Winter is coming, and the south of the Yangtze River is still green, unlike the north, which is still barren and yellow, and it is difficult to see verdant. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, the trees planted on both sides of the road, although they still remained green from a distance, when they got closer, they also saw some variegated colors, and from time to time there were yellow fallen leaves and treetop branches saying goodbye, and falling to the ground with the somewhat damp wind blowing from the north.

The ground, thinly covered with a layer of fallen leaves, rustled when stepped on.

In the distance, there are green mountains, and in the near distance, rivers and roads run parallel to them, between fields and farmhouses, in hills and woods, and disappear from time to time.

A carriage skirted the hillside and ran from the other side of the road, accompanied by two warriors on horseback, one on the left and one on the right.

Sitting at the front of the carriage was also a warrior, although it was winter, his clothes were still thin, the collar on his chest was pulled very low, revealing his strong chest, and the strong men all wore felt hats, holding a horsewhip, which waved in the air, and from time to time made a soft sound.

Two horses whistling along the avenue with a light carriage, soon disappeared into a wooded field.

In the carriage, Gu Xiaozhao sat on a thick cotton cushion, his legs crossed, even if the traveling carriage was extremely bumpy, it still had no effect on him, his body was like being stuck on the carriage, undulating with the bumps of the carriage, like an old fisherman who often drove a small sampan out to sea to fish.

On the side, Su Qiaoer lifted the curtain and looked at the scenery speeding behind her through the half-open window, her eyes were full of curiosity and her expression was excited.

After living for more than ten years, she left Qinghua County for the first time.

You must know that in those more than ten years of life, the farthest place she went to was Xuanduguan, a suburb more than 30 miles away from the city, and even the Gu family's mine in the mountains, she had never been there.

More than half a month ago, with the help of Gu Xiaozhao, Su Qiaoer successfully opened up the second line of Ren Du and became a real martial artist.

It was also on that day that Su Qiaoer told Gu Xiaozhao the secret that had been accumulated in her heart for a long time, so she also had this time to go on a long trip.

Gu Xiaozhao closed his eyes and held his breath.

In his body, the true qi seemed to be surging in the river water endlessly, at first, he was still traveling through the second vein of Ren Du and the eighth vein of the Qi Jing, and after carrying it for seventy-two days, suddenly, he became a big tree, thriving in the sun and breeze.

At this point, the meridians and stuff don't exist anymore.

His body is a container, and the true qi is contained in the container, and it is only a little bit before it overflows from the container, but it is not easy to do this, in the depths of consciousness, there is a door, and he has to fill his mind all over his body, dive into his consciousness, find this door, let it and push it open.

Once this door is opened, he will also be able to penetrate the heavens and the earth and become a grandmaster-level martial artist.

At this time, the true qi in the body can be connected to the heaven and earth outside the body, similar to those innate martial artists in the Tianyun Realm who have opened up the acupuncture points of the whole body.

Now, he couldn't even find the door.

In order to find that door, he had to devote himself to penance and complete meditation, so even on top of the bumpy carriage, he was still cultivating.

Even if you are born as a son of the plane and a darling of luck, you have to practice hard.

On Gu Xiaozhao's chest, there was a puppet more than three inches long, which was given to him by Su Qiao'er and represented the secret.

What exactly is the secret?

That's a long story!

More than a hundred years ago, the ancestor of Gu Xiaozhao's house and an ancestor of the Gu family's own sect failed to compete for the position of patriarch, and in a fit of anger, Gu Xiaozhao's ancestor left Qinghua County with his family, gave up everything, and left his hometown to start a new life in a strange place.

Fifty years ago, Gu Xiaozhao's grandfather had an adventure.

This adventure is the puppet in Gu Xiaozhao's arms, a big-headed doll that is more than three inches long, with a head bigger than the body, grinning widely, and the cheeks are painted with vermilion like blood, even if it is inherited for a long time, this vermilion has not faded at all.

In short, this is a strange puppet.

At the beginning, Gu Xiaozhao was able to sense the jade cicada foreign body hidden on Song Dazhi's body, but he didn't have the slightest sense of the puppet hidden in Su Qiao'er's place, even if he held it in his hand, even if it was stimulated with true qi, even if it was directly infiltrated by his thoughts, there was no change at all.

Su Qiaoer said that the puppet had to be in a special place to react.

It's actually a key.

Fifty years ago, Gu Xiaozhao's grandfather opened a door somewhere through this puppet and entered a strange world.

In that peculiar world, Gu Xiaozhao's grandfather gained inheritance and wealth, and finally became a part of that world, and became a pawn of the people there in the outside world, after all, there are gains and losses, and pies will not fall from the sky.

The chalcedony produced by the Gu family mine was sent to that world in batches every three years.

If you get the benefits, you naturally have to pay.

Sometimes, it comes at a cost of lives.

Gu Xiaozhao's grandfather disappeared during a mission and was not heard from.

At this time, Gu Xiaozhao's father has become a peripheral member of that world, and thus he has become acquainted with Gu Xiaozhao's mother, Gu Xiaozhao's maternal family is also a peripheral member of that world, and their inheritance is even longer, with a history of more than a hundred years.

As for Su Qiaoer's father, Su Zhiwei......

The reason why he joined in was because after being seriously injured, he was rescued by Gu Xiaozhao's parents with a special secret method, and in order not to leak secrets, he had to become the periphery of the periphery.

This puppet has also been passed down by the Gu family, and it must have the bloodline of the Gu family to activate it in a specific place and enter that strange world.

After entering that world, whether you want to or not, you will be contaminated with the breath of that world, and from then on, you will be inseparable from that world.

It is simply impossible to break away!

Gu Xiaozhao's grandfather had cultivated to the realm of a grandmaster, and he was only one step away from becoming a great martial arts master, but he still disappeared.

After that, Gu Xiaozhao's parents and Su Zhiwei followed in their footsteps.

Why is this happening?

Gu Xiaozhao couldn't get an answer from Su Qiao'er, so he could only find it himself, and the first step was naturally to go to that special place, open the door through this puppet, enter that strange world, and find the truth contained inside.

Doing so is inevitably an obstacle and a danger.

If you are an ordinary person, you will naturally avoid falling into a situation full of crises, if you want to live and live well, of course, safety first, knowing that the future is bumpy, but also going hard, it is inevitable that there is a bag in the brain, you know, do not stand under the wall, this is the life choice of the vast majority of people.

Gu Xiaozhao is not, of course it is important to be alive, however, no matter how you avoid it, death will eventually be inevitable.

In order to be completely detached, one must condense the Tao fruit.

If you have been circling around Qinghua County, you will not have the opportunity to contact the higher-level rules, in that case, what is the difference between being alive and being a salted fish.

What's more, if you have obtained this body and have the memory of the original owner of the body, you have taken over the original cause and effect of this body, and if you want to find your parents, you must at least get the news of whether your parents are alive or dead, which is the hope of the original owner of this body.

If he wants to avoid being haunted by demons in the future, he must solve this problem.

After knowing this secret, Gu Xiaozhao spent some time handing over his property to Gu Chengming to take care of, and after making a beautiful cut, he was ready to set off on the road. If Gu Xingzhou had known that this would be the case, he wouldn't need to take advantage of it at all, he only needed to have a good relationship with Gu Xiaozhao, and Gu Xiaozhao's property would be able to get his hands on it.

So, it's all a matter of choice!

Originally, Gu Xiaozhao wanted to go on the road alone, however, Su Qiao'er had to follow, and she didn't agree to stay in Qinghua County, but later, Gu Xiaozhao thought about it and left this little girl in Qinghua County, in case things change and something happens, it will become a bad result for herself.

So, he also brought Su Qiao'er with him.

Again, everything is a choice!

Since Su Qiaoer chose to follow herself, she should have the consciousness to accept the consequences of this choice.

"Phew!"

There was a loud cheer outside.

The galloping carriage slowed down and finally stopped.

"Young master, the ferry has arrived!"

Hearing the voice of the coachman outside the car, Su Qiao'er on the side pushed open the door of the carriage, jumped down gently, and then stood next to the carriage, and after Gu Xiaozhao got off the carriage, she took two steps back, and then followed Gu Xiaozhao three steps away, following Gu Xiaozhao.

This is a ferry crossing.

To be precise, it's a wild crossing.

The so-called wild crossing is unmanned, and the situation here is similar to what is depicted in this poem.

There was a shack at the river crossing, and there was a path that led to the depths of the reeds, and among the reeds, a small farm yard could be faintly seen, and there were no tiles on the roof, only a roof woven of dried reeds, and the reeds swayed and rustled when the wind came from the river.

"Young master, no one!"

A warrior emerged from the reeds, and he went to the courtyard first.

"The boatman of this ferry should be a person who lives alone, there is only one kind of clothes hanging in the yard, there is no trace of a woman's life in the house, there is a plate of leftover small fish on the kang table, it is not broken, it seems that the boatman has not been away for long......"

Listening to the return of this martial artist, Gu Xiaozhao did not speak.

He put his hands behind his back and looked out over the river.

This section of the river is relatively wide, the current is not urgent, and the opposite bank can be faintly seen, however, Gu Xiaozhao did not find any trace of the boat, could it be that the ferry on the opposite bank is not in the downstream?

This road is not an official road, however, it has not been abandoned to the extent that it is abandoned, from Qinghua County to the state capital, there are still some guilds who will take this road, but because of the desolation along the way, most of these merchants are traveling in groups, and all of them are armed with sharp weapons.

At this point, why is it empty?

So where did the ferry go?