"Ah! Yes, I... came to the mountains to look for some herbs," Lu Yunxi laughed dryly, remembering how she almost fell apart every time she met Fu Yi. She wanted to grow wings and fly away, but she didn't show it on her face. "Um, by the way, Mr. Fu, what are you doing here?"
"This guy actually stole something from the academy where I work. I caught him and chased him all the way here for several days," Fu Yi pointed at the struggling figure in the tree. "If you hadn't stopped him, who knows how long I would have continued to chase him."
"A long time ago, someone sneaked into the academy. It must be him. Unfortunately, I chased him for so long, but he still got away." Fu Yi looked at the man nailed to the tree and snorted coldly. "Who would have thought he would be so arrogant? It's only been a short time! He's here again, and this time he even stole something!"
The man nailed to the tree stopped struggling and cried out, "It's unfair! I've never been in there before. This is my first time! And now you've caught me!"
When Lu Yunxi heard this, he was suddenly stunned.
She remembered that she had sneaked into the First Military Academy to attend classes secretly. At that time, it was Fu Yi who was chasing her. If she hadn't covered her face and body, and if her level was not high enough, she might not have been able to escape.
"Unjust?! How dare you cry for injustice! Tell me! What was your purpose in sneaking in?" Fu Yi reached out and grabbed the man's collar, scolding him with a cold face.
The person who was caught cried and shouted, and handed over everything he had stolen from the academy, but he refused to admit that he had ever been to the academy before.
"There are not many people in this world who are so bold as to sneak into the academy. Who would believe you if you said it wasn't you?!" Fu Yi snorted coldly. He didn't let go of the man and insisted on questioning him.
The people who were arrested were so angry that they cried and their noses and tears came out.
Lu Yunxi: ...
She believes it.
Looking at the angry Fu Yi and the devastated thief, Lu Yunxi felt a little embarrassed.
She glanced at the two of them with a guilty conscience, then made up an excuse and left.
Fortunately, neither of them paid any attention to her, so she was able to ride away on her donkey.
With no possibility of overturning, Lu Yunxi relaxed again and let the little donkey carry him forward.
However--
When they passed the path with a strangely shaped stone at the bottom for the third time, she finally couldn't help but stop the donkey.
She cut a mark on the tree next to her with a dagger before letting the little donkey continue walking.
Not long after, she saw the familiar path again.
Staring at the marks she had made on the tree, she stroked her chin thoughtfully.
"Xiao Mao, it seems we have encountered a mysterious wall." She patted the little donkey, jumped down lightly, and started to find the way by pulling it.
She had learned a lot about the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams formations, but the strange thing was that no matter how she looked at it, it didn't look like anyone had set up a formation here.
After all, no matter how invisible the artificial formation is on the surface, the distribution of stones and trees on the ground and various traces will actually be somewhat different.
She walked with the donkey for a long time but couldn't find the exit. The only way was probably the one left intentionally by the person who set up the formation.
The little donkey had been walking for a long time and became a little impatient and refused to move.
Lu Yunxi casually gave the donkey the carrot in his hand, and wrote down the surrounding routes before pulling the donkey towards the only road.
The little donkey kicked its hooves, seeming a little dissatisfied.
Seeing that the donkey, which was well fed and well watered, refused to leave, she had no choice but to leave enough food and water, put up a protective cover, and walked in herself.
After passing through layers of woods, we soon arrived at a village.
There is only one road in the middle of the village, with two rows of neatly arranged houses on both sides. Several big yellow dogs are wandering on the road, and they all bark when they see strangers coming in.
Lu Yunxi had a calm expression on his face and walked calmly through the crowd into the village.
The strange thing was that she had thought that she would start fighting with the villagers as soon as she came in, but that was not the case.
The villagers just looked up at her and then looked away. They sat on the road, selling some things in front of them. Some sold bamboo baskets and hats, some sold eggs and vegetables...all kinds of daily necessities.
There were patches on their clothes and their faces looked a little sad, but they were not very aggressive.
"Auntie, please tell me something," Lu Yunxi said, pulling out a few copper coins and handing them to the old lady. "Where is this place? I wanted to go to the mountains to collect herbs, but I accidentally ended up here. How can I get to town?"
When the lady selling vegetables saw the few copper coins, her eyes lit up at first, and then dimmed in an instant.
She took the coins nonchalantly and said, "This is Dragon Village. Miss, once you come in here, don't even think about leaving. You can't leave the village."
"Look, do you see that old man over there? He's the village chief. Go find him later and he'll give you a piece of land," the old lady said, pointing to the old man not far away. "Just settle down."
Lu Yunxi asked a few more questions before he got a general understanding of Long Village.
Long Village is a village hidden deep in the mountains.
For some unknown reason, one day, the people in the village could no longer leave and had to live a life isolated from the world.
Fortunately, there is a salt lake nearby, and there is no shortage of other vegetables, fruits, grains and firewood, so Long Village can barely be self-sufficient. Otherwise, Long Village might have been destroyed long ago.
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Lu Yunxi felt somewhat helpless after hearing the news from the old lady. After talking for a long time, she still couldn't figure out which piece of news was related to the inability to leave.
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