According to Sun Qian, it will take at least two months to travel from Kongjia Town to Yangfeng City, and there will usually be a team of chambers of commerce going back and forth between the two places, and they will recruit some reliable monks to act as temporary guards.

There are more than a dozen large and small chambers of commerce in the entire Jiangnan, but even those large chambers of commerce are not manpower enough to equip each team with expert protection, so they often invite some monks who have traveled abroad to act as helpers, but the audit of the chamber of commerce is extremely strict, and they will hope that the disciples who come out of the sect will be guards, which is more reliable than casual cultivation.

"Chen Shaoxia, you can find a suitable team to join when the time comes, although those large chambers of commerce are strong, the threshold for recruiting temporary guards is in the middle of concentrating. ”

Back then, the Chen brothers were also because they had to take the caravan around to trade medicinal materials, so Chen Yanchuan chose to keep Chen Xuanqi by his side, firstly, so that he could learn some business things, and secondly, because he was fond of him. Of course, he didn't know about this, otherwise he wouldn't have asked about these things.

"It's okay, then you can take me to Kongjia Town tomorrow. ”

The two chatted casually for a few more words, and Chen Xuanqi went back to the side room to rest first, and after he closed the door, he sat cross-legged on the bed and began to cultivate.

On the second day, the sky had just dawned, and Chen Xuanqi, who had been in a state of cultivation, was disturbed by Sun Qian's knock on the door, he sat on the bed and continued to refine this body with thunder spiritual power all night, the spiritual power stored in his dantian had reached the maximum, and what he needed to do now was to prepare for him to break through the middle innate stage.

He opened the door bolt, Sun Qian was already standing in front of the door with washing water, he handed over the basin, and said, "Chen Shaoxia, there is just someone in the village who wants to go to the town, we can take his ox cart together." ”

After Chen Xuanqi finished washing, Sun Qian took him to the entrance of the village, where a simple ox cart was parked, and the ox cart was covered with a thick layer of straw, just enough to sit two people.

"Brother Sun, this is your life-saving benefactor, that little fairy?" Sitting in front of the ox cart was a young man, who was a little curious when he saw that Chen Xuanqi's face didn't seem to be much older than him.

Sun Qian hurriedly glanced at the young man and said, "Second son, hurry up and call Chen Shaoxia." ”

Wang Eryou realized his faux pas and quickly apologized to Chen Xuanqi, if Chen Xuanqi was angry because of this matter, he would be a mere mortal who would be unlucky.

"I don't need to be angry about this, you just need to send me to Kongjia Town. Chen Xuanqi said blandly.

"Okay, Chen Shaoxia, you just sit in the back and be wronged, we only have this kind of ox cart in our small village, although the speed is not as fast as the carriage, but it is more stable than the carriage, and the pottery under my straw will not be damaged. Wang Eryou said with a smile.

Chen Xuanqi sat on the straw behind the car, and found that the straw was hard inside, like a wooden plank, he reached out and fumbled it, as if there were many wooden boxes flat under the straw.

"Hehe, many people in the village have the craft of pottery burning, but I want to become a monk, but unfortunately I have been practicing in the martial arts hall for five years, and I am still in the middle stage of bone quenching. Sun Qian scratched the back of his head and said.

The martial arts hall that Sun Qian mentioned several times is a Confucian martial arts hall in Confucian Town, which was established by a loose cultivator named Kong Yong in Confucian Town, and Kong Yong was just a monk in the late congenital stage, specializing in collecting some people who wanted to join the sect but had no way, and taught them some methods of refining the body, but the annual fee was also very high.

"If you are really talented, you don't need to waste time there, if you don't have talent, it is better to be an ordinary mortal on this path of cultivation, at least you don't need to worry about all the dangers in the world. ”

Chen Xuanqi saw that this Sun Qian was also an honest man, and if he was still like this after five years of cultivation, he was generally not a seedling of cultivation, and instead of spending white flowers and silver in the martial arts hall, it was better to hurry up and do the major events in his life.

Sun Qian listened to Chen Xuanqi's serious tone, just like the words of an old man who had experienced vicissitudes of life, if it weren't for Chen Xuanqi's cultivation being higher than him, he would have laughed.

"I've already thought about it, when I get to the late stage of bone quenching, I'll find a small sect to try, if I still can't get in, I'll find a family to take refuge and be a guard. ”

"Okay, at least a way out. ”

The ox cart was walking slowly on the path, Chen Xuanqi was not in a hurry for a while, he had practiced all night last night, and now he could take advantage of this time to have a good rest.

Three hours later, the ox cart stopped and stopped, and finally came to the outside of Sun Qian's Kongjia Town, which is located at a crossroads, and there is an official road passing through it, which looks very prosperous and lively, and it is now close to noon, and the ox cart has just approached the town gate, and the noise of the crowd inside is heard.

"Who's coming?"

At the gate of the town, a man wearing a blue and white robe stopped them, Wang Eryou hurriedly got out of the car, took out a token from his arms, and said: "This uncle, I am from Shiyao Village, and I have come to sell a batch of pottery." ”

"What about the two in the back?" The man looked at Chen Xuanqi cautiously, Sun Qian was actually fine, but he felt spiritual power fluctuations from Chen Xuanqi.

Sun Qian also got out of the car, took out the token to enter and exit Kongjia Town, and said: "This master, I am a disciple of the Confucian Martial Arts Hall in the town, as for this young man, he is a friend of mine, and he wants to borrow a road from Kongjia Town to Yangfeng City." ”

The man walked around to the back of the car, his tone was a little unfriendly, and he asked, "Are you a loose cultivator or a disciple of the sect?" If you are a disciple of the sect, report your sect to you. ”

Chen Xuanqi opened his eyes, glanced at the man in front of him, and said unhurriedly: "I am a disciple of the sect, but which sect do I come from, and what does it have to do with me borrowing the road from here?"

"You!" the man's face turned red, and he was speechless for a moment.

He is a disciple of the Lanya Sect, and this Confucian Town is also in the sphere of influence of the Lanya Sect, so foreign monks entering and leaving the Confucian Town must be registered by the Lanya Sect before entering, but there is really no rule to say which sect they come from. This Kong Yun just wanted to know more information, so he asked like this.

Sun Qian saw that Kong Yun's face was blue and red, and Chen Xuanqi also looked ignorant, so he hurriedly started the round and said, "This master, my friend only came back from outside a while ago, and he was not in a very good mood, so he was offended by his words, and I apologize to you for him." ”

As Sun Qian spoke, he took out a few taels of silver from the money bag on his waist and stuffed them into Kong Yun's hand, which made Kong Yun's temper disappear a little, he just glanced at Chen Xuanqi with an unkind look, and then said, "Report your name and cultivation." ”

"Chen Qi, early stage of congenital. ”

Chen Xuanqi didn't want to be entangled here, so he casually reported the fake name he had told Sun Qian before. Kong Yun heard Chen Xuancai's early congenital cultivation, a disdainful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then he closed the registration booklet and said with a smile: "It's okay, you go in, I advise you to be careful, people with this kind of cultivation still dare to give people a face, and I don't know the reason for being careful if they are cleaned up." ”

"Hehe, definitely. Sun Qian and Wang Eryou also breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly drove the ox cart into Kongjia Town, Chen Xuanqi still didn't care about Kong Yun's slightly threatening words at all.

When he walked to the avenue in the town, Chen Xuanqi also got down from the ox cart, and walked out of the town along both sides of the avenue, which is the official road, and the general chamber of commerce convoy will choose to pass on the official road, and the places where the official road passes are flat ground, there will rarely be that kind of rugged mountain road, and there will rarely be thieves and horse bandits, but once a robbery occurs, there must be a major treasure to be robbed.

On both sides of the avenue were small stall vendors calling for trading, which made the heavenly tribulation in Chen Xuanqi's body immediately interested, after he finished eating from a steamed bun stall, he immediately ran to the side of the noodle stall to order a bowl of noodles, and then ran to the sugar gourd vendor on the side to get a string of sugar gourds, Sun Qian ran around behind his buttocks, and settled the account for him.

Wang Eryou led the ox cart, and couldn't understand what kind of temper this young man who saved Sun Qian was, he seemed to be cold to people, and he spoke like an adult, but he was like a child in front of eating.

The three of them went around and finally came to a mansion that looked a little large, Wang Eryou stood at the foot of the steps, and said to the guards in front of the door: "Two masters, I came to transport a batch of pottery, which was ordered by Steward Luo last time, please inform me." ”

"Okay, you wait here, I'll go in and report. One of the guards pushed open the door and walked in.

Chen Xuanqi looked at the "Confucian Mansion" plaque hanging above the gate of the mansion and asked, "Could it be that the people in this Confucian Town are all surnamed Kong?"

Sun Qian explained in a low voice: "Only some big families have the surname Kong, this family is the largest pottery merchant in Kongjia Town, and the head of the family is Master Kong Fu, and he is also the big benefactor of all the pottery families in our stone kiln village. ”

"Oh, then your master also belongs to a big family?"

"Master Kong Yong is different, he was born poor before, his family farmed the fields for others in Kongjia Town for a living, and then his parents fell ill and died in one winter, he ran to Yangfeng City alone, and was later accepted as an apprentice by a loose cultivator, and he was respected when he returned to Kongjia Town. ”

"Looks like he's quite inspirational. ”

At this time, the guards who had entered the mansion before pushed the door open and came out, and there was a bearded man in a gray robe behind him, and after he saw Wang Eryou, he pointed to a side alley and said, "Go around to the backyard from there to unload." ”

Wang Eryou replied and said, "Okay." ”

Sun Qian saw Wang Eryou driving the ox cart into the alley, and said, "Chen Shaoxia, let me help you ask if the Kong family will have any goods to be delivered to Yangfeng City today, if so, you don't have to bother with other efforts." ”

Just as Steward Luo was about to go in, he was stopped by Sun Qian, "Steward Luo, please stay." ”

Steward Luo turned around and saw a fresh face and asked, "I wonder what Your Excellency called me?"

Sun Qian and Chen Xuanqi walked up the steps, Sun Qian saluted, and then said: "Down is Sun Qian from the Confucian Martial Arts Pavilion, this is my friend Chen Qi below, my friend wants to go to Yangfeng City because he has something important, I want to ask Steward Luo if there are any goods to be shipped over there today." ”

Steward Luo glanced at Chen Xuanqi on the side and said, "Yes, yes, but I will only leave in the afternoon, and the guards of my Confucian Mansion are enough, so there is no need to invite other temporary guards." ”

Sun Qian glanced at Chen Xuanqi with some embarrassment, said that he could not do anything, and whispered: "The fastest carriage in the entire Confucian Town is the Kong family, and the Kong family also has the most detailed map. ”

Chen Xuanqi thought for a while, then took out a low-grade spirit stone from the space bag, shook it in his hand, and said, "If Steward Luo is willing to give me a ride, I will give this spirit stone as a reward." ”