The further north you go, the lower the temperature, but the bleakness of autumn is getting weaker and weaker.
Jing Country came all the way from the north with iron hooves, and the closer it is to the north, the more prosperous Jingdu will be. The small towns and small towns in the south still have the smell of war. Not only are people numb, but even the scenery is not as good as that in the north.
Even on this official road, it is not always peaceful.
"Woo!" A horse neigh broke the silence, and a man wearing a black scarf veiled his face in the middle of the road. People on the road stopped one after another, at a loss.
This road is the only official road from Jiuming City to the northern city. The people who come and go on the road are caravans that often travel in the north and south, and there are also retail investors who move from the south to the north. The people in the caravan looked very calm, presumably they had seen too much of this kind of road-blocking guy. Those retail investors were a little restless. Most of them dragged their families with them, and carried most of their life savings, just to go to the big northern city to live a good life. Who wants to be stopped and robbed at this critical moment
"What is he doing?" Yun Qing asked curiously among these pedestrians.
He knew that there was a city of idle flowers in front of him, and it was considered prosperous in the south, so he took Amang out of the mountain and went to the official road, wanting to go there and have a look. I didn't expect to encounter such a thing when I first started Taoism.
Yun Qing's voice was particularly abrupt on the quiet official road, the family next to him was startled, and hurriedly walked away from him. A slim young girl stood in front of Yunqing. Hearing what he said, she turned her head and said with a smile, "This is a sacrifice!"
"Road to sacrifice?" Yun Qing asked the girl curiously. The girl was wearing a long skirt cut from water blue brocade, tall and slender, with a beautiful face, and a sly light flashed in her eyes from time to time. Although Yun Qing couldn't see it, he felt that the girl's voice sounded very comfortable.
The girl simply stood beside him and explained to him: "Sacrifice road is a ceremony to sacrifice the land before the army marches. But now this road robbery is also called sacrifice road. In fact, the meaning is the same, that is, to leave property and protect you Safety."
Yun Qing nodded: "Aren't you afraid?"
"Aren't you afraid?" the girl asked eloquently.
Yun Qing laughed, and seemed to have a good impression of this girl: "My name is Yun Qing, what about you?"
"My name is Zhu Yu, and I have no time to pronounce it. I'm older than you, why don't you just call me Sister Yu." The girl who called herself Zhu Yu turned her head to look at Ah Qing.
"Zhuyu Wuxia, my sister's name is really good." Ah Qing closed his eyes, but he could feel the other party's gaze, and his smile deepened.
Just when the two were talking happily, the front became agitated.
"The thief didn't obey the rules... It seems that he will suffer a loss." Zhu Yu smiled coldly in his words.
Generally speaking, in this official way, robbers don't dare to go too far. Everyone left some money and let them go without harming their lives. But the guy who robbed this time seemed to be a novice, so he was very nervous. Just now, a commoner who had learned some martial arts wanted to run away, but he subconsciously drew his knife and slashed at him. The man's body was immediately separated, and his blood flowed all over the place.
Just when the thief was in a daze, the pedestrians screamed non-stop, and several people rushed through the thief's blockade and fled. The rest of the people were also excited, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.
Seeing that the situation was not going well, the thief got on his horse and was about to pack up his money and leave, but he was stopped by a loud shout: "Killers, people will always kill them!"
Next, he only felt a chill on his neck, and before he died, he saw only his headless corpse sitting on the horse. But the crowd only heard a cry from the girl, and then a blue light flashed out from the crowd, and the thief's head fell to the ground.
The blue light circled around and returned to the crowd. Only then did everyone see the beautiful girl standing beside Yunqing's mule, gently blowing on the edge of her sword.
"Immortal... Immortal!" A person knelt down with a plop. Then came the second, and the third, and after a while, a large group of them knelt down.
"Hahaha, immortal?" Zhu Yu laughed mockingly.
"Are they calling you?" Yun Qing was a little confused.
"Yeah, so you're blind!" Zhu Yu was a little surprised, she hadn't looked at this boy seriously.
"Yeah." Ah Qing was not angry either, "Why do they call you that?"
"Hahaha, I'm not them, how do I know?" Zhu Yu laughed again, with a hint of arrogance besides the previous slyness.
She glanced at the kneeling people, then looked to the north, and said to Yun Qing: "I'm in a hurry, so I won't be walking with you anymore. See you in the mirror!"
Yun Qing nodded.
Zhu Yu stepped on the blue long sword, turned into sword light, and disappeared into the northern sky.
"Sister Yu, be careful on the road!" Yun Qing shouted.
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Leisure Flower City. The autumn rain is continuous, seemingly endless, and it seems to want to submerge this small town.
In a deep alley in Xianhua City. A big man is leading a mule, and a little boy is sitting on the mule.
"Amang, who do you think Sister Yu is? I heard from those merchants...she can fly!" Ah Qing said longingly, touching the mule.
"A-Mang, A-Mang, if you can fly, can you flap your wings and run up to this cloud?"
The big man's mind was low, he just looked at him with a silly smile, and didn't answer.
"A-Mang, can you fly?" A-Qing put his hand on the mule's head to A-Mang's face, felt him nod, and shook his head again.
"Hahaha, well, I won't ask you any more." Ah Qing stroked his head a few times to comfort him, with a distant expression, "I want to fly like Sister Yu."
"Zhuyu Wuxia, Sister Yu must be a very powerful person."
While Yun Qing was talking to herself, a voice suddenly sounded in this quiet alley.
"Zhu Wuxia? Little brat, are you talking about the flawless girl who destroyed the Heavenly Demon Sect?" The voice was weak but joyful, full of excitement.
Startled by the sound, Ah Qing rode a mule around the deep alley, but couldn't find anyone other than him and A'Mang.
"I'm here, I'm here! Little boy, no, little boy, come quickly!"
A peach core was thrown from the high courtyard wall, making a crisp sound. Ah Qing followed the voice and turned her head. A Mang picked up the mule and led him to the high wall.
This wall is different from the surrounding brick walls, and it is made of whole blocks of large stones. This extremely solid stone wall now has a small round hole, about the thickness of a child's neck. That weak voice came from the wall.
"Young master?" The person in the wall approached the hole in the wall and said, "Have you seen the flawless girl?"
"If you're talking about Sister Yu, who has a nice smile, then that's it." Ah Qing replied, touching the place where the sound came from, almost poking the eye of the person against the wall.
The man ouched: "Don't move! Tell me how she is now?"
"She killed a thief who sacrificed the road, and then flew away. She must be on her way now." Ah Qing told him honestly.
"What else?" the man asked anxiously.
"It's gone." Ah Qing thought about it carefully, he and Zhu Yu had only known each other over a cup of tea, so he couldn't say more.
The man in the wall was shocked when he heard his words so crisply, and fell silent for a long time.
"Hey..." After an unknown amount of time, he let out a long sigh, "Girl Flawless..."
"Young master, I am the seventh young master of the Xie family, named Xie Yao..."
Before he could finish speaking, Ah Qing couldn't help laughing: "Your name is laxative? This name is far worse than Zhuyu Wuxia."
The man had finally brewed up his sadness, but Ah Qing laughed it off. He said angrily, "Shut up! Brat! I know I'm not as good as Miss Wuxia..."
As soon as he said this, he was a little sad, but Ah Qing didn't interrupt, and listened to him go on in detail.
To say that this Xie Yao is also a scholarly family of Tianzhu Kingdom. It's a pity that the previous head of the family didn't seem to be strong enough. He turned his back on Dajing's cavalry as soon as they broke through the first thirteen barriers in the northwest. However, it also preserved the foundation of the Xie family, allowing them to reproduce in this small southern city with peace of mind after the founding of the country.
Xie Yao is the seventh son of the Xie family. His story is the same as ordinary vernacular novels, a bit vulgar and a bit bizarre.
When the spring scene was prosperous, Xie Yao happened to see Zhu Yu at a banquet of the old clan, and he was astonished. At that time, Zhu Yu came from the bank of the Liulian River, and stood on the side of the boat where they held the banquet, smiling amidst the poplar flowers flying all over the sky. All the aristocrats present were dumbfounded, but none of them dared to strike up a conversation.
The beauty raised her eyebrows lightly, and with a flash of evil spirit, she took the head of one of them with a sword. That man is the only son of the Zhong family, he has always been high-profile, and he has spoiled many women from good families. As soon as this beauty came up, blood was splashed everywhere on the boat, and the young masters were frightened, and they ran away in all directions.
Only Xie Yao was bold enough to chant a line of poetry in a daze: "The spring is flying and the water is lingering, and a sword breaks the sunny sky."
"Aren't you afraid?" The beauty's smile at this time did not contain any evil spirit, Xie Yao nodded blankly.
Hearing this, Ah Qing suddenly remembered that Zhu Yu had also said this to him.
Xie Yao reacted and bowed immediately: "I'm Xie Yao, the name is Daoyuan. What's the name of the fairy?"
Zhu Yu chuckled softly, "Fairy? I am a law enforcement disciple of the Destroying Heavenly Demon Sect, and my Taoist name is flawless. You are a mortal, so you call me Zhu Yu. I didn't like that guy just now, so I killed him. If anyone asks, report to him." Put my name on it!"
She seemed to have something important to do, so Yu Jian flew away after leaving these few words.
After this incident, Xie Yao didn't think about eating and drinking, but only wanted to ask immortals, hoping to meet Zhu Yu again. His parents don't believe in these rumors of gods and demons, they only hope that he will study hard and revitalize the family in the future. The Xie family locked Xie Yao in this high-walled courtyard, not to mention seeking immortality, even going out to see the street view is wishful thinking.
Xie Yao just stayed through from spring to autumn, and when he was feeling disheartened, he heard a childish voice outside the wall talking about the Fairy Wuxia whom he had been thinking about day and night. That's how it came out now.
"Hey..." Xie Yao sighed, "It would be great if I could get out from here."
"Is there really a cultivator in the world?" Ah Qing asked in spite of his loss.
"Of course there is!" Xie Yao was a little excited, and pressed his face to the hole again.
"Can they fly like Sister Yu?" Ah Qing asked with a frown.
"This... people who practice Taoism also have different realms. A master like Fairy Wuxia is naturally fine!" In fact, Xie Yao only has a half-knowledge about Taoism.
After he fell in love with Zhu Wuxia at first sight, he found many ancient classics in his library, and he also had some superficial understanding of this matter of cultivating Taoism. However, most of the mortal classics report this with a disbelieving attitude, and the words are mysterious and mysterious.
"If I can go out from here, maybe I can visit the fairy mountain, enter the fairy gate, and become an existence worthy of Fairy Wuxia." Xie Yao sighed quietly.
"I'll let you out, can you take me to see what's going on here?" Yun Qing was silent for a moment, then suddenly said.
"Tch, don't worry. It took me half a year to dig such a small hole in the wall. How could you get me out." Although Xie Yao said that he was suffering in his heart, his reason was still there, and he didn't believe Yun Qing's words at all.
"You promise me first." Yun Qing said stubbornly.
"Okay, okay, I promise... ah!!!"
Xie Yao hadn't finished his perfunctory words when he saw the wall he was leaning on suddenly fell to the inside. He took a few steps back and almost fell to the ground.
Xie Yao saw a big man standing behind the collapsed wall. That big man was wearing animal fur clothing, he was much taller than ordinary people, his muscles were well-proportioned, and his facial features were also heroic and stern upon closer inspection. But there was no intelligence in the big man's eyes, only a ferocious aura like a beast.
"Let's go." A childish voice came from behind the big man.
Xie Yao saw a child in his early ten years old, eyes closed, riding a mule coming out from behind the big man.
"You... you you you!" Xie Yao pointed at the boy and was speechless for a long time.
"My name is Yunqing." The boy smiled and got off the mule, and the big man picked him up.
Yun Qing pointed to the mule and said to Xie Yao, "Let's go."
Xie Yao didn't expect that the turning point of fate would suddenly appear in front of him like this. He had long wanted to escape from here, but when such an opportunity was presented to him, he was suddenly at a loss. Is it worth it to abandon parents and loved ones, abandon the world of mortals, and run to pursue such an illusory Tao
He vaguely remembered that March in the spring, when the beautiful young girl stood on the side of the boat and asked him, "Aren't you afraid?"
"I'm not afraid..." He dropped the belated answer and jumped onto the old mule.
"Let's go! I know where there is a fairy cave!" He said to Ah Qing, and then rode a mule and rushed out of the dark alley.
"Let's go to Jingdu. To the west of Jingdu is Mount Wuxuan, a moat that cuts off the wilderness in the northwest. It is the last of the thirteen barriers. According to the records in the ancient books, there is a sect of ascetics on it."
Xie Yao's thoughts gradually became clear. He explained to Yun Qing while riding a mule towards Beishi: "We can't follow the official road. The Xie family is very powerful, and there are many eyeliners on the official road."
"This trip is heading north, so we need to make some preparations. Let's go to the northern market to buy some supplies, and then leave through the north city gate before Xie's family reacts."
"Your arrangement is... If there is a need to fight, Amang can fight." Yun Qing sat on the shoulder of the big man and followed the mule easily.
"Speaking of it... I haven't asked you yet, why do you want to practice Taoism?" Xie Yao saw that he had only met him for half a day, and rescued himself from Xie's house, and had to walk thousands of miles to take him to find the immortal way child. He felt that the child's background might be a little weird, so he couldn't help but ask.
"I want to see what's above the Qingyun." Ah Qing replied with a smile.
Xie Yao was dumbfounded.
Such a reason that suits the child's curiosity makes him unable to refute it, but he has a faint feeling in his heart that what "Above the Qingyun" refers to is extraordinary.
No one knows whether the immortal way exists or not, and no one knows whether there will be a dream behind the blood. But after taking this step, no one wants to turn back.
The journey of a thousand miles begins here.