Sword from the Immortal Mountain

Chapter 45: Where did Chen Guiyang go?

It is a warm March with slanting wind and drizzling rain, and the spring is still chilly.

The young man was wearing a thin spring shirt and a wide-brimmed hat. He rode leisurely on the back of the donkey with shiny black fur.

The donkey followed Chen Jin, and although the journey was long, the food and drink were very good, so it gained weight and became stronger.

This is the suburb of Sishan County. There are few houses around and the roads are deserted.

From a geographical point of view, Sishan County and Genshui County are adjacent to each other and are both under the jurisdiction of Yunling Prefecture.

Above Yunling Prefecture is Gaozhou County.

Chen Jin told his uncle and Chen Liang that he was going out to study, but of course he was not really going to study, it was just a cover.

A cover that can accommodate many explanations.

He left Chenze Township, and his main purpose of going out was to find someone.

Chen Guiyang!
Just as Chen Jin said to the man in black who knew some unconventional magic that night:

"I will find him and kill him!"

So, after the Chinese New Year, Chen Jin felt that it was time to put his words into practice.

Otherwise, this thought will keep lingering in your mind, like a grain of sand mixed in the flowing water, causing you to feel nauseated and uncomfortable from time to time.

Chen Abu and others were unaware of this matter, so they felt that Chen Jin's rash departure to study was too abrupt, as if he was just leaving on a whim.

Very irrational.

You have to know that in such a dynasty, as long as you leave the county, you are considered to be traveling far away.

Traveling far away is a very dangerous thing.

Cold and heat diseases, thieves and bandits, wild animals, snakes and insects...

Various accidents and incidents, any of which may lead to serious consequences.

So for ordinary people, the farthest place they have ever been is the county town.

I don’t dare go anywhere further.

There is no reason to go.

Chen Jin did not explain to his uncle. There was no need and he could not explain clearly, so "studying abroad" was the best excuse.

It would be more reasonable to find a good teacher to study with before the college entrance examination begins.

If it were in the past, Chen Abu would never let his nephew take risks on a long journey. Even if he hugged Chen Jin's legs, he would never let go.

But with a series of strong performances by Chen Jin, Chen Abu realized that his nephew had grown up and was not only sensible but also independent.

So he couldn't say anything.

If I hinder Chen Jin from going to study abroad and cause him to fail the college entrance examination, I would regret it too late.

Chen Jin's trip was not something he could just leave on a whim. He had to go to the Genshui County government office first to get the travel permit documents.

The purpose of doing this is to comply with legal procedures and avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble.

By the way, see if you can find out any information about "Chen Guiyang".

After all, the scholar was imprisoned in the death row of Genshui County.

Genshui County is theoretically the first scene.

So when Chen Jin got out of the death row, he fought his way out of the prison, from the jailer to Chen Wu and Liu Lao Er, to the mysterious man in black, and then to Jia Dianli...

This is a line.

The person tied to the end of the line is "Chen Guiyang".

It’s a pity that this thread is intermittent and has not formed a clear clue.

Needless to say, Liu Laoer and others who were responsible for the knockout blows, even Jia Dianli, who was in charge of the prison, knew nothing about it. He only knew that the other party was someone who came from the prefecture.

However, the prefectures and counties are so large and so far away.

Given Chen Jin's current condition, if he wants to go to Gaozhou County, it might take him one or two months just on the journey.

You can use magic to speed up your journey, but doing so will consume a lot of your energy and spirit, and your body will not be able to bear it.

It would be unwise to do so.

Besides, even if he went to the prefecture, there would be so many people and he would have no clue what to do. The man in black was someone close to Chen Guiyang, so he must know a lot.

Unfortunately, he was a death warrior.

The meaning of a suicide soldier is that if you don't kill him, he will commit suicide.

Chen Jin practiced in the mountains and learned a lot, but he had never learned any techniques like soul searching.

As for the strategy of deliberately letting the other party go back, and then following the clues, it is feasible, but the man in black is not a fool.

So after considering it, I decided to just kill him.

Maybe you can catch the next fish.

But now it seems that the other party is indeed smart. He knew that the situation was impossible and ran away immediately.

Chen Jinben thought that if these people were active in one place and did something, they would definitely leave traces.

As long as there are traces, we can find each other.

But after searching the streets, nothing was found.

I don’t know if it was because the other party was too clean, or because Chen Jin was alone and had limited eyes and ears, so he couldn’t find any clues.

Or maybe there is some other strange hidden story behind this matter.

In short, the man named "Chen Guiyang" disappeared without a trace, as if he had never existed.

There are so many possibilities that can be derived from this.

But if you think too much, it will become a mess and turn into wild thoughts.

It hinders spiritual practice.

Chen Jin is a practitioner, not a detective in the government office.

So he stopped thinking about it and simply took the travel permit and left Genshui County and rode his donkey to Sishan County.

Perhaps, this is another way of thinking that can yield some results.

Chen Jin developed a casual personality in the mountains and was unwilling to be restricted.

For him, walking more and seeing more different green mountains are all part of spiritual practice.

Reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles is called "studying abroad".

……

The wind and rain were getting stronger. If we hurried on, our clothes would probably get wet.

Chen Jin has reached the second level of cultivation. The yang essence in his abdomen is pure and bright, but his level is still low after all. He is far from being immune to cold and heat. He is also afraid of cold and can get sick.

The reason for wearing thin clothes is actually to use the natural cold air to stimulate the circulation of essence and yang, to provide feedback to the body, and to temper the will.

It is equivalent to practicing all the time.

But if you insist on getting caught in the cold rain, it would be too much.

To put it bluntly, if he did not have the support of his spirit, soul and mind, and if he did not master the "Huangting Benjing" and "Shanshang Jianpu" etc., given his physical condition, he would be at the beginning of his practice.

Otherwise, the master of Yunshan Temple would not have called him "arrogant".

It is precisely because of appearance that we are deceived.

But when it comes to "playing the pig and eating the tiger", Chen Jin has never deliberately done it. He is not even interested in participating in outings and literary gatherings.

When I looked up, I saw what seemed to be a thatched pavilion in front of the dirt road.

In the Qianlong Dynasty, as long as there was an official road, there would be a short pavilion every five miles and a long pavilion every ten miles. That is, a pavilion was built on the roadside at intervals to provide a place for pedestrians to rest, avoid wind and rain, and say goodbye.

If some traveling merchants missed their place of residence, they would often choose to spend the night in the inn.

Although the current government is relatively stable, it is clearly showing signs of decline. Especially in the small places below, all kinds of chaos and corruption are getting worse and worse, and it can no longer be covered up.

Not to mention the distant past, these pavilions and post stations, due to lack of maintenance, have become quite dilapidated and have started to leak wind and rain due to exposure to wind and rain.

But having a roof over your head is better than having none at all.

Chen Jin urged his donkey to hurry over. Just as he reached the edge of the pavilion, he saw a flash of a knife. A man shouted, "You scholar, you are so long-winded. Are you really not afraid of death?"

(End of this chapter)