Chapter 2 Chenzhou
stayed in the cave for another two days, not only to let Xue Yun recuperate, but also to wait for the turmoil outside that might be calmer because of the previous incident.
Although the two days are short, it should be enough for Xue Bai, who was only injured a little, to return to Xue's house and report the news of Xue Yuan's "fall". After that, there were indeed people in the Xue family who came out to look for it, but they only glanced at it in a hurry, and soon gave up going back to restore their lives. This situation is a good thing for Xue Yun and Xiao Luo today, but ......
Xue Yun pursed his lips, closed his eyes and exhaled a long breath.
Not surprising, as you can imagine.
She also ...... It's kind of giving up the family, that's it...... What's so sad about it at this time?
Three years ago, her father died in an otherwise non-dangerous outing. There are many doubts in this matter, but the Xue family is not even bad at checking, and even the funeral has not been done for the father, who is one of the most outstanding people in the lineage, just like that, the existence of the father who was also the glory of the Xue family was hastily erased.
Xue Yun knew that there must be something strange in it, and her mother, who had always been in love with her father and flounder, must have known it in her heart, so she would make trouble in the clan a few times, but it didn't have any effect, but after the orphans and widows were suppressed, she angrily cut herself out of the ancestral hall of the Xue family.
The blood of the mother stained the ground outside the ancestral hall red, but ...... Nothing has changed.
From that moment on, Xue Yun had already broken off all affection for the Xue family.
After a short period of turmoil, the two set off on a shuttle and headed for Chenzhou.
There are a total of Kyushu in the Great Thousand Realms, the Feng family is one of the four major families in Zhongzhou, the Xue family and the Tang family in Mianzhou, the Li family in Cangzhou, the Xuanqingmen in Qingzhou, the Yin Gui faction in Yanzhou, and the Demon Palace and Shahai City in Qiaozhou. There are no top forces in charge, and now there are only Yuanzhou, Miaozhou, and Chenzhou, the first purpose of Xue Yuan and Xiao Luo's trip.
The Great Thousand Realms are extremely vast, and Mianzhou, where the Xue family is located, is not adjacent to Chenzhou, the destination of their trip, and is extraordinarily far away. For such long distances, larger flying machines are more common and more comfortable. The shuttle is not large or comfortable enough, but it is flexible and convenient, and the speed is considerable.
It is not difficult to control the shuttle, and Xiao Luo can still be distracted to talk to Xue Yuan, who is looking at the scenery on the ground.
"The first time you sat on a shuttle, did you feel good?"
Xue Yun came back to his senses and turned his head to look at Xiao Luo: "Hmm...... Although it was the first time to ride, I could also see that your shuttle was different from the one next to it, it was much more exquisite, and it had a dark pattern...... No matter how much it is, I can't see it, it's a rare good thing. β
Xiao Luo smiled: "It was given to me by the master." β
β...... Uncle Xiao ......" Xue Yuan's eyes were also in a trance, and the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked and recalled: "At that time, my father always said that Uncle Xiao was not doing his job, and he didn't want to cultivate and advance his cultivation for a good life, so he collected these miscellaneous things as treasures. β
Xiao Luo's smile also softened: "The most precious thing about the master is not these things, but his room of books." β
"Although Daddy always counts Uncle Xiao on his lips, he ...... I ran to read these books, and he just turned a blind eye, and sometimes...... And let me pick out interesting things to tell him. Thinking of her father who loved her like that, Xue Yun smiled, his eyes narrowed slightly: "Obviously, he is also very interested, but he just holds his breath and refuses to lose face in front of Uncle Xiao." β
Xiao Luo looked at Xue Yuan: "Master, he already knew." β
"yes. Xue Yun also looked back at Xiao Luo: "Actually, my father also knows that Uncle Xiao knows it." β
The two looked at each other and smiled, and the two old friends who were very serious and down-to-earth when they were separated, but extremely naΓ―ve when they were together, were so vivid and clear at this time.
β...... Xiao Luo. β
"Huh?"
"This is the first time I've left Mianzhou, but you ......"
Xiao Luo, who was adopted as an apprentice by her father Xue Yu's friend and Xiao Ding, was different from her, and after gradually growing up, she did not spend most of her time blindly on retreat and cultivation, but left alone with some life-saving things, walking around the world. Xiao Ding has always believed that the broadening of his horizons and the improvement of his state of mind are far more important than only practicing at home. Although Xue Yu had a lot of complaints about Xiao Ding for letting Xiao Luo go out alone too early to practice, he still agreed with Xiao Ding's idea in the end, but fortunately, Xiao Luo's talent is outstanding, even if he "delayed" a lot of effort, his cultivation is still not lagging behind, coupled with the experience of walking outside all the year round, he has gradually become calm in life, his mood is also open-minded, and he has grown up exceptionally fast. Although he praised Xiao Luo's growth very much, Xue Yu always wanted her beloved daughter Xue Yu to cultivate higher and have more self-defense means before going out to travel, and she waited for many years until she ...... He never had a chance to see it again.
Xiao Luo already understood what Xue Yuan wanted to say in his heart, but he still had a faint smile on his face: "I have set foot in Kyushu, and I know a little about the scenery, although it is still far from walking all over and seeing everything, but ...... It will be of some help to us for the rest of our trip. β
Xue Yun heard him deliberately mention this, and closed his eyes: "Xiao Luo......"
"Don't tell you that you want to regret it now?" Xiao Luo raised his eyebrows and laughed, with a much more relaxed teasing on his face: "What's the matter? I've heard of unloading the mill and killing the donkey to cross the river and tear down the bridge, are you ...... The shuttle hasn't even gone down yet, and you're going to throw it at me?"
Hearing this, Xue Yu choked, and couldn't help but glare at Xiao Luo.
But at the bottom of my heart, there is a faint warmth.
Such an "improper" Xiao Luo, Xiao Luo, who likes to tease her, is the Xiao Luo she is most familiar with.
"Okay!" Xiao Luo saw that Xue Yuan, who had been depressed for several days, finally showed signs of loosening, and his heart was also a little relieved, and he stretched out a hand and rubbed Xue Yuan's hair very unceremoniously: "Don't be cranky and indecisive, since you have already let me get on your thief ship, don't think about regretting it anymore, just move forward!"
Xue Yun paused for a moment, lowered his head slightly and blinked his eyes, suppressing the wetness under his eyes.
Indecisive, indecisive, and thoughtful, this is her shortcoming, even when she was a little girl who was pampered by her father in the palm of his hand, she was taught and even reprimanded by him earnestly.
Xue Yun took a deep breath, clenched his fists and finally stopped shaking, and then responded to Fang Cai Xiao Luo's teasing a little bit of thought: "...... The shuttle is yours. β
β...... Huh?" Xiao Luo's eyes widened for a moment, and he looked at Xue Yun a little exaggeratedly: "You really covet my 'boat'?"
Xue Yuan: "......"
How can I say that the two of them grew up together, although Xiao Luo's words jumped hard, Xue Yuan could understand it at once.
But it was because she understood that she couldn't say anything.
This is clearly Xiao Luo himself mentioned the "thief ship", and after she refuted it, in order to confirm that he got on "her thief ship", he insisted on giving her such a "crime". The "thief ship" can only be established by Xue Yuan's sentence "on her thief ship".
......
Twelve days later, entering the Chenzhou area, in order not to attract unnecessary attention, the shuttle landed on the edge, far from the wasteland and dense forests of the town.
The two stepped on the ground, Xue Yun watched Xiao Luo collect the shuttle, his eyes turned away and fell into the distance, and he frowned slightly: "We seem to have gone around for a while...... There it is...... Any questions?"
Xiao Luo raised his eyebrows: "Do you remember what I told you on the road that Chenzhou is rich in?"
In the past ten days on the road, Xue Yun and Xiao Luo mentioned the codex of her father Xue Yu that she had read, and Xiao Luo also talked a lot about the situation in Chenzhou, and even ...... There are also some information corresponding to the codex, Xue Yu's superficial whereabouts in Chenzhou eight years ago. It was only then that Xue Yu knew that in the past few years, Xiao Luo, who had long known what she wanted to do, even if she deliberately concealed it and did not reveal anything, still checked some relevant news by herself, probably, just waiting for one day to persuade her, or help her like now. It's just that after all, there is no direction to target, and Xiao Luo is also worried that if anyone really notices this, it will not be good to erase the traces of those things back then, so the investigation is not in-depth, only a general direction.
But this is already a great help for Xue Yuan, who faked his death alone and broke away from the family, without any help and experience.
In addition to these news, Xiao Luo also talked a lot about the situation in Chenzhou at these times, including ......
"What do you mean...... The two main medicines of Yangyuan Dan? The place we went around was the medicine garden?"
Xiao Luo nodded: "Almost, there is a place for medicine production nearby." Although the two herbs of red creek grass and dew maple moss are not rare and precious, there are also people guarding the vicinity, and now that it is almost ripe, there are more people coming, so we can hide a little so as not to attract any unnecessary attention. β
"Chixi grass, dew maple moss......" Xue Yun frowned slightly and muttered: "Eight years ago, my father came to Chenzhou to bring someone to buy these two flavors of medicine for the Xue family and go back to refine and cultivate Yuandan. β
Yangyuan Dan can only be regarded as a low-level pill, and the ordinary Dan masters who are supported in the family sect can refine it, and most of them are taken by low-level family disciples or sect disciples, to nourish the body to help the cultivation and accumulation of spiritual power, but after the middle stage of foundation building, this Yangyuan Pill is basically useless. Although Yangyuan Dan is not rare, it is indispensable for the huge families and sects that have a large number of newborn disciples to supply. Therefore, Chenzhou, which produces the best two-flavor main medicine, will be patronized by the major families and sects once a year, and personally select and buy the best parts, and after the top forces are selected, it is the share of other small forces and civilians.
Although there are treasure pavilions engaged in business in the Great Thousand Realms and Kyushu, they do not sell these two medicinal materials from Chenzhou to other states in large quantities, which is also due to the low value and limited profits. However, the Treasure Pavilion branch in Chenzhou has already controlled more than seventy percent of the output and circulation of these two medicinal materials in Chenzhou, so the major families and sects will also directly purchase medicinal materials through the Treasure Pavilion after coming to Chenzhou.
Eight years ago, Xue Yu brought a team of people from the Xue family to Chenzhou to collect these two medicinal herbs in the Treasure Pavilion.
It wasn't the easiest task and itinerary, but I didn't want to ......
Xue Yu clearly remembered that on the codex that she only had time to read once and even had some omissions before being forcibly taken away, on the trip to Chenzhou eight years ago, her father Xue Yu wrote down the words:
"This kind of filthy injustice has long begun, and the tragic and dirty of the past is far from comparable to this time. But even now, I am incompetent. I hope that I can use my strength to find out the truth and help it stay for the next day, or maybe, Zhaoxue. β
Chen Zhou, what happened to her father, and ...... What did you find?