Zhang Rukun is a monk in the Qi training period, he is an ordinary disciple of the Zhang family's side branch, because of his lack of qualifications, he cannot achieve advanced cultivation, so he can only spend money to enter the military camp, and become a small battalion commander, with one hundred and ten soldiers under his command, although immortality is impossible, but there is no problem in pursuing some mortal wealth.

Seven days ago, he led his twenty subordinates into the purple smoke swamp on the periphery of the Thousand Demon Mountain Range, looking for a mountain beast that had not yet opened his spiritual wisdom, but he didn't want to get lost in the swamp, and he still couldn't leave after seven days, fortunately, this is the periphery of the Thousand Demon Mountain Range, and there are no too dangerous demon beasts, otherwise they would have died a long time ago.

The strong sunlight melted away the purple smoke around him, and Zhang Rukun and his men came out of the hole under the ground, at this time he only had twelve men, and the rest were either stuck in the mire or killed by some poisonous insects and monsters that appeared at night. They hadn't eaten or drunk for three days, and there was really nothing around them that could be used, except for the bubbling mire, all kinds of rotting wreckage and yellowed bones, and those poisonous insects and monsters that didn't know where to hide, this was simply not a place for people to live.

There is a purple mist in the air at night, which is not a lethal toxin in itself, but it contains an element that will produce a strong illusion when inhaled in excess, causing people to enter the mire in an unconscious state, which is also the most terrifying part of the purple smoke swamp.

In the end, Zhang Rukun is a low-level monk in the Qi cultivation period, mastering some of the most basic Five Elements Spells, and whenever night falls, he will run the earth retreat, opening up a narrow hole in the ground for everyone to rest at night. Although everyone was a little embarrassed, except for the first night, two people died because they didn't know the power of the purple smoke, and no one died because of the purple smoke in the future.

After seven days of starvation, and some of them could not get out of here, everyone fell into deep despair, and they all felt in their hearts that it was impossible for them to leave this place alive. They all regretted it, they shouldn't have been greedy in the first place, chasing after the mountain beast, otherwise there would be no disaster today!

The leather armor and blood of the Kaishan Beast are very valuable, and they are two indispensable materials for refining high-level talismans, and they are purchased at a high price all year round. As long as they are successfully captured, they can be sold at a good price to ensure that they will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives, but no matter how much money they have, they will have to spend their lives! Not to mention that after they entered the Purple Smoke Swamp, they did not find the shadow of the Mountain Pioneer Beast at all, let alone capture and capture.

As soldiers of the Zhang family, they perform their official duties normally, and even if they die, they can still get a generous pension from the family, but this time they are acting privately, and even if they die, their families will not get any compensation.

Zhang Rukun's throat was dry, there was not even a trace of saliva in his mouth, he relied on the true qi in his body to protect his body, but it was better than other people's situation, but if he lived like this for another three or four days, he would die. He prayed in his heart that the heavenly gods would hear his prayer and show him and his brothers a way to live.

Perhaps it was his prayers that worked, and they all heard voices coming from around them. The sound flickered, and I don't know where it came from.

Zhang Rukun led everyone to shout desperately, "Help!" and "Is there anyone?"

They screamed until their throats were torn, and the sweet smell of blood filled their mouths, but they couldn't hear any sounds around them, and several people suspected that they were hallucinating due to hunger and thirst.

"Battalion commander, can't we get out?" cried a thin teenager, whose age was no more than fifteen or sixteen.

"Don't talk nonsense, we will definitely be able to go back, didn't we hear a voice just now? Maybe it was the big camp that came looking for us! We can't give up and keep shouting!" Zhang Rukun said in a hoarse voice. He had brought in these brothers, and they were loyal to him, and even in such a situation, none of them complained. He must not be discouraged, otherwise these brothers will lose their faith in living, and then all of them will die here.

He shouted at the top of his throat, but he didn't know what he was calling. With him setting an example, the people around him shouted again.

A group of people cried out like wolves, but there was no response at all.

Suddenly, with tears on his face, the young man fell headlong on the muddy ground, never to wake up again.

Zhang Rukun felt sad in his heart, took off his shirt, covered the young man's corpse, and sat on the ground to initiate a flute.

"Whoosh!" came from the south, and everyone saw a warship approaching, and on the deck of the warship was a large flag with a Yang character written on it, and in the bow stood several richly dressed monks.

The warship hovered above everyone's heads, and a handsome young man with two delicate maids descended from the deck with a gourd treasure.

Zhang Rukun hurriedly got up and said respectfully: "Seniors, we are the children of the Zhang family, please help us?"

The three of them were Zhang Xiaoshan with Tu Qianqian and Kui'er, they wanted to enter the Thousand Demon Mountain Range, they could have taken the safe route opened up by the Zhang family, but they needed to pass through several checkpoints and sentry posts along the way, and the route was a little far, so they chose to take the warship borrowed by Zhang Xiaoshan from Yang Dong Baili to cross the Purple Smoke Swamp, which could save a lot of time. It's just that they didn't expect that there would be dense purple smoke blocking their vision in the sky above the purple smoke swamp, and they lost their way soon after entering, and they kept going around in circles. However, they were not alarmed at all, because they found that as the sun rose, the smoke had become lighter and lighter, not to mention that except for Zhang Qiyan, who could not fly during the foundation building period, everyone else was proficient in the art of flying, and this dangerous place could not trap them.

Just now the smoke finally cleared, they were about to continue to move north, suddenly heard a burst of shouting, according to the opinions of others, naturally do not need to pay attention, just do your own thing, but Zhang Xiaoshan heard a deep sadness and despair from the voice, he couldn't bear it, or ignored the advice of others, and took everyone to find out.

Zhang Xiaoshan looked at Zhang Rukun and asked, "Are you from the Zhang family?"

"Childe is a member of the Yang family?" Zhang Rukun asked cautiously, he just saw the Yang family's banner hanging high on the warship, thinking that these people should be the children of the Yang family, they can take the warship in Youzhou, except for the Zhang family, there are only the four major sect lords!

"Am I asking you again?" Zhang Xiaoshan asked in a low voice: "If you don't want to answer, I'll leave immediately and stop worrying about these troublesome things!"

"Seniors atone!" Zhang Rukun was so frightened that he quickly knelt on the ground and told all the identities of his group and the purpose of coming here.

"Just because you also want to covet the Mountain Beast?" Zhang Xiaoshan angrily reprimanded: "Even if the Mountain Beast doesn't open its spiritual intelligence, it is also proficient in the art of transfiguration, even if it appears next to you, you will not be able to find it at all! As a battalion commander in the army, you don't understand the proportions, and you gave your brother's life for nothing, which is really hateful!"

Zhang Rukun blushed his cheeks and bowed his head silently, but a soldier beside him argued loudly: "Even if you are a nobleman, you can't say that about the battalion commander, he... He's all for his brothers..."

Zhang Rukun hurriedly stopped: "Shut up, don't contradict your seniors!" He was really flustered in his heart, whether his people could be rescued or not depended on these powerful monks of unknown origin, once he annoyed these people, what should you brothers do? What is the big deal about being said a few words, as long as the brothers can be safe, even if they are beaten, they will not complain.

Hearing that Zhang Xiaoshan accused Zhang Rushan, everyone looked at Zhang Xiaoshan with unkind eyes, but Zhang Rukun said something first and didn't let them speak, so everyone just glared at Zhang Xiaoshan angrily, and no one spoke.

"I can't see that you are still very prestigious, these people are very loyal to you!" Zhang Xiaoshan praised with a smile. He didn't mean to blame Zhang Rukuo, he just found out that only Zhang Rukun had a slight cultivation in the group, and he was a low-level qi practitioner, he could have abandoned these mortal soldiers and escaped by the method of earth escape, but it was obvious that this person actually chose to stay with his own soldiers to live and die together, although he was not a qualified leader, but he was a leader who could be entrusted with life and death.

The Zhang family lost a lot of excellent generals in the previous stage because of the war, and they needed to replenish fresh blood, although this person's intelligence and talent were relatively mediocre, but his heart was extremely rare, and it was very useful!

Zhang Xiaoshan is now the elder of the clan, although he does not hold responsibilities, but he has begun to consider the gains and losses of the family when doing things.

"Seniors forgive sins, these people are stubborn tempers, I don't know the severity, please don't blame them!" Zhang Rukun looked at the unkind eyes of the brothers around him, and he was very anxious.

"Haha!" Zhang Xiaoshan laughed happily, turned back to Tu Qianqian and said, "Qianqian, give them some food and water!"

Tu Qianqian, as Zhang Xiaoshan's personal maid, is usually in his hands with the fireside inkstone, which shows how much Zhang Xiaoshan trusts her.

Zhang Xiaoshan took out another jewel and said: "This is called Siyang Pearl, which can emit different colors according to the changes of the sun and the hour, but more importantly, the flame in its center always points to the east, with its help, you can get out from here!" He took out a low-level talisman again, and continued: "This is a talisman, if you encounter danger, you can throw it at your feet, there will be a light shield to fool you safely, a total of three times, enough!"

Zhang Rukun looked at the two treasures, and was naturally overjoyed and thanked him again and again.

Zhang Xiaoshan said: "I entered the Thousand Demon Mountain with a few people to obtain some materials to make spirit runes, and I don't want anyone to know that we have entered, and I hope you don't tell people that you have seen us!"

Zhang Rukun nodded again and again, he was even more convinced that these people were from the Yang family, the Yang family's rune spirit art was famous all over the world, and they must have come here to obtain rare demon beast materials.

Seeing that Zhang Rukun was solemn and would never tell anyone what he had seen, Zhang Xiaoshan smiled and said: "Since I have a fate with you, I will give you another gift!" With a wave of his right hand, lightning appeared out of thin air, like a thunderbolt inserted into a piece of bluestone not far away. The bluestone unexpectedly overflowed with blood, let out a terrible scream, and turned into a demon beast covered in scales and four-legged with sharp nails, which was the mountain beast that Zhang Rukun and others had been looking for for many days.

"You are mortal with the naked eye, where do you know, this mountain beast is on your left and right, I see that its demonic aura is strong, it must have devoured many living beings, I will kill the demon guard, these materials will be cheap for you!"

Zhang Rukun took the lead and bowed, this young man is really a powerful man of his predecessors, his shot is like electricity, he killed the mountain beast with just one move, and gave the materials to his own people, how can he not let Zhang Rukun and others get excited!

Zhang Xiaoshan stepped on the green skin gourd, flew to the station boat, and continued to travel north, he didn't know that he had an unintentional move, but in the trip to the Thousand Demon Mountain, he helped himself a lot!