Creation furnace

In the next few days, Ji Die also encountered Jinhan Sect disciples from time to time, all of whom were searching for him.

One of the most dangerous times was when he encountered a team of two Jinhan Sect monks who were at the ninth level of Qi training, and at that time, the effect of the Disguise Pill had almost reached its limit.

Fortunately, those people did not notice anything unusual in the end and were successfully sent away by him without being exposed.

A few days later, on an official road, Ji Die, who had successfully escaped from the Jin Hanzong encirclement, was walking all the way.

"There is only one Disguise Pill left, but luckily I managed to sneak it out. Speaking of which, it's a good thing I didn't encounter Foundation Establishment along the way. Otherwise, even if I took the Disguise Pill, I wouldn't be able to escape the enemy's eyes."

Now that he has used up the disguise pills and has no elixir to refine, for the sake of safety, he has to give up flying.

After all, if you fly in the air, the target is too big, and if you can't protect it, you will encounter monks. Although he has now gotten rid of those Jinhan Sect monks, he does not dare to be careless.

"Speaking of which, if my cultivation is stronger and I can break through the tenth level of Qi training and foundation building, I don't need to be so nervous... But how do I turn the spiritual power in my body into the sea..."

Ji Die raised his eyes in confusion, finally shook his head, picked a willow leaf from the roadside, put it to his mouth, and whistled all the way forward.

He was not familiar with Cangzhou. He didn't know where this rural road led to, but he should be able to meet people if he walked along it.

Gradually, the sound of rolling wheels came from behind. Looking back, I could still see the dust on the official road behind me, and a carriage slowly approaching.

I haven't seen this thing for several years.

Not all Cangzhou is monks, naturally there are also mortals.

And horse-drawn carriages are the most commonly used means of transportation for ordinary people on their way.

Ji Die stood on the side of the road, and as soon as his consciousness swept away, he saw that the driver of the car was a shriveled old man, and in the carriage behind him was a middle-aged man wearing a scribe's robe.

"This little brother is also going to Si'an City?" The other party also saw Ji Die on the roadside and invited him with a smile.

"Brother, if you don't mind, I can give you a ride."

"Okay." Ji Die was not polite. After thanking him, he got on the carriage. The space inside was several feet in diameter, with a table and a small stove for heating in the middle.

The middle-aged scribe sat aside, very enthusiastic, or perhaps because he was bored during the journey, he kept looking for topics to chat with.

It happened that there was still some distance between the carriage and the destination. Ji Die didn't feel any contempt for him because he was a mortal, and he answered them one by one.

During the process, he learned that the name of this place was Jingze County, and that this person was a great Confucian from Jingze County. His surname was Zhou Mingwen. Although Ji Die was not deeply involved in Confucianism, he had read many books over the years, so it was natural for ordinary people to call him "Jingze County". To be educated,

The two chatted happily along the way. When the carriage arrived at its destination, Zhou Wen was still reluctant to leave him and invited him to the mansion again and again, but Ji Die politely refused.

After saying goodbye to him, he continued on his way to the county seat of Jingze County.

He learned from Zhou Wen that the city lord of this city was an immortal master with good cultivation, and there were many immortal masters in the city. He planned to go there to try his luck and see if there was a place where monks could trade.

Naturally, he planned to buy teleportation array materials, or buy some elixirs, and refine some mana-restoring elixirs, as well as disguise elixirs, in case of emergencies.

Of course, the process was still walking. The day after he said goodbye to Zhou Wen, a lake appeared in front of Ji Die.

There is also a stone tablet next to the lake. It is obviously old and covered with moss. There are many traces of weathering on the surface. It has two words printed crookedly - you can vaguely see that one word on the back is sea, but the other word can no longer be seen clearly. ,

"Sea!" Ji Die was stunned. It was clearly just a lake in front of him, why was there the word "sea" in it?

"My little brother has to cross the sea, and I am the ferryman on this sea."

Just then, on the lake in front, a awning boat broke through the water. The old man supporting the boat stood on the bow, wearing a bamboo hat and a raincoat. His long bamboo pole rippled in the water, rowing all the way. Toward the shore.

"Thank you, father-in-law." Ji Die nodded and saw a house not far away. The other party obviously lived here.

"No trouble, no trouble. I think Mr. Xiao has a bookish air about him. He should be a scholar. In this life, the old man respects scholars the most..." The old man smiled, parked the boat on the shore, and waited for Ji Die to get on. , and then punted the boat again and sailed to the other side.

"Ahem, I can't call myself Mr., but I have read some books, so I don't dare to call myself Mr." Ji Die couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this title. When he was at Qixuan Sect, he couldn't help but think of the books in the Ten Thousand Volumes Pavilion. I've turned it over a lot,

But he might not be the same scholar as he thought, and he didn't know how to explain it to the other person.

"Young gentleman, you are too modest! Unlike some people who think they have read two books, they want to show off their literary skills on their faces, for fear that others will not know." The old man said with a smile.

Ji Die coughed dryly and couldn't bear to listen. He changed the subject and said, "I just heard my father-in-law call this place a sea, and there are stone tablets engraved with the word "sea" beside the lake. Could it be that this place used to be a sea, and then it slowly shrunk into a lake? Already?"

Ji Die asked about his doubts. He had read a classic in Wanjuan Pavilion, which recorded an interesting phenomenon.

Some places clearly used to be lakes or seas, but they will slowly disappear as time goes by.

That’s why I suspect that this place used to be a sea, but it has just gradually shrunk.

"It's not as complicated as I thought, this place has always been like this." The old man smiled on his wrinkled face, which also made the wrinkles on his face deeper.

"As for why we call it the sea, it's because the name of this lake is Canghai...I have grown up here for generations, so I am used to it..."

"Canghai..." Ji Die muttered, with a strange look in his eyes. He didn't expect this to be the reason.

The old man seemed to open up and continued to tell Ji Die the origin of the name.

"It is said that the name of this lake was given by an immortal master, and there is a story circulating here.

"It is said that many years ago, an immortal master passed by here and stood on the seashore for three days and three nights. Finally, he used his hand as a pen to write the word "Canghai" on the stone, and laughed and said: It is a lake or a sea, it is only in my own mind. I believe it is a sea, and it has been a sea since then! ”

“This story is absolutely true. It’s from my grandfather’s grandfather… My grandfather saw it with his own eyes. He was rowing a boat on it at that time…”

The old man was talking incessantly, not noticing Ji Die standing beside him. A flash of light suddenly flashed across his face. It was the light of excitement!

At this moment, he could no longer hear what the old man was saying.

In his mind, there was a roar of thunder, and those two sentences kept echoing in his ears,

I see it as the sea, it is the sea,

I believe it is the sea, it is the sea…

Instantly, Ji Die’s mind suddenly banged, and he remembered the last sentence of the ‘Tai Qing Sutra’,

Believe that it exists!!

For a moment, his eyes seemed to flash with enlightenment, and his breathing became rapid.

So that’s it,

It’s like this,

Believe that it exists,

What you have to believe is…

The sea!!