kvmb Chapter 160: Seeking Change for 2 Years, Encountering Snowstorm on the Road
Chapter 160: Seeking Change for 2 Years, Encountering Snowstorm on the Road
The first year of change.
All the monks in the world have a desire to reform.
Some are full of confidence, while others are dejected.
After drinking the last glass of wine with Chen Zhuang, this old friend who hadn't seen him for a long time took the lead to say goodbye and leave Yifeng City.
The swordsman did not stay long.
Although Yifeng City is prosperous, the waters are too deep. From now on, it will serve as a place for exchanges of reforms from all over the country.
It is not advisable to stay for a long time.
However, although it was not advisable to stay for a long time, compared with other cultivators, the swordsman still stayed for a long time. He stayed in Yifeng City for a whole week.
This week, I have been idle most of the time.
A few days before leaving.
The swordsman replaced the donkey with a saddle, horseshoes, and spent a lot of silver. When paying the silver, the swordsman touched the cloth bag and found that it was almost empty. After squandering day and night, the five hundred taels of silver were finally gone.
He used the last ounce of his silver to buy a gourd of wine, a white robe and a grey donkey, and then he said goodbye to this big city.
After leaving the city gate and walking on the official road, the swordsman patted the donkey on the head and exclaimed: "Beautiful lady, beautiful lady."
"From now on, we are poor people."
The little donkey blinked, not understanding what this meant.
After leaving Yifeng City, the swordsman hesitated at a fork in the road.
Will he return the same way he came, or take this opportunity to travel around Dingyu?
For him, either way is fine, but the little donkey doesn't want to go back the same way.
It wanted to see the big world. Its eyes were wide open and it made a humming sound. It wanted to tell the swordsman that some time ago, it heard about a kind of landform that was all water and boundless, and it wanted to go and see it.
The swordsman touched its head, smiled faintly, and said, "Let's go to the sea."
The little donkey jumped for joy.
However, the swordsman gave the donkey a shot of prevention.
The truly boundless sea is very, very far away.
It will take a very long time to walk.
The little donkey arched its butt.
Whistled.
It seemed to be saying, "No problem, I'll carry you."
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On the eighth day of the first month in the second year of Qiubian, there was a heavy snow.
The wind is like a knife.
A man and a donkey traveled to a village in the mountains.
The donkey finally understood what the phrase "We are poor people" meant.
The days of spending money lavishly are gone forever. Sometimes even food and drink become a problem. After each journey, the swordsman has to find a job in a town to earn some money for food and drink.
The donkey was born smart. When passing by a town, it saw two naughty monkeys performing acrobatics that attracted onlookers. After the performance, passersby with extra money would throw money in, not stinging with giving a few cents. However, the money they gave was just a few small coins, which the donkey, who had been "rich and powerful" before, could not even look at.
But forced by reality, it decided to learn a few tricks secretly, otherwise it was worried that it would starve to death with its master. However, its talent was limited. After trying to learn for three days, it found that the monkey's tricks did not work on it.
I missed out on making money and was sad for a long time.
The swordsman told him to relax, and if things really didn't work out, with his abilities, there were many ways to make money. If all else failed, he could just be a wanderer, take some orders, and live a carefree life for a few days.
The journey was never easy, but the little donkey's desire to "see the sea" became stronger and stronger. To it, it could not imagine what the "sea" was.
The wind and snow grew stronger, almost to the point of being abnormal.
Even the swordsman grinned and cursed, "Why is it so evil?"
There is an inconspicuous little village among the mountains. Standing on a high mountain a few miles away and looking at this place, you can only see a little darkness.
After walking for a whole day, he finally arrived at the village. He knocked on the door and saw a woman coming out to greet him. When the woman saw the swordsman, she naturally looked him over. Seeing that he had a gentle and handsome face, she reminded him, "Young Master, you should leave quickly. Don't even think about staying overnight with me."
The swordsman curiously asked the reason.
The woman pointed to the snow-capped mountains above.
The snow and wind this year are unusually strong, and it will blow like this all night.
An avalanche is not necessarily impossible.
If the swordsman rode on a donkey and braved the wind and snow for a day and a night, he would be able to reach the town, which would be better than staying here overnight.
The swordsman thought so too, but after a lot of effort, he finally saw such a small village, so he discussed with the woman whether he could go in and stay for a few hours to warm himself up before leaving.
The woman agreed.
It wasn't long before the swordsman entered the house to warm up.
The men in the village came to the door, wearing coarse linen clothes they had woven themselves and looking at various farm tools.
It turned out that the woman was the village chief's daughter-in-law.
The village chief is gathering the men in the village to deal with today's blizzard.
The meeting was very intense, with two main voices: one voice advocated going up the mountain to shovel snow, and the other voice advocated temporarily evacuating the village.
The swordsman had no idea how the meeting went.
Because halfway through the journey, he rode away on his donkey.
However, before leaving, the woman was kind enough to give the swordsman two hot coarse cakes as dry food.
The swordsman was stunned for a moment, and the woman explained that it was not easy to travel a day and a night in such a snowy weather. Several wanderers had come here in previous years and wanted to stay overnight, but they were not allowed to stay because of concerns about avalanches. But in the spring of the following year, when the villagers were shoveling snow and clearing a path, they found that many wanderers had frozen to death on the road. It would be a lie to say that she did not feel guilty.
So the woman specially heated up two coarse cakes. After eating them, it should not be difficult to walk to the nearby town.
Upon hearing this, Li Changxiao thanked the woman with a smile and left the village.
Soon after leaving the village.
The more Li Changxiao thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. The wind and snow were really too strong. Although he had not studied geography and feng shui specifically, he had some basic knowledge of them after years of practice and exposure to the environment. This village was surrounded by mountains and had a warm climate, so it shouldn't have snowed so heavily.
Listen to what the woman said, the snowstorms here have been a disaster for more than just one or two years, but have been like this since childhood.
The more Li Changxiao thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. Perhaps there was something else here.
During a lull in the snow and wind.
The man and the donkey shared the coarse cake while it was still hot. The swordsman stepped on the ground, recalling the past, and spiritual energy surged into his eyes, his vision increased, and he explored the surroundings.
This time, he actually found some interesting clues.
First of all, this place is surrounded by mountains with rugged peaks, but because of the wind and snow that blocked people's vision and everything was white, he didn't notice it at first.
After using the magic of the Eye of Detection, Li Changxiao saw that the mountains here showed signs of a battle between powerful men. The broken cliffs of the towering snow-capped mountain in front were not the work of nature, but more like the work of a powerful man.
This place is located in Baolai Island in Dingyu.
According to legend, this is Baolai Island.
Once upon a time, a Venerable Fengxue died, causing a huge sensation.
Li Changxiao didn't know the inside story of this matter, but considering the situation here, he might be able to discover something interesting.
Li Changxiao took a sip of wine to warm himself up, squinted his eyes, and went looking for treasure.