night.

Qin Yi sat at the table, turning on the lamp and looking at the map in front of him.

"Quanzhen Taoist Temple is in Lingcheng County in Jiangbei County. Lingcheng County is not very far from Xiangzhou City, about more than a hundred miles, but you have to reach Xiangzhou City first, and then go to Jiangbei County."

Looking at the markings on the map, Qin Yi's eyes burned: "Becoming stronger is right in front of you!"

…

Early the next morning, Qin Yi and Father Qin hurriedly had breakfast at the Taoist temple and then headed down the mountain.

After descending the mountain, we walked on the official road and headed towards the city of Xiangzhou.

After leaving Huangsha Town, we are getting closer and closer to Jiangning County.

Because the official road to Xiangzhou City goes around the outside of Jiangning County City.

From a distance, Qin Yi was surprised to find that in the distant Jiangning County, thick smoke was billowing from many places, reaching up to the sky. There were more and more pedestrians on the official road, as if they were fleeing for safety.

"What happened in the city?" Qin Zumin looked at the thick smoke in the city and asked in confusion.

"There was a fire?" Qin Yi touched his chin.

He stepped forward and stopped an uncle who was walking in a hurry.

"Uncle, what happened in the county? Why is there so much smoke?" Qin Yi asked.

This uncle who looked to be in his forties looked at Qin Yi's burly figure. He was a little impatient at being stopped and said with a grimace: "I heard that there are rebels in the city. It seems that the entire county has been captured!"

"What? Rebels!" Qin Yi and Father Qin both looked at each other.

This news was somewhat unexpected.

Jiangning County, which was fine yesterday, was captured by the rebels today.

"Take a small road instead of taking the official road." Qin Yi pulled his father and started on the way.

No one knows whether the rebels in the city will leave the city, and there is still a certain danger in taking the official road.

Half a day later, Qin Yi and his son had left Jiangning County and entered a county called Zhibei County.

There were many pedestrians on the official road, many with their families. It seemed that they all came from the towns near Jiangning County.

Everyone is fleeing!

The appearance of rebels in Jiangning County has scared the courage of many people. Those who can escape will definitely not stay at home!

"I didn't expect Jiangning County to be occupied by the rebels. I don't know when it will be over." Father Qin sighed with emotion.

"Dad, don't worry, we just need to stay away from where the rebels appear." Qin Yi comforted him with a few words.

…

Ten days later, with no dangers along the way, the father and son finally arrived in front of the city of Xiangzhou.

Looking at this huge city that is more majestic than Jiangning County City, one feels a sense of security.

The city wall alone is fifteen meters high!

This is the first time Qin Yi has seen such a high city wall.

It was already noon, and there were still many long queues lined up at the city gate, all of which were people entering the city.

"Dad, let's line up to enter the city."

"Okay." Looking at the huge city in front of him, Father Qin seemed to be in a much better mood.

After waiting in line for more than an hour, it was finally Qin Yi's turn.

The soldier in shining armor looked at Qin Yi and the two of them, and said in a cold tone: "Lu Yin."

Qin Yi took out the road guide for the two of them and handed it to the other party.

The soldier took it over and looked at it. He saw that the two people were from Jiangning County, and an inexplicable smile appeared on his face: "The entry fee is one hundred cents per person!"

"A hundred coins?" Qin Yi frowned. The person in front just paid ten coins to enter the city. Is he treated differently?

However, Qin Yi still took out two hundred copper coins and handed them to the other party, who quickly let them in.

After entering, the father and son found an inn and stayed in it. They were paid two hundred coins a day, including room and board!

After moving in, the two of them had something to eat in the room.

Looking at his tired father, Qin Yi said: "Dad, you go to sleep for a while, I'll go out."

"Okay." Father Qin fell down and fell asleep.

Qin Yi changed his clothes and left the inn.

When he came out, he mainly planned to take a walk around the city to see if there were any martial arts schools that offered six-dan martial arts to learn, and to buy a few sets of clothes and so on.

"As expected of the state city, it's quite prosperous." Qin Yi looked at the flow of people on the street, the various shops, and the vendors. It didn't feel like he was in troubled times at all.

On the streets, you can still see some armored patrols patrolling from time to time.

After walking around for an hour, it was almost evening.

Qin Yi actually found out that there are five or six martial arts schools, all of which have six levels of martial arts that can be learned.

"There is still no first-class martial arts above seventh level to learn." Qin Yi was slightly disappointed.

It seems that first-class martial arts is indeed a scarce resource.

Even the ninth-level martial arts was always controlled by the imperial court and the Liuli Sect of the state religion in Dayong.

When Qin Yi passed by a calligraphy, painting and antique shop, he suddenly stopped.

He thought of the incomplete Taoist diagram inside the iron box in his arms.

"Go in and take a look!" Qin Yi did not forget to look for the one-fifth missing part of the Tao map in his arms.

This calligraphy and painting antique shop is very big. After entering, there are many calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls of the entire hall, and there are also many antiques and jade on the wooden shelf in the middle.

"Sir, I wonder what kind of objects you want to see?" As soon as he came in, an old man at the counter greeted him with a smile.

"I'll just take a look first." Qin Yi said.

"Okay, sir, please excuse me." The old man made a gesture of invitation.

Qin Yi slowly looked around in the hall.

What hangs on the wall are mainly calligraphy and paintings.

Most of them are landscape paintings, or some copybooks, poems, etc.

After looking around, I didn't see any calligraphy or painting related to Taoism.

"Shopkeeper, do you have any calligraphy and paintings about Taoism?" Qin Yi asked.

"Taoist calligraphy and painting?" The old man was slightly startled.

Very few people buy this kind of items!

Unless you are a pilgrim who believes in Taoism, or someone who likes Taoism.

"Yes, there are some, but there are very few. I'll look for them for you," the old man said.

"Okay, thank you. The older the better, and it doesn't matter if it's incomplete." Qin Yi added.

About a quarter of an hour later, the old man rummaged through the box and finally found three calligraphy and paintings.

Two are Taoist pictures, one is calligraphy and painting, and a Taoist scripture is written on it.

Qin Yi took it over and looked at it. The two Taoist paintings were both of a Taoist priest, with some mountains and rivers in the background.

The Taoist priest in the painting was not the old Taoist in blue that he wanted, and the Taoist picture looked like an ordinary Taoist picture.

After reading it, he was slightly disappointed.

"This young master, these two Taoist paintings were created by famous artists in this state..." the old man began to introduce them eloquently.

After a dry-mouthed introduction, "Sir, which one do you want to buy?"
Chapter completed!