Staying In The World Of Cultivation

Chapter 47: Going Down is Also a Death Sentence

Qi Kingdom, Haiyang County, Luqu County.

Luqu County is the largest of the nine counties in Haiyang County, with a population of 100,000 households. It is the most prosperous place in Haiyang County.

Due to its well-developed waterways, large merchant ships traveling from the north to the south and from other counties in the south often dock at the port outside Luqu County.

Su Fan sat in a carriage, dozing off as the carriage bumped along.

"Old Su, we've arrived at Luqu County..."

Upon hearing the call, Su Fan startled awake and looked around in confusion.

He saw a middle-aged strong man waving at him, finally realizing what was happening.

Su Fan picked up the sword beside him, propped himself up with his hand, and jumped off the carriage, approaching the middle-aged strong man.

The man patted his shoulder and laughed, "I'll take you to have a meal in the city later. The river delicacies at Wangjiang Tower are extraordinary."

Su Fan chuckled and politely declined, "I won't go..."

"That won't do. Today, let's have a good drink together and find a place for you to rest. Tomorrow morning, I'll personally send you onto the ship."

Unable to resist, Su Fan was pulled into the city by the strong man.

Leaving Heixuan City, Su Fan piloted the "Yin Wind Boat" and flew east for over a thousand miles.

He stopped when he saw a mortal town.

Su Fan disguised himself as a martial artist and stayed in the mortal town for a few days.

Originally, Su Fan's plan was to find a place in the mortal world and stay there comfortably for a few years.

But since he arrived in the mortal town, he gave up on this idea.

The mortal world was bustling and lively, much more exciting than the places where cultivators gathered.

However, it was really unsuitable for cultivators to live there for a long time.

Firstly, the spiritual energy was extremely thin. Even if Su Fan used the Small Spirit Gathering Array to cultivate, after a few days, the progress was almost nonexistent.

The spiritual energy in the mortal town was much denser than the slums outside Little Sun Market, let alone Heixuan City.

Fortunately, he still had Origin Returning Pills in his hand. Taking one every day could slightly improve his progress.

But the cost-effectiveness was really low, better than nothing.

Secondly, the mortal society was filled with all kinds of impurities, which mortals couldn't feel at all.

But cultivators' divine senses were extremely sensitive and could clearly perceive them.

If it was in the wilderness, it would be fine. But once he entered the city, it became unbearable after a long time.

No wonder those poor Independent Cultivators in Little Sun Market would rather live in dilapidated slums than return to the mortal world.

Although there were cultivators in the mortal world, they were mostly older Independent Cultivators.

Either they had no hope of breakthrough or their lifespan was coming to an end.

In this cultivation world, people with spiritual roots were one in a million.

Even if they had spiritual roots, more than 80% of them were mixed spiritual roots.

The chances of descendants of cultivators being born with spiritual roots were much higher than those of mortals.

So these cultivators in the mortal world would marry and have many children, hoping to leave behind one or two descendants with spiritual roots before they died.

During his stay in the town, Su Fan carefully studied the map of Liangzhou every day.

The most urgent task was to quickly leave the control zone of the True Demon Sect.

Continuing eastward was the best option, as it would bring him closer to Yong State.

Wang Zhi's disappearance would definitely attract the attention of their family.

As long as he investigated in Little Sun Market, he would eventually find his way here.

To be safe, before leaving the control zone of the True Demon Sect, Su Fan decided to hide in the mortal world.

He would also use the "Void Spirit Law" and "Hidden Spirit Technique" to completely conceal his aura.

Even if the True Demon Sect sent people to hunt him down, it would be almost impossible to find him in the vast sea of people in the mortal world.

There happens to be a caravan recruiting guards in the town, so Su Fan went to apply and became a guard for the caravan.

Over the next few months, he followed the caravan all the way to Luqu County in the Qi Kingdom.

According to the map of Liangzhou, after taking a boat along the Qingcang River for several hundred miles in Luqu County, they would reach the territory of the Zhao Kingdom.

Once they arrived in the Zhao Kingdom, they would be considered outside the influence of the True Demon Sect.

Su Fan's destination was Cangjiu City, thousands of miles away, which fell within the sphere of influence of the Yinluo Sect of the Demon Gate.

He wanted to temporarily settle down in Cangjiu City and wait for the situation in Yong State to stabilize before figuring out a way to return to Yong State.

Su Fan was pulled by a strong man and walked towards the nearby Luqu County.

This strong man was named Hu Guanghai, also a guard for the caravan, and a native of Luqu County.

He was generous and righteous, and got along particularly well with Su Fan during these few months.

Su Fan entered Luqu County, and the streets were quite wide, with various shops such as taverns and inns lining both sides, bustling with people coming and going, a scene of prosperity.

The streets were crowded with people, and there were various small stalls with green cloth umbrellas set up on both sides, bustling and lively.

The two of them arrived at Wangjiang Tower and requested a private room by the window.

Hu Guanghai ordered a table full of dishes, and the two of them enjoyed the beautiful view of the Qingcang River while drinking and chatting.

"Old Su, you'll be leaving tomorrow, this cup is for you..." Su Fan quickly raised his cup and clinked it with Old Hu's.

"Old brother, I'm grateful for your care along the way, thank you..." Old Hu raised his head and drank the wine, then wiped his mouth.

"Brother, if you have the chance to come to the Qi Kingdom in the future, you must come find me..." Su Fan smiled and nodded. He was about to say something when a heart-wrenching cry came from the street outside.

The two of them looked at each other and quickly got up and walked out of the private room.

By the window on the second floor, there were already a crowd of people, all customers who came here to eat.

Hu Guanghai and Su Fan were both tall and strong, and they squeezed their way in after a few tries.

They looked down and saw people on the street crying and fleeing in all directions, and the stalls on both sides of the street were knocked over.

"Look at that person..." A waiter in the shop suddenly shouted and pointed towards the street corner with his hand.

Everyone followed the direction of his finger and saw a person running towards them in a frenzy.

Strictly speaking, this couldn't be considered a person anymore.

It was a monster that looked like a human and a beast, over two meters tall, completely crimson, as if its skin had been peeled off alive.

The monster was on all fours, with its back arched, and a long tail behind its butt, like a beast preparing to attack.

A pair of eerie green, cold-blooded eyes, with a sinister smile frozen at the corner of its mouth, revealing sharp teeth.

Roar!!

The monster howled to the sky, emitting a bone-chilling roar.

It pounced forward, and several pedestrians who hadn't had time to escape were instantly knocked down by it.

In a frenzy of biting, it tore several pedestrians to pieces in a few bites.

The monster jumped fiercely, and in an instant, it had leaped dozens of meters away, ferociously rushing into the crowd, madly biting.

From time to time, people were torn apart by it, leaving behind a trail of corpses.

Hu Guanghai was furious at that moment. He raised his foot and was about to jump down, wanting to fight the monster on the street.

But before he could jump, Su Fan reached out and pulled him back.

Su Fan firmly held onto Hu Guanghai and shook his head at him.

"Old Hu, if you go down there, you'll just be throwing your life away. Let's wait for the officials to come."

Old Hu's eyes turned red instantly, struggling hard to break free from Su Fan's control, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't break free.

"Old Su, those people down there are my fellow villagers. Let go of me, damn it..."

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