Chapter 20 Xuan Yue

Five days later, Bu Gong came to Blind Zhang’s pharmacy; “Huh? Boy Gong? Are you leaving today?” A familiar and slightly old voice sounded in the pharmacy; in response, Bu Gong nodded slightly, “Well, it’s time to leave; Grandpa Zhang, after I leave, my family… let’s forget it.” Bu Gong just said half of the sentence and stopped abruptly without finishing it.
When Blind Zhang heard Bu Gong say this, he roughly understood what he meant by the second half of the sentence, and then laughed: “Hehe… Don’t worry, Gong boy, I will come to your house from time to time to help you; after all, that’s where you grew up since you were a child. Even if it’s to commemorate your father, it is the only thing your father can leave you.”
After hearing this, Bu Gong didn’t say anything. He knew that Blind Zhang wanted him to feel free from all constraints and worries. Having said that, it was indeed the fact. After staying in the pharmacy for about half an hour, Bu Gong said goodbye to Blind Zhang and walked out of the town.
When Xiaohu knew that Bu Gong was going to leave Shitou Town and go to a big city outside, there was some expectation in his big black eyes at first, and he wanted Bu Gong to take him with him; but in the end, under the strong request of Blind Zhang, he had no choice but to give up.
What a joke! Bu Gong went out on this trip to improve his strength, and he will definitely face unknown dangers from time to time. If you go with him at such a young age, won’t you cause trouble for others?
As a result, little Tiger’s eyes were filled with tears, as if he had suffered a great injustice; but what no one noticed was that at the moment little Tiger started crying, a trace of inexplicable struggle appeared on his little face, and a strange line flashed inadvertently between his eyebrows, but then disappeared without a trace.
No one noticed this strange phenomenon, not even Xiao Huzi himself; because at that time, his mind was completely focused on following Bu Gong to leave Stone Town, and he didn’t notice the abnormality happening to himself at all.
“Gong boy, I hope you can find your own way…” Blind Zhang stood at the intersection of the town, muttering; although he could not see with his eyes, he could feel with his heart.
Because when he left Xianyang City and went to Xianyang Gate, his father might have stood behind him and watched him leave.
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“Hey, look, look! That silly boy on the official road? See that one in the bright red wedding gown?” As the palace was walking, a somewhat surprised voice whispered. The speaker was a young man in his twenties, with an ordinary but rather vulgar appearance. From the way he spoke and the way he walked, it was clear he was not a quiet person.
“Huh? You saw it? What? Is there something wrong with him?” At this time, a slightly fat young man walking side by side with him glanced at Bu Gong casually and said, “Well, look at him. It’s already this late hour, and he’s still wearing a wedding gown. He looks out of place and just a fool. What do you think?” The previous voice sounded quietly again.
“Hey…you big mouth, you’re just making small talk. What’s wrong with her wearing a bright red wedding gown? How does it bother you? Do you look like a fool wearing a bright red wedding gown? To me, you look like a fool, you have a problem with your brain…” The fat man hummed and mocked the young man next to him.
“Hey, you…”
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Bu Gong walked slowly on the official road, listening to all kinds of conversations from people on the roadside; some were directed at him, some had nothing to do with him, and some were talking about some big events happening in some nearby places, etc., which really attracted Bu Gong’s attention.
At this moment, Bu Gong also had an inexplicable feeling in his heart. It had been more than a month since he left Stone Town, and the distance he had traveled was not short. However, what he saw and heard along the way was strange and bizarre. Compared with his previous experience in Stone Town, it was a world of difference. “Sure enough, Stone Town and the outside world cannot be compared,” Bu Gong thought to himself.
As Bu Gong walked along the way, the depression that had been weighing on his heart slowly dissipated. Bu Gong did not carry any baggage with him, but put all the necessary items into his storage ring. Since he set out from Stone Town, the road he took for more than ten days was basically the official road, and nothing happened.
At this time, Bu Gong was walking slowly on the official road. Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves came from far away and came from behind Bu Gong; then there were bursts of creaking sounds of wheels, obviously there was a carriage coming from behind.
“Gee, move aside, move aside, this is the carriage of the daughter of the City Lord of Xuanhuo City, move aside” Then a loud shout exploded from the official road; “Ah! Move aside quickly, this is the carriage of the daughter of the City Lord of Xuanhuo City” As the previous shout fell, another somewhat hurried voice quietly sounded in the crowd.
Then Bu Gong saw that on the official road, which had been orderly just now, the crowds of people were moving to both sides, fearing that they would be hit by the carriages behind.
Seeing this, Bu Gong also slowly walked to the side, “Hey, young man, hurry up, otherwise it will be troublesome if you are hit by a carriage.” Just when Bu Gong was a little dazed, he felt his sleeve was gently pulled, followed by a slightly mature and awkward voice sounded in Bu Gong’s ears.
Bu Gong turned his head and saw that the person who had just pulled him was a skinny old man with a thin body but not the slightest hunchback. When Bu Gong first saw this skinny old man, he felt something strange in his heart. The old man was about 1.6 meters tall, with a thin body and sparse beard, but his eyes were not cloudy at all.
Looking at his eyebrows, there were no wrinkles at all, his face was handsome, and even his complexion was a little rosy, without any sign of old age; “What an old man with an immortal look” was the first evaluation that Bu Gong gave to the old man after seeing him.
Bu Gong allowed the old man to drag him to the side of the official road. Then he saw the old man slightly bent over, took a few breaths, stretched out his right hand and patted his chest. But Bu Gong was a little surprised at this time, because he saw that the palm of the old man next to him who had just patted his chest was very white, which definitely did not look like the hand of an elderly person.
At this time, the thin old man next to Bu Gong seemed to have noticed the strange look in Bu Gong’s eyes. As if he had realized something, he quickly retracted his hand into his sleeve, smiled at Bu Gong like a cunning old man, and then turned his head to look at the carriage moving on the official road.
Bu Gong also shook his head slightly at this time, but sighed in his heart: “The world outside is really strange. An old man is different from the old man in Stone Town where I grew up. He looks like a young man.”
However, the “old man” next to Bu Gong had no idea what Bu Gong was thinking at the moment; if he knew, no matter how calm he was, he would probably roll his eyes in anger.
“Creaky, creaky…” As the sound of wheels rang out on the official road, Bu Gong turned his gaze to the moving carriage. He saw that the driver was a burly man in his thirties, and on the other side sat a slightly older man who looked to be at least forty years old.
The man driving the carriage kept shouting while driving; at this moment, suddenly a sweet female voice like a yellow oriole singing in the valley slowly sounded from the carriage: “Xuanwu, don’t be too anxious, we will arrive tomorrow anyway; don’t disturb the pedestrians on the official road.”
As this voice sounded, the entire official road fell silent for a moment; then the sound of whispering was heard again, “Ah, this is the daughter of the City Lord of Xuanhuo City, Xuan Yue? Listening to her voice, you can tell that she is definitely a beautiful lady.” A woman’s voice with some envy sounded quietly in the crowd.
“Well, yes, I heard that the daughter of Xuanhuo City seems to have joined some immortal sect. That’s where immortals live.” Another rough male voice came quietly; there was a burst of discussion in the crowd. Bu Gong listened to these voices, especially when he heard that the daughter of the city lord’s mansion joined the immortal sect, his eyes were a little strange, and he looked at the carriage again.
“Hmm? Could there be a cultivator here?” Just as people were whispering on the official road, the woman in the carriage opened her beautiful eyes slightly and spoke to herself in a surprised tone.
The woman was wearing a sky blue dress, had an oval face, willow-shaped eyebrows, and a light green ribbon tied around her slender waist. Her body was well-proportioned, and her big watery eyes flashed with a hint of charm from time to time.
Because just now when Bu Gong heard someone in the crowd say that this woman had also joined an immortal sect, he couldn’t help but feel a little puzzled; therefore, there was a slight fluctuation in his aura, and this slight fluctuation was captured by the woman in the carriage.
Afterwards, Bu Gong felt calm; after all, it was not surprising for the daughter of a city lord to join a cultivation sect; but he did not know that the aura he had just inadvertently revealed was sensed by the city lord’s daughter in the carriage.
The beautiful woman in the carriage frowned slightly at this moment; because the breath just now only flashed for a moment and then disappeared, and there was no longer any sense of it, which made her a little puzzled.
Finally, she still had some concerns in her heart, so she gently lifted the curtain of the carriage and glanced at the crowd outside; her gaze paused slightly when passing Bu Gong, and then shifted away; because Bu Gong at this time was wearing a bright red robe, which looked a bit dazzling and different.
“Wow, this is the daughter of the Lord of Xuanhuo City, Xuan Yue? So beautiful.” A very small and somewhat obscene male voice sounded quietly from the crowd. After the scene just now, the crowd on the official road was boiling again.
When the woman in the carriage just now looked at Bu Gong, Bu Gong also noticed it. The two of them exchanged glances and then looked away at the same time. To the woman, Bu Gong was just another passerby. There was no trace of a cultivator’s aura on him, and it was obvious that he could not be someone who had practiced cultivation.
Similarly, for Bu Gong, after what happened with Yang Ruoming, no matter how beautiful the woman was, it was difficult for her to cause even a ripple in his heart; then his gaze would just glance at her lightly and then shift directly without any lingering feelings.
Bu Gong did this because of the curiosity of the woman in the carriage; she was well aware of her appearance and had great confidence in it; ordinary men would be stunned for a few seconds when they saw her and would be attracted by her beautiful face.
The young man in the bright red robe only glanced at her briefly before looking away expressionlessly. He looked as if he had seen something ordinary. A hint of curiosity flashed across the woman’s calm eyes.
He looked at Bu Gong deeply and then sat back in the carriage. At this time, Bu Gong was calculating in his mind when he would arrive at the Xuanhuo City they mentioned. Hearing the discussions in the crowd just now, Bu Gong knew that there was a city ahead called Xuanhuo City. “It shouldn’t take too long to reach Xuanhuo City,” Bu Gong muttered to himself.
A hint of anticipation also emerged in those indifferent, dark eyes; this was the first time in his life that he had arrived in a big city. He didn’t know what a big city was like or what was inside. This was what Bu Gong was thinking.
Because, even though Blind Zhang had told him in detail about the outside world and the so-called Xianyang City before, that was just hearsay and a fantasy in his mind. But the current Xuanhuo City was the big city he was really about to enter!