Qingyan was still a little confused when she first woke up. As soon as she heard this, she immediately became energetic and asked quickly: "What's going on? What did you find?"
Chou Chou heard that her voice was a little hoarse, so he got her a glass of warm water, and then said to her: "Isn't that Bagua Mirror hanging on the tower emitting golden light because of the magic of gold? I originally thought that Bagua Mirror was left over from ancient times. Yes, I didn’t expect him to be a man of his own.
The owner of the mirror is a cultivator who is still alive. After we entered the space, that person also rushed to the city gate. Fortunately, I kept staring over there, otherwise I would have missed it and couldn't find it.
The man was dressed as a Taoist priest. He should be from a nearby Taoist temple. His clothes were a bit messy when he came. He probably came in a hurry as soon as he sensed the movement here.
I heard the young general guarding the city call him Taoist Xinming. He looks to be in his thirties, but his bone age is actually more than 400 years old. His cultivation level should be similar to that of Taoist Xingxiu, or even higher, at least in the foundation building stage. above.
His Bagua Mirror is extraordinary. Not only can it sense abnormalities and actively attack, it can also take pictures of what happens at the city gate! It has the same effect as the legendary image stone.
He wiped his hand on the Bagua mirror, and the scene at that time appeared on the mirror, which clearly illuminated me, Huang Jin, and Jin Yang.
Fortunately, you and Yuanbao were in the carriage at the time and didn't come out, otherwise someone would have figured out our secrets. "
Qingyan looked surprised when she heard this, "Really, I didn't expect that Bagua Mirror to be so magical, comparable to the fairy magic weapons on TV.
By the way, is that Taoist a good person? Do you have any debts? "
Chou Chou nodded and shook his head, "He is good. He practices orthodox Taoism. Not only does he have no debts, but he also has merit. He should be someone who often does good deeds."
Qingyan rolled her eyes and said to Chou Chou: "You think if we meet each other later, can I learn Taoism from him and can he teach me?"
Chou Chou thought for a while and shook his head: "That's terrible, this is not the kind of world of cultivating immortals shown in TV series. As long as you have spiritual roots, you can become a disciple, regardless of gender.
This is a feudal dynasty. This dynasty has begun to be strict with women, advocating the distinction between men and women, giving and receiving without being intimate. You are considered very old and can get married, so the other party should not teach you.
And even if I accept you as a disciple, you won't be able to stay here for too long, and you won't learn much. You must know that in ancient times, being a master meant a lifetime. Not only did you learn skills, but you also had to provide for the master until he died. That was really a lifetime. A teacher every day is a father forever. "
Qingyan sighed, knowing that what she thought was unrealistic, she gave up her thoughts.
She also thought that she had spiritual stones and spiritual energy in the space. If she could learn the other party's immortality cultivation techniques, she might be able to practice them.
But I forgot about the problem of "the Tao should not be taught lightly". Unless I have a chance to encounter the masterless secret book of cultivating immortals, I can study it by myself. But in this case, I will also have no master to help answer my questions and learn by myself. Who knows? Will I learn incorrectly?
"Then will he think that we are all monsters and come after us? Will you not be able to go out after that?"
The other party has never seen her before, so he shouldn't recognize her. Besides, she is a human and has no grudge against the other party, so there is a high probability that she will not be discovered.
It’s not like I’ve driven by alone before, so it doesn’t matter if I do it again. At most, I can just use my consciousness to chat with them while driving, and it won’t be too boring.
Chou Chou shook his head and said, "That's not the case. The other party didn't catch up. They only learned about the process at the city gate and then left. The direction is opposite to ours, so there is no need to worry about running into them."
Qingyan breathed a sigh of relief. She was afraid that the other party would think that they were monsters and would chase them and kill them. Although they had not done any evil, they did have lives in their hands, especially the Chou Chou three.
Chou Chou is originally a ferocious beast. Yuanbao is fused with Qiongqi's blood and has the blood of ferocious beasts. Jin Yang's previous soul state also harmed many people when he followed Yin Jin. Speaking of which, only Huang Jin's hands are the cleanest among them. Yes.
So it’s really hard for them to deal with real righteous people, and it’s really unclear.
Qingyan put on her clothes, washed up, and said to Chou Chou: "Then let's go out and continue our journey after breakfast. This place should not be far from Longgai Mountain. I remember that mountain is also in Jingzhou, but South of the Yangtze River, I don’t know if we need to cross the river if we go from here.”
"Yes, we will be there two hundred miles further. If we take the official road from the east, we will indeed have to cross a river in the middle.
We are taking the west side now, which is a little more detour than that way, but it saves time on crossing the river.
The wind and waves on this river are very dangerous, and boats crossing the river often capsize, so it is safer here. "
Huang Jin, who was making breakfast, heard Qingyan's words and replied directly.
It walked this way when it went to the capital, because it was afraid of being drowned when crossing the river. Moreover, there were many mountains on this side, so it was better to hide, otherwise it might not be able to reach the capital safely.
Qingyan nodded. It would be great if she didn't cross the river. The current boat was not stable at all and was too rocky. Her previous experience of seasickness was still fresh in her memory, and she didn't want to experience it again.
Just keep walking this way, you don't have to worry about taking the wrong path if you have gold to lead the way.
After breakfast, they came out of the space, still driving only one carriage. The path was difficult to walk, and two carriages were even more troublesome. Anyway, there were very few people here, and they could all transform and shrink in size, even with one carriage. Sit down.
So from then on, Chou Chou and the other three took turns as coachmen, while Qingyan and Yuan Bao sat steadily in the carriage.
There are advantages and disadvantages to walking on a small road. The advantage is that it is quiet and casual. There are no outsiders and they don't have to worry too much about talking. They can also enter the space to rest at any time.
The disadvantage is that the road is narrow, steep and bumpy, and the car has no shock absorbers, so my bones are numb after a day of walking.
It took two days of walking to bypass Jingzhou City from the west. When we walked onto the official road again, we were already four or five miles away from the east wall of Jingzhou City.
Finally getting on a flat road, several people breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. Although it was not as good as the asphalt roads of later generations, at least there were not so many gravels and potholes.
It was already noon, and it was a rare sunny day today. If she hadn't gone back to the space every day, and the bedding in the car was not damp, she would have wanted to put it on the roof of the car to bask in the sun like everyone else.
Now there are pedestrians and vehicles in front and behind them. They must have just come out of Jingzhou City, and most of them are carrying things.
Bedding and pillows were drying on the roof of a carriage behind them, and the windows on both sides of the carriage were also open, presumably to get some fresh air.
Qingyan also opened the window, but there was a gauze curtain inside to block the view from outside, but she could see out from inside, but it was a little hazy.
Qingyan looked at the brocade quilt on the roof of the car with her consciousness, and was a little curious about what was inside. Judging from the way it trembled and fluttered as the carriage bumped, it probably wasn't cotton.
She couldn't see through it, so she asked Chou Chou who turned into a little monkey and sat next to her.
Chou Chou looked at it and replied: "It is made of silk, just like the silk quilts of later generations. It seems that this should be a carriage for a wealthy family. Most people can't afford this."
Qingyan curiously put her consciousness through the window into the carriage to see who was sitting inside, but was stunned to see that there was an acquaintance inside.
There was a man and a woman inside. The woman was a girl in her teens, and the man was a middle-aged man in his thirties. He was Han Yunqi, the leader of the caravan who had traveled with them when they came from the northwest.
She remembered that before arriving at Handcheng, she encountered his motorcade resting in that ruined temple.
Although they took the first step, they stayed in the capital for a few days, and the other team's convoy should have gone to the front. Why did they go with them again?
That's not right. The other party is not bringing a caravan, he is just riding in this carriage, and he is bringing a child with him. Could it be his daughter? Is his hometown right here?
Qingyan thought about it and took a closer look at the appearance of the two people, and found that there were many similarities. If they were not father and daughter, they must be direct relatives.
Han Yunqi didn't forget to look at the account book while riding the swaying carriage. He was really on the road and didn't forget to do business.
The little girl looked around nervously, stretched out her hand and pulled Han Yunqi's sleeve and said, "Dad, I always feel like someone is spying on me."
Qingyan was surprised. She didn't expect to be discovered. She was such a sensitive little girl.
"Someone must have looked in from the window. Dad just close the window. You can keep it open over there. No one can bask in the sun over there."
Han Yunqi raised his hand and patted his daughter's arm, closing the window on his side and comforting her.
At this time, Qingyan had withdrawn her consciousness. She was just curious to take a look and would not stare at him, especially because she frightened the little girl.
And this just made the little girl think that the previous feeling was because someone was looking in from the window, so she relaxed.
Although Qingyan's consciousness was withdrawn, she had good hearing and the two carriages were not far away from each other, so she could still hear the conversation in the car behind them.
Then the little girl behind said again: "Dad, if we go to the second uncle's house now, will mother be unhappy?"
Han Yunqi's voice sounded later: "No, your mother took your brothers and sisters to a renter's house. They might not be back when we get back."
Little girl: "That's good. Mother dislikes my second uncle's family the most. If she knew we went there secretly, she would definitely lose her temper."
Han Yunqi's voice paused for a moment before he said: "Your mother said that out of anger. There are always quarrels between relatives. After you are angry, you still have to continue to interact with each other."
His daughter fell silent and did not continue the topic.
Although Qingyan only listened to these two sentences, she probably heard something.
It should be that the father and daughter secretly went to Han Yunqi's brother's house while the child's mother and other children were returning to her parents' home. The brother's family had a very bad relationship with his wife.
It seems that whether it is in later generations or in ancient times, there are excellent relatives, especially relatives of one spouse.
Qingyan thought that the father and daughter would arrive at their destination soon. After all, Han Yunqi said that his wife and children would not be able to return from their parents' home when they returned, so the journey should not be too far.
Unexpectedly, they were looking for a place to rest at night, and the other party was still walking behind them. There were people on the road. They had encountered a town before, but it was still a little early at that time, so they didn't go in to rest.
It was completely dark now, and it was already past dinner time. Qingyan and the others saw that the vehicles in front of them were still moving, and they thought that those people were familiar with the road and that there was a large town to rest in front of them.
It turned out not to be the case. After walking forward for a while, the vehicle in front of us turned right and got off the official road.
Qingyan used her consciousness to see that they had all entered a dusty yard nearby. When someone got off the carriage and entered the house with a torch, she realized that it was an abandoned Taoist temple.
The scale of this Taoist temple was not small before, and there were three entrances to the courtyard. Like the Seven Stars Temple, I don't know if it is a unified standard here.
It's just that the house in the courtyard behind has collapsed, and half of the wall is left, which can barely enclose the courtyard.
The main hall in front and the auxiliary halls on both sides are still in good condition. It should be that the materials used during construction were good, so they were not damaged or collapsed.
In a short while, three waves of people had already entered. They seemed to be familiar with this road, and they must have walked it before.
Qingyan and the others did not go in. There was only hay on the ground to rest in, and it looked uncomfortable. They could find a place to enter the space, which was no better than going in there and crowding with people.
What surprised her was that Han Yunqi and his daughter didn't go in either. She understood that there were all grown men inside, and it would be inconvenient for him to take his daughter to rest inside. He probably wouldn't dare to sleep all night.
After that, there were only two carriages left on the road. There was no way to keep walking. Qingyan looked forward with her spiritual consciousness. The next town was not on the official road, and she had to turn several miles in.
She might as well let Huang Jin find a fork in the road and separate from the carriage behind her. She was already hungry.
Huang Jin responded and walked forward for more than a mile. He found a fork in the road and turned directly into it. The road was quite wide and it seemed that there were many villages in it.
Unexpectedly, Han Yunqi's carriage also turned in. Huang Jin asked Qingyan whether she should continue walking or find an open space to stop.
Qingyan thought for a while and said, "Let's find an open space and stop. The other party may be going this way, and we accidentally bumped into them."
Gold: "Okay, let me look for it."
The road was wide, so there were ditches for water on both sides. It was difficult to drive the car across when they found an open space. After walking for a while, Han Yunqi's carriage turned right first.
There was no need to look for it now, they turned around from the front and walked back.
Qingyan used her consciousness to explore the direction where Han Yunqi and the others were walking, and found that there was a village two miles away. In the village, there was a brightly lit courtyard. Qingyan took a look and realized that something should be done. The banquet is being prepared in the courtyard.
