The carriage slowly traveled under the shade of the trees, the sky was clear and cloudy, and there were bursts of beast roars from the Beihu Mountains on both sides, even if it was an official road, it was quite difficult to walk.

Fortunately, Chen Qingniu and his entourage went out of the south of Anqing County for dozens of miles without encountering any accidents, of course, this has a lot to do with the three driving grooms.

Two old men in the twilight, a middle-aged man, Chen Qingniu didn't recognize them, but Jin Yue'er and Lu Buwei didn't recognize them, these three people were all older generations who had entered Feiyan Sword Village for at least ten years.

The old man who drove for Chen Qingniu and Jin Yue'er was named Huang Fu, although he was only a second-rate martial artist on the rivers and lakes, but he had a lot of experience, in the early years, he traveled south and north, and the Great Xuan Dynasty had a total of thirteen mansions, this old man was good, he had already been to most of them, in his own words, if he was twenty years younger, he would be able to finish the remaining half.

Of course, these are all after-dinner conversations.

Unconsciously, out of the city has been nearly 100 miles, even if the next section of the official road has passed the jurisdiction of Anqing County, but still belongs to the Beilu Mountain boundary, this section of the official road often has monsters in the forest, for the disaster of the past business travel team, but obviously for a long time for where and when there will be monsters infested is no longer as early as the beginning, along the way Huang Fu drove seems to stop and go, in fact, he is deliberately avoiding those places where there will be a high probability of monsters at a specific hour, it can be seen that the old man has obviously done a lot of homework before leaving。

There are few villages and towns along the way, and occasionally you can come across one or two inns and inns and other places, but according to Huang Fu's suggestion, it is safer to live in such a place than to sleep in the wilderness.

In this regard, Chen Qingniu and the others thought that it was better to have more than one thing, and they did not object.

This is the first night, three carriages around a bunch of bonfires parked in the open space on the side of the official road, as for the fire cooking, Jin Yue'er brought most of the carriage's things, and has already taken precautions, but when it really starts, it is still Chen Qingniu's kitchen, although in the eyes of Lu Lin and Huang Fu, such a move is very unmasculine, but Chen Qingniu has the soul of another world after all, so naturally he will not mind everyone's eyes and do not explain, in that world, let alone cooking for his girlfriend, even washing and sweeping the floor are routine operations。

However, after Chen Qingniu made a pot of stew and a large pot of white rice, everyone who was already hungry didn't care who made the rice, of course, they ate it first.

Jin Yue'er was naturally fine, because when she went to find Ning Yuancao with Chen Qingniu, Chen Qingniu had told her about the past in Beihu Mountain, so she was not surprised that Chen Qingniu could cook.

And the two Lu Lin, who were the most curious and dared to speak, went to practice swords after eating, Lu Buwei didn't want to go, but he looked left and right, and after meeting Jin Yue'er's gaze, he only felt that this place was not a good place, and it was already a good place.

Chen Qingniu held the bowl and chopsticks, chewing slowly, although he has not really reached the point where he can maintain the normal operation of his body by not eating grains and just absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but he is not far away, in addition to talking to Jin Yue'er in the carriage, he is meditating on the stone containing the spiritual energy in the storage bag, in fact, he is not too hungry.

While waiting for Jin Yue'er, he talked to Huang Fu and the others about some things on the rivers and lakes, and most importantly, he still asked about Fucheng.

Chen Qingniu's identity is clear to the three of them, so even the middle-aged man named Hu Yan but is the most unspeakable knows everything, but the other old man next to Huang Fu obviously knows more, because he himself is from Fucheng, and he was forced to wander to a small place like Anqing County for some reason in his early years, and he has never returned.

This person, named Zhu Yanzhang, is also the only first-class martial artist among the three.

According to Zhu Yanzhang's brief account, Chen Qingniu finally understood how big the Cangbei Mansion City was, just saying that the city spanned nearly 100 miles from north to south, and dozens of miles from east to west, even if it was not worse than those second-tier cities in the memory of the previous life.

And, according to Huang Fu, because of the remote location and other reasons, the north is mountainous and sparsely populated, Cangbei Mansion City is actually the smallest one in the thirteen mansions of the Great Xuan Dynasty, the largest of which is naturally the Xuanfu Imperial City, in addition, the other two big cities are also in the south of the fertile soil, but unfortunately, even if it is him, he has only been to one of them, and it is majestic and magnificent.

Although Chen Qingniu is also curious about the customs and customs of this world, what he cares more about is the rivers and lakes and temples on the side of Cangbei Mansion City, what kind of situation is it, the group of people recklessly broke into that unknown place, naturally they must be careful everywhere, if they inadvertently provoke those forces with great cultivators for no reason, he Chen Qingniu is not afraid, but what about these friends? Not to mention, there is Jin Yue'er walking with him.

"There is the power of a great cultivator?"

Hearing Chen Qingniu's question, Zhu Yanzhang hesitated slightly, he didn't know what level he had to go to be called a great cultivator, for a martial artist like him who was just entering the stream, even if he was already among the first-class, but all cultivators, whether they were monks or martial cultivators, were all great cultivators he couldn't afford to provoke.

It is no secret that Chen Qingniu is a cultivator, and he can kill cultivators like Liu Zhixian and Zhang Fuzhi, in fact, Chen Qingniu is already the so-called great cultivator for him.

It's just that, after a little recollection, the old man still said truthfully after all: "Chen Gongzi, the old man is just a martial artist in the rivers and lakes, and I really don't know how to be a great cultivator, but take Liu Zhixian and Zhang Fuzhi and the like as an example, in the city, strong people like them abound, even the most unworthy gangs in the rivers and lakes, and there are a few of them like them." ”

Chen Qingniu asked again: "Then the forces above these gangs in the rivers and lakes, I don't know if Zhu Lao has ever heard of them, Zhu Lao doesn't have to worry about it, even if it's just a rumor in the rivers and lakes, I want to hear it." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Yanzhang fell into contemplation again.

He has been in Anping County for thirteen years, and many things have already sunk in the depths of his memory, one is that he is unwilling to recall, and the other is that he is old and frail, and his memory has already been a little dull.

"One mountain, two sects, three gates, four families!"

After a long time, the old man said these eight words, and then, he added: "It is rumored that these ten directions are the mysterious forces at the top of the rivers and lakes in the entire Cangbei Mansion, among these forces, there may really be great cultivators in the mouth of the son, but these are the rumors of the rivers and lakes thirteen years ago, so many years have passed, there have been any major changes in these years, and the old decay really doesn't know." However, the forces that cannot be provoked in the temple are remembered very clearly, such as the Yin Xuansi and the Cangbei Wangfu, where Gongzi will be on an errand in the future, are the two largest court forces in the Fucheng, even if it is the Shifang Jianghu forces mentioned by the old man, they will not be easily provoked, so Gongzi does not need to worry so much, the weight of the three words Yinxuanwei will only be heavier in places like Fucheng. ”

Chen Qingniu nodded, and did not continue to ask in detail, if the old man in front of him knew the specific information of the ten rivers and lakes forces, he would probably not say it so misty. However, Chen Qingniu still disagrees with the old man's later statement, if Yin Xuanwei's identity can really be heard and feared by everyone, he Chen Qingniu is the stunned young man who doesn't know the affairs of the rivers and lakes, and dares to provoke and even kill the two, that is his Chen Qingniu's newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, but even a cultivator like the Cao family brothers who has been in the rivers and lakes for decades can calculate Liu Zhixian, and even dare to be a head-on enemy with Zhang Fuzhi, is it really just because he is afraid of his identity being exposed and Anqing County is located in a remote Tiangao Emperor is far away?

Therefore, Chen Qingniu still believes in strength, because Ye also said that the more powerful the person, the more he doesn't like to be reasonable, since these people are unreasonable, then it is obviously still a fist, since it is a fist, it doesn't matter whether it is reasonable or not, whoever has a big fist and whose fist is hard will have the final say.

In fact, the materialistic world in the previous life is not the same, it's just that this world should be more directly reflected.

How to improve strength? That is naturally still practice.

Subsequently, several people chatted for a long time, and from the mouths of the three of them, Chen Qingniu also heard some rumors and strange things on the rivers and lakes, although they were all old things that had not been confirmed, but the more he listened, the more Chen Qingniu secretly sighed that this world was wonderful and interesting.

Jin Yue'er had already gone to the stream not far from the clearing to scrub the dishes and chopsticks, in fact, the man who was originally a man with few words was going to do nonsense, but Jin Yue'er said "Uncle Hu" to push back, no way, these three people are quite senior in Feiyan Sword Village, especially the two old men, and even the owner Lu Changfeng privately called the two, they will add an old word honorific title after the surname, which also shows another thing, this Jianghu is not only about strength, experience, but also very important.

Lu Lin and the others on the side were still practicing swords, the two of them first practiced Feiyan Sword Village a few times, and then they sparred, this is obviously not the first time, so it seems that the sword light and sword shadow in the blood-colored night, in fact, the two of them are extremely measured.

Not long after, not long after Jin Yue'er returned, Lu Lin and the others also returned from sword practice, Huang Fu and the three of them were going to discuss taking turns to keep vigil, but they were stopped by Chen Qingniu's words, as a monk, as long as they did not close the six senses when they broke through, they could still perceive the external situation when they meditated, although the three of them did not understand very well, but they did not insist, so they all lay down on the spot around the campfire with animal skin blankets.

On the side, seeing that Chen Qingniu quickly entered the state of cultivation, Jin Yue'er was naturally not idle, in fact, when he was in the village, Chen Qingniu had already passed on the Taishang Feeling Qi to this most important woman in this life.

It stands to reason that even if there is no refined meat, a first-class martial artist like Jin Yue'er has already far surpassed ordinary people after years of polishing, and the same is true for the essence of the body, as long as there is a method, if it is just a simple refining and refining of qi, it should be very easy, but after nearly half a month, Jin Yue'er still can't sense the existence of blood and qi in his body, which makes Chen Qingniu very surprised.

After a long time, the night was getting deeper, and Jin Yue'er tried again for a long time but it was still ineffective, so she also fell asleep next to Chen Qingniu.

Bursts of beast roars began to come from the mountains and forests on both sides, Chen Qingniu heard it, but he didn't wake everyone up, he withdrew from his cultivation state, picked up Jin Yue'er carefully, put it in their carriage, covered the futon for him, and went back outside to add some firewood to the bonfire, then took out a stone containing spiritual energy from the storage bag and began to practice in earnest.

In fact, about what this stone is, Chen Qingniu has privately asked Lu Changfeng, who has the highest martial arts on the rivers and lakes in Anqing today, but for this stone, even the well-informed Lu Changfeng is not sure, only that it may be very likely to be a widely circulated Yuan Stone in the cultivation world, but he can't guarantee that it must be, because most of the ordinary Yuan stones are colorless and transparent crystal-like stones, and the flow of aura inside is clear at a glance, but these in Chen Qingniu's hands are obviously different, not only colored, but the aura exuded from it is also much stronger than ordinary Yuan Stone, so he can't be sure。

However, for Chen Qingniu, it obviously doesn't matter whether it is a yuan stone or not, as long as this stone can help his cultivation, even if it is a stone in the pit, he is willing to pick it up and wash it, and then hold it in his hand to refine it, there is one thing, he has never said it to anyone, even if it is Jin Yue'er and Lu Lin, he still didn't say it, that is, when he shot at the king commander, he saw a faint killing intent in his eyes that was only aimed at him, although he didn't know why the man didn't really do it at that time, but at present, he must improve his cultivation as soon as possible, one is to gain a foothold in a place like Cangbei Mansion City, and two, naturally, because the strength of those beast spirits is inseparable from his realm.

Since the last coma, Chen Qingniu's consciousness can enter and exit the space in the copper tattoo at will in an instant, every time he enters, although he will not stay in it for too long, but he will pay attention to the changes, for example, how those injured beast spirits recovered in it, and for example, there are mountains and rivers in that space, whether it is illusory or real, and for example, the copper sheet hanging high on the top of the mountain, whether there is any change, Chen Qingniu will carefully observe.

After a long period of observation, Chen Qingniu has discovered something, and that space is actually between the unreal and the real, because he has tried to use the method of putting things into storage bags to pack things into that space, but he can't do it.

Secondly, that space was not static, Chen Qingniu found that with the little improvement of his cultivation, that space was actually spreading towards the endless darkness around him, which made him very surprised and worried.

Because Chen Qingniu didn't know whether that space existed in the copper sheet or in his body, if it was the former, then what was the matter with the real copper piece on the top of the mountain, could something exist in itself? And Chen Qingniu was naturally worried about the latter, if with the continuous improvement of his cultivation, the space with mountains and rivers in the continent kept expanding, and one day it would fill the endless darkness, naturally, the next one would be to break through his body.

Of course, Chen Qingniu in cultivation naturally doesn't think about it so much, these are just things he occasionally thinks of, but he still has a good idea of how many catties Chen Qingniu has, if it is really the latter, he doesn't have to worry too much, he has been floating in that darkness for a long time, so long that he already feels that centuries have passed, he believes that even if that space will one day break his body, it is obviously a long time before he is now, and now, what he urgently needs is still the improvement of the realm。

After entering the Qi Induction Realm, Chen Qingniu has been fighting with people, and after that, he has been in a coma for nearly a month, and after killing Zhang Fuzhi, he was finally able to be free, but even so, most of the time he spent most of his time on accompanying Jin Yue'er and his mother, so the realm improvement has actually stagnated for a long time.

However, compared to the liquefied only about one bowl of vitality in the dantian when he just entered the qi induction realm, it has actually grown a lot, as if there is already a water tank, these are all exchanged for his cultivation at night in ordinary times, which makes him very happy, and there is also a sense of urgency, refining the three realms of qi, turning essence, inducing qi, Yuanhai, he is currently only in the second realm, to reach the momentum of the dantian vitality into a majestic sea, he knows that it is not an overnight thing, not to mention, even if he becomes a monk of the Yuanhai realm, it is only the peak of the monk's qi refining period, there are three realms of Jindan, two realms of Yuanying, and then there are three realms of wandering gods, entering the void, and merging the three realms, he still has a long way to go。

Around the hour, a cool breeze blew through the blood-colored night, and after walking for more than a hundred miles, everyone was already tired and asleep, but Chen Qingniu, who was holding a piece of Yuan Stone in his hand to cultivate, suddenly opened his eyes.

He was naturally not awakened by this coldness, when he was cultivating, Chen Qingniu, who had been spreading out his six senses, heard some movements, at first, he thought it was a beast in the mountains and forests, so he didn't care too much, as long as it was not a demon beast, ordinary beasts were like in their previous lives, they were also afraid of fire, but soon, he heard the panicked footsteps and the screams of humans from this noisy sound, and the direction in which the sound came was exactly where they passed when they came, but because there was a hill behind him, separated by the dense forest shadow, even if his eyesight was good, he couldn't just see anything through the light curtain of this blood moon。

Chen Qingniu put away Yuanshi and stood up, concentrating on listening, this time, it was much clearer.

It was indeed the screams of human beings, there were men and women, and there were even some children's cries, hearing this, Chen Qingniu was obviously a little unable to sit still, he didn't know what was going on behind him, and he didn't know why they were walking at night, but the child's cry reminded him of Ah Qi.

When Liu Zhixian threatened him with the yin ghost that Ah Qi turned into, he already knew that Ah Qi in his memory was no longer there, and then, he was bound by the yin ghost turned into by those children, although he later learned that the hundred ghost flags had been destroyed by the Cao family brothers and the great monk from the city, but obviously, at the moment when the hundred ghost flags were destroyed, those yin spirits had also been wiped out, otherwise, how could Chen Qingniu kill Liu Zhixian.

If there are memories, there are impulses.

Chen Qingniu really wanted to go over and take a look, although he didn't like to meddle in things, but everyone was selfish, and he Chen Qingniu was no exception, from the cries of the children Chen Qingniu judged that those children should only be six or seven years old.

"If you want to go, you can go, here we are guarding. ”

Chen Qingniu turned around, and at some point, Lu Buwei and Lin Muzhi had already woken up.

He was not surprised that Lu Buwei would wake up, Lu Buwei was a martial artist who had just entered the innate realm, although his six senses were not as good as him, he would not be too bad, obviously, Lin Muzhi was also woken up by him.

Chen Qingniu thought for a while and said, "Let's wake everyone up, this place is still in the Beigu Mountain Boundary, although I don't know what happened behind, but if something really happens, I can react as soon as possible." ”

"Tell Yue'er later, don't worry about me, I'll go back when I go. ”

Chen Qingniu turned into a black shadow and shuttled between the shadows of the trees, just in an instant, he had already swept out more than ten zhang away, in order not to be too conspicuous, he did not use his magical powers, this is just the most basic use of his vitality.