Being fooled by fierce beasts to travel through the beginning is fleeing famine

As for why she didn't guess that she was coaxed by Chou Chou and the others, of course it was clear from their previous words and deeds that they had a tacit understanding, and it seemed like they had been together for a long time.

Now that the other party has seen it, they no longer hide it, Qingyan said directly: "Although they are different, they are all good-hearted. Not only have they not done anything evil, they have also done many good things to help others.

Although I have been exploring the practice myself, I have never been able to figure it out. We are looking for experts everywhere to find a method that is suitable for my practice. I heard that you are an expert, so I came to ask for advice.

To be honest, I didn't have high hopes before. I didn't expect that you could see their origins at a glance. Now I have to ask for advice.

By the way, I haven’t asked you your surname yet. "

Hearing this, the little old man quickly waved his hands and said: "Xu Gu, little old man, can't afford the praise of the girl, nor is he an expert. It's just that our family has inherited magical powers, so we can see the true nature of the three of them.

Our family has an innate magical power, which is the Puxu Pupil. As long as you open the Puxu Pupil, you can see at a glance... the opponent's true identity. "

He didn't have the nerve to talk about monsters and monsters. Since the other party had never done any evil, he didn't use such derogatory words and changed his words.

"Broken Xutong?"

Qingyan looked confused, "What kind of innate magical power is this? Is it similar to Sun Wukong's Golden Eyes of Destruction?"

"Who is Sun Wukong?"

This time, Xu Gu looked confused, and then said with some excitement: "He actually has the innate magical power of breaking the golden eyes. He can't be a branch left by our Xu clan!"

Qingyan then remembered that Journey to the West would not be published until the Ming Dynasty hundreds of years later, and it was not yet available.

So he made it up and said, "I also heard a legend by accident. It was about a person who accidentally cultivated a pair of golden eyes that could see through disguised monsters and ghosts at a glance. I thought it was a legend, but it turns out it really does exist!"

She didn't dare to say that Sun Wukong was a monkey, otherwise if the other party was inquisitive, she would have to tell the story from the beginning.

As a result, after Xu Gu heard this, he became more inclined to think that Sun Wukong was one of their wandering tribesmen.

He also kept boasting that the name Powang Jintong was much better than their name Poxu Tong. When the time came, he would discuss it with the clan members and decide to call it this name in the future, as it would appear more consistent and domineering.

The pair said to Qingyan: "The Sun Wukong that the girl was talking about, the name is a bit strange, it looks a bit like the name given by monks in Buddhism.

Those Buddhists most like to use names such as Wukong, Kong, etc., but they rarely have surnames. Since Sun Wukong's surname is Sun, it should be a coincidence. "

Qingyan said in her heart that you are really sensitive. Isn't it just the name given by Buddhism? The name is Wukong, and the surname Sun was added by someone else.

Although the other party misunderstood, Qingyan also felt that it didn't matter. After all, they all had the same talent and magical power. She didn't make it clear. It was normal for the other party to think that they were members of her own tribe.

As long as the other party doesn't ask her where she heard it from, and just wants to find that "tribe", otherwise she really can't make it up, where did she get such a big monkey for him.

Seeing that the topic was a little skewed again, Chou Chou quickly brought it back up, "Fellow Taoist Xu Gu, is your family's cultivation your own inheritance?"

Xu Gu nodded, "Yes, what we practice is passed down from generation to generation in our clan. There is no such thing as the exercises you mentioned. They are all passed down orally from generation to generation.

It was my father who taught me how to communicate with heaven and earth and how to arrange formations. Sacrificial rituals like this have been passed down from generation to generation in our clan.

Through communication between heaven and earth, some spiritual energy is gathered and scattered on the people who come to attend the Dharma gathering, and then the people feedback it to us. This is our way of cultivation. "

Qingyan nodded a few times. It seemed that just as they had guessed before, the other party had indeed cultivated with the power of faith.

The so-called communication between heaven and earth is to gather the spiritual energy and then disperse it on the people who come to attend the ceremony, so that they can be baptized by the spiritual energy, feel relaxed and comfortable physically and mentally, and then they will believe that Xu Gu is a real master, and then they will be more understanding of the spiritual energy. He admires and believes in it, and he has the pure power of faith to increase his cultivation.

In fact, there are still some exercises, but they are passed down by word of mouth. They definitely can't just ask others for them. This is too much.

So they completely gave up the idea of ​​getting the cultivation techniques from him, and just shared some of their own cultivation insights with him.

Because the conversation was so exciting, we continued talking until about three o'clock in the middle of the night, and even set up a tent for the other party to rest.

There was no way, Xu Gu was going down the mountain to go home. He didn't live under that tunnel. Although he set up a formation, it was not suitable for people to live in. It only placed some things for rituals.

He doesn't do it only on this day a year, but he does it once every three months. It's too troublesome to move things back and forth, so he just dug a basement here.

Afraid of being discovered and destroyed by others, I created another isolation formation.

He had gone down to put things away and tidy up, so he came up quickly.

He lived in a small valley halfway up the mountain, where he built two wooden houses and surrounded a small yard.

He set up a concealment formation there so that even those with advanced cultivation would not be able to spot it. This is why Chou Chou and the others did not discover the small courtyard halfway up the mountain when they used their spiritual consciousness to cover it.

It's just that the small yard is too small, with only one room for people to live in, and the other room is a kitchen for cooking, so he can't take Qingyan and the others back as guests, at least not at night. It's better to live in a tent first, and tomorrow Take them back when it gets daylight.

Xu Gu chatted with them very enthusiastically, so he simply chatted with them until midnight, and then slept in the tent. He could go down the mountain with them early the next morning and sit with them.

Qingyan and the others didn't ask why the other party lived alone here, and where the other members of the Xu clan were. This was their secret. After asking too much, people would think they had something in mind.

So what we talked about after that was all about formations or nearby history, which was also of great benefit to them.

Although Xugu's formations are somewhat different from theirs, they remain true to the same principles. They understand everything, allowing them to have a deeper understanding of the formations, and they also have some small differences based on some formations. change.

Don't underestimate this change, it can change the nature of the formation and even make it easier to use. They chatted until midnight, and after returning to their respective tents, they only slept for two hours before it was already dawn.

A few people packed up their tents and went down the mountain with Xu Gu. Although he couldn't take them back to stay at night because his yard was small, it was still okay to invite them to his small yard for breakfast and a tour. .

By the time they followed Xu Gu and turned left and right to his small courtyard, almost an hour had passed.

The small courtyard is indeed small, with a total area of ​​less than 100 square meters. Including the area of ​​the courtyard, the two houses made of wood are only about 20 square meters.

There is only a bed, a shelf and a table in a room. There is a teapot and teacups on the table. There is nothing else. This is the bedroom.

On the wooden shelves, there were many ornaments carved out of stone. Of course, even though they looked like ornaments, they were actually the ones they had seen for setting up formations, so they knew they should be used for setting up formations. , the textures on them are the same.

Then there are a few clothes and shoes on the bottom floor. There are not even cabinets and boxes. It is really very simple.

The kitchen only has an earthen stove and a wooden shelf with a few spices and vegetables on it, and a water tank next to it.

These only occupy one-third of the space, and more than half of the remaining space is occupied by firewood, leaving only an aisle that can be walked through. It seems that the kitchen and firewood room are merged.

Xu Gu took Qingyan and the others in and walked around. After looking around, they found that they were not sitting inside. After all, there were no stools or anything like that. They couldn't sit on the only bed. That would be impolite.

After that, Xu Gu let them drink tea in the yard while he went to make some food for breakfast.

Qingyan and the others didn't refuse, they just took some steamed buns and pickles from the carriage, and they could eat as long as they heated up some porridge in the pot. Then Huang Jin followed them into the kitchen to help.

There is a bamboo table and a few small chairs in the yard, but it is winter now, and to be honest, it is still a bit cold.

If it was summer, they could sit in the courtyard and enjoy the cool air, so they stopped drinking after finishing a drink. Breakfast happened to be ready, and they cleared the table.

Everyone had a warm breakfast, and Qingyan and the others were ready to leave.

Xugu knew that they had to go on their way, so he didn't stay any longer. He only gave a few addresses. If something happened, he could go to his tribe there for help. He just needed to mention his name. The Xu tribe was very united.

Then he also gave them a lot of herbs and some tea leaves that he picked himself, which are all found in the valley. The tea leaves are very good, picked from a thousand-year-old tea tree, although they are not as spiritual as the ones in their space. But it’s also rare.

Qingyan thought about it, discussed it with Chou Chou, and then Chou Chou stepped forward and gave the other party a fire spirit stone.

The main reason is that it is really cold inside his cabin, and there is no carbon basin or anything in the cabin. I don’t know how the little old man keeps himself warm in the winter. Is it because of his cultivation?

The little old man Xu Gu's eyes lit up immediately after he took the Fire Spirit Stone. He thanked them again and again and said: "Oh, I'm old now. Even if I have some cultivation, I still feel a little chilly at night.

I was thinking before that it was so warm in your tent and there was no fire. It turned out that there was this fire spirit stone. I thought it was kept warm by this little friend from Jinyang. "

He could see the true form of Jin Yang, and of course he knew that it was the Golden Crow. The presence of the Golden Crow was equivalent to the sun, and it was normal to be warm, so he didn't even think about the Fire Spirit Stone. He didn't expect such an unexpected surprise.

Qingyan saw that this gift really touched people's hearts, and thought it was great. When giving gifts, she was afraid that people would not need or want them. If she gave them to others, no one would be happy, so she might as well not give them at all.

It is actually the best if it can reach people's hearts. The other party will be happy, and so will they.

After that, they said goodbye to each other before saying goodbye.

In fact, they can stay here for two days. The environment here is quiet and no one will disturb them. By the way, they can also see the situation at the county government.

As for the house not being able to fit in, they could still set up a tent, but they just felt it would disturb Xu Gu too much, and it was also inconvenient for them to enter the space.

Even if they left here, they still had to find a place to continue observing the county government for two days. They would not continue on their way until the matter over there was settled.

The officer sent by the county government to pick them up hasn't come back yet. He should have arrived at night and be ready to return during the day the next day. After all, there are so many children and it is really inconvenient to travel at night.

After they got off Shending Mountain, they returned to the previous slope. Seeing that no one was passing by, they went around to the back and entered the space.

When you are ready, just come out from here and continue on your way without having to go around anymore.

The main reason was that they didn't get a good rest on the top of the mountain last night. Although there were fire stones and tents, they didn't sleep well after all. They slept late. There were birds chirping on the mountain for a while, and insects chirping for a while. They He has a good ear and is very annoying.

Although it is winter, the south is so bad. Many birds in the north have flown over for the winter, and not a single one is missing here. There are also many snakes, insects, rats, and ants that are still active, unlike in the north where they just hibernate.

Anyway, Chou Chou and Jin Yang can directly explore their spiritual consciousness from space, and they don't need to sleep together, so Qingyan and Huang Jin go back to the house to have a good sleep.

After resting for most of the day, I got up in the afternoon and had lunch. I heard Chou Chou say that the officials had taken the person back to the county government office.

Including the five thugs, he also caught two who came to collect the "goods".

The other party was also cunning. After arriving in Nangang Town, he did not go directly to the courtyard, but spared it first.

If it weren't for the officers who were stationed outside watching the people coming and going, they wouldn't have been able to spot the two suspicious people.

The two people were a man and a woman, in their thirties, dressed like ordinary people. They were not sneaky at that time, but came to the yard openly.

First he knocked on the door next door, asked for a drink of water, and talked a lot.

Fortunately, the official who went there had already thought that there might be a buyer coming, and had given instructions when he went to investigate the surrounding neighbors, otherwise he would have let the two people run away.