang see it?"
Cheng Feifeng hurriedly handed over the flesh spirit stone: "I'm always polite, this is the item from Guifang."
I often worshipped and carefully looked at it. The more I looked, the more I became more surprised: "From the skin, it is indeed a medium-grade flesh spirit stone of fifty years, but it contains rich spiritual energy, so that its skin and outer flesh surface form crystallization that only the top-grade flesh spirit stone... Although this flesh spirit stone has not been a hundred years, it has a hundred years of achievements."
Cheng Feifeng was very happy: "That's great, I bought it!"
The worshiper hesitated for a moment, glanced at some point, and whispered: "This, this is not a property in this hall, it is from that guest."
Chapter completed!