She is devoted to cultivating immortality

Chapter 6: As you wish, we have a good conversation

It was late at night.

It is impossible for a horse-drawn carriage to travel at night, as both the driver and the horse need to rest.

At this moment, the old horse pulling the cart was lying in the grass nest, chewing grass leaves from time to time.

Zhuang Mochen and the other two had already fallen asleep.

Only Xie Lian leaned against a willow tree, unable to fall asleep for a long time.

"Why did the clouds in this bronze tripod regenerate because of Mr. Zhuang?"

Xie Lian murmured in his heart.

Just after Mr. Zhuang’s words, a strange phenomenon suddenly occurred in the bronze tripod, which distracted Xie Lian’s mind.

Immediately afterwards, a thin mist appeared in the cauldron that was originally empty.

This wisp of cloud was really not impressive in Xie Lian's eyes. It was only as thin as a hair and swam back and forth in the cauldron like a fish.

The number was really too small, and Xie Lian certainly couldn't expect such a trace of cloud to bring her any benefits.

She understands the principle that little by little can add up to a lot.

"Although I still don't know why the cloud energy in the cauldron has increased, at least I have found a way... It just so happens that Mr. Zhuang heard that I have no fixed place to live and invited me to go with him. I was just considering it before, but now I think it's better to agree directly."

Xie Lian pondered secretly.

Zhuang Mochen’s hometown is in Xiaoning County, Xingyang Prefecture, which happens to be in the east, which coincides with Xie Lian’s plan.

Anyway, I am just a rootless duckweed, so I might as well settle down in this world first and then think about other things later.

Once she has enough time to study, she believes she will be able to figure out the secret of the bronze tripod.

"But this bronze tripod is inside my body, but it is not easy to detect. It always has to show up on its own... It would be great if it could appear as I wish."

Xie Lian sighed inwardly.

It is not a good thing that the bronze tripod is out of control.

But at the moment her mind moved, she discovered that the bronze tripod that was lurking in her body turned into a ray of light and shot out, floating in front of her.

It is about the size of a child, floating up and down, and the rust on the tripod is visible to the naked eye.

“It actually came out!”

Xie Lian showed a look of surprise.

Why does it feel like this bronze tripod is like Monkey King’s golden cudgel? Could it be that it can really unite the mind and the heart, and make it the size you wish?
“It would be better if it could be smaller.”

She said tentatively.

Then the next moment, the bronze tripod really shrank several times until it was the size of a teacup. Xie Lian held it between two fingers and played with it carefully.

It feels warm to the touch, and it's hard to tell what material it is made of. Sometimes it's soft, sometimes it's hard, somewhere between real and fake.

The bronze tripod's "docility" made Xie Lian feel at ease. It was not until this moment that she was sure that she was the owner of the bronze tripod.

I gradually felt sleepy and soon fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning, when the first ray of sunlight fell, Xie Lian woke up.

But Zhuang Mochen woke up earlier and was teaching the child to read.

"A day's plan begins in the morning. It's just a passage of the Analects. Your father could recite it by heart at your age, but you still made so many mistakes... You deserve to be punished!"

He acted like a strict father and hit Zhuang Yan's palm with a ruler.

Zhuang Yan's face was puffed up, tears welled up in his eyes, and he seemed to be full of grievances.

Where did he make so many mistakes?
It was just that I remembered three or four words wrong, but when my father said it, it seemed like all of them were wrong.

Seeing this, Xie Lian smiled dumbly. When she was a child, her father had taught her the same thing. It was a pity that her father had passed away several years ago...

This scene brought back many memories for her, and her eyes became softer.

"My son is so rude, I made you laugh."

Zhuang Mochen smiled when he saw Xie Lian wake up.

Zhuang Yan was furious. His father was gentle to everyone except him...

"Young Master is very talented and will achieve something sooner or later. He is just a little naughty now. We have also been through that age before and we know that laziness is human nature. There is no need to blame him too much..."

Xie Lian patted the grass leaves on his butt, stood up and said.

"Since your aunt Lian is speaking for you, let it go today. If you make any mistakes again in the future, watch out for your skin!"

Zhuang Mochen nodded and said coldly. Zhuang Yan felt as if he had been pardoned, and looked at Xie Lian with a hint of gratitude in his eyes.

"I thought about it for a long time last night. I decided to accept your invitation and go with you to see the scenery of your hometown."

Xie Lian cupped his hands and said.

"Haha, how can you be so shameless? The journey is long, and most of the way is through desolate mountains and wilderness. It's a good thing to have someone to chat with while traveling together. Otherwise, wouldn't it be boring?"

Zhuang Mochen was sincerely happy.

After they had their meal, they got on the carriage and continued on their journey.

The journey is quite long. According to the speed of the carriage, it will take about three days.

Youfu was driving in the front while Xie Lian and Zhuang Mochen were chatting in the car.

Zhuang Mochen had originally intended to just chat to relieve his boredom, but he hadn't expected that chatting with Xie Lian would yield unexpected results.

He found that although this girl seemed a little "unworldly" and didn't know much about some common sense, she was extremely knowledgeable in other aspects.

Especially when talking about the past and present, some of the remarks can be described as thought-provoking.

Even among the great scholars in the court, it would be difficult to have such insightful views as Xie Lian.

He naturally didn't know that Xie Lian was a time traveler, with a mind filled with five thousand years of knowledge. He could easily talk about everything from astronomy to geography, the rise and fall of dynasties, and the pros and cons of current politics.

She thought she was standing on the shoulders of giants and that what she said was nothing.

But to Zhuang Mochen, it could almost be called shocking.

Xie Lian looked young and handsome, and even if we estimate his age in the most extreme way, he was only in his early twenties at most. However, his insights were something that even someone who had studied his entire life could not grasp.

"Are there really people in this world who are born knowing everything?"

This was the first time he had such a question in his mind.

He talked about the current situation to the country as a whole, and then from the country as a whole to the past and the future, from the art of war to poetry... How could there be such an omnipotent monster in the world?

Especially when chatting, some of the metaphors Xie Lian made always made him feel as if these things had really happened, because what Xie Lian said was too real and too reasonable.

For example, in the aspect of “royal family affection” just mentioned, Xie Lian gave an example of a dynasty in his dream. He said that there was a country called the Tang Dynasty. The eldest son was weak, and the second son was brave. The emperor insisted on making the eldest son the emperor, which resulted in the second son rebelling. He shot and killed his brothers at the palace gate and forcibly ascended the throne... Such a means of ascending to the throne could not be called glorious, but after ascending the throne, he created the "Zhenguan Reign", which became a famous story throughout the ages...

When Xie Lian was narrating, Zhuang Mochen wanted to interrupt several times. He really wanted to ask, does this country called Datang really exist? Can a dream really have such details?

But when the words came to my lips, I didn't ask any more questions.

But the way he addressed Xie Lian changed again.

Instead of calling her "Miss", she is called "Mr".

Because he instinctively ignored Xie Lian's age and gender, and even felt that their relationship could be described as that of both teacher and friend.

Zhuang Mochen felt sorry for meeting Xie Lian too late, and the latter was also satisfied with this exchange.

Although she accepted the memories of the original owner of the body, the original owner had limited knowledge and understood less than one ten-thousandth of the world...

So she had too much information to obtain from Zhuang Mochen.

The two of them were getting more and more excited about the conversation and didn't notice the passage of time. When Youfu reminded them, Zhuang Mochen slapped his forehead and said in shock.

“So I’ve arrived at my hometown!”

It was already night time and everyone was exhausted, so Zhuang Mochen was eager to go home.

The carriage was moving on the bluestone paved road, making a clattering sound.

But for some reason, Xiaoning County seemed a little too deserted tonight.

There was not a living soul on the street.

The further you go into the city, the colder the atmosphere becomes.

"Dad, I'm a little scared."

Zhuang Yan huddled in his father's arms, and as a child he instinctively felt uneasy.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid."

Zhuang Yan stood up, his face serious, and looked around.

Every household has a lantern, but the ones hanging at the door are all white lanterns...

"This place is not peaceful."

Xie Lian narrowed his eyes slightly, and his eyes became deep again. The peaceful small county town in front of him clearly presented a different picture in her eyes.

(End of this chapter)