Yao Ping left Luochuan.

It was the third day that he saw Asana and Kutsya hanging out from outside the guest room door.

He didn't say goodbye without saying goodbye, in the Wuli Pavilion outside the Qinglong Gate in Luochuan, Asana sincerely hugged him goodbye. Her soft body, the roots of her neck and hair that exude a faint fragrance all made Yao Ping feel a dizzy intoxication and fascination. But he still firmly parted from them.

Yao Ping left so resolutely, perhaps because he was disgusted by his uncle's deception, or perhaps because he saw that Asana's intimacy with Kulcea was difficult for him to accept. Before this, Yao Ping never imagined that there would be two women entangled together, which not only shocked Yao Ping's thoughts and ethics, but also cut off the love he had for them these days. These things touched Yao Ping, and he was no longer willing to return to Yaoshan Pass with them. The only place he wants to go to now is his hometown, Harumo in Gwangju.

As for why he suddenly wanted to go back to his hometown in Gwangju Qingfu, Yao Ping felt that it seemed that it was because he had seen Fa Xiaobian before and aggravated his longing for his hometown. At the same time, it also made him feel that he should also have his own life. The idea of taking the money saved by running a caravan, buying a few acres of land, marrying a virtuous daughter-in-law, and then giving birth to a child, once came to Yao Ping's mind, but it was only now that he made up his mind to realize it.

In order to save money, Yao Ping hiked all the way east, and he even refused a donkey that his uncle offered to give him. Because he felt that it was bought by Gong Xiyang with the money obtained by deceiving Asana. Strong inner principles also burst out of Yao Ping's heart as he made the decision to return to his hometown. Walking alone on the way back to his hometown, although there was a hint of loneliness, Yao Ping also felt unprecedented relaxation, and he was full of expectations for the future.

Leaving Luochuan Yueyu, Yao Ping came to the outside of Xiangyun City in Yuheng Prefecture. He didn't plan to stay in the city, but it rained heavily in the afternoon, and the roads became muddy. So, he had to go into the city and find a cheap inn in the city to stay in order to shelter from the rain and spend the night.

Yao Ping walked into the room in the inn and found that there were already two tenants in this room with four beds.

One of the two people in the room was lying on his side on the bed, facing the room. The other was wiping a peachwood sword. Judging from their attire, Yao Ping could tell that they should be the feather warriors of the mountain cultivators.

Yao Ping greeted them politely, "I'm bothering the two Taoist chiefs." ”

When the Yu Shi who wiped the wooden sword saw Yao Ping coming in, he also got up and replied, "The good master is polite, I am equivalent to staying overnight, so why bother." See that your clothes are soaked, take them off and hang them up. ”

Yao Ping then took off his clothes, straightened his bags, and sat on the edge of the bed wrapped in an inn blanket. He could hear the loud rain outside the window, so he chatted with the feather warrior, "This rain is really heavy enough, I don't know if it can stop tonight." ”

Yushi: "Presumably, the good master has something important, so I plan to hurry early tomorrow morning." ”

"yes, I'm going home. I guess I should be home after walking for another twenty days. ”

Yushi: "I still have to go for more than 20 days, I don't know where the good master's family lives?" ”

"Harumu of Gwangju."

"Harufu?" Yu Shi's face changed slightly, and he asked, "The good lord has been away from home for a while?" ”

"yes, I haven't been back in a few years."

"I haven't been back for many years, so I guess the good lord must not know the strange things that have happened in the area of Qingfu and Phantom Sun that have shaken the light recently." Yu Shi said a little gloomily.

Yao Ping felt bad when he heard Yu Shi's words, and he asked the Yu Shi eagerly, "The contemptible people really don't know what happened to Qingfu and Huanyang, and they still want to tell the Dao chief." ”

Yu Shi sighed softly for a moment, and then said slowly, "This matter has to start from two months ago, when a large number of cetaceans and some unknown strange fish suddenly washed up on the shore along the coast of Shishao Gwangju. The fish that came ashore could not return to the sea on their own, so they struggled on the shore. When the people who often walked the seaside saw it, they all thought it was a gift from heaven, so they took it home and ate it. Who knows, more and more big fish are stranded and dead on the shores and beaches of these two places, and finally they reach the point where they can't eat them all, and then those fish carcasses in the sea continue to accumulate on the seashore, so that the stench is rotten. ”

"It's a strange thing." Yao Ping's heart was a little calmer, and he said, "I have lived by the sea since I was a child, and I have seen this cetacean and dolphin wash up on the shore, but it is not as much as you said. ”

Yu Shi shook his head and said, "The good lord listened to the poor way and continued. The death of the creatures in the water on the shore that Poor Dao just mentioned is just a sign of the abnormality of the Heavenly Dao and the coming of calamity. Since then, that is, more than ten days ago, a fellow Pegasus of the Illusory Sun Qingshan Temple rushed to our Xiangyun West Mountain Temple, and he reported to our Guanzhu Renxu Dao Chang about the catastrophe suffered by the Phantom Yang and Qingfu, which was really a disaster from heaven. ”

Yao Ping's face turned pale when he heard this, "A disaster from heaven? ”

"Great floods."

"Big, big flood?" Yao Ping asked with some panic, "But my hometown Qingfu is full of small rivers and streams, and there has never been any flood before, why did this suddenly happen?" ”

"Naturally, there is an evil spirit stirring up the waters of the sea. Let the water flow mercilessly over the fields and wash away the houses. I took pity on the good people in both places. Yu Shi said with sad feelings.

"The water from the sea..."Yao Ping really couldn't imagine that kind of picture, he asked, "How many fields have been flooded in the two places?" Is the water showing signs of receding now? ”

"Good lord, the poor Tao only listens to the complaints of his fellow Taoists, and he has not seen the scene there. Now our Void Dao Master is also sending the three of us senior brothers to the Illusory Sun area to investigate the situation, hoping to disperse the demons and evil spirits for the good people and give them some help. ”

Hearing Yushi's words, Yao Ping only felt tears rolling in his eyes, he lifted the blanket wrapped around his body, grabbed the clothes that had just been dried, and walked out of the inn without looking back, and walked into the pouring rain.

Yao Ping, who hoped to get to Qingfu soon, had left the post road connecting the big city and walked all the way through the village roads since he entered the border of Shaoguang Prefecture.

One noon after more than ten days of continuous travel, Yao Ping sat tiredly under a lonely locust tree. He untied his backpack and took out the only piece of dry food he had left, ready to satisfy his hunger.

But he only took one bite and didn't wait to swallow it. He saw from a distance a white-haired old woman taking her little grandson on her knees, and she was walking down a dirt slope with difficulty, coming this way.

Seeing this, Yao Ping immediately got up and greeted them. He thought that if it weren't for some difficulty, how could a white-haired old man walk with a child on his knees on this rugged road that is inaccessible to men.

Approaching the two, Yao Ping saw that the old woman looked sad, and the child also showed a tired face, so he guessed seven or eight in his heart. Without waiting to speak, he first broke the dry food in his hand in half, half to the child and half to the old woman. The old woman thanked again and again with tears in her eyes, and the child took the dry food and opened her mouth to gnaw it, Yao Ping saw that he was in a hurry to eat, so he handed over the sheepskin bladder on his waist.

"Old man, where did you come from with your little grandson?" Yao Ping asked.

"Benefactor, I came all the way from Qingfu. Poor my grandson also begged with me all the way. The old man choked up a little and said, "Benefactor, where are you going?" ”

"The old man doesn't have to call me a benefactor. I'm also from Qingfu, but I haven't been home for many years, and this is exactly what I want to go home. Yao Ping said, "I heard that Qingfu has suffered a disaster now, but is there such a thing?" ”

Yao Ping's words obviously evoked the old woman's memories again. The old woman wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said sadly, "Yes, there is a big flood in my hometown, which floods the fields, houses and grain, and even the people in the fields ,..... They were all gone. ”

Hearing this, Yao Ping was reluctant to continue asking, he was afraid that he would rely on the old woman's sadness again. He then pointed to the road from which he had come, and said to the old woman, "Less than two miles away, there is a village ahead." ”

The old woman thanked again and again.

Between the fingers, Yao Ping saw that Xiao'er had eaten most of the dry food in her hand, but the half of the dry food in the old woman's hand was still intact and still in her hand. Yao Ping knew that the old woman was not hungry, but she was reluctant to eat, and she was going to leave it for her little grandson to eat on the road later.

After giving the old woman the only other piece of dry food in the backpack, Yao Ping tied the water bladder around his waist again, said goodbye to them, and walked east.

As he approached Qingfu, Yao Ping saw more and more displaced people. Although it was reported that some relief had been sent by the nearby county government, the number was far from enough, and more hungry people had to leave their homes.

As he approached the county seat of Qingfu, a flock of blackened birds flew over Yao Ping's head from east to west. He looked at the hill where the birds had flocked, and he only felt familiar. Brushing aside the messy bushes, Yao Ping climbed the hill, which was not elevated, and he looked over the top of the hill and into the distance.

And the scene that appeared in the distance made Yao Ping dumbfounded. He saw that to the east of Qingfu City, the originally vast fields had turned into a sea of waves! Fortunately, thanks to the slightly higher terrain of Qingfu City, the water did not pour into the city, but many people who had lost their fields have now set up dense tents outside the city, waiting for help, and surrounded Qingfu to the ground.