Idle game leads to another world.

Chapter 162: The Broken View in the Mountain
Everyone was shocked when they were caught up by the Plum Blossom Guards just before leaving the pass.

Fortunately, it was just a close call and the Tangfeng Trading Company's ship passed through safely and continued to move along the Jiao River.

Once we pass the border, we are no longer in the territory of Yuezhou Kingdom. We don't have to worry about being caught up by the Plum Blossom Guards. At least they can't come openly, which makes us feel a lot more relieved.

But this does not mean that you can sit back and relax.

In addition to Zheng Yinping, Li Yingluo is also a popular choice. Since her father is a first-rank official, many people are eyeing her.

What's more, Li Yingluo and Yang Yiyi were both almost used as cauldrons for practicing martial arts and they barely escaped. The Yuezhou Liu family used living people to practice martial arts, and this scandal must not be exposed, otherwise no matter how famous they are in the martial arts world, they will be criticized by thousands of people.

Even though they were just two little girls with little influence, it was unlikely that anyone would believe them even if they told others about it, but what if?
For example, some people are jealous of the Liu family's reputation and are fanning the flames behind the scenes.

Anyone with a normal brain circuit would not miss this risk and would most likely kill the witness to silence him/her, leaving no evidence behind.

Although repelling the bandits before could do Tang Lianyu a favor, it would also expose the whereabouts of Yang Yiyi and Li Yingluo. The assassins sent by the Liu family might already be on the way.

The Tang family’s ship was large, a clear target, and could only travel along the river, making it very easy to be found.

So to be on the safe side, the three of them said goodbye just one day after the Tang family's ship left the customs.

Tang Lianyu never knew the inside story, but she could see that the three of them were still carrying a lot of trouble, so she didn't try to keep them. She just reminded them before they left that if they had any problems in the future, they could just find a Tangfeng store and tell them Tang Lianyu's name, and she would definitely help them.

After bidding farewell to the Tang family's ship, they stayed in a small town near where they disembarked for one night. The next day, the three of them set out again, this time traveling by land.

Zheng Yinpeng and Li Yingluo wanted to go home, and Yang Yiyi wanted to go back to Qingshan Gate to ask for an explanation from her master. In fact, it was no longer on their way here.

But instead of taking the crowded road, it would be better to go back to Qingshan Gate with Yang Yiyi first, and then take the small road over the mountain to return to Qizhou, so as to avoid being tracked.

Since they had to take a mountain road, the three did not buy horses or carriages in the town. All three of them were skilled in martial arts, so they used their light skills to travel faster in the mountains and forests.

At this time, the light skills learned from Taoyuan Valley came in handy.

There is a horse monster in Taoyuan Valley. After practicing with it, a light skill called "Four Steps of Galloping Foot" was added to the teaching box.

This light skill is not very good in terms of lifting or speed, and its greatest advantage is long-distance attack.

Relying on this trick, Yang Yi can run continuously for two or three hours without stopping to rest. He can run from morning to noon, eat a meal and then continue running.

However, Zheng Yinping and Li Yingluo's Qinggong skills were not so powerful that they could cover long distances. In the first two days, Yang Yiyi had to stop and wait. But after Li Chengxi taught them the Four Steps of Junzu, the distance traveled by the three of them was finally equal.

They had been sleeping in the open air for two days. That afternoon, the weather suddenly changed and a heavy rain was about to come. The three people who were still wandering in the mountains were lucky enough to find a dilapidated Taoist temple.

"Hurry, come in, it's going to rain!"

Yang Yiyi pushed open the rotten wooden door and waved to Zheng Yinping and Li Yingluo, who were still looking around the Taoist temple in the yard, to come in.

The wind outside was getting stronger and stronger. Although it hadn't rained yet, the sky was almost as dark as night.

"This broken temple is about to collapse, you'd better stay in the corner"

Li Chengxi could clearly see from the computer screen that many of the tiles on the roof had disappeared, and many places were directly exposed to the open air.

"Why are you staying in the corner?"

"Because if the roof collapses, you won't be crushed to death if you stay in the corner."

"Oh, I got it. Brother Li is indeed an immortal." Zheng Yinping glanced around and said:

"No one has lived in this Taoist temple for 70 or 80 years, but I see footprints in some places, so people may have stayed here often."

Yang Yiyi was clearing a clean area with her feet, and heard this:
"If you don't take the main road and take a shortcut to Qingyun Mountain, you will most likely pass by here. When I was a child, I stayed here with my parents when I went to the city."

At the foot of the Qingyun Mountain mentioned by Yang Yiyi is Yangjia Village, which is Yang Yiyi's hometown. Qingshan Gate is located on the mountain. Beyond Qingyun Mountain is Liuzhou, the hometown of Zheng Yinping and Li Yingluo.

So taking the water route is not convenient, but taking the hidden mountain route will allow you to continue your journey.

Li Yingluo could be considered half a Taoist disciple. After coming in, she first bowed to the statues of the Three Pure Ones enshrined in the dilapidated Taoist temple, and then turned around to clean up with Yang Yiyi.

"Sister Yang, do you really want to return to your sect?"

On the way, the two had already understood the whole story and knew that Yang Yiyi was sold to the Liu family by her master.

Zheng Yinping also came over and interrupted:
"I still think it's better for you not to go back. Just go home and visit. Come with us to Liuzhou."

"There are still several junior sisters. We must let them know who the master is, otherwise others will be as unlucky as me. When it is their turn, there may not be a fairy like Brother Li to help them."

"That being said, I'm afraid it won't be of any use if you go back."

Since Yang Yiyi's master sold her out, he must have prepared an excuse to deal with the questions in the party. It would be fine if he used some other excuse to explain that Yang Yiyi did not come back with him, but if he said that she betrayed the sect and ran away, then Yang Yiyi would be asking for a fight if she went back.

On the way, the two of them advised Yang Yiyi more than once not to go and instead go back to Liuzhou with us, but Yang Yiyi refused to listen.

Yang Yiyi is a stubborn person, honest and unyielding. Once she sets her mind on something, she will never turn back unless she gets hurt.

Li Chengxi had tried to persuade her several times, but Yang Yiyi was always concerned about her junior sister, so it was useless to say anything. Li Chengxi was too lazy to waste his words after that.

At this moment, a loud bang was heard outside the Taoist temple, followed by dense raindrops falling down. The rain was so heavy that it made people doubt whether this dilapidated Taoist temple could withstand it.

The three of them lit the cigarette with the lighter provided by Li Chengxi, and sat in a circle in the open space cleared on the side of the Taoist temple's main hall.

"How did this Taoist temple become abandoned? I think it's quite large, so there should have been quite a few people living there back then."

Li Yingluo smiled and said:
"A Ping, are you still afraid of thunder?"

"I'm just chatting. I'm not afraid of thunder anymore."

As the muffled thunder sounded again, Zheng Yinping shrank his head unconsciously, and his previous statement was self-defeating.

I didn't expect that Zheng Yinping, who has a military style, actually has such a weakness. It feels a bit of a contrast.

The three of them laughed for a while, and Yang Yiyi said:
"When I was a kid, I heard from the elders in the village that there was something strange about this Taoist temple."

"Isn't it haunted?"

“I don’t know, but the legend is scary.”

Zheng Yinping swallowed his saliva. At this moment, the three of them suddenly heard the sound of horses and footsteps approaching in the heavy rain. They all stood up and looked towards the gate.

Just then, a flash of lightning passed by, and the dark figure was stretched out by the lightning, reflected on the ground covered with weeds and dirt...

(End of this chapter)