After half an hour of trekking, a village appeared at the end of the trail. There are about fifty or sixty households in the village, most of which are old houses with bark roofs. Occasionally there are one or two blue-tiled houses, but they are much worse than the houses outside the mountains. There were no lights on in the entire village. I don’t know whether the villagers in the mountains turned off the lights early to go to bed to conserve electricity, or whether the place was not connected to the power grid at all.
The moon on the 15th was big and bright, and the cold moonlight shrouded the village like mist.
Ning Tao used his telescope to take a closer look, but he didn't find anything wrong at all. It was just an ordinary village. But he always felt like there was something hidden in the hazy moonlight, looking at him and Lin Qinghua with cold eyes.
"Boss, is there something wrong?" Lin Qinghua looked very nervous.
Ning Tao shook his head, "No, let's go over and take a look. Follow me and be careful."
Ning Tao walked towards the village carrying a small medicine box, and Lin Qinghua followed closely. The two of them arrived at the entrance of the village one after another.
There is a locust tree standing at the intersection of the village, and a stone tablet stands under the tree. The three words "Dawan Village" are engraved on the stone tablet. The characters are mottled and blurred, and the body of the tablet is incomplete. It looks like it is at least hundreds of years old. .
The locust tree is also very old, and a tree of white locust flowers has bloomed, and the air is filled with the fresh floral fragrance of the locust flowers. Ignoring this eerie and weird place, this locust tree is still nice. The locust flowers on this tree add a bit of elegant and ancient charm to this place.
"Dawan Village, what a strange name." Lin Qinghua said.
"Follow me." Ning Tao stepped over the stone monument and entered the village.
Quack-quack-quack!
The cry of crows was heard in the village, but there were no crows in sight.
A night wind blew by, and the trees on the hillside swayed, making a whimpering sound, as if someone was whispering in the dark mountains, or someone was crying in a dark corner.
As if due to nervousness and stimulation, Lin Qinghua's eyes turned green, and his delicate and gentle face changed, becoming a ferocious face with triangular eyes, a big nose, a big mouth, and a chin full of beard.
"Who is this?" Ning Tao asked.
A low and hoarse voice came out of Lin Qinghua's mouth, "I don't know either, but it's not easy for anyone who can leave personal information in the human gene chain. I think he is quite powerful, brush his face and make him stronger Courage.”
Ning Tao thought about Lin Qinghua's words thoughtfully, feeling like he was touching something, but he didn't know what it was.
At this time, Ning Tao also discovered that the village was abnormal. He did not smell human scent, nor did he see the presence of human innate aura in a certain room. If there was, he would definitely be able to see it, because most of those old houses had wooden walls with gaps, and you could see inside at a glance. This situation made him feel a little nervous. In a deserted village, the guy arranged to meet at this place. What if this was a trap
"Boss... is there really a ghost?" Lin Qinghua became even more nervous. He painted a fierce face, but it was just a face. He was still the same, a timid new demon.
Before Ning Tao could say anything, a light suddenly lit up in front of him.
The light dispersed the darkness, and a stone building emerged from the shadows. But there was nothing normal about it, it had only four walls and no roof. There are two stone lions standing under the steps in front of the door. One is lame in one leg and the other is headless. They look very strange.
That light was not an electric light, but a white lantern. It was hung from a bamboo pole on a wall, swaying gently in the wind, and the fire flickered as if it would go out at any moment.
There was a man standing under the white lantern, wearing a big bamboo hat that covered his face. He was wearing a black robe, which covered the lines of his body, which may indicate that he was very tall. When such a person appears in such an environment, he reminds people of ancient knights, and he is the kind who is very good at flying over walls and walls. But what he held in his hand was not a sword for chivalry, but an ice cream cone.
This ice cream ruins the whole style.
"Two fellow Taoists, please come here." The man in black robe spoke, his voice was hoarse and low. After saying hello, he actually picked up the ice cream in his hand and took a sip.
Lin Qinghua's legs trembled.
Ning Tao said: "Don't be afraid, I will protect you, follow me."
Lin Qinghua nodded and followed Ning Tao towards that person.
The man wearing a bamboo hat and a black robe also walked out of the ruins of the building with only four walls remaining. As he walked, he said to himself, "This village has a history of hundreds of years. It was a group of people who did not want to surrender to the Qing Dynasty in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties." The Ming army soldiers from the imperial court fled here, and Luocao built a village for them. They often drank wine and ate meat, so this village got the name Dawan Village. Unfortunately, as you have seen, this village is no longer there. People are gone. The old ones are old and dead, and the young ones have moved to the city to pursue modern urban life. They don’t need me as a guardian anymore. The world has changed and it is no longer the world I am familiar with.”
There was still a distance between the two sides, but the man's voice talking to himself seemed to be right next to his ears. The words were clear and you could even hear his breathing!
Ning Tao said in a loud voice: "Who are you? Why did you invite us here?"
The man wearing a bamboo hat and a black robe said: "Changes will lead to success. This ancient country has restored the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty through reform and opening up. It took only thirty years, so reform is very important. We must Change."
These words were incomprehensible and gave Ning Tao the feeling that this mysterious man was a little abnormal. But he has come, and he will give up if he doesn't figure things out. He led Lin Qinghua towards each other and soon met in an open space at the end of the village.
The man wearing a hat and black robe glanced at Ning Tao, then moved his gaze to Lin Qinghua, looked at it for two seconds and then said, "Why did you change your face to look like Wu Sangui? I saw this face I just want to beat him to pieces.”
Ning Tao couldn't help but glance at Lin Qinghua again, and was surprised. Is this the Wu Sangui in history who turned out to be a beauty in anger? He actually has such an ugly face.
Lin Qinghua was embarrassed and nervous, so she turned her face back. This new monster of his has no abilities, but he is very good at brushing his face.
Ning Tao said aloud: "Friend, you invited us to meet, but we know nothing about you. I just asked you who you are. Is this question difficult to answer?"
The man reached out and took off his pocket, revealing a thin face with sharp eyes like deep green pools. He has beards on his upper lip and chin, and with his thin face, he has a somewhat fairy-like charm. However, those green eyes betrayed him, he was a monster.
Born as a human but a demon, Ning Tao could guess that he was a new demon without using the bamboo slips from the Tianwai Clinic's account book. "I, Yin Molan, once worked in the East Factory of the Ming Dynasty and held an official position of thousands of households." The man who claimed to be Yin Molan raised his hand to Ning Tao and Lin Qinghua.
Lin Qinghua said in surprise: "The Imperial Guards of the Ming Dynasty? You... aren't you hundreds of years old?"
Yin Molan just nodded lightly.
Ning Tao's reaction was very dull. That guy Chen Pingdao has lived for more than two thousand years, and the Yin Molan in front of him is nothing compared to Chen Pingdao. However, out of politeness, he followed Yin Molan's example and cupped his hand, and said politely: "Senior Yin, you gave Lin Qinghua that prescription, right? Then you made appointments with Lin Qinghua and I to come here. I said Right?"
Yin Molan said: "Everything you said is right, but one thing is wrong. What I gave him was not a prescription, but an elixir."
Ning Tao's heart suddenly filled with panic! From the moment he came into contact with Lin Qinghua's ancestor-hunting project, he always thought it was scientific research. Even if he discovered spiritual soil, he thought it was just an important material for making ancestor-hunting medicine. However, he did not expect that what Lin Qinghua was actually studying was The elixir of the world of cultivation!
"Senior Yin, why did you give Lin Qinghua the recipe for Xunzu Dan?" Ning Tao asked, suppressing the surprise in his heart.
Yin Molan said: "Didn't I just say that? The world is changing, this era is also changing, and we must also change. I wanted to try to use modern technology to refine rent-seeking pills, but unfortunately it failed."
"Is this Ancestral Discovery Pill important to you? Why?" Ning Tao's curiosity became more and more intense.
Yin Molan chuckled, "Young man, if you want to know the secret of the rent-seeking pill, you must agree to cooperate with me."
"Cooperate with you?"
"Yes, we will cooperate and you will refine the rent-seeking elixir." Yin Molan said loudly, "This is the purpose of why I asked you to meet here."
Ning Tao was silent for a moment, then shook his head, "I'm sorry, I won't refine any great elixirs for anyone. I'm just a doctor who treats illnesses and saves lives. If one day you need medical treatment, you can come to me. I will definitely help, so this matter can be avoided.”
Yin Molan's mood fluctuated slightly, "There are very few cultivators who have entered Taoism from medicine, and you are the only one I have seen. Lin Qinghua's experiment originally failed, and I thought he would die, but you killed him Cured, your ability is beyond my imagination. I have also investigated you, and I found that you are very good at refining alchemy. I have a hunch that if you come to refine it, you will definitely be able to refine it. Dan!”
Lin Qinghua looked at Ning Tao eagerly. He obviously wanted to know the secret of the rent-seeking pill, and how important the rent-seeking pill was to Yin Molan, but he did not dare to ask Ning Tao to agree to cooperate with Yin Molan, and he felt uncomfortable.
Ning Tao actually wanted to know the secret of the Rent-seeking Pill, and what the perfect Ancestor-seeking Pill looked like, but he was a natural middleman between good and evil and the owner of the Tianwai Clinic. How could he cooperate with a demon and refine it? Ancestor-seeking pill that turns a person into a new demon
Ning Tao cupped his hand and said politely: "Senior Yin, you asked me to meet. I came and we met. So be it. I'll pretend that you never said anything, goodbye."
Lin Qinghua felt very unwilling. Seeing that Ning Tao turned around and left, he turned around and left too, not daring to waste a second.
Bah!
An ice cream cone flew over the heads of Ning Tao and Lin Qinghua and hit the ground in front of them.
What does it mean to throw ice cream at the slightest disagreement