Chapter Forty-Seven: Entering the Middle Yuan
Chu Qi's eyes swirled, and the green streamer flew upside down beside him, sometimes burrowing into the soil with the ears of wood and grass, going up along the branches in an instant, sometimes immersing himself in the water, and shining away with the river weed, like a winding green lightning swimming in the dark jungle.
Chu Qi and the green light are like shadows, although they have the cognition of the change of direction, they do not cause any discomfort. About half a pillar of incense time, the green streamer became fainter and fainter, hitting an inverted bearded small leaf ficus, and as soon as the light was covered, Chu Qi's figure swayed and staggered out. He rubbed his hands together and felt a little numb face, smoothed his robe, and straightened his hair.
No matter what kind of escape talisman, you can break out of the escape form with the power of the Dao, explore the position with your mind, and control the distance of escape, which is the correct law. However, Chu Qi didn't have a trace of Dao power, and he couldn't release his mind, so he could only wait for the talisman to expire and automatically escape. If you are lucky, you will be as down-to-earth and safe as you are now, and if you are unlucky, you will drown in a river and be crushed in a high cliff
After thinking about it, Chu Qi was frightened for a while, but he didn't think of this joint before using the talisman. The Five Elements Escape Technique, with a special method, uses its attributes to reach itself, so that one's own body and external objects can go their own way. However, He Xiu is a soul body, not a form or a thing, the quality is pure yin, and it is not in the five elements; the yin and yang in the world are divided, not to mention whether this escape charm has an effect on He Xiu, in case the charm itself or the extreme yang thing in the retreat, it will also cause great damage to her soul body.
At dawn, the sun was shining, slowly rising from between the mountains and forests, Chu Qi called He Xiu to confirm that she was unharmed, and then he was at ease. Walking through the woods and grass, the clear stream meanders eastward, there are hidden chickens and fish jumping, and there is a little smoke in the distance, curling and rising, Chu Qi sighed, and his steps became much brisker, stepping on a few thick wooden bridges on the river, and walking towards the village.
The grass shrub is still shallow, the forest is gradually thinning, the bridge head is open and cloudy, there is no danger of the mountains and mountains, the field of vision is broad, at a glance, it should be closer to the middle yuan, the terrain is much flatter.
Several acres of fertile land and beautiful rice, green and verdant, paved to the sky, blue and green two colors each hold one side, at the end of the intersection. The shacks on the oblique side are lined up one after another. The thatched adobe tiles and rotten wood are hedged, and although there is a sea of green fields and rice on the side, it seems that it cannot hide the poverty of the family. A few native chickens stood on the fence, raised their heads and chirped, shook their heads to see Chu Qi coming this way, flapped their wings and jumped down, "gurgling" in the soil twice, looked down and found no food, and walked away.
"Is there anyone at home, the poor road is abrupt and disturbing," Chu Qi walked in a regular manner, stood in front ......of the fence door, and called softly.
After half a tea time, no one answered, and a pair of panicked eyes were revealed from the hollow decaying window lattice, and after a flash, there was no movement.
Chu Qi scratched his hair, secretly wondering why he was not a person who was afraid of cultivation in the world, why he heard the self-proclaimed "poor way" and glimpsed the deity, and he didn't go out to meet him, which was really abnormal. After walking from house to house, I looked up and saw the smoke on the tile, the faint fragrance of rice in my nose, the broken hedge and wooden window were closed, and I couldn't see half a figure.
The people here are not familiar with the place, and they need to ask the locals to do it, Chu Qi walked again, and the sun was on the pole, and he saw the empty fence in the distance, and a rickety old man squatted in front of the door smoking a dry cigarette. Chu Qi hurriedly walked forward, the old man turned his head, staggered up against the wall, and walked towards the house in a panic, the soles of his feet stepped on the dirt steps obliquely, and his body fell forward heavily. Chu Qi rushed forward, reached under the old man's armpit with one hand, and was able to hold him up and stop castration. The old man sat down softly, turned around and said with a panicked expression: "This lord, there is no surplus food at home, you can be merciful and go to other houses to find food." ”
Chu Qi said: "Old man, the poor road has passed here, and he is not familiar with the place, but he just asked about the geographical direction, not to beg for food. ”
The old man's face was full of suspicion, and his two cloudy eyes looked Chu Qi up and down, and asked, "You... Are you a practitioner?" was full of doubts in his words.
Chu Qi looked down at the dusty Taoist robe, only to feel that there was a thick layer of dust attached to his face, raised his hand to pick up the withered vine leaves hanging on the bangs, and said with a smile: "Sort of." ”
The old man held the ground with both hands, trembling and getting up, Chu Qi wanted to reach out to protect him, who knew that the old man had just gotten up, only to hear a "pop", and his legs fell to the ground, "Dao... Master Dao, little... The villain has no eyes, and he doesn't know that the master is coming, please... Please forgive me. ”
Chu Qi withdrew his hands, sighed bitterly, and said, "I don't like these red tape, you get up and speak." ”
"It's... Be. The old man propped his knees, got up tremblingly, bowed his head, and didn't dare to look directly at Chu Qi.
"This place is in the territory of Zhongyuan. ”
"Hui Daoye, Shuangliu Village here is in the territory of Zhongyuan. ”
"Where is the nearest city, and how far is it?"
"Back to Daoye, the nearest city is 'Xikou', which is only more than 20 miles away from here. ”
"Oh, it sounds like the entrance to the west. ”
"Hui Daoye, that's exactly the case, Xikou, Dongzhou, Beilu, and Nanqin belong to the four directions of the Zhongyuan Dynasty, and when they go out of the city, they are other borders a hundred miles away. ”
Chu Qi pondered for a moment and asked, "Why is this place so afraid of the living?"
The old man's face twisted, gathered into an old chrysanthemum, and said: "Master Dao doesn't know, not long ago, there was an accident in the East, a large number of refugees poured into Zhongyuan, and there was still martial law in the city, but this poor and remote place can't be managed. If you are lucky, you will meet polite and kind words, and if you are unlucky, you will come in and loot and loot, which is no different from robbers and bandits. He sighed heavily and said, "Our Shuangliu Village is a grain planting area, which is dedicated to the Taoist masters and officials above, and they are still under their protection, but some fish have been caught in the net. Don't look at our fertile soil and beautiful water, grain into pieces, but to the pocket is just enough to eat, and it doesn't matter if it is full, so there are living people, as you can see, simply do not go out of one door and two doors, if you meet a ruthless person, horizontal and vertical are a death, it is better to get a fish to die and the net is broken. ”
The old man still thought of something, and said shyly: "Of course, if the Taoist master comes, the villagers will welcome him." ”
Chu Qi nodded and said, "What happened in the east, do you know?"
The old man rubbed his fingers and said with a smile: "Master Huidao, we little people only care about eating, drinking, and Lazar all day long, and we don't know about the old man." ”
"Do you know how far Hongjun is from here?"
"Entering the west exit, it is estimated that it will take more than half a month to walk, I heard my nephew and grandson say that the whole city of Hongjun is under martial law, and the streamers on the city are flying in and out, all of them are people from big sects. ”
"Hmm..." Chu Qi nodded slightly, took out something from his arms, and handed it to the old man.
Where did the old man dare to take it, he quietly raised his eyes to take a look, and saw that the young Taoist was holding a broken silver with his fingers, shining, and his face was still frightened: "Dao Master, you can't help it, we people can't keep money, if we are discovered, we will be killed." He paused and said: "Dao Ye is kind-hearted, and the old man is grateful, if you don't dislike it, come in to rest and rest, coarse tea and light food, and the hospitality is not good." ”
Chu Qi secretly felt his shriveled belly, faintly grunted in protest, nodded, and said, "I'm tired." ”