Fruit fairy

Chapter 8 Escape from Sifang City

In the orchard, Wang looked at the dead fruit trees and shook his head helplessly, sighed and started to get busy.

Mrs. Wang finally recovered after drinking the tea soup made of spiritual seedlings for three days. When she saw Li Can pick their leaves early this morning, she immediately stopped her. At that time, it really won't be able to survive.

Li Miao hopped up and down to help. The broken leg had been raised for more than three months and it was much better. Now it was no different from ordinary people.

What surprised Wang the most was that Li Can was able to walk slowly on crutches. Although he could only stop and go due to lack of physical strength, this was enough to make Wang very happy.

It is a great thing that the family is safe, and those dead fruit trees are not a big deal when they are happy.Besides, don't there still be those seedlings?It doesn't matter if you work hard for a few months, as long as you gain something, you will have a source of income again, and you will definitely not be unable to eat.

Undoubtedly, Mrs. Wang is a cheerful and optimistic person, and she soon stopped worrying about this matter.

While the three of them were busy in the orchard, Patriarch Li said with a sad face in the woods by the lake:

"May I ask Master Wu to leave his disciples behind and escort our clansmen to leave this place? I would like to honor you with a hundred taels of gold, so that the clansmen will not be too flustered when they move out of this place, and the snake demon will take advantage of it." .”

Three days ago, Patriarch Li was full of hope, thinking that the city lord would come here as soon as he received the sound transmission talisman from Hall Master Wu, but until this morning, the city lord had not responded with a single word. According to Hall Master Wu's guess, the city lord might still be in retreat middle.

And Pavilion Master Wu also had a dark face at this time, with sunken eye sockets, several dark red bloodshot eyes protruding from the pupils, and thick blood vessels in black and purple, like earthworms entrenched on the neck, looking terrifying at first glance extreme.

According to what he said, the snake venom has eroded into the lungs at this time, if it is not removed immediately, the snake venom will penetrate deep into the bone marrow within a day or two. .

He took out the brocade box and handed it to the patriarch, and said in a hoarse voice:
"Return these five Ganoderma lucidum to you. Unfortunately, they can only increase mana but can't cure the poison of the snake king on my body. Otherwise, I can take one or two."

"The few of my disciples are not monks. They just use a few spiritual weapons to forcefully use some methods of exorcism and killing monsters. They can only deal with some little demons who are not in the mood. If they really fight with snake demons, how many of them It’s not much better than you, it’s just a ration.”

"So even if they are walking with you, they just try their best to protect them. If the snake demon really comes after them for revenge, you can only ask for luck. Do you have any opinions?"

The patriarch naturally dare not have the slightest opinion if he asks others, not only that, but also very grateful.

Seeing this, Pavilion Master Wu continued: "Since you have no objections, let's hurry and leave here immediately. There is still an hour before noon, and I will leave this place as soon as noon arrives. It will be March if it is fast, or May if it is slow. After I return from recovery, I will definitely kill this demon to eliminate harm for the people, and then, you will naturally be able to return to this land and return to your roots."

Time was running out, and Patriarch Li thanked him repeatedly, then left quickly and rushed back to the ancestral hall.

A moment later, nine bells rang outside the ancestral hall, and the loud sound spread throughout the clan.

The villagers were taken aback when they heard that, the nine rings of the bell meant that something important would happen in the clan, and the patriarch would definitely not ring nine times unless it was absolutely necessary.

Reminiscent of the snake demon, the clansmen flocked to the ancestral hall in horror. As expected, the patriarch stood at the door early and said loudly:

"The snake demon has been hiding in the lake for six days, and Pavilion Master Wu's poisonous attack is in danger. After noon, he will leave here to detoxify and heal his wounds. By then, we will be the snake demon's rations, so I decided to all The villagers of the ethnic group moved out of here immediately.”

After the patriarch made a brief statement, he ordered the villagers to tell each other and leave as quickly as possible, and the gathering place was set at the gate of Sifang City.

Mrs. Wang hurried home, while Li Can had already transplanted all the seedlings into the orchard, and was observing the jujube pits that hadn't sprouted yet.

The color of these jujube pits has turned light green, and they have grown a lot and are no longer hard. They can feel a slight elasticity when they are squeezed by hand, and they will probably germinate in more than ten days.

At this time, Mrs. Wang returned to the house nervously, and briefly said the patriarch's words while tidying up.

Shocked, Li Can looked at the jujube stones being cultivated in the wooden trough in front of him, and after a moment of contemplation, he immediately drove them out, and came to the courtyard on crutches.

After pressing these jujube pits that were about to germinate into the ground, poured some water on them to cover them with floating soil, and then got up and left.

Even if these jujube stones germinate and grow into seedlings, it will take a year to grow into a small tree, and the flowering and fruiting will naturally wait until next year, so it's okay to plant them in advance at this moment, it's better than going to Sifang City to take refuge and have nowhere to plant them.

When Li Can thought of the spiritual seedlings that had just been transplanted into the orchard, he couldn't help feeling extremely anxious.

These seedlings are emerald green in color, and are particularly eye-catching compared with those withered trees in the orchard. Once discovered at this time, they are easy to attract the attention of interested people.Especially that Pavilion Master Wu, as a monk, once he finds out, he will naturally see the clues.

So Li Can immediately called his younger brother Li Miao, and the two found many branches in the yard and put them on the seedlings. In this way, unless you search carefully, it is difficult to find anything tricky here.

As for the small omnivorous animals such as hedgehogs and voles that often harm the fruits and vegetables in the orchard, Li Can is not too worried. When transplanting the seedlings of the spirit species today, his younger brother Li Miao found the bodies of several small animals in the orchard , it seems that they have been wiped out by the snake venom floating in the air.

There was no valuable property at home, so Wang tidied up and came out with a package on her back. When she put the package into the goat cart, she suddenly remembered that the goat had died of poison yesterday.

After cursing that the snake demon is really harmful, Wang called the two brothers and hurried on the road.

After leaving the village entrance, the clan members gradually increased, and Wang's mother and son also gathered in the four-wheeled cart and followed closely behind.

Sifang City is not too far from here, only about 30 miles away, this distance is not worth mentioning in the eyes of monks.It won't take long if you ride a horse, but at the walking speed of the villagers, it will take at least half a day.

Li Can followed the team on crutches. After a closer look, he found that there were almost no livestock such as mules, horses, cattle and sheep in the team, and the villagers were all walking on their feet. Almost all of the domestic animals were poisoned and died suddenly.

Not only that, Li Can also saw that some villagers looked ashen and disheartened, and some familiar faces also looked extremely sluggish and listless at the moment.More villagers were out of breath when walking, looking very tired.

It seems that the detoxification well water is still not effective, otherwise these villagers would not be like this.

At this time, a few strangers from the back of the team rushed over, they were some of the disciples of Pavilion Master Wu, and one of them, a slightly older man with a mature face, shouted loudly:

"Master Wu has already left this place. The snake monster may escape at any time. If you want to survive, you must speed up, otherwise once it chases you, you will die in Shekou. Don't blame us master and apprentice It’s better not to be reminded.”

It's good that this person didn't shout, but as soon as he finished speaking, there was a commotion in the team.

The young and strong began to walk like flying, the old and weak cursed, the women and children cried and cried, the voices in the team were noisy and wailing, and Li Can frowned.

Fortunately, the patriarch stood up quickly, and after a few loud reprimands, the team gradually calmed down. The young helped the old, and the women led the children to encourage and support each other.

Tired and thirsty along the way, the villagers still walked slowly and did not dare to stop.Just when the sun was setting in the west and Li Can was sweating profusely and was about to collapse, there were sudden bursts of sharp roars from a distance behind him.

The villagers heard the sound and looked back, only to see smoke and dust floating in the air on the ground in the distance, and the sharp roar came from that dust and smoke.

"No, it's the snake monster that's chasing you." Someone in front of the team suddenly shouted.

(End of this chapter)