Chapter 6 Prosthetics.
Su Qing's heart sank after hearing Ge Changyuan's words. Lingtian District is vast and sparsely populated, and most of it is outside the city. It is not uncommon for monsters to harm people.
For someone like Ge Ling to escape from the monster's mouth is already a great blessing among misfortunes.
Being mutilated is not a big deal in the world of immortality.
The best method is to use the regeneration technique of severed limbs to restore them to their original state, but these methods can only be obtained by major repairers in the later stages of foundation building, and Ge Changyuan and Su Qing obviously did not allow such existence. The qualifications to come forward cannot afford the corresponding price.
According to the method of the middle vehicle, if the severed limb remains intact, you can seek help from a spiritual doctor to sew the severed limb together. After several months of recuperation, it should be fine. However, according to Ge Dayuan's description, the monster tore off its leg and scared away. Now the broken leg , I am afraid it has been digested into dregs.
The inferior method is to modify prosthetic limbs, replacing part of the functions of the missing limbs with foreign objects. This method can be done by some puppet master apprentices and weapon refiner apprentices.
But the skills are different, and the effectiveness of the prostheses is naturally different.
The weapon refiner treats the prosthetic limb as an independent individual and refines the prosthetic limb in the same way as a magic weapon. The prosthetic limb itself may have no shortcomings, but the sluggish feeling when used is always a reminder. The patient is wearing a prosthesis.
In contrast, the puppeteer treats the patient as a whole, and the prosthetic limb is just a part of the whole. After being installed, it not only seamlessly connects with the patient's physical body, but also has a certain degree of intelligence. If the prosthetic limb is not installed, After that, it was no longer easy to practice. The prosthetic limbs refined by the puppet master could really compete with the regeneration of severed limbs by the Foundation Establishment Overhaul.
In the past, Su Qing's main means of making a living in Lingtian District were repairing farm tools for Lingzhifus and occasionally making prosthetic limbs for Lingzhufus who had lost limbs.
At that time, he was just an apprentice puppet master, but because of his carefulness and ability to meet customers' imaginable or unexpected needs, coupled with his unique attainments in bionic runes, the prosthetic limbs he made were made of All the customers who have been there say yes.
No, Ge Changyuan came over overnight and asked him to refine a prosthetic limb for Ge Ling. This was proof of his good reputation in the past.
Of course, part of the reason is that he is now a first-level mid-level puppet master, and he is the only first-level puppet master that Ge Changyuan can possibly recruit.
"Ling'er has loved beauty since she was a child. The old man was reluctant to let her use those crudely made prostheses. He also asked fellow Taoist to come over. The reward was ready for the old man. Fellow Taoist, let's see if these are enough. If they are not enough, the old man can still do it. Go get it, the old man’s spiritual field is worth more than a thousand spiritual crystals.”
Although Zeng Rong kept Su Qing at home for several years, there was a certain friendship between the two parties.
However, the friendship between cultivators is weak. After Su Qing was promoted to the first-level puppet master, the two sides rarely interacted. Whether Su Qing still missed the old relationship or not, Ge Changyuan was worried.
Concerned and confused, he was afraid that Su Qing would not like this small order, so before Su Qing agreed, he thrust the money bag into Su Qing's hand.
Su Qing did not refuse. He reached out to take the purse and weighed it. There must be more than four hundred spiritual crystals in it.
This is not too little.
For a spiritual cultivator like Ge Changyuan, after working for a year and eliminating various expenses, he can only have two to three hundred spiritual crystals left. If he adds some farm tools and family expenses, there will be very little left for the year. This bag The spiritual crystals inside have been accumulated by him for many years.
But for Su Qing, going back and forth from the living area to Lingtian District, not to mention the risks involved, is just a waste of time. With his current efficiency in refining puppets, he can only lose money. share.
What's more, now is the critical stage for him to achieve the perfection of the Burning Secret Puppet. If anyone else comes to ask for it, he will definitely refuse it.
But the status of Ge Yuanyuan's family in his heart is naturally different from that of ordinary people.
“Fellow Taoist, go out and wait for me to prepare.”
Seeing Su Qing take the money bag, Ge Changyuan felt at ease, secretly thinking that the Taoist mother-in-law was right, this fellow Taoist Su was a man of friendship. Within a moment, with the help of the wood spirit servants, Su Qing tied all the puppet-making tools to the iron-legged horse and walked out of the yard.
The living area was quiet late at night, and few monks went out to avoid encountering evil spirits.
As soon as Su Qing walked out of the yard, she frowned slightly.
This life is no better than the previous one. The theory of evil spirits is not a false fantasy of ignorant people, but a reality.
As far as Su Qing knows, evil spirits belong to Yin. Wherever evil obstacles and unjust accusations occur, the probability of evil spirits being born is greater. They follow certain rules. If they encounter one, they will get seriously ill or die.
Around Baiyunfang City, people gather and peace prevails. In addition, the city holds an exorcism ceremony every six months, so evil spirits rarely appear.
But even so, casual cultivators try to go out as little as possible if they can't go out at night.
He does have an exorcism talisman on him that he bought from an old Taoist. However, with his and Ge Changyuan's low level of cultivation, even if they have the talisman to protect themselves, if they encounter evil spirits, they may not be able to escape.
In addition, Su Qing is even more worried about the robbery cultivators lurking within the hundred miles between the living area and Lingtian District.
Since the disaster happened, Ge Changyuan only came to find Su Qing. All he thought about along the way was what would happen if Su Qing didn't agree, but he didn't care about the risks along the way.
At this moment, when I saw Su Qing holding the iron-legged horse and looking at the dark night silently, I was shocked and broke into a cold sweat.
"The old man deserves to die, but he didn't expect the risks on this road. He didn't dare to let fellow Taoists follow the old man into danger. Should I wait until dawn before setting off?"
Ge Changyuan patted his head in annoyance. , After saying that, he squatted by the courtyard wall. Although he was extremely anxious, he did not dare to rush Su Qing at all.
“The faster the prosthesis is installed, the better. The longer it is delayed, the worse the prosthetic effect will be. We can’t wait until dawn!”
Su Qing put the iron-legged horse aside and walked outside Tang Wanqing's yard.
Tang Wanqing, who was wearing plain robes and seemed to have been listening to what was going on outside, pushed the door open before he could knock on the door.
After the two whispered for a while, Su Qing hired Tang Wanqing, a late-stage Qi Refining monk, to accompany him for the price of a high-end love-burning secret puppet.
Although Ge Changyuan didn't know what price Su Qing paid to hire Tang Wanqing, he also knew that his move was for his daughter's consideration. After being moved, he patted his chest and said that he would bear the employment fee. .
Su Qing nodded slightly, ready to give him some spiritual crystals symbolically when the time came.
The three of them didn't say much. Ge Changyuan led the way on a short horse, Su Qing on an iron horse was in the middle, and finally, Tang Wanqing activated his cassock and flew several feet into the air.
Along the way, perhaps because of the chaos caused by the demonic cultivators today, the robbery cultivators chose to wait and rest for a few days, or perhaps because Tang Wanqing's later stage of Qi refining had enough deterrence.
Anyway, the three of them had a smooth journey and did not encounter any evil evil cultivators. Su Qing, who had his mind controlled by the wood spirit servants who were vigilant along the way, breathed a sigh of relief.
When the night faded and the sun was about to rise, the three people who had been running around for most of the night finally arrived at the boundary of Gejiacun.
(End of this chapter)