Ji Yuan got out of bed and sniffed the floral scent floating in the courtyard. This scent was fresh and elegant. Although it was not magical, it was able to calm the mind and soothe the nerves. At least the people in Tianniufang slept very soundly at night, and so did Ji Yuan himself. Otherwise, he would not have had such comfortable dreams in the past six months. The first half of this dream was mainly about cultivation, while in the second half, the consciousness was so vague that he didn't even know whether he was cultivating or not.
But the feeling after getting up was very good, so it can be considered quite effective.
He pulled up his sleeves to look at his arms. Although they were a little thinner, it was not too exaggerated. Although the five elements in his body were still a trickle, the five elements were spiritually perfect and endless. When he could breathe in and out spiritual energy in his sleep, he could replenish the five elements and nourish his whole body. At least he would not starve to death so easily.
She tied her long hair into a bun, took a black jade hairpin from the bedside, and put it in her bun. Her hair was folded in front of her temples and had its own charm. I guess many young people in her previous life did not understand this skill.
If you look closely at this black jade hairpin, you will find that the jade is much more transparent. Even the peddler who sold it to Ji Yuan could not recognize that it was once an inferior jade hairpin.
Perhaps it was the influence of the Immaculate Body, or perhaps Immaculate Body itself was born because of some kind of change in himself. Ji Yuan did not think too much about it. He only knew that the advantage was that he could save the trouble of washing and brushing his teeth, and his things were also much stronger and more durable. At least his three sets of clothes, one white, one gray, and one blue, had never been torn.
After putting on his coat and taking out the brocade bag containing the paper crane, Ji Yuan walked towards the door. The Qingteng Sword beside the bed floated up and followed him.
I opened the door, and the bright sunshine came in. Outside, I looked out at the jujube tree with flowers on its branches. Swarms of bees were flying among the trees, collecting the extraordinary pollen.
Just because Ji Yuan can eat less doesn’t mean he doesn’t like eating. Likewise, it doesn’t mean he won’t feel hungry. Although this feeling can be weakened or even eliminated, eating is one of Ji Yuan’s great pleasures in life and he will not give it up.
For example, the jujube honey brewed from the jujube tree in my own yard cannot be said to be the best in the world, but it is definitely unique in flavor. There should not be many beekeepers near Ning'an County, so it is probably wild bees.
“I wonder where this beehive is?”
Hearing this, the paper crane in the brocade bag in his arms arched its head towards the outside, and a small paper head popped out, with its head tilted so that it could look up at its owner. Ji Yuan also looked down.
"you know?"
Subconsciously asking this question, the paper crane's movements became bigger, and after a few moves it skillfully crawled out of the brocade bag and spread its wings and flew up.
"Hey, hey, hey, stop, stop."
Ji Yuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry as he looked at the little paper crane that couldn't wait to be the guide.
"The jujube flowers have just bloomed. It will take time to make honey. Let's wait until next time!"
In fact, Ji Yuan could also find the hive by following the route the bees flew back. He just said it casually.
The gate of Ju'an Pavilion has not been opened for half a year. People in the county probably thought that Ji Yuan was not there. Considering that the second baby of the Yin family will be born soon, it is certain that Master Yin will write to him. Most likely, the letter is kept in the county government office.
Ji Yuan went straight to the county government office to visit, and found three letters there, two from Yin Qing and one from Yin Zhaoxian.
After coming back from having a meal outside, Ji Yuan sat in the small courtyard of Ju'an Pavilion and opened three letters.
The former's first letter not only talked about college life, but also mentioned his unborn brother or sister in the second half. The words showed his complicated feelings. He also asked Ji Yuan whether he was going to Wanzhou and when he would leave if he was going.
The second letter was written almost two months ago. It was probably written to a friend in the county when he learned that Ji Yuan was "going on a long journey", so he wrote to inform Ji Yuan that he had gone to Wanzhou to study with three good friends from the academy, and hoped that Mr. Ji could come too.
Yin Zhaoxian's letter was very direct in inviting his good friend Ji Yuan to Wanzhou and asking him to attend the full moon banquet or the hundred-day banquet. If Ji Yuan went earlier, the full moon banquet would be held, and if Ji Yuan went later, the hundred-day banquet would be held. The meaning of his words that he hoped Ji Yuan could go was obvious.
"Huo, if I don't go, Master Yin won't break off the friendship with me, right?"
Yin Zhaoxian was a man of great integrity, and his wife, who lived with him day and night, would not have any unstable fetus. The baby would definitely be born at full term in ten months. Ji Yuan calculated with his fingers and found that there was about a month left.
Since that was the case, Ji Yuan didn't waste any more time and went into the house to pack his things. He didn't need to take much with him, just books, pens, ink, paper, and two other sets of clothes.
The efforts made in the past few years were not in vain. At least I have figured out some clues about the art of Qiankun in my sleeves. Although I don't know when I can achieve the envisioned level of "hiding objects by weaving, displaying a thousand changes, and swallowing all things and returning", at least I have realized some principles of "change", which is a change of form as well as a change of hiding. It is very different from the ordinary art of Qiankun that simply hides objects by weaving.
Naturally, as one's spiritual practice progresses, the amount of things that can be accommodated will increase, and one can still squeeze in some space to accommodate these things.
Afterwards, he did not leave the paper crane at home and left the small pavilion directly. This time he simply did not tell Hu Yun and Lu Shanjun about his movements. Anyway, the two of them were practicing fairly peacefully in the mountains.
. . .
According to the "Bai Fu Tong Jian", Wanzhou Lishun Prefecture had beautiful scenery and rich products, especially the Wanzhou silk weaving industry was the best in the world. At least at the time when the book was written, it could be said to be a place with stable politics and harmonious people.
But in today's era, if it were a storyteller's story, he would have to add the word "once" at the beginning of Wanzhou's past.
The huge profits from the silk industry in Wanzhou boosted the economy of Wanzhou, but over time it also brought huge problems, which can be summed up in two words: greed and profit.
Rich merchants colluded with some officials to annex land and plant mulberry trees for profit, but they could not bring any benefits to the farmers who lost their land. This led to complaints from the people in many places in Wanzhou. The resentment accumulated over time often gave rise to evil, which often easily bred and attracted some evil spirits. This is also one of the origins of the old saying that there must be evil spirits at work in troubled times.
On this day, four scholars were walking along the mountain road with book boxes on their backs. They wore scarves on their heads and green gowns that were stained with a little mud. They were the four students from Huiyuan Academy, namely Yin Qing, Lin Xinjie, Lei Yusheng and Mo Xiu.
Being able to attend the new son banquet hosted by Yin Gong of Jizhou was a very prestigious thing no matter how you looked at it, so Yin Qing just made a polite invitation and the other three immediately all agreed.
It was impossible to refuse such an application to the president and teachers of the academy for study abroad, so a group of friends went on a trip together.
"Oh, this road is so difficult to walk on. Mo Xiu, you really made us Mo Xiu choose this road!"
Lin Xinjie complained for the umpteenth time.
The man who was spoken of was so embarrassed that he couldn't help but retort.
"When I suggested climbing Datong Mountain, you were the one who seconded the proposal the most. You said you wanted to enjoy the spring flowers in the forest and go hiking in the mountains. Now you blame me for everything?"
"Hey, okay, okay, we all agreed at the time, but we just wanted to take shortcuts."
Lin Xinjie immediately changed the direction of his attack.
"Yusheng, you still have the nerve to say that! If you hadn't insisted on asking the driver to change the route to visit the inkstone workshop, we wouldn't have had to take such a long detour and waste so much time, and finally had no choice but to come here!"
"That's right. It's not me who suggested taking this route. If we don't take this route, it will take us more than a month to go back to Lishun Mansion!"
"you…"
Lei Yusheng was speechless after being confronted by the two men, and Yin Qing hurried out to ease the atmosphere.
"Stop talking, stop talking. It's not what we wanted. Who knew that the mountain road on Datong Mountain would collapse, making it impossible for the carriage to pass? Otherwise, it would be a wonderful thing to see the inkstone and the mountain flowers!"
"Yes, yes, that's right!"
Lei Yusheng quickly agreed.
"Ah... This is a natural disaster. We can expect it."
"Yes, it's not a crime of war..."
Yin Qing shook his head and smiled.
"Let's go, stop sighing. If you talk too much, we will lose the energy to keep going. We have prepared a lot of things. We just need to hold on until we get out of Datong Mountain. It will only take seven or eight days to walk along the mountain road."
Although Datong Mountain is barren, there is a not very wide mountain road, which was once the golden road when Wanzhou's weaving industry started. However, nowadays, silk and other goods are mostly transported by water and other roads for convenient large-scale shipments, so this golden road has gradually become deserted, and fewer and fewer people walk on it.
But the road is still there, and you won't get lost if you follow it. There are also some deserted post stations on the leeward mountain walls along the way. Although most of them have no postmen anymore, they can still provide a place for travelers to rest.
As the four of them walked, they finally saw a deserted inn beside the hillside in front of them. It was half embedded in the hillside, and there was a wisp of smoke coming out, as if someone was making a fire.
"Walk, walk, walk, I'm so tired, I'll sleep there tonight!"
"Hurry up, hurry up, there seems to be someone there, see if you can get a bowl of hot water!"
"Yep!"
Including Yin Qing, the four of them were all energized and walked forward quickly. They seemed to hear footsteps and voices. Two men with axes hidden behind their backs came out from the gate of the deserted inn. They looked at the newcomers with vigilance, and when they saw that they were four scholars, they felt relieved and turned back into the deserted inn.
Although there were still some tables and chairs in the deserted inn, it was still relatively empty, approximately fifty meters square, which was roughly the same as the two hundred square meters of space that Ji Yuan had in his previous life. There were more than a dozen people inside. In one corner were some large backpacks covered with straw raincoats and hats. Judging from their attire, these people should be traveling merchants.
"Uncle Lu, the four scholars outside are wearing long gowns and carrying book boxes. They look like they have red lips and white teeth. They should be Zhen Xiusheng."
The two people who came in reported to the people inside.
"Well, sit down."
Not long after, Yin Qing and the other four also entered the deserted inn. They saw more than a dozen people inside. Almost everyone had a hatchet at hand, and they all saluted them. They immediately became nervous.
Yin Qing looked at his friend and had no choice but to step forward.
"We are scholars who have come here to study. The mountain road is difficult to walk on. We would like to take shelter and rest here. I wonder if you can give us some convenience?"
An elderly man with gray hair looked at Yin Qing and said.
"The post station is spacious. A dozen of us traveling merchants won't take up much space. Please make yourselves at ease!"
"Thank you!"
Yin Qing bowed, and the three people beside him also hurriedly bowed.
"Thank you very much!" "Thank you very much!"
"Boom..."
Suddenly there was a loud thunder outside, which scared the two scholars outside and made them cry out "Ouch", and also made some peddlers laugh.
"It's going to rain..."
The peddler took the lead and said something.