Volume 1: Looking Northwest, Shooting the Sirius Chapter 45: Holy Artifact Part 2
Chaitino couldn't help but grit his teeth. The blood stain was in the shape of a weird long strip, with the top pointing like an arrow into the distance. The child's death appearance was exactly the same as that of the child killed by the shaman!
After digging a hole and burying the small body, Chaitino sighed:
"May you be happy in the next life and be born in a peaceful era."
Turning around and mounting his horse, Chaitino ran wildly in the direction pointed by the blood stains.
"Ahem, are those instructions correct?"
Chai Tiannuo walked in the direction pointed by the blood stains for two days, but found nothing. There was no other scene except the desolate land, not even a dead tree. He had drank all the water, and his throat was so dry that it was burning.
After more than half a day passed, Chai Tiannuo suddenly realized that something was wrong!
Even if the Zhili area is deserted, it is impossible not to see any vegetation. If I can't, have I fallen into some weird secret realm again?
After leaping off his horse, Chai Tiannuo stabbed the long knife in his hand into the ground and pulled it out. There was nothing but mud.
"...Let's go and see."
Chaitino shook his head and continued to move forward.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, fog suddenly appeared in the surroundings. Chaitino frowned. These days, whenever there is fog, nothing good will happen.
"Is there a sound of water?"
Chaitino listened attentively, and as soon as he heard the sound of gurgling water, his spirits immediately lifted. This smoking throat could be regarded as extinguishing the fire!
After urging the horse through the mist, there was a clear river ahead. Chaitino jumped off the horse and leaned over to drink, drinking heartily.
“Comfortable!”
Chaitino wiped his face vigorously, and was stunned when he looked at the surrounding scene. The fog dissipated, and all he could see was a dense peach forest, with bright peach blossoms blooming on the branches, swaying slightly in the breeze.
"...Why does it look so much like the peach grove by the Luoshui River?"
Chaitino frowned, picked a beautiful flower from the tree and smelled it. It was indeed the fragrance of peach blossoms. Is this place an illusion or a real existence?
In the midst of doubt, clear laughter came from the other side of the river. Chaitino turned his head and fell into a daze for an instant.
A stunning woman with a thin sheer gauze shawl on her shoulders was bathing in the water. Her skin stained by the water was like white jade. Mountains and ravines were disappearing and appearing. The scene was so beautiful that Chaitino felt the heat rising up to the sky!
"When the Maoyou Gate is in action, the red dragon dips into the jade clear pool;"
"The clouds are thin, the rain is light, and you can see the charming face with exposed snowy skin."
Chai Tiannuo dared to swear that this poem came out by himself. They were both naked and bathing. The woman in Xiuchun Pavilion only gave people desire, but the woman in front of him, besides desire, was more of extreme beauty.
"Young Master, if you watch a woman bathing, can you greet her politely?"
Chaitino was in a state of obsession when the woman suddenly stood up, looked at him naked, and asked openly and openly.
Seeing the woman's face, Chai Tiannuo couldn't help but staggered back two steps. He felt his mind was in turmoil and his internal organs were trembling.
Looking at it from a distance, it is as bright as the sun rising as the morning glow; looking at it from a distance, it is as bright as a flower blooming with green waves!
Chaitino was very familiar with this poem describing Concubine Mi's appearance, but until today, he had never seen a beauty who could match it.
"Sir, why don't you answer?"
The woman frowned, and Chai Tiannuo suddenly woke up. He quickly blushed and turned his back, saying apologetically:
"I'm sorry, madam. I was drinking water by the river, and I was distracted for a while. Please forgive me."
After Chai Tiannuo finished speaking, he didn't hear anyone's reply for a long time. He couldn't help but turn around. The river was gurgling and the beauty was nowhere to be seen.
Looking around, there was nothing on the other side except a solitary peach tree. Chaitino couldn't help but rub his head vigorously, unable to tell whether it was really an illusion.
He led the horse and continued to move forward. The fog became thick again. When he came out of the fog, Chaitino was stunned again.
There are dozens of dilapidated houses in the front, and a small river flows behind. It is a common dilapidated village in the Zhili area.
Chai Tiannuo turned around suddenly, the fog had dissipated, and all he could see in the distance was weeds and dead trees, where was the vast peach forest.
"...Is it really an illusion?"
Chai Tiannuo couldn't help but cover his heart, his heart beating hard when he thought of that shocking face.
Forcibly calming his mind, Chaitino led his mount towards the village.
"There's someone there?"
Seeing the dried fish in the yard, Chaitino was extremely surprised. He continued to walk along the narrow dirt road. In a small drying valley, there were actually several old people knitting straw sandals.
"Young man, where do you come from?"
An old man with a wrinkled face asked while rubbing a straw rope. Although his appearance was old, his eyes were still bright.
"I'm from Luoshui, sir. I'm lost. I wonder where your village is?"
Chaitino knelt down and watched several old people weaving straw sandals with neat hands and feet.
It's really unexpected that a handful of grass turned into golden shoes in a short time.
"You have gone far enough. Our village will go another thirty or forty miles further north, and we will reach Shanbei Province."
"You are so lost in the road."
The old man laughed. Chaitino smiled awkwardly and was about to speak when he heard a woman screaming in the village and couldn't help but look at her in confusion.
"Hey, the third child's wife is having difficulty giving birth, and I don't know if she can survive it."
"Yes, their family has only been passed down for three generations, so they won't end their relationship just like that, right?"
Several old people were talking in unison, and Chaitino, who originally wanted to stand up, slowly squatted down again.
"Uncle, is there food in the village? I have finished the dry food I brought and I want to buy some."
"Yes, yes, there is millet and rice. I will get it for you as much as you want."
A bald old man nodded vigorously. Chaitino took out a foot-large bag and handed it over, and then also handed over a leather bag:
"Just a bag of rice, and help me fill a bag of water, preferably boiled water."
"Okay, just wait."
The bald old man turned around and walked away. The bright-eyed old man turned around and picked up the teapot, poured a full bowl of water and handed it to Chaitino:
"You must be thirsty after walking so far. Drink some tea to quench your thirst."
"Thank you, uncle."
Chai Tiannuo took the tea and drank it in one gulp, wiped his lips and said with a smile:
"This tea of yours must be medicinal tea, it smells like Chinese medicine."
Several old people smiled and said at the same time:
"Yes, it's medicinal tea, pour it, pour it!"
"Pfft~"
The tea spurted out like an arrow, and Chai Tiannuo smiled at the astonished old people:
"Let me tell you, who can you deceive with your tricks that are full of flaws?"
"What, what do you mean?"
"What do you mean, the people in Zhili live in poverty, how can they have such complete clothes as you?"
Chai Tiannuo snorted, pulled out his hand and pressed it against the old man's chest. His hand stretched out to his arms immediately stopped.
"You're still a young man, wearing a guard uniform. Real Zhili people will only call you "sir" when they see him!"
The faces of several old people suddenly stiffened. So, this guy in front of him noticed something was wrong early on?
"We still have millet and rice, but now is the time when the harvest is lean. How can we sell the surplus grain to others?"
"Also, the calluses on your hands are in the wrong position. They look like knife calluses at first glance. I really don't understand. At your age, are you living on a dog?"