Leaving the Mountain

"Are you really going out with them?"

Once the decision to leave was made, there was no need for pretense. He could just pack his things and go.

In the room, Qin Yi was packing. The Wolf Tooth Club leaned against the wall. Liu Su watched Qin Yi bustling about and asked leisurely.

Qin Yi replied casually, "Isn't this exactly what you wanted? Haven't you been saying this medicine isn't enough, that furnace isn't good, and trying to trick me into going out?"

"Heh heh." Liu Su sneered, "I wanted you to go out for a wider world and more resources, not to get involved in conflicts, especially ones involving the high-ranking National Teacher. With your current abilities, you wouldn't even know how you died."

"So?" Qin Yi stopped packing and said coldly, "What if Dong Huazi sends someone to bury the so-called Demon Transformation Poisonous Mist again? If there's a first time, there will be a second. If the source isn't removed, how can there be peace? Before, I had no way to get close to the National Teacher. This time, I can use the influence of the Li family siblings. Maybe it's the best way to solve this once and for all."

Liu Su said indifferently, "You're leaving, why care about this place? To be honest, it would be better to let someone destroy this village so you have no more ties."

Qin Yi narrowed his eyes at the Wolf Tooth Club, considering rolling it in the smelly ditch behind the house.

Liu Su immediately sensed his malicious intent and quickly said, "Alright, alright, even if it's to avenge the original owner of this body and achieve peace of mind, you have to kill the enemy. Otherwise, if you cultivate immortality, you'll likely develop inner demons."

"Enemy? Then I think he might want to kill you even more." Qin Yi glared at it.

Liu Su chuckled dryly, "He was going to die anyway at that time, it wasn't me who killed him. But you ruined my good deed, what right do you have to glare at me?"

And you still wanted to eat me? Qin Yi couldn't be bothered with it and turned back to continue packing.

There were many miscellaneous medicines he had refined during this time to gain experience. He probably wouldn't refine them again in the future. They seemed useless, but he had to take them all. Who knows, they might be useful someday...

He turned and opened the secret compartment by the bed. Inside lay some silver and a blue-covered secret manual. The manual had no name and was something the original owner of this body had. Qin Yi called it the "Nameless Secret Manual."

Originally, Qin Yi thought that since the original owner of this body had practiced for over ten years without achieving anything notable, it must be a low-level manual. But he found the book's texture very peculiar, like the water and fire resistant, knife-proof materials described in many martial arts novels. With such a material, the recorded content shouldn't be a low-level technique. It could only be as Liu Su judged, that the original owner didn't practice correctly, or that the foundation of this technique was difficult.

Martial arts also had a future in this world. Looking at Li Qinglin, it seemed even ordinary cultivators might not be able to defeat him. Moreover, with opportunities, there could be other development paths. Now that Qin Yi temporarily didn't dare to learn cultivation from Liu Su, practicing martial arts was the best way to protect himself. Anyway, carrying the Wolf Tooth Club, practicing martial arts even had a bit of a CP feel...

Liu Su didn't form a cultivation-based contempt chain to dissuade him from practicing. Instead, it taught him how to prepare the medicinal materials needed for body tempering and taught him club techniques. Perhaps it had the same idea.

One person and one club had been in the same room for over two months. Their respective secrets couldn't be known by outsiders. Regardless of any reservations or precautions they had towards each other, in this world, they could be considered the closest people, although this closeness was a bit unconventional.

When they left, the Li family siblings led their horses and walked. Qin Yi had no horse and walked beside them.

"We'll buy Brother Qin a horse as soon as we get out." Li Qinglin said with some apology, "It was my oversight before we came."

Qin Yi asked somewhat strangely, "I see you must be from a wealthy family, and being able to oppose the National Teacher means you're not ordinary people. Just the two of you going out, without even a guard, aren't you afraid of something happening?"

Li Qinglin smiled, "My family is a bit different. We always encourage our descendants to gain experience and face challenges."

Qin Yi glanced at Li Qingjun, "What if your younger sibling caused trouble for me last night and accidentally fell into my trap?"

Li Qingjun was furious and wanted to retort, but then she remembered that if Qin Yi had really wanted to kill her yesterday, she probably would have died. If she had tried to do something else, it would have been even worse... So she couldn't say a word, her pretty face flushed red.

Li Qinglin looked at his sister's expression with some surprise. He had originally taken it for granted that Qin Yi had been taught a lesson by his sister. Now seeing her like this, it turned out his sister had suffered a loss last night? How did this Qin Yi, who seemed to only be at the body tempering stage, manage that?

Perhaps Fangshi really had some tricks.

The thought crossed his mind, and Li Qinglin just smiled, "Even if Qing Jun was harmed by Brother Qin last night, she can only blame herself for not being skilled enough. Of course, I would kill Brother Qin to avenge my sister." He paused, then added, "Also, Qing Jun is a woman. There's no need to hide it from Brother Qin now... Perhaps Brother Qin already saw through it."

Li Qingjun snorted and turned her head away.

Qin Yi shook his head, "Your family is really... strange."

As they spoke, some villagers saw Qin Yi leaving and greeted him, "Little Qin, are you going out to play? When will you be back?"

Qin Yi pointed to the luggage on the horse's back, "I plan to go out and make a living."

As soon as he said this, a group of villagers put down what they were doing and gathered around.

"Really leaving the village?"

"What a shame, I was still planning to marry off my Little Peach Blossom to you..."

"What's so good about the outside..."

"Leaving the village is good, leaving the village is good. Do I not have to pay back the four coppers I owe you for medicine?"

Qin Yi was covered in cold sweat.

"Everyone move aside, move aside!" An old man squeezed into the crowd, tapping his pipe around, "What nonsense are you all talking?"

As he spoke, his old eyes scanned the Li family siblings, his face full of distrust, "Have you thought it through? City people are very bad. Don't get sold by them and still help them count the money."

Li Qinglin smiled and didn't retort. Qin Yi could only say, "Uncle Xu, don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

The old man took a few puffs of his pipe and sighed, "As long as you've thought it through. You're so young and learned, and your family... well, there's no one in your family who needs looking after anymore. What kind of bird's nest is it to stay in the mountains all day? You should have gone out and made a living long ago."

So there was a chorus of voices, "Exactly, I've long said that Little Qin shouldn't be stuck in this mountain ditch..."

"If you get tired of being outside, come back anytime. My Little Peach Blossom will wait for you for a few years..."

"We'll keep your courtyard for you. If anyone dares to occupy it, we'll break their legs!"

Li Qinglin's smile became somewhat meaningful. Everything he had seen and heard along the way, almost everyone deliberately tried to lead clues towards Qin Yi, clearly trying to make outsiders discover Qin Yi's extraordinary nature and thus take him out of the mountains.

This place was very interesting. Qin Yi, who deliberately attracted outsiders to seek immortals, and the villagers, who deliberately attracted outsiders' attention to Qin Yi, had different perspectives but each had their own plans.

Was it because Qin Yi had a bad relationship with the villagers, causing them to want to drive him away? Li Qinglin didn't think so. Perhaps there was another reason.

Qin Yi also felt very strange. The original owner of this body and himself were clearly not the same style, but the villagers seemed to have completely failed to notice any difference. Were they overly simple?

He didn't think too much about it. He bowed deeply, "Thank you all for your care over the years. Immortal Trace Village is my home. If Qin Yi has free time, he will come back to visit everyone. If Little Peach Blossom gets married, keep the little little Peach Blossom for me in the future..."

The crowd was furious, "Get lost! Shameless!"

Amidst the uproar, the old man named Xu said, "Why come back? If you do well, don't come back. If you don't do well, there will always be a meal for you when you come back."

After saying that, he turned around and led an old horse from the side, "This horse doesn't have much life left either. Take it to ride out. I hope you don't ride it back. Go, go, go!"

Even if it didn't have much life left, it was still a horse. Uncle Xu usually treasured it like gold, but now he just gave it away.

Qin Yi took a deep breath, said no more, bowed deeply to the ground, and mounted the horse.

Li Qinglin gave the small village a meaningful last look, and he and his sister also mounted their horses. The three horses faced the morning sun and slowly left the village.

"I haven't asked Brother Li, where is our destination?"

"The capital of Nanli, Lihuo City."

One person who had an immortal destiny but rejected it, one person who was wholeheartedly seeking immortality, and one person who didn't believe in immortals at all, left the mountain village where there were legends of immortals together and stepped into the mortal world.