Chapter 17 Escape (3)
Huang Pinjie accepted the items expressionlessly and put them away. She fiddled with the cage and discovered that it could also block outside prying eyes.
She peered inside and saw it was about ten feet wide. Overjoyed, she put Ji Er's entire family inside and then had Shan Zhongfeng help her put the cage around her neck.
Then, she took off running towards Ya Shui.
There is a ferry crossing on the Ya River, which allows you to float downstream to the Tianjiang River.
Traveling down the Tianjiang River for 300,000 li, one can bypass the prosperous area of Zhongzhou, then turn south for 1372 li and then enter the Canghe River for 23,200 li, passing through Chi and Cangzhou, and finally reaching Danzhou; but it is not over yet, from here one must cross the water for 4,000 li to reach Huanghai City.
Upon arriving at the Yashui Ferry, Huang Pinjie revealed the Fire Fox Token and was greeted by a snake maidservant who led him into a private room inside the boat.
Their boat had barely set sail when chaos erupted at the ferry crossing, as the celestial maidens of Kunlun had come to search for them.
Huang Pinjie closed her eyes and listened to the sounds fading into the distance. Her pounding heart finally calmed down. She lay motionless on the mat. She was exhausted these days and needed a good rest.
Ji Er's family was crammed into the cage, unable to see what was happening outside, and they were terrified.
Ever since they were put in cages, this place has been shaking and never stopped.
Ji Rong was the first to break down; she had vomited on Ji Zhuang and the others several times.
After boarding the ship, the cage continued to sway rhythmically. Ji Rong was already nauseous and didn't care about the dirt, so she leaned against Ji Zhuang and fell asleep.
Ji Er was also sleepy, but she knew it wasn't time to sleep.
Finally, Ji Er sat to the side, her eyes half-closed, and only after watching Ji Zhuang and Qing Shi hold Ji Rong and fall asleep did she finally feel at ease enough to go to sleep herself.
Before going to sleep, she comforted herself, saying, "Standing guard is useless. If danger really comes, it's not something she can avoid by not sleeping!"
Huang Pinjie slept for a full eight hours. When she woke up, she suddenly remembered Ji Er's family in the cage.
She opened the cage and saw the filthy scene inside, then slammed it shut again. As she closed it, the cage door caught Qing Shi's outstretched wings, causing Qing Shi to howl in pain.
Huang Pinjie said unhappily, "How can you be so dirty? It's only been a short time, and you can't help but poop in here!"
Ji Er was the first to rush out. She was eager to jump out of the window. If Huang Pinjie hadn't pulled her back, she would have become the first Caiji cultivator in the world to successfully commit suicide by jumping into the river.
Ji Er excitedly pried Huang Pinjie's hands off, saying, "Don't pull me, I need to take a dump!"
Huang Pinjie was also very excited and said, "You can't jump out of the window, there's the Tianjiang River outside, you'll die! I'll take you to the outhouse!"
"Pfft..." Ji Er pulled into the private room.
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After a round of punches and kicks, Ji Er struggled to clean with a rag in his claws. Huang Pinjie led the other three ignorant ones to the bathroom to use the toilet, and then they looked at the scenery and ate spirit fruits by the window.
The Tianjiang River outside the window is vast, with towering mountains on both banks, their peaks shrouded in mist, and pavilions appearing and disappearing in the distance, creating an ethereal atmosphere.
Fish occasionally leaped out of the water. Ji Rong curiously threw some pastry crumbs into the water, attracting the unawakened spirit fish to chase after them.
Ji Zhuang found it fascinating. He leaned against the window, craned his neck, and stared at the water. When a fish leaped, he would scoop it up and manage to catch one. He tasted it and found it quite delicious.
So he happily called out to his father, Qing Shi, and ran to the window at the other end of the room to play catching fish.
Watching the bunch of country bumpkins playing around, Huang Pinjie warned them, "You can play under my nose during the day, but not at night. You can't go out no matter what noise you hear."
The birds agreed and went about their own business.
When it was almost time to eat, Huang Pinjie called them all over, lifted a corner of the curtain, and saw a muscular, handsome man outside holding a three-pronged fork, stirring it in the river, and then, as if he had grabbed something, slamming it onto the deck.
Ji Rong felt a blur before her eyes, and then a giant silver fish lay on the deck.
Seeing the surprised expressions on Ji Er's family's faces, Huang Pinjie was in a great mood. She said, "We live off the land and the water. Today, let's eat this silverback spirit fish."
Ji Er and Ji Rong immediately spread their wings and cheered, while Ji Zhuang and Qing Shi both let out a burp.
We ate two meals a day on the boat, both of which consisted of silverback fish.
The fish was sliced thinly and served with mint leaves and herbs; it was delicious.
On the second day, they ate spotted mandarin fish, and on the third day, they ate yellow-throated mandarin fish.
After eating fish for three consecutive days, Ji Er's family all developed diarrhea and lost their initial enthusiasm for watching Muscle Beauty and picking fish from the river.
What's worse, Huang Pinjie actually asked everyone to cultivate at this time, saying that there was a spiritual vein flowing in the river, and that cultivating at this time would be twice as effective.
Ji Zhuang ate a lot and then went to the toilet, leaving him exhausted and dizzy. He then started grumbling indignantly.
Huang Pinjie ignored him and clapped his hands, saying, "Ji Zhuang, you have the best aptitude. You need to practice more. From now on, you should practice for at least ten hours every day."
Little Ji Zhuang, who couldn't do math yet, thought Aunt Huang was praising him and nodded happily.
Ji Rong was kept behind as usual. She was diligent and never missed a day of cultivation, which strengthened her physique in the past two years.
Huang Pinjie stared at her blankly without saying a word, which made Ji Rong's heart flutter. She asked, "Auntie, Aunt Huang?"
“Sigh,” Huang Pinjie sighed, “These past few days I’ve been looking at the jade tablets of the Celestial Race that have been collected, and I was thinking that last time I used the Mind Sea Illusion, your appearance inside was as beautiful as an ancient god totem.”
Over the years, your practice of bird-related techniques has been practically useless, except for this "Qi Sensing Technique," which has yielded some results. This is my newly translated "Minor Path"; memorize it before you begin practicing.
Perhaps the time has come, and the learning will be complete;
Perhaps knowledge makes birds intelligent;
After cultivating on the ship day and night for several days, Ji Rong suddenly felt a surge of heat rising from her dantian. It circulated throughout her body like an electric current, giving her a sense of endless vitality.
Ji Rong dared not slacken her efforts. She maintained this state until she could control herself before daring to open her eyes.
She opened her eyes and realized that a night had passed. She told Huang Pinjie about it, and Huang Pinjie said with great relief, "You must have finally become wise."
Huang Pinjie grasped Ji Rong's wings and sensed her strength. Sure enough, she felt that Ji Rong's blood and qi were abundant, and her meridians were more than three times wider than before, with wisps of spiritual energy flowing within them.
The broadening of the meridians is one of the main characteristics of all races as they awaken their wisdom and are about to embark on the path of cultivation.
When the meridians in their bodies undergo a qualitative change and reach the standard that can accommodate spiritual energy, they will gradually develop a bit of wisdom, gain the ability to think, and thus engage in conscious cultivation.
It was a great joy that Ji Rongda, whose talent was ridiculously ordinary, had gained enlightenment. Huang Pinjie immediately ordered a waiter to bring over some fine wine, and he and Ji Er and Qing Shi drank heartily together.
She also told Ji Rong to sleep with her from now on.
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