Chapter 1 Staying at the Inn

After the autumn rains, the sky is exceptionally clear, and the treetops of the fruit-bearing branches are covered with water droplets, which shine like diamonds in the morning sunset.

It was another nice day with a mild day.

Although the road surface is still a little muddy, as the red sun rises, there are gradually more pedestrians on the road, and it is no longer the barren and silent scene before.

On this day, Chai Shaoning and his entourage walked out of the mountains, and the vision ahead suddenly opened up, and they stepped on the vast land of Yanzhao.

Above the open plain, the sky dome arcs down from both sides of the line of sight, and connects with the ground in the distant sky, and the dome is inlaid like white clouds, as if it is extremely close but deep and far.

The feeling of the sky being high and the clouds is so strong and breathtaking, and with the endless variety of crops in the fields, the sky and the earth become a colorful ocean.

From time to time, the busy figures of farmers flashed in the fields, some were harvesting corn, some had begun to drive the old cattle to plough the fields, preparing for the sowing of winter wheat, and the red pepper was still standing proudly, which was the most striking in this sea of green.

Occasionally, Ye Fu jumped out of the vegetable field, saw the crowd convoy, turned around, and drilled back into the field with his fat buttocks. Flocks of sparrows were startled, flew up from the corn and sorghum bushes, swept past the nearby crops, and then fell into the distance.

It's a lively and interesting autumn harvest scene.

Everyone watched with great interest, and before they knew it, it was noon. In order to save time, Ouyang Yu just asked everyone to rest on the side of the road for a while, and after calling the canal water and eating dry food and grass, he got on the horse again and continued to hurry.

Xue Nianci was stuffy in the carriage for many days, and when she saw the scenery of the harvest at first glance, she was so happy that she refused to return to the carriage again, and enjoyed the scenery next to Xiao Ting on the seat of the car.

Xiao Ting couldn't bear to go against Xue Nianci's intentions, gave up the central position, and the fourth sister Shangguan Rou sandwiched Xue Nianci, whose injury had not yet fully healed, in the middle, and then waved his horsewhip lightly and drove forward.

The autumn afternoon sun was no longer blazing, shining on Xue Nianci's body, just right, and the warmth made her whole body relax.

Feeling the dryness of the siding of the back compartment, Xue Nianci simply lay on Shangguan's slender long legs, allowing her injured back to bathe in the warm sunlight very comfortably, and gradually narrowed her eyelids.

When she was drowsy, a soft warmth suddenly rose from the dantian and spread to the limbs, and Xue Nianci suddenly felt very comfortable.

Just as the warmth of the sun shining on her body, Xue Nianci didn't care, her body and mind became more and more relaxed, and finally her eyes were closed, and she entered a natural state of concentration that was unattainable on weekdays.

In the midst of comfort, Xue Nianci felt that something was quietly happening, she opened her eyes, and the scene in front of her startled her.

Originally, Xiao Ting, Shangguan Rou and others who were traveling with them were all gone, and what was presented in front of them was a place of déjà vu, and the scenery here seemed to be no different from the scenery that Xue Nianciping was used to, but everything was exquisite to the limit. Every tree, every grass, are like a large and small jade standing there, every stone, every road, are like made of different colors of agate, black smooth, white delicate, red warm, reflecting a magical glow, even the gurgling water in the stream, are like a flowing diamond belt, emitting a dazzling light, and even every breath of air breathed in, contains a rich aura.

It's a place full of life, more exuberant than the morning when the sun rises, and everything exudes an enchanting atmosphere.

This is definitely not the familiar world of the past, but Xue Nianci feels as if she knows the environment here, as if the door of a memory that was once sealed in the dust is slowly being opened, releasing many experiences that have been forgotten for a long time.

How could this be? Xue Nianci was extremely surprised, do people really have a past life and this life? If so, are they in a past life or in this life? They have just experienced so many lives and deaths, and have made so many elder brothers and sisters, where have they gone?

Although there were many questions, Xue Nianci still slowly walked forward along the path that had just been opened and remembered in her memory.

Enjoying the scenery on the side of the road, everything is much more refined than back then, but it can still be vaguely recognized that it is the path that she is used to, and Xue Nianci's heart is gradually excited. In her consciousness at the moment, there was clearly a desire to go home. Although she didn't know if her home was in Qinling in the previous world, or somewhere she didn't know, but here, Xue Nianci clearly remembered that home was not far ahead.

Here it is.

Climbing over a mountain that seemed to be made of many unknown kinds of jade of various colors, ahead-

"Huh!" Xue Nianci was surprised again.

There should have been a mountain peak, and on the top of the mirror-like smooth and steep cliff, there stood a palace carved out of diamonds.

But now, the entire mountain in my memory has disappeared, replaced by a turquoise lake that seems to flow like a jade liquid, like a green jade nourished in the mountains.

Could it be that I have gone through the cycle of eternal years, but I have inadvertently returned to the starting point in the underworld?

Xue Nianci's heart suddenly stirred up an incomparably ancient and heavy sense of vicissitudes, and for a while she almost wanted to fall on the ground and cry bitterly. But at this time, Xue Nianci suddenly sensed something? She raised her head suddenly, and in the sky where the white clouds were almost ethereal, a huge mountain peak reflecting the light of Shenlun Immortal was suspended in the air, and an inexplicable coerci was emitted from it, and Xue Nianci was shocked to fully wake up from her state of concentration in an instant, and she screamed "Ah".

"Second sister, what's wrong with you?" The fourth sister's voice came into her ears, and Shangguan Rou's soft little hands that were holding Xue Nianci's shoulders and waist were clenched hard at the same time, for fear that Xue Nianci would move in her dream and fall off the ground from the saddle.

"Where am I?" Xue Nianci couldn't tell the difference between dream and reality for a while, and asked in horror.

Of course, Shangguan Rou didn't know the true meaning of Xue Nianci's question, and said with a smile: "After this town, there will be an inn far ahead, Uncle Ouyang has decided to rest here tonight." I was about to call you, and you've woken up on your own. Did the second sister have some nightmares?"

Straightening up from Shangguan Rou's soft and warm arms, Xue Nianci rubbed her eyes and woke up, and when she found that she had indeed had an absurd dream, she didn't know why she had a feeling of loss in her heart.

At this time, the carriage had already stopped on the side of the road, and Xiao Ting, who was originally sitting on the other side of the seat, was no longer in the seat. Xue Nianci jumped to the ground.

Shangguan Rou was startled when she saw this, hurriedly jumped out of the car seat, and helped Xue Nianci to look up and down for a long time, and found that she did not show an uncomfortable look, so she patted her chest and said in fear: "The second sister's injury is not complete, it is better not to use force, pull the wound, and suffer again!"

Only then did Xue Nianci remember that she had not recovered from her serious injury. When I woke up, my mind was still in a trance and immersed in a dream, completely forgetting the existence of the injury. But the jump just now was natural, the body was light and dexterous, and I didn't feel any discomfort at all, just like before I was injured.

Xue Nianci was surprised, a little unable to believe her feelings, silently observing the breath in her body, unimpeded, completely free of the stagnant pain that flowed through the injured part before.

"How can this be?" Xue Nianci was surprised and happy for a while, and the whole person stood there.

Shangguan Rou thought that Xue Nianci was frightened by her own unintentional dangerous move, and hurriedly held the second sister's arm and comforted: "It's okay, I'm also shocked." After speaking, he complained: "Don't be scary next time, you don't want me to help you carry this sword all the time, right?"

Xue Nianci looked at the hilt of the long sword sticking out of Shangguan Rou's shoulder. Because she was with everyone, Xue Nianci didn't need to hide the Flying Phoenix Sword anymore, so she didn't wrap it in cloth, and the delicate hilt and long sword spike lined Shangguan Rou's small body that had not yet grown up but was already beautiful and first revealed, which was particularly moving.

Xue Nianci was in a good mood, leaned over and kissed lightly on Shangguan Rou's tender and seductive red face, and said with a smile: "If anyone marries my little sister in the future, he will really enjoy a lifetime of beautiful blessings!"

"Bah!" Shangguan Rou jumped away angrily, and protested while rubbing his face vigorously with his hands: "Second sister is a hooligan!"

However, Xue Nianci had already laughed and walked towards the entrance of the inn surrounded by everyone across the road.

At the door, I don't know why, everyone didn't enter. Geng Qiuwen was arguing with the young man dressed as a junior second: "Little second brother, you just said that you are the only one in this place, where do you want us to rest?"

The shopkeeper opposite is young, only sixteen or seventeen years old, not tall, no hat, long hair tied up on his head, delicate eyebrows, well-proportioned facial features, very handsome appearance, if it is not wearing a man's clothes, people will mistakenly think that he is the son of a scholarly family. It's just that his face is sad at the moment, and Jun's face is obviously full of worry.

Xue Nianci looked at the little second child carefully, and saw that his clothes were plain and clean, but there was a tear in the trouser leg, and the traces were new. Judging from the fact that he had no intention of changing or mending his clothes, he knew that something extremely troublesome had happened.

Seeing that everyone refused to leave, Xiao Er gradually became impatient, and said: "The guest officials are just looking for a big family to spend the night, why do you have to live in our small shop?"

Geng Qiuwen retorted: "Little second brother, you have also seen it, we have so many people in the cart and horses, and we have female dependents, how can we disturb our personal home?"

"Good luck guys!" The shopkeeper blocked the door, and his expression became even more anxious: "The small shop is really inconvenient, otherwise there will be too many customers to open a store?"

Xue Nianci noticed that there was a bruise on the corner of Xiao Er's eye, as if he had been beaten, and felt that something was wrong, so he asked on the side: "Little Second Brother, is your store in trouble?" Maybe we can help if you say it." ”

Seeing another beautiful woman approaching, the shopkeeper couldn't hide the shock in his eyes, and glanced at Xue Nianci gratefully and said, "It's not just trouble, it's simply inhuman." It's just that it's inconvenient to talk to outsiders about this matter, Miss, you have to be careful!"