Chapter 45: Top-grade precious pills (thanks to Silver Alliance Leader Corn Dumplings)
The City Guard Camp is located in the northeast of Gaoliu, near the city gate, and covers a large area. The bluestone-paved street in front of the gate runs straight through the "City Guard Street".
On both sides are restaurants, shops and teahouses, which are arranged in an orderly and symmetrical manner.
There were no vendors on the street, which was wide enough for four horses to run side by side. Under the watchful eyes of the city guards, Li Yuan and others walked into the city guard camp.
The Gaoliu City Guard has 300 vacancies, but it is always insufficient. When Qiu Long came, there were even less than 50 people.
At this moment, on the parade ground in the center of the camp, there were nearly two hundred city guards, tough and ruthless.
“Elite!”
Li Yuan's heart sank as his eyes swept across the training ground.
These elite soldiers who were fully trained and fed with good food every day, even if their individual martial arts skills were not as good as those of the apprentices in the inner courtyard, were they to form teams and fight, the outcome would be obvious.
This momentum is far beyond what those gang members and apprentices in the outer city can compare to.
"Senior Brother Yue!"
Wu Ming exclaimed.
Li Yuan took a quick glance and found that they were not the only ones who were "invited". Almost all the people who had not died in the jungle were there, including many ghostwriters.
For example, the fake Taoist priest Zhang Yuanfang, who was pale and sitting on the ground.
"Commander Zhou, I have said everything I need to say! Although Nian Jiu was seriously injured, his horizontal training was still there and he was extremely fierce. I fought with him for dozens of moves and he was seriously injured and unconscious. The beast also robbed me of my silver!"
Seeing Zhou Jinzhong, Zhang Yuanfang suppressed his anger and said:
"My brother is seriously injured and in dire need of medicine. I hope you can show mercy..."
Zhou Jinzhong just glanced at him coldly and turned to look at the training ground:
"Is Wang Dong back?"
After learning that Qiu Long might be in trouble, he immediately sent elite troops out of the city, while he himself stayed in the city to avoid being attacked by someone.
"My Lord, I haven't come back yet."
A city guard bowed in response.
"Interrogate them separately!"
Zhou Jinzhong's face darkened and he gave the order.
"Yes!"
Dozens of city guards came over and separated the apprentices and gang members. Zhou Jinzhong turned around and looked at Zhang Yuanfang:
"You said that you fought with Nian Jiu for dozens of moves?"
“Not bad…ah!”
Zhang Yuan tried to answer unconsciously, but he couldn't help but scream after uttering two words, and was pushed to the ground by Zhou Jinzhong.
"This useless guy who barely managed to break through his inner strength couldn't survive a fight with Nian Jiu..."
Ignoring the shocked and angry looks around him, Zhou Jinzhong sneered at the apprentices and gang members:
"Those who cooperate with the interrogation can go, and those who don't will be locked up in prison immediately!"
At his command, the crowd, which had been in a commotion, suddenly calmed down.
Wu Ming even picked up Yue Yunjin and took the initiative to talk about what happened that day. He was obviously quite anxious.
"An apprentice in a weapon forging shop?"
"Yes."
"Tell me what happened yesterday!"
"That morning..."
Li Yuan answered every question and was very cooperative.
"You said that as soon as you entered the forest, you heard a scream and then fled in all directions?"
The city guard's eyes were filled with suspicion and disdain:
"How long have you been learning martial arts?"
"Less than eight months."
Li Yuan answered honestly.
"Only eight months?"
The city guard frowned slightly, and after questioning a few more times, he went to the side and spoke a few words to the other city guards, as if they were responding to each other.
After returning, he waved his hand:
"You can go now, but you are not allowed to leave the city during this period. We may question you again at any time!"
"Thank you, sir!" Wang Gong, who was being interrogated at the side, felt like he was pardoned, and Li Yuan also felt relieved.
Although the city guards are powerful, they will not be able to do anything to Qiu Long if something happens to him.
After all, almost all the forces in the inner and outer cities are involved here.
"But if Qiu Long really died..."
Li Yuan's heart tightened as he glanced at the two hundred city guards on the parade ground. He followed Wang Gong, Zhao Xiaoming and others and left quickly.
……
"Brother Li, don't forget the little meeting in a while!"
Wang Gong seemed to be quite frightened as well. After he went out, he said something from a distance and headed towards the inner city without even waiting for Li Yuan to refuse.
"A brief meeting related to the entry into the Divine Weapon Valley?"
Li Yuan's heart moved slightly, but he didn't stay here. He walked along the street for a while and came to the Four Seasons Pharmacy.
He bought a lot of medicine during this period and became familiar with the guys here. After buying two bottles of Blood-Nourishing Pills, he expressed his desire to take a look at other pills.
"You should have looked at other pills."
The guy smiled as he took out bottle after bottle of pills and introduced them:
"This is a health-preserving pill. One pill can be used to make three pots of nourishing soup. It only costs three ounces of silver. This is a bone-strengthening pill...
This is the Leopard Embryo Strengthening Pill, made from the placenta of the Clouded Leopard and hundreds of precious medicinal materials. It is one of our three best pills and has a miraculous effect in increasing physical strength!"
"As the saying goes, an inch longer tendons mean three points more strength. Ten ounces of silver for one is definitely worth it..."
Regular customers are naturally treated differently.
As the waiter introduced the products, he did not refuse Li Yuan's request to smell it, but he just didn't let the porcelain bottle leave his hand.
"Finally, it is our store's treasure, the top-grade Yuan-replenishing Pill, which can not only nourish the Yuan Qi, replenish the blood, increase physical strength, and recover from injuries, but also assist in breaking through the internal strength!"
Li Yuan's eyes lit up, but he was scared away by the price.
"No bargaining price, fifty taels of silver per piece!"
"Fifty taels..."
Li Yuan felt very upset. Selling medicine was too profitable.
In the end, he could only smell it through the bottle and left under the watchful eyes of the waiter.
"If we only look at the porcelain bottles, then one of my two bottles of pills is the Leopard Embryo Yijin Pill, which was searched from Nian Jiu. It should be a top-grade Yuan-boosting Pill?"
Li Yuan's heart beat faster and he turned and left.
On the way, he saw a child teasing a field mouse. He took out two copper coins and bought it before returning to the shop.
Inside the room, Li Yuan closed the door, took out the two bottles of pills, and identified the smell.
"Three leopard fetus Yijin pills, thirty taels of silver, two Buyuan pills, one hundred taels! Good man, you are really willing to spend..."
Li Yuan's heart beat faster.
He still remembered the experience taught by Zhang Ben, so he poured out a leopard-shaped Yijin Pill, scraped a layer of it with his fingernail, and fed it to the small field mouse he had bought.
He observed carefully and waited for a long time. Seeing that the field mouse was not only fine but also more energetic, he was sure.
Then feed it the powder from the second pill.
……
After repeating this several times and making sure that the pill was fine, it was already dark.
After two days of hard work and not sleeping last night, Li Yuan felt sleepy and didn’t eat. He just fell asleep and slept until dawn the next day.
"Squeak~"
He stood up and stretched his muscles. Seeing that the little vole from yesterday was still alive, Li Yuan went out to wash, eat, and take a walk in the backyard.
"The second shopkeeper hasn't come back yet. It seems that more than a hundred city guards went out yesterday afternoon. Zhou Jinzhong didn't leave the city, and he still detained a lot of ghostwriters..."
After asking for some information, Li Yuan went to work as usual, forging iron for half a day, and returned to the room only when it was getting dark.
"The vole is still alive, so it should be fine."
Li Yuan tore off a piece of bacon hanging from the beam and fed it to the little field mouse, then took out a leopard fetus Yijin pill.
"One is equivalent to more than a year's salary for my second brother!"
Li Yuan made a small fortune and got some free pills, so he didn't feel too bad about it. He just tilted his head back and swallowed it.
(End of this chapter)
