Please follow the script of cultivating immortals

After entering the city, five people sat beside the city gate. Sitting together was a beggar.

"This is my territory. Where did you come from to compete with me for business?"

said a beggar.

He Qingfeng looked at him and asked.

"Are we like beggars?"

"...We don't care what we say."

"Then who has the final say?"

At this time, a copper coin was thrown in front of the five of them. They looked down at the money, then looked up at the person who just walked past

The beggar said just then.

“The person who gives the money has the final say.”

Shi Qingjue looked at the copper coin, picked it up, and sighed.

Then he handed the copper coin to the beggar.

"Let us rest for a while, you can keep the money."

"Row."

The beggar took the copper coin and moved it a little to the side to make room for the five people.

Only then did the five people finally let out a sigh.

"How did we get to this point?"

Jiang Li complained, and He Qingfeng turned to look at her.

"Isn't it because of you? A thief can be stolen by others."

Jiang Li had nothing to say about this.

With only 100 taels on them, they wanted to go to Macheng. Hiring another carriage was not enough, so they decided to just buy some dry food and went to Macheng to see if there was any profitable business.

In fact, when going to the martial arts conference, after leaving Yucheng, there are three ways to choose. But He Qingfeng proposed a way.

"I remember that Macheng is a place with a lot of criminals, and many of them have bounties on their heads. We can get some bounties."

"Okay! Then let's go to Macheng!"

Seeing that everyone else agreed, Shi Qingjue decided on the direction.

To go to Macheng, you have to climb mountains. A detour is also possible, but the detour is longer. This mountain is layered one after another, and it takes three days to climb over it. And this is already considered a shortcut.

In these three days, the five people experienced the most wild period of survival. Relying on those magic weapons, they did feel better, but even so, they still suffered fatal injuries.

There is a tiger on the mountain.

After eating dry food for a day, they really wanted to change their taste, so they went out to hunt.

Thinking of casting a wide net, several people spread out to hunt and lay traps, ignoring the dangers on the mountain. When He Qingfeng set up a trap and waited for prey, he was targeted by a tiger as a prey.

The four people who heard the sound rushed over. Jiang Li was the fastest. When he saw the tiger lying on He Qingfeng, he took out his wooden sword and slashed it twice.

However, these two blows only hit the tiger's tail and failed to kill it.

When the other three people arrived, they saw that He Qingfeng had many wounds on his body, but the most serious one was on his neck, where he was bitten by a tiger. The ground was covered with splattered blood.

And Jiang Li was already applying the box of ointment on He Qingfeng's neck. The wound had stopped bleeding by now and was healing rapidly.

Seeing that Jiang Li was about to apply ointment to her other wounds, He Qingfeng stopped her.

"No, this thing can't be wasted. With this, we can save more lives. The other parts are not seriously injured, just ordinary gold sore medicine will be enough."

Even if it falls on him, He Qingfeng can see it clearly.

Shi Qingjue looked at He Qingfeng's injury and felt that it was really his fault.

So, he made a decision for everyone. Next, they must act collectively and cannot be separated. This situation cannot happen again.

Because of this, although they will be safe for the next time, the only food they can eat is dry food.

They couldn't sleep peacefully either. Instead of keeping vigil alone, they now had two vigils.

When they came down the mountain, they were exhausted.

There was a house on the roadside and a tea stall opened by someone. Several people hurried over and asked people here to pour some tea.

After the stall owner poured the tea, he asked Jiang Li and the others.

"Are you also a martial arts person? Going to participate in a martial arts conference?"

"Correct."

"It's very tiring to choose this road. Many people don't take this road because they don't want to climb mountains."

"really."

Shi Qingjue answered.

Several people didn't even have the energy to talk properly, so they just wanted to lie down on the table and sleep for a while.

At this time, the stall owner said again.

"If you guys are tired, you can go to the back and take a nap."

"Really?"

Yu Zhulin asked, and the stall owner nodded.

Then he said again.

"However, you need to pay a deposit first. Because there are many people from all walks of life in this place, they often get into fights if they disagree. The shop has been demolished several times."

The stall owner said very sadly.

Several people looked at the room behind the tea stall. It seemed that it was made directly of wooden boards and was not strong. But a good night's sleep is enough.

The stall owner said again at this time.

"Moreover, the shop can also prepare some food for you, so you can eat it directly when you wake up."

"Okay, how much does it cost?"

Jiang Li asked, and the stall owner stretched out two fingers.

"Twenty taels. Excluding the meal money, I will refund it to you when you leave. You are all in the world, and there is no way I can beat you, so don't worry."

After several people thought about it, it was indeed suitable, and asked Jiang Li to take out the money bag.

They stayed in Yucheng for one night before, bought dry food, etc., and also made a new string of iron beads for Tieniu. They spent a total of 70 taels of silver.

After handing 20 taels to the stall owner, they went into the house and went to sleep. There was a big bed in this room, which looked like a large bed. Several people got on the bed and fell asleep quickly.

The first one to wake up was Jiang Li.

It was already dark by this time, but there were many stars in the sky. Jiang Li looked at the stars and felt the vastness of the world. She thought to herself that she seemed very small in such a world.

Suddenly, Jiang Li sat up.

What about the house?
The ceiling was gone, the walls were gone, and there was just a bed. What about the house here? !

She quickly woke up several other people. After telling her about this, the other four people also realized that they were sleeping in the wild.

Yuzhulin looked around.

"We won't see any ghosts, right?"

As soon as he said this, Tieniu began to recite Buddhist scriptures. The prayer beads as big as a fist were counted in his hand as if they were rosary beads.

Shi Qingjue covered his head with his hands and sighed.

"We have encountered a thief."

"thief?"

He Qingfeng and Jiang Li both said in unison.

Shi Qingjue explained again.

"My father told me about a case before. A thief deliberately stole from people in the world. The routine was the same. He waited in a place where the people would be very tired, and built a house with wooden boards for them to sleep in. After falling asleep, , steal things, demolish houses, run away. But I was too tired just now, so I didn’t think of this, I’m sorry.”

Along the way, Shi Qingjue felt more and more incompetent.

As the boss, he shouldn't let his companions fall to this point.

Yuzhulin comforted him.

"It's not because of you. If it weren't for me, we would still have the money to go another way."

"Yes, I am willing to follow you even if I have no money."

Tieniu also said the same thing. He rarely spoke, but what he said could often be deeply rooted in people's hearts.

He Qingfeng also comforted him.

"That's right, it's not your fault. It's Xiaoyue's fault." He Qingfeng pointed at Jiang Li.

"Why do you blame me?"

"The money you gave me!"

"Nonsense, I'm tired too. Isn't the magic weapon that can relieve fatigue in your hand? Just remind me!"

"If I see it, can I not remind you?"

"Stop arguing. Get ready to keep walking."

Shi Qingjue interrupted the two of them. Quarrel is the last thing Shi Qingjue wants to see.

In the next two days, they still ate dry food, which was enough, but they were more anxious to go to Macheng. They kept walking and their fatigue was also accumulating.

After arriving in Macheng, they rested by the wall.

Twelve taels of silver was their last money.

After resting enough, Shi Qingjue stood up.

"Come on, let's find an inn, have a good meal, rest for a day, and then go catch a thief. Then we can buy a carriage and move on."

They had calculated before that, although the journey had been delayed for several days, as long as there was a carriage, they would only need fifteen days to reach the location of the martial arts conference. The martial arts tournament will only start in 20 days, which is enough time, even a few days.

Ten taels of silver were enough for them to stay in any inn for a while. The rent is not expensive, it’s mainly food.

Therefore, Shi Qingjue spent five taels to stay in the inn, planning to stay for five days to give him enough time to catch the gangster. Anyway, more will be refunded and less will be replenished when the time comes.

They didn't even wait to go upstairs to wait for the food, so they just ordered good wine and food here and started eating.

After three rounds of wine and five tastes of food, they felt alive again, and finally went upstairs to rest.

Black shops are usually opened in remote places. Business is already good in busy cities, so there is no need to open illegal shops. So they can go and rest without any worries. Besides, even if there are gangsters living in this store, there is no need for them to cause trouble, as that will only expose themselves.

The next day, they slept until noon before finally getting up.

During the meal, Shi Qing told them.

"We'll go to the gate of the government or the city gate later. Wanted posters are usually hung there. Pick a convenient thief. Then we'll find an intelligence organization and spend some money to buy some information. Two taels of silver should only be enough. enough."

"Intelligence agencies make so much money."

Jiang Li sighed with emotion, and Yu Zhulin said next to him.

"Sometimes you can't buy a piece of news even if you lose your money. In many things, news is everything."

After hearing this, Jiang Li remembered the tragedy that Shi Qingjue had mentioned before. The man who had gone to death just to report the news felt that the news was indeed important.

After eating and drinking, they went to the city lord's mansion to have a look.

There are usually some wanted posters hanging on the wall of the city lord's office.

Jiang Li asked them while walking on the road.

"Don't you think the people painted on those wanted posters are very crude? How can you tell it's that person?"

"Is this still crude? You have never seen freehand paintings. The characters only have a few strokes, and you can only see the temperament and character."

He Qingfeng said this, he was also someone who had learned painting for two days.

Shi Qingjue added something more.

"The portrait on the wanted poster is just a reference. It draws the characteristics of the criminal and narrows the scope. Generally speaking, you can find the person through household registration, characteristics and other information. Of course, the change of appearance is indeed more complicated, and there are many unsolved cases. "

After saying this, he continued.

"But what we are looking for today has two key points. First, it has obvious characteristics and is easy to find. Second, the high reward amount means it is difficult to catch, which makes it more convenient for us. This time we can use a magic weapon."

Catching thieves isn't just an ordinary battle, it's just making money, it's not shabby.

Several people arrived at the city lord's mansion talking and laughing, and then saw a clean sign on the wall.

Shi Qingjue almost went crazy.

"Where's the wanted order? Where's the reward? Where's the money!"

Seeing the boss's virtue, Jiang Li was also shocked.

He Qingfeng had already gone up to stop him.

"No hurry, no hurry. As for the city gate, it must be placed at the city gate to prevent thieves from attacking the city lord's mansion."

"That's right, let's go to the city gate and have a look."

Jiang Li also hurriedly spoke beside him. Shi Qingjue looked at a few people and nodded.

When they went to the city gate later, although they were still joking when they saw Shi Qingjue, they could clearly feel that Shi Qingjue was just pretending.

When they arrived at the city gate, they understood the reason why Shi Qingjue was pretending.

He is deceiving himself.

There is no wanted notice on the wall of the city lord's government office, why is there one at the door?

Not to mention the wanted poster, this door looks so clean, as if it is wiped down every day.

Shi Qingjue knelt on the ground with a plop.

He was not far from collapse.

He Qingfeng couldn't figure it out.

"What's going on? Don't you think Macheng is full of thieves?"

"Macheng?"

The soldiers guarding the city over there heard it and laughed.

Then, the soldier said again.

"There is a city with a lot of criminals in it. But it's not Macheng, it's Man City. It's more than ten days' walk from here."

"What about Macheng?"

"Our city has very good security. Not to mention gangsters, there are no gangsters. Our city lord used to be a member of the Jianghu. Who dares to act arrogant here?"

The soldier said proudly.

With a plop, He Qingfeng also knelt down next to Shi Qingjue.

For the sake of order, Tieniu also knelt down.

Yu Zhulin was about to kneel down, but was stopped by Jiang Li.

"We have to move them later. Don't kneel down. I can't do it alone."

"……Fine."

Jiang Li just said that, Shi Qingjue and He Qingfeng were just too hard hit and needed to take some time off. All their hopes were placed on the wanted order in Macheng, but now they have nowhere to go.

The other three people were hit hard, but they could still hold on.

Dragging their exhausted bodies, they returned to the inn. The waiter came up to him at this time.

"Sir, are you back? What do you want to have for dinner?"

"Come on whatever you want."

"Then, sir, I need to give you some more money. You have drank a lot in the past two days, and the five taels of silver have almost been used up."

With a thud, Shi Qingjue knelt down.

With a thud, He Qingfeng knelt down.

With a thud, Tieniu knelt down.

With a thud, Jiang Li knelt down.

Yuzhulin could still hold on originally, but when the atmosphere got tough, he knelt down like this.

The waiter was shocked when he saw it, not knowing what happened.

A little later, five people appeared at the door of a broken courtyard.

The waiter was pretty nice and pointed them to a cheap place.

One tael of silver to live in for ten days. If it weren't for a haunted house, we wouldn't be in their turn. And poverty is enough for them to eliminate all fears.

Shi Qingjue took out the key and opened the lock, but the lock was old and not easy to open.

He twisted twice and the key broke.

Just when a few people were sighing and unable to get through the door,
The door fell down.

The five people looked at the door that crashed down and stayed where they were, letting the rising dust swallow them up.

Jiang Li tried to change the atmosphere.

"...At least, I can get in."