At this time, Han Shang introduced Qin Wen, who was sitting on the main seat, and said: "This is our head of the family, he wants to ask you something about those countries on the other side of the ocean today, you have to answer truthfully, if you answer well, the head of the family will also let you do a translation and go to a western country together." ”

When Xue Yan came, he was told by the account office outside that there was an important person in the family who wanted to see him this time, and when he heard that the Xuanshi monk sitting on the right seat was the head of the family, he hurriedly bowed down and said: "Subordinate Xue Yan visited the head of the family, about the affairs of those countries opposite, the subordinates must know everything and say everything." ”

Qin Wen waved his hand slightly, let Xue Yan get up and said: "Since Han Shang recommended you, then he must trust you very much, in fact, I mainly want to travel this time, and there is no specific place to go, you can tell me the route from here to the Western Continent first." ”

Xue Yan nodded and said: "If you go from here, you will be within the scope of the wasteland after walking west for three days, there is no country in the wasteland, there are only a few small tribes, the most are mountain bandits, almost all the roads that can pass will be occupied by mountain bandits, which is also the first safety issue that you need to pay attention to when going to Western countries." ”

"After passing through the wasteland, it is the sea, there are often merchant ships coming and going on the sea, as long as you give the captain some spirit stones, you can take a ship to the port of the western continent, generally speaking, the merchant ship is relatively safe, but I am afraid of encountering pirates, pirates are much more cruel than those mountain bandits, in addition to robbing goods and women, some will kill people for fun. ”

Qin Wen bowed slightly, he had already thought of these things, after all, in the wasteland and the sea, there is no strong state management, and it is normal for pirates and mountain bandits to appear, Qin Wen continued to ask at this time: "What kind of cultivation are those mountain bandits and pirates? If it is like the three of us." Is it dangerous to meet them?"

Xue Yan looked at Qin Wen and Su Ruo, and saw that they were all monks in the Xuanshi realm, so he hesitated for a moment and said, "If you encounter a small group of mountain bandits and pirates, their leaders are at most monks at the lower level of the Xuanshi, and some are even monks in the Xuanshi realm, and they generally don't dare to attack us." ”

"If it's a big group of pirates or bandits. Basically, there will be a few upper-level monks in the Xuan Master, and they will be more likely to start, but if you go with the caravan, the security will be higher, after all, the caravans that often come and go will send some spiritual objects to the mountain bandits and pirates on weekdays, and they will also get their road strips, and there will generally be no problems. ”

Qin Wen waved his hand and said, "I've also thought about it in the past two days, if we walk with the caravan, then we won't be able to control the time." Since I went out to travel, I want to stay in a suitable place for a few more days, and I can spend my time freely, or it is more convenient for us to go by ourselves, you can rest assured, if there is no spiritual level monk, there is absolutely no problem in terms of safety. ”

Xue Yan knew that he was only responsible for telling what he knew now, and as for how to decide, Qin Wen still needed to make an idea. He continued to speak: "After arriving on the western continent, there is basically no problem in terms of security. Over the years, his subordinates have been to two large countries, as well as seven or eight small countries, and it is very convenient for them to enter and exit the country, as long as it is not two hostile countries, basically there is no army on the border. ”

Qin Wen pondered slightly, and asked, "What kind of cultivation do those monks in Western countries have, and what is the difference in their cultivation skills?"

Xue Yan thought for a while and said, "If you want to say that the biggest difference should be the gong technique, most of the monks in Western countries practice a kind of gong technique called Dou Qi. Their fighting qi is somewhat similar to our vitality, but there are also slight differences, most of our Taoist cultivation techniques are obtained through meditation on the dantian and absorbing spiritual energy, and they are somewhat similar to the exercises of physical cultivation. It is necessary to temper the physical body to achieve the effect of absorbing aura. ”

"This subordinate can't say well, the main thing is to understand when I see the monks who practice vindictiveness in the future, the realm of the monks over there is similar to ours here, generally speaking, the upper level of the Xuanshi is considered a high-level monk in a country, and most of the spiritual monks are high-level monks who believe in the Divine Religion, and there are also worships attached to the court, and there are very few people who meditate by themselves. ”

Qin Wen couldn't help but nod his head when he saw what he said, "I know this, as long as their realm is not much higher than here, there is no need for us to bring spirit level cultivators, by the way, what about the prices over there?

Xue Yan shook his head and said: "Crystals and spirit stones are very precious over there, there are very few monks who can refine crystals and spirit stones, and some of them are refined by dark wizards on the opposite side of the Divine Sect, most of the transactions over there are paid for with gold coins, and only particularly valuable items are made with crystals and spirit stones." ”

"So when those caravans come here, after trading the spiritual objects they carry, in addition to the spiritual objects that they must bring back, they also like to exchange some more spars and spirit stones to go back, and the difference in price over there can be exchanged for high profits. ”

Qin Wen nodded lightly, from Xue Yan's words, he had already seen that Xue Yan knew a lot about Western countries, thinking of this, he said: "Xue Yan, I'm going to go to Western countries in the next few days, if you don't have anything to do here, just be our interpreter and go over there together, right?"

Xue Yan nodded hurriedly and agreed: "The subordinates are willing to follow the head of the family to the west, there is nothing to do here, and the subordinates can set off at any time." ”

Qin Wen bowed his head and said: "Okay, then you go back today and pack up first, and let's leave tomorrow morning, by the way, on the way, you have to teach us some Western languages that we need to use every day, and we can communicate with the locals to some extent." ”

After Xue Yan agreed, he saluted Qin Wen again, and then bowed and exited the main hall, and when he left, Qin Wen opened his mouth and said to Han Shang: "I think this monk named Xue Yan is not bad, let him follow us to the West tomorrow, by the way, do you have anything else?"

Han Shang looked at Xue Yan's back with some envy and said: "There is nothing to do with the subordinates, the head of the family has to hurry tomorrow, let's rest early today, the subordinates will prepare some items for you on the road, it is not easy to exchange the spirit stones and spars over there, and it is more convenient to bring some scattered gold coins." ”

Qin Wen looked at Han Shang's expression, and suddenly thought of the ideal that Han Shang had told him before, so he muttered slightly: "Now I think the trade routes here are gradually on the right track, if you also want to go to the West, you can train some business route stewards during this time, and when their work is proficient, I will give you a long vacation for a while, and let you go out for a while." ”

Listening to Qin Wen's words, Han Shang felt a burst of joy in his heart, after several years of running around, in his spare time, he had already completed the detailed map, every time he saw the caravan monks from the West come here to trade spiritual objects, he thought about when he would be able to go to the Western Continent to have a look, but he didn't expect Qin Wen to think about this matter for himself, so he hurriedly bowed down to thank him, and withdrew from the main hall with a little fluttering steps.

Early the next morning, Xue Yan waited under the eaves of the porch in front of the main hall early, and after Qin Wen and Su Ruo had some breakfast, the three of them set off to the west.

When he first started, Qin Wen didn't take out the spirit boat, after all, he wasn't going to do anything, it was just an ordinary trip, and he could enjoy the scenery along the way with Su Ruo, and he could also take advantage of this time to learn some common words from Xue Yan in the Western Continent, and he wouldn't have to rely on Xue Yan for everything at that time.

Xue Yan also taught very dedicatedly, wrote some commonly used words on paper with pen and ink in his spare time, and then gave Qin Wen and the two of them to remember, and after less than ten days, in order to let Qin Wen and the two of them better master these languages, the conversation between them gradually began to use these languages.

Now that they have come to the depths of the wasteland, when they first arrived in the wasteland, Qin Wen's divine sense felt that there were some monks nearby who were secretly peeping at him, but the realm of these monks was really too low, and the highest was only a monk of the upper level of the Xuanshi, so Qin Wen didn't take them too seriously.

Of course, those mountain bandits saw that although there were only three people in Qin Wen, there were two Xuanshi monks, and even Xue Yan, who was a subordinate, was a high-level Xuanshi monk, so they didn't dare to act rashly, and after following them for a few days, after leaving their sphere of influence, they gave up exploring Qin Wen.

However, after entering the sphere of influence of the next mountain bandits, there will be other mountain bandits peeping at them like a relay, although Qin Wen is a little disgusted with this feeling of peeping, but he also doesn't want to make a fuss here and disturb the good mood of traveling with Su Ruo, so as long as these mountain bandits don't disturb them, Qin Wen also signaled Xue Yan not to warn them, and let them follow him all the time.

After ten days, Qin Wen gradually became familiar with the scenery of the wasteland, although it is not a barren desert, but the terrain is mainly hilly, the soil under his feet is mixed with stones of different sizes, and there are almost no grass growing in some places, so it is not easy to reclaim the land, and the yield of crops cannot be compared with the fertile farmland, if there is no desert caused by the invasion of the demons back then, then this side should be the dividing point between the two continents of the east and west.

After walking for another two days, just when Qin Wen felt a little bored and was about to discuss with Su Ruo about using the spirit boat to fly over this section of the journey, a warning suddenly sounded in his divine sense, and Su Ruo's face also changed slightly, and he said in a low voice: "Qin Wen, there seems to be a high-level monk around here?" (to be continued......