I am a living immortal.

Wei Ming looked at Yun Yue apologetically.

"Sorry, I have something else to do, are you?"

Yun Yue immediately waved his hand and said, "You are busy, and I have to leave too. This trip to Kyoto has allowed me to see a different world. If you write to Master, please tell him that the eldest and second brothers have left Floating Cloud Temple. We will find them and ask him to keep his promise."

Wei Ming smiled and asked, "What bet did you make?"

"Hahaha, when the master left, it was sudden and he didn't tell us, and we wanted to find him."

"You guys are really interesting, but Su Mu doesn't care about you?"

"My master said, 'A master only leads you through the door, but everything else depends on the individual. Everyone has their own path, and he won't teach you step by step. It all depends on your individual will."

"It seems like his character. I'll get busy now. Goodbye." Wei Ming bowed and left, while Yun Yue's figure gradually disappeared from the spot.

In fact, he hadn't left yet. He had watched Wei Ming, guided by a servant, walk up the corridor and out of the study. In just a few steps, his demeanor changed drastically. The dignity of an official returned to his face, and his steps were strong and steady.

Yun Yue finally left. He left Kyoto, and even more so, left Yu Dynasty, following the direction Su Mu had left.

Su Mu smiled as she read this. Yun Yue's letter was incredibly detailed, even including the conversation. It was clear that Wei Ming had changed, but not much, more of a facade for his official duties. After all, in the officialdom, a good temper meant only being bullied. Either you went far or you were completely exploited, with no chance for growth. It was quite extreme.

Wei Ming chose to pretend. Su Mu found it hard to imagine their heated arguments; they looked so different from the Wei Ming he knew. After all, so many years had passed.

When can I go to the main hall to take a look?

When familiar friends become serious, they can seem strange, but also very interesting and worth watching.

Afterwards, he wrote down a lot of what he had seen and heard on the letter paper. For example, Yun Yue originally wanted to cross the vast mountains, but the dangerous terrain made even Yun Yue dare not cross alone. He could only look at the endless snow-capped mountains and hesitate.

Of course, Su Mu guessed, Yun Yue wasn't intimidated. He knew his character well; he was as fearless as a newborn calf. Yun Yue had definitely attempted to cross the vast snowy mountains, only to be trapped by the fierce wind and blizzard halfway through, forcing him to turn back. Su Mu, however, knew Yun Yue well, and his guess wasn't wrong.

Besides the gale and blizzard, he also encountered an extremely severe gale. Even Yun Yue, who had been insensitive to cold and heat for so many years, felt the biting cold wind, which made his face hurt. He could never have imagined that such a natural danger existed in the world.

His ambitions were thwarted, and he ultimately had no choice but to retreat from the vast snow-capped mountains. If Yun Yue had crossed the vast snow-capped mountains, he might have been able to find Su Mu first.

It’s a pity that there is no pity in this world.

In the end, he regrettably missed the opportunity and took a different route, which led him to the farthest reaches of the world. It was also because of this natural barrier that he deviated from his original direction.

It was because of this that he met Lin Yuan, who had the same experience.

It was a very strange small country.

Yun Yue had found it strange when he first arrived, not that it was difficult. That small country wasn't actually small, at least much larger than the desert kingdoms Su Mu had founded, but its core was the same.

At least the description Su Mu saw in the letter was the same.

Govern the country with faith.

But Yun Yue, who had just arrived, did not notice it.

.........

Yun Yue felt truly unlucky. A cold wind blew across his face, leaving him icy cold and disoriented. He'd supposedly returned the same way, but who knew how far he'd gone. When he walked out, he had no idea where he was. While he hadn't drifted far, the place was still desolate and cold, though it was much better than being in the mountains.

The cold wind howled, and his old friend became wilted by the cold wind. He was embarrassed to let it carry him any longer, so he could only let it fly in the sky for a while.

Yun Yue himself walked through the wilderness. It was truly desolate, with nothing but dead grass, not even a dead tree. Aside from a few rodents, there were no signs of any other animals.

I don't know how long I walked in the wilderness before I came across a village. The villagers seemed to be surprised to see someone here. When they saw Yun Yue, they were stunned for a moment and mumbled something in a fast and unfamiliar voice.

He didn't understand it at first, but after several days he was able to understand it.

He came to a foreign country.

His attire made him stand out from the crowd in the village. He'd asked around and learned that this was a small border town with no name, just thirty or forty households scattered across a patch of land. He knew nothing about the rest of the place, not even what country or region it was in.

Helplessly, Yun Yue could only ask the village elders for information through a bag of rice. In a place like this, food is the hard currency, while gold and silver are not so popular.

In this isolated little village, only these elderly people seemed to have ventured out. The information was mixed, and its authenticity was uncertain. Yun Yue had no choice but to piece together the scattered information and identify several possible routes and town names.

Gaogou Village was the place most frequently mentioned by the elders, so it most likely existed. Yun Yue received the answer he sought, while the elders, after asking only a few questions, received several days' worth of food. In this desolate village, white rice was a true rarity. Ordinary people ate something similar to highland barley, ground into flour and kneaded into dough with water.

This directly led to Yun Yue's house being surrounded before he even left. It wasn't that they wanted to rob him, but these small bodies at the border were not strong enough for Yun Yue to fight.

Instead, they rushed to answer the questions, vying for answers. This made Yun Yue somewhat amused and helpless. He already knew the answer, so he politely declined a few people's requests.

Many people felt sorry for themselves. If they had known Yun Yue was asking questions, they would have rushed to answer more questions. This white rice can enhance the taste whether it is used to make porridge or ground into powder and added to noodles.

Yun Yue didn't stay in this small village for long, and soon left for Gaogou Village. This part of the road was a bit more prosperous than the wilderness, but only slightly. He didn't find any larger towns along the way, but instead encountered several villages that looked like the small village he had encountered at the beginning.