In fact, every ascension of a martial artist's realm must be accompanied by the accumulation and refinement of the qi of heaven and earth.

Take the Qi Accumulation Realm as an example, in the process of continuously absorbing the Qi of Heaven and Earth, through continuous cultivation, a very small amount of Qi of Heaven and Earth will be refined, and it will become the refined Qi of Heaven and Earth.

However, refining the Qi of Heaven and Earth requires a continuous cultivation process, but after taking this pill made by refining through internal fire, martial artists can directly absorb the refined Qi of Heaven and Earth, which shows how powerful the effect of this pill 'medicine' is, to put it simply, the effect of this Hun Tie Dan made of internal fire refining has been increased by dozens of times compared to the ordinary Hun Tie Dan 'medicine'.

After Fang Ling subdued this Hun Tie Pill, the refined Qi of Heaven and Earth entered his body, which immediately stimulated the body to boil, as if the whole person's body was in the midst of a furnace fire, and the Qi of Heaven and Earth in his body was assimilated at the same time, and when the heat reached its peak, the refining of the Qi of Heaven and Earth in the whole body was completed, and it was suddenly promoted to a new martial arts realm.

When Fang Ling let out a long breath, when he opened his eyes, he already contained the essence and brilliance, and at the age of 16, he had reached the third realm of martial arts that ordinary martial artists needed to take 30 years to achieve—the Rigid Power Realm.

This kind of age is not inferior to the progress of the disciples of the Immortal Sect.

In the evening, Fang Ling summoned Dong Canghai and the others, and after instructing some affairs after he left, he took Xi Ling'er to the black market.

Hearing that she was going back, Xi Ling'er was still a little reluctant to give up on the Su family, but as soon as she heard that she had to stay in the wooden box if she wanted to go home, her mouth pouted.

Fang Ling coaxed her for a long time, and the little girl reluctantly agreed, but it was necessary to carry it with her, in order to warn Fang Ling of what bad intentions Fang Ling would have, which made Fang Ling cry and laugh.

The little girl was only 11 or 2 years old, so the wooden box containing her was not big, and Fang Ling carried it on her back and walked like a fly on the mountain.

After all, she had caused a sensation on the black market, and even if she changed her clothes, it would be difficult to be recognized, so Fang Ling came up with a way to make her curl up in a wooden box, although it was inevitably uncomfortable, but it saved a lot of trouble.

When they came to the black market, Niu San and the others were loading the goods, Qiu Yi obviously heard Niu San talk about it, and he readily agreed.

After the goods were loaded, Qiu Yi and his party went on the road, a group of seven of them, in addition to everyone riding horses, there were also a few horses carrying goods.

The mountain road is rugged, the trail is winding, but it is a very easy thing for everyone, the bandits talk and laugh along the way, Qiu Yi occasionally talked about some things when he was the head catcher, which caused everyone to laugh.

Fang Ling walked behind and listened, and couldn't help but ask Niu San: "Brother Niu, why did the owner of Qiu Zhai become a bandit?"

Niu San's face darkened when he heard this, and he sighed lightly: "This matter is a long story, I heard that it is just a few words, I heard that he is a person from Mulian County in the west of the 'Misty' Wushan Mountain, he became a catcher in his 20s, and he caught countless thieves, and he has an excellent reputation in the county. The man did not obey and scratched his face, only to be killed by him in a fit of rage. ”

"And what about the result?" Fang Ling said with a frown.

Niu San sighed, "The county commander didn't dare to provoke the superiors, so he insisted that the 'woman' seduced the son, and wanted to make a big thing small, and the owner of the village was upright in his nature, so he fought on the basis of reason, and was designed by the big official to frame his family for hiding bribes and covering up the thieves, and he was sentenced to five years in prison in addition to public office. ”

Fang Ling couldn't help but sigh secretly when he heard this: "It's really the official 'forced' the people to rebel." ”

Niu San smiled bitterly: "Isn't it? Who wants to be a bandit, in fact, I, Niu San, have also studied for a few years and painted a good hand, but it's a pity that the township tyrants are rampant, and I really have no food to eat, so I ran to the mountain." ”

"Is there a lot of this?" Fang Ling asked.

Niu San nodded and said: "On this 'misty' foggy mountain, there are more than a dozen cottages, there are more than 300 people in the large number of Xiangtian Village, and there are only dozens of people in the small number, most of them are because the taxes are too heavy and the like, and they really have no livelihood, so they ran up the mountain." However, we also have rules when we are thieves, don't do that murderous thing. ”

Fang Ling's heart moved when he heard this, for the thieves in the 'misty' Foggy Mountain, he did have the intention of exterminating them, after all, this is a major scourge in the four counties, but when he heard Niu San say this, the essence of these people is not bad, if he can subdue these people and turn them into his own forces, he will avoid fighting.

Thinking of this, he asked, "Brother Niu, what about this bandit in Shicheng County?"

As soon as he heard this, Niu San's face changed, and he said cautiously: "Little brother, when you encounter the thieves in Shicheng, there is only one word - escape!"

"Are the bandits in Shicheng County so powerful?" Fang Ling said with a frown.

Niu San said with a straight face: "Little brother, you don't know, we thieves are robbing money, let's take Tianzhai as an example, they dare to rob the mine of the King of Shicheng, that is indeed eating leopard gall, but if they want to kill the King of Shicheng, give them a hundred guts." However, the bandits in Shicheng County are different! Anyone who escapes there to become a bandit is an extremely vicious person who carries a lawsuit against his life, and as long as they are dispatched, the merchant will either die or be injured, and if there is a woman, he will definitely be taken captive. Even if it's us, they're going to be eaten by them. ”

Fang Ling frowned and said, "Then how many bandits are there in Shicheng County?"

Niu San shook his head and said, "I don't know the specific number, but the most famous of the Shicheng thieves is the 'Thirteen Fierce Thieves'." ”

"Thirteen murderers?" Fang Lingqi said.

Niu San nodded and said: "Those are thirteen murderers, it is said that each of them has dozens or hundreds of lives in their hands, and they are the head of Shicheng County, in addition to these thirteen murderers, there are also many bandits, of course, the number of them must not be compared with our 'misty' Wushan." However, these people are cruel and ruthless, and their cultivation is outstanding, in short, for us "mysterious" foggy mountain bandits, the Shilong Mountain Range is a forbidden area, although there is a large territory, and more counties are involved, but the people who dare to go there, except for those who take refuge in the Shicheng bandits, really can't find a few. ”

"However, the property looted by those bandits will definitely be sold through some channel, right?, where will there be black merchants?" Fang Ling frowned secretly when he heard this, if the thieves of the 'Mysterious' Mountain could still be solved by Zhao'an, then this Shicheng bandit was a hard bone.

Niu San shook his head and said, "I just know the names of these thirteen murderers, and I don't know any more." ”

As he was saying this, a sharp-faced man in front of him seemed to hear the two of them discussing the matter of the Shicheng bandits, and turned his head and said mysteriously: "I know about this." ”

Fang Ling looked up and saw that this sharp-faced man was the person who was watching iron ore with Qiu Yi the day before yesterday, named Wu Zhongyuan.

Niu San suddenly said curiously: "Brother Ang, then you hurry up and talk about it." ”

Wu Zhongyuan touched his chin and said leisurely, "I also heard from hearsay, but it is estimated that it is not an empty 'hole', I heard that the Shicheng bandits have a connection with Cai Guo's side, and the money they have grabbed can be transported to the border between the two countries directly through the canyon, and there are not many border towns there at the border? ”

"I see, but isn't it treason to sell these things to enemy countries?" said Niu San with a frown.

Wu Zhongyuan smiled and said: "These people are all wanted by the imperial court, so how can they care if they are treason or not." ”

Fang Ling nodded secretly when he heard this, Wu Zhongyuan's words also made some sense, but they sent the stolen materials to the enemy country, which was indeed too hateful, if this tumor was not removed, I am afraid that it would be difficult to secure peace in the fiefdom.

During the two-day trip, everyone chatted along the way, don't look at the cottages of Niu San and others, but they know a lot about the situation of the villages in the "mysterious" foggy mountains.

Fang Ling didn't deliberately ask anything, but as soon as these people chatted, they couldn't help but talk about the affairs of each village, and along the way, Fang Ling mastered a lot of the situation in the 'misty' Foggy Mountain.

For the comfort of everyone riding on horseback, Xi Ling'er obviously had to be wronged a lot, and from time to time she kicked the box angrily, which made Fang Ling hurriedly whisper to comfort her a few times, except for when she wanted to relieve herself, only at night when everyone was asleep and pretended to be a small relief, she could be released to move for a while.

Two days later, in the afternoon, the group finally arrived at Tiger Leaping Cliff.

This Tiger Leaping Cliff is actually a small valley, a waterfall on the valley rushes down from above, gathers into a pool of water below, flows down both sides to the distance, there is a huge stone that lives like a tiger on the cliff, so it is named Tiger Leaping Cliff.

On the edge of the pond, there are two avenues, one to the west and one to the east, connecting the intricate mountain roads, which can lead to the surrounding counties and townships, and can also lead to the mountains in the distance.

Fang Ling stepped off the horse, and just about to say goodbye to everyone, Qiu Yi suddenly stopped his horse, stretched out his hand to stop everyone from advancing, and shouted at the same time: "What person?"

As soon as these words fell, I saw a group of people and horses coming out of the mountain road, and as soon as they saw this group, everyone's faces changed dramatically.

The leader was a fat man, who was not only as fat as a ball, but also very tall, with a shaved head, and his skin was copper-colored, as if he had been smeared with a layer of oil, and a string of white bones hung around his neck, but the most attractive thing was his weapon, which was a thick white bone with a bowl mouth, two meters long.

Beside him, four men with large knives appeared, each with an evil smile on their faces.