Outside Shangguan City, there is a wilderness on all sides. The carriage traveled for about ten miles. During this period, the fog gradually grew and became thicker and thicker.
Within the visible range is a bottomless abyss.
Yao Guanhai tightened the reins, and Jiang Wang raised the curtain, his pupils shrinking suddenly.
The abyss in front of us is incalculable distance, as if we have reached the end of the world, and everything outside is chaos.
Xiaoyu and Ru Yanqing both looked shocked.
Except for Ah Kong who did not show up in the carriage, Yao Guanhai was the only one who remained calm and composed.
"Why is there no way?"
Jiang Wang found it difficult to understand that there was only one way to connect all realms. He believed that he had not taken the wrong path. The depth, length and width of the abyss were incalculable. Even if there was a deviation, it would not be so far away, even if he wanted to go around it. There is no way around the road.
Yao Guanhai said calmly: "It's normal for you who are leaving the country for the first time not to understand. There are abyss blocking the way between various realms in the Sui Dynasty. It's okay for you to understand it as two continents or even two worlds, because the abyss is Endless, if you don’t find the right path, you will only be lost forever in the abyss and die in endless years.”
Just talking about Kutan, there are actually very few people who have the opportunity to cross borders in their lives. Of course, it is difficult for ordinary people to have the opportunity. The most common ones are merchants, but they are not ordinary merchants. There are such merchants for the exchange of goods across borders. Traveling back and forth, domestic merchants can then cooperate with such merchants to own goods from outside the country.
The territory of each realm is very vast, and it is difficult for ordinary people to reach the end. Special merchants have the permission of the gods, and there are even monks, which can save a lot of time traveling to and from each realm.
Otherwise, according to the normal speed, we have to pull the goods again. Even if we start at the age of twenty, we will probably be thirty or forty years old when we come back.
If you can't do business for a few times, you have to prepare to enjoy your old age. It's really not worth the gain.
Jiang Wang and the others set off from Shangyang County and arrived at the border of Kutan. Although they were riding in a carriage, they were not always walking at a normal speed. Moreover, the horses could not bear such a long distance. During this period, Jiang Wang spent a lot of money. The county's Baolu Pavilion specially bought a talisman horse so that it could run around without getting tired.
But it requires a large number of talismans to drive, and the talisman horses will be damaged, so you can't just buy one. If it's just an individual, the cost will of course be relatively small, and you will travel lightly, with less wear and tear. Even so, it still took half a year to walk.
Unlike a caravan pulling various things, the cost of traveling alone is unimaginable and beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Therefore, special merchants are funded by Shendu, and the purpose is to open up trade routes in various realms. The resources of merchants will be poured into special merchants, and then distributed to ordinary merchants in various realms.
Qingxuan Bureau has always been working on various magical weapons to assist, but after all, there were the Battle of Zhu Shen Mozhang, the Rebellion of the Kingdoms, and the Sui and Qin Disputes. Except for the latter, which did not have such a big impact, the first three happened again and again. Affects the entire human world.
It has only been fifty years since the chaos in various countries ended, and many things have developed anew. 33
If you want to be perfect, it is difficult to achieve it in a short time.
Jiang Wang, who walked out of Kutan for the first time, gained some knowledge.
"Where is the right path?"
Yao Guanhai pointed to a certain place and said: "There is a boundary monument there, which only the Sui people can see. Of course, they are the Sui people who are between the Qin people. Just like when Bodhi Youxuan entered the Sui Dynasty, in addition to crossing the Naihe Sea to reach Kutan directly, If you want to enter other realms, you must obtain permission from the gods, or else your cultivation is deep enough to directly cross the long river of time, which must be achieved by a being above the snow."
Jiang looked at it clearly.
Xiaoyu suddenly asked: "Didn't I say that if I want to cross the border, do I need to report it to the Qingxuan Department?"
Jiang Wang said: "That is a monk in the Snow Bathing Realm. It is not allowed to cross the border at will without any reason. Unless you keep a low profile and do nothing, otherwise you will be interrogated by the Qingxuan Department once you are discovered. In this matter, Qingxuan The Xuan Department is very powerful, but the rules for monks in the Underworld Realm are not so strict."
Xiaoyu wants to say, Master, aren't you in the Snow Bathing Realm?
Jiang Wangze thought that at least he was not in the bathing snow state now. As for the problems after Longchan was exposed, that would be discussed later. At this moment, he had to return to Kutan Qingxuan Department and report to Longchan Qingxuan Department, which would cost the boss a lot. Energetic.
What's more, Jiang Wang didn't plan to let others know that he was going to Longchan so quickly.
Yao Guanhai drove his carriage past the Kutan boundary monument and went straight into the abyss. Ru Yanqing was so frightened in the carriage that she hugged Jiang Wang tightly. A Kong and Xiao Yu looked outside through the window. Jiang Wang also So, they were all curious about what would happen.
The carriage is suspended in the air, with an endless abyss underneath and a hazy mist ahead.
Jiang Wang could see clearly. Faces appeared faintly in the mist, fleeting. It seemed to be because the carriage was going fast enough, even though it looked very slow on the surface.
Yao Guanhai explained: "Those are the souls that have fallen in the endless river of time."
Jiang Wang was surprised and said: "Since they exist here, doesn't it mean eternal life?"
Yao Guanhai sneered and said: "Don't tell me how painful they would be here if they really existed. In fact, they are just projections. Although trespassers can easily die in their hands without seeing the boundary markers, they still have half of their lives. Power, without any awareness.”
Jiang Wang didn't speak anymore, just watched silently.
But suddenly, the fog has dispersed.
A new boundary monument appears, engraved on it is - Long Cicada.
Jiang Wang was surprised: "So fast?"
Yao Guanhai pointed to the sky and said: "It was daytime when we came, even now it is daytime, but the time is wrong, it is probably the second or even the third day, so it is not as fast as you think."
Jiang Wang lay in front of the window, looking back at the long river of time in the abyss, and murmured: "It's so strange."
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Nanyu is the largest city in the county closest to Kutan.
When Jiang Wang and others came here, the sun was heading west, so they decided to enter the city.
"I didn't expect that the monsters in Longchan would be so much more rampant than Kutan. It was only half a county as long as we went straight. There would be several monsters appearing almost every two towns we passed, but they were of extremely low moral character. Moreover, monks who subdue demons and demons are more common than Kutan, and they also only have weak cultivation."
Although the person opposite Wanzhi briefly described the situation of Long Chan, Jiang Wang was still surprised when he actually saw it.
Yao Guanhai drove the carriage, tilted his head slightly and said, "There are actually not many sects in Longchan. Except for the wanderers, most of them work in the Qingxuan Department, various county offices and the garrison."
"Most of the monks are in towns, so even if monsters are rampant, they can be suppressed immediately. Instead, some little monsters have become the targets of the young monks' training. If there are any situations in various places, the local people will solve them. If there are problems that cannot be solved, The Qingxuan Department will only send people if it is a serious matter."
"I see." Jiang Wang thought about how completely different Long Chan and Ku Tan were. "Let's stay here for one night and find out the specific location of Mantang Mountain."
Yao Guanhai said: "Although I have lived all over the world and know a little bit about certain areas, I really don't know where exactly Mantang Mountain is. What do you want to do when you come to Longchan to find Mantang Mountain?"
Jiang Wang said: "Then you have to see what happened to the mountain master."
The carriage swayed slowly.
The sunset spreads across the sky.
A leisurely bell rang immediately.
The carriage was driving along the main road, and there was originally a huge crowd. When the bell rang, some of the people quickly dispersed.
Jiang Wang noticed the solemn building next to it, and the words "Guardian Government Office" on the plaque were very eye-catching.
There were two stone lions placed in front of the house. In Jiang Wang's eyes, they were very spiritual. They even had a faint golden light inside. He frowned slightly and murmured, "The door god is here."
The door god who was living in the stone lion suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Jiang Wang in the carriage.
But the carriage passed quickly.
Jiang Wang asked Yao Guanhai to stop in front of the wine shop about a hundred feet away across from the government office. A waiter led the horse to the parking place. Jiang Wang and others entered the wine shop and were greeted by other waiters.
Jiang Wang chose a seat by the window, where he could have a good view of the situation in front of the government office.
The leisurely bells come from there.
"Are you from outside?"
The waiter picked up a rag and wiped the table, then started talking to each other.
Jiang Wang nodded and said, "This is my first time in Nanyu."
The waiter said: "Then I have to tell you. In the past two years, Nanyu's government office will ring the bell every time it gets dark. The reason is that monsters will appear when it gets dark. The purpose is to let the people go home as soon as possible. , but the real appearance of monsters usually occurs after Haishi, and we can also stay in the hotel. Since the guests are here, they might as well stay here to avoid encountering monsters easily when looking for an inn."
Jiang Wang raised his eyebrows and said: "Monsters appear day and night, but monsters prefer the dark night. But since this has only happened in the past two years, it seems that more powerful monsters have appeared. The government office has not been able to solve them. Why? Won’t you report it to the Qingxuan Department?”
From the border to Nanyu City, Jiang Wang also had some knowledge. The people of Longchan were very familiar with monster monks and so on. After all, many of the monks of Longchan worked in the guarding government offices and could see each other often, so Jiang Wang said bluntly. Asked.
The clerk put the rag on his shoulder and explained: "Cui Xingling of our Qingxuan Department and Venerable Xue of Wushen Temple are not very good at dealing with each other. They are bent on finding trouble. Although this matter is not a secret, it is not known to everyone. , the guest officer obviously doesn’t know very well.”
"So although the monster that appeared in Nanyu is difficult to deal with, the government can also fight it off, but it is difficult to kill. Cui Xingling is busy looking for trouble with Venerable Xue, and Nanyu is heading to the last county of Kutan. , the distance is far, so Qingxuan Office naturally throws the problem to Nanyufu Yamen and lets them solve it slowly."
Jiang Wang was speechless for a moment.
The waiter warned: "My guests will be dining and drinking here, but don't run out. Once the government office fights off the monsters, everything will be fine."
Jiang Wang nodded, and when the waiter walked away, he turned to look in front of the government office.
There was a chivalrous lady in elegant clothes walking out of the government office, followed by some monks in government uniforms. Although they were monks, they were no different from ordinary government officials. This was a rare scene in Kutan.
It is normal to say that the governor of the government office is a monk, but there is absolutely no monk in Kutan who is willing to be a government official.
And this kind of rule has always been in place in Long Chan, so for them, it is a common thing, just like people need to eat and sleep, and they will not think there is any problem.
The chivalrous girl held a knife in her hand. She turned around and looked at the monks, raising her chin slightly and said, "I have recently practiced a new sword technique. I named it the domineering sword. This time I will definitely let those Monsters never come back!”
The monks in the government office smiled awkwardly and praised him one after another, "With such a domineering name, it must be a very powerful sword. Hao Baotou will definitely kill the monster with his sword this time."
"That's natural." The chivalrous woman said with a face full of anger, "In the past, we either didn't meet him, or happened to have something to do, or were overshadowed by Chief Xiong. This time I will lead the team. The Xiong is not here, so I have learned a new one. As for sword skills, what he can't do will be done by me, and I may be promoted to a senior official in a short while."
She waved her hand and said domineeringly: "Follow me out of the city to kill monsters!"
Some people died, but not completely...
