Zhao Er didn't know anything else, but when he heard Kong Rui say "absolutely not", he gave up, so he asked Kong Rui again: "Then Brother Kong went to retrieve those energy crystals this time, how long will it take to return?"

"It can be as little as ten days, and at most a month to come back. Kong Rui thought for a moment.

"Isn't Brother Kong able to soar through the clouds, how come there is so much time?" Zhao Er was very strange and hurriedly asked.

"This place has been in the fall for many years, and the local cultivators are either killed or flee to the mainland, or they are confined to the vicinity of the sect and are not allowed to go too far, presumably it will be extremely difficult to meet them outside, so I don't dare to drive the clouds away, otherwise it will be very easy to attract the attention of the demon cultivators, and the gains will outweigh the losses. Kong Rui explained it to him.

"I see, I'll send you out in a moment. Zhao Er nodded.

"Then thank Second Brother Zhao. Kong Rui said.

The two talked about how to be better in the future mining valley, until midnight, Kong Rui saw that the time was almost up, so Zhao Er sent him out of the city gate, and the two cherished each other, and Kong Rui left quickly.

Kong Rui originally thought of replacing the energy crystals in the forbidden disk with all the energy crystals in his puppet, but after thinking about it, there would be no fifth-order puppets to use on his way from here to Suidu, and the risk was too great, so he decided to go to Suidu by himself and get back those crystals before making plans.

Kong Rui naturally knew that after the withdrawal of the Qi Xun troops, there would definitely be some masters left behind to prevent people from being sent to pursue him in the mine, so as soon as he came out of the valley, he did not walk along the main road, but directly performed light skills and walked into the vast mountains.

Two days later, in the morning, Kong Rui had already walked out of the mountains, and as soon as he used his mana slightly, he found that he no longer felt any mana suppression, but he still felt the talisman that could conceal his breath and stuck it on his chest, and walked all the way south. Kong Rui knew that all the way to the south was the direction of Suidu, after all, it was still very close to the mining valley, and there were still a lot of soldiers and horses nearby, and he didn't want to stay here too much and cause unnecessary trouble.

After walking for another half a day, Kong Rui saw a small town in front of him from a distance, and Kong Rui thought that it was already some distance from the mining valley, and there should be no soldiers there, so he walked towards the town. After walking for a while, Kong Rui noticed that there was something abnormal, and he sensed that there were many people in the town, and he also faintly heard the noisy human voices.

As soon as he saw the abnormality, Kong Rui immediately became cautious, stopped and walked to a tree on the side of the road to observe it carefully. And sure enough, after a while, many people were driven out. Those people seemed to have some pots and bowls of rice, bedding and clothes and other daily necessities, cursing in a low voice, but did not dare to resist, after walking out of the town did not go far, the people found some dry flat land and stopped, stationed in each family, and a small group of Qiqian soldiers also appeared at the gate of the town, while sentry, while monitoring these people.

Seeing this situation, Kong Rui immediately understood, it turned out that the soldiers wanted to live in this town, so they occupied the houses of these people; but after thinking about it, Kong Rui also felt very strange, most of the soldiers and horses here were evacuated from the mine valley, why did they just withdraw from the mountainous area, but did not return to the station, but stationed in this town, which is only half a day's away from the mountainous area? And they also forcibly occupied the houses of the people, and it seems that the time of stationing will not be short, is it that they still have to be ready to attack the mine valley at any time, so they have not withdrawn to the station?

Kong Rui thought that now Zhao Er and Yang Liqing had established a good trust, with Yang Liqing here, the mine valley would not be easily breached, and he would be able to come back in twenty or so days at most, and he should be able to return there before the Yi people attacked the mine valley again; and there were also many eyeliners in the mine valley outside the mountains, so he should know that the soldiers and horses had not gone far, so he didn't want to report to Zhao Er and the others at the moment, and he no longer wanted to enter the town, so he walked south from the side path.

The Northland is vast and sparsely populated, and Kong Rui had no choice but to embark on the main road first, finding a place with a lot of people to mix in it and walk forward together. Just stayed overnight and walked for another eight or nine days, and at noon that day, Kong Rui saw the city tower of Suidu from afar.

On the way, Kong Rui had already learned the contact information of the hidden pile from his master, and knew that the location of the hidden pile was a shop selling forage for mules and horses on the edge of the mule and horse market in the south of the capital city, so he directly found the mule and horse market in the south of the city, and now lived in a nearby inn.

With that experience in his childhood, Kong Rui became extra cautious in contacting the hidden pile, and the next morning, Kong Rui first went to the shop that sold forage for a turn, but did not find anything abnormal.

Early in the morning, there were no customers in the store, so Kong Rui walked into the store, and the guy saw someone coming to the door, so he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Do you want to buy some forage?"

Kong Rui replied according to the code: "Yes, I want to buy some forage to feed the chickens." ”

"We can only feed the sheep, not the chickens. The guy was a little stunned, but said anyway.

"I'm not just feeding the chickens, I'm feeding the fish. Kong Rui said.

The guy glanced outside and said to Kong Rui, "Guest officer, please come with me." He led Kong Rui to the backyard, and after entering a room, he said to Kong Rui: "Guest officer, please wait, the shopkeeper will come soon." With that, the man turned and went out.

Kong Rui looked around and saw that this room was also very simple, indeed like a small shop that only bought and sold mules and horses and forage, Kong Rui thought that this hidden pile should indeed be very cautious and cover up very secretly.

Kong Rui was thinking wildly, only to hear footsteps outside, only to see a middle-aged man in his forties push the door in, and when he saw Kong Rui waiting there, he asked again: "Does the guest officer want to buy forage to feed the sheep?"

"I have twenty chickens and one fish to feed. Kong Rui replied according to the code.

As soon as the man heard this, he knew that it was correct, so he stretched out his hand and pressed it on a place on the wall, only to see a secret compartment on the wall, and the man took out a storage bag from the hidden compartment and handed it to Kong Rui and said, "This is what the guest officer wants, please put it away." ”

Kong Rui hesitated for a moment, but still reached out to take it.

The man smiled and said, "Don't worry, the small shop will definitely not be short of catties and twos, just check it." ”

Kong Rui heard his hint and knew that the isolation here should be done well, so he reached out, checked the contents of the storage bag, and saw that it was indeed correct, so he said to the man: "Thank you." Then he got up and took his leave.

When the middle-aged man saw Kong Rui leaving, he turned his hand and took out a communication array disk, typed a few words on it, and received a reply after a while. Seeing that he had successfully obtained all the spars, Kong Rui felt that there was nothing to do in Suidu, so he set off to rush back to the mine valley. On this way, Kong Rui was still cautious, and within a day, he returned to the vicinity of the Suishan Mountains, he had been thinking about his exile status, worried about bringing great disasters to others, so he didn't dare to drive away the clouds along the way, tried to hide his breath, and just wanted to leave quickly after finishing the matter. This time he returned to the Suishan Mine Valley, Kong Rui had already planned, as soon as he got there, he would exchange all the energy crystals on the forbidden disk, and he would leave immediately after staying for one more day at most.

Last time, he knew that some of the soldiers had not withdrawn, Kong Rui thought that it had been nearly twenty days, and he didn't know if these soldiers and horses were still here, so he deliberately went around several nearby towns, and what made him feel strange was that these soldiers and horses were still stationed in the town, and it seemed that they had no intention of withdrawing to the garrison immediately. Kong Rui didn't think much about it, so he took advantage of the cover of the night to pass through the sentry post of the Qiqian soldiers and went straight back to the mine valley.