Two hours later, in the Dayan Dynasty, eight thousand miles away from Daqian North, at the foot of a majestic mountain.
"A few heroes, this is Lingshan Mountain."
A man who looked like a woodcutter stopped by a stream, smiled and said to the people behind him: "Lingmen Temple is at the top of the mountain. It takes more than half a day to go up the mountain, so I won't accompany you up."
"good."
Chu Xianping, who was wearing a bamboo hat, nodded, shook out a piece of broken silver from his sleeve and handed it over: "Brother, thank you very much."
"Oh, sir, you are so polite!"
As soon as his eyes lit up, the woodcutter quickly took the broken silver and put it into his arms happily: "Then I will go back first. If you have no place to stay after you come down from the mountain, just come to my house and spend the night!"
"good."
Nodding again, Chu Xianping watched the woodcutter go away, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared.
After driving for more than half a month, he finally arrived at the hiding place of the Kuilong people who had learned the Moon Sword.
That's right, it's the Buddhist holy land known as "the best temple in the world", Lingmen Temple.
Lingmen Temple......
If Wei Changtian was here now, he would probably be very surprised.
Because Lin Fan, the second-ranked Son of Heaven in the system, is the sweeper of the Sutra Pavilion of Lingmen Temple.
Of course, there is not necessarily any connection between these two things.
However, according to the bloody plot of the "protagonist", there is a high probability that Lin Fan will meet those Kuilong people by chance, and then go through a series of coincidences, and finally succeed in acquiring the Moon-Chasing Sword, which is currently the most powerful martial art in the world.
Whether this is good or bad for Chu Xianping is unknown, and Wei Changtian has no way to remind the former.
After all, he himself knows nothing now...
"Son."
Beside him, several Kuilong masters who followed Chu Xianping said with serious expressions: "We know very little about Lingmen Temple. Why don't you wait at the bottom of the mountain while I go up to find out what's going on."
"......No."
Shaking his head, Chu Xianping did not hesitate at all.
He looked up at the towering mountain top and the huge golden Buddha statue faintly visible on the top of the mountain, and then stepped forward with a calm expression.
"Let's go."
"..."
At the same time, on the other side, is the Xinfeng Imperial Palace.
While Mr. Chu was walking on the rugged mountain road of Lingshan Mountain, Xu Suisui was holding a puppet pill with a hesitant look on his face, as if he was struggling with something.
Yes, she was thinking about Qin Zhengqiu.
The latter's Moon-Chasing Sword has now been pushed to the Great Perfection, and his inner demons have reached the point where he would be completely uncontrollable if not for the Jade Dew.
In other words, Qin Zhengqiu now "cannot stop taking the medicine" and must take Yulu Powder every ten days.
This is undoubtedly a huge burden for Xu Suisui.
Yes, a bottle of Yulu Powder is not very expensive, it only costs 100 system points.
But Qin Zhengqiu's demand was too high, so he needed three bottles per month, which was 300 points.
After the Xinfeng War ended, although Xu Suisui earned a lot of points, he could not withstand such consumption.
More importantly, Xu Suisui still wants to save 10,000 points to exchange for a prop that can travel back in time, but in this case, this "ultimate goal" may never be achieved.
so......
"well."
Gently putting the Puppet Pill back into the wooden box in front of him, Xu Suisui sighed.
Wei Changtian sent a message a few days ago telling her about another method left by Chu Xianping to break the inner demon of the Moon Sword.
Take the Puppet Pill and use the Puppet Pill's higher-level "control authority" to indirectly suppress the inner demons...
Since it was Wei Changtian who said it, Xu Suisui naturally believed that this method would definitely work.
But she also knew that once she used this method to suppress her inner demons, Qin Zhengqiu would completely become a "puppet".
It's controllable, but the price is that the latter will no longer have its own consciousness.
And this is exactly why Xu Suisui is so entangled now.
It was she who approached Qin Zhengqiu in the first place, and exchanged the help of this "number one person in the world" on the condition that she could help him suppress his inner demons.
Obviously, Qin Zhengqiu did not break his promise. He worked hard and helped Xu Suisui in countless ways.
It can be said that without Qin Zhengqiu, Xu Suisui might not have died now, but it would have been impossible for him to be transferred to Xinfeng from the hands of Wei Changtian and Ning Yongnian, let alone to become the empress of a country.
And now, after her goal is achieved, is she going to "abandon" the number one hero who has become a burden?
"..."
Qing bit his lips lightly, Xu Suisui slowly closed the wooden box and shook his head bitterly.
Her actions proved that she failed to make up her mind in the end and decided to remain "responsible" to Qin Zhengqiu until she found a better way.
only......
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! Something bad has happened!"
Suddenly, a young eunuch ran into the study in panic and shouted in panic under Xu Suisui's astonished eyes:
"Qin, Senior Qin, no, is gone!"
"..."
...
"Squeak~"
In the east of Linchuan City, there is a small inn.
Several people walked by in the corridor outside the house, and the sound of the door opening and closing mixed with the noise outside the window reached Wei Changtian's ears.
Wei Changtian, who was sitting at the table and cleaning his sword, knew that someone had entered Gu Pan'er's room, but his expression did not change at all.
Of course, it would be easy for him to eavesdrop on what is being said next door.
However, Wei Changtian had no interest in this, so he just continued to clean the Longquan Sword by himself.
At the same time, in the next room, which was only separated by a wall, Gu Pan'er had already politely asked a middle-aged woman and two men dressed as warriors to sit down at the table.
"Pan'er, the city is so chaotic now. Master, he doesn't plan to open any more fragrant buildings."
The middle-aged woman looked at Gu Pan'er, who was wearing a plain skirt, and said straight to the point: "You have a good rest tonight and go to Yichun Courtyard early tomorrow morning."
"..."
Go to Yichunyuan.
The middle-aged woman didn't speak very clearly, but her meaning was very clear.
It is estimated that because of the recent chaos in Linchuan, the boss behind Manxiang Tower was no longer prepared to continue this business, so he sold the deeds of the girls in the building to a brothel called Yichunyuan.
There is nothing strange about this. After all, the person who signed the deed of sale is just like the goods. The owner decides the "ownership", and he has no right to choose.
It's just that Gu Pan'er had already planned to redeem herself, so she hurriedly said softly:
"Mom, I have saved some money over the years, and now I happened to encounter something like this, so I thought..."
"You want to redeem yourself?"
The middle-aged woman was slightly startled, but her expression was not that of surprise, and her tone was even a bit more kind.
"Well, this is a good time, but..."
"Pan'er, I know you are a hard-working person, and I don't want to embarrass you."
"It's just that you understand the rules. Have you prepared all this money?"
"Ready."
Gu Pan'er nodded repeatedly, went to the cabinet beside the bed to look for the package, and said softly:
"I prepared five thousand taels, four thousand five hundred taels is the ransom money, and five hundred taels is to repay my mother for taking care of me these years."
"I hope my mother can say a few good words for me in front of the master."
"It's easy to talk about. Although four thousand five hundred taels is not enough according to your worth, but..."
The middle-aged woman didn't expect Gu Pan'er to be so sensible, and she couldn't help but smile for a moment: "But my family has a big business, and I don't want to be short of these 1,800 taels. I will beg you for your good life!"
"..."
After earning five hundred taels of benefits, the middle-aged woman agreed readily and directly stated that she could help Gu Pan'er redeem her life.
Under normal circumstances, Gu Pan'er would have said a few words of thanks at this time, handed over the five thousand taels of silver, and would be free in a few days.
But the middle-aged woman never waited for the answer that should have appeared.
"Pan'er? What's wrong?"
Seeing that Gu Pan'er suddenly stopped moving, the woman couldn't help but feel a little confused.
She stood up and walked behind Gu Pan'er, only to realize that the latter's body was shaking slightly.
"this......"
When her eyes fell on the empty wooden box, the middle-aged woman immediately understood what had happened. The friendly look on her face disappeared instantly, and was replaced by a sarcastic sneer.
"Pan'er, it seems you have to go to Yichun Courtyard."