In a courtyard near the outer city of Angu Mountain City.
Already under some dim sunlight.
The girl was sitting on a stool with a wooden bucket filled with clean water at her feet and a dustpan in her hand.
It's winter time now.
The weather seems to be a little colder than usual at this time of year.
She breathed into her hand, bringing warmth to the frozen red palm.
While lowering his head, he carefully selected some edible leaves from the aquatic plants in the dustpan, reached out and pinched off the insect eyes on the leaves, washed them in water, and placed them on the other side of the dustpan.
It is extremely cold.
The water in the barrel will freeze if it is left standing, and flakes of thin ice will appear on the surface.
At this time, she can only reach out to stir it inside, and then retract her palms soaked in ice water into her sleeves to warm them up.
"Crunch..."
The old door rattled, and light footsteps came.
"Xiaohe, are you back?"
I didn't say anything.
She froze for a moment, and then realized that something was wrong. He quickly put down the dustpan in his hand and turned around.
But I saw a girl in white, as if walking out of a painting.
The whole person exudes an aura that is incompatible with this ancient mountain city.
In a trance.
It seems that there is color in the black and white ink painting.
"This girl... are you here to stay at the hotel?"
Su Qing hesitated, stood up from the cracked wooden bench, and walked in front of Jiang Zirou.
The pupils of the girl in white gradually gained focus, and a little anger appeared on her picturesque face.
She looked at the girl in front of her.
The girl was about twenty years old, wearing a thick cotton padded jacket, which was covered with patches, but it was very clean.
The girl's facial features are considered beautiful, but it is only because of the long-term labor that she looks withered and yellow, and her eyes are very bright, like a deer in the deep forest, which makes people feel friendly unconsciously.
"Um…"
Jiang Zirou came back to his senses.
She looked a little dazed just now, but she was actually thinking about something.
It is obvious that he has arrived at the place indicated by the sign-in, but the sign-in has not been successful.
more than ten years.
This was the first time she encountered such a strange situation.
Has the system let go of its burden
Jiang Zirou shook his head, but he wasn't too flustered.
"Accommodation...is this a hotel?"
Looking at the girl in front of him, Jiang Zirou asked softly.
"Um!"
Su Qing's cheeks were flushed, and she was a little shy.
She stretched out a finger that was red from the cold, and pointed to a plaque on the gate of the yard that was so yellowed that the writing was almost invisible.
Su's Inn.
"If the guests don't mind, these rooms in the courtyard are all available to live in, and I cleaned them very clean."
This is a house similar to a courtyard.
On the east and west sides of the courtyard, rows of rooms are neatly arranged.
I opened a room casually, and it was just as the store said, it was very clean.
On a small bed, there was a quilt.
Under the window sill, there are still evergreen plants, a small branch, swaying in the cold wind.
"The environment is not bad..."
Jiang Zirou nodded and was about to agree.
At this time, the gate of the yard was pushed open again, and a tall young man with a small body came in from the door.
Even in winter.
He was also only wearing a short shirt, revealing his bronzed skin and strong muscles.
When he saw Jiang Zirou, there was a hint of surprise in his eyes, and then he hid it well, replaced by vigilance.
"This is a new guest..."
The girl in cotton padded clothes hurriedly stopped Jiang Zirou and explained.
Afterwards, she turned around again, with a smile on her face, and introduced to Jiang Zirou: "This is my younger brother, Su He. Don't think he looks a bit vicious, but he is actually very kind."
"Oh, that's right. I haven't introduced my name yet. My name is Su Qing. Nice to meet you."
"Yeah?"
Jiang Zirou nodded, but was a little surprised to see that Su He actually had the cultivation level of a master.
It was just deliberately hidden.
But he couldn't hide Jiang Zirou's double pupils.
He must have had his own adventures, and the roots are not bad.
Jiang Zirou looked up lightly, then lost interest.
The world is so big, it is not uncommon to go out and meet some people with deep blessings.
"Then I will stay here tonight..."
Jiang Zirou pondered for a while, intending to take this opportunity at night to study what the problem was.
As she spoke, she took out a piece of broken silver from her sleeve and handed it to Su Qing.
"Too much…"
The girl took it, and frowned after identifying the authenticity, looking a little distressed.
I can't help it, this is already the smallest coin I have... Jiang Zirou said lightly: "I may live here for a while, let's put it with you first."
"That's not too good."
Su Qing doesn't seem to be the kind of character who likes to take advantage of others.
She frowned, and after serious thinking, "How about I cook for you, the taste of my cooking is still very good."
Look at the aquatic plants that are carefully placed in the dustpan.
Naturally, Jiang Zirou didn't quite believe this sentence, but she didn't refuse.
Just nodded, "That's fine."
In this way, Su Qing breathed a sigh of relief, and carefully collected the piece of silver.
"After you leave, I will refund the rest of the money to you."
She said seriously.
Jiang Zirou didn't say anything, just went into a room on the innermost side of the yard, closed the doors and windows, and stopped talking.
Su He frowned.
He kept watching Jiang Zirou's figure disappear into the room.
He turned around without saying a word, and returned to his room.
…
"System! Sign in!"
no respond.
"System! Sign me in!"
Still no response...
Jiang Zirou opened his eyes helplessly and rubbed his temples.
"Something's wrong..." she said to herself.
In the map provided by the system, there are only two light spots in the dark, and the one emitting green light represents his location.
The red light represents the target location of the system task check-in.
until now.
The two light spots have completely overlapped together.
But Jiang Zirou repeatedly signed in more than ten times during the day and night, but without success.
"Could it be that you are playing with me?"
The idea came to her mind and was rejected.
It should still be a matter of location... She was thinking, seriously reflecting, and in a trance, a flash of light flashed across her mind.
"correct!"
Jiang Zirou's eyes sparkled like stars, and he couldn't help but excitedly said in his heart: "It should be a matter of height."
"This sign-in location is either in the air or underground."
After trying to understand this point.
There's no need for Jiang Zirou to try it next to a height.
Just let out your divine thoughts and search around carefully to see if there are those special places.
That's exactly what she did.
really!
After a while, a special feeling came from the divine sense.
It was as if he had touched some kind of soft but extremely tough shell, firmly isolating his spiritual thoughts.
"Sure enough, it's underground, and it's still five or six hundred meters deep..."
Jiang Zirou frowned.
This level of depth is naturally nothing to her, but I'm afraid it will make a lot of noise when the time comes.
"It's best to sneak into the ground quietly..."
Her eyes lit up, and she stretched out her hand to pull Xieyan, who was sleeping soundly, out of the Qiankun cauldron.
"Get up and work!"
in the room.
A pair of mysterious eyes opened, and a faint gray mist filled the air.
The next moment, Jiang Zirou's figure disappeared from the room.
…
"boom!"
Accompanied by a loud bang.
Jiang Zirou had already appeared in the ground five or six hundred meters below the Su's Inn.
She opened her eyes.
What caught my eyes was a dark red, and the surrounding temperature was dry and hot, but it was normal and within the acceptable range.
There are some broken stones inlaid on the walls of the cave, exuding a faint fluorescence, which seems to be quite valuable.
However, what attracted Jiang Zirou the most was the huge stone gate in front of him that was ten feet high.
The stone gate is blue-gray, thick and vast.
It was like an ancient giant beast dormant in front of him.
On the stone gate, there are four big characters written in ancient inscriptions—Shenwu Diku!