One of the two official bases established in Xinghaiyuan is located at the westernmost point of Kebidar Mountain, called "Xihai Town".

From the ruined village to Xihai Town, there is only less than 300 kilometers away.

Fang Hao planned to head in the direction of Xihai Town, find a suitable place to stop along the way, and report the new foothold to the official when he returned.

Doing so obviously violates the teachings of Instructor Wang, and traveling on the field will face more uncertainties and increase the probability of encountering danger.

However, Fang Hao felt that specific problems still needed to be analyzed in detail, and there was no need to stick to dogma.

At present, the official stronghold has a certain influence on the surrounding area, and the natives within its radius are much less hostile to the traverser, although it is far from friendly, but at least they will not want to kill you as soon as they meet.

More and more natives began to use the novice traversers they encountered as bargaining chips, exchanging them with the people in the colony for the items they needed. If you encounter such natives, the opposite side will be able to reach the stronghold faster.

It's just that the way the natives greet novices is relatively simple and rude, either knocking them out and tying them up, or putting them on a sack and tying them up, which is no different from treating livestock.

The location of the ruined village is almost at the edge of Xihai Town's circle of influence, so theoretically traveling in the direction of the stronghold will increase the safety factor.

And in contrast, staying in a cave is not necessarily safer.

Wang Huan only introduced the main abilities of those with seven to nine grades in the special training class, and did not cover them above the seven grades, mainly because it was not necessary.

Once the cultivation of the Yuan enters the sixth grade, it is another level of existence, and the rookie has no room for resistance in front of him. If you really do, there is no other way than to pray for the other party to raise your noble hand.

Moreover, whether it is the indigenous monks of Xinghai Yuan or the Yuan of the unofficial camp, there are not many cultivators of the sixth rank and above at present, and they are scattered all over the vast Xinghai Plain, and they will not be encountered under normal circumstances.

But Fang Hao obviously belongs to the same situation.

The last time I met a few pass dealers in the cave, Thanatos was the one of the six pins; Blade dares to call at Tanatos, and he should also have the strength of the six grades; Iris is unknown, and seems to be a little weaker than the two, but the Ka Xinren can't use the second sword.

These people use the ruined village as a trading point, and they may come back at any time.

However, they are still very afraid of the Special Investigation Bureau, so taking the initiative to move closer to the stronghold can be regarded as a reasonable risk avoidance.

Of course, Fang Hao dared to formulate and implement the westward plan, and the biggest reliance was on his talent as a derivator.

The Yan's warning illusion and natural instinct have helped him solve the crisis several times, and he is still very trustworthy. Just now, I have unexpectedly advanced to the eight products, and the early warning ability has been further strengthened, which is equivalent to bringing your own scout to travel.

In addition, he got two new chips. First, the body of the spirit acts as a bodyguard, and it also has the power to fight when it encounters a young person. The second is that the space of the Yanzhi Flying Beam can be opened at any time, and the life is safe in critical situations.

So he thinks that he is still significantly different from those arrogant and stupid countertypes, because he has the capital to take risks.

However, no matter how strong the capital is, it cannot be easily squandered, and the safety principles taught by Director Wang still cannot be lost.

Therefore, on the first journey, Fang Hao planned to use the method of drifting and sneaking to reduce the probability of being seen.

He returned to the ruined village with the bald head, entered the cave, came to the underground river, and boarded a canoe.

Although the canoe is not big, it is not a problem to carry seven or eight people, and even if the bald head is twice as heavy, there is no need to worry about sinking the ship.

Fang Hao sat at the bow of the boat, let the bald head Qiang sit at the stern of the boat and steer the steer, and sail down the river.

According to the hydrological knowledge taught by Mr. Wang, the river north of Kebi Darshan is about 59 degrees east longitude. The east side flows eastward, the west side flows westward, and the underground river should also go in the same direction.

The light in the river was extremely dim, and with Fang Hao's enhanced eyesight, he could only see a distance of three or four meters.

The spirit shell can be manipulated as immersively as a painted skin. If you look around from a bald head, you can ignore the effects of brightness, as if you were wearing a night vision device.

It seems that the spirits are still in the dark. Although it is possible to move during the day with a shell, it is not as advantageous as in the dark.

The current is slower, so the canoe drifts slowly, about the same speed as walking.

Fang Hao controlled the bald head to stabilize the rudder first, and then slowly accelerated the rocking of the oar, gradually speeding up the boat, and finally reached the speed of the usual bicycle.

This experience of rocking the oar with the spirit body is very peculiar, subjectively it seems to be moving, and you can clearly feel the reaction force of the water coming from the oar, but it does not take half of your strength.

After a distance, Fang Hao suddenly felt an extremely special sense of coldness.

Although the temperature in the underground river is not high, this cold air does not come from the body, but goes straight to the soul.

Exploring this area with spiritual power, it was found that there was a thin cloud of Yin Spirit Qi slowly circling on the surface of the water, scattered in a space of several cubic meters.

Such a little bit of Yin Spirit Qi is far from being able to give birth to a Yuan Spirit. However, if it is used to nourish the spirit, it is an excellent material.

Fang Hao manipulated the bald head to pick up the oar and insert it into the bottom of the river as an anchor to stop the boat steadily.

With the traction of spiritual power, the yin spirit qi was gathered together, and it became a ball the size of a basketball. Another spirit seed was precipitated and placed in this yin spirit qi.

Then he continued to exert pressure on the outside with his spiritual power, and the Yin Spirit Qi took the spirit seed as the core, gradually converging and condensing, and finally condensed into a small translucent sphere and landed on the palm, looking like a glass marble, and could feel a little weight.

This method can be used to store a small amount of spiritual energy without the use of any tools, which can be described as very convenient.

The disadvantage is that the stored spiritual aura will gradually dissipate, so it is not suitable for long-term storage. However, within a day or two, the problem is not big, and the loss is not more than half of it at most.

He was a beginner this time, and it took almost half an hour to operate, but fortunately he was not in a hurry.

Place the marbles in a snug pocket. There is a connection established by the spirit seed, and its existence can be sensed at any time, but there is no need to worry about losing it.

Then let the bald head pull out the oar and continue to rock the oar.

After more than twenty minutes, he encountered another cloud of Yin Spirit Qi. Fang Hao concocted it in the same way, and took this Yin Spirit Qi into his own possession.

Nourishing the spirit body with the temperature of the yin spirit is like raising fish with water. Counting the bald head, Fang Hao already had eighteen wandering spirits, and he hoped to collect as much as possible.

It's a pity that until the light appeared in front of him, he only gained four marbles, which made him very unsatisfied.

When the underground river is exposed, the water flows into the middle of the two rock walls, like a miniature canyon.

Fang Hao asked the bald head to row the canoe to the side, used the oar against a stone gap on the shore, stopped the boat steadily, and then jumped and climbed up the rock wall.

It is said that rock climbing is a technical job, but with his current strength, he doesn't need to learn any tricks at all, and climbing on the uneven rock wall is like walking on the ground, and there is no difficulty at all.

After going six or seven meters to the top, I looked around, and according to the position of the Kobida Mountains and the sun, it was determined that the river was flowing in a northwesterly direction, indicating that there was nothing wrong in the direction.

I floated in the underground river for more than three hours, but I didn't go far along the way. Although it is impossible to discern the location of the ruined village from the distant mountain pack, it is estimated that the distance in a straight line will not exceed fifteen kilometers.

Fang Hao got down from the rock wall, jumped into the boat, and manipulated the bald head to continue walking.

The water flows through a few small bends and joins a river. The surface of the river is wide and narrow due to the topography, and the speed of the water flow is also slow and rapid.

Fang Hao had only had the experience of rowing in the lake in the park before, but because of the slow flow rate in the underground river, it was not a big problem. At this time, when encountering a section of the river with strong currents, it is inevitable that you will be a little in a hurry.

Fortunately, the bald head is strong, and it is quite weighty like a ballast stone, so there is always a thrill to turn the right direction. After gradually mastering the know-how, Fang Hao couldn't help but feel that "a thousand miles of Jiangling will be returned in one day".

After more than two hours of floating in the river, he kept his guard on guard, but nothing unusual happened. While this is a good thing for him, it always feels very wrong.

According to Mr. Wang, the northern foot of Kebida Mountain is located near the 37th parallel of north latitude, which is a habitable area, and the local people are half-cultivated and half-pasted, which is one of the areas with more indigenous people.

Although the population density here is far from being comparable to that of the Xuan Realm, it is too abnormal to not even encounter a single indigenous person after more than 30 kilometers.

Seeing the water surface become more open, it is too easy to attract attention when boating on the river like this.

Fang Hao manipulated his bald head to row the canoe to the south shore and abandoned the boat ashore.

He then let the bald head lift the oar, and struck hard at the bottom of the boat, immediately breaking a large hole, and then pushing it into the river. The canoe made a few turns on the surface of the river and quickly sank to the bottom.

Climb up from the river to the flat ground, and you will see a village not far away. Lying on the ground and quietly observing for a while, he didn't see a single figure.

Fang Hao let the bald head crawl forward and approach to reconnoitre. Since there is a stand-in available, there is naturally no need to take risks yourself.

As a result, the bald head climbed more than forty meters, and then lay there and did not move, Fang Hao also lost the vision of the bald head, but he could still feel the connection with the spirit in the body.

This was somewhat unexpected by Fang Hao. According to Director Wang's description of the spirit body, the control distance should be much more than that. It seems that there should be special manipulation skills or exercises, and I will have to ask Mr. Wang for advice again when I have the opportunity in the future.

At the moment, Fang Hao had no choice but to climb forward by himself.

The breeze blew the grass in the field, revealing two pouting figures. The first one climbs for a while, and the back one follows the previous one, and although the body shape is quite different, the crawling posture is very similar.

More than 100 meters later, a large tree appeared in the bald head's field of vision, on which more than a dozen people in clothes grew, swaying in the wind like wind chimes.

Fang Hao had a bad premonition in his heart, and when he got closer, he could see that it was more than a dozen shriveled corpses, and the death was almost the same as the one he had seen outside the ruined village before.

Immediately stood up with the bald head Qiang and walked quickly towards the village.

When they arrived, they saw that the gate of the village was open, and most of the houses inside had been burned down.

After a rough walk around the village, there was not a single living person or animal, but there were no corpses. Some of the cottages were only half burned, apparently because the fires were extinguished by heavy rains.

The bandits in this place are too fierce, aren't they? Coming to destroy the village at every turn, how did the natives survive until now?