Chapter 53: Settling Down in a Small Town in Hunan

How could he still help Yun Xiaobao? What was Master thinking? Obviously, I would think that Yun Xiaobao was still angry, otherwise I would understand why Master would answer yes.

The people of the Li family are sentimental and often do things that ordinary people cannot understand. Master is no exception, and neither am I.

Yun Xiaobao spoke quickly about the ins and outs of the situation, because according to him, Yun Baogen had lost track of us and we would be back soon, and Master and I listened quietly.

After a few minutes, the phone hung up and it was just me and Master sitting quietly in the car.

After a long time, the master asked me, “Chengyi, the reason you feel something is wrong is because of the holes in Yun Xiaobao’s story?”

I answered, “Yes, Yun Baogen is a person I once met in this city. He is very unruly and self-willed, but Yun Xiaobao said he was polite… This is very contradictory. He also specifically emphasized that Yun Baogen didn’t know that Lingyu was sold by us. Why? He clearly said the words about the jade protecting against disasters at that time, and Yun Baogen didn’t think Yun Xiaobao was superstitious at all… How could he have planted a seed of cultivation in his heart, and still admire us?

After throwing away the phone card, I took the phone apart and threw it away while starting the car… I didn’t doubt Yun Xiaobao’s words, thinking that he had done something to the phone, but maybe I had seen too many movies and always believed that some people could track something with a phone…

The master was still silent, and after I had finished all this, I continued, “These were just small details that were suspicious but not clear, but the whole thing was connected to Yun Baogen, who turned out to be the squad leader. Isn’t it very suspicious? Does it feel like a cover-up?”

“Well, thinking about it like that, it is very suspicious. If it were me, in our situation, if there was something wrong, it would be worth me taking you with me to escape.” The master touched his chin and said, “After freshening up in the Yun family, the master rarely shaved his beard, which I really wasn’t used to seeing.

Or maybe the beard hides his old age, and he still looks the same as he did back then. Now it seems that he is really a little old… I can’t help but feel a little sad.

The car continued to move forward. We decided not to stay in this city, where every step was a crisis… and we didn’t plan to take a detour, heading directly for Xiangxi. If there were really masters of the Bu character pulse on Yang Sheng’s side, the result would be the same whether we took a detour or not, so it was better to save time.

After all, it is not that simple to calculate the two cultivators. Even if they are masters, they cannot calculate frequently.

The whole thing with Yun Baogen, from Yun Xiaobao’s account, is actually not complicated at all, and it’s also a little bit of a coincidence… That is, Yun Baogen was on a mission here, after all, he answered the hometown province, and was being tracked by that “snake ancestor,” so he was a little bit like escaping from death, and he naturally thought of his old father at home.

After all, no matter how much Yun Baogen has changed, he has grown up with Yun Xiaobao’s love, and he is not completely inhuman. It is only natural to think of Yun Xiaobao in that situation.

As a result, Master called Yun Xiaobao before Yun Baogen called Yun Xiaobao. After receiving Yun Baogen’s long-lost call, Yun Xiaobao, by coincidence, mentioned this matter, and then…

Yun Xiaobao didn’t go into much detail, but I could still imagine Yun Baogen’s excitement at the time, and how he would explain it to Yun Xiaobao, and how he would try to persuade him, and how he would threaten him… This should be a disaster in my life and the life of my master, and it should also be a consequence.

I can only think this way. After all, young people are unruly. That year, I at least planted the concept of a cultivator in Yun Baogen’er’s heart, and the matter of Lingyu also made him half-believe and half-doubt. It was just stubborn on his lips. Did this lay the foundation for him to join Yang Sheng’s organization later?

Then my master and I should repay this debt! But he has already become a kind of zombie. Can my master and I save him?

As for how Yun Baogen joined Yang Sheng’s organization and how he achieved such a position, and why he acted on his own this time without notifying Yang Sheng, it is a mystery. Yun Xiaobao also did not know, only Baogen himself knew.

The relationship between father and son was very strange. The son was actually ‘above’ the father, and Yun Xiaobao seemed very passive. But from another perspective, the most important reason I forgave him was that he should have done his ‘best’ to be kind to me and my master.

The night wind blew ‘whistling’ on my face, and I didn’t want to think about it anymore. After experiencing the embarrassment of having no money, I felt that the situation between me and my master was not bad.

It seems that if one doesn’t really fall to the bottom, how can one understand the beauty of the scenery at the peak? I am the same.

During the days of running around, the most obvious thing was that I couldn’t feel the passage of time… Although my master and I had 50,000 yuan, which seemed like a lot of money for travel expenses, we were still exhausted and tired.

The reason I didn’t feel the passage of time was because every day seemed to be the same, rushing around, eating, and then finding a place to sleep.

Only the ever-changing scenery on the road reminded me that my master and I were on the road.

Although we decided to go directly to Xiangxi, my master and I did not choose to travel on the highway, which is a very high-profile and public way to travel. Moreover, my master and I did not have the necessary documents, which was also a bit of a hassle, so we had to take a detour.

This issue of not having the necessary documents was originally just a minor matter, after all, both Master and I had had relationships with high-end departments, but now Master seemed to have some uncertainty about Jiangyi, so out of a sense of precaution, we had to pay attention to this issue and didn’t want to be delayed by anything.

This is also the reason why people who are not sensitive to money, like my master and I, can only find a small hotel to stay in miserably.

Twelve days later, we entered the territory of Xiangxi.

There are also ordinary towns here, but to find the Miao village, you still have to go to the deep and dangerous mountains and forests here. Of course, I don’t mean the kind of place that has been developed into a tourist area, but rather the kind of place that looks like a no-man’s land to outsiders.

Sun Qiang is not a Miao, but his grandfather Sun Kui learned to drive corpses by chance… He never told me about his studies in witchcraft. It was only after I arrived in Xiangxi that I realized how strange life is. I have an inextricable bond with the Miao village in my life, and I never thought that my friend would be the same.

Compared to my little knowledge of Qiangzi, my master seemed to know more. After arriving in the Xiangxi region, he was the one who showed me the way to where I should go, and where… I was so curious that I really wanted to catch my master and make him tell me everything that was buried in his heart.

But I didn’t do it. In fact, it was because I was uneasy. I had lost my master once like this, and after I found him again, I was afraid that if I wasn’t careful, he would disappear again.

I tried not to touch that past, and I tried not to mention what happened in those years.

The car finally stopped in a small, remote town. The town looked so run-down and poor. When we arrived, many people looked at us like we were something new and interesting. It looked very congested.

It was really difficult to drive all the way here, and I know it best. But I also understand that a secluded village is not destined to be in a bustling place. Snake Gate is at most just near the highway…

This town seems to be relatively far from other towns and counties. In any case, before coming here, the master deliberately let me come for a big shopping spree, with all kinds of food and supplies. It seems that the previous hasty escape and the days in the mountains left him with a lot of shadows.

We were being watched by the crowd in this town, but unlike other places, these people’s eyes were not just curious, but also had a kind of indifferent detachment and irritability. My master and I didn’t care. The people in this area of ​​Xiangxi are famous for their fierce and fierce customs, not to mention such a town that is almost cut off from the world.

I observed that the town was also almost entirely inhabited by Miao people, which was obvious from their clothing… This is not surprising, as not all Miao people live in villages, and it is normal for them to live in towns like this.

I have a strange sense of intimacy with the Miao people, so I feel close to them even in the face of these unfriendly stares.

Finally, I’ve arrived in Xiangxi.