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Chapter 36 Down the Mountain

When Lu Shaoyu returned to the valley, his daily life was still calm, and the tense atmosphere of preparation outside seemed to have nothing to do with him.

Elder Liu spends most of his daily life in the pharmacy and rarely goes out. Since he handed over the medicine field to Lu Shaoyu to manage, he is too lazy to even dig out medicine. He is able to solve the problem of eating, drinking, urinating, and sleeping in the pharmacy.

"This old man is definitely a crazy and paranoid research maniac." Lu Shaoyu commented on Elder Liu in his heart.

However, this is good, no one monitors him, so he can rest assured that he practices.

As the days passed day by day, Lu Shaoyu lived a fulfilling life every day. In addition to practicing hard and practicing magic and martial arts, he also learned a lot of other auxiliary techniques.

After a while, two more months passed.

Lu Shaoyu's cultivation is gradually improving.

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"Boy, come here."

That morning, Lu Shaoyu was watering the medicine field. Elder Liu opened the door of the pharmacy, walked out, and waved to him.

Lu Shaoyu hurriedly put down the bucket, ran to Elder Liu, nodded and said, "Elder Liu, are you asking me for trouble?"

"Well, you go down the mountain and buy me some things back." Elder Liu said lightly.

Lu Shaoyu was puzzled. In addition to medicinal materials, the other things in the Ten Thousand Medicine Valley have always been provided by disciples outside. Why did he have to go down the mountain to buy them by himself this time? He asked: "What did the elder ask me to buy?"

Elder Liu took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Lu Shaoyu: "The live birds written on it are bought according to the quantity. I have recently refined new medicines and used them to try medicine."

Lu Shaoyu took the paper and took a rough look. He saw that there were many fine words written on it - five hundred white rabbits; fifty yellow dogs; hundred erotic chickens; hundred wild ducks...

It is dense and numerous, with dozens of them. And it is covered with smaller poultry and wild animals. Large animals such as horses, cows, and donkeys are not written on it.

Although Lu Shaoyu took a look, roughly estimated that the things on it would cost at least several hundred taels. If they were taken back, they could open a small livestock farm.

"This is my token and my handwritten book down the mountain. You can take it to the janitorial hall and ask them to pay you 500 taels of silver. By the way, ask two people to help." Elder Liu handed Lu Shaoyu a piece of paper and a token.

Lu Shaoyu took it and it was a token made of black iron. It was dark and there were a few strange patterns of seal characters engraved around it. The front was a big Liu character and a medicine cauldron on the back. The paper below only had a few words written on it: "Send disciples down the mountain to do business, and be sure to go! - Liu Younian."

It turned out that his name was Liu Younian. Lu Shaoyu said secretly.

"Go, go early and come back soon."

"Yes." Lu Shaoyu nodded, went back to the room to pack up his things, left the valley, and ran towards the miscellaneous affairs hall.

The Miscellaneous Hall is a hall that manages all kinds of miscellaneous tasks in the sect. It is specialized in food procurement, customization of clothes, daily necessities purchase, etc. The disciples in the sect also need to obtain approval from the Miscellaneous Hall when they return to their hometown to visit relatives.

Lu Shaoyu had a bookmark issued by Liu Younian on his hand. He came to the jury hall to find the person in charge, showed Liu Younian's waist card, and easily got 700 taels of silver as funds.

Why is it seven hundred taels instead of five hundred taels? Haha, anyway, Elder Liu does not state how much money is paid on the paper, and Lu Shaoyu has the final say on how much money it costs. If he embezzles one or two hundred taels, he probably won't pursue it.

With the help of the person in charge of the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall, he found two more gray-clothed disciples to help, and got the order from the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall, and could go to the foot of the mountain to collect a carriage for temporary use.

He left the choreograph hall with two gray-clothed disciples, and the three of them went down the mountain with the order signing to the animal farm at the foot of the mountain where they specially kept horse-drawn cars for the sect, and rushed towards the nearest county town.

After traveling for a short half day, I came to the city.

This is a small town with a population of about 100,000, which is much larger than Xuanyang Town. The three of them dared not delay, and after entering the city, they drove directly to the Animal Husbandry Market Square in the west of the city.

The Zashifang was crowded and bustling, and it was very lively. All kinds of fishy smells of poultry and livestock came to the face. Lu Shaoyu frowned. He hated this smell and covered his nose with his hands. A gray-clothed disciple beside him saw it and smiled and said, "Junior Brother Lu, you don't like this place very much. Why not leave it to us for buying poultry and livestock. We acted separately. It is estimated that we can buy it in one or two hours. You can go down the mountain and go to the city to have a rare trip? Two hours later, we will wait for you at the South City Gate."

Lu Shaoyu looked at him and realized that he was just trying to take advantage of something when buying things. He was so happy that he nodded and said, "That's great. Then I'll bother you Brother Le. There are five hundred taels here, which is probably enough to buy these things. The extra money will be equally divided by the two of you."

The two looked at each other, and their faces showed joy. The gray-clothed disciple named Senior Brother Le quickly said, "Haha, Junior Brother Lu, don't worry, we will definitely help you get things done properly."

They are from the choreographers and often go down the mountain to shop. They are clear about the prices. According to the things written on the paper, the preliminary estimate is that it is only more than 400 taels. Moreover, if they show their identity as Xuanyang Sect, those merchants dare not ask for too high prices. After the discount, they can get the 400 taels of this trip. One hundred taels will be evenly divided, and each person will have fifty taels. Why not do such a good thing?

He didn't bother to pay attention to their little abacus and handed them the goods list and silver. Lu Shaoyu turned around and left the Animal Husbandry Market.

It was the first time I saw this world city. Although it was a small city, Lu Shaoyu was also interested in going out for a tour. He walked towards the most lively commercial street in the city.

The commercial street is a goods market, with more dense crowds, which can be described as shoulder to shoulder. But there is no fishy smell of poultry and livestock here, and Lu Shaoyu felt much more comfortable. He walked while watching the dazzling array of goods on both sides.

"Wow, big sale, big sale. Authentic Tianjing porcelain, you can buy three pieces of it for one tael of silver. You can choose any choice. If you don't buy it, come and have a look..."

"Longgang iron farm tools are wear-resistant and durable. Each piece is only sold for five cents of silver. If you want to buy it, hurry up."

"It's cheaper than a cloth shop, and the price is fair, and Tong Yu is not deceived..."

“…”

The sound of hawking came one after another.

Lu Shaoyu walked slowly with a playful attitude. When he encountered those places where he bought jade ornaments, he would stop for a while to see if he could pick up some vacancy like last time.

But it is impossible for me to be so lucky every time, and I will naturally leave disappointed.

"This broken knife is also sold for fifty taels? You might as well go and snatch it..."

Suddenly a voice came to Lu Shaoyu's ears. He paused and looked at the place where the sound was made. He saw a bunch of people around not far away, talking loudly-

"Although this knife is sharp, it's broken like this. Is it worth fifty taels?"

"That's right, it's a lie to others."

"Fifty taels can go to the weapon refining hall to buy two good steel knives."

“…”

Everyone was talking, and Lu Shaoyu walked over curiously.

After apart from the crowd, I saw a small stall set up in the crowd. There were some weapons sold at the stalls, and only a dozen were counted. The stall owner was a middle-aged man in his forties. He was wearing a broken machete in front of him.

Regarding the crowds of people around, the middle-aged man held up the broken knife in his hand and said coldly: "My sword is no worse than those swords and swords. If it weren't for the rags, I wouldn't sell them even if I had given me a thousand taels."

Lu Shaoyu looked at the middle-aged man and saw that his muscles were protruding. He looked like a martial artist, and he probably reached the ninth level of body tempering, only one step away from the acquired realm. He looked at the broken knife in the middle-aged man's hand, but saw that the knife was wider and longer than the ordinary knife, with a light yellow body, sharp blade, and a faint cold light.

Although Lu Shaoyu's cultivation is not high now, he still has eyesight. With just one glance, he could see the extraordinaryness of this knife. This knife should be a treasure knife, which is many times better than an ordinary steel knife. Unfortunately, the knife was damaged too much. The tip of the knife was cut off, the edge of the knife collapsed a lot, and the body of the knife was also corroded deeply.

The entire knife is only close to the tip of the knife, with a finger-long edge that is intact, and the rest are seriously damaged.

The middle-aged man didn't talk nonsense. He picked up an iron bar from the ground and pressed it slightly hard on the intact blade. The iron bar as big as a finger suddenly broke into two pieces, and the fracture was smooth.

Cut iron like mud!

Although this treasure knife is damaged, it still cuts iron like mud!

The people around were in an uproar, and the discussion became much smaller. One of them was still dissatisfied and said, "Although your knife is sharp, it is so bad that it cannot be used even if you buy it back. You can only spend money to return to the furnace forging. But if you reforged it, the material will be depleted and the failure rate will be high. If you melt the entire knife, you may not even get a small dagger back. The price of fifty taels is still too high. I can give this knife at most ten taels. How about it? Will it be sold?"

The middle-aged man shook his head: "Fifty taels are definitely not divalent."

Lu Shaoyu suddenly interrupted, "Can you show me this...a knife?"

The middle-aged man glanced at him. Although the other party was a child, his clothes were from Xuanyang Sect. He did not dare to underestimate him and generously handed the knife to Lu Shaoyu.

Lu Shaoyu took the broken knife and felt that the blade was very heavy. He put it in front of him for a while, frowned slightly, and thought to himself: "This knife is cast by iron with a hundred refined essence, and it seems to have mixed something in it. However, the blade body is very damaged. At this time, he has no spiritual consciousness and cannot see the components inside. If his cultivation level improves in the future, true fire is condensed in his body and burned with true fire, he will probably be able to extract iron essence from the knife. Although the quantity will be very small, it is still OK to refine a flying sword the size of a finger. Fifty taels of silver is worth it."

Thinking in his heart, Lu Shaoyu looked up and asked the middle-aged man, "How did you get this knife?"

"Don't worry, this knife comes from a normal way, and it's definitely not stolen." The middle-aged man answered very simply.

Lu Shaoyu was stunned and then smiled and said, "Haha, I want this knife."

He took out fifty taels of silver from his arms and put it before the middle-aged man. Lu Shaoyu left with a broken knife, not giving the people around him a chance to persuade him.

After walking around the street, Lu Shaoyu bought some simple materials such as cinnabar, yellow paper, brushes, ordinary jade, etc. for making talismans. In addition, he never found anything he needed to buy. Look at the time, it was nearly two hours since he left the animal husbandry market.

Turning around and leaving the commercial street in the city, walking towards the south gate.

Outside the south gate, Senior Brother Le and another gray-clothed disciple were already waiting there. When Lu Shaoyu came back, he stepped forward enthusiastically to make things polite. Lu Shaoyu glanced at the things in the car and asked, "Have you bought all the things?"

Senior Brother Le said: "I bought all of them, and there are a lot of them. Junior Brother Lu, do you want to check them yourself?"

"Haha, no need, let's go back." Lu Shaoyu smiled. He took the driver's seat, waved his whip, and the carriage rushed towards Xuanyang Mountain.

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