Wanzhu Forest, located in the southwest of Chizhou, is about 100 kilometers from north to south and about 90 kilometers from east to west.

This area may not be small, but for Chizhou, which is tens of thousands of kilometers long, it is just a corner.

Chizhou Ten Thousand Bamboo Forest is the place of enlightenment of the old man in the bamboo forest in the past, and it is also the place where his cave is located, and it is also the place where his immortal died. It is rumored that the Bizhu book that gathers his life's experience is hidden in this ten thousand bamboo forests, waiting for people to inherit the mantle, so it has attracted countless heroes of the rivers and lakes, and even people in the Taoist to explore, but hundreds of years have passed but no one has ever found it, and over time this rumor has gradually disappeared, but simply regard this ten thousand bamboo forests as a famous place in Chizhou.

However, more people, especially the common merchants, regard this 10,000-thousand-bamboo forest as a business road that extends in all directions.

It is bordered by Da Luo Collar in the east, Tai'an Collar in the west, Shangqing Collar in the south, and Jiao'an Collar in the north.

These four collars belong to Chizhou Anfang, because of the existence of ten thousand bamboo forests, so the trade exchange of these four collars also makes it the richest place in Anfang.

Due to natural changes, the Shenzhou continent is divided into four continents, a total of nine states, each state has nine directions, and each side has nine territories. Not only the size of the area of each state is different, but also the size of the area of the square and territory, the number of towns and villages, and the fundamental reason for these differences depends on the resources, products, and even climate and astronomy of each place.

Because of the fame of the Ten Thousand Bamboo Forest, there are not many passing caravans.

It may be an exaggeration to say that the carp crossing the river is a bit exaggerated, but in general, you can still meet two or three caravans and dart teams a day, and occasionally if there are familiar convoys with similar trips, they will simply go together. After all, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, although this ten thousand bamboo forests are convenient places for transportation, but they have never been too peaceful, if the team size is large enough, it can naturally avoid the ideas of some people with ulterior motives.

At this time, a convoy of four truckloads of goods was moving from east to west.

Because the sun is blazing, it is the hot summer season, and the bamboo forest has never been known for shading, so under the sun, the people in the convoy are basically sweating. Although no one looked dissatisfied, most of them still showed a look of boredom and irritability on their faces, and a few of them even took off their shirts and went naked.

The convoy was not flying a dart flag, apparently it was just a caravan.

But it was not the horses that pulled the wagon, but the old oxen, and even the accompanying guards were no more than seven people, among which there were two middle-aged men who seemed to be full, including an old man in the lead and two young men who were in charge of taking care of the four old oxen on the left and right of the convoy, this caravan of twelve people and four carts was not rich in any way, and belonged to the type of green forest that would never look twice.

The old man in the lead glanced back at the people in the caravan, looked at the sky again, and then said, "The big guy is almost tired, let's rest here for a while, and when the sun is over, we will be on the road when it is a little cooler." ”

"Okay." The topless guards happily answered, and then began to step aside to rest.

Two middle-aged men, who were not young, walked up to the old man and whispered something, not sitting directly on the ground like those young guards, perhaps out of the reserve of their status. However, the two servants who were responsible for taking care of the old cows were not treated so well, they had to drive the four old cows aside, and then they had to run errands to fetch water, distribute dry food, and wait until they were done serving everyone before they could stop and rest.

After simply eating some dry food, because the sun was still poisonous, all the caravans did not continue on the road, but rested and chatted on the side of the bamboo forest trade road. Two of the servants were sent to the neighborhood in search of water, followed by two or three guards, hoping to get some game and come back for dinner in the evening.

There is a river that crosses from south to north in the Ten Thousand Bamboo Forest, and the streams that branch out from this main river are almost all over the Ten Thousand Bamboo Forest, so countless animals and plants are supported here, and because it was once the cave of the old man in the bamboo forest, many monsters and monsters were born because of the abundant aura. It's just that these monsters usually operate in the more central area of the Ten Thousand Bamboo Forest, so people who only walk on the trade road at the edge of the Ten Thousand Bamboo Forest are quite safe.

The breeze blows, bringing a touch of coolness to the hot atmosphere.

The most scorching noon has begun to shift, and although it is not cool yet, the temperature is not so high.

The guards and servants who had tried to go out hunting just now had returned one after another, but the looks of the guards showed that they had not gained anything.

The old man who led the team looked at these people, smiled and didn't say anything, just shouted to go, and the team began to get back on the road. According to the old man's calculations, with their speed of travel, they would be able to enter Tai'an in about three days at most, and then they would be able to enter a small county for rest and recuperation after walking for about half a day, and then they would not have to continue to sleep in the wilderness.

But this time, before he had walked a hundred meters, the old man raised his hand to signal the caravan to stop.

A burly man was slowly walking out of the bamboo forest with a child, but he happened to stop in front of the caravan.

These two people are naturally Ye Kong and the little beggar who was accepted as a disciple by him.

After the bloody battle two nights ago, Ye Kong unexpectedly discovered that the middle-aged strong man who died under the sword of the man in black actually met his own occupation conditions, so he did not hesitate to use this identity directly.

Because Ye Kong knew very well that the identity of ghost cultivation in Chizhou was not an identity that could see the light, and often many people with a strong sense of justice were likely to do the right thing for the heavens, so they could only borrow other people's corpses to cover it up.

This is a special ability unique to ghost cultivators.

It's just that Ye Kong's occupation is completely different from the occupation of ordinary ghost cultivators.

Ordinary ghost cultivators can occupy all corpses, and they can even rely on the bodies of living people to manipulate each other. However, Ye Kong not only can't rely on a living person, but even the possession of a corpse that seems to meet certain special conditions is possible, and since Ye Kong has lacked enough data samples so far, he doesn't know what conditions must be met for a corpse to be occupied by himself.

Because of this, he was naturally surprised and delighted that the body of this strong man could be occupied by him.

After walking in the Ten Thousand Bamboo Forest for two days, Ye Kong finally found an official road.

It's just that I didn't expect to meet a caravan here as soon as I stepped onto the official road.

There was a sudden silence on both sides, both of them looking at each other.

Moreover, Ye Kong also found that the seven guards of the other caravan, when the old man signaled to stop advancing, immediately took a few steps to the left and right, seemingly protecting the goods of the ox cart, but in fact they were faintly putting on a battle formation.

Ye Kong is no stranger to this battle formation.

Horn formation.

An odd-numbered array that can be both offensive and defensive.

Ye Kong's eyes narrowed slightly, his eyes swept over the twelve people one by one, and then the corners of his mouth lifted lightly, he had already seen the fame of this, but he didn't mean to break it: "Old man, I got lost in the Ten Thousand Bamboo Forest before, and I finally came out after looking for a few days, may I ask where is this?" ”

Hearing Ye Kong's words, the old man was slightly stunned, as if he doubted his ears, and seemed a little distracted.

This reaction made Ye Kong's brows furrow, he had already realized the problem: the other party knew himself!

Whether the ghost cultivator occupies or relies on it, it is only "borrowing it", and it is impossible to obtain the memory of the original owner of this body, and it is not completely fused and devoured like taking away, and it will obtain the memory of the other party, which is also the origin of the saying "borrowing the corpse to return the soul".

You can only borrow, not take.

Therefore, Ye Kong did not know the personality, relationship network, and so on of this strong man's corpse before his death.

This is also the reason why Ye Kong heard the other party say about the Tai'an Zhao family before he died, but he didn't want to return to Tai'an, because there were too many flaws.

Just as Ye Kong's mind was turning, the old man suddenly spoke: "It's easy to say, go straight along this official road, and the footsteps of about three or four days are Tai'an." If you go east from here, you can see a fork in the road about three days by foot, and if you continue to the east to Daluo, if you turn to the south, you will see Shangqing. If you are going to Jiao'an, then the fork will continue eastward for two to three days, and then follow the fork north down. ”

"In this case, then thank you, old man." Ye Kong retracted his gaze, chuckled, and then saw that the other party had no intention of leaving first, so he took the beggar to bypass the caravan.

After walking a few steps, thinking that he suddenly remembered something, Ye Kong spoke again: "Old man, do you have any extra dry food and drinking water?" I want to buy you a little. ”

The old man, who had originally seen Ye Kong stop, was tense up after hearing this, and when he turned his head, a smile had already appeared on his face: "Of course you can." Anyway, we're almost back in Tai'an, and we still have a lot of dry food and water left, so it doesn't hurt to sell you some. ”

"Then thank you, old man." Ye Kong smiled.

The handover between the two sides was completed quickly, and for some reason, Ye Kong, the old man and those guards did not move, and the entire transaction process was handled by the beggar and a servant. After the transaction between the two sides was completed, Ye Kong did not continue to stay, but took the beggar on the road and walked towards the east.

After Ye Kong had disappeared from their line of sight, the old man finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then glanced back at one of the guards who was faintly protected by everyone in the middle, with a tired smile on his face.

"Old man, ...... you" A middle-aged man stepped forward with a puzzled expression.

"Shut up!" The old man shouted in a deep voice, "Let's hurry on the road so that there will be no unnecessary trouble." ”

The two middle-aged men looked at each other, looking a little overwhelmed. Even the entire escort team was at a loss, completely unaware of why the old man looked panicked.

Others don't know their situation, but they won't be arrogant, although they are disguised as a poor caravan with little financial resources, but except for the two servants, everyone they are real innate masters, especially the leader of the team, Old Man Cheng, is a congenital fourth-layer master. This strength may not be anything in Tai'an's Nine Lower Cities, but in their county they can be regarded as real masters and big men.

As if he was worried about something, or maybe he was afraid of something, Old Man Cheng, who was more than half a hundred years old, finally sighed: "That one just now is the Tiger Master, I have seen it from afar in Qingyuan City." ”

"Tiger Master?"

Everyone looked at each other a little, but soon, a middle-aged man's face changed greatly: "Tiger Master! But ...... from the Zhao family in Tai'an"

"Silence!" Old Man Cheng snorted again, "That Tiger Master is not a side branch disciple like the Qingyuan Zhao family, but a relative from the family, this time it seems that there is something important." But this kind of thing is not something we should inquire about, especially this time, we are doing things for the Fan family, if we let that master know......"

The Tai'an Zhao family can be prefixed with the name of a leader, and its power is naturally extraordinary.

Therefore, among the nine lower cities that also belong to the Tai'an Collar, there are naturally side branches of the Zhao family.

Where there are people, there are naturally rivers and lakes, and there will inevitably be all kinds of disputes and killings for the sake of various interests.

The one who has been fighting against the Zhao family in Qingyuan City has always been the Fan family with the same deep background, and their caravan is privately running for the Fan family, so it is inevitable that they will be worried about Ye Kong's identity as the Zhao family at the moment, especially the identity of the so-called Tiger Master is not a side branch of the Qingyuan Zhao family, but the real Tai'an Zhao family.

"However, I heard that Zhao Hu has a very bad temper and is particularly arrogant, but why did he ...... just now The middle-aged man who ...... just now really couldn't say the words "polite", because it was too different from the rumored Zhao family tiger.

"I don't know." Old Man Cheng shook his head, "Don't worry so much, maybe he has to disguise his identity because of some urgency." Anyway, it's best that he doesn't know us, let's hurry up and get on the road, and then ask everyone to work hard, we won't stop halfway, and rush to Pei County in one breath. ”