Lu Yun and Zhao Junran stopped, looked over, and spoke to a middle-aged man who was talking about security issues just now.

"Are you talking about us?"

The middle-aged man nodded: "Yes, this mountain road is very dangerous. ”

Lu Yun was stunned, turned the horse's head, and came to the middle-aged man's side.

"Big brother, thank you for the reminder."

The middle-aged man smiled: "I can't bear to die here."

Lu Yun was stunned for a moment, what he said was serious.

"Isn't this a dangerous road?"

The middle-aged man nodded: "Although it is not a life of nine deaths, it is also very dangerous, every time our caravan passes, the best case is to lose nearly one-third."

Lu Yun was taken aback, this was a bit scary.

"I don't know what the danger is? Could it be that the mountain road is steep and easy to wreck? ”

The middle-aged man shook his head: "It's not just a matter of mountain roads."

Lu Yun was puzzled: "Is there any other danger?"

The middle-aged man nodded: "With the recovery of heaven and earth, the beasts in the mountains seem to have mutated, becoming very irritable and dangerous, often attacking passing caravans, and even devouring people."

"Therefore, the caravans that go from this road are equipped with warriors, otherwise it will be difficult to climb over the mountain."

Lu Yun was surprised that there was such a thing.

The middle-aged man glanced at the two of them: "I think the two of them should also go to Datang, it is better to go with the caravan, it is safer on the road, and it is good to have a care."

Lu Yun thought that it was the first time for the two of them to take this road, and there must be a lot of unfamiliarity, and it was not bad to be able to go with the caravan.

He nodded: "So, there is the eldest brother Lao."

As soon as he finished speaking, another middle-aged man walked over and glanced at Lu Yun and the others, his face gloomy.

"Li Feng, why are you a good man again, this will increase the burden on the caravan."

The middle-aged man just now was named Li Feng, and his face was ugly: "Wang Song, can you bear to see the two of them die?"

The middle-aged man glanced at Lu Yun and the others, and sighed: "Okay, but you are in charge of them, and the rest of the caravan will not care about them."

Waiting for Wang Song to leave, Li Feng shook his head: "Don't care, Wang Song is such a person, he doesn't like what he says, but he is not bad."

Lu Yun smiled: "It's okay."

The caravan had been prepared, and with Wang Song's order, the caravan began to slowly advance on the mountain road.

Li Feng and Lu Yun walked at the back of the team and were responsible for sweeping the team.

On the way, Lu Yun also learned about the caravan through Li Feng.

This caravan had more than 20 people, all of whom were from the Tang Dynasty, engaged in selling horses from Xuanyuan City to the Tang Dynasty.

There were three warriors in the caravan, and in addition to Wang Song and Li Feng, there was also a young warrior named Cao Long in the middle of the caravan.

Wang Song's strength is the strongest, he is already at the peak of the mundane realm, Li Feng is slightly worse, he is the eighth level of the mundane realm, and Cao Long is the weakest, but he is only the fifth level of the mundane realm.

This made Lu Yun very strange, it was normal for a low-level martial artist to do such a business.

The mortal realm eightfold and peak realm are not weak, and they can find an errand casually, and it is enough to make a living, how can they still worry about their livelihood and do escort things.

Lu Yun asked what he thought in his heart, and Li Feng smiled bitterly: "There are two main considerations."

"One is that I can make money, although I don't have to worry about my livelihood, but I am still very short of money, mainly because I lack money to buy pills to break through the realm."

Lu Yun was puzzled: "Lack of money? How much money can I make doing this? ”

Li Feng said with a smile: "The caravan belongs to Wang Song, I don't know how much I earn, but this trade route is not easy to walk, so the caravan has a lot of income every time, and he gives me twenty gold every time."

Lu Yun was taken aback, twenty gold is not much, it is not too little, it is indeed a lot of income, and it is worth the risk.

"In this way, Brother Li will soon be able to scrape together enough money for the pill." Lu Yun said with a smile.

Li Feng shook his head: "How can it be so easy, the price of the pill is not bad, it will take at least half a year to be able to scrape together enough money to buy an elixir."

Lu Yun was puzzled: "Does it take so long?"

Li Feng nodded, revealing a wry smile: "The pill can help the martial artist break through, and now it is a scarce thing, and it has been fried to a hundred gold pieces in Chang'an City."

"And there is no market for it, and if you want to buy it, you need to ask someone to find a relationship, otherwise you can't buy it if you have money."

Lu Yun was shocked, one hundred gold, this is also too terrifying, when did the pill become so valuable.

Zhao Junran's eyes widened, he didn't expect the pill to be so valuable.

Lu Yun looked at Zhao Junran, the meaning was obvious, and asked about the situation.

Zhao Junran shook his head slightly, and said in a low voice: "Since you started alchemy, the Immortal Dao Academy has rarely done alchemy, and my master has not been alchemy for a long time."

Lu Yun was speechless, he hadn't refined the pill for a long time, and the Immortal Dao Academy didn't refine it anymore, which caused the pill to have no way out, and the more he used it, the less he used it, and the price skyrocketed.

He sighed, "On the other hand, what is the reason?"

Li Feng smiled bitterly again: "Have you seen the horses we transported?"

Lu Yun nodded, he had always wanted to ask this question.

"Not only this time, but the first few times we transported horses were also horses, and other caravans have also been selling horses recently, mainly because the Tang Dynasty government is buying horses at a high price." Li Feng explained.

"What does Datang want so many horses for?" Lu Yun was strange.

Li Feng whispered: "A relative of mine is serving in the army, and I heard a gossip from him, but I don't know if it's true or not."

"I heard that the situation in Datang is very bad now, and there should be a war soon, so a large number of horses are needed."

Lu Yun was taken aback: "If Datang wants to fight, who will it fight with?" Great Han or Great Song? ”

Li Feng shook his head: "I don't know about this, after all, this is a secret."

Lu Yun nodded, and he asked some more questions about the mountain road.

The trade route was carved out along the mountainside, and along the way it took three days to climb a large mountain and two gorges, with a rest on the mountain in between.

The road is very steep, the narrowest point is only more than one meter, which is very dangerous.

And as you climb the mountain, the temperature gets cooler and the roads become icy, increasing the danger.

Soon, half a day passed, and the caravan stopped at a bend to rest.

The caravan men put a hood on each horse, and Li Feng explained: "The next road begins to be dangerous, and this is to prevent the horses from being frightened."

After resting for a while, the caravan set off again, and Wang Song shouted loudly in front: "Everyone work hard, strive to reach the shelter before dark."

As we progressed, the temperature dropped significantly, and the roads began to freeze, as if they were walking on the ice.

Gradually, the wind began to get stronger, and snow had begun to appear on the mountain, which surprised Lu Yun and the others.

Unexpectedly, at the foot of the mountain, it was still lush with greenery, but when it arrived, it became covered with snow, as if it had gone through two seasons.

Before dark, the caravan came to the bottom of a mountain cliff.

It was a flat place, not small, and it was just sheltered by a huge rock like a corner, and the wind could not blow in.

There is a fire pit here, as well as firewood, which is obviously a must-stop for caravans.

The caravan men lit the fire pit with great ease, spread thick animal skins, and fed the horses fodder.

Lu Yun also took out the animal skin and spread it out, he and Zhao Junran sat on it, took out the dry food and ate it.