"Shushan is not far from Xiling. Daozong has always been intimate with us. If we trace the origin, it may be due to the will of the two great figures. It is said that in a long time, Daozong and Shushan... had some close connection."

After walking out of the yellow sand, I felt much more relaxed.

Ning Yi finally could not take a rope and turn the horse on his back. Because the skin of his palm was blooming, Pei Fan carefully controlled the rope for him, and walked with Xu Zang.

Sleeping in the open all the way, Ning Yi suddenly felt that... He wanted to take Pei Fan across the Xiling Mountains to the Sui Dynasty with 400 taels, which was a fearless act out of ignorance.

According to Xu Zang, four hundred taels of silver... it is difficult to cross the Great Wall of the West. Because he is a wanderer from Xiling, if he wants to come to the rich Great Sui Dynasty, no matter what purpose he is coming to make money or not, he will have to go through layers of exploitation, and at least two hundred taels of silver to manage the relationship between the upper and lower levels.

The dry food and food I had stored in my package suddenly rained heavily and had no place to shelter from the rain. In the first three days, I was wet and deteriorated. After walking in the wild and staying for six or seven days, I almost didn't see any people. The farther away from Xiling, the fewer temples that could stay overnight to hide from the rain, and bypassed several remote towns.

bitter.

The day when the hardships and sweetness come, it came on the day when Ning Yi and Pei Fan arrived at "Anle City".

"At the foot of Shushan, there is a big city and countless small cities." Xu Zang rode a horse and stopped at the city gate. His face under his black robe was three points of fatigue. He whispered: "In the radius of three thousand miles, these are all within the sphere of influence of Shushan. I can't fight anymore, and I will come back. Those kids know that it's not easy for me to kill people outside, so they will help me stare at the big figures in the holy mountain."

Ning Yi was a little surprised and thought to himself, Uncle Master, weren’t you just walking around the world with a sword? Why can’t you fight after ten years of running for life? There is still a base camp to come back to rest? This is far from the wandering and lonely image you mentioned!

Xu Zang said quietly: "I have no grudges and no grudges with Shushan, and I betray Shushan... just to separate my relationship with Shushan, so as not to get involved in those enemies and cause trouble to the sect."

"Where is the Holy Son of Shushan who was killed by you with one sword?"

"It's just a personal grudge." Xu Zang waved his hand and said, "I have killed all those people of the same generation who want to kill me. As for the younger generation of Shushan children... if nothing unexpected happens, they all regard me as their idol."

Ning Yi's expression was a little complicated. He looked at Xu Zang and said, "Then are we safe now?"

"No...we're even more dangerous."

Xu Zang pulled the slender package behind him, looked at the outline of the ancient city in the night, and said with a serious expression: "As the saying goes, born in distress, died in peace, and arrived at the territory of his own power... If you forget to be chased like a dog outside, then your stomach will be filled with comfort and satisfaction. If you are willing to sink into enjoyment, then the only thing waiting for us is cruel death."

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Half an hour later.

In an inn in Anle City, Ning Yi looked at the man who was full and stood Xixue aside, leaned against the back of the chair and burped comfortably. The boy got up and went to the front desk, silently paid the fifty cents of meal. Looking back, there were seven or eight large bowls on the table stacked like mountains, and the noodles and noodle soup inside were eaten clean by Xu Zang.

Pei Fan drank half a bowl of noodle soup, half full, and pushed the noodle bowl to Ning Yi who was sitting back in the seat, looked at Xu Zang, and muttered in a low voice.

“Is this the feeling of filling your stomach with comfort and satisfaction?”

"Well, it's delicious..." Ning Yi took Pei Fan's noodle bowl and finished eating it in big mouthfuls, and sighed while eating: "Born from suffering, die from happiness... No wonder Zhou You said that he was about to die."

Xu Zang didn't realize it, patted his stomach, and sighed, "This feeling is... really good."

He held a chopstick in his hand and gently tapped the table. Looking at the young girl who came to his senses, he said calmly: "Don't get me wrong... This is the second time I have returned to Shushan in ten years. The last time was three years ago, I saved a really beautiful baby and sent her to the bottom of Shushan."

When Xu Zang said this, his expression was very natural.

Ning Yi thought of an unnecessary word mentioned by the sword fan and said curiously: "Some really beautiful... girl?"

Thinking of his age, Ning Yi chose the word "girl".

Xu Zang nodded and said, "It looks very good. Even when I occasionally pass by this area in the past three years, I can't help but want to come back and see her."

Ning Yi and Pei Fan looked at each other and saw the surprise in each other's eyes.

"It's not that I'm unstable in my heart." Xu Zang raised his eyebrows and said, "When you see it... you will naturally understand."

"What are we going to do now?" Ning Yi sat on the table, feeling a little uneasy. He lowered his voice and said, "I am not interested in that beautiful girl. I just want to break the situation now, and... send the girl back safely."

Xu Zang leaned on the back of the chair and looked at the boy, smiling and said, "Is it a matter of breaking the realm a night? Sharpening a knife will not delay the chopping of wood. As for sending the girl back to Luojia Mountain... Pei Min's tomb is there, of course I will send her back safely, but it is definitely not now."

Xu Zang suddenly approached, his eyes cold and plain.

Ning Yi could see the cross-striped sword mark on the man's nose clearly. The dense blood scabs covered the sword mark. It must have been torn open after the scabs. After experiencing countless pain recurrences, this mark was found.

Xu Zang whispered: "My heart is like water, dark tides flow. Before you practice, you must try to learn to see, listen, and distinguish... truth and falsehood. Sometimes, a quiet environment may not be safe. When we walk in the dark shadow, the safest time is to be in the light."

The man suddenly stood up, whistled in front of everyone in the inn, took out fifty taels of silver from his arms and slapped it on the table, pointed at Ning Yi, and laughed: "This is the young master of the Li family in Caogu City next door. Today, he sold a batch of medicinal materials in Anle City, made some money, and asked everyone to drink."

The tavern became lively, and the crowd burst into laughter and cheered. The shopkeeper collected the money and gave a jar of wine to each table.

Ning Yi suddenly realized that the uneasy atmosphere disappeared. He turned his head and looked, and several gazes that were originally suspicious had dispersed so easily and naturally. There were some good gazes of tourists around him, and some people raised their glasses to clink their glasses across the air with Ning Yi.

The boy raised his wine glass a little embarrassedly, pretended to show off, and said fiercely: "I am not the young leader of the Li family. What should I do if the stuff is exposed?"

Xu Zang smiled with a smile. Fifty taels of silver were enough to buy a lot of wine. After each table was finished, the remaining amount was sent to Ning Yi's table. He took the wine jar and poured the wine in a big bowl. Then he looked at Ning Yi slowly and said, "Who cares if you are the Li family, Wang family, or the young owner of the Chen family? If you are willing to spend fifty taels to invite them to drink and pay the money, then you are a rich man, which is enough."

"You have been here... Is there really such a wealthy Li family selling medicinal materials in Anle City?"

"Yes." Xu Zang looked at Ning Yi with a smile and said, "Not only Anle City, but the entire world, the entire Sui Dynasty, there is a Li family selling medicinal materials. However, although this Li family is rich, it not only sells medicinal materials... because the whole world is theirs."

Ning Yi was silent.

"Anle City is a very remote small city. If you kill people, steal things, and do a beautiful life, you will not be discovered." Xu Zang looked at Ning Yi and said, "Since you entered the city, someone has been staring at you, do you know?"

Ning Yi suddenly understood the reasons for those gazes.

"You carry that package like a treasure and look at it. No matter how you turn your eyes, you will eventually fall back." Xu Zang said calmly: "The package is wet by the rain and has no time to dry it. It is covered with mud. It means that you have been trekking for a long distance and treated it so seriously... There must be something very valuable in that package."

Ning Yi said seriously: "There is money in that package."

Xu Zang smiled and said, "That's better. They don't care about your life. They just want money."

Ning Yi was silent for a while and said, "We went into the tavern and ordered only the noodles... It means we don't have much money."

"Yes... this will make them even more curious. If they are poor, even if they eat noodles, they will not be willing to eat so much." Xu Zang pointed to the seven or eight big bowls in front of him and said, "So I invited everyone to dinner and told everyone that you are the young owner of the Li family. Those skeptical eyes disappeared immediately, and all this should be established smoothly."

Ning Yi seemed to understand something. He looked at Xu Zang and asked, "You did this to dispel doubts and tell them that we are rich people?"

Xu Zang nodded and said, "Not only is it rich, but it is also generous."

Ning Yi lowered his head and said, "If they don't do this, they... will rob us?"

Xu Zang smiled and said, "It may not be just a robbery, but also a kill."

Pei Fan was a little dazed and said, "They are bandits? They are specialized in picking soft persimmons. Now they know that we are a wealthy family, so we have less trouble?"

Xu Zang picked up the snow, stumbled the weight, and smiled and said, "In theory... it's like this. But you may have underestimated the fierceness of these bandits. They are too lazy to attack Xiaoyu Xiaoxiao. After all, killing people and robbing people will be paid for their lives. Could it be that they still care about the other party's background?"

Xu Zang hugged Xixue, closed his eyes and rested, and said, "Ning Yi, eat more, and you will have the energy to work after you are full."

Ning Yi looked at Xu Zang, suddenly thought of a serious question and asked seriously: "Where did your money come from?"

Xu Zang said sincerely: "You are the rich young master of the Li family. You invite everyone to eat, drink, and fifty taels of silver... Of course you paid."

Ning Yi smiled angrily and said angrily: "Senior...you are really a shameless person!"
Chapter completed!