"The branches of the yellow oriole are crying, and the head of the stream picks up the water. On his shoulder sat a little cub with a smile on his face······" Chen Yuan lay leisurely on the horse's back, his hands behind his head, one foot on the horse's back, one foot on the other, a straw hat on his face, and an unknown thatch in his mouth, so comfortable, while Feng Sanqi and Zhang Ling'er rode the horse and followed behind.

As the three of them passed by a small village, there was a sturdy farmer beside the roadside stream, barefoot and trousers, wading in a stream that was not too deep, and scooping water into a wooden bucket the thickness of two adults' waists. There was a two- or three-year-old girl on the man's shoulder, picking up the man's coarse linen clothes, giggling, the man soaked the long towel around his neck with stream water, wiped the sweat beads on his face, teased the girl on his shoulder twice, and sang in his throat. Although it is a ready-made word, the man's rough voice, coupled with a unique tone, sounds unique.

Tatsumoto squinted, his head swaying with the undulations of the tune, and the foot in the air swayed with the melody. The horse didn't need Chen Yuan to deliberately urge, and walked on the road leisurely. The sunshine, the breeze, the songs, Chen Yuan didn't know how long it had been since he had walked so relaxed, as if everything had become light and bright.

Zhang Ling'er and Feng Sanqi followed behind and muttered in a low voice: "Do you say that he has experienced life and death once, and then looked down on life?" In the past, he always looked like an old pedant, analyzing the situation at every turn, calm and terrifying, but also rational and terrifying, everything is not leaky, even the itinerary and route must be carefully considered, and the best ones are chosen. It's like this, you don't want anything, you don't do anything, you can go wherever you go. ”

"I feel the same way, he's really changed a lot after going through this experience. I feel like he's just like our peers now, and although I used to know that he was twelve years old, I don't know why, but I always feel that he is much older than us, much more mature than us. ”

"It's still so comfortable, otherwise I always feel that he is overpowering the old lady, but I'm thirteen years old, and you two are only twelve years old, okay! Zhang Linger still felt indignant that Chen Yuan always stole the limelight from her boss. "Hahaha" Feng Sanqi couldn't help laughing, and Zhang Ling'er couldn't help laughing when she said this.

Chen Yuan, who was walking in front with a little song, heard the laughter of the sisters and brothers, picked up the straw hat covering his face, and looked at them a little inexplicably. Unexpectedly, it was okay not to look at it, but he saw the sister and brother laughing even more happily. Chen Yuan shook his head helplessly and put the straw hat on his face again. 、

The three of them had been setting off from Hanqi City for a whole week, thinking that when they rushed from Youtian City to Hanqi City, they hurried and even hurried overnight, and they had already reached the range of Hanqi City in five days. But this time back to Youtian City, the three of them were not in a hurry, they hurried slowly, and when they met the city, they went in to take a walk, and they only walked halfway through a week, and there was still a considerable distance from Youtian City.

It has been two weeks since he was in a coma after Teng Yu was ambushed, and Chen Yuan was seriously injured and unconscious. Zhang Ling'er and Feng Sanqi still remember how excited everyone was when Yang Ting hugged Chen Yuan and returned to the City Lord's Mansion with Fei Lian. Because at that time, in addition to the soldiers who had died in battle, the only pair of people who had not come back were Yang Ting and Chen Yuan.

Xin Luanhua was seriously injured and did not recover, but after he came to his senses, he insisted on waiting for Yang Ting's return in the council hall, even if no one blamed him, he still felt that it was a dereliction of duty for him to let the city lord personally take risks. Also waiting with him in the council hall were Xin Zicao, and Feng Sanqi, who was also waiting for his companions to return.

Seeing the safe return of the two, everyone's hanging hearts were relaxed. Although Chen Yuan was in a coma, his face was ruddy, his breathing was steady, and he seemed to be fine. To everyone's surprise, Fei Lian and Sancai Ginseng also came to the City Lord's Mansion and settled here temporarily.

Tatsumoto was in a coma for a whole day, and when he woke up the next day, everyone gathered around him and asked him about his condition. Tatsumoto, who woke up, was surprised to find that his injuries were completely healed, of course he knew how many injuries he had suffered, so he felt incredible. And he faintly felt that there was something more in his body, and it seemed to be more tenacious than before.

In the communication with Yang Ting, Chen Yuan learned the ins and outs of the whole thing. After he thanked Sancai Ginseng and Fei Lian, Sancai Ginseng asked him something about the monk, it seemed that Sancai Ginseng also planned to find the monk, Chen Yuan told Sancai Ginseng about his understanding of Buddhism and the information he had in his possession, and two days later, Sancai Ginseng came to say goodbye to everyone, and it planned to go to the extreme west to find the monk's master. Before leaving, it gave Chen Yuan and Yang Ting some roots and leaves, these things are insignificant to it, just like human hair, they can continue to grow, but for Chen Yuan, they are a life-saving and cultivation medicine.

And Fei Lian also got some roots and leaves, and even got a wisp of origin power. Since the battle of the Hanqi Mountain Range, Fei Lian's attitude has been very strange, without the previous unruliness, and even took the initiative to find Sancai ginseng to rescue Chen Yuan, but Chen Yuan asked, but it kept silent, making Chen Yuan very strange, faintly thought of some reasons, but he couldn't grasp the point, who let himself pass out. Thinking of this, Chen Yuan lay on the back of the horse, pulled out a hand from the back of his head, gently rubbed the little white turtle that had fallen into a deep sleep in his arms, and couldn't help asking, "Did you save me again?"

The place where the little white turtle fell into a deep sleep was next to Chen Yuan, and when she took Chen Yuan, Yang Ting also wondered about the existence of the little white turtle, but listening to Fei Lian's meaning, this is Chen Yuan's pet, so Yang Ting still brought it, of course, the exchange of this man and beast was realized through Sancai ginseng. After returning to the City Lord's Mansion, the little white turtle was put next to Chen Yuan's pillow, Chen Yuan woke up and was startled, and hurriedly checked the physical condition of the little white turtle, and found that it was after falling into a deep sleep, so he put his mind at ease and carefully put it into his arms again.

"Hey, Chen Yuan, there is the first acropolis of Youtian City in front of us, let's hurry up! While it's still dark, find a place to stay in the city, and eat something by the way!" Zhang Ling'er said to Chen Yuan with a map.

"Oh, okay, come on. After a moment of frustration, Chen Yuan suddenly found that the brother and sister who were originally walking behind him had already walked to the front, he supported the horse's back with his backhand, turned over dexterously in the air, and suddenly sat up straight. "Let's go, man. Without seeing how he moved, the horse under his seat began to speed up, and it was not until he and Zhang Ling'er were on par with each other that they slowed down again.

After entering the city, the three of them found an inn to settle down, ordered some dishes, and settled down temporarily. At night, Feng Sanqi and Zhang Ling'er were already asleep, Chen Yuan looked at the bright moon and the stars outside the window alone, but what he recalled in his heart was what Yang Ting said to him, which was the fundamental reason for Chen Yuan's transformation.

Chen Yuan remembered that a week ago, it was also a night when the moon was hanging high, Chen Yuan couldn't sleep, wandering in the city lord's mansion, and saw Yang Ting also sitting in the pavilion in the mansion, looking up at the starry sky. "Sister Ting, you can't sleep. Chen Yuan and Yang Ting said hello.

Yang Ting saw that it was Chen Yuan, so she smiled and asked him to sit down. "We're going back to Nether Sky City tomorrow. Chen Yuan said. Yang Ting was stunned, "So early?" To be honest, Yang Ting was a little reluctant, don't look at her as the Lord of Hanqi City, but for so many years, only Xin Zicao has always been by her side, since Chen Yuan and they came, the entire City Lord's Mansion has become a little more angry and energetic, and the three of them, especially Chen Yuan, have really helped Hanqi City and Yang Ting a lot, Yang Ting's feelings for them are between friends and relatives, although they have only been together for a short period of more than a month, but the feelings are difficult to give up.

"There's no way, we need to deliver the task as soon as possible, and we still need to finish our studies. Chen Yuan said helplessly, he is not very reluctant, since he met Yang Ting, she has been like a big sister, she is really meticulous to their children, and she is easy-going, never put on the shelf of the city lord, although Chen Yuan is not an orphan like Feng Sanqi and Zhang Ling'er in this life, but Yang Ting's true feelings do give him a kind of warmth and comfort in his hometown.

"You are all students of the Dao Academy, you are the dragon and phoenix among the people, and you are the mainstay of the future Youtian Domain, I also know that you should learn more skills in the Dao Academy at your age. I just have some free time, so I came to Hanqi City to see Sister Ting, and I will keep your room for you. Yang Ting said with a smile, although she was reluctant, but Yang Ting knew the responsibility of the students of the Taoist Academy, and she didn't do much to keep it, in this regard, Chen Yuan nodded solemnly.

"By the way, I still have something to say to you. Yang Ting suddenly looked at Chen Yuan with burning eyes and said. Chen Yuan was a little inexplicable, but still said, "Sister Ting, you say." ”

"I don't know what you've been through, but I can tell you're much more mature than the two of them. In my observations, you have always been mysterious and full of mysteries. Sometimes it doesn't look like a child at all.

However, no matter how mature and calm you are, it can't change the fact that you are still a child. I don't know what you're carrying or what you've been through, but I can tell you're tightening your strings too hard. Even if you are in the City Lord's Mansion, you don't do anything, and you will always be cultivating and thinking when I see you.

Child, listen to Sister Ting, no matter what you are carrying, you must learn to relax, once the string is broken, you will embark on the road of no return!" Yang Ting said to Chen Yuan seriously, looking very solemn.

Seeing Yang Ting's serious appearance, Chen Yuan nodded subconsciously, but when he reacted and wanted to say something, Yang Ting had already returned to the room. Thinking back to the present from birth, hard work seems to have become the norm, from the moment he entered the forbidden land of Xingchen Lake to obtain the power of qi and blood, Chen Yuan's cultivation has not stopped for a moment. Assessment, apprenticeship, tasks, plans, battles, I seem to be busy all the time. Finding the clues to go back, in a strange world is like looking for a needle in a haystack, Chen Yuan suddenly found that he had put too much pressure on himself.

"It's really too tight, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, the boat is naturally straight to the bridge, and thinking too much is also a burden. Chen Yuan suddenly came to his senses, and his mood changed somewhat.

"It's dry, be careful of the candles!" "The watchman who patrols the city knocked on the bangzi and passed by the inn, when the sound of the bangzi woke up Chen Yuan, who fell into memory, Chen Yuan took one last look at the stars in the sky, closed the window, no longer thought, and fell asleep.