Chapter 385 Returning Home
“What kind of spell is it?” Li Chuan asked warily.
"The overlapping step technique." Wen Guying answered.
“What is this?” Li Chuan asked.
Jin Rong replied: "An escape technique that can span hundreds of miles in three to five steps." He looked at Wen Guying doubtfully and said: "The overlapping step technique is not too It is a profound spell, but it is very troublesome to practice, and it must be completely undisturbed when performing it. Therefore, it is almost impossible to use in actual combat. Even if it is used for traveling, it is not as good as the sword and the fairy boat." He was very puzzled and asked: "Master Wen, what are you doing with this practice?"
Wen Guying said: "It was like this before, but now, I have improved it, and before I perform the operation, I open a hole in the heart, so can't I be completely undisturbed?"
"This... ..." Jin Rong choked on his words for a moment.
"Do you want to call your master over?" Li Chuan gave Jin Rong an idea.
Jin Rong also whispered back: "Master has gone out and is not in the capital."
Wen Guying heard the conversation between the two and said, "Who do you think I am? Brother Li, take out your carriage and get on it with fellow Taoist Jin. I will take you for a spin.”
Jin Rong took two steps back and said, "I suddenly remembered that my third junior brother asked me to go with him to examine Prince Su. I'm going to take the first step. Li Chuan, Taoist Wen, we'll talk next time."
said Then, he hurriedly disappeared into the courtyard.
At this time, two magpies flew over. As soon as they arrived, they turned around and flew away.
Wen Guying was very speechless and said, "What did I do? Are you hiding from me like the god of plague?" He still did not give up persuading Li Chuan, saying: "Brother Li, we also recognize him. It’s been almost three years, right? When did I cheat on you?”
“Do you know who you sound like now?” Li Chuan said.
"Who does it look like?" Wen Guying asked.
"Hurry up and talk to Bai...Lao Xiaoxiao, it's a joke," Li Chuan said, then walked to the open space in front and took out the carriage. He said: "You try quickly, wait. It's time for dinner."
"Okay," Wen Guying said.
After Li Chuan sat down in the carriage, Wen Gu slowly pulled out his sword. The reddish light flowed in the cracks in the sword body, reflecting the sunlight that was gradually setting westward.
Li Chuan, who was in the carriage, only felt the body of the carriage jolt violently. He fell to the ground without grabbing the armrest and slid backwards. Then he heard a creaking sound and felt that the frame of the carriage was about to fall apart. He grabbed the legs of the table and was about to stand up. The carriage seemed to roll over.
My life is over.
While he was thinking this, he found that he was squatting quite firmly, as if there was an invisible force holding him up to prevent him from rolling with the carriage. He simply closed his eyes, covered his ears, and stopped seeing, hearing, and thinking.
Not long after, Li Chuan felt the carriage stop.
“We’re here, Brother Li.”
Li Chuan heard Wen Guying’s voice coming in from outside the carriage, so he stood up and pushed the door open. When he was about to get out of the carriage, he was stunned. After a moment, he quickly got out of the car. He stood on a slope, not far from the fields. The wheat in the fields had been harvested long ago, and the setting sun fell on the bare field ridges.
He turned around and saw the back door of his house.
During tea time, he returned to Yunqiao Township.
The back door is ajar but not closed. Li Chuan quickly walked to the door and then stopped. After standing for a while, he reached out and pushed open the door.
The backyard is still the same as he remembered it, except there is an extra grape trellis.
Green leaves are crawling on the grape trellis, and a few bunches of unripe grapes are hanging down. Li Chuan looked at the ground. It was clean and had obviously been cleaned not long ago. He walked over and sat on the wicker chair under the grape trellis. For a moment, he couldn't tell whether it was reality or a dream.
After sitting for a while, footsteps came from behind, and then he heard a familiar voice, "Hey? Li Chuan? Why are you here? Are you really back?"
Li Chuan turned his head and saw Monk Wukong. He laughed and said, "Well, I'm back."
He finally felt real.
He asked: "How do you know I will come back?" He didn't know it himself.
Wu Kong pointed to the grape trellis and said, "When you left, didn't I promise you that I would replant grape seedlings and put up a trellis for you? The grapes have been ripe recently, and I have been thinking that you might come back. You are a fairy "Did you come back by boat?"
"TaoZhang Wen brought me back by carriage." Li Chuan finally remembered that Wen Guying was coming. He stood up and was about to go find Wen Guying. Walked in through the back door.
"Director Wen." Wu Kong said hello to Director Wen.
“Master Wukong,” Wen Guying nodded in response. He also saw the grape trellis in the courtyard. He said, “Brother Li has been talking about going back to his hometown all day long and lying under the grape trellis in his yard to bask in the sun. , I finally got my wish today.”
“This is all thanks to you, Mr. Wen,” Li Chuan said, and couldn’t help laughing, and then asked Wu Kong: “You are familiar with it. The grapes were cut?”
"Yeah, I'm afraid of being pecked by birds, so I usually let the dogs watch them, and I'll cut them off when they're cooked. I kept them in the house. I originally thought that if you weren't here, I'd go to Brother Tong and Blacksmith Cen. Then give me some." Wukong replied, "I tasted it when I picked it, and it was a little sour." "I'll get two bunches to taste," Li Chuan said, then returned. In the house, sure enough, there was a basket of freshly picked grapes on the ground.
He picked up a few bunches and took them out, inviting Wen Guying and Wu Kong to come and eat the grapes.
He tasted one himself first. It was indeed not too sweet and sour, but it had a distinct fragrance.
"How long will you stay here this time?" Wu Kong asked while eating.
Li Chuan hadn't thought about this problem yet, so he looked at Wen Guying. Wen Guying said: "You rest here for a few days, I will go to Xuanshui Mountain, and when I come back, I will return to the capital."
"Okay." Li Chuan said, he turned to Wu Kong and said: "Then tomorrow, let's go to Tongluo and Blacksmith Cen's place and let them taste these grapes."
"Okay," Wu Kong agreed. Afterwards, Wu Kong talked about what happened in Yunqiao Township when Li Chuan was away, and Li Chuan also talked about what he had seen in the capital.
After finishing the grapes, Wen Guying stood up and said, "I'm going, you can continue chatting." After saying that, he took a step forward, the crimson light on the hilt of the sword flashed, and he stepped out On the second step, the figure disappeared.
Wukong looked at the place where Wen Guying was standing before and said after a while: "Has Daoist Wen's cultivation improved again?"
Li Chuan lay back on the wicker chair and said, "Maybe."
"Are you injured in any way?" Wu Kong asked.
“Not injured.” Li Chuan denied.
"Are you sick again? Don't hide it from me, your face doesn't look right." Wu Kong said.
"It's okay, I'm just down. I'll be fine if I just lie down for a while." Li Chuan explained, "I feel at ease when I get home."
(End of this chapter)