The Mortal's Path to Immortality

The layout of the cultivation cave is very simple. The outer room is a reception room, which can be used to receive visiting guests; the inner room is a bedroom, which can be used to store personal privacy items.

The entire cave is arranged with a Yuanli array connected to the holy land's spiritual veins, and the Yuanli in the spiritual veins is transported to the cave in a certain proportion.

These Yuanli are only enough for Cao Rui to use. If there are other guests who come to practice together, then when the Yuanli quota is exhausted, there will be no additional Yuanli supply.

Only through contribution can the corresponding cultivation quota be obtained, which is also the basic rule and system common to the spiritual world.

Cao Rui took out some furniture and simply decorated the cave to facilitate daily practice.

Then he left the cave. Before dark today, he had another important thing to do-report to the North Gate.

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Beihai Holy Land, North Gate.

This is the station of the North City Army of the Holy Land Guard.

The North City Army has ten thousand-man battalions, each of which is led by a general-level captain.

And it is two of the battalions that are responsible for patrolling and guarding the North Gate.

The place where Cao Rui was about to report was the second battalion of the North City Army.

There was a camp below the North City Gate.

Cao Rui followed the instructions and found the tent of the commander of the second battalion.

When he arrived, he happened to catch up with a lively scene: the thousand-man commander Zhang Rongfang was leading several centurions under his command to sit together, drinking spirit wine and talking loudly with great interest.

"Who are you?" Seeing Cao Rui coming in, a strong man with a rank of centurion and light black skin stood up and asked in a buzzing voice.

His voice was like thunder, making the tent buzz.

The other generals and soldiers behind him did not even look up at Cao Rui, and continued to drink and play finger-guessing games, seemingly not caring about the arrival of this uninvited guest.

Cao Rui respectfully bowed to the centurion: "I am Cao Rui, a subordinate, who has just joined the Holy Land City Guard and came here to serve."

After that, Cao Rui took out his sergeant token and a piece of animal skin paper given to him by the official before.

The centurion walked up to Cao Rui and took the animal skin paper and military token to check.

He looked at it carefully, then frowned: "Huh? It turns out that he is a monk who works under me."

Then, he looked Cao Rui up and down again.

The centurion looked at Cao Rui and said lightly: "Wait here."

After that, he turned back to the table in the tent and whispered a few words to the drunken centurion.

After a while, the centurion came to Cao Rui again, and a subtle look flashed in his eyes.

"Come with me, I will show you the rest of the city wall that I am not responsible for." Nie Miao patted Cao Rui on the shoulder and said.

Then he introduced himself: "My name is Nie Miao, the centurion in charge of the 51-60 squads of the second battalion of the North City Army. And the 55 squad you are in is under my charge."

Cao Rui also bowed respectfully to Nie Miao: "I am Cao Rui, your subordinate, and I meet the centurion."

Nie Miao nodded at the centurion who was toasting in the distance: "That's the centurion Zhang Rongfang."

Cao Rui understood, bowed in the direction of the centurion and said respectfully: "Captain Cao Rui of the 55th squad has come to take up the post, and greets the centurion and the generals."

Zhang Rongfang then raised his head slightly and glanced at Cao Rui, and raised his eyelids slightly, which was considered a response.

The centurion, that position can only be held by cultivators above the Refining Void Stage!

Although cultivators in the Refining Void Stage have endless lifespans, they have to endure a thunder tribulation every once in a while.

Moreover, the thunder tribulation is more terrifying each time. If you can't keep up with the strength, you will die in the thunder tribulation sooner or later.

Under the oppression of thunder tribulation, not all the Void Refining Stage are calm.

"Let's go!" Nie Miao put his arm around Cao Rui's shoulders, and the two walked out while talking.

"Hey, your shoulders are strong enough. Have you practiced physical skills?" Nie Miao asked with a smile.

Cao Rui nodded slightly and said, "I have practiced, but the realm is not high."

"Don't be modest. I think your physical strength is much stronger than that of ordinary Divine Transformation cultivators. Moreover, physical skills are very practical skills that can save your life at critical moments. Especially when fighting against wild beasts, physical skills are indispensable." Nie Miao said seriously.

Cao Rui nodded in agreement.

"In the future, if you practice physical skills to a certain level in the Fusion Stage, you can also greatly improve your combat power. So, you must persist in practicing." Nie Miao said earnestly.

Cao Rui nodded again to express his gratitude.

This centurion seemed quite enthusiastic and familiar.

The inner side of the wall of the Beihai Holy Land city was covered with crisscrossing stairs.

Nie Miao led Cao Rui to a staircase.

He also took Cao Rui to recognize the segmentation marks of the wall.

Nie Miao said: "According to the rules of the Beihai Holy Land, you cannot fly above the height of the wall after approaching the wall."

"If there are those who do not obey this rule, our city guards can kill them directly."

Cao Rui nodded slightly: "What if the other party is the son of a powerful person?"

"Kill them! The city guards are the foundation of the Holy Land. Our practice of the rules is the foundation. Even if we kill the son of a Mahayana cultivator, the Holy Land will come forward to protect us."

Cao Rui nodded with relief after hearing this.

Soon, Nie Miao took Cao Rui to the top of the wall.

The road on top of the city wall is nearly 100 meters wide, and the thickness of the city wall can be seen.

This section is under the charge of Nie Miao. When the soldiers along the way see Nie Miao, they all salute and greet him.

There is a small stronghold at every distance.

There are spiritual tools in the small stronghold that can be adjusted to see hundreds of thousands of miles away, used to observe dangerous situations.

"The city wall on the north gate side is divided into the left wing and the right wing by the gate."

"We are responsible for this section of the right wing."

Nie Miao stopped at a stronghold with the words "Right 18" written on it, and then rang the bell in the stronghold.

Soon ten soldiers came upon hearing the news.

"These are the ten members of the 55th team, all of whom are Yuanying stage cultivators."

"This is your new captain, Cao Rui, a cultivator of the Huashen stage." Nie Miao said.

The ten team members knelt on one knee to salute Cao Rui, and greeted him.

Cao Rui looked over and found that seven of the ten people were human cultivators.

The other three members, one demon cultivator, and two aliens that Cao Rui didn't know about.

"You can familiarize yourself with the place. If you have any questions, you can come to me."

Nie Miao patted Cao Rui on the shoulder and returned along the same route.

In his position, except for special periods, he only needs to wait in the tent in the city.

He doesn't need to stand guard on the city wall like Cao Rui and ordinary soldiers.

Cao Rui's conditions are better. At least he has a base on the city wall to rest. Ordinary soldiers really need to patrol back and forth a distance on the city wall.