Several people greeted Lu Xueqi and discussed going to Heyang City to rest first after going down the mountain. Lu Xueqi and Zhang Xiaofan had never gone down the mountain since they went to Qingyun Mountain, so naturally they just listened to Qin Zhong and Qi Hao discussing the route.
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Suddenly, the expression on Zhang Xiaofan's face became stiff, and he looked straight ahead.
Upon seeing this, Qin Chong, Qi Hao and others looked at Zhang Xiaofan's eyes.
But under the long steps, I saw a man walking up. He was in his forties. His clothes were relatively clean, but his face was blank, his eyes were dull, and he said some random words in his mouth.
Zhang Xiaofan walked straight towards the man, and only when he reached him did he utter a low, gentle voice: "Uncle Wang, how are you?"
This was the only witness in Caomiao Village who saw the tragedy from beginning to end. Unfortunately, he went crazy after that night.
The man ignored Zhang Xiaofan, continued to say meaningless words, and walked forward until he disappeared into the distance.
Several people looked at Zhang Xiaofan's face and didn't say anything. It was just that the atmosphere was relatively silent compared to before.
After crossing Hongqiao and reaching the sea of clouds, a few people sacrificed their magic weapons and flew down the mountain in the air.
The distance from Qingyun Gate to Heyang City is not that far.
But it still took Qin Chong and the others most of the day to arrive outside Heyang City before dark.
It turned out to be Zhang Xiaofan from Dazhu Peak. His proficiency in flying weapons was so poor that most of the day was equivalent to practicing flying with Zhang Xiaofan.
Fortunately, we arrived at our destination before dark.
After a few people landed, they changed out of the Qingyun disciples' clothes and put on ordinary clothes.
Then we walked towards Heyang City.
Qin Zhong walked in front. Seeing that Zhang Xiaofan was very curious about everything in Heyang City, he explained to him the things he saw along the way. After all, he had visited Heyang City twice before, and Qin Zhong had visited Heyang City twice before.
Despite their experience, this explanation was extremely exciting. Not to mention Zhang Xiaofan, even Qi Hao, who had traveled abroad many times, and Lu Xueqi, who seemed to be indifferent to everything, listened attentively with their ears pricked up.
Until the group arrived at the largest inn in Heyang City, "Shanhaiyuan", Qin Zhong introduced the signature dishes he had eaten here twice, especially the braised fish.
Qin Zhong wasn't the only one talking along the way, after all, there was Qi Hao who was good at dancing, Lu Xueqi was really cold and didn't talk much, and Zhang Xiaofan was just reserved and introverted.
Qin Chong and Qi Hao took care of him along the way, which made Zhang Xiaofan have more topics to talk about.
Qin Zhong came to Shanhaiyuan alone the previous two times, so he directly found a seat on the first floor. This time, four people went down the mountain to travel together. They went directly to the quiet place on the third floor of Shanhaiyuan.
The group ate delicious food and discussed their opinions. When Zhang Xiaofan said that he was in charge of catering at Dazhu Peak, Qin Chong smiled and said that he would definitely try Junior Brother Zhang's craftsmanship in the future.
There were only a few tables of guests on the third floor. Qin Zhong glanced around and noticed the table of people suspected of being from the Demon Cult not far away. However, he did not make any noise. He didn't know that he didn't give the two people a chance to talk to each other now.
Will we meet again?
After dinner, they went to the west courtyard enclosed by the backyard. After saying good night to each other, they each went to their rooms.
Thinking that Zhang Xiaofan must have met Baguio while walking in the yard in the middle of the night, Qin Zhong lost the slightest interest in watching the show and complained: "If you don't sleep in the middle of the night, you are too busy." When he entered the room,
He reminded a few people to have a good rest and they would be on their way early tomorrow morning. Then he entered his room.
A night of silence.
After getting up early in the morning, Qin Zhong discovered that Zhang Xiaofan indeed had two dark circles under his eyes.
I couldn't help but mutter in my heart: "Junior brother Zhang is not easy to deal with."
After the four of them had breakfast, they set off again. It was still three thousand miles away from here to Kongsang Mountain. Coupled with Zhang Xiaofan's unskilled ability to control objects, they still needed to hurry up.
Sure enough, the last time Qin Zhong traveled eastward from Heyang City for more than ten days, it was more than 3,000 miles. This time, he took Zhang Xiaofan with him and hurriedly traveled all the way, with basically no rest.
It still took ten days to reach Kongsang Mountain.
Fortunately, in the next few days, Zhang Xiaofan gradually became familiar with Taoism and became more familiar with "burning fire sticks", and he could fly decently, otherwise it would have taken more time.
Thinking of the time he spent practicing flying to control objects, Qin Zhong said in his heart: "Zhang Xiaofan's talent can really be regarded as a model representative of hard work that can make up for failure."
Everyone looked down from the clouds and were shocked. Within a hundred miles, they saw a steep and towering mountain, but it was full of rocks and little vegetation. There was no human habitation at the bottom of the mountain, and it was a desolate place.
It was almost dusk at this time, the sun was setting in the west, and the dim yellow sunset shone on Kongsang Mountain, which seemed to be a little desolate and a little scary. Everyone fell down at the foot of the mountain and put away the fairy swords and magic weapons. Qi Hao looked at it
Tian Se, said: "I think there is no one to stay here, so why don't we go up the mountain immediately and look for the 'Ten Thousand Bats Ancient Cave' and see if there is a suitable place to rest for the night."
Qin Zhong looked at the sky and then at the desolate Kongsang Mountain: "I think we should rest at the foot of this mountain for one night. I'll wait for the monks and meditate cross-legged for one night." Junior Brother Xiaofan Yuwuyi
You must be a little tired after the whole day. Besides, this mountain is the territory of the demon sect. If we go up the mountain at night, we will be easily attacked by others. Anyway, we have already arrived at the foot of Kongsang Mountain, so we are not in a hurry."
Qi Hao thought about it and felt that what Qin Zhong said made sense, so he agreed.
Seeing that the two of them had reached an agreement, Lu Xueqi walked aside, chose a clean stone, sat on it, and began to meditate.
Zhang Xiaofan opened his mouth and wanted to say a few words to show that he was not tired, but seeing that Qin Chong and the two had already made up their minds, he had no choice but to give up. He turned around and was about to meditate and rest, when he heard Qin Chong's voice.
came.
"Junior brother Xiaofan, come back with me to collect some wood. We will light up a fire to cook in the evening."
"Okay senior brother."
He quickly followed Qin Zhong towards the mountain. Qin Zhong and Zhang Xiaofan were not far apart, picking up wood and chatting.
Seeing that the wood was almost collected, Qin Zhong put what he had picked up on the ground and said: "Junior Brother Xiaofan, please take all these wood back. Brother, I will go shopping nearby to see if there is any game that I can bring back and roast.
To be honest, senior brother, my stomach will feel uncomfortable if I don’t eat something.”
Zhang Xiaofan said: "Brother, go ahead and I will pick up more wood and go back."
"Okay, haha, when the prey comes back, I will have a taste of your craftsmanship, Junior Brother Xiaofan."
After saying that, Qin Zhong flew up into the air, but without emitting any light, he quickly disappeared from Zhang Xiaofan's sight while sticking to the ground.