On the Importance of Chinese Characters

The origin technique patterns in the Sea of ​​Consciousness are like a display screen whose power has been cut off, no matter how Zhuang Yunzhou drives it, none of them can light up.This made Zhuang Yunzhou, who was used to using source arts, a little flustered.

"It's okay, it should only be temporary. Don't worry, I'm still here." Fang Qiling held up a fan-shaped leaf to shield the two from the rain, while looking around the surrounding environment, "We have to find a place to live first."

Zhuang Yunzhou quickly calmed down and nodded.

Fang Qiling looked up and looked around, then handed the leaf umbrella to Zhuang Yunzhou: "Wait for me here."

Zhuang Yunzhou took the leaves, and saw Fang Qiling lighten his feet, rush to the tree, stepping lightly on the intertwined branches all the way to the top of the tree.He leaned out from the canopy, and his body swayed with the branches as if he had no weight.

Looking around on the canopy of the tree, Fang Qiling's eyes fixed on one place. He silently recorded his position, and with one step, he fell lightly from the top of the tree: "There are people in the southwest, it seems to be a small village."

Zhuang Yunzhou was shocked: "Let's go."

The rain gradually stopped, and the two quickly walked towards the place Fang Qiling found.Without the source technique, Zhuang Yunzhou realized how inconvenient it was now. Although the speed of transporting the source power to his feet is not slow, it is by no means as fast and consumes less energy as using the 'ben' tactic.

Although the village that Fang Qiling saw from the tree didn't seem far away, it was really not close when walking. Coupled with the fact that they were not familiar with the terrain, it took the two of them nearly two hours to get close to their destination.

The two left the forest and walked through a wasteland full of stones.Pieces of fields came into view. There were regular ridges between the fields, and various crops were planted in a patchwork pattern, obviously man-made.

After finding the gathering place of the Celestial Clan, both felt a little relieved.

At this time the sky had already dimmed, Zhuang Yunzhou looked around and found a wide dirt road obliquely in front of them, his eyes lit up: "Brother Fang, over there."

Fang Qiling also saw it, and smiled a bit: "Go, you should be able to find the village along the road."

Zhuang Yunzhou nodded.The two went all the way forward, and after turning a big bend along the road, they saw the shadow of the village beside a bush, and the entrance of the village was at the end of the road.

Standing at the entrance of the village, Zhuang Yunzhou looked at the village in front of him, and found that it was built in a simple ancient Wubao style. The village was surrounded by high walls made of bluestone and mud, and a wide door was left in the middle. The door was made of thick solid wood, and it was closed tightly at this time, and there were two pointed towers on the left and right on the walls on both sides of the door.

At this time, there was someone on duty on the tower. Fang Qiling took a step forward and was about to explain his purpose when he heard a young man upstairs greet him in a familiar voice: "Ah Yun, Azhou, you are back? Wait, I will give you open the door."

Ah Yun, Ah Zhou?The two looked at each other with surprise in their eyes.

"We should have entered an illusion." Zhuang Yunzhou said.

Fang Qiling chuckled lightly: "This illusion is quite considerate, it actually gave us an identity. I just don't know what the next plot will be."

"Now the only thing we can do is to block it with soldiers, and cover it with water and soil." Zhuang Yunzhou pondered for a while: "Since it is an illusion, there is a way to break it. The most urgent thing is to find out the purpose of this illusion as soon as possible."

While the two were discussing, the gate of the village was opened.A young man stood at the door with a grin on his dark face, showing his big white teeth.When the young man saw that the two of them had nothing in their hands, a little sympathy appeared between their brows: "Did you two not catch any prey today?"

... Husband and wife?

Fang Qiling touched his nose, his eyes drifted towards Zhuang Yunzhou with a smile on his face, he leaned sideways and said in a low voice, "This illusion is quite pleasing."

"..." Zhuang Yunzhou ignored him.

Pursing his lips, suppressing the agitation in his heart, Zhuang Yunzhou followed the young man's question calmly, "Well, today's luck is not very good."

"Well, it will be fine tomorrow. Actually, let me tell you, the two of you have just arrived in our Pengyi village. Hunting alone is not enough. There is still a lot of wasteland in the north. Why don't you tell the village chief about these things?" In the days to come, we will use the grain from the village to open up the land. We can just return the grain after we have a harvest.” The young man was very enthusiastic, “Haven’t you eaten yet? Let’s go, let’s eat at my house first tonight.”

Zhuang Yunzhou wanted to know more about the situation of this illusion, and the young man's proposal hit his heart, and he did not refuse, and bowed: "Thank you very much."

The young man saw Zhuang Yunzhou's elegant posture and indescribably beautiful etiquette, so he hurriedly returned the salute, but his posture was stiff, as if he was not familiar with such politeness.

After returning, he scratched his head and said uncomfortably: "You people from the big cities are very particular. It's just a meal, and you can say thank you."

It seems that in addition to the village, there is also a city here.Zhuang Yunzhou secretly wrote it down.

Because the village was to be enclosed in the fort, the houses in the village were densely built, almost all of which were two-story stone houses.The young man led the two of them skillfully through the crowded houses, turning east and west on the path between the villages. At this time, it was almost sunset, and many people squatted outside their houses to eat. When they saw the young man, they greeted: "Awang, change of guard." gone?"

Only then did the two know the young man's name.

Awang warmly greeted the people in the village, and soon arrived in front of an old house. Awang opened the door and invited the two to go in. A woman with only a little delicate appearance came out from the inside.

"Axiu, today Ayun and Azhou are having dinner at home, you go cook some food." Awang said softly to the woman.

Fang Qiling hurriedly said no: "We can just eat whatever we want. Don't bother my sister-in-law!"

Axiu pursed her lips and smiled, and said sharply, "They're all neighbors across the wall, whether it's troublesome or not, just wait."

Zhuang Yunzhou's eyes flickered, the neighbors on the other side of the wall, it seems that the darkened room next door is their residence.

The two had a not-so-rich but delicious dinner at Awang's house.During this period, Fang Qiling chatted with Awang, and the two men sat side by side bragging, and after a while, they hooked their shoulders and put their backs together.

Zhuang Yunzhou listened from the side, and in his heart he admired Qiling's ability to make friends. After just eating like this, Awang almost regarded Fang Qiling as a lifelong confidant. If Axiu hadn't stopped him, Fang Qiling would have There is one more sworn brother.

After getting out everything they could, the two bid farewell to the Awang couple, and went back to the house next door that was said to be their family.

This house is also a building with upper and lower floors. The first floor has a small area, with four rooms and two halls in total.There are two bedrooms on the upper two floors, a bathroom and a kitchen downstairs.The two roughly searched the room, and then stopped in the hall on the second floor.

"Fortunately, people in this village don't have the habit of locking their doors." Fang Qiling put the candlestick on the table, and the two sat facing each other.

"Now let's summarize the current situation." Zhuang Yunzhou lowered his eyes, "This place is called Pengjie, and the place we are in is called Pengyi Village. There are other villages around, and they are far away from each other. It belongs to Pengcheng management."

Fang Qiling lay down on the table and continued: "Here, your name is Azhou, and my name is Ayun. My surname is unknown. We are monks who eloped here because of our family's opposition. We have only been here for five days. We are originally from the city. As for the city, Awang doesn’t know either.”

After a pause, he commented: "This setting is good."

Zhuang Yunzhou glanced at him coldly.

Fang Qiling raised his eyebrows, put his head on his hands and smiled: "Azhou, you can't do this. We are monks who eloped, and we are husband and wife. The situation is still unclear. You are so indifferent to your monk... it is not appropriate Bar."

Zhuang Yunzhou paused, and said lightly: "There are only two of us here now, there is nothing inappropriate."

"Okay." Fang Qiling stopped laughing, lay down on the table and muttered, "It's up to you, anyway, I'm used to it."

It looked really pitiful like that.

……

Zhuang Yunzhou changed the subject bluntly: "Did you notice that just now Awang said that we have to stockpile food as soon as possible during this period, otherwise it will be too late."

"Why is it too late?" Zhuang Yunzhou said to himself.

When it came to business, Fang Qiling pondered for a while, and guessed: "Maybe something will happen to the village recently, which will cause the village to be closed for a long time?"

Zhuang Yunzhou thought for a while: "Well, tomorrow we will go to the village chief to borrow food according to what Awang said."

The two discussed for a while what to do next, and the moon rose into the sky.

Zhuang Yunzhou, who had been traveling all day, stretched out his hands and rubbed his forehead tiredly: "It's getting late, let's rest."

"I live in the east wing, Brother Fang can stay in the master bedroom."

"I think two people can sleep in the master bedroom." Fang Qiling said slowly, and when Zhuang Yunzhou's expression sank, he added, "Didn't you notice—there is no bedding in the wing room."

"..." Zhuang Yunzhou called up the memory of the inspection of the wing room just now, and found that it seemed, really, it seemed that there was no such thing.With hyperamnesia, he remembered more thoroughly, not only that, but there was only a bare, dusty board on the bed in the wing.

"There is only one set in the bedroom." Fang Qiling smiled and added, "After all...you and I eloped, and we didn't bring much money in a hurry, so we couldn't afford it."

"..." What an illusion!

Standing in the hall, Zhuang Yunzhou fell into a difficult decision.

"So, let's go together. After all, in this kind of place, it's better to recharge your batteries. Don't worry, I won't do anything to you when you have lost all your source arts and your source power is not as good as mine." Fang Qiling pushed away The door of the master bedroom, with a restrained smile: "Although I really want to."

Zhuang Yunzhou stood stiffly for a while, and finally stepped in.Now when this situation is unclear, it is not the time to be entangled in the love of children.

Fang Qiling thought the same way. Although he said a few words from time to time, he really restrained himself to the extreme, clinging to the side of the bed tightly, not even touching Zhuang Yunzhou with the corner of his clothes.

Sure enough, the next morning, the two got up and asked the location of the headman's house in Axiu Village next door, and they came to the door.

The village head is an old man with gray hair, and the villagers call him Weng Lao.When Old Weng saw the two people coming, he had a look of surprise on his face: "Come to borrow food, right?"

Fang Qiling nodded and saluted: "Yes, please accommodate the village chief."

The village head pondered for a while: "I know a little about your husband and wife, logically speaking, this food should be borrowed. But the dark moon is coming, and I don't know how long this dark moon will last. Many villagers have come to borrow food. There is not much food left in the village."

"You have just entered the village and have not made any contribution to the village. If I lend it to you, I am afraid it will attract gossip."

"But it's really difficult for you. So, I thought about it. Tomorrow, the villagers will send an advance team to clean up the nearby strange beasts. If you are willing to join the advance team, it will be considered as a contribution to the village. When I come back, I will be the master and lend you food. .”

dark moon?

Zhuang Yunzhou and Fang Qiling looked at each other and said at the same time, "We are willing."