Chapter 40: Qingya Town
The wind left without a trace, leaving Zhong Hou still slowly digesting this large piece of information in the same place.
Before leaving, Feng Wuxian gave Zhong Hou a suggestion, that is, let him go back to Situ's house and continue to be a little guard.
Although the higher-level world is not as cruel as within the Blood Killing Alliance, it is also full of crises and killings everywhere, and there are basically only interests between people.
He believes that Zhong Hou's personality is not suitable for this kind of environment.
But... If... In case Zhong Hou really wants to break through to the innate realm, and really wants to set foot in a higher-level world, he must not choose to join the Blood Killing Alliance. Otherwise, with Zhong Hou's character, he will not die at the hands of the enemy in the future, but at the hands of his peers.
If the people of the Blood Killing Alliance knew that Feng Wuxian was so concerned about a 'stranger' who had only seen two sides, they would definitely be shocked.
In other ways, in order to prevent the secret obtained by the Blood Killing Alliance from revealing the treasure map fragments, Zhong Hou had already been killed ten times.
Of course, Zhong Hou didn't know the inside story, and thought that the killer of Feng Wuxian was not too cold.
After digesting a large amount of information, Zhong Hou collected his mood and began to plan for the future.
He originally wanted to leave the Situ family to go out to practice, and now that he has such a good opportunity, he naturally doesn't have to go back normally.
But he didn't expect things to happen so suddenly, he was completely unprepared, not only did he never plan the first leg of his training, but he didn't even pack his luggage.
Second, to be a man must have a beginning and an end, he can't disappear without saying a word, he can't let the Situ family feel that he is an irresponsible person, and he can't let Fu Bo, the father-in-law, worry.
So he decided to go back to Situ's house to explain it first, and as for the next step, he could think slowly on the road.
It's just that the next moment, Zhong Hou was dumbfounded.
This place is deserted, barren mountains and mountains, there is no store in front of the village, and it is impossible to distinguish between the southeast and the northwest, which direction is the Situ family in?
After being stunned for a long time, Zhong Houcai patted his head and secretly scolded himself for being stupid.
I spent half a day in the Situjia Library to memorize the map information, how could I almost forget it at this juncture.
So he looked around, and roughly determined a direction before slowly leaving.
He still has injuries on his body, and the injuries are quite serious, although Feng Wuxian has already dealt with it for him, but he can only barely move, and the big movements hurt so much that he grinned his teeth, and he couldn't get up quickly.
He had a map in his mind, and as long as he determined the coordinates, he could easily find his way back to Situ's house.
Now Zhong Hou is in a dense forest, usually the more inaccessible, the denser the trees, the more densely populated, the more sparse the trees, so as long as he judges based on this, it is easy to find nearby villages and towns.
As long as you find a village or town, as long as you meet a living person, the coordinates can naturally be determined.
Of course, there is another way of saying that the direction to the sun is denser, and the direction of the back sun is more sparse.
But no matter what the situation is, Zhong Hou can only gamble on luck at the moment.
Fortunately, the emperor lived up to his wishes, and after two days of stop-and-go, he finally saw a fairly prosperous town.
Fortunately, there are only wild beasts here, otherwise if he encounters brute beasts or even demon beasts, it is estimated that he will have turned into feces.
It was also thanks to the wild beasts that he didn't go hungry. Although his injuries have not healed, the foundation of the fourth layer is still there, and it is not a problem to deal with some pheasants and hares.
When I came to the town, I saw all kinds of stalls and shouts on both sides of the street, so it was not lively.
Coming to a vegetable selling aunt, Zhong Hou asked very politely, "How is this aunt." ”
"Young man, do you want to buy vegetables? Our vegetables here are all freshly dug out of the ground, very fresh, and you can pick and choose. ”
"I'm sorry, I'm not here to buy groceries, I want to ask my aunt about something. ”
The aunt is a farmer, very simple, and did not show dissatisfaction because Zhong Hou was not here to patronize, but asked very enthusiastically: "What do you want to inquire about, my mother Liu has been selling vegetables here for more than ten years, and there is basically nothing I don't know." ”
Zhong Hou was also a farmer, and knew which people in the village were the most well-informed in the past. Obviously, when it comes to gossip, Mama Liu in front of her definitely meets the requirements.
Of course, the gossip in Zhong Hou's mind does not have the slightest derogatory meaning, it is just a way of life.
And this way of life can sometimes provide convenience for others, as Zhong Hou is doing now.
"Because I'm lost, I want to ask Liu's mother what kind of place this is. ”
"This is Qingya Town. It is named after the cliff not far away. Already... Already... I don't even know how many years of history, anyway, when my great-grandfather's great-grandfather's great-grandfather was still here, it already existed, and it is estimated that it has existed for thousands of years. The people here are very nice and do business very fairly, so people from far away from the city like to come here to do business with us... ”
Liu's mother was still crackling in her mouth, but Zhong Hou's mind was already immersed in the map in her mind.
Then he was shocked to find that there was a small village next to Qingya Town.
Not so long ago, this small, obscure village became famous for a treasure map.
That's right, it's Gaojia Village.
Zhong Hou suddenly thought that since many cultivators were so eager for the treasure map, there must be something precious about it.
He didn't have a treasure map in his hand, and he didn't have the ability to snatch the treasure map from the cultivator's hands, but as the birthplace of the treasure map, if he explored it, he might get something.
However, in order to confirm that this Gaojia Village is the Gaojia Village, Zhong Hou interrupted Liu's mother's chatter and asked, "Auntie, may I ask if Gaojia Village is nearby? ”
It's just that I didn't expect that Zhong Hou's question was like stepping on a cat's tail, which made Liu's mother stand up with a sigh and scolded excitedly: "You bastards, it's not enough to ruin people's families, you still have to come now? Hurry up and get out, I don't know anything." ”
After that, Mother Liu also picked up the flat pole and picked it up according to Zhong Hou.
How could Zhong Hou's strength be beaten, just raised his hand slightly, and grabbed the flat pole in his hand.
No matter how hard Mother Liu tried, she couldn't take the flat shoulder back, so she could only shout loudly: "Murder... Murder... ”
Liu's mother's voice was not small, and the surrounding crowd immediately watched, so that Zhong Hou was not embarrassed, so he could only justify: "Mother Liu, did you have any misunderstanding." Don't shout yet, can you tell me what's going on, why I asked about Gaojia Village, you are so excited. ”
Although I don't know why, it can be guessed from Liu Ma's words and deeds that this Gaojia Village is the other Gaojia Village nine times out of ten.
The onlookers didn't know what was going on, but now when they heard Zhong Hou take the initiative to mention Gaojia Village, it immediately caused a sensation, and they all pointed at Zhong Hou and scolded angrily.
Zhong Hou looked confused, what is the situation?
Hearing the content of everyone's scolding, Zhong Hou realized that everyone thought that he was another cultivator who came to 'hunt for treasures'.
In the past, there were often cultivators in the town, asking about the news of Gaojia Village.
The cultivators were generous, so the residents of the town were very enthusiastic and confessed all the news they knew, but they couldn't imagine that this would bring ruin to Gaojia Village.
Although the tragedy of the destruction of the village had nothing to do with the residents of the town, everyone was still very guilty.
So from then on, everyone was very hostile to strangers who came to inquire about Gaojia Village.
Hearing this, Zhong Hou was speechless for a while.
Although he was deeply sympathetic to Gaojiacun's plight, it had nothing to do with him.