Chapter 241: Roadblock 1
As soon as he finished saying this, Qing Ci immediately gave a thumbs up to the painting Allure, "Miss Allure is not only reasonable, but the ideological realm is not something that we mortals can easily climb. Hey, the pavilion master has accumulated virtue for several lifetimes, and he can get the blue eyes of the young lady of Allure. ”
"You guy, you're going to be poor!" An Ruyue poked his forehead angrily.
"Everyone is ready to prepare, our destination has appeared. The three of them were chatting happily, and suddenly Ji Zi'an's slightly excited voice came to their ears.
Hearing this, Qing Ci immediately jumped up from his chair, ran to the bow of the boat in two steps, and looked into the distance.
Painting Allure and An Ruyue also followed briskly to the bow of the boat, and when they looked around, there was indeed a shadow of land at the end of their sight.
"Really, we're finally here!" An Ruyue grabbed the hand of the painting Allure and said excitedly.
"yes, it's finally here. Wan Qian looked into the distance, his expression was quite complicated. After a pause, she glanced at everyone: "In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, you should hide your appearance a little after you go to the island." I haven't been back for a long time, and I don't know what the situation is on this island now. ”
Qing Ci raised his eyebrows when he heard this, snapped his fingers lightly, and changed from the original scholar to a boatman wearing a hat.
Cang Wunian stretched out his hand, and a bronze mask appeared in his hand out of thin air. Putting the mask on his face, he regained his previous image in the Thousand Machines Villa.
Ji Zi'an smiled, and when he turned around, he was already shrouded in a hooded black cloak, revealing only a pair of narrow and shining Danfeng eyes.
Several women looked at each other, they didn't expect these men to be so good at disguise, it was simply resolute.
An Ruyue shook her head and said to several women: "Let's still wear veils honestly." ”
In the expectation of everyone, the ship finally gradually came to the shore. Anchoring the boat at the pier, several people set out on the first leg of their treasure hunt with different moods.
"This Linjie Island is like a different world!" Looking at the bustling islanders around him, Hua Chengcheng couldn't help but let out a sigh of emotion.
"Wan Qi Domain Lord, I don't know how far Yuanqiao Mountain is from here?" Cang Wunian asked in a low voice.
"It takes about a month to travel by car and horse. Wan Qian replied.
"That's not too far away, why don't you use mana to escape?" An Ruyue asked suspiciously.
"For the sake of your safety, it's better not to expose your mana easily. It is a big taboo to bring a few of you to Linjie Island this time, and I don't know how the old man will react when he learns about it. Wan Qian sighed bitterly.
"Since the Lord of the Wan Qi Domain is so jealous of his master, why would he take the risk of bringing us here for the sake of a painting?" Qing Ci asked coldly on the side.
Wan Qi's scarlet eyes condensed slightly, and said lightly: "You will naturally know this then." For now, you'd better listen to my arrangement. ”
Under the leadership of Wan Qian Scarlet, several people quickly found a carriage and began the journey to Yuanqiao Mountain.
The next nearly a month was much more uncomfortable and bumpy for Hua Chengcheng than the nearly half a year he had spent sailing at sea before. Eight people were divided into two carriages, although the carriage was large enough and the layout was comfortable, but after all, there was no separate room and independent bed, and the road to the rugged path was much more difficult than the days at sea.
And I don't know if Wan Qian Scarlet has been taking shortcuts or deliberately avoiding places with many residents, it is common for them to sleep in the wilderness for nearly a month, and occasionally stay in an inn, but they are also in inaccessible places, and the conditions are really simple and rough.
Simply these two car people are not pampered masters, otherwise there will be a big fight for this matter of eating, drinking, and sleeping.
In the evening of that day, the carriage traveled to a lively town for the first time.
"Let's stay here tonight, and tomorrow we will be able to reach Yuanqiao Mountain. Wan Qian said to the rest of the people while stopping the carriage.
After the carriage stopped, several people got off the carriage, looked at the surrounding situation, and sighed in their hearts, if it were ordinary people, such a bumpy carriage day and night for a month, I am afraid it would have fallen apart long ago.
"Wan Qi Domain Lord, your old man is finally willing to show mercy and let us live in an inn?" Qing Ci's eyes swept over Qiao Sanniang without a trace, and said playfully to Wan Qian Scarlet.
Who knew that Wan Qi's scarlet eyes were slightly condensed, "If it weren't for the fact that this is a must-pass place, I would still choose to sleep in the wilderness." ”
Qing Ci shuddered when he heard this, and asked cautiously, "Wan Qi Domain Lord, shouldn't you have fled from here to the east bank of the Luo River because you offended someone?"
Wan Qian frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Offended? Then it depends on whether the other party is worthy or not." It's just that I've always felt that the situation on the island is a little weird, so it's better to be careful. ”
After that, Wan Qian Scarlet Yi no longer paid attention to Qing Ci, and took the lead in walking towards an inn called "Night Residence" not far from them.
Walking to the counter, Wan Qian Scarlet took out a dark green gear-shaped small hidden weapon from his waist and placed it on the table, and whispered to the shopkeeper: "Four upper rooms." ”
When the shopkeeper saw the things on the table, he was slightly startled at first, and then raised his head and carefully looked at Wan Qi's scarlet clothes with a veil on his face at this time, and only after a long time did he say with surprise in his eyes: "Little Valley Master?"
Wan Qian stretched out his hand to remove the veil, nodded and said, "It's me, I haven't seen Uncle Mountain Ghost for a long time." ”
The joy in the eyes of the shopkeeper who was called "Uncle Mountain Ghost" by Wan Qian Scarlet suddenly turned into tears of sorrow, and I saw him holding Wan Qi's hand and choking up: "Little Valley Master, you can be regarded as back." But...... I don't know if it's time for you to come back!"
Hearing this, Wan Qi's brows immediately tightened, and he asked in a deep voice, "What's wrong?"
"Hey!" the shopkeeper sighed, "Little Gu Master doesn't know, the old man of the Poison King has appeared less and less over the years, and he often announces retreats to the outside world, and the days of this retreat are as little as half a month or as long as half a year. And now...... He hadn't been seen for two years. ”
"What?" Wan Qian was obviously taken aback, "You said that Master hasn't been out of the customs for two years?
Speaking of this, the face of the mountain ghost shopkeeper suddenly showed a little fearful anger, "What else can it be, it is nothing more than the miscellaneous people in the Dixing Palace, relying on their strength to be superior to other races on the island, they will always oppose our Ten Thousand Poison Valley, and they are bent on overthrowing the Poison King so that they can rule the entire Linjie Island." ”
"I didn't expect them to be so ambitious after so many years!" Wan Qian said with a sullen face.
"In the past two years, the Poison King has not shown up, and those guys in the Dixing Palace have become more and more arrogant, and the Terrans on the island are the most often harassed by them, followed by some low-strength demon beasts. If this continues, I'm afraid that this Linjie Island will really be taken to hell by them!" said the mountain ghost shopkeeper bitterly.
Cang Wunian and the others couldn't help but look at each other as they listened, and from these few short conversations, they received another side of Ying Ban Makeup that was different from the rumors in the human world.
On the east bank of the Luo River, almost no one knows where the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons is located, but it is rumored that the Poison King Shadow is the most poisonous in the world, and he can poison people invisibly without relying on mana. It is said that his whereabouts are strange, his temperament is perverse and violent, and men and women are unpredictable.
Now that I'm on Linjie Island, the image of the shadow half-makeup that was previously rumored to be demonized by everyone has gradually become clear in everyone's consciousness - after all, no matter how powerful the character is, there will be a strong opponent. All things in the world are mutually restrictive and mutually balanced.
"It seems that the hegemony of this Ten Thousand Poison Valley will inevitably lead to prosperity and decline after all. Qing Ci muttered quietly.
"Although I don't know how the shadow and half makeup govern Linjie Island, the truth is always the same, and it is always the innocent people who suffer from the change of royal power. Painting Allure couldn't help but sigh.
"I don't know if the shadow half makeup was poisoned by the palace of some kind of place, and he hasn't shown up for two years. An Ruyue whispered.
Just when a few people were talking in a whisper, there was a commotion at the door of the inn-
"The young palace master of the Dixing Palace has arrived, and the idle people and others have avoided it-"
A rough and fierce voice came from the door of the inn.
Cang Wunian and the others subconsciously turned around, only to see four tall and burly figures walking in pushing and shoving the people around them.
The four men were all five big and three thick, with dark skin, hideous faces, round metal rings on their nostrils and ears, animal skin vests on their upper bodies, loose hemp trousers on their lower bodies, and barefoot feet with sharp claws on their toes.
"Hahahaha...... It's no wonder that the acacia flowers in my house have been blooming recently, which turned out to be a herald of the return of the small valley master of the Ten Thousand Poison Valley. Wan Qiu beauty, long time no see!" The same rough voice with a hearty smile came from behind the four strong men.
Then the four strong men stood on either side, and a young man with a burly figure larger than the four strong men stepped out of it.
The man's face was also hideous, and unlike the four strong men, his bronze bell-like eyes revealed a domineering spirit. This man was also wearing animal clothes and linen pants, but the style was different from the four strong men, and the most striking thing was that he had a string of skulls pinned to his waist from an unknown ethnic group, which looked quite terrifying, which was probably a symbol of his status as the young palace master of the local palace.
However, the weirdness of appearance and dress is no longer the focus of Cang Wunian and the others, what they care about is that as soon as the other party walks into the inn, he goes straight to Wan Qi's scarlet clothes, and he also speaks frivolously. It seems that the two should have been related for a long time, no, maybe they have a bad fate.