She just thought Xiaoqi was really sensible, and this time he actually volunteered to look after the house.

Although Gu Jiu was also happy, he was not as pure as Su Ying because he had a mission.

According to the true Buddha's incarnation, he only needs to go to the Galan Temple to find a monk named "Fang Yuan", and then find out where Lu Zu's sword is and retrieve the sword.

This thing looks simple, but who knows if there are any twists and turns in it.

In any case, in Gu Jiu's subconscious mind, Nagalan City, as the most prosperous place in the Tang Dynasty, is even more mysterious and unpredictable than the north where ghosts roam.

What is scarier than ghosts is the human heart.

In Gu Jiu's imagination, the empress of Galan City was such a character.

And the national teacher Jing'e who secretly raised ghosts in Mingshan also made Gu Jiu feel uncomfortable.

The people of Sishui Village died unjustly. If possible, he would go looking for trouble with Jing'e this time, but it would inevitably be inconvenient to have someone with him.

After all, it might affect Su Ying.

However, thinking about the long journey without anyone to accompany and take care of him, Gu Jiu felt that it would be better to have someone accompany him. At most, he would have to be more cautious when the time comes.

So, after Xiao Qi completely mastered the use of the academy's formation, Gu Jiu and Su Ying prepared to set off.

The center of this formation is directly tied to Xiaoqi's Shuiyan sword. Whether it is active or passive defense, it is enough for Xiaoqi to protect himself.

Before leaving, Gu Jiu sent a message to Zhao Chuling, asking her to come and spend more time with Xiao Qi when she is free.

Gu Jiu knew that there must be many eyes watching the academy at this moment, but he was not too worried.

Because during this period of time, he made a lot of sword talismans for Xiaoqi.

He spent nearly two months rubbing more than twenty sword talismans. If used insidiously enough, it would be enough to seriously injure a cultivator at the Moving Mountains Realm.

With this thing, and with the academy's formation, Xiaoqi will definitely be able to resist the threats from outside.

Unless there is a powerful force secretly wanting to kill the academy and pay the price of a cultivator at the Moving Mountains Realm to deal with it.

Gu Jiu didn't think that anyone in the North had the courage to do this, especially since he had already demonstrated his strength in the battle of Broken Water Fort and had many allies.

Xiao Qi was not worried at all about this, and she told them to "go early and come back early, she will take good care of the academy." Moreover, when they left, she repeatedly told Su Ying and Gu Jiu, "Jialan City is not like those small cities in the north. You must be careful, especially with your wallet."

It feels like Su Ying and Gu Jiu are children who have left home, and Xiao Qi is their parent.

Xiao Qi actually wanted to roar - "You will never know how powerful the thieves in that place are!"

As for why he suddenly wanted to go to Galan, Gu Jiu gave the reason that he was going to Galan City to fulfill a vow.

He simply made up a story about how he had accidentally met Buddha outside. Xiaoqi believed it. Su Ying had some doubts, but did not ask any further questions.

If Gu Jiu didn't want to tell her the truth, she didn't have to know the truth.

Now Gu Jiu doesn’t want Xiao Qi and Su Ying to face anything too cruel. They are still buds and flowers and need to grow, but not under high pressure.

When it comes to matters of the family, Gu Jiu would choose to take care of his own family first without hesitation.

At this time, the two women in the academy meant as much to him as his own family.

Gu Jiu wanted them to live happily instead of being forced to become stronger every day under pressure.

For this kind of thing, it's enough for him to work hard alone.

Xiao Qi stood on the edge of the cliff for a long time, watching Gu Jiu, Su Ying and Xiao Hui gradually disappear into the distance.

Her brows were tightly furrowed, as if she recalled many bad memories, and her eyes were full of worry.

The people in Galan are cruel and ruthless. After you have fulfilled your vows, come back quickly.

"Are there really Buddhas in this world?" Thinking of the story Gu Jiu told her, Xiao Qi's eyes were filled with confusion.

Maybe there really is.

After all, the Galan Temple outside Galan City is still there, and there are monks living in it, not nuns.

In the past, Galan Temple was "one temple for all the people in the world", and it is still the same today, but the flavor has changed.

Who can describe the feeling?

Chapter 20 The sky is blue and the wilderness is vast

In the north, a seemingly simple carriage was heading southeast, and there didn't seem to be anything special about it.

But if you follow this carriage all the time, you will definitely find it peculiar.

This is because this carriage does not care about the northern rule of "don't travel after dark". When in a good mood, it will stop during the day to enjoy the maple forest in the evening and travel at night, completely ignoring this ancient rule.

And if you look closely, you can easily find that there is often a donkey in this carriage.

The driver was sometimes a man and sometimes a woman, but whenever they entered a town to rest, they always wore a bamboo hat and did not reveal their true faces.

Yes, Gu Jiu and Su Ying are now a little worried about their appearance.

This time when Gu Jiu went to Galan, he naturally didn't want to make it known to everyone, but his face was too handsome, and there were not many young men who dared to move around like this in the world, so it was easy for others to associate him with it.

Especially since there is Su Ying next to him, whose appearance is comparable to his, it is easy for people who know him to guess his identity.

It's really not easy to be a celebrity.

However, compared to celebrities in modern society, Gu Jiu does not have the trouble of being followed by paparazzi.

Because he was recently spotted by paparazzi, he was basically stripped naked and hung on a tree, which looked really good.

The reason why Gu Jiu did not kill these people was that those who wanted to know his information included not only his enemies, but also some other organizations, such as the Tang Dynasty Post.

This kind of newspaper, which loves to record anecdotes of the Tang Dynasty, has always been a star product and has a good influence in the Tang Dynasty, especially in relatively prosperous areas.

It is said that the staff of Datang Yibao are often the most professional paparazzi, who often dig up all kinds of black material about celebrities, which makes the people very excited.

Moreover, it has a strong background and the income from extortion is also very good, so it can naturally improve its intelligence network and form a virtuous circle.

The easiest way is to kill all those who are trying to spy on him, but Gu Jiu is not such a cruel and bloodthirsty person.

So the method he adopted was very gentle, which was to strip these people naked and tie them to trees like pigs.

These trees are often not located in remote places, and some are even at the city gates, so they easily attract onlookers.

However, Gu Jiu never did anything like stripping people naked and hanging them on trees. He didn't even watch. Every time, he knocked these people unconscious, and then Su Ying completed the follow-up work.

Su Ying was not initially suited to this kind of work, but thinking that she couldn't let Gu Jiu see the naked bodies of these women, she had no choice but to do it.

Su Ying, who had never done anything bad since childhood, found that this kind of thing was actually very enjoyable.

This all proves the saying that it takes three years to learn good things and three days to learn bad things.

Since the method Gu Jiu came up with was indeed relatively "gentle", those obvious "paparazzi" basically disappeared.

In addition, Gu Jiu took non-mainstream roads all the way, and his driving route was strange. Once someone followed him, it would be easy to determine whether the other party was a "paparazzi" following them. Therefore, even if these organizations had intelligence networks, they could only wait for them in a wait-and-see manner.

Along the way, Gu Jiu and Su Ying wore straw hats and drove in a strange route. I'm afraid few people know their whereabouts now.

The scenery of the north is constantly receding, and the vast expanses of wilderness bring the most intuitive feeling of desolation.

It's terribly desolate.

Especially in some of the most barren areas in the north, there is often no village or person within nearly a hundred miles.

Even some very small villages have been abandoned for a long time.

The north is vast and sparsely populated, and the land is barren, so there are not many places suitable for human life.

In the eyes of the empress, this kind of place is just a piece of chicken ribs, which is tasteless to eat and a pity to throw away, so she would rather choose to infiltrate the sect to gradually gain control of this land.

Gu Jiu and Su Ying walked and stopped, looking very leisurely, but this leisurely attitude came from the fact that they were with each other.

Only here did Gu Jiu realize that it was a wise move to bring Su Ying out.

He would probably go crazy if he had to spend such a long time alone in this uninhabited area. He would probably only talk to Xiao Hui, the donkey, every day.

When Xiao Hui came out this time, he was so happy running in such a place.

Rushing here and jumping there, its appearance easily reminded Gu Jiu of a dog that was let out for some fresh air.

After seeing Xiao Hui running back and forth in front of him more than ten times, Gu Jiu, who was driving, couldn't help but say, "Xiao Hui, you are a girl, you should be reserved."

Xiao Hui seemed to understand Gu Jiu's words and quickly became "ladylike". She walked slowly beside the carriage, looking very well-behaved.

The two men and the donkey traveled for about three days, but there was still no one in sight in the wilderness.

Not to mention human figures, there is not even a ghost.

If the beliefs of the people he had seen before in places without sects’ protection were distorted, then there was no belief at all here.

Because there are no people.

Sometimes Gu Jiu looked at the vast wilderness, where the grass and trees were sparse and even the growing shrubs were less than a person's height, and felt as if he had entered a lonely sea.

At this time, Su Ying suddenly said, "Xiaojiu, look over there, that should be Yinshan."

Gu Jiu followed Su Ying's gaze and saw the undulating outline of the distant horizon.

That is a mountain, a very big mountain.

The end of the north is there, but the prosperity of the Tang Kingdom is rising on the other side of the mountain.

This mountain range, stretching for nearly a thousand miles, has blocked the vision of many people.

The area covered by the Yinshan Mountains is so long and wide that it is easy for people to feel powerless.

Like many areas in Miaojiang, this is also a fog within the Tang Dynasty, and many areas cannot be explored at all.

No one can tell whether there are gods, evil spirits, taboos, or treasures inside.

This mountain has so many stories, many of which are horror stories, so it is easy to feel awe.

To go from the north to Galan City, you must jump over this mountain.

It took the Tang Dynasty court hundreds of years and countless manpower and material resources to completely open up the passage between these mountains.

Gu Jiu and his friends were going to Yunyin Pass, where there was a passage through Yinshan Mountain.

Su Ying compared the maps repeatedly several times and looked at the compass that her rival Wang Feixi left for Gu Jiu many times before she roughly determined the direction she should go.

Their route during this period was too deviated and circuitous. If Gu Jiu, who was bad at finding directions, were to look for it himself, he would probably have to wait until next year to find it.

Su Ying sorted out the supplies and said, "Xiao Jiu, we need to find some water."

After walking for so many days, the water they stored was almost used up.

At this time, Gu Jiu said: "Xiao Hui, find some water that people can drink."

When Xiao Hui received the order, his ears pricked up and he ran in one direction in an instant.

Chapter 21 Boss, 66666

Xiao Hui went to find water, so Gu Jiu and Su Ying naturally stayed to wait for it.

I have to admit that this little gray donkey is really a hero among donkeys. It can serve as a mount, watchdog, hunting dog and other roles.

Looking at Xiao Hui who could kick a tiger away, Gu Jiu felt a little relieved.

The academy I live in is different. Even the donkeys are so fierce.

But this place is too desolate. Other places have "vast skies, boundless wilderness, the wind blows the grass low and you can see cattle and sheep." But this place is "vast skies, boundless wilderness, the wind blows the grass low and there is no hair."

Su Ying was still a little worried about Xiao Hui. Although Xiao Hui could even bully tigers, there were too many things in this world that were scarier than tigers.

Gu Jiu sat back in the car and said, "Don't worry, Xiao Hui is afraid of death and runs fast, so nothing will happen to him."

In fact, Gu Jiu’s summary is quite accurate.

In the entire academy, even if Gu Jiu was worried about the safety of Su Ying and Xiao Qi, he would not worry about Xiao Hui.

It's not just because Xiao Hui is just a donkey, but also because this donkey has a strong desire to survive, and is very smart and has a keen sense of danger. When encountering danger, it can always stay away from it, so it is not easy for something to happen.

About half an hour later, Xiao Hui came back, bleating.

Gu Jiu couldn't help but blink at Su Ying and said, "I'm right, right?"

Su Ying wrinkled her nose, looking a little cute.

During this period, Su Ying only felt that she became weaker and weaker after following Gu Jiu.

It is said that women should be in charge and be domineering, but now it seems that the boy Gu Jiu is more suitable to be a leader.

Who says he is so powerful?

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