The sky is windy, cloudy, and the sun is warm.
The mountain road is rugged, the snow is deep and the forest is dense, and everything is silent. Only the cold wind blows the branches and the crackling sound of the snow breaking the trees. It takes a long time to see a trace left by an animal in the snow.
Jiang Xinghe looked back and saw that the mountain gate of Baoyuan Temple was already hidden among the magic formations that looked like clouds and fog. All mortals who came here were confused and could not see the truth.
Jiang Xinghe set his sights on the sun, corrected his direction, and continued to cross the mountains. There are deep mountains and valleys everywhere, sparsely populated, and no roads at all. Even if there were any, they were all swallowed up by the heavy snow.
If you look down from a high altitude, you can see that Jiang Xinghe's route has been almost straight since he left Baoyuan Temple.
Naturally, he didn't want to go to Feiyun Valley just by relying on his feet. Otherwise, it was hard to say whether he would be able to catch the next spring banquet.
When Taoist Chen only left him the Jiutian Tongjian Jade Slip and the forbidden token in the Taoist temple, Jiang Xinghe didn't even have a usable magic weapon, let alone a flying magic weapon like the Spirit Boat Shuttle.
Jiang Xinghe must first rush to Xiuxianfang City, which is the closest place to Baoyuan Temple, take the spirit boat here and transfer several times before finally arriving at the mountain gate of Feiyun Valley - this is also the only way for Taoist Chen to go to Feiyun Valley. road.
At this moment, Jiang Xinghe used his spiritual power on the soles of his feet and legs. He was as light as a swallow and gliding on the snow in the dense forest, as if he were walking on flat ground. His speed stirred up a cloud of snow mist behind him.
Whenever the spiritual power in his body is about to be exhausted, Jiang Xinghe will stop on the spot and dig a snow cave to rest temporarily. Even at night, he will travel under the stars and night, refusing to stop.
Large white clouds gathered in the sky, misty and invisible. A flowing cloud suddenly rushed out from the middle like wind and waves, leaving a clear and transparent channel.
"Father, look, there is someone in the mountains. Let's just give him a ride." On this small floating cloud boat, a child who looked about eight or nine years old stretched out his delicate jade-like fingers and raised his hand to the side. He turned to the tall figure sitting in the middle of the flying boat and said.
"Bin'er, please sit down quickly... In the wilderness, there is no one around." Although the tall figure had a reproachful tone, his words were as gentle as water, which did not match his physical appearance.
"Master, it seems like someone is really running on the ground!" Another young man in the boat was lying on the edge of the boat, and happened to see a line of "smoke and dust" blowing across the quiet snow.
"Father..." the child immediately cried out aggrievedly, "Don't you always teach us to be kind to others and do good things?"
Seeing the tears in the child's eyes, the tall figure glared at the young man who had just agreed, and then said with a smile: "Bin'er, don't worry, my father didn't see it just now."
The flowing clouds turned an arc in the sky, as light as a white light, and rushed towards the snow smoke on the ground.
The smoke and dust floated up behind Jiang Xinghe. He originally didn't care about the fast flowing clouds. One of them was flying in the sky and the other was running on the ground, without any contact. But when he saw the flying boat turning back, he suddenly felt as if he was facing a formidable enemy, his expression serious.
As the clouds flickered, Jiang Xinghe saw a flying boat landing steadily in front of him.
One of the three people on the boat was tall and burly, with skin like bronze, and his whole body was clad in attire like a blacksmith, with his chest and back exposed. There is also a Taoist boy who is extremely heroic, with a slim figure, a well-fitting robe, and a touch of arrogance between his eyebrows.
The last one was a four-foot tall boy with a complexion as white as a white lotus in the snow and delicate and innocent eyebrows. He was looking at Jiang Xinghe who was standing still with curious eyes.
Jiang Xinghe felt the auras of the three people and felt extremely solemn in his heart. Even the little boy was at least on the second level of the Qi refining stage, and the other two were as angry as a river, unable to see through the depth, only feeling a faint spiritual pressure forcing them.
"Dare you ask me why I want to stay with you?" Jiang Xinghe took the lead in saluting and at the same time secretly held the talisman in his hand. If things went a little bit wrong, he would not hesitate to use the talisman.
After the three people returned gifts one after another, the child said before the big man: "Brother, where are you going? Do you need us to give you a ride?" His voice was clear and innocent.
Jiang Xinghe felt a little calm in his heart. Fortunately, things did not slide into the abyss. If the three of them really had malicious intentions, they would probably have killed them immediately based on their cultivation level.
He smiled and said calmly: "Thank you all fellow Taoists. However, I will be arriving in Ningbeifang City soon, so I don't dare to bother you too much."
Unexpectedly, the strong man and the Taoist boy laughed loudly after hearing this, leaving Jiang Xinghe and the boy looking at each other, not knowing why.
"Brother Taoist, I think you went astray. According to the direction you are traveling, Ningbeifang City should be behind you..." After laughing for a moment, the Taoist boy said leisurely, his words full of teasing.
Jiang Xinghe was stunned like a thunderbolt. After a while, he seemed to remember something. He took out a white silk embroidered map from his arms. He stared at it for a moment before turning it over as if he suddenly realized something. He murmured to himself: " No wonder the more I walked, the more I felt something was wrong, everything seemed specious..."
The child's hearing was naturally not bad, and he couldn't control himself while bending down in the spirit boat. Tears burst out of laughter from the corners of his eyes, making Jiang Xinghe's face full of shame.
If he rushes to Ningbeifang City now, all the arranged time points will be disrupted, and he will definitely not be able to attend the banquet as scheduled, so it is better to give up the trip and just reply a letter to Ge Liang.
Thinking of this, Jiang Xinghe couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He didn't expect that he got up early in the morning and rushed to the late gathering, wasting two days of effort. If he really returned to Baoyuan Guan, he would definitely be laughed at by Inspector Zhuo.
The strong man saw Jiang Xinghe's sad expression, so he put away his sneer, pointed at the slightly crowded flying boat and said, "If you don't mind, fellow Taoist, you can take my spiritual boat first. We will pass through many cities on our journey this time." , Taoist friends can leave on their own accord when the time comes."
Jiang Xinghe waved his hands listlessly and said: "Thank you for your kindness, fellow Taoist. But I went to Ningbeifang City this time just to take the passenger spirit boat in Fang City. As far as I know, other than that, there are no more places within a thousand miles." There is a spiritual boat that can help us travel far."
The child stopped smiling, his eyes became slightly dim, and he said hurriedly: "Brother, where are you going? If you are not in a hurry, we can send you there first."
Jiang Xinghe glanced at the child with a smile. Although his spiritual power fluctuations were much stronger than his own, his words showed the nature of a child, as if he only knew that he had never traveled far in his cultivation.
He suddenly thought of himself. Maybe his former self also revealed such clear "stupidity" in the eyes of others.
He originally didn't want to answer this question, but looking at the child's clear eyes, he said in a strange way: "I'm going to Feiyun Valley to attend the Spring Festival Banquet."
This sentence seemed to catch the three of them off guard, and their expressions were even weirder than before!
