It turns out that there are some things that Ji Yuan is quite confident about. Of course, this does not refer to spiritual practice, but to something more metaphysical.
Ji Yuan was 100% sure that he was heading in the right direction. After leaving the city, he climbed over a small hill and then ran south along the ridge.
But Ji Yuan suddenly realized a serious problem, that is, the maps he knew might not be accurate.
After all, my thinking from my previous life was too deep, and I forgot that ancient maps were sometimes very abstract. Naturally, their precision cannot be compared with the real-life shooting and satellite positioning of my previous life.
The biggest terrain support in Ji Yuan’s hands is the engraving of Ning’an County City God Si Wupan, so the problem arises.
It must have been tens or even hundreds of years before the military judge became a military judge after his death. In fact, he may not have traveled many far distances during his lifetime. The maps he carved were naturally copied from pictures, and there may be other pictures in these pictures. Some of them are old pictures kept by the City God’s Yin Division.
Just because the person who carved the picture is a ghost cultivator of Incense Shinto, it does not mean that the carved picture is magical and accurate. In fact, the accuracy may be worrying.
After thinking wildly, Ji Yuan stopped and muttered to himself.
“It’s a little different from what I imagined…so…where is the road?”
Ji Yuan was a little confused. After running and running for a whole day, running slower and slower, he finally admitted that he was lost again.
A kind of ‘I know who I am, but where am I? ’ The torture of life arises in Ji Yuan’s heart.
I should have been able to see a river a long time ago, but I didn’t see any conspicuous waterway while running, so Ji Yuan ran away confidently, until now.
As far as the left and right in front of you can be seen, there is a forest that is not dense. The terrain is filled with low hills and slopes that are not high. They are probably only a few tens of meters high, not even peaks.
However, there are some trails on the ground. Some of them look like they were walked by wild animals, and some are obviously left by people. Although they are covered with weeds, Ji Yuan can still feel some traces of the wheels when he steps on them. .
Then again, when it comes to the comfort of wearing shoes, I really feel that this life is much better than the previous life. Every pair of shoes is made by embroidery shops or virtuous women from common people’s families, and the soles are relatively comfortable. It’s soft, and the upper is made of multi-layered fabric. It’s comfortable to wear and not uncomfortable, but this may be because I didn’t have much money to buy high-end shoes in my previous life.
Ji Yuan doesn’t have anything to worry about, as long as the direction is roughly correct. He is no longer an ordinary person now. When he is hungry, he can rely on his ability to hear sounds and tastes, so he doesn’t have to worry about finding food. for drink.
This accountant Yuan stopped running and took a stroll as a rest. He chose a thin path that followed the direction, possibly a wild beast trail. He also took out the bottle of wine from his backpack, opened the lid and took a few sips. , then put it back into the bag.
When he passed a patch of withered grass on the ground, Ji Yuan, who was about to step down, suddenly stopped with a slight tremor in his heart. He pulled back his dangling feet, squatted down, reached out and carefully pushed aside the withered grass, revealing a The trapping mechanism.
I brought my face closer and tried to take a closer look. In the blur, I could see two iron hoops with sharp serrations in the main part. There were many small holes in the middle standing in the bamboo strips that looked like they were soaked in oil. But now The bamboo strips were extremely bent, and seemed to be holding something that looked like animal sinews. Although the spring technology was quite different from that of the previous life, it should be a beast trap.
“How powerful would this be without the help of springs?”
Ji Yuan, who was somewhat curious, found a wooden stick as thick as his thumb and as long as his forearm from the side, and pointed it at the iron piece in the middle of the bear trap as a trigger.
“Click…”
With a crisp snapping sound, the branch in his hand was cut off.
“Hiss…”
Ji Yuan took a breath of cold air. He knew that he would not be seriously injured if he stepped on it like this, but his scalp was inevitably numb.
However, if there are animal traps, there will naturally be hunters, which means there are still people nearby.
After thinking about it, Ji Yuan once again put the not too complicated animal trap in place according to the order of the lines. This kind of bamboo clip and animal tendon principle is estimated that the number of bites should not be high, and the bamboo fragments will be very elastic. tired.
After covering the previous weeds, Ji Yuan got up and started walking again, but this time he didn’t follow the path of animals.
When Ji Yuan climbed up a low hill dozens of meters high, Ji Yuan’s eyes lit up. Although his vision was blurry, he was not lacking in sensitivity to dynamic things. He could see smoke rising in the distance. The color is darker, so someone must be lighting a fire.
. . .
On the leeward side of the mound three miles away, four people wearing light leather jackets with leather arm guards tied tightly to their trouser legs and forearms were resting by the campfire. Most of them carried bows and arrows, and some Some were carried on the back, some were placed aside, and there were also some machetes, stabbing spears and the like.
A skinned hare and a plucked and gutted pheasant were being roasted on a skewer over the fire.
“Hey, I’ve been out for a few days, and I haven’t hunted anything big, and I also lost the beads my mother gave me. What a **** unlucky thing!”
“Okay, just go back to the temple stall and buy one for five cents for your beads. As for talking about it all these times!”
“What do you know! My mother went to the temple to ask for it, not bought it from a stall, it’s different!”
“Look at you, I didn’t say the same thing. Isn’t this just a purchase to deceive your mother? Otherwise, wouldn’t you be scolded to death?”
“Uh…that makes sense!”
The two people next to them also smiled when they heard this, but they were not depressed about not having prey. How could they return fully loaded from hunting in the forest?
“Shh… don’t say anything, someone is coming over there!”
The sounds around the fire suddenly stopped, and several hunters either took out their bows or picked up their stabbing spears.
But it’s not dark yet, and although the few people are wary, they are not nervous.
“Brothers, I lost my way when I was on my way down. I saw a fire here, so I came here to ask you for directions.”
Ji Yuan’s clear voice came from a little further away. He also deliberately made his movements louder so that they could be noticed. He stopped when he was more than ten steps away from them.
“Where are you going?”
A hunter holding a spear asked loudly, while several people were also observing Ji Yuan.
The visitor was carrying a baggage and an umbrella, and the clothes he wore were not suitable for traveling in the mountains and forests. Although his appearance was polite, he still looked a little suspicious.
“I dare to ask which direction Qingshui County is. Logically speaking, after I climbed over Luoyue Ridge and walked south, I should be able to see a river. If I walked along it, I could reach Qingshui County. Why did I go all the way? No river? ”
“River?”
The hunters looked at each other, all confused.
Then the older one suddenly seemed to think of something.
“You’re not talking about Old Qingshui River, are you?”
Ji Yuan doesn’t know the name of the river, but this is probably the case.
“It should be.”
“I heard from the old people in the village that the old Qingshui River used to flow from Qingshui County through the Qianling area. It seems that in order to facilitate field irrigation, the county magistrate mobilized the villagers to change the river course more than 20 years ago. No more flowing to the other side of the mountain.”
Ji Yuan suddenly realized.
“So that’s it, how far is it from Qingshui County?”
“Go east for twenty or thirty miles and you will almost see the official road. If you walk further for half a day, you will see people.”
Twenty or thirty miles doesn’t seem to be very far.
“Thank you so much for letting me know!”
Ji Yuan cupped his hand and left directly. He didn’t intend to look for trouble here or shamelessly eat barbecue. People were obviously wary of him. Twenty or thirty miles was just a matter of running around for a while.
Seeing Ji Yuan leaving so decisively and dressed like a gentle gentleman, the hunters were a little surprised.
“Uh, sir, are you going there now? It’s already dark on the mountain road that’s twenty or thirty miles away!”
After all, he had a good heart, looking for the book www.zhaoshuyuan.com Finally, an Orion shouted to Ji Yuan, it was the one who lost the beads.
It was this shout that made Ji Yuan look twice at the person who made the call, and he could tell something at that glance.
Since the formation of his magic power, Ji Yuan’s eyes have undergone some changes. He can see some of the “qi fire” of ordinary people. Tong Mingce calls this “looking at the qi”. People with talent and magic can achieve similar effects. Ji Yuan can see some “qi fire” in ordinary people. Self-consciousness should be considered a natural talent.
For confirmation, Ji Yuan opened his eyes slightly, but the fuzzy feeling did not diminish, but the “atmosphere” revealed by the hunters became much clearer.
The person who just made the sound actually had an inconspicuous red and black aura lingering on the top of his head. It was like a trace of smoke accidentally passing by the smoke outside of the vague life fire around him. If you didn’t look carefully, you wouldn’t notice it.
Ji Yuan stopped and complained to the man cautiously.
“There is no other way. If you don’t leave quickly, why don’t you spend the night in this barren mountain? What if there are wild animals? And the bows and spears in their hands are scary…”
Ji Yuan’s slightly nervous and panicked look actually lowered the vigilance of the hunters.
“Hahaha, sir, don’t worry. We are just hunters, not strong men. We happened to hunt wild animals at night. If sir, you don’t mind, come and sit. We will also go back to the village tomorrow morning. It’s not far from Qingshui County.”
Ji Yuan looked overjoyed but still didn’t dare to approach.
“So, is that appropriate?”
“Hahahaha… Come here, sir. Is there anything inappropriate? Look, the pheasant and hare are almost ready to be roasted. How about you try the craftsmanship of our country hunter?”
Other hunters also laughed kindly.
After talking about this, the “mutual” people have put down a lot of wariness, and Ji Yuan naturally came over with gratitude.