Chapter 1109 - 322: Feng Zhaoyang Arc (5)
The man’s anger slowly rose: "I’m asking you! How is the weather today!!!"
Lu Qingyin was terrified. She clutched the book tightly in her hands and cowered in the carriage.
The man chuckled in anger, his eyes fixed directly on Lu Qingyin’s:
"I’ll ask you one last time! How is the weather today!!! Answer me immediately, or leave the pass now. Our Third State does not welcome refugees from your Sixth State! Especially those of you who don’t understand our language and yet flee to us! You’re not worthy!"
Lu Qingyin finally burst into tears.
She really didn’t know what he was saying; it was completely different from what she expected.
The man understood. He sneered and calmly approached the female cultivator: "Please go back, you have been rejected. Of course, you have the option to let someone else take the test, but I will accompany you until you pass, or you leave our pass."
The implication was clear, trying to sneak in was impossible.
The female cultivator glanced at the silently crying Lu Qingyin, pursed her lips, and said, "Has she been blacklisted by you?"
The man: "Yes."
The female cultivator nodded and then spoke fluently in the Third State’s official language: "Alright, I won’t morally bind you anymore. You’re just trying to protect your homeland. I can’t stand on a moral high ground to blame you. After all, this is happening to you, so I understand. We’re leaving."
The man: "..."
He was silent for a while, sizing up the female cultivator. As she turned her spirit beast to leave, he said in the language of the Third State, "Please wait."
The female cultivator turned her head and asked, "What’s the matter?"
The man pondered, thought for a moment, and still couldn’t help but say in the Third State’s language, "Alright, twelve hundred miles south, there’s a passage where the monsters have just been cleared. You can take her and go that way, but hurry. It’s a safe area opened by a Great Power Cultivator, and it won’t last more than twenty days. If you go now, the chances of encountering monsters are low, but she still might get killed by a monster."
Upon hearing this, the female cultivator’s face finally lit up with smiles, and she responded in very standard Third State official language, bowing and saluting, "Thank you very much, I wish you a happy life."
The man nodded and finally said, "Well, if you manage to get through, tell her that if she wants help from others, she at least needs to respect them from the start. Language is important; don’t wait until the critical moment to start learning our Third State language. Being prepared is crucial."
With a wave of his hand, the man disappeared beside the spirit beast, and the female cultivator watched him go to another carriage. She was silent for a moment.
Then she said to Lu Qingyin, who was too scared to cry out loud:
"Alright, let’s take another route. This path has its own rules. If we don’t follow the rules, we can say it’s bad luck, but someone has pointed out another path for us. We should understand each other. In this world, the hardest thing is that neither side is wrong, just different in position."
"And also."
"Study the Third State’s official language well. As a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Sixth State, I can speak the Sixth State’s language, and you should strive to do the same."
Lu Qingyin nodded through her tears, "I will, I will..."
Hmm.
The female cultivator had no further words. She had already instructed the spirit beast to head along the Black Mountain Range. Twelve hundred miles is quite a distance for ordinary people, not to mention crossing a mountainous region filled with monsters.
But now this path was clear of monsters, so she had some confidence in being able to take Lu Qingyin out of the Sixth State. However, since they couldn’t leave through the pass properly, it meant things would become even more troublesome.
Lu Qingyin now had no passage document, no way to prove she was from the Sixth State and headed to the Third State. When she reached the passes of the Fifth and Fourth States, people would think she’s from the Fifth State and not the Sixth.
By then, people from the Fifth State would question her, so Lu Qingyin not only needed to master the speech of the Fifth State but also the Third State’s speech.
She had to master both languages.
Otherwise, she was just lucky for now, having a passage opened by a Great Power Cultivator. When she reached the border between the Fifth and Fourth States, she wouldn’t be so lucky. To ensure a safe passage through the border, Lu Qingyin had to master both the Fifth and Third State languages.
This is extremely important. After all, when traveling, many things can be said to be "lost" as an excuse, but language isn’t something you lose. So even if Lu Qingyin can’t present paper proof that she is from the Fifth State, being able to speak fluent Fifth State official language would suffice to be recognized as a Fifth State native.
When traveling, hearing the most familiar language is very comforting.
If held up between the Fifth and Fourth States, Lu Qingyin would be stuck in the Fifth State. To live there, being unknown, with no identity or friends to prove her, she would find herself in a severely disadvantaged position, which would be disastrous.
And after the female cultivator relayed this information to Lu Qingyin, Lu Qingyin said nothing. She just nodded seriously, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said earnestly, "Thank you for your efforts on my behalf. I will learn, I definitely will."
After saying this, she seriously began studying the two languages.
The female cultivator saw Lu Qingyin’s attitude and felt her heart soften a bit, but there was no way to solve this. She could only sigh quietly in her heart.
"Who would like war?"
"Who is forced to rely on war to destroy everything?"
"Which rulers are so foolish?"
"I don’t understand."
"I can’t comprehend."