South of the Wei River and east of Xiqi, there is a small city called Xiyi.
The distance between here and Xiqi is only a few dozen miles. Fortunately, there are many soldiers in Xiqi City and the help of the Chanjiao disciples, so the battlefield has been maintained in Xiqi City and the flames of war have not burned here.
But after all, this is a time of war, and it is impossible to remain completely unaffected.
Because wars have been too frequent over the years, many young men in the city have been drafted into the army.
Although there are rumors that good news continues in Xiqi City, many battles have been won.
However, there have also been many deaths and injuries over the years, and many families hold funerals every year.
If the family has a large population, it's okay. For example, those with relatively few males will directly lose the backbone of the family, leaving only orphans and widowed mothers crying at home, and they don't know how to make a living in the future.
Even the large farmland outside the city looks much desolate because there are no young and strong laborers to manage it.
However, due to the war, the amount of grain and grass collected by the government increased instead of decreasing.
Even though Xiqi is relatively wealthy, many unspeakable things have happened among the people over the years.
At noon, there were not many pedestrians on the roads in the city, and most of them were old, young, women, and children. Although there were some young and strong men, there were fewer of them.
Qi Yuan walked slowly on the street, thinking about things in his mind.
He Ling'er pulled his sleeves and followed him, looking around, curiously looking at everything around him.
After they arrived at Xiqi, they found that they had arrived early.
Xin Huan said that Zhang Shan led an army to conquer Xiqi, and Qi Yuan thought that the war had already started.
As a result, I hurriedly took a look and found that there was not even a hair on it.
Their 100,000-strong army is still walking on the road.
Since no one has arrived yet, Qi Yuan is no longer anxious.
However, he didn't want to go to Xiqi City, so he walked around the surrounding area, came to this small town, found a guesthouse, and planned to stay for a while.
Only after Yin Jiao arrived could he find out who the person who had been transformed by the coffin's wick was.
He was fully prepared for this operation.
He even lent Zhao Gongming's dragon-binding rope.
Of course, he didn't say it clearly, he just said that he planned to use it when going out hunting, because he often went out and might have to deal with some monsters, so Zhao Gongming directly handed the dragon-binding rope to him.
This is a magic weapon that Zhao Gongming has been practicing for many years, and it is no less impressive than the immortal rope tied to his grandson.
In fact, this kind of binding magic weapon is not rare in the world of spiritual practice. Even the Huntian Ling on Nezha's body can be considered this type of magic weapon strictly speaking.
It's just that it's relatively rare to be able to bind Jinxian like this.
Bixiao had promised to help him refine a magic weapon for storage some time ago. With Bixiao's ability, even if it was just randomly refined, it would still have extraordinary power.
This magic weapon was the jasper gourd he originally used to store nectar and jade liquid. Bixiao used his great magic power to refine it into a large-scale space magic weapon.
Although it is just a treasure used to hold things, it also has the function of collecting and photographing. Even if an ordinary immortal is accidentally taken in, he may not be able to come out.
It's just that the main function of this magic weapon is to store things, so it has no means of attack, and there is no immortal who will stand there stupidly and let him capture it.
Qi Yuan's plan was to make a sneak attack with the dragon-binding rope, and then put the wick into the jade gourd. After transforming into a human form, the wick was not very powerful without the coffin lamp.
He walked back while thinking about whether there were any omissions.
The reason why I chose to live in the city this time was because I wanted to take He Ling'er around the world more and let her see more of the scenes in the world of mortals, which would be good for her future practice.
Just when he returned to the door of the guest house and was about to go in, he suddenly heard a roar not far away: "You scoundrels, how dare you eat my tofu for nothing?"
"Um?"
Qi Yuan was stunned and turned to look.
I saw several young men coming out of a small shop next to the guest house. Each of them had their clothes half open and looked slutty. It was obviously not a good idea.
Then a middle-aged woman chased out of the store, carrying a fire stick in her hand, followed by a little boy with a runny nose.
"Chipskin Mouse, it's not just once or twice that you come here without giving me money every time. Do you really think that my mother-in-law's tofu is in vain?"
Qi Yuan originally heard that someone was eating tofu for nothing and thought he was taking advantage of the woman. However, when he saw the woman's appearance clearly, he could not breathe properly and almost died.
I saw that this woman was taller and taller than the men across from her. She was quite tough. In addition, her face was covered with pockmarks.
Qi Yuanxin said how strong the taste must be to be able to attack her.
"You mother-in-law, didn't I tell you that if you don't have money right now, I will naturally give it to you when you have money in the future."
A man wearing some strange and strange accessories cursed.
"Pooh."
The woman put one hand on her hips, pointed a fire stick in her hand, and shouted: "I get up early every day and grind tofu till late at night. It's not easy to make a living.
In the past, it was fine if you came to eat without paying, but now my mother-in-law is seriously ill and urgently needs money for medicine, so she hastily paid me the money."
Qi Yuan's face felt a little hot. It turned out that he was thinking wrongly.
Also, people of this era may not be able to understand the other meaning of eating tofu.
It seemed that the three volumes of recipes I had left behind had some effect.
Although it is still difficult for ordinary people to eat exquisite food at this stage, relatively simple things like tofu and bean sprouts are still widely spread, otherwise this woman would not be able to make tofu.
A naughty man scolded impatiently: "When I come to your place to eat, I think highly of you. Why don't you go out and ask around? When did our brothers ever pay for their meals?"
"You really don't want to give it?"
"Hmm."
Pipi snorted disdainfully, turned around and left.
They didn't think this Mapo could do anything to them.
The city of Yiyi is not big, and they also know the background of this Mapozi.
The man in her family was drafted into the army last year and was unlucky enough to lose his life on his first battlefield. Her parents-in-law were old and their children were young, so they could not play any role. How could they, the grown men, be afraid of her?
"Don't leave!"
The woman was anxious and stepped forward to stop them.
However, although she was not weak in strength, she could not compare with several young men, and was directly pushed to the ground by a rogue.
"Don't hit my mother!"
The little boy rushed up and bit the naughty boy on the arm.
"Hiss..."
Pippy gasped in pain, grinned, pulled his arm free, and kicked the little boy hard.
"Damn it, you still dare to bite me, don't you want to live anymore?"
The woman was furious: "If you dare to hit my son, I will fight with you."
As he spoke, he got up and struck him head and face with the fire stick in his hand.
Just when these gangsters were about to fight back, one of the gangsters suddenly stumbled and tripped the other three.
Then when the woman hit them, the pain was so severe for some reason. When they wanted to get up, they were always held back by some inexplicable movements of their companions.
But Qi Yuan couldn't stand it anymore, so he secretly helped this woman.
Otherwise, she, a womanly person, would definitely suffer.
Several people were beaten until they screamed in pain. They couldn't bear it anymore, so the man took out a money bag and threw it to the woman.
"Here you go, don't fight again."
Qi Yuan watched the gangsters go away, then looked back at the small shop.
After pondering for a moment, he said to He Ling'er: "Let's go and try this Mapo's tofu."