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"It's wontons!"
Huang Rong sat down happily. She had been craving wontons, but said, "Actually, I could just buy them and make them myself. I'm quite good at making wontons."
Chu Yang pushed the wontons in front of Huang Rong and said helplessly, "I know you're good at cooking, but I don't have time today. Hurry up and get ready to leave, don't dawdle until evening."
Mu Nianci smiled and said, "I still remember the first time I met Brother Chu was at a wonton stall."
Chu Yang nodded and said, "I also remember that your attitude wasn't friendly when you first met me."
Mu Nianci: "..."
Upon hearing this, Huang Rong burst out laughing, "Little Chu, you're quite vengeful."
Chu Yang sighed, "There's nothing I can do; I'm just naturally petty."
“I even remember the first time we met, you stole my purse and left me starving for days.”
Huang Rong: "..."
Mu Nianci lowered her head and chuckled softly.
After lunch, Chu Yang led out Guo Jing's little red horse. Since Guo Jing hadn't taken it with him, he could only make the most of it and take the horse back to his hometown.
The carriage that Chu Yang bought from the market had an adult horse tied to the front, plus the little red horse, one big and one small, which was enough for him.
Reaching the carriage, Chu Yang suddenly posed the crucial question, "Who among you has a driver's license?"
Huang Rong: "???"
Mu Nianci: "???"
Chu Yang shrugged, "I can't drive."
Mu Nianci immediately realized what was going on and volunteered, "Brother Chu, I've learned to drive, so let me do it."
Chu Yang nodded, showing no embarrassment.
Although he could learn to drive, which wasn't difficult, he preferred to sleep inside the carriage.
Huang Rong got into the carriage first.
next second.
"what?!"
Incredible screams came from inside!
Mu Nianci followed him in somewhat nervously.
Not surprisingly.
It was the same scream again.
"what?!"
The two were completely shocked by the sight before them. The interior of the carriage was frighteningly large, almost as big as a small courtyard.
"My God..."
Huang Rong's eyes were glazed over.
Even though she was very receptive and had witnessed Chu Yang's "immortal magic" in Yanjing City, the mental impact of such a miracle was still enormous.
Mu Nianci was even more out of control, looking somewhat mad.
Chu Yang pulled back the carriage curtain, leaned out halfway, and looked at their expressions. He chuckled, annoyed, "Don't make such a fuss. This kind of thing will happen often in the future. You two should wipe the drool from your mouths first!"
"Xiao Chu, are you really a god?"
Since returning from Yanjing, Huang Rong had been reluctant to bring up this topic. If Chu Yang were to admit it, the distance between them would be as vast as light-years.
During her time away from home, Huang Rong heard many stories of love between immortals and mortals from storytellers, and they all ended tragically.
Although the stories always feature ordinary people falling in love with fairies, it's probably similar in reverse, isn't it?
Thinking of these things, Huang Rong nervously clutched her clothes, her face gradually turning pale.
Mu Nianci had similar thoughts, silently lowering her head with a dim look in her eyes.
Chu Yang, oblivious to their odd behavior, sprawled out on the cushion in the corner in a very standard Ge You pose, yawning, "Thank you for thinking so highly of me. I wish I were a god. It's just some minor magic, nothing as powerful as you guys imagine..."
Huang Rong became lively again, her eyes sparkling.
Mu Nianci breathed a long sigh of relief.
Huang Rong asked curiously, "Little Chu, where did you learn your magic?"
Chu Yang knew what Huang Rong was thinking and laughed, "Don't even think about it. You can't learn it. This depends on your physique. Besides me, there's probably no one else in the world who can learn it."
"How could you do this!" Huang Rong stomped her feet in anger and started to whine and cling to Chu Yang's sleeve.
It wasn't that Chu Yang was being secretive, but rather that he was constrained by the rules of the world.
Chu Yang is not restricted because of the Soul Palace.
After letting Huang Rong make a fuss for a while, Chu Yang reminded Mu Nianci to get going. Seeing that Chu Yang wasn't having any of it, Huang Rong knew it was really not going to work, so she sulked to herself.
The map of this world is quite bizarre. The Southern Song, Northern Song, Jin, and Liao dynasties are bordered by each other, while the Mongols and the Ming Dynasty are facing each other in a more distant place.
It was also sandwiched between the Dali, Western Xia, and Tubo kingdoms.
This trip is to obtain the "Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill" from the Mongolian Tantric sect, requiring a journey through several countries in one go.
Since it was a long journey, Chu Yang naturally hoped to gain the most benefits. It would be a waste of time to only take one copy of the "Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill".
Therefore, Chu Yang's first stop was Zhongnan Mountain, located at the border between the Southern and Northern Song Dynasties.
If I remember correctly, Wang Chongyang had part of the Nine Yin Manual carved in the Tomb of the Living Dead before his death.
As for the two volumes of the Nine Yin Manual carried by Mei Chaofeng and Zhou Botong, Chu Yang chose to ignore them because it required taking a long detour.
The Song Dynasty split into the Southern Song and Northern Song Dynasties.
The territory of the Southern Song Dynasty was half the size of that of the Northern Song Dynasty, and it confronted the Jin Dynasty.
The Northern Song Dynasty had a vast territory, and the Liao Dynasty, in contrast, was also a behemoth.
The four forces are caught in a strange balance, and friction has been constant in recent years.
The Southern and Northern Song dynasties were relatively better off, as they were brothers from the same root. No matter how fierce their arguments were, they were limited to verbal battles between scholars or duels between martial arts masters.
There have never been any serious conflicts between the two countries, and they have never escalated to a confrontation between nations. In urgent situations, the two countries will even cooperate in combat to jointly defend against enemies.
The relationship between the Jin and Liao dynasties was not so friendly. If it weren't for the Northern and Southern Song dynasties eyeing them covetously, forcing them to put aside their hostility, these two generations of enemies would have already fought to the death. Cooperation would have been absolutely impossible; at most, they would have just refrained from kicking each other when they were down.
Otherwise, in terms of actual combat strength, the Jin-Liao alliance was stronger than the Northern and Southern Song dynasties.
Among the four kingdoms, the friction between the Northern Song and the Liao was extremely intense, with minor battles occurring almost every three days and major battles every five days.
The Northern Song Dynasty was often at a disadvantage, and its military strength was severely depleted.
Fortunately, the Northern Song Dynasty produced many martial arts masters, especially Qiao Feng, the leader of the Northern Beggars' Clan, who led his heroes to block the enemy from the battlefield.
The disappearances or suicides of high-ranking military officials made the Liao Kingdom very wary, and it dared not launch a large-scale military offensive.
Chu Yang had previously heard tales of Qiao Feng's battle against Hong Qigong from storytellers in taverns, but the story was eventually dropped due to the invasion of Liao soldiers and the need to defend the border.
Staying in the small county town, far from the war, Chu Yang was unaware of the hardships of the world. But once he left the town, especially as he headed towards the border, he witnessed many unspeakable tragedies.
Although it didn't reach the level of corpses strewn across the fields and people exchanging children for food, I have seen many horrifying scenes of headless corpses floating downstream.
Huang Rong was terribly frightened and couldn't sleep well for several days and nights, having nightmares and muttering to herself.
At this moment, Mu Nianci displayed amazing maternal radiance.
Not only did he not hold Huang Rong's previous rudeness against him against her, but he also gently comforted Huang Rong to sleep every day, and the friendship between the two was developing rapidly.
Having witnessed the sight of corpses floating in rivers, no one dared to fetch water from the wild unless it was spring water from the mountains.
Chu Yang made a large water tank, used the Seamless Expansion Spell to expand the space, and then used magic to fill it with clear water.
However, this made the already crowded interior space even more cramped.
After realizing that the space was insufficient, Chu Yang felt it was necessary to improve the configuration of the carriage interior.
More importantly, sleeping is very inconvenient. Chu Yang is used to sleeping completely naked, but if there are girls next to him, he can only sleep with his clothes on.
A month and a half later, the carriage arrived at the small town at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain.
The three of them found an inn in town to rest, and Chu Yang started tinkering with the carriage in the backyard.
After further expanding the interior space, he used wood manipulation to create several rooms and added some furniture, turning the carriage into a complete "RV".
After resting for a night, the three purchased supplies in town and set off again, entering the Zhongnan Mountains at noon.
Even the strongest sunlight shining into the towering mountains only leaves dappled shadows, adding an eerie atmosphere to the mysterious mountains.
Normally, a carriage can't travel on mountain roads, but Chu Yang knew magic and cast a levitation spell on the carriage.
Nestled among the mountains, two horses pull a floating carriage as if it were on flat ground. Coupled with Mu Nianci's stunning appearance in red, it's easy to imagine her in those well-known ghost stories.
Before they could even figure out the location of the Tomb of the Living Dead, Chu Yang and his group had already scared six or seven young Taoist priests from the Quanzhen Sect who were gathering herbs in the mountains into fainting.
"How about we find a place to stop the carriage and walk instead?" Mu Nianci suggested cautiously, worried that she might frighten people again and displease Chu Yang.
Chu Yang nodded. Anyway, they would have to get off the carriage once they found the place, since carriages couldn't enter the Tomb of the Living Dead.
The three of them got off the carriage and walked for a while, when they suddenly realized that the atmosphere around them had become gloomy and terrifying.