After a few words of explanation with the shopkeeper, Shi Xuan took Ding Mingde back to his small courtyard. Although it was said that he wanted to talk at night, Ding Mingde was tired and hungry all the way, and now that he was full of food and drink, he happened to be sleepy, and after chatting with Shi Xuan for a few words, he couldn't stop his eyelids.

Seeing this, Shi Xuan smiled heartily, remembering the scene when he used to go to class after an all-nighter, and hurriedly took Ding Mingde to the left wing room to settle down.

Back in his room, Shi Xuan didn't immediately start to contemplate, but sat with his eyes closed, seemingly cultivating or cultivating, but in fact, he let go of his spiritual sense and observed the entire courtyard vigilantly, for the cruel gaze before, Shi Xuan didn't dare to be careless, and if someone came, he might be able to get more information.

It's a pity that the owner of that gaze didn't come to explore Shi Xuan's courtyard tonight, and the whole courtyard only had the sound of Ding Mingde's snoring and the sound of cicadas on the sycamores in the courtyard, making the night seem peaceful and quiet. Shi Xuan was on guard for an hour before he let down his guard and began to visualize. During this time, whether on the road or in the inn restaurant, Shi Xuan has never relaxed his meditation cultivation, and he can feel the strength of his soul every time, and he has entered the peak of the soul strengthening period, but unfortunately he still hasn't touched the threshold of the out-of-body period.

The moonlight is like water, the night breeze is slightly cool, after Shi Xuan's visualization is over, he sits in front of the window and looks at the night scene in the courtyard, listening to all kinds of subtle sounds, this feeling is like reading outside the whole world, quietly observing the world. For Shi Xuan, everything is actually like a dream, but since he is here, all he can do is to move forward.

For Shi Xuan's current cultivation, sleep is still very necessary, especially when he is going to Tongxuan Mountain, he needs to nourish his spirit. Originally, Shi Xuan had already arranged a specific itinerary, but the appearance of Ding Mingde made Shi Xuan put Shuanghu Village at the top of the itinerary, and because he didn't know much about it, he had to be extremely vigilant. After relaxing for a while, Shi Xuan went to bed.

A good night's sleep.

The sky was slightly white, the breeze was refreshing, Shi Xuan asked for two breakfasts after exercising in the morning, and then woke up Ding Mingde. Tongxuan Mountain is fifty miles northwest of the city, and with Shi Xuan's footsteps, it will take a few hours to arrive, but with Ding Mingde, a person who looks like a weak scholar, it is very likely that he will have to walk for a day. Therefore, wake up Ding Mingde early, and then whether it is on foot or hiring a carriage, you will have more time.

In the courtyard, under the plane tree, next to the stone table, Ding Mingde sat opposite Shi Xuan, and he didn't look like he was awake at first glance, but although his surname was a little nerdy, he didn't have any arrogant mentality, and understood that he was just rubbing Shi Xuan's food and house, so he washed up very cooperatively and got up.

"Brother Mingde, I have already arranged for Xiao Er to call a carriage, so that we can reach Tongxuan Mountain at the beginning of Shen Shichu. Should we be able to catch up?" Shi Xuan asked.

Ding Mingde said with some gratitude: "Brother Ziang, I have bothered a lot, according to my cousin, the chief housekeeper will wait for me in Yuhua Pavilion for an hour during the unitary hour, and it is completely in time." ”

After the meal, Shi Xuan and Ding Mingde took their luggage and went to the counter to pay the store money, while Shi Xuan gave an extra two taels of silver as a reward to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper's face flushed gratefully, and he respectfully led Shi Xuan and Ding Mingde to the side door of the inn.

As soon as I walked out of the side door, I saw a relatively simple carriage, the two horses looked like they were some old horses, and the coachman was a middle-aged man who looked a little loyal. ”

"Well, Xiao Er has already told you just now, as long as you are in a good hurry this trip, not only the two taels of silver for the car price, but also an additional five taels of silver for you. "Shi Xuan still has a lot of spare money now, and now at the stage of the day after tomorrow, he only needs to eat enough food to make up for his essence, and he can hunt in the wild, and the need for silver is not as high as in Cheyenne City.

"It must be certain, the two masters can rest assured, rest assured!" Zheng Daniu was very happy to see that his income far exceeded his imagination. Then he let the two men into the carriage, sat down on the frame himself, and raised the whip in his hand.

Zheng Daniu really didn't brag, although the carriage bumps were inevitable, but compared to the carriage he had sat in before, it was already much better, just looking at Ding Mingde's face was pale and he didn't spit it out is proof. Shi Xuan saw that Ding Mingde didn't have the spirit to speak, so he talked to Zheng Daniu about some gossip.

It is worthy of being a person who has driven a carriage to Tongxuan Mountain for twenty years, although many of Zheng Daniu's words did not let Shi Xuan get more information, but they also confirmed some of the things that Shi Xuan had explored before, such as Tongxuan Mountain does have people missing every year, although it is rumored that they are eaten by wild beasts, but only a few can find the bones, and for example, Tongxuan Mountain can often hear a sound similar to a tiger's roar at night, and it is rumored that it was sent by the monster.

As soon as noon arrived, Zheng Daniu saw that his head was shining, so he said to Shi Xuan: "Master Shi, I have already walked most of the way, and I will arrive in more than an hour." There is a tea shop in front, it is now afternoon, it is better to go there to drink some tea, have some food, rest and rest before leaving. ”

Shi Xuan looked at Ding Mingde, whose face was pale, thought about how far there was not much left, and nodded: "Then go over and rest, it's just afternoon." ”

After the carriage had gone for another quarter of an hour, he saw a simple tea shop appear on the side of the road. A small pavilion is used as a kitchen, and a large pergola is supported outside, with five or six square tables placed at random, and a banner with the word "tea" written on it, which is the whole tea shop.

As soon as Shi Xuan's carriage stopped, a petite middle-aged aunt came out of the tea shop, with slightly gray hair, and said to Shi Xuan: "A few guest officials want to drink tea, a big pot only costs ten wen, and we have bacon, smoked chicken and rice here." ”

"Then bring a big pot of tea, and cut a plate of bacon and smoked chicken, and fill it with rice. That's enough money, right? Shi Xuan looked at Zheng Daniu and Ding Mingde, and then gave the proprietress a tael of silver.

"Enough! Enough! Several guests sat slowly. "The proprietress was very attentive and authentic when she saw the guests who were more generous.

Maybe it's because of the hot weather in August, not many people are willing to go out to worship the Buddha, there is only one table in the whole tea shop with a guest, this guest is very burly, just sitting there is the proprietress about the same height, thick eyebrows and big eyes, beard, I can't see the specific age, wearing an old robe, full of holes and stains. There was a giant sword on the table, which was twice as wide and five points longer than the sword used by ordinary people in the rivers and lakes, and a large pot of tea, a plate of bacon, and a few steamed buns that looked like they had brought with them.

In addition, there is a cloth curtain around the edge of the woods behind the tea shop, and there are several fierce guards around, which are the daughters of the powerful families going out to play.

Zheng Daniu took some food and tea and went back to the carriage to enjoy, one was to look at the carriage, and the other was that he felt that his identity was not worthy of sitting with Shi Xuan and the two to dine.

Shi Xuan originally planned to have lunch with the three of them, but Zheng Daniu insisted on it, and Shi Xuan was inconvenient to force it, so he and Ding Mingde ate bacon with tea, and casually chatted about Ding Mingde's appointment to Xuanshan as a seat.

Although Ding Mingde was a little dizzy from the bumps before, he still recovered his spirit when he saw the food, and talked about the future arrangements with his eyebrows fluttering while eating.

At this time, the burly Taoist stood up suddenly, with a height of nine feet (about 0.23 meters per foot), almost a head taller than Shi Xuan, took his giant sword, and then slowly walked behind Ding Mingde, nodding at Shi Xuan expressionlessly, Shi Xuan didn't know what he wanted to do, just looked at him vigilantly, between the steps of this tall and strong stranger, it could be seen that he was a master, what kind of realm, Shi Xuan didn't have the ability to see it.

Ding Mingde was talking about his head, when he suddenly felt a shadow covering his head, and Shi Xuan on the opposite side also smiled and looked behind him, and hurriedly turned his head to look, and saw the burly Taoist standing behind him like a mountain pressing on the top, and involuntarily moved in the direction of Shi Xuan.

The burly Taoist said with a cold expression: "A certain family is also going to Tongxuan Mountain Shuanghu Village, and I heard that the two are fellow travelers, so I came to get acquainted." I don't know if it's a deliberate cold expression, or if it's really not very good at dealing with people, and it looks arrogant.

"The Taoist is reasonable, the Dao Left meets, is it fate, I don't know the name of Gao?" Shi Xuan said with some vigilance in his heart.

"A certain family is not a Taoist priest, but this robe is loose and comfortable to wear, a certain family is surnamed Yan, and the master has a name called 'Giant Sword'. Yan Giant Sword was still expressionless.

The level of this master's name is really poor enough, Shi Xuan scolded two sentences, and then introduced: "This is Mr. Ding Mingde Ding, this time I went to Tongxuanshan Shuanghu Village to be a Xixi, poor... In Xia Shixuan, I was going to Tongxuan Mountain to play, but I happened to meet Brother Dingtai, and when I saw it, I went together. ”

Yan Jujian looked at Shi Xuan and the others carefully, and said with some meaning: "A certain family is going to Tongxuan Mountain Shuanghu Village to find an old man. ”

Yan Jujian didn't ask for the consent of the two of them, and sat down on his own, Shi Xuan had the heart to see what the purpose of this tall and strong alien was, so he didn't stop it. After the greetings, Yan Jujian began to ask Ding Mingde about Tongxuan Mountain, although it was a side knock, but he didn't seem to be very good at talking to people, so that Shi Xuan could feel it clearly, only Ding Mingde, a nerd, couldn't see it, he was very happy to meet a new friend, and he was very happy to answer any questions. Shi Xuan muttered to himself in his heart, is it also here to seek immortals?

And when Shi Xuan in turn wanted to ask the news of Tongxuanshan Shuanghu Village on Yan Jujian's body, he found that this tall and strong stranger basically answered Shi Xuan's questions with "unknown", otherwise he would directly ignore them.