Chapter 18: The Road to Cultivation

Today's Sanhe Town is extremely lively, and the Qin family in Tongguan City came forward and invited a few cooks in the town, more than a dozen men, and a group of subordinates brought by the Qin family to prepare a feast.

The objects of the banquet were naturally the Black Armor Army and the guards of the Wanbao Trading House, and of course, the three patrons in the sedan chair.

In the town, there are large jars of self-brewed wine piled up on the side of the road, in large steamers, large bowls of meat, large buns, large pots of white rice, steamed buns, everyone is completely open.

These black-armored soldiers haven't had a full meal for a few days, and it's good to be able to eat warm food, it's rare to eat so much at once, and naturally they are more grateful to Qin Hong in their hearts.

The banquet was held for two hours, and many people in the town participated in it, anyway, the Qin family was not short of these money, so they simply did a favor.

The black armor army was full of food and drink, Qin Hong also chatted with his mother for a few hours, mother and son were together, there seemed to be a lot of endless words, of course, the most important thing was that Cao Wan was about to say that Qin Hong was listening to his mother's chatter most of the time.

In this process, Xu Chong didn't dare to say anything more, and was taught a lesson by Qin Hong, and he also knew that he had converged.

It was getting dark, and there were scattered snowflakes in the sky.

"It's snowing again!" cried a small child cheerfully not far away.

"Hong'er, are you still leaving today?" Cao Wanyue asked with some reluctance.

"We have to leave today, we must dare to send people to Baiyun Valley within the specified time!" Qin Hong calculated, time was already tight.

"Hong'er......" Cao Wan stopped talking, and her eyes became a little bitter when she looked at Qin Hong.

Qin Hong bowed his head slightly and held his mother's arm: "Mother, don't worry, the child will not forget his father's hatred, and he will also do everything possible to find the trace of his sister." ”

Cao Wanyue nodded with satisfaction.

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The night is getting lower and lower, the hustle and bustle of Sanhe Town has calmed down, this remote town, it is rare to be lively all year round, at this time Sanhe Town, sporadic lights hanging, like elves under the night sky, wandering alone on the earth.

The Black Armor Army set off again, full of wine and food, and everyone's faces were filled with satisfied smiles.

Qin Hong rode his horse and went straight to Tongguan County, when he passed a small stream, his eyes couldn't help but drift into it, and many past events emerged in his heart.

Back then, the white-clothed BMW, Qin Hong just came out of Qin's house and went to Sanhe Town, taking this road, and it was also the cold winter season, when Qin Hong still washed his face in this stream.

The past is vivid, but time can never go back.

Qin Hong couldn't help but let out a long sigh, leaving a white streak in the air, which gradually dissipated after a long time.

"Qin Xiaoyou, do you have something on your mind?" Not far behind Qin Hong, Zhao Yanshan sped up and came to Qin Hong's side.

Qin Hong pondered for a long time and nodded.

"What's the matter, talk to my brother and see if my brother can help you solve it!" Zhao Yanshan smiled kindly.

"Brother Zhao, what do you say a cultivator is pursuing in this life?" Qin Hong asked.

Zhao Yanshan bowed his head, and immediately his gaze became more and more determined: "A cultivator's life must be the most supreme Xuandao!"

"What is the point of pursuing the Supreme Mystery Dao? The relatives around him have left one by one, and the past time will never come back, even if you have the Supreme Mystery Dao and are alone, what is the point?" Qin Hong's eyes were blank, and he seemed to have fallen into a confused situation on the path of cultivating the Xuan.

"Little Brother Qin. I can understand your feelings at this time! However, cultivators are like this, destined to endure loneliness and loneliness that ordinary people cannot imagine. The corners of Zhao Yanshan's mouth flashed with bitterness, how could he not be like this when he was young, "You have to learn to bear it, learn to be lonely!"

"Do you bear the loneliness and loneliness of cultivation?" Qin Hong couldn't help but be stunned.

"It's not just the loneliness of cultivation, but also the loneliness of life!" Zhao Yanshan sighed, looking at Qin Hong like an elder looking at a junior, "Qin Hong, you are still young now, you may not have thought of it, and I am more than a hundred years older than you, although my cultivation is not much stronger than you, but there are some things that you have experienced more......

"I'm tired of Elder Zhao's advice!" Qin Hong said humbly.

"Qin Hong, think about it, you are still young now, your mother and other relatives are still by your side, but what about a few decades or hundreds of years? You are a Xuan, with the improvement of the cultivation realm, the longevity will continue to extend, and most of the relatives around you are not Xuanzhi, their lifespan is only a hundred years old, after a hundred years old, they will not be able to stop the fate of God, and they will eventually die of old age. And at that time, how sad and sad would you be when you saw your loved ones who were once by your side leaving you one by one?" Zhao Yanshan's tone trembled slightly, tears flashed in the corners of his eyes, and this remark seemed to touch on his long-sealed past.

"Yes......" Qin Hong's heart trembled suddenly, if it weren't for Zhao Yanshan mentioning this, Qin Hong wouldn't even have thought that now his relatives have not passed away, and with the passage of time, the relatives around him will gradually grow old, and then enter the ground, and as a mystery, he has a longer lifespan, and he is destined to watch his friends and relatives leave one by one, and these grief needs to be slowly used to and bear.

"Qin Hong, I said a lot of things, you listened to it, but it didn't work, when it really comes to that time, you can only rely on yourself to get used to it!" Elder Zhao said.

Qin Hong took a deep breath, nodded, turned his gaze, and said, "Elder Zhao, Qin has something to ask for, I don't know if I can ...... it."

Zhao Yanshan interrupted Qin Hong's words and waved his hand: "Little Brother Qin, but it's okay to say it, we don't have to be so polite!"

Qin Hong smiled and said, "That's the case, those medicinal herbs I asked you to help me get last time...... I want you to help me refine a pill!"

Zhao Yanshan was slightly stunned, as if he didn't expect Qin Hong to actually refine the pill

"Why didn't you tell me earlier? Our Wanbao Trading House has a special alchemist, a special alchemy furnace, and you told me at that time that after I helped you collect the medicinal materials, I handed them over to ......the alchemist to refine them by the way," Zhao Yanshan said.

"At that time, I only thought about asking Elder Zhao to help me find medicinal materials, but I didn't dare to trouble Elder Zhao anymore, and now I can't find a suitable person to help me refine it for a while, so I have to be cheeky and trouble Elder Zhao!" Qin Hong said.

"What are you talking about!" Zhao Yanshan shook his head with a smile, and suddenly his face changed, and he looked at Qin Hong, "Do you need this elixir urgently?"

Qin Hong nodded: "I really need it urgently!"

"Then give me the medicinal herbs first! I will open the furnace for you to alchemy if I have the chance!" Zhao Yanshan said.

Qin Hong couldn't help but be overjoyed, he couldn't imagine that Zhao Yanshan would actually know the way of alchemy, his heart moved, Qin Hong said again: "Elder Zhao, I want to observe your alchemy, I don't know if it's okay?"

"Are you a Wood Mystic?" Zhao Yanshan asked.

Qin Hong shook his head.

"Little friend Qin Hong, the way of alchemy is only blessed by Mu Yuan Xuan, and other Xuanyuan cultivators may not be able to have too high attainments in the way of alchemy!" Zhao Yanshan thought that Qin Hong wanted to study the way of alchemy, but he also knew that Qin Hong was not a Mu Yuan Xuan, so he reminded Qin Hong euphemistically.

Qin Hong naturally understood Zhao Yanshan's thoughts, smiled faintly, and said, "It's okay, I don't have to study how deeply I am in the way of alchemy, that is, I understand and understand!"

Zhao Yanshan stroked his long beard, "Are the materials there?"

Qin Hong nodded, and hurriedly took down the package full of medicinal materials from the horse and handed it to Zhao Yanshan.

"Okay, I'll let you know when it's time to refine!" When the time comes, you can come to see the old man's ugly offering!" Zhao Yanshan said with a smile.

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The Black Armor Army gradually approached Tongguan City.

Shang Maoxiong, the lord of Tongguan City, had long heard that a black armor army had come to Tongguan City, so he asked the spies to visit at the city gate early, and when he saw the black armor army approaching, he hurriedly walked out of the city gate to greet him.

According to the subordinate relationship, the county lord belongs to the subordinate of the county lord, and in terms of rank, he is only one level with the centurion. But when it comes to strength and influence, it is far inferior to the centurion, seeing that there are hundreds of people in this black armor army, Shang Maoxiong is even more sincerely afraid, and walked out of the city three miles away, lined up to welcome.

Seeing the three gold lines on the chest of Xu Chong, the leader, Shang Maoxiong's body trembled, and a flattering smile quickly piled up on his face.

"The villain Shang Maoxiong, the city lord of Tongguan City, is here to welcome the generals into the city!" Shang Maoxiong bowed.

Xu Chong didn't get off the horse, but just glanced at Shang Maoxiong lightly, and said, "I'm just passing through here, you don't need to work hard to mobilize the people!"

"The general has been in the dust all the way, so let the little one arrange a thin banquet for the general to temporarily wash his fatigue, so as to show the respect of the little ones for the soldiers of the Black Armor Army......" Shang Maoxiong nodded, with a greasy smile on his face, and his fat belly looked like he didn't know how much fat and cream he had scraped.

From the beginning when Shang Maoxiong came up to talk to Xu Chong, until now, Shang Maoxiong's eyes swept over Qin Hong and a few people, and the rest of the time stayed on Xu Chong, in his opinion, Xu Chong is a captain with three golden lines on his chest, and his rank is not higher than himself, and he is the master who commands thousands of armies in terms of strength. And Qin Hong, Zhou Kaiyang and Feng Qingshan were all behind Xu Chong, and they were centurions with two golden stripes on their chests, their level was comparable to him, and their use value was not great, so they didn't look at Qin Hong and the others.

"No need! We have military affairs and need to hurry urgently, if you delay the military plane, can you afford this crime?" Xu Chong frowned and asked coldly.

Behind Xu Chong, Qin Hong and the others glanced at each other, and a smile flashed in their eyes, it seems that this Xu Chong really lacks a root in his head, and he can only shout with a straight face.

"Captain Xu, I think that since the city lord is so enthusiastic and gracious, let's not spoil the fun, right?" Qin Hong said lazily.