I asked you to practice physical skills, not to open the Eight Gates!

Chapter 111: Parting with Gu Qingqing and returning to Shenxia Country

The Fire Country and the Yayu Country are more than a thousand kilometers apart.

This is quite a long journey.

Li Yang bought a car in the Fire Country and then drove quickly towards the Yayu Country.

The Flame Country has a space teleportation array, but the Yayu Country does not.

Therefore, if you want to go to Yayu Country, you can only use the most traditional method - driving!
More than a thousand kilometers, spanning the entire Fire Nation, is a big challenge.

But there was no other way. Having promised Gu Qingqing, Li Yang had to do it.

The car sped at full speed along the way.

Li Yang directly created two wooden clones and asked them to take turns to open the door, so that they could move forward without stopping.

Of course, even if the car does not need to rest, people still need to rest.

Although Li Yang and Gu Qingqing didn't have to drive themselves, it was still very difficult for them to sit in the car for dozens of hours in a row.

So, when night fell, Li Yang still found a place, a place with a real bed to rest.

Otherwise, your butt would be sore from sitting in the car for dozens of hours in a row.

In this way, we travel continuously during the day and rest at night.

It took only three days for the two of them to cross the entire Fire Country and arrive at the border of the Yayu Country.

As soon as we entered the border of Yayu Country, a hazy drizzle began to float in the sky.

"As expected of a country with 'rain' in its name, it really rains all year round." Li Yang turned on the windshield wipers and said with a smile.

Gu Qingqing sat in the back, looking at the drizzle outside the window, and said,

"I remember when I was little, I often asked my mother why it always rained."

"My mother told me that it was because the ancestors who once protected our Yayu country could not help crying when they saw our Yayu country's current decline."

“So, I always hate rain because it always makes people feel sad.”

The Yayu Kingdom was once a great country - a country that was almost listed as one of the four great countries along with the Shenxia Kingdom, the Xifeng Kingdom, and the Xuanwu Kingdom.

Unfortunately, later on, civil strife broke out in the Ya Yu Kingdom, and countless powerful men killed each other.

Since then, the strength of the Ya Yu Kingdom has plummeted, from a country that was expected to become one of the four major powers to the precarious small country it is today.

Perhaps only the people of Yayu Country can feel the sadness in this.

……

Gu Qingqing has lived in Yucheng, the capital of Yayu Country, since she was a child.

Li Yang also caught her in Yucheng.

Now, they are back in Rain City again.

The rain here is heavier, pouring down non-stop.

Li Yang found a place with few people, parked the car, and then put on his raincoat.

Now that she's here, she no longer needs him to make the decision, but Gu Qingqing herself can make the decision.

Wherever she went, Li Yang followed.

Gu Qingqing walked towards the suburbs and came to a dense forest.

She searched quickly in the woods and finally found two small graves made of stones.

This is the tomb where her parents are buried!

The long-term erosion of rainwater washed away all the stones originally piled on it.

Gu Qingqing began to pick up the surrounding stones and then piled them up again little by little.

Li Yang also helped.

Soon, the two graves were stacked with stones again and looked very neat.

"Dad, Mom, I'm here to see you."

Gu Qingqing knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times solemnly.

She didn't say much.

Perhaps time has washed away the sadness in her heart, or perhaps it is the sadness in her heart at this moment that makes her unable to speak.

The rain hit my face, and I couldn't tell whether it was rain or tears.

Li Yang stood silently by her side, accompanying her. Gu Qingqing knelt here for half an hour.

Just when Li Yang thought she was too sad to hold on, Gu Qingqing finally stood up.

She wiped the mixture of tears and rain from her face and whispered,

"Li Yang, can I not go back with you?"

Li Yang paused: "Why?"

“This is my home, and all the important experiences in my life have happened here.”

“No matter whether the memories of the past are good or bad, painful or happy, they are precious memories in my life after all.”

"Besides, this is where I lived with my parents. If I leave, I'm afraid I'll forget everything one day..."

Listening to her words, Li Yang was silent for a moment.

"But it will be dangerous if you stay here."

After all, Gu Qingqing was a cursed body, and many people wanted to capture her at the beginning.

"They wanted to arrest me because my curse power could purify the mysterious tree."

"But now the mysterious tree has disappeared, and my curse power is no longer useful. All that's left is the terrifying dark power. I guess they won't be interested in me either."

"Besides, I also know that if I return to Shenxia Country, your president will not really allow me to act in Shenxia Country."

"Maybe one day they will even try to kill me, lest I become a nuisance."

"Since I'm destined to end up like this no matter where I am, why not stay here where I was born and raised?"

There was sadness, but also determination and persistence on Gu Qingqing's face.

She has always been a very stubborn girl.

Once she makes up her mind, it is difficult to change her mind.

"Are you sure?" Li Yang asked.

"I'm sure... Li Yang, thank you very much for helping me so much. Not only did you save my life, but you also helped me control the power of the curse."

"Thank you."

She bowed solemnly to Li Yang and thanked him.

Li Yang nodded: "Then take care of yourself."

He respected Gu Qingqing's words.

In fact, what Gu Qingqing said was right.

A cursed body will be ostracized wherever it is.

Bring her back to Shenxia Country. Although Li Yang can protect her, can he protect her for a while or for a lifetime?

If she were in Shenxia Country, countless people would be eyeing her covetously.

Let her stay in Ya Yu Country, although she will have to live cautiously, but at least this is the place where Gu Qingqing is willing to stay.

Li Yang didn't want to force her.

……

Leaving Gu Qingqing behind alone, Li Yang braved the heavy rain and rushed back towards the direction of Shenxia Kingdom.

He and Zhao Changfeng had been to Yucheng before, and now they can return to Shenxia Kingdom along the same route!

Li Yang couldn't help but feel excited at the thought of returning to Shenxia Kingdom.

After wandering outside for so long, he finally came back!

"Shenxia Country, wait for me!"

Li Yang stepped on the accelerator to the bottom and drove at full speed.

Finally, after two days and two nights of travel, Li Yang saw the border wall of Shenxia Kingdom.

But when he arrived in front of the city wall, he was stunned.

On the city wall, I saw dense and huge roots spreading and taking root in the solid wall.

These roots connected together and eventually gave birth to golden trees on the city wall.

Mysterious tree!
……

(End of this chapter)