Bai Qing looked around at the servants arranged by Yunzhou Mansion, and said calmly: "Let's talk about it after we get in the car."
After saying that, he stepped on the crossbar, stepped into the carriage, turned around and stretched out his hand to Xu Zhiyi.
Xu Zhiyi understood it, lifted up her skirt, held Bai Qing's hand, pushed up hard, and Lin Xixue followed closely behind.
Seeing that all three people had got on the car and were seated firmly, the driver waved his whip and gave a light scold, and the two horses started running in unison.
Bai Qing took out the formation disk from her palm, and eight rather small formation flags flew out from the formation disk. They were fixed at the eight corners of the carriage. A red light curtain appeared, and then disappeared instantly.
She then said: "Flying with weapons is a basic skill for monks. In fact, it is an advanced level in the art of expelling objects. How could I not know it?"
"As for why I chose to take a carriage instead of flying back, it's mainly because flying back wouldn't be much faster." Bai Qing explained sternly.
"Not much faster?" Lin Xixue blinked, doubtful, "The sword flies thousands of miles in an instant. Is this just a rumor?"
"Of course it's an exaggeration to travel thousands of miles in an instant. That's something only the Grandmaster of Nascent Soul can do. With my level of cultivation, even if I exert all my strength, I can only travel dozens of miles in a few breaths."
Lin Xixue thought to herself after hearing this, if it could really fly so fast, then the East China Sea would be about four to five thousand miles away and could be reached in one day, so why would there be a need to travel for more than a month in a carriage?
That means there must be some reason why Bai Qing cannot fly away at full strength.
She couldn't help but remember that when she was flying with Bai Qing in the jade book, she would always get nosebleeds because the flight time was too long, and she had to stop and rest as a last resort.
Could it be that Bai Qing couldn't fly so fast because she had to rest midway?
But logically speaking, as a righteous disciple, Bai Qing's spiritual power circulates continuously in her body, and she should not have to adjust her breath after flying dozens of miles.
Unless, for some reason, the amount of spiritual energy absorbed is far lower than the consumption, the spiritual energy in the body will quickly bottom out and have to rest.
Currently, she only knows of one evil factor that affects the speed of spiritual power recovery.
After all, Bai Qing said that if the evil in a place is too strong, she will not be able to recover her spiritual power. But she has already left Hong Yanzi's lair, so she still can't spit it out at will?
"So you have to stop and rest every time you escape a certain distance. Is this because the evil spirit causes your spiritual power consumption to not keep up with the recovery speed?"
Lin Xixue expressed her guess.
Bai Qing's face flashed with surprise at first, and then returned to normal.
"That's right. In addition, if I take you two with me, my spiritual energy consumption will increase exponentially. I'm afraid I'll have to rest in place for a few days if I escape a hundred miles. It's better to just take a carriage."
Lin Xixue saw that her guess was correct, so she continued to ask: "You said before in the cave that the evil spirit was too strong and you could not recover your spiritual power. But now that you have left, why is it still blocked for you to recover your spiritual power?"
Bai Qing shook her head and said: "Evil energy has already filled the world. It's just a difference in intensity. At this moment, the place we are in, although it is very light, still has evil energy."
Lin Xixue nodded, she understood the full story of the incident.
"So, even in a place where the external spiritual energy is abundant, you still have to separate the evil energy mixed in it before breathing out. This causes the recovery rate of your spiritual energy to be lower than the consumption rate."
"Not bad." Bai Qing answered calmly, with no intention of hiding anything.
She couldn't see through Lin Xixue, but she also understood that if Lin Xixue really had any evil intentions, there was no need to go out of her way to save herself.
At least, judging from the behavioral standpoint, there doesn't seem to be any hostility, and it seems that he and Hong Yanzi are really not the same group.
The carriage advanced slowly and soon arrived at the city gate. The driver presented the seal of Yunzhou Mansion to the gatekeeper, and he passed without any hindrance.
The refugees gathered around the city gate saw a gorgeous side-by-side carriage suddenly driving out of the city, and they all surrounded it.
The driver waved his whip and tried to drive them away, but these refugees actually blocked the road ahead. The horses were frightened and refused to move forward for a while.
Others tried to open the windows of the carriage and put their sore-covered hands into the carriage.
Xu Zhiyi had been sitting aside obediently, carefully analyzing the previous exchange between Lin Xixue and Bai Qing, but seeing this scene, she couldn't help but hide from the window.
However, as soon as the refugee's hand opened the compartment curtain, he saw a flash of red light, and his fingers were instantly burned to coke.
The formation flag placed in the eight corners of the carriage was triggered. Bai Qing held the formation plate in her hands, crossed her legs and closed her eyes. She was neither happy nor sad, as if she did not take the victim's injury seriously.
The victim lost his right hand, holding his broken wrist and wailing in pain on the ground. However, the victims behind him did not seem to have any fear, and stepped on him one after another, trying to knock open the carriage.
Lin Xixue definitely didn't intend to take action, she just looked at Bai Qing calmly to see how she wanted to solve the crisis at hand.
After a while, the coachman finally couldn't bear the harassment of the refugees and climbed into the carriage in embarrassment to ask for help.
"Master Bai Xian, these refugees have blocked the road completely, making it impossible to move forward."
"Don't worry about it. If they insist on blocking the road, just let the horses step on it."
"Master Immortal, this... they hugged the horse's legs, grabbed the horse's mane, and refused to move no matter how hard they whipped it with whips. Some of them even bit the horse directly with their mouths, until it bled. I am too frightened to move now."
The coachman's voice was trembling, and he seemed to be frightened by this group of refugees.
"Trouble..." Bai Qing sighed, as if somewhat reluctantly, "Give me the riding crop."
When the groom heard this, he immediately respectfully held up his whip with both hands.
Bai Qing grabbed the riding crop, stood on top of the carriage, and shouted: "Everyone, there is no food in the carriage. Please leave. If you insist on blocking the carriage, you will be responsible for your life or death."
However, these refugees were all going crazy with hunger. How could they leave quickly just because of Bai Qing's words.
At this moment, not only did she not leave, she even grabbed Bai Qing's ankle.
Bai Qing whipped several salty pig hands to pieces, and continued to warn: "Once again, please don't block the road, otherwise you will be responsible for your own life and death, don't say you didn't predict what you said!"
Seeing that the refugees still refused to leave, Bai Qing slapped the horse twice. The horse went crazy in pain and ran wildly with the carriage.
Some refugees were unable to dodge, so they were caught under the hooves of horses, trampled on, and then run over by carriages.
Xu Zhiyi was sitting in the car, and the violent bumps and cracking sounds tore at her fragile and sensitive nerves.
She huddled in the corner and shivered. She had always been well-dressed and well-fed throughout her time travel, but she had never seen such a bloody and terrifying scene.
The group of refugees attacking the car were more like the beasts that chased the car at the safari park in the previous life than humans.
Her mind went blank.
Lin Xixue sat aside and didn't know how to comfort her. She could only pat her on the back and said, "If you want to vomit, just vomit. If you vomit it out and cry for a while, maybe it will be over."
Xu Zhiyi said nothing, just buried her head in her knees and shook her head.
After a while, the movement of the carriage became stable again. Bai Qing returned to the carriage and threw the riding crop covered with minced meat flakes in front of the groom.
"Okay, we're out of the refugee pile, you can continue driving..."
