Immortality starts from eating melons in the cold palace

Chapter 18: First encounter with Zoroastrianism

Changbai Mountain is located in Liaodong.

It is more than 40,000 miles away from the imperial capital.

Even if Li Changsheng is a first-grade warrior, it will take at least half a year to come and go.

If you want to leave the palace for such a long time, there is only one way.

Take a leave of absence and return to your hometown to worship your ancestors.

The Great Zhou Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety, and even the eunuchs had holidays to return to their hometowns to worship their ancestors.

Li Changsheng has never used this holiday in the twenty years since he entered the palace.

Now, it's time to take it out and use it.

Li Changsheng took a pot of fine wine and approached Eunuch Wei. He got straight to the point and wanted to return to his hometown to worship his ancestors.

"Xiao Lizi, it has been almost twenty years since you entered the palace."

"After winter, it will be twenty years!"

Li Changsheng nodded.

"Where is your hometown?"

"Liaodong."

"Liaodong? It's freezing cold. It's not a good place."

"Master Wei, you are right. The environment in Liaodong is indeed harsh."

"Xiao Lizi, do you have any relatives at home?"

Relatives?

Hearing this, Li Changsheng's expression was a little lonely and strange.

"My relative is probably gone."

"Twenty years ago, a drought broke out in Liaodong, and our family of four fled to the imperial capital for our lives."

"Along the way, people died of hunger everywhere, and the victims were like locusts."

"Our family persisted for three months, but we were so hungry that we were on the verge of death."

"I remember my sister sold herself to a wealthy family in exchange for a bag of rice to save me."

Eunuch Wei has known Li Changsheng for so many years, and this is the first time he has heard Li Changsheng mention family affairs.

Sadness couldn't help but well up in my heart.

"What then?"

"Were you and your parents rescued?"

Li Changsheng smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"The bag of rice was snatched away by other victims before I could even eat it."

"My parents all starved to death."

"I was the only one who had a tough life and managed to make it to the capital. I was lucky enough to survive."

After hearing this, Eunuch Wei sighed with emotion.

"It's not easy for you!"

"How long are you going to take leave?"

"The journey to Liaodong is long, it can take as short as three months or as long as half a year."

"Xiao Lizi, the Zajia family will grant you a year's leave."

"Take your time. When you return to your hometown, look for your sister. Maybe you can still find her."

Eunuch Wei comforted Li Changsheng and said.

"Thank you, Mr. Wei!"

Li Changsheng cupped his hands.

Li Changsheng was not optimistic about finding his sister.

After twenty years, it is difficult to find someone even in later generations, let alone in ancient times.

My sister sold herself to a wealthy family as a slave.

In the Zhou Dynasty, slaves had no human rights.

Life and death depend on the master's thoughts.

It’s not certain whether my sister is still alive today.

"Master Wei, please take more care of Concubine Lan after I leave." Li Changsheng asked Eunuch Wei.

"The Za family will not neglect Concubine Lan. Concubine Lan is also a miserable person."

Speaking of Concubine Lan, Eunuch Wei's eyes darkened and he sighed quietly.

Eunuch Wei did not see with his own eyes what exactly happened on that stormy night ten years ago.

But he doesn't believe in strange powers and chaos. He only knows a very simple truth.

Concubine Lan is a human being.

How could a human give birth to a tanuki?
  He didn't know the inside story.

Don't dare to know.

All she can do is make Concubine Lan's life easier.

Early the next morning, Li Changsheng left the palace with the banknotes.

The foot power of a first-grade warrior is faster than a sweaty horse.

It took less than ten days to return to my hometown.

Anyway, returning to my hometown and going to Changbai Mountain are just the way to go.

Li Changsheng simply went home to worship his ancestors.

Li Changsheng's hometown is a remote mountain village.

According to the memory deep in my mind, it took me three days to finally return to my hometown.

At the foot of the mountain, Lijia Village.

Desolate and defeated, without any human habitation. Li Changsheng looked at the dilapidated thatched houses in the village and the dense spider webs, feeling silent in his heart.

Obviously, Lijiacun has been abandoned for a long time.

Perhaps, after twenty years of drought, no villagers returned, and Lijiacun was completely defeated.

[You witnessed the defeat of your hometown, absorbed the power of the years, and gained +9 witness points. 】

"Is this okay?"

Li Changsheng looked strange and murmured.

An idea popped into my mind.

If I farm in Lijia Village and re-develop Lijia Village, will I also get witness points?

This thought only flashed through Li Changsheng's mind before he was forgotten.

Farming?

Develop your hometown?

too slow!
  How could watching harem sex happen so quickly?

Li Changsheng erected two tombs for his parents, offered incense and paid homage, and then left Lijia Village.

Disguise, change clothes, and head to Changbai Mountain.

Even Eunuch Wei could not recognize Li Changsheng after his disguise.

There is no need to worry about meeting acquaintances on the way to Changbai Mountain.

Two months later.

After a long journey, Li Changsheng finally arrived at the border of Changbai Mountain.

Looking up, Changbai Mountain towers into the clouds, and the peaks are covered with snow all year round.

"finally reached!"

“There are no planes or trains to travel during the Great Zhou Dynasty, so it’s really difficult to travel!”

Li Changsheng sighed with emotion. In a barren mountainous place like Changbai Mountain, there is no martial arts nearby. He would be picked up by a tiger halfway through.

"According to records in ancient books, Tianyang grass grows in the crater of Changbai Mountain."

"hope everything is fine."

Li Changsheng climbs a mountain.

Changbai Mountain was not developed into a scenic spot like in later generations, and there was a road up the mountain.

Changbai Mountain in the Great Zhou Dynasty was a deserted mountain with rugged mountain roads.

Except for the hunters and the herb collectors digging for ginseng, it is difficult to see other people.

Although the road in Changbai Mountain is difficult to walk, it is not difficult for Li Changsheng, a first-class warrior.

What's more, Li Changsheng was well prepared and had already prepared the route map to the mountain.

At this moment, two warriors walked towards Li Changsheng.

There are two people, a man and a woman. The man is burly and the woman is charming.

"My friend, are you here to collect medicine too?"

Looking at the two people who suddenly arrived, Li Changsheng felt a little embarrassed.

These two people seemed to be warriors from the Zoroastrian Cult.

Although Li Changsheng has not practiced the Xuanyang Heart Fire Sutra, he is no stranger to the Zoroastrian Cult's martial arts.

The auras of this man and woman are very similar to Yu Xingtian.

It's just too weak.

"I wonder what your orders are?" Li Changsheng asked, cupping his hands.

"The two of us are here to dig ginseng."

"I accidentally lost the road map to the mountain. I wonder if you can sell us the road map to us."

The burly man's voice was buzzing.

"I have two copies of the route map to the mountain, and I'll give you one."

Li Changsheng did not ask for money and directly gave the other party a share.

No matter what, after driving Yu Xingtian for so many years, I must give some face to his disciples.

"Thank you brother!"

The burly man had a bright smile on his face.

"No need to thank you!"

"Take the first step!"

After that, Li Changsheng went straight up the mountain.

The rugged mountain road felt like flat ground under Li Changsheng's feet, and he could walk as fast as flying.

The two Zoroastrian warriors were stunned.

"Junior sister, we have met an expert!"

The burly man exclaimed.

The enchanting woman looked at Li Changsheng's leaving figure and frowned slightly.

Just now, the Xuanhuo Ling around her waist became hot.

It's just that this trace of hotness goes as quickly as it comes.

The enchanting woman was surprised.

"The Mysterious Fire Token will get hot when it encounters the Holy Fire Token."

"Is this person related to the Holy Fire Order?"

"How is it possible? The last leader disappeared in the capital. Even if the Holy Fire Order appears, it is impossible for him to appear in Changbai Mountain."

The enchanting woman murmured in her heart.

(End of this chapter)