Chapter 172 Maidong Returns to the East and Meets Long Sheng
Maidong danced along the way, her heart leaping as if it were about to fly. This was her first time going down the mountain gate, so how could she not be extremely excited?
This is the first time she has left Guyang City since she was a child!
Although it started to rain halfway through the journey, it did not affect Maidong's mood. He just practiced the little water-avoiding technique and ran happily in the rain.
No wonder Lingxiang always loves to go out when she has nothing to do. It turns out that wandering outside is so enjoyable! It's a good thing I didn't listen to Lingxiang. If I had waited for her for a day, the master might have discovered me. Then I wouldn't be able to leave even if I wanted to. I might have to go back and be punished.
Maidong walked freely to Donggui County, and the rain happened to stop at this time.
Not long after the rain stopped, the sun peeked out, casting a dark, shiny glare on the bluestone slabs of Donggui City. Street vendors began to set up their stalls, each one shouting their wares, creating a lively atmosphere.
The freshness after the spring rain, with a hint of wetness and stickiness, attracted the children in the town to come out and chase and play, with laughter echoing as they chased each other.
Looking at the hustle and bustle in front of him, Maidong felt his heart soaring with joy. He looked at the many rare things on the stalls and played with the children passing by from time to time.
We played like this in the street for a long time. Near noon, if we were not hungry, we would still be having fun!
Donggui County, though a county seat, was no less impressive than Guyang City. Legend has it that during the previous dynasty, the southwestern territories were invaded by barbarian tribes. A general rose up to fight the enemy, reclaiming much of the lost territory and even attacking the Khan's lair, making remarkable contributions. Upon his triumphant return, the emperor personally bestowed upon him the title of Marquis of Donggui. The general's hometown was this then-unknown small county, so the area was later renamed Donggui County.
Although dynasties have changed, the country is still intact today, all thanks to the general at that time. Therefore, even if the emperor with the surname Zhao comes, the status of Donggui City remains stable.
Moreover, because Donggui County is located on the north side of the river and has a canal passing through it, the imperial court took a fancy to it and specially sent a county magistrate to manage the place.
Therefore, although Donggui County is just a county town, it is very lively and prosperous, and is not much worse than those famous cities.
Among them, Guixiangju was a well-known inn. Most travelers to Donggui County would choose this place for a stopover or overnight stay. Some chose to stay here because of rumors, while others chose to stay here to take advantage of the frequent visitors and make it easy to inquire about things.
Maidong didn't have anything to inquire about, but he heard that there was someone telling stories in Guixiangju, so he came here.
If there was one thing she loved, it was storybooks. When she was little, she and Lingxiang would sneak down the mountain to the Baixiao Pavilion in Guyang City to look for these small books. They would buy a huge bag of them and then carry them back to Qingwei Peak to read day and night. The reason why there were so many books in Xianyunju was that most of them were bought by the two of them.
Although these stories were fabricated by some book craftsmen, they were originally told by storytellers and then widely printed into books.
What the storyteller said was much more interesting than what one could read on one's own. Not only did one not have to bother reading it, but the most attractive thing was that one could hear many voices. Those voices changed in various ways in the storyteller's mouth, which was extremely interesting.
Maidong ordered a few side dishes and a plate of peanuts, then sat down in the corner, crossed his legs, and listened attentively to the storyteller on the stage telling stories.
Today's story is about General Donggui breaking into the enemy camp. As the storyteller smashed his hand with a sharp stick, there was a "pop" sound and the story began.
Maidong was listening with great interest, but two people at the next table started talking.
"Brother! I heard there's a beggar in the dilapidated temple in the suburbs?"
"What beggar? He's clearly a martial artist. I don't know why he's been paralyzed for a few days. It seems he's injured."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk. It's been raining all night. He might have died there. Since he's a martial artist, he must have a weapon. The officials will take it away when they come to collect the body. Why don't we go get it today? We can even buy some wine."
"You kid, you also want to make money from the dead?"
"Brother, you don't know, my wife has been very strict lately, so I wanted to come out and have some fun..."
Mai Dong didn't hear what was said next, because the two people at the table next to him suddenly stood up, threw two copper coins, and left. The reason Mai Dong didn't hear anything was because the aura they exuded was the same as the aura that had lingered on Long Qi and the others' wounds during the second Yuanqing Sect martial arts performance...
That's something only demons have!
I didn't expect that there would be demons lurking in Donggui County. It seems that they are related to the martial artist mentioned by the two diners just now.
The affairs of the demon clan were no small matter! Although she hadn't experienced the tragedy of the Yuanqing Sect, she knew a great deal about it from word of mouth among her fellow apprentices. Now that she had encountered him today, she should investigate. Otherwise, who knew what the so-called Demon Lord was up to behind the scenes.
Maidong threw a few copper coins and cautiously followed them out of the inn. He practiced the Concealing Spirit Technique along the way, following them at a distance, not too close. Naturally, the two demons didn't notice him.
However, Donggui County is really big. After leaving the south gate, I walked for a long time before I found the dilapidated temple that the two people in the inn had mentioned. It was already night by then and it was dark.
This dilapidated temple looked quite old, with weeds all over the courtyard, and it was in a dilapidated state. It wasn't very big. From the entrance, one could see a Buddha statue enshrined in the main hall. However, it was lying on the ground, and the gold paint had been scraped off, leaving only a few spots. It seemed that the paint had stuck to it too tightly to be scraped off, which added a bit of weirdness to the scene at night.
Even in such a terrifying atmosphere, the two demons were not cautious and walked into the main hall carelessly, searching everywhere as if they were looking for someone, but they couldn't find anyone even after searching the entire dilapidated temple.
The two met in front of the Buddha statue and asked each other if they had gained anything, but both shook their heads.
Just as they were about to leave, something suddenly dripped onto one of their faces. The man reached out to wipe it off, and immediately a bloody smell hit his nose.
The two were about to look up when someone suddenly pounced down and pinned them down tightly, but they still managed to break free.
As soon as the two demons broke free, they saw a man lying on the ground. His clothes were tattered and he was covered with scars. He seemed lifeless. If he was not still moving, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was dead.
One of them kicked him over. Although his face was covered in mud, his appearance could still be seen.
The two men looked at each other and raised their swords to chop down, but at this moment, a palm wind attacked them. The two men were alert and quickly dodged to the side.
"Who are you? How dare you interfere with the Demon General's work!" As soon as the two demons stopped, one of them immediately shouted.
The person who came was wearing a peach-colored dress and looked to be no more than seventeen or eighteen years old. It was Maidong who had been quietly following the two of them.
Mai Dong didn't answer. He flipped over and flew towards one of them, his palms emitting spiritual energy, his clothes rustling. Before the man could react, his head was shattered by a palm strike.
Seeing this, the other man raised his knife and slashed at Maidong. Maidong spun around, her skirt flying, and kicked his knife away. Perhaps it was because the temple floor tiles were old or something else, but when her foot stepped on the ground, it shattered, and the debris immediately flew in all directions.
A piece of gravel hit the man's mask and shattered it immediately. Banxia looked up and saw that although the man's mouth and nose were the same as those of a human, his eyes were like those of a fly.
No wonder he needs to cover it with a mask, it turns out he can’t get rid of his devilish appearance!
Seeing that it was exposed, the monster no longer concealed itself. Its body continued to swell, its clothes tore, and fly wings were exposed behind it, buzzing. Two arms were exposed from its waist, and its forearms were as sharp as knives.
Upon seeing this, Maidong quickly made the Tiangang hand gestures, chanted the Golden Light Mantra, and gestured in the air with her fingers. After a while, a magic circle appeared out of thin air in front of her, shining with golden light.
The monster broke free from its clothes, leaped up, and flew towards Maidong. At this moment, Maidong suddenly grabbed the magic circle in front of him and lashed at the monster like a whip. In the blink of an eye, the magic circle tied it tightly like a rope.
The bound monster felt an extremely hot sensation on its body and screamed and howled. The sound came from the main hall and sounded extremely strange.
At this moment, two shrill screams were heard outside the hall, followed by a flurry of disorderly footsteps.
"Oh my god! It's a ghost!..."
This voice was exactly the same as the two people heard at the Guixiangju Inn during the day...
Mai Dong couldn't help but roll his eyes, thinking that these two people were really obsessed with money. They came here in the middle of the night, and they weren't afraid of seeing ghosts...
The monster kept struggling and cursing. Maidong was so angry that he punched it, and the monster's jaw was knocked off.
Now it could only roar but could not speak. Maidong was shocked and thought that he had not controlled his strength well. While apologizing to the monster, he punched it.
This time, the monster didn't even have time to groan, and the roar stopped abruptly, and it was gone in the blink of an eye.
Although the two monsters have been killed, leaving their bodies in the mortal world without any care will inevitably cause some panic if seen by mortals.
She took out a small bag from her bosom and unfolded it. Inside was some shredded paper powder. She blew gently at the two corpses, and the powder flew away like a butterfly, wrapping the two corpses. Black smoke actually came out of the monster's corpse, and after a while, it disappeared, leaving only clothes.
Here, Maidong cleaned up the monster's corpse, put away the paper bag and went to check on the person lying in the hall. Fortunately, the person was just fainted and his life was not in danger. However, his injuries were a bit horrible to look at.
Mai Dong probed the man's pulse and listened carefully, discovering that he was poisoned! He then looked at the wounds and realized that the poison had seeped in from them!
Since he was being hunted by the demons, and with this condition, he must have escaped from their lair. Given his condition, if left untreated, he would surely die. Fortunately, he met her. While these poisons were somewhat troublesome, she could remove them. It's just...
But who is this person, and why would he be treated like this by the demons...
Maidong was very confused, but the most urgent thing was to treat him quickly. She reached out and carried him on her back, which was surprisingly easy. Fortunately, it was late at night. If others saw this scene, it would be very conspicuous.
Fortunately, it was night time, so those who were searching for him probably wouldn't notice him...
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The person in bed was half asleep, only hearing a series of tinkling sounds around him, followed by the smell of medicine. He was lying comfortably. Just as he was feeling indolent and thinking of sleeping a little longer, he suddenly opened his eyes and sat up abruptly. As he sat up, he felt a pain in his body, as if something was pulling at him, making it difficult for him to move.
He took a deep breath, supported himself with his hands and looked around. He saw that he was now in a room. The room was not very spacious, but it was elegantly decorated. He looked at himself again. His clothes were all taken off, but he was wrapped tightly in fine cloth.
He remembered that he was hiding on the beams of a dilapidated temple outside the city. How did he end up in such a place?
Just as he was wondering why he was in this situation, the door suddenly opened and a woman came in with a tray. On the tray was a bowl of steaming medicine.
The person who came in was none other than Maidong. When she saw the person sitting on the bed, she smiled and turned around to close the door. "You're awake," she said, and brought the medicine over.
"Your injuries are mostly superficial, so they're not serious. However, there's poison in the wounds, so it took me some time to find out."
The man saw that Maidong was only about seventeen or eighteen years old, but seemed to be a doctor. From her tone, it seemed that she had saved him, but how did this woman get him here?
He asked out of curiosity, but Maidong sighed, "It's really not easy to explain. The poison in your body is common, but I don't know the exact formula. Fortunately, there is a lot of white grass outside the temple. I went to the pharmacy and bought some medicine. Combined with acupuncture, I finally forced the poison out of your body."
The man was very surprised when he heard this. This girl probably didn't get the point!
But she doesn't look like one of the demons. Since she saved him, he should thank her.
"Thank you for saving my life, young lady. However, I have nothing now and have nothing to thank you for."
Mai Dong waved his hand and was about to hand it to him, saying, "Master often says that doing good deeds and saving lives is the duty of a cultivator. Besides, I'm a doctor, so I can't just stand by and watch you do it."
The man was very surprised when he heard this: "Are you a monk?"
Maidong blinked his eyes: "Isn't it similar?"
"It's not that you don't look like me, but I didn't expect that you, at such a young age, would actually be a cultivator."
Mai Dongwen smiled and said, "Hey, that's nothing. We have an elder in our sect who is even younger than me!"
The man was extremely surprised when he heard this. How could he be an elder at such a young age?
"I wonder what school or sect the young lady is from?"
"The Yuanqing School of Guyangcheng!" Maidong said, taking the empty bowl from the man.
When that person heard the word Yuanqing Sect, his eyes suddenly widened and his face was filled with shock.
"You said you were a disciple of the Yuanqing Sect?!"
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