Part One: Intertwined Time and Space Chapter Two: The Spiritual Stone of Fate
Chapter 167: First Arrival in the Forbidden Land
After all, Qiao'er is young and likes to talk. Along the way, she introduced to Yue Qing where this was and where that was.
After the carriage drove on the winding mountain road for a long time, Yue Qing felt a little sleepy, and the mountains in the forbidden area felt still far away.
Yueqing yawned, "How far is it?"
Qi Jiao smiled and said: "Master, don't look at the mountain that looks so close. In fact, we may have to walk for a long time to get there."
"Well, the fourth elder won't be waiting there forever."
"Of course you have to wait there, but the owner of the hospital doesn't have to worry too much. There are resting places naturally set up outside the forbidden area."
"Oh, I'm a little sleepy. Let's rest for a while. The Xiaoling Guards will call me when they arrive."
Chang Yuxiao nodded: "Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something first before going to bed?"
"No, I have to go to bed. Let's eat when I wake up. You don't need to worry about me. Just eat when it's time for dinner."
Chang Yuxiao frowned, pulled the curtain and covered her with a quilt.
When Yue Qing opened her eyes, she was still walking on the carriage, "Xiao Lingwei, haven't you arrived yet?"
San Yuxiao turned around and said, "Are you awake yet? Not here yet."
Yue Qing sat up and said, "How long have I been sleeping? Why haven't I arrived yet?"
Qiao'er opened the curtain and said, "The master is awake? Are you hungry? Qiao'er left a pancake for you, it's still warm."
"Oh, I'm not too hungry." Yue Qing looked outside and said, "The mountain is so close. Are we almost there?"
"It's almost here, but we still have to walk for a while. The hospital master has something to eat first." Qiaoer got up and went to the car, taking out a paper bag from his arms and giving it to her.
"What to eat?"
"Shaobing, there are not so many delicious ones on the road, but this cake is also delicious."
When Yue Qing opened it, she felt it was quite hard. When she took a bite, there was no special taste.
"Is it tasty?"
"Fortunately, it's quite delicious. Qiao'er opened the curtains."
"Master, you are eating. Why do you open the curtain?"
Yue Qing looked at her strangely: "Can't people watch what I'm eating?"
"Master, you have to stay dignified. If you look so ugly when you eat, if people outside the village see it, they will look down on you."
Yue Qing was stunned and looked at San Yuxiao, who smiled.
Yue Qing said to Qiao'er: "You are a young housekeeper."
Qiaoer smiled and said, "Master, drink some water."
It wasn't until Yueqing finished eating that Qiaoer allowed her to open the curtains. Yue Qing looked at the mountain in front of her, unable to see how high it was due to the carriage. There are woods on both sides, and the place where the carriage goes is a flat stone road. I don't know which direction to go here. Every once in a while, you can see two guards in yellow clothes standing there, and you will salute when they see them passing.
I don’t know how much passed behind me, but the further I went, the more guards there were. Later, teams of people patrolled the roadside, and there were even sentry posts.
"Why are there so many guards?"
Qiao'er didn't know either, and looked outside curiously, "Maybe no one is allowed to approach."
Yue Qing smiled.
After a while, the carriage slowed down, and Chang Shen came over and said, "Master, the fourth elder is waiting in front."
Yue Qing looked outside, and sure enough, she saw the end of the road not far away. There was a courtyard there with some not-so-high houses. The fourth elder and the several deacons who came before were standing outside the courtyard gate. Everywhere you look, there are guards in blue and yellow clothes.
The carriage stopped in front of them, and Qi Jiao went down and put the step stool on the ground. Chang Yuxiao helped Yue Qing get out of the carriage.
"See Master Qingyue."
"Everyone, get up."
"Thank you, Master Qingyue."
The fourth elder stepped forward and said, "Master, you have worked hard along the way."
"It's indeed quite far away. It's obviously quite close." Yue Qing replied.
Then he looked up at the nearest mountain in front of him. You can't even see the top of the mountain when you look up, the light is a bit gloomy. The mountain was still some distance away from them, and the area where they stood was still surrounded by woods, with dead grass and fallen leaves mixed in, and man-made paths could be seen everywhere. You can vaguely see the white mist deep in the dense forest, and the air is very humid.
"We haven't reached the edge of the mountain yet? We don't have to go further, do we?"
"You don't have to go much further. There will be a puzzle a little further ahead. The master of the hospital can only look outside the puzzle and cannot get close to it."
Yue Qing nodded.
"This way Master," the fourth elder said.
Yue Qing nodded and followed him. "The air is very comfortable, but it feels a bit depressing and the light is not very good."
"The light at the foot of the mountain is not very good. But there is also a time problem. The master of the hospital came late, and it is almost dark now. You can still see the sun here before the morning."
"Are these Jin Wei always here?"
"Yes, they need to stay here all year round."
"Oh, it's so hard." Yue Qing was walking when she suddenly felt that someone was looking at this place from the direction of the mountain. Turning his head to look over, he saw only some guards standing guard in the forest, and he didn't know who was looking at him curiously.
"Can I go into the depths of this forest and have a look?"
"You can also go there, but they are all built on small roads. The owner of the hospital should take the main road, which is flatter."
"Oh, Fourth Elder, is the place where those guards are standing the boundary of the safe area?"
"Yes, they are standing not far from the border. It would be easy to get lost if you go further in."
Yue Qing nodded.
"It's in front, this is the border."
Yue Qing looked along where the fourth elder said, and saw that the road they were walking on had reached the end. There was another sentry tower there, and the Golden Guards were patrolling back and forth.
"How long is this border?"
"More than six thousand miles."
"How much? Six thousand? Li?"
"Yes, it's very broad."
Yue Qing was stunned, "Fourth Elder, the light boundary is so long, wouldn't the range inside be even larger? Have you ever thought about how, even if there is a Purple Soul Spirit Girl, she can find that forbidden land and dig through the land inch by inch?"
The fourth elder sighed: "That's indeed the problem, and the actual area may be larger than you think, because there are mountains on both sides of the border. As for whether there are mountains on the other side, I don't know yet."
Yue Qing looked up at the mountain, "Can't you all fly? Can't you fly up this mountain?"
"I don't want to go up. I have tried it before. The mountains on both sides of the border are not only steep, but there is energy like the one in the altar barrier. It is impossible to climb, but even the spirit girl can't climb up. I am not afraid that you are like an altar, Master. It’s just as risky there.”
"I see, are there golden guards guarding this long distance?"
"Of course, no one can come here to explore. They rotate four posts a day, and there are checkpoints like this at regular intervals. There are ten fixed teams, each with twenty people patrolling back and forth."
Yue Qing believed what San Yuxiao said, there were indeed many guards. So many people spend a lot of money just eating here.
"The villa is indeed rich, so it invests so much manpower in order to maintain a place that is accessible but not accessible."
"The forbidden area is a place related to the goddess, and it is the belief of the villa, so it naturally requires some investment."
"You have really high expectations for this goddess."
"The goddess is where the power lies. It's normal for the master to not understand it now. You just need to know that the goddess is the hope of our villa."
"I think your villa is already very powerful. The five Chang clans have strong abilities and financial resources. They can even rival the country. Why do you need a goddess? What do you want the goddess to do? I am particularly curious."
The fourth elder said: "I don't know this either. I only know that the goddess can calm disputes and bring stability to the world."
Yue Qing smiled, "What kind of disputes do you have here? How powerful is the goddess to calm disputes?"
"The master of the hospital has not gone outside. War is everywhere in this world. Of course it will not be felt inside the villa."
"Why, do you want that goddess to go out to fight?"
"I don't know much about the goddess. As for how she settled the disputes, there is no record in the villa. But after all, the goddess is also a daughter of the Chang family, and I can't agree with such things as fighting."
"Hey, after all, this goddess is also a member of the five tribes in your villa. You don't know it, and then the outsiders don't know it, right? Is there a legend about the goddess outside the villa?"
"It should be that they don't know. The outside world only knows about the Villa, and they don't even know about the Soul Girl of the Villa."
Yue Qing pouted, is the confidentiality work so good?
"By the way, Fourth Elder, are there any guards further down?"
"No."
"Then who's in there?"
The fourth elder looked deep into the woods, "Why does Master Qingyue ask that?"
"Huh? Is there no one? Why do I always feel like someone is watching here?"
