Jiang Feng was meditating in the small room of the beast ship, thinking about the target of the auction by the way, but suddenly felt that the speed of the beast ship slowed down sharply.

Arrived early?

Like many monks in the cabin, he couldn't help but open the heavy curtain of the porthole to look around, but he only saw the sky full of stars, the Milky Way like a curtain, looking at the ground in the distance, dark?? There is no light in the field, which is obviously inaccessible in the wilderness.

Soon the errand boy on the beast boat came to inform that due to the special weather conditions ahead, the beast ship will land nearby immediately, and temporarily stop here, suggesting that everyone wait in place for the news of the restart.

What's the situation?

It was only two hours after the Nanyang City of the Imperial Wind Sect got on the boat, what could happen? Weather reasons? Above the canopy, there was not even a single scattered cloud, how could there be such a possibility? Even Jiang Feng, who was riding the beast boat for the second time, felt that this reason was a bit far-fetched and could not believe it.

Yu Xiaoman and Yu Xiaozheng came uninvited, but there was nothing abnormal in their expressions, "Do you know what the reason is?" Jiang Feng asked Yu Xiaoman, presumably she often runs businesses around Lizong, and it is common to take a beast ship, so she may know something inside.

"Uncle Seven is inquiring. Yu Xiaoman said quietly, she didn't explain who Yu Chengke would ask and how to ask, "But it must not be the cause of the weather." Unless there is a large-scale thunderstorm, the beast ship will never stop, rain or shine. ”

As she was talking, Yu Chengke arrived.

"There was a monk battle near Wuling City in front, it is said that it is the chaos within the Imperial Wind Sect, Mu Qianxue and the three southeastern cities rebelled, and Xu Youjing led people to fight fiercely with it. He didn't say it in detail, but the reason for the beast ship's stay was already clear, and he must have communicated with a well-informed person through special means.

"What do you know about Mu Qianxue?" Yu Chengke turned to look at Jiang Feng, he saw Jiang Feng enter the Fury Wind Canyon, so it was also common sense to meet Mu Qianxue in the valley.

"I ......" Jiang Feng wanted to say that he didn't know anything, but there seemed to be no need to deceive about this matter, "I didn't fight with Mu Qianxue, I just met a few times in a hurry." The quality of the magic weapon in her hand is very good, and she has some attainments in formation. ”

"Ling Fei is in the same group as him?"

"Think so. Mu Qianxue was very concerned about Ling Feidu's safety, otherwise, Jiang Feng thought to himself that he would not have the elixir to repair the phase of the law, the "Replenishing Phase Replenishing Qi Pill" to take.

"Okay, I got it. Yu Chengke turned around and went out of the door, and after a stick of incense, as the beast boat stopped, he appeared in front of the three of them again, and explained: "Don't run around, this is the territory of the Imperial Wind Sect, I will go back when I go." After speaking, he quietly bypassed the guards and servants of the beast ship, and disappeared into the night with a few movements.

"I ran backwards. ”

Yu Xiaozheng waited for him to go away, and complained in a low voice, this neighborhood is very deserted, only an abandoned village and town not far away, only the ruins remain, and there is no shelter at night. Fortunately, the owner of the beast ship took out a lot of free spirit fruit ingredients to appease everyone, and most of the people on the ship were business travelers, and they were not hypocritical about the temporary suspension of the ship, and no one went up to entangle the reason for the ship's stop. For a moment, everyone was just noisy for a moment, and then it was quiet again, only some people who were originally familiar with each other sat around the campfire and whispered and chatted about what they had seen and heard in the past.

Jiang Feng didn't run around, he and Yu Xiaozheng and Yu Xiaoman found a shelter from the wind, played a few cleaning charms, and waited for the notification of the restart of the beast ship. Yu Xiaoman seems to have something on his mind, he doesn't talk much, Yu Xiaozheng is in a good state, and from time to time he finds some topics, Jiang Feng copes with it, and at the same time releases a shadow, and goes straight to the ruins of the deserted city, being in a foreign land, whether this place is naturally abandoned, he is faintly curious.

There was not a single figure in the ruins, most of the passengers of the beast ship remained in place, only a few idle people came to relieve them before, and then no one came, the shadows walked freely between the ruins, no need to deliberately dodge, the broken masonry was old, the weeds in many places were several feet high, and there were years of dead branches and leaves, and this place had been abandoned for many years.

Between the ruins, there are occasionally abandoned farming tools, as well as a small number of broken objects of chariots, and ancient wells blocked by rocks, which shows that most of the residents of this deserted city used to make a living from planting, and there may also be spiritual springs nearby, and the reason for the desolation is likely to be the depletion of spiritual springs, or the departure of monks stationed nearby, which will lead to unsustainable production and a bleak future.

It's a shame.

Jiang Feng remembered that he had considered the establishment of a small spirit vein and then the opening up of the cave mansion, but this matter had not been possible because there were no corresponding spirit stones and manpower. Nowadays, in the context of the construction of the four counties and Luochuan, the original more than 60 villages and towns, the number of people is losing at a visible rate, although this is expected, but with the rapid abandonment of most villages and towns, the ordinary people are forced to gather in the counties with higher living costs, which is not a good thing, which will cause a large number of ordinary life difficulties, and then cause chaos, as well as the reduction of the number of births, and the decrease of the number of people, and at the same time bring the lack of succession of monks.

Keeping more than a dozen market towns with a certain scale and their own characteristics should be a more reasonable arrangement, but it is difficult to do this only by relying on the existing resource investment, thinking about it, it is still necessary to rely on the small spirit vein and the cave to maintain popularity, this matter is unavoidable, except for a few villages and towns with minerals, this is the only idea.

After the auction, this matter must be put on the agenda, and the construction of more caves can also allow spirit-level monks to have a place to cultivate with peace of mind, especially for monks with average qualifications, only those caves that have been transformed by the Luo Chuan Great Array cannot cover ordinary spirit-level monks at all.

He was thinking about it, but he felt a gust of fishy wind in the distance, and the shadow quickly dodged and hid in the dark shadows of the ruins, but saw two monks fall to the ground in embarrassment, one of them was wearing a brocade robe, his face was not clear, only one arm was left, his breath was very disordered, it seemed to be a Xuan-level cultivator, a long sword on his waist was tied up indiscriminately, and he didn't even have time to put it in the storage bag, he was carrying a black-clothed monk behind his back, his legs were dripping with blood, and he didn't know where to go, holding a red nameless fruit in his hand, oozing red juice, constantly pouring into the black-clothed monk's body, as if replenishing the blood that had been lost in his legs。

"Yufeng, you go quickly, don't worry about me, Zhao Quanhe can't drag them for long. The sword-wielding monk carefully placed it on the ground, and he immediately persuaded him.

"No," the sword-wielding man flatly refused, "As long as there is a glimmer of life, they should not give up, they will definitely pursue Jindu City, we will take Nanyang City, most of them will not chase after us." ”

"The monk who stepped on the fire, the pursuit method is really weird, and I don't know where it is sacred?" the black-clothed monk sighed, "Maybe the Jindu City is also a sea of fire now. I'm worried that the boss will be more than lucky. ”

"Brother Xu, don't think about it so much, the head of the sect is a pseudo-heaven-level cultivator, and it is not so easy to fall. The sword-wielding man swallowed several pills in a row, carefully felt the breath in the wind, and looked at the fire outside the ruins from a distance, "When I came, I found that there were people around here, and now it seems that there are not many monks among them, so I'll go and investigate?"

"No, don't be exposed easily, just rest here, wait for me to recover a little, and perform another blood escape, and we can approach Nanyang City. When the time comes, you and I will be safe. ”

"By all means, your body, another blood escape, the light is to fall, the heavy is to fall on the spot, we still have to think of other ways, I see that near the bonfire, there seems to be a beast boat to stay, you and I may be able to leave by beast boat, if there is a healing monk on the ship, you can first find a way to heal your and my injuries, otherwise it will be delayed for a long time, and it may be difficult to recover." ”

"Beast ships?"

The eyes of the monk with a broken leg lit up, and he immediately lost his brilliance, "I met the beast ship here, and I was still staying, it must be to avoid our fight, the direction should be to go to Xiaoting City, near Xiaoting City is Lianchi City, the Ling family moved there, you and I went, wouldn't it be a sheep falling into the tiger's mouth?"

"Will the Ling family openly join the traitorous party?"

"Originally, it wouldn't, but after today's war, Shiyou will stand up and cheer for it. ”

Speaking of this, the two of them were silent for a long time, one was disabled, one was seriously injured, two of them were inconvenient, and they couldn't use blood escape, and they couldn't take the beast boat, they were in a dilemma for a while, but fortunately, they should have avoided the pursuers, and their lives should be safe in the short term, but after a long time, the injuries of the two were not optimistic.

Li Yufeng?

The shadow was about to leave, but the sword-wielding monk played out a few cleaning talismans, and by the glimmer of the talisman, Jiang Feng recognized one of the comers, this sword-wielding Xuan-level monk was none other than Li Yufeng, who he had a relationship with when he was in the Hanshan faction to negotiate peace.

That's right, Li Yufeng is also a monk of the Imperial Wind Sect, but he didn't expect that he would also have a part in tonight's fighting method, but it sounds like he was defeated, and he lost very badly, that is to say, Mu Qianxue's side won?

Jiang Feng thought about it, the shadow continued to hide, but the main body stood up, "I'll go and relieve myself." He stood up, and it happened that Yu Xiaozheng was chatting with another monk who came over to chat, and ignored him, only Yu Xiaoman glanced at him suspiciously, but he didn't speak, just turned his head back and looked at the black?? of the distant mountains.

Passing through the knee-high barren grass, Jiang Feng deliberately kicked the gravel all the way, making a loud noise, approaching the ruins, and when his figure was blocked by a broken wall, he dodged and moved quickly, occupying a position where he could advance and retreat.

"Brother Yufeng, can you come out and see you?"

The two people hiding in the dark were shocked, Li Yufeng's scalp was even more numb, he was silent for a moment, and when he saw that the comer had no intention of leaving, he emerged from the ruins and caught a glimpse of Jiang Feng's figure.

"In Jiang Feng, the head of the Lower Shallow Mountain Sect, Brother Yufeng doesn't need to worry. ”

"Is that you?" Li Yufeng stood up from the ruins, his only right hand holding a sword to support his body, but he didn't dare to show the slightest weakness.

"Looks like you're in trouble, do you need help?"

Jiang Feng deliberately made the word "you" heavier, and casually threw out a "Hug Pu Sheng Muscle Pill", which was the ground-level pill obtained from Chu Anlan, which should be very useful for the monk with a broken leg, due to the weak breath and deliberately hidden, Jiang Feng couldn't see the opponent's cultivation realm, but he guessed that if he could escape from Mu Qianxue's pursuit, among the two, there should be at least one ground-level monk, and Li Yufeng was obviously not.

"Huh?"

The Xuan-level Li Yufeng didn't recognize this elixir either, he also heard the hidden meaning in Jiang Feng's words, and knew that the two of them had been exposed, so he no longer covered it up, "Brother Xu, come and see, is this elixir useful?"

"Your friend?"

There was a sound in the darkness, and a faint light appeared, and the hidden person seemed to be discerning the elixir, "You actually have the Pusheng Muscle Pill, very good, thank you! It's a pity that only I can take this elixir, Yufeng, you can only find another way." ”

"It's okay, Master Jiang, thank you. Li Yufeng's defense was reduced a lot, "Why are you here?"

"I went to Xiaoting City to participate in the auction of the Righteous Qi Alliance, and the beast ship stopped here, presumably because of you, right?"

"I'm ashamed!" Li Yufeng didn't want to say more, but just sighed, "Do you have a means of healing?" or do you know that there are healing monks on the beast ship?"

Jiang Feng did have a "Soul Warming Wood Spirit Golden Oak" obtained from the Jindan monk Yan Shujia, which had a certain healing effect, but on the one hand, this thing was only useful to the monks who sacrificed and refined the magic weapons themselves, and on the other hand, they belonged to the human race magic weapons, and they were not easy to reform, so he didn't want to expose his relationship with the human monks, so for Li Yufeng's requirements, the real number could not help.

"Shall I ask?"

"Forget it. Li Yufeng felt that safety came first, and he clearly felt that Xu Youjing's breath behind him had become stable, and it could be seen that the pill provided by Jiang Feng had a good effect, and he was hesitating, and Xu Youjing spoke behind him.

"Xu Youjing is here, thank you to Master Jiang for your help today, he will be rewarded in the future. He seems to be recovering better than Li Yufeng imagined, but the broken leg seems to be unresolved in a short time.

"Polite, polite, a gesture. ”

Jiang Feng just came with the attitude of making friends, it was already good to be able to achieve such an effect, and he was about to talk a few words and deepen his understanding, but he heard a distant horn sound, but it was a signal that the beast ship was going to set off again, and the secret path was almost the same, so he said goodbye to the two of them, carefully passed through several broken walls, secretly joined the shadow, and flew towards the beast ship in three steps and two steps.

"Is this person reliable?" After Jiang Feng left, Xu Youjing's inquiry came from behind the broken wall.

"It's fine. We've had some dealings before. The small sect of the Qianshan Sect, they will not get involved in Mu Qianxue's affairs. Li Yufeng remembered Li Xianwu's old story, not long ago, there was a letter sent by himself to the Warm Valley County of the Asshan Sect, according to the report of the spies, he had been reused by Jiang Feng, and now he was serving as the town guard of the Warm Valley County.

"Let's rest for a while, and immediately rush to Nanyang City, and then rush to Lizhou City of Lizong, I remember, I have an old friend in Lizhou City, maybe he can help us and find a suitable healing monk." ”

"Okay!" Li Yufeng looked at the beast ship that was gradually moving away, after Xu Youjing's injury did not worsen, he also settled down a lot, this battle of Wuling, heavy losses, he estimated that even if he returned to Jindu City, he would be impeached by those old guys, and most of the positions could not be saved, but with Xu Youjing's help, he might only need to lie dormant for two years before he could come back.

Of course, the premise of all this is that the Imperial Wind Sect is still there, Xu Youjing is worried about the affairs of Jindu City, and he is not worried that all the family members are forced by him to stay in Jindu City for this official position.

Jiang Feng got on the beast boat, but he didn't find Yu Chengke's figure, and it wasn't until the boat traveled for half an hour that Yu Chengke stepped on the flying sword, got on the beast boat, and asked Yu Xiaoman if he had found anything abnormal.

"No, only Jiang Feng left for a while, and we were together all the time. Yu Xiaozheng betrayed Jiang Feng with a sentence without any scheming, and Yu Chengke couldn't help but cast an inquiring gaze.

"I'm just going for convenience, the spiritual food provided by this beast ship is free, so I can't help but eat a bit too much. Jiang Feng pretended to be embarrassed and said, but he felt a burst of resentment mixed with hunger on his arm, it should be the apprentice Jiang Chengzi.

"Nothing else found?"

"No, nothing. Jiang Feng said curtly, meeting Yu Xiaoman's gaze, she actually knew that she had nothing to eat, but she didn't seem to have debunked herself.

Jiang Feng didn't dare to confess Li Yufeng, God knows what Yu Chengke had just done, if he showed favor to Mu Qianxue, his efforts would be in vain, and he might be dragged down.

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In the distant city of Jindu, another great war is in a stalemate.