The meeting with Yun Ruyi was only delayed for most of the day, and Lu Chaoran was not too anxious. Now for him, the importance of cultivating attribute exercises and improving his cultivation level is about the same. There is also swordsmanship, which is also quite important, but before Yun Ru adapted "Worry-free Sword Spectrum", he had to use the ones he would use now, as long as the opponent was not too strong, it was enough.

After meeting Yun Ruyi, the cold, sticky, and hair-making feeling that followed him all the way was gone. It seems that it may have been just a psychological effect before.

The northern part of the Dongzhou Continent is also a place where monsters frequently appear. In the north of the continent, there are many plateaus, Gobi, snow-capped mountains and huge lakes, many places are not suitable for human life. Perhaps because of this, these no-man's lands gradually became places controlled by the demon world.

Ningcheng is not a particularly northern city, but due to the terrain, it is not the closer to the north, the more desolate it is. Ningcheng is located in a corner of Zhuxu Kingdom, far away from the main north-south trade route, with a beautiful lake Ningcheng Lake to the west and continuous snow-capped mountains to the north and east. Since ancient times, the people of Ningcheng have relied on trafficking fishing products from Ningcheng Lake and timber from the foot of the snow-capped mountains to the south to maintain the economy of Ningcheng. Although this place is relatively avoided, it is rich in products, and the people of Ningcheng are still very reluctant to leave. Their garrison commander is a mid-level monk of the Spirit Fortune Realm, called Wei Mu, who has four Spirit Luck Realm beginners under his hands, and the remaining garrison troops have twenty-four Qi Refining Realm beginner to intermediate ranks, and there are more than 3,000 monks who are only Qi Gathering Realms.

The combat effectiveness of this kind of garrison force is completely incomparable with a giant city like Hezhou City. But firstly, the people of Ningcheng can barely afford this kind of combat force, and secondly, the demon world has not invaded for many years. Although they all knew that the area north of the Great Snow Mountain must be inhabited by youkai, they had been safe for a long time. Even the occasional stranger with an unfamiliar face was later proved to be a monster, but after careful investigation, he didn't do anything bad, just eat, drink and have fun in Ningcheng for a few days.

However, this time, the twelve beginner-level monsters that appeared in Beishan were quite unfriendly to the people of Ningcheng, and hundreds of lumberjacks, timber merchants, and hunters and farmers living at the foot of Beishan had been killed.

Although Wei Mu is a mid-level Spiritual Luck Realm, he has limited helpers. Once, he took four of the beginner subordinates of the Spirit Fortune Realm and twelve teams of the Qi Refining Realm into the mountains to hunt down these monsters who were stirring up trouble, but he was outnumbered and broke one of the beginners of the Spirit Luck Realm and five of the subordinates of the Qi Refining Realm. The rest of the people fought their way to the death, fled back to the city, and held on behind closed doors.

With hundreds of city defense giant crossbows and thousands of garrison troops, Wei Mu repelled several attacks by monsters. Although the defense of the city was successful, Wei Mu knew that if it continued like this, Ningcheng was still very dangerous, and he had to ask for help. For the sake of the safety of the capital, it was impossible for King Zhuxu to send people to this remote city, so he allocated 200,000 yuan, and then the people of Ningcheng gathered another 1.8 million yuan to reward the world's immortal sect for expelling monsters.

When Lu Chaoran stood under the closed city gate, Wei Mu and his subordinates on the city tower all looked hesitant.

"You're the only one?"

"Yes. ”

"Excuse me, what is your current cultivation?" Wei Mu was a straight man, and when he saw Lu Chaoran driving a horse from the southern road, the horses were ordinary and the clothes were very simple. In addition to giving people a feeling of youth and vitality, there is no appearance of deep cultivation.

"Well, that's right, although my cultivation is not very high, but since I dare to take on this task alone, it has been carefully considered. My martial arts can make up for the lack of cultivation. Lu Chaoran said with a relaxed smile, he tried to relax these guards who had been guarding the city for days and were highly nervous.

Wei Mu and his subordinates were still frowning, staring at Lu Chaoran, silent for a long time, and after a while, Wei Mu spoke again and said in a deep voice: "I am a cultivator of the seventh layer of the Spirit Fortune Realm. Originally, I still had four Spirit Fortune Realm Beginner Rank and more than twenty Qi Refining Realm Intermediate Rank under my command. But when we entered the mountain, we were all defeated. Therefore, if the cultivation is not a few floors higher than me, entering the mountain will also be sent to death. However, based on my observation of you, your cultivation should not be in the Spirit Fortune Realm, right?"

"Yes, not yet. Lu Chaoran replied calmly.

Although Wei Mu guessed, he still showed a look of disappointment. He touched his beard, sighed heavily, and said, "Go back, this is the place of life and death." Although I can tell that you are from the Xiaoyao Palace, which is not comparable to those of us who are casual cultivators, the gap in cultivation is too great. You're still young, you don't have to come here to die. ”

Wei Mu's subordinates all maintained indifferent expressions on their faces, but in their eyes, there was a hint of disappointment. They were trapped in the lonely city, they were exhausted, and they were very eager to come to the new force that had always been strong in combat to help them kill those monsters, but after waiting for so many days, how could they not be disappointed when they waited for a young man in the Qi Refining Realm who didn't know the height of the sky?

Wei Mu waved his hand, and without even opening the city gate, he was about to turn around and leave the city tower. At this time, one of his subordinates suddenly stopped Wei Mu: "Commander Wei, look, someone is here again!"

Wei Mu looked back to the south, only to see a dusty pile at the end of the road, and eight fast horses galloping towards Ningcheng like meteors.

After a while, these eight fast horses came to the gate of Ningcheng. An old man in a strong suit took a few steps forward and shouted towards the city tower: "We are here to offer a reward for the demon extermination!"

Wei Mu pressed his hand on the battlements of the city wall, carefully examining these people. In this procession, there were two old men with gray hair, but the skin on their faces was relatively tight, without a trace of wrinkles, and their bodies were thin and lean, sitting on horses, and their backs were straight. The one in the middle looked to be a teenager of thirteen or fourteen years old, although he was young, but his temperament was the most noble. The other five were all strong men in their twenties. They were uniformly dressed in black power suits embroidered with gold thread dragon patterns.

"Is it from Kagura Palace?" Wei Mu asked in a deep voice.

The young man pouted and whispered to himself, "Knowingly ask!"

And the old man who stepped forward smiled: "Commander Wei has good eyesight, we have seen your bounty, this time our Kagura Palace has dispatched a total of eight people to help you sweep away this demon." This is the son of Xuan, the youngest son of our seven masters, Dragon Shadow. ”

Wei Mu frowned, the dragon shadow of the seven masters of the Kagura Palace! For the guards of a small border town like them, there was not much difference between them and immortals. Since it is Long Ying's youngest son, the strength of the seven people who are with him is very impressive without thinking about it.

So Wei Mu immediately ordered the city gate to be opened.