CHAPTER 357: CHAPTER 332: ADDRESSING EACH OTHER AS SIBLINGS

Yu Xiaolian and Su Jingchen agreed that while traveling outside, they would call each other cousins. Although they have a marriage certificate, equivalent to a legal marriage, they have not held a wedding banquet, so it is not appropriate for them to share a room as a married couple, and thus they each stayed in separate rooms.

After just half a day, Yu Xiaolian and Su Jingchen were feeling both hungry and cold. Two large bowls of hot soup noodles, with both the soup and the noodles, plus a plate of braised beef, were eaten completely clean by the two of them.

After finishing the hot noodles, and sweating profusely, they finally felt truly warm again.

However, with many people in the inn and many mouths to talk, plus the fear that walls have ears, Su Jingchen and Yu Xiaolian couldn’t discuss the matter of the Longevity Gu, fearing that if any martial arts expert with sharp ears and eyes lodged next door, their secret might be eavesdropped on, which would be bad.

After the waiter cleared away the bowls and chopsticks, Yu Xiaolian simply took out some paper and a pen from the space to communicate with Su Jingchen through writing.

"Don’t write vertically. I’m not used to it. Write horizontally like I do, from left to right. In the future, when you write me letters or leave messages, you have to use this format, understood?" Yu Xiaolian said somewhat domineeringly.

Su Jingchen took the black carbon pen from the table and smiled warmly, "Got it, is this format from your place?"

Yu Xiaolian replied, "Yes, there are many languages from our place. Do you want to learn?"

"Hmm?" Su Jingchen was surprised, "Is it a local dialect?"

Yu Xiaolian ambiguously said, "Sort of!"

"Sure, learning is better than being idle." Su Jingchen chuckled.

It had to be said, Su Jingchen had a liking for learning.

Yu Xiaolian whispered, "Then someday I’ll teach you English."

Su Jingchen nodded and then pulled over a sheet of paper and began to write horizontally from left to right on it.

"Linzhou and the Western Regions are in opposite directions, are you sure you want to make a trip to Linzhou?" Su Jingchen wrote on the paper.

The matter of going to Linzhou was something that Yu Xiaolian had thought through carefully, so she decisively nodded.

It’s not that she didn’t believe the ancient books Su Jingchen had found, but Miao Yingyao had assured her that the Longevity Gu had no solution.

Yu Xiaolian believed Miao Yingyao’s words because if the Longevity Gu could easily change hosts, Qi Yunfan wouldn’t leave his own sister stranded outside.

After reading Yu Xiaolian’s explanation on the paper, Su Jingchen frowned and wrote, "Since Qi Yunfan doesn’t want you to go back to the Witch Clan, I think you shouldn’t return."

Witchcraft, mysterious and eerie, its lair is even more unpredictable to a number of martial arts experts, leading to no return.

Yu Xiaolian picked up the pen and wrote, "Miaojiang or Linzhou?"

Miaojiang could be called the headquarters of the Witch Clan because Miao Yingyao once said that Qi Haitian’s ancestors were a branch of the Miaojiang Witch Clan.

But the risk of going to Miaojiang is no less than that of the Northern Land, and she doesn’t know anyone in Miaojiang, and is clueless about the location of the Witch Clan’s lair.

If she goes to Linzhou, she can first go to Baihua House to find Sister Feng, and through her, find Qi Yunfan or Leng Yuesheng.

These two, one is her biological brother, the other her biological aunt, are people she can fully trust.

Yu Xiaolian was certain that if she said she wanted to get rid of the shackles of the Longevity Gu, Qi Yunfan and Leng Yuesheng would definitely help her with all their might.

Su Jingchen read Yu Xiaolian’s analysis without hesitation pointed his slender finger at the two words Miaojiang, "Go there!"

Yu Xiaolian frowned, promptly took Su Jingchen into the space, and then she went in as well.

Once inside the space, Yu Xiaolian impatiently said, "Although Miaojiang is indeed closer to the Western Regions, we’re not familiar with the place, if we recklessly inquire about the Gu Worms, we’re likely to be targeted."

Faced with Yu Xiaolian’s urgency, Su Jingchen remained calm, "Linzhou is not exactly safe, if it were safe, your brother wouldn’t have dared to recognize you initially."

"I know, but still, isn’t it easier to gather information in Linzhou than in Miaojiang?"

Su Jingchen shook his head, "Those who you think are trustworthy, I don’t find them so trustable, rather, they are quite dangerous."

"What do you mean?" Yu Xiaolian was puzzled.

"You have preconceived the idea that your brother and aunt are trustworthy people, so naturally whatever they say, you would follow. If they don’t want the Longevity Gu to just perish like that, what will they do?"

Yu Xiaolian was shocked.

The thought of going to Linzhou instantly changed.

Su Jingchen’s concern was not unreasonable, the Longevity Gu is extremely difficult to obtain, a coveted item among the Witch Clan.

If they knew that Yu Xiaolian didn’t consider the Longevity Gu as something good and wanted to get rid of it, they might even scold her for being out of her mind.

At that time, they might agree on the surface to help Yu Xiaolian with the issue of the Longevity Gu, yet secretly revive the Gu, making her forever stuck at fifteen years old and unable to have children.

Moreover, they could do this under the guise of doing it for Yu Xiaolian’s good, rendering her helpless against them, after all, those people are her blood relatives, and the Longevity Gu is indeed a good thing.

And that’s the good part, if they harbor any murderous intent for the Longevity Gu, Yu Xiaolian could unknowingly die.

Yu Xiaolian was filled with fear, Su Jingchen was right, she couldn’t fully trust those people wholeheartedly.

Yu Xiaolian hesitated and fell silent.

Seeing this, Su Jingchen continued, "If we go towards Miaojiang, it shouldn’t be difficult to inquire about the Witch Clan there.

Princess Consort Dai’s sisters, who were heavily rewarded by the Crown Prince for capture in Miaojiang, leading to many bounty hunters emerging there, if we go inquire about the Witch Clan as bounty hunters, it wouldn’t seem too abrupt.

Moreover, the safety issue you worry about, I am not worried about it.

You are not afraid of the Witch Clan’s Poison Gu, everything else is nothing to fear."

Su Jingchen silently added in his heart, with the Longevity Gu in you, and this mysterious space, if you wanted the Great Cold World, I could maneuver it for you, let alone a small Witch Clan tribe.

Yu Xiaolian pulled back and forth with her left and right hands, unsure, "So according to you, we abandon the Northern Land and go to Miaojiang?"

Su Jingchen held down Yu Xiaolian’s hand and smiled firmly, "Trust me, it’s the right choice!"

Upon a thought, the Great Liang’s geographical map appeared in Yu Xiaolian’s hand.

She spread the map on the ground, and Su Jingchen almost immediately pointed out the location of Miaojiang, "Here, we have to turn back."

Yu Xiaolian groaned, regretting not thoroughly discussing it with Su Jingchen before setting out, now having made the trip in vain.

It’s not that she didn’t want to discuss it with Su Jingchen, but she was entangled by the Sun family and the two little ones when she was about to leave, so she impulsively decided on the Northern Land, just letting Sun Mancang inform Su Jingchen to issue a road permit to Linzhou.

Through this matter, Yu Xiaolian despised her intelligence once again in her heart.