Most of the houses in the row had already collapsed, but some traces of their former construction were still left on one side of the mountain wall.
The other three stone walls were jagged like jagged teeth, standing on the ground at different heights.
The walls were also covered with various weeds, either slanting or straight, swaying in the wind, and an old and corrupt smell spread invisibly.
There were many fallen stones in the house that had been eroded by time. They had turned blue-black and were covered with thick, dark-green moss.
The house is also covered with thatched grass that is more than a meter tall, connecting the entire house with the valley. If you don’t look carefully, it will be difficult to tell what is “inside the house” and what is outside.
Li Yan flew into the sky and silently looked at a house below his feet. It was the place where he once lived and was afraid of it.
Every time I go out, I actually don’t want to come back here. I just want to escape as far away as possible, the farther the better!
"Chen An, Li Yin..."
Li Yan muttered to himself in a low voice. He thought of the two personal soldiers who had been ordered to "stay by his side" to protect him, but were fooled by him. Many memories came flooding back...
Every time he had to come back here under the "escort" of these two people, and he was always thinking about how to get rid of Chen An and Li Yin...
Although his words were soft, Zhao Min and Zi Kun, who flew over with him, had equally high cultivation levels and of course heard them clearly, but they had no idea what Li Yan was saying.
Except for dense weeds and some exposed blue-black stones, all other objects in the stone house have disappeared.
Li Yan could actually guess the reason. After the death of Advisor Ji, unless there were still government guards here, everything here would have been looted.
Whether it is the hunters who strayed here or the villagers in the nearby villages, in their eyes, only the huge stones used to build houses are worthless.
Things like tables and chairs in the house are what the family needs most, so of course they will be "taken away" as well.
This can also be seen from the remaining walls on the south side.
That was where the doors and windows were in Li Yan's memory, tall and wide windows, fine wooden grids, exuding a faint smell of tung oil...
Now, only a few bare broken walls in the shape of an "A" character remain, without even a trace of wood chips to be seen.
Li Yan was absent-minded for a moment. In his eyes, the ruins disappeared, and the weeds in the room disappeared in an instant.
There was a large wooden bed against the wall on the north side of the house, with neatly laid bedding on it;
A washstand and some toiletries were placed against the east wall, and a four-tiered bookshelf with some books was placed against the west wall;
A wooden table was placed against the south window, with a few teacups and kettles, and two chairs on it;
There were two tall boxes made of old brown rattan on the table, and the coarse cloth clothes that Li Yan brought were neatly placed in the boxes...
On a sunny morning, he opened the window and saw the mist above the pond not far away. He took a deep breath and it refreshed his heart and spleen...
This scene emerged in Li Yan's mind, and there was a moment of trance in his eyes!
Zhao Min and Zi Kun behind him didn't say anything. They also used their spiritual sense to scan the surroundings. They noticed that Li Yan was different, and Zhao Min had roughly guessed the reason.
People like Li Wuyi had only heard of Li Yan's past, but they didn't know that this was the place where Li Yan almost died.
First, Li Yan was unwilling to mention anything about the things in the valley; second, no one was bored enough to go to Qingshanai to inquire about such things.
What's more, at this moment, her heart was also in turmoil. The Wuliang Sect was suddenly right in front of her, and everything happened so abruptly!
But she would not disturb Li Yan at this time. She suppressed the frenzy in her heart and looked at everything here carefully, staring at the place where Li Yan had once embarked on the path to immortality.
Li Yan then set his gaze in front of the dilapidated house, where there were actually several stone platforms that had turned black.
Li Yan seemed to see a food box on a wooden tray, which was placed on the stone table on time every day, and the woman who cleaned it all up...
Everything is like a white dog, drifting away and never looking back! !
"It's been about a hundred years!"
Li Yan let out a long sigh in his heart, and suddenly looked up to the north.
Although there were towering mountains between them, his heart flew to another place, a place he had dreamed of countless times at midnight.
But at that time, Li Yan would often force himself not to think about it. He was afraid that the ruthless years would take away everything. He would rather believe that the small mountain village was still the small mountain village it once was.
But at this moment, when he saw everything here, a sense of panic suddenly arose in his heart, the panic of the ruthless years.
When he first came here, he was only fourteen years old, and now he has been away for a hundred years.
Just as Li Yan looked to the north, Zhao Min's voice came.
"Why don't we go back and take a look first, and then we can go back!!"
Her words were very confusing, but Li Yan of course understood them. He turned around and smiled.
"Okay, we'll come back after we go there!"
After saying that, Li Yan flew straight out of the valley. When he passed by the dilapidated house of Advisor Ji, he didn't even look at it again.
It was not until he flew out of the valley that he took a quick glance and saw some blurred red writing on the stone wall on one side of the valley entrance. Upon careful identification, he saw the three large characters "Military Advisor's Mansion".
But I don't know who cut it with a sharp knife, and the cuts are very deep! !
"As a member of the Xunxian lineage, your decision to live here may not have been a whim!"
When Li Yan saw these words, some thoughts came to his mind, and he thought of the pond again...
Afterwards, the three of them flew towards the north. After flying for a while, Zhao Min's voice was heard, but her voice sounded a little strange.
"It's really here, we are back!" At the beginning, she and Gong Chenying followed Li Yan to the small mountain village. Although Qingshanai is more than two hundred miles away from the small mountain village, it is a very long distance in the eyes of mortals.
But even for Li Yan and others who were only in the Foundation Establishment Stage at the time, it only took a few dozen breaths.
Although the surrounding mountains and road environment are different from what Zhao Min remembers, the overall change is not significant.
"Yes, although I can't understand it, it's really not a dream!"
Li Yan said softly.
When flying away from the "Military Advisor's Mansion" valley, Zi Kun asked hesitantly whether he should go down to the bottom of the pool to see what that pit was.
But Li Yan directly rejected it. He had no control over the broken pottery jar and just let everything go.
If they were teleported to some other unknown place, it would be difficult for them to come back.
Therefore, Li Yan was unwilling to try it, and he also had some guesses in his mind. Before he reached the Nascent Soul stage, he would not try it easily.
There is no doubt that the broken pottery jar came from the "Soul Prison Clan", and those who founded the sect are most likely from the Desolate Moon Continent.
Combined with some information from Su Hong, one of these people got a broken pottery jar, and then invisibly stimulated the soul power in it, and was teleported to the Qingqing Continent.
Those who are seeking the immortals have profound backgrounds and possess some means beyond those of ordinary people. As for being able to simply stimulate soul power, Li Yan feels that it is entirely possible for them to do so.
And this kind of teleportation did not cause any terrifying pressure. Li Yan and the others had never felt the so-called spatial pressure before.
It’s not like when they were teleported from the Lost Continent, if it weren’t for the runes drawn by True Lord Qianzhong, they would not have been able to survive the teleportation at all.
This also explains why some warriors can reach another world with just their mortal bodies. They should have inherited the soul cultivation there afterwards.
Later, perhaps due to some special reasons, the long alley for training soul cultivators was built near the teleportation node, and the bright yellow door was the real exit to the outside of the secret cave.
As long as the spell is activated correctly, Li Yan and the others should be safely teleported to somewhere in the secret cave.
After Li Yan activated the broken pottery jar, the few of them were unable to enter the bright yellow door, but were directly drawn into the teleportation space.
Now that I think about it, including the broken statue of the general, it might be a backup plan left by the "Soul Prison Clan" at the time, or it might be a secret kept by a powerful "Xunxian Lineage" himself.
There are too many possibilities here, and Li Yan can only guess some of them.
Zhao Min also agreed with Li Yan's decision. She didn't want to get close to the pit on the mountain wall at the bottom of the pool. She suggested waiting until she had the ability to tear the void before exploring again.
Otherwise, everything depends on luck, which is too dangerous!
The small mountain village is only more than two hundred miles away from Qingshanai, which is a matter of moments for Li Yan and his companions.
However, after they flew away from the "Military Advisor's Mansion", they still flew very slowly. Looking at the pedestrians like ants on the road below, Li Yan felt an inexplicable fear in his heart growing more and more.
He was homesick and knew in his heart what was most likely waiting for him next, but he still wanted to go back and take a look.
Looking at the pedestrians hurrying along in the dust below, Li Yan seemed to see a carriage with a burly man and three young boys sitting on it...
The big man kept giving instructions, and the three teenagers sat in the carriage and listened silently, their hearts filled with longing for a better future...
"Uncle Guo Xin... Li Shan, Li Yu..."
Li Yan silently recited their names in his heart!!
Seeing Li Yan's surprising silence, Zhao Min and Zi Kun stopped talking and looked down silently together!
No matter how slowly it flew, it finally arrived over a small mountain village after dozens of breaths.
Li Yan sensed that there were no longer any cultivators like the ones from the Xueye Sect around him, and his heart tightened even more.
"The immediate family members of the monks from the Wuliang Sect who were guarding the Xueye Sect have now disappeared..."
Li Yan only felt a little dry in his mouth. In fact, he could have used his spiritual sense to explore the small mountain village a long time ago, but he had been hesitant to use his spiritual sense to explore it.
This might be the last bit of fantasy left in his heart, but now even guards like the Xueye Sect have quietly withdrawn.
This situation should not happen as long as Li Yan's immediate family members are still around.
Even if the Blood Leaf Sect were wiped out in the war with the demons, there would be other immortal cultivation sects to take their place.
Li Yan often wondered about Zhao Min's weaknesses, and in fact, he himself was the same.
He took a deep breath, and his spiritual sense easily covered the entire small mountain village. A moment later, Li Yan flashed and landed at a place in the village, which was his former home.
"Just wait for me here!"
Zhao Min and Zi Kun heard Li Yan's voice in their minds, and he had disappeared without a trace.
A spacious courtyard is located in a small mountain village. It looks very grand. It is much larger and more magnificent than many surrounding houses.
But in a corner of the garden behind this extraordinary courtyard, there is an old house built of mud and stone, which seems out of place with the elegance of the surrounding gardens.
The walls of this old mud house have traces of mud of different colors, indicating that it has been renovated more than once.
At this time, in the garden, there was an old woman with white hair and a kind face, half lying on a lounge chair.
Although it was only early fall, the expensive fabric she was wearing was already thickened, and a blanket was placed over her knees.
The old woman gently rocked the recliner, half-closed her eyes, listened to the silver bell-like laughter coming from the flowers not far away, and a satisfied smile appeared on her face!