Chapter 362 Let’s Go Down the Mountain
In the next seven days, Pan Yun and his classmates only brought a large bowl of snacks down the mountain to distribute to their friends on the first day of the new year, and then returned to the mountain to live out their student life of hard work.

After Xuanmiao taught Pan Yun the Star-Chasing and Moon-Chasing sword technique, he was not satisfied and started teaching him a set of skills every night.

Sword skills, knife skills, fist skills, palm skills, as well as magic, Miao Zhenmiao and Xuanmiao were unable to learn them due to their lack of cultivation, so they kept pouring all of them into Pan Yun.

Pan Yun, who thought he had lived a lifetime and knew a lot of magic, found out that he knew very little when facing Xuanmiao.

She learned twelve spells for summoning gods in one breath, but then she got them mixed up.

There are different spells and hand gestures to pray to different gods.

But these spells and hand gestures are very similar, especially the hand gestures.

Even Pan Yun, who had a photographic memory, mixed up several of them after learning twelve in one breath.

But Xuanmiao didn't slow down, and even scolded her, "If you mix it up, you can't remember it. If you can't remember it, remember it to death!"

Every day, Pan Yun was forced by her, Wang Feiyin, and Tao Ji to teach her knowledge. She felt dizzy and said dully, "I don't have time..."

"Time can be squeezed out," Xuanmiao said, "You are already the first marquis, if you can't squeeze out time, Wang Cong and others can't squeeze out time either. But did you hear them complain?"

Pan Jun turned his head to look.

They didn't have classes in the evening, but at this moment, the four of them were practicing sword skills in the square. Obviously, they were not slacking off.

Pan Jun perked up, shook his head, and said seriously: "Yes, Senior Sister, I will sleep half an hour later tonight, and I will learn all the spells to summon gods tomorrow!"

Xuanmiao was satisfied.

As long as you can't roll it to death, then roll it to death.

It lasts until the seventh day.

Wang Feiyin, who had been stuffing things into their heads, suddenly said, "After the seventh day, the New Year is over."

Wang Cong: "Dad, isn't the Chinese New Year considered over only after the Lantern Festival?"

Pan Yun: "I thought it was counted after the first month of the lunar year."

Wang Feiyin: "You are all lazier than each other."

Pan Yun: "... Senior Brother, to be honest, I have celebrated Chinese New Year so many times in my past and present lives, but this is the first time that I have celebrated the least like Chinese New Year, really."

Who has a good year and starts doing morning lessons before dawn and still studies magic until the middle of the night?

She had never worked so hard when she was applying to national school in her previous life.

Wang Feiyin coughed lightly and said, "This is all for your own good. If we weren't worried that you wouldn't be able to gain enough experience after going down the mountain, would my Fourth Junior Sister and I be willing to work overtime during the New Year's Day?"

"Who doesn't want to rest?" Wang Feiyin said, "You can't think that we like teaching you just because we are adults. We want to lie still during the New Year or go down the mountain to play more than you do."

Wang Feiyin spoke more and more confidently, "This is all for you!"

Pan Yun and others had nothing to say and lowered their heads silently.

Wang Feiyin then continued, "Tomorrow, on the eighth day of the lunar month, you should go down the mountain."

Pan Yun was stunned for a moment, and said, "It's still a long time before the school starts."

Wang Feiyin glanced at her and said, "Have you completed your study tour? Miaozhen, don't you want to go to the capital to see your master? Miaohe, Yanbai, you two can prescribe medicine now. If you always stay by the third brother's side, who would be willing to take your orders? As for you..."

Wang Feiyin looked at Wang Cong and sighed, "I know you can't sit still. Don't slack off in your cultivation this time when you go down the mountain. You can take your junior uncle with you for a while, and let your junior uncle take you for a while. What happens in the future depends on you."

Wang Cong understood.

He has the experience of navigating the world, and Pan Yun has the ability to do so, and they can complement each other.

Wang Cong immediately agreed.

Wang Feiyin waved his hand and said, "Go pack up, we'll go down the mountain tomorrow."

Pan Yun: "Isn't it too fast? We have to prepare some medicine or something..."

Wang Cong pulled her along and left. "Who doesn't know how to make an elixir? Don't worry, Junior Master. I'll go to the alchemy room and find two medicine furnaces to take with me. Let's go and pack our clothes."

Seeing that he couldn't wait any longer, Pan Jun couldn't help but sigh, "No wonder your father let you go down the mountain so early. It turns out he knew you couldn't sit still."

The next morning, Pan Yun and his four fellow apprentices were driven down the mountain.

The five people didn't even bring any luggage with them, all their things were stuffed into the space.

Every one of them complained that the bag was too ugly.

Pan Yun and Wang Cong both carried their swords on their backs. Miao Zhen and Miao He had not yet made any weapons, but they had swords on their backs.

The two of them were particularly generous and gave Tao Yanbai some.

It’s just that they threw them all into the space and didn’t want to carry them on their backs.

Five people stood in front of Wang's teahouse and looked at the horse that was eating grass with its head down.

"Just a horse."

Wang Cong: "How about we buy a car?"

Pan Jun: “I actually really want to ride a horse.”

Miaohe: “I want to, too.”

Miaozhen: "Me too."

Tao Yanbai turned his head and looked at his senior brother.

Wang Cong: "...a horse costs at least twenty taels."

Pan Yun began to touch his sleeves, "Am I the one who is short of twenty taels?"

Miaohe: "I don't need it either."

Miaozhen: “No.” Tao Yanbai: “I am short of it.”

The four of them turned to look at Tao Yanbai and patted his shoulders sympathetically. In the end, Tao Yanbai owed twenty taels of silver and followed them to the county town to select horses.

Pan Jun stopped by to see Xiao Qi and the others and gave them some money. "I have already made an agreement with the head of Fenshui Village. He will have someone send you a bag of food on the 15th of every month."

Xiao Qi knelt down and was about to kowtow, but Pan Yun held her up. She touched her head and said with a smile, "Don't worry. When you grow up and have the ability, you can help those in need when you see them. That will be the best way to repay me."

Xiao Qi said solemnly: "Sister, I will definitely be a good person in the future, a good person like you."

Pan Yun said: "You don't have to be a good person, you just have to not be a bad person."

Wang Cong waited for them to say goodbye and called out, "Little Master, let's go."

Xiao Qi asked quickly: "Sister, when will you come back?"

Pan Yun: "That's not certain, but he should be back during the Chinese New Year."

The five men mounted their horses and rode away.

It is said to be riding a horse, but in fact it is just sitting on the horse.

Because they were young, Wang Cong chose older and gentler horses for them. Apart from being taller, older and running slower, there were no other problems with them.

However, they can't run fast now.

The five people rode forward while learning.

Wang Cong rode his horse around them, sometimes reminding one to step on the stirrup tightly, sometimes reminding another to lean forward, and sometimes telling them to push their legs up when running, lift their buttocks slightly off the saddle, and follow the ups and downs of the horse's back...

He felt even more tired than his intensive study in Mount Sanqing.

Pan Yun and the other three also felt tired, their buttocks were shaking and their thighs were aching. By the time they reached the next post station, the four of them slid off their horses in despair and could not even stand steadily.

Wang Cong saw their legs were shaking, so he jumped off his horse and asked, "Are you still riding?"

They have no time to live if they spend four hours a day on horseback.

Pan Yun admitted his mistake and waved his hand: "Sell the horse and let's buy a car."

Wang Cong said, "We have to go to Guangxin Prefecture before selling it."

The price of horses in Guangxin Prefecture is slightly higher than that in Yushan County, but not much. A horse is probably half a tael to two taels of silver more expensive.

Wang Cong bargained with others for a long time and successfully sold four horses, and finally made a profit of five taels and eight cents of silver.

Wang Cong tossed the money to the four people and said, "I have the money to buy a car, and I also have the money to stay in a hotel and eat tonight."

Pan Yun: "Is this why you didn't stop us from buying horses?"

Wang Cong: "My father said that some principles are hard to remember after being taught, but you will remember them after doing them once and suffering a loss."

Miaozhen: "Are we going to ride in cars all our lives instead of riding horses?"

"Of course not," Wang Cong said, "When we find a place to stay, I will teach you when I have time."

Tao Yanbai: "I would rather ride a donkey now."

Miaohe: "Riding a bull is also good. I often ride the big bull in our temple."

Pan Yun: "I'm different. I miss my flying magic weapon more. Alas, I don't know when I can get it ready."

Wang Cong: "Before I left, my father gave me the list and told me to prepare the gold. I will ask when I pass by."

"Come on, I'll treat you to a big meal, then take a hot bath and rest for the night, and we'll leave tomorrow."

The four of them followed him with their heads down, "Where are we going next?"

Wang Cong: "Let's go to Kaifeng first to see Junior Master's magic weapon?"

Pan Yun shook his head and refused. "He is fighting with weapons. Conservatively speaking, it would be good if he can get it out in March. We will go to Nanzhili and enter Beijing from Nanzhili."

Wang Cong: "Little Master, do you want to go to Changzhou Prefecture?"

Pan Yun: "Just passing by, just passing by."

Wang Cong: "I understand. My Third Uncle-Master told me to take you from Changzhou Prefecture before we left. He also gave me an address."

He took out a note from his arms and handed it directly to Pan Yun. On it was the address of a college.

Pan Yun was stunned and asked, "Why didn't Third Senior Brother give it to me directly?"

Wang Cong: "Third Uncle said that you, Little Uncle, are acting on your own and I don't know if you still want to go to Changzhou Prefecture, so I'll keep the note for you. If you do go, I'll take you to this address. If you don't want to go, we'll talk later."

This address is where Pan Yun’s second uncle Pan Tao taught.

Going directly back to the ancestral home would be too conspicuous, so going to the academy to find someone is safer and more convenient.

Pan Yun touched her face and thought about the portrait on the wanted poster that had nothing to do with her. She decided to use her face to find someone.

The five people bought a horse-drawn carriage, which made them more comfortable and gave them a study-tour feeling. They shopped all the way to Changzhou Prefecture.

Seeing the city gate, Wang Cong looked back and said, "We're there, we're there, we can see the city gate."

The three people in the car immediately opened the curtain and looked out. Seeing the long queue in front of them, they exclaimed, "Changzhou Prefecture is really lively~~"

“It’s more lively than Guangxin Prefecture.”

Wang Cong: "Is this because the Lantern Festival is coming soon?"

Miao Zhen: "Since we are here, why don't we go to Mount Mao to have a look? I heard that the Qianyuan Temple in Mount Mao is famous for its talismans and ghost-catching techniques."

Pan Yun: "I can catch ghosts, and we can learn from each other about talismans."

Wang Cong: "Let's go into the city first."

　see you tomorrow
　　(End of this chapter)