After an afternoon of rest, everyone felt that their strength had recovered, but their stomachs were gurgling at this time.

Jin Quanyi took out a hammer and a woodcutter from the bamboo basket, quickly built a stone stove, and said, "I'll cook some wild vegetable soup for everyone first, and I have some condiments here, so let's fill your stomach first." ”

Bai Xiaosheng got up and gave him a hand, Tie Zishan also turned out his slingshot, picked up some small stones everywhere, and wanted to go to the mountains and forests to hunt some game, but Zhou Tianshen stopped her.

Tie Zishan told him not to worry, but Zhou Tianshen said that he could never act alone anymore, and Tie Zishan could only give up.

The wild vegetable soup was cooked quickly, just one bowl per person, and after drinking the vegetable soup, Wang Duozhan was still unfinished, "Why don't we go find some wild vegetables again, and by the way, see if there are any mushrooms or anything like that." ”

Zhou Tianshen looked everywhere and said, "There shouldn't be any big cave beasts on this mountain, but you still have to be careful, and let's talk about it when everyone finishes eating." ”

Tie Zishan glanced at the map, there was a relatively large black dot on the map, contrary to the red dot, the black dot indicated that the place was safe, and there was also a certain amount of supplies, including food and fresh water, which Meng Cheng specially prepared.

Tie Zishan proposed, "Let's go to this place, I'll see, it's about thirty miles from this location, let's try to get there before dark." ”

The crowd packed their bags and followed the route on the map.

The Sancha Mountains are vast and sparsely populated, and materials are scarce, in fact, not many people are willing to come to this place, along the way, except for some literati and ink writers, and then Miss Gongzi who travels the mountains and rivers, there is almost no shadow of a cultivator.

Zhou Tianshen and they walked along the road, occasionally picking some fruits to quench their thirst, and sometimes encountering some lone hares, at this time, Tie Zishan would take out her secret weapon-iron slingshot, and kill the rabbit with one blow, Jin Quanyi was responsible for peeling the skin, Bai Xiaosheng was responsible for cooking, and the thirty-mile journey was quickly completed.

When he arrived at the destination, it was not too late, Zhou Tianshen stood on the branch of the tree to look at its appearance, and found that this place was more like the basin described in the book, surrounded by mountains and rocks, enclosing this place, there were some red dirt on the stone wall, and there were some caves, I don't know why, there were many trees in the basin, which was one of the few tall trees in the Sancha Mountain, and a small open space. At this time, Tie Zishan and the others were preparing dinner in the open space, Jin Quanyi cleaned up his residence in one of the caves, set up a fire, and the cave was warm, Bai Xiaosheng took care of all the matters of dinner as usual, and he liked to cook more and more.

Dinner was hearty, with rabbit meat, mushroom soup, roast pheasant and after-dinner snacks.

I have to say that the wild fruits of Sancha Mountain are very rich.

After dinner, everyone lay in the warm cave, except for Zhou Tianshen, who had already fallen asleep, and the day passed like this.

Zhou Tianshen sat cross-legged at the door of the cave, the previous things made him have to be cautious, he had to be cautious when he went out for the night, he had to be cautious, the vigil was very boring, and Zhou Tianshen began to cultivate.

Zhou Tianshen always kept in mind the techniques and formulas taught by Meng Cheng before, and saw that his hands formed complex mudras, which were the meditation seals that Meng Cheng had taught as early as in the Nameless Mountain, which can make people keep their minds clear and free of distractions at all times. Immediately afterwards, Zhou Tianshen changed his posture, separated his hands at the same time, and then slapped them together, which was a simplified version of the Moving Mountain Seal, which Meng Cheng named it Banshan Seal.

The mountain seal can enhance the physical strength and endurance of the cultivator in a short period of time, and even more can move a mountain during the spell casting, and the mountain seal comes from this, of course, the mountain seal has high requirements for the caster, at least there must be a ground cultivation. Although the requirements for the caster are much lower than the requirements for the caster, the effect is also greatly reduced, except for increasing the caster's physical strength for a short time, it has no effect, and if it is used for a long time, it will also accelerate the consumption of the caster's stamina.

Zhou Tianshen used the Banshan Seal at this time, only to see him run outside the cave, jump high, and shuttle between the tall trees, because the spiritual power in his body was scarce, so Zhou Tianshen did not hold on for too long, and when he landed, sweat drops oozed from his forehead.

The fatigue and fatigue caused by the half-mountain seal just now are now swept away under the effect of the meditation seal.

Zhou Tianshen sat cross-legged again, this time using Professor Meng Cheng's method of cultivation.

The Tao is divided into five paths, but everything changes and does not deviate from its origin.

Meng Cheng's choice of boxing, Zhou Tianshen is humane, the two seem to be different, but they are closely related.

Boxing, led by fists, breaks ten thousand laws with one force.

Humanity, the foundation of human beings, a hundred ways to subdue demons.

Feeling the spiritual power swimming in his body, Zhou Tianshen exhaled a mouthful of turbid qi that was deeply pressed in his body, his eyes were transparent, and his fists were clenched, as if his whole body was filled with strength.

Suddenly threw a punch, the fist wind gusted, and the tiger was in the wind.

Putting away his fists, Zhou Tianshen practiced all the spells he had learned again.

Dispel distracting thoughts, meditate on the mind.

Enhance the physique, a half-mountain print.

The fallen leaves are ruthless, and the grass can be cut thousands of times.

Through the gap echo, it can transmit thousands of miles of honey sound.

The body is as light as a swallow, and it can fly into the air.

After squandering all the few spiritual powers in his body, Zhou Tianshen lay outside the cave, looking at the stars at night, and his body gradually became tired.

At this time, Meng Cheng suddenly jumped down from the top of the cave, which really frightened Zhou Tianshen.

Meng Cheng said with a smile, "It seems that your realm has improved again, although there is still a way to go before the talent realm, but it seems that when we arrive in Huaxiang County, we should be able to make a breakthrough." ”

Zhou Tianshen smiled and nodded.

The realm of cultivation is divided into four realms of man, earth, heaven and god, and there are ten levels of quenching before the human realm, the first five levels are medicine mountains, and the last five levels are mountain climbing, and after breaking through the ten levels of quenching body, there is a period of spiritual power blank period.

The so-called gap period of spiritual power is the lack of spiritual power in oneself, and only after storing a certain amount of spiritual power in the body and being able to skillfully use low-level methods, can it be regarded as truly reaching the talent realm.

Zhou Tianshen They are still in contact with the Tao of cultivation, and their bodies are still in the stage of enlightenment, and children at this stage are the most sensitive to the spiritual power of the world, and there is such a spiritual tree as the old locust tree in the old huai village where they are located, which makes everyone's talent far beyond ordinary people.

As expected, when they arrived in Huaxiang County, Zhou Tianshen and they could reach the talent realm, and when they returned to the village, maybe it was the human mountain realm, of course, the premise was that they were willing to cultivate hard, if there was no perseverance and diligence day and night, Tianda's talent would only turn into a wound Zhongyong in the end.

Meng Cheng coughed dryly, "Call them up." ”

Wang Duozhan, who was still dreaming, was pulled up by Zhou Tianshen, looking at Meng Cheng in front of him with sleepy eyes, not knowing what was happening.

Meng Cheng looked at the staggering crowd and explained, "This place was originally specially prepared for you, according to the previous plan, some people will attack you at this time, which is also a test for me, but for some other reasons, they missed the appointment, I feel that something bad may happen, so we need to leave here immediately to avoid trouble." Now pack your bags quickly. ”

Confused, they packed their bags and left the basin under the leadership of Meng Cheng, and when they stopped, Meng Cheng led them to a team of horses. The captain of the horse team is a strong man with a beard, named Xie Qi, a person from Jiuxiang County, listen to his introduction, he is the second master of the Nim Crane Dart Bureau in Jiuxiang County, this time the Dart Bureau received a horse team's dart, the big boss has something, so he led the men of the Dart Bureau to escort the horse team to the Kunlun Horse Fang in Huaxiang County.

Xie Qi met Meng Cheng during the day, when they left the official road and took the mountain road in a hurry. The bandit leader was masked, and by listening to his voice, he could tell that he was a middle-aged man, and that he had been injured, because he had been clutching his chest.

Xie Qi is also a cultivator, and now he is in the realm of people, except for the masked robber, none of the rest of the people are his opponents, just when the two are equal, Meng Cheng arrived and helped them drive away the robbers, Xie Qi wanted to hire Meng Cheng and go to Huaxiang County with them, but Meng Cheng explained that he still had children with him, and he really didn't have time, Xie Qi smiled heartily and said that those children could take the carriage of their dart game, and Meng Cheng brought Zhou Tianshen and them here.

Meng Cheng said, "That gang of robbers will definitely come back, and we must get out of here as soon as possible." ”

Xie Qi introduced the head of the horse team to Meng Cheng, who was a short old man surnamed Li, and the old man surnamed Li was full of oil, standing there like a tumbler.

Xie Qi informed the principal of Meng Cheng's identity and what happened before, and the principal expressed his sincere gratitude, but no matter how many good things he said, the old man surnamed Li did not put forward the idea of letting Meng Cheng and them go on the road together. Xie Qi explained his thoughts straight to the point, and the old man surnamed Li looked embarrassed.

The old man surnamed Li said, "Xie Dangjia, you also know the situation of our Kunlun Horse Workshop, to be honest, even the money to pay for the dart game is borrowed from the pawnshop in Nanshan Mountain, if this good man follows us, their food, clothing, housing and transportation I am afraid that our Kunlun Horse Fang really can't afford it." ”

Xie Qi said impatiently, "Don't worry, the principal, a few of them will follow the carriage of our dart bureau, and they won't bother with your horse shop." ”

The old man surnamed Li hurriedly nodded and said, "That's the best, that's the best." ”

Xie Qi ordered the guest, "Chief, we still have some things, you can go back first." ”

The old man surnamed Li left.

The horse square and the dart game do not rest together.

After a night's rest, the game set off at dawn.

The carriage of the dart bureau was in front, the horse team of Kunlun Horse Fang was behind, and the old man surnamed Li, who had just appeared last night, sat at the front of the horse team, looking at both sides, very afraid that the gang of bandits from yesterday would come out to attack them again. Xie Qi and Meng Cheng sat in the carriage at the front of the team, drinking wine and chatting with each other.

Time passed quickly, and the horse team stopped to rest.

When we set off again, it was nearly evening.

Meng Cheng said, "Xie is in charge, it will be dark soon, I think we should find a cave to rest for a night, and it is easy to have accidents when we are traveling in the mountains at night." ”

Xie Qi replied, "Actually, this mountain, our dart bureau has already surveyed before setting off, and there are also some markers and people along the way, according to the original plan of action, the next resting place is by a small river fifteen miles away, originally we could have rushed over, but the director surnamed Li had to let us rest halfway, so that if we want to make peace with our men and horses, unless we rush overnight, no matter how bad it is, we will have to wait until tomorrow." ”

Meng Cheng looked up at the sky and insisted, "I don't think it's too late, with the physical strength of the horses, they can reach the small river fifteen miles away in less than half an hour, and the horse team needs your protection, I don't believe that Steward Li will refuse your request." ”

Xie Qi hesitated, but decided to tell the secret, and sighed at the moment, "Brother Meng, we don't hide it, we also have suffering." If it had been put on hold in the past, I would have been able to make the decision on this matter, but now that the situation is turbulent and the Minori Crane dart game is precarious, I can take this order, or use our big boss to make a bet in exchange for it. Although Kunlun Mafang has just settled in Huaxiang County, his background is not so simple. ”

Meng Cheng pondered for a moment, and suddenly realized, "Kunlun? You mean, they are from Kunlun Mountain? But isn't that place the site of the National Palace?"

Xie Qi said with a pale smile, "That's right, Kunlun Mafang was built in Huaxiang County by the order of the lord of the country himself, I heard that the lord of the country wants to take back the control of the remaining four counties except Shuixiang County, so he sent people to station in the four counties, our Minoru Dart Bureau is implicated in this, the lord of the country personally ordered that the four counties must vacate a residential area for the 'envoy order' to live, and unconditionally meet all the requirements of the envoy order, otherwise everything will be dealt with as treason." ”

Meng Cheng didn't believe that all this was true, and said in a deep voice, "Impossible, how could the county lord agree to the request of the country lord." ”

Xie Qi began to cough violently, Meng Cheng patted his back, Xie Qi waved his hand and pushed Meng Cheng away, poured a big sip of wine and said, "Now the county lord is not in the county government, a few days ago, when it was rumored that the national hall was going to hold a family recruitment conference, the county lords had already been recalled to the national hall by the national lord, and now they are just a group of lambs to be slaughtered." ”

If things are really as Xie Qi said, then the long-term peace of Laohuai Village will be broken, and the secrets of the village will soon be known, and the child's situation is very dangerous.

But such a confidential matter, how could Xie Qi, the second master of a small Nimcrane dart bureau, know.

There must be something hidden in this.

Probably guessing what Meng Cheng was thinking, Xie Qi told Meng Cheng the truth of everything in one go.

Xie Qi said, "In fact, our Minoru Dart Bureau was founded by the lord of the country, and it was originally to cooperate with the escort order of Jiuxiang County to safely deliver the latest liquor from Penglai Tavern to the national palace, but later, the envoy ordered a new task..."

Suddenly, an iron arrow was shot from among the trees in the distance, the arrow was infinitely powerful, directly piercing Xie Qi's chest, blood flowed along the wound, flowing wantonly, the iron arrow passed through the carriage behind the two, and shot towards the carriage behind, Meng Cheng felt bad, Zhou Tianshen They were in the carriage behind the two, he flattened Xie Qi's body, lifted the curtain, and saw Zhou Tianshen holding a woodcutter in one hand and a hammer in the other, holding the iron arrow tightly.

Zhou Tianshen saw Meng Cheng's face, threw the iron arrow out of the carriage, stepped out of the carriage in one step, Meng Cheng asked, "Is anyone injured?"

Zhou Tianshen answered the question and looked to the right, "Where did the arrow come from?" ”

Suddenly, Meng Cheng pulled Zhou Tianshen behind him, his hands closed on his chest, and an iron arrow with extremely sharp arrows and no feathers in his palm.

At this time, the horse was frightened, the front hooves jumped high, the carriage was sunken downward, in the panic, Meng Cheng threw Zhou Tianshen off the carriage, and then jumped off the carriage, kicked the rear wheel of the carriage, after the carriage regained balance, and fell backwards, Meng Cheng supported the carriage with his own strength, and the horse team was blocked, Zhou Tianshen took care of Wang Duozhan and others in the carriage to help the carriage, placed them on the side, and went to the horse team behind to help, fortunately there were no messy iron arrows at this time.

In addition to Xie Qi, who has died, and the steward surnamed Li, who has not made a move for a long time, there are four other cultivators, all of whom are in the talent realm, and the steward surnamed Li is in the human mountain realm.

In addition to these five people, there are dozens of people who practice martial arts, although they are not cultivators, but the dozens of people who rely on martial arts and are proficient in cooperation are also a lot of combat power, and in addition, there is no one else in the horse team.

Meng Cheng told everyone the news that Xie Qi had died, and everyone expressed sadness.

The steward surnamed Li said, "Where Xie died, we must be like him, and we must not be cowardly." ”

The four of them looked at death as if they were at home.

Hearing this, the steward surnamed Li seemed to know the identity of the murderer.

Meng Cheng didn't want to get involved too much, because Zhou Tianshen was still present.

The old man surnamed Li said righteously, "Brother Meng, I have offended many things before, it's not that I don't want you to join us, it's just that the journey is difficult, and I'm really embarrassed to involve you." Now they finally can't hold their breath, Xie Qi's death is a signal, not long after, more people will rush here, more people will die, Brother Meng, the five of us are destined to sacrifice our lives for the country, before we die, I want to trouble you with one thing. ”

Meng Cheng understood the stakes and said in a deep voice, "Please speak." ”

The old man surnamed Li took out a small jade box from his cuff, handed him over to Meng Cheng's hands, and asked, "This is my Kunlun Mafang's token, which was handed over to me by the lord of the country himself, he said that if one day, someone wants to attack Kunlun Mafang, he will go to the palace with this token for help, and now we can't get out alive, I want you to help us hand this thing over to a farmer in Shuixiang County, where there is our connector, he will hand over the token to the lord of the country." ”

The old man surnamed Li wiped the sweat from his face, "Please." ”

Meng Cheng said, "Don't worry. ”

After receiving the token, Meng Cheng said goodbye again and again, protecting Zhou Tianshen and them away from this land of right and wrong.

Meng Cheng led Zhou Tianshen and them to shuttle between the mountains and forests, and they also fell into the swamp during the period, but fortunately, Meng Cheng's cultivation was profound, and these swamps couldn't trap them at all, and after escaping for about five days, Meng Cheng slowed down.

Spread out the map, and now their location is getting farther and farther away from Huaxiang County.

Zhou Tianshen gasped, "Uncle Meng, there seems to be someone behind us. ”

Meng Cheng blocked Zhou Tianshen and the others behind him, and three people walked out of the bushes in front of him.

A scar-faced man dressed in black and armed with twin knives.

A cold-faced woman carrying a cherry red wrap on her back.

The last one was a blind old man whose hands and feet were gone.

The old man was in a wheelchair and the woman was pushing him behind him.

The old man's vicissitudes of life voice came from his shriveled lips, "Leave the money to buy the road!"

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The masked man wiped the blood from his hands and kicked the kneeling corpse to the ground, surrounded by masked men in red clothes, who were dealing with the corpses of the Minoru Dart Bureau and Kunlun Mafang, and by the way, they scavenged the valuable things on the corpses into their pockets, which was not in vain.

In addition to the masked man and the man in red, there was also a group of bandits and robbers led by the masked man present, they were the bandits who robbed the horse team before, in fact, what they did before was just a test of the horse team according to the instructions of the masked man, but they didn't expect Meng Cheng to make an obstacle from it, and indirectly disrupted the masked man's plan, which prompted this action, but fortunately, no one in the horse team survived, as for Meng Cheng's group, some people cleaned them up.

The man in red came to report the situation, "Boss, we have checked all the corpses and wagons, and we have found no targets. ”

The masked man was not surprised, and ordered, "In addition to this team of darts, there is another team of horses escorting the Penglai Tavern, as well as the horse team escorting the old monk and the little monk, the things should be there for them, order to go down, burn the corpse, and evacuate quickly." ”

The fire burned all the corpses, leaving only black corpses.

Since then, no one has seen the gang of robbers from Sancha Mountain.