Chapter 388: Light as Water
A day and a half later, Ding Qi and the Wei family brothers and sisters stood outside Qixia Town.
Ding Qi looked at the town that was no longer very familiar, and was silent for a long time.
"Here, a lot has changed!"
Ding Qi finally said in amazement.
"The two countries of Xia Lu are fighting each other, and only Jingzhou can keep a peaceful place. Qixia Town is also an important town near Qixia Mountain, which has attracted many people to settle here, so it has changed a lot in the past ten years. Wei Yuqing explained to Ding Qi.
Ding Qi listened to Wei Yuqing's explanation and walked towards the medicine garden back then.
That medicine garden was originally on the edge of Qixia Town, but with the expansion of Qixia Town in the past twenty years, the medicine garden that Ding Qi was familiar with was already the center of the entire town.
The shops along the road are all newly built, and Ding Qi looked over and found that they were all some unfamiliar faces.
"Hey, you're ...... Xiao Ding. ā
When Ding Qi was walking on the road, someone suddenly looked at Ding Qi in astonishment, and shouted with surprise.
Ding Qi turned his head and looked at the man: "Oh, Boss Wang." ā
This person is the owner of the medicinal herb shop Wang that Ding Qi was quite familiar with when he was in Qixia Town.
"Over the years, Xiao Ding, have you been out of Jingzhou, I haven't seen you for more than 20 years. The look of surprise on Boss Wang's face disappeared and said to Ding Qi.
Ding Qi nodded: "There have been some things over the years, and it is true that they are not in Jingzhou. ā
In Ding Qi's impression, this shrewd and capable, cunning Boss Wang, after so many years, his hair has become gray, and he lives up to the look of the year.
He was already a wizened old man who was dying.
"If I hadn't discovered that brocade silk that concealed the method of innate cultivation, and made me embark on the road of cultivating immortals, in more than 20 years, I should have become like Boss Wang. Ding Qi saw Boss Wang, an old man who had changed a lot, but a thought flashed in his heart.
"Hehe, when you were in the medicine garden. I can see that you're the one to do a bit of a game. But I didn't expect that it would be twenty years as soon as you left. Now that the two countries are at war with each other, it is dangerous outside Jingzhou. When you come back this time, I think it is better to develop in Jingzhou. The current state of Gyeongju is very different from before. If you want to make a difference, Jingzhou is a good choice. At this time, Boss Wang admonished earnestly.
In Ding Qi's memory, Boss Wang has always been a shrewd and treacherous person. He has never cared much about others. Although Ding Qi and this Boss Wang know each other. But there is no deep friendship. According to his previous temperament, it was obviously impossible to really care about Ding Qi. But now that he is over the age of six, Ding Qi clearly feels that this Boss Wang's temperament has begun to become gentle and peaceful.
The exhortation just now, this Boss Wang is completely sincere and kind, and he is worried about Ding Qi.
"Time, it can really change people!" Ding Qi felt the change in Boss Wang. I felt it in my heart.
Ding Qi's heart couldn't help but rise, time inadvertently, light yƬ changes everything, this sense of irresistibility of the power of the great shore.
Soon after. After some small talk, Ding Qi and Boss Wang separated.
"However, what we and other immortal cultivators have done is to stand on the top of the deep sea reef with our own strength. Face the erosion of time and resist the vicissitudes of the world and the vicissitudes of everything!" Ding Qi looked at the distant Wang Lao, and such a thought inexplicably rose in his heart.
He was concerned about the path of immortal cultivation that he had chosen twenty years ago. There is a deeper understanding.
As Ding Qi stepped into the medicine garden again, he was here, but he finally found the feeling of the past years.
Although this medicine garden is already the center of the town, the huge medicine garden is exactly the same as when Ding Qi left.
Ding Qi then pushed open the house where he had lived for several years, and it was clean and spotless.
"Although this medicine garden has never been inhabited, my father specially arranged for someone to clean it every once in a while. Wei Long said to Ding Qi.
Ding Qi smiled at this: "Brother Wei, you really have a heart." ā
Coming out of the house, Ding Qi looked into the empty distance at the gate of the medicine garden at this time.
The two siblings looked at Ding Qi suspiciously, not knowing what he was looking at.
But soon, the two siblings faintly heard the sound of horses' hooves, coming towards the medicine garden.
"It's Daddy's jujube red horse. Wei Long understood the rhythmic sound of hooves, but he woke up.
When the two brothers and sisters were passing the book, they had already mentioned that Ding Qi would pass through Qixia Mountain after entering Jingzhou.
Wei Zhuo and his wife had already expected that Ding Qi would definitely come to the medicine garden, and they happened to arrive this time.
"You two, you haven't seen you for years. ā
As Wei Zhuo and his wife came to the medicine garden and dismounted, Ding Qi said to the two with a smile.
"Meet Uncle Ding. ā
More than a dozen top masters who came with Wei Zhuo stopped their horses and immediately dismounted and greeted Ding Qi.
Compared with Wei Zhuo, the head of the Qingyun faction, these people have a more respectful attitude towards Ding Qi.
Ding Qi took his eyes off Wei Zhuo and his wife and looked at the more than a dozen people.
"Well, you're doing well now, get up. Ding Qi said.
These people were all the first-class masters that Ding Qi cultivated at the time of the Qingyun Sect, who specialized in refining pills.
However, if they only relied on what Ding Qi helped them do in the first place, they obviously would not be able to reach the current level. They also seem to have been working extremely hard over the years.
For these more than ten people, Ding Qi has the grace of reinvention for them, and it is no wonder that they are so respectful to Ding Qi, the titular Taishi.
"Brother Ding said goodbye back then, but his demeanor is still the same. Miao Yun'er looked at Ding Qi and said with a smile.
Wei Zhuo saw the old man again, and he couldn't hide the smile on his face: "Brother Ding is a chic and comfortable person, compared to our husband and wife working hard in Jingzhou, but it is completely different. Brother Ding, do you have any plans to leave when you return to Jingzhou this time? ā
Wei Zhuo and Miao Yun'er never asked why Ding Qi left back then, and where Ding Qi has gone in the past 20 years.
The couple knew very well that Tincey was a very cautious and thoughtful person. There must have been a good reason for him to leave.
If Tintze felt the need to let them know, he would have let them know.
If you can't tell us, there must be a reason for it. As old friends, they will never force Ding Qi, not even mention it.
"Hehe, this time, although Ding does not plan to settle in Jingzhou, he should settle in Lu. Tintzi replied.
Wei Zhuo was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted to the meaning of Ding Qi's words: "I don't know where Lu Guo is." ā
When he listened to Ding Qi's meaning, it was not like for more than 20 years, and he disappeared all of a sudden.
"Verdant Mountains. Ding Qi said.
"Oh, it turned out to be there. Miao Yun'er showed a sudden look.
Verdant Mountain is where the leyline center is located. At the same time, the verdant mountain is also a beautiful peak in Lu country, which is quite famous.
Miao Yun'er and Wei Zhuo are both well-informed people who know that place.
"It seems that in the future, my husband and wife will go there often and disturb Brother Ding a lot. Wei Zhuo said with a smile after knowing that Ding Qi would settle there.
"As long as Brother Wei is not too far away, I am naturally welcome at any time. Ding Qi laughed.
After that, Ding Qi, Wei Zhuo and his wife talked in a few words, but they didn't seem to have the eagerness of old friends who had not seen each other for more than 20 years.
If it seems to outsiders, the blandness between several people is not as good as the casual visits between ordinary friends.
However, it was in these three words and ordinary conversations that the joy of seeing each other again after more than 20 years was deeply felt by the Wei brothers and sisters and the more than ten people who came with them.
"Gentlemen's friends, light as water, it's really so!" Wei Yuqing looked at his parents and Ding Qi, casually sitting on the table in the medicine garden hut and chatting.
He had a real understanding of what he had read in the book before.
When Wei Zhuo and his wife came to the medicine garden, it was only noon.
However, under the small talk of several people, the evening is gradually approaching.
Wei Yuqing and Wei Long watched Wei Zhuo and his wife chatting with Ding Qi, but found that they were a little unfamiliar with their parents.
In the memories of Wei Yuqing's brothers and sisters since childhood, their parents have always been far beyond ordinary people, and they are dragons and phoenixes among people.
Wei Zhuo is wise and martial, and he is strategic. With a person in the martial arts, the two big countries of Xia Lu were played in applause.
Miao Yun'er is smart, clever and resolute, extremely wise, and has fine and subtle methods. Several times he saved Jingzhou from the whirlpool of the two countries of Xialu. Many masters in the Qingyun faction, no matter how unruly they are, are willing to worship Miao Yun'er's cleverness and intelligence.
But the two people who are chatting with Ding Qi now are the same as ordinary town couples who can be seen everywhere, and the edge on their bodies is not visible.
At this time, the two siblings clearly felt that this was the true temperament of their parents who had removed the burden and hidden it in their hearts.
Only with true best friends will this inner temperament be revealed.
After a long conversation between several people, Ding Qi also learned a lot about the situation in Jingzhou that the outside world did not know from Wei Zhuo and his wife.
"If Lu Guo wants to arrest Yuqing and Long'er this time, he should want to coerce me and Yun'er to deal with Xia Guo together. After all, in the past few years, the Xia State and the Lu State have gradually gained the upper hand in the war. Even if Lu Guo takes Wanling Pass this time, it will be difficult to turn the tide of the battle, so he will use this method. ā
In the chat, Wei Zhuo and his wife couldn't help but talk about Wei Yuqing's brothers and sisters, what happened on the road this time.
Subsequently, Wei Zhuo said: "The two countries of Xialu have been at odds for hundreds of years, and there have been wars between the two countries from time to time. At this time, the people of Jingzhou will be implicated. I'm a martial artist, although I won't be too affected. However, for ordinary people in Jingzhou, there are five or six out of ten households, and they will be destroyed because of this. After all, I was born in Jingzhou, and the reason why I united many martial arts sects in the first place was that I didn't want such things to happen in Jingzhou again. Now I am waiting for people in the martial arts, and I am in charge of the state of Jingzhou, although it looks beautiful. However, there are many troubles, and it is estimated that there will be more and more after that. (To be continued......)