Yefutidaolu

Chapter 98 The Executioner's Straight Road

Looking at the execution platform in the distance, Gao Jian suddenly seemed to have a better understanding of the Divine Dynasty.

The Divine Dynasty is too big.

It cannot be summarized in a few words, nor can it be determined as "good" or "bad".

This world is so complicated.

With such a vast territory, so many people, and so many cities, this behemoth can almost be described as "chaotic". Gao Jian is still far from understanding the other party.

Even though Gao Jian has learned a lot from Shen Yun, there is still a gap between what is written in the book and what is actually there.

But those things are not something that need to be done right now, so let’s go buy some medicine first.

Gao Jian turned around and left, not even paying attention to the people's cheers, and went to look for a medicine store.

But he was not familiar with the road, so he walked around the street several times and asked several people before he found out the address of a famous pharmacy here, and he went straight there.

"You... aren't you afraid?" Dansha, who had been silent for several days, suddenly spoke.

"What are you afraid of?" Gao Jian was confused.

"The situation should be very dangerous now, right? Why...you still dare to talk to them?" Dansha seemed to be still a little timid, but there seemed to be some motivation driving her to talk to Gao Jian.

"You can't just wait to die, can you? If you don't know the way, you have to ask. The Zuo family and the Baishan Road Water Tribe don't have such long arms. You are worrying too much." Gao Jian answered casually.

"You are... different from the humans I have met." Dansha suddenly changed the subject.

"It's the same as before." Gao Jian rolled his eyes.

That's definitely different.

I grew up under the red flag and was born in the spring breeze. How can it be the same as a place like Qiyun Divine Dynasty? The values of this place are weird and outrageous. Many things are worthless in their eyes, and many things that Gao Jian thinks are not good are considered very important by them.

Gao Jian was originally incompatible with this world, and he himself felt that he was not in tune with the basic values of the Divine Dynasty.

However, it is precisely this incompatibility that forces him to do many things.

Dansha fell silent again.

Gao Jian felt that she seemed to have some serious illness.

But it doesn't matter. She is no longer in the late stage of cancer. Chunchun's whole body, no, the body is gone.

All I have to do is send her true soul to the East China Sea. There is no need to worry about her mental state.

Thinking about all sorts of things, Gao Jian finally arrived at the pharmacy.

The pharmacy is magnificent and covers a large area. It is bustling with people coming and going, and you can tell at a glance that its business is very good.

There is a plaque hanging on the pharmacy with four big characters written in very cool handwriting: "Qianjin Danlou".

Under the door plaque is a couplet.

It was used to cure the noble’s illness.

To save the poor and humble from disasters.

Horizontal banner: Stay healthy and safe.

Gao Jian took a quick look and went in to get the medicine.

With the third level of the Great Dao Song from fellow sect member Xuanhua, Gao Jian had some knowledge about medicine.

All of his fractures are considered external injuries and he just needs to replenish his energy.

He prescribed a prescription for himself, which was full of medicines for replenishing essence and energy. He was told to take it home and take it to replenish his essence and energy. In the state of being incorruptible, he would be able to heal on his own in no time.

So he went straight to the counter and said to the boy who was boiling the medicine, "Thunb, kelp, velvet antler, yellow honey, ginseng, ophiopogon, red ochre, scutellaria, and poria, three liang each, boil with sake, boil eight times, seven jin sake left with two jin, after it has no alcohol smell, remove the residue from the main medicine and fill it for me."

Gao Jian recited the prescription he had written with familiarity.

Completely original.

Gao Jian actually felt a little confused about this, that is... the Divine Dynasty seemed to be similar to his original world in many ways.

Although this kind of "similarity" is a specious one, for example, these medicines seem to have the same name and look similar, but in fact the ingredients are completely different and the way they work is completely different.

The Yin and Yang Qi of the Five Elements is the basic logic here. All physical laws have to take a back seat because the Yin and Yang Qi of the Five Elements does not make sense at all.

Therefore, Gao Jian has become accustomed to this kind of speciousness, and has also become accustomed to not taking the experience of the previous world as the truth.

If you use experience randomly, you will die.

Therefore, these prescriptions were all figured out by him after his own research. This is the value of the third level of the Xuanhua Tongmen Dao Ge.

Dr. Gao Jian is also feeling smug today.

However, at this moment, a fat man suddenly stopped Gao Jian.

The fat man said to Gao Jian, "Don't pick up the medicine yet. Is this prescription for treating internal and external injuries?"

"Yes, what's wrong?" Gao Jian looked at the fat man.

This fat guy...why does he look familiar? I always feel like he has a fishy smell.

"The recipe is OK, but it's not very effective. It can't heal bone injuries. Removing the deer antlers will only increase the essence but will cause the blood to boil. Boiling blood will make the injury unstable, which is not good. Although ginseng can replenish qi, it is too strong and is not conducive to healing injuries."

"Essence, if the form is insufficient, warm it with qi; if the essence is insufficient, replenish it with flavor. Those who are good at treating essence should first treat the skin, muscles and tendons."

“So it’s best to add one or two ounces of earth marrow to treat injuries and grow muscles. The key is that it can balance the medicinal properties of red ochre.”

"It's best to add three slices of Qingyangzang to nourish the essence. Two qian of Jitoushi can nourish the middle, eliminate violent diseases, nourish the essence and strengthen the will. It seems that your spirit is very strong, which should be the opening of the spirit gate. Therefore, Jitoushi is a good choice. Use nine liters of water, boil it and take three liters, remove the dregs, and take it three times. It is the best way to warm and nourish the spirit in the body."

"Finally, add a little bit of Yuli and swallow it directly without refining. It will soften your tendons and strengthen your bones. Actually, you can eat more, but it's too expensive. A little bit is enough."

The fat man said this to Gao Jian.

Gao Jian listened for a moment and wanted to refute.

But the more I listened, the more it made sense to me, and I couldn't help but nod my head slightly: "That's true, thank you brother."

"It's nothing. We who practice martial arts and use knife skills always have some bruises and injuries. It's just that we become better doctors after years of illness." The fat man said kindly. Although he didn't smile much, it could be seen that he had a good temper.

Now that the prescription has been determined, the medicine boy will go and get the medicine immediately.

Gao Jian nodded and suddenly asked, "By the way, brother, have we met somewhere before?"

"Hmm? No." The fat man shook his head. "Then why did you give me instructions? And... you look familiar to me..." Gao Jian was a little confused.

"It's normal to look familiar. Big brother, you are from another place, right? He is a celebrity in our Tianshui City. Didn't you see him just now? A big bandit who killed people like crazy, and his head was chopped off with a snap!" At this time, the boy who got the medicine came back and immediately said something excitedly, and made a beheading gesture, imitating someone.

However, Gao Jian understood. He was reminded and immediately looked at the fat man: "The person who carried out the execution earlier?!"

“Hey, it’s a craft passed down from my ancestors. It’s just of the lowest quality. Don’t look down on me, little brother.” The fat man lowered his head in embarrassment.

But Gao Jian's face was full of disbelief.

Although this fat guy smells a bit fishy, his attitude and expression can be described as elegant, easy-going, and friendly. How is he similar to the executioner who just chopped a bunch of gangsters to death?

"How could I look down on you? It's a great pleasure for you to kill the villain with your own hands. And thank you very much for the medicines." Gao Jian said immediately.

"That's good." The other party nodded and said nothing more.

Gao Jian didn't continue talking.

It was just a chance encounter. Although I am very grateful for your advice, there is no need to keep pestering me.

After a while, the medicine was boiled in the medicine furnace, put into the gourd, and handed to Gao Jian.

Gao Jian paid the money, turned around and left.

These medicines, added together, cost five or six thousand coins, less than one gold coin.

The prices in the Divine Dynasty are still really mysterious...

It’s cheap, but this dose of medicine costs an ordinary person a year’s income.

It is expensive, but for practitioners, less than one gold is really nothing. According to the experience in Cangzhou, a foreman at the first level can earn more than ten or twenty gold a year.

If they are more advanced practitioners, they also use the Divine Dynasty's treasure money, so to what extent do their expenditures and incomes go?
Although they use the same currency system, the difference between the upper and lower levels is too great, and... these medicinal herbs should also be grown by the common people of the Divine Dynasty.

From this perspective, the common people of the Divine Dynasty are even in an "indispensable" position in this economic system. The Divine Dynasty may be extremely dependent on the common people to carry out large-scale planting and mining labor to maintain the normal operation of this behemoth.

How can such a weird pricing system be maintained?

Thinking of this, Gao Jian took a sip of the medicine.

so bitter.

"It's so bitter..." The cinnabar in my mind suddenly spoke, its tone a little pitiful.

"Can you feel what I feel?" Gao Jian was a little surprised.

"I'm now staying in your spiritual gate. Of course I can feel that my ghost spirit has been burned. The Taiguang True Spirit has no five senses. I'm now using your senses..." Dansha's tone was muffled, and a bit nauseating.

All living beings that are born with divine connection have three souls, namely Taiguang, Youjing and Shuangling.

The fetal light is a ray of innate true spirit. Reincarnation and the birth of consciousness all depend on it. The so-called annihilation of the soul means that the 'fetal light' is shattered, and the chance of reincarnation is completely lost.

The ghost is responsible for the body, internal organs, five senses, and various feelings. These are the functions of the ghost. Without the ghost, people will lose their perception of the body. If the ghost is damaged, you will find that your eyes are fine but you can't see anything.

Shuangling is responsible for thinking. All kinds of rationality, mental arithmetic, and reaction speed are all controlled by Shuangling. Without Shuangling, one will become stupid.

The combination of the three is the 'Soul', and the heart lake is hidden in the soul.

To be honest, Gao Jian felt that the dragon soul was a little stupid at this moment, probably because it and her burned Shuang Ling.

Gao Jian is very tolerant towards foolish children like this.

So he bought another piece of candy and put it in his mouth.

"Um...thank you." Dansha's voice came in my mind.

Gao Jian smiled and didn't continue. He just took a bite of candy and a bite of medicine, then walked towards his next target.

Next target, transportation.

Riding a horse was too slow and tiring, so Gao Jian decided to take a ride on the Divine Dynasty's unique means of transportation, a flying boat.

As the name suggests, this thing can fly in the sky at a very fast speed and can carry many passengers at a time. Many people will most likely choose a flying boat when traveling.

Flying boats are safer and faster.

A large flying boat can travel thousands of miles a day, which is almost as fast as an airplane, and can also carry cargo. Therefore, flying boats are used as a means of transportation in many large occasions.

All of this depends on the "round road and straight road" that the Divine Dynasty once built.

In the ancient times, when gods still existed, the Divine Dynasty at that time built five large rings, the 'Five-Ring Circular Road', with the same center, one ring inside another, and eight 'Eight Direction Straight Roads' starting from the center.

The original circular road and straight road were constructed by the joint efforts of many mountain gods, sky gods and the former emperor of the Divine Dynasty, connecting the earth veins and the weather.

The Divine Dynasty at that time used the power of the gods to change nature. Through the gods and their own formations, they created the huge natural phenomenon of "weather and air flow".

These weather and earth air will spontaneously flow along the five ring belts, and different "weather" will operate here according to the rules throughout the year.

Because the earth's veins have been changed, the weather has also been affected, and the earth's air will also change its course. In this way, such a ring belt can be formed according to the differences in the flow speed of the air between the sea and the land in various places, and the dynamic effects of large terrains such as plateaus, mountains, and plains.

There is an endless supply of "weather" in the ring belt that operates according to the seasons. As long as the flying boat is on it, it can be pushed by the weather and travel between specific locations at an extremely fast speed and extremely low energy consumption.

As long as the terrain and ground veins within the Divine Dynasty do not undergo major shifts and the formations are maintained by someone, then these circular and straight roads will always run according to this law, repeating over and over again, forever and ever.

In this way, through the "circular road" composed of five large rings within the Divine Dynasty, and the eight "straight roads" starting from the center of the circle and heading straight towards the eight directions around it, a large-scale transportation highway network of the Divine Dynasty was formed.

However, the gods later disappeared.

The circular track and the straight track lost their function for a period of time due to stagnation of weather and ground energy, and were scrapped for a period of time, causing huge losses.

After the Divine Dynasty activated the Temple of Heaven and re-promoted the rotation of the four seasons, these things became useful again and have been used ever since.

As for his own spiritual horses, flying birds and other mounts, they are more like cars and motorcycles, and are used for the details of transportation other than circular and straight roads.

It can be said that waterways, straight roads, and circular roads are the basis for large-scale material and population flows in the Divine Dynasty.

Needless to say, waterways are natural water veins that are very useful, and unlike circular roads and straight roads, waterways can be easily spread to every place, so waterways like the Baishan River still have great value, they are just a bit slow.

The straight and circular paths are super-fast air transport.

To be honest, every time Gao Jian saw the Divine Dynasty's super-large infrastructure, as well as the other side's mysterious productivity and residents' living standards, he felt it was outrageous.

How did the current situation come about?

(End of this chapter)