Chapter 251: Wuyou Terrace

Li Banfeng led Xiao Yeci and a group of twenty-seven people, walking south all the way.

The mountain road became narrower and more rugged as they walked. By two o'clock in the morning, most people couldn't walk anymore, and even Xiao Yeci's steps were staggering.

Li Banfeng had Xiao Yeci and Lu Chunying lead everyone to camp on the spot. Using the excuse of scouting the path, he didn't rest at the camp and went back to the Leaving Suishenju.

Although others walked hard, this distance was nothing to Li Banfeng. He wasn't sleepy at all, so it was just right to open the history books given by the Saint and take a good look.

Reading this book, Li Banfeng became sleepy.

It wasn't because he wasn't studious; he could endure the vertical layout of the ancient books, and he could endure the obscure ancient grammar.

But he couldn't endure the chronological history book.

A chronological history book records the historical process with the timeline as the main thread. For historians, it is very suitable for checking historical events and the background of the era, but for Li Banfeng, this was purely a running account.

This book records the history of a dynasty called Dahuan. The first sentence in the book is the time.

In the third month of the sixth year of Xiankang, there was a great drought in Dongping, and the Emperor sent the Grand Secretary to provide relief.

This was about disaster relief.

In the fourth month, Emperor Xiankang had a son.

In the fifth month, Emperor Xiankang went out of the city to hunt.

Li Banfeng checked until the end of the year and couldn't find any more news about disaster relief.

Chronological history books are already distressing to read, and these history books were incomplete. They didn't start from the founding emperor, but from a certain emperor in the middle of the dynasty.

Without a beginning or an end, the narrative had no connection before or after, making Li Banfeng's eyelids heavy, and he fell asleep before long.

The next day, Li Banfeng woke up to Meng De's time-telling voice.

"Sir, on such a beautiful morning, please allow me to sing a song for you, 'I Want You',

I want you

To be by my side

Guarding the night

Until tomorrow

I want you

..."

*Slap! *

Li Banfeng threw the history book at Meng De's face, put on his clothes, and left the Leaving Suishenju.

An alarm clock, no matter in what form it exists, is an unwelcome object.

Xiao Yeci and the others were safe and sound all night. They packed their bags and continued on their way with Li Banfeng.

The mountain road became harder and harder to walk. By noon, there was no road left.

No road was good, proving that they weren't walking in circles.

Ahead, thorns were everywhere, wild grass entangled their feet, mosquitoes bit them all around, and spider webs covered their faces. By dusk, everyone was almost exhausted.

Only two people didn't feel tired: one was Li Banfeng, and the other was Lu Chunying. If it weren't for taking care of the speed of the others, Lu Chunying alone could have walked several times the distance.

Seeing it was getting dark, Xiao Yeci wanted to camp but didn't dare to tell Li Banfeng. Fortunately, they found a water source. Li Banfeng ordered everyone to fetch water and rest there for the night.

Today they camped early, so Li Banfeng had more time to flip through the history books.

He scanned the parts he could understand a few more times and skipped the parts he couldn't understand directly. Li Banfeng braced himself and flipped through all five volumes of history books given by the Saint, finally finding a bit of useful information at the end of the volumes.

In the sixth year of Yuanxi, the Demon Land raised an army, and the Emperor sent the Cavalry General Zhao Xiaowan to suppress it. The cavalry was arrogant, and the Emperor reprimanded her.

My wife.

This is my wife.

Li Banfeng finally saw his wife's name in the history book.

It only said that his wife was sent to fight the Demon Land, and because his wife was arrogant, she was reprimanded by the Emperor.

As for how exactly she was reprimanded, how she was arrogant, and whether the battle was lost or won, the book didn't write any of it.

This was also consistent with the consistent style of this history book.

The five volumes of history books, from beginning to end, were written around the Emperor.

For example, if the Emperor ate the wrong thing today and had diarrhea, the cause and effect of this matter must be recorded in detail, including how the Emperor ate, how he defecated, how much he defecated, not a single bit could be left out.

Other things were all brushed over.

Flipping to the end of the history book, Li Banfeng didn't see his wife's name again, but he saw another acquaintance.

In the eighth year of Yuanxi, the Demon Land raised an army, and the Emperor sent the Material Officer General Xiang Xiang Hongying and the Hengbo General Cong Shixiang to suppress it.

Who is Cong Shixiang?

Don't know.

Xiang Xiang Hongying also once served as the main general to suppress the Demon Land. What is her relationship with his wife?

Li Banfeng looked at the phonograph and the long spear, seemingly finding some clues.

The next day, Li Banfeng led everyone to continue on their way.

They walked for twelve whole days on this road. The food had long been eaten, and everyone relied on hunting to barely support themselves.

On the afternoon of the thirteenth day, it was pouring rain, but everyone laughed instead.

There were no mountains ahead; it was a plain.

Since coming to Jianren Ridge, looking around, the mountains were connected. Everyone present had never had such a wide field of vision.

Finding a plain meant they had already left the territory of Jianren Ridge.

But what place is this?

Li Banfeng had never been here.

He hadn't been here, but someone had.

Xiao Yeci was the first to speak: "Benefactor, I know this place. When I came with Nannan, I walked through this place!"

Lu Chunying nodded and said: "Indeed, we walked through this place."

Many people present said they had walked through this place, but no one could say what this place was called.

Now Li Banfeng had to make an important decision: where should these people go?

Everyone's idea was to return to their own homes, and most people said they knew the way they came.

But how would they go back?

"When you came, you all had travel permits, right? Do you still have travel permits to go back now?"

Everyone looked at each other. Except for Li Banfeng, no one else seemed to have travel permits.

Li Banfeng's travel permit could only guarantee his own passage. His plan was to let everyone settle down here first, then he would return to Green Water Bay, have Ma Wu get a batch of travel permits, and send everyone home separately.

It seemed this was the only feasible way, but Xiao Yeci told Li Banfeng an important thing:

"Benefactor, I don't know about other places, but coming here from Green Water Bay doesn't require a travel permit."

Li Banfeng was stunned: "Are you sure?"

"Sure, it really doesn't require a travel permit."

Lu Chunying could testify to this. Unlike others who were abducted, Xiao Yeci and Lu Chunying were deceived.

When they walked to this wasteland, they weren't restricted in their freedom, and the friend who brought them didn't show a travel permit either.

This was easy to handle.

Going to Green Water Bay didn't require a travel permit. Li Banfeng could take everyone to Green Water Bay and then make further plans.

Since they had already left Jianren Ridge, Xiao Yeci also remembered the way they came, and Lu Chunying was a traveling cultivator, so Li Banfeng confidently let the mother and daughter lead the way.

They walked from dawn to dusk, and the heavy rain never stopped.

Xiao Yeci encouraged everyone along the way: "Add some more strength. There is a village ahead. When we reach the village, we'll find a place to stay."

They walked until late at night, and Li Banfeng didn't see a village.

Xiao Yeci became a bit panicked: "We didn't walk the wrong way. It's this road. Where did that village go?

There was a forest just now, did we walk east around the forest at that time? Did I remember wrong?"

Lu Chunying said: "Mom, you didn't remember wrong, that's how we walked when we came."

*Crack! *

A flash of lightning streaked across the night sky, and a piece of architecture was vaguely seen ahead.

Li Banfeng asked: "Is that a village?"

"Yes, yes, there are houses, it must be a village!"

Xiao Yeci was very certain, Lu Chunying didn't speak, and everyone walked toward that piece of architecture.

When they got close, Li Banfeng's head twitched, and he saw the scene he least wanted to see.

The so-called piece of architecture was actually a large mansion.

Earth-red courtyard walls, vermilion gates, rusty nails on the door panels, and a pair of huge door rings.

This was the iconic architecture on Sage Peak!

Li Banfeng looked at Xiao Yeci and said: "We circled back?"

Xiao Yeci shook her head repeatedly and said: "Impossible, impossible, I remember the road is walked like this? I didn't remember wrong..."

Lu Chunying was also very surprised: "We did walk here like that at the time, but I don't remember there being such a mansion."

This couldn't be blamed on the mother and daughter. They had walked for nearly half a month. If they still hadn't been able to walk out of Jianren Ridge, it could only prove that the Saint had broken his promise.

Is this bird playing with me?

If he is playing with me, I will fight him to the end, and you will never have a peaceful life again.

Li Banfeng came to the front of the mansion, and with the help of the lightning's afterglow, carefully examined this mansion.

First, it could be determined that this was not the Saint's mansion.

The Saint's mansion was on the mountain, and this was still a plain.

Putting aside the location, this mansion was also different from the Saint's mansion.

The walls were mottled, the door panels were peeling paint, the stone slabs on the ground were full of cracks, and various weeds were growing in between.

Although the Saint's mansion was lifeless, it wasn't as dilapidated as this one.

Li Banfeng looked back at the crowd. After walking in the heavy rain for a whole day, most people couldn't support themselves anymore. If they continued to walk forward, he was afraid many people would get sick.

Entering this mansion might be dangerous.

But sleeping outside this mansion might not be safe either.

First, see what the owner's background is. If they aren't bad people, they can borrow a place to stay for the night.

If they encounter bad people, his wife hasn't eaten for a long time. Look at the situation and then respond.

Li Banfeng lifted the door ring and knocked a few times.

There was no response from inside the door for a long time.

Li Banfeng pushed the door panel. The door wasn't locked. *Creak*, the rusty door shaft made a harsh sound, and the door opened just like that.

Looking through the porch, Li Banfeng saw the overgrown front courtyard and the moss-covered brick walls.

Is this an abandoned mansion?

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