Chapter 172 Mai Dong Returns to the East and Meets Long Sheng
Maidong was jumping all the way, her heart seemed to be flying. This was her first time going down the mountain gate, how could she not be extremely excited?
This is the first time she has left Guyang City since she was a child!
Although it started to rain halfway through the journey, this did not affect Maidong's mood. He just practiced the little water-avoiding technique and ran happily in the rain.
No wonder Lingxiang always likes to go out when she has nothing to do. It turns out that wandering outside is so enjoyable! Fortunately, I didn't listen to Lingxiang. If I waited for her for a day, the master might find me. Then I wouldn't be able to leave even if I wanted to. I might have to go back and be punished.
Maidong walked freely until he reached Donggui County, and the rain happened to stop at that time.
Not long after the rain stopped, the sun came out, shining the bluestone slabs in Donggui City with a dark and shiny black luster. Street vendors also came out one after another to set up their stalls, shouting and making the place very lively.
The freshness after the spring rain, with a little wetness and stickiness, attracted the children in the town to come out and chase each other and play, with laughter as they chased each other.
Looking at the hustle and bustle in front of him, Maidong felt his heart flying with joy. He looked at the many rare things picked out at various stalls and played with the children passing by from time to time.
We played like this in the street for a long time. It was almost noon. If we hadn't been hungry, we would have been playing like crazy!
Although Donggui County is a county town, it is not much worse than Guyang City. It is said that in the previous dynasty, the southwestern territory was invaded by the barbarian tribe. A general fought bravely and recovered many lost territories in one fell swoop. He also attacked the Khan's lair and made great contributions. After returning victorious, the emperor personally named him Donggui Hou. The hometown of this general was this small county town which was still unknown at that time, so it was later renamed Donggui County.
Although dynasties have changed, the country's integrity is still due to the general at that time. Therefore, even if the emperor with the surname Zhao was replaced, the status of Donggui City is still stable.
Moreover, because Donggui County is located on the north side of the river and has a canal passing through it, the imperial court attached great importance to this place and specially sent a county magistrate to manage the place.
Therefore, although Donggui County is just a county town, it is very lively and prosperous, and is not much worse than those famous cities.
Among them, Guixiangju is a well-known inn. Most travelers who come to Donggui County will choose this place for a stopover or a hotel. Some people choose to stay here because of rumors, and some people choose to stay here because of the frequent visitors and it is convenient for them to inquire about things.
Maidong didn't have anything to inquire about, but he heard that there was someone telling stories in Guixiangju, so he came here.
If there was anything she loved, it was those story books. When she was young, she often sneaked down the mountain with Lingxiang to look for those small books in Baixiao Pavilion in Guyang City. They would buy a big bag of them and then carry them back to Qingwei Peak to read day and night. The reason why there were so many books in Xianyunju was that most of them were bought by the two of them.
Although these stories were fabricated by some book craftsmen, they were first told by storytellers and then widely printed in books.
What the storyteller said was much more interesting than what one could watch on one's own. Not only did one not have to bother watching it, but the most attractive thing was that one could hear many voices. Those voices changed in a thousand ways in the storyteller's mouth, which was extremely interesting.
Maidong ordered a few side dishes and a plate of peanuts, then sat down in the corner, crossed his legs, and listened attentively to the storyteller on the stage telling stories.
Today's story is about General Donggui breaking into the enemy camp. As the storyteller smashed his hand with a "pop" sound, the story began.
Maidong was listening with great interest, but two people at the next table started talking.
"Brother! I heard there's a beggar in the dilapidated temple in the suburbs?"
"What beggar? He is clearly a martial artist. I don't know why he has been paralyzed for a few days. It seems that he was injured."
"Tsk tsk tsk, it's been raining all night, maybe he died there. Since he's a martial artist, I think he has weapons with him. Anyway, the officials will take them away when they come to collect the bodies. Why don't we go get them today? We can even exchange them for some wine money."
"You kid, you also want to make money from the dead?"
"Brother, you don't know, my wife has been very strict lately, so I just wanted to have some fun..."
Mai Dong didn't listen to the next words, because the two people at the table next to him suddenly stood up, threw two copper coins, and left. The reason why Mai Dong didn't listen was because the aura emanating from these two people was the same as the aura left on Long Qi and others' wounds during the second martial arts performance of Yuanqing Sect...
That's something only demons have!
I didn't expect that there would be demons lurking in Donggui County. It seems that they are related to the martial artist mentioned by the two diners just now.
The matter of the demon clan is not a trivial matter! Although she had not experienced the tragedy of the Yuanqing Sect, she knew a lot about it from word of mouth from her senior brothers. Now that she had encountered it today, she should go and find out, otherwise who knows what the so-called Demon Lord is doing behind the scenes.
Mai Dong threw a few copper coins and followed carefully out of the inn. He followed closely, using the Hiding Spirit Technique, so the two demons didn't notice him.
However, Donggui County is really big. It took a long time to walk out of the south gate before I found the dilapidated temple that the two people in the inn mentioned. It was already night and it had darkened.
This dilapidated temple looked quite old, with weeds all over the courtyard, tattered and not very big. From the entrance, one could see a Buddha statue in the main hall, but the statue had fallen to the ground, and the gold paint on it had been scraped off, leaving only some spots, which seemed to be stuck so tightly that they could not be scraped off, adding a bit of weirdness to the night.
Even in such a terrifying atmosphere, the two demons did not show any caution. They walked into the main hall carelessly and searched everywhere, as if they were looking for someone. However, they could not find anyone after searching the entire ruined temple.
The two men met in front of the Buddha statue and asked each other if they had gained anything, but both shook their heads.
Just as they were about to leave, something suddenly dripped onto the face of one of them. The man wiped it with his hand, and immediately a bloody smell hit his nose.
Just as the two were about to raise their eyes, a man suddenly pounced down and pinned them down, but they still managed to break free.
As soon as the two demons broke free, they saw a man lying on the ground. His clothes were tattered and he was covered with scars. He seemed lifeless. If he was not still moving, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was dead.
One of them kicked him over, and although his face was covered in mud, one could still make out some of his features.
The two men looked at each other and were about to chop down with their swords, but at this moment, a palm wind attacked them. The two men were alert and quickly dodged to the side.
"Who are you? How dare you interfere with the demon general's work!" As soon as the two demons stood still, one of them immediately shouted.
The person who came was wearing a peach-colored dress and looked to be no more than seventeen or eighteen years old. It was Maidong who had been following the two of them quietly.
Mai Dong did not answer, but turned over and flew towards one of them, with spiritual power bursting out from his palms, and his clothes rustling. Before the man could react, his head was smashed by a palm.
Seeing this, the other man raised his knife and chopped at Mai Dong. Mai Dong turned around, her skirt flying, and kicked his knife away. I don't know if it was because the floor tiles in the temple were old or what, but when she stepped on the ground, she stepped on it and the rubble flew everywhere.
A piece of rubble hit the man's mask and it immediately shattered and fell off. Banxia looked up and saw that the man's mouth and nose were the same as those of a human, but his eyes were like those of a fly. No wonder he had to cover them with a mask, it turned out that he couldn't get rid of his demonic appearance!
When the monster saw that it was exposed, it no longer concealed itself. Its body continued to swell, and its clothes were torn, revealing fly wings behind it that made a buzzing sound. Two arms were exposed from its waist, and its forearms were as sharp as knives.
Upon seeing this, Maidong quickly made the Tiangang hand gestures, chanted the Golden Light Mantra, and gestured in the air with her fingers. After a while, a magic circle appeared out of thin air in front of her, glowing with golden light.
The monster broke free of its clothes, flew up, and rushed towards Mai Dong. At this time, Mai Dong suddenly grabbed the magic circle in front of him and whipped the monster like a whip. In the blink of an eye, the magic circle tied it tightly like a rope.
The bound monster felt an extremely hot sensation on its body and screamed and howled. The sound came from the main hall and sounded extremely weird.
At this moment, two sharp screams were heard from outside the hall, followed by a flurry of disorderly footsteps.
"Oh my god! ~ Ghost! ..."
This voice was exactly the same as the two people heard at the Guixiangju Inn during the day...
Mai Dong couldn't help but roll his eyes, thinking that these two people were really obsessed with money. They came here in the middle of the night, and they were not afraid of seeing ghosts...
The monster kept struggling and cursing. Maidong got angry and punched it, knocking the monster's jaw off.
Now it could only roar but could not speak. Maidong was shocked and thought that he had not controlled his strength well. While apologizing to the monster, he punched it.
This time, the monster didn't even have time to groan, and the roar stopped abruptly, and it was gone in the blink of an eye.
Although the two monsters had been killed, leaving their bodies in the mortal world without any care would cause panic if seen by mortals.
She took out a small bag from her arms and unfolded it. Inside was some shredded paper powder. She blew gently at the two corpses, and the powder flew away like a butterfly, wrapping the two corpses. Black smoke actually came out of the monster's corpse, and after a moment, it disappeared, leaving only clothes.
Here, Maidong cleaned up the monster's corpse, put away the paper bag and went to the person lying on the hall. Fortunately, the man was just fainted and his life was not in danger, but his injuries were a bit horrible to look at.
Mai Dong probed the pulse of the man and after listening carefully, he found that the man was poisoned! He looked at the wound again and found that the poison had seeped in from these wounds!
Since he was being hunted by the demons and his body was like this, he must have escaped from the demons' lair. With his condition, if he was left alone, he would definitely die soon. Fortunately, he met her. Although these poisons were a bit troublesome, she could remove them. It's just...
But who is this person? Why would he be treated like this by the demons...
Maidong was very confused, but the most urgent thing was to treat him quickly. She stretched out her hands and carried him on her back. It was surprisingly easy. Fortunately, it was already late at night. If someone else saw this scene, it would be very conspicuous.
Fortunately, it was night time, so those who were looking for him probably wouldn't notice him...
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The person on the bed was dazed, and only heard a series of tinkling sounds around him, and then smelled a smell of medicine, while he was lying comfortably. When he felt very indecisive and wanted to sleep a little longer, he suddenly opened his eyes and sat up abruptly. As soon as he sat up, he felt pain in his body, as if something was pulling him, making it difficult for him to move.
He took a breath, propped himself up with his hands and looked around, only to find that he was now in a room, which was not very spacious, but elegantly decorated. He looked at himself again, and found that his clothes were all taken off, but he was wrapped tightly in fine cloth.
He remembered that he was hiding on the beams of a dilapidated temple outside the city. How did he end up in such a place?
Just as he was wondering why he was in this situation, the door suddenly opened and a woman came in with a tray with a bowl of steaming medicine on it.
The person who came in was none other than Maidong. When she saw the person sitting on the bed, she smiled and turned around to close the door: "You're awake," and brought the medicine over.
"Your injuries are mostly superficial, so they're not serious. But there's poison in the wounds, so it took me some time to figure it out."
The man saw that Maidong was only about seventeen or eighteen years old, but seemed like a doctor. From her tone, it seemed that she had saved him. But how did this woman get him here?
He asked out of curiosity, but Maidong sighed: "It's really not easy to say. The poison in your body is common, but I don't know what the formula is. Fortunately, there are a lot of white grass outside the temple. I went to the pharmacy and got some medicine. I used acupuncture to force the poison out of your body."
The man was very surprised when he heard this. He thought that this girl might have missed the point!
But she doesn't look like one of the demons. Since she saved me, I should thank her.
"Thank you for saving my life, young lady. But I have nothing now, so I have nothing to thank you for."
Mai Dong waved his hand and was about to hand it to him, saying, "Master always says that doing good deeds and saving lives is the duty of a cultivator. Besides, I am a doctor, so I can't just stand by and watch you do it."
The man was very surprised when he heard this: "Are you a monk?"
Maidong blinked his eyes: "Isn't it similar?"
"It's not that you don't look like me, but I didn't expect that you, at such a young age, would actually be a cultivator."
Mai Dongwen smiled and said, "Hey, that's nothing. There is an elder in our sect who is younger than me!"
The man was extremely surprised when he heard this. How could he be an elder at such a young age?
"I wonder what school or sect the young lady is from?"
"The Yuanqing School of Guyangcheng!" Maidong said, taking the empty bowl from the man.
When that person heard the word Yuanqing Sect, his eyes suddenly widened and his face showed an expression of extreme surprise.
"You said you are a disciple of Yuanqing Sect?!"
(End of this chapter)
