第一百二十八章 大甲方清神香丸 -4
Hearing this, the nearby few nodded in agreement, with one person chiming in, “That’s right, it’s a two-hundred-year share each. If the effect isn’t good, what then? Can we return it?”
听闻此话，附近这几人都点点头，一人附和道：“对啊，两百年一份，若是效果不佳可怎么办，要能退货吧。”
Zuo Feixian smiled and said, “Brothers, just look at our setup. We haven’t just been here a day or two. If we sold fake goods, wouldn’t we be ruining our own reputation?”
左非闲笑道：“几位帅哥看我们这架势，也不是在这待一天两天，若卖假货我们不是自毁名声吗。”
The incense pill had a deep luster, resting in Zuo Feixian’s large hand like a rough ink jade bead, making one want to hold and stroke it affectionately.
香丸色泽深邃，托在左非闲的大手上犹如枚毛躁的墨玉珠，看得人忍不住想要呵护抚摸。
This appearance was the result of Little Liu painstakingly rolling each pill one by one.
这可是小刘费了好些功夫一个个搓出来的卖相。
One of the backwoods boys proposed, “Why don’t we combine our shares between the two teams and buy one portion to test it out in the mountain first?”
后荒男孩中有人提议：“要不我们两个队合买一份，先进山试试？”
Zuo Feixian turned his head to look at Yang Zicang. Yang Zicang shot a meaningful glance at the people beside the table, and Teacher Chen, understanding the signal, set down his bowl and rose to leave.
左非闲转头望向杨子藏。杨子藏对桌边几人使了个眼色，陈老师会意，放下碗起身离开。
“No, we haven’t started selling yet. If you want to buy, come back next week.”
“不行，我们还未开卖，若想买，下礼拜再来吧。”
“Not selling? What, are you afraid of being exposed?”
“不卖？难道是怕被拆穿吗？”
Yuan Kun’s lips curled slightly as he deliberately gave a false origin: “We’re the cargo team from the Dusk Greenhouse, one hundred and fifty li east of here. The name Dusk Greenhouse—have you all heard of it?”
袁昆嘴角翘了翘，故意错报来路道：“我们是东边一百五十里的黄昏大棚的货队，黄昏大棚之名，几位可听过？”
“Your Poop Dawn or whatever, never heard of it.”
“什么黄昏绿昏的，没听过。”
“F*ck, are you looking for trouble?” A man beside Yuan Kun shouted fiercely.
“操，你找事是吧？”袁昆身旁一人厉声喝道。
“Hey, don’t lose your temper.” Yuan Kun raised a hand to stop him, his tone dripping with sarcasm: “But you’ve never even heard of the Dusk Greenhouse and still want to do business around here? I suggest you pack up and leave while you still can.”
“哎，别动气。”袁昆摆手制止，语带讥讽：“不过连黄昏大棚都没听过，还想在这片做生意？我劝你们早点收拾收拾。”
Before his words had even faded, he suddenly turned his head to look at the distant sand. A silver-ringed belly snake was slithering along. Yuan Kun flicked his right hand at his waist, the dark red pistol instantly leaving its holster, spinning cleverly between his fingers before taking aim and firing.
话音未落，他忽然转头望向远处沙地。一条银环腹蛇正蜿蜒前行。袁昆右手在腰间一拨，暗红色手枪瞬间出鞘，在他指间灵巧一转，瞄准射击。
Bang!
砰！
The head of the snake, over twenty meters away, burst open with the sound. Its body writhed in pain a few times before quickly shriveling, as if naturally reaching the end of its life.
二十多米外的蛇头应声炸开，蛇身痛苦扭动几下后迅速干枯，如同自然走到了生命尽头。
“Wow, impressive! Your range is that far?” The boys from the backlands stared at the gun with envy.
“哇哦，厉害啊，你的射程这么远。”后荒男孩几人羡慕的看向枪。
“Heh, in our shed, weapons with this kind of range are hardly rare.”
“哼哼，咱们大棚内，这种射程的武器可是不少。”
The group inside the shed all changed color simultaneously.
棚子这边的众人齐齐色变。
The threat was obvious to all. If such a team were to arrive, it would be a disaster for an ordinary greenhouse district.
威胁之意谁都听得出，若是来一队这样的人马，对普通棚区来说就是灾难。
“Boss, they have guns,” the crowd whispered.
“老板，他们有枪。”人群窃窃私语。
Yang Zicang remained calm. Before even making a sale, someone had already come to throw down a challenge.
杨子藏表情平静，还没开张，就有人来下马威了。
Zuo Feixian put away the incense pellet. “We can let you verify, but you’ll have to pay a verification fee of a hundred years of Time Sequence first.”
左非闲收起香丸：“要验证可以，但得先付一百年时序的验证费。”
A member of the Kongshan Cargo Team snickered, “Ridiculous! Since when do buyers have to pay a verification fee?”
箜山货队一人嗤笑：“笑话！买东西还要我们付验证费？”
Yuan Kun narrowed his eyes, twirling his handgun on his fingertip. “Brother Cassia, we’re here in good faith to do business. Give us one incense pellet for a trial. Otherwise, don’t blame our large greenhouse for ‘stamping out fraud.’”
袁昆眯起眼，手枪在指尖旋转：“甲子间，我们是诚心来做生意的。给一枚香丸试货，否则别怪我们大棚来‘打假’。”
“That’s right. Let us try it first. Who knows if you’re not trying to cheat us?”
“对，应该给我们试用，谁知道你们是不是骗人的。”
But just as their bickering was going on, one member among the Wasteland Youths fell into deep thought.
但就在他们扯皮的功夫，后荒男孩这边一人沉思起来。
“Brother Cassia… I feel like I’ve heard that name somewhere before.”
“甲子间，我好像在哪听过这名字。”
Seeing the smile spreading across Yang Zicang’s face, Zuo Feixian suddenly grinned mischievously. “You want a trial run? Pay a hundred years, and we’ll let you experience it. All of you can try it out~”
看到杨子藏露出的笑容，左非闲忽然坏笑道：“要试用，给一百年，就让你们体验。你们所有人都可以试用哟。”
The eyes of the Wasteland Youths lit up.
后荒男孩几人眼睛一亮。
“This Captain Yuan! Actually, this deal is doable. For a hundred years, the whole gang of us can go in and use it,” he waggled his eyebrows, trying to persuade them.
“这位袁队长，其实这生意做得啊，一百年我们所有人都可以进去使用。”他的眉毛挑了挑，劝道。
To even make such an offer, he must at least be demanding one incense pellet for each of the two teams.
敢开这口，少说也要给自己两队各一枚香丸才行。
As long as they could enter the mountains ahead of time, who cared whether it was a trial or a sale?
只要能提前进山，谁还管你是试用的还是卖的。
Yuan Kun’s eyes narrowed thoughtfully.
袁昆眼睛眯了眯。
“Are you serious? A hundred years lets us go in for a trial, with no extra charges?”
“你说的是真的？一百年就让我们试用，不需要额外付费？”
“Ah… looks like this cargo team leader knows his place after all.”
“看来这位货队长还是识趣的嘛。”
Yang Zicang nodded from a distance. “Of course, for just a hundred years, all of you can verify the authenticity of this incense pill.”
远处的杨子藏点点头，“当然，只需要一百年，你们所有人都可以验证这香丸的真伪。”
The teammates of the Qiongshan Team and the wasteland boys from the rear revealed deep, meaningful smiles on their faces.
箜山货队和后荒男孩几人脸上露出满含深意的笑容。
“Alright then, let’s each chip in some moments.”
“那行，我们各自出点时序。”
The two teams quickly pooled together their allocated moments. Upon receiving them, Zuo Feixian grinned and said, “Boss, the payment’s in. Let’s get to work.”
两边队伍很快凑齐时序，左非闲收到后咧嘴一笑，“老板，到账了，开工吧。”
Zuo Feixian waved his hand. Ning Yang and the others tacitly scurried far away in a crowd.
左非闲挥了挥手。宁洋等人默契地一窝蜂跑得老远。
Seeing Zuo Feixian about to run as well, Yuan Kun suddenly reached out to grab him but missed, only skimming past the cloth on his shoulder.
见左非闲也要跑，袁昆忽地一伸手想要抓住对方，却突然失手，只是从肩膀衣服旁划过。
“Damn.”
“靠。”
Humiliated, Yuan Kun acted as if nothing had happened and said, “Brother, aren’t you going to hand over a few incense pills to us?”
丢了个脸，袁昆若无其事的道：“这位兄弟，不给我们几枚香丸吗。”
“Why would I give you pills? We’re not even selling them yet.”
“干嘛给你们香丸，现在又没开卖。”
“Fuck you!”
“操你丫的！”
“Trying to pull a fast one, are you?”
“你们想耍赖？”
“Bastard, you’re messing with us.” Yuan Kun, now furious and outraged, raised his gun and aimed it at Zuo Feixian’s wrist. “Give our storehalves back, or I’ll level this place!”
“妈蛋，玩老子几个。”袁昆顿时恼羞成怒，举枪指向左非闲手腕：“把时序还来！否则扫平这里！”
The situation instantly became tense.
对方瞬间剑拔弩张。
Angry, Yuan Kun took a step forward, his chest model flickering, as the spinning pistol in his hand suddenly pointed at the wrist of the fleeing Zuo Feixian ahead.
袁昆恼怒的往前一步，胸前模型闪动，指尖旋转的手枪突地指向前方左非闲跑动的手腕。
“Do you think I’m some fucking saint? Screw you!”
“你当老子是大善人，去你丫的！”
Bang!
砰！
Covering her ears, Aya let out a sharp scream.
阿雅捂住耳朵一声尖叫。
With a sharp crack, the bullet left the chamber, tracing a golden arc through the air. Yuan Kun’s eyes slowly widened as the projectile seemed to gain a mind of its own, twisting and spiraling.
出膛的子弹带着劲风划过金色弧线，袁昆的眼睛缓缓张开，这颗子弹仿佛拥有了自己的意识般，旋转着，扭曲着。
Suddenly, it whirled around and hurtled back toward him!
突然，它猛地掉头冲向自己！
“Ah!”
“啊！”
Before he could cry out, at that critical moment, a golden radiance shimmered on Yuan Kun’s body surface, meeting the same bullet he had just fired.
来不及喊叫，千钧一发之际，袁昆身体表明浮现金辉，与自己射出的这粒子弹相接触。
Snap!
啪！
[I have negated my own 1500N impact force.]
[我抵消了我自己的1500N.]
Staggering back two steps despite himself, he stumbled.
噔噔，他不由自主后退了两步。
“You all…”
“你们…”
A wave of numbness shot through Yuan Kun’s spine as he stared at his gun, then lifted his head to look at the distant, unruffled crowd, seething with humiliation and fury.
袁昆后脊一阵发麻的望向自己的枪，随后又抬头看向远方有恃无恐的众人，羞怒无比。
His own bullet had been deflected!
自己的子弹被拐弯了！
Before he could finish his words, he suddenly felt a sense of panic in his heart.
他后面的话还未说出口，忽然只觉突然间心中慌乱。
The ground, the dark clouds, the entire world of heaven and earth seemed to have acquired its own will in an instant. They were abandoning him, rejecting him, and even standing on the vast land, he felt as if he were at the edge of the world.
地面、阴云，天地万物瞬间像是拥有了自己的意志。它们在舍弃自己，在排斥自己，哪怕站在广袤的大地上，他也像是站在了世界的边缘。
He was so insignificant… as if falling into a deeper abyss.
自己是如此渺小…像是坠入更大的深渊。
The people around him stumbled and fell, involuntarily opening their mouths wide in a desperate gasp for air. Some clutched their own throats, pulling at the skin of their necks to try to let more air flow through their tracheas.
身旁几人东倒西歪，他们不由自主张大嘴巴想要大口吸气，有人拿手卡住了自己的脖子，要将自己的皮肤往外扯，这样才能让气管通更多的气流。
“Old Zuo, give me the incense pellet in five seconds, five…”
“老左，五秒后给香丸，五…”
“What five seconds.”
“什么五秒。”
These few people struggled to prop themselves up, chest models flickering on some, while others laboriously raised their weapons behind them, panicking as they gazed at the group ahead.
这几人艰难的支撑着身体，有人胸前模型闪动，还有人吃力举起背后的武器，惊慌看向前方这伙人。
“Four.”
“四。”
“It’s a mental attack…”
“是精神，攻击…”
“A den of thieves, kill them…”
“黑店，杀了他们…”
“We, need to run.” A few of them scrambled in chaos, as if drowning.
“我，们，快逃。”几人手忙脚乱，仿佛溺水。
“Three.”
“三。”
Bang! Bang, bang!
砰！砰砰！
In the panic, Yuan Kun wildly fired off bullets from his gun, but each seemed to have a mind of its own, leaving the chamber like liberated spirits, gracefully dancing through the air.
慌乱中，袁昆发狂般胡乱射着枪中的子弹，但这些子弹都像是有自己的思想，离膛的它们如获得自由的精灵，在空中悠扬地翩翩起舞。
The two boys from the backlands rolled their eyes back, feeling their breathing grow harder as if submerged in a deep, dark sea.
后荒男孩两人眼睛上翻，他们感觉呼吸越来越困难，似乎置身幽深海底。
“Ahhh!”
“啊啊！”
“Two.”
“二。”
Thud, two or three people collapsed to the ground, while even those still standing struggled to stay upright.
咚，两三人倒在地上，其他人哪怕站立也很吃力。
At such close range and with the Silent Night’s coverage so small, the mental pressure these people suddenly endured was intense. To make matters worse, YangZicang subtly conjured the White Shadow Thought-Dragon behind him, thickening the suffocating weight in the air.
这么近距离，沉吟之夜的覆盖范围又如此之小，这些人瞬间遭受的精神压力非常浓烈。而且杨子藏还偷偷让白影念龙在背后浮现，让逼仄窒息的压力更为浓重。
“One.”
“一。”
Zuo Feixian nervously tossed the incense pill at this frenzied, crazed group.
左非闲有点害怕的将手中香丸冲这群疯癫发狂者一下抛出。
The ink-jade-colored incense pill landed with a soft *pat* beside a few on the ground, its fragrance instantly wafting into their nostrils.
墨玉色的香丸啪叽落在几人身边的地上，香气瞬间四溢着进入几人鼻息之中。
“Urgh!”
“呃啊！”
“Cough, cough, cough.”
“咳，咳咳。”
A few choking gasps broke out as the struggling ones finally drew in a long breath, with some coughing violently.
呼吸困难的几人霎时长长吸了口气，有几人剧烈咳嗽起来。
Yuan Kun collapsed onto his teammate’s body.
袁昆一下倒在自己队友身上。
The guy behind immediately fell to the ground. “Boss, you, you’re crushing me.”
背后那人直接就趴到了地下，“老大，你，你压着我了。”
At that moment, Yuan Kun had no mood to reply to his words. The robust, sweat-drenched man felt as if waking from a dream. He flipped over and knelt half on the ground, coughing with his neck strained and tongue out. The hand gripping his gun was already bulging with veins from the immense force.
此刻的袁昆哪里有心情回复他的话，满头大汗的健硕男人只觉得如梦初醒，粗着脖子伸着舌头咳嗽着翻身半跪在地，握住枪的手已经因巨力而握出了靑筋。
“You, you all!”
“你，你们！”
The captain of the Back-Wasteland Youth team, having recovered enough to pull himself together, rose and glared angrily at Yang Zicang. However, he still felt flustered and restless, though his mind was no longer particularly distraught.
缓过劲的后荒男孩的队长起身愤怒盯着杨子藏，但他此刻还是觉得心慌意乱，只是精神不会特别难过了。
“How does the effect of the incense pellet feel?” Yang Zicang asked with a smile.
“香丸的效果怎么样。”杨子藏笑着道。
As soon as these words were spoken, the group in front was stunned simultaneously.
这话一出口，前方几人齐齐怔住。
“This was a trial run?” someone asked, their face turning extremely gloomy.
“这是试用？”有人面色变得极其难看。
Yuan Kun, still on the ground, turned his head in disbelief to look at the young man. The skin on his forehead twitched a few times.
地上的袁昆难以置信的扭头看向青年，他额头皮肤震颤了几下。
“Is this what you meant by verification?!”
“这，这是你说的验证？！”
“I fucking…” Everyone was taken aback, their faces then turning pale. In an instant, they understood what this so-called “verification” meant.
“我他么。”众人一愣，随即面色铁青。他们瞬间明白了这所谓的“验证”是什么意思。
Yuan Kun suddenly lunged forward and grabbed the incense pellet covered with dirt.
袁昆猛地扑过去，一把抓起沾满泥土的香丸。
Zuo Xianfei burst into loud laughter. “How about that? This hundred years was worth spending!”
左非闲哈哈大笑道：“怎么样，这一百年花得值了吧！”
Behind Yuan Kun, the group looked at Yang Zicang with varied emotions, offended but afraid to voice their discontent.
袁昆身后，众人情绪各异的看着杨子藏，敢怒不敢言。
Yang Zicang lifted his hand and pointed at the incense pellet coated in mud in Yuan Kun’s grip.
杨子藏抬手，对着袁昆手上抓着的覆满泥土的香丸道：
“Consider this pellet a gift to you all. We’re genuinely here to conduct business in these parts. There’s plenty of time for everyone to profit. A few hundred years of lifespan can be earned by just a trip into the mountains. There’s no need to sour the atmosphere.”
“这枚丸子就送给诸位好了，我们是在这地方来正经做生意的，有时序大家赚，几百年寿命，进山兜一圈也就回来了，没必要伤和气。”
“Boss.” The few men around looked at Yuan Kun, waiting for his words.
“老大。”周围几人看着袁昆，等待他的话。