Poor Taoist Qiu Chuji

Chapter 102 Compete with the sky again

Only after dinner did Qiu Chuji prepare to go down the mountain.

Although he does not have the true ability to fly yet, his light body and leaping skills have reached an inhuman level with the help of true Qi. He only needs a little help to move dozens of feet in one step. If he can also glide with the wind, he can cross dozens or hundreds of miles in a single glide. The true Qi that circulates around him can form any form of real structure according to his ideas.

In this case, it is easy to scare people when walking during the day, so it is more convenient to travel at night.

There was no need to prepare any dry food. He only took a bag of gold and silver and a water bag of wine, and Qiu Chuji walked down the mountain as if he was taking a leisurely stroll.

When I reached the foot of the mountain, I unexpectedly saw a man leaning against a big tree beside the mountain path, as if he had been waiting for a long time.

"Are you waiting for me here?" Qiu Chuji asked Jin Yanzi.

Jin Yanzi nodded: "I know you are going to the capital to kill the dog emperor of the Jin Kingdom. I want to go with you."

Qiu Chuji said: "It's very dangerous. I can only ensure my own safety."

This was true. With his strength, he could move freely among the three armies. But with a burden, even if he used his true Qi to protect her, there would be times when he could not take care of her.

Jin Yanzi insisted: "I am not afraid of danger, nor am I afraid of death. And... I can help you find where the dog emperor of the Jin Kingdom is hiding."

Upon hearing this, Qiu Chuji looked at the woman again with some surprise.

She actually guessed that the Jin emperor would hide.

Of course, this is not difficult to guess. Qin Hui and Jin Wushu were both caught and killed by Qiu Chuji in the most unlikely places. This fully proves that the so-called unbreakable defense alone cannot stop Qiu Chuji.

Therefore, it is very likely that the Jin emperor will change his method and hide in a more secret place for a short period of time.

Use space to buy time. As long as the delay goes on, Qiu Chuji will not be able to kill him, and the deterrent effect of the Killing Heaven Order will continue to decrease. With the momentum of the Jin soldiers moving south and besieging Mount Zhongnan, he may be able to escape Qiu Chuji's powerful death-demanding attack.

This method was indeed a bit cowardly, but with Qiu Chuji's previous battle records as a basis, not many people would think that the Jin emperor's choice was wrong.

"Can the daughter of a hunter also have such information channels in the Jin Kingdom?" Qiu Chuji looked at Jin Yanzi with a smile and asked this question.

Her identity seemed full of mystery, but Qiu Chuji had no intention of identifying or exploring it.

Jin Yanzi's breath was held when she heard this. For some reason, she found it difficult to say the reason she had prepared.

"Okay! Just follow me!"

"It would be best if you could find the hiding place of the Jin emperor as you said." Qiu Chuji waved his hand and threw out the snake skin rope.

"Hold it tight, don't let go."

Although Jin Yanzi was puzzled, she held one end of the snake skin rope tightly, wrapped it around her palm twice and tied a knot.

Just after she fastened it, a light force suddenly emerged and pulled her into the air.

After a moment of distraction, the surrounding scenery was moving and changing rapidly, and in the gradually darkening night, everything blurred into a bunch of shadows.

Jin Yanzi felt like she had turned into a kite, soaring in the air without touching the ground. Her entire soul seemed to be blown away by the wild wind that was blowing past her.

He opened his mouth to speak, but before he opened it, the wind rushed into his cheeks, making them swell up like air bags.

From the initial panic, to feeling the freedom of the wind and the joy of flying, to soaring in the air for a long time, flying in the air, suffering from the cold wind on the face, the cheeks were already frozen and painful, the spirit was almost numb, Jin Yanzi gradually forgot about time, and only hoped that such suffering would end soon.

When a ray of light finally appeared on the horizon, Jin Yanzi realized that she had been put down. Her feet, which were frozen but somewhat soft, finally stepped on the thick snow and sank in with a creaking sound.

Ok?
Jin Yanzi was stunned.

Snow?
The snow is already up to your calves?
Although it is early winter now and cold winds are blowing across the Central Plains, isn't it still some time before such thick snow falls?
"I... I have already arrived in Liaodong?" Jin Yanzi spoke incoherently, her tongue feeling cold and numb.

"Wipe your face and walk for another half a day, and we will almost reach Shangjing." Qiu Chuji's voice came from the front.

He also stepped on the soft snow, but did not leave any footprints.

Jin Yanzi subconsciously touched her cheek and found that her snot and tears had turned into ice and frozen on her face without her knowing.

She felt that she must be very ugly and ridiculous now, so she hurriedly used both hands to gather all her internal energy, and then rubbed her face slowly, first to circulate the blood and qi, so as to avoid accidentally breaking off her nose or ears when breaking the ice.

After rubbing her face for about an incense stick's time, Jin Yanzi finally cleared off the "ice chips" on her face and returned to her original good condition as a cool beauty.

Seeing Qiu Chuji walking quite far away and about to straighten the snake rope, Jin Yanzi hurriedly used Qinggong to catch up with him, and lagged behind Qiu Chuji by half a step. She asked from behind: "You...you flew all the way here with me?" "It's nearly ten thousand miles from Zhongnan Mountain to Shangjing, and we walked all the way in one night. This must be the real art of flying!"

Qiu Chuji did not look back: "Not really, I still need to land to breathe occasionally, and I can't be as carefree as going up to Beihai and down to Cangwu in the evening."

"Are your martial arts really still martial arts?" Jin Yanzi continued to ask questions with her curiosity unabated.

"That's right!" Qiu Chuji's answer was simple and perfunctory.

Just as Qiu Chuji said, after they walked in the snow for half a day, they saw Shangjing City ahead.

In the past, if Qiu Chuji went out without a map or asked for directions, he would often go in the wrong direction.

Now that he has cultivated his true Qi, and by infusing his ears with true Qi, he can hear sounds and movements from far away. He no longer needs to ask anyone. By distinguishing some descriptions of his location in the sounds he hears, he can roughly guess how far he is from his destination and whether he has deviated from the direction.

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Jin Shangjing and Liao Shangjing are not the same. Although they have the same name, their locations are very different.

Shangjing City was built in imitation of the former Song Dynasty capital Bianliang, with a similar overall layout, grand scale, and majestic grandeur.

The entire city consists of two adjacent north and south cities and the imperial city. The south city is slightly larger than the north city. Both cities are rectangular, connected to each other vertically and horizontally in plane. There is a corner tower built on each of the five corners of the city, which serves as the key defensive fortifications on the city wall.

There are nine city gates, seven of which have urn-shaped city walls. There are moats outside the city and on the south side of the waist wall between the two cities. The imperial city is built on the west side of the south city. There are five palaces from south to north, and long winding corridors on the east and west sides.

There are tall stone towers on both sides of the south gate of the imperial city, standing opposite each other, which are called Que.

Between the two large stone buildings, there are two relatively smaller fortresses, which are the resting places for many imperial guards.

There are three passages at the south gate of the imperial city, with the main gate in the middle and the left and right gates on both sides. The overall planning is quite solemn.

Naturally, these numerous buildings now conceal countless murderous intentions, waiting for Qiu Chuji's arrival.

At this time in Shangjing City, the warriors from various units who were temporarily dispatched had been on guard for several days. The earlier excitement and vigilance had dissipated a lot with the passage of several days, but the military discipline was not relaxed. It was just that some friction occurred between the warriors from various units.

On the city walls, teams of soldiers were patrolling in a cross-patrol manner, and there were also soldiers constantly coming and going on the streets. Even among the vendors of furs and mountain products, there were spies hiding, constantly scanning everyone who came and went, remembering their words and actions.

Although Shangjing City is the capital of the Jin Dynasty, it is actually far less lively than Zhongdu. Because of this, whenever a strange face appears, a relatively accurate investigation can be carried out.

The whole city seems to be a whole, not fragmented.

Perhaps the Jin people did not know that Qiu Chuji was plotting to take away their dragon vein energy, but if after Jin Wushu was killed, their emperor was also killed by the same person, the morale of the entire Jin Kingdom would collapse.

Qiu Chuji and Jin Yanzi had already entered the city at this moment, but they did not show themselves in front of others.

"Do you think the Jin emperor is still in the capital city?" Qiu Chuji asked Jin Yanzi.

Qiu Chuji had sharp ears and eyes, and could pick up even the slightest sound from dozens of miles away. In fact, as long as the Jin emperor did not hide outside the city and was still in this city, he could find him.

Today, his extraordinary qualities are revealed everywhere, and it is not just his superior martial arts skills.

Gradually, some minor supernatural powers have been recorded in Taoist and Buddhist scriptures.

Perhaps after some time, when his body is more deeply nourished by the true Qi, Qiu Chuji's physical changes will become more obvious.

“It should be there.”

"He will not live in the palace, lest you, Taoist priest, go there to take his head. But there are a large number of Jin warriors in Shangjing City, and they are also the protection force he must rely on." Jin Yanzi replied.

"Is it time for you to be useful?"

Jin Yanzi nodded, without saying anything to Qiu Chuji, she untied the snake skin rope on her hands and dived in one direction.

Qiu Chuji followed casually, like the shadow of Golden Swallow.

The two of them walked quietly to the corridor on the west side of the imperial city. When they looked closer, they could find that the corridor was actually connected to many hidden and small buildings, which were mostly the residences of ordinary palace servants.

Jin Yanzi's martial arts skills are quite good, and now with Qiu Chuji protecting her from behind, the patrolling soldiers did not find any trace of them.

Not long after, Jin Yanzi sneaked into the residence of a palace maid, but did not find anyone. Instead, she was looking for something in the palace maid's room. Not long after, she opened a deep secret passage from under the bed.

"There is a secret palace under the imperial palace. This is something that many people in the palace are not aware of. I guess the dog emperor of the Jin Dynasty is hiding in the secret palace now." Jin Yanzi said to Qiu Chuji.

(End of this chapter)