#97 - Arrived in Shuzhou
Chapter 97: Arriving in Shu Province
People were coming and going in the main hall, but Lu Jingyao didn't find her "old acquaintance".
“Qiuyun, where is that young master?”
She turned her head to ask Qiuyun in confusion, but the latter was equally clueless.
“Huh? That person was clearly here just now.”
A shop assistant next to them testified, “Madam, what Miss Qiuyun said is right, there was indeed a young master looking for you just now.”
“But he disappeared after I just turned around.”
“Disappeared…”
Lu Jingyao frowned and asked, “What did that person look like?”
“Um… not very tall, but quite strong, wearing a cloth robe, small eyes, thin lips…”
The shop assistant tried hard to recall, but Lu Jingyao couldn't remember knowing such a person after listening for a long time.
Before marrying into the Wei family, she basically stayed at home and didn't go out much, so she didn't know many young men, let alone any old acquaintances.
Could it be that he was looking for the wrong person?
But the other party clearly asked to see her by name…
“He called me Miss?” Lu Jingyao was stunned.
“Yes.”
Qiuyun nodded, “I was a little strange at the time, and I was thinking that if he was really your friend, Madam, how could he not know that you are already married.”
“…”
Listening to Qiuyun's words, Lu Jingyao opened her mouth slightly, and suddenly a thought popped up.
Could this person be Xiao Feng…
Although Wei Changtian never mentioned this man again after that night, Xiao Feng didn't die after all…
The more Lu Jingyao thought about it, the more likely it seemed, and she hurriedly asked the shop assistant again, “Tell me again carefully what that man looked like!”
“Yes.”
Seeing Lu Jingyao suddenly become so nervous, the shop assistant quickly repeated, “Not very tall, small eyes, thin lips…”
“…”
Lu Jingyao listened, trying to compare it with Xiao Feng.
But it was not until this time that she realized one thing—she had already forgotten what Xiao Feng looked like.
“Qiuyun.”
After pondering for a moment, Lu Jingyao suddenly looked at Qiuyun, her expression a little serious: “Prepare paper and pen, I want to write a letter to my husband!”
“Ah?”
Qiuyun was stunned: “Madam, I'm afraid the young master hasn't arrived in Shu Province yet.”
Lu Jingyao shook her head: “It's okay, my husband said before he left that if there is an emergency, you can send the letter to the Liang Mansion in Shu Province first.”
“Emergency…”
Qiuyun seemed to understand why Lu Jingyao wanted to write a letter to Wei Changtian, and immediately picked up her skirt to prepare paper and pen without asking any more questions.
Lu Jingyao raised her eyes and looked around, and even ran outside the house to look around.
The pedestrians on the street were bustling, and there was nothing unusual.
…
Of course Lu Jingyao couldn't find Xiao Feng, because the latter turned and left after hearing her say "I want to write a letter to my husband".
If I had known this, I might as well not have listened…
Relying on his superb disguise skills to get out of the city gate, he found the man who had been waiting here at a tea stall.
“Hall Master.”
The man led two horses to greet him: “You're here.”
“Yeah.”
“Did you see the person you wanted to see?”
“No.”
Xiao Feng took the reins and uttered three words coldly.
“She's dead.”
“…”
The man opened his mouth wide and didn't know what to say for a while, and after a long while, he tentatively said: “Hall Master, you…”
“I'm fine.”
Xiao Feng shook his head, got on his horse: “Brother Ren, let's go.”
“…”
“Da da, da da…”
The sound of horseshoes faded away, blowing up a gust of autumn leaves.
The two quickly disappeared.
…
…
Five days later.
Just as Xiao Feng and Lu Jingyao's letters were heading straight for Shu Province one after the other, Wei Changtian was already standing in front of the large boundary stone engraved with the words "Shu Province", shaking his head.
Finally arrived!
Since the disturbance in Anyi County, everyone's journey has been much smoother, and no more "accidents" have occurred.
Under such circumstances, their travel speed naturally accelerated greatly, and they finally entered the territory of Shu Province half a month after leaving Beijing.
“Brother Changtian, this boundary stone is fully three feet high.”
Seeing that Wei Changtian seemed to be quite interested in this boundary stone, Liang Qin smiled and introduced, “It is said that the words Shu Province on it were carved by the late emperor with a sword.”
“Carved with a sword?”
Wei Changtian curiously reached out and touched the dents on the stone, marveling: “Looking at these two characters, they seem to be completed in one stroke. I didn’t expect that someone’s control over internal strength could reach such a precise level.”
“Brother Changtian guessed wrong.”
Liang Qin smiled and said, “The late emperor did not use internal strength when carving these two characters.”
“Didn't use internal strength?”
Wei Changtian was stunned: “How is that possible? How could it be carved so deeply without internal strength?”
“This is the wonder of this stone.”
Liang Qin pulled out a dagger she carried with her, poured internal strength into it, and slashed hard on the stone surface.
“Clang!”
After a crisp sound, no trace was left on the stone surface.
Looking at Wei Changtian's surprised eyes, she said rather proudly: “This stone is called Locking Immortal Stone, which can shield the true energy of heaven and earth. If you want to leave a trace on it, you must use pure force.”
After saying that, Liang Qin waved her dagger again, but this time she really didn't use internal strength.
“Chi la!”
The dagger flashed past, leaving a faint white mark.
“Damn, is it so magical?”
Wei Changtian looked like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden: “There is such a stone…”
“Brother Changtian, would you like to try it too?”
Liang Qin handed over the dagger, smiling: “See how deep a mark you can leave.”
“What's the point of this?” Wei Changtian asked in confusion.
Liang Qin explained: “Since internal strength is useless against this stone, you can only rely on technique.”
“Generally speaking, the deeper the mark left, the deeper the person's understanding of the martial arts they have learned.”
“Many people who pass by here will try it, but no one has ever exceeded the late emperor's three inches deep.”
“Three inches…”
Wei Changtian touched the white mark left by Liang Qin, his eyes a little strange: “Then you this…”
“Brother Changtian, don't laugh at me!”
Liang Qin blushed a little, arguing: “This, this is already pretty good.”
Just this? Still pretty good?
Wei Changtian complained in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it out loud.
Let's leave a way out, in case I can't even leave a white mark later…
Although he had this concern, Wei Changtian still felt that he shouldn't be so bad.
After all, "Dream Dao" is about actual combat and technique!
Plus the Heavenly Grade saber technique—"Return to Dust Saber", he didn't believe he could be worse than Liang Qin.
“Then I'll try too.”
He tossed the dagger and stepped back slightly.
Wei Changtian didn't hesitate, took a deep breath, and then, in Liang Qin's gaze, stabbed the stone surface hard with a knife.
“Crack!”
“…”
After a muffled sound, Liang Qin seemed to have been suddenly cast with a body-fixing spell, dumbfounded and stunned in place.
“This…”
Wei Changtian was slightly better, at least he could still speak at this time.
He pointed to his masterpiece and swallowed his saliva and asked: “Didn't you say that no one can carve three inches deep, so what's going on…”
“…”
Liang Qin didn't react at all, her eyes still staring at the stone surface.
I saw that most of the blade of the dagger had been submerged in the stone, leaving only a small section of the bottom plus the handle trembling slightly.
