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94 The old woodcutter

The Nanliang Kingdom is a vast country with a territory of nearly a hundred times that of the Wu Kingdom. It is a middle-class country in the Middle Earth. Such countries are very common in the Middle Earth. Because the Nanliang Kingdom is located in the Great Plain, there are many rivers, fertile land, good weather, and good harvests of grains year by year, and the people are living a stable life.

However, the most magical part of the Nanliang Kingdom is not the vast territory or the fertile land. It is because of the people of the Nanliang Kingdom, where there are countless legends of immortals descending to the earth, and even the most remote border town is no exception.

The stories of ordinary people's families, such as "A certain year, a fairy came down to earth and fell in love with a poor scholar who was studying hard in a family. She wanted to make friends forever, but she encountered an evil demon who blocked her from breaking up. One immortal and one ordinary person went through countless disasters and struggles, and finally got through the difficulties and became loving until old age."

There are more legendary stories from the court, such as "A certain year, a great immortal came to the world and appointed the top scholar of the Nanliang Kingdom as his disciple and taught three volumes of the Heavenly Book. The top scholar thought hard for ten years, and suddenly realized it overnight, let go of the mundane world, and wandered through the air. For a while, all the civil and military officials in the court, from the emperor to the court officials, were envious of the government and the flying immortals. They were all thinking about the way of flying immortals."

Perhaps it has something to do with the scholars who write these legends and stories. A large part of these legends are based on scholars. The storytellers in restaurants and tea shops in various parts of the Nanliang Kingdom tell these legends and stories vividly and spit like they saw them with their own eyes. The people and villagers in the audience were even more fascinated and fascinated, wishing they were the poor scholar and the top scholar.

Because there are so many stories of immortals that the Taoist temples of all sizes in the Nanliang Kingdom have hung up signs of immortals to attract trusted men and women, and the incense is extremely popular. From the ministers of the Southern Liang court to the common people, no matter whether they meet real immortals or false immortals, big temples, whether they are spiritual or not, they will first pay their respects to express their sincerity. Maybe one day, which true immortal in the temple will ascend to Taoism, and the fortune of the chicken and dogs will hit their heads.

Speaking of which, most of the territory of the Nanliang Kingdom is a large plain, but to the west it is a plateau Gobi that is far more vast than that of the Nanliang Kingdom. The Gobi is deserted, sparsely populated, and birds and beasts are extinct. The most important thing is that this Gobi does not belong to the Nanliang Kingdom, nor does it belong to any other country.

It is said that a long time ago, about three or five thousand years ago, a talented and stubborn emperor from the Southern Liang Kingdom suddenly had an idea to put the vast plateau Gobi in the west under the jurisdiction of the Southern Liang Kingdom, and immediately discussed with his ministers to send troops with his ministers.

However, the issue of sending troops has not yet come to an end. This ambitious emperor and dozens of royal ministers who had participated in the matter died suddenly in just a few days. The Southern Liang Kingdom changed its dynasty overnight and the new emperor succeeded to the throne. From then on, the Southern Liang court changed his fear when he heard about the Western Frontier and never dared to have any idea of ​​expanding territory in the Western Frontier.

Since this incident, rumors have been rumored among the people of Nanliang that there are immortals on the plateau Gobi, and it is strictly forbidden for ordinary people to step on foot. If you accidentally offend the immortals, you will suffer bad luck.

The winding post road in the western border of Nanliang Kingdom extends to a border town and ends. The town is remote and peaceful. The streets are neat, with green bricks paved with ground, quaint and old, and the thatched huts and tiles on both sides of the street are arranged in an orderly manner, which can accommodate at least one or two thousand people.

In the early morning, smoke was rising in the town, and there were three or three town people who had already gotten up to work.

The two rode a horse slowly along the official road of the Nanliang Kingdom and came to the town. Looking at the horses, they both looked very young. One was about seventeen years old, with an ordinary appearance, wearing a coarse blue shirt and a package on his back, calm and gentle. The other was about fifteen years old, with a sharp sword on his waist, and his face was full of childishness, and he looked around from time to time.

Early in the morning, there were not many people on the street, only two of them were riders.

The two of them walked slowly while riding their horses.

"Brother Ye, the last time I followed my father to this Xianyuan City, I only remember passing through the Nanliang Kingdom and the westernmost town of Nanliang Kingdom. But I can't remember how to walk the road behind."

They were no one else, but Ye Qin and Nan Zhongjie. It took them half a year, traveling 800 miles day and night, constantly changing horses, before they arrived from the distant Wu Kingdom to the western border of Nanliang Kingdom. However, when they got here, they encountered a small trouble. Nan Zhongjie couldn't remember how to go on the last journey.

Nan Zhongjie looked at the Gobi outside the town in a daze and said with a little ashamed.

Ye Qin held his horse under his seat and looked towards the plateau. The entire plateau Gobi was shrouded in a white morning mist, almost nowhere to be seen. Even if this Xianyuan City is on this Gobi, it is impossible to see it with the naked eye.

This made him feel helpless, and when he saw the land, he forgot the road on the last journey.

Ye Qin said: "If you really can't remember, let's stay in the territory of Nanliang for a while. Nanliang is so big and close to Xianyuan City, there must be many immortal cultivators here. Let's see if you can find one or two immortal cultivators and ask how to get to this Xianyuan City. It's better than searching everywhere in the Gobi Desert without a clue."

Nan Zhongjie nodded ashamedly: "Okay, Brother Ye, let's go back to the Nanliang Kingdom first. This Gobi Desert is too desolate. If you meet a few malicious monks, it would be awful."

The two of them rode their horses and returned along the official road.

In the town, an old woodcutter was passing by with a load of dry firewood. When he saw Ye Qin and Nan Zhongjie, he was surprised and quickly put down a load of dry firewood and bowed to him, saying that he had seen two immortal chiefs.

Ye Qin was shocked and used spiritual eye technique to investigate the old woodcutter in surprise. He found that this was just an ordinary woodcutter without magic power. He couldn't help but wonder: "Old man, how do you know that we are the two of us who are immortal cultivators?"

The old woodcutter laughed happily and said, "When I was young, I met an immortal by chance. The immortal asked me to cut three thrones of woodcutter every day, bring some oil, salt, tea and other goods, and send them to the fairy city. I have been doing this work for decades and have seen many immortals. Although I am old and dizzy now, I can see through my eyes and eyes that the two immortals are so handsome that they are the immortals. They are no different from the immortals in the fairy city. They must be immortals."

Ye Qin was even more surprised: "Have you seen many immortal cultivators?"

The old woodcutter laughed and said, "No, there are many immortals with profound magic power in the fairy city, and there are also many ordinary people like old people."

Ye Qin and Nan Zhongjie looked at each other and were overjoyed. They were worried that they didn't know where to find the road to Xianyuan City, but they didn't expect to meet an old woodcutter who was familiar with the situation, which helped them a lot.

"So, the old man knows where the fairy city is?"

"Old I was about to carry firewood to the fairy city. If the two immortals were going to the fairy city, I would be willing to go with me."

"Thank you!"
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