You kid! You don't have to be so low-key! !

Many of the scrolls have traces of being stained by water droplets and then dried, with slight wrinkles appearing, as if left by tears.

Looking at the wooden sword called Dingyang, the girl couldn't help but think of another name the old man gave to the sword: Red Bean.

Red beans grow in the south, and they sprout in spring. I hope you can pick more of them, as they are the best symbol of lovesickness!!!

The girl looked at it for a long time, and finally sighed. She felt sympathy, confusion, but more of bewilderment.

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In Xingyang Town, which is further south than this place, there is the world-famous "Caojia Academy". There are many students on the streets, and even many foreign tourists come here to study. It has become the cultural center of Xingyang.

In the deepest part of the forest not far from Changyang Town, the trees are towering, but no wild animals come here, which is very strange.

If a master of advanced formations comes here, he will find that the shadows of the trees here are actually transformed by the formations. Once you step in, you will be lost here for the rest of your life.

But in such a formation, there was actually a silver-white puppy basking in the sun on the grass and stretching its muscles. It was Jiaocang.

A few days ago, Changqing's coffin completely lost its luster and turned into bluestone.

Just today, the coffin lid was suddenly pushed open, and a pair of slender hands stretched out and pushed the coffin lid open. Changqing was a little dazed.

He spent a very long time in his sleep, and never stopped building roads. Now that twenty-four roads had been built, he naturally woke up.

As soon as he woke up, Chang Qing checked the twenty-four meridians in his body. They were intact, even stronger than before. However, the red curse was still entangled in the meridians and could not be removed.

Chang Qing sat up, with a complex emotion in his heart. He thought of how Grandpa Zhao and Yu Linglong were forced to leave in order to save him, and he couldn't help feeling guilty.

There is another kind of anger that lingers in my heart for a long time.

"Why? Is it worth it?"

Chang Qing wanted to see that person again so much that when he asked this question, his fists were clenched so tightly that his knuckles turned white.

Thinking of Li Qingxi, Changqing felt angry and helpless.

The woman was just pursuing the man she loved, and she did nothing wrong.

However, the impact caused by all this made Changqing unforgivable.

He didn't know how to face all this. With mixed feelings, Changqing could only let out a long sigh.

The sigh contains too much regret, guilt, helplessness and hatred.

Changqing closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and tried to calm himself.

Hearing the noise, Jiao Cang ran quickly from the grass. Seeing the figure sitting up in the coffin, Jiao Cang's eyes became slightly moist. It seemed like a long time had passed, but the man's appearance had not changed at all.

Chang Qing turned his head to look at Jiao Cang, the complex look in his eyes faded away, and when he woke up again, there was still a familiar figure by his side, making him no longer feel so lonely.

Changqing was in a good mood. He stood up, jumped out of the coffin, and hugged Jiaocang tightly.

Jiaocang was very excited and kept fanning himself with his big tail.

After a long while, Chang Qing asked, "Jiao Cang, how long have I been sleeping?"

Although Jiao Cang couldn't speak yet, he gestured.

More than 60 years! Chang Qing was a little shocked. He didn't expect that so much time had passed.

Thinking of Yanhuang's mother, who had been sleeping for so long, he missed her after all. All his efforts over a long period of time had become in vain. How could he not be angry? This made him feel extremely regretful.

Changqing felt a little depressed.

Returning there was my ultimate goal, but now that the goal is gone, it's like a ship without an anchor. I can only drift with the current, not knowing where to go.

After a long while, Chang Qing sighed softly and said, "The past is settled, let's look into the distance."

After Changqing figured this out, he felt something different in his mentality and felt much more relaxed. He knew he didn't need to rush on his journey anymore and could just calm down and see more of the world.

Also...finally I don't have to be so reserved and pretend to be an adult anymore.

Return to your youthful self and be that carefree person again.

While Changqing was thinking, Jiaocang suddenly remembered something, ran to a nearby place, and brought back a package containing his stone egg and a token.

The token is dark brown in color, and seems to have undergone a long period of oxidation and precipitation, making it more quaint and elegant.

The edges of the token are badly worn, but the delicate lines and carvings are still clearly visible. In the center of the front of the token, there is a striking tree shadow engraved.

"What is this?" Chang Qing picked up the token. It felt heavy, cool and delicate. It looked like wood but felt like jade. Chang Qing turned it over and over, but found nothing unusual.

"Could it be?" Chang Qing used his spiritual power to test the token. In an instant, Chang Qing felt that he had established a connection with all the things in the formation, from a blade of grass or a flower to the small hills where they were located. Chang Qing tried to activate it, but found helplessly that even with all his spiritual power, he could not shake the trajectory of even a blade of grass. It was because he was not strong enough.

Chang Qing smiled bitterly, but before he could complain, he discovered that there was a spell in the token left to him by Grandpa Zhao, which could be used to control the nodule and the things inside it to make it bigger or smaller.

Chang Qing was pleasantly surprised by this discovery. He quickly called Jiao Cang and came to the outermost part of the formation. As the magic formula was activated, the token in his hand glowed slightly.

Everything within the formation, even the stone house, began to shrink, and gradually the place became smaller and smaller. The formation turned into the shape of a small mountain, lying quietly like a pendant not far away, and the vast forest here turned into an open space with exposed yellow soil, which looked extremely abrupt.

Changqing walked over and picked up the pendant, looking at it from left to right, feeling quite strange.

Then he enlarged the pendant, walked into it, and sat down in the yard of the stone house. He felt a little regretful. This thing was indeed magical, but it took too long to enlarge and shrink, and it was not suitable for defending against enemies.

Now, for Changqing, this thing is just a cave that can be moved for storage. Of course, this is only for now. As his cultivation level increases, it may have new functions.

After staying here with Jiaocang for a few more days, Changqing didn't know what to do next. On the one hand, a long time had indeed passed, and he should take another look to resolve some regrets in his heart.

On the other hand, Jiaocang was such a voracious eater that all the rice at home was eaten by him in just two days. I don’t know how long they had been hungry.

Since he had no money now, he had to let Jiaocang go out and hunt some game, process it himself, and then take it to the town to exchange for money.

Jiaocang nodded, turned around and rushed into the night. Changqing looked at the direction where Jiaocang disappeared, and his heart calmed down a lot. Life still goes on, and he can't lose hope for the future no matter what he says.

Jiaocang was very fast and in less than an hour he brought back a black bear and several fat hares.

Chang Qing looked at the rabbits and felt delighted. He cleaned them and started roasting them.

When night fell, Changqing and Jiaocang sat around the campfire, enjoying this rare tranquility.

With Jiaocang's company, Changqing felt less lonely when he just woke up.

The next morning, Changqing took Jiaocang to the town. This was Jiaocang's first time in the town, and he was very curious and kept observing new things, even when he was held by Changqing, his eyes never stopped.

Changqing was also a little emotional, listening to passers-by saying that the Caojia Academy here is now very famous among the nine countries. Because of its teaching philosophy of not discriminating against any person, regardless of gender or wealth, it is quite popular among people of various countries.

Men and women in scholar's clothes on the street were discussing classics with each other in a very literary style. The street was lined with shops and was much more prosperous than it was sixty years ago.

They exchanged the processed bears for some money and bought some daily necessities.

It was still early, so there was no rush to go back. Jiaocang hadn't seen enough, so Changqing planned to go to Caojia Academy to take a look. He was also very curious.