allonlinenovel Chapter 153 Candied
Chapter 153 Candied
Ta-da!
The carriage had been traveling for about two hours, and it was already noon, but the few people were still at a loss as to which road to take.
When Lu Yuguan and Chen Xian came to Yiluo, they had to cross the mountains. Now they have to rush back to the southern border of Longhua Kingdom, all thanks to Bai Xiao's manual navigation.
"General Bai, are you sure this is the way?" Chen Xian asked doubtfully.
"No doubt." Bai Xiao looked at the forked road in front of him and finally added, "... should be."
Chen Xian: ...
Lu Yuguan held the Yiluo specialty rice cake in his hand and jumped out of the carriage while chewing it. He looked at the fork in the road in front of him and couldn't see the difference for a moment.
"Why are the roads in Nanzhou so winding?" Lu Yuguan complained.
"This place is not like Longhua Country. The eighteen countries are distributed in a complex manner, and there are a large number of mine ruins among them, not to mention how many roads there are." Bai Xiao explained.
"What should we do? We can't just wait at this intersection, right?" Chen Xian asked.
He put his legs on the horses' buttocks on both sides. The two horses had been well trained along the way and now had no temper at all.
"Brother Chen, how about you try to tell fortunes?" Lu Yuguan asked tentatively.
"Hey hey hey..." Chen Xian immediately waved his hand to refuse. "We in the Chen family don't tell fortunes casually. This is an urgent situation. Don't blame me if it's not accurate."
Lu Yuguan couldn't help but give a thumbs up.
It’s really a non-stick pan.
If all fortune tellers had this professional ethics, they would probably become imperial masters.
"How about... choose based on your feelings?" Bai Xiao suggested after a moment of silence.
"No, what if we end up in another gathering place of demon cultivators?" Lu Yuguan refused sternly.
Chen Xian: "Climb over the mountain and then back?"
Lu Yuguan glanced at him and said, "We still have a patient."
Bai Xiao coughed and raised his hand silently.
All three of them were dejected and stood there at a loss as to what to do.
Lu Yuguan was speechless. With the level of these three people, if they were to travel in the original world, they would definitely have to circle around the tourist attractions.
"Chirp..."
Suddenly, a few clear bird calls were heard from the horizon. Everyone looked up and Chen Xian was the first to show joy.
"It's the Bluebird of Communicator!"
Bai Xiao was confused and turned his head in confusion and asked, "What the hell?"
"Brother, you don't understand. This is a little interest between Chen Xian and Monk Zhou from the Northern Territory." Lu Yuguan explained slowly.
Bai Xiao:?
But then the messenger blue bird flapped its wings, slowly landed, and finally landed on Chen Xian's hand.
Chen Xian hurriedly opened the note to check.
However, when he glanced at the words above, his expression suddenly changed.
There were few words on the note, but they made his hands tremble slightly unconsciously.
"What did Monk Zhou say?" Lu Yuguan asked Chen Xian as he approached him.
Chen Xian's fingers tightly grasped the note, and he looked up at Lu Yuguan in disbelief, but he did not insist on his opinion.
"What's wrong, Brother Chen?" Lu Yuguan was puzzled.
Chen Xian gritted his teeth and said, "Read it yourself." Then he handed the note to him.
Lu Yuguan took the note, and Bai Xiao also leaned forward to look at it.
There is a row of small words on it——
The Wei Dynasty is in great danger, return to Longhua quickly.
"What is this!?" Bai Xiao frowned and his pupils constricted instantly.
"Zhao Zimo is in danger!" Lu Yuguan's voice rose unconsciously, and his words were full of shock and anxiety.
His knuckles turned white from the force, as if he was trying to crumple the paper.
Chen Xian took a deep breath and tried to force himself to calm down, but his slightly trembling lips still revealed his inner anxiety.
"No, I have to find him!"
"You're already such a grown-up, but you still can't learn to stay calm!?" Bai Xiao shouted.
After being yelled at by him, the two men finally did not lose their minds and came back to their senses a little.
"Don't be hasty, both of you," Bai Xiao said in a deep voice, "The cultivators from the Northern Territory are in the heart of South Continent, and there are crowds of demonic cultivators there. Don't act rashly!"
"The note only mentions danger, but doesn't explain the specific circumstances. I think it's extremely urgent. If we go there rashly, we'll probably just walk into a trap."
Lu Yuguan lowered his head in disappointment and returned the note to Chen Xian. The moment he let go of the note, he felt something stuck to his fingertips.
He pulled his fingers back and looked closely under his eyelids, and a crazy idea was born.
"Are you ok?"
Bai Xiao patted his shoulder, but saw Lu Yuguan put his fingers into his mouth.
"What's going on?" Bai Xiao frowned.
"I know... I know!" Lu Yuguan's eyes suddenly brightened. "Chen Xian didn't leave this note there himself!"
"What did you say?" Bai Xiao asked in surprise.
"Isn't this impossible?" Chen Xian asked blankly. "Among the cultivators in the Northern Territory, only Zhou Zhou is from the Jiluan Sect, and only he can control this blue bird."
"That's not what I meant. I meant that Monk Zhou must have been threatened," Lu Yuguan explained, shaking his head. "I'm very familiar with the sugar stains on this note..."
"Candied?"
The two looked at each other, completely unable to understand what Lu Yuguan was saying.
Lu Yuguan knew clearly that there was no way this world could have the taste of chemically synthesized saccharin. This kind of taste could only be found in snacks.
Popping candy.
It tastes like popping candy!
When he invited Bai Xiao and others to dinner at Qianhua Lao before, he had guessed that the female demon Xiuxue Yaoji who conquered the Great Wei Kingdom was most likely Ji Xian who faked her death at Hufeng Cliff.
Now, judging by this candied food, it is indeed the case.
Lu Yuguan's pupils constricted, and his voice lowered a bit: "This is a trap."
"I'm afraid he knew I would see the note, so he deliberately fabricated this little clue!"
Bai Xiao and Chen Xian looked at each other. Although they didn't understand how Lu Yuguan knew it, since he was so sure, he must have his reasons for his judgment.
[Ding! Triggering the side quest [Kill the Blood Demon Princess]]
[Mission Details: The monks from the Northern Territory are trapped in the Great Wei Kingdom and are in danger. Ji Xian has deliberately set a trap for them. Please go to the Great Wei Kingdom and resolve all the consequences!]
[Mission Difficulty: Four Stars]
[Quest Reward: 99 Civilization Points, 1 Entrance to the Deep Secret Realm]]
[Failure Penalty: *…&…￥%]
The system prompt sounded again. Lu Yuguan had expected this, but the punishment in this task was actually the same as the reward he had received in Taocheng before?
"Could there be another bug?" Lu Yuguan wondered.
Seeing Lu Yuguan standing there in a daze, Bai Xiao thought he was still thinking, so he said, "In that case, it's best to return to Mengcheng first and ask Commander Li to send troops for support."
"The Ninth Prince is probably still being held captive by the demonic cultivators in the Desire-Destroying Stone Forest. The situation is becoming increasingly serious, and we cannot act arbitrarily."
Chen Xian nodded in agreement, "General Bai is right, Brother Lu, let's do this."
"No, this note clearly means to expose the matter openly." Lu Yuguan stared at the two of them.
"What do you mean..." Bai Xiao asked.
"Since she wants me to go so badly, I can't let her down," Lu Yuguan took a deep breath and said, "Brother, Chen Xian, you two go back to Mengcheng and rescue the Ninth Prince."
"I'm going to Wei to rescue them!"