Gu Qingqiao looked at the jade card silently, and there was no emotion in his eyes.
After a long while, he put the jade card back on the small table and pushed it towards Zhang Jinjin.
Zhang Jinjin took back the jade card, put it in his arms, stared at Gu Qingqiao for a while without saying a word, closed his eyes and didn't speak again, and fell asleep after a while.
The carriage wobbled and finally reached Nanping Town the next morning, stopping in front of a large mansion.
An old servant walked out of the house, tall in green clothes and white beard, greeted him with a smile, and said diligently, "Young master is finally back, I have been away for half a year this time. ." Seeing Zhang Jinjin getting out of the carriage, he immediately reached out to help him.
Zhang Jinjin smiled and said, "Uncle Chen, how old am I, you still treat me as a child."
The maroon color in Uncle Chen's eyes was fleeting, and he said with a smile: "How big is it? In our place, children under the age of 100 are considered children."
Zhang Jinjin waved his hand and jumped off the carriage. Behind him, Gu Qingqiao lifted the curtain. That Uncle Chen was originally smiling, but at this moment, he caught a glimpse of a person sitting in the carriage, narrowed his eyes and was surprised. He pulled Zhang Jinjin behind him, and pulled out a large knife from his waist. The whole person turned into a puff of blue smoke and swept forward. In an instant, the sharp edge of the knife stuck to Gu Qingqiao's throat.
The cold blade carried bursts of murderous aura, and the demonic energy rushed towards the fragile meridians of Gu Qingqiao. The spiritual formation in front of his chest almost collapsed, and the spiritual power in his body began to riot again.
A trace of blood spilled from the corner of Gu Qingqiao's mouth, but he stared at the old man fearlessly, his eyes sharp like a knife.
"Uncle Chen, stop!" Zhang Jinjin hurriedly stepped forward to pull the old man, "He is not Asabo!"
"No?" The old man's eagle-like eyes stared at Gu Qingqiao's face.
Due to burns and spiritual exhaustion, Gu Qingqiao did not dare to allow Disguise Gu to remain in his skin, and soon after getting on the carriage, he used medicine to remove the Gu worms, restoring his deep and handsome facial features.
"It's not really! Uncle Chen, get down!" Zhang Jinjin shouted beside the car.
Uncle Chen glanced at Gu Qingqiao's face again, his hands loosened, and the knife was sheathed. He murmured in his mouth: "It does look younger, but it really looks like it."
Zhang Jinjin pulled the old man out of the car, dumbfounded, and came to help Guqingqiao.
The blade was far away, but the spiritual power in the body was still running around, Gu Qingqiao couldn't help coughing. Zhang Jinjin hurriedly put a palm on his chest, poured in a small amount of demonic energy, guided out the demonic energy that the old man had invaded just now, and explained: "You don't have magic crystals now, the demonic energy is too domineering for you, I You can only export excess demonic energy, you have to straighten out the meridians yourself."
Gu Qingqiao nodded and meditated cross-legged on the spot. It took more than half an hour before his face slowly recovered.
Uncle Chen had already instructed the servants in the house to move everything into the room, and then opened the kitchen to serve breakfast. Seeing Qingqiao recovering, he stepped forward and said, "This old man was clumsy just now and regarded the son as an enemy. I hope you will forgive me."
Gu Qingqiao twitched the corners of his mouth, smiled reluctantly, and said, "It's okay. Since it's a mistake, it's good to explain it now." After he finished speaking, he got up and got out of the carriage. Uncle Chen stepped forward immediately and helped him down.
The old man was probably feeling guilty, and when he helped Gu Qingqiao into the house, he was still chattering: "After so many years, it's not easy for A Ru, I have no other wishes for this poor old man, so I just want him to be safe and sound. ."
"Aru?" Gu Qingqiao asked suspiciously.
"Oh, it's Jin Jin." Uncle Chen explained, "I'm used to calling him by his nickname. But to be honest, although my eyes are dim, you and Asabo look really similar, with a smile on your face. It hurts, and it was a mistake for a while."
"Okay Uncle Chen," Zhang Jinjin greeted him and persuaded, "We all know that you didn't do it on purpose."
After sitting down to eat some porridge and side dishes, Zhang Jinjin called a subordinate and asked, "When will Mulin arrive?"
The young man took out a jade slip and gave it to Zhang Jinjin. A cold voice came from the jade slip: "The things have been received, and they should arrive tomorrow evening. If there is a little situation, let's talk face to face."
Yujian received the news last night, that is to say, Mullin returned that night. Zhang Jinjin nodded with satisfaction and put the jade slip into his sleeve pocket.
Uncle Chen cleaned the room for the two of them. I couldn't sleep well in the carriage, and Gu Qingqiao couldn't hold it anymore, so he went back to his room and fell asleep.
When he woke up, it was noon. Uncle Chen was chatting with his servants outside. When he saw Qingqiao open the door, he hurriedly let people bring in the wash. After watching Qingqiao finish washing up, another meal was served.
"If A Ru has something to do, let you stay at home." Uncle Chen said with a smile.
Looking at the kind face of the old housekeeper, it was hard to imagine that he was still carrying a knife around his neck in the morning. Gu Qingqiao lifted the jug on the table and said with a smile, "Old uncle come to have a drink too?"
"That's good!" It seemed that he was also an alcoholic, and Uncle Chen was not polite. He sat down with a golden knife and poured a drink. "This is the 'Feng Ming' treasured by A Ru. Your kid is very popular in front of him."
Gu Qingqiao poured himself a drink, and clinked glasses with Uncle Chen, then said slowly, "Uncle Chen, who did you take me for this morning?"
Mentioning this, Uncle Chen began to stare at Gu Qingqiao's face again. "To be honest, you and Asabo really look alike. Although they are younger, their body and facial features are very similar."
"Who is Assab?"
"You... don't know? This..." Uncle Chen was a little puzzled.
"Why, can't you tell?" Gu Qingqiao asked.
"That's not true. As Aru said, I can tell you anything you ask." Uncle Chen drank another glass and squinted his eyes.
According to Uncle Chen's performance in the morning, Gu Qingqiao thought he would pull out some kind of Jiangyang robbers and treacherous officials. I didn't expect the old man to get such an explosive answer as soon as he said it.
"Lord of the Demon Domain? Then your reaction today... You are not too brave!" Gu Qingqiao teased.
"Humph! No matter who he is, it's not the little brat that I watched grow up!" Uncle Chen stared, "I tell you, that kid was not a good thing since he was a child. Fifty years ago, the struggle for the throne of the Demon Lord made the Demon Territory uneasy, and now it's starting to toss again..."
Gu Qingqiao, who looks a lot like "It's not a good thing", is a little speechless, but he is secretly vigilant, "What do you mean by tossing?"
"I don't know about this, but Aru has been refusing to tell me. Alas, this kid always takes care of himself when he has something." Uncle Chen complained, his eyes red, "Look at him, a good Demon Realm royal family, even if he can't inherit the Demon Domain. The throne of the king, it is not enough to be an idle prince there, and no one dares to say a word when he eats, drinks and has fun all his life. But he insists on coming to this human world, running around all day long, what is the plan? What?…”
Uncle Chen was a little drunk, and he said a lot with his tongue out, and then he went back to his room to rest.
Gu Qingqiao took two bites at random, and his spirit gradually weakened. He was half lying on the bed. He took out a sky blue hair band from his sleeve pocket, which he accidentally brought out when he was drunk in Xi Yun's room that night. .
Gu Qingqiao gently rubbed the soft hairband with both hands, remembering the long black and soft hair of the owner of the hairband, his heart was slightly warm, and he wanted to tie the hairband to his soft hair by himself.
Mu Xiyun tied her hair tie and checked the items on her body again. He didn't care much about what to bring into the mountain. Anyway, he could ride a horse and climb a mountain on the flat ground, and he could still ride his sword when he encountered deep ravines and dangerous shoals. Qin Le is also a Jindan cultivation base. Although he is a little timid, he has no problem in protecting himself in case of an accident. Therefore, Mu Xiyun only checked the two matching swords and brought some dry food, and went out with Qin Le.
A young young man was waiting at the entrance of the village with a horse. When he saw them, he quickly stepped forward and said, "The two immortals, the youngest is Zhou Yi. The village chief said that you are going into the mountains, and let me show you a way."
Mu Xiyuan nodded, waited for him to mount the horse, and the horse followed him, and asked, "Do you know the mountain where the purple core grass is harvested?"
Zhou Yi replied respectfully, "Yes. The village chief has to go into the mountains to pick purple core grass every year, and I have also been there twice." After he finished speaking, he pointed to the mountains in front of him: "In front is Dragon Claw Mountain. There are five branches in total, like the five fingers of a big hand, and the purple core grass grows on the second finger on the right."
Mu Xiyun nodded and asked again, "Do you know where my Senior Brother Su went to collect medicine?"
Zhou Yi replied: "Su Xianjun entered the mountain that day, which is also the way I pointed. I originally wanted to go with him, but after entering the mountain that day, we discovered that the mountain had changed."
"Change?" Mu Xiyun frowned, "Is something wrong?"
"That's not true." Zhou Yi replied: "In the past years, when I went to collect herbs with the village chief, we used to go up the mountain along a sheep intestine path. There was a steep slope on the road. Don't look at the old village chief's age, but he is the best in our village. Yes. I can't go up that steep slope by myself, but he can easily climb up, and then put a rope to pull me up. That day, Su Xianjun and I went to the steep slope, but found that the steep slope did not know when. The stone on the top collapsed and blocked the road. Su Xianjun was afraid that the road would be more difficult to walk inside, so he let me go back to the village first."
If it was just an ordinary mountain road that collapsed, even if it was difficult to walk, it would not be able to trap a cultivator like Su Yanjun. Mu Xiyun and Qin Le exchanged glances, still confused.
After half a day on horseback, we arrived at the foot of the mountain, and there is really only a sheep intestines trail leading to the mountain. Mu Xiyun and Qin Le dismounted and followed Zhou Yi to the mountain. Dragon Claw Mountain is full of spiritual energy, and the flowers and trees are particularly lush. Walking on the road, from time to time, you can find rare fairy flowers and herbs, which are thriving.
The path was winding, and after walking for two hours, Zhou Yi stopped. There was a bald piece on the steep cliff ahead, and the mountain road was a mess, with large and small stones, broken branches and trunks lying across the road, making it difficult for ordinary people to walk.
"It's here!" Zhou Yi breathed out. "I'll send Su Xianjun here."
Mu Xiyuan nodded, looked back at Qin Le, and instructed Zhou Yi: "As my brother said, you can't get in here, if there are still rocks inside, it will be difficult to go. You should go back first. "
Zhou Yi shook his head and said, "Last time I let Su Xianjun go in alone, and I haven't seen it until now. I've always felt guilty. Although I can't help much, I'll feel better if I stay here for a while."
Seeing that he insisted so much, the two no longer discouraged him, and only checked the dry food weapons that Zhou Yi brought. Qin Le rummaged through his pockets, took out a few spells, and handed them to him: "This is a vajra amulet I made myself. If you encounter a wild beast, you can burn it to repel the enemy. If there are too many enemies, just use Paper ashes draw a circle on the ground. As long as you stand in the circle and can't come out, the beast can't help you."
Zhou Yi was overjoyed. Although he took the initiative to stay, he couldn't help but feel a little scared. With this spell, even if he encounters bad people and beasts, he can at least be safe. So I quickly took it and said thank you.
The two said goodbye to Zhou Yi. Mu Xiyun lifted his breath and lightened his body, tapped a few times on the rocks, and quickly swept into the mountain. Although Qin Le looks honest, he has practiced qigong solidly since he was a child, and his footwork is quite good. With Mu Xiyun tossing and turning, he disappeared in a short time.