Practicing from the Taoist

Chapter 10 along the way

"Huh, huh, huh, finally, stop!"

Xu Jin bent over, put her hands on her knees, gasped heavily, and whispered to herself with some difficulty.

Around him, the other blood owl Taoist soldiers were also panting heavily, all of them basically doing the same movements as Xu Jin, and some of them even felt that they were about to lose their footing.

It's hard to imagine that a group of Taoist soldiers who are physically strong and possess mana are tired like this just because they are on their way.

Xu Jin didn't know how far she had run today, but she reckoned that it was at least a few hundred miles.

After all, after they left the barracks, they had been running all the way under the leadership of Wu Xing, crossing mountains and ridges without stopping for a moment. If they hadn't been supported by the magic power in their bodies, everyone would have been exhausted and paralyzed.

Fortunately, it's getting late now, and a city can be vaguely seen in front of them. The magic power in everyone's body is almost exhausted, and there is really no strength in their bodies. It is estimated that Wu Xing will not let everyone drive at night again.

Sure enough, after Xu Jin's breathing calmed down a little, she heard Wu Xing's voice.

"It's getting late today, and Zhu Qiu is in front of us. Let's go to Zhu Qiu to rest for the time being, and go on our way tomorrow morning!"

Hearing Wu Xing's words, the exhausted people immediately breathed a sigh of relief. After a short rest, they walked towards the city ahead under Wu Xing's leadership.

"Zhu Qiu!"

Looking at the city ahead, Xu Jin has already seen clearly the two big characters on the city gate from a distance, the name Wu Xing mentioned just now.

Looking from a distance, the city wall of this city named Zhuqiu doesn't seem to be particularly high, it is estimated to be less than ten meters, and the overall scale does not seem very large. There is still some time before dark at this time, you can see On the wall and at the gate of the city, some soldiers stood guard.

After Xu Jin and others approached, the soldiers standing guard at the city gate and the city wall immediately became a little nervous. Wu Xing stepped forward to negotiate a little bit and showed his identity. Afterwards, everyone was allowed to enter city.

Under the leadership of Wu Xing, Xu Jin and others walked into the city named Zhuqiu, meeting the envious eyes of the soldiers guarding the gate.

Feeling the envious eyes from the soldiers around her, Xu Jin couldn't help but think of herself more than a year ago when she was walking. At that time, the memory of her previous life had not been awakened. As an ordinary soldier at that time, the same was true for Dao soldiers Very envious.

Entering the city, there is a fairly spacious street in front of you. What is more special is that this street is paved with a kind of red stone bricks. It is very eye-catching at a glance. There are people coming and going on the street. It seems to be quite lively.

However, the crowd walking on the street, after seeing Xu Jin and the others entering the city, immediately avoided to the left and right, and did not dare to block the path of Xu Jin and the others. The originally lively scene disappeared instantly. At that time, the people on both sides cast some fearful eyes.

Following Wu Xing, everyone quickly found a place to settle down in the city, a mansion specially used for official reception. The place is not particularly big, and it can barely accommodate Xu Jin and others.

After simply arranging the accommodation, the sky had already darkened. Wu Xing told everyone to rest well and not to go out casually, and then prepared to leave.

As an official of the Chen State, although Wu Xing had just entered Zhuqiu City, he might not know the officials in the city, but the invitation to invite him to the banquet had already been sent, and Wu Xing was not going to refuse.

Before he was about to go out, he glanced at those people who were waiting at the door with their heads bowed. Wu Xing suddenly turned around and said to Xu Jin and another blood lord Taoist in the crowd.

"Wang An, Xu Jin, you two go out with me!"

Hearing Wu Xing's words, Xu Jin felt very tired. Although he was a little bit reluctant, he obviously had no right to object, so he stood up with another person, followed Wu Xing, and walked outside together. .

The blood owl Taoist soldier named Wang An has a mature face. In the past more than a year, the other party has been regarded as the blood owl Taoist soldier. He was the one who took out the talisman to inspire.

Both Xu Jin and Wang An knew very well that Wu Xing took the two of them out together at this time. It was nothing more than when they went to a banquet and felt that it would be better to have someone around them. Relatively speaking, the two of them were these blood lords. Among the Dao soldiers, those with more flexible minds are the most suitable to be taken out.

After everyone went out, they walked for about a quarter of an hour before arriving at the place where the banquet was held.

The tall courtyard wall in front of him made Xu Jin unable to see the scene inside, but Xu Jin just glanced at the gate and found that this mansion was not simple.

The gate of the mansion is tall and wide. Along the position of the gate frame, two relief sculptures of strange beasts like snakes hover upwards. The carvings are lifelike, making the gate look mysterious and imposing.

Xu Jin glanced at the gate, as if feeling an invisible coercion, which was not very uncomfortable, but it would make those who approached subconsciously want to stop and consider whether to move forward .

Entering the mansion, what he saw inside completely exceeded Xu Jin's expectations, and even made him doubt his eyes, whether what he saw was real or not?
After entering that gate, the first thing Xu Jin saw was not a house, but a small red hill.

"This is, a hill!"

Looking at the hill in front of him, Xu Jin was a little dazed at this moment. Before entering the gate, he had already made mental preparations. When he entered, he would see a very luxurious mansion with a special architectural style. , there may be some magical things related to cultivation, but he never thought that what he saw after entering the door would be a mountain.

Responding from the somewhat ignorant emotions, Xu Jin's thoughts turned quickly. The first thing he thought about was the mountain in front of him. Is it real? Could it be some kind of illusion-like magic?

As soon as this idea came up, Xu Jin denied it by herself, because the somewhat soft feeling from her feet on the ground told him very clearly that everything in front of her was real.

In order to prevent her sense of touch from making mistakes, Xu Jin gently moved the red soil around her feet with her feet. Looking at the red soil, she was naturally turned up by her feet. Xu Jin was completely sure that the red soil in front of her eyes All that is seen is real.

After confirming this point, Xu Jin suddenly turned her head and looked behind her. The door that she just entered is still standing there, but this door is different from when she saw it from the outside. .

The two snake-like strange beasts coiled above the door frame seemed to be alive at this moment. Their slender bodies seemed to be swimming constantly on the door frame.

"Come on, don't look around!"

Just when Xu Jin turned his head to stare at the door, Wu Xing's slightly displeased voice reached his ears. Hearing this, Xu Jin hurriedly turned around, temporarily suppressed her curiosity, and followed the other party. continue to move forward.

Following a stairway up the mountain, Xu Jin and the others walked towards this small red hill. Walking up the hill, you can see all over the mountains and plains, all of which are covered with red vegetation, which is exactly the same color as the mountain. , I thought that these vegetation were all of the same species, but in fact they were of various types.

When Xu Jin walked halfway up the mountain, he saw a large palace building on the top of the mountain, which was very gorgeous, beautiful and magnificent. When he was still at the foot of the mountain just now, he didn't see such a building at all. I just saw it here.

Continue along the road. At the end of the road, there are already people waiting there. After Wu Xing arrived, a middle-aged man dressed very similar to Wu Xing greeted him with a smile on his face.

"Welcome General Wu to Zhuqiu. I am here to lead the way for General Wu under the orders of my lord. The nobles in the city have already arrived. General, please!"

While talking, the middle-aged man turned sideways and made a gesture of invitation to Wu Xing.

"Thank you sir!"

Wu Xing looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, saluted him politely, and then led him to a palace.

When walking to the gate of the palace, Xu Jin heard the very pleasant sound of music coming from the palace, and accompanied by the sound of the music, there were bursts of chanting sounds, which complemented the sound of the music .

Wu Xing and the middle-aged man who led the way walked into the palace. Xu Jin and Wang An, who were following behind, were about to follow in, but were stopped by the guards standing at the door.

"Stop!"

Several guards who stopped them were covered in armor, and one of them said to Xu Jin and the others in a deep voice.

Hearing the words of several guards, Xu Jin and Wang An stopped, looked at Wu Xing who had walked to the front, and saw Wu Xing turned back and said to them.

"You two don't need to come in, just wait at the door!" After the words fell, Wu Xing turned around again, ignoring Xu Jin and Wang An.

After the two received the order, they looked at each other and took two steps back in a tacit understanding. Seeing this, the guards at the door also withdrew their hands and let the two stand there waiting. .

Although they didn't enter the palace, Xu Jin and the two stood in a position where they could clearly see the scene inside the palace, so Xu Jin looked into the palace and silently acted as a spectator at the door.

Having lived in this world for more than [-] years, he doesn't know much about this world. Being brought out by Wu Xing this time is also a rare opportunity to learn more.

　Thanks to book friend Yan Zhijin for the reward of 100 starting coins, and thanks to book friend Daguan Shou for rewarding 500 starting coins, thank you for your support!

　　
　
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