Wu Zhiyuan traveled all over Qingdao City, bought a two-wheeled covered carriage, and purchased a sufficient amount of steamed bread, sauce, meat, pickles, and water and wine, which are staple foods in the north. As soon as he was well prepared, it was already evening, and he got into the carriage and set off immediately.

Wu Zhiyuan plans to rush out before the sun sets, if he encounters a place where he can stay, he will stay in the spot, if he is still in the wilderness, he will spend the night in the wilderness, the carriage is covered by a canopy, and he finally does not have to take the sky as the ground as a seat.

This horse is well fed, as soon as it gets on the road, it runs happily, as if it has not galloped for a long time, and it has run wild for more than ten miles in one breath, Wu Zhiyuan can't ride a horse, but it is very easy to get started with driving a carriage, and he is very familiar with whipping and shouting.

The road is wide, but the sky is getting dark, and the horse's vision at night is no worse than that of humans, and it runs all the way, kicking dust along the road, only to run until it feels tired, and then the speed slows down, and it has to move forward. By this time it was completely dark, a crescent moon was rising in mid-air, and the surrounding mountains and forests were silent, except for the sound of horses' hooves falling to the ground.

Wu Zhiyuan looked around and found that there were two poplar forests on both sides of the road, so he had the intention to spend the night here, he took the reins of the horse, stopped, turned over and dismounted, and planned to go to see the situation in the forest first. The moment he jumped off the horse, he suddenly saw a figure following from a distance behind the carriage, and the figure seemed to have seen Wu Zhiyuan's carriage stopped, standing in the distance and looking in the direction of Wu Zhiyuan.

Rushing all the way, Wu Zhiyuan didn't see any pedestrians on the side of the road, the road was straight, and there was no fork in the road, I don't know when the person followed him. At this time, the moonlight was still bright, but the person was far away from this side, and Wu Zhiyuan couldn't see the other party's appearance clearly for a while, and could only see a black figure, very burly, like a man.

In this way, the two looked at each other for a while, Wu Zhiyuan saw that the other party was just standing in place, without any more moves, and he couldn't help but be suspicious in his heart, now the world is chaotic, and the robbery of cutting paths is very rampant, it seems that he was met by himself this time.

If the other party is a mountain bandit, there will never be only this one person, there must be many accomplices in ambush in the woods on both sides, it seems that the current situation is very dangerous, and he must not stay here for a long time. If he encounters any demons and monsters, Wu Zhiyuan can still deal with one or two, but now he is facing a fierce robber who kills people without blinking, and he can only sit and wait for death without vitality.

Thinking of this, Wu Zhiyuan hurriedly got into the carriage, flicked the long whip, shouted, the front hooves of the horse pulling the carriage jumped up, let out a long roar, the hind hooves kicked, and suddenly went like lightning, and the woods on both sides galloped through.

Wu Zhiyuan kept throwing the whip along the way, and the horse was also running wildly with all his might, and he didn't know how far he had run, in short, he had already passed the mountain just now, and the horse was exhausted, and he couldn't pull the carriage anymore, so he simply bent his hooves and sat down on the ground.

Wu Zhiyuan also breathed a sigh of relief and jumped out of the carriage. As soon as his feet landed, he subconsciously turned his head to look at the way he came, and he couldn't help but be taken aback! I saw that the black figure was still following him, and was standing there far away, not much different from before. The man stood still and stopped moving, as if observing Wu Zhiyuan's movements.

This carriage is galloping, the speed is extremely fast, it is by no means comparable to the speed of ordinary people, Wu Zhiyuan's first thought is, could it be that this person is a master of Yuan Qi cultivation?

If the other party really has vitality cultivation, then he can't escape his tracking at all, I'm afraid that even life and death are in the hands of this person, but he just stood in the distance and watched, and didn't seem to take any further action, which made Wu Zhiyuan quite puzzled. After thinking for a moment, he decided to go and meet that person, whether it was a blessing or a curse, he always had to face it. If you continue to entangle like this, you won't expect to sleep this night.

With this in mind, Wu Zhiyuan took out a peachwood sword from the canopy and walked towards the black figure.

Wu Zhiyuan had just taken a few steps towards him, only to see the figure shake for a while, suddenly scurry into the grass on the side of the road, and then jumped a few times, and quickly disappeared from Wu Zhiyuan's field of vision.

Wu Zhiyuan hurriedly chased after him, and looked at the grass, only to see that a large area of barren grass had been knocked down, and the traces were winding southward, and the person had long since disappeared.

It seems that the other party is not taboo to be discovered by Wu Zhiyuan, but it seems that he deliberately avoids Wu Zhiyuan, what is going on? Wu Zhiyuan returned to the carriage in confusion, and saw that the horse was still too tired to sit in place, so he turned around and took out the peg from the canopy and nailed it to the ground, and tied the horse to the peg. For now, I can only stay in place for the night.

Wu Zhiyuan entered the canopy, and did not rest in the canopy, but took out the quilt inside, collected a bunch of dry grass from the side of the road, and piled it under the carriage. Tonight he planned to sleep under the carriage, the canopy was so eye-catching that it could easily become the target of someone who wanted to do it, but I am afraid no one would have thought that he would sleep under the carriage without sleeping.

The moon is bright and the stars are scarce, at this time it is already early winter, the weather has begun to get cold, Wu Zhiyuan wrapped in the quilt also felt a burst of cold, until the second half of the night, he gradually fell asleep.

The sleeping environment is not comfortable, people are generally in a light sleep state, and the slightest movement will wake up. I don't know when, Wu Zhiyuan was suddenly awakened by a rustling sound, he opened his eyes suddenly, pricked up his ears and listened to what it was.

The voice came from the canopy of the carriage above his head, Wu Zhiyuan was secretly proud in his heart, thinking that it was as expected, but fortunately he had taken precautions and committed himself under the car.

There was a slight turning sound in the canopy overhead, as if someone was flipping something inside, Wu Zhiyuan didn't know the origin of the other party, and he didn't dare to show up rashly to stop it, there was only some dry food in the canopy, and there was nothing else, and he was not worried about any losses.

The churning sound stopped for a while, presumably the man had found nothing, and then there were a few "creaks" overhead, and the man stooped out of the canopy and jumped to the ground.

Wu Zhiyuan saw the man's two heels, this person was wearing a long gown and black cloth embroidered shoes, judging from the skirt and shoes alone, he was dressed very luxuriously, and he was by no means an ordinary thief and thief.

Just when Wu Zhiyuan was puzzled in his heart, he suddenly heard a very heavy inhalation sound, Wu Zhiyuan was suddenly shocked, this voice was extremely familiar, he remembered it a little, this voice was exactly the same as the sound made by the man in black when he sniffed the vial after following the shopkeeper to the low forest that day!