Chapter 306 "I think you recognized the wrong person. ...
When these words were spoken, Tai Hao and Yu Chang's expressions changed slightly, but Wen Yu, who was the person involved, was very calm, not as confused as she was at Qipan Pass just now.
"I think you've got the wrong person, Lord God." Wen Yu put away her Liuyun fan and embraced Chen Bi openly. "My name is Wen Yu, and I was raised by my master."
At this moment, Chen Bi was dressed as a man, held in Wen Yu's arms, and even leaned lightly on her shoulder. It looked really weird no matter how you looked at it.
Zang Ling glanced at Chen Bi unkindly.
Seeing this, Wen Yu did not let go, but hugged the person even tighter.
She has figured it out clearly; what others think of her has nothing to do with her.
It is better to seek within than outside.
As long as she knows who she is, what path she wants to take and what she wants to do, that's enough.
"Yuan Que..." After a stalemate, Zang Ling finally succumbed to Wen Yu's gaze, "...Wen Yu."
Wen Yu raised an eyebrow, not expecting Zang Ling to change his mind, so he simply replied, "I'm here, Lord Shen."
"Who is your master?" Zang Ling still didn't give up and wanted to get to the bottom of it.
Although she knew that she would not give up easily, Wen Yu still admired Zang Ling's persistence. To her, Yuan Que must be a very important person.
"Houchun Mountain, Wutong Ancestral Temple." Wen Yu introduced herself and while answering questions, she also wanted Zang Ling to understand that she was really not Yuan Que.
After saying this, he even thought that if the name of Hou Chunshan was too small, it would be better to directly tell him the master's name, "Or, Spring Temple, Supreme God Ju Mang."
Zang Ling remained silent, staring at Wen Yu without blinking.
Just when she thought that the Hidden Spirit God had finally accepted her kindness, she suddenly heard her say, "Who is it? I don't know him."
Wen Yu was stunned on the spot, and even her hands slipped off Chen Bi.
Is there anyone in this world who doesn’t know her master, Ju Mangjun?
When she was in Jiangyang Prefecture, she saw the people offering sacrifices to the Goddess of Spring, who was in charge of farming, agriculture and animal husbandry. She thought that her master must have a very good reputation and high prestige in the mortal world.
It goes without saying that in the Eastern Heavenly Court, all the immortals and fellow Taoists respected her master. Although that was when Emperor Taihao was away, it at least showed...
By the way, speaking of Emperor Taihao.
"If you don't know my master, how do you know the Emperor?" Just now she clearly heard the Lord of the Cangling God calling Taihao by his divine title.
But when she was in the Eastern Heaven, she had heard Chi Huang say that the Emperor and his master were both gods of spring in charge of the East, with Taihao as the main one and Ju Mang as the auxiliary one. They were two gods who were inseparable and closely connected.
How could the Hidden Spirit God only recognize the Emperor and not her master? In other words, even if he didn't recognize her, he must have heard of her a little, right?
The one who reacted before Zang Ling was Tai Hao. He opened his mouth to explain -
But Zang Ling stopped him and changed the subject, "The situation in Central Continent is unclear right now. Let's go to the town at the foot of the mountain and ask around."
As soon as he said this, without waiting for Wen Yu and others to agree, Zang Ling raised his feet and walked ahead.
"Eh?" Wen Yu blinked blankly. Why did he run away mid-sentence? Could it be... he was feeling guilty...
Zang Ling, who was a few steps ahead, stopped and looked back, his eyes fixed on Wen Yu. "What? You're not going into the mountain?"
"I'll be right there." Wen Yu felt uneasy because of her stare, so she quickly pulled Chen Bi to follow.
Yu Chang glanced at Taihao who was at the end, and then followed Wen Yu's steps forward.
This person's words were evasive, so there must be something fishy going on. Plus, just looking at that face made him feel annoyed.
After the trip to Zhongzhou, he had to quickly take Wen Yu back to the Rebirth Inn, or to the banks of the Yuan River, or somewhere else.
There's no place for this guy.
Looking at the figures walking away, Tai Hao sighed imperceptibly. He naturally didn't care about what Yu Chang did. He was angry at himself.
What could he explain by saying just now? Could he tell Wenyu how he and Zang Ling met?
He can't do it, at least not yet.
"I haven't asked the Lord God yet, how come you are so familiar with Gouwu Mountain?" Wen Yu took two steps at a time to catch up with Zang Ling. At this time, she forgot how ferocious the Fuxue Chunsha on her waist was.
Zang Ling turned slightly to wait for Wen Yu. Seeing her completely unfamiliar look, he was furious. "I've been here before."
But whenever Wen Yu asked a question, she always had to answer.
"I see." Wen Yu nodded, but immediately a question popped up in her mind, "But I heard that Cangling Immortal Mountain is an isolated island, and the gods live in seclusion and never go out."
Now I know to ask her, which is good and a progress.
Putting aside the chaotic thoughts in his head, Zang Ling almost laughed at himself, "Don't trust rumors. I just don't go out much."
But I can't help but believe it.
Since she ascended to heaven, in order to control the evil spirit in her body and not to hurt others by mistake, she has indeed confined herself to the Cangling Immortal Mountain and never crosses the line.
But this was also what she regretted the most later.
If she hadn't been so stubborn and rigid, insisting on living a life isolated from the world, how could she have missed Yuan Que's news, how could she have allowed the tragedy to happen, and how could it have been too late to save the situation by the time she arrived.
That was her first time leaving the Zanglingxian Mountain.
Looking at Wen Yu beside her, who seemed to not believe her words at all, Zang Ling sighed in her heart -
Today is the second time.
Once for Yuan Que, and once to meet Wen Yu.
Maybe destiny really exists, and what she once missed has now returned to her.
Even if she couldn't stop Wen Yu from coming to Zhongzhou to fulfill her master's orders, she would never let her be in danger this time.
"The town ahead is Muyao Town. It's a good opportunity to ask someone about how the fairyland wetland turned into an inland desert." Zang Ling was not as anxious as before. It seemed that the hostility in her body would be calmer when she was with Wen Yu.
Wen Yu had never been to Zhongzhou and wasn't very familiar with the surrounding area. "Muyao Town?"
"Well, you will like it." Zang Ling couldn't help but smile when he thought of the past.
Although I don't know what she means, but since I'm here, it won't hurt to go and take a look. "Then let's go."
Tai Hao had a complicated expression, and the further he went, the more uneasy he felt.
Unlike the Qipan Pass covered with ice and snow, although it is now the twelfth month of winter, Muyao Town is wrapped in a thick layer of yellow sand, without any trace of wind or frost.
Wen Yu led Chen Bi and followed behind the Lord of Hidden Spirits. They soon arrived at Muyao Town.
Desolate, withered, bleak and broken.
Almost every unpleasant word could be used to describe the Muyao Town she saw at that moment. It was nothing like what the Hidden Spirit God had said she would like...
Most of the houses on both sides of the road were destroyed. The broken main beams could not support the weight of the houses. The fallen tiles exposed the bare rafters. No one picked up the corn and persimmon cakes hanging under the corridor. They were leaning crookedly on the pillars, like people who were too old to walk and were forced to stay where they were.
From this perspective, although Jiangyang was disturbed by some monsters, the city was still able to remain the same, which was already very good.
"Earthquake..." Wen Yu's eyes swept across the ground. There were cracks in several places, but he didn't know if anyone had been swallowed.
Zang Ling did not respond this time, but just looked at the situation in front of him with a frown in deep thought.
She hasn't left Cangling Fairy Mountain for a long time. How did Muyao Town become like this?
In the past, Muyao Town was covered with lush bamboos. Looking down from mid-air, it looked like a drop of emerald green tears.
"What's going on?" Yu Chang chased after them and was also surprised by the current situation of Muyao Town.
Although he had only passed by here before and had not taken a close look, he could still tell that the changes there were drastic.
Tai Hao arrived shortly after, surprised and blaming himself. Although he had only been back for a few days, he should have investigated the situation on all sides first...
Perhaps Muyao Town would not have fallen to its current state.
"Everyone, be careful." Wen Yu took Chen Bi's hand and reminded the people around him.
Chen Bi, who had been silent, was so shocked that he couldn't speak.
She came all the way from Shangdu, and the most seriously affected case she had seen was Jiang Yang's missing persons case. Moreover, thanks to the help of her aunt, it was successfully resolved and nothing serious happened.
But what she never expected was that Zhongzhou's suffering had reached such an extent!
She hadn't seen anyone along the way.
Could it be that Muyao Town has become a deserted city?
"Let's go a little further, aunt." Chen Bi suppressed the trembling in her voice and pulled Wen Yu's sleeve.
This is the court's fault and her mistake.
"Bishan..." Wen Yu looked at Chen Bi with concern, and finally agreed, "Let's go."
I don’t know how far I walked, but gradually the cracks in the ground under my feet became less, and there were more wisps of green smoke in the air.
This is probably the last safe place in Muyao Town.
Chen Bi's eyes lit up, and he looked at the smoke from the cooking stove not far away and said happily, "Someone is here."
Perhaps the previous earthquake was too severe, so they moved to this relatively less dangerous place.
"Let's follow and see." Wen Yu nodded and answered affirmatively.
The first one to move was Chen Bi, and Zang Ling followed after taking a look at Wen Yu.
Wen Yu looked around cautiously at the mountains behind the house. It seemed that this place was safer and closer to Gouwu Mountain than the place he had just passed by.
Is there any necessary connection between the two?
"Did you find anything?" Tai Hao asked softly, looking at Wen Yu's pale face. "Are you... okay?"
When he was awake, he couldn't call her Xiaoyu, but if he was asked to pretend to be reserved and call her Wen Yujun like he did when he was in Jiang Yang, that was even more impossible.
Wen Yu shook his head and sighed, "I don't have any clue."
She was so absorbed in Muyao Town that she had no time to care about the second half of Taihao's words.
"Let's see." Yu Chang and Wen Yu raised their eyebrows to indicate that since there are people, there must be a way.
As he spoke, Chen Bi had already walked a long way. Wen Yu rubbed his brows and hurried to catch up, "Yeah."
After passing a few haystacks half a man's height, Chenbi stopped where he was.
Even when Wen Yu came to her side, she was still in a daze.
"What's wrong..." Wen Yu patted her on the back and comforted her.
Chen Bi pointed to a makeshift shed not far away that was also made of straw and spoke with difficulty: "Auntie..."
Following the sound, Wen Yu was speechless.
"Speaking of this Muyao Town!" A white-haired old man sat on a half-broken stone slab, holding an equally broken wake-up stick in his hand. "It got its name from the Muyao Goddess—"
The leaky shed and dilapidated things did not prevent him from telling stories.
Even the few scattered spectators below were men and women of similar age to him; there were no young maids or boys to be seen.
He became more and more excited as he spoke, as if he could talk endlessly.
The Wood Hawk Goddess, Wen Yu muttered these words silently, who is that?
As if seeing through Wen Yu's doubts, Zang Ling replied in a low voice: "It is... Yuan Que."
Resisting the urge to say "It's you" that was almost blurted out, Zang Ling changed her answer. Wen Yu couldn't remember her now, so it was better not to annoy him.
Wen Yu wanted to ask something, but when she heard the name, she stopped talking immediately. She decided to just listen to the old man...
"Legend has it that the bamboo forests covering Muyao Town were so beautiful that they won the favor of the Muyao goddess, who settled there."
Looking at the yellow sand all around and then at this temporary residence made of haystacks, Chen Bi couldn't connect the current Muyao Town with the beautiful sea of bamboos described by the old man.
Noticing that her mood was a little abnormal, Wen Yu stopped Chen Bi's shoulder in a soothing manner, "Bishan."
"I'm fine." Bishan forced himself to move the corners of his lips, trying to reassure Wenyu, but she couldn't smile no matter what, not even a little bit.
After all, she was really fine, but the ones in trouble were the people who were struggling to survive in the ruins.
It was the court that came too late, it was she who came too late.
The next moment, the old man continued his story, "Although the scenery in Muyao Town is beautiful, people's lives are difficult."
The wake-up stick was hit, stirring up clouds of yellow sand on the ground nearby.
"The Wood Hawk Goddess used local materials and taught the people to cut bamboo to make wooden hawks, which they then sold to neighboring prefectures in exchange for silver."
On the haystacks, some people were mending clothes, some were picking wild vegetables, and some were doing nothing but listening attentively to stories.
Just like Wen Yu and the others.
"Finally, the people have a skill and no longer have to rely on the weather for their livelihood."
"When everyone had some extra money, they wanted to go to the goddess's house to thank her for her kindness, but she only asked everyone to cut down a few bamboos and then plant a few more, and she would not accept any other thanks."
The audience below had heard the story countless times, yet they still cheered for it.
"In this way, I can say that I can make a living from the mountain." He was in a hurry to speak even though the hole in his clothes had not been mended yet.
"Yes, thanks to the goddess." The old lady had almost finished picking the vegetables and sighed with relief.
"The goddess is truly kind-hearted." There weren't many people around originally, but with everyone chatting away it became lively.
Chen Bi clenched her fists. She felt very uncomfortable. While they were in the same expedition, some people were still living like this. How could she have the face to be this damn King Chengping?
"Wooden Harrier." Yu Chang murmured these two words, savoring them, and seemed to understand something.
The story is over, but the story is not over yet.
Sighing with a voice that seemed to be both sad and resentful, Zang Ling suddenly realized that she had no idea how many springs, autumns, winters and summers had passed. She had been staying indoors at Zang Ling Immortal Mountain and had no idea what year it was.
She glanced at Tai Hao, who was also silent, with complicated eyes, and then looked at Wen Yu——
Wen Yu half-closed her eyes and spoke to herself, "So a wooden harrier is actually a kite."
But now Muyao Town is covered with yellow sand, so I'm afraid it's impossible to fly kites...
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