Misty Rain of the Old Times

Chapter 151 Innocence
"Thank you for getting rid of the evildoer, I will never forget your kindness in saving my life. I hope you will leave your name behind. If you have any requests, we will do our best to help you."

After Chen Xuan got rid of the old man in black, Geng Hong immediately spoke.

He was still unable to move, and many people present were actually extremely nervous. Who knew whether this mysterious man would do anything bad to them after getting rid of the old man who raised snakes?

Chen Xuan felt amused. Geng Hong, the man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, had also learned something. He was just using these words to set the tone, establish himself as a good person, and try every means to build closer relations, so that those who really had bad intentions would probably hesitate.

How could he not see this little trick, especially when Geng Hong looked like that and said such words, giving people the feeling of being honest and upright. It's a pity that he is still a little short of the mark. He must have learned it from Liang Ren. His uprightness comes from the bones, not pretended.

Forget it, I won’t tease him anymore. It’s time for the commotion to end.

Chen Xuan raised his spear and knocked the snake staff left by the old man in black robe away, and disappeared into the night with a whistling sound. He couldn't guarantee whether the snake staff was still dangerous, so it was better to throw it farther away.

Then he walked over to Zhao Qingluan, stuck his spear into the ground and said, "Thank you for your spear, little girl. It works very well."

"You're welcome, senior," Zhao Qingluan said with a smile, looking excited.

Chen Xuan was just wondering what she was so excited about when she said with a burning gaze, "Senior, it's not just me who's using my gun that's easy. I'm also using it very easily. Do you want to try it?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Xuan's eyes widened under his cloak and he almost vomited blood. "Big sister, do you want to listen to what you are saying?"
Zhao Qingluan didn't realize the inappropriateness of his words and continued to chatter: "Senior, your spearmanship is amazing. I beg you to accept me as your apprentice. My spearmanship is inherited from my family. It doesn't count as changing my family if I become your disciple. As long as you accept me as your apprentice, I will definitely be obedient. I can learn to do laundry, fold quilts, and serve tea. I will definitely serve you comfortably."

It seems that this is what you said is useful. It scared me.

Chen Xuan was speechless at this naive girl. She had a plan. Not only did she want to learn his peerless spear skills, but she also wanted me to teach her how to wash clothes, fold quilts, and serve tea? So, do you want to be an apprentice or a master?

Dream your sweet dreams.

Without paying any attention, Chen Xuan tapped the ground with his toes and floated up into the air. Facing them, he flew backwards back to the treetop where he was before. Just like before, the bright moon was in the night sky behind him.

Gao Jingming said nothing from beginning to end and did not refute Chen Xuan's plan.

Facing them, Chen Xuan smiled and said, "Ah, at this age, it's really comfortable to stretch my muscles. I've made enough noise, and it's time for me to go. Oh, by the way, the bone-softening powder you all use only needs to use tangerine peel, floating wheat, mint, bamboo heart pulp, and moon-viewing sand. Take three grams of each and throw them into the fire. When the smoke rises, take a few breaths and it will be relieved after a while. See you again if you are lucky."

After leaving these words, Chen Xuan rose up again and flew towards the bright moon, as if he flew into the Moon Palace and disappeared. In fact, it was just an illusion caused by his flying too high and too fast.

"Senior, please leave your name," Geng Hong requested again, but the senior was nowhere to be seen.
Zhao Qingluan was almost crying. She looked at the moon and said anxiously, "Senior, senior, what do you think of what I said? You actually ignored me and left. Oh my, what a great opportunity I have missed!"

Newbies in the Jianghu world are like this. They think that as long as they open their mouths, the whole world will revolve around them. After all, they are young.

The method Chen Xuan left behind to dissolve Su Gu San was not nonsense, but one of the real solutions. Don't forget that Lao Liu instilled in him a lot of knowledge about alchemy, which can be kept on par with refining equipment. Among them is the method of refining and solving the problem of Su Gu San.

However, what he said before was a relatively troublesome one. The simplest one was actually to drink a mouthful of charcoal mixed with horse urine, which would relieve the symptoms in a quarter of an hour. But he himself did not want to drink a mouthful of that stuff. After all, he was still in the state of being infected.

After a quick circle, Chen Xuan took off his cloak and silently returned to the dark place and sat down on the ground. Except for Gao Jingming who knew about it in advance and paid attention to it, no one noticed what Chen Xuan had done before.

"It's a pity that the senior is gone, but he didn't leave behind a name. Fortunately, the evildoer was brought to justice. Is everyone okay?" Gao Jingming, the 'only' one who could still move, asked with concern.

Due to years of tacit understanding, he was happy to cooperate with Chen Xuan and perform the whole thing.

But I was muttering in my heart, Ah Xuan is obviously a few years younger than me, but he used to look like an old man, too much like him, I don't know where he learned it. He was fine normally, but once he covered his face, he was like a different person, otherwise it would be too boring.

"Brother Gao, we are fine. We are lucky to have escaped this disaster," Chen Xuan responded weakly in the corner.

Gao Jingming almost rolled his eyes and said, "Go on pretending. We brothers know each other."

Xiao Cai and the others didn't spend much time with Chen Xuan, so they didn't associate him with their predecessors. At this moment, the survivor said, "Sir, we are fine, but we can't move."

"I'm glad you're okay. Didn't the senior just leave me a solution? I'll help everyone detoxify right away," Gao Jingming nodded and thought to himself, A'Xuan, I'm really nice. Not only did I cover for you, but I also gave you so many advantages.

Geng Hong said in confusion, "Then I'm sorry to trouble you, sir. It's our duty to protect you, but to trouble you, this...ah..."

"It's okay, no one expected such an accident to happen," Gao Jingming said indifferently, and then asked the people who delivered the herbs: "Among the herbs you delivered, are there the ones that the senior just mentioned?" "Yes, yes, young master, do you recognize those herbs?" One of the herbal medicine merchants nodded immediately.

Gao Jingming walked towards their carriage and said, "Of course I know them. When I was studying with my master a few years ago, I also came into contact with the art of medicine. Although I am not proficient in it, there are not many medicinal herbs that I don't know."

He was not bragging. After all, the scholars here were trained to be all-rounders. After a few years of elementary school, even if they did not pass the imperial examinations, it would be easy to make a living as long as they studied hard.

Tangerine peel is orange peel, floating wheat is dried wheat. The part that floats in water and the part that sinks in water have different medicinal effects. The difference between the floating and sinking of the same wheat is huge. Mint is needless to say, bamboo heart pulp is the thin membrane in the middle of the bamboo, and moon-viewing sand is rabbit feces.

Gao Jingming picked and chose from the medicine cart, and using his senses to weigh the herbs, he got the approximate amount, and then threw them all into the fire to burn.

As the smoke rose, some people who were weak in their arms and legs nearby gradually regained their strength and were able to move, so they went to help those who were a little further away to detoxify.

"Senior... no, Master, please wait for me. If you used my gun, you must be responsible for me." After Zhao Qingluan was able to move, he grabbed the spear and chased in the direction Chen Xuan had left before, shouting.

Seeing this, everyone looked at each other in surprise. Is this Lady Zhao serious?
But the senior is so skilled in light combat that he doesn't want to pay attention to you. It would be strange if you could catch up with him. He will definitely come back after a while.

Chen Xuan is "able to move" now, and he has the urge to lie down again. It's your sister's fault. If someone doesn't know, they would think I did something to you.

After this incident, everyone was unable to sleep and returned to the campfire to discuss what had happened before. Most of them expressed their feelings of surviving a disaster.

Because the situation was too dangerous before, with poison needles flying everywhere, no one dared to rush in in the dark. If someone was contaminated, it would be fatal. Therefore, no one dared to clean up the battlefield. Fortunately, there was no loss.

Gao Jingming winked at Chen Xuan while no one was paying attention, and Chen Xuan smiled back. Everything was self-explanatory. It was not appropriate to talk so much in front of outsiders at this time.

Xiao Cai and the others surrounded Gao Jingming, very worried. He had taken action before, and they checked carefully from head to toe to make sure everything was fine before they felt relieved.

At the fire nearby, Geng Hong saw Zhao Erhe scratching his head and face as if he had lice crawling on him, and he mused, "Is there something wrong in Erhe?"

After hesitating for a moment, Zhao Erhe lowered his voice and whispered, "Boss, I don't know if you noticed that when we passed through the Ape Loss Gorge, we passed it smoothly. This time when the crisis came, a master happened to appear to rescue us. Do you think this is a coincidence?"

"What does Erheli mean?" Geng Hong's heart moved when he heard this and he probably understood what he wanted to say.

Nodding, Zhao Erhe said in the smallest voice, "I suspect there are experts secretly protecting us along the way. Although it was raining that day, I am sure I saw people on the river island. There were quite a few of them. They were definitely pirates, but they didn't cause us any trouble. And this time, if it was just a coincidence, it wouldn't make sense."

"Don't mention this matter anymore, just pretend you don't know. Think about it, do Madam and the eldest lady really trust us to protect the young master as he goes thousands of miles away to study?" Geng Hong whispered.

Zhao Erhe immediately understood and said that he would keep it to himself. He replied, "I understand. Madam has arranged for an expert to follow and protect us secretly."

To Chen Xuan, their words were like loud shouting in his ears. Although they guessed the wrong direction, it was almost right. It was just a misunderstanding, no big deal.

Everyone was talking about what had happened before. Half an hour later, Zhao Qingluan came back dejectedly with a spear in his hand.

Facing everyone's gaze, she sat beside the fire, feeling extremely lost, hugging her knees and saying with a heartbroken face, "Senior ignored me. I chased him for a long way but couldn't find any trace of him. It seems that he doesn't intend to accept me as his disciple anymore."

Isn't this obvious? Even a blind person can see it. People don't know how to comfort her, let alone criticize her. I think with her personality, she will recover after a while.

As expected, after a while, Zhao Qingluan was revived with full health and cheered himself up, saying, "I think it's because my skills are low and I can't catch the eyes of the senior. It doesn't matter. I will work hard. Next time I see him, I will definitely impress him with my sincerity."

When everyone was speechless and thought, "You won't give up yet?", she said regretfully, "It's a pity that the senior sounds too old. If he were younger, only in his twenties, I wouldn't be able to lower my standards and marry him."

You're thinking shit.

"It's late, go back and rest. Those who need to be vigilant should still be vigilant. Don't let something like this happen again."

I don't want to listen to her whimsical and naive ideas. I don't know who said that, "If you don't listen, you're out of touch..."

(End of this chapter)