Peeping into the Immortal Road

Chapter 40 Chen Family Monk
"Why don't you leave?"

Ji Chang's voice broke the tranquility of the lake.

He noticed that the boatman suddenly stopped, and the long pole in his hand stood quietly by the boat, as if he was frozen in this moment.

Ji Chang's heart immediately moved, and he keenly sensed the unusual aura.

He immediately perked up, quietly activated his magic power, and prepared himself to deal with any emergency.

Ji Chang's eyes revealed a bit of vigilance and sharpness, like a cheetah ready to pounce on its prey at any time.

The boatman seemed to sense Ji Chang's nervousness, and he quickly explained:

"We can't go any further. The foggy area ahead is said to be where the immortals live."

"If ordinary people like us rashly enter, we will lose our way and be unable to find the way back, and will be forced to leave this place."

When Ji Chang heard this, his heart moved slightly.

He looked up at the nearby fog, and saw that it was like a white curtain, completely covering the lake in front of him.

The mist swayed gently in the breeze, as if it had life.

Ji Chang stretched out his hand and seemed to be able to touch the moist mist, feeling the coolness and moistness it brought.

Ji Chang mobilized his magic power, concentrated it on his eyes, and performed the spiritual eye technique.

As the magic power circulated, Ji Chang's eyes flashed with a faint light.

He stared at the mist ahead, only to see it dissipate before his eyes.

As the fog dissipated, the exquisite pavilions and towers gradually revealed their true appearance.

They are scattered in an orderly manner on the islands in the center of the lake, like a paradise on earth.

A hint of surprise flashed in Ji Chang's eyes.

This is the destination of his trip - Cangyufang City.

"Goodbye, boatman."

Ji Chang's voice was light and steady, revealing a sense of calmness and ease.

As soon as he finished speaking, he casually pulled out a gold bar from his sleeve. With a flick of his wrist, the gold bar drew a graceful arc in the air and fell steadily into the boatman's arms.

The boatman was so surprised by the sudden appearance of the gold bar that his eyes widened. He held the unexpected gift tightly with both hands, an expression of incredible joy on his face.

At the same time, Ji Chang had already activated the magic power in his body and began to perform the light body technique.

The next moment, his figure left a long trail on the surface of the lake, like a light water bird skimming across the water and rushing towards the island in the center of the lake.

As early as when Ji Chang was a mortal, he had mastered the mundane martial art "Flying Crane Soaring to the Clouds", and practiced it to the third level of refinement, developing the power of the flying crane and reaching the level of crossing a river on a reed.

Now that he has become a cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage, he can use the light body technique to cross the lake like a fish in water, with ease.

His figure moved quickly across the lake, leaving only ripples spreading across the surface.

As for the gold bar that was casually discarded, it is undoubtedly a priceless treasure for mortals.

However, for a cultivator like Ji Chang, unless he was refining gold in large quantities or extracting golden spirit objects, these yellow and white things were not of much value.

Therefore, most of the property he obtained from Wantianhe was left by Ji Chang in his house in Cangnan Town, waiting for the right person to discover it.

He only brought a little gold and silver for travel expenses.

As Ji Chang's figure disappeared at the end of the lake, the boatman stood in the boat in a daze, holding the gold bar tightly in his hand, his eyes full of envy and awe.

A moment later, Ji Chang passed through layers of white fog and stepped onto the island in the middle of the lake.

Looking up, he saw a stone memorial archway not far away, with four powerful characters written on it - Cang Yu Fang Shi. Ji Chang calmed himself, looked past the memorial archway and into Fang Shi.

The scene that came into view was completely different from what he had seen in the immortal cultivation novels in his previous life.

There are no dilapidated shanties or randomly piled up feces here. Instead, the scene is clean and orderly.

The streets are wide and flat, with a wide variety of shops on both sides and pedestrians wearing colorful robes walking on the streets.

Ji Chang secretly sighed in his heart that such an environment was countless times better than that of mortal cities.

But come to think of it, even the most destitute monk would not let himself fall to the point where he has to deal with his own excrement and urine.

Otherwise, what's the point of cultivating immortality? It's better to be a rich man in the mortal world and enjoy the short-lived glory and wealth.

Ji Chang did not use his spiritual eyes to observe the cultivation level of people passing by on the road.

According to the "Giaozhou Fengwuzhi", if one arbitrarily uses the spiritual eye technique to observe other people's cultivation, it can easily be discovered and may even be regarded as an act of provocation.

However, even without using the spiritual eye technique, Ji Chang discovered simply by relying on his perception of magic power that not all pedestrians on the street possessed magical powers.

"It seems that there are mortals living in this Cangyu Market."

An idea came to Ji Chang’s mind.

Ji Chang was not surprised by this phenomenon.

Because this incident is also recorded in "Jiaozhou Fengwuzhi".

In Jiaozhou, whether it is a cultivation family or a cultivation market, there are a certain number of mortals serving as servants.

They are responsible for various trivial matters, taking care of the monks' food and daily life, serving as cheap labor for the monks, and even satisfying the monks' personal desires.

At this moment, at a nearby archway, a young monk in a green robe walked towards Ji Chang.

Ji Chang glanced at the exquisite cloud patterns embroidered on his cuffs and hems, his heart moved slightly, and he recognized the origin of the cloud patterns at a glance.

"A cultivator from the Cangling Chen family!"

Although he was a little surprised, Ji Chang still looked at the other party calmly, without any panic in his eyes.

The young monk walked up to Ji Chang, stopped, and asked with a smile: "Is this fellow Taoist's first visit to our Cangyu Market?"

"Exactly."

Ji Chang nodded, not hiding anything, and there was no way to hide it.

According to the "Giaozhou Fengwuzhi", the monks who have lived in Cangyu Market for a long time have spiritual bracelets issued by the market. Even if foreign monks just enter and leave the market, they must obtain specific certificates.

The young monk chuckled upon hearing this and raised his hand in a slight salute.

"I am Chen Yinghu from Cangyufang City. Since this is your first time here, why don't you follow me to get a voucher?"

"If you want to live in Cangyufang City for a long time, you can also go through the procedures."

As he spoke, he pointed to a pavilion not far away, which was where the market management certificates were issued.

Ji Chang looked in the direction of his finger and saw the towering building near the archway at the entrance of the market town.

So Ji Chang nodded: "That's exactly what I meant."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yinghu turned sideways and made a gesture of invitation, indicating that Ji Chang should go first.

"Fellow Taoist, please."

Ji Chang also nodded and said, "Please."

(End of this chapter)