a month later.
Before leaving, Lu Mingshu went to Liulin Residence.
"This is Xiang'er's route map." An Tongchen put a map on the table.
Gao Xiang went to Nanze from Dongyue. In his last letter, he said that he wanted to prepare for breaking the customs and went to Nanze to find a strange stone for casting swords.
"I went to Nanze. Everywhere I went, I asked for news about him. All the places on the road map were exactly where he appeared."
Lu Mingshu looked over little by little: "These places are mostly places where magic dust stones are produced."
An Tongchen nodded: "That's right, it means that Xiang'er has indeed gone to look for the Huanchen Stone as planned."
"Where did it end up?"
An Tongchen tapped the thickest red dot on the map: "Here."
"Master uncle has checked, but there is no clue?"
"Yeah." An Tongchen said, "It's like disappearing out of thin air. I even lived there for half a year, but I still can't find anything."
Both fell silent. In such a sudden disappearance, the biggest possibility is sudden death. But none of them wanted to believe the result.
"If you really can't find Xiang'er's whereabouts, don't bother." Zhuo Jiangui came in from outside the door, "For those of us in the martial arts, accidents are common. The bones under the imperial tomb are not all missing. My Xuanmen disciple?"
"Master." An Tongchen stood up and gave up his seat.
Zhuo Jiangui sat down at the main seat, pointed, and the three returned to their seats. He said: "The land of Nanze is inherently dangerous. If something happens to Xiang'er, we can only accept it. Ming Shu, you are going to Nanze. As Xiang'er's master, I will of course support you. But you And don’t be attached, if you really can’t find it, just come back.”
"Yes, Master Uncle."
Zhuo Jiangui took out something again: "I know that your strength is not much lower than mine now, this must be the wish of my uncle."
Lu Mingshu took it and found that it was a box of pills and a spiritual tool.
Zhuo Jiangui said: "Nanze is full of miasma, this box of pills is made by a local family, and it has a miraculous effect on miasma. As for this spiritual tool, I got it in Nanze a few years ago, I don't know what it is. You are proficient in Talisman, maybe you can figure it out.”
"Thank you, Master Uncle."
The three of them talked again, Zhuo Jiangui and An Tongchen had both been to Nanze, and they knew the local conditions there. Especially An Tongchen, who explained in great detail, every place he went to, he explained clearly, for Lu Mingshu to use as a reference.
After talking for a whole afternoon, Lu Mingshu took his leave and left.
The next day, she left Jiuyao Palace under the reluctance of everyone.
In the air, the sound of Xue Yi stepping on the cloud horse sounded, and Lu Mingshu turned around to look.
Xiao Dai galloped over and bit her sleeve.
Lu Mingshu smiled lightly, and said, "Don't make trouble, I'm going out to do business."
"Xi Liu Liu!" Xiao Dai raised his neck and called out.
"You want to follow?"
It nods its head.
Lu Mingshu looked not far away, the two adult Snow Wing Treading Cloud Colts were watching them there.
"But in this case, you will leave your parents."
"Bah, bang!" Xiao Dai shouted over there.
The female beast quickly responded: "Bah bah!"
Lu Mingshu was surprised: "Your parents agree?"
"Hoo hoo!" Xiaodai rubbed against her.
Over there, although the female beast was very reluctant, she did not follow. The male beast raised its hooves and barked, as if to encourage it.
Lu Mingshu smiled. How similar is this situation to the master and others who were looking at her below? Although Xueyi Treading Cloud is a beast, his feelings are the same as theirs. For one thing, Xiao Dai has been following her and is used to it. Second, a lot of travel is not bad for it.
She nodded: "Okay, let's go together."
As he said that, he rolled over on Xiaodai's back, and raised his hand towards the two snow-winged cloud-riding ponies.
"Hey!" Xiaodai yelled over there again, flapping his wings and flying.
…
After going through ups and downs all the way, Lu Mingshu arrived in Nanze half a month later.
She didn't follow Gao Xiang's footsteps like An Tongchen did, looking for places one by one, but went directly to his last foothold, a place called Misty Lake.
Ze in Nanze means lake. On the land of Nanze, there are hundreds of lakes, and the waterways are criss-crossed and connected vertically and horizontally.
The Misty Lake is also a lake, and there is a settlement here, where several small families live.
Unlike Dongyue and Xichuan, there is no royal family in Nanze. It is also not like Beiming, the power of the aristocratic family and Xuanmen, can directly dominate the situation. Nanze is composed of many small aristocratic families, together with the branches that have multiplied, forming settlements one by one.
The land is vast and sparsely populated, and Nanze is rich in resources, but it is also very dangerous - there are too many monsters. In Nanze, it is not easy to leave the settlement, and even if they reach the fusion state, they cannot act at will. Therefore, the disciples of the Xuanmen seldom choose Nanze as a place to travel. Most of the people who come here are above trance.
Lu Mingshu was on Xiaodai's back, overlooking the market.
The scale of this market is relatively large, comparable to towns in Dongyue Xichuan and other places.
It stands to reason that it is very safe for Gao Xiang to settle here, so why did he disappear
These thoughts went around in her mind, she patted Xiao Dai: "Let's go down."
Xiaodai raised his head and let out a cry, then rushed down.
"Hey!" Xiaodai stopped quite steadily by himself, but the people below were taken aback.
When Lu Mingshu got off its back, someone came up to meet him: "Girl, are you staying at the hotel?"
Lu Mingshu glanced at the other party unexpectedly. This man was dressed as a commoner in Nanze, his jacket was sleeveless and double-breasted, his trousers only reached his calves, and he had a professional smile on his face.
The man said again: "The shop is guaranteed to be clean, and meals are provided every day. If the girl needs it, she can also rent a maid temporarily."
"... Are you from the inn?"
The other party nodded again and again: "Yes, the shop is right in front, girl, go and have a look."
Anyway, looking for a place to live, it's the same everywhere, Lu Mingshu said casually, "Let's go."
I didn't expect to attract a business so easily, and the other party beamed: "Girl, please."
After staying at the inn, Lu Mingshu asked the guy, "Do you have a tour guide here?"
"Tour guide?" The man asked immediately, "Does the girl need someone to take her around?"
She nods.
"It's easy, just hire a maidservant, and I guarantee that there will be nothing else."
She gave the man a sum of money and asked him to rent a maid.
The maidservant is also a local, not very old, only about fifteen or sixteen years old, clean and pleasing.
The guy smiled flatteringly: "I'll tell you the truth, this is my sister. Don't look at her young, she is very capable. If you want to go out to play, she knows everyone around, so I promise you won't get lost."
Lu Mingshu just needs a local to lead the way, it doesn't matter whether it's male or female, old or young, so he said, "Then just stay."
The little girl was so happy that she saluted again and again: "Thank you girl, I promise to lead the way well."