Chapter 104: Back to the Swamp
After the idea of prying open the door of Shizu's house on the sea, the more Qi Suyu thought about it, the more anxious he became, and as soon as he landed on the shore, he found a fast horse and ran in the direction of the Soul Swamp. He had been disguised on the ship, but when he went ashore, he found that the portraits of himself that had been pasted on the city walls had long been removed, and he could still see one occasionally, and the calligraphy and paintings on it were blurry and unrecognizable.
It seems that the minds of the major factions are not on themselves at this time, or they really feel the grace of saving their lives and no longer hunt them down. In this case, there was no point in disguise, so he returned to his original appearance, and worked all the way without any accidents.
However, the scene on this road touched him deeply, to go to the Soul Swamp had to pass through the boundary of the Evernage Temple, it used to be possible to hear the sound of chanting from far or near when he walked through every town, but this time he saw the homeless people dragging their families and carrying food in carts.
He also heard that Jiuyuan Island slaughtered Liuhai City, all the guards and people, and even the livestock were not spared, and sometimes he even felt that the cause of these tragedies had something to do with him, if he hadn't gone to Jiuyuan Island, the major factions would not have sent so many people to chase after him, and Jiuyuan Island might not dare to invade, right?
The front is to Bolong Town, Qi Suyu turned over and dismounted, thinking that he must go to the noodle restaurant he used to go to have a good meal, but when he led the horse into Bolong Town, he couldn't help but be disappointed, on the empty street, where is there a figure, but there are a lot of broken baskets rolling on the street, this place is also remote, how can people run out.
The desire to eat a bowl of hot noodles soaked in the soup, Qi Suyu rode on a horse, and passed by the "chess house", only to see that the red pillar had turned black, the door lock was yellow and rusty, and the tile wall was also full of dust.
"Isn't Steward Li gone?" Qi Suyu thought to himself, alas, that's it, since there was no one in the mansion, he didn't bother to go in, so he raised his horsewhip and went straight to the Soul Swamp.
No matter how chaotic and changing the outside world is, whether the war is in chaos or the people are struggling to make a living, the swamp of the soul has not changed at all, it is still smoky, scorching and boring, and lifeless.
Qi Suyu entered the Soul Swamp with ease, and the slight difference from before was that there were a few more blackened bones along the way, which should also be those in the martial arts who came to hunt him down last time.
Dying in such a place, naturally no one would come in to help them clean up the bones, and Qi Suyu didn't take it to heart. Walking to the edge of the black cliff, his eyes flickered, but he found that the stone marks left by the master who guided him deep into the swamp were gone, and Qi Suyu did not give up looking for a while, but he never found a mark, who cleaned up these marks? Could it be that the master came back?
"Cloud Climbing Technique" Qi Su Yu thought silently in his heart, and then his true anger was mentioned, and his body rushed to the top of the cliff like an arrow from the string.
"Huh" Qi Su Yu has always felt that his skills have not improved much recently, but he didn't expect that he didn't feel very difficult when he used the cloud climbing technique to reach the top of the cliff, compared to the previous time he was out of breath, and he also found that the black smoke and fire in the swamp before made his brain swell no longer felt.
After steady, Qi Suyu took a few breaths of fresh air, and then walked quickly to the front of the wooden house, only to find that there was still a lock on the door, and the master had not returned.
Qi Suyu stood silent in front of the door, although he didn't have any hope for the master's return, but he was inevitably disappointed at this moment.
A corner of the wooden house has grown green moss, a lot of weeds have grown in the cracks of the steps, and the wooden table outside the house is also a little cracked and rotten, a scene of no people.
Let's take a look at Shizu's house first, Qi Suyu thought to himself, so he walked to the separate wooden house on the west side, and then raised his hand and patted it, and the copper lock fell to the ground.
"Squeak" Qi Suyu gently pushed the door open, but what hit his nose was not a rotten musty smell, but a faint fragrance of tea and ink. The ancestor is the ancestor, and there is still such a populous atmosphere in the house that he has not lived in all the year round, Qi Suyu thought to himself, and carefully raised his steps and stepped in.
What catches your eye is a solid wood low table placed in the center, with a white clay stove on it, a silver kettle on the stove, and four bell-shaped teacups scattered around, feeling like the host is entertaining guests to drink tea, and suddenly left in a hurry, and he will even think that the ancestor was on this coffee table back then, teaching the master tea art martial arts to the master.
Qi Suyu walked to the coffee table, uncovered the lid of the silver kettle, there was actually a green tea sample in it, he leaned his nose, sniffed lightly, and exclaimed in surprise, Shizu This house has not been lived in for more than ten or twenty years, after all, he is also twenty years old, and he has never seen the face of Shizu.
Why is this pot of tea still not a little rotten after such a year, but still a little faint fragrance. By the way, this tea smells ...... Qi Suyu sniffed it again, as if he had smelled it somewhere, and it felt a little familiar, but he couldn't remember it.
At the moment, he stopped again, turned his head to look away, in addition to the bookshelf against the wall, there was only another bookcase by the window in the room, and there was a yellow paper on the bookcase, Qi Suyu hurriedly walked over, crouched on the desk and looked carefully.
"This is the map of the Four Forbidden Lands?" Qi Suyu said to himself in surprise.
He looked at the huge bold words on it—the Soul Swamp, the Ice Valley of the Gods, the Sealed Beast Wasteland, and the Sea of Crying Sands. And then there are dense annotations in it, and Qi Suyu can't understand it for a while, but he can be sure that it is a map, how on earth is this done?
Qi Suyu thought to himself, if the outside world knew that he had a map of the four forbidden places, he would probably be hunted down to the ends of the earth, but he thought about it again, not necessarily, the four forbidden places are not attractive, and it is useless for ordinary people to ask for this map.
There is also a page next to the map, which looks like it should be a note made by the master casually, and it is written on the top: The awakening fruit of the Soul Swamp is of great use for lifting the soul and has been found; the crying mulberry wood of the Mulberry Sea of Crying Sangsha is of great use for purifying the soul, but it has not been obtained; the sealing beast stone of the Beast Wasteland is of great use for refining the soul, but it has not been obtained; and the Xuanjing Ice of the Ice Valley of the Soul Soul is of great use for calming the soul, but it has not been obtained.
Awakening Fruit, Qi Su Yu's eyes lit up, isn't the Suo Shen Technique in the narrative exactly what needs to be lifted by the Awakening Fruit, according to the above, the ancestor has already obtained the Awakening Fruit, but how can he find the ancestor? The Sealing Beast Stone and Xuanjing Ice were found one by one, so many years have passed, and I don't know how many the ancestors have found, but they should not have been found yet, if they are all found, they should come back, so the ancestors may be in three other places except the Soul Swamp, so the whereabouts of the master and the uncle are also possible.
Qi Suyu slowly put away the map, and couldn't help but hesitate in his heart: Do you really want to find all these three forbidden places?