Chapter Seventy-One: A Detour
It is not difficult to hear from Chun Ting's bland words that the reason why he dragged Xue Nan to stay here was because he was afraid that something unexpected would happen to me when I was thinking about it.
But although I heard the care in Chunting's bland words, I was not satisfied in my heart.
Because this is not the answer I want to know, I believe that Chunting must also know in his heart what is my real question at the moment.
"As for what you said about getting lost, there is no need to worry, the terrain here is flat, even if the people in front have walked for a long time, the people behind can still vaguely see their figures, and as long as we can see the figures of Juekong and others, then the path we take will naturally not deviate."
However, it was obvious that even though I was still full of doubts, Chunting still pretended not to know, and he turned to look at Juekong and the others who were gradually moving away, and began to urge us to move on.
"Now that you have come to your senses, it's time for us to keep up with everyone, let's go, go to the legendary Black Rock City to see, no matter where it is the Longtan Tiger's Den or the Sword Mountain and the Sea of Fire, we will try it for ourselves after all."
Hearing what Chunting said, I knew that maybe this was the time when he often talked about it, and since he still had no intention of explaining it to me at this time, it was useless for me to continue to ask, so I could only nod my head and agree with what he said to move on.
Seeing that everyone had no objections, Chunting waved his hand, and the four of us followed the faintly visible figure in front of us and embarked on the road to Black Rock City.
Juekong and the others had already discovered that we were not keeping up with the large army, so the march was not very fast, and the four of us were worried that we would lose their figures for too long, so we exerted our strength under our feet, and the speed of the pursuit was not slow.
In this way, we quickly caught up with the figure in front of us and joined the crowd without incident.
And after seeing the four of us return to the main army, Ling Xuan changed his previous decadence and took the initiative to come over and ask us.
"Brother Ting, Han Chuan, what did you do just now, why did it take so long to keep up with us?"
Seeing Ling Xuan like this, Chun Ting knew that he had been awakened by his words, and couldn't help but smile on his face, and replied briefly.
"Don't worry, Han Chuan suddenly fell into an epiphany just now, I was worried that waking up rashly would make him miss the opportunity, so I stayed where I was to protect the Fa, and I didn't encounter any accidents."
Although I didn't fall into an epiphany just now, but fell into a thoughtful emotion about Juekong, but since Chunting had already said so, then I didn't bother to correct it, after all, this is not a big deal, and it will not affect our next actions.
And after hearing Chun Ting's explanation, Ling Xuan really thought that I had fallen into the state of epiphany that cultivators dreamed of, only to see him looking at me with envious eyes, but there was no trace of greed in this gaze.
"Han Chuan really had an opportunity, and he easily fell into that mysterious state of epiphany, this is really more than a human being, and he really can't be envious."
Hearing what Ling Xuan said, I couldn't help but smile bitterly in my heart, but my face didn't show a trace of abnormality, showing an indifferent expression, and responded to it.
"It's just luck, it's just a matter of what kind of person has the opportunity, so far, whether it is cultivation or knowledge, skill or intelligence, what aspect can I be stronger than you and Chunting?"
"Han Chuan, you can't say that."
It seemed that my words had stimulated Ling Xuan, and I saw him seriously distinguish with me.
"Before you knew what cultivation was, I already had a good cultivation, and Brother Ting was even more so, and my cultivation had already reached a level that I couldn't even imagine."
"And Han Chuan, you, although the time to embark on this road is still short, but now, no one dares to despise you, whether you have cultivated or not, unconsciously, you have already become an existence like the eye of the storm, given time, I am afraid that your achievements are limitless."
It can be seen that Ling Xuan really thinks that my future achievements are limitless, not blindly perfunctory, after seeing him so serious, I can only smile lightly and no longer continue to argue.
And just as I ended my conversation with Ling Xuan and looked around, I suddenly noticed some strange problems.
"Chunting, Ling Xuan, do you see that the path we are taking now is not a little obvious from the beginning?"
The reason I asked this question was because I suddenly realized that we were not walking in a straight line.
As early as the time when the ten halls of Yama were at the statue, I had already realized that the nine roads in front of us were all extremely straight roads, and as far as the eye could see, there was not even a single bend in these nine paths.
But now, when I look back at the Ten Halls of Yama statues just now, I suddenly realize that the location we are now is not a straight path compared to when we started.
Why is this happening?
Are we unknowingly taking a detour?
And will this deviation affect the time we arrive in the city of Blackstone, and will it cause me to encounter other changes?
"Master Han Chuan, don't worry about this, what you see now is a normal state, the land of the hidden capital is mysterious and abnormal, and these ten major cities are undoubtedly the most important existence in the land of the hidden capital, since this place is so important, it must be impossible to let people approach it at will."
Maybe it was because I was a little excited and didn't control my volume, so Juekong at the front of the line also heard my voice, and after hearing it, he didn't show anything unusual, but explained to me without looking back.
"Actually, everything you saw at the statue of Yama in the Ten Halls just now is just an appearance, the statue of King Yama does represent the city of black stone, and we have indeed set foot on the road to the city of black stone, but this road is not as straight as we saw before."
"In fact, the road to Black Rock City has nine twists and eighteen bends, if you are not strong-minded, you will even get lost in it if you don't notice it for a while, which is why the poor monk has always insisted on leading the way, as a monk, if you talk about the firmness of your mind, it should not be much weaker than your donors."
After hearing Juekong's words, I suddenly realized.
It seems that I have overthought this secluded capital after all.
Come to think of it, since this place was personally repaired by Zu Long back then, and later established the mysterious and abnormal Black Stone City in it, how could this place be as ordinary as I imagined?