My Apprenticeship to Uncle Jiu: I Was a Warlord in the Republic of China

Chapter 138 Precious medicine appears, conspiracy is revealed

The man in black robe said in his old and hoarse voice, "Three hundred people are not a small number. Let's start according to the previous plan!"

"Then don't take out the Hundred-Year-Old Polygonum Multiflorum yet. Save it for the end as the finale."

After Mo Youren bowed respectfully upon hearing this, he brought a few people out to the shop, moved the items prepared for the transaction out, and placed them on a small table.

Then he stood in front of the table and said, "Greetings, fellow Taoists. I am here today on the orders of Master Gui to host this trade fair. Please forgive me for the simple conditions. Now please take your seats first, and then we can start trading."

Upon hearing this, everyone took their seats, and Jiang Li Qianhe tacitly chose a seat at the edge so that it would be convenient for them to escape if anything really happened.

Next, Mo Youren displayed the trading items they had prepared one by one, and the other monks who came to participate also came forward to trade whatever they liked. Of course, some of them chose to bypass Mo Youren and trade on their own, and he did not interfere.

Jiang Li and Qian He, who saw this scene, turned pale, because they saw clearly what these people were trading.

Not to mention the medicinal herbs and minerals, the bat blood, snake sloughs and toad skins are relatively normal. The unborn black puppy and the eyeballs of a calf less than a hundred days old are barely acceptable.

But those people actually took out human heads, human bones, human skins, and even babies wrapped in placentas in public.

The key point is that the people around seemed to be used to it and didn't react much. That person even showed off the baby wrapped in the placenta.

It said how he tortured the woman to death, then took out the baby who was not yet dead and used secret methods to refine it, thus obtaining this top-grade material with extremely heavy resentment and evil spirit.

Jiang Liqianhe was furious when he heard this. The four people from the southeast, northwest, and northeast were about to take action to slay the demon, but Jiang Liqianhe held two of them and gently reminded them not to be impulsive.

At this time, three people sitting in the shop were watching the progress of the trade fair.

An old man with a snake wrapped around his wrist and a large, colorful spider in his hand said to the old man in the black robe, "Old ghost, when are you going to take out that hundred-year-old Polygonum multiflorum? I'm waiting to see the beauty of that precious medicine!"

Another old man with a face like dry bark said in his old voice, "Old poisonous creature, you'd better not fight with me. I am determined to get this hundred-year-old Polygonum multiflorum. If you dare to fight with me, I will definitely fight you to the death."

The old man called Old Poison heard this and laughed, "Old Gu, I know you are waiting for that precious medicine to save your life, but don't forget that this precious medicine is Polygonum multiflorum, which has no effect of prolonging life."

"Even if it is a newly excavated living thing, its little vitality will not be of much help to you. If you really use it as medicine, it would be a waste of natural resources!"

The old man called Lao Gu said indifferently, "Don't worry about that. I have my own plans."

The old poisoner heard this and laughed, "Okay, okay, I won't fight with you for it. I'm just a little curious about this hundred-year-old Polygonum multiflorum, otherwise I wouldn't be running around. If I run into those nosy Taoists, I'm afraid I'll be in trouble again!"

Then he said to Old Ghost, "Old Ghost, you have invested a lot of money this time to make your name known. You are even willing to trade a hundred-year-old precious medicine!"

The old ghost laughed and said, "You have to sacrifice before you can gain. I have already told Mo Youren to put the precious medicine for last, as the finale. Please be patient, fellow Taoists!"

The two of them didn't say anything after hearing this, but just watched the transaction quietly.

At this time, the old poisoner saw Jiang Li and Qian He's group standing aside and not approaching to make a deal, so he said, "Old ghost, do you know where that group of people came from? Why don't they look like people of our generation?"

The old ghost laughed and said, "Mo Youren told me that the middle-aged man in the lead is a Taoist priest, and most of those around him are his disciples!"

Hearing this, the old poisonous creature snorted coldly, "Damn you stinky Taoist priests, watch me kill them."

The old ghost tried to stop him, saying, "Don't be anxious, fellow Daoist. We are still in the process of trading, so it's better not to cause any trouble, otherwise Brother Gu will be unhappy."

The old poisoner glanced at Gu Lao, and seeing that he looked unfriendly, he smiled and said, "Then I will give you a favor, old Gu. I will deal with them after this trade fair is over."

After that, the three of them stopped talking and waited quietly for the trade fair to begin.

Several hours passed like this, and it was almost dark. Mo Youren then said loudly to everyone, "Everyone, I know you came here mostly to see the century-old precious medicine. Now that the trade fair is almost over, it is indeed time to take out this century-old precious medicine for everyone to see."

As he spoke, he called someone to light up the area with torches, and asked two people to push a small cart with a huge Polygonum multiflorum placed horizontally on it.

Seeing this, Old Gu and the old poisonous creature also stood up and walked towards the crowd, and the old ghost also stood up and walked silently into the store.

When the crowd saw Old Gu and Old Poison coming, they all made way for them, but Mo Youren stepped forward and greeted them, saying, "Junior, I'm honored to meet Old Gu and Master Five Poisons."

Hearing this, Gu Lao waved his hand and said, "Don't talk too much nonsense. What does the old ghost want to exchange for this precious medicine? Tell me quickly!"

Then he said to the people around him, "I must get this precious medicine. If anyone dares to snatch it from me, I will not let him go."

Upon hearing this, Mo Youren had no choice but to tell Gu Lao about Gui Lao's request, and then the two sides began to discuss.

Qianhe Jiangli and others who had been waiting outside for half a day wanted to leave as soon as they saw this transaction scene.

But because he was afraid that if he left suddenly, he would be seen as an alien in the eyes of everyone and be attacked by everyone, he had no choice but to pretend to wander around the edge of the crowd. As a result, he pretended for the whole afternoon.

At this moment, Qianhe suddenly pulled Jiang Li's clothes and pointed at the fog rising around them. The two looked at each other and realized that something was wrong, so they immediately retreated slowly towards the carriage.

Fortunately, the crowd's attention was on the precious medicine and they didn't notice Jiang Li and the others at all.

But when they returned to the carriage, the fog had become very dense. Seeing this, Qianhe hurriedly checked it out, and after a moment he said, "This seems to be a formation!"

Jiang Li frowned and asked, "Uncle Master, can you break this formation?"

"There's something strange here, we'd better leave before they find out!"

Qian He nodded and said, "This formation is quite strange. If we try to break it by force, the person who set up the formation will definitely notice it!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Li frowned and thought about a countermeasure.

But at this moment, Mo Youren suddenly shouted loudly, "Where are you going, those Taoists?"

Everyone looked around when they heard this, and soon everyone's eyes were fixed on Jiang Li and others. Then Mo Youren vividly described to everyone the situation of Qianhe coming here wearing a Taoist robe.

Hearing everyone talking, some of them even walked towards Jiang Li, obviously ready to take action, but Mo Youren took advantage of the chaos and disappeared into the crowd.

At this moment, someone suddenly discovered that Mo Youren and Polygonum multiflorum were missing, so he reminded everyone, and then everyone started looking for Mo Youren in a panic.