Chapter 6 Guang's visit to Cangzhou is unusual
At Guanglai Inn in Cangzhou City, Chi Yanzi was treating Long Qi's injuries.
The kick from the man in black was truly ruthless, striking Long Qi so hard that his internal organs were damaged, his ribs were bruised, and he also suffered several external injuries, requiring him to recuperate for a while.
Lingxiang's injuries were not serious. Although her heart meridians were damaged, she had some cultivation experience after all. After regulating her breathing for half a day, she was back to being full of energy.
"If it weren't for Senior Chi Yanzi, I would have been lost to the universe by now. What a coincidence."
"What a coincidence! I was waiting for you nearby on purpose." Chi Yanzi answered while applying medicine to Long Qi.
"Wait for me? Why?"
"That day, young friend took the life-extending elixir, and someone developed malicious intentions and looked unusual. I happened to see them, and I guessed something like this was going to happen. However, Qizhou City is the territory of the Supreme Sect, so those villains didn't dare to act. I guessed they would commit the crime in the wilderness near the border between the two cities. Sure enough, I was able to deal with a few of them, but I didn't expect there would be some that slipped through the net."
"I am deeply grateful for your kindness, senior." He said and bowed to Chi Yanzi.
"Hey, don't be like this." Chi Yanzi was treating Long Qi's external injuries and couldn't help him. "Young friend, you saved my face that day and didn't offend the Supreme Sect. You were a great help. This little favor is not enough to repay me. How can it be called a great favor?"
"Senior, you saved my life. How can you compare to so-called honor? You deserve my deepest gratitude."
"It's all in the past, don't mention it again, but I have some doubts and I still want to ask you."
"Senior, please feel free to speak."
"That day, kid Lu Ying was poisoned by a snake. I took his pulse and diagnosed his condition again and again, and confirmed it without a doubt, so I gave him a poison-removing pill. Why did such a situation happen?" Chi Yanzi looked at Lingxiang humbly.
"Changyun Mountain is perpetually brimming with spiritual energy. Over time, the poisonous creatures have developed a certain spirituality, making their toxicity even more potent, so they can't be eliminated with common sense. Furthermore, the poison had been in Lu Ying's system for three days, damaging his internal organs. He could no longer bear the burden. Forcibly using his internal energy to catalyze the medicinal properties, while neutralizing the toxicity, it damaged his internal organs, causing him to vomit blood."
Lingxiang took a sip of tea and continued, "That's why we didn't catalyze the Life-Sustaining Pill back then. No matter what kind of medicine it is, when taken internally, it will tax all the internal organs. The Life-Sustaining Pill is holding it together, and the silver needles are used to help it open up the meridians. If it breaks through, the body can be rebuilt. Although this move is very risky, there is no other way. Lu Ying's life is not destined to end, and I believe he will have great responsibilities in the future."
"What a thoughtful and meticulous plan! Your potential is limitless!" Chi Yanzi couldn't help but praise after thinking about it carefully.
"Senior, you don't know the previous cause. If you knew, you would be much more appropriate than me." Lingxiang said modestly.
Although Long Qi was injured in bed, he was very clear-headed. After listening for a long time, he had an idea in his mind.
After a few days of recuperation and the use of medicinal pills, Long Qi's injuries were finally 70% to 80% healed.
Before, I was only concerned about finding a shop to heal my wounds and didn't care about anything else. Today I discovered that there are very few women on the streets of Cangzhou. They are mostly elderly people or those with buns, but I have never seen any young women.
Although ladies from wealthy families rarely go out, girls from ordinary families should be seen at least once.
When something is abnormal, there must be something wrong.
"Hey~ Let me tell you, the Liu family's daughter was also missing last night!"
"Are you talking about the daughter of Lord Liu Xian, the governor of Cangzhou?"
"That's right. The governor has three sons and only this one daughter. She's incredibly precious and was recently engaged! It was said that she was still talking and laughing yesterday, but this morning, when the maid came to help her wash and dress, she disappeared without a trace."
"Don't let that stubborn temper come out and hide away."
"Hey! They say the mansion has been turned upside down! Now the young masters are searching everywhere in and outside the city!"
"I'm afraid she was captured by that monster. Where can I find her now? Luckily, my sister Lan got married last year! How's your daughter doing?"
"Oh! Yes! I have to marry Xiaorou quickly!"
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Today, the three of them were having dinner downstairs when they heard this conversation. Long Qi immediately became interested and called the waiter to ask about it in detail.
It turned out that many young women had disappeared in the past two months. The governor had been investigating for several months but had found no clues, which was extremely bizarre.
"I just said that I felt strange when I went out on the street yesterday. So this is the case." Lingxiang swallowed a piece of snow bamboo shoots whole.
"I heard that some evil Taoist priests don't practice the great way, but instead believe in the method of taking yin to replenish yang. Could it be that all these girls have fallen victim to this evil? " Long Qi leaned towards Lingxiang and said.
"Such scum is truly despicable. If this is true, they should be eliminated!" Chi Yanzi said indignantly.
"Senior, do you want to get involved in this kind of thing?" Lingxiang poked Long Qi away with the end of her chopsticks.
"I am a wanderer, and everything I encounter is for cultivation. Moreover, if it is truly the work of the evil ways, cleaning up this scum is the duty of cultivators like you and me."
"Hmm... what the senior said is not wrong, but we have no clue at all. We don't know whether the culprit is a human, a ghost, a demon or a monster. Where should we start?" Lingxiang agreed, but also made excuses.
Why, she really doesn't want to care...
"Of course, I will visit and ask questions to collect details." Chi Yanzi seemed not to hear the hidden meaning of Lingxiang.
"Alas~ Why do I always encounter such embarrassing things?" Lingxiang picked up another piece of snow bamboo shoots helplessly.
On that day, the three of them were outside collecting evidence, but they all found nothing.
The next day, just as Long Qi was about to ask the waiter to bring him a pot of hot tea, he heard someone downstairs talking about the missing girl.
"Hey! Let me tell you, Old Feng's daughter was also missing last night!"
"Didn't he say yesterday that he wanted to marry off his beautiful daughter?"
"Who said it wasn't? After having dinner with me yesterday, she went back and arranged the marriage between her daughter Xiaorou and Zhang Shusheng from the south city. Who knew... Alas..."
"I also heard that the fourth son of the governor's family is also missing. Could it be that the villains are also interested in men?"
"Oh! Then wouldn't it be dangerous for me to work night watch all year round?"
"Don't even mention whether the bad guy is a good man or not. Just your looks alone will make anyone dispel any bad thoughts. Besides, the fourth young master is a virgin. Even if you, an old cucumber, spend a lot of money in a brothel, there may not be a girl to serve you."
"Ha ha ha ha!"
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After hearing this, Long Qi didn't even order tea, but hurried to find Lingxiang Chi Yanzi to tell him.
That night, the three of them visited the residence of the governor of Cangzhou. Not long after the visiting card was delivered, they saw a middle-aged man coming towards them. It was the governor Liu Xian who came to greet them in person.
"Master! Please save my family!"
When Lord Liu arrived, without even waiting for the greetings to be exchanged, he held Chi Yanzi's hand tightly, as if he was holding a life-saving straw.
Long Qi Lingxiang was just surprised when she saw Lord Liu leading Chi Yanzi hurriedly into the mansion.
It turned out that the fourth son of the Liu family was the youngest son of Lord Liu and his wife. They had a son when they were old. Although Lord Liu usually did not show any affection, he really liked him very much in his heart.
When Mrs. Liu gave birth to this boy, she had a difficult delivery and the midwife and doctors were helpless. Fortunately, Chi Yanzi's skillful acupuncture saved the mother and child. Therefore, everyone in the Liu family was very grateful to him.
Now all the young ladies and boys of the Liu family are missing. Mrs. Liu is so anxious that her old illness relapses and she faints. The Liu family is in chaos.
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