After the eldest grandson returned home, he did not immediately arrange for Chu Li to pack up and prepare to leave. Instead, he ran to the yard to enjoy the shade after eating as usual. When he saw Si Qin, he kept silent about taking her away.

Si Qin acted like a normal person. After dinner, while watching Chu Li clean up, he chatted with Chu Li wordlessly.

Chu Li was busy every day, and soon became sleepy and went to rest early.

The eldest grandson unexpectedly did not go back to his room to meditate today. Instead, he continued to sit in the yard and stared at the sky in a daze.

Si Qin came to the courtyard, walked to Changsun and sat down.

After a while, he spoke softly, and the soft voice blew gently into Changsun's ears like the night wind.

"I'm always curious, what is it in the night sky that makes you so fascinated?"

When the eldest grandson heard Si Qin talking, he closed his eyes, as if he were listening to a concert, showing an expression of enjoyment.

Changsun opened his eyes and said: "There is a saying in my hometown that dead people will become stars in the sky. I want to find those stars that I am familiar with."

When Si Qin heard Changsun's words, he seemed to be stimulated by something. He suddenly stood still for a moment, then slowly raised his head and stared at the night sky, his voice was a little dry.

"That's unfair. Why can we only see them at night?"

"Because we still have to look forward at dawn." Changsun said softly.

Siqin remained silent.

The eldest grandson did not see that behind her beautiful profile, a drop of tear streaked across her face, like a meteor flashing past in the night sky, but it still left a beautiful trail.

After a while, Siqin opened his mouth to break the silence.

"Where is the front of the young master?"

The eldest grandson pointed to the north: "Outside."

Siqin knew that Changsun was referring to the outside world, so he continued, "Then it seems we can travel together."

Only now did the eldest grandson turn his head and look at Si Qin, his expression half-smiling.

Si Qin saw from the corner of his eye that his eldest grandson had been looking at him, and he felt a little embarrassed and said, "Master, why do you keep looking at me like this?"

After hearing this, the eldest grandson turned around, smiled and said, "It's too dangerous to go with the girl. I'm not strong enough, so I won't cause trouble for the girl."

Siqin turned around and asked doubtfully: "What's the danger of traveling with me?"

"Young lady is so beautiful. If you are traveling with me, if someone misunderstands you as a flower protector, I'm afraid my life will be in trouble, haha."

After the eldest grandson finished speaking, he laughed.

Si Qin heard that the eldest grandson was making fun of him, and he felt a little annoyed. He snorted and turned away and ignored the eldest grandson.

The eldest grandson smiled for a while and then put away his smile. His expression suddenly became serious and he said: "The girl has helped me in times of need in Lishan City, and I will keep it in my heart. However, this trip is really dangerous, and I am not sure that I can do it."

I want to keep the girl safe, so I really don’t dare to brag about Haikou and agree to the girl.”

Siqin was still a little angry about his grandson, so he said, "Humph, if you are afraid of danger, you can paint my face with flowers. Then it will be safe."

The eldest grandson did not laugh, but still said seriously: "I just made a joke. Please don't worry, girl. You should know what danger I am talking about."

Seeing that the eldest grandson was still serious, Si Qin said seriously: "Master, what danger do you think there is?"

"Although it's just a guess. Recently, a lot of mercenaries from outside have come to Qingshan Town. They are not exploring or hunting for treasures, but more like searching for people. I think this must have something to do with the girl." Changsun said with certainty.

Siqin didn't admit it, but he didn't deny it either.

Changsun continued: "The strength of these people may be high or low, but the most important thing is that there are many people. People are separated from each other. I don't know if any of this group of people want to take advantage of the fire. If I just take you out of Qingshan Town, then that's it."

It’s simple, but with so many people here who are hard to distinguish between good and bad, it’s not that easy.”

After Changsun finished speaking, he did not continue to speak, but looked at Siqin.

Siqin suddenly calmed down, and it was impossible to tell from her expression what she was thinking at the moment.

"Young master has said so much, now you can make an offer." Siqin suddenly said.

After hearing this, the eldest grandson was not unhappy at all, and said: "The girl is still as smart as she was in Lishan. I want a hundred soul-building pills."

"One hundred soul-building pills! Why don't you go and grab it?" Siqin said angrily.

"That's too much, then just twenty pills." Changsun didn't feel embarrassed at all and immediately reduced the number from one hundred pills to twenty pills.

Siqin still felt very angry and said, "Do you know how precious the soul-building pill is, and you are so open-mouthed?"

Changsun suddenly said with an embarrassed look on his face: "How do country people know how precious the soul-building pill is."

The soul-building pill has the effect of strengthening the soul and stabilizing the soul. Generally, when the practitioner breaks through to the charioteer realm, the warrior will be willing to use one pill to stabilize the realm during the breakthrough.

The eldest grandson wants so many soul-building pills not for himself, but for Chu Li.

However, because the eldest grandson doesn't know how to refine medicine, he really doesn't understand how precious the soul-building pill is.

Seeing the eldest grandson's appearance, Si Qin was furious and said, "Forget it, I'm too lazy to tell you more. Three pills. I'll give you three pills at most."

Changsun hesitated for a moment and shook his head.

"Three pills are too few, no way."

"Did you know that with three soul-building pills, there is a rush for someone willing to escort me out of Qingshan Town."

"But you can't tell who is the good guy and who is the bad guy." Changsun said.

"You! How do I know if you are a bad person?" Changsun's words made Siqin very angry.

"Of course I am not a bad person, sir, I have promised you this, and you also heard the conversation between me and sir this afternoon. In terms of understanding of Qingshan, no one in this town can match me."

Changsun lightly pointed out that Si Qin eavesdropped on his conversation with his husband in the afternoon.

Si Qin was a little shocked. With the strength of the eldest grandson, he should not be able to find him. It seems that he still underestimated the eldest grandson.

Siqin gradually regained his composure and began to think seriously about his eldest grandson's conditions. It seemed that he accepted his husband's arrangement.

"Five pills!" Siqin stretched out his five fingers and said.

The eldest grandson didn't say anything, and Si Qin suddenly became a little unhappy. Five pills were already a sky-high price for the eldest grandson, but the eldest grandson was still hesitating.

Changsun silently calculated in his heart how long Chuli could last with five pills in his current situation.

Changsun must set aside time for himself to become stronger so that he can raise more medicinal materials to stabilize Chuli's condition.

The eldest grandson shook his head and said: "Miss Siqin, I know that with my current strength, five soul-building pills are already a very high reward, but the journey of escorting the girl to Lieyang City is full of dangers, and I may not be able to protect myself. Five

One soul-building pill is enough to buy my life, but if I die, Chuli will not live long. So I kindly ask the girl to give you five more soul-building pills."

Siqin didn't expect the eldest grandson to say such a thing, but the eldest grandson's eyes were sincere, making Si Qin's words of retort come to his lips but he couldn't say anything.

"These ten pills are for Chu Li's sake, otherwise you would never get a single pill."

After the two discussed it, they went back to their houses to rest.

The next day, the eldest grandson called Siqin to his room early in the morning.

Just when Si Qin felt confused, he entered the room and saw a table in the middle of the room. There was a sand table on the table, and a hand-drawn map hung on the wall.

Siqin was a little surprised. He looked closely at the sand table and the map and discovered that they were actually the topographic map of Qingshan Town.

Before Si Qin could ask the question, the eldest grandson spoke first.

"Conditions and time are limited, so the sand table is relatively simple. I have been drawing maps before. The situation in Qingshan Town is more detailed. I can only draw the surrounding inland based on what I have read in books before, plus what I have heard.

The painting is based on human description, so there may be deviations in accuracy.”

Siqin looked at the map in front of him. It was half the size of a wall. The topography of Qingshan Town was drawn in great detail.

It's just that there are some circles and lines in the picture that I can't understand.

Relatively speaking, the inland surrounding Qingshan Town is indeed much simpler to draw, but at least it shows the relative position of Qingshan Town and the surrounding inland.

Despite this, Siqin still heard a hint of dissatisfaction in Changsun's words just now.

Changsun was indeed a little dissatisfied with the map he had hand-drawn. The terrain of Qingshan Town was drawn by Changsun during field trips, and the accuracy was beyond doubt. However, the surrounding inland eldest grandsons could not guarantee the accuracy.

Because Changsun had military experience in his previous life, Changsun knew the importance of map accuracy for every operation, so Changsun was not very satisfied with his map.

Changsun did not dwell too much on the imperfection of the map. He pointed at the map and said: "Qingshan Town is only connected to an inland area. If you take the land route, you can only go to this inland area."

As he spoke, Changsun pointed to a larger inland area located north of Qingshan Town on the map, called Qinling Island.

The origin of Qinling Island dates back to before the Doomsday War.

Before the Doomsday War, Qinling Island was an island on the edge of the mainland.

At that time, Qinling Island was the territory of the powerful Xuan Dynasty. The emperor of the Xuan Dynasty, Xuan Wuji, was a famous and powerful man in the mainland at that time. Qinling Island was the hereditary fiefdom of a minister in the Xuan Dynasty because the minister's surname was Qin.

This is where Qinling Island comes from.

After the apocalyptic war, Qinling Island was not spared and was eventually divided into several inland parts. In fact, Qingshan Town was one of them.

Siqin looked at the map and frowned, and said, "Why can't we take the aerospace boat?"

"I have considered the issue of aerostats, but the key issue is that there is no aerostat in Qingshan Town. If you want to take an aerostat, you can only wait for the passing merchant ships to take it. Qingshan Town is a remote place, when will the merchant ships

It's hard to say whether it will happen. Or it could be to send out the demand for an aerostat through the mercenary station and specially mobilize an aerostat from the upper inland. But this is not only too costly, but also too ostentatious, and it is very difficult for those who are interested.

It's easy to find something unusual in it, which is detrimental to your safety." Changsun analyzed.

Although Siqin also had speculations in his mind, the key issue raised by Changsun still made Siqin have to give up the idea of ​​taking the aerospace boat.

Seeing that he had convinced Siqin, Changsun continued: "On the map are several routes I have planned. After repeated consideration, this route is the safest." Changsun pointed to a route in the middle of the map, which ran horizontally.

Cross the map up and down, cross the green mountains, and go to Qinling Island.

Siqin frowned again and asked, "Then how many people do you plan to arrange?"

The eldest grandson looked at Si Qin, paused, and said, "It's just you and me."

"What? Just the two of us?" Siqin asked in surprise.

"Yes, you heard it right, it's the two of us." Changsun said affirmatively.

"Why? You chose the most difficult path, and there are only two of us?" Siqin asked.

"Because only this route can give full play to my advantages. I am most familiar with Qingshan. First of all, in such deep places, there are few people, so the possibility of us encountering other mercenaries will be greatly reduced. Secondly, if we encounter the enemy,

With my strength, I can only deal with the enemy by taking advantage of the geographical advantages here. And if I choose this route, the fewer people accompanying me, the better." Changsun answered.

After hearing this, Siqin still frowned and looked a little dissatisfied, but he did not continue to ask, and instead asked: "What are the feasibility of other routes?"

Changsun continued to answer: "The other routes are relatively easy to travel. They are the routes that mercenaries often take when leaving Qingshan Town. If you hire more people and disguise yourself well, it is also feasible. However, such a road is difficult to encounter.

The chance of finding someone with ulterior motives will also increase, and it will be easier for enemies to set up checkpoints. By then, no matter how good your disguise is, it will be difficult to get through."

After the eldest grandson finished speaking, he remained silent and left Si Qin to make a choice.

Siqin was not asking questions, but looked at the map and the sand table carefully.

The eldest grandson was waiting patiently beside him at first, but finally seeing that Siqin couldn't make up his mind, he simply sat in a chair and fell asleep. It looked like he might not have slept a wink last night.

Si Qin repeatedly considered the eldest grandson's proposal. He thought about it for most of the day. When Si Qin called the eldest grandson up, it was already noon.

The eldest grandson stretched, yawned and said, "Ah... has Miss Siqin made a decision?"

"Humph, you slept soundly, you just threw such a big problem to me casually." Siqin said with a snort.

Changsun didn't take it seriously and said, "I have already given my opinion."

Seeing Changsun's appearance, Si Qin was so angry that he finally held back and said, "I'll do as you say, but you remember your promise to me, otherwise you won't be able to get even one soul-building pill."

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"Young girl, you can rest assured. I promise you the most. Do you have any questions at the end?" asked the eldest grandson.

"Well... I have another question. What are the mountains with many circles on your map?" Siqin asked.

"Oh, you said this, it's called a contour line."
Chapter completed!