Mortal: Fengling Linggen, married Chen Qiaoqian

"It's not just Sister Xiang'er who is afraid. Everyone in the entire convoy is very cautious, fearing that they might have bad luck."

"If we happen to encounter a group of wolf beasts that are awakening before the 'beast tide', we will be in trouble. It will be a dead end on the grassland."

"Although this situation is not common, there are always a few caravans that encounter such incidents every year."

Liu Er sighed and said with some fear.

"Indeed, I heard that this time Anyuan City has invested a large amount of money to order so many high-quality weapons and equipment and more than a hundred sets of precious 'spiritual tools' from our Tiandong Company."

"Its original intention was to deal with the upcoming beast tide."

Quan'er tilted his head and said as if he had thought of something.

"That's puzzling. Although Anyuan City is not very large, it is not a newly built city. Why would they suddenly order such a large amount of equipment from us?"

"You have to know that with so many spiritual tools, it seems that only cities of medium or larger size can afford such a huge investment."

The girl in white shirt was puzzled by this.

"What's so strange about this? Perhaps it's because the herd of beasts that suddenly migrated from nearby is too powerful."

"Or maybe Anyuan City just happened to encounter a 'big beast tide' that occurs once every thousand years, and faced a joint attack from all the surrounding beast groups. Naturally, it was difficult to resist."

The girl in blue shook her head and said nonchalantly.

"That's true. Maybe it's just like what Sister Liu'er said." Quan'er said with a smile.

Yan Yun was sitting upright in a chair at this time, seemingly adjusting his breathing and meditating, but in fact he could hear the conversation between the women clearly.

When he heard words like "beast tide", his brows couldn't help but frown slightly.

He immediately thought of an event called "Scorpion Tide" that the scarred man Zhang Kui had mentioned in the Qingluo Desert. Is there any connection between the two?

However, in the following time, the four women did not talk much about this matter, but started discussing other topics.

Although Yan Yun felt a little regretful, he still focused on practicing the Vajra Sutra on his own and gradually regulating the condition of his meridians.

After this period of careful recuperation, coupled with the magical effects of the Mu Sheng Zhu, Yan Yun's meridians recovered much faster than expected.

Now his body has basically recovered, and he only needs to rest for another half a month to fully recover.

It seems that with his fourth-level Vajra Sutra cultivation and his proficiency in various low- and middle-level spells of cultivators, he can occupy an advantageous position even when facing cultivators in the late stage of foundation building.

As for the cultivators in the Jindan stage, the result can only be known after a personal fight.

There is no doubt that this situation is only limited to the fact that the difference in supernatural powers between practitioners of various levels in the spiritual world and practitioners in the human world is not big, and no extraordinary supernatural power phenomena have occurred.

After leaving the grassland, the convoy traveled briskly for about two days and arrived at the end of the journey - a seemingly majestic stone fortress.

Looking into the distance, you can see that the stone fortress walls are more than thirty feet high, and the distances between the walls are more than a hundred feet.

At each interval stands a small tower ten feet high, making the entire stone fortress look extremely magnificent.

Looking to the side along the city wall, the wall is as white as snow, stretching endlessly, and there seems to be no end in sight.

However, on top of such an astonishingly high city wall, there are actually some unknown exquisite totem patterns carved, like a never-before-seen and mysterious rune.

This adds a bit of mystery to the whole city.

When Yan Yun saw this, he was speechless.

From any perspective, this city cannot be associated with an ordinary small town.

It is so huge that even those places called "giant cities" in the human world cannot compare with it.

However, Yan Yun also noticed that on top of these tall city walls, there was a group of tall soldiers wearing uniform iron armor patrolling back and forth.

There is also a huge crossbow machine mounted on each city tower, on which metal crossbow arrows are neatly arranged.

Each crossbow arrow was thirty or four feet long, extremely sharp, and flashing a faint white light, seemingly belonging to the category of low-level magical weapons.

Such an amazing weapon, if it is really a magic weapon, I am afraid that even a cultivator in the foundation-building stage would lose half his life if hit by it.

Yan Yun squinted his eyes and stared at everything in front of him. While he was thinking, the convoy had already arrived at the city gate.

There was no one outside the city gate. A pitch-black door was tightly closed. Many soldiers gathered above the gate. They stared down at the convoy with alert expressions on their faces.

Zhang Kui rode his giant wolf mount to the front of the convoy. Without hesitation, he waved his hand and threw an object directly above the city gate.

It turned out to be a golden token.

There was a sudden commotion above the city gate, and immediately a middle-aged man in silver armor walked forward, quickly picked up the token and examined it carefully for a moment.

Then he turned his head and glanced at the long convoy below, and suddenly gave an order:
"Open the door immediately and conduct a routine inspection of the convoy. They are from the Tiandong Chamber of Commerce."

After hearing what the middle-aged man said, the surrounding soldiers suddenly realized what was going on. One of them immediately ran down the city wall and went to open the gate.

Not long after, the door that seemed to be made of fine steel slowly opened, and dozens of fully armed soldiers poured out from inside and stood in two rows.

The middle-aged man in silver armor was the last to come out. He walked up to Zhang Kui, who was riding the giant wolf, and carefully examined him before slowly asking:
"Excuse me, are you the main person in charge of the Tiandong Chamber of Commerce?"

"My name is Zhang Kui. I believe you have received the instructions from your city lord. Behind you are the goods that your city has customized for our Chamber of Commerce." Zhang Kui answered calmly.

"I have indeed received the relevant order. However, due to the current special situation, I need to invite several practitioners to assist in inspecting the convoy so that it can pass smoothly."

The middle-aged man in silver armor said bluntly.

"Are you worried that there might be monsters sneaking in? There is absolutely no problem. You can check it without any worries."

When Zhang Kui heard the other party's request, he agreed without hesitation and did not show any hesitation at all.

"Okay, Mr. Li, Master Huang! Please help me with the inspection."

The middle-aged man in silver armor nodded with satisfaction, turned around and called out towards the inside of the city gate.

I saw two people walking quickly to the city gate, one of them was a man who looked like a scholar and was dressed in a white robe.

The other was an ascetic in dark blue monk’s robes. Both of them walked towards the convoy with calm expressions.

The man in white robe bowed deeply and said calmly:
"Please allow us to follow the instructions of the Lord City Lord and help Commander Zhao handle the affairs."

Commander Zhao did not dare to neglect him. He immediately smiled and thanked them, saying: "It is really a timely help that the two immortals are willing to assist me. I am grateful!" The white-robed scholar and the blue-robed monk each took out a magic weapon before they could even move.

A bronze mirror with an ancient shape and a hollow bowl emitting a dim light.

They chanted spells silently, performed spells rapidly, and threw the magic weapons in their hands high into the sky.

In an instant, the two magical instruments began to spin and tumble in the air. A ray of green light shot out from the bronze mirror, covering a giant turtle in front.

An endless stream of yellow light poured out from the bowl, quickly engulfing the several giant wolf knights around it.

In just a moment, the blue and yellow light disappeared without a trace and attacked the target behind again.

The two practitioners checked each turtle cart one by one. The green and yellow lights flickered intertwined, and no one escaped their sight.

After a careful search, more than 30 carriages and more than 200 people were all baptized by blue and yellow light, and no abnormalities were found.

Commander Zhao looked a little relieved. He said:
"Okay, you can enter the city now. Also, I want to remind you that Madam Fang has booked the largest Ruyun Inn in the west of the city. After you complete your mission, you can go directly there to meet her."

After saying this, he waved his hand to signal the convoy to pass.

The scarred man was stunned for a moment, then bowed respectfully and led the convoy slowly into the city gate.

The moment the convoy actually stepped into the city gate, Yan Yun realized that the scale of Shicheng was far beyond his imagination.

Looking around, the houses in the city are lined up in an astonishing number, as if there is no end in sight.

However, although these houses are of different styles and made of a variety of materials, they are arranged in an orderly manner, leaving behind wide bluestone streets.

At this moment, the whole city is bustling with people and cars on the streets, making it particularly lively.

Yan Yun was shocked when he saw the scene in front of him, but he soon noticed it.

Most of the pedestrians on the street were carrying weapons such as swords, and everyone's face looked very serious.

Seeing this, the blue-shirted girl in the carriage sighed softly and said to herself:

"It seems that the beast tide incident is indeed true, otherwise people living in the villages outside the city would not have flocked into the city."

"That being said, the pressure on Anyuan City will continue to increase."

After hearing this, Yan Yun finally understood the situation.

Nevertheless, faced with such a large crowd, it is indeed very difficult to get the convoy through quickly.

Fortunately, Commander Zhao was accustomed to foreseeing various difficulties and had already dispatched several soldiers to clear the way for the convoy, forcibly disperse the crowd, and open up an unobstructed path for the convoy.

Even so, the convoy still moved slowly and it took more than half an hour.

Finally, after crossing more than ten busy streets, I walked onto a relatively deserted street and stopped in front of a several-story archway.

Behind the archway are several heavily guarded warehouse-like buildings, and guards holding various weapons can be seen everywhere.

Things became much simpler afterwards, as the people from Tiandong Trading Company handed over the goods one by one to the warehouse officials in charge of acceptance.

Then Zhang Kui took the certificate, breathed a sigh of relief, and led everyone straight to the west of the city as Commander Zhao had mentioned.

Yan Yun, who participated in the entire operation and recovered safely, happened to be present.

However, when they were halfway there, Yan Yun made a proposal to Zhang Kui.

I hope to travel around the city, take a short rest, and then go to Ruyun Inn to meet up with my colleagues from Tiandong Trading Company.

Hearing Yan Yun's request, Zhang Kui's eyes flashed with doubt. After a brief thought, he finally agreed to the request, and at the same time reminded Yan Yun:
"Brother Yan, although you have not yet met the wife and have not officially joined the company, it is not convenient for Zhang to restrict you too much."

"However, you should have noticed that Anyuan City is now a mixed bag of people, and the situation is quite turbulent."

"Besides, since this is just a small, remote town, I'm afraid there isn't much to see."

"Brother Yan, if you have something important to take care of, please complete it as soon as possible and return to the inn."

Although Team Leader Zhang looked quite fierce, his words were extremely tactful.

Yan Yun smiled and nodded in agreement, then left leisurely.

As he turned a street corner, he disappeared without a trace.

Zhang Kui watched Yan Yun's departing back, gently stroking his chin with his broad palm, a thoughtful expression on his face.

"Is Mr. Zhang worried that Brother Yan will never come back?"

Nan Qizi, who was standing next to the scarred man, suddenly asked with a smile.

"Since the blood curse document has been signed, Zhang will not worry about it. However, this brother Yan seems to have a rather impressive background and is hard to figure out."

Zhang Kui came back to his senses and answered with a wry smile.

"He has such amazing body-refining skills at such a young age. Obviously, he is not from an ordinary background."

"However, judging from his words and actions, he does not seem to be a person from our Tianyuan territory. This is probably true."

Nan Qizi said with a smile.

"Zhang has naturally seen this. As long as he has nothing to do with the other major forces in our Tianyuan territory, even if his origins are indeed questionable, it is of no concern to our Tiandong Company."

"As long as he is carefully cultivated, this person may really be able to practice the Vajra Technique to the fifth level."

"In this way, I will definitely become Madam's right-hand man." Zhang Kui's face turned serious.

"The fifth level of the Vajra Technique? Donor Zhang actually has such great ambitions. That is a realm that is enough to compete with us Jindan stage cultivators without being at a disadvantage."

Nan Qizi glanced at the scarred man, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Zhang is indeed a bit fanciful. However, this man is so young, yet he has already reached his current level of cultivation. Who can guarantee that he will not be able to cultivate the Vajra Technique to the fifth level within the next hundred years?"

"In comparison, the opportunities he faces seem to far exceed those of an ordinary body cultivator like me."

"Otherwise, Zhang would not have asked him to sign the Blood Curse Document without hesitation in the Qingluo Desert."

Zhang Kui also laughed. (End of this chapter)