Tong Jialiang

Two large, round, dark eyes opened on the translucent brown ball and blinked at Han Weishu, as if responding to what she had said.

After a while, it seemed to understand something, and with a whoosh, it burrowed into the ground and disappeared.

Earth Spirit are spirits born from the earth; they are rare, and each Earth Spirit is extremely precious.

As long as they are on the ground, they can travel thousands of miles at lightning speed.

It can also easily perceive a lot of information coming from the ground within a certain range.

However, in this Mortal Realm, many people are unaware of the role of Earth Spirit, or even recognize Earth Spirit.

In addition, Han Weishu Han Weishu's mother had previously given her serious instructions not to summon Earth Spirit very often.

Han Weishu's cultivation level is low because she possesses Five Spirit Roots. Although she started cultivating at the age of three, she is only at the Qi Refining First Layer at the age of sixteen and has yet to break through the threshold of the Qi Refining Second Layer.

Therefore, although she was the daughter of Han Shangyi, the leader of the Clear River Sect, she gradually attracted less and less attention.

After all, what does it matter if her father is the leader of a sect, given that she has cultivated for over ten years and only reached the Qi Refining First Layer?

In any case, the Clear River Sect would never allow someone with low cultivation to become its leader, nor would it allow an elder to do so.

She'll only live for a few decades before passing away peacefully in her sleep.

Therefore, to this day, no one knows that she possesses Earth Spirit.

Meanwhile, in Xiushui Village, quite far from the Clear River Sect...

In the lush forest behind the Lingxian Sect, Jiang Youfu was walking his chickens.

That's right, he was playing with Xiaoluan and Big Peach.

Xiaoluan told him today that she was tired of the insects in the sect and asked him to bring her and her disciples to the back mountain for a change of pace.

But Xiaoluan felt that the trees in the back mountain forest were too dense and a bit scary, so she asked Jiang Youfu to take her there.

Jiang Youfu thought it over and realized he could go to the back mountain to see if there were any fresh mushrooms or similar ingredients, so he led Xiaoluan and Big Peach there.

So now, Jiang Youfu is diligently searching for mushrooms everywhere.

Xiaoluan and Big Peach followed behind him, occasionally burying their heads in their food.

Suddenly, Xiaoluan, who was engrossed in eating, was hit on the head by something.

Thinking that Jiang Youfu had suddenly turned bad and was bullying it, it raised its head in disbelief, only to see Jiang Youfu earnestly picking the little white umbrellas on the ground.

Then it turned its head and saw the culprit that had just hit it—a bundle of dried wild vegetables—lying on the ground.

So it clucked and called Jiang Youfu over.

Pointing to the bundle of wild vegetables on the ground, she recounted how she had been hit and how painful her head was.

Jiang Youfu glanced at the wild vegetables on the ground, then at Xiaoluan's head, who was now at the Qi Refining Eighth Layer.

To comfort it:

"Alright, Xiaoluan, don't be angry. I'll take this bundle of wild vegetables back and cook it to get revenge for you!"

As he spoke, he picked up the bundle of wild vegetables from the ground and put it into his Storage Bag, then continued picking wild mushrooms from the ground.

Hearing this, Xiaoluan nodded with great satisfaction, and then went to eat with Big Peach.

Meanwhile, the Earth Spirit Qiuqiu, which was tracking in this direction, suddenly sensed that Han Weishu's presence had disappeared from the ground and stopped underground.

It sensed the area again carefully, but still found nothing.

So it had no choice but to return empty-handed to find Han Weishu in the dark room, feeling dejected.

Han Weishu was also very angry when she saw Qiuqiu return empty-handed.

It's all her father's fault! Why did he throw away her wild vegetables?!

Ah A-Liang went up the mountain to look for it before dawn two days ago.

It is currently winter, and although winter in the south is not yet freezing cold and there is still a lot of greenery everywhere, the poor already lack food in winter.

A-Liang couldn't bear to eat it himself, so he saved up a bundle of wild vegetables as a thank-you gift for himself, only to have his foolish father throw it away so easily.

These wild vegetables were most likely picked up by animals or poor families outside. Sigh.

Thinking about it, she pursed her lips and looked around the small, dark room where she was locked up.

They probably looked down on her because she only had the Qi Refining First Layer cultivation, so the small dark room they used to lock her up was the most ordinary room.

There were no restrictions set up at all, and no one was guarding the outside; there was only a lock on the outside.

Han Weishu knew that she was currently on her father's mountain, and there must be many of her father's disciples around, so she could not simply break down the door and leave.

That would be too much of a commotion.

She first checked with Qiuqiu to confirm her father's current location.

Knowing that her father was currently entertaining guests, she immediately began planning her escape.

She pulled the wooden hairpin from her hair.

Then he pulled a thin iron needle from the wooden hairpin.

Then he poked a hole in the paper covering the door frame, reached out through the fist-sized opening, and used the thin iron needle to pry open the lock in a few quick movements.

After she came out, she asked Qiuqiu to monitor the movements of people in the vicinity.

He avoided people and slipped out of the Clear River Sect through a little-known path quite far from the mountain gate.

As soon as she came out, Han Weishu started running as fast as she could.

However, when she hurried along and arrived at Ox Head Village on the southern border of the Pusi Kingdom on the morning of the third day, she saw A-Liang carrying a tattered bundle and saying goodbye to his uncle and aunt.

Seeing this, Han Weishu did not go over, but ran to hide in the bushes by the village road a hundred meters away, waiting for him to finish saying goodbye before coming over.

Not long after, Tong Jialiang bid farewell to his uncle and aunt and left the village.

Before they had gone far, they heard Han Weishu's voice.

Where are you going?

Hearing this, Tong Jialiang was somewhat surprised. He looked at Han Weishu, who had emerged from the bushes, and said:

"Ashu? Didn't you go home? I thought you wouldn't be able to come out for a long time again."

Han Weishu stared at him unhappily and said:

"What? Did you deliberately leave while I was away?"

No, no, you've misunderstood.

Hearing her say that, Tong Jialiang quickly blushed and waved his hand in denial and explanation:

"I received a letter from my cousin yesterday, saying that he has some important work to do and needs help, so I need to go there as soon as possible. Because he was urging me so urgently, I didn't have time to say goodbye to you. I've already told my uncles and aunts at home that if you come to see me, they should tell you that I'm leaving."

Only then did Han Weishu feel a little relieved and smiled at him:

"That's more like it. By the way, where are you going?"

Tong Jialiang then said:

"As I told you before, my uncle and aunt's second son, who is my cousin, bought himself a job years ago so that his family could have rice to cook. Fortunately, he has been with a good family for the past few years and is now serving in the capital. He can still communicate with his family from time to time."

It was my cousin who told me to go to a county Songyang County in Hufang Province and find a security escort agency to wait for him there.