The falcon flew very quickly and arrived in front of Jade Gate Pass in the blink of an eye. When the boat came to a stop, everyone knew that they had arrived at their destination.
Xie Lige was the first to stand up. He turned to Shi Guanyin and said, "Let's go down."
Hu Tiehua sniffed the air and felt that something was wrong. He quickly jumped to the window and looked up. The first thing that came into view was the tall and imposing city walls. The wind and sand swirled around the ground. The greenery inside the pass and the desolation outside formed a stark contrast.
Hu Tiehua looked at everything in front of him in disbelief. Was this really Jade Gate Pass?
"What's wrong?" Chu Liuxiang asked when he noticed that something was wrong.
Hu Tiehua didn't say anything. He turned around and waved at Ji Bingyan. Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan looked at each other for a minute, then walked to the window sill together.
When they were almost at the window sill, Hu Tiehua couldn't hold it in anymore. He jumped three feet high and his wild laughter resounded through the entire room.
"Old Smelly Bug, we're back!!"
Ji Bingyan looked at the familiar Jade Gate Pass outside and relaxed his brows. They were finally back. This was the first time he found the desolated Jade Gate Pass so exciting.
Chu Liuxiang looked at the Jade Gate Pass with some doubts. He turned around to look at Shi Guanyin, who had a surprised look on her face, and knew that it wasn't her intention. He reflexively looked at Xie Lige and saw that the latter was calmly sipping his tea. He had a wine gourd resting on his bamboo stick beside him. Nangong Ling couldn't help but drool when he saw the wine gourd.
Xie Lige felt the gaze on him and raised his eyebrows. "Why? Don't you want to come back?"
Chu Liuxiang thanked him from the bottom of his heart. "Thank you, Senior."
Shi Guanyin acted like a little girl. She didn't even look at Chu Liuxiang. She turned to Xie Lige and said, "Big brother …"
"Sigh —" Xie Lige patted her head comfortingly. "You trained the eagles the way I taught you back then, didn't you? I let the eagles send us back. Since they don't want to go to the depths of the desert, we don't have to force them. But you, after so many years, don't you want to live with me?"
Shi Guanyin was a little hesitant when she thought of all the money she had saved up over the years. Her eyes showed that she was struggling, but in the end, it was her brother who won. She nodded gently and stopped talking.
After leaving the boat, they boarded the waterboat provided by Ji Bingyan out of friendship. Shi Guanyin looked reluctant, as she could have sent her brother back.
They boarded the waterboat from Jade Gate Pass and followed the river to the capital city, which was warm with wind and drizzling with fireworks.
The sky was filled with the fragrance of peach blossoms, and the fluttering petals occupied the entire capital city. There were soldiers in armor on the towering city walls, and there were guards blocking the road at the city gate.
Nangong Ling frowned. "We won't be able to eat peaches again this year."
How could the peach blossoms fly in the air every day? Normally, they would stay on the branches and quietly give birth to the peach blossoms. However, the Beggar Clan's peach blossoms were very unlucky. Ever since a tree died of illness three years ago, there had been an outbreak of peach blossoms every year. The Beggar Clan had not tasted the taste of peach blossoms in front of their door for many years.
Nangong Ling was very resentful.
Xie Lige ignored him and invited Chu Liuxiang. "Commander Xiang, would you like to go to A gang of beggars for a gathering?"
"I couldn't ask for more!"
A gang of beggars' residence was full of green grass and vitality. A gang of beggars' bamboo building was crude but cleverly constructed. The bamboo building was shaped like a big drum, with layers of corridors intertwined within, making it difficult to distinguish between north, south, east, and west.
Chu Liuxiang circled around the building and found that there was no place to go up. He asked, "How do we go up?"
"We go up the same way we came down."
Xie Lige answered while smiling at Nangong Ling and No Flower. She ignored Nangong Ling's struggle and used her great qinggong to fly up.
"Ahhhhhhhh!!!!"
Nangong Ling watched in horror as he flew further and further away from the ground. He let out an earth-shattering scream.
No Flower's expression wasn't any better. He just maintained his posture as a monk and didn't scream. His face was completely pale.
A gang of beggars's most outstanding skill for flirting with girls was none other than Duo Qinggong.
However, Xie Lige discovered that his Great Qing Gong was not limited to two people. He could also use it on three people. However, his energy would be depleted faster, so he used it to carry his son.
The most wonderful part of the Double Grand Qigong was that it was in the air. It allowed the rider to enjoy the Kuaigan of the roller coaster, be pushed out and pulled back, and then do 360 degrees of difficult gymnastics in the air. After that, it was a one-on-one fight. Nangong Ling and No Flower sat on their uncle's orange weapon with a look of despair on their faces. Their sitting posture was very girly.
Li Qi glanced at his elder brother's back and used his Qinggong to follow him. With a few leaps, they arrived at the small bamboo hut at the top of A gang of beggars' encampment.
The three people who were left behind looked at Xie Lige in amazement. He could fly in the air and play with his nephew at the same time. Chu Liuxiang, especially, realized for the first time that his friend No Flower's body was so flexible.
He even saw the latter throw a perfect 180 ° arc in the air.
In the Beggar Clan, the Beggar Clan members who were in the middle of their training felt a gust of wind blowing over their heads. Several shadows were entangled in midair, followed by blood-curdling screams that changed their pitch as they flew toward the roof of the Beggar Clan's encampment.
A gang of beggars recognized that the screams belonged to their young gang leader. They touched their heads and looked up. When they found nothing, they felt that they might have been making a fuss over nothing.
Xie Lige's aim when he stopped was very good. He landed in front of the bamboo hut very accurately and gently put down the two brothers.
Nangong Ling felt as if he had been thrown into a terrifying place that would never stop spinning. He even felt that he was a ball that was being thrown up and down by Xie Lige. Then.
When his feet touched the ground, he felt as if he was stepping on cotton. He could not stand steadily at all. He lay on the ground weakly, as if he was ready to die at any time.
Wu Hua was not much better off. He could barely stand up, but his face, which was like that of a good girl, was now bloodless. He looked like he would fall down at any time.
The scenery of the bamboo hut at the top was naturally much better than the one below. There were layers of mountains in the distance, light makeup on the lake, and blooming peach trees. It was too much for the eyes to take in. The small building was two stories high. The entire building was made of green bamboo. The thin bamboo stalks leaned together, giving off a tranquil and distant atmosphere.
In front of the building was a pavilion made of marble. On both sides of the pavilion were small pillars that were half the height of a person. Above their heads were a palace gauze lampshade, emitting a faint warm yellow light.
As soon as Chu Liuxiang stepped on the ground, he felt that something was wrong. When he took a closer look, he found that it was actually soft soil. Seeing this paradise built in mid-air, he could not help but praise the designer.
Hu Tiehua and Ji Bingyan also looked around without blinking. Hu Tiehua even rubbed his eyes in disbelief. He was sure that what he was stepping on in mid-air was indeed soil.