"Third Miss, can you tell who did this? This green wolf was beaten to death with one punch, and the inner elixir was also taken away."

Shaohua Mountain, West Peak.

After Li Zhi and the others killed the green wolf, they did not stop any longer. The entire West Peak exuded an unpleasant stench, but it attracted the two men in front of them.

"Yun'er, there should be three people fighting here. The green wolf was hit by a sword first, and then was killed by a heavy punch. This green wolf has entered the elixir-forming stage, but it's just a spiritual beast and has never practiced any decent skills."

"The sword it hit seems to be the Taoism left by that person in the world. Unfortunately, since she joined the Western religion, there has been no one with extraordinary talent in the sect for so many years, and it has long since declined."

The so-called Third Miss couldn't help but sigh with emotion when she looked at the filthy Shaohua Mountain West Peak in front of her. She couldn't bear it for a moment.

I saw her mumbling words, and a lamp appeared out of thin air in her hand.

Suddenly, rays of clear light emanated from the lamp, instantly covering the entire West Peak, and the West Peak of Shaohua Mountain returned to its original state again.

Relaxing green cypresses, strange peaks and rocks, gentle breeze and gurgling streams.

"Miss Third, can't you figure out who did it?"

Yun'er couldn't help but be curious when she saw that the third lady had been calculating for a long time but didn't tell who did it.

You know, although the third lady's deduction skills may not be the best in the world, with the magical lamp in her hand, she can even perform deductions two levels higher.

Could it be that the other party is a powerful person?

It's obviously impossible. If the opponent is really powerful, how can he still have such trouble dealing with a Qinglang who is in the elixir formation stage?

"It's strange to say that every time I estimate this person, the result is always vague. It seems that some powerful person has concealed the secret for him? Forget it, we don't need to stay here, let's go to Chang'an as soon as possible."

It was just a green wolf in the elixir-forming stage. The third lady didn't think it was a big deal, so she managed to sneak out again. She didn't want to waste any more time here.

"Gee, Miss Third is in a hurry to meet the child from four years ago, right? It's a pity that even if four years have passed, he is probably only more than ten years old. I advise Miss Third to wait a few more years...ah

, I don’t dare anymore, Yun’er doesn’t dare anymore—”

The little maid named Yun'er was caught by the third lady before she finished telling her joke, and her hands were scratching all over her body. Yun'er was so itchy that she kept begging for mercy.

"Yun'er, if you talk nonsense again, I'll tear your mouth apart! It's just that I haven't come across good poetry for a long time. Even Wen Quxingjun praised the last song "The Sapphire Case"."

"Nowadays, the Tang Dynasty is becoming more and more prosperous, and literati and poets are emerging in endlessly. People just want to go to Chang'an City to see if there are better poems and essays coming out. They are not as dirty as you think..."

The third lady originally spoke righteously, but when she reached the end of her words, her voice gradually dropped, and a trace of blush appeared on her cheeks.

These two women were none other than the two who were watching the lanterns in Furong Garden on the night of New Year's Eve four years ago.

At that time, I saw Li Zhi finishing the song "The Sapphire Case" with one wave of his hand in public, and even took the opportunity to take Li Zhi's manuscript away.

On weekdays, she was strictly controlled by her second brother, who always watched her practice diligently. Now that she had just made a breakthrough in her realm, she sneaked out again.

…

"Ninth Young Master, there are two forked roads ahead, which one should we take?"

After descending from Shaohua Mountain, Li Zhi and his party continued eastward and entered Huayin the next day.

Compared with the previous Weinan, Huayin realm is full of vitality.

You can see the endless wheat fields as far as the eye can see, and you can occasionally see farmers working in the fields. You can see the smoke from villages everywhere, and even the air seems to be particularly fresh.

"Miss Pingting, can you take the map with you?"

After experiencing the accident at Shaohua Mountain, the three of them lost everything except the scattered silver coins they carried with them, including the tent where they stayed and the four horses.

Changsun Pingting shook her head. She had put the map with her luggage, so she was probably disturbed by the thousands of ferocious beasts.

"Let's go to the front and find someone to ask -"

Li Zhiyun sharpened his eyesight and saw that walking down the left branch road, there was a tea shed not far from the road, which must have been used for pedestrians to rest.

If he really took the wrong road, it would just take a few more detours, but Li Zhi didn't want to be delayed too much on the road.

According to Yuan Tiangang's calculation, the heavy rain in Henan Province will stop in a few days. He may not be able to really help. As the prince of the Tang Dynasty, it is still possible to stabilize people's hearts.

Sure enough, there were two people, an old man and a young man, in the tea shed.

The old man is an old man in his sixties or seventies, with gray hair, skinny and slightly hunched back.

The young one is a little girl, about eleven or twelve years old, but her face is covered by a gauze scarf, so she can't see clearly what she looks like.

Li Zhi looked at the tea shed, feeling inexplicably in a trance. He even used the "Breaking Illusion Golden Eyes", but he never found anything wrong.

"Old man, I'm thirsty after leaving. Could you please sift three bowls of herbal tea--"

Qin Huaiyu took out a piece of broken silver from his arms and placed it on the low tea table.

"Ouch, young master, you are really generous. A grown man can drink three bowls of this herbal tea. I don't have the money to find you..."

The old man put away the broken silver with a smile and hurriedly called the little girl next to him to come over and pour tea.

Tea is the most ordinary tea, but the bowl is quite big, enough to quench one's thirst.

"Old man, when I wanted to go to Luoyang, I just saw a three-way intersection. I don't know which way is more appropriate?"

Li Zhi and Changsun Pingting also walked in. The tea shed was not big and could only hold two low tables, so Li Zhi and the others sat down casually.

"You can go through both of these roads, but it is more convenient for you to take this one now. Go straight ahead and you will reach Tongguan."

"Going to Luoyang? This road is not close. According to the guests coming over there, the entire Henan Road has been flooded. I'm afraid it's not a good time for you to go there."

The old man pointed out the way and kindly reminded the three of them.

"Old man, you said this road leads to Tongguan, but what about the other one?"

He couldn't explain why, but Li Zhi felt that the old man's words were not credible, but he couldn't find any flaws.

Could it be that the "Golden Eyes of Destruction" that I regard as a treasure just don't work?

"Haha, young master, don't you believe the old man? The old man lives in Jiajia Village five miles away from here. He has been farming here for generations. I don't know how many times I have walked these two roads."

"If you take this road now, you can reach Tongguan in half a day. If you take the other road now, you can reach the foot of Huashan Mountain before dark."

The old man seemed to sense Li Zhi's distrust of him. After finishing his talk, he hid in the stall behind alone, leaving only the little girl to take care of them.

After walking for a long time, he was really thirsty, so Li Zhi took a brief sip first.

It was just ordinary tea, and the sun was almost overhead. The three of them drank the tea in the bowl, said goodbye to the old and the young, and continued to move forward.

"Sir, why did you deceive them just now? This road is obviously to Huashan, and the other one leads to Tongguan?"

"Also, you should tell me now why we are pretending to be tea sellers here, right?"

The little girl who looks like eleven or twelve years old has taken off the scarf on her face. She looks like a porcelain doll!

"Haha, it's fate, do you really want to know? In fact, I can't explain it clearly. When I was on the cloud, I found something wrong with this kid, but I couldn't see any problem."

"The two people beside him are considered rare figures in the mortal world. They have entered the 'qi training period' at such a young age. Even if they were placed in a large sect in the mortal world, they would be regarded as treasures."

"As for that kid, although he should be a cultivator, he is just a person with a 'Heavenly Leaking Body'. Even if he practices, how strong can he be? Such a person actually has two 'qi training periods' as his

Escort?"

"I met him just now, sir. It seems that this little guy is still involved with the third girl from Huashan. Isn't that right?"

"Forget it, let's go back quickly. This time we will go back and smooth out all the messy threads again. Didn't you remember to tie the thread for that girl?"

Good guy, this old man is really talkative. He keeps talking non-stop. The little girl seems to be used to it.

...

If Li Zhi and the others turned around and came back again, they would find that the tea shed where they had just had a tea break and the old man and the young man had disappeared.

Unfortunately, Li Zhi and the others did not look back, but ran out for more than fifty miles in one go.

There was no one on the way, so the three people who had lost their horses no longer had any worries. They got up and started running. In a short distance, their speed was no less than that of a galloping horse.

"Ninth Young Master, why do I feel that we were deceived by that old man? Do you think this looks like the road to Tongguan?"

Qin Huaiyu couldn't hold it any longer at first. Two hours later, they had arrived at the foot of a big mountain, and they saw an endless stream of pedestrians at the mountain gate.

"I think maybe the old man was old and remembered the route wrong. This is actually the road to Huashan, and that one is to Tongguan, right?"

Seeing the word "Huashan" clearly engraved on the archway in front of the mountain, the three of them knew they were on the wrong path, but the eldest grandson Pingting still didn't want to believe that the old man was deliberately deceiving them.

"Brother Huaiyu, Miss Pingting, have you ever felt anything strange in your body?"

What's different?

Hearing what Li Zhi said, Qin Huaiyu and Changsun Pingting secretly transferred their energy, and suddenly they were stunned.

"Ninth Young Master, what is this?..."

The two of them discovered that their internal strength had grown much stronger at some point, and their realm had even improved. Qin Huaiyu had reached the late stage of Xiantian, and Changsun Pingting had reached the semi-awakened state.

On the contrary, Li Zhi's increase was not obvious. The bowl of herbal tea was like a blender, combining the original black and white liquid into one.

As the spiritual energy in the air is continuously inhaled, this combined liquid rotates in the Dantian and occupies the entire lower half of the Dantian. It is separated into black and white, just like a Tai Chi diagram?

"The old man and the young man just now are definitely not ordinary people. Fortunately, we were very polite and did not offend them. But, they deliberately lured us to Huashan like this, but we don't know why?"

Changsun Pingting is also a smart person. When things have reached this point, how can she not know what happened?

However, she and Qin Huaiyu entered the country too quickly recently, and their moods failed to catch up for a while.

"Okay, now that you've come, make peace with yourself. Huashan Mountain is said to be the dojo of the Three Holy Mothers. Since we are here, we should pay our respects to the Holy Mother Palace."
To be continued...