After Guo Xi completely broke off the relationship, the four of them did not speak again that night. In the early morning, several people walked out of the main hall and left this dilapidated mountain temple. Chen Chao, who had been hiding on the beam, looked at them silently.
The figure who left did not immediately jump down from the beam, but once again held his breath and looked down.
Sure enough, just a moment later, the Qi Refiner Guo Xi, who had not hesitated to break up with the other three people last night, instantly rushed into the hall and looked around, as if he was looking for something.
The young man in flowing white clothes muttered, "Is there really no one?"
After saying this, Guo Xi cursed in a low voice, "I think too much!"
Walked out of the hall again.
Chen Chao squinted his eyes and just stretched out his hand to hold the handle of the knife without making any other movements.
Sure enough, in the blink of an eye, Guo Xi left and came back, but this time he just looked at the door of the hall and then left.
After another half-quarter of an hour, Chen Chaocai slowly descended from the beam and came to the entrance of the hall. He looked at the direction where those people left, thoughtfully.
The direction that these people were going was not anywhere else, but in the direction of the county seat of Tianqing County.
Withdrawing his gaze, Chen Chao walked out of the mountain temple and continued walking towards the mountain. What he thought was right, Guo Xi, who seemed to have a brain problem, was actually not a problem at all. Not only was he not a problem, he was even a scheming person.
When Guo Xi was quarreling with the other three people before, Chen Chao only thought he was a mad dog. If he hadn't suddenly woken up later, he might have been punished by the other party later.
The situation is still unclear, so Chen Chao doesn't want to be discovered by them, at least not in this mountain temple.
It is difficult to distinguish between friend and foe.
Chen Chao shook his head and put his thoughts back for the time being. He climbed to the top of the mountain and took a look around. He found nothing unusual and then rushed down the mountain road from the other side. Therefore, it only took him half a day to reach the foot of the mountain and start climbing the other side.
a mountain.
This was even when he didn't activate his qi machine. If he was really determined to hurry, he would appear at the foot of the mountain in less than a quarter of an hour.
However, after years of hunting monsters in the mountains, Chen Chao had long understood that if there was not a trace of energy in his body, it should be wasted.
For traveling? It’s too luxurious.
When he started to climb the second mountain, Chen Chao quickened his pace. It didn't take much time. He climbed to the top of the mountain before lunch. After taking a breath, he continued on his way. This time he went down the mountain again.
I have seen the scenery.
When the mine was still being mined, starting from the top of the mountain, it was roughly equivalent to a forbidden area. Except for the civilians who mined ores, others could enter and exit, even Mi Ke, the magistrate of Tianqing County.
, if you want to come here, you must apply in advance. As for Chen Chao, even if he is the local guardian envoy, it is impossible for him to appear here.
If you break in rashly, according to Daliang law, you can kill without asking.
Chen Chao was famous for being cautious, so even if a monster escaped inside when he was hunting monsters before, he did not break the rules and chase after it.
Now that the mine has been abandoned, all the monks stationed there have left, but when Chen Chao went down the mountain
, still be cautious and not too anxious.
Therefore, the time it took to go down the mountain this time was not short.
After arriving at the foot of the mountain, what comes into view is a spacious official road as big as two carriages side by side, leading to a valley. There are wheel marks of different depths on the spacious road, which leads continuously to the distance.
I guess this is the road to transport Xuanming Stone out of the mountain.
Chen Chao walked forward along the official road and kept moving forward. After passing through the valley, he could see the mine in front of him in the distance.
It was an extremely wide circular pit, dozens of feet deep, and probably more than a hundred feet in diameter. It looked extremely huge, and gave me a sense of deep fear.
Before arriving at the giant pit, Chen Chao looked down and could see dozens of large and small caves around the bottom of the pit, leading to the mountains along one side of the pit. This was the mine of the Xuanming Stone Mine.
Chen Chao tiptoed and quickly fell into the pit. After he stood still, he looked at all the mines around him with a solemn expression.
Earlier, Chen Chao specifically asked Xie Nandu what the mining process was like. There was one problem that gave him a special headache, and that was the collapse of the mine. It was often a collapse deep inside the mountain, but it was not visible from the outside.
What's abnormal? Nowadays, the outsides of dozens of mines are almost identical. How can we find the collapsed mine?
At this moment, Chen Chao, standing in front of these mines, looked like a headless fly, slightly cramped.
What made him even more troublesome was that he actually didn't dare to go into one of the mines.
It's not that I'm afraid of the dark.
He was just afraid that a certain mine would collapse when he walked in. He could get in, but he wouldn't be able to get out.
If he were another monk, he would probably have other methods. Unfortunately, he is just a monk and has no other methods except being good at fighting.
After carefully walking around the mines, Chen Chao squatted in front of the mines and brushed them with his hands, and began to judge the mining time by judging the dryness of the soil.
According to the records of the county government, that mine collapsed in the eleventh year of Tianjian. When Chen Chao came here this time, he wanted to explore that mine first, and the other one was discovered recently.
Those mines that collapsed.
However, after going around in a circle, Chen Chao only roughly eliminated some mines that obviously did not meet his requirements, but the remaining range was still very large.
Finally, he chose the one that he liked the most among the remaining mines and walked in.
Half an hour later, he walked out of the mine with an unnatural look on his face.
This mine was very ordinary, not the one he was looking for.
After making a small hidden mark on that mine, he entered another mine and continued to explore.
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The carriage left Tianqing
After the county, we headed north without spending any time on the road. Therefore, we quickly left the area where Qingshan County is located and approached Weizhou Prefecture. However, we had no intention of wasting time there. After stopping for a while, we continued heading north.
The carriage galloped on the official road without any bumps.
As for the monster, he actually encountered more than one, but Lin Yuan had already killed it before he even got close to the carriage.
As a real hard-working monk, Lin Yuan would hardly encounter any difficult things in the Liang Dynasty.
These monsters are no match for him.
But everything has exceptions. When the carriage drove out of Weizhou and passed through New Liuzhou, the carriage was attacked by monsters.
At that time, the carriage was staying outdoors at night, and it was a beautiful day with a bright moon. It was not easy to see such weather in the early spring.
So Lin Yuan became interested and took advantage of the moonlight to give a lecture on the big stone nearby. However, this place was not the Xie family's private school in the capital of the gods, and there were not so many Xie family disciples here to listen respectfully to his lectures. Only one was too sleepy to open his eyes.
Xie Boyue opened his eyes and held his head with both hands, still shaking and nodding.
At that time, Lin Yuan was in a good mood, so he didn't care whether his disciple was paying attention to the lectures. He just casually talked about many principles in the saint's books.
But when he was talking more than half of it, Lin Yuan suddenly remembered a certain guy back then. On the first day he entered the academy, he dared to raise his voice and question the dean of the academy, who had no idea how high his status was, after reading these saints' classics.
, can we really do something for the people in the world?
At that time, all the students thought that the guy was crazy and might be kicked out of the academy because of Meng Lang's behavior. But in the end, the dean just looked at him and didn't say anything. Naturally,
Didn't answer that question either.
Lin Yuan, who was thinking of this, was about to sigh with emotion when a gust of evil wind suddenly blew up between heaven and earth!
Lin Yuan stood up suddenly, and his blue robe was already making a sound at this moment.
Seeing such a scene, Xie Boyue, who was still sleepy, glanced at Lin Yuan nervously, and then looked towards the carriage with worry, Xie Nandu was still in the carriage.
"Get over there and don't let anything happen to the lady."
Lin Yuan looked solemn, and then he laughed, "In the territory of Daliang Dynasty, the monsters in the four realms dare to show off like this, are they really desperate?"
There was a voice in the darkness, a little hoarse, "Leave the people in the carriage and I'll let you go!"
After hearing this, Xie Boyue, who had just arrived at the carriage, frowned. He was already extremely disgusted with the monster that had not yet appeared. However, he quickly lowered his voice and said as calmly as possible, "Sister Nandu, don't be afraid."
Only the word "um" came from the carriage.
There was no panic.
Xie Boyue felt a little disappointed for no reason.
But soon he no longer cared about this, because after a while, he saw the gentleman who usually had a good temper jumped up
He went up, hovered in the air, and said something extremely domineering.
"It's just a monster, now that it's here, leave its head behind."
Of course, what was even more domineering was that Xie Boyue watched his husband display his skills here, which was an extremely exciting battle.
After the dust settled, although the monster failed to be killed, it was successfully made to retreat.
At that moment, Xie Boyue had great admiration for his husband.
For this reason, he specially ran to his husband and told him his feelings face to face.
As a result, Lin Yuan looked at him and said unceremoniously, "Do you think that Mr. I protected the young lady, that's why you are so happy?"
Xie Boyue, who had been relatively steady before, had his cheeks a little red, and when his thoughts were exposed, he just smiled.
Lin Yuan sighed. There are some things that need not be said clearly, but everyone knows that Xie Boyue is just a disciple of a partial house, and he is also a commoner. His qualifications are only average, above average. If there is no accident in this life, he will definitely not be able to become a great monk.
People like him, and the girl in the carriage has already proven that she has a bright future.
Is there even half a chance between two people?
No.
If there is no possibility of something like love, it is better to cut it off early.
But after thinking a lot, Lin Yuan finally just sighed and patted his disciple on the shoulder without saying anything.
When they arrived at the carriage, before Lin Yuan could say anything, Xie Nandu had already opened the curtain and walked out.
Xie Nandu took the initiative and said, "It's a pity that I couldn't see Mr. Lin's style."
Lin Yuan was startled, then smiled and shook his head, "I can't say she is charming. I think in a few years, the lady's charm will be far better than mine."
Xie Nandu smiled slightly and did not worry about it. He just came to the big stone with Lin Yuan. Xie Boyue had already lit a fire.
After sitting down, Xie Nandu asked, "I heard that Mr. Lin was also a student of the academy. Can you tell me about the academy?"
Lin Yuan glanced at Xie Boyue and sighed. It is not necessarily a good thing to have such a disciple who is always willing to betray his teacher.
He nodded. After Xie Nandu went to the capital of the gods, he was destined not to stay in the Xie family to practice. It was most likely that he would enter an academy to study. Now, it is reasonable for this girl who was born in the Bailu Xie family to prepare for a rainy day.
But when it came time to speak, Lin Yuan seemed to find that he didn't know where to start talking about the academy.
The holy place in the hearts of scholars in the world?
After thinking for a long time, Lin Yuan slowly said: "A century-old dynasty, a thousand-year-old clan, and the Fangwai sect and monks who have always been there. It has only been more than two hundred years since the Liang Dynasty was founded, but the worldly monks headed by the three religions have existed for generations."
Generation after generation, year after year, Confucianism, as one of the three religions, is also the only lineage of monks that was separated from the three religions and truly fell into the world, and the academy was established by the saints at that time."
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I'm too sleepy. I can't stand it today. I owe a chapter and I'll pay it back tomorrow.
