"What are your plans in the future? Are you going to really go home and be willing to cultivate yourself?" Chen Ping smiled.
"What's the point of being reluctant to part with?" He Xianxiang also smiled and took another sip of wine:
"As you said, my family may not expect me to become an immortal. My son may just want to meet his father, and my granddaughter may just want to meet my incompetent grandfather."
"So, go home."
"Cultivation of the Tao, cultivation of a shitty Tao."
"Ha, even my accent has changed after being away from home for decades. After I return, I don't know if the younger generations in the family will recognize me as an old man."
He Xianxiang's eyes were complicated.
There seems to be loneliness, but also relief;
There is excitement and sadness;
There are memories of the past and worries about the future...
He can be regarded as the young and eldest son who left home and returned home.
Chen Ping couldn't tell whether He Xianxiang really wanted to go home, or he had no choice but to do so because he knew there was no hope for immortality due to his broken arm.
I couldn't tell which emotion in He Xianxiang's eyes was real and which was fake.
He didn't say much.
Just changed the topic:
"when are we leaving?"
"I'll leave in three days. Don't come to see me off then. Old man, I'll come alone and leave alone." He Xianxiang smacked his lips and said calmly.
Chen Ping was silent for a moment and said:
"Okay. I won't say anything unnecessary. You can take my few kilograms of braised monster meat and dried animal meat with you. It can be used as dry food on the road."
"Spicy?"
"It has to be spicy."
"...Ha ha."
"..."
The two of them were sitting in the yard.
There was a lot of chatting.
It's dark tonight, without a trace of moonlight in the sky.
Not even a star can be seen.
In the entire yard, only the oil lamp on the table gave off a yellowish light.
Swaying in the wind.
"There are only a handful of monks on the ninth level of Qi training in the entire Lianyun City. The more chaotic Lianyun City is, the more important these people will be, and they will definitely have first-hand information. Although that old guy Yu Qingyi is a casual cultivator, he is at least on the ninth level of Qi training. If you need to know anything in the future, ask him more. Although that old guy is not a good person, he has always been generous."
"Those families in the West District, your and my old boss, Ning Mansion, may be stingy and stingy, but the heads are quite upright. When you encounter difficulties, it is better to go back to Ning Mansion than other families."
"People's hearts are sinister and cannot be trusted at all. The more chaotic Lianyun City is, the more so it is. It's always good to be extra cautious. I lost this arm because of my carelessness."
"But thinking about it, you don't have anything to worry about. You are so cautious. And Liu Wei can't hurt you even at the seventh level of Qi training. Oh, I am also at the seventh level of Qi training. I never thought that you, a guy like me, have the same combat power as me. Tsk tsk tsk.”
"..."
Most of the time, it was He Xianxiang who was nagging.
Chen Ping mainly listens, occasionally chatting with him.
Many of them are based on He Xianxiang's experience of living in Lianyuncheng for many years and are extremely precious.
After chatting until late at night, He Xianxiang returned home happily.
The departing figure is full of vicissitudes of life.
All the jars of spiritual wine that were brought over have been consumed, of course, most of them were drank by He Xianxiang.
Chen Ping stopped after a brief taste.
Always stay awake.
late at night.
Chen Ping was lying on the wooden bed, looking at the dark beams, but couldn't fall asleep.
Stay or leave together?
If they stay, Lianyuncheng seems to be unable to escape the fate of becoming increasingly chaotic.
The risk of survival increases significantly.
Follow He Xianxiang's path and leave together?
It's also dangerous.
There are only about thirty people, and they are a temporary team. They have to walk a full 700 miles of virgin forest.
No one knows what is on that road.
There are monsters and evil spirits in the forest going to Qingyun Sect, but there are no forests to the north?
As long as you go deep enough, there will definitely be something there.
Moreover, He Xianxiang and the others are the first people to eat crabs and open up wasteland. It is only reasonable to add one more level of difficulty.
this…
…Too dangerous.
"Wait a minute, wait a minute."
"Can't be reckless."
"..."
He Xianxiang was obviously determined this time. Three days later in the early morning, he appeared in front of Chen Ping's yard again carrying a large package.
"Boy, after thinking about it, I'd better say goodbye to you. See you later."
He Xianxiang threw several swords on the ground with a clatter:
"I forgot to sell these swords. If I carry them with me, they will make people miss them. I'll leave them to you."
He dropped a few words and patted the package:
"gone."
Turn around and rush towards the west direction of the city.
Chen Ping watched him walk out of the yard and shouted with a smile:
"Old man, live well and wait for you to come back and marry your granddaughter to me."
He Xianxiang staggered as he walked away and almost fell down.
This kid.
He even took advantage of me before we left.
He Xianxiang laughed inwardly and shrugged the package on his back, which contained more than ten kilograms of spicy monster meat jerky.
Accelerating and disappearing into the dark night.
Chen Ping turned around and returned to the yard, just in time to see Yu Qingyi next door turning back to his house.
Chen Ping closed the courtyard gate.
I feel a little sad in my heart.
Among the people in Lianyun City, He Xianxiang is the one he has the best friendship with.
He is also the least defensive person when talking.
The one I interact with the most.
Gone now.
There is one less acquaintance in Lianyun City.
...
After returning to the house, Chen Ping did not go back to sleep, nor did he feel sleepy.
So he simply lit a lamp and started drawing talismans at his desk in the talisman-making room.
But I couldn't calm down.
Even the two paintings failed as soon as I started.
I had to put down the talisman pen.
So I went back to the bedroom to meditate and practice the exercises. It took a while before I found the feeling of practicing.
After practicing for an hour, before dawn, Chen Ping got up and sorted out the various assets for sale in his hands.
I'm going to sell it in the market, and I won't hold it in my hands anymore.
Including the three magic swords given by He Xianxiang.
Two first-order low-grade magic swords, and one first-order middle-grade magic sword.
Chen Ping understood in his heart, how could He Xianxiang forget to sell? How could he forget three good sources of wealth when he planned to travel through the forest so many days in advance?
Most of them were kept to themselves on purpose.
It was decided long ago.
Chen Ping moved out all the properties for sale and counted them:
18 long swords.
One of them is a first-level middle-grade magical sword, 9 are first-order low-grade magical swords, and the rest are ordinary black iron long swords.
12 short swords.
All of them are ordinary dark iron daggers, not illegal weapons.
3 robes.
Two of them are first-level low-grade robes, and the other one is an ordinary Taoist robe.
1 first-order low-grade hairpin.
28 books.
The original number of books was 31, and he kept 3 for his own use.
That's all for sale.
Now the future direction is gradually becoming clear.
That is the direction Lianyuncheng will most likely move towards as an 'isolated city'.
The news that "Qingyun Sect is not allowed to enter" has not spread yet, and the living environment of Lianyun City has not completely deteriorated.
When the casual cultivators in Lianyuncheng find that resources are becoming more and more difficult to obtain and the living environment is getting worse and worse, people will further sell useless weapons and books in large quantities in exchange for consumable resources.
By then, weapon resources will be ridiculously cheap.
Now is a good opportunity to make a move.
There is no value in covering up anymore.
