In front of the desk.
Chen Ping patted the stains on the "Illustrated Piaomiao Continent" book and blew in. The rising dust mixed with the yellowish sunlight in the air formed a gorgeous Tyndall phenomenon.
The pages of the book were yellowed and the corners were curled. It was obvious that it had not been treated properly in the store.
Chen Ping read this book page by page.
Soon I had a general understanding of this continent.
Lianyun City where he is located is in the Qingyun Territory, a speck of dust in the Qingyun Territory. The entire Qingyun Domain is estimated to be more than three thousand miles in diameter from east to west or from north to south, and it is located at the southwest end of the Misty Continent.
It is a barbaric frontier land.
The closest one to Qingyun Domain is Tianyan Domain, which is located in Tianyan Continent. Tianyan Continent is an area in the southwest of Piaomiao Continent, and Qingyun Domain is one of the domains. There are several other domains scattered around.
But Tianyan Continent is still small compared to the entire Piaomiao Continent. The Piaomiao Continent is so big that this "Piaomiao Continent Illustrated" only talks about it in general terms without giving detailed annotations, so Chen Ping doesn't know.
He currently cannot care about the rest of the Piaomiao Continent.
He couldn't even care about Tianyan Territory.
He can only gather in Qingyun Domain, and this is where he will find his next destination.
In addition to the Qingyun Sect, there are several sects in the Qingyun Domain, located in different directions. However, the area occupied by these sects is very small compared to the entire Qingyun Domain, and is more of an endless forest.
There are some large mortal cities or countries scattered among them.
Chen Ping focused on reading about the sects or cities near Lianyun City, which was what he cared about most.
The closest one to Lianyun City is the Qingyun Sect, which is about three hundred miles away.
Lianyun City is located to the west of Qingyun Sect, and there is a Sanxiu City to the east and north of Qingyun Sect, which are similar in nature to Lianyun City.
There are several mortal kingdoms on the periphery.
"Illustrated Piaomiao Continent" also gives some common travel routes for caravans. Because the three casual cultivating cities are relatively far apart, the caravans usually settle temporarily in the mortal kingdom, which can be regarded as doing business, and then go to the next casual cultivating city after resting.
Some caravans will also go to scattered repair cities under the jurisdiction of other sects to exchange the best resources of different sects for mutual benefit.
As for cross-region caravans, there are also them.
But very, very few.
Chen Ping didn't know the nature of this caravan. Where would it go next?
For him, the best route is to go to one of the other two Sanxiu cities. But if the caravan's next stop is the Mortal Kingdom, and then turns around to go to areas under the jurisdiction of other sects, then he will rest in the Mortal Kingdom temporarily, waiting for the next caravan to appear, and then follow it. The other two scattered repair cities.
After all, going to areas under the jurisdiction of other sects means a longer journey.
The longer the journey, the more dangerous it becomes.
If there is an option to reduce this risk, then naturally choose the safest way.
As for the mortal country, it is only suitable for a short stay, not for long-term settlement. Mortal cities have thin spiritual energy and are not suitable for Qi practitioners to practice. If you stay for a long time, your foundation will be damaged. And because there are so few monks, many of the resources needed for monks’ practice may not be available in mortal cities. More often, reservations are required, which has a great impact.
Unless you are willing to give up your path to immortality and just stay in the mortal world and dominate.
I feel unwilling to do so!
Chen Ping closed the "Illustrated Piaomiao Continent" and traveled ten months. This was the first time he understood the outside world. He had always thought that he would stay in Lianyun City forever, but he never thought that he would choose to leave so early.
Now that he had a clear understanding of the entire Qingyun Territory and even the layout of Tianyan Province, he also had a general understanding of his next itinerary and journey.
The next step is to prepare for the trip.
...
Night falls.
Zhang Zhengjia.
"Young master, are you back?" Seeing Zhang Zheng's return, the maid hurriedly came up to him and untied Zhang Zheng's robe.
Zhang Zheng handed the robe to the maid and sighed.
"What's the matter? Master." Maid generally has no right to care about their master, but Zhang Zheng's maid is special and has many uses.
"Hey, something happened to Qi Jianglun. Someone witnessed Situ Shan committing the crime. Situ Shan often appeared in my monk's house a few days ago and got involved. It's really a lot of trouble."
"Sir, will everything be okay?"
"Who knows. Fortunately, I was a guest at another Taoist friend's house that day. There were others to corroborate it, and because of my low cultivation level, I was not imprisoned. This day... is really real."
"Master, don't worry, we stay safe and the truth will eventually come to light."
"I hope so."
"I have had several skin transactions with Daoyou Chen. I hope I won't involve him. He is such a cautious person."
"..."
Zhang Zhengjia outside the window.
Chen Ping, who was hooked upside down on the eaves, silently sheathed his long sword, jumped down gently and left.
I have been observing Zhang Zheng silently for a while today and eavesdropped on many of Zhang Zheng's conversations. Now I feel relieved and conclude that Zhang Zheng is not Situ Shan's accomplice.
He also breathed a long sigh of relief.
If Zhang Zheng was suspicious, or if he showed a fatal flaw somewhere, and there was a risk of exposing him, then he would have no choice but to kill him to save his life without hesitation.
But this is a helpless choice.
Zhang Zheng also has a five-year-old daughter. What can a child do wrong? He is really unwilling to do anything unless it is absolutely necessary.
Fortunately, the ending is good.
...
The next day.
Chen Ping went to Chengdongfang City again. I didn't buy anything but inquired about public opinion, and the news I got was similar to yesterday's.
The city defense is still pursuing the investigation intensively. It is said that Situ Shan's body has been found, and the relationship between Situ Shan and Qi Jianglun is currently being investigated. Other aspects appear to be stagnant.
These people are just city guards, not Di Renjie or Yuan Fang.
It doesn't look like there's been much progress in the case.
Back home, Chen Ping started making monster meat jerky.
Those caravans are willing to take the casual cultivators away with the team for money, but they will not be responsible for the safety of the casual cultivators, nor will they be responsible for the food of the casual cultivators.
These are all the casual cultivators themselves need to be responsible for.
The journey to the next city is long, and the road in the forest is not easy to walk. If there is bad weather, it may be delayed for more than ten days.
The most needed thing during this period is food.
But it is obviously not possible to bring cooked monster meat with you, as it is easy to spoil. Raw monster meat and spiritual rice are not convenient and cannot be eaten at any time.
Monster meat jerky can solve this problem very well.
Chen Ping combined the beef jerky making methods of his previous life, relying on his 'expert' level anatomy skills and his 'skilled' cooking skills from two generations to carefully select and grind spices, and then make monster meat jerky.
Leave it in the yard to dry during the day.
At night, they are placed in the dining room and baked over a fire.
...If I have to stay in a mortal city, then I will make money selling dried meat.
...The jerky made with my skills can instantly defeat all competitors.
Chen Ping smiled.
I didn’t expect that I, a cultivator of immortality, would want to do business in the mortal world.
It's really...so funny.
