The separation came faster than Yu Lie imagined, and the separation between the two was more peaceful than he imagined.
When the two of them rode the sandworm in Honggu Cave, they swayed all the way and passed through each pass without any danger. After arriving at Diive County, Yu Lie didn't have time to entertain each other and reluctantly acted like a landlord.
She Shuangbai was about to embark on the journey to Qianzhou Daocheng again and refused to stay any longer.
The female Taoist also asked Yu Lie:
"From what Brother Yu said along the way, he also wanted to go to Qianzhou, and even planned to leave his Taoist registration in Qianzhou. So why not choose a different day and set off with Pindao today?"
It's a pity that Qianjun is Yu Lie's hometown, and there are still some people and things in the city that Yu Lie needs to deal with first.
So Yu Lie could only shake his head and dragged She Shuangbai to a seemingly decent wine shop at the entrance of the city. He asked the waiter to warm up two pots of wine and treat She Shuangbai to a meal.
In the meantime, he also used his status as a Taoist disciple to get She Shuangbai a road guide to Qianzhou Taoist City, which somewhat saved the other party from some trouble.
After this happened, the two of them were about to say goodbye in the small wine shop, but Yu Lie politely escorted She Shuangbai off to where the boat was heading to Qianzhou.
The two chatted for a while on the way, and She Shuangbai said naturally: "I hope Brother Yu can come to Qianzhou as soon as possible, and then you and I can have a good time together."
Yu Lie also smiled and replied: "That's very good. I also hope that fellow Taoist She can explore the way in Qianzhou for Pindao first, so that when the time comes, he can seek refuge with fellow Taoist and get shelter."
They were talking and laughing, and finally the rest of the group stopped outside the farewell procession at the place of boats and cars.
In the cool evening breeze.
The two of them bowed to each other one last time, and She Shuangbai's figure disappeared into the crowd of people. Yu Lie swayed on the spot for a few moments, then turned and walked towards the small wine shop only a few dozen feet away.
On the way back, Yu Lie thought about it and once again felt that She Shuangbai was mysterious and there was something wrong with his origins. Otherwise, why would he arrive in Diving County in such a hurry and leave on the same day?
Yu Lie even suspected that the other party's name was also fake.
Because there were many times along the way that She Shuangbai hesitated to mention something, but in the end she held back.
Yu Lie could only think about the best in his heart:
"Perhaps Fellow Daoist She is in a hurry to return to Qianzhou. Just as I want to stay in Qianzhou County first, Fellow Daoist She also needs to deal with things in a hurry."
After thinking for a while, Yu Lie suppressed these distracting thoughts and stopped thinking about it.
The two had already forged a deep friendship on their way out of Blackwater Town. The days ahead were long, and when he left the county and arrived in the state, there would naturally be a chance to meet and know the other person's true identity.
And just as Yu Lie said when sending the other party away, he was also looking forward to having She Shuangbai serve as an outpost in Qianzhou Daocheng. When he arrived in Qianzhou Daocheng, he would definitely not be unfamiliar with the place!
In this way, as long as She Shuangbai's identity is not bad and will not implicate herself, the more mysterious and well-established the other party's identity is, the better it will be for Yu Lie.
Walking back to the wine shop, Yu Lie planned to finish the remaining wine and the remaining meat.
These things look simple, but he spent a lot of money to buy them, and they all contain spiritual energy.
But when he walked to the table he just sat at, he found that most of the food and wine that had been left on the table were now empty, with not a single drop left. The table had been wiped and polished, making it shiny.
Like wax.
Yu Lie was stunned for a moment, looked around the restaurant, and called the waiter over:
"Fellow Taoist, why is it that after only half a cup of tea, the table was cleared by Pindao? Pindao just warned me."
The waiter walked to the table respectfully. After hearing this, he said with a surprised look on his face: "Hey! Is that true? Has the guest officer ever said that?"
While the other party was talking, he pointed to a wooden sign on the counter and said with a grimace:
"It seems that the shopkeeper forgot to remind you when you were checking out, sir, and didn't give you any special instructions. Sir, look at the sign."
Yu Lie raised his eyes and looked over, his eyebrows raised immediately, because there were twelve medium-sized black characters written on the wooden sign:
"Everyone leaves for tea. It's a small business and we don't leave a table."
When Yu Lie looked over, the man who had been standing boredly behind the counter looking at the account books seemed to have noticed Yu Lie's gaze. Without raising his head, the man tapped the wooden sign next to him with his fingers.
Buzz!
A few traces of true energy surged, and the dark words on the wooden sign suddenly shone brightly, like red-hot iron, attracting more attention.
When Yu Lie saw this, he immediately burst into laughter and sighed:
"It's a place where boats and cars gather to deceive and rip off people. It gives people the same impression as before. Pindao has really returned to his hometown."
Diquan County is the gathering place for business and travel from all the towns within ten thousand miles, and it is also the only important transportation point to other counties and prefectures. The business here is first-rate and more prosperous than that of Daozhen.
Inside and outside the county, there are many clever and cunning people, a mixture of good and bad.
Yu Lie had heard about an incident back then. There was a Taoist town owner and a seventh-grade Taoist official. When this person was staying at a hotel in Qian County, he was actually taken away by a little Taoist boy in the name of hospitality.
A storage artifact.
What is even more shocking later is that this seventh-grade Taoist official was unable to do anything to win over the opponent. He didn't even figure out who the Taoist boy was.
Because he felt that he had been bullied, the seventh-grade Taoist wanted to make the ghosts and gods of Qianjun City search all directions and strictly check the roads. He simply did not believe how far a mere Taoist boy could run.
But the result was that he was ridiculed in public and received a response of "not enough cultivation". In the end, he ignored it and was called a country boy.
This incident was widely spread in Qianquan County. The lower-level Taoist boys in Qianquan County were not ashamed of it, but rather proud of it. Everyone was vying to be that daring Taoist boy.
Of course, this matter may not be as simple as it seems on the surface, and the water is probably quite deep.
In the wine shop, after Yu Lie sighed with emotion, he shook his head and walked out of the wine shop with his sleeves rolled up, without going over to argue with the shopkeeper.
There is no other reason for this. The shopkeeper who knocked on the wooden sign just now apparently also has true energy in his body, and he is an eighth-level Taoist disciple.
Yu Lie's cultivation level was too strong to convince the other party, so he didn't dare to take action.
It should be noted that Diive County is different from Blackwater Town. In Blackwater Town, a seventh-grade Taoist official is worthy of the sky.
In Diive County, the ancestors of the larger families all had at least one Taoist official.
After being promoted to the eighth-level Taoist disciples, the Taoist boys in Qian County can become a little more humane and live more comfortably, but they are completely unable to dominate.
In addition to the greater gathering of Taoists and a larger base in Qianjun, this is also related to the clearer and clearer the rules of Qianjun.
Compared with Heishui Town and other monotonous areas, the ghost and god system in Qian County has long been established, and the ghosts and gods are responsible for inspecting the surrounding areas.
If you want those who violate the laws of Tao to be accommodating and turn a blind eye to the ghosts and gods, you must either be humane, or you must be at least a seventh-grade person with equal status.
Otherwise, the ghosts and gods will not show mercy to those who have violated the laws. They would like to put the person in jail and wait for the other person's family to bring money and beat him up.
If you encounter ghosts and gods who are tough and don't care about future generations, such ghosts and gods are said to be soft and hard-edged, and can make rich people call them selfless and law-abiding.
In this wine shop near the Zhouche place, the shopkeeper has a good reputation, and he is able to open a wine shop in Qianjun, where Zhouche gathers. The relationship behind it should be quite big, and it is probably intricate, and there are people above it.
This kind of person is just like the boss of the gambling house in Blackwater Town and the flattering Taoist boy in Honggu Grottoes. He is a difficult local snake.
Yu Lie had not returned to Diquan County for many years, and he was only a newly promoted Taoist disciple. It was difficult for him to show his prestige in front of such local snakes.
Instead of causing more troubles or even making some jokes, he might as well admit his defeat first, take a small loss and retreat, and settle the score later.
Anyway, in a place like this, it is not uncommon for profiteers, corrupt traders, and collusion to work together, and he is not the only one who has been deceived.
Yu Lie even recalled the atmosphere of Qian County in recent years and suspected that if it weren't for him, he would still be an eighth-level Taoist disciple.
As for the waiter in the shop, the other party would not be polite and explain the deception with a grimace as before, but would most likely be arrogant and directly say that he didn't hear it, and threaten Yu Lie not to cause trouble.
Because even the waiter who greeted him was a high-ranking Taoist boy.
This guy just had a habitual smile on his face and looked humble, but unlike the waiters in Blackwater Town, this guy was a city guy after all, and he had some skills.
Walking out of the wine shop.
The scene in Yu Lie's eyes became vivid and confusing again. He looked at the west entrance of the city where cars and horses were like dragons and noisy. Suddenly, a long and dull roar sounded in his ears.
Buzz!
It was a puff of white air that reached the sky, rising above the boat and carriage place.
A gigantic building slowly wriggled out from the carriage house. It was as high as a first floor, connected in a circle. It breathed in and out, and the breath turned into mist, and the speed increased, and then roared away like a cloud.
This object is the boat chariot used by Diive County to connect other Dao counties and Daocheng thousands of miles away. It can travel along the dragon veins throughout the mountains and seas. It is called "Dragon Chariot" or "Dragon Boat".
Depending on the refining materials and techniques, dragon chariots and dragon boats are made of iron, meat, or even paper... but the shapes are generally similar, like long snakes and long worms, and the layout inside
They are all similar to the sandworms that Yu Lie rode on when they arrived. Their bodies are all hollow, which can be used to carry people and carry things.
A dragon chariot and dragon boat can carry up to 10,000 people, and at least 1,000 people, excluding mules, horses, and other animals. There is also an area for riding, so there will be no confusion.
Compared with the real dragon chariot and dragon boat, the sandworm Yu Lie rode on when he came was really just an earthworm. It was a "mule, horse, boat and cart" used by the country people. It was mixed with people and animals inside, and it was not only shaky and uncomfortable.
It can be said that you cannot travel thousands of miles away because you may be caught and eaten by a big monster on the way.
On the street in front of the boat cart, Yu Lie looked at the giant thing going away in the distance and thought to himself:
"I wonder if Fellow Daoist She is on this train, and how many days it will take her to reach Qianzhou..."
For Taoist disciples, dragon chariots and dragon boats are only used when traveling far away. Taoist boys are limited by their status and road guidance, and only those in higher realms have the opportunity to move to other Taoist counties, and it is only possible.
When Yu Lie left Diquan County, he was just a Taoist boy who had just passed the Taoist examination. Not to mention riding a dragon chariot and dragon boat, even taking a dragon chariot from Diquan County to Qianzhou Daocheng, what exactly would he pass through?
He didn't know how long it would take to reach the boundary.
Some people say it starts at sunrise and arrives at dusk, some say it takes three to five days, and some say it takes seven days and seven nights. There are different opinions, and you have to ride it yourself to know.
The dull and long roar of the dragon chariot gradually faded away and disappeared completely.
Yu Lie stood on the street and withdrew his gaze.
He gathered up his sleeves, and the look of anticipation in his eyes grew stronger:
"I wonder how the dragon chariots and dragon boats in the mountain and sea world are different from similar objects in previous lives?"
Yu Lie made a decision in his heart, and for no other reason than to be able to ride on this dragon boat as soon as possible and open his eyes, he had to finish his family affairs as soon as possible and then rush to Qianzhou Daocheng.
The next moment, there were footsteps on the street, and Yu Lie's figure staggered and disappeared in front of the wine shop.
At this time, the waiter in the wine shop poked his head out, looked at the direction in which Yu Lie disappeared, and took a sip:
"What's so strange about the dragon carriage? I've been looking at it for a long time. You're an ignorant country bumpkin!"
The waiter took a handkerchief, jumped up on the door frame, and lay on it wiping the plaque.
He looked down at the Taoists coming and going on the street, especially those who looked like they were from out of town. He felt a sense of superiority and pleasure in his heart, and worked even harder.
The other side.
After Yu Lie left the carriage house, he did not go straight to the north of the city and returned to the place where the Yu family was.
He walked in the city on foot, wandered around a few times, and ran to a quiet room with an official name in Qian County, renting it for seven days and nights.
This is not because he is timid because of being close to his hometown and does not dare to return directly to the Yu family, but because he plans to skin the body of the seventh-grade winged lizard and make paper into it, and then incorporate it into the natal book, and wait for it to transform into the second change.
Go home to visit relatives again.
Although the monster's corpse can be stored for a long time, storage tools such as blood clam belly and pitcher plants can barely keep it fresh, but if you want to absorb magic from the monster's corpse, the fresher the corpse, the better.
Generally speaking, it is best for a Taoist to take action while the monster is still hot and its soul is still alive. Unfortunately, Yu Lie was condensing the Taoist pottery at that time, and the body of the seventh-grade winged lizard was too damaged, so he missed the opportunity to take advantage of it.
Hot chance.
Walking into the quiet room, Yu Lie inspected it carefully, took out a spiritual stone, fiddled with it a little, and raised the formation that isolated the inside and outside of the quiet room.
Suddenly, there was a buzz in the quiet room, and it became quiet, and there was an invisible coolness that filled the room. After Yu Lie took a few breaths, he felt refreshed.
This quiet room is clearly a quiet room with a spirit gathering formation. Isolating the inside and outside is actually just a side effect.
However, after Yu Lie walked around for a few times, he took out the newly purchased soundproof fogging talisman paper and lit it with a bang.
White air rose, and a hazy barrier soon appeared in the formation of the quiet room, more completely isolating the inside and outside and preventing anyone from peeking.
Being on guard, Yu Lie patted his wallet and took out pieces of flesh and blood from the three storage containers.
He dragged it and pieced it together, and a huge winged lizard corpse appeared in the quiet room.
Thick blood oozed out, the blood was rich, and the fishy smell hit your nose...