Chapter 50
On the way, Old Li asked Tang Yu'an some more questions.
"Besides the Laughing Skill, do you know any other Skills?" he asked excitedly. "Like, the kind that can immobilize people?"
"Grandpa, do you mean fixed body?"
"Yeah, that's it!"
"I don't know how." Tang Yu'an shook his head, wondering if there were any marbles that could immobilize people.
Old Li felt a little disappointed. He had thought that things would really be like what was written in martial arts novels. He read them every day when he was a child and often played role-playing games with his friends after school.
Thinking back to that carefree time, he couldn't help feeling sad.
The friends from that time...are all gone now.
He quickly collected his thoughts and continued to question Tang Yu'an.
Upon learning that the child only knew the "Laughing Skills" and was still practicing the other skills, he encouraged him, "You must work hard and strive to pass this martial art on."
The catastrophe has destroyed countless civilizations, and it's unknown whether they will ever be rebuilt...
It would be of great significance if such an ancient and powerful heritage could be continued.
Tang Yu'an felt a little guilty and only responded vaguely with "OK".
As for the inheritance of civilization... martial arts is unlikely, but perhaps other aspects can be tried.
They left their base and continued up the mountain.
The mountain road is winding and it doesn't go up all the time. Sometimes you have to go downhill. Sometimes after climbing for a long time, you look at the map and find that they have been staying in the same place.
At this time, the shortcomings of the map are exposed. After all, it is flat, and you can only see the position changes on the horizontal plane, but not the vertical one.
I don't know if I can continue to upgrade in the future?
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"Get out of here! Don't blame me for being rude if you come over here again!"
On the mountain road, Mingzhu, who was running away with her son in her arms, thought she had escaped danger, but she didn't expect that another trouble was waiting for her.
She had just left the base and had not walked far when she was stopped.
She knew this man, an accomplice of Chen Liu, who usually followed him around everywhere. Unexpectedly, when Chen Liu got into trouble, he didn't care, but followed her instead.
"Oh, your son looks like he's dying, so just sell him to me as a snack." The man said unceremoniously, "Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. Do you think you can bear to eat him?"
Hearing this, Mingzhu felt her blood boiling and was so angry that she was speechless.
Suddenly, she realized something.
"You are in cahoots with Chen Liu!"
No wonder Chen Liu came to steal her mushrooms today, but he went all out to grab her son - it turned out that their target from the beginning was her Xiaobao, not the mushrooms at all!
The man laughed and shrugged, "Whatever you say is true."
He stared at the child in Mingzhu's arms, his eyes full of determination, and the passers-by around him saw this scene happening and almost all stayed away.
Mingzhu hugged her son tightly, and after a long while, she trembled and said, "The mountain master said that we cannot eat humans in Jufeng Town!"
"Jufeng Town is on the mountain. The mountain master doesn't care about what happens outside the town." The man smiled and said nonchalantly, "At worst, I can go outside the mountain and take over one of the guards."
Mingzhu was almost on the verge of collapse because of what he said.
She looked at the narrow mountain path, then looked down at the dying child in her arms, and suddenly a fierce and resolute look flashed in her eyes.
Just when she was about to die with the man, a small ball suddenly flew over from the side, flashing blue fluorescence in the sunlight, and finally hit his arm.
The force wasn't great, but it still made the man frown.
Is there anyone who intercepted it?
Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly felt sad.
Yes, a feeling of sadness suddenly surged from the bottom of his heart.
At the same time, all the sad things he had experienced in the past suddenly appeared in his mind like a passing show.
The past that had been forgotten long ago suddenly became unforgettable and heartbreaking at this moment!
The next moment, tears welled up in my eyes and I couldn't control them no matter how hard I tried.
“Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo!”
The man who was originally very arrogant suddenly burst into tears, and the more he cried, the sadder he became. From the soft sobs at the beginning, he soon turned into wailing loudly.
“Ah, ah ...
Mingzhu was frightened by his appearance, and the courage she had mustered disappeared. When the man suddenly fell to the ground and started crying, she quickly picked up her son and continued to run up the mountain.
As long as she went up the mountain, as long as she reached Jufeng Town, no one would dare to eat her little treasure...
After she left, the man's crying did not stop.
“Ahhhh—”
He cried so hard that he missed a step, tumbled down the narrow mountain road, and fell off the cliff.
While he was rolling, you could still hear his miserable cries.
The people around who witnessed this scene couldn't help but look at each other. From this position, they could faintly hear Chen Liu's laughter coming from the stronghold. The combination of crying and laughing was really creepy.
Soon, everyone scattered like birds and beasts.
Tang Yu'an, hiding in the bushes, put away his slingshot and concealed his achievements and fame.
Because there was only one way up the mountain, they soon met the unlucky mother and son again after leaving the base. With such a good opportunity, Tang Yu'an naturally tried to test another marble again.
Sad marbles can really make people cry!
He turned around and was about to say something when he saw Zhou Qi and Old Li looking at him with strange eyes.
It’s okay if it’s just Grandpa Li, but why does even Brother Xiaoqi look at him like this!
Tang Yu'an muttered softly, but still did not forget to patch it up: "I just tried to touch his crying point."
Old Li nodded slightly and looked at the empty mountain road again.
If you fall from here, even if you are lucky enough to survive, you will just be waiting for death.
But this kind of beast that eats human flesh deserves to be cut into pieces and doesn't deserve any sympathy from others, but...
He has a new understanding of Tang Yu'an's strength!
"Let's go and continue on our journey." After making sure that everyone around had left, Old Li stood up and said.
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi hurried to follow.
“Woo…”
But after they walked a distance, they heard a suppressed sobbing sound coming faintly from the woods beside the road.
Tang Yu'an looked at the map and found that there were only two green dots in the grove. He blinked and had a rough guess in his mind.
There's no one around right now, maybe we can make a deal and get some experience points!
"Grandpa, shall we go over and take a look?"
Old Li glanced at him, then looked at Zhou Qi who was standing silently beside the young man, and finally sighed: "Go if you want to."
After what happened just now, he also realized that he didn't know these two children that well, and their strength might be beyond his imagination.
Moreover, if it weren't for their rescue, he would probably have died. What right did he have to stop them from treating others?
When Tang Yu'an and the others approached the grove, the suppressed crying stopped.
However, with the marks on the map, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi accurately found the crying woman hiding in the grove and the dying child in her arms.
It was the mother and son who had just escaped.
"What do you want to do?"
Mingzhu was like a frightened bird. After escaping, she wanted to take her son up the mountain to Jufeng Town, but before reaching the next checkpoint, she felt exhausted.
In the end, she had no choice but to hide in the woods with her son and rest there, but she didn't expect to attract strangers again.
She grabbed a nearby stone and said sternly, "If you come over here again, don't blame me for being rude!"
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi did not get too close to her and kept a safe distance from her.
"Sister, calm down."
Tang Yu'an held his hands in front of him, ready to run away at any time, and explained to her: "We are not bad people."
The woman looked at him in disbelief, clearly confused by his calling her "sister." After a moment, she repeated, "What on earth do you want to do?"
"We want to exchange some mushrooms." Zhou Qi also said.
"It's you!"
Mingzhu recognized Zhou Qi's voice and remembered that she had seen the three of them on the mountain road before.
She opened her mouth but said nothing. She lowered her head and looked at her son. She remembered the joy of harvesting a basket of mushrooms before, and the misery of possibly losing her son now. She couldn't help but feel sad.
"Woo woo... my little treasure..."
Seeing her hugging her son and crying again, Zhou Qi thought for a moment and said, "Is this your son? What happened to him?"
"He was beaten by that beast Chen Liu. Now when I call him, he won't respond..."
At this moment, Mingzhu's heart was full of regret.
Chen Liu must have coveted her little treasure for a long time, and she hadn't noticed it before! If she hadn't returned to the base today, would her little treasure not have died?
"Why is this world so miserable..."
The woman cried sadly, "We just want to live a good life, why is it so difficult?"
Tang Yu'an secretly pulled Zhou Qi's sleeve.
Zhou Qihui held his fingers, asking him to calm down, then looked at the woman and said, "Give us all these mushrooms. I can help him take a look."
The woman, who had already made up her mind to die, was slightly startled and raised her head in disbelief.
Two strange young men stood in front of her. Light filtered through the leaves, forming beams of light that hit them, giving them a faint halo.
The woman looked at them blankly, as if she had grabbed the last straw.
"You...you have a way to save my son?" she said in a trembling voice.
Then, without waiting for Zhou Qi and Tang Yu'an to react, she suddenly knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Please, save him! Save him!"
Zhou Qi and Tang Yu'an were both stunned, and then quickly reached out to support her.
"Don't be like this. I'm not sure either. I can only help him take a look." Zhou Qi said.
In fact, Zhou Qi could sense that the little boy's life force was not weak, probably about the same as Chi Hao's when his health was at 30%.
If you try using a primary healing bandage, maybe it can be saved.
"Okay..." The woman grabbed the basket next to her and said, "As long as you can save my son, I'll give you all of this!"
Zhou Qi carefully brought her son over and checked his injuries.
Fortunately, no bones were broken, but the child was malnourished and fragile, so his internal organs may have been damaged after being kicked.
Zhou Qi was not sure whether the primary healing bandage would be useful, so he could only try his luck.
He first took out the medicinal wine that Tang's father had used to treat injuries, wiped the bruises on the child's body, and then bandaged him twice with a primary healing bandage.
Restoring 10% of the child's health at a time can bring the child's health back to more than 50%.
Whether he can survive in the end depends on his will to survive.
[Employee "Zhou Qi" completed a profitable transaction with a new customer, earning +48 points and +3 experience points]
The cost of using a primary healing bandage once is 10 points, and using it twice is 20 points. One mushroom is 1 point, so there are about 68 mushrooms in this basket.
"alright."
Zhou Qi pulled the child's clothes and was about to put him back into his mother's arms when Tang Yu'an grabbed his sleeve.
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Just now, when he was bandaging the child, Tang Yu'an was not idle.
He remembered the injured Old Li they had met before, and the new products that appeared after using the Seven-Day Sale Refresh Card, so he immediately thought it was worth a try.
【Do you want to use the "Seven-Day Sale Refresh Card"? 】
After Tang Yu'an confirmed the use, the card in his personal storage turned into a point of light and disappeared. When he opened the "Seven Days Sale" page again, he saw -
[Seven-day sale (remaining refresh time: 5 days)]
1. Primary Healing Bandage (2/2): 100 points/roll
Description: Magical item
Function: Each scroll can be used 10 times, each time restoring 10% of the user's health (ineffective when the user has full health)
2. Primary Healing Potion (2/2): 200 points/bottle
Description: Magical item
Effect: Each bottle can be used 10 times. After drinking, it will restore 1% of the user's health every 30 minutes for 4 hours, and can slowly heal the user's injuries (drinking multiple times at the same time can stack the time, up to 3 times)
Medical supplies really appeared!
Moreover, as his level increased to lv4, the number of material types after this refresh remained unchanged, but the number of redeemable items increased to 2 times!
Looking at the description of the primary healing potion, Tang Yu'an almost cheered out loud.
Although the total amount of HP restored in a single use is not as high as that of a primary healing bandage, it is incredibly durable! Not only can it be used multiple times, but it can also slowly heal injuries!
Seeing this, Tang Yu'an finally reacted -
Primary healing bandage... Since it is a bandage, it is naturally used for external injuries, and its healing function should be targeted at the wound.
Although health can be restored after use even without external injuries, health will continue to be lost if there are internal wounds.
As time goes by, if the user's own recovery speed cannot keep up, the blood volume restored by the bandage will still be lost, and the real healing effect will not be achieved.
The primary healing potion is taken internally and should act on internal wounds.
After taking it, it can slowly heal wounds while continuously restoring the user's blood volume, achieving a true healing effect.
If the healing bandages and healing potions are used together, it feels like it can really save a person's life!
Moreover, the effects of these two types of materials are still at the primary level, and it is unknown how powerful higher-level ones will be.
Tang Yu'an suppressed his excitement and quickly spent 200 points to redeem a bottle. He then put the potion into his personal warehouse and pulled Zhou Qi.
Although Zhou Qi didn't understand why, he still stopped.
The woman did not notice their abnormality. She kept staring at her son nervously. She could clearly see that her son's pale face became a little rosy after being bandaged with medicine.
It really works!
She cried for joy.
After pulling Zhou Qi, Tang Yu'an squatted in front of her, reached into his backpack, and pretended to take out the common lantern grass he had collected earlier.
He said: "He is injured and may have a fever at night. You can boil water with this grass and give it to him to drink. It can reduce inflammation and cool down the fever."
The woman looked at him and choked up, "But I don't have any mushrooms anymore..."
Tang Yu'an smiled and said, "This kind of grass is everywhere in the mountains. I can take you to find it. By the way, can you tell me your name?"
"Mingzhu... My name is Mingzhu."
"Sister Mingzhu, your name is so beautiful."
[You conducted a no-profit, no-loss transaction with a returning customer, experience points +2]
Hehe, two experience points are easily obtained.
"let's go."
“Thank you…thank you…”
Mingzhu didn't know what else to say except thank you. When she saw him stand up, she looked at her son hesitantly, feeling a little worried.
"He's injured and can't run around." Tang Yu'an pointed at the bushes on the side of the road. "I saw a few over there just now. Let's go take a look."
Mingzhu saw that he pointed in the direction of the mountain road, which was indeed only three or four meters away, so she nodded.
So she followed Tang Yu'an to collect lantern grass.
From beginning to end, Tang Yu'an was unable to explain to Zhou Qi, but Zhou Qi was not stumped. He quickly opened the system message.
The mysterious merchant placed the "Primary Healing Potion" into slot 1 of his portable storage.
Primary healing potion? Where did An An get it?
Zhou Qi blinked and quickly thought of something. He opened the seven-day sale interface and saw that the products on it had been refreshed.
Looking at the description of the primary healing potion, his eyes lit up.
Of course, he also understood what Tang Yu'an meant and why he wanted to send the child's mother away.
On the one hand, you want to trade to gain experience points, and on the other hand, you don’t want to expose the primary healing potion, right?
Obviously after experiencing what happened last night, Tang Yu'an also learned to be cautious.
Zhou Qi looked up at the old man standing behind him.
After Tang Yu'an and Mingzhu left, although Old Li did not follow them, he kept his eyes on that side, ready to deal with any emergency at any time.
While Old Li was not paying attention, Zhou Qi quietly took out the primary healing potion and quickly fed the child a sip.
A drop of dark green potion seeped out of the bottle. As soon as it touched the child's lips, it melted into the gap between his lips and disappeared.
Because the primary healing potion took effect very slowly, even after feeding the child, his expression did not change.
Zhou Qi breathed a sigh of relief and put the medicine bottle away.
He looked at the remaining redeemable items in the seven-day sale and couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips slightly.
Because it had been used four times for Chi Hao before and has now been used twice, the roll of primary healing bandage originally exchanged can only be used four more times.
Zhou Qi was a little worried at first, but now he finally got two rolls of primary healing bandages and even a miraculous medicine like primary healing potion. Their medical supplies suddenly became surplus, and he naturally felt much more relaxed.
The other side.
Tang Yu'an brought Mingzhu to the bushes and found a few lantern grasses.
Under his guidance, Mingzhu carefully identified and memorized.
Of course, she had seen and eaten this kind of lantern grass, but it tasted bitter and astringent, and might cause diarrhea if eaten, so she classified it as a poisonous weed and it was not edible.
"You can't eat it normally, but if you have a cold and fever, boil it in water and drink it to reduce the fever."
Tang Yu'an explained to her, "If you have a sore throat, you can drink the water boiled with this lantern grass. If you get bitten by an insect and develop a poisonous sore, you can apply it externally, which can also have a certain therapeutic effect."
Mingzhu memorized it carefully and then started digging.
She knew how dangerous it was to have a fever in the wasteland. It was very likely that someone would die while burning. Her son finally had a chance of being saved, and she absolutely could not let him die like this.
After she had collected several lantern plants, Tang Yu'an said again: "I see that your face seems swollen. Does it hurt?"
Mingzhu reached out and touched the side of her face.
Just now, Chen Liu slapped her in the face, causing her to see stars and her face to swell up.
"It's okay, just a minor injury." She waved her hand, looking indifferent.
Tang Yu'an said, "I know a kind of herb. If you crush it and apply it on the skin, it can reduce swelling."
Mingzhu couldn't help but look at him, her eyes revealing a desire for knowledge.
It would be fine if she was alone, but she has children, and these useful herbs can save lives at critical moments.
But she also knew that there was no such thing as a free lunch.
These two young men who suddenly appeared and helped them like saviors from heaven were obviously of extraordinary origin.
Mingzhu had seen Old Li before. She knew that he was an old hunter living in a deserted city and often brought his prey to Jufeng Town to exchange for supplies.
And now, he was guarding the two teenagers as a protector.
No matter who they are, they are not people that mother and son can afford to offend...
Just thinking that she was not afraid of death anymore, Mingzhu felt a surge of ruthlessness in her heart. She gritted her teeth and said, "What do you need me to do? Anything."
Seeing her expression of being ready to die, Tang Yu'an was stunned for a moment, then thought for a moment and said, "We are going to Jufeng Town. We may return tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. We should pass by here again."
"Just promise me that you'll pick some mushrooms or wild fruits and vegetables for me and then hand them over to me when the time comes."
Mingzhu couldn't believe it, "That's all?"
"Um."
“Is there a quantity requirement?”
Tang Yu'an thought for a moment and said, "About half of today's will be fine."
Mingzhu's eyes flickered.
She had originally wanted to take her son to Jufeng Town, but she had overestimated her own strength. She definitely wouldn't be able to reach the top of the mountain before nightfall, so she would most likely settle at the next outpost...
She gritted her teeth and finally nodded: "Okay, I promise you!"
Tang Yu'an pointed to a dandelion nearby and said to her, "It's this kind of herb."
"It's called dandelion. It has the effect of reducing swelling and removing blood stasis, and can also be eaten as a wild vegetable. You can crush it and apply it on your face to reduce swelling."
Mingzhu couldn't help but widen her eyes. She never expected that this wild vegetable that can be found everywhere can actually be a medicine!
She hurried over to dig.
Seeing her digging dandelions, Tang Yu'an also smiled slightly.
[You completed a no-profit, no-loss transaction with a regular customer. Experience +1]
All 6 experience points were obtained, and one-third of the weekly task (2) was successfully completed!
It’s really not easy…
This time when he left the deserted city and went to Jufeng Town, although he met more people on the road, Tang Yu'an felt that it had become more difficult to do business and cultivate old customers.
Because the people you meet on the road are strangers you don’t know.
Unlike in the deserted city, they slowly get to know new customers through their network, and they also have enough time to observe and understand them, and finally make a decision on whether to trade and what to trade.
Tang Yu'an only hoped that this situation would be reduced after arriving in the market town, at least allowing him to successfully cultivate two regular customers and complete his weekly tasks.
When Mingzhu came back from digging lantern grass and dandelions, Zhou Qi returned the child to her.
As for the mushrooms in the basket, they have all been collected by Old Li.
"Thank you! Thank you so much!" Mingzhu hugged her son and looked at his face which was even redder than before, her eyes moistened again.
"We're leaving."
Tang Yu'an and the others did not stop any longer. After making sure that nothing was left behind, they prepared to continue on their journey.
"Chen Liu and the others shouldn't be able to embarrass you and Xiaobao anymore." He reminded them before leaving.
Mingzhu was startled and looked up in confusion, but when she wanted to ask for clarification, the two teenagers and the old man had already turned and left.
She remembered something and asked quickly, "About what time will you be back tomorrow or the day after tomorrow? Will I still be waiting for you here?"
What answered her was the back of the young man waving his arms in the sunlight.
For Tang Yu'an, the transaction between them has actually been completed.
As for the mushrooms and wild fruits that were promised just now...if they were lucky enough to meet, they would make another deal, but if not, they would not come all the way to meet her.
Mingzhu stared at them as they left.
It took her a long time to come back to her senses, and she didn't worry about it anymore.
As long as their son could survive, they collected mushrooms and wild fruits and waited here. After all, this was the only way to leave Jufeng Mountain.
She pulled the basket over and was about to collect some more herbs when she saw that although the basket was empty of mushrooms, it had two light yellow spherical objects that looked very soft on the surface.
Mingzhu didn't know what it was, so she took it out curiously. As soon as she smelled the aroma of rice flour, she couldn't help swallowing her saliva.
She realized immediately, it was food!
When did they put it in?
She was stunned, and suddenly her nose felt sore and tears started flowing again.
She had just experienced so much pain and despair, but she never expected to meet a noble person at this time.
These two kind-hearted young men not only helped heal her son, but also left her food... Suddenly she felt that this world seemed worth living in.
"Mother……"
At this moment, a dirty little hand touched Mingzhu's red and swollen face, "Why are you crying? Is it still painful?"
Hearing this childish yet familiar voice, Mingzhu trembled all over and lowered her head suddenly.
Seeing her son, who was dying and unable to respond to her just now, actually opened his eyes again and talked to her, and still had the energy to care about her, Mingzhu couldn't help but cry with joy.
"Woo woo...you're alive...Xiaobao, you're really alive..."
She hugged her son, crying and laughing.
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After leaving the grove, Tang Yu'an looked at the light spot on the map that had turned into a light golden color, and then marked the words "Mingzhu" and "Xiaobao (Mingzhu's son)".
If you come to Jufeng Mountain again in the future, you will have a chance to meet him.
This transaction with Mingzhu earned me a total of 6 experience points, 48 points, and 68 mushrooms.
Of course, after deducting the 20-point cost of the primary healing potion, the actual profit was only 28 points, but Tang Yu'an was still very happy.
If they had not chosen to rescue people just now, he would not have been able to refresh such useful things as primary healing bandages and primary healing potions!
Doing good things is rewarded!
Moreover, taking the primary healing potion can basically guarantee that the child will survive, which is also a happy thing.
Tang Yu'an smiled happily. Just as he was about to move the map away and concentrate on walking, the system prompt popped up again -
[Congratulations! You have saved three potential customers and saved their lives, earning the special achievement title "Little Savior"]
Tang Yuan: 0.0
Wow, I got another special achievement title!
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