Mountains and rivers are waiting for you to return

Chapter 218 Abandoned Ancient Building
These skeletons should be people and animals who encountered traps and fell from great heights, but they did not have Pei Nai's palm wind, so they died on the spot.

"Where did you fall just now?" Gu Jinheng stood up beside her, and the Dandao divine energy penetrated into her body, with some anxiety between his brows.

Pei Nai rubbed the top of his butt, "It looks like the coccyx."

Gu Jinheng suppressed her pain and helped her up. "Your bones are not injured. Does it still hurt? Let me press it for you?"

"No need, your divine energy is very effective." Pei Nai shook his head quickly. That position was not convenient.

The others also patted their clothes, straightened their armor, and stood up.

They left the pit, climbed up the high slope next to it, and saw an open green space not far away.

There are two or three abandoned ancient buildings standing on the edge of the mountain, leaning against the green peaks.

The flying eaves and pointed corners reflect the sunlight.

The brick walls and wide-open wooden windows reveal the vicissitudes of time.

Several small buildings nearby had collapsed, apparently destroyed by the shock of the impact.

The remains of stones and tiles piled on the ground confirm the origin of the ancient building.

These dilapidated pavilions should be a group of buildings that existed in the mountains hundreds of years ago and survived the meteorite fall due to huge cracks in the rocks.

A small yellow-haired dog ran over from a distance and barked at them.

"There are puppies here?" Pei Nai's eyes widened. She casually shouted, "Come over and pet them."

The little yellow dog hopped over and licked her fingers twice.

Pei Nai was surprised and delighted. "How could it be so well behaved? How did it grow up in a secret place?"

"It's very clean, so it must be raised by someone." Gu Jinheng glanced at the little yellow dog and said this.

Pei Nai frowned slightly, "Someone lives here?"

Ju Liancheng pointed to a side window of the ancient building, where two men's clothes were hung out to dry. Looking more closely, there was even a small vegetable patch next to the woods.

"This is a very strong person," Pei Nai said.

She looked at the puppy on the ground and asked tentatively, "Hey, can you take us to see your owner?"

The little yellow dog wagged its tail and hesitated.

It came up to everyone, sniffed everyone, and then barked twice.

"Are you an East Territory dog or a West Territory dog?" Pei Nai tried to communicate with it. "If you are an East Territory dog, we are in the same group. We are not a threat to your master."

Gu Jinheng couldn't help laughing out loud.

Ju Liancheng silently took a step back, his eyes still indifferent, as if he didn't want to be in the same group with Pei Nai.

The little yellow dog did not get angry with her, nor did it turn around to lead the way. Instead, it passed them and went to the mass grave to find food.

It dragged away a half-crippled hare, held it in its mouth, and ran towards the ancient building.

Pei Nai and the others followed.

The door of the ancient building was not closed, and the little yellow dog jumped in directly.

Pei Nai knocked on the door politely and greeted, "Is anyone there? I'm just passing by, sorry to bother you."

"Are you sure this person can understand Tianyao's words?" Ju Liancheng asked puzzledly.

Pei Nai shook his head, "I'm not sure, but I only know how to speak Tianyao language, let's give it a try, what if the other party is knowledgeable."

As she spoke, there was a noise upstairs, like the sound of wooden boards and rollers sliding.

A hoarse and majestic voice sounded, "Tianyao people? Come up."

Pei Nai and Gu Jinheng looked at each other, and Gu Jinheng nodded, which meant it was safe.

They walked up the broken and dilapidated stairs to the second floor. An old man with a white beard and a gray robe was sitting on a chair, facing the stairs.

He was already gray-haired and had many wrinkles on his face, and his eyes revealed a sense of exhaustion, both physically and mentally.

There was a mole on the left corner of his eyebrow, which made Pei Na feel familiar, but he couldn't figure out why.

The old man looked at Pei Nai and the others.

Just now, Gu Jinheng used the alchemy spirit to explore the ancient building. The old man might have experienced this before, so he asked him first: "Is your master Huo Jiangyin Gong Li Sanniang?"

Gu Jinheng nodded, "Do you know her?"

"Just a casual acquaintance." The old man was frugal with words and didn't say much about the past.

He shifted his gaze away from Gu Jinheng, and he must have known Gu Jinheng's identity through their master-disciple relationship.

He seemed to be more curious about Pei Nai because she followed Gu Jinheng, probably because he suspected that she was related to the Pei family.

The old man saw the Zhubei Spear behind her and frowned. "After Pei Hao died for his country, didn't the Zhubei Spear fall into Guo Min's hands? Why would a little girl like you hold this spear?"

Judging from these words, the old man has been trapped here for at least more than ten years.

"Senior, you have been trapped for a long time and you may not know the situation in the outside world. Uncle Guo Min has sacrificed his life for the country. I am Pei Hao's daughter, and the current Zhubei Spear Pei Nai. What is your name, senior?" Pei Nai asked directly.

The old man recalled, "Pei Hao's daughter? It seems that he does have a daughter."

After he finished speaking, he smiled, as if he was pleased with Pei Nai's self-conceit. This reminded him of something, and his eyes lit up.

"I also have an apprentice, who is now a little older than you should be. He has only learned a little bit of martial arts, but he dares to call himself Qi Yue Bai Gun. People of your generation are very young and full of vigor."

Hearing the words "Qi Yue Bai Gun", Pei Nai's expression almost froze on his face.

No wonder.
No wonder she felt familiar when she saw the mole on the old man's eyebrow, because Qu Mufeng had asked her about it when he was in the Twenty-First Realm.

The old man noticed something, "Have you seen my apprentice?"

Pei Nai nodded, not knowing how to start for a moment.

The famous and meritorious Qi Yue Baigun Qu Baiyi has disappeared for many years. There are many different opinions about his whereabouts.

But how many people could guess that he was trapped in the secret realm of Lu State?
"Senior Qu, do you know the Hunshu slices?" Pei Nai asked.

Qu Baiyi sneered, as if he was sneering at this, "Of course I know, otherwise we wouldn't have entered this secret realm to die."

"So what is the purpose of your trip? To find other Hun tree pieces, or to get Linshang Water to kill Yue Cang?" Pei Nai wanted to know whether their goals were the same.

If Senior Qu and the others came for the Hunshu slices, Pei Nai would not be able to explain many things truthfully.

When Qu Baiyi heard the word "Yue Cang", his look was a little surprised, as if he did not expect that they also knew Yue Cang's identity.

At the same time, he gritted his teeth, as if he hated the name to the core, "Of course it's the latter. I have an old friend whose granddaughter was kidnapped to the Wu clan's palace."

He spoke slowly, but the gentle warmth of noon dissipated, and the surroundings became cold and chilly, "We found out that Linshangshui can destroy the muddy tree pieces and completely kill the reborn, so we arranged this plan and prepared to use Linshangshui to raid the Wu clan palace, kill Yue Cang, and rescue the children."

"How long ago did you make this plan?" Gu Jinheng seemed to have discovered something wrong.

Qu Baiyi pointed to a wall on one side. It was covered with counting symbols. He probably kept track of time. "Eleven years ago."

Pei Nai understood everything in an instant.

She was heartbroken and didn't know how to tell the gray-haired old man in front of her the truth.

Gu Jinheng sensed Pei Nai's emotions, raised his hand and patted her gently, then took over her conversation with Qu Baiyi.

"Have you got the Linshang water?" Gu Jinheng asked calmly.

Qu Baiyi was a little confused by Pei Nai's reaction, but he still answered, "Of course."

(End of this chapter)