"crack... click..."
In the burning fire, the dry wood made a crackling sound from time to time, and Jiang Beiran's face reflected by the fire light flickered.
'Brother's handsome face is really hard to get tired of. '
Lin Yuyan thought obsessively while resting her chin.
On the other side, Jiang Beiran got up and said to Lin Yuyan after thinking about the new skill points: "Go to sleep, we will leave tomorrow."
"Okay!" Lin Yuyan agreed, got up and put out the fire, and then followed behind Jiang Beiran.
Pointing to the tent next to him, Jiang Beiran said, "You sleep over there."
"Brother~ I..."
"past."
"Oh… "
The seven sets of speeches she had prepared were all blocked in her mouth, and Lin Yuyan walked towards her tent dejectedly.
In the early morning of the next day, Lin Yuyan drew a beautiful eyebrow, looked left and right in front of the bronze mirror, and finally nodded with satisfaction, got up and walked out of the tent.
Outside the tent, the senior brother was already waiting beside Xiangyun. Lin Yuyan, who felt that she was late, trotted over and said, "I'm sorry, senior brother, I'm late."
"No, it's just that I arrived early, let's go to the cloud."
"Okay." Nodding, Lin Yuyan slipped into Xiangyun.
After another cup of tea, it was confirmed that the time had come, and Jiang Beiran entered the auspicious clouds and soared into the sky.
However, the situation on this day was similar to yesterday's. After flying for half an hour, Jiang Beiran had to make an emergency landing by a lake.
'Gah... This bird place is really full of malice. '
Seeing her senior brother suddenly fall back to the ground, Lin Yuyan was puzzled at first, but soon became happy.
Because she has already determined that the senior brother must always be like this in order to be alone with her for a while.
'Oh~ Brother, really, if you want to be alone with me, just tell me, I don't need to go to see my aunt. '
Lin Yuyan blushed and jumped off the cloud, looked at her senior and said, "Senior brother, let me prepare dinner for today."
"No, just sit down."
After Jiang Beiran finished speaking, he put away the cloud and started to prepare the dishes.
"Senior brother doesn't want me to work, so handsome." ' Lin Yuyan said intoxicatedly holding her face.
This situation lasted for three days, and it was not until the fourth day that Jiang Beiran and the two finally flew to the pass of Qi State.
"What a majestic pass..."
Seeing Jiang Beiran's admiring expression, Lin Yuyan introduced: "This is the Shenmen Pass. After passing here, you will enter the border fortress of Qi State, Linghai City."
"Well, let's go." Jiang Beiran nodded and walked towards the gate.
Before, Jiangbei planned to fly directly into Qi State, but Lin Yuyan told him that Qi State has a large formation to protect the country, and whether it is forced to enter or smuggled, it will be stopped by the Nanming Army.
When he heard the words "National Protection Great Formation", Jiang Bei couldn't help saying "a big dog" in his heart. Compared with the miniature formations on the ground-level spirit stones, the arrangement of super-large formations is several times more difficult. Generally speaking, the mountain-protecting formation is the limit of most formation mages. Those who are more powerful can arrange a large formation to protect the city. As for the formation of protecting the county or even the state, it is considered that the most powerful formation mage in Sheng Kingdom is called. Probably a headache too.
And this country of Qi... actually directly set up a large formation to protect the country.
'Shocked my mom...'
Putting away the shock in his heart, Jiang Beiran followed Lin Yuyan to the pass.
Looking at the long queue at the gate, Jiang Beiran scanned it with his mental power and found that there were both ordinary people and practitioners in the queue. The realm of practitioners was uneven, from as low as Xuanzhe to as high as Xuanhuang.
Seeing Xuanhuang, who has a high status in Shengguo, obediently queuing here, Jiang Beiran also had to feel that this great country in the Central Plains has a lot of cards.
"Come forward." At the door, a gatekeeper at the level of a great mystic master waved.
An old man nodded and stepped forward. Just as he was about to speak, the gatekeeper asked, "Where is the person from?"
"Old man from the Wei Kingdom, Qiming Zongluo..."
"Answer whatever you ask, why do you say so much?"
"Sure enough, the seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister..."
In the middle of the team, Jiang Beiran watched the scene and shook his head.
The person who is being interrogated at this moment is Xuanhuang. If it were Sheng Kingdom, if a mere great Xuanshi dared to talk to him like that, his head would have been blown away.
Judging from the fluctuation of breath, Jiang Bei could feel that Xuanhuang was also extremely angry, but in the end he endured it. After all, this is Qi State, and he didn't dare to be presumptuous at all.
After about a cup of tea, the gatekeeper returned the certificate of customs clearance to the Emperor Xuan, and said, "Go in."
Xuanhuang, who had been interrogated for a long time, held back his anger, but he still wanted to give some favors to the gatekeeper before he walked in.
'The emperor of this kind of country... it's interesting to do it. '
For a while, Jiang Bei couldn't help yearning.
Soon, Lin Yuyan was in line.
"Where is the person?" The gatekeeper asked without raising his head as usual.
Lin Yuyan didn't reply, and just took out her waist card.
Seeing the style of the waist badge exclusive to the Lin family, the gatekeeper immediately stood up, and his attitude became more respectful in an instant. After receiving it with both hands, he injected profound energy.
When the purple gold flower pattern appeared on the waist card, the gatekeeper made a driving gesture backwards and said, "Get out of the way, get out of the way, it's the eldest lady of the Lin family."
Hearing that it was Miss Lin, the guards whose eyes were above the top instantly separated from each other.
'This Lin family...it seems to be more fierce than I imagined. '
A neutral family that doesn't belong to any faction can make the gatekeeper who represents the country's face respectful like this, which is enough to show how high the prestige of the Lin family is in the country of Qi.
"This is my friend, so you don't need to check it." Lin Yuyan asked Jiang Beiran who was wearing a black robe behind him.
"Didn't Miss Lin slap her face when she said this? Since he is your friend, he is naturally our elder brother. How can a younger brother check on elder brother?" The guard said courteously.
"Then thank you."
"You are too kind."
Nodding to the gatekeeper, Lin Yuyan led Jiang Beiran forward.
Jiang Bei, who felt countless eyes on him, couldn't help but feel a little bit pained. Entering the city so high-profilely, although the Lin family's name is enough to suppress those Xiaoxiao, it may also attract a lot of mad bees and butterflies.
Just as he was thinking about it, a man in a white crew-neck robe suddenly walked up to the two of them, held his sword and cupped his hands towards Lin Yuyan, and said, "I said why I always hear magpies crowing today. It turns out that Miss Lin came back. What a coincidence."
Seeing the visitor, Lin Yuyan replied, "So it's Brother Du, long time no see."
"Yeah, it's been a long time. It's so predestined. Why don't I be the host today and go to Yingchun Tower for a drink?"
"I still have something to deal with today, and I will definitely visit you someday."
Du Ming was obviously taken aback when he was rejected. Although he knew that Lin Yuyan was not interested in him, Lin Yuyan would accept the invitation even if it was a polite gesture. It is enough to say that, after all, feelings can be cultivated slowly.
But this time, Lin Yuyan, who hardly rejects others, actually rejected him head-on, which really surprised Du Ming.
'Could it be because of him...'
Glancing at Jiang Beiran who was dressed in black, Du Ming cupped his hands and said, "I wonder if this brother is..."
As soon as Du Ming finished speaking, three options popped up in front of Jiang Beiran.
[Option 1: Introduce yourself. Completion Reward: Ascending the Hidden Phantom Scroll (Earth-level Middle Grade)]
[Option 2: Silence. Completion Reward: Jade Feather Spirit Book (Mysterious Grade Top Grade)]
[Option 3: Let him go. Completion reward: random basic attribute point +1]
'So fresh? '
Jiang Beiran was taken aback when he saw option three. Although this option was a bit out of the ordinary, it seemed to be in the opposite direction from before.
Hearing Du Ming ask senior brother, just as Lin Yuyan was about to help with the pick-and-roll, senior brother said.
"roll."
[Optional mission completed, reward: strength +1]
The sound of "roll" was low and powerful, which directly stunned Du Ming.
Lin Yuyan was also stunned, but soon the happiness overshadowed the surprise, and her heart jumped with joy.
'I didn't expect my brother to be so domineering... I like it so much. '
That Du Ming is not a child of a big family, and when he came to meet Lin Yuyan, besides coveting her beauty, he also wanted to be a son-in-law.
Now that he heard that Jiang Beiran was so strong, he suddenly felt that he had hit some kind of steel plate.
So he hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Don't blame seniors, Xiaosheng is just greeting politely and has no other intentions."
'It turns out that I am a master who is afraid of toughness, but the system is still as reliable as ever. '
Knowing the situation, Jiang Beiran naturally knew how to cooperate. He stared at Du Ming, and the mental oppression was released suddenly.
"I'm letting you go, now."
Du Ming is only at the Great Mysterious Master level, how could he withstand Jiang Beiran's mental oppression, his legs softened for a moment, and he felt like his soul was about to fly away.
"Yes! I'm going to go, I'm going to go."
Du Ming, who was sure that he met an expert, turned around and fled. There is no image of a handsome and noble son when he first appeared on the stage.
He didn't care about Du Ming's fleeing appearance at all, Lin Yuyan only had eyes for the extremely domineering senior brother at the moment.
"Let's go." Jiang Beiran said.
"Yes… "
Lin Yuyan replied softly, and led Jiang Beiran to walk forward, but just as she was about to walk onto a street, her senior's voice suddenly came from behind.
"and many more."
Lin Yuyan was taken aback for a moment, and when she turned around to ask what was wrong, she heard her senior brother say.
"Follow me."
Lin Yuyan, who was once again overwhelmed by her senior brother's overbearing, would not ask why, blushing, and followed Jiang Beiran obediently.
And the reason why Jiang Beiran didn't let Lin Yuyan, a local, lead the way was naturally because the system skipped the option again. If he followed Lin Yuyan into the street ahead, then what awaited him was a prefecture-level reward.
Turning into an alley next to him, Jiang Beiran observed the fortress city while walking.
'Dirty, messy, poor. '
Jiang Beiran didn't expect that Qi State, as one of the six major powers closest to the Central Plains, would be as sloppy as Sheng State in terms of urban environment.
But if you think about it, everyone has to talk about hygiene. Only people like Jiang Bei who have experienced the 21st century will think about it. No matter how powerful the country is in other places, they will only think about how to clean up their mansion or The Zongmen's building is even more gorgeous, as for the mud-legged city...what does it matter to them no matter how dirty or messy it is
Or it is precisely because the mud legs live in such a messy place that they are more superior, isn't it
Even in Qi State, which is rich in aura, ordinary people are still in the majority. Most of the people running around in this fortress city are ordinary people. When they see people in fancy clothes like Lin Yuyan, they will automatically avoid them. Kai also lowered his head respectfully and walked over slowly, looking very humble.
'It seems that the country rich and the people described by Lin Yuyan is only the top society, and life at the bottom is still just as hard. '
Under the system's "navigation", Jiang Beiran walked out of the fortress safely, but the system option has been skipped eleven times, and it would be a bit risky to go any further.
'Gah... Why do I feel like a novice strayed into a high-level map? I really can't even beat a small wild monster. '
Jiang Beiran, who decided not to go any further, camped in a dense forest, took out the map of Qi State that Lin Yuyan had given him before, looked at it, pointed to the place where Lin Yuyan last saw her aunt, and asked, "If you go from the ground ,need a few days?"
"Hmm..." Lin Yuyan thought for a moment and replied, "It will take about ten days."
'Has it been so long...'
Of course, it's not that Jiang Beiran doesn't want to fly over, it's just that as soon as he thinks of blowing the cirrus tube, the system will immediately give a reminder, which basically means that if he dares to fly, he dares to die.
"That being the case... I'll try here first."
After Jiang Beiran finished speaking, he quickly set up the Liufang Truth Listening Array, and took out the aunt's jade pendant. However, just as he was about to divination, the system option suddenly popped up.
[Option 1: Divination of Lin Shiyun's location. Completion Reward: The Secret Code of Transcendence (Earth-level Top Grade)]
[Option 2: Give up divination. Completion reward: random basic skill point +1]
'Fuck! '
Looking at the reward for the top grade of the ground level, Jiang Beiran suddenly cracked a little.
'What do you mean? It is not allowed to use metaphysics to find it? '
After thinking about it, Jiang Beiran understood the reason a little bit. There are too many strong people and special abilities in Qi Guozhong that he doesn't know about. Maybe one of them can not only perceive his divination, but also follow this perception. The monster that came over.
'This is troublesome...'
Jiang Beiran originally thought that even if Lin Shiyun's position could not be calculated, as long as she was found to be in danger, it would be enough for Lin Yuyan to deal with it, but now... things are a lot more troublesome.
If he couldn't use divination to calculate, it would be too risky for him to check it himself.
"Brother... what's wrong with you?"
Seeing the senior brother suddenly stop, Lin Yuyan asked with concern.
"Not suitable." After Jiang Beiran finished speaking, he put the wish-making lottery holder back into the Qiankun ring.
[The optional task has been completed, reward: Xuan Ke +1]
Jiang Beiran, who had no choice but to make a long-term plan, poured out some dry firewood from the Qiankun ring, and when he was about to light it, the system prompt came again.
[Option 1: Light a fire and cook. Completion Reward: Strange Map of Tiansha (Earth-level Mid-Rank)]
[Option 2: Rest directly. Completion Reward: Purple Jade Gu Art (Mysterious Grade Top Grade)]
[Option 3: Find another place to camp. Completion reward: random basic attribute point +1]
'damn it! Can it still work! '