At this time, Shuofang City was quiet, with few pedestrians on the streets. However, there were night guards on the top of the tall buildings, using their magical powers to illuminate in all directions.
Those night guards standing in the attics outside the buildings were often spiritualists hired by wealthy families to guard against thieves. Especially recently, the prison in Shuofang City was robbed, releasing many vicious criminals.
—Of course, the areas below the fifth floor of high-rise buildings are where the poor live. There are no night guards, nor is there a need for them.
There were cloud bridges everywhere in the sky, shuttling between the buildings. Even at this late hour, there were still carriages traveling on the cloud bridges. But in the lower world of Shuofang City, it was already late at night and quiet.
At the Xinglin Herbal Medicine Shop, there was a knock on the door.
After a long time, Doctor Dong put on his clothes, walked over on his wooden soles, and asked vigilantly from behind the door, "Who is it?"
Su Yun's voice came from outside: "Doctor Dong, do you want to rob the gray monster?"
Doctor Dong was overjoyed, and hurriedly opened the door latch, saying with a smile, "Yes, of course I want it! You got it so quickly?"
"How many do you want?" Su Yun asked outside the door.
"I want as many as you have!"
Doctor Dong removed the door panel and put it aside. He poked his chubby head out and looked around. He was shocked and regretted that he had agreed too quickly.
I saw a row of mountain-carrying beasts lined up outside the Xinglin Medicinal Materials Shop. These mountain-carrying beasts were dirty all over and covered with black ash, making it difficult to see them clearly standing on the street.
On the backs of these mountain-carrying beasts are large wooden baskets made of horizontal wooden beams, and inside the baskets are black limestones in the shape of coffins.
Those calcite stones are very huge, and each stone probably weighs tens of thousands of pounds. If we just sell the calcite from them, it would probably cost a lot of money!
"These sarcophagi may contain the calamity monsters."
Su Yun smiled and said, "They are dormant gray monsters that will wake up when they touch the air. I'll give you one and sell the other six to you. Sir, please take a look at this money, and all my future injuries..."
Doctor Dong counted them and his scalp tingled. There were a total of seven mountain beasts here, and each of them had a black stone coffin. Even if Su Yun gave him one, he would probably go bankrupt!
Suddenly, a heavy and dull voice came from above: "Xinglin, take it. I will give you the money. It's a fair deal. Don't let him get shortchanged. Those mountain beasts must also be dealt with properly. Don't leave any traces. There is also a body on the street. Deal with it properly as well."
Doctor Dong was in awe and bowed, "Yes, old man."
Su Yun raised his head in surprise and looked upwards, only to see a bright moon in the sky. The moonlight fell from between the tall buildings, shining on the streets for a rare occasion.
"Why is Zuo Pushe standing so high?"
Su Yun didn't see the person who was speaking, and asked in confusion: "Doctor Dong, why do you call Zuo Pushe Lao Piaobazi? Isn't Zuo Pushe's surname Zuo?"
Doctor Dong was shocked and said quickly, "What nonsense are you talking about? The old boss is the old boss, and the left servant is the left servant. They are not the same person at all!"
Su Yun was puzzled, thinking: "My ears are extremely sensitive, and I will never make a mistake in identifying a person's voice! Although the voice just now was well disguised, it was clearly the voice of Zuo Pushe, there is no way I could make a mistake!"
Even so, he was tactful enough not to say it out loud, and said with a smile: "If it's not, then it's not. Doctor Dong, I'm injured again, you see..."
“Yes and no!”
Doctor Dong glanced at him meaningfully and said, "There are some things you shouldn't know. Come in first!"
Su Yun walked into the herbal medicine shop, and Doctor Dong immediately closed the door of the shop. Su Yun hurriedly said, "Those calamity monsters are still outside..."
"It's okay. Someone will pick it up."
Doctor Dong grabbed the herbs, opened the secret room, and led the way. His face was dim under the light. He said, "Mr. Su, you are from the country, and so am I. There are things I must tell you. This world is not as simple as it seems on the surface. Especially the lower world of Shuofang, which is like a river that looks clear, but is actually unfathomable. Countless people have drowned in this river!"
Su Yun was confused and nodded his head.
The inside of this building was where he came last time. Doctor Dong performed various experiments here that seemed cruel and inhumane to ordinary people, but to Su Yun, this was the way to gain knowledge through the study of things.
At this time, Chi Xiaoyao was still transformed into a Chilong, coiled around the bronze pillar, sleeping soundly with his eyes closed.
Doctor Dong called out several times before waking her up.
The snow-white Chilong shook its head and opened its sleepy eyes. It then saw Su Yun and hurriedly walked behind the bronze pillar. It said shyly, "Junior brother, why are you here at this time? I'm still sleeping! Wait a moment, I'll change my clothes and wash my face..."
Doctor Dong urged, “Hurry up, your fellow apprentice is injured again!”
"Injured again so soon?"
Chi Xiaoyao poked her head out, having transformed into a young girl with disheveled hair. She looked Su Yun up and down, and asked in confusion, "Wasn't it cured yesterday? Junior brother, wait a moment, I'll wash my face first."
She rustled around behind the bronze pillar, and after a while she finally tidied herself up, brushed her teeth, and then appeared in front of Su Yun, looking refreshed.
Su Yun took out the collar of his mask from his pocket and said, "Senior, I went to do business tonight and hurt myself."
"Buy?"
Chi Xiaoyao looked at him, his eyes flickering: "The business of the Jiehui Factory? You blackmailed the Jiehui Factory?"
"What extortion? It's the robbery of the ash factory!" Doctor Dong said unhappily.
Su Yun hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It could be even worse... Senior, can you help me deal with this piece of cloth? I used it to cover my eyes, and I'm worried that if I throw it on the street, someone will pick it up."
Chi Xiaoyao collected the strip of clothing. A stream of water appeared above her head. The water wave flashed and took the strip of clothing away. She said, "You need to change your clothes. They are all dirty and torn. When your injury is healed, don't leave tomorrow. I will go with you to buy some clothes."
Doctor Dong put the medicine aside, asked Su Yun to lie down, took out a silver needle and planned to give him acupuncture to remove the dirty blood. However, the silver needle bent when it was inserted.
"Huh?"
Doctor Dong was surprised, and used his vital energy to activate the silver needle, which pierced Su Yun's skin. The skin only sank but was not pierced.
He gradually increased his energy, and the silver needle became sharper, but Su Yun's skin was still not pierced.
Doctor Dong let out another exclamation, and with a little more energy, he finally pierced Su Yun's skin. Doctor Dong's face was solemn, and he asked intentionally or unintentionally: "Master Su, what kind of martial arts are you practicing?"
Su Yun said honestly: "Honglu Transformation and Nourishing Qi Chapter."
Doctor Dong raised his eyebrows: "You haven't practiced the skills of the Soul Condensation Realm?"
"not yet."
"What miracle drug did you take?"
Su Yun shook his head: "I have never eaten it."
Doctor Dong narrowed his eyes on his chubby face and asked with a smile, "Where did your ancestors come from?"
Su Yun was even more confused.
Doctor Dong quietly took out a thicker silver needle and inserted it into Su Yun's arm to draw blood. Under the silver needle was a half-foot-high glass bottle.
After releasing two bottles of blood, Su Yun felt dizzy. Doctor Dong then stopped and quietly handed the blood bottle to Chi Xiaoyao. Chi Xiaoyao understood and quickly hid it to avoid being discovered by Su Yun.
Doctor Dong then continued to help Su Yun remove the blood stasis and then injected the healing medicine into Su Yun's body through the silver needle.
Chi Xiaoyao prepared the water, Su Yun took off all his clothes and lay in the cauldron, he activated the Bifang Divine Movement and Nourishing Qi Chapter to heat the cauldron, and soon the pot of medicine was boiled.
Chi Xiaoyao quietly came to Doctor Dong and whispered, "Sir, didn't you take two large bottles of blood last time? Why did you take two more this time?"
"He has a lot of energy and blood. He won't die. He will recover soon."
Doctor Dong's eyes flickered like sharp blades. "His body is so strange. My silver needle almost pierced his skin just now! It was not like that yesterday! After one day of absence, his body strength has improved in all aspects. Whether it is strength, speed or skin toughness, it has increased several times! His skin is now several times tougher than rhino skin, almost as tough as your dragon scales!"
Chi Xiaoyao was startled.
Doctor Dong examined Su Yun's blood and said, "In just one day, his physical fitness has improved several times. This terrifying progress makes me doubt that he is not an ordinary person!"
Chi Xiaoyao blinked: "What does the teacher mean?"
"I suspect he is a visitor from outer space!"
Doctor Dong said with a serious expression, "I have had this suspicion for a long time! He has an extraordinary technique that greatly increases the speed of blood circulation, which is why he is often injured. His body simply cannot withstand such a horrible blood circulation. If it were any other scholar with a similar level of cultivation, his arm would have been blown to pieces by this violent blood. But every time he comes to me for treatment, his arm is still fine."
Chi Xiaoyao glanced at Su Yun, only to see Su Yun sitting upright in the cauldron, practicing some kind of martial arts, so he whispered, "Sir, Junior Brother looks like a human."
"Not necessarily. Maybe he is a visitor from the fairyland. You know, seven years ago, it was rumored that someone opened a channel to the fairyland above Tianshiyuan. Maybe some kid sneaked in from the fairyland."
…
Doctor Dong did not find anything abnormal in Su Yun's blood and frowned. Suddenly, there was a commotion outside. Doctor Dong and Chi Xiaoyao walked out and looked out of the store. They saw a number of magnificent chariots passing by on the streets of the lower world.
-As for the mountain-carrying beasts and ash-robbing monsters that Su Yun brought, they had already been moved away without leaving any trace.
Doctor Dong and Chi Xiaoyao were surprised: "This direction... is to the robbery factory!"
After many magnificent chariots passed by, the streets returned to calm, but the space between the tall buildings was not peaceful.
This night was destined to be the second restless night for Su Yun after he came to Shuofang City.
The underground city of ash.
The Shuofang Marquis, the official of Shuofang City, is itself a great family of Shuofang City. The ancestor of the Li family was a general guarding the border. He conquered Shuofang and defended this place alone for thirty years, fighting against the powerful soldiers outside the Great Wall alone. He earned the name of the Godly General Li and persisted until the Emperor Yuan Shuo quelled the thirty years of unrest in the country, and then he sent troops to help.
Up to now, the body of the ancestor of the Li family has not been buried. His black iron coffin stands on the tallest building in Shuofang City, guarding Shuofang and suppressing any unrest outside the Great Wall.
This time, Marquis Shuofang was alarmed and came to the ash factory in person.
In addition to Marquis Shuofang, the heads of all the major families in Shuofang City also came to the underground Jiehui City. In addition to them, the heads of the four major palaces were also present.
Although the four great academies were not from aristocratic families, they held the title of Pushe and were the leaders of official schools, so naturally they also had extraordinary status.
Zuo Songyan arrived late, and Monk Tu Ming hurried to greet him, lowering his eyebrows and smiling, "Pu She, how did the envoy handle this case?"
Zuo Songyan's eyes trembled: "You did a great job. Too great."
Monk Tu Ming was puzzled: "Pushe, I came to investigate the Jiehui Factory, but I couldn't find any clues after such a long time. Then Envoy Su came to investigate the case, and he turned Jiehui City upside down overnight! Now, Tong Pushe of the Tong family must be extremely sad and angry."
Zuo Songyan looked towards Tong Qingyun, only to see that Tong Qingyun was talking to Marquis Shuofang, Wu Shenbu and others. Tong Qingyun was extremely respectful to Marquis Shuofang, without any trace of grief or anger on his face.
"It's because he shook himself so hard that he was too good."
Zuo Songyan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I don't know whether he is here to investigate the case or to commit a crime! Do you know? The second in command of the Tong family is dead!"
Monk Tu Ming was so frightened that he trembled several times and said in a stammering voice: "Pushe, don't scare me..."
"Why should I scare you?"
Zuo Songyan lowered his voice and said, "Tong Qingluo died in Jiehui Factory, more than 20 spiritualists from the Tong family died, nearly 20 teachers from Shuofang Academy died, and even a teacher from Xidu Tai Academy was buried in Jiehui City! In addition, I also saw him kill Tong Xuan from the Tong family on the street!"
Monk Tu Ming's face turned pale, he was trembling with fear and almost wanted to run away.
He is now a little scared. When Su Yunlai "committed the crime", he and the monks from the Sakya Academy of Wenchang Academy hid outside the robbery ash factory, waiting for an accident to happen at the robbery ash factory so that they could rush into the mine and take the opportunity to explore the secrets of the underground robbery ash city in the name of rescue.
It was not until Zuo Songyan told him that so many important people had died that he realized the danger.
"He must be here to commit a crime!"
Zuo Songyan was worried and murmured, "He is also having an affair with the human demon. I suspect that the human demons are a male and a female, and he is the other male human demon..."
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