How long is the road ahead? Chapter 10(1/2)
Under the golden morning sun, the two carriages slowly drove into the dense woods, and wisps of sunlight flashed in front of them.
"You carry the load, and I hold the horse, welcoming the sunrise and sending away the sunset..."
Ji Ren held a short whip in his hand, leaned against the carriage, and slapped the horse with a whip again and again.
Old man Chen yawned extremely tiredly, "Ha... after passing this forest, we should be there in an hour."
Ji Ren shouted: "Ah! Are you sure? Are we going to Maoyi City now?"
"Ouch, this kid." Old man Chen was frightened by him and shouted energetically: "We're almost there, do you want to take a rest?"
People in the front and rear carriages were all woken up and stretched out their heads to take a look.
"Soon."
"We will arrive in the small town soon."
"Wow, the sun is so beautiful."
Shen Chong came out of the carriage and said, "Brother, let me do it. Thank you for your hard work."
Ji Ren smiled and said: "Let's take a rest, the horses are tired."
Shen Chong replied: "Okay, I'll ask them to replace the old man later."
Ji Ren nodded and returned to the car at the back to rest.
Little Monkey, Zhang Lian and Jing Jue didn't dare to disturb him. They did everything very quietly for fear of affecting his rest.
Shen Chong and others asked Old Man Chen to go to the carriage to rest, and then they gathered together to discuss how to thank Ji Ren.
An hour later, it was just a little while ago (a few minutes past nine).
They drove a carriage into Maoyi City. When the passers-by on the street saw the clothes belonging to the Elixir Sect, they immediately gave way.
Ji Ren sensed the chaotic atmosphere outside, so he quit the practice. He heard the noise of the busy city immediately. He opened the curtain and looked outside. The passers-by were talking and laughing, full of enthusiasm.
"It's good. Everyone is peaceful."
When the driving disciple saw him coming out, he said gratefully: "Brother, thank you so much for last night. If it weren't for you, I would have been chopped in half by them."
Ji Ren patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's okay, don't worry about it." Then he sat on the other side, watching the laughter of passers-by and talking about home affairs.
The driving disciple said: "Brother, my name is Nian Cheng. They said your name is Ji Ren. From now on, I will call you eldest brother."
Ji Ren was happy and said with a smile: "No, if you don't mind, just call me Ji Ren. Senior Brother Nian!"
When Nian Cheng heard this, he was very grateful. He said happily: "Then I will be more respectful than obey your orders. From now on, wherever I can be used, I will definitely go to Daoshan..."
Ji Ren interrupted: "Brother Nian, calm down, calm down. The entrance is just ahead."
Shen Chong had just arrived at the entrance of the hall in his carriage. Without saying a word, he took out his sect token and shouted to the two disciples guarding the door: "Quickly report to Hall Master Peng and escort the disciples to arrive!"
When the gatekeeper saw it, he rushed into the inner hall with a serious face.
Then, a fat man in his fifties hurriedly ran out.
Peng Yuan stretched out his hand to invite me inside and said, "It turns out that the disciple escort is here, please come in."
The escort disciple is the special disciple of the Spiritual Medicine Sect. He has the right to mobilize and monitor the Spiritual Medicine Hall when traveling. He can be killed first and reported later. Any consequences that arise will not be investigated as long as the situation is true.
Shen Chong led them into the inner hall quickly, followed closely by Peng Yuan.
Shen Chong clasped his fists and said: "Peng Yuan, Hall Master Peng. The bandits in the Pingshan Road area are extremely rampant. Why don't we see anyone going to eliminate them?!"
His words were full of anger and questioning emotions.
Peng
Yuan is also an old martial artist. Hearing this, he looked at the group of them carefully and his heart skipped a beat. He said in surprise: "What? Bandits and bandits, how is this possible? I just asked about the situation there two days ago, and the people below are all Tell me there is nothing unusual. In this case, I will arrange your daily life first and come!"
Shen Chong waved his hand and said coldly: "Hold on! As the master of the Spiritual Medicine Hall, you are in charge of the safety of the nearby area. Now that there are bandits and bandits, what crime do you deserve?!"
Peng Yuan immediately obeyed and cried: "It's really not true. I asked about the situation over there just the day before yesterday. This is definitely the thief who only appeared yesterday!"
Ji Ren stood aside and observed carefully, and found that Peng Yuan did not seem to be lying, but judging from his breath, something was still wrong.
Moreover, as long as this person insists that he does not know the matter, even if Shen Chong is angry, he will almost never take action against him.
"Senior Brother Shen, since the hall master said he has seen it, why not let him investigate the matter thoroughly?"
Shen Chong looked back and nodded: "Okay. However, I hope we can see the group of bandits who escaped tomorrow morning. They are all good at bows and arrows. Be careful!"
Peng Yuangang breathed a sigh of relief and immediately lifted it up. He said with a grimace: "Yes, yes, yes...here comes someone. Arrange your clothes and bring all the wine and meat." After saying that, he left with a grimace.
When he arrived at a deserted place, his face immediately darkened. "These idiots are responsible for the robbery of our elixir sect."
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In the bookcase on the top floor of the Spiritual Medicine Hall, Peng Yuan released the homing pigeon in his hand with an expressionless expression.
But downstairs, guests were greeted enthusiastically, a table full of delicious dishes, and several jars of good wine placed next to it.
Shen Chong picked up the wine glasses and insisted on paying homage to Ji Ren. Ji Ren had no choice but to have a drink with them. He immediately felt dizzy. After a few sips of wine, he went back to the room in a daze.
"vomit……"
Ji Ren held a basin and vomited out with confused eyes.
Then he lay on the bed and circulated his Yuan Qi to move around the world. After forcing out the odor of alcohol, he sobered up a lot.
"My dear mother, this thing is just wine!"
Xian Lingzi said regretfully: "Your ability to drink is too bad."
Ji Ren got up, opened the window, and let the strong wind blow against his face.
"I'm not the kind of person who likes to have a little bit of everything. Just something like wine, that's all."
Xian Lingzi said: "It's unreasonable for a man to drink poorly."
Ji Ren said: "I can melt it away, it won't be intoxicating anyway."
Immediately, he looked at the people coming and going on the street with serious eyes.
"Where is the murderous intention?"
Xian Lingzi stood beside him, pointed at the inn ahead, and said, "Well, do you see it?"
Ji Ren's eyes lit up, and he scanned the inn again, locking on a window on the third floor. He said, "I saw it."
Xian Lingzi stretched his body and said, "Okay, don't look at it. I'm going to go out for a spin. You should seize the time to practice." He turned around and turned into a speck of dust, drifting away in the wind.
Ji Ren was stunned for a moment, "Okay."
He immediately closed the window and lay down on the bed.
The ancient scriptures in the sea of consciousness evolve on their own, and Ji Ren can move around, comprehend, and do anything at will. As long as he is here, the Yuan Qi in his body will circulate on its own, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth will be naturally absorbed by the body and refined into magic power. Stored in Dantian.
And he also memorized the movement of the meridians in his body during the month he spent on this carriage. If it were determined by the skills, he could be said to have practiced the skills now.
However, whenever he wanted to use this as a technique, he would have a dangerous intuition in his heart.
After repeated attempts, he had no choice but to give up.
Shen Chong and Nian Cheng who were downstairs did not drink much. After a certain amount of time, they all went back to rest.
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late at night.
Just after arriving at midnight, in a big mountain outside Maoyi City, a dozen tied people were kneeling on the ground side by side.
A row of shirtless men stood behind them holding broadswords, and beside them there was a fierce man in his forties, with muscular muscles that could not be covered by any clothes, and he was playing with two jade stones in his hands.
Xu Wei sighed with emotion: "Third brother, it's not like you and I don't know what a behemoth the Spiritual Medicine Sect is. But you are too courageous. You dared to rob me, but even before you succeeded, you gave away my people." I killed a lot of people. It happened that I met Peng Yuan, an old fox, who was in urgent need of someone to take the blame, so I had no choice but to reluctantly give up." After saying this, he waved his hand.
The shirtless man held the sword tightly with both hands and slowly raised it.
Xu Prisoner said in horror: "Brother, I was wrong, let me go, I will definitely..."
Click!
Xu Wei closed his eyes and said with a compassionate expression: "Don't worry, big brother will avenge you." He then patted the others and turned around to leave.
The others seemed not to be surprised and took out the sack bag very calmly...
The next morning, a large wooden box half a meter high was lying conspicuously in the inner hall.
Maybe it's not tight underneath, and dried blood stains remain on it.
Peng Yuan nodded and bowed and invited them over, saying that he wanted to give them an explanation.
Ji Ren followed Shen Chong and came to the wooden box. A stream of blood rushed towards them.
Little Hou, Zhang Lian, Old Man, and Jing Jue almost vomited when they heard it.
Peng Yuan said: "Please open it and take a look to confirm whether it is the thief from the night before yesterday."
Shen Chong wanted to step forward and open it, but Ji Ren held his shoulders and shook his head.
To be continued...