Chapter 2 Wages

  Gu Yinghua looked up and asked: "What kind of person is Wang's wife?"

  Yin Lizheng hastily replied, "It's a well-known widowed household in the village. Now, except for her, there are only two children aged 7 or 8 at home, and they still owe tens of thousands of yuan due to famine."

  "Alright!" Gu Yinghua concluded with her head held high and a hint of warmth in her voice, even the furrowed brow relaxed: "One thousand yuan per day, I agree! However, you also have to promise me, help me out for a few days, and after returning, help Wang's grandmother with some chores."

  Her tone was overbearing, not allowing Liu Suizhen to object. Liu Suizhen also yielded: "Alright, I can still help Wang's wife with her work for three more days when the time comes. Even if I'm sick, I'll hire someone to help!"

  That's enough. Just as the young people hired by Gu Yinghua were about to haggle with Huo Qianshu again, Gu Yinghua said decisively: "Let's go!"

  "Don't be in a hurry!" Liu Suizhuan said calmly, "There's still enough time, let me just tidy up a bit. Besides, you also need to take care of the aftermath on your side, Yin Lizi!"

  Hu Qianmu threw a silver ingot at Yin Liren: "A three-tael heavy silver ingot, is it enough? We must set off immediately!"

  "It won't take up too much of your time, just half a moment!"

  Liu Suizhuan said that he was slightly restrained, in fact the action was even faster. He opened the door and quickly packed his luggage, then took two idle books from his bookshelf, and also took half a package of his favorite five-spice melon seeds. On his back, he added a two-foot short sword, and then said to his brothers: "Help me out, the road over Luoxing Mountain is long, we have to prepare some dishes for tonight!"

  "This is a real old gourmet, as soon as he came out of the Liu Su Yun's courtyard, he began to command other people in the team: "Little fish, you are agile, go to Zhang Da Aunt's house to borrow two catties of salt, also get some Sichuan pepper and flower pepper, and ask them to lend us three or five catties of oil and beans. And Liu Xing, get a few more sets of rain gear, the rain on Luoxing Mountain is not to be trifled with, we can't let Miss Gu have any accidents..."

  Gu Yinghua and Huo Qianshu only realized now that they had only thought about Luoxing Mountain, but forgot all these small problems, especially the matter of avoiding the rain was particularly important. Now Gu Yinghua's body can't withstand this wind and rain!

  This thousand dollars wasn't spent in vain, at least I can hear some noise, Gu Yinghua's face couldn't help but flush slightly.

  It won't be long before it's not just "hearing a sound", Liu Suizhuan hadn't left the village yet, but the whole team was already arranged in an orderly manner, without any unexpected events. Obviously, it's not just that he had been through the rivers and lakes, seen some scenes, maybe even a small leader of a gang, only Gu Yinghua's face quickly became icy again because of her worries.

  He first got out a stretcher from somewhere, had Gu Xinghua get on the stretcher, and then two strong young men lifted up the stretcher. This thing is more suitable for walking in dangerous places like Luoxing Mountain than a sedan chair.

  Then, like a spiritual cat, he lightly explored the road ahead and turned back to chat with Huo Qianshu: "No big problem, Brother Huo has good skills, but has he reached the Bone Refining Realm? Impressive, impressive!"

  The so-called "tempering the bones" state is even higher than Liu Su's "grasping the tiger" state, where one has trained their entire body to be as hard as iron, and can easily shatter large stones with their chest or break bricks with their bare hands. For ordinary martial artists, reaching this state is almost the limit of human potential.

  Huojian's face had a self-satisfied expression: "Give me three to five more years, and I can directly advance into the Yu Long realm. Even against late-stage Qi Refining cultivators who have undergone heavenly tribulation, I will have the upper hand!"

  "The Yuan Dragon" boundary is just a elegant way of saying, in plain language, it means that the sunken hole is high and protruding, most of the leaders of small factions are this kind of goods, they have already reached the limit of mortal warriors. After all, the next "隔山" boundary requires practicing the fist that splits the sky, isolating mountains to hit cows and injuring people in mid-air, which is really too difficult for ordinary warriors. It's just that everyone thinks the term "隆穴" is a bit too crude, so they changed it to Yuan Dragon.

  As for Huo Qian Shu claiming that he has an advantage over the cultivators in the later stages of Qi Refining, everyone knows that this is just him putting on a show. The cultivators in the later stages of Qi Refining are not so easily defeated. Liu Su Yun, on the other hand, was someone who knew how to talk, and as he peeled an oil bean with one hand, he praised: "Incredible, incredible! A martial artist at the Yuan Long stage is hard to come by even among tens of thousands of people, let alone the fact that Liuxing Chui is notoriously difficult to practice. Brother Huo's Liuxing Chui has already reached a state of perfection... we're guaranteed to succeed this time when we descend from Luoxing Mountain, incredible..."

  Just as he hadn't finished saying the three words "unbearable", Liu Suizhen suddenly burst forth with difficulty, and saw him take a few steps forward, snatching a hunting bow from a young man's hand. He then pulled out an arrow from his quiver, drew his bow, and with a swift motion, shot an arrow into the air, which left a trail of blood as it flew out of the forest: "Brothers, tonight's dinner is settled!"

  Huojian Tree only then discovered that it was a Golden Money Leopard, which had been lurking on both sides of the road without knowing when. He himself was careless for a moment and didn't discover this beast, but instead let Liu Suoyun, who was weaker than him by an entire realm, clean up the mess. His face turned red as he dragged his Flowing Star Hammers, thinking of rushing over, but unexpectedly Liu Suoyun's movements were even faster, already arriving at the Golden Money Leopard's side. With a slanted body and flashing knife light, the voices behind him were full of praise: "Brother Suoyun is truly impressive!"

  Liu followed the cloud to put away his sword and turned around to face Gu Yinghua on the sled, smiling brightly: "Miss Gu, this thousand dollars was worth it, wasn't it? Fire brother, ahead of us there are still tigers and wolves roaming, we must be more careful."

  Gu Yinghua just glanced at Liu Suoyun and frowned again, smiling faintly: "Not bad, huh..."

  As soon as he left the village, Liu Suizhen showed his extraordinary abilities. For him, crossing Luoxing Mountain was as easy as strolling in his own backyard. He was also extremely familiar with the ferocious beasts and monsters that might appear, but more importantly, his martial skills were incredibly impressive.

  His footsteps were as agile as a mountain lynx, absolutely not inferior to those heavily armed generals, often the beast had not discovered them, and the entire team was already prepared for battle. He was also a good archer, absolutely counted among the best, able to shoot through multiple targets at once. Gu Yinghua personally saw this golden leopard being shot dead by Liu Suoyun with one arrow, let alone Liu Chang's close combat skills were top-notch too. These young people have said that Liu Suoyun had killed three ferocious wolves in the time it took for his sword to rise and fall.

  Gu Yinghua also noticed that Liu Suizhen had a two-foot short sword on his back. This experienced master of the rivers and lakes would not carry anything for show, so this must be Liu Suizhen's final trump card.

  Such a good hand, even if it were placed in the county town of Yunzhong County, there would definitely be someone willing to pay two hundred yuan a day. Gu Yinghua felt that this deal was not too bad for her, but she also didn't understand how Liu Suizhen, such a good hand, could be stuck in Linjiazhuang, a small mountain village.

  Without asking her any further questions, Liu Suizhuan directly told the truth. As he spoke, his voice was still hoarse from coughing: "I'm injured!"

  "When I was seventeen, I didn't know the height of the sky or the thickness of the earth, and I thought this blue sky was just my own sky. As a result, I came back with this body full of scars." Liu Su Yun spoke with a sigh: "It's not that I couldn't fight, it's just that I'm not good at prolonged battles."

  This is the truth, a group of martial artists also talked about Liu Suizhen's old injury, saying that Liu Suizhen's skills were really too wasteful. To say nothing of being exhausted after ten moves, even a sudden storm could take his life, so he can only fight quickly and decisively.

  Huojian Shu was a straightforward person, he didn't mind the initial outbreak of Liu Suoyun, but instead sighed: "What a pity, what a pity! Didn't try to find a doctor to take a look?"

  Liu Suiyun was quite open-minded: "Ordinary mediocre doctors have no solution, usually they just prescribe some herbal remedies to delay the treatment, if you want to cure the root of the disease, it's impossible without 500,000 yuan."

  Everyone has heard of Liu Suizhen's desperation for the first time, although sympathizing with his experience, but the number of 500,000 yuan is not even a wealthy family in the county that can temporarily gather this money by selling fields and houses. Therefore, Liu Suizhen has already given up hope of curing himself.

  So Gu Yinghua sat on the sled and said in a soft voice: "Do well for Miss and Miss will not treat you unfairly!"

  No wonder it's one thousand yuan a day, for someone like Liu Suizhen, this is life-saving money earned by risking her life. But fifty thousand yuan is not easy to raise, even if she can get a good client like Gu Yinghua who doesn't eat or drink, it would take at least a year and a half. Not to mention in a small place like Yunzhong, one hundred yuan a day is already an astronomical price. Therefore, Liu Suizhen was very open-minded: "I'll go ahead and explore again, there are often over 10-meter-long venomous snakes appearing in front, everyone be careful..."

  Luoxing Mountain is a rather treacherous place, with many ferocious beasts and evil creatures lurking within. On this particular day, aside from Gu Yinghua, almost the entire group was covered in blood. Fortunately, they had Liu Suizhen, a local snake, and Huo Qianshu, a master of the Yuanlong realm, to lead the charge, so they managed to escape unscathed.

  Huojian Shu's pair of meteor hammers had indeed reached the realm of perfection, whether it was a tiger or wolf in the mountains or a demon cat in the trees, as long as they were hit by his 10-20 kg heavy meteor hammer, they would either die or suffer broken bones and blood gushing out, leaving everyone in awe.

  The setting sun was like blood, Liu followed the cloud and had already found a relatively flat mountain top, leading everyone to transform that sled into a small tent: "Miss Gu can't compare to us rough people, she's delicate and refined, can't withstand wind and rain, we just need to set up a simple shelter, but big sister needs to sleep well, so put in some effort!"

  Gu Yinghua stood at the far left of the mountain top, quite a distance away from Liu Suizhen and her group. Hearing such an evaluation, she didn't know whether to laugh or not. When did she become a delicate young lady who couldn't withstand wind and rain? It was actually Liu Suizhen's own old wounds that couldn't withstand any strong winds or heavy rains. Just then, she suddenly had an idea and beckoned Fire Qianmu over: "Fire Uncle, the medicine for treating Liu Suizhen's root illness is the Xuan Yun Jade Tripod Elixir, isn't it?"

  Xuan Yun Yu Ding Dan's market price is at least 500,000 wen coins. Huo Qian Shu's face changed instantly, and he lowered his voice to say: "My eldest miss, you wouldn't be thinking of giving a Xuan Yun Yu Ding Dan pill to this Liu Sui Yun, would you? We're not even acquainted, and now we're just hiring him to help with some work for a few days. You're too kind-hearted; this isn't some common medicine like Golden Creation Pill or Hundred Herbs Pill that can be settled with an extra 3,000 to 5,000 wen coins in wages."

  "What a pity for him, he's only in his early twenties!" Gu Yinghua said with a hint of sympathy: "Not only will this life be ruined, but looking at the severity of the injury, it's unlikely that he'll make it past thirty. And as for the Xuan Yun Jade Tripod Pill, while it may be extremely difficult to obtain for others, it's not particularly valuable to me either."

  "But our current situation is also very difficult!" Huo Qianshu said somewhat reluctantly: "Besides, it's just a fleeting encounter."

  "When I arrive at Yuanzhou, and my brother comes over, everything will be fine." Gu Yinghua said with a confident tone: "A single Xuan Yun Jade Tripod Dan may not mean much to me, but for him, it's worth more than anything else."

  Huojian saw that his advice was of no use and could only softly sigh: "You're just too kind-hearted, too good a person."

  Gu Yinghua, however, upon hearing this remark, coldly shouted at the group of people who were working diligently: "Liu Suoyun, put in more effort! If I don't sleep comfortably tonight, I'll deduct all your wages!"

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