Traveling to ancient times, with space

Chapter 40 Encountering Robbers

Su Yue didn't waste any words with Old Man Luo. She took out a jar from the wooden box, opened it, smelled it, and realized she had taken the wrong one. It was wine with spiritual spring water added to it. She put it back and took out another jar. Before Su Yue could even open it...

Old Luo, who had been lying on the ground pretending to be asleep, suddenly sat up and began sniffing the cart.

"Young lady, you actually have some wine hidden away. Hurry up and let this old man have a taste. If it's good, learning that light-body skill won't be a problem." Old Luo felt his thirst for wine awakened the moment he smelled it; he hadn't had a drop of wine for many days.

I didn't expect this little girl to have it. Just from the smell, this wine seemed pretty good.

"No." Su Yue put the jar back into the wooden box and immediately closed the box to prevent Old Luo from smelling it.

"Oh dear, little girl, you only poured this much?" Old Luo pulled out a gourd from somewhere and gestured with his hand.

"Huh, no."

"You just want the technique for lightness skill, wait for me to find it for you." Old Luo knew this brat was doing it on purpose; it was all his fault for not resisting the aroma of the wine.

Old Luo rummaged through his bag in the dark and found a tattered book, which he then gave to Su Yue.

"This is exactly what you wanted. Hurry up and pour me the wine, make sure it's full. It's making this old man's mouth water." Old Luo was so eager that he wished he could take the wine jar and drink it all himself.

Having gotten what she wanted, Su Yue wasn't stingy and actually filled a gourd with wine.

Old Luo took the wine, opened the gourd stopper, and started drinking. He took two big gulps before he felt satisfied. He didn't expect that the wine was not only fragrant, but also felt like a warm current flowing down his throat. It was smooth and mellow, intoxicating, and had a long aftertaste, making him unable to stop drinking it.

"Young lady, where did you buy this wine? It's really good wine, more mellow and fragrant than any wine I've ever had before." Old Luo shook the wine gourd in his hand, reluctant to finish it all at once. This young lady is as clever as a monkey and not easy to fool.

"It tastes good, that's all that matters. Don't get drunk, you old geezer, you still have to keep watch in the middle of the night." Su Yue wanted to start practicing as soon as she got the book.

If it weren't for the group of hungry refugees all around, I really would have liked to go into the space.

Lighting the oil lamp, in the dim yellow light, Su Yue opened the book that was almost falling apart, and used the Phantom Movement Technique.

The Phantom Movement Technique is divided into three stages. The first stage mainly emphasizes the flow of Qi to the Dantian, thereby achieving internal and external balance by adjusting the Qi inside and outside the body.

The first page depicts a small figure sitting cross-legged with his hands placed on his lower abdomen, accompanied by a mantra.

Close your eyes and enter the breath, place your hands on your lower abdomen (Dantian), move with your breath, inhale deeply and raise your hands, exhale slowly and return your hands to the starting position, stop after a moment, and repeat the cycle.

Su Yue started practicing according to the book, and only stopped when Old Man Luo got up in the middle of the night to take turns sleeping with her.

Old Luo assumed that Su Yue was just practicing for fun, since the things in the books were too one-sided and couldn't be learned just by talking; they needed someone to guide them.

He decided not to remind her now, but to teach her properly in a couple of days when she couldn't learn it, so he could have wine to drink again. The more he thought about it, the smuger Old Man Luo became, and he almost laughed out loud.

Su Yue felt a warm sensation in her lower abdomen after just two cycles of the exercises in the book, and she didn't know if it was the dantian mentioned in the book.

Su Yue stopped, jumped off the cart, and stretched her slightly numb legs. She had a feeling that this old man had ill intentions.

"Old man, what are you up to now?" Su Yue looked around at Old Man Luo.

"Hey, what ideas could I possibly have? Go to sleep!" Old Luo turned his head to the side, avoiding eye contact with Su Yue.

"Alright." Seeing that she couldn't get any information, Su Yue climbed back onto the cart to rest.

The next day, while it was still dark, Old Luo woke Su Yue up, and the two ate some flatbread before setting off.

Old Luo drove the mule cart, while Su Yue sat on a flatbed cart to continue practicing the exercises she had learned the previous night.

They walked like this all morning, until the sun was so hot it felt like they were melting, before Old Man Luo finally found a cool place to rest.

Along the way, there were many refugees fleeing from disaster, and people were digging up and eating wild vegetables and tree bark by the roadside.

Many refugees also glared at the people sitting on the carts with resentment, but when they were discovered, they would hurriedly turn their heads away, not daring to look over.

That day, Su Yue was no longer lazy; she held onto the Illusionary Movement Technique book tightly.

Sure enough, Su Yue, who had just finished eating pancakes and rested for a while, opened the book again to study the second stage.

The second stage builds upon the first stage by adding some new moves, which, combined with the flow of energy, can achieve the desired effect.

Su Yue read through the book carefully and felt it wasn't too difficult, so she stood up and began practicing the movements according to the instructions. After a few moves, Su Yue felt her body become much lighter, and she was secretly delighted. The book that the old man gave her really hadn't lied to her.

Just as Su Yue was practicing with great enthusiasm, she was interrupted by a shout from not far away.

There were fifty or sixty people who came, all of them ragged men carrying whatever they wanted, looking menacing, and as thin as a group of monkeys from Mount Emei.

The leader was a burly man with a full beard; among so many people, he was the only one holding a large knife.

The burly man leading the group glared fiercely at the refugees and said menacingly, "Come here and stand properly. Hand over all your grain and money. Anyone who dares to hoard any will lose their life. Hurry up, or I'll kill you."

A skinny man with triangular eyes and high cheekbones emerged from behind him. He looked like a bad guy. He brandished his hoe and said, "Hurry up and do as I say. Do you think my brother's words are just empty words? If you don't hand them over obediently, you'll lose your lives."

The group of robbers behind them also began to capture the fleeing refugees.

"Big brother, there's another one pulling a cart here." One of the robbers spotted Su Yue and her group's cart at a glance.

When the group of people started talking, Su Yue knew she had been robbed again.

"Damn it, we've been robbed again, you old geezer, what kind of hellhole did you pick?" Su Yue ignored the robbers in front of her and started arguing with Old Man Luo again.

“What does this mean? It means this place has good feng shui,” Old Luo retorted without holding back.

These robbers are despicable. Look at how poor those refugees are! Don't they know that refugees get poorer the more they flee? How could they still have the heart to rob them? They're utterly bastards.

Look at these refugees, their pockets are empty, they have no food or water, they're so hungry they're eating tree bark by the roadside, they're practically eating clay, and yet they still managed to be targeted by robbers, they're really something.

Before the burly man with the thick beard could get over, they heard a commotion going on over there.

Su Yue stood on the cart and watched the commotion, as if she weren't part of the robbery.