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"Shanggou Mountain Red Sand Valley" is located at the east foot of the 800-mile Chili Mountain, about 4500 miles away from the "Chili City". Qi'an Village was originally the fiefdom of Guo Sheng, a monk who built the foundation, and there were probably more than 300 households. 16,700 people. There is a small spiritual vein passing through the ground, and the red sand soil around it is suitable for planting "red fire grass". Although it can't catch up with the income of the spiritual fields around the main peak of Chili Mountain, it is at least three times higher than the income of ordinary Guo family fiefdoms.

Guo Sheng fell in the same mission as Guo Chuan, so the fiefdom of Qi'an Village was vacant. The fiefdoms of the monks of the Xiuzhen family are rarely inherited to their descendants, unless they have made great contributions to the family. Otherwise, it is generally assigned to other monks.

It stands to reason that this kind of fiefdom will definitely not fall into the hands of Guo An, a monk in the Qi cultivation period. However, due to Guo Lu's unclear motives, 100 of the households were assigned to Guo An.

According to the investigation of the housekeeper Guo Linsheng, the "red fire grass" in Qi'an Village was plagued by the "fire green insects". Now it is the season to harvest the "red fire grass", and the yield reduction is certain.

For Guo An, who is short of money, it is even more inflammatory. To put it mildly, even if you run away, you will also need to pay for the road (spirit stone)!

Guo An hated Guo Lu so much that he really wanted to drag him out to shoot a hundred times, a hundred times!

After thinking for a moment, Guo An made a decision, "Just take this opportunity to go out and avoid the limelight." ”

Called Uncle Chen, explained some trivial matters, and left him more than a dozen low-level spirit runes and some spirit stones. Then after saying goodbye to his parents and visiting his grandparents, he rode out of Chili City alone and headed towards Qi'an Village.

Twenty miles out of the city gate, Guo An slowed down his horse.

Looking back at Chi Licheng, Guo An was full of emotion.

At this point, it was nearly dusk. The sun was about to set, and half of his body was obscured by the city. The dim light is soft and lifeless, but there is a calming and calming atmosphere.

The area around Chili City is populated, the fields are orderly, and the villages are scattered. The monks were deaf and clear, the smoke from the cooking in the village was faint, and the cries of chickens and dogs were clear to the ears. With the sunset at dusk and the sparse number of pedestrians, an ideal world of small countries and widows emerges.

However, this reassuring and warm atmosphere was quickly broken.

"Da Da Da ... "A group of five or six horsemen galloped from afar. Passing by Guo An, all the knights turned their heads to look at Guo An. Indeed, it is very surprising for a teenager of Guo An's age to go out alone. But the crowd didn't stop asking and went straight to Chili City. Those who walk the rivers and lakes know the most important principle--- don't make extraneous branches.

Guo An, who was ruined in his state of mind, no longer nostalgic and moved forward.

Before dark, Guo An spent money to borrow a night in a farmhouse. On the second day, I set off at dawn and stopped all the way. It is convenient for the monks to get around, and all the belongings are in storage bags. If it weren't for the lack of flying magic weapons, who would still be able to ride a horse! Of course, if you are light and kung fu, you can also use your feet to hurry.

Passing through the redwood forest at noon, I came across a checkpoint. There is a detection circle in the outpost, which can detect the whereabouts of monks within a certain range. A four-layer Qi cultivation monk came out of the outpost to investigate.

The competition among the families in the land of Bai'an is fierce, so each family guards their own territory very strictly, lest it be exploited by other families.

Within the scope of the Guo family's rule, such outposts are not a few. All the larger villages and towns, the main roads, rivers and waterways, dangerous locations and higher peaks are equipped with checkpoints, and a team of monks is stationed inside. Depending on the importance of their location, the number of monks assigned and the level of cultivation will vary. The monks stationed at the key checkpoints are all monks surnamed Guo of the Guo family. Guo An's cousin Guo Gu is the commander of a sentry post. He is stationed at the sentry post on the west side bordering the "Li family" of the thousand-year-old family of "Wuxian Mountain". The Li family was also a medium-sized family and had territorial disputes with the Guo family. Guo Gu's checkpoint is an important but unflattering place.

The redwood forest checkpoint is more important, and there is a special product "fire bee" in the redwood forest, and the "red flame honey" produced is the spiritual material for alchemy and winemaking. It is one of the important goods sold by the Guo family.

Identify yourself and follow the garrison monk into the outpost and meet the garrison commander. The redwood forest is not a dangerous place, and the leader is a side monk of the Guo family named Guo Qi, who is a cultivator of the Great Perfection of Qi Cultivation.

Some of the rulers of dangerous places were even foundation-building monks. For example, in the southern Baifeng Ridge where Ba Qingshan was born, there is a "Jietian Peak" outpost, whose role is to suppress the demon beasts in the Baifeng Ridge. Baifengling is the place where the Guo family keeps low-level demon beasts. Recently, there was a "Black Wind Tiger" in the foundation building period in Baifeng Ridge, which expanded the territory and squeezed the territory of the Golden Tooth Storm Ape, causing the Bajiazhuang in Ba Qingshan to be affected.

The portable jade plaque was activated, and a group of fiery red peaks appeared in the air, the main peak in the middle was tall and majestic, and the remaining seven peaks were clustered around the main peak. Each of the eight peaks is distinctly different. One of the peaks has a distinct highlight. The bright spot quickly grew larger and deformed, and the word "An" floated halfway up the mountain.

After confirming Guo An's identity, Commander Guo Qi talked to Guo An for a few words, encouraged Guo An and let him go.

At the beginning of the morning of the third day, Guo An came to the Gaoshiling outpost. This is just an ordinary outpost, and after the outpost, it is the Red Sand Valley. The leader was born in the Jiang family, a small family of the vassal Guo family. Commander Jiang was a monk of the seventh level of Qi training, and with a few words of flattery, he sent Guo An to the sentry post.

Seeing Guo An leave, until he disappeared from sight, Commander Jiang's henchman cautiously asked, "Since the commander values Guo An so much, why don't you remind him to stay away from the danger of Qi'an Village?"

"This kid is only a ten-year-old cultivator at the fifth level of Qi cultivation, and he dares to go out and walk alone. If he grows up, he will definitely be terrible. The more talented the Guo family is, the more difficult it will be for our small families. So it's better that the genius of the Guo family is still dead. "If it weren't for the fact that this henchman was a close relative of Commander Jiang, Commander Jiang would not have said these words to him.

After passing the high stone ridge, I crossed a small stream after a few turns. I entered the Red Sand Valley.

Along the way, the mountains are gentle and the trees are dense, the birds are singing in the deep mountains, and the water is murmuring, and the scenery is beautiful. Guo An had no intention of browsing.

The mouth of the valley is narrow, but the inner area is not small. The aura in the valley is slightly stronger than that of the outside world, but it is not of much benefit to the monks in the qi cultivation period.

What catches your eye is a large field.

The outermost quacks are grown with ordinary crops, that is, the food eaten by the common farmers. Even ordinary crops are growing better than crops in the fields outside the valley. The yield is also a little higher.

Inside is a high-grade farmland, and the "fire rice" of Banling Valley is planted. The cultivation of rice requires a lot of manpower and material resources, especially fertilizer. Otherwise, within three years, a piece of land will be barren and uncultivateable, and will become a wasteland. The production of fertilizer was in the hands of the monks. In Chili Mountain, the Guo family is the biggest monopolist.

There is a large open space between the "fire" field and the ordinary farmland, and this special low bush is planted on the border. The bushes emit a special odor, which can effectively kill the pests in ordinary farmland, isolating the two fields.

In the Xiuzhen realm, semi-spiritual objects such as "fire rice", "Qingling", "earth melon" and "wood fruit" are mainly used to raise half-spirit animals. And the half-spirit beast is the main food for raising advanced spirit beasts and demon beasts.

Of course, among mortals, half-spirit objects and half-spirit beasts such as "fire rice" contain some slight aura, and are the main ingredients of martial artists, especially innate martial artists.

And the qi refiners with net worth eat real spirit valleys and spirit beasts or demon beasts. The difference between a spirit beast and a demon beast is a bit like the difference between a poultry and a wild animal, but the difference is larger. You can't just say it all in one word.

Guo An has rarely eaten at the same table with his parents since he cultivated. His food has been arranged by his grandfather Guo Chuan until now. So many years of expenses is not a small number. Guo An's careful-eyed uncle Guo Lan wrote another one for Guo An.

Now Guo An's food, his parents can't eat it at all, and mortals can't make up for it.

Guo An was a little puzzled, now that the autumn harvest is approaching, no one can be seen in the entire valley and in the entire field, it seems a little abnormal. The thought disappeared from my mind as soon as it appeared.

Leading the horse and passing through the "Huomi" field along the path on the edge of the field, it is a village. The perimeter of the stockade is a two-zhang high stone fence with a thickness of four meters. Most of the houses in the stockade are made of stone. This is to prevent the attack of monsters in the mountains. Anyway, in this world of powerful monks, it is not too difficult to build an ordinary village city. The trouble is to press the defensive formation and rune ban on the city. Of course, this kind of small village definitely has no formations and prohibitions. However, there is a "Red Fire Grass" spirit field here, so it is not far from the Gaoshiling outpost, and generally no demon beasts dare to come to make trouble. The demon beasts that came to make trouble were all in the belly of the monk.

After the village, there is a large area of "red fire grass" spiritual field. There is also a shrub interval between the Lingtian and the "Huomi" field.

If you want to have a spiritual field, you must have a spiritual vein underground. Therefore, compared to ordinary arable farmland, the number of spiritual fields is still extremely rare.

Guo An did not rush into the village, but went to observe Lingtian first. In the Lifeng School, Guo An systematically learned the cultivation of "red fire grass". The direction of the family's teaching methods is worth pondering.

"Qi'an Village has two low-level Lingzhifu stationed in the "Chili Mansion", they will use the "Xiao Geng Jin Decision" to get rid of insects, and Guo Sheng has removed insects once before he fell, so the insect plague in Lingtian here should not be too serious. This time, I also brought a spirit rune that copied the "Gengjin Jue", which was enough to kill insects. It is still possible to save half of the harvest this year. ”

Walking through the bushes that emitted a strong odor, Guo An saw that his eyes were full of devastation, and a cool breath rushed from the Tianling cover to the soles of his feet.

Immediately entering the late autumn season, the "red fire grass" that is about to be harvested should be knee-high and crimson, standing upright in the spiritual field waiting for the final ripening.

But what Guo An saw was a bare field covered with red grass stubble - there was not a single intact "red fire grass", only the stalks. Finger-length, blue-red "green fireflies" spread like a carpet all over the earth. The defense, water and temperature control arrays arranged in the spiritual field have been completely destroyed!

It's like a locust plague of grasslands and farmland!

"No production, no harvest!"

Guo An was furious and angry!

But instantly suppressed the anger and calmed the emotions. He learned the lesson of his time in Chili City.

According to common sense, each low-level spiritual planter can take care of ten to thirty acres of different spiritual fields according to their different cultivations, and each acre of spiritual fields must have at least ten farmers on standby. Of course, the high-level spiritual field is completely served by qi refiners. According to the Guo family's regulations, there was a disaster in Lingtian, and the people should have done whatever it took to get rid of insects, even with their lives. But at this moment, there was no one in the spiritual field. Looking back at the village, some of the leaders stood on the wall, looking at Guo An from a distance, their numb eyes were clearly visible, and some people had gloating expressions on their faces. Seeing Guo An looking back, the leaders immediately retreated from the wall and disappeared from Guo An's sight.

"Gao Shiling's surname Jiang should be damned!"

The importance of Lingtian is undoubted for the Guo family. The Lingtian in Qi'an Village is out of production, and the Gaoshiling outpost that is close at hand will not be unaware.

"There's a problem, there's a big problem!" Suddenly, it seemed that a veil covering the soul was lifted, "There is something strange in Qi'an Village!"

A strong sense of crisis came to my heart, "Run, get out of here immediately!"

Guo An added a "magic technique" to himself, abandoned his horse, and ran towards the deep mountains in the south, without choosing the direction of Gaoshiling.

In the blink of an eye, Guo An had already run out of more than thirty zhang.

"Boy, stop!" a violent cry came from the village. A boat-shaped ritual vessel carrying two monks rushed out of Qi'an Village, and chased Guo An through the sky with a whistling sound. The distance between the two is rapidly narrowing.

"Damn, it's a flying magic weapon!" Guo An scolded secretly. While running, Guo An suddenly dodged and jumped away to the right.

"Bang!" a fireball shot out from the flying boat in mid-air and smashed into the path that Guo An had traveled before jumping out, blasting a large crater on the ground.

After Guo An entered the firing range, the short monk who was driving the flying boat scolded viciously while controlling the flying boat, "Boy, you can't escape, surrender quickly, Lao Tzu will spare your life." Otherwise, when the uncle catches you, he will definitely pick your skin and cramps, and dig out your heart and lungs. Surrender quickly, you little mouse!" he kept shouting and scolding all the way, and the person who looked fierce and spoke fiercely, and the people who saw him definitely did not make "the child stop crying" at a low level.

Another tall monk held a red ball-shaped magic weapon "Blazing Flame Bead" in his hand, and injected mana to send out an attack spell "Fireball Technique", attacking Guo An intensively like rain.

"Bang bang bang... ”

Guo An is highly concentrated, and can always judge the trajectory of the fireball during the run to dodge in advance. His mind was calm and unfazed.

The two sides attacked and defended, and although the fighting momentum was fierce, Guo An was unscathed. The two sides are like a well-trained and skillful performance.

Although Guo An jumped left and left, rushed forward and retreated, the general direction has always been to break through to the deep mountains in the south. The deep mountains and forests are dense, and the role of the flying boat cannot be played.

"The kid below is also a fifth-level Qi cultivator. ”

Seeing Guo An jumping around like a horse monkey and a gopher but never being able to hit, the two monks on the flying boat became impatient. According to this trend, even if Guo An escaped into the dense forest, neither of them would be able to attack Guo An. The two looked at each other and nodded at the same time.

The attack suddenly doubled and intensified, forcing Guo An to retreat in great strides. The flying boat accelerated past Guo An and intercepted the direction of Guo An's southern escape. The short monk chanted a spell to output mana, shrinking the boat into a storage bag. The two monks landed on the ground, trying to capture Guo An in close combat.

The short monk held a blood-colored banner in his hand, and a fierce aura came out of his body. The "Blood Soul Banner" that passed down from the Blood Demon Sect was one of the most famous low-level demonic artifacts in the cultivation realm. This kind of demonic magic weapon is easy to practice, and it can be continuously improved by taking the blood and soul cultivation of ordinary people, without the need for the cultivator to work hard to cultivate. When facing enemies, release the Blood Demon Head, drain the enemy's blood and devour the enemy's soul. It is an extremely vicious Yin Damage Magic Weapon.

The tall monk holds a "blazing fireball" in his left hand and a cyan short sword in his right hand, which is also an atmosphere that no one can approach.

In hand-to-hand combat, Guo An Yiran did not refuse. Sensing it, the mana fluctuations of the two monks in front of him, one is eight layers and the other is seven layers.

Without waiting for the two to gain a firm foothold, Guo An attacked first. "It's not that the eighth-layer Qi cultivator hasn't been killed!"

Raising his hand, he threw out a "Gengjin Fu", and a Gengjin sword qi hit the tall monk directly.

Then, with the sword as a guide, after running two steps, he kicked his body into the air and flew straight to the short monk holding the flag.

The short monk monk just wanted to open his mouth to scold but was interrupted by Guo An's offensive, the swear words were blocked back into his mouth, he felt extremely aggrieved and resentful, and his right hand waved the blood soul flag violently. A blood light quickly rushed towards Guo An, and the blood soul demon was hidden in the blood light. If you are entered by the Blood Soul Demon Head, even the monks in the foundation building period will also fall. "The kid at the fifth layer of the Qi training period also dares to make a move on me, eating the bear's heart and leopard's gall!"

While the tall monk dodged the Gengjin sword qi, a blazing fireball flew out, blocking Guo An's way of life and preventing Guo An from escaping the attack of the Blood Soul Banner.

Seeing the blood light rushing towards him, Guo An was in danger, and the tip of the sword continuously slashed diagonally on the ground, picking up large pieces of dirt, changing the trajectory and speed of gliding, and the height of his body decreased sharply, almost touching the ground.

Blood and fireballs collided with the splashing dirt one after another, and the heat of the fireballs instantly evaporated the water in the dirt and exploded, causing a cloud of dust that obscured the sight of the tall monks. The energy of the fireball's explosion also shielded the two of them from induction.

Two streams of energy swept over Guo An's body, and cold and high temperature enveloped Guo An one after another.

Guo An continued to kick the ground with both feet, his speed suddenly increased, and he changed direction and rushed out of the dust, attacking the legs of the tall monk.