"Sister, I miss you so much, why don't you come to see me?"
Just as Xu Lian closed his eyes and prepared to go to sleep, a faint murmur came from the back garden.
He didn't want to pay attention to it. Anyway, the demons and monsters in the old well were imprisoned and couldn't get out.
However, the sound never stopped, and it seemed that he had fallen ill again, which made him extremely annoyed.
She had no choice but to get up, quietly open the door and go out, groping in the dark to the old well in the back garden, and said in a hoarse voice, "Sister, my sister is here."
The voice in the well cried excitedly, "Sister, I miss you so much, please come down and accompany me."
Xu Lian certainly wouldn't go down, "Sister wants to discuss something with you. Don't call me every few days, otherwise, I will never come to see you again. If you are obedient, sister will come to see you every few days, understand?"
The old well was quiet.
After a while.
Then a wronged voice came out, "I know, sister, you must come to see me often, otherwise I will go crazy."
You're already crazy, don't you know it? Xu Lian silently slandered in his heart, "Okay, okay, it's settled, I will come to see you often."
Xu Lian turned around and was about to leave when he suddenly had an idea and remembered something, "Sister, do you know how to hide your strength?"
He did not intend to tell the mine patrol officer about his advancement to the Bone Refining Stage so soon. However, if the mine patrol officer came to the mine, he would know that he had been promoted to the Bone Refining Stage.
If you conceal something and fail to report it, the mine inspectors will find out and inevitably feel resentful.
So, he needed a way to hide.
The voice in the well said suspiciously, "It's very simple to hide your strength. If your strength is far greater than others, others' perception will be ineffective."
Then, it started crying again, "Sister, you actually need to hide your strength. It seems that you are really seriously injured. You are surrounded by powerful enemies and your situation is very bad. I'm sorry, sister. I'm locked up and can't get out. I can't help you."
"..." Xu Lian said, "What I mean is, how can you hide when your strength is far lower than others?"
The voice in the well asked curiously, "How could sister's strength be so much lower than others? Who has such high strength? It's impossible."
Xu Lian really wanted to throw a slipper into the well. Say it's crazy, but sometimes it can be quite smart.
"Ahem." Xu Lian pretended to cough twice. "If I am at my peak, other people's strength will certainly not be much higher than mine. I am injured now, so I need to hide my strength and stay out of the spotlight."
The voice in the well said, "Sister, you have a lot of secret techniques and treasures, so it shouldn't be difficult to hide your strength."
Xu Lian sighed and said, "You know that my memory is damaged. I have forgotten many secrets and lost the secret treasures. Can you teach me a few secrets, please?"
The voice in the well said with guilt, "Sister, I don't know how to do anything. I'm sorry."
How could this demon be so powerful when it can't do anything? Xu Lian was really at a loss. It seemed that it was basically impossible to obtain the secret method from it.
Of course, there is also a possibility that the demons and monsters in the well are pretending to be crazy and want to murder him? Or do they want to use him to escape from the confinement in the well
"Sister is gone. She will come to see you often. You have to be good and don't make any noise."
Xu Lian gave some final instructions and then left.
Go back to the house and lie down to sleep.
The back garden was very quiet and the madman in the old well was no longer making any noise.
The next day.
Li Xiya got up early and made breakfast for Xu Lian.
After eating, Xu Lian rode to the mine.
After a quick inspection and a look at the account book, he left the mine and went to Handu's mine to inquire about the stone marrow.
Came to Handu's mine, drank tea and chatted.
Xu Lian asked indirectly about the stone marrow.
"Stone marrow?"
Han Du looked at him strangely, "What does Brother Xu want this for?"
Xu Lian said, "To be honest, I have practiced martial arts. I heard that martial artists who take stone marrow can strengthen their physique and have the potential to break through and become martial artists."
Han Du pondered for a moment and said, "Stone marrow is like earth meat. It is a spiritual object used by practitioners. It is something that money cannot buy. Although I don't know what it is used for, I do know where to find stone marrow."
Xu Lian's eyes narrowed, "Please tell Brother Han."
Han Du opened his mouth, hesitated, and shook his head, "Actually, it's no use telling you. You can't get it unless the mine inspector is willing to help."
Xu Lian said, "Brother Han, you can talk as much as you want. As for whether I can get it or not, that is my own business."
Handu got up and closed the door and the window.
Xu Lian felt a sinking feeling in his heart when he saw how careful he was. It seemed like it would be really difficult to get the stone marrow.
Han Du lowered his voice and asked mysteriously, "Brother Xu, have you ever heard about what the world outside Green Bamboo Town is like?"
Xu Lian was stunned. The world outside Green Bamboo Town
He really hasn't thought about this question.
No one has ever heard of what the outside world is like, because every household in Green Bamboo Town has only two things to do every day: one is to work to earn food, and the other is to bleed to deal with the night watchmen. Survival is so difficult, how can they go out into the world
Besides, the night watchman is a stumbling block. Halfway through the journey, it will be dark. If you meet the night watchman, then you are done for. It is impossible to leave the territory of Green Bamboo Town.
So what is the world outside Green Bamboo Town like
Xu Lian wondered, "Is there something different about the world outside of this town?"
Han Du's voice became even lower. "I don't know about places that are too far away, but when I was young, I went to the Stone Town next door once. It was really different there. There were no night watchmen..."
Xu Lian's eyes widened. "There is no night watchman? If the people in Green Bamboo Town knew about this, they would flee over there like crazy."
Han Du said, "I haven't finished talking yet. Although there is no such thing as a night watchman in Stone Town, there is another kind of terrifying weirdness. Every household must worship a black box and burn incense and worship it once every night. After each worship, the body will become weaker. If you don't worship, the black box will go crazy and suck the whole family dry."
Xu Lian took a deep breath. This world is so damn dark. "What's in the black box?"
Han Du said, "I don't know, just like no one knows what the night watchman looks like. Who dares to open the black box and take a look?"
Xu Lian thought about it and couldn't help but sigh, "People at the bottom of society have it so hard."
Han Du said, "The stone marrow you want is the special spiritual object of Stone Town. Just like our mine, there are many mines in Stone Town that mine stone marrow."
Xu Lian frowned. It seemed that the stone marrow was harder to obtain than he had imagined.
Then, he remembered what Han Du had just said, "Brother Han, why did you say that we can get it with the help of the mine inspector?"
Han Du said, "The Mine Patrolman is in charge of all the mines in Green Bamboo Town. It is impossible that he does not know the Mine Patrolman in the neighboring Stone Town. It should not be difficult to get the stone marrow."