Zhao Mingyuan thought for a moment and decided to agree to Wei Zhenzhen's request and take her on the road.
Having someone to take care of your food, clothing, housing and transportation along the way is the next best thing. Mainly because it may not be safe to leave a beauty like Wei Zhenzhen alone in Jiangdu.
After all, Yu Wenhuaji is in Jiangdu now, and there are people who are constantly searching for beauties nearby and sending them to Yang Guang's palace.
Therefore, if Zhao Mingyuan leaves with Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling. What if Wei Zhenzhen makes a mistake?
Compared with that, the troubles that may be caused by taking Wei Zhenzhen on the road are nothing.
After all, Wei Zhenzhen is a weak woman, so she naturally has many inconveniences when traveling around the world.
However, Zhao Mingyuan believed that with his martial arts, any trouble could be solved.
This time, they did not choose to take a boat to go north along the canal.
Although the water route was more convenient, faster and safer, Zhao Mingyuan finally decided to take the land route.
After all, although the destination of their trip was Luoyang, it was not just to go to Luoyang, but also to allow Gao Zhong and Xu Ziling to go out and gain experience.
Traveling thousands of miles and reading thousands of books, we can achieve the unity of knowledge and action. This is the purpose of this trip.
As for the scholar who knows the affairs of the world without going out, it is just a talk.
I just heard it and knew it, but how can it compare with seeing it with my own eyes and experiencing it myself?
Therefore, when heading north this time, Zhao Mingyuan and his party planned to travel slowly by land so as to enjoy the scenery along the way.
It's just that Wei Zhenzhen's body is weak and unlike the three of them who have martial arts skills, they can't walk all the way. I'm afraid Wei Zhenzhen will fall seriously ill before she goes very far.
So the four of them took a carriage and set out on the road. Zhao Mingyuan and Wei Zhenzhen naturally sat in the spacious carriage, while Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were driving outside.
Of course, Wei Zhenzhen's body was still too weak due to the tiring journey and could not withstand the bumps on the road.
After all, the roads in the Sui Dynasty were only paved with rammed earth, which would no longer be smooth after a few storms, and the shock-absorbing effect of horse-drawn carriages was even worse. Traveling in this era has never been easy.
Zhao Mingyuan simply planned to teach Wei Zhenzhen a set of internal skills and mental methods to practice. It didn't need to be strong, as long as it could strengthen the body.
It's a pity that Wei Zhenzhen is already old, and it is difficult to gain anything from practicing ordinary skills.
Moreover, her aptitude is average, unlike Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, so she cannot learn the secret of immortality at all.
There was no other way, Zhao Mingyuan had no choice but to pass on the Beiming Divine Skill to her, and then after Wei Zhenzhen laid the foundation, Zhao Mingyuan simply input a stream of true energy directly into her sea of energy.
This is equivalent to feeding directly.
Unfortunately, Wei Zhenzhen's physique is really average, and direct injection into the body needs to be done step by step.
Zhao Mingyuan could only input some zhenqi into her little by little every once in a while, allowing her to slowly transform and purify it into her own zhenqi.
However, as Wei Zhenzhen practiced, the transformation of her true energy became faster and faster.
Not long after the trip, Wei Zhenzhen's accumulated energy actually exceeded the achievements of Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling's several months of practice.
Of course, this all depends on Zhao Mingyuan's infusion of zhenqi.
After all, in terms of Qi cultivation alone, Zhao Mingyuan is ranked number one in the world. Except for the Demon Emperor Xiang Tianyu, who is still alive, no one is his opponent in the path of true energy.
What's more, Zhao Mingyuan's true energy is constantly growing, so passing some true energy to Wei Zhenzhen will have no effect at all.
The only thing that restricts Wei Zhenzhen from becoming stronger is her meridians and the speed of transforming her energy.
In fact, Wei Zhenzhen's current Qi cultivation level is already higher than Shi Long's original Qi cultivation level.
Although her realm and moves are not worth mentioning at all, in a real fight, Wei Zhenzhen, a so-called master today, cannot even beat either Kou Zhong or Xu Ziling.
But this has greatly surprised both Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling.
After all, the two of them considered themselves martial arts geniuses, and were praised many times by Zhao Mingyuan. Unexpectedly, their achievements in several months were overtaken by Wei Zhenzhen in just a few days.
Although they knew that this was actually due to Zhao Mingyuan's superb methods. Moreover, the two of them also understood that Wei Zhenzhen, a so-called master, had a lot of talent, and his real combat power was not worth mentioning.
However, this still calmed down the two of them a lot, and they no longer felt complacent about the progress they had made.
After all, depending on Zhao Mingyuan's situation, masters like Wei Zhenzhen can even be mass-produced.
They can still deal with one or two, but they will be at a disadvantage if there are three or five, and they will have no choice but to run away if there are ten or eight.
When they thought that within a few days, Zhao Mingyuan could produce a master whose internal strength could rival Shilong's, the two of them felt chills in their hearts.
As long as he practices some more martial arts moves, such a master will definitely not be weak, and even ordinary masters can be killed.
After all, the two of them knew that Zhao Mingyuan definitely had no shortage of martial arts secrets.
This is very shocking.
Because this means that Zhao Mingyuan can easily create many masters in batches in a short period of time with the help of Beiming Divine Skill.
Although it is a mass-produced model, it is already terrifying. After all, there are only so many masters in the entire world.
This was even more surprising than when the two of them heard Zhao Mingyuan describe the efficacy of the Beiming Divine Art.
At the beginning, when Zhao Mingyuan taught the skills to Wei Zhenzhen, he said that the Beiming Divine Skill was a Taoist skill, although it was often mistaken for a demonic skill due to some of its effects.
But in fact, this skill has some flaws. Once it absorbs other people's skills, it will be difficult to reach the top.
This is also because Wei Zhenzhen does have poor qualifications, and she was too old when she started practicing martial arts, so it was difficult for her to achieve any great achievements.
That's why Zhao Mingyuan directly instilled Qi into her.
Therefore, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling originally thought it was nothing.
After all, there are so many shortcomings, and the upper limit is not high.
Unexpectedly, now that they saw the actual results, the two of them realized that Zhao Mingyuan was too humble.
Perhaps, what Zhao Mingyuan calls a low upper limit and what they think is a low upper limit are not the same thing at all.
Only then did the two of them understand that it was no wonder that this martial art was considered to be a demonic skill.
This was despite Wei Zhenzhen not randomly absorbing other people's martial arts, yet even the two of them felt jealous and grievances.
If this martial arts spreads and can absorb other people's martial arts at will, wouldn't it cause chaos in the world?
Everyone in the world will definitely unite and boycott it. They will never give up until they are wiped out by the Xiaoyao Sect.
But now, since Wei Zhenzhen has learned it, there is nothing she can do.
I can only pay more attention to it in the future, keep it a secret, and not disclose it to anyone. Of course, Wei Zhenzhen cannot be allowed to absorb other people's energy. I figured nothing would happen.
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling could only comfort themselves in this way, and at the same time secretly cheer themselves up in their hearts.
As long as they become stronger and solve all the troubles, Wei Zhenzhen will naturally not have to take action.
As long as she doesn't take action, others won't even know that she possesses excellent martial arts, so naturally there will be no accidental risks.
Although there were some drawbacks, the two of them were still happy that Wei Zhenzhen had the ability to protect herself.
As the carriage headed north, Gao Zhong and Xu Ziling accelerated their martial arts practice along the way, and the other party also continued to gain knowledge.
Whenever they saw or thought of something strange, the two of them would ask Zhao Mingyuan in the car.
Zhao Mingyuan naturally answered all questions and solved the doubts of his disciples.
Sometimes, when they came to some scenic spot, Zhao Mingyuan would take the initiative to explain it and tell them the story of what happened there.
In this way, the group of people learned a lot of knowledge while traveling, just like a traveling group.
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling's martial arts knowledge is also growing. This is the benefit of traveling thousands of miles.
However, as they traveled further and further north, the atmosphere of their tour group became worse and worse. The relaxed and happy atmosphere of talking and laughing, like traveling around the mountains and rivers, gradually disappeared.
Just because along the way, they saw that the people's lives were getting worse and worse.
Fortunately, it was okay near Yangzhou. Although the people looked like they were only wearing linen clothes, their faces were full of busy exhaustion. But at least they can still eat.
The further north you go, the worse the people's living conditions become, and the order becomes more chaotic.
The people along the way looked ragged, and they encountered more and more bandits and bandits more and more frequently.
And as we get closer to Luoyang, we come to the Central Plains. What they saw was not the granary of the world described in the book, but patches of barren land.
The land is very fertile, but few people cultivate it. Occasionally I saw one or two women and children, but they all had sallow complexions and green faces.
As for order, it has already collapsed. When they were walking on the official road, some people even openly blocked the road and robbed them.
Even in some places, it is no longer robbery, and it can no longer be said that they are bandits, but a group of homeless soldiers. They even occupied the county seat and openly exploited the merchants who came and went, even robbing and killing people.
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were naturally very hands-on along the way. After all, due to their appearance and age, they are often preconceived as weak and have gotten into trouble many times.
However, they couldn't be cruel, after all, most of them were just poor refugees.
So, the two of them just knocked them to the ground, or restrained their acupuncture points, and then left in a hurry.
In fact, when they first saw the refugees, Gao Zhong and Xu Ziling even gave them dry food and money. However, I didn't expect that this would cause big trouble. This made them change their minds and stop showing off their wealth.
The group of four continued heading north with heavy hearts.
Until one day, they saw two bodies, one large and one small, lying dead on the roadside. Apparently a mother and her son starved to death on the side of the road.
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked Zhao Mingyuan: "Master, what should we do?"
(End of chapter)
