After Jia Jia finished listening, she didn't say anything. When Ning Beichen was about to pack his things and leave, Jia Jia found him, saying that she was very familiar with the surrounding mountains and could lead the way.
Ning Beichen was slightly surprised but did not refuse.
He could tell that the young girl's attitude had changed somewhat after the night.
"Jia Jia, why are you helping me?"
Ning Beichen asked her curiously.
"I thought about it all night yesterday and realized you were right. I want to leave this place, but I don't have money. I want to help you,"
Jia Jia said to Ning Beichen, feeling a little uneasy.
Ning Beichen immediately smiled. He understood the girl's thoughts. Although she lived in the wilderness, she had her pride and didn't want to accept Ning Beichen's kindness for nothing.
"Okay, when we find a place, I'll take you away from here. I'll introduce a sister to you, alright?"
Ning Beichen said to her with a smile.
Jia Jia nodded excitedly and, for the first time, invited Ning Beichen into the house where she lived.
This was her goodwill, and Ning Beichen did not want to refuse. He followed her into her house and was surprised to find quite a few books inside. Moreover, all these books were ancient texts.
Ning Beichen inquired and, with Jia Jia's permission, picked up an ancient text and began to read.
To Ning Beichen's surprise, the script in these ancient texts was the same as the script on the bronze fragment he had obtained, which made Ning Beichen's heart race.
"Jia Jia, where did you get these books from?"
Ning Beichen asked her urgently.
"I found these books in a mountain stream behind the mountain. But I can't understand any of the text. I just brought them back because they looked interesting,"
Jia Jia said, glancing at the book in Ning Beichen's hand.
"Oh, these books are very strange. They don't get damaged in water, and once I tried to use them as kindling, but they wouldn't burn,"
Jia Jia added immediately after finishing.
"Jia Jia, can you give me these books? And can you take me to that mountain stream?"
Ning Beichen asked her excitedly.
"Of course, I can't understand these books anyway,"
Jia Jia replied without hesitation.
"Thank you, Jia Jia."
Ning Beichen said quickly.
Putting aside other things, just for these books, Ning Beichen decided to give this little girl a good life.
Ning Beichen took all the books away without another word. Although they wouldn't be harmed if left there, Ning Beichen felt safer keeping good things with him.
Although Ning Beichen had not yet examined these books closely,
He knew they were extremely valuable, including some cultivation manuals. Wasn't his persistent search for blessed lands precisely for these?
Jia Jia found it a little strange. They were just useless books, so why was Ning Beichen so happy?
Ning Beichen took all the books from the house, over twenty in total, and then asked Jia Jia to take him to the mountain stream in the back.
However, Jia Jia said that she had found these books many years ago and wasn't sure if there were any left in the stream now.
Ning Beichen's purpose was, of course, not just the stream itself.
The appearance of these books in the stream was already strange. If Ning Beichen guessed correctly, there should be a blessed land near the stream.
And these books should have leaked out from that blessed land.
The mountain stream in the back was not far from their location. They reached it in about half an hour.
However, as Jia Jia had said, there were no books in the stream, and it looked like a very ordinary stream with nothing special.
But Ning Beichen did not think so. He walked upstream along the stream, believing that the books must have been washed down from upstream.
Even though it had been several years, if there was indeed a blessed land, it should still exist no matter how much time had passed.
Jia Jia didn't know what Ning Beichen was doing and just followed him curiously.
Ning Beichen walked upstream along the stream for about an hour, and they arrived at a waterfall, from which the stream branched out.
There was a pool at the foot of the waterfall. Ning Beichen asked Jia Jia to wait for him there and then jumped into the pool.
Ning Beichen dived to the bottom of the pool, but apart from some water plants and rocks, there was nothing else, no books or anything.
After a while, Ning Beichen came out of the pool. Upon reaching the shore, he turned his gaze towards the waterfall.
If it wasn't in the pool, it must be somewhere along the waterfall, or even further upstream.
However, based on Ning Beichen's experience, the entrance to a blessed land being behind a waterfall was more likely.
Ning Beichen didn't care about astonishing others at this moment, as Jia Jia was the only one there.
Ning Beichen leaped into the waterfall and began to search from top to bottom.
When Jia Jia saw Ning Beichen fly, she was so shocked that she sat down on the ground, her expression one of utter astonishment.
"It's indeed here."
As Ning Beichen investigated the middle section of the waterfall, he discovered a cave behind it.
However, the entrance to the cave was very small, only about the size of a basketball.
Ning Beichen punched the opening.
With a bang!
The rocks around the opening shattered, transforming it from a basketball-sized hole into an opening about 1.5 meters wide.
And indeed, it was a hidden world within. It only looked small from the outside, but it was not small inside at all.
Ning Beichen stepped in easily and entered the interior, which was much larger than the outside. Looking up, it was at least seven or eight meters high.
However, Ning Beichen was worried about leaving Jia Jia alone outside, so he only took a brief look and then went out.
"Jia Jia, there's a cave behind this waterfall. I'm planning to explore it. Shall I take you back home first? I'll come find you after I'm done exploring."
Ning Beichen said to her.
After all, exploring a blessed land had its dangers, and Jia Jia was just a young girl without any cultivation.
"Brother Ning, I saw you flying just now. Are you... are you an immortal?"
Jia Jia asked Ning Beichen, greatly shocked.
"I'm not an immortal. I just know a little martial arts. Don't think of me as too mysterious,"
Ning Beichen explained to her with a chuckle.
Even though Ning Beichen didn't admit to being an immortal, Jia Jia still found him incredible and looked at him with admiration.
However, Jia Jia eventually agreed to Ning Beichen's suggestion, deciding to go home and wait for him. As she left, she reminded Ning Beichen to be careful.