Along the way, Zhou Xiang used his divine sense to guard the Quartet while controlling the puppet's advance, and he followed the route on the map for about five days, killing dozens of low-level demon beasts, and finally encountered a group of humans, more precisely, a caravan when he approached the middle of the mountain range.

Zhou Xiang discovered the other party in advance in his divine sense, and after careful inspection, he confirmed that there were more than thirty of them, most of them were Qi refining cultivators, and the team was led by two foundation building men, one of the old men in the middle of foundation building seemed to be the leader of the entire caravan, and the other seemed to be a middle-aged foundation building early stage monk to assist in commanding on the side.

After weighing it, Zhou Xiang decided to take the initiative to show up.

"Who?" the old man who led the group was the first to notice the anomaly and began to shout loudly. The members of the caravan scattered around heard the warning and got up one after another, quickly forming a defensive formation. Judging from their agile skills and skillful movements, this formation has been rehearsed many times, and they cooperate with each other very tacitly.

Zhou Xiang rode on the back of the puppet and slowly came to the rear of the caravan: "Don't panic, you are a Terran monk who has gone out to practice, and his surname is Zhou, and he is ready to go to the north of Yuanling." For many days I have been walking alone in this barren mountain and wilderness, and when I saw the traces of your caravan when I was bored, I followed him, hoping to go together, and take care of each other, and I did not want to disturb you, and I hope that you will forgive me. With that, he arched his hand towards the caravan.

The old man carefully looked at Zhou Xiang and the big bear under him, and secretly made an assessment in his heart. Seeing Zhou Xiang's dignified appearance again, there was a faint demeanor of everyone in his gestures, and it seemed that he was really a disciple of a certain ethnic group who went out to practice, and his heart was relieved, but he still felt a little wary.

After a moment of silence, the old man arched his hand and said: "Meeting is fate, Zhao Siguang, the elder of the Zhao family in the south of the lower mountain, is also the leader of this caravan. Since they are both Terran monks, and they are all going to the Northern District, it would be best if they could go together. It's just that there is a request below, I hope that Daoist friends and the demon beast under your seat can be the guest secretary we hired and take on the duty of guarding! As for the remuneration, some have discussed, I don't know what the friendship will be?"

The old man saw that Zhou Xiang's cultivation seemed to be inferior to himself, but the demon beast under the seat was very extraordinary, rather than refusing the other party to leave the trouble, it was better to put it in the bright place and spend some spirit stones to buy peace. In this way, if Zhou Xiang is a friend, it will be an extra help, and if it is an enemy, it can be monitored at any time.

Zhou Xiang smiled: "Don't hide it, my mount is just a beast-type puppet." Since the Taoist friends invited him, Zhou thanked him a lot. Being able to walk with your caravan, so as not to have a lonely journey, I am already very satisfied, and there is no need to mention the reward. ”

Hearing Zhou Xiang's request, Zhao Siguang didn't force it, but took a few more glances at the big bear puppet. Thinking that the puppet mount under this person's crotch was lifelike and must be extremely valuable, it can be seen that his net worth is absolutely rich, and the possibility of the other party robbing his caravan has been greatly reduced. In addition, the other party does not want to be paid, so he obviously doesn't look down on his own spirit stone. Thinking of this, he looked at the rather high-end storage bag on Zhou Xiang's waist again, and was sure of his own judgment.

"In this way, my Zhao clan caravan officially welcomes Zhou Daoyou to join. ”

"Thank you! Zhou Lin, a disciple of the Sanqing Sect in the left area of the water!" Zhou Xiang introduced himself.

Although he had never heard of any sects in Shuizuo District, Zhao Siguang still expressed great respect for Zhou Xiang, and by the way, he introduced the middle-aged monk beside him to Zhou Xiang, this person's name is Zhao Siwei, and he is also the elder of the Zhao family.

When talking about his family, Zhao Siguang seemed to deliberately show off that there were more than a dozen elders. Zhou Xiang knew in his heart that a dozen elders were more than a dozen foundation building period monks, and this strength was already commendable in some small families.

Due to the addition of Zhou Xiang, the strength of the caravan has increased again, and after resting for a while, everyone continues to move forward. Zhou Xiang volunteered to ride the big bear in front to open the way, while Zhao Civic was arranged to respond at the back of the team, and the old man commanded in the center. Next to Zhou Xiang is a man with the eighth layer of Qi refining, named Zhao Sihai, who is the same generation as Zhao Civic and Zhao Siguang in terms of generation, and he talks very aggressively, and after a while, he is very familiar with Zhou Xiang. From his mouth, Zhou Xiang learned that the Zhao family was one of the five major families in Shannan District, and had its own business routes, and a large part of them coincided with the secret paths on Zhou Xiang's map, but the routes into and out of the mountain were slightly different. In addition, due to the large number of demon beasts in the mountains and the dangers, the caravan secret path is the safest route for countless families to travel out with blood and life, during which powerful demon beasts have been recorded in the family, and many places are passed by, especially when it is confirmed that this route will pass through the edge of the ninth-level demon beast territory, Zhou Xiang also has a little drum in his heart, it is comparable to the big demon of the god monk, it is estimated that these people will die without a place to bury themselves if they move their fingers. However, he also thought that these caravans had been doing business for thousands of years, and from time to time they would fine-tune their routes according to the situation, rather than giving up trade, indicating that the safety of crossing the source ridge could still be guaranteed.

Zhao Sihai's subsequent words also confirmed Zhou Xiang's thoughts: "Let me ask an adult who will compete with a few small insects that crawl past his door? Absolutely not! In the eyes of the ninth-level demon beasts, we people, even if we are Jindan monks, are estimated to be not much different from ants, and people don't bother to do it at all." ”

"So the more powerful the demon beasts, the less worried our caravan is, but what we have to watch out for are those second- and third-level demon beasts, they are the most widely distributed, and things that fight for territory with each other also happen from time to time, so the caravan needs to build a foundation monk to suppress the formation. Of course, for most of the monsters, we can avoid them, but we can't fight them, as long as we are careful, we can basically pass safely on the specific route of the caravan. ”

Then Zhao Sihai also explained to Zhou Xiang the principle of choosing the path of the caravan, because the high-level demon beasts are very good at choosing the cave, where there is either abundant spiritual energy, or there are genius earth treasures, so the secret paths are distributed in areas with poor spiritual energy and an environment that is not suitable for the growth of genius earth treasures, and the safety is very high. Hearing this, Zhou Xiang was a little abrupt, it is really a matter of learning everywhere in life.

The caravan also confirmed Zhao Sihai's statement along the way, the most powerful demon beast they encountered on this trip was only the first level, and they were killed in a few hits, the second level was extremely rare, and the third level was not encountered at all, and the whole journey was thrilling and dangerous. Zhou Xiang was in a hurry during the day these days, and took turns on duty with Zhao Siguang and Zhao Civic at night, exchanging cultivation experiences when he was free, and his life was leisurely.

After a few days of travel, the caravan was about to approach the edge of the territory of the legendary ninth-level demon beast, and after this section was the road out of the mountain, Zhou Xiang was not surprised or happy on the surface, but he was a little nervous in his heart.

Zhao Siguang, who has decades of experience, is commanding as usual and calm, this time he personally opened the way, Zhao Civic dealt with the aftermath, and Zhou Xiang was arranged in the center. According to Zhao Siguang, it is better for everyone to be careful in the territory of the ninth-level demon beasts, he should lead the team if he is familiar with the road, Zhou Xiang is the first time to enter the mountain, and he can take care of the caravan in the center.

Zhou Xiang understood in his heart that the other party was afraid that he would cause something for no reason to attract the attention of the ninth-level demon beast and bring trouble to the caravan. He didn't care about himself, so he obediently obeyed the other party's arrangement, put away the puppet and let go of his divine sense in the middle of the team to be patient and vigilant, and the whole caravan moved quietly without hurrying, even Zhao Sihai, who usually talked a lot, kept silent at this time, and just followed the team mechanically.

At noon, they finally came to the edge of the territory of the ninth-level demon beast, even if they stood at the very edge, Zhou Xiang could still feel the strong pressure from the depths of the mountain, and there was a feeling of destruction from the divine sense, under this coercion, the whole world became bleak, and the spiritual power in the body was difficult to mobilize, and there was a deep sense of powerlessness that enveloped Zhou Xiang's entire body, as if everything about himself, including life and death, was controlled by the other party.

It turned out that the gap between his cultivation and that of the shape-shifting demon beast was so big, just being on the edge of the opponent's territory had been completely suppressed, and he couldn't afford to have any sense of resistance. Zhou Xiang even had a feeling that if the other party wanted to deal with the entire caravan, he didn't even need to use his hands, he could do it with just one thought. Just as he was sighing, the yellow jade stone on his neck suddenly slowly released a force, protecting Zhou Xiang's body, and the spiritual power in his body also recovered, and the somewhat unstable Dao heart in his consciousness began to calm down.

"Huh?" Zhou Xiang was secretly surprised, this yellow jade that is usually used as a decoration still has this effect? Although his divine sense is still suppressed within a radius of a few zhang at present, the spiritual power restriction has completely disappeared, and the feeling of life and death being controlled is also much weaker. Zhou Xiang even felt a sense of arrogance rise in his heart, what could the nine-layer demon beast do? As long as he insisted on cultivating to the stage of transforming into a god, with the Feihong Sword Technique, even if it was a shape-shifting demon beast, why would he be afraid of a battle?

Zhou Xiang, who had regained his confidence, followed the middle of the group and walked along the foot of the mountain, all moving forward mechanically, occasionally passing on information, and mostly using gestures. After walking like this for a long time, the caravan did not encounter any demon beasts, it is estimated that they were affected by coercion, and the instinct of the demon beasts prompted them to stay away from this area.