Chapter 1: The Inn
The sunlight shone obliquely in an unknown mountain forest.
Looking down from above the mountain forest, the slanting sun shines through the dense and sparse branches and leaves, and the ground with dense fallen leaves sprinkles a layer of time and mottled with time, and a young man is moving quickly through the period, heading south, cutting thorns and thorns from time to time with a broad knife in his hand, opening a path for himself under his feet.
Crossing the forest, you can see that the boy's hair is messy, there are some dotted holes on the broadknife flashing with silver light in his hand, and his green clothes are covered with stains and bruises, from top to bottom, there are more than a dozen holes, large or small, presumably the boy has been walking through the forest like this for at least a few days, and the tears on his clothes should be caused by walking through the forest day and night.
Although the clothes were ragged and dusty, the young man's delicate face was full of clarity.
The mountains and forests are generally difficult to navigate, especially in the woods that are rarely visited, and the roads are rugged, and sometimes there are dense grasses and shrubs under the feet...... However, the boy was running in it as if he were walking on the ground, his toes skimming the grass branches, like a whirlwind of precise strength of a cheetah, and occasionally encountering thorny bushes, he also cut a gap with a few knives, and easily turned over.
By the evening, the boy had traveled alone in the mountains and forests for more than 70 miles.
All the way south.
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So far, it has been the seventh day since Chu Yi left the Burning Gate.
Seven days ago, Chu Yi came out of the Incineration Gate, in the eyes of everyone, thinking that Chu Yi was going out for a walk as usual, or playing some game, they didn't care, but they didn't expect Chu Yi to wander around the Incineration Gate, then he found a small path and went straight down the mountain, and since then he has stepped out of the boundary of the Incineration Gate, never to return.
Since that day, Chu Yi has been in a hurry, and no matter how suspicious he is in the Burning Gate, after choosing a direction, he has run all the way south alone, and to this day, he has traveled more than a thousand miles.
Although he was determined to cultivate the path, he did not want to be carved into an insensitive person by time and the circumstances around him, so he had to leave the bloody place far away.
And staying away from the Burning Gate was only one of the reasons why Chu Yi was in a hurry, and the other most important reason was to stay away from Chu Mountain.
At the beginning, Gu Sheng placed Chu Yi in the Burning Gate in order to find a safe place for him to live, but now that Chu Yi took the initiative to leave, without the protection of the forces on the Burning Gate, it means that he will also face the search of the Law Enforcement Hall of the Killing Immortal Pavilion.
Chu Yi didn't know how to hide in the face of their means, so he adopted the most direct means, that is, to stay away from Chu Mountain, the farther away the better.
As for the Soul Leaving Jade of the eight hall masters in the Burning Gate, Chu Yi was not so ruthless as to crush them one by one to punish these demon cultivators who took pleasure in killing people, of course...... Chu Yi would not be merciful enough to return the soul leaving jades to everyone one by one before leaving, but let them lie quietly in the storage ring as a deterrent.
The Soul Leaving Jade and Chu Yi disappeared together, and in Chu Yi's mind, those people in the Burning Sect would have some scruples because of this!
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Seeing that twilight was approaching, Chu Yi's forward figure finally stopped, walked to the side of a giant tree that was difficult for one person to hug, and jumped up lightly on his tiptoes.
Click...... Click......
As Chu Yi's figure couldn't stop moving up and down on the tree, the sound of the broadsword chopping the trunk came out one after another in the tree cover, and after a while, dozens of wrist-thick branches fell horizontally and vertically on the ground.
Then, Chu Yi jumped down, superimposed the branches scattered on the ground up and down, and after interspersing layer by layer, a green net-like bed was set up.
After setting up the bed in the middle of several thick branches on the giant tree, Chu Yi clapped his hands and jumped down, taking advantage of the fact that the twilight had not completely covered the earth, he turned around and burrowed into the grass on the side.
Chu Yi lit a fire, cleaned up the mountain fowl, wrapped it in leaves and mud and threw it in, and he sat cross-legged in front of the fire, starting the day's practice as always.
First, there are three turns of exercises, and then there is the study and practice of the four major methods of Gu Anyu formation, Dan Dao, refining tools, and runes......
Although Chu Yi was in a hurry these days, and he couldn't find time to cultivate during the day, he didn't slack off because of this, but used the night time to cultivate, and the internal cultivation method and the four auxiliary methods were not missed.
Hard work pays off!
It has been eleven months since Chu Yi inherited the Linlang realm, and during this time, Chu Yi has been following Wu Zhe's instructions, and has been running the "Three Tricks of the Great Yan Jue" for three weeks every day, and to this day, it has been running for nine hundred and ninety-four weeks.
There are still two days left, and Chu Yi is already a little impatient.
Three hours later, Chu Yi finished his day's practice before he pulled out the cooked mountain fowl from the burned bonfire, jumped onto the treetops with the mulberry tree in one hand......
Another day flew by.
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The next afternoon.
After running for more than 100 miles, Chu Yi finally stepped out of this mountain forest.
Stepping on the avenue, Chu Yi looked into the distance, a prosperous town in full view, under the wide city gate, crowded, pedestrians coming and going, Chu Yi looked at the two long dragon-like teams, and muttered puzzledly: "This is wrong, an ordinary small town, why are so many people coming and going......"
As he spoke, Chu Yi didn't forget to glance behind him.
Fathers and sons pushing wheelbarrows, men and lakes riding horses, children of big families riding luxurious carriages, maverick men and women, and noble young men who are surrounded by a group of people......
Groups of people flocked to the city.
"Maybe there's some big gathering in the city......" Looking at the crowd of people rushing over behind him, Chu Yi guessed at random, and then hurriedly dodged to the front to line up, the line in front was long enough, and he didn't want to be left behind by the next group of people.
Chu Yi has been in a hurry for the past few days, and he has not carefully groomed, so he is dirty and his clothes are tattered, like a beggar......
The people who were hurrying behind him didn't seem to want to get too close to Chu Yi, and they deliberately distanced themselves when queuing.
Chu Yi didn't care about this, and while queuing, his mind was still analyzing the rune methods that he hadn't understood yesterday......
After queuing for a period of time, it was finally Chu Yi's turn, and after handing over the thirty copper coins as the cost of entering the city, a guard guarding the city gate reached out and took it, and then dozens of copper coins were thrown in the palm of his hand, and when the uproar fell, the guard showed a sneer on his face, and pointed at Chu Yi to a person beside him: "Look at it, Liuyun Sect recruits disciples, and it really dares to come to any three sects and nine streams, and it doesn't weigh yourself......"
Hearing this, the guard in iron armor beside him let go of the gate, glanced at Chu Yi, and said with a smile: "The toad will always be a toad, maybe he thought that he had entered the Liuyun Sect, I am afraid that he would not have to beg for food!"
As he spoke, the two burst into laughter again.
Hearing this, the woman in red in front of Chu Yi paused slightly, and the pretty face that leaned over was also full of disdain, and then strode away.
"Thank you. ”
Chu Yi's thoughts were immersed in his mind, weaving that rune repeatedly, he vaguely heard someone laughing next to him, and he didn't pay too much attention to it, after seeing the gate open, he thanked him, and then stepped into the city gate by himself, but his mind was still tied to his mind, and he frowned for the rune.
Behind him, the two guards were obviously stunned, and then one of them laughed again, pointing at Chu Yi's back and said, "I'm afraid that such a fool was kicked down the mountain before he reached the gate of Liuyun Sect......
At this moment, Chu Yi's figure had already walked away, and in a haze, he seemed to have heard the name of some sect, but he didn't hear it clearly for a while, and he didn't pay attention to it immediately......
After entering the city, Chu Yi wandered around aimlessly, and then went straight to a palatial inn not far away.
After running in the mountains and forests for so long, the first thing Chu Yi wanted to do after entering the city was to find a better inn to eat, then wash up, change into clean clothes, and rest beautifully.
Cultivation does not have to be ascetic, it is necessary to adapt when it is time to adapt to the harsh environment, and to enjoy it when it is time to enjoy it.
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Stepping into the inn, Chu Yi was stunned at first.
In the hall of the inn on the upper and lower floors, dozens of tables of people sat densely, most of them were gathered in groups of three or five to discuss something, and after a while, there was a sound of urging the shopkeeper to drink from the inn, upstairs and downstairs, the voices of people were boiling, and several shop children were wearing towels in the meantime, which was very lively.
Looking carefully, most of the people in this huge inn were young faces, and most of them were wearing swords, and vaguely, Chu Yi could still feel a few faint aura coming out of it.
After a moment's pause, Chu Yi retracted his gaze, sighed that this small town was too lively, and turned to the counter beside him and said, "Shopkeeper, bring me a guest room." ”
"Fifteen taels of first-class wings, ten taels of second-class wings, and five taels of third-class wings, but there is only one first-class wing left...... Which one do you want?"
Inside the counter, a wealthy middle-aged man with squinting eyes looked at Chu Yi carefully for a while before slowly speaking.
Originally, the shopkeeper saw that Chu Yi was dressed like the group of beggars on the street, and he didn't plan to pay attention to Chu Yi, and was about to call Xiao Er to drive Chu Yi out, but after a little consideration, he denied his idea. Because Chu Yi's tone was too calm, he was not as nervous as the ruffians and beggars who came to make trouble on weekdays, but he was full of confidence.
The shopkeeper couldn't help but face it squarely...... He has been running the inn for more than ten years, and he has also suffered a lot of losses when the dog looks down on people, so after a scrutiny, the innkeeper should put away the mind of driving people away and receive it seriously.
What's more, the last few days have been the days when the Liuyun Sect recruits disciples, and the person in front of him looks extremely sloppy, maybe he is a wild and unruly monk......
"Give me that first-class room. Chu Yi nodded, and prepared to take out the silver taels.
"Wait......"
At this moment, a middle-aged man who approached at some point opened his mouth to stop, and then threw out a handful of silver taels on the counter, looking like a housekeeper, and said: "This first-class room is better left to our young master......" said, looked at Chu Yi with disdain, and said with disgust: "Where did you come from called Huazi, and you dare to pretend to be arrogant here." ”
Behind the middle-aged man, there were also two entourages and other figures, guarding a young man with a proud expression in the middle.
"There has to be someone who comes first and then comes......" Chu Yi frowned slightly, and said to the middle-aged man with an unhappy face.
"First come, first served...... Let's not talk about whether you have the qualifications to come first and arrive first with our young master, just say that the silver taels for this accommodation, I'm afraid you won't be able to get it out depending on what you're wearing, right?" the middle-aged man replied proudly.
Syllable!
Chu Yi's temperament cultivated in Chushan for many years was aroused, and he casually slapped a gold ingot on the counter: "Hurry up and open the room, how long do you want me to wait here!" When he spoke, he didn't look at the shopkeeper, and his eyes were always locked on the middle-aged man's face.
In places where monks such as the Burning Gate gathered, Chu Yi could still deliberately restrain his temperament, act in a low-key manner, or concentrate on cultivation, but now that he got rid of that shackle and came to the secular place, Chu Yi was no longer deliberately dull, and after the middle-aged man's arrogant words, Chu Yi also directly showed his banditry.
Even the self-title of 'master', which has not been used for a long time, popped up.
"Yes...... Be...... I'm really sorry to snub this master, Xiao Er, take this master to the first-class room!"
When the shopkeeper said this, he was also very glad in his heart, and he was fortunate that he didn't judge people by their appearance, otherwise he would definitely not be able to eat and walk around. Ordinary wealthy sons, the belongings they carry when they go out are also copper coins, silver two mostly, and the dirty young man in front of him is all gold!
"You!"
The middle-aged man was obviously stunned by Chu Yi's hand, pointed at Chu Yi, and was speechless for a while.
Syllable!
The middle-aged man just wanted to speak, but Chu Yi threw another ingot of gold into the shopkeeper's arms, his eyes were still locked on the middle-aged man, and he said motionlessly: "Help me buy two more sets of clothes for the master and send them to my room." As he spoke, he withdrew his gaze and walked to the backyard with a junior with me.
Behind him, the rich shopkeeper held the gold, and said yes with a promise.
It's a shame that there is a lot of commotion in this inn, and there are many people coming and going, and not too many people pay attention to the counter, otherwise Chu Yi will suddenly become the focus of everyone's attention with this rich and generous hand......
Before the poor middle-aged man had time to show off his financial strength, he was stunned by Chu Yi's two ingots of gold, just like the rich shopkeeper, and wanted to say something, but he still didn't open his mouth after all, if he knew that there were still a lot of belongings left by Gu Anyu lying in Chu Yi's storage ring, I am afraid he would be even more stunned.
"Uncle Li, this ......"
Being swept away like this, the young man on the side felt very embarrassed, his face was quite ugly, and he wanted to have a seizure as soon as he opened his mouth.
"Young Master, you don't have to follow the general knowledge of the kid, you are an acquired realm monk who has already opened thirteen acupuncture veins just by temporarily lacking the method, this time the Liuyun Sect selects disciples, you will definitely be in the forefront, why bother to be like this worldly mountain and wild boy, he is not a character on the same level as you, and he is not worthy of making you angry at all!"
As a housekeeper, the middle-aged man is extremely proficient in his kung fu, and with a few words, he dispelled most of the young man's anger.
"In my opinion, the second-class room is better, you can occasionally experience the life of the common people, and you can adapt to it early after entering the Liuyun Sect......" The middle-aged man said with a glance, as if the young man's entry into the Liuyun Sect was already a certainty.
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Under the sycophants and persuasion of the middle-aged man, the young man finally showed a smile......
Chu Yi was about to step into the backyard, although the middle-aged man's voice was loud, when he floated to Chu Yi, he was already covered by the hustle and bustle in the inn.