Journey to the head

Chapter 19 Encountering barren mountains on the road
Several of them worked hard and had reference to the cultivation experience of the elders in the classics. Even though they were in the wilderness, they felt quite diligent.

Before they knew it, more than half a month had passed. The three of them had been flying all the way, crossing six counties and escaping five thousand miles away.

Although most of the power of the flying boat is provided by the spirit stones in the flying array, it still depends on the monks to adjust the direction and speed.Not only does it consume spiritual power, but the wilderness scenery along the way is similar, and flying for a long time is also quite tiring. Now even Baitao has no interest in lying on the side of the boat and looking into the distance.

But these days are coming to an end after all. A few days ago, Jiang Qingfeng came back from a medium-sized city and found that Lu Gan’s reward order on the market notice board had been almost covered by new information, and no one in the city was talking about it. this matter.

Theoretically speaking, as long as Lu Gan wears the human skin mask, he can enter and leave the city without any worries, and even Qing Feng can take off the mask.After all, this place is too far away from Quyang County, so there is basically no problem of exposing his identity and attracting attention.

However, after careful consideration, Lu Gan decided to enter the territory of Cangzhou and then remove the disguise after making sure everything was safe.Judging from the latest map brought back by Qing Feng, it would take more than 1000 miles to reach Cangzhou in four or five days.

This whole journey was all driven by flying boats, which consumed a lot of spiritual stones.This is also an important reason why Qi practicing monks rarely choose to travel long distances using flying magic weapons.

With no way out, Lu Gan had to ask Qing Feng to exchange another piece of spiritual crystal to maintain daily consumption.

While he was in a trance, he heard Jiang Qingfeng at the bow of the boat in front of him. He looked up and saw a dangerous peak appearing in front of him.

This mountain has a ferocious appearance. There are obviously dense woods at the foot of the mountain, but the top of the mountain is rugged, barren of grass, and shrouded in a thin layer of mist.

Lu Gan frowned: "Senior sister, this mountain looks quite dangerous. Let's go around it."

Qing Feng nodded, and just as he was about to operate, he heard Baitao shouting: "There is a village over there!"

The two of them followed the sound and saw a large open space in the woods at the foot of the mountain in front of them. There was a small village in the center of the open space. A dirt road led from the village and wound through the woods. It went nowhere.

Lu Gan didn't want to be seen by mortals, so he took two invisibility charms.The flying boat passed over the village in an arc, and just as it was about to swerve around, Baitao exclaimed again: "What are they doing!"

Feizhou slowed down.I saw a large group of people gathered in the open space in front of the village.These villagers were in ragged clothes and surrounded by several rattan cages.They seemed to be divided into two groups. They were agitated, cursed, and cried. Lu Gan could hear them clearly in mid-air.

It seems that one group of people is carrying the rattan cage to leave the village, and another group of people is blocking it. The two groups of people are pushing and shoving, and the scene is chaotic.At this moment, a neatly dressed old man rushed out. He yelled at the group of people who were blocking them, and stretched out his crutch to hit them hard several times.The crowd slowly dispersed, and a dozen villagers walked out carrying the rattan cages.

"Senior sister, let's go." After a few glances, Baitao's curiosity was satisfied, and Lu Gan didn't want to meddle in other people's business, so he prepared to leave.

At this time, Jiang Qingfeng suddenly exclaimed: "Junior brother, there are children in that cage!"

Lu Qian looked intently. At this time, the crowd dispersed and the rattan cages were exposed. There were two or three young children in each cage, crying and struggling.

Lu Qian was shocked. The words "selling his wife and selling his wife" flashed through his mind.Although this group of people were in ragged clothes, their bodies were strong and they looked like ordinary farmers. They were not hungry people by any means and did not need to sell their children or daughters to make a living.

Those children looked to be only five or six years old, about the same age as Taotao.He was carried behind him by the villagers, crying heartbreakingly, and several arms stretched out from the rattan cage and kept waving.

Several women suddenly jumped out of the crowd and chased them, crying, as if they were crazy. They were immediately pushed to the ground by the people around them.

Seeing this situation, Baitao turned around and said with tears in his eyes: "Brother, please save them."

Qing Feng was also shaking with anger. She was about to get off the flying boat, but Lu Gan sighed: "Senior sister, we can't interfere. Don't you remember the ban on immortals?"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand.I saw a three-foot-high flagpole erected at the entrance of the village, with a flag hanging on it and the three characters "Shengyimen" written in flying colors.

Seeing this situation, Qing Feng was stunned.The immortal ban is an iron law that has been subtly formed in the world of cultivation for 2 years and is observed by all sects. Anyone who violates it will not be tolerated by the world.

One of them is that monks are not allowed to contact mortals in other people's sect territory in any way, except for mortal servants in the market.

Fundamentally speaking, this article is for the sect to protect its own interests.Ensure that within the scope of your own territory, the "spiritual seedlings" born among mortals with spiritual roots and capable of becoming monks can only be admitted into your own sect.It is forbidden for outside monks to pick "spiritual seedlings" from their territory.

The villagers carried their children and walked toward the mountain peak.A woman in the crowd suddenly fainted and fell to the ground. People around her rushed to rescue her.

Jiang Qingfeng gritted his teeth and said: "Junior brother, although there is a ban on immortality, there are no other monks in the barren mountains and mountains. If we save people and leave, who will know that we did it?"

Lu Gan sighed again, of course he understood this.It is impossible for the sect to keep an eye on its own territory every day, and there will naturally be many people who violate the ban. Otherwise, if there are so many casual cultivators in the world, where will they find successors?

But in the disputes between mortals, as a passing monk, how can he rashly participate in the dispute without understanding the cause?There are many examples of good intentions leading to bad things in this world.Besides, they themselves are still on the road of exile, so it is not appropriate to cause trouble.

Just as he was about to persuade him again, he suddenly saw a ray of light coming from under the foot of the mountain, flying towards here!

The two people hurriedly controlled the flying boat, floated downwards, and hid in a tree canopy.

The escaping light flew closer, but it was a blue boat-shaped magic weapon. It landed in front of the villagers carrying children, and three monks jumped out.

The villagers hurriedly knelt down and worshiped, but the leading monk threw up his long sleeves and used a spell to slam these people to the ground.

Still not satisfied with this, he heard him curse loudly again, his voice drifting in the wind. Lu Qian could vaguely hear it: "Untouchable, I said noon is coming, noon is coming! What time is it now? I was delayed. It’s a big deal for me, do you want to survive?”

It seemed that someone responded in a low voice, and the monk became even more angry. He kicked the person away and said, "Why do you feel sorry for your children? If you don't take the children, what can you do to lure the snake demon? If the snake demon is not eliminated, , how long can you whole village survive? You ungrateful things!"

After a while, the monk had enough beatings and scoldings. He waved his long sleeves again, and a whirlwind rolled up, slamming several rattan cages into the green boat.

The children screamed, but he ignored them. After saying hello, he and the other two monks set up their magic weapons and flew towards the foot of the mountain.

Qing Feng lowered his voice and said, "Junior brother, did I hear you correctly? The monk just said it was a snake demon?"

Lu Gan nodded. Animals turned into monsters, which is very rare in the hinterland of the continent.The monk was a qi-training monk. He called out to the snake demon and looked like he was going to kill the demon. This meant that the snake demon was not very advanced and must not have transformed.

The demon's transformation is equivalent to the foundation-building cultivation of human beings.After transforming, human monks will be called fellow Taoists when they meet them.

Lu Qian pondered for a moment and made up his mind: "Senior sister, let's follow to see what happens."

First, things have become clear at this time. The immortal ban also stipulates that monks are not allowed to harm mortals.Second, in the hinterland of this continent, how did this snake demon develop spiritual wisdom and cultivate a demon body?

Or, it swallowed some kind of natural treasure.Or... there is a spiritual vein here, which was found by the snake demon, and the spiritual energy was absorbed from it, and the demon transformed into the Tao.

Spiritual veins?Spiritual veins!
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