ACultivator'sCampusLife

Chapter 64 Going to Xindu at Night

All was ready except what was crucial.

Ma Qingxue needed the urine of a boy under 10 born around the Dragon Boat Festival to fully recover from his illness, so Lu Yao went directly to Auntie Wang's house the next day after finishing his practice.

Ma Jingxue was still locked in the prison of the police station. When Lu Yao came to the door of Auntie Wang, he knocked for a long time before the door slowly opened.

After the blow last time, Auntie Wang became absent-minded. Lu Yao talked with her for a long time before she came to realize who Lu Yao was.

When he entered the room, he saw Ma Qingxue lying on the bed, and then he looked at Auntie Wang. Lu Yao felt very sad.

After Lu Yao told her about the urine of a boy, Auntie Wang went out.

Before coming here, Lu Yao brought the wild ginseng that had grown on Changbai Mountain. The ginseng was a gift by Wang Ping for Lu Yiqian's birthday. Lu Yao knew that even if he cured Ma Qingxue's strange disease, Ma Qingxue still needed some highly nutritious food to slowly recover.

However, given the current situation in Auntie Wang's family, it was very difficult for them to buy Ma Qingxue any decent nutritious food.

Therefore, after obtaining his godfather's approval, Lu Yao brought this wild ginseng over.

He skillfully turned on the gas tank and stove and cut the wild ginseng into two pieces. He placed one of them in the water and slowly simmered it.

What the slum area lacked the least was children.

In a small border town like Shuangta City that was not developed, people here were also confronted with the problems that were faced by the people living in other poor places in Shina.

The poorer the family, the more children they had. Many families had two or three, or even four or five children. On the contrary, most wealthy people only had one child in their families.

Therefore, the urine of boys under 10 was not very hard to find among the people living here. Not long after Auntie Wang went out, she came back with a bowl of fresh child's urine.

Although she was not in a very good mental state, Auntie Wang was still very careful when holding the bowl in her hand. Perhaps she also knew that this was something that could save her husband's life.

Lu Yao followed Li Jiang's instructions. First, he soaked the rotten flesh from the dried corpse's Haven of Yang-qi in the child's urine. He had brought the flesh back from Sanlong Bay of Jingxin Lake. After the two items completely reacted, he supported Ma Qingxue who was breathing shallowly, and he slowly helped him drink a bowl of life-saving medicine.

"Auntie Wang, there is a bowl of ginseng soup on the stove. I made it. When Uncle Ma wakes up, you need to feed him some. There is still a small piece of ginseng left. You can use the same method to boil some ginseng soup. These two days, you have to nourish Uncle Ma with ginseng soup. If things go on smoothly, Uncle Ma will be much better in three days!" Lu Yao held Auntie Wang's hand and repeatedly reminded her.

Auntie Wang looked at Ma Qingxue, who had drunk the medicine and whose body slightly shook. She gradually had hope in her heart.

Auntie Wang had nothing but bare walls in her house and she didn't know how to thank Lu Yao, so she knelt down to show her gratitude.

Lu Yao was shocked by Auntie Wang's action. When Auntie Wang was about to bend her knees, he immediately grabbed and supported the old woman.

"Auntie Wang, what are you doing?" Lu Yao held Auntie Wang's arm and said to her.

"Lu Yao, it was you who saved my husband. You are the great benefactor of our family. I..." At this time, Auntie Wang did not know how to express her gratitude at all.

"Auntie Wang, you don't need to be so polite. We were neighbors. Besides, if others saw you in need like this, they wouldn't hesitate to help you if they had the ability." Lu Yao repeatedly comforted the old woman.

Finally, under Lu Yao's insistence, Auntie Wang gave up kneeling on the ground to show her gratitude.

When Lu Yao came out of Auntie Wang's house, it was almost two o'clock in the afternoon. When he thought that he had to go to Xindu in the afternoon, he hurried home to pack his things up.

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There were only a few people on the night bus to Xindu.

There were only four or five middle-aged women in their forties sitting in the front rows, chatting endlessly with the conductor, or perhaps the driver who was waiting to take his turn on duty.

They chatted about trivial things, such as some municipal leaders who had bought things in their clothing stores, and the places where they had SPAs, went shopping or drank coffee, and so on.

There were many empty beds in the middle. In the back row, a young man was quietly sitting on a wide bed which was supposed to be shared by a number of people.

His legs were crossed. He put his hands on his thighs, and his eyes were closed. He looked like a monk who was meditating.

This young man was Lu Yao, who was going to Xindu for the exam. He had chosen the cheapest berth ticket to go to Xindu.

People who went to Shuangta City usually went out in the morning. After seven or eight hours of driving, they would arrive at Xindu at night. Even if someone was in a hurry and set out at night, they would choose a shuttle car. Few people would travel by night bus.

However, Lu Yao chose to go to Xindu this way, and the only reason was that it was cheap enough.

If he traveled by shuttle car, he had to pay two hundred and eighty yuan. However, if he traveled by night bus, he only needed to pay one hundred and fifty yuan. The last row that was shared by a number of people was the cheapest, only fifty yuan.

The ticket also contained accident insurance which was worth several yuan.

Today, Lu Yao was lucky. The ticket he bought couldn't allow him to have a fixed berth. If there were many people on the bus, the conductor would arrange for ten passengers to sit on the last row of berth that was meant to be shared by only three people.

When Lu Yao got on the bus, he also noticed those middle-aged women in the front. He knew that their tickets were free.

This was because they were all self-employed and did medium-and small-sized businesses in the clothing industry in Shuangta City and its subordinate counties. In order to avoid risks, they never hoarded goods. Instead, they would take the night bus every month to make a trip to Xindu to replenish their stock.

They had to pay one or two thousand yuan for the transportation fees alone, so in order to win those people over and get some regular passengers, the drivers often did not charge them for their tickets. Not only that, but they would also let them sit in the best seats in the entire carriage.

At this time, Lu Yao was sitting alone at the back. He was reviewing the key points that the teacher had repeatedly emphasized one by one in his mind, like he was watching a movie.

Although he had great confidence in the exam, he still reviewed the knowledge over and over again.

As the saying went, it was useful even when you started to prepare at the last moment.

Travelling on the night bus could have been boring. However, time actually passed quite quickly because of what Lu Yao was doing.

At half past two in the morning, after seven or eight hours of travelling, Lu Yao finally arrived at Xindu.

Those self-employed businesswomen had come to Xindu many times, so they did not look or enjoy the scenery outside at this time. They were sleeping soundly and sweetly.

Lu Yao, however, was extremely curious. He leaned against the window and kept looking at the beautiful scenery outside. This kind of night scene would never appear in Shuangta City in the early hours of the morning.

At night, the neon lights in the city were flashing. On the square in front of the department stores, a column of sparkling water rose from the fountain into the sky and scattered. The water in the pool kept rolling and changing colors. It was sometimes blue and sometimes red. It was so colorful.

The moonlight, mixed with the various lights around, shone on the short trees on a large lawn, and the shadows were shifting. In the haze, Lu Yao could see a few people walking or sitting in different places. It was so quiet and peaceful.

At night, in the bustling streets, there were many shops, restaurants, squares, and clubs of different styles. Dazzling and colorful lights lit up one after another, and mottled colors could be seen everywhere.

The streets were more crowded and bustling than they had been during the day.

The lights in the distance passed through the shadows of the trees. The lights were dimmed by the trees. Although they looked dim, they seemed to have spiritual energy. The lights were like pairs of beautiful eyes, peeping at the land that nurtured millions of people.

Xindu was Xinlu Province's capital city. There were nearly two million people living in the urban area, not including those who lived in the nearby counties. Although Xindu was not comparable to the big cities in the south that could easily accommodate five or six million, or even ten million people, it was still considered a big city that was second to none in the northwest area of Shina.

Lu Yao had been here before, but he was not in the mood to admire the city at that time. This time, he felt that the night in the big city was indeed charming.

The urban area at night was still crowded. It took more than forty minutes for the night bus to arrive at the long-distance bus station at Nianzigou in Xindu.

Lu Yao had taken two pieces of clothing and some books and stationery for the examination. He slowly walked toward the exit of the bus station.

"Sir, do you need to stay in a hotel? Our hotel provides hot water 24 hours a day, and there are all kinds of services that you can't think of!"

"Sir, come to our hotel. You only need to pay sixty yuan for one night. Those big hotels would cost you three or four hundred yuan a night, but our place is cheap and affordable..."

As soon as Lu Yao stepped out of the station, a group of small hotel owners with bulletin boards in their hands surrounded him, constantly recommending their hotel service to Lu Yao.

Some bosses even directly grabbed Lu Yao's bag and pulled him towards the entrance of their hotel.

"Excuse me, I don't need to live in a hotel. I need to go to Xindu University to take an exam!"

Lu Yao didn't say anything unpleasant to these people. On the contrary, he patiently explained.

He knew that these people were forced to make a living to support their families. Otherwise, no one would choose to solicit customers at the entrance of the bus station at this hour.

When the hotel owners heard that Lu Yao was not going to stay in a hotel and he wanted to go to another place, they immediately dispersed. The man who was holding Lu Yao's bag also loosened his grip.

The group of people began to look for the next potential customer.

"Young man, do you want to take a taxi?" A man with half a cheap cigarette in his mouth saw the crowd disperse. He leaned against the hood of his taxi and greeted Lu Yao.

"How much to Xindu University?" Lu Yao was not familiar with the city, so he couldn't take the bus. Since the taxi driver greeted him, he asked.

"Xindu University? It's on my way back home. I'm going to get off work soon, so I won't charge by the meter. Give me ten yuan, and I'll take you to the school gate." Seeing that there was a chance to get this passenger, the middle-aged man immediately put out the cigarette butt under his feet and walked towards Lu Yao.

Although Lu Yao was not familiar with the road, he had inquired about it before coming here. He knew that the distance between the bus station in Nianzigou and Xindu University was about ten kilometers. Even when they didn't need to wait for the twenty-eight traffic lights along the way, it would at least take them 40 minutes to get there. Ten yuan was really not expensive, just as the driver said.

"Thank you, sir!"

Just like that, Lu Yao got in the taxi.