Chapter 186: Buying a Life

Liu Village is located northwest of Mount Fengdu, and Mount Fengdu is the ancestral court of the Pingdu Eight Array Sect. The Pingdu Eight Array Sect takes array techniques as the foundation of cultivation. Within its sphere of influence, "cold gate" small aristocratic families like Liu Daoran's family who practice array techniques are everywhere.

Therefore, the Liu family belongs to the Pingdu Eight Array Sect system, is not under the jurisdiction of Gengsang Cave, and did not participate in the Zhuoshui battle.

Mount Nangu to the north is different. Although it is only eighty miles away, it is on the edge of Gengsang Cave's sphere of influence. Gengsang Cave suffered heavy losses and needed to recruit cultivators, so they recruited to the Mount Nangu area last month, conscripting Liu Daoran's good friend Zhang Zhang Da Ming to Zhuoshui.

The method Liu Daoran came up with was to find his good friend Zhang Zhang Da Ming to see if he had any way, after all, he was on the battlefield. Even if there was no way, at least he could inquire about some news.

After listening, Liu Liu Xiaolou hesitated: "To tell the truth, Xiangxi and Badong have already fought until their eyes are red. Asking him to come forward to save people, won't there be any accidents?"

Liu Daoran waved his hand: "Easy to say, I have considered this carefully. First, Mount Nangu is not in the heart of Gengsang Cave. Fellow Daoist Zhang Da Ming is not close to Gengsang Cave, and he was rarely conscripted in the past, and there is no big hatred with your Xiangxi; second, he has something to ask of me. I am refining an array plate for him. We will go to Zhuoshui and act according to the situation."

Liu Liu Xiaolou was deeply moved: "Is Brother Daoran going too?"

Liu Daoran smiled: "If I only send a letter, Fellow Daoist Zhang Da Ming probably won't do his best."

With a clue, Liu Liu Xiaolou's mood improved greatly, and his appetite came up, eating a full meal.

Liu Daoran accompanied him to eat a little, and inquired about the situation at Mount Jin Ting. Liu Liu Xiaolou knew he was worried about the array technique again, so he comforted him: "There is no news, Brother Daoran, rest assured. Still the same words, who is so bold to trespass on Mount Fanghe? Perhaps for decades or a hundred years, that grand array is just a decoration!"

During this period, Liu Daoran also wanted to introduce Liu Liu Xiaolou to his wife, but Liu Liu Xiaolou refused with a bitter smile. He took someone's husband to go to a brothel, so how could he have the face to see her?

Thus, Liu Daoran gave up. After getting the Bewildering Fragrance Tendon, he was sincerely grateful to Liu Liu Xiaolou. The two talked about the path of array techniques, and he reviewed the various steps to break the array with Liu Liu Xiaolou again.

Brother Brother Hutou Jiao slept for another two hours. After a full meal at Liu's house, he finally recovered his state, and the three immediately set off.

First go north to Mount Nangu, then go northeast for over two hundred miles, and gradually enter the Zhuoshui battlefield. It's just that entering from the rear of Badong cultivators, it is inevitably more exciting.

Gengsang Cave is famous for its divine silkworms, and the art of silkworm Gu is famous all over the world. Various Taoist techniques derived from it are very mysterious. Silkworms, silkworm poison, silkworm silk, silkworm Gu, and all kinds of snakes and insects made Liu Liu Xiaolou and Brother Brother Hutou Jiao very surprised.

After encountering several interrogations along the way, the three became more careful. Fortunately, there was Liu Daoran accompanying them. He was a Bashu cultivator, his accent was not suspicious at all, and he was an array master within the sphere of influence of the Pingdu Eight Array Sect, so Gengsang Cave cultivators were relatively polite to him and didn't make things difficult, so they entered the core area controlled by Gengsang Cave.

In front, there was a hundred-foot-high peak by the river, which was the main peak occupied by Gengsang Cave—Mount Xiannu.

Sword lights flashed back and forth on the mountain top from time to time, dazzling. The three didn't dare to go deeper, Liu Liu Xiaolou and Brother Brother Hutou Jiao entered the dense forest to hide, while Liu Daoran went to inquire about Zhang Zhang Da Ming's whereabouts. After waiting for over an hour, he brought someone back.

This person had a headscarf on his head and a fierce look on his face. He looked similar to Brother Brother Hutou Jiao, like a body cultivator, or even more like a martial arts master, which was far from the "skilled in Gu and refined in poison" that Liu Daoran said.

This was Liu Daoran's good friend Zhang Zhang Da Ming.

Zhang Zhang Da Ming was an eighth-stage Qi Refinement cultivator, and his speech was very straightforward: "Daoran is my close friend. Since he has come forward, I will definitely think of a way to handle this matter. Besides, you two dare to go deep into the dangerous place to save people, which is a bit admirable. But admiration is admiration, and the things that should be taken out must be taken out."

Liu Liu Xiaolou naturally understood the rules: "Please name a number, I will definitely do my best for it."

Zhang Zhang Da Ming said: "Looking at Brother Daoran's face, I will only charge you eighteen spirit stones. Eighteen spirit stones for a life, although a bit expensive, this is not another place. If it were another place, a small cultivator in the early stage of Qi Refinement would be worth three or five spirit stones, but now it is during the war, and if one is not careful, one will lose his head!"

Liu Liu Xiaolou nodded: "Understand."

Liu Daoran said on the side: "Zhang Da Ming, it is during the war, so it is easy to fish in troubled waters... Refining array plates for you will not count as spirit stones."

Zhang Zhang Da Ming laughed: "In short, the risk is also great... Forget it, since Brother Daoran has spoken, then twelve! This kind of thing, I can't do it alone, I have to find a helper, so I have to use spirit stones to open the way."

At this moment, it was agreed that the transaction would be concluded at the price of twelve spirit stones. Thus, the four gathered together to discuss. Finally, it was agreed that Zhang Zhang Da Ming would get the person out of the prison and send him to the foot of the mountain, and Liu Liu Xiaolou and the others would find a way to take the person away.

Is it so easy to get someone out? Liu Liu Xiaolou was deeply suspicious of this, but seeing Zhang Zhang Da Ming's confident look, he couldn't say much. At this moment, he took out twelve spirit stones and handed them to Zhang Zhang Da Ming. Zhang Zhang Da Ming accepted them and told them to wait for the person at night.

Before leaving, he said: "After the person is brought out, we will not acknowledge it. If you lose your wind, as long as you don't resist, Gengsang Cave will not kill people indiscriminately, so don't talk nonsense at that time, then we can continue to save people, otherwise everyone will be finished!"

It was very clear, and it was indeed the truth. Liu Liu Xiaolou agreed: "Fellow Daoist Zhang, rest assured, we understand the rules."

Zhang Zhang Da Ming did have a way. He had an acquaintance who was one of the cultivators guarding the Xiangxi prisoners. This was his biggest reliance for saving people.

The war had lasted for half a year, and there were more than forty Xiangxi cultivators captured by Gengsang Cave, all of whom were put on Eight Prohibition Ropes, basically all injured. Those with minor injuries leaned against the cave wall, and those with serious injuries simply lay in a mess. After the people of the third uncle entered, while distributing rice cakes and drinking water, they checked the condition of each prisoner. Those who could eat rice cakes naturally didn't need to be checked, mainly checking those who were lying down.

After checking one by one, the two saw a young cultivator leaning against the corner of the wall, ragged, with a dark face, clearly suffering from poison. In fact, not only this young man, but half of the Xiangxi prisoners locked in the cave were poisoned by various poisons.

The two walked to the front, one grabbed his hair, lifted his face, looked at each other, and nodded secretly.

There was a mole near the corner of the eye, and he looked less than twenty years old. He was the only one in the whole cave who met the conditions.

One of them pinched his wrist, true energy probed in, and checked slightly. It was indeed the fifth stage. This was the one they were looking for, no mistake.

They found the right one. This person was indeed Su Jing.

This was the first time Su Jing had suffered such a great hardship. Not only was he poisoned, but his meridians were also sealed by the Eight Prohibition Ropes, and he had to endure the pain of poison fire attacking his heart every day. But as soon as he thought of the cultivation experience brother-in-law had taught him, he was full of fighting spirit, trying hard to maintain the clarity of his spiritual sense, struggling in adversity. There is great terror between life and death, and the opportunity lies in the terror. As long as he persists, all cultivation problems will be solved.

Most importantly, there was that spiritual pill!

Must bring it back to brother-in-law!

After being continuously grabbed by the hair and probed by true energy, his consciousness became three points clearer again. He quietly moved his toes, sensing that the small spiritual pill still existed, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

The spiritual pill was hidden in the wound on his toe, and a scab had formed on the outside. No one would have thought of it.

Just as he was about to open his mouth to ask for water, he was suddenly slapped on the back of the head and fell into a coma.

Before falling into a coma, what he was still thinking about was the five words "Dragon Gall Yin-Yang Pill."

"This one is out of breath!" one of the Badong cultivators announced loudly.

"Carry it out and bury it!" another shouted in response.