Chapter 386: Master in White
Just as Xiao Yao continued to march north, the ghost servant led a group of people to the north at the same time. But they all rode horses, and they also took the main road, and soon overtook Xiao Yao and went straight to a large village nearby.
Xiao Yao didn't know the other party's actions, and continued to move forward in the mountains, without horses, and through the mountains and forests, the speed was naturally slower.
After walking for dozens of miles, he came to a stream. Fill the water bag with water, take a short rest, take out the bacon sent by the big man and roast it on the fire, the fragrance is overflowing.
While eating bacon, I thought about finding a village and buying some necessary supplies before entering the snow.
After resting for about half an hour, I immediately got up again and hurried. Now time is extremely precious to me, I only hope to cure the eldest lady's illness as soon as possible and leave this place as soon as possible.
This time, Xiao Yao walked directly in the mountains for a day and a night, and only walked out of the mountain in the early morning of the next day and saw a small town at the foot of the mountain in the distance.
Before entering the town, put on the human skin mask that Hu Yiyi had given him, and take a rest before entering the town.
Entering the town, Xiao Yao first bought a new dress in a shop, which was the blue Miao dress common to the local Yao people, and the style was similar to what he had worn before.
Find a corner where no one is around, change your clothes, and then come to a passenger station, ask for an upper room, and take a comfortable bath. After a few days of running around, my whole body was aching, and at this time I soaked in the tub, resting my head on the edge of the barrel, unconsciously closing my eyes, and enjoying this moment of peace.
After resting, in the afternoon, take a walk around the town, buy back what you need, and after a busy night's work, make a folding barrel again.
In the early morning of the next day, he bought a fast horse at great expense, and was about to leave the town, when he saw a person walking at the entrance of the town in the distance. It was the Orion who saved his surname.
Xiao Yao immediately took off his mask and greeted him.
"Brother Pan, why did you come here?" Xiao Yao stepped forward to stop the big man and was pleasantly surprised.
"My home is here, how can Brother Xiao be here?" Dahan was also very happy to see Xiao Yao again.
"I still need to make some preparations, so I'm here to buy them."
"Brother Xiao, come to my house and sit down." took Xiao Yao and walked towards a small courtyard not far away.
The two entered the courtyard and went straight into the house.
This is a black tile house, although it is a little simple, but it is much better than the bamboo building. The house is divided into three rooms, with a middle hall and one bedroom on each side.
As soon as I entered the house, I saw a child rushing towards the big man.
"Abba, you're back, did you bring anything good?" The child immediately asked.
The child looked to be only seven or eight years old, with dark skin and large bright and pure eyes.
"This is Abba's friend, call him uncle. Where's your grandma? The big man touched the child's little head, looked left and right, and did not see his wife.
The child hid timidly behind the big man, refused to come out, and looked at Xiao Yao curiously.
Xiao Yao sat down in the hall with Dahan. The big man's name is Panjiang, the little baby's name is Panshan, and the child's mother is going out to sell the game that the big man brought back.
It didn't take long to see a woman walk in outside the door, and after being introduced by Dahan, after seeing Xiao Yao, he began to prepare all kinds of food greetings, and he was busy.
Xiao Yao went into the back room to chat with Panjiang, although Panjiang was just a hunter, he had a wide range of knowledge. When he was young, he hunted with Pan Li in the surrounding villages, and almost traveled all over the Yao District, and Pan Li was favored by Tusi because of this, and was selected as a guard.
Listening to Pan Jiang talk about his brother's various deeds, Xiao Yao couldn't help but sigh with emotion, hoping that the family would never know that Pan Li was killed by the people of the Witch God Temple, otherwise it would only increase the troubles, and it might also bring disaster to the family.
Through chatting, Xiao Yao knew that the Panjiang family was actually a royal family of the Yao family. The Yao Tusi is the Pan clan, which is hereditary. However, the Panjiang clan is only a distant branch, and it was not taken seriously originally, but as Panli continued to prominence in the army, it is said that once he saved the old Tusi, and he was accepted as a righteous son by the old Tusi. After the new Toast succeeded to the throne, he became the brother of Toast.
But Panjiang likes a plain life, and he and Pan's sister-in-law are in love, and with some money given by his brother, he bought this courtyard in this small town, and feeds his family by hunting all year round.
Panli is dead, and the Panjiang family will have no backer in Yao District, and it is estimated that the future will not be easy.
The lunch was prepared very richly, all kinds of game, enough to make eight large bowls, the Panjiang couple did not have a bad amount of wine, four people sat around a table, and they were happy.
Touching the scene, it was another bowl of wine, and I couldn't help but feel that when would I be able to live this life.
Since I came to this world, I have not been able to stop, and I don't have a home that really belongs to me, such a simple and warm home.
After a few more drinks, I felt that I was drunk very quickly today, and I went to a guest room to rest with the help of Panjiang.
In fact, with Xiao Yao's current cultivation, if he doesn't want to get drunk, he won't get drunk at all. At this time, I suddenly felt that it was not a pleasure to get drunk from time to time and sleep beautifully.
Today's family banquet reminded Xiao Yao of the past life after coming to this world, and it can be regarded as drunk and everyone is drunk.
Xiao Yao was lying on the bed, and he could clearly hear the conversation between Panjiang and his wife in the hall.
"In the past few days of your absence, something strange has happened in the town." Sister-in-law Pan said.
"What's weird? Tell me about it. The two seemed to be chatting and laughing a few times from time to time, but it also seemed that the husband and wife were in love.
"At the east end of the town, the Wang family, the cow suddenly went crazy, and when he saw people, he ran out of the circle one day, ran on the road, and ran rampant in the street, and was about to hit a carriage, but a person came out of the car, and with a wave of his hand, the head of the cow fell off. Everyone said that this is a great wizard from Phoenix Mountain, who will be so powerful and can spell. Sister-in-law Pan said.
"If the great wizard of Phoenix Mountain makes sense, I don't know when the attendant sent to Phoenix Mountain by the king will come back? This Xiao brother has also seen his eldest brother in Phoenix Mountain, but he doesn't know what happened to his eldest brother? Panjiang sighed and said.
Hearing this, Xiao Yao immediately realized that something was wrong. It was definitely not a spell, it was sword qi.
I don't know who this person is, or if he is still in the town at the moment. I hope it's not the old man.
Xiao Yao got up and got off the kang, came to the hall and sat down on the edge of the river, and chatted with the husband and wife.
Although Panjiang is more enthusiastic, he is not good at words, but Pan's sister-in-law is enthusiastic and can speak. The characteristics of women's gossip are brought into full play.
With a new audience, Sister-in-law Pan is obviously happier. Describe the strange story she just heard to Xiao Yao again, almost as if she had seen it with her own eyes.
'The middle-aged man dressed in white did not stop in the town, and left directly through the town' Listening to Pan's sister-in-law's description, Xiao Yao muttered to himself, guessing the identity of this person.
Since he is a middle-aged man, he is not the old man he has met, but his swordsmanship has at least reached the stage of sword qi externalization, which should be similar to himself, or higher. It's just that he hasn't shown his true level of martial arts yet.
I can't help but sigh, when did there be so many cattle in the world. It's like Chinese cabbage, don't you want money?!
But the appearance of a master of swordsmanship here, Xiao Yao felt that it was no accident.
When he came to the Northwest Snow Mountain to look for cold ice, he happened to "encounter" Wei Decai, and then he was pursued by the masters of the Wuliu faction, and now there is a swordsmanship master by his side.
There are not many people in the world who can control the sword qi to the point where you can meet one Cheng DΓΉ when you go to the street to buy something, right?
Even if Han Ming, the Sanqing swordsman, has not yet reached the realm of using sword qi, then it is no accident that this person appears near him at this time!
Even if the Witch Cloak Sect wants to invite such a master, it is by no means easy, let alone that any master will come to the vicinity of this snow-capped mountain casually.
He was able to use sword qi, most of which was because he learned the poisonous dragon palm technique and took a shortcut. This person should be a true swordsman, then his sword qi will definitely be stronger than himself.
Although his cultivation realm is high, he has a feeling of growing seedlings. Now the aura of Bailing's true solution cannot be released, and the sword qi condensed by his own true qi is much worse than that of these martial arts masters, and the old man before is an example.
Recalling that the old man's use of sword qi was far more clever than himself, and his power was huge. At present, what he has shown can only be used to scare people, and it is not enough to meet a real master.
I stayed at Panjiang's house for one night, and as soon as dawn broke the next day, I said goodbye to Panjiang and his wife and rode on horseback. The couple stuffed a lot of bacon and bacon again for Xiao Yao to take on the road to eat.
With these bacon, Xiao Yao is saved a lot of trouble, which can be eaten directly, or can be grilled with fire, and the taste is beautiful. It's far more convenient than finding something to eat in the mountains by yourself.
When I came to the outside of the town, I thought about it, it was too slow to walk the mountain road, and it was too obvious to walk the main road alone, and Wei De knew that he would go to the snow mountain, and it was estimated that the other party had already set up an ambush on the road, waiting for him to enter the set.
It's better to pretend to be a merchant and blend in with the caravan.
Xiao Yao inquired about the good news, found a horse gang who also went to the snow mountain to sell tea, paid some money, and joined it. This caravan took the Ancient Tea Horse Road to Gaozang to do business, and the route they took happened to pass through the snow-capped mountains.
According to the leader of the caravan, it is only a day and a half away from the snow-capped mountains. They had to climb over the snow-capped mountains before they could enter the Tibetan region. And Xiao Yao happened to follow them into the snow mountain, and after taking the cold ice, he could return to Phoenix Mountain.
Mixed in with the caravan, walked for a day, and came to a valley to rest.
When everyone went into the tent to rest, Xiao Yao found a carriage coming from afar, and a middle-aged man in white was sitting on the wheel.
The middle-aged man in white drove to the vicinity of the caravan and asked the driver of the caravan about the road, it turned out that this person was also going to the snowy mountains, but he turned around the surrounding mountains for a long time and got lost. I haven't been able to find the right way into the mountains.
Xiao Yao looked at the middle-aged man carefully from a distance, he was about thirty-five or sixteen years old, he was the only one in the car, and there was no other entourage.
And judging from his every move, this is the swordsman that Pan's sister-in-law said.
The middle-aged man did not have a sword, but was holding a paper fan. Dressed in Han dress, standing in a group of Miao people looks very eye-catching.
couldn't help but shake his head and smile, it is estimated that if Sister-in-law Pan really saw it, she would never think that he was some great wizard of the Witch God Temple.
Xiao Yao wore a human skin mask, dressed as a native of the Yao tribe, and mixed in the coachman, which did not attract the attention of the middle-aged people at all. And quietly dispersed the true qi, just for fear of being noticed by middle-aged people.
The middle-aged man is obviously a road idiot, and I don't know how he got here. After listening to the coachman's explanation for a long time, he still didn't understand how to enter the mountain.
In the end, seeing that the middle-aged man also handed over some money to the leader, he joined the team like Xiao Yao.
It's just that this man drove the carriage, and the others were either riding horses or driving mule carts pulling goods, so the mix was particularly striking.
But the middle-aged man didn't seem to think anything was wrong, sitting in the car while eating and looking at the scenery around him.
The middle-aged man apparently did not want to rest in a tent with the coachmen, so he settled in his carriage. And Xiao Yao squeezed into a tent, in order not to attract the attention of others and not to be too conspicuous.
Keep it low when it's time to keep it low, so as not to be discovered by those people. There is also the last day of the trip, and tomorrow I will be on the snow, and I can go alone.
Listening to the discussions of the coachmen around him, the middle-aged man's carriage is very advanced, and the horses used are also high-grade Tibetan horses, which are excellent war horses in the Central Plains and Miaojiang, and ordinary people can't use them at all.
The horsemen were obviously veterans of Soma, and they could tell at a glance the age and origin of the horse, and after listening to the discussion of several people, they realized that it was a red horse about four or five years old.
"It is said that this kind of horse can be bought for at least a thousand taels of silver, and it seems that this middle-aged man is by no means an ordinary person. And the wood of the carriage is also an excellent hardwood, to say the least, it takes hundreds of taels to build, it seems that this guy is really not ordinary. β
Xiao Yao listened quietly to the groom's discussion, and always paid attention to the movement of the middle-aged man, who was playing the flute at this time, and the flute sounded melodious and beautiful. I can't help but wonder, is this guy a travel friend who came to Miaojiang for self-guided travel? Such a literary and artistic person is really not like those Taoist priests and assassins of the Wuliu Sect.
After a night, early the next morning, the whole team was on the road again, the middle-aged man's carriage was lined up in the center of the convoy, Xiao Yao quietly moved to the end of the horse team, and kept a certain distance from the middle-aged man.
For suspicious and dangerous elements, it is better to keep your distance.
On the other hand, Xiao Yao continued to secretly practice the Bailing True Solution on the horse, and he was now only familiar with four or five of the one hundred and eight sets of aura operation methods, so the battle with the old man in black would fall into disadvantage.
If you can skillfully use the Bailing True Solution, I am afraid that the result will be reversed. At least it will be easier to escape.
Xiao Yao rode on a horse to practice the aura operation law of the Bailing True Solution, and in the eyes of others, Xiao Yao seemed to be lying asleep at this time, so he would not attract anyone's attention.