Chapter 152: Hard to Know

If fate exists, one can meet from a thousand li away; if fate is absent, one can be face-to-face and not know each other.

The first meeting between Meng Ruyan and Zhang Xingyu ended in a way where they were face-to-face and did not know each other.

After Zhang Xingyu left, Meng Ruyan sat in the Listen-to-Rain Building for a long time.

When the sun came out again and the butterfly on the windowsill flapped its wings and flew away, she slowly stood up.

Meng Ruyan took out a jade ring from her bosom and slowly input magic power into it.

This jade ring was part of the combined magic treasure "Yin-Yang Heart-Linked Ring".

The jade ring lit up. In the center of the jade ring, a red dot was moving northward.

At the same time, another similar jade ring was hanging on Zhang Xingyu's waist, faintly glowing.

Leaving the Listen-to-Rain Building, Meng Ruyan found a carriage and took it toward the North Gate.

Along the way, the carriage wheels made harsh noises, stimulating her mood to become irritable.

What to do?

Should she chase after him now, or just follow slowly like this?

However, from the bottom of her heart, she was very resistant to actively approaching a strange man.

Two carriages, one in front and one behind, moved slowly.

Zhang Xingyu lay half-reclined in the carriage, listening to the sound of the wheels while calculating the return journey.

From the reference route given by the old Daoist Xuan Ling, he needed to go to Aolai City, the capital of Aolai Kingdom, first, and from there take a flying boat to Dongsheng City, the immortal city of Dongsheng Shenzhou; then, use the inter-state teleportation array in Dongsheng City to teleport to Dantai Immortal City, the central immortal city of Southern Toad Continent, and finally take a flying boat from Dantai Immortal City to return to Nanhua City.

Shenhua City is about ten thousand li away from Aolai City; if flying by sword the whole way, it would only take two days.

However, without a flight permit issued by the Aolai Kingdom Immortal Alliance, flying by sword is a very dangerous thing.

Flying without a license is extremely easy to be attacked by the Immortal Alliance patrol envoys and major cultivation sects.

Thus, the idea of flying by sword through the sky was shelved.

Better to honestly take a carriage. Slow is slow, but it's safe.

Since he was taking a carriage, Zhang Xingyu was not in a hurry.

Anyway, he was already on land, so the remaining journey could be treated as a corrupt tour.

One carriage, one guard, moving forward slowly.

The guard was the big man Liu Dahu who had asked for employment in the Listen-to-Rain Building.

According to Liu Dahu, he had an eighty-year-old mother above and an infant waiting to be fed below.

When Zhang Xingyu heard this, he felt that such a big man, already quite old, begging for employment everywhere, was living quite hard.

Thus, he showed mercy and spent money to hire Liu Dahu.

In Liu Dahu's words, Young Master Zhang, you are a good person.

Good Person Zhang lay in the carriage, and Liu Dahu walked outside.

After walking not far, Liu Dahu knocked on the carriage hard and said loudly to Zhang Xingyu: "Young Master Zhang, there is a carriage following us."

"Ignore it, maybe it's going the same way!" Zhang Xingyu replied nonchalantly.

The second day, the third day...

Seven or eight days passed, and Meng Ruyan had been following behind Zhang Xingyu and the other the whole time.

Zhang Xingyu's carriage stopped, Meng Ruyan's carriage stopped.

Zhang Xingyu's carriage moved, Meng Ruyan's carriage moved.

Without Liu Dahu needing to remind him again, Zhang Xingyu also discovered this situation.

Could it be that someone wants to rob them?

At dusk, the carriage arrived at a small town, "Small Boat Town".

Small Boat Town was built against the mountain, with a clear small river passing through the town.

Entering the town, along the street paved with bluestone, they arrived at the only inn in the town, "Tongfu Inn".

The inn was not big, and an old man with a hunchback and a thin youth were talking in the shop.

Seeing guests arrive, the old man hurried to greet them, while the youth helped the coachman unhitch the carriage.

Not long after Zhang Xingyu and the others stayed, a carriage stopped at the entrance of the inn again, and Meng Ruyan stepped down from the carriage.

After dinner, the sky was completely dark.

Instructing Liu Dahu to guard well outside the door, Zhang Xingyu went to his guest room to rest.

Placing the Fire Dragon beside him, Zhang Xingyu closed his eyes to rest.

The night in the small town was very quiet.

No mountain wind, no human voices, only the small river singing lightly.

Zhang Xingyu lay on the bed, tossing and turning.

It's only a few days until Aolai City; those people should be taking action in these one or two days.

These few days, I must keep my spirits up twelve-fold.

As the saying goes, a dark night is for killing, a high wind is for setting fires.

At night, one should be especially careful.

By the third watch, Zhang Xingyu was still full of energy.

Getting up, drawing his sword, pushing the window, Zhang Xingyu jumped onto the roof.

The sky hung with a round, bright moon. The bright moonlight fell, plating the small town with a layer of silver.

Lying on the roof, a little wine, a bright moon.

In childhood, I didn't know the moon, calling it a white jade plate.

Is the moon of this Xuantiandalu the same as the one on Earth?

Just as his thoughts were fluttering, a light sound suddenly came from the roof ridge.

Immediately after, a stunning woman appeared on the roof.

"You finally came!" Zhang Xingyu stood up and said softly to the woman.

The woman was stunned.

She didn't expect to meet this person on the roof, this person she wanted to see but didn't want to see.

"You followed me for so many days. I thought you should have appeared long ago; I didn't expect your patience to be so good! I think if it weren't for being close to Aolai City, you might not have appeared yet."

The woman nodded.

"You Yinghai Immortal Sect people are truly greedy, knowing I have a strong backing, yet still daring to come and hit on my idea. Truly wanting the treasure and not wanting your lives!"

Zhang Xingyu sighed while shaking his head.

"It's not our first time meeting. Since we've met again, let's get to know each other!"

Zhang Xingyu said to Meng Ruyan.

Meng Ruyan nodded.

Getting to know each other like this is also good, avoiding a lot of awkwardness.

Zhang Xingyu cupped his hands: "Southern Toad Continent, Nanhua Immortal Academy, Zhang Xingyu."

Meng Ruyan returned the salute: "Dongsheng Shenzhou, Yinghai Immortal Sect, Meng Ruyan."

Zhang Xingyu nodded, slowly drew the Fire Dragon, and slowly injected spiritual energy into the sword body.

"Since you've appeared, then take action!"

Zhang Xingyu raised the Fire Dragon and slashed toward his opponent.

In this battle, he had no certainty of victory. The woman opposite looked very powerful.

However, one must fight if one has certainty, and one must fight even if one doesn't.

One must give the robbers the most resolute counterattack.

Even if one knows one is not a match, one must still draw the sword against the enemy.

This is the spirit of a sword hero.

Zhang Xingyu considers himself a sword hero, a sword hero of the cultivation world.

Meng Ruyan was somewhat confused.

She had imagined thousands of ways to meet this person, but this one, she had never imagined.

Seeing the Fire Dragon sword light reaching her body, Meng Ruyan hurriedly summoned her personal flying sword "Ruoyu".

Ruoyu sword, a fourth-grade magic treasure flying sword, rumored to be the personal flying sword of the Ruoyu Fairy in ancient times.

After Ruoyu Fairy died in battle, this flying sword drifted into the Yinghai Immortal Sect.

Meng Ruyan cultivated the Golden Core to success and became an inheritance disciple, so her master Xuan Yu sought this sword for her.

Meng Ruyan swung her sword, Ruoyu was like rain, and the Fire Dragon was entangled by the rain threads until it couldn't move.

Terrible!

Seeing the Fire Dragon about to be snatched away, Zhang Xingyu couldn't help but be anxious.

However, the woman opposite suddenly stopped.

Meng Ruyan glared at Zhang Xingyu fiercely, and like a light swallow, flew lightly off the roof. ===== CHAPTER 153 =====