Yefutidaolu

Chapter 218 Each
In Cangzhou, an inconspicuous little village, it is still winter.

Now, all kinds of weather conditions have arrived in order, with good weather and favorable harvests. That's it.

It is early morning now, the sun has not yet risen, but the snow has already begun. According to the past, if you want to have auspicious snow, you need to perform a blood sacrifice. However, this year all blood sacrifices have been cancelled, but there is still a lot of snow, so everyone is very happy.

It was snowing, first with fine grains like crushed salt, hitting the branches of the old locust tree, making a rustling sound.

No one knows who cut down this old locust tree, and only a stump is left. The villagers have always felt very sorry about it. In the past summer, the villagers used to stay under the tree to escape the heat. This tree is magical. No matter how hot it is outside, as long as you stand under the shade of the tree, you will immediately get goose bumps and the cool air will penetrate your lungs. It is so comfortable. But if you stand there for too long, you will catch a cold and get sick!
Sadly, now all that’s left is a tree stump. I wonder which heartless person cut it down.

The sky gradually brightened, and in a blink of an eye, snowflakes as big as goose feathers fell down, as if God was tearing off a cotton cover.

The mountains seemed to have received the news long ago. The bluestone cliffs were covered with white robes. A few crooked pine trees on the mountainside were shaking under the weight of the snow, which made them look quite spirited. The terraced ridges that were usually grey were filled with snow and looked flat, like someone's newly quilted blanket.

There are many mountains and water in Cangzhou, so most of the crops are cultivated in terraced fields. Now the terraced fields are covered with snow, and the mountains are also covered with snow. The whole world is covered in silver.

The river bend had been frozen solid long ago, and a layer of new snow had covered the ice. Several villagers could be seen carrying brooms and walking towards the ferry, their leather boots making crunching sounds as they stepped into the snow.

"It's weird how much snow it is this year! There's nothing wrong with the snow, yet it's snowing like this!" He muttered to himself and shouted towards the other side of the river. His voice hit the stone cliff and bounced back, startling a few tits. As they fluttered by, they shook off the snow powder on the pine branches and drew white smoke in the air.

The terraced fields are covered with thousands of soft layers of cotton wool, and the river mirror shines with a single, wide hue.

Suddenly, a flock of startled birds flew into the sky, scattering into silver sand over the mountains.

A beautiful sight.

There were icicles hanging from the eaves of the tiled houses. When the sun shone on them, they looked like upside-down transparent swords. Some children were holding knives, but their parents scolded them for being dangerous.

There were a few little girls and boys squatting on the doorstep making snowballs, their noses red from the cold, but they insisted on using broom stubble to stick beards into the snowmen. Green smoke came out of the kitchen chimney, mixed with snow mist and twisted into a dough stick in the air.

The snow stopped in the afternoon, and a few golden lines appeared in the gaps between the clouds in the west. The snow on the top of the mountain was so bright that people couldn't open their eyes when the sun shone on it. Behind the blue brick walls at the foot of the mountain, winter plum blossoms were blooming vigorously, with bright red flower buds wearing snow hats, just like a shy bride wearing a veil.

As dusk fell, a crowd gathered in front of the land temple at the east end of the village. From there, you could see a well-educated Taoist priest passing by, wearing a Taoist robe and setting up a bench to write Spring Festival couplets for everyone in advance. The ink spread on the red paper, which looked like black plum blossoms blooming in the snow.

The yellow dog was chasing after a wild rabbit and accidentally fell into a snow hole, causing everyone to laugh. The laughter startled the jackdaws on the old elm tree, and they flew up, shaking off the snow flakes that reflected the sunset, like a handful of broken silver.

This is Cangzhou today, in a peaceful atmosphere.

Without the blood sacrifice, the weather became better, crops could be grown, and there was good weather. Although there were still various exorbitant taxes, life could finally go on.

The Taoist had a sword on his back and only had one hand, but he could write beautifully with that hand. He wrote on the red paper: "Spring is shining with auspicious clouds again; the new year brings more great fortune." Then he picked up the red paper with his only remaining hand, unfolded it, let it dry, and then handed it to the villager next to him.

The villagers were naturally overjoyed when they received the new Spring Festival couplets, and expressed gratitude profusely. Then they took them back and prepared to post them up in a few days.

This is really an unexpected encounter!
In Cangzhou, there are not many educated people, most of them are in the county towns. If you ask them to write, you have to pay!

Now there is a Taoist priest passing by the village, and people are willing to write for him for free and even create the original words for the Spring Festival couplets. He is really lucky!
The Taoist who was writing touched his sword.

This sword has not seen blood for a month. All the demons, evil gods and the like in the villages he passes by seem to have disappeared. This is a good thing, really a good thing. It is probably that the big shots in Cangzhou have taken action. I heard that there was a fight in the inner city, and it was a big fight.

Now that I have gone down the mountain to travel, and there are no monsters to kill, it is also a good thing to write a couple of Spring Festival couplets for people. At least my calligraphy skills have not been practiced in vain.

However, the Taoist priest suddenly raised his head and looked towards the horizon, with a hint of doubt in his eyes.

In the peaceful daily life of this small village, a silver line suddenly flashed across the sky.

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In the distance, above the silver line, the sharp sound of rats startled some jackdaws.

"Gao! Jian!" Shu Jian stood on top of Gao Jian's head and pulled his hair.

"No, wait a minute, wait a minute! Elder Shu, I really haven't forgotten you! Believe me, I just think you can definitely catch up!" Gao Jian grabbed Shu Jian, trying to pull him off his head, but Shu Jian held him tightly, and Gao Jian tried to use more force, but ended up tearing his scalp so hard that it hurt.

And beneath Gao Jian, a silver-red dragon was trying to hold back his laughter.

Zoulong also stood on the silver dragon, but he stayed far away from Gao Jian, for fear of being accidentally injured by Gao Jian and Shu Jian.

Of course, part of it was also because he didn't dare to stand on the dragon head.

Compared with the Pegasus and the real dragon, the real dragon is more powerful. The walking dragon is suppressed by the pressure of the real dragon and is much more obedient than usual.

At this moment, they were almost at the edge of Cangzhou. It was already the second day since Gao Jian set out.

Gao Jian's original plan was to ride a walking dragon, carry cinnabar, take a flying boat, and go through the "Eight Straight Roads" all the way to the capital of gods. Within the straight road, it would take about ten days to reach the capital of gods.

But unfortunately, because of the previous battle, Shun Jingjiang destroyed the flying boat's departure station.

Come to think of it, it is natural that some strange things would be broken in a battle of such intensity. The money for repairs will probably come from the Zuo family's inheritance.

Since that’s the case, there’s nothing we can do. Gao Jian thought, why not take a boat?

Originally, Gao Jian was planning to leave by boat and head to Yicheng, another big city in Cangzhou.

Take a ship to Yicheng, and from there take a flying boat, then go straight all the way through the straight road to the capital.

But Dansha volunteered, saying she was faster than the boat.

So, this is what happened.

Dansha flew away with Gaojian and Zoulong.

Forget Shu Jian.

When Shu Jian realized what happened, Gao Jian also remembered it.

So Gao Jian asked Dansha to turn back.

On the way back, he happened to run into Shu Jian, who was furious and chasing Gao Jian madly.

Shu Shu has short legs, so even if his cultivation is higher than Dansha's and has reached the seventh level, he cannot outrun Dansha.

After all, a true dragon can control wind and thunder. Even if it has no cultivation and is not at the first level, it can easily travel a thousand miles a day purely by relying on its talent. As a true dragon of the sixth level, Dansha is indeed not something that a short-legged monster like Shushu can catch up with.

Shu Jian rushed up with a roar and started pulling Gao Jian's hair.

Dansha giggled and rolled in the air, throwing Gao Jian and Shu Jian down. Fortunately, Gao Jian could now control the wind with the help of the Jiaozhu, otherwise he would have fallen down.

He wouldn't die from the fall, but his hair would definitely be lost because Shu Jian was pulling it out.

In the air, he could even shake Shu Jian off. If he just fell down like that, Gao Jian would definitely have to pay attention to whether anything would hit him from below and protect him or something. If he was distracted like this, he wouldn't be able to save his hair.

All in all, after a struggle, Gao Jian barely managed to save his hair.

But Shu Jian still crossed his chest with his paws, furious, his hair standing on end: "Damn it, you bastard, you have a woman... No, this is not a woman, this is a female dragon! Have you forgotten about me?! You promised to take me to the capital of the gods to find a way to open my mind without changing my form?!"

"No, I'm back now. I just had an epiphany and set off in excitement—"

"Did you have an epiphany after you wiped out the Zuo family? You still remembered me at that time! Now that a female dragon has come, you don't remember me?"

Dansha was laughing so hard that she felt like she was about to twist herself into a bow.

Shu Jian listened to the laughter, raised his head angrily, stretched out his claws and pointed at Dansha: "And you! What are you laughing at?!"

He doesn't tolerate anyone, no matter whether you are a man or a woman, he will just punch you.

Shu Jian was known as the Golden-haired Rat, so naturally he focused on physical training. With one punch, he stunned Dansha.

Dansha probably never expected that one day he would be knocked down from the sky by a rat.

Gao Jian saw this and thought to himself that this was not good!
Will these two fight?!
At this moment, the man, the mouse and the dragon had all fallen to the ground. There was snow all around them and there seemed to be no one around.

However, Dansha did not get angry, but instead had tears in her eyes: "What does it have to do with me? Why did you hit me?"

Shu Jian put his paws on his waist and shouted, "Crying? Why are you crying? You are not a good person. Why did you come to Gao Jian for no reason? Aren't you here to take advantage of the capital? The capital Yangjing is strictly controlled on weekdays, and you are not allowed to enter and leave casually. It is natural for him to bring people in as a student, so you, a female dragon, came here to take advantage of this, right?! That's why you want to leave quickly, and run to Yangjing before Gao Jian regrets it!"

Gao Jian opened his mouth wide and wanted to go up and smooth things over.

Oh my god, it's not that serious, it's not that serious, what if a fight really breaks out?!

But what was unexpected was that Dansha actually rolled herself up obediently and lowered her head in embarrassment, obviously what he said hit the mark.

It is indeed the case.

As a real dragon, if no one brought her into Yangjing, the moment she entered, she would probably be captured by the people of Shendu and have her dragon tendons pulled out to protect her home.

So when Shu Jian said this to her, she didn't get angry, but she rolled herself up embarrassedly. After all, she really wanted to go to Yangjing to take a look. It would be best if she had someone she could trust go with her this time.

Gao Jian had already taken her big He Luo fish away, so she still felt at ease going out with Gao Jian.

Although betrayed by the Zuo family, Dansha still felt that there were always people in this world who could be trusted, and Gao Jian was one of them.

Even though he was deceived badly and almost lost his Taiguang True Spirit, Dansha was unwilling to doubt everyone. It would be great if there was someone he could trust.

Looking at Dansha who was being scolded with his neck shrunk, Gao Jian appeared at this time.

"Hey, Elder Shu, don't say that. Dansha and I have a good relationship. He came to me for help this time. What's so difficult about taking him to Yangjing on the way?" Gao Jian came on the scene and hurriedly tried to smooth things over.

Although Dansha was embarrassed, she also muttered quietly: "Aren't you going to Shendu with Gao Jian too..."

Shu Jian pointed at himself and raised his head and said, "You're talking about me? Gao Jian and I have been through life and death together, fighting together in the siege of the Zuo family! What is the relationship between us? What is the relationship between you and him?"

However, having said this, Gao Jian, who was a smart man after all, suddenly reacted.

"However, even though that's what you said, Elder Shu, what you did is actually no different from Dansha, right? It's just that you and I are indeed closer." Gao Jian suddenly realized something and pointed it out: "So...what are you angry about? It seems that you don't have the qualifications to be angry..."

When Shushu heard this, he tilted his head.

Seeing Gao Jian react, he let out an "Ahey~" and then jumped off the rock, stretching his four legs and preparing to run away.

Gao Jian felt a buzzing in his head, and immediately became angry. He rushed over and grabbed him, shouting, "Give me back my hair!"

Dansha, who had been timid at first, suddenly stood up straight, with thunder and lightning brewing in his mouth!

There was only a dragon next to it, drinking water from the glacier nearby, about two or three hundred feet away from here.

The river water was originally frozen, but he stepped on the ice and broke through it, revealing the river water below. Now that the river water was frozen, the water below was clear and cold, just the right state for eating.

But at this moment, a bang was heard from the side.

With a sound, the ice surface of the entire river began to crack.

When Zou Longyan saw the ice in the river piling up, even though he was not smart, he knew that something was wrong, so he quickly flew up into the sky.

As soon as he rose into the sky, he saw the entire clear river. The mud and sand below and the ice above were all shaken up and mixed together. The originally clear and sweet river water instantly turned into turbid muddy water. It seemed that it would take at least several hours for the water to become completely clear.

The walking dragon let out a painful roar!

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All in all, although various things happened on the road, generally speaking, everyone traveled peacefully.

All the way to Yicheng, Gao Jian successfully boarded the flying boat.

Since Gao Jian had become rich, it was naturally Gao Jian who treated the guests. Including the dragon carriage, a stable, and three cabins, the total cost was three hundred and fifty gold.

It is expected that we will arrive at the capital city in nine days!

(End of this chapter)