Chapter 1665: Overseas Fairy Mountain (Part 2)
"If you fail the test, you will be rewarded with 30 copper coins and you can leave." After the strong man woke up, the middle-aged man in brocade clothes sitting at the table immediately crossed out the name of the strong man on the list in front of him, and at the same time, someone handed 30 copper coins to the strong man.
"Does anyone else want to try?" After the strong man was helped to leave, the middle-aged man in brocade clothes looked at the people around him and shouted loudly.
"This snake looks very difficult to deal with. You go, I won't go." Some fishermen who came here for the 20 taels of gold couldn't help but retreat when they saw this scene. 20 taels of gold is not a small amount, but compared to that, life is more important.
"I'll do it."
Some people retreated, and some people wanted to take a risk. After all, even if they failed, they would still have 30 copper coins. Isn't it just a bite from a snake?
"Anyone else?" After four people failed in a row, no one in the crowd stood up. The brave ones had already stood up, and the rest were timid or just watching the fun.
"I'll do it." Lei Wujie said as he jumped into the field. Xiao Se started to applaud immediately. Under his leadership, the people around him also started to applaud unconsciously.
"Aren't you worried at all?" Seeing Xiao Se's nonchalant look, Zhenzhu couldn't help but speak.
"What are you worried about? Are you worried about that snake?" Xiao Se said lightly.
"Xiao Jinjin, come and play with me." Lei Wujie, who jumped onto the field, immediately squatted in front of the golden snake and stretched out his hand to tease it.
"Hurry up and take the snake-catching stick." The middle-aged man in brocade clothes couldn't help but shout loudly after seeing this scene, but Lei Wujie ignored him and continued to tease the golden snake. When the golden snake was about to bite him, his hand was immediately retracted. This time Lei Wujie was much more careful and there would be no mistake like the crab before.
Then Lei Wujie continued to tease the golden snake, and each time he avoided it in a very thrilling way. At first, the people around him were still worried about Lei Wujie, but after he did it many times, the people around him began to cheer.
Afterwards, Lei Wujie grabbed the tail of the golden snake and used it as a whip, then quickly tied a knot around the golden snake and threw it to the masked man on the side.
"One is not enough, give me a few more."
"Yes."
The masked man who took the knotted golden snake looked at the other masked man on the side, and immediately released three golden snakes respectively. A total of six golden snakes swam towards Lei Wujie. The two masked men were professional snake catchers, and they naturally couldn't stand being provoked in front of them.
Lei Wujie then waved his hand and pulled the belt of a spectator on the side, then waved the belt and threw the six golden snakes into the bamboo cage on the side. Finally, he kicked the bamboo cage over with one foot, stepped on it with one foot, and then threw the belt back to the spectator, saying to the middle-aged man in brocade clothes: "Done."
"Little brother, good skills, may I know your name." The middle-aged man in brocade clothes immediately winked at the person standing next to him, and the person left immediately, and then he smiled and asked Lei Wujie's name.
"Lei Wujie." Lei Wujie directly reported his full name. It was rare that he did not report the Thunderbolt Hall this time. When he did not report his origin, not many people knew the name Lei Wujie. If it was the scope of the Lei family or Xueyue City's influence, this name might be known by someone, but this is the East China Sea. Neither the Lei family nor the Xueyue City's influence extends here, especially the middle-aged man in brocade clothes, who seems to be doing business, and he knows even less about the name Lei Wujie.
"Be careful, the bamboo cage is leaking." Just as Lei Wujie was showing off, someone shouted loudly. After Lei Wujie heard the words, he looked down and saw that the golden snakes had indeed crawled out, and one of them was quickly crawling up along his legs.
Boom.
Lei Wujie's eyes suddenly turned fiery red, and the next moment the golden snake that climbed onto his body was immediately shaken away. Perhaps because he was too nervous, Lei Wujie immediately used the fire burning technique, but he only had time to shake away one. The other golden snakes suddenly jumped up and opened their fangs at Lei Wujie from four directions. Lei Wujie then held the hilt of the Heart Sword with his right hand, looking like he wanted to draw the sword.
"Wait a minute, don't hurt them." Hua Jin on the side immediately shouted loudly, and at the same time he immediately waved his hand and sprinkled a ball of powder, and then the golden snake immediately fell to the ground, and then Hua Jin squatted on the ground and reached out to touch the head of the golden snake.
"Hua Jin, you can actually control them." Lei Wujie couldn't help shouting when he saw the golden snakes being very obedient under Hua Jin's hands.
"It's nothing. Their snake medicine was prepared by my master back then." Hua Jin said softly. Of course, her master, the King of Medicine Xin Baicao, definitely didn't add any extra things when preparing the snake medicine.
"Everyone, today's recruitment ends here. Let's go. The boss wants to invite you." Lei Wujie and others were obviously different from those fishermen who were trying to make money from gold. He asked his superiors to let them leave before.
"Lead the way." Xiao Se immediately stepped forward.
"Everyone, please."
Then the group immediately followed the middle-aged man in brocade clothes to the cedar longboat at the seaside port. After Lei Wujie got on the boat, his mouth opened wide. Obviously, this boat shocked him.
"Open your mouth a little smaller, don't lose face." Xiao Se said in a low voice.
"I have lived in Jiangnan since I was a child, but I have never seen such a big ship. I am not allowed to sigh." Lei Wujie said, still looking around. Lei Wujie has seen many river ships, but this is the first time he has seen a sea ship.
"The gentlemen are welcome."
Soon someone brought a group of people to the living room of the cabin on the ship. As soon as they entered, they smelled an elegant sandalwood scent. There were incense burners in the four corners of the cabin. In the middle of the living room, a young man in very gorgeous clothes sat, and several guards stood on both sides of him.
"Hello everyone, my name is Mu Chunfeng, the third son of the Qingzhou Mu family, nice to meet you." After seeing Shen Fei and others enter the living room, the young man immediately stood up to greet them.
"Young man, if I'm not mistaken, it should be Lei Wujie, the disciple of the Snow Moon Sword Immortal." After greeting each other, Mu Chunfeng looked at Lei Wujie and said, it was not a problem that the middle-aged man in brocade clothes didn't know Lei Wujie, but Mu Chunfeng was different. As the third son of the Mu family and also the heir of the Mu family, he still had some understanding of the things in the martial arts world. The Snow Moon Sword Immortal Li Hanyi accepted a disciple, which was a big deal in the martial arts world.
Of course, he only knew that Li Hanyi accepted a disciple. As for the relationship between Lei Wujie and Li Hanyi, not many people knew about it, after all, their surnames were completely different.
"Yes, I am Lei Wujie of the Jiangnan Thunderbolt Hall, Lei Family." Since he was recognized, Lei Wujie would naturally not deny it. Unlike the original work, where they were chased by the dark river and Xiao Se was seriously injured, this time they did not need to hide their real names.
"Who are these people?" Mu Chunfeng then looked at Shen Fei and the other two.
"Shen Fei."
"Hua Jin."
"Xiao Se."
Shen Fei and the other two reported their names, and none of them had the idea of reporting their titles and identities.
"Xiao Se, is it the Xiao Se who fought against the Angry Sword Immortal Yan Zhantian and won?" After hearing Xiao Se's name, Mu Chunfeng looked a little excited. After all, it would be abnormal if he could not be excited to defeat one of the five great sword immortals. However, Mu Chunfeng only knew Xiao Se and did not know that he was Xiao Chuhe.
The news from Bai Xiaotang was that Xiao Se defeated the Angry Sword Immortal. As for Xiao Chuhe's identity, those who knew knew it, and those who did not know did not need to know it.
"I wonder why you all came to this seaside town?" After getting to know each other, Mu Chunfeng immediately asked.
"Why did Mr. Mu come to this seaside town?" Xiao Se asked back.
"Since Brother Xiao asked, I won't hide it from you. I have been weak and sick since I was young, but fortunately my family is in the medicinal materials business. I have done some research on pharmacology. Recently, my elder brother has a disease, and I have been looking for a good doctor for a long time but cannot cure it. I read the treatment method in an ancient book. There are three medicinal ingredients, which are the gallbladders of three snakes, gold thread, silver clothes, and iron glass."
Mu Chunfeng immediately told the reason why he came here, which was to find medicinal materials for his elder brother.
"I don't know what disease your brother has?" Xiao Se said, looking at Shen Fei and Hua Jin beside him. Both of them are famous doctors.
"Alas, peach blossoms are all over the world behind the palace, why do you need marriage in the hall. It's hard to meet in the brocade tent, and it's in vain for peach blossoms to drop and dew." Mu Chunfeng suddenly sighed deeply, and then recited a poem.
"Good poem, good poem, but what does this have to do with the disease?" Lei Wujie was the first to applaud and praise after Mu Chunfeng finished reading the poem, and then he realized that this seemed to have nothing to do with the disease.
"Hmm." Hua Jin couldn't help but snorted coldly, and then turned her head away. As a disciple of the King of Medicine, she already knew what disease Mu Chunfeng's elder brother had.
"He needs to be prescribed aphrodisiacs." Xiao Se whispered in Lei Wujie's ear.
"This disease is indeed a terminal illness." After Shen Fei heard Xiao Se's words, he was speechless. He never thought that Mu Chunfeng's elder brother would have this disease, but when he thought about it carefully, it was very reasonable. With the wealth of the Mu family, there would naturally be no shortage of women. If they really indulged themselves, even the emperor might not be able to match them. After all, if the emperor was too bad in this regard, someone would take care of him.
"It's indeed as Brother Xiao said." Mu Chunfeng's face flushed a little. After all, this disease was really hard to tell others. The famous doctors invited by the Mu family before were all sealed by them with a lot of wealth. It was also because of this special disease that they were embarrassed to go to the King of Medicine Xin Baicao.
The Mu family and the King of Medicine Xin Baicao were connected. After all, the Mu family was in the medicinal materials business and they had a large number of rare medicinal materials.
"Is this disease difficult to cure?" Lei Wujie said with a puzzled look. In his opinion, this is not a serious disease at all.
"You are still young and don't understand." Xiao Se patted Lei Wujie's shoulder again and said earnestly.
"Well, my eldest brother is nearly forty years old. He is a playboy by nature. He didn't know how to restrain himself when he was young. Now his body is not good. He has invited many famous doctors. At first, it was effective, but later it became more and more serious. So I searched through ancient books and finally found this prescription. However, if I want to get them together, I must go to the Three Snake Islands, so I came here. On the one hand, it is for my eldest brother's disease, and on the other hand, it is to see the world's magnificent scenery."
"The Three Snake Islands are the Golden Snake Island, the Silver Snake Island and the Glazed Island. The Iron Glazed is on the Glazed Island. It is said to be an extremely long giant snake that has survived for hundreds of years, just waiting for the day when it will ride on the cloud and turn into a dragon. I really want to see it."
When talking about Tie Liuli, Mu Chunfeng's eyes lit up immediately. As the third young master of the Mu family, he actually didn't have to take this risk. However, Mu Chunfeng was not very interested in inheriting the family business, so he wanted to cure his eldest brother. If it were some noble family, when the eldest brother was critically ill, they would be too happy. It was good enough not to add insult to injury, not to mention personally looking for medicine for him.
For Mu Chunfeng, if he didn't cure his eldest brother's illness, he would have to inherit the Mu family's wealth. In order not to inherit such a huge family business, he could only find a way to cure his eldest brother's illness. As for his second brother, he died in an accident in his early years.
"So that's it. We came here to find someone. We can help you get the gallbladders of these three snakes, but then this cedar longboat will need to take us for a while." Xiao Se thought about it and stated his conditions.
"With your help, it will definitely be done."
Mu Chunfeng immediately agreed to Xiao Se's conditions. For him, as long as he got the herbs he needed, it didn't matter if he gave the cedar longboat to Xiao Se. After Xiao Se and others joined, Mu Chunfeng stopped recruiting snake catchers.
Although Mu Chunfeng was a rich man, he was a good person. If it were someone else, there would be no test when recruiting snake catchers. Instead, he would recruit everyone. As long as he got what he wanted, he would not care about other people's lives. Mu Chunfeng conducted the test for the lives of those snake catchers.
As the cedar longboat sailed, the group also had some understanding of the situation on the ship. This time, because Mu Chunfeng did not continue to recruit people, Lei Wujie did not have to live in the lower room like in the original book. The lower room on the ship here can be said to be similar to a stable.
"There are so many rare medicinal materials." Hua Jin's eyes lit up immediately after seeing the warehouse on the ship. Then Mu Chunfeng knew Hua Jin's identity, the last disciple of the Medicine King Xin Baicao. He knelt down immediately to worship Hua Jin as his teacher. The ideal of the third son of the Mu family is to become a doctor who cures diseases and saves lives, rather than inheriting the huge family business.
"Don't look at me, you are the last disciple of the Medicine King Xin Baicao." When Hua Jin wanted to divert the blame and let Mu Chunfeng worship Shen Fei as his teacher, Shen Fei immediately said so. His medical skills are definitely better than that of the Medicine King Xin Baicao, but in terms of reputation, he is far inferior.
"I think he is very sincere, and the Mu family is in the medicinal materials business."
Originally, Hua Jin didn't want to accept Mu Chunfeng, but after hearing about the Mu family's business, and Mu Chunfeng gave all the medicinal materials on the ship to his teacher, Hua Jin was immediately shaken. After all, there were many very rare medicinal materials in it. There was no way, he gave too much, and finally Hua Jin decided to give Mu Chunfeng a chance.
Although Hua Jin was tempted by those rare medicinal herbs, it was not easy to become a good doctor. She knew that she had an uncle who went astray and ended up becoming a ghost doctor.