Opposite Gu Danqing sat Jing Yu as usual, and the two of them were drinking tea. With the arrival of the New Year, drinking scented tea is a kind of enjoyment that adapts to the season.
However, Gu Danqing recently received a letter from an old friend of his. When he ran out of the Demon Country, he traveled through various places and made many friends.
This time, a friend from southern Xinjiang invited Gu Danqing to be a guest. Because a grand festival in southern Xinjiang was about to begin, she hoped that Gu Danqing could attend. Gu Danqing said that he could not leave as an official in the imperial court, so he called Jing Yu to make up for the vacation and asked Ding Mingsi to leave as soon as possible to relax in southern Xinjiang.
When Jing Yu heard this, he immediately laughed heartily and ran back to Ding Mingsi as excitedly as a child.
"What are you so happy about?" Qiao Xu asked when she saw Jing Yu grinning from ear to ear.
Jing Yu put on a mysterious expression: "You will know when everyone is here."
Qiao Xu walked away angrily.
When everyone was gathered, Jing Yu directly announced that all Dingmingsi went to southern Xinjiang for a holiday. In an instant, a happy atmosphere filled the entire Dingmingsi.
In the afternoon, everyone set off and walked to Longzhou by land. Originally they were looking for Wang Xingyuan, but Wang Xingyuan happened to be away from home that day, so Jing Yu and others had to go to Guchang County next door.
Guchang County also has a port, which is not as large as Guliang County, and the navigation time is strictly controlled by the local county government.
This time there happened to be a large ship ready to set off, and it was recruiting temporary crew members on the shore, with three meals and lodging included. Everyone in Dingming Division happily applied for the job.
So Jing Yu and others worked as coolies on the ship for several days. It wasn't until the ship docked in Lin'an that everyone from Ding Ming Division officially disembarked.
The reconstruction of Lin'an has been completed, and now there is even a row of peach blossom willows planted along the river. The sound of tourists playing and playing has returned again, and the lively atmosphere of the past has returned to the restaurant. Ningqu looked at the familiar scene, her eyes moistened unconsciously.
The new Dragon King Temple has also been built, which is higher than the Jingyu Temple. Ao Zheng is enshrined inside.
Ao Zheng noticed it as soon as Jing Yu and others entered Lin'an. He warmly welcomed several people into his house to have tea and rest, and was especially surprised when he heard that Dingmingsi was going to southern Xinjiang for vacation.
"What's wrong? Is there any problem in Southern Xinjiang?" Jing Yu asked curiously.
Ao Zheng held his forehead: "The art of witchcraft is prevalent in southern Xinjiang. If you young people like you go there rashly, if something unexpected happens, it may be difficult to come back. What's more, I heard that a kind of magic suddenly appeared in the jungle in southern Xinjiang recently. The poisonous miasma has affected most of the surrounding tribes.”
Jing Yu was petrified on the spot: "This..."
"It doesn't matter, I'll give you the miasma-avoiding beads. Be careful on the road and don't trust anyone over there easily. Brother Jing and I have one more thing to ask for, about the Dragon King Temple." Ao Zheng came with Jing Yu. In front of the New Dragon King Temple, pointing to the spire of the temple.
Ao Zheng said with a headache: "Every time it rains, this Dragon King Temple suffers. There are many thunderstorms in spring. For some reason, they always hit this temple. Fortunately, it is made of pure gold, otherwise it would have caught fire."
Excellent conductors are used to make spires, no wonder they are struck by lightning... Jing Yu thought in his heart, but he still looked very sad on the surface: "Your situation is not complicated, give me a few hours, I have a Objects can disperse the power of lightning."
When Ao Zheng heard this, his beautiful appearance showed an excited expression: "Are you serious? I will thank you deeply after everything is done."
Jing Yu then went to a blacksmith shop and began to build the most useful invention in his previous life - the lightning rod.
He first made an iron rod with his bare hands, then began to hammer and refine it, making it into a giant iron needle, then connected it with a copper wire, and finally installed it on the Dragon King Temple.
"This thing is called a lightning rod. It can guide lightning to the earth, thereby weakening the harm caused by lightning." Jing Yu proudly introduced his invention.
Ao Zheng immediately began to experiment. With a wave of his finger, a thunderbolt as thick as a bucket struck down. This made Jing Yu, who was watching from a distance, frightened: He had never seen such a thick lightning strike at the Dragon King Temple. The lightning rod could be broken.
The thunder gradually dissipated, leaving behind the charred ground and the intact Dragon King Temple. Ao Zheng's eyes brightened slightly.
Jing Yu received the magic weapon Enchanted Jade from Ao Zheng. This jade pendant contains the spiritual power of the Dragon King of the East China Sea, and can be used as the Dragon King's strongest attack in critical moments.
After bidding farewell to the second prince, everyone set out on the road again, this time by land.
After trekking, we arrived at Jiaozhou from Yuezhou, which is Ping'an County, Jiaozhou. The six of them checked into the inn and planned to stay here for two days before leaving, because Jing Yu had sufficient funds this time and planned to change horses.
At dusk, Jing Yu woke up from hunger in the middle of the night and didn't have enough dinner. He broke away from Kai Ningqu's arms and tiptoed to the street. Ping'an County is large and there is no curfew at night, and brothels and other erotic places are still looking for drinks and fun.
Jing Yu found an open tonkotsu noodle restaurant and ordered a bowl of hot tonkotsu noodle soup. There is a layer of lard and chopped green onion floating on the surface, and the soup is filled with strong hand-rolled noodles and a few short ribs.
There were quite a lot of customers in the shop, so Jing Yu had no choice but to sit outside the shop with a small plate and slurp noodles.
When the noodle soup was almost at the bottom, he suddenly heard a scream. He thought it was a misunderstanding and ignored it. Jing Yu was still enjoying the soup, but found that the customers in the store began to poke their heads out. He then raised his head and looked at the place where the scream came from. There were two groups of black shadows fighting, huddled together and blurred.
The screams became louder and louder, and they were so terrifying that Jing Yu had goosebumps all over his body. He simply put down the bowl and walked slowly towards the two black figures in front of everyone's eyes. He didn't know when he had already held a rough dagger in his hand.
When he took a closer look, he found that one person was being pinned to the ground by another. The person on top was drooling while the person below was struggling desperately. Just when Jing Yu wanted to take action, the people below suddenly stopped screaming and continued to resist. Blood began to seep out along the cracks in the floor.
"What are you two doing in the middle of the night? Why are you still bleeding? Don't fight. I'll catch you both." Jing Yu raised his dagger and asked.
The man above stopped moving and turned his head stiffly, holding a piece of bloody flesh connected to the skin in his mouth. Only then did Jing Yu finally see clearly the situation of the two black figures. The person above had dull eyes, a blue complexion, and a piece of meat in his mouth. The person below was alive and dead, had weak breath, and had a large bite wound.
"Holy shit, zombie!" Jing Yu stabbed out with his sword, but the zombie dodged it.
The zombie held the meat in its mouth, growled a warning to Jing Yu, and planned to pounce on Jing Yu. At this time, people in the noodle shop gathered together, intending to help the young man who was the first to come forward. As a result, the zombie used his hands and feet to quickly escape from the scene.
When the diners saw the corpse on the ground, their stomach acid surged. Only half of the man's body was left after being bitten, but several organs in the hollow body were still struggling, and the living muscles were still bouncing. In particular, a long section of intestines was exposed, and blood flowed all over the floor.
Jing Yu had seen many corpses and was already paralyzed in his heart, but he blamed himself for not rushing forward to save this person earlier, instead choosing to watch from a distance.
Someone among the onlookers went to report to the police. Jing Yu suddenly felt dizzy and fainted on the ground.
"Where am I...?" Jing Yu felt that his head was between two huge sandbags, soft and elastic.
This kind of touch was not normal. Just when he wanted to grab it with his hands, his reason stopped him and Jing Yu woke up with a start. Realizing that he was being condensed into facial cleanser, he exhaled. Something didn't seem right. Jing Yu sat up, looked around, and found that he was in the guest room.
Ningqu had been awake for a long time and had been watching Jing Yu's reaction: "Are you awake? You went out to eat supper last night without saying a word, and you still fainted outside. Don't always use spells as soon as you reach the third level. Your spiritual power is not enough."
Jing Yu scratched his head in embarrassment, he had forgotten what happened last night.
It wasn't until breakfast, when the guests in the inn were talking, that Jing Yu recalled what happened last night.
"Did you hear about it? Last night, on the street near the noodle shop not far from this inn, a man was bitten to death by a monster. I heard that the death scene was particularly horrific. His intestines... were all exposed," said a guest. . (To be continued)
