Head west by boat.

Winter winds and light snow fall on the surface of the lake.

The journey home was smooth sailing.

The water area is less than 40,000 miles, but it is only five days long.

Jiang Cang and his party returned to the original border city ferry.

There are still many disciples on duty at the ferry, and it seems that they haven't received the news of Jiang Cang's return, otherwise they would have greeted them with great fanfare.

And the deputy city lord in the city, that is, the boatman's disciple, he also got the news from the ferry disciple.

When Jiang Cang and his party were about to go back to the city to rest for a day and prepare horses and dry food.

He came out of the city, greeted Jiang Cang and the others halfway, and made up for the great fanfare.

And along with the disciples of the guard, he also brought some pastries in the sect and snacks in the city, so that the Jiang steward and others who took the boat all the way to cushion their stomachs first.

And on the lake and on the water, what can you eat except dry food and fish?

But.

When Jiang Cang and his party were on the way, they were full of food, a spirit beast big fish about ten meters away, this amount was absolutely sufficient, the taste was delicious, and there was still a small half left.

Half of them.

Jiang Cang sent it to the disciples of the Lingcao Sect who sent him, and in their thousands of excuses, he gave it to them and asked them to take it back as food for the journey.

This is also their escort in a hurry in snowy weather, and they are not in the city to rest.

Now that they are in the territory of the Tianyang Sect, they are the masters, and they are the guests.

If the guests want to leave, how can they not fulfill the friendship of the landlord?

Don't say that the meat of the spirit beast is precious, it is not as good as the elixir and medicinal food, and I have solved my own slander.

The rest of the law enforcement disciples have also stopped eating it for a long time, the spirit beast meat is the most difficult to digest, eating more is like chewing wax, just like the 'little spirit fish' in the valley, it is rare, but it is not something that can be eaten more.

In a word, there is no shortage of law enforcement disciples of the Tianyang Sect, and there is no shortage of them themselves, so they will send them away, and the Tianyang Sect will treat people generously and politely.

And the other half that followed.

It was carried by five disciples, divided into five cowhide bags, the mouth was firmly pierced, and it was filled with lake water, and the water spirit beast was still fresh in the water, the same as when it was killed a few days ago.

The umami is undiminished.

Then.

I saw the boatman greet him that day.

Jiang Cang waved his hand slightly, and the boatman's pastry box took it, and also asked the law enforcement disciples and others to hand over the cowhide bags to these guards.

"A little heart."

Jiang Cang pointed to the bag and said to the boatman who wanted to excuse himself without looking: "On the way back and forth, the junior brother is busy before and after, if the junior brother resigns, it will be a loss of senior brother's face." ”

"Steward Jiang.." The boatman was speechless, thought for a long time, didn't know what to say, and took it with a smile, "It's all what junior and junior should do. It should be done.."

"Prepare some horses and dry rations."

Jiang Cang walked towards the city.

The boatman next to him kept up with small steps, half a body behind, waiting for the next command.

"There will be more than a month and a half before the end of the year." Jiang Cang looked at the city in the distance, "Huizong? ”

"My family is in this city." The boatman smiled and replied, "I won't go back." ”

"Okay." Jiang Cang nodded, and a disciple beside him took out ten more pills, which were Qi Cultivation Pills.

Because the boatman is the lord of the city and a disciple of the outer sect, he has a share of ten Qi Cultivation Pills every year.

As the manager of the medicine hall, of course he had to distribute the money to these disciples outside, but it was just a little earlier, and he still gave it himself.

But under normal circumstances, it is the disciples of the Medicine Hall who come to send it.

Otherwise, the territory of Tianyang Sect is tens of thousands of miles, and there are more than 100 big cities, if each city is personally sent by the steward of the medicine hall, sent to one place and repaired for another night, there is no need to say anything else in this small half a year, they are all running back and forth.

And when the boatman saw this bottle of elixir, he didn't excuse anything when he heard that it was Yu Lu.

But he didn't say anything about thanks.

until the people came to the city, his lord's house.

Wait until the feast is over, the horses are prepared, and the disciples are resting.

He just came to a distinguished guest reception courtyard, in front of Jiang Cang's house, and seemed to be about to say something.

"Steward Jiang.."

He called softly, and Jiang Cang had just entered with his front foot, and he followed with his back foot, and it took not a few tens of seconds to go back and forth, he knew that Jiang Guan had not slept.

Otherwise, give him 10,000 guts, and he would not dare to disturb the rest of Steward Jiang, who was kind to him.

The spirit beast, he saw it, and he made a cowhide bag of spirit beast meat during the banquet just now.

It is a valuable item, and these five bags of meat are definitely more than the value of ten Qi Cultivation Pills!

It's a gift.

"What?"

The door opened.

Jiang Cang looked at the boatman outside the door, but he didn't know what he was looking for himself.

If it's a special trip to thank you, then this is really unnecessary, and the exchange of gifts is nothing more than that.

But who knew that the boatman didn't say thank you, but told Jiang Cang about the 'water monster' as if telling a story.

"Ten years ago, I was ferrying in the middle of the lake and saw a man dressed as a businessman floating on the lake. Recovered and found that he still had breath... Thinking that it was important to save people, I took him back to the city to heal his wounds.

A few days later,

He gradually woke up, and I learned from him that he was an outsider, and he encountered a water monster in the lake, and after a desperate fight, he seriously injured the water monster before he escaped with his life. In the end, I heard him say that he was not only a businessman, but also a martial artist who was born with great success.

The boatman said, and when he saw Steward Jiang listening carefully, he took out a box from his arms, "He recovered from his injuries, and when he left, he gave me a glass bead, which is an extraterritorial thing, and he originally went to Lingcao City to sell it." But after this incident, he said that he had seen through the gold and silver world, and wanted to go back to the sect to cultivate martial arts."

The words fell.

The boatman opened the box.

Jiang Cang looked over, but saw that inside the box was a 'purple night pearl', which was not much different from the one he had given to the elders of the Lingcao Sect.

But it's not much different.

Then there is nothing strange about this bead, it is similar to an ordinary night pearl, unless it is sold to someone who has a hobby of collecting like the elder of the Spirit Grass Sect, it is not of much use for cultivation.

No wonder the merchant said that he had seen through the gold and silver, and that he would not go through the trade path, and that he would not want this bead that did not have much effect.

And the boatman sent Jiang Cangzhu to thank him.

Because if he sent medicinal materials and sent something else, he was a mere border city lord, and he really couldn't get any valuables.

It's better to take a rare 'extraterritorial object' and be careful.

This bead will shine at night, and it is indeed beautiful.

However, he wasn't quite sure if Steward Jiang liked this shiny thing.

But Jiang Cang looked at the beads, but he took them, not to mention the people's intentions, this is also a 'divine bead tandem accessory', which must be taken.

"Thank you."

Jiang Cang hugged his fists, which was a sincere thanks, because the water monster died, and the beads did not sound in the follow-up.

But now.

There is a faint guide in my mind, which is to fuse this glass bead with the divine bead. ’

"Little care.." When the boatman heard Steward Jiang's thanks, he hurriedly waved his hand and withdrew from the door, "Steward Jiang is in a hurry for a few days, so I won't bother." ”

'Click' Jiang Cang clenched his fists and sent a few steps.

Wait until the boatman is gone.

Jiang Cang returned to the house, took out the divine bead again, and approached the purple bead sent by the boatman, and for a while the glass bead disappeared like flowing water, blending with the divine bead.

After a while, the Chuan-shaped symbol on the beads of the divine bead flashed, and it returned to calm, as if nothing had happened.

But the guidance in my mind has changed again, and there are two prompts.

First, it pointed to the northern border of Qingzhou, if he guessed correctly, it should be the direction of Feilin Sect.

Second, in the west of Qingzhou, next to Fengzhou, it seems that he wants to take something.

Suddenly.

Jiang Cang thought about keywords such as 'ten years ago, water monster, divine bead, purple bead, merchant, spirit grass city' and so on, but found that this 'task' seemed to be a fragmented instant link, and it was inextricably linked, as if it seemed to be related to it in the dark?

Like what.

If the merchant hadn't touched the water monster and had nothing to do, and sold this bead to Lingcao City and into the hands of the Lingcao Gate Elder, then wouldn't that elder be short of purple beads?

Merchants are continuing to trade, abandoning martial arts, often walking this line, sooner or later, one day, they will encounter the Flying Forest Sect, or the water monster.

And if the merchant made a feud with the Feilin Sect, with his martial arts ten years ago, the people sent by the Feilin Sect would not be able to escape death.

But it was also a waste of martial arts, and he ran into a water monster again, and it was the same as he was ten years ago, but there were no beads.

And everything is established, the merchants of ten years ago continue to do business, and the elders of ten years ago are not short of purple beads, so the beads they sent some time ago are repeated, the elders did not look at each other, is he just like other sects, waiting in line for the elixir to be baked, and when he returns to the house later, he will not be able to meet the water monster and the Feilin Sect, and he will not be able to settle this feud with the Feilin Sect.

Or, change the time thread, be wild, shuffle the order, and everything will return to the original point.

If the Feilin Sect behaves like this, sooner or later it will be revealed.

The elder likes to collect, and one day he will collect all the purple beads.

The merchant will die, or he will get tired of it, and finally go on the martial path.

And now everything is the same, the deeds of the Feilin Sect have been revealed, and he has gone to the lake, as if he has also 'avenged' the seriously injured businessman, the merchant has also practiced martial arts well, and the elder has collected all the beads, is this a good thing?

Anyway, this grievance intersects with each other, and the dots are connected together, and the coincidence becomes a coincidence, and each other ends the cause and effect.

I am the ink line in this page, connecting all the broken points.

Think of it this way.

Jiang Cang understands that every task such as 'meta-object, friendship' and so on is a story, the most secret story buried deep in the current world.

It seems that when you come into contact with them, you connect the various forces of this world.

Is this intelligence? Better to discover the intelligence of the Yuan Energy World?

Jiang Cang thought about it, as if he was the only one who could finish these regulations, and finally 'see' these things.

The rest of the primordial beings, perhaps in a daze, thought that this was a 'reward quest', which was generated instantly, just like they used to.

Don't think about it.

Now I just hope that this 'divine object' should cross the two realms, and it will be more perfect.

And as time passes.

Rest for the night and prepare dry food.

In the early morning of the next day.

Jiang Cang and his party braved the light snow and left.

The snow in Qingzhou is not small, and there is still a lot of snow on the road, so it can't be delayed.

The boatman and the others were sending each other off at the edge of the city, and they didn't know that Jiang Cang and the others were attacked and killed in the snowy and moonlit night half a month ago.

Maybe they knew that they would report to the sect while picking up Jiang Cang and the others on the lake and river, and the ferry was also full of guards, protecting the safety of the young sect master at all times.

And all the way there, the light snow never seems to stop, and the road by each city is always covered with a thin layer of snow.

It was more than ten days.

Tens of thousands of miles, continuous white.

One month before the end of the year.

Jiang Cang and the others rushed through the territory of thousands of miles, and finally returned to the territory of the sect, and the mountain gate was close to the front.

Then there were nearby disciples on the road to report.

Elder Yao was standing in front of the mountain gate early, waiting for the return of the 'disciples of the Medicine Hall'.

Then.

As soon as he saw the figures of Jiang Cang and others in the distance, they all returned, and they all smiled, and greeted them with a smile.

Jiang Cang and the others stopped and dismounted, and saluted together with fists.

"It's been a tough journey." Elder Yao laughed, and after stepping forward to help Jiang Cang and the others, he first looked at them, and saw that Jiang Cang and the others were neatly dressed and did not look injured, so he was even more happy and said, "Work hard for a while, follow me to the main hall." The sect master and all the senior brothers were waiting for Steward Jiang to bring back the pill. ”

"Yes." Jiang Cang responded, followed Elder Yao with everyone, and took down the many bags on the side of the horse.

Elder Yao glanced at it a few times, and stayed on the 'human head bag' for a while, as if he smelled a smell of medicinal herbs and a faint smell of blood, but he didn't ask much.

Walk all the way to the main hall.

On the way, it was also a month before the end of the New Year, and all the disciples were practicing in their respective valleys, and there was no atmosphere for the New Year.

It's just that what is different from weekdays is that some disciples leave the sect with luggage, hand over disciples outside the sect, and also go home to visit relatives.

Walk and go, hurry.

With a hello along the way.

Jiang Cang chatted with Elder Yao, and also walked to the front of the inner gate hall.

Now many elders were waiting in front of the door, talking and laughing, and when they saw Jiang Cang and his party coming, they also greeted each other.

When the law enforcement elder saw Jiang Cang, he waved his hand and asked the law enforcement disciples to leave the things and medicinal materials, and the rest of the people retreated, there is nothing to do with you.

Subsequently.

The people entered the main hall.

The sect master was sitting at the head and did not go to greet him, his old-fashioned face was full of seriousness, but there was a smile in his eyes.

This is because he, as the sect master, can't take it if he wants to.

But now that Jiang Cang has entered the hall, the elders are sitting on both sides.

The sect master is square, first ask Jiang Cang if he has brought things back, buy them back, and care about Jiang Cang in disguise, as long as everything goes well and buy them back, it is safe.

But the meaning of the other elders' questions was to ask the young sect master if he had ever been happy along the way? Do you have any tips? And how much of the pill was bought? Did the young sect master 'steal food?' ’

It's all a joke, and you can tell they're in a good mood.

The New Year is approaching, and in the territory of Tianyang, many of their disciples who are like their own children return to pay New Year's greetings.

As elders, they are of course happy to see the children come back to the house!

And Jiang Cang answered the elders' business, and when he pointed to the head bag outside the hall next, one sentence made the elders' smiles pause a little, and they were replaced by concern.

"The disciple was on the way back, and he encountered a night attack by thieves." Jiang Cang told the truth, because if he didn't say it, those law enforcement disciples would also say that the news would spread sooner or later, so it was better to say it earlier and listen to the sect master's meaning.

'Young Sect Master is attacked?!' ’

When the elders heard the news, they were shocked in their hearts, and their eyes looked at the young sect master from top to bottom, and when they saw that Jiang Cang didn't seem to have any injuries, they breathed a sigh of relief.

Perhaps, those thieves are just ordinary mountain bandits, so there is nothing to worry about.

But Jiang Cang's next sentence made all the elders stand up suddenly, including the sect master who was there with the old god, and the water ripples in the teacup in his hand fluctuated slightly.

"The one who came is a twenty-five innate master." Jiang Cang heard the quiet in the hall where the needles could be heard, and his words paused, before he said,

"There's also a Grandmaster."

"Grandmaster?!"

"Who is so bold?!"

Everyone got up from their seats and surrounded Jiang Cang, just to see if the meridians were damaged and there were internal injuries.

"Did the Grandmaster hurt you?" The sect master stared, and the concern revealed in his tone couldn't be hidden at all.

You must know that there is no true inheritance in the Tianyang Sect.

The sect master has always regarded Jiang Cang as a disciple, so can someone dare to kill his disciple's relatives? Can you spare it?

"The disciple killed him with his own hands." Jiang Cang didn't hide it, looked at the surprised crowd, and pointed to his heart, "He has just entered the grandmaster, his realm is unstable, and he has never stepped into the void." The disciple took advantage of the divine soldier to behead, but he also suffered some injuries, but now he is fine, thank you to the sect leader elder for his concern. ”

'The young sect master killed the grandmaster? ’

'I remember that the young sect master was only in the innate realm..'

"Injuries..?"

When the elders heard this, they thought for a moment why Jiang Cang was able to kill the Grandmaster powerhouse, and then they didn't want to think about it, but cared about the injury.

In particular, they didn't believe that Jiang Cang's injuries were already healed, and it was Elder Yu who had returned to the sect from Nian Guan who stepped forward to check the pulse personally, and only nodded when they realized that Jiang Cang's aura was strong and there were no injuries left.

Everyone is at ease.

And at the same time.

The sect master had already put down the teacup and asked Jiang Cang, who was surrounded by all the elders, "Can you find out who it is?" Is there a mastermind behind the scenes? Or is it a scattered crane? ”

"The disciple has found out.." Jiang Cang clenched his fists, "It's the Feilin Sect in the north of Qingzhou." ”

"Feilin Sect?" The elders were stunned, just like the law enforcement disciples and others before, they didn't expect this sect to have such great courage to dare to attack and kill the steward of their Tianyang Sect!

Or their young suzerain!

The future of the Tianyang Sect!

Can this be spared?

Is it true that there is no one in their Tianyang Sect?

Even if it is the Lingcao Sect and the Xuanwu Sect, if you pick a top sect on the Lingwu Continent, you don't dare to say that there is no one in the Tianyang Sect!

"What a Feilin Sect!"

The sect master got up suddenly, and his breath swept through the hall like a sea, but his angry face flashed again, suppressing the killing intent in his heart, "I originally wanted my Tianyang Sect to take half of Qingzhou's territory, and leave the rest for them to divide." Now it seems that the Tianyang Sect has been silent for too long, and it has not been at war for many years, which has made some small sects and clowns dare to be presumptuous in front of our sect now. ”

The sect master looked at Elder Yu and said, "Elder Yu stepped into the realm of the Great Grandmaster a month ago, and now the realm is stable?" ”

"Back to the sect master.." Elder Yu said respectfully: "It is enough to destroy a large sect. ”

"Okay." The sect master looked at the law enforcement elders, and said to the elders who asked for their lives: "You and the law enforcement elders, Elder Zhao, Elder Feng, with a hundred law enforcement disciples, three hundred inner gates..."

The sect master said, looking at Jiang Cang, "When the Jiang steward has exhausted all the way and rested for a few days, I will go to the Feilin Sect with the Jiang steward to ask for an explanation." ”

"Obey the Sect Master's orders!"

The law enforcement elders and the people received the command.

And time has passed.

Trimmed and well-trimmed, with swords and soldiers.

30,000 miles of territory, but a few days.

Five days later, at noon, the sky was full of snow.

Jiang Cang and his entourage had hundreds of masters, five grandmasters, and two great grandmasters, and they traveled to the territory of Feilin Sect.