One Qi Chaoyang

Chapter 57: Bugs in a Bottle
The sun is dazzling, and this is the time when the yang energy is at its strongest in the day.

Ghosts naturally hide in dark places.

He arrived in front of the restaurant and found that this caravan was the same one he encountered last night.

Perhaps the people here have seen too many bandits, mountain monsters, and evil spirits, so they are particularly wary of strangers approaching.

The people in the restaurant obviously recognized Zhao Fuyun as the person they met last night.

According to their experience, some strong men would send people to scout the area before robbing a caravan.

Just pretend to be a pedestrian, follow the caravan in front and behind, find out how many escorts, how much goods, how many people there are, and it would be best if you can see what kind of magic these people know.

Generally speaking, magic can be divided into feminine and masculine.

As for those neutral spells, the only ones Zhao Fuyun had come into contact with were illusions and objects with spatial properties, such as magical instruments like the storage bag. He had also heard of spells like the Universe in the Sleeve.

Whether a person's magic is feminine or masculine can often be seen from their eyes, but if a person hides it well, it is difficult to tell.

As for the spells on his body, those of negative nature are often dark white and dark in color. Even if they are polished to the highest purity, they still give people a cold feeling, just like pure ice and a piece of transparent glass. They look the same at first glance, but are completely different when you look closely.

People who practice Yang Fa will look brighter in temperament, personality and appearance.

He entered the restaurant and prepared to eat something. He had been in Wu Ze for so long that he had finished his fasting pills long ago, so naturally he needed to eat.

At the same time, he also wanted to find out if there were any other ways to Guangyuan Prefecture.

The feeling of danger in his heart became more and more obvious the further he walked. He wondered if someone was waiting for him. There were so many bandits here, so could it be that the road he was taking would be prone to bandits, mountain monsters, and the like robbing passers-by?

So he wanted to take a different route.

After entering the restaurant, he ordered a bowl of porridge and five flower cakes. There was actually some spiritual rice in the porridge. Although the quantity was small, Zhao Fuyun could taste it clearly.

Flower cakes are the specialty food of Nanling Prefecture, but he doesn't know which flowers are mixed in them.

For him who has already established his foundation, he is not afraid even if someone has put a poison on him, because he uses the fire of catastrophe to establish his foundation, which can be refined and burned once it enters his stomach.

The talismans he made contained the power to break evil spirits, and the poisonous gas from insects were all considered evil.

He drank the porridge and ate the bread slowly, ignoring other people.

The others also looked at him vaguely.

He restrained his aura, making it impossible to tell what his cultivation level was. However, he was able to eat calmly among so many people and dared to walk alone, so he was definitely not an ordinary person, and no one provoked him.

"Shopkeeper, I want to ask you for directions." Zhao Fuyun said.

"Oh, sir, please go ahead," said the shopkeeper.

"Excuse me, how many roads are there from here to Zhennan Pass?" Zhao Fuyun said.

"Sir, you have asked the right person. As for Zhennan Pass, there are three roads leading to it. This one goes all the way to the end, and the end is Zhennan Pass."

After that, he pointed to a smaller road nearby and said, "Go from here for more than thirty miles and you will come across a river. Then go down the river and land at Yinhua Ferry. Go north all the way and you will reach Zhennan Pass. If you don't know where it is, ask for directions then."

"There is another way. Take this road over here, go around Xuelong Mountain, follow the main road, and then ask for directions. You can also reach the outside of Zhennan Pass."

Zhao Fuyun looked at the three roads he pointed to and realized that the middle one should be the shortest one, while the other two were detours like brackets.

He didn't know where Yinhua Ferry was, but he knew that Xuelong Mountain was a very famous mountain in Nanling. There was also a sect on the mountain, which was one of the more famous sects in Nanling. It was established less than three hundred years ago and can be regarded as an orthodox sect of Xuanmen.

However, the people of this sect almost only travel in Nanling, and the magic within the sect is also very simple, mainly based on ice and snow. Zhao Fuyun thought about it and decided to try a different way.

That mysterious feeling made him uncomfortable.

After he finished eating, other people in the restaurant were still drinking tea. They were not in a hurry, as if they wanted to get enough rest during the meal time.

After paying the money, he got up and left, heading towards the road to Xuelong Mountain.

This road is relatively spacious, probably because there is a Snow Dragon Sect in that area, so there are fewer thieves and mountain goblins in that direction.

He walked along the way, passing many villages, and every village was very wary of outsiders.

Zhao Fuyun discovered that there were people who knew magic in every village to a greater or lesser extent, but by looking at the aura above the village, one could tell what was going on in the village.

Mostly gray, mixed with the smell of incense.

He discovered that incense and Shintoism were the easiest to popularize, and people only needed to offer their hearts to gain some kind of comfort and protection.

He followed the road without encountering any trouble.

Nowadays, people who dare to travel alone are all cautious.

Moreover, the temperament he possesses is not that of an ordinary person.

Zhao Fuyun was looking at the snow-capped mountain in the distance, wondering where the murderous intent in his heart came from.

After he changed his route, the murderous intent weakened a lot, but not long after, the murderous intent reappeared like a vicious beast hiding in the deep water before. After seeing its prey trying to escape, it hurriedly surrounded it quickly.

At this moment, Zhao Fuyun felt like he was surrounded.

He sat there, taking it all in.

He entered into a state of meditation.

It is extremely difficult to remain in a state of concentration when one's mind is filled with strong murderous intent. What one needs to do is to feel more intuitively where the danger is coming from.

The path of spiritual practice is lonely and dangerous. Often, one does not even know where the danger comes from, yet a person may die just from a simple trip.

He calmed the anxiety in his heart and slowly returned his consciousness to the talisman.

Slowly, the murderous intent became clearer and clearer.

He felt that there was one murderous intent in front of him, one further to the east, and another right behind him.

He didn't know if the other party became anxious because he changed the route back.

But from this, he thought of a possibility.

He poured out items one by one from his bag.

In the bag, there were many things he had obtained in that cave.

The most important thing is the materials. He searched through them one by one, and finally found something suspicious.

It was a bottle, filled with sand emitting starlight, but in the sand, he saw a bug.

The moment he saw the insect, his heart was filled with emotions.

(End of this chapter)