Origin

It was late afternoon when they set off for Taiping Village. Since it was already mid-March and the temperature had risen, the two of them didn't feel cold even if they didn't use spiritual energy to block the cold air while sitting on the golden eagle.

Wu Zhongyuan once gave Wang Xinran a ninth-level lotus seed, but Wang Xinran never took it. Without spiritual energy cultivation, it would be very inconvenient at this time. Wu Zhongyuan thought of this and asked casually, "Where are the lotus seeds I gave you, why don't you eat?"

"I don't want to eat it." Wang Xinran always answered questions so simply.

"Why don't you want to eat?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

"If you don't want to eat, you just don't want to eat. Why are there so many?" Wang Xinran yawned.

"You can use firearms, and having spiritual energy cultivation is even more powerful." Wu Zhongyuan said.

Wang Xinran did not answer Wu Zhongyuan's words, but turned to face Wu Zhongyuan, "Hey, let me ask you a question."

"What?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

"Which one do you think is more real, modern times or now?" Wang Xinran asked.

"What do you mean?" Wu Zhongyuan frowned in confusion.

"Which one do you think is more real, modern society or ancient times?" Wang Xinran asked again.

Wu Zhongyuan thought for a while and said, "They are all true, and none of them are true. Sometimes I think of some modern things, but the times I think of them are less and less. You also know my current situation. I am too busy. , too busy to recall the past.”

Wang Xinran said, "I have been dreaming a lot recently, and most of them are about modern things. Sometimes when I wake up in the middle of the night, I can't tell the difference between reality and dreams."

"Are you homesick?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

Wang Xinran shook his head, "No, sometimes I feel that everything around me is unreal. I always feel that this is a dream of mine. Maybe one day when I wake up, it will all disappear and life will go back to how it was before. .”

"If this is really a dream, do you want to wake up?" Wu Zhongyuan asked calmly. He finally understood why Wang Xinran rejected the lotus seed that could improve her cultivation. In Wang Xinran's opinion, if she took the lotus seed, she would It has completely integrated into the ancient times and no longer belongs to the modern era.

Wang Xinran shook his head again, "I don't want to."

"Why?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

"Because I have you in my dream.

"Wang Xinran said.

The most touching words in the world are always the truth. What Wang Xinran said is the truth. Wu Zhongyuan also knows that what she says is the truth. At the same time, he also knows that although Wang Xinran has tenderness in her heart, she does not like to be carefree and affectionate, so although she has He was moved, but he did not reach out to hug or say sweet words, but smiled and changed the subject, "You should eat the lotus seeds. As long as your spiritual energy cultivation can reach the Tailing level, you can theoretically live forever. We can live until modern times, and then I will buy you a bunch of Zhonghua for you to smoke every day."

"Immortal? You have planned far enough. Whether we can survive the upcoming six-path war is unknown." Wang Xinran turned his head and looked into the distance.

"Why are you so pessimistic?" Wu Zhongyuan frowned. After the war on the East China Sea ended, Wang Xinran said similar words on the way back.

"I'm not pessimistic, I'm objective," Wang Xinran said, "You must protect yourself. The reason why I am willing to live in this dream is just because you are here. If you are no longer here, I will not continue to have this dream. .”

Wu Zhongyuan did not answer immediately. After thinking deeply, he said seriously, "I now possess the cultivation level of Yuxu. This cultivation level is equivalent to the ultimate of earthly immortals in later generations. It is only one step away from the realm of heavenly immortals. It is not that easy to die. If you retreat for ten thousand Bu said, if that day comes, I will never let you live alone in this dreamland without me."

Wang Xinran didn't quite understand what Wu Zhongyuan was referring to, and looked at him with questioning eyes, but Wu Zhongyuan did not explain, but changed the topic again, "What do you think of the orcs?"

"What do you mean?" Wang Xinran asked.

"What attitude do you think we should use towards the orcs?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

Wang Xinran thought for a while and said, "It depends on what the orcs will do after the five barriers disappear."

"Humans and beasts are the indigenous residents of this time and space. Although the beasts don't like us, they hate the gods, ghosts and demons even more. In their view, the gods, ghosts and demons are foreign enemies." Wu Zhongyuan said.

"Then let's look at the situation," Wang Xinran said. "Originally, you only built four camps, and there were no defensive fortifications against the orcs."

"The giant hyenas and giant eagles under the Beast King once attacked me. They were very hostile to me," Wu Zhongyuan said. "However, the Beast King's soul is somewhat kind to me. With my current cultivation and ability, I am sure I can break through the aura barrier and be sure to enter the barrier and kill them all. I have been hesitating recently, but I still can't make up my mind."

Wang Xinran thought for a while and said, "You can try to contact them again. Even if you don't form an alliance with them, you still have to reach a preliminary consensus. However, it's only March and there are still more than eight months before the end of the year. Don't be too anxious. "

Wu Zhongyuan nodded, and this topic ended.

The sun was almost setting when we arrived at Taiping Village. Wu Zhongyuan had just arrived not long ago. The minions all recognized him. They opened the door to let people go and sent someone to notify Dongyun Ju.

Dong Yunju was very afraid of Wu Zhongyuan. When he learned that he had gone and returned, he came out to greet him in panic. Wu Zhongyuan didn't bother to talk nonsense with him. He directly stated his purpose of coming and asked to see Zhou Qin by name.

As soon as he heard that Wu Zhongyuan wanted to see Zhou Qin, Dong Yunju immediately began to scold Zhou Qin, saying that this person was so bold that he dared to talk endlessly when asked by Wu Zhongyuan before and tried to deceive him. Fortunately, he was keenly aware of it and tortured him to extract a confession. Zhou Qin has since admitted that he plotted to murder Huang Youdao because of his wealth. Earlier today, he had sent someone to escort Zhou Qin to the hiding place to retrieve the stolen goods, and he would be able to return soon.

Dong Yunju was scolding Zhou Qin in his mouth, but he was scolding Wu Zhongyuan in his heart. He thought he could get a bargain, but he never thought that Wu Zhongyuan would come back halfway and the duck would fly away again.

He was scolding in his heart, but he was loyal with his mouth. He just said that after he recovered the longevity water, he wanted to send people north to donate it. This time Wu Zhongyuan came in person, so he didn't have to send people back and forth.

Seeing Dong Yunju opening and closing his mouth and not leaving the longevity water, Wu Zhongyuan waved his hand and said, "I'm not interested in the longevity water, you can keep it for yourself."

Hearing Wu Zhongyuan's words, Dong Yunju's eyes were as big as cow's eggs, "Not for the water of immortality? Then why are you looking for him?"

"Besides the longevity water, what else did Zhou Qin find from Huang Youdao's body?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

"He said he only took the longevity water." Dongyunju said.

"How did he dispose of Huang Youdao's body?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

"I never asked about this." Dong Yunju shook his head.

"When will they come back?" Wu Zhongyuan asked again.

"He can't come back." Dong Yunju panicked.

Wu Zhongyuan frowned when he heard this, "What do you mean?"

"Before leaving, I gave instructions that Zhou Qin should be punished for his crime of deceiving the Yellow Emperor. After recovering the stolen goods, he should be executed on the spot." Dong Yunju said with a trembling voice.

After hearing Dong Yunju's words, Wuzhong Yuanqi cursed angrily, "You just kill people and silence them. What are you trying to do to me?"

"This...this, that..."

"Stop this and that, hurry up and stop them." Wu Zhongyuan urged urgently, and finally got some clues. If Zhou Qin was killed, the clues would be lost again.

"I'm afraid it's too late. They set off at nine o'clock in the morning." Dong Yunju was frightened.

"In what area?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

"In the mountains southeast of Goat Valley." Dongyunju dared to conceal it.

"How did you get there?" Wu Zhongyuan asked again.

"On horseback, eight people and seven riders." Dongyunju replied.

Wu Zhongyuan was very familiar with the environment around Goat Valley. He made a rough estimate and felt that they should have arrived long ago. It would definitely be too late to rush to the rescue. However, just waiting from here was not an option. In desperation, he had to drive with Wang Xinran. The golden eagle rushed towards it, and there were also birds in Taiping Village. Dongyunju rode a gray crane and flew behind cautiously.

Seeing Wu Zhongyuan's frown, Wang Xinran said in a deep voice, "I don't want to vent your anger, but after so many years, unless the debit note was written with a special material, it would have rotted away long ago."

"Let's treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor." Wu Zhongyuan took a deep breath.

"Don't get angry if you can't find it," Wang Xinran comforted, "I have other ways to detect whether the cauldron has radioactivity that is harmful to the human body."

"I am not looking for this debit note simply to determine whether Hunyuan Cauldron is radioactive," Wu Zhongyuan shook his head and said, "If it is not radioactive, then it was something else that caused the genetic mutation of the ancestors of Leprong Ridge. This item does not meet the requirements. We have to find the laws of nature, and this is one of them. Also, I have always wanted to find the resting place of the eighteen warriors who were loyal to Fuxi. There may be clues in the debit notebook."

"The psychic weapons are no longer in their tombs." Wang Xinran said.

"I know this," Wu Zhongyuan nodded, "I have entered the Tomb of the Wolf King, one of the Eighteen Warriors, and got many important clues about the Five Paths from there. At present, we still know very little about the Five Paths. It’s limited, and I want to know as much about them as possible before the seal disappears.”

Wang Xinran no longer comforted Wu Zhongyuan. As Wu Zhongyuan said, this debit note was indeed very important to him, but at present, the possibility of Wu Zhongyuan getting the debit note was slim.

The golden eagle the two of them were riding was an adult golden eagle. Although it was carrying two people, it was still extremely fast and soon left Dongyunju far behind.

Wang Xinran turned around and saw Dongyunju missing, so he reminded him, "He didn't follow."

"It's okay. I have been to that area before. There is only one larger mountain peak in the southeast of Goat Valley, about two hundred miles away from Goat Valley." Wu Zhongyuan said.

In half an hour, maybe less than half an hour, the golden eagle flew to the boundary of Goat Valley. At this time, the night market in Goat Valley had opened, and the lights and brightness of the Goat Valley area could be seen in the distance.

Wu Zhongyuan had profound cultivation and clear eyes and ears. He heard the voice coming from the mountain before he even flew over the mountain. He listened carefully and felt relieved, "Zhou Qin is still alive."

"How do you know?" Wang Xinran asked casually.

"I heard his voice," Wu Zhongyuan controlled the golden eagle and landed with its wings folded, "In addition to Zhou Qin, there are many aliens under the shade of the trees."

"What kind of alien?" Wang Xinran asked again.

"It's too far away. It's not very clear. It looks like a group of monkeys..."

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