Something's wrong with this demon.

Chapter 75 Medicine Man

"Selling steamed buns!"

"Selling meat!"

The town of Yaoren was quite lively in the evening.

When Luo Qingchen stepped into the town again, she inexplicably felt a sense of familiarity and security.

Actually, this place is indeed safer than the place above.

At least it wasn't as deathly silent and cold as the above, nor did it have the suffocating feeling of being constantly watched and observed by death.

"Sweet potatoes for sale!"

On the street, Zhao Shi was squatting in front of his stall, picking out sweet potatoes for two customers while calling out to them.

Luo Qingchen didn't go over to disturb them, and walked past them from the other side with the little girl.

Inside the stone house ahead, it seemed there was a different person.

A woman with gray hair was arguing angrily with a disciple dressed in black robes outside the window.

After the disciple left, Luo Qingchen led the little girl over.

"What is it?"

The woman didn't look up, searching for something in the drawer, her face still showing anger, and her tone was very sharp.

Luo Qingchen said, "This junior, Luo Qingchen, just returned from outside with the medicine person and needs your help to register her. Also, could you help her find something to do?"

That's probably what Tian Feng said when he brought him here.

The woman looked up at him, then glanced at the little girl behind him, and asked coldly, "You drug-wielding person, is she a cultivator? Has she broken through to the Bone Strengthening Realm?"

Luo Qingchen said, "She has never cultivated."

Upon hearing this, the woman sneered, "Since she hasn't even started cultivating yet, why should I help her find things to do? Have you no shame?"

He then took out a pen and paper, and said sternly, "Tell me her name, then yours, and I'll make her a drug user identification tag. Also, you need to show me your waist tag for inspection."

Luo Qingchen took out her waist token, handed it over, and said, "Her name is A Yao, and my name is Luo Qingchen."

"Ayao—Luo Qingchen—"

The woman wrote with her head down, reading aloud as she went.

Suddenly, her gaze stopped, she looked up, and asked, "What's your name?"

As she spoke, she immediately reached out and took the waist tag from his hand, looking at the name on it.

"Luo Qingchen".

Luo Qingchen answered again.

The woman recognized the name on his waist tag and immediately stood up from her chair, a look of surprise on her face: "You're Luo Qingchen? The boy who came from Yaoren Town a couple of days ago?"

Luo Qingchen nodded.

The woman's face immediately lit up with a warm smile: "So it's Junior Brother Luo!"

She smiled and said, "My husband is Wang Jing. When he went back that day, he kept talking about you, praising you endlessly. He said that you, Junior Brother Luo, are so young yet so composed, and that you are sure to have a bright future. Haha, that guy really praised you to the skies. I was curious about what kind of person Junior Brother Luo was, but after meeting you today, I can see that you are indeed a young hero."

Luo Qingchen cupped her hands and said, "So you are Senior Brother Wang's wife."

The woman smiled and said, "Junior Brother Luo, you don't need to be so polite. Just call me Senior Sister Sun."

He quickly explained, "Junior Brother Luo, please don't take offense. What I said just now wasn't directed at you. There's a rule here: we only help find tasks for those who have broken through to the Bone Strengthening Realm. If you're just an ordinary patient, you'll have to find them yourself."

"I see, I was presumptuous."

Luo Qingchen quickly cupped her hands in greeting again.

Unexpectedly, the woman looked around and smiled, then whispered, "However, Junior Brother Luo is no ordinary person. My husband truly considers him a friend. So, I will definitely help him with this."

"Junior Brother Luo, please wait a moment."

As she spoke, she took out a stack of papers from the drawer and began to look through them one by one.

After reading a few pages, she frowned slightly, looked up at the little girl hiding behind him, and upon seeing the two scars on her face, couldn't help but smile wryly and say, "Junior Brother Luo, were those scars on this little girl's face inflicted by you just now?"

Luo Qingchen nodded.

The woman seemed somewhat hesitant. After a moment's consideration, she cautiously asked, "Junior Brother Luo, would you mind if she went to work as a maid in a brothel? Although she has a scar on her face, which might be a bit of a problem, it should be fine for her to do the work later."

Luo Qingchen paused for a moment, then said, "Are there any other places? As long as there's food and lodging, I don't need wages."

The woman had no choice but to lower her head and flip through the pages again. After a moment, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she picked up a piece of paper and said, "Junior Brother Luo, how about letting her work as an apprentice at a pharmacy? The Ziwei Pharmacy on South Street is run by a woman named Bai Tang. She came down from above and her medicine skills are extremely high. If she goes there, she'll be provided with food and lodging, and she can learn medicine skills, but there's no pay."

"A pharmacy?"

Luo Qingchen's gaze shifted, and she looked down at the little girl behind her, thinking to herself: Medicine Man Town, pharmacy, A-Yao—

He looked at the woman and asked, "How many people are there in the pharmacy?"

The woman thought for a moment and said, "Besides Bai Tang, there should be three other apprentices, two men and one woman, all of whom are quite young."

Luo Qingchen nodded without further hesitation and said, "Then let's go to the pharmacy."

Then he cupped his hands in thanks and said, "Thank you for your trouble, Senior Sister Sun."

The woman smiled broadly and said, "Junior Brother Luo, you're too kind. It was nothing. I'll make her the waist tag right away."

As he spoke, he immediately took the papers and went into the inner room.

A moment later, she came out with a black wooden plaque and a piece of paper, handing them to Luo Qingchen and saying, "Junior Brother Luo, the waist token is ready. Have her take the waist token and this letter of introduction directly to Ziwei Pharmacy; they will accept her."

"Thank you, Senior Sister Sun."

Luo Qingchen took the package, thanked her again, exchanged a few more pleasantries, and then took her leave with the little girl.

The two of them, one after the other, soon arrived at the Ziwei Pharmacy on South Street.

Luo Qingchen stopped on the street, handed the waist tag and letter of introduction to the little girl, and said, "Go."

The little girl took it, and said somewhat timidly, "Brother, aren't you coming with me?"

Luo Qingchen said coldly, "From now on, you're all alone. You'll have to rely on yourself for everything you do here. No one will help you."

The little girl pursed her lips and whispered, "Oh—"

Luo Qingchen repeated her words coldly: "I will come down to collect blood in a month. In the meantime, I hope you live well. If you die, I will sell your skin and your body."

After saying that, he prepared to leave.

But after taking a few steps, he suddenly turned back to stare at her and said, "Also, your blood, your soul, everything about you, you are not allowed to sell or pawn it without permission, do you understand?"

The little girl nodded vigorously: "Yes, brother, I know, they're all yours!"

Luo Qingchen didn't say anything more and quickly left.

As the little girl watched his figure gradually disappear into the distance, she slowly clenched her two small fists. A determined look appeared on her tender little face marked with a scar, and she thought to herself: Brother, I will definitely live well and wait for you to come and take my blood!

Luo Qingchen walked out of the town and climbed the steep, straight staircase.

The matter of the drug user has been resolved.

However, he did not intend to stay in the sect for cultivation during this one-month safe period.

He decided to go back and get a good night's rest, then spend two days refining all the medicinal power stored in his body from the recent medicinal bath, and then check the main peak's task list to see if there were any money-making tasks.

He currently owes a total of 1510 taels of silver.

He only had 163 taels on him.

If we don't take advantage of this one-month protection period to go out and earn money, then after a month, the senior sister's 500 taels of silver will accumulate interest, which will cause trouble.

And there will likely be many more places where money will be needed later.

For example, he wanted to buy more black iron nails and poison, so that all the nails would be coated with poison.

Other concealed weapons all make a sound when used and require active throwing.

For cultivators, as long as their senses are sharp and their reaction speed is fast enough, they can evade it.

But nails are different.

The iron nail stands silently on the ground, motionless, seemingly ordinary yet extremely insidious passive weapon.

The black iron nails, in particular, blend seamlessly with the black earth, making them difficult to spot if one is not paying attention.

It's even easier to step on something during battle or when the enemy is panicked.

Most cultivators at this level may have a tough and resilient body in other parts, but their feet are a weak point, easily pierced by specially made iron nails.

Especially when the opponent leaps and lands, or fights or runs.

"If we could get our hands on some black iron, we could make nails from it. Even if the other person is wearing thick protective insoles, we should be able to pierce them easily."

After all, a sword made of black iron is incredibly sharp, capable of cutting through a hair in an instant.

If a sword blade is like this, then imagine how sharp a nail is, concentrating all its sharpness into a single point.

Also, he needs to go down the mountain to drink more blood.

The blood in the second blood bar in my body has increased to 590%. Once it reaches 1000%, it can be upgraded to gilded blood.

We still don't know what's so special about gilded blood.

But since it was promoted from ordinary blood, it is naturally better than ordinary blood, and there will probably be unexpected benefits.

So he was still looking forward to it.

He climbed the stone steps as he pondered.

As darkness fell, he finally returned to his sect.

Walking on the white path illuminated by the bone tablets, looking at the dark and gloomy woods on both sides of the road, with ghostly figures, even a new disciple couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

A month from now, I fear all sorts of dangers will come one after another.

Therefore, he must cherish this one-month protection period and prepare for the crisis that will occur a month later.

"rustle----"

Suddenly, a noise came from the woods on the left.

He continued walking forward while turning his head to look.

Two figures emerged furtively from behind the tree, but after only glancing at him, they vanished back behind it.

"Looks like I still need to find a partner and sign a contract."

He thought to himself.

According to his observation, most disciples traveled in groups, either in pairs, three groups, or even four or five groups.

That way, it's at least safer than being alone.

Before long, he returned to his cave on Black Phoenix Peak.

But as soon as he reached the entrance of the cave, his pupils suddenly contracted and he stopped in his tracks!

A bronze lantern hangs from the top of the cave, its faint light illuminating the ground and stone gate at the cave entrance.

There was a person hanging on the stone gate!

She was disheveled, her head drooping, wearing a thin green dress, her whole body covered in blood, her arms hanging limply at her sides, and her bare feet dripping blood.

"Su Yao, Senior Sister Su?"

Luo Qingchen recognized the other person at a glance.

However, this senior sister now appears to have turned into a bloody corpse.