After breakfast, Lin Dai sat by the window in the room and looked at the street outside. There were not many people passing by.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Pangpang, we have been here for almost two months. There is nothing to do in this small county town anymore. We should leave and go to the next place."

"Well, what are your plans, sis?"

"Let's get ready today. We'll buy a donkey cart and stock up on some food. We'll set out tomorrow and head east, have fun as we go, and uphold justice while we go. We'll head straight to the capital. What do you think?" Lin Dai said as she put one leg on the chair, her hands on her hips, looking excited.

"Okay, okay, I agree with both hands. We can finally have a good time." The system also flew happily in the air.

"Then let's go shopping."

So Lin Dai first went to the livestock trading place, and considering that mules have more endurance than donkeys, she bought a healthy mule that had just grown up. She asked the broker to build a carriage, and told him to use good and strong wood. She gave him a little more money to have it done today and pick up the carriage later. Then she went to stock up on food, bought a lot of things, and went to several restaurants to ask them to help prepare the food, and then she would pick it up herself. Lin Dai really felt that it was too troublesome not to know how to cook, so she decided to buy a tutorial in the mall later to learn.

When it was almost evening, Lin Dai went to get the cart and asked someone to teach her how to drive. In order to learn how to drive quickly and make the mule obedient, Lin Dai secretly fed the mule some diluted spiritual spring water. Perhaps it was because of the benefit that the mule became very obedient and soon learned how to drive.

Lin Dai drove the carriage back to the inn and asked the waiter to take good care of the mule, as they had to travel tomorrow, and asked him to help prepare some food for the mule. She then gave him one tael of silver.

Actually, Lin Dai wanted to store the car into the space, but at present the space is not suitable for the mule to enter. After all, she has not unlocked any other place on the grass, and she can't put it in the small yard of her villa.

Lin Dai returned to the room and asked the waiter to prepare some food. She also told him that she would be leaving the next morning and asked him to help prepare more buns for breakfast.

After finishing all the things, Lin Dai practiced martial arts in the space again, but she paid attention to her bedtime. I don't know if she was happy that she had practiced martial arts well and could cultivate immortality, or she was happy that she would set off on the journey tomorrow morning, but she couldn't sleep.

The system looked at Lin Dai lying on the bed with her eyes wide open, and then it picked up the hammer and smashed it down without even saying hello. "I still have to practice tomorrow morning. It's another perfect day," the system sighed, put away the hammer and disappeared.

The next day, she was awakened by the sound of music again. Lin Dai thought about it and decided to just leave it like that. It would be good to just push herself to practice like she was in school.

Today, Lin Dai changed her place to practice. She sat on the big bay window next to her and began to practice quietly. Gradually, Lin Dai felt something strange in her stomach. As she continued to practice, the feeling became clearer and clearer. Lin Dai tried hard to see what was going on, but she couldn't see it clearly.

It was not until seven o'clock that Lin Dai finished her practice and said to the system: "Chubby, I feel that my practice today has made great progress compared to yesterday. I can clearly feel the difference in my body."

"Well, sister, come on, and succeed in refining your Qi soon."

"Okay, then I'll go wash up and get ready to go out."

Soon Lin Dai packed up and set off leisurely in her mule cart.

Today, Lin Dai was wearing a light-colored dress made of fine fabric, with a hairband tied around her forehead. Most importantly, she was holding a particularly exquisite and beautiful fan in her hand. The ribs and handle of the fan were made of jade, and the fan surface was made of fine silk material. It was painted with red spider lilies, but not red. No one had ever seen such red spider lilies. Because in order to match the outfit, the color of the fan surface could be changed at will, and there was a small pendant at the end. This fan was transformed by Xue Po, and from now on it would be the signature weapon of Master Wu You.

After leaving the city gate, Lin Dai opened her fan and started fanning herself. With a wave of her hand, she said, "Here we come, Jianghu."

After driving for a while, Lin Dai felt something was wrong. With her noble outfit, it was not appropriate for her to drive a mule cart. She immediately got off the car and fed the mule some diluted spiritual spring water, telling it to pull the cart well. If it pulled well, it would have spiritual spring water to drink. The mule seemed to understand and barked. Lin Dai asked the system to help keep an eye on the mule and the road at the same time. Anyway, no one else could see the system. She sat in the car, drank tea, and looked at the scenery on both sides. She felt very comfortable.

Lin Dai did not go to the prefecture where Qingyang County was located. The prefect there was not a good person either, so she let the new county magistrate fight him slowly. The mule cart was slow, and it stopped and started along the way. Of course, she also insisted on practicing every day. After half a month of continuous hard practice, Lin Dai finally succeeded in refining qi.

Lin Dai was very excited. The system told Lin Dai that she was now at the first stage of Qi Refining. Each realm had three stages. After the third stage was fully upgraded, it would be the Foundation Establishment and the Core Formation. Lin Dai would learn about the later stages herself when she had time.

In order to practice, Lin Dai found a good place and stayed there for another half a month before continuing on her journey. Now it was July and the weather was getting hot. Finally, more than a month after leaving Qingyang County, she encountered a village.

Lin Dai got out of the carriage and drove the mule cart slowly into the village. She found that there were not many people in the village. Could it be that everyone had gone to the fields? It was almost the busy farming season. But Lin Dai walked around the village and did not find anyone. This village did not look like a deserted village. Where did all the people go?

Just at this moment Lin Dai heard a bang and quickly looked in the direction of the sound, but saw nothing.

"Fatty, search the surroundings." In order to find out what was going on, Lin Dai directly asked the system to search.

"Sister, the only people hiding in the village are the children. There is a child in the house next to yours, hiding in the haystack in the kitchen. No other adults have been found."

This made Lin Dai very curious. She walked towards the house mentioned by the system and asked at the kitchen door: "Is anyone there? I'm not a bad person. I'm a passerby passing through the village and asking for a glass of water." No one came out or spoke. Then she continued: "Is anyone there? Don't worry, I promise I'm a good person and I have no ill will towards you."

Perhaps it was because he secretly saw that Lin Dai was not dressed like an ordinary person and looked friendly. A rustling sound came from the haystack in the kitchen, and a dirty little face appeared from inside.

Lin Dai tried to look gentle, and said to the child with a smile: "Little friend, are you alone at home? Don't be afraid, your brother is not a bad person."

The child nodded gently and said nothing. Lin Dai looked like a child trafficker at this moment: "Little boy, can you come out? I have some questions to ask you, and I can give you something delicious." Then she pretended to take out some cakes from her sleeves and handed them to the child.

The child in the haystack stared at the cakes but didn't dare to come out. Lin Dai picked up a cake, took a bite and ate it, saying, "Look, it's edible."

Seeing this, the child hesitated whether to come out or not. Perhaps because he had been hungry for a long time, he finally came out slowly and stretched out a small dirty hand to take the cake. After taking it, he quickly stepped back two steps and ate it in big mouthfuls. Seeing this, Lin Dai continued to say: "Eat slowly, be careful not to choke, there is more."

The child was really hungry. He immediately took another piece to eat after finishing his meal. Because he ate too quickly, he choked and started coughing. Lin Dai immediately found a bowl to fill with some water for him to drink and patted his back. After drinking the water, the child whispered, "Thank you, brother."

Lin Dai touched his head and asked, "You're welcome. What's your name? How old are you?"

"My name is Xiao Yu'er, and I'm seven years old."

She didn't expect that this little guy was already seven years old, and she was four years older than him. Lin Dai then asked, "Xiao Yu'er, where are your family members? And why is there no one in the village? Did something happen?"

As soon as Lin Dai finished asking, Xiao Yuer burst into tears and said, "My grandfather and the people in the village went to rescue them."

"Save people? Save whom? Don't cry, Xiaoyuer. Tell your brother what happened. Maybe he can find a way." Lin Dai wanted to find out what was going on.

"It was bandits. A few days ago, bandits from Dazhuang Mountain next to our village came down the mountain and robbed food. They also robbed the sister in the village and injured many people. The villagers discussed going up the mountain to rescue people and get back the food." Xiao Yuer said sobbing.

"You have bandits here? Isn't there anyone here to suppress them?"

Xiao Yuer said angrily: "No one came to suppress the bandits. Someone reported to the police before and asked the county magistrate to lead people to suppress the bandits, but the county magistrate just took people around and went back, saying that he didn't find the bandits."

Hearing this, Lin Dai thought that either the officials and the bandits were colluding, or they were afraid to catch the bandits. She immediately asked the system to check whether the bandits had any relationship with the local officials. The result surprised Lin Dai a little. It turned out that it was not a collusion between officials and bandits, but it was not entirely true. The bandits were not colluding with the local county magistrate, but with the county magistrate's advisor. However, the county magistrate was a waste and basically obeyed the advisor.

Lin Dai thought for a moment and asked, "When did the people in the village set out?"

Xiao Yuer replied: "We left early yesterday morning."

It has been almost two days now, and they don't know what happened to them. It is very dangerous for the villagers to face the bandits.

Lin Dai decided to help them. She didn't think she was being too kind. She helped the right people and she was capable. The system said they could do whatever they wanted in the world they were traveling in. All the functions of the system could be used at will. In addition, she needed to practice in the space she had. Lin Dai was a kind person. Since she could help, she would definitely help and gain merit.

"Xiao Yu'er, there are some food on my mule cart. You and your brother can get some. Then I will go to help the people in the village rescue." As he said that, he pulled Xiao Yu'er out of the door.

Xiao Yuer said a little worriedly: "Brother, the bandits are very fierce, you will be in danger."

Lin Dai comforted him, "Don't worry, my brother is a martial artist, he's very good, don't worry. After my brother leaves, you can continue to hide in the kitchen and wait for us to come back."

"Then be careful, little brother." Xiao Yuer nodded, took the buns that Lin Dai gave him, and returned to his hiding place.

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