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Originally, according to the drunkard's intention, he didn't want to deal with the two spirits here, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble. So Cai Cai suddenly took Mu Jingyu and found a remote and uninhabited dense forest from the official road to get into so as to avoid the pursuit of the two spirits.
But who would have known that the lynx and Yunlu Jing would be chasing after them, looking for traces. With no other choice, the drunkard had no choice but to force Mu Jingyu to take action and kill the lynx himself, while he helped kill Yunlu Jing.
After burying the two monsters deeply, the drunkard thought more and more something was wrong. But I still couldn't feel what went wrong. I had the intention to go back and have a look, but I was afraid of going back. If I met the other spirits who came looking for the sound, my whereabouts would be completely exposed.
After thinking about it again and again, I simply stopped thinking about it and went to get down to business first.
After the two of them emerged from the woods, they happened to go through the official road first. It was already dark now, and it was evening again.
According to the rules of Yaoming Palace, when Xu Shi comes, all traveling merchants who enter the territory of Yaoming Palace must rest in the inn and are not allowed to move around. Once discovered by the patrolling spirits, they will be taken away for questioning.
It looked like it was getting late, and there were still at most two or three quarters of an hour before Xu Shi. The drunkard speeded up his pace without realizing it, hoping to reach the next inn before the time arrived.
The two of them walked quickly together, and finally when the time was almost up, they saw the inn that the waiter had mentioned from a distance.
But not far ahead, there are already guarding spirits, holding the gate and checking the passing merchants. If you encounter someone with a suspicious identity, don't ask any questions and just lock them up first.
Fortunately, before the two left, Qin Muzhi took some rare and precious goods from the convoy that were small and easy to handle and gave them to the drunkard. Only then can we successfully pass the customs and enter the inn to rest.
After calculating the time, two days and two nights had passed since the two entered the Medicine King Valley and saw the second battle between the Medical Immortal and the Alchemy Demon. In eight days at most, the medical fairy will reach the limit of what he can endure.
And they have only reached the outskirts of Yaoming Palace now, and the next step is to go to Dan Chan Mountain to steal the elixir. Coupled with the time to return, there was not much time left for them.
Although the drunkard didn't say anything, he always maintained a confident look. But Mu Jingyu still noticed a bit of sadness from the sad look on his face occasionally.
That night, the drunkard gave Mu Jingyu the Jiuyaoxuan Light Chain on his wrist, and after replenishing the spiritual energy consumed by killing the lynx, he ordered him to stay in the room, meditate with all his strength, and return all the energy to his origin. Run the Heart Sutra as many times as possible. Then he went to another room alone, not knowing what he was studying.
After Mu Jingyu returned all the energy to the Heart Sutra and circulated it for five consecutive days, he could no longer maintain his tired look and fell asleep at some point.
In the morning, as soon as the sky became bright, the drunkard opened the door. First, he checked the surroundings to make sure no one had come, then patted Mu Jingyu's body to wake him up from his sleep.
"Master, are you on your way?" Mu Jingyu rubbed his swollen eyelids, took a deep breath, and asked after calming down.
"Yes." The drunkard nodded and said, "It's just dawn now, and all the night patrol spirits have gone back. Let's take advantage of the fact that there are few pedestrians, so let's set off quickly."
The two simply cleaned up, drank a bowl of clear soup in the inn to fill their stomachs, and then walked out of the inn.
Not only were there few people on the official road in the early morning, but the air was also much fresher.
The drunkard seemed to have studied the route to be taken last night. From time to time he would take out a roll of square animal skin from his arms and compare it with the route he was taking.
Mu Jingyu curiously stepped forward to take a look, and found that the roll of animal skin was exactly what the waiter secretly delivered to the drunkard yesterday when he was delivering food and drinks to him in Tianxiang Tower.
I saw several mountains and rivers painted on it, and their names were written next to them. There were several roads connecting them. In addition, symbols of intersecting swords were painted in some places.
Mu Jingyu thought for a moment and realized that this should be a map. The symbols of intersecting swords should indicate that there are spirits stationed in these places.
"Master, the places marked on this map are so detailed. Where are we now, where should we go next, and how far away are we from Dan Chan Mountain?"
The drunkard pointed at the map and said, "We are now eighty miles away from Longshou Mountain. I'm afraid there are still seven to eight hundred miles away from Danchan Mountain."
Mu Jingyu looked at the drunkard and pointed at a hill near the northeast of the map. He couldn't help but exclaimed: "Ah, it's still so far away. With the way we are walking, I don't know how many days it will take to get there."
"Boy, are you tired after just a few steps?" The drunkard laughed and cursed and then said: "After all, this is located in the boundary of Demon Hades Palace, and there are countless patrolling spirits and secret sentries around. The further you go, the more these patrols appear. The more monsters and secret sentries there are, the more you don't pay attention, there is a risk of being discovered. Therefore, I can't take you flying in the air, so I have to find some remote places to walk."
"But, we only have seven or eight days left. If we waste some time here, I'm afraid we won't be able to get back to Yaowang Valley."
The drunkard nodded. How could he not understand the key to this? Just looking at the time and the distance of more than a thousand miles, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to get to Danchan Mountain to steal the elixir within the limited time.
"Don't worry, good disciple. Master knows what's going on and won't let you get down to business."
After the drunkard comforted Mu Jingyu, he led him into a nearby mountain range.
Although they were in the mountains, the pace of the two of them was not slow at all. By noon, we had walked eighty or ninety miles. During this period, there were patrolling spirits overhead from time to time, flying through the air.
After finding a secluded place, the two took out some dry food and simply offered it as a sacrifice to the five internal organs temple. The drunkard took out the map again and carefully studied the sword symbols marked on it, as well as the patrol routes and times of some monsters.
Even though the drunkard looked calm on his face, Mu Jingyu was much more anxious in his heart. If we follow this route, it will probably take us four or five days to reach Dan Chan Mountain.
"It seems that continuing this way is not an option." The drunkard said softly after studying the map carefully. After a moment of silence, he pulled Mu Jingyu up: "Boy, we have to hurry up next. You must stay with me and don't run around."
Before Mu Jingyu could understand what was going on, the drunkard threw the wine gourd more than ten feet above his head, and an invisible light curtain enveloped the two of them.
"Let's go." The drunkard held up Mu Jingyu with one hand, and his body was half hanging above the ground. Flying towards the front at great speed.
"Master, aren't you afraid of being discovered now?" Mu Jingyu raised his head worriedly from time to time, looking at the shadowy trees above. I was afraid that a patrolling spirit would suddenly appear here.
The drunkard smiled and said: "Don't worry, I studied the map carefully just now. I mapped out a path that can avoid most of the patrolling monsters. Although it takes a lot of detours, it is still faster than walking there with both feet. Much better soon.”
After the drunkard finished speaking, he raised the height of the wine gourd to a distance of dozens of feet, which greatly expanded its protection range.
At the same time, it also stimulated its own powerful innate spiritual energy to spread to dozens of miles around. Once you find a spirit appearing nearby, you can detect it in time.
The speed of flying in the air is indeed several times faster than walking on two feet. After flying more than a hundred miles, I found that the patrolling spirits were all as marked on the map, without any mistakes.
The drunkard gradually let go of his worries and once again increased the speed of flying in the air by a few points. By the time the sun sets over the Western Mountains, we have already traveled more than three hundred miles.
When it was almost time to arrive, the drunkard found a cave nearby, and Hemu Jingyu hid in it.
The situation at night is no better than during the day. The drunkard is afraid that the patrolling spirits will step up patrols. For safety reasons, it is better to take a rest for the night. According to today's schedule, we should be able to reach our destination by tomorrow evening.
But just after the two of them hid in the cave, the drunkard suddenly felt something in his heart and came out of the cave again, looking up at the night sky that was about to be shrouded in darkness.
Mu Jingyu didn't know why, but when he saw the drunkard going out, he followed him outside the cave and looked in the direction where the drunkard was looking.
I saw three figures faintly appearing from the northeast. Because they were too far away and the sky was dark, I could only make out a rough figure.
The person leading the way should be the spirit from Yaoming Palace. Judging from his clothing and skills, he probably has a high status in the Demon Underworld Palace. The two people following him were an old man and a young man.
The old man should be around fifty or sixty years old. He was wearing a dark long robe and a ghost-face mask on his face. He obviously covered his face deliberately and did not want others to know his true identity.
But when Mu Jingyu looked at the young man following him, his brows furrowed slightly. Although this man was like the old man, using a grimace mask to cover his appearance, Mu Jingyu looked from a distance and felt that this man seemed familiar.
"Eh? I seem to have seen this young man somewhere before." Mu Jingyu couldn't help but let out a light sigh and murmured to himself.
The drunkard asked: "Why, do you know these two people?"
After Mu Jingyu tried to recall it in his mind for a moment, he shook his head in confusion and said: "The spirit and the old man in front of me have never been seen before by this disciple. But the young man behind him... looks a little familiar."
Mu Jingyu couldn't help but raise his head, wanting to distinguish it carefully and identify this person's identity. But in such a blink of an eye, the three of them disappeared into the air and flew towards the Demon Underworld Palace.
The drunkard greeted Mu Jingyu and returned to the cave. Seeing that he was still frowning and thinking hard, he couldn't help but said: "Okay, if you can't think of it, don't think about it. The two of them covered their faces with ghost masks. I’ve made it clear that I don’t want anyone to discover my true identity. Let’s seize the time and have another night’s rest. After tonight, it won’t be so easy in the next few days.”
"Yes, disciple understands." Mu Jingyu nodded, temporarily removing the image of the young man from his mind. I sat cross-legged deep in the cave, and then went to meditate and practice Qigong.
It was just the drunkard who stood guard at the entrance of the cave, looking at the quiet sky and falling into a deep voice.
Despite being an alcoholic, Mu Jingyu told Mu Jingyu not to think so much, but in his own heart, he was trying to recall the figures of the old and the young.
Regardless of the righteousness of the world, they all seem to be incompatible with Yaoming Palace. But he knew very well that there were still many forces among them, and they secretly had many connections with Yaowei Palace.
Originally, as the leader of the world's casual cultivators, he didn't want to pay attention to the battles between these big sects. But now, there are undercurrents of forces from all sides, and as a prominent figure in the Nine Provinces, it is natural to be involved in it.
Especially now, the medical fairy is in crisis, and every small link may have a profound impact on him. At this moment, he saw two mysterious people, guided by the spirits of Yaowei Palace, entering the boundary of Zhanzhou in the South China Sea. How could he not be interested?
