Chapter V. Horse Beasts

　　Mingyuan City, the third largest city in the territory of the State of Feng. 　　This city is located in the plains, covering an area of a hundred miles, south of the city a large river stretching and winding, both land and water transportation is extremely convenient, but also contributed to the prosperity of this city. 　　At this time, the crowd of people entering the city at the city gate formed a long queue, with noisy voices. 　　Liu Le'er pulled the tall young man to mix in the crowd, his heart was a little apprehensive, his eyes from time to time glanced to the several feet high above the city gate. 　　There hangs an octagonal bronze mirror, facing the direction of the city gate. 　　At this time the sun on three pole, the copper mirror engraved on a gossip pattern in the sunlight light flow, exudes a hall auspicious gas. 　　Entering the city only need to pay some silver money to the guards, the check does not seem strict, soon it will be the turn of Liu Le'er and youth. 　　Two people came to the city gate, facing the gate on the gossip bronze mirror, an inexplicable power enveloped the two people. 　　Liu Le'er's body looked a little stiff and lowered her head. 　　The tall young man looked straight at the gossip copper mirror, his gaze dull, but no one noticed that a wisp of blue aura flickered in the depths of his pupils, but the copper mirror did not show the slightest difference above. 　　"Where are you people? What are you doing in the city?" A middle-aged man of the city gate guards, glanced at the duo and lazily asked. 　　"A few big brothers, our siblings are three hundred miles northwest of the city, Liu Jia Town people, my name is Liu Le'er, this is my older brother Liu Shi, came to the city to join the pro's, and in the meantime, to cure my brother's illness." Liu Le'er's small face was full of smiles, and her mouth said quickly. 　　Over the years, although she and the tall young man were dependent on each other, they were still not immune to contact with outsiders, so for the sake of convenience, they gave this "stone brother" the name of Liu Shi. 　　Speaking, Liu Le'er quickly took out some copper money and handed it to the guard, which was slightly more than the entry fee that should be paid. 　　Middle-aged guards see this, face shows a trace of satisfaction, will be more copper money motionless stuffed into his bag, more look at some stagnant tall youth Liu Shi a glance, did not ask for more waved his hand and said: 　　"Seeing that you siblings are not likely to be outlaws, go in." 　　Liu Le'er promised, pulling Liu Shi into the city with quick steps, walking out for a good distance, far away from the city gates, before slowing down at an unoccupied corner, sighing with relief. 　　"Luckily, I still have the qi attraction talisman that father gave me back then on my body, it can cover up my own demonic qi, and wasn't discovered by the Demon Shining Mirror." 　　Liu Le'er looked around to see that no one was paying attention, and muttered a few words in a low voice before taking out a green-colored jade talisman from her bosom. 　　The jade talisman was two inches long and two fingers wide, and it was engraved with green patterns, forming a complicated spell formation, with a soft green light flowing on it as if it was flowing water. 　　She looked at the object in her hand, after a trace of sadness flashed in her eyes, she would carefully re-hide the jade talisman. 　　After turning through two alleyways, the two of them came to the main street of Mingyuan City. 　　Only to see that this street was wide enough to allow three carriages to travel side by side, and both sides of the street were tall and spacious store buildings, lined up one after another, connecting all the way to the end of the field of vision. 　　However, not many bricks and tiles are used here, most of them are built with wood, although the houses are not very tall, very few of them are more than ten feet tall, but they are subtle and exquisite, very novel. 　　Liu Le'er came to Mingyuan City for the first time, the bustling crowd around her made her a little scared, and her body was close to Liu Shi. 　　However, although the surrounding people flow like a river, but each go their own way, and no one over to interfere with the two, so that her mood also gradually relaxed, began to be attracted by the city's various fresh things to pay attention to, pulling Liu Shi in the streets wandering up with great interest. 　　"Brother Stone look over there! I've heard of that thing, it sure looks delicious." Liu Le'er eyed a vendor selling ice candy gourds not far away. 　　Liu Shi's dark eyes reflected the bustling scene around him, his face expressionless, with a look of complete indifference to all this. 　　Liu Le'er was about to pull Liu Shi over, when she suddenly saw the youth in this manner, her heart was lost for a moment, immediately remembering the purpose of this trip into the city, she busily clenched the palm of the youth's hand and said seriously. 　　"Brother Stone, don't worry, this city is so big, there must be a doctor who can cure you." 　　When Liu Shi heard this, his gaze flickered slightly. 　　Liu Le'er pulled Liu Shi to casually eat something at a street-side food stall, looked for someone to inquire, and quickly asked for the location of two nearby medical centers. 　　West of the city, Li's Medical Center. 　　Li's Medical Center has been practicing medicine here for a hundred years, and can be considered an old name. 　　A middle-aged man wearing a green cloth tunic was sitting on a wooden chair, three fingers were pressed on Liu Shi's wrist, concentrating on checking his pulse, Liu Le'er stood by the side with some nervousness. 　　This middle-aged man's name is Li Changqing, it is the contemporary heir of Li's medical center, the nearby generation is quite famous apricot grove master, has been practicing medicine for more than twenty years. 　　After taking his pulse for a long time, Li Changqing withdrew his palm. 　　"Your brother's six veins are smooth and strong, his qi and blood are abundant, his body is obviously in excellent condition, so how could he be suffering from Lost Soul Syndrome. When did this sickness appear in him? Can there be any external causes?" Li Changqing frowned at Liu Le'er and asked. 　　"My elder brother and I haven't seen each other for many years, and I don't know anything about the cause of his illness." Liu Le'er shook her head. 　　"That would be difficult, without knowing the cause of the disease, there is no way to cure it. Please forgive me for my shallow medical skill, I have the heart to do nothing." Li Changqing stroked his long beard and said somewhat apologetically. 　　"Really clueless?" Liu Le'er said anxiously. 　　"The old immortal really can't do anything." Li Changqing shook his head. 　　Disappointed in her heart, Liu Le'er bowed towards Li Changqing and led Liu Shi out of the medical center. 　　"There are many more medical centers in this Mingyuan City, let's look at them one by one, we can definitely cure you." 　　The young girl hung her head for a while, and soon said to Liu Shi in a cheering manner. 　　Liu Shi grinned, not knowing if he had understood Liu Le'er's words. 　　The two of them walked in one direction, crossing two blocks to the front of another medical center. 　　This medical hall had a gray outer wall, black tiles on the roof, and a wide doorway, revealing a luxurious atmosphere, much more imposing than Li's medical hall, and there were quite a few people who came to seek medical treatment. 　　"This medical center is so big, the doctor inside should be more skillful." Liu Le'er was full of anticipation and pulled Liu Shi inside. 　　Half an hour later, the two walked out from inside, the young girl still full of disappointment. 　　"There's no rush, there are other medical centers." Liu Le'er quickly lifted her spirits. 　　For the next half of the day, the two of them walked the streets and alleys, almost walking through most of the medical centers in Mingyuan City, but those doctors were all at their wits' end about Liu Shi's symptoms. 　　...... 　　North of the city, Wild Chrysanthemum Zhai. 　　Two figures slowly paced out from inside, it was Liu Le'er and Liu Shi. 　　Liu Le'er had a lost look on her face, looking down and playing with the corner of her coat. 　　Although this Wild Chrysanthemum Lounge was not the largest medical center in Mingyuan City, it was said that the doctors here had quite an insight into some difficult cases, but unfortunately, they were also unable to see the cause of Liu Shi's illness. 　　"Little girl stay back." Just at this moment, a voice came from behind, and a gray-haired, green-robed old man chased after him quickly from behind. 　　"Doctor Liu." Liu Le'er was slightly surprised and stopped her steps. 　　This green-robed old man was the person who had just taken Liu Shi's pulse, Wild Chrysanthemum Zhai's Doctore. 　　"Could it be that your old man has thought of something about my brother's condition?" Liu Le'er's heart suddenly flooded with a little hope, and asked busily. 　　"Precisely, just now after the old man diagnosed your brother, he went to the back hall to look through some medical dictionaries, and happened to see a case that was quite similar to your brother's situation." The green-robed old man nodded his head highly. 　　"Doctor please speak." Liu Le'er was overjoyed at the words. 　　"According to the book, your brother's symptoms are quite different from the usual Soul Loss Disorder, rather it is a curse or a prohibition that has been placed on him, injuring his soul. This kind of injury is not something that a mundane doctor can treat, and only by finding Immortal Masters who specialize in this path can it be cured. As for the matter of not being able to speak is a small matter, your brother's mouth and tongue are not impaired, as long as the soul returns to normal, naturally he will open his mouth." The green-robed old man continued. 　　Liu Le'er fell silent after hearing this, and only after a long time did she barely squeeze out some cute smile: 　　"Many thanks to Dr. Liu for his guidance." 　　"Little girl is polite, treating the sick and saving others is our job as healers." The green-robed old man shook his head and returned to the house. 　　Liu Le'er, on the other hand, led the youth out of the Wild Chrysanthemum Zhai and sulked. 　　"Alas, in brother Stone's case, it's true that his divine soul was injured by someone." The young girl murmured. 　　She was a fox demon body, although young, but for the cultivation of Immortal Refining Dao also have some knowledge, these years from Liu Shi's abnormalities, but also early vaguely guessed that it may be injured by someone's divine soul. 　　If you want to treat it, you have to turn to an immortal cultivator who is proficient in the way of the soul. 　　It was just that such Immortal Cultivators were extremely powerful, and with a single Qi Drawing Talisman, she was really not sure that she could conceal it from the other party. 　　The two of them came to Mingyuan City this time to seek medical treatment, but they also held the thought of what if, hoping that it would be best if they guessed wrong, but now it seemed that it was not what they had hoped for. 　　Liu Le'er couldn't help but hesitate. 　　Just when she was worried, there was a sudden commotion on the street in front of her, and the pedestrians on the street were in disarray. 　　"The horse beast has spooked!" 　　"Quickly dodge!" 　　A cry of alarm came from the front, and the crowd became a pot of chaos, desperately running towards the sides. 　　Only to see not far away, a silver-colored carriage was pulled by a scale-clad green-colored strange horse, madly running wildly, just rushing towards Liu Le'er and Liu Shi where they were. 　　The green colored strange horse long neighing, like crazy, the carriage in its wake of the left and right bumps, the person driving the car face as white as paper, desperately pulling the reins of the horse, but no use. 　　Liu Le'er was shocked and pulled the youth to avoid, but it was already too late. 　　In a gust of fishy wind, the strange horse pulled the carriage flew as if to the two near the front of the ten feet, the girl can even clearly see the green horse's mouth full of fangs and from which to throw out a mass of white foam.