Something's wrong with this demon.

Chapter 64

The next day, dawn.

Outside the cave, the light remained dim and eerie, as if it were still night.

All around remained completely silent.

There was no sound and no sight of people.

Luo Qingchen changed into a set of coarse cloth clothes, carried a package containing medicinal herbs and meat, and left the cave.

Walking along the white road, we soon arrived at a stone house on the north side, near a cliff.

He needs to come here first to inform the herbalist before he goes down the mountain to find the herbalist.

Senior Sister Qiu was a curvaceous woman, probably in her early twenties. She was sitting in the stone house, head down, meticulously trimming her toenails.

Before Luo Qingchen could speak, she said, "It's too early. Let's talk later."

Luo Qingchen said, "Disciple Luo Qingchen wishes to go down the mountain today to find the medicine man."

"Luo Qingchen?"

Qiu Ye raised her head, her peach blossom eyes looking at him, and smiled, "A new disciple from yesterday? From Medicine Man Town?"

Luo Qingchen respectfully replied, "Yes."

Qiu Ye stared at him for a few moments, then beckoned to him with her finger and said, "Come in, trim my toenails, and I'll register you."

Luo Qingchen stood outside without moving.

Qiu Ye raised an eyebrow and said, "If you're not willing, then pay ten taels of silver and choose for yourself."

Luo Qingchen said, "I have no money."

Qiu Ye took a piece of paper from the drawer, placed it on the table, and said, "It's okay, just write an IOU."

Luo Qingchen couldn't help but think of her trip to the brothel yesterday to ask the senior sister for cultivation techniques, and couldn't help but ask, "Senior Sister Qiu, do we have to pay first for everything here?"

Qiu Ye looked puzzled: "Isn't it perfectly normal to pay bribes when you need someone to do something? Didn't your parents teach you that?"

Luo Qingchen asked, "The sect should have paid you your wages, right?"

Qiu Ye chuckled and continued clipping his nails, saying, "What the sect gives is what the sect gives. If you don't want to pay, then don't ask anyone to do it for you. Solve it yourself."

Luo Qingchen paused for a moment, then said, "I really don't have any money."

Qiu Ye pointed to her feet and said, "Didn't I just say? No money is no problem. Come in and I'll trim your toenails, or you can just write me an IOU. You have to choose one, right?"

Luo Qingchen thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll trim your toenails."

"Click!"

Qiu Ye trimmed the last nail clipping, looked at him with a half-smile, and said, "Sorry, I'm done. Now you only have one choice."

Luo Qingchen's gaze returned to the IOU on the table.

He suddenly said, "Senior Sister Qiu, may I go to the main peak and report you?"

Qiu Ye laughed and said, "Sure, why don't you give it a try if you have enough money?"

Just then, a voice suddenly came from behind Luo Qingchen: "Junior Brother Luo, if you go to the main peak, the manager there will say, 'The situation you described is very serious, and we will definitely take it seriously and punish her severely. But first, you need to pay one hundred taels of silver as our service fee.' Perhaps the price has gone up again now, and it's more than one hundred taels of silver."

Luo Qingchen turned her head and saw a tall, thin young man standing behind her.

When the young man saw him looking over, he gave a wry smile, cupped his hands, and said, "Chen Yu, I arrived two months earlier than you. I've been through everything you're going through now."

"Senior Brother Chen."

Luo Qingchen returned the greeting with a cupped hand, then without further hesitation, took the IOU from the table and pressed her fingerprint on it.

He owes another ten taels of silver.

"That's a good girl."

Qiu Ye smiled, took back the IOU, and put it away. Then he reached out and said, "Give me the waist token."

Luo Qingchen took out the black jade pendant and handed it over.

Qiu Ye took the jade token, took out his own black jade token, gently rubbed it against the token, and returned it to him, smiling, "Alright, Junior Brother Luo, you can go down the mountain now. If you want to find the Medicine Man, it's best to go outside Qinghe City. There are many refugees there, and they're easy to fool. But you must abide by our sect rules. Also, remember to come back within a month. If you exceed a month, you won't be able to enter the sect, and you'll be hunted down."

Luo Qingchen nodded, put away the jade token, greeted Chen Yu behind her, and then quickly left.

Having only been there for less than a day, he already owed 510 taels of silver.

He needs to find a way to make money.

Following the map route memorized in my mind, after crossing the black stone bridge, I walked along the main white road towards the mountain gate on the south side.

Along the way, they encountered several disciples, all of whom passed by with cold faces.

As for the dark woods on both sides of the white road, a few figures would occasionally appear, all looking furtive.

After walking for about half an hour, he finally arrived at the gate leading down the mountain.

To the right of the entrance sits a small stone house.

An elderly man with gray hair was dozing off, slumped over the table inside the room.

Luo Qingchen stepped forward with the jade token and explained her purpose.

The old man raised his eyelids, reached out and took the jade token, glanced at it casually, and then returned it to him, saying lazily, "Go down, and remember to come back within a month."

Luo Qingchen accepted the jade token and walked out the door.

Outside the door, a steep, black stone staircase descends straight down. From above, it appears and disappears in the black mist, resembling a giant python, which is quite terrifying.

He immediately began his descent.

After an hour, we finally arrived at the foot of the mountain.

At this moment, two young men dressed in black robes emerged from the woods ahead and walked towards him. Upon seeing him alone, they paused for a moment, then squinted and began to scrutinize him closely.

Luo Qingchen walked over calmly.

"This junior brother..."

As the two men glared menacingly, preparing to test him, Luo Qingchen took out his waist token and said, "Senior brothers, I am Luo Qingchen. I just arrived on the mountain yesterday and am a new disciple of Black Phoenix Peak."

"New disciple?"

The two young men glanced at the jade pendant in his hand, their faces immediately filled with disappointment. They ignored him and hurried up the mountain.

Luo Qingchen put away her waist token and walked forward along the path the two had just come from.

If it weren't for the one-month protection period for new disciples, the two would probably have been preparing to make a move by now after testing his strength.

"Looks like I'll need a companion..."

"The sect rules state that once a brotherhood contract is signed, one cannot harm another. Therefore, for safety, many disciples have found companions and signed contracts with them..."

"Should I find one too?"

He pondered this to himself.

If you stay alone for a month, it will be dangerous if you need to leave the cave or go down the mountain for other reasons.

With one more person, at least the other party will be more cautious and won't take direct action.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

After walking for another half hour, while I was pondering things, I suddenly heard the sound of trees being chopped down in the woods next to me.

Turning my head, I saw a shirtless man wielding an axe, chopping down a dead tree.

Beside the man stood a boy dressed in coarse cloth, who was standing on tiptoe, wiping the sweat from the man's forehead with his sleeve.

Luo Qingchen couldn't help but think to herself: If we really want to find a medicine person, we should at least find one as strong as this.

"Kill the boy, take the man away..."

This thought suddenly popped into his mind.

I looked away and continued on my way.

Just then, the boy suddenly screamed.

"Click..."

When Luo Qingchen turned her head to look, the thick, withered tree had already fallen and landed on top of the man, pinning him down.

The boy screamed as he clung to the dead tree, straining desperately to lift it up.

However, let alone him, even that man couldn't lift it.

"Go...go to the village and call for help..."

The man lay under the tree, struggling to walk.

The boy hurriedly agreed, wiped away his tears, turned and ran. Then he saw Luo Qingchen on the road, and was both surprised and delighted. He cried out loudly, "Brother, come quickly and save my father!"

Luo Qingchen stood on the road without moving.

The boy panicked and rushed towards him, crying and pleading, "Brother! Please! Save my father!"

He ran to the road, knelt down in front of Luo Qingchen, and cried, "Brother! Please..."

"boom--"

Before he could finish speaking, Luo Qingchen punched him hard on the head!

It sent him flying.

The boy fell into the ditch, his eyes wide open, his brains splattered, and he died on the spot.