Chapter 21: The thirst for knowledge
That night, Xu Qing had a dream.
This was the first time in more than six years that he had lived in such a luxurious house, and the first time that he hadn't felt the cold outside, as well as one of the rare times that he had a dream night.
In the dream, the world wasn't cruel, the sky didn't have the remnants of a deity's face, his parents were by his side, and he even had an older brother.
And he went to school carefree with a group of playmates, and after school returned to the warmth of his home, ate a hot dinner with his loved ones, and slept beautifully.
Only the appearance of his relatives in the dream was a little blurry.
He wanted to see clearly, but there was always a mist hanging over him, until the morning came and Xu Qing, lying in bed, opened his eyes.
He looked at the roof, eased for a moment, seemed to be completely awakened from the dream, silently looking around ......
Inside the gray and black brick room, not only was there a table and chairs with a bed, there was also a washroom, and the floor was scattered with residual warmth, which was the residue of the heat of the fireplace from yesterday night.
On the ground, there was a futon made of straw mats, and on one side there was an empty bookshelf.
It seemed simple, but in Xu Qing's heart, this was already very luxurious.
Xu Qing took a deep breath and walked towards the washroom, carefully reaching out and placing his hand in the water, watching as his hand, which was covered in dirty marks, was slowly melted away from the color, he lifted it up quickly.
After gazing down for a moment, rubbing it on his body and making it dirty again, he looked up at himself in the mirror.
A wide leather jacket, black but messy hair, a small face full of dirt, and those clear eyes.
Just looking on, as Xu Qing turned to look at the window, the clarity in his eyes was replaced by indifference.
Outside the window, the wind and snow had stopped, the early sun raised its head, and as the sunlight poured down, the last snow of the winter slowly disappeared from the ground.
On the trees in the distance, with the melting of the snow marks, there is a touch of green buds blooming, seemingly telling everyone that spring ...... has truly arrived.
Xu Qing walked out of the room, habitually glanced at the Lei Team's house, while more than a dozen wild dogs in the yard, their heads didn't raise, just their tails swept on the ground, considered a greeting.
"Should go do something." Xu Qing murmured in his heart, his eyes revealing a touch of determination.
So he pushed open the courtyard door and walked out, his goal clear, the very tent where the caravan groom was.
Early in the morning, there weren't many scavengers in the camp.
As Xu Qing drew closer to the caravan, the guards there all swept their eyes over him, and Xu Qing gradually heard the sound of reading faintly coming from the Langzhi's tent.
After hesitating for a moment, Xu Qing silently stood outside the tent, quietly waiting.
The surrounding caravan guards had scrutiny in their gazes, and after observing a bit, most of them retracted, but there were still a few, still keeping an eye on him here.
Xu Qing didn't care about these, because as the sound of reading came out from the tent, slowly he was somewhat mesmerized by what he was hearing, and at the same time, he also realized that the tent wasn't just the sound of reading, it also contained an examination.
"Jinnew Grass, also known as Three Leaf Pearl, Dispersing Cold Grass, is the whole grass of the Single Spike Water Centipede of the Salviaceae family, a perennial herb, born on mountain slopes under forests and in the wilderness where it is moist, distributed in the southern part of the Southern Phoenix in the states of Lingyue and Guangling, with the function of declaring the lungs and stopping coughs, clearing heat and removing toxins, dispersing blood stasis and eliminating swellings, and has a miraculous effect on venomous snakebites, bruises, in conjunction with... ..."
The young girl's voice, originally full of confidence, but as she spoke, she became somewhat hesitant.
"In conjunction with what?" Inside the tent, Grandmaster Park's majestic words seemed to possess severity.
"In conjunction with the rhinoceros sparks into the medicine to refine, borrowing yang to transform yin, it can form a drop of poison avoiding whole liquid, which is one of the base materials of the Great Transformation Dan." As if the young girl was a little scared, her speech was much faster, and she even took a long breath after finishing.
Xu Qing was outside the tent, listening to all of this, becoming more and more serious.
"White back root, also known as ...... uh, is the root of the white rowan plant of the Euphorbiaceae family, slightly astringent and slightly bitter, origin ...... function to cure the five viscera of the ...... "Then came the teenager, who was hesitant to speak, and stopped directly at the back, apparently forgetting.
Inside the tent, the teenager sitting with the young girl, at the moment full of tension, very anxious, but can not think of it, look to the young girl for help.
The young girl beside him obviously knew the answer, but just do not go to remind, so that the teenager can only cry in the end.
And they ahead of Master Park, at this moment turned back to look at the tent outside, a side of the guards also immediately gaze to ask for instructions.
Grandmaster Park thought about it and shook his head slightly, then rushed at the stuttering teenager with a cold snort.
"Mime the Grass and Wood Sutra ten times tonight!"
The teenager was truly crying this time, but didn't dare to refute, and could only hang his head and silently wail.
And after assessing the two disciples, Grandmaster Park calmly passed out his words and began to speak about today's lesson, his voice a little louder and much clearer than before.
The teenager didn't pay attention, but the young girl was fine minded, a little puzzled, her eyes blinked and looked outside the tent, following its gaze, she could see the thin figure that appeared on the tent under the sunlight.
Xu Qing, outside the tent, listened more attentively, every word, every sentence uttered by Grandmaster Park, he had all memorized in his heart, fearing that he would forget half a point, because knowledge was extremely valuable and desirable for him.
In this way time slowly passes, this day master cypress's lecture also exceeds the past, nearly double the time, until the sun rises, outside the tent began to have scavengers waiting to see the doctor, master cypress only ended the lecture, hoarse voice came out.
"Junior outside, come in."
Xu Qing had a jolt, awakening from his unfulfilled desire, he took a deep breath and very sheepishly opened the tent door carefully, walking in and then standing silently to the side, a little rushed.
Originally he would not be like this, but his own arrival today is a consultation, and eavesdropping outside for a long time, the latter this behavior, in the slums, is very offensive.
Seemingly seeing the teenager's nervousness, Master Park's voice slowed down and spoke faintly.
"What is it?"
As his words came out, the young girl on the side curiously surveyed Xu Qing.
She had a bit of an impression of the kid in front of her, remembering that the other party had arrived a few days ago carrying an old man to see a doctor.
"Greetings, Master Park." Xu Qing bowed his head, following the example of Team Lei earlier, and made a deep bow to Grandmaster Park.
Afterward, between hesitations, he voiced his desire to consult about the Heavenly Fate Flower.
After saying that, Xu Qing took out five white dan from his leather pouch and placed them in front of Grandmaster Park.
The consultation fee was normally one white dan, but Xu Qing felt that after he heard the other party's lecture, one white dan wasn't enough, and even five were all a bit less.
So he took out another ten spirit coins and put them together with the white dan.
Only after doing this did his heart settle down.
Grandmaster Park looked deeply at Xu Qing and slowly spoke towards the young girl beside him.
"Tingyu, you answer."
The young girl's body straightened, her expression serious as she spoke in a crisp voice.
"Heavenly Fate Flower, also known as Life Renewal Yan, Divine Spirit Grass, is a variant variation of the Divine Sex Family plant, Compound Wood, this variant is recorded to have seventy-three variations, but only the first one can be used as medicine, and it can grow in any area within the forbidden zone, with no regularity, and in rare quantities."
"Feats can be broken limbs regeneration, hanging life rekindled, in addition to the wounds of the soul, the whole subject can be healed." Saying that, the young girl quickly picked up another book on the side and flipped a few pages before revealing a page with a pattern drawn on it.
"The look is this."
The pattern drawn was a flower and grass that looked nothing out of the ordinary, except for the jagged edges of the grass blades, which were somewhat obvious, while there was a strange symbol formed by a silk thread in the center.
After Xu Qing looked at it carefully and memorized it in his mind, he made a deep bow to Grandmaster Cypress and the young girl, and turned around to leave.
Before leaving, Grandmaster Park's faint voice came from behind him.
"This grass can be encountered but not sought, and the surrounding area is often accompanied by powerful foreign beasts, so take good care of yourself."
Xu Qing once again bowed at his words, and after leaving the tent, he sped through the campground.
After returning to his lodgings as fast as he could, he immediately took out a bamboo piece from his leather pouch, and used an iron stick to carve the Heavenly Fate Flower described by the young girl, as well as the totem, on it.
Then after thinking about it, he also carved down what he had heard today.
In the end, he looked at the bamboo piece that was densely packed with countless small characters, his heart was satisfied, and he carefully put it away like a treasure.
"If only I could still go and listen." Xu Qing murmured and began to ponder how he could continue to go and listen, and after a long while he gathered his mind and began to cultivate.
That night, Xu Qing waited until Team Lei returned from his outing, informing the other party that he was going to make a trip to the forbidden zone, and when Team Lei heard that, he wanted to say something.
But in the end, he nodded and informed Xu Qing of his own experience.
Just like an old man at home watching his heir go out, Lei Team spoke in extreme detail.
It wasn't until almost dawn that he finished, and after Xu Qing had memorized all of it, Team Lei gave him another leather pouch, which contained various medicinal powders left behind by Luan Ya.
After understanding the specific effects, Xu Qing excused himself from the camp the moment morning arrived and sped through the wilderness, arriving outside the restricted area shortly after time.
The moment he stepped into the boundaries, the warmth of the sunlight outside was cut off, and a sense of gloom and coldness burrowed into his entire body, Xu Qing's eyes narrowed with vigilance as his body transformed into a residual trail, heading straight for the jungle.
In a few rises and falls, he disappeared without a trace.
Stepping into the forbidden jungle for the second time, Xu Qing's familiarity with the place was no longer the same as it was back then.
But the more so, he is more cautious, jumping forward at the same time, he is also concerned about the surrounding flowers and plants, soon arrived at the place where the silt was, learning from Luan teeth once acted as if, will be silt fishing up and smearing the body, continue to move forward.
Time passes, soon a whole day passes.
This time traveling Xu Qing did not encounter the mist, as for the powerful beasts although there, but also in Xu Qing's caution, as far as possible to avoid.
On the way, he also paid attention to the flowers and plants, searching for the Heavenly Fate Flower.
At this moment, he arrived at the place where he had encountered the Black Scaled Wolves back then, and looking around, he could still barely make out the setup at that time, only that the ground was full of wolf corpses, most of which had now been turned into rotting white bones.
After carefully observing the decay on the bodies of these mutilated corpses and realizing that there were no traces of tearing, but rather natural decay, Xu Qing's heart was relieved.
This indicated that there was a high probability that there were no foreign beasts arriving at this place.
So he found an area nearby, intending to spend the night and wait for dawn before continuing on.
Soon as darkness descended and the jungle was in total darkness, Xu Qing hid within a tree crevice and looked in the direction of the Seven Leaf Grass Canyon, and further away in that direction was the temple complex.
He had entered the forbidden zone this time, and aside from wanting to find the Heavenly Fate Flower, he also had another idea, and that was to find a scar removal stone for the little girl.
"Go take a look." Xu Qing muttered.
