Chapter 123 Encountering bandits on the road
Early the next morning, Su Ziyi hitched up the carriage and prepared to leave.
The weather was not very good. There were dark clouds floating in the sky early in the morning, and it looked like it was going to rain. However, Su Ziyi thought that the rain in spring was probably just a gentle drizzle, so he did not plan to stay for another day and was ready to pack up and hit the road immediately.
"After leaving the town, go south, and there will be another straight road leading to Qixia Town. As long as you go faster, you might be able to reach the next town in less than half a day." In front of the inn, Yang Liu was following Bian
Qing was talking, and when he caught sight of Su Ziyi's figure from the corner of his eye, he said goodbye to Bian Qing and Su Yulang with some reluctance. Although the two have not known each other for a long time, Bian Qing has a straightforward temper and does not hesitate to speak, so Yang Liu quickly chatted with Bian Qing, just like friends. Yang Liu even felt that these two days were the happiest time he had lived in the past few years.
"Okay, I've remembered it all." Although it was just a chance encounter, Bian Qing also followed Yang Liu's affection. He thanked Yang Liu, and when he saw Su Ziyi sitting on the carriage waiting for them, he knew it was time to leave, so he didn't waste time and said goodbye to Yang Liu: "Then we'll leave now. It's been a long time these two days." Thank you."
"What happened." Hearing what Bian Qing said, Yang Liu blushed a little. After all, he ran an inn and only did his duty. How could he afford Bian Qing's thanks? He quickly waved his hand to refuse, followed Bian Qing and walked a few steps in the direction of the carriage. After Bian Qing and Su Yulang climbed onto the carriage, he returned to his normal expression, smiled and waved: "Have a nice trip." "You want the same, too
. Take care."
Seeing that the two of them had finished saying goodbye, Su Ziyi picked up his whip and urged Lao Ma and his family to walk out of the town.
"Hey, it won't rain today." The carriage turned around, and Bian Qing took Su Yulang to sit down. They did not enter the carriage, but sat behind Su Ziyi against the carriage. Then he looked up and saw the sky without any sunshine, and couldn't help but feel a little worried: "Do you want to take out the oilcloth first?" "It's okay, I probably won't be able to get off for a while."
Because we were still in the town, the carriage was not going very fast. , but it also allowed them to observe the town in more detail.
When I entered the town yesterday, it was quite late, so I couldn’t see very clearly. But now they can clearly discover that there are not many shops in this town. Many shops with signboards are actually not open for business. Most of them are actually residential buildings. When they look through the open door, the furnishings inside are just like those of ordinary people. The main hall is average, and in some houses there are children sitting and playing inside.
"It seems that what Yang Liu said yesterday is really true." Looking at the somewhat desolate street, Bian Qing couldn't help but feel a little sad.
"Yeah." Su Ziyi said casually. Although he could see that the people in this town did not live a very good life. Many people were still wearing patched old clothes, and Fatty didn't even see one, but what did this have to do with him?
"They are just like the people in the village." At this time, Su Yulang, who had been leaning on Bian Qing silently, said with a small face that didn't look very happy: "They are just a little better than the people in the village, better than the people in the village." The people in Shuiyun Town are far behind." After saying this, he moved his buttocks and hit Bian Qing again.
Su Ziyi and Bian Qing did not expect Su Yulang to say these words.
Su Ziyi was startled at first, and then smiled silently. He glanced sideways at the somewhat unhappy Su Yulang and said, "Do you remember what I told you before? Yulang." He turned back and continued to drive the carriage to avoid collision. Pedestrian said: "The world is very big, people in different places live in different ways, and different people have different ideas, so we must not use what we are accustomed to to speculate on other people's lives." Su Yulang listened to him
. As he spoke, he remembered the night when his father said he wanted to teach him how to read. He pursed his lips, nodded, and said, "I understand, father." "It's just that-" He said something to Su Yulang first
. , Su Ziyi started talking about something else again, because he thought this was a good opportunity to educate his children: "You can think about it, what would you do if you were in their perspective?" He paused to let Su Yulang thought about what he said: "Should I choose to compromise like these townspeople, or should I choose other ways to break through the shackles?"
"I -" Su Yulang subconsciously wanted to answer, but when the words came to his lips, he didn't know what to say
. What did he say? His eyes were full of confusion.
His confusion was noticed by Bian Qing on the side. Bian Qing hugged him and said softly: "It doesn't matter if you don't think clearly now. In the future, you will read more, learn more and think more, and you will naturally be able to think clearly." Yes." Su Yulang, who was a little frustrated, put his face against Bian Qing's chest and said gloomily, "Yeah." Obviously he should have an idea, but why couldn't he say anything?
It's so annoying.
After leaving the town, Su Ziyi drove south in the direction pointed by Yang Liu. Perhaps because of the gathering of merchants in the past, the dirt road under your feet is relatively flat. Although weeds have grown in some places because they have not been taken care of for a long time, or there are scattered gravels that make the carriage a little bumpy, but overall it is not bad. Better.
Just as soon as he left the town gate, Bian Qing frowned uncontrollably. He remembered what Yang Liu said last night, and said to Su Ziyi with some worry: "You won't really run into bandits." "It's okay if you do
. ." In this regard, Su Ziyi was full of confidence: "The three of us are all cultivators. Not to mention that I am already at the ninth level of Qi Refining, but the cultivation levels of you and Yu Lang are enough among ordinary people. "After saying that, he added: "No matter how difficult it is, can it be as difficult as a monster?"
His words completely reassured Bian Qing. He thought of the crow that he had killed. Yu, at the same time, a sense of expectation arose in his heart, and he asked Su Ziyi with bright eyes: "When we get to Qixia Town, can we also go to the Meteor Fairy Forest to explore? I haven't hunted for a long time. I've been through monsters, and my hands are a little rusty." At the end of his words, there was a hint of coquettishness in his words that he didn't know he had.
Although he didn't hear it, Su Ziyi felt quite good in his heart. He said naturally: "Of course. As a cultivator, it is not enough to have cultivation skills. You also have to keep up with the skills." He thought about the set of skills that he had already started to learn. "Zhiyi Sword Jue", I don't know if it is also suitable for them.
"That's good, then I'll take Yulang and sharpen it." Bian Qing was overjoyed when he heard what Su Ziyi said.
In fact, compared to magic techniques such as alchemy, Bian Qing likes the feeling of fighting monsters. It's just that before, my mentality was like that of ordinary people. I always thought it would be better not to get hurt, so I kept suppressing my preferences. In addition, the frequency of monster beasts appearing around Luoshan Village was so weird that even if he wanted to indulge, he would have no chance.
Therefore, when he heard Su Ziyi say this, he was really happy.
And just as he and Su Yulang were talking enthusiastically about the monsters he had seen in books, a dense rustling sound suddenly came from the dense forests on both sides of the road. They stopped talking and subconsciously turned their heads to look. They saw a group of ragged people suddenly emerging from the forest and surrounding them!
"Uh-" The situation was urgent, and the galloping old horse was immediately frightened. Su Ziyi, who sensed its panic in time, used his spiritual energy and directly pulled the old horse to a stop with brute force to avoid the carriage and the people blocking it in front. Hit a piece.
Sitting on the carriage, Su Ziyi frowned and looked at the group of people in front of him. Most of this group of people are young and strong men, with only a few elderly people. They are all slovenly. Apart from layers of patches on their clothes, there is no clean spot in sight. They are all thin. Holding wooden sticks or knives, they gathered around them and looked at them eagerly.
At a glance, there are at least forty people here.
So, are these people the "bandits" Yang Liu calls them?
It doesn't look like much.
"Amu——" Su Yulang was a little scared when he was surrounded by so many strangers and leaned into Bian Qing's arms, but at the same time he did not dare to bury his head in it for fear that the other party would sneak up on them.
"It's okay." Apparently, Bian Qing also noticed something strange about this group of thieves. He gently touched Su Yulang's head and comforted him.
"Is something wrong?" Facing so many people, Su Ziyi continued to sit there as if nothing happened, his expression unchanged, and his eyes fell directly on the man in the middle. Because that man was the tallest, strongest and most energetic among the group, Su Ziyi directly regarded him as the leader.
While speaking, he pinched a spell in his hand, and instantly a fireball as big as his head floated to his side, as if it was ready to be ejected to the surroundings at any time.
And it was also because of this fire ball that this group of people discovered that the owner of this carriage was actually a cultivator! Their faces instantly turned pale. Only a few lucky and bold people cast their eyes on Bian Qing and Su Yulang behind them. Bian Qing and Su Yulang also noticed these sights. They frowned and like Su Ziyi, they both pinched out a fireball. Floating around the carriage.
At this time, the hearts of these people exploded!
What kind of luck do you have today?
Without thinking, the person standing in the corner immediately turned around and fled into the woods. When he moved, the people next to him also started to move. But in the blink of an eye, the group of people who had been surrounding them aggressively just now dispersed and disappeared, leaving only the person in the middle whose aura was locked by Su Ziyi.
As soon as those people dispersed, Su Ziyi also withdrew the pressure, and the man fell to the ground unable to hold on. The strong muscular man immediately became like a delicate little girl, unable to get up, with a dark face. His face was covered in cold sweat.
"Robbery?" Su Ziyi said casually after waving the fireball away. His attitude only made the man's heart more burdened. His lips trembled, but he didn't say a word. Such a scene was new to Su Ziyi. He had never encountered it before, so he felt a little relaxed: "I heard about it originally, and I thought he was some kind of great hero." After finishing speaking, , he chuckled without knowing it.
This deep sense of contempt made the other party feel ashamed. The man lowered his head, clenched his hands tightly into fists, and his eyes were even redder. Just because he was afraid of Su Ziyi's identity, he didn't dare to show anything unusual.
But for cultivators who have developed spiritual consciousness, what effect does his covering up play? Su Ziyi was not a murderous person. Although the other party did cause trouble for them, a few words of sarcasm were enough, so he just waved his hand, pushed the other party to the side of the road with his spiritual energy, and drove away in the carriage.
As they passed by the man, Su Yulang's words, "Amu, why are these bandits different from what they said in the script?" fell into the man's ears, making the man's eyes turn red instantly. bookben
- "Liu'er, just wait and see, one day I will become a hero like the hero in the storybook, punishing rape and eliminating evil! Killing all the little ones!" - "Ah, then you become a
hero , then what can I be?"
- "Hehe, my good Liu'er will naturally become the hero's wife! Wait for me to carry her home in an eight-carat sedan chair and become my wife!" - "You
! Shame on you! I don’t want it! Huh!”
...
The words of the past floated through my mind one after another, but in the end they were all in vain: “Eminem, why are these bandits different from what was said in the script?” The heartbreaking pain it caused him.
Liu'er...
This little episode on the road didn't affect the mood of the Su family too much. Because in their life trajectory, they have received too little kindness from the surroundings, so compared to others, their hearts are harder, and they only care about their family and those they have listed as friends. people.
As for the others? What does that have to do with them?
They didn't encounter any obstacles on the rest of the way. When the light rain fell from the sky, they successfully settled in the next town. This town was much better than Tianyi Town, and the conditions of the inn were much better than the one in Yangliu. However, Su Ziyi and the others had no idea of going in to inquire about the news. They only needed two rooms and settled down.
In the next few days, it rained continuously.
Worried that the road would be difficult, Su Ziyi and the others did not set off immediately, but continued to stay in the inn. When the sun appeared again, it was already four days later, and peach blossoms had already appeared on the peach blossom branches on the road, and they looked like they were about to bloom at any time. They didn't waste any more time and immediately packed their bags and hit the road. Fortunately, the weather was not bad, so they hurried slowly and finally reached their destination four days later - the place where the largest number of cultivators in the entire Southwest had gathered
.
——The closest to the Meteor Immortal Forest, the richest treasure house of cultivation resources in the entire continent, is a settlement that has completely surpassed the concept of a town
- Qixia Town.
Chapter 124 Reaching Qixia
The temperature in Qixia Town is relatively high and peach blossoms are blooming all over the mountains.
Standing at the gate of the town, there is an ancient town in front of him, and under his nose is the fragrant peach blossom fragrance. Su Ziyi is looking at it all in a trance. Hearing the bustling people and watching the noisy people, he feels an inexplicable wave in his heart. Ambition.
The same is true for Bian Qing and Su Yulang.
They had never seen such a scene. Even though it was Shenshi, there were still a large number of carriages and horses flowing in and out of Qixia Town. The carriage pulled by two horses was loaded with high cargo, which seemed to be as tall as two people! Although the goods were tightly wrapped in oil paper, if you get close, you can still smell the smell of herbs, which is enough for people to judge what is inside.
But others had no chance, because there were two tall men with muscular arms guarding the carriage. Each of them looked fierce, and whenever anyone got close, they would shout loudly. Walk.
And this is just one of the carriages.
You know, there are countless such carriages at the gate of Qixia Town. They are either carrying medicinal and spiritual materials, or hiding spiritual weapons and treasures, or more likely they just store some daily necessities... But no matter what, they are protected by their own guardians, one after another, at the gate of the town. There was a long queue.
The Su Ziyi family was caught in the middle of the team. Even if they stood on the carriage and stretched their heads, they could only see the back of the cargo in the carriage in front of them.
Just listening to the lively voices in front of them and the aroma of food mixed with the scent of flowers, the Su family couldn't help but feel excited. Su Yulang, who was still young, jumped out of the carriage, climbed up a tree on the side of the road and looked towards the town. Then he ran back happily and told his parents what he saw and heard.
"Father, Eminem, that is really a big town! It's definitely bigger than Shuiyun Town!" After running around, small beads of sweat hung on Su Yulang's little nose. When Bian Qing saw it, , and immediately took out the handkerchief and wiped it lovingly. "There are many people on the road. Be careful and don't fall."
"Yeah, yeah." Su Yulang nodded wildly, like a chicken pecking, but the light in his eyes was astonishingly bright.
"The queue is so long, I don't know if we can enter the town before dark." Bian Qing and Su Ziyi were adults after all. After being happy about the new environment for a while, they quickly calmed down and started worrying about other things. . After all, they had just arrived and had no place to stay. If they didn't enter the town early, they might not even be able to make it in time for dinner.
"Yes." Su Ziyi let go of the reins and sat back on the carriage board. He looked lazy. Only when the carriage in front moved forward, he would raise the whip in his hand and tap on the rafters. After the old horse took a few steps forward obediently, he would The whip was withdrawn.
"Let's wait for now. Anyway, we have to abide by the rules."
The waiting time was extremely boring. Even Su Yulang, who was as calm as Su Yulang, couldn't sit still and ran under the carriage to play. Su Ziyi and the other two didn't restrain him, as long as nothing happened. But they didn't expect that less than a short while later, their always introverted Yulang actually came over with two children.
There were two children, a boy and a girl. The older one was a little man. He looked about the same age as Su Yulang, but he was almost as tall. With his dark skin and lean torso, you could tell he was a skinny boy at a glance. The girl was much younger. Even with Su Yulang holding her hand, she still stumbled a bit when she walked.
"This-" Where did the child come from? When Su Ziyi saw the two children at first, he was confused for a while.
Bian Qing's adaptability in this regard was much better than him. He put on a kind smile and helped Su Yulang carry the little girl who was only four or five years old to the carriage, and then took it out of the carriage for Su Yulang to buy. After dividing the snacks, he said to Su Yulang who was standing under the carriage: "Alang, where did you meet this friend?" The happy Su Yulang was chewing a piece of maltose, his cheeks bulging, when he heard his mother-in-law
ask After he spoke, he raised his head and answered vaguely: "It's the child of the carriage family behind." As he said that, he raised his finger and pointed.
"Hello, uncle!" The little man was a bold and sweet-mouthed man. After getting a piece of candy from Bian Qing, he shouted at the top of his voice, which made Bian Qing's ears go deaf. Then he turned to Su Ziyi He yelled: "Hello, uncle!" Then he grinned with his white teeth. And after the little girl heard her brother calling him that, she also called Bian Qing and Su Ziyi twice.
Su Ziyi and Bian Qing were startled by the child's thundering roar, and it took them a while to wake up. Looking at the happy smile on the little man's face, they felt somewhat helpless.
This child...
Since he is Su Yulang's little friend, Bian Qing and Su Ziyi will naturally not say anything. Moreover, Su Yulang is already eleven years old, but he has never made any friends in Luoshan Village before. Now that he can make new friends just after arriving in Qixia Town, let him go, and at least let this child truly experience the relationship. What is it like to play with peers.
There were a few chirping children nearby, making waiting not so boring.
I don't know how long it took, but the long queue of carriages and horses finally came to the end of the aisle, and it was the Su family's turn. The two children had already returned to their carriage, so Su Ziyi just carried Su Yulang back to the carriage and walked towards the officers and soldiers guarding the town entrance alone.
Although the guard's job is not complicated, it is very tiring at the end of the day, so when he saw Su Ziyi, his expression was not very good-looking. The other party came forward very rudely and searched Su Ziyi's skills. His companion also walked to the carriage and called Su Yulang and Bian Qing down. Then he waved open the curtain of the carriage and got inside to check.
"I haven't seen you before, are you new here?" Su Ziyi didn't notice anything. The other party raised his hand and asked Su Ziyi to stand aside while asking at the same time.
"Yeah." Su Ziyi's eyes became a little darker when he saw the other party tapping Bian Qing with the handle of his knife.
"What are you doing here?"
"Settling down."
"Oh, after entering the town, remember to register with the government office as soon as possible." Perhaps because he has seen many people like Su Ziyi, the other party said casually, and then began to search Su Yulang is here.
"Okay."
Just when the other party finished searching Su Yulang and motioned Su Yulang to stand aside, the person who was searching the carriage came out, holding a knife that everyone in the Su family was very familiar with - the one that was used before. Su Ziyi used it to kill several monsters, and later gave it to Bian Qing to use.
"Gangzi, I've discovered something." The guard holding the green-horned knife is a small yellow-faced man. The black and blue eyes are very bright, and the chin is slightly pointed, which inevitably gives people the impression of a sharp-mouthed monkey's cheeks. And after he came over with the green horn knife, he didn't wait for the guard named Gangzi to speak, and came over aggressively: "Where did you get this thing?
" ?" The guard named Gangzi was stronger, but his face was not good-looking. After seeing what the guard was holding clearly, his expression became even worse: "This is the horn of the second-level monster Qingjiao, you guys? Where did these ordinary people come from? What are you going to do with this thing?" His face became more and more ugly, scaring away the few people behind who wanted to watch the fun, and even the new friends Su Yulang had met before also shrunk. When I went back, I saw that Su Yulang was very aggrieved, and she pursed her small mouth tightly.
"We killed them ourselves, and we only brought them with us just in case." Su Ziyi didn't expect that these things would be checked so strictly here.
"Killed by yourself?" The expressions of the two guards suddenly changed. The guard named Gangzi asked tentatively: "Could it be that you are practitioners?" "Yes, what's wrong?" Looking at the sudden change in the other's face, Su Ziyi also realized that things might be different from what he thought. Sure enough, after he said that he was a cultivator and used the fireball technique, the faces of the two people immediately became flattering.
"I'm sorry, sir, this is all a misunderstanding." The little man dared to take the Su family's things. He hurriedly returned the green horn knife, returned the money before handing it over, and wiped it with his sleeve.
"This must be your first time, sir. I've never heard of it." When Gangzi saw that several cultivators showed no signs of anger, his heart that had just been lifted immediately dropped, and then he squeezed out a smile and said: " Our Qixia Town is like this. Ordinary people need to go through inspection before they can enter, but if you are a cultivator, you don’t need to."
After speaking, he pointed to the side. Only then did Su Ziyi discover that there was another spacious entrance next to this road, which was just in the middle of the entrance to the town. The road in the middle was twice as wide as the road they were taking, and it was cleaner and smoother. It was the opposite of their traffic jam - it was deserted. This also caused the Su family and the group who had just arrived to think that this road was empty. The road is not passable.
At this moment, a rapid sound of carriage wheels came from behind. When I turned around, I saw a fleet of motorcades with yellow pennants speeding towards them. They were walking on the smooth middle road, turning a blind eye to the crowds around them. They passed by in such a majestic manner that they were so surprised that there were people lined up beside them. The people waiting in line subconsciously moved back.
Su Ziyi took a closer look and found that the man riding the tall horse was actually a sixth-level practitioner of Qi Refining! That man, like the people scattered around the motorcade, was all wearing a uniform brown robe, with a tight face, and looked very serious. They rushed towards the town without slowing down, leaving only a gust of wind in the ears of Su Ziyi and others.
"This is the Qingcheng Lin family's motorcade." When Gangzi saw Su Ziyi staring at the back of the motorcade with special interest, he immediately stepped forward to explain. And hearing what he said, Su Ziyi also set his sights on the pennant flying in the wind. There was indeed a black word written on it - Lin! He withdrew his gaze, nodded to Gangzi and the others, indicating that he understood, and then said, "Then can we enter the town?" "Of course, of course -" Gangzi and the thin guard hurriedly made their invitations
. posture, when Su Ziyi returned to the carriage, he did not forget to say to Su Ziyi: "However, your Excellency still has to go to the government office to register in the past two days. Only cultivators who have registered in the government office can enjoy the privileges of cultivators. "
Okay, I understand." Su Ziyi nodded, the reins vibrated, and he immediately drove the carriage toward the town. After seeing them enter the town, Gangzi and the two men breathed a sigh of relief.
"I didn't expect that there is such a practice here. It has never been done in Chucheng." Sitting on the carriage with Su Yulang in his arms, Bian Qing said with lingering fear: "Except for the aristocratic family and the Hou Mansion, everyone else in Chucheng seems to be pretty much the same. ." He thought about it carefully: "Even other casual cultivators can only follow the same path as ordinary people. At most, they can jump in line." "This is different." Su Ziyi, who was sitting in front, said
quietly road.
At this time, because the Lin family's motorcade had just passed by, the crowds forced to both sides had not yet completely closed up, so it was not very congested as they drove the carriage on the road.
"Places like Chucheng have been controlled by the four major aristocratic families and the Hou Mansion for too many years, and have formed a unique prestige there, so no matter what the identity of the outsiders is, they must give some face to the aristocratic families and the Hou Mansion. But it's different here. It's a mixed bag here, with people from all factions. Naturally, it can't create that kind of atmosphere." "That's right." "Are
we
going to live here in the future?" At this time, Gang was a little bit shy because his friends were withdrawing and rejecting him. Su Yulang, who was disappointed, had been attracted by the bustling scene on both sides of the road. His eyes couldn't help but look at the shops on both sides without blinking. At this time, it was getting dark and the lanterns were starting to turn on, making the whole street brightly lit and very lively.
"Yes, Yulang, do you like it here?" Like the inns in other places, the inns in Qixia Town also have long flags hung on high poles, so Su Ziyi only needs to look at the position of the long flags to find the inn. He did not stop at the nearest inns, but walked further inside, trying to find a quiet place to stay.
Seeing that Su Yulang had recovered from the previous episode, he hurriedly joked: "This place is much more lively than Shuiyun Town, and there are more delicious food. Has Yulang thought about what to eat tonight?" "
His words aroused the greed in Su Yulang's stomach, and he even made a "goo" sound in a very cooperative manner, making the two adults laugh and the child's face turned red. Su Yulang buried his face in Bian Qing's arms with some shame and anger, only showing half of his face. After the carriage turned to a relatively quiet street, he revealed his face, blushing and said: "I want to eat Noodles."
"Huh?" His voice was a little soft, and Su Ziyi didn't hear it clearly for a while. Only after Bian Qing repeated it did he realize what Su Yulang was talking about. He stopped teasing Su Yulang and laughed heartily: "Okay! Let’s eat noodles tonight!”
As soon as he finished speaking, the carriage happened to stop at the door of a white-walled inn with a black wooden frame.