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Li Miao followed in a hurry.
Xiao Nizi is like a suffocated canary, as soon as she gets out of the cage, she can't wait to flapp her wings and fly to the sky.
Although Xuan Zhenzi has not locked her up all these years, Zhongyun Mountain is high and deep, with lush vegetation and trees, and it is not a good place to play. In addition, there were more or less wild beasts in the mountains, and for the sake of safety, she rarely left the two simple wooden houses.
All the way forward.
There are no village settlements near Qihuang Peak, and several low mountains are all the medicinal fields of the Baicao Sect, which are rarely visited on weekdays.
As a result, the surrounding roads are also a bit barren, and the weeds and wildflowers are almost half a person high, squeezing the otherwise spacious road like a narrow ridge.
The fruit is not much taller than a weed, like a small loach, shuttling through the narrow weeds, shaking dew and pollen, startling ladybugs and butterflies.
Li Miao bathed in the morning sunshine and quietly enjoyed this harmonious scene. There was an indescribable sense of serenity that haunted him.
Finally, Guo'er got tired of running and stopped in the grass, holding her knees with her hands and gasping for breath.
"Enough fun?" he said.
Guo'er gasped and replied, "Well, I can't run, ...... I don't have the strength anymore. ”
Li Miao smiled, leaned down and picked up the little girl who was covered with dewdrops, grass clippings and pollen, and said, "It's okay, there will be a chance to play in the future." ”
Easily passed a wisp of original energy to Guo'er to nourish her body that had just exercised.
Moistened by the original energy, the breath of the fruit eased a lot, and the face became more and more ruddy and beautiful.
With some anticipation, she asked, "Uncle, when will I become as strong as you?"
"This ......"
Li Miao didn't perfunctory her, thought about it seriously, and then replied: "I don't know what kind of exercise you will become in the future, if it is the Purple Mansion Immortal Technique, it will be very different from me." If it's a body refining class, it will probably take more than ten years to be like what I am now. ”
He knew almost nothing about the Reincarnation Lotus Blossom Method, and he couldn't even read the scriptures, let alone the effects of his practice.
"More than ten years ......"
Guo'er listened, a little lost.
"Is it going to take so long......"
Starting from scratch to practice, and reaching the condensation stage in more than ten years, belongs to the category of normal people.
If it's extremely talented, it only takes about seven or eight years. And those who are less talented will consume more time.
Li Miao didn't know whether Guo'er's talent was good or bad, so he could only give her a general impression.
"More than a dozen years may sound like a long time, but it's actually very fast," he said. It's as if time has been a long time since I was born, but it seems like only a moment has passed. ”
Guo'er nodded, thoughtful.
"I really want to grow up quickly. She whispered.
"What's so good about growing up? I miss my life as a child, carefree, unlike adults, who had so many worries. ”
"Grown up...... You can support yourself, and you don't have to drag down your master and uncle. Guo'er also wants to be a responsible person, not a little oil bottle......"
She snorted, as if she was feeling sorry for herself.
Li Miao patted her little buttocks and said with a smile: "What kind of stupid words, no one is born strong, and it takes a process to grow up." I used to be a little hairy kid who grew up under the protection of my parents and teachers. Later, when he became a warrior, he had the strength to protect them in turn. ”
"That's right. That...... Now Uncle protects Guo'er, and when the consequences grow up, he will protect you. ”
"Okay, I'll wait. Li Miao said.
While talking and laughing, he exerted his strength, slightly increased his speed, and rushed forward two or three meters in a step.
The sun rises little by little, the temperature in the air gradually rises, and the dew drops on the flowers and plants are gradually evaporated and no longer so wet.
Although he did not rush with all his might, the speed of the Primordial Warrior was still not inferior to that of a horse, and the hundred-mile journey quickly faded away.
About an hour later, the rugged and narrow mountain road ahead suddenly opened up, and a small plain sandwiched between the mountains burst into view.
It is a basin terrain with a radius of more than ten kilometers, fertile fields are all around, small rivers and streams are interspersed, and in the center is an unpretentious old city, and the four sides of the city each extend an official road that is a zhang wide and wide, leading to the mountains and valleys in the distance.
"That's Wu'an Town. Li Miao said.
The fruit is shiny, and the color of yearning appears in her eyes.
She had never seen a bustling city for as long as she could remember, and her impressions of the town were all stripped from the stories narrated by her master.
"Let's go. ”
Li Miao moved under his feet and took Guo'er to the town.
Wu'an Town is the only large-scale town within a radius of 100 miles, with a large population, and there are many pedestrians on the official roads on all sides.
The two of them mixed among the people and walked towards the city gate, but before they reached the city gate, they saw a circle of people under the city wall in front of them, and they did not know what they were looking at.
When I got closer, it was a missing person notice.
Unlike the tracing notices posted by the government, this missing person notice was not posted on the city wall, but painted on a cloth flag.
The cloth banner was vertically pestled on the ground, and a middle-aged Taoist priest stood next to it. The Taoist priest closed his eyes and didn't say a word, as if he didn't care about the people around him at all.
Li Miao looked at it, and the top of the cloth banner read: If you find this person, you will be rewarded with a thousand taels.
Below is an extremely simple image painting, not a human face, but a back, which can only be seen to be delicate and thin, and it is a woman's figure.
Further down is a line of words, the book says: This female double is ten years old, likes to wear white shirts, is eclectic, chic, good at drinking, and often holds a white jade folding fan in her hand.
Other than that, there's no other description.
Li Miao watched it funny.
Still looking for someone with this bit of information?
There is not even a facial portrait, even if the person concerned is standing here, he may not be able to recognize it!
Some of the onlookers shouted, "This stinky Taoist priest is not entertaining us." There is also a bounty of 1,000 taels, I look at his poor and sour appearance, and he may not be able to take out a tael of silver!"
"That's right. The portrait is not easy to draw, take a back and let people find it, and when I find it, I say no, this is not a trick!"
"Okay, okay, let's disperse, what should you do, don't waste time here. ”
With that, most of the group dispersed.
Li Miao also turned around and walked away.
At this time, the middle-aged Taoist priest suddenly opened his eyes and looked over.
"Boy. ”
He shook his body, blocked Li Miao's way, put the cloth banner in his hand in front of him, and asked, "Have you ever seen this person?"
"I haven't seen it. Li Miao replied directly, and was about to leave after speaking.
He had only been in this world for two or three days, and he had seen very few people, and even if the image on the painting was a little more vague, there was no one that could fit it.
Who knew that Shi took a step forward, stopped him again, and said without a head: "You have a fate with her, and you will definitely meet her." If you have the chance, bring her to me!"
Li Miao secretly said that he was nervous, and directly bypassed the Taoist priest with Guo'er in his arms and entered the city.
This time, the Taoist priest did not stop him again, took the cloth banner and returned to his original position, continued to close his eyes and pestle there, and let passers-by point and point.
The Taoist priest does not have the aura of cultivation on his body, and judging from his behavior, there are more ingredients like a god stick than like a master, so Li Miao didn't pay attention to this matter at all.
After entering the city, the people around suddenly increased, and the noisy sound of the market was endless.
The eldest and the younger are both coming to the town for the first time, with a little curiosity, looking at each other from time to time, quite a feeling of entering the city with a kind of dirt buns.
In fact, the clothes of the two people are indeed full of the taste of "dirt buns".
Li Miao has short hair and wears casual clothes from another world, with a strange style.
Guo'er was dressed in shabby clothes, like a little flower child.
Along the way, many people cast strange glances at them, and when they met some people dressed up in magnificent clothes, they would avoid them in disgust, as if they would dirty themselves if they got closer.
Li Miao couldn't cry or laugh, so he had to bear the contempt of passers-by while looking for a place to sell clothes.
Many things along the way are very new to the two of them, Guo'er has never seen the world under the mountain, and is fascinated by the dazzling scenery of the town, and her big eyes are round.
"Uncle, what's that?" she asked, pointing to the candy man vendor on the side of the road.
Li Miao said that he didn't know, so he came directly to the stall and said to the vendor: "Boss, is this thing for sale?"
The peddler looked up at him for a moment, and said, "Sell, why don't you sell." Five cents for a candy man, if you want to pay for it, if you can't afford it, please go farther. There was a hint of contempt in his tone.
The prickly taste in his words made people very uncomfortable, and Li Miao couldn't help frowning.
It was the same when he was in Nanshan Village before, everyone else thought he was a poor beggar, and he had to wait for him to take out the gold bar before he could talk to Heqi.
But it seems strange to buy a five-penny candy man with a whole gold bar, right?
There is no other currency on him, and Union's credit cards and banknotes are obviously unswipeable in this world.
After hesitating for a while, the vendor said impatiently: "If you want to buy it, hurry up, if you don't buy it, get out, don't disturb Lao Tzu to do business!"
At this time, someone next to him said, "Tut, isn't it just five cents, I'll pay for him." ”
A white-robed scribe stepped forward, clicked, and threw out a piece of broken silver.
As soon as the peddler looked like a person, his eyes suddenly lit up, he grabbed the broken silver and stuffed it into his arms, and said with a smile: "Ouch, isn't this the Liu Ye of the Cui Building, what kind of wind blew you here?"
As he spoke, he picked up two candy sticks and handed them to Li Miao, "Take it and take it, for the sake of Master Liu, I will give you one more." ”
Li Miao glanced at this "Liu Ye".
This person was a young man in his twenties, who was elegant and even a little feminine. He was wearing a luxurious moon-white robe, with a jade pendant hanging around his waist, and a string of white jade prayer beads in his hand, and he knew that he was a rich man at a glance.
Liu Ye also happened to look at it, and said with a light smile: "Friend, it's the first time you enter the city, right? I see that you are strong and strong, like a practitioner, if you have no place to stay, you might as well come to the cuilou to join me." ”
As he spoke, his eyes swept Guo'er's eyes intentionally or unintentionally, and strange colors flashed under his eyes.
"Thanks, no. ”
Li Miao refused directly, took the candy man and left.
was so troubled, his originally good interest was swept away.
Walking into the crowd with Guo'er in his arms, he was even more determined to find a place to buy clothes first.
Seeing that he was so ignorant, the sugar man peddler chuckled disdainfully, and said disdainfully: "I don't know what to do with the stinky Huazi, it's rare that Liu Ye can afford you, and you still put on a score?"
Liu Ye smiled with interest, and followed through the crowd and chased forward.
The crowd was bustling.
Li Miao walked down a street with Guo'er and found that she was frowning and holding a candy man in her hand, but she didn't eat a bite.
"Why don't you taste it?"
"I don't like it. ”
Guo'er pursed her lips with a disgusted expression, and even wanted to throw the candy man away.
Li Miao smiled in his heart.
Although this girl looks very small, she is actually thirteen years old, and she is very ghostly. Knowing that the sugar man was "charity" by others, he resisted very much in his heart, and he lost his original novelty at all.
Then he said to her, "Then throw it away, and my uncle will buy you something more delicious in a while." ”
"Hmm. ”
The fruit was very crisp and threw the candy man out casually.
Unexpectedly, the sugar man flew into the air, but was caught by a white hand.
Liu Ye's feminine voice came: "Tut, even if you don't like it, you can't throw it around." It's made of sugar, and it's not good to throw it on the ground and attract flies and ants all over the ground. ”
A young man in a moon-white costume stood in front of the two.
"Introduce yourself. My name is Liu Xuanfeng, and I am the owner of the Cui Building in Dongcheng. I am fortunate to meet the two of you today, I wonder if I can enjoy my face in the building?" said the young man politely.
Many people on the street knew this Liu Lou owner, and they couldn't help but be surprised when they saw him send an invitation to a pair of "beggars" in public.
"Who is this person? Liu Ye actually invited him personally!"
"Damn, in a place like Cuilou, it costs a lot of money to go in and drink a glass of boiled water. Lao Tzu has only been there once in most of his life, this kid is really shitty luck!"
"Alas, if I can get such courtesy from Liu Ye, I will admit it as a beggar for the rest of my life!"
There was a lot of talking.
Li Miao frowned and replied, "Thank you for the invitation, but I'm not interested." ”
Originally, he would have liked to meet more strangers so that he could get to know the world more easily. But the tone of Liu Xuanfeng's speech really made him a little uncomfortable, and the name Cuilou felt like a brothel no matter how it sounded!
His refusal suddenly made the already lively street even more noisy.
"Damn! This kid is too ignorant of what to do, he actually rejected Master Liu!"
"What about playing with snakeskin? I don't want to go to Cuilou for free, this kid can't do that, right?"
"Today's young people really don't know how to cherish it......"
All sorts of rhetoric are in the air.
Li Miao's old face darkened.
Sure enough, it's really a brothel......
It's a good thing he didn't agree, otherwise he wouldn't have dirty the pure eyes of the fruit!