After returning from Earth, Ren Baqian and the empress walked around the small city with great interest.
Xuyang City was very small and had a population of only tens of thousands. It was the only city within a radius of hundreds of kilometers.
Similar to other cities in Dayao, fights could be seen everywhere. People smashed the walls of other people's houses and were chased out. From a two-person fight, it turned into a three-person scuffle.
It was very lively! Or rather, it was more appropriate to say that it was a chaotic scene!
Curses like "skin whipping" could be heard incessantly.
It was said that this was the dialect of a certain village.
Ren Baqian and the empress hid their identities and wandered around the city. They even deliberately went to the streets and alleys to read the Lan City Daily that was posted on the bulletin boards to see if anyone was explaining what was written in the newspaper.
Although it was called the Lan City Daily, the newspaper had actually spread across more than half of Dayao. Except for the ones in Lan City that were sold, the other places were directly brought by the caravans and posted on the bulletin boards.
Ren Baqian had already treated this matter as the most basic way to enlighten the people and let them understand the outside world.
Therefore, he didn't relax at all even though he was losing money.
In addition, he also saw two familiar signboards in the city: the imperial shop and the Dayao business firm.
The former mainly sold mirrors, glassware, and spices, while the latter was a shop of the Department of Commerce that temporarily sold soap, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, and potato seeds, as well as wooden chess and Gomoku.
Ren Baqian had to admit that this assistant who recommended himself was indeed very capable. He didn't have to spend too much effort in the Department of Commerce and only needed to control the general direction.
The two of them walked around the city for half a day to get a look at the living conditions of the people in the city before setting off again.
Five days later.
"Your Majesty, that's Mount Liucui!" Ren Baqian said as he pointed to a mountain in the distance.
The empress put down the tablet in her hand and stuck her head out to take a look.
Mount Liucui was shaped like a bowl on the ground. It was said that there was a very powerful being in the belly of the mountain. The first emperor entered the belly of the mountain when he was at the Longevity Heaven realm and returned with serious injuries. After recovering, he led many experts to the depths of the Sixty Thousand Mountains and was never heard from again.
Although it had been many years and the bones of ordinary people would have turned cold, the empress knew that the being in the belly of the mountain wasn't dead. This was because it had already existed there for thousands of years before the first Emperor. It was unlikely that it would die so coincidentally in just a few decades.
The empress had always wanted to go in and see what kind of existence it was. She also wanted to know where the first emperor had gone.
As long as he knew where the first emperor had gone, he would be able to find out where the late emperor had gone.
The empress stuck her head out and looked at the mountain from afar. Her eyes flickered with radiance. After a long time, she retracted her gaze and said faintly, "In the future, I will personally go and take a look. Now is not the time."
"Perhaps we can get a robot to bring a camera in and take a look?" Ren Baqian pondered.
"There's no entrance. The entrance from back then had collapsed long ago. We need to dig an entrance first. If we want to dig an exit, we will have to face it directly. "The empress shook her head.
"We don't have to get people to dig a hole. Maybe we can find a place to drill a hole, like a brine, the size of two fists. Then, we can use a small remote-controlled robot with a camera to enter."
The empress was slightly tempted. If she did this, there was indeed hope for her to see the existence in the belly of the mountain.
After thinking for a long time, he said, "It sounds like there's a chance of success. It's a pity that we're in a rush this time. Let's talk about this when we get back."
"Okay!" Ren Baqian nodded cheerfully.
Looking at the mountain was like running a horse to death.
They saw Mount Liucui at noon, but it was not until the moon came out that they reached it.
It was the place where Ren Baqian and the others had stopped before entering the iron mine at Mount Liucui. There was a small forest and a small stream beside it.
Ren Baqian jumped down from the carriage, stretched, and pointed to the darkness in the distance. He said to the empress, "That's where I saw the bichi the last time! It's said that misfortune and fortune come hand in hand. The following period of time really did. First, there was an earthquake, and I was buried under a house. Then, I was attacked by a huge flower eagle. After killing it, I found a cloud crystal in its stomach.
After returning to Lan City, I was assassinated. Your Majesty had to bring me across thousands of kilometers to retrieve the antidote. On the way back, I was surrounded and intercepted by Great Xia! Fortunately, as the saying goes, misfortune and fortune come hand in hand. I'm finally safe. "
Although he had only been here once, he still had a deep impression of this place. It could be said that this was the starting point of a series of events.
Later on, even when he was on Earth, he was first invaded by thieves and then forced by the Jin family.
Too many things happened during that period of time, and it seemed that all the bad things had been squeezed together.
Fortunately, after half a year in Dayao, he was finally able to settle down.
Calculating the time he spent in Dayao and on Earth, it added up to about a year.
Just one look and he was unlucky for a year. This thing was much more powerful than the god of misfortune!
"You also found an outstanding little white flower here!" the empress continued.
Ren Baqian was stunned at first. He recalled what happened back then and immediately laughed.
After laughing for a long time, Ren Baqian said, "When I saw that flower, I thought of Your Majesty and felt that it was very similar."
After everyone had dinner, the empress rested in the carriage. Ren Baqian sat in front of the carriage and told her about what happened the last time he was here. Inevitably, the bichi was mentioned again.
"Last time, it was attracted by the milk candy. This time, it's so far away that you probably can't see it. Otherwise, I would like to let Your Majesty see that bichi. It's quite a cute little thing. "
When the empress heard what he said, she felt like eating something sweet. She took out a piece of chocolate from the box beside her, tore open the wrapper, and stuffed it into her mouth.
"It's better not to see it. This time, I'm just going to see my mother. I don't want too many twists and turns," the empress said casually.
Although she was also very interested in this kind of magical thing.
However, the price that she had to pay was too high.
That wasn't some kind of mascot.
Not only would she not be lucky if she saw it, but she would also be unlucky.
Just as the empress tore open the second piece of chocolate, her gaze suddenly froze, and she struck Ren Baqian's side with a backhand.
This sudden movement gave Ren Baqian a shock.
From the corner of his eye, he saw a small thing flipping in the air to avoid this palm strike. Then, it landed on the ground, lowered its body, arched its back, and bared its teeth with a fierce look.
"Damn!" Ren Baqian turned his head and was immediately shocked when he saw this little thing.
It looked a little like a fox with a red body and a pair of fleshy wings on its back.
The empress frowned and looked at the little thing with a serious face.
"This is a bichi?"
Ren Baqian nodded in disbelief!
Did this thing have a grudge against him?
Previously, it was still fine in the mountains, but this time, at the foot of the mountains, it actually said that a bichi would arrive in no time?
You f * cking ran faster than Cao Cao!
"Why is it here?" The empress's brows were tightly knitted.
Just now, the two of them were casually chatting and didn't take it seriously. They didn't expect this thing to actually appear.
The meaning of this thing gave even the empress a headache.
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