Mortals ask the immortals

Nine days later, outside Jiuding City.

Duan Qing looked at the majestic Jiuding City not far away, and felt relieved.

"Wow, that's Jiuding City! It's so big! It's comparable to Liuyue City!"

"Master, we've finally arrived at Jiuding City!"

...

The two young Taoist nuns chattered and sighed.

Duan Qing glanced at the two of them calmly, feeling a little frightened.

After seven days of getting along, he was actually a little scared of them!

The two Taoist nuns were twins. The elder sister was named Si Wen'an, who was the one who called him outside the inn in Xiahe City, and the younger sister was named Si Wenjing. They were both disciples of the Shengyue Sect. This time, they came with their master Xia Jili to participate in the Qingjiang Boat Festival.

The names of the two were very particular, but their personalities were completely opposite to their names!

The two were completely unrelated to An Jing, and were just chatterboxes, one more talkative than the other!

I won't talk about the elder sister, who was born to be familiar with people and started chatting with them as soon as they got on the road.

Sister Si Wenjing looked quiet on the surface, but after getting to know Duan Qing, she talked even more than sister Si Wen'an!

Along the way, the two of them pestered him with questions, almost asking about his ancestors for eighteen generations, which made him very annoyed.

In his life, he had never seen such a talkative person. Except for resting at night, the two of them almost never stopped talking.

"What a mess!" The white-bearded old man Xia Jili shouted softly.

The two Taoist nuns immediately restrained themselves and their voices became much lighter, but they still kept talking and whispered to each other.

"Hmph, don't pay attention to the old man."

"Sister, what do you think will be the final treasure of this year's Qingjiang Boat Festival?"

"..."

Si Wen'an and her sister were so rude that Xia Jili was embarrassed and smiled awkwardly at Duan Qing.

Duan Qing had a blank expression on his face, but he was very happy in his heart.

Hmph, you old man, you deserve to be embarrassed!

After spending the whole journey together, he finally understood why Xia Jili did not object to Si Wen'an's invitation to him to travel with him, and even acquiesced.

This old man was obviously annoyed by Si Wen'an and her sister, and he was eager for him to travel with them to divert the attention of the two sisters!

Xia Jili was relaxed on this journey, but Duan Qing was almost annoyed to death by the two sisters, and he had no peace all day.

Originally, according to Duan Qing's estimation, he could reach Jiuding City in four or five days if he traveled at full speed, but because Si Wen'an and her sister were too annoying, he had to find a city to rest in the middle of the way to have a quiet night, so it took him nine days to arrive!

Therefore, he now has a deep resentment towards this old man Xia Jili!

Seeing Jiuding City, Duan Qing didn't want to stay with Si Wen'an and her sister any longer, and immediately clasped his fists to the three of them and said, "I am very grateful to Senior Xia and the two Taoist friends for taking care of me along the way, but all good things must come to an end. I have some private matters to deal with in Jiuding City, so I'll take my leave first."

After saying that, he ran towards Jiuding City without waiting for the three people to respond.

"Daoyou Duan, take care!"

"Daoyou Duan, remember to come find us after the Qingjiang boat meeting, so that we can return to Yuezhou together."

The two Taoist nuns shouted at Duan Qing's back.

Hearing the voice, Duan Qing couldn't help but tremble, and his steps couldn't help but speed up a bit.

Xia Jili looked at Duan Qing's back with a frown, glanced at Si Wen'an and the other person beside him, and without waiting for them to speak, he also hurriedly walked towards Jiuding City.

The Qingjiang River, which originates from the Jiuding Mountains, flows southward through Jiuding City, turns a big bend, changes its north-south direction to an east-west direction, passes through several other states to the east, and flows into the Endless Sea.

Duan Qing is now in a relatively high terrain. At a glance, he can vaguely see the vast Qingjiang River to the west of Jiuding City, which turns eastward just outside Jiuding City to form a river bay.

The legendary Qingjiang Boat Festival is held in the Qingjiang River Bay west of Jiuding City.

The Qingjiang River has always had a slow flow rate. For many years, there have been very few floods along the banks of the river. The river is rich in fishery. I don’t know how many mortals rely on fishing and hunting in the Qingjiang River for a living, especially the Qingjiang River near Jiuding City, where the fishing and hunting culture is particularly heavy.

However, no matter how rich the resources are, there will be a time when they are exhausted. Due to excessive fishing and hunting, the Qingjiang River near Jiuding City once had a dry catch.

In view of this, Jiuding City ordered a three-month fishing ban every year to maintain the Qingjiang River to ensure that the resources of the Qingjiang River are not exhausted.

In order to ensure the strict implementation of this order, Jiuding City initially sent monks to guard Qingjiang River to prevent mortals from fishing and hunting in violation of the order.

However, many monks were unwilling to do such an easy job, and even felt disgusted. Fishing for three days and drying the nets for two days had no effect.

Later, someone came up with an idea. Every year at the beginning of the fishing ban, Jiuding City invited major sects in Dingzhou, immortal cultivation families and other forces to hold a treasure exchange meeting on the Qingjiang River outside Jiuding City, which was called the Qingjiang Boat Meeting.

With so many monks gathered, mortals naturally dared not act rashly and fish and hunt in violation of the order. The monks who came to Qingjiang to participate in the treasure exchange meeting would not feel disgusted.

Once the Qingjiang Boat Meeting was introduced, the effect was remarkable. It not only prevented mortals from fishing and hunting in violation of the order, but also promoted a grand trade fair, which was a two-pronged approach.

So the Qingjiang Boat Meeting was continued, and it became an annual tradition of Jiuding City, and was regarded as a symbol of the beginning of the annual fishing ban.

At first, only some forces in Dingzhou participated. Later, as the Qingjiang Boat Club became more and more famous, forces from several states near Dingzhou also sent people to participate.

Duan Qing learned all this from the sisters Si Wen'an.

Jiuding City is the largest city in Dingzhou and is also the location of Dingzhou Tongtian Tower.

Therefore, like Liuyue City, Jiuding City also has a no-fly ban.

Looking at the Tongtian Tower in Jiuding City, which was the same as Liuyue City and soared into the sky, Duan Qing couldn't help but sigh.

I don't know who built the Tongtian Tower. It has stood in the Middle Earth for countless years and cultivated countless monks for the Middle Earth!

It can be said that without the Tongtian Tower, there would be no prosperous scene in the Middle Earth today.

Not long after, Duan Qing entered Jiuding City from the south gate of Jiuding City and rushed to the west gate of Jiuding City.

According to Si Wen'an, the Qingjiang Boat Meeting will start tomorrow. Although it is still early, it is better for him to rush to the Qingjiang River Bay as soon as possible.

He did not forget the purpose of coming to the Qingjiang Boat Meeting. He acted low-key, bought a handy flying sword, and rushed to Shenzhou to join the Shinto Sect as soon as possible, and then talked about other things.

Walking in the Middle Earth, without any background, but also with supreme skills, attracting people to covet, he can be said to be walking on thin ice.

The scale of Jiuding City is not inferior to Liuyue City. Even with Duan Qing's speed, it took him half a day to get from the south gate of Jiuding City to the west gate.

When he arrived at the west gate of Jiuding City, the sun had already set and it was not far from dark.

One mile outside the west gate of Jiuding City is the Qingjiang River Bay.

At this time, outside the west gate of Jiuding City, the Qingjiang River was almost full of people.