"Little brother, can I change seats with you..."
When Yan Liqiang opened his eyes, he found himself sitting on a boat. A woman holding a baby turned around from the seat in front of her and was looking at him with a pleading look. The woman seemed to have patted him on the shoulders twice, and it was these two pats that woke Yan Liqiang from his sleep.
The passenger ship was on the river, which was misty and raining. The raindrops hit the roof of the boat, crackling like frying beans. The woman was sitting in front of Yan Liqiang, near the window, but the window latch was broken, so the window could only be half closed. Because it was raining outside, the slanting wind and drizzle on the river mixed with a hint of chill blew in through the gap in the window and fell on the face of the baby in the cradle.
This boat, this scene, this woman, am I dreaming
Yan Liqiang was in a trance for a moment.
"Wa... Wa... Wa..." The baby in the woman's arms started to cry loudly. The woman quickly rocked the baby and looked at Yan Liqiang in embarrassment, "Little brother, look, there's a leak here, and the baby is so small..."
"It's okay, it's okay, big sister, let's change seats..." Yan Liqiang said, standing up and secretly pinching his thigh hard - it was really painful.
“Thank you so much, thank you so much…” The woman in front stood up with her child in her arms, a look of gratitude on her face, and exchanged seats with Yan Liqiang who was carrying the luggage.
The cold wind and rain from the window flew onto Yan Liqiang's face. This feeling was unforgettable for Yan Liqiang. Yan Liqiang's face flushed instantly. He clenched his fists tightly and turned his head. "Sister, I just had a nap and I'm a little confused. What day and month is it today?"
"Today is August 27th of the twelfth year of Yuanping!" A time came out of the woman's mouth.
Yes, today...
Yan Liqiang's head was buzzing. He swallowed quietly, took his leather bag, put it on his legs, and leaned it against the window. The wind and rain coming in through the window immediately became less, but his thoughts began to churn.
What's going on? What's going on
Yan Liqiang calmed his mind and recalled what had just happened - he gritted his teeth, stomped his feet, and flew into a light curtain. Inside the light curtain, it was like a bottomless tunnel. Stars flowed like light on both sides of the tunnel. Countless smaller light curtains like meteors appeared in front of him and flew around him. In those smaller light curtains, there were light and shadows like still photos, and those light and shadows contained all the fragments of his life before.
A light curtain flew in front of him, and he found that the moment in the light curtain was exactly the scene of him saying goodbye to his father and then boarding the boat to Huzhou City for the first time. He didn't think much about it and rushed into the light curtain. Then, before he could react, he felt like he was falling from the highest point like riding a roller coaster...
…
Unexpectedly, after a while, I was woken up and found myself on that ship!
Could it be that I have returned to the past, back to Ganzhou before the accident
This answer seemed incredible, but looking at the people on the boat and the river outside, all the reality in front of him silently told Yan Liqiang that this answer was true, and he had indeed returned to the past...
If everything before my eyes is true, then what about the other self in the Sword God Sect before? How is he doing now
Yan Liqiang's mind was in a mess. He closed his eyes and concentrated his consciousness on his sea of consciousness. After a long time, he found that his sea of consciousness was dark and he could not feel anything.
Yan Liqiang thought about it for a moment and understood the reason. Although his consciousness and spirit had traveled to the past, this body had not changed at all compared to the previous one. It was still the same body as before and he had not yet advanced to a warrior. Therefore, he could not feel the mysterious stone in his sea of consciousness. According to previous experience, unless he died or advanced to a warrior, he would not be able to feel the mysterious thing in his sea of consciousness.
If it were before, Yan Liqiang had no idea how long it would take him to advance to the level of a warrior, everything was unknown. But at this moment, Yan Liqiang knew that the realm of a warrior was completely within his reach. As long as he persisted in practicing the Yi Jin Xi Sui Jing, in at most half a year, he would be able to pass two levels in a row and advance to the level of a warrior easily.
Yan Dechang's face flashed through Yan Liqiang's mind. Yan Liqiang's heart suddenly became excited. Two tears silently slid down from his closed eyes. He clenched his fists tightly and swore in his heart that this time, no matter what, he would not let the tragedy of the last time happen again...
…
Sitting on the passenger ship, Yan Liqiang's thoughts were surging and his emotions were agitated. It was not until the evening when the passenger ship arrived at Xijiang Wharf that Yan Liqiang regained his composure.
"Everyone, get off the boat, get off the boat, check to see if you have brought all your belongings and gifts, don't leave them on the boat..." the boatman shouted outside. Yan Liqiang got off the boat with everyone else. The husband of the woman to whom he gave up his seat was coming to pick them up at the dock. Nothing had changed.
Under the politeness and insistence of the woman's husband, Yan Liqiang still took the oil-paper umbrella with a warm atmosphere, and then watched the family of three disappear in front of him.
Holding an oil-paper umbrella, Yan Liqiang took a deep breath and looked at the tall city wall of Pingxi City's north gate, which was squatting like a giant beast in the drizzle more than a thousand meters away. Several thoughts flashed through his mind quickly, and then he quickly ran towards the north gate of Pingxi City.
When they arrived outside the north gate of Pingxi City, the rain had subsided a lot. Yan Liqiang saw an eight or nine-year-old boy who had taken off all his clothes and was fishing with a small fishing rod by the river outside the city without fear of the drizzle. He took out a handful of copper coins from his pocket and walked over.
"Little brother, do you want to make money?" Yan Liqiang said, weighing the copper coins in his hand and making them rustle.
The little boy's eyes immediately fixed on the copper coin in Yan Liqiang's hand. He swallowed his saliva, but his eyes were still a little alert. "What do you want me to do? Let me tell you first, I won't do anything bad!"
"It's nothing bad, I just have a friend coming over in a while, just give him a message for me!"
"It's that simple?"
"Well, it's that simple. Just look at my expression later..."
After taking another look at the copper coins rustling in Yan Liqiang's hand, the little boy nodded immediately.
…
Just seven or eight minutes later, a young Chinese man in his twenties walked over from a small path on the left side of the city gate. When he was still a hundred meters away from the city gate, he was seen by Yan Liqiang. Seeing this young Chinese man appear, Yan Liqiang immediately winked at the little boy, and the little boy immediately ran towards the young Chinese man.
"Excuse me, is your name Lin Hua?"
The young man was stunned for a moment, "I am, what do you want?"
"You have a friend who asked you to wait for him at the Three-Arch Bridge for a while. He has something to give you..." The little boy pointed to a small bridge more than 200 meters away and said to the young man seriously.
"Who told me to wait for him there!"
"I don't know about that. That person said he was your friend and that you would know who he was as soon as you met him. He also said he had a big surprise for you!"
"Okay, thanks!"
The little boy disappeared in the blink of an eye.
The young man named Lin Hua looked at the Three-Arch Bridge not far away, thought for a moment, then turned and walked towards the Three-Arch Bridge. Anyway, that place was not far away, and he was full of curiosity. The names of several of his friends flashed through his mind, and he wondered who was going to give him a big surprise at the Three-Arch Bridge.
Just a moment after the young man named Lin Hua walked towards the Three-Arch Bridge, a caravan of Shatu people consisting of dozens of camels and more than ten rhinoceros horses appeared. Under the complicated gazes of the people at the city gate, the caravan of Shatu people proudly passed through the city gate and entered the city...
Although there was a distance of several hundred meters between them, the young man named Lin Hua standing on Wuli Bridge also saw the Shatu caravan and spat at them angrily.
"Pah..."
Without any accidents or conflicts, the Shatu caravan entered the city.
Yan Liqiang was standing under a willow tree by the river not far from the city gate. He looked at the Shatu people entering the city with a cold gaze and slightly narrowed eyes.
After these Shatu people entered the city, Yan Liqiang did not enter the city, but turned in another direction and walked towards the west of Pingxi City...
(End of this chapter)