, wonderful and free of pop-ups! However, the sleepless journey through the vast desert still brought a certain amount of fatigue to Duan Lingtian.
It's not physical exhaustion, it's mental exhaustion.
Before asking for directions, Duan Lingtian found a place to rest for the time being.
After resting for a night, he continued on his way north early the next morning.
Finally, after driving north at full speed for an hour, he saw an inconspicuous small village, with smoke curling up from afar.
Such a small village, located on the vast grassland, caught Duan Lingtian's eyes like a perfect landscape painting.
After approaching the small village, Duan Lingtian fell through the air.
Before he entered the village, Duan Lingtian noticed two swift figures running out and blocking his way.
"who are you?"
The people blocking Duan Lingtian's path were two sturdy, middle-aged men who looked powerful. They were looking at Duan Lingtian, the uninvited guest, with wary expressions.
"Don't be nervous, you two. I'm just a passerby and want to ask for directions."
Duan Lingtian tried his best to force out a smile and said.
At the same time, he quietly activated his 'Celestial Vision' and immediately detected the cultivation levels of the two middle-aged men. They were surprisingly two martial arts cultivators who had reached the Great Perfection of Transcendence.
Duan Lingtian was also greatly surprised that such a small village had a martial arts cultivator who had reached the realm of transcendence.
You must know that in the Dao Martial Holy Land, among the general Nine-Level forces, at most, only the Dzogchen Realm martial arts cultivators are in charge.
However, at the same time, Duan Lingtian could also find that since approaching the village, the aura of heaven and earth had become much stronger. It was obvious that there was a sacred stone mine buried under the village.
With Duan Lingtian's current cultivation level, he could easily sense that it was a ninth-grade holy stone mine.
"As expected of Fufeng Country, a small border village can actually compare to the Nine-Level Powers."
Duan Lingtian sighed in his heart.
After hearing Duan Lingtian's words, the expressions of the two middle-aged men softened a lot, but they still asked warily: "Where are you going?"
"The capital of the country."
Duan Lingtian said.
"The capital of the country?"
Hearing Duan Lingtian's words, the two middle-aged men were shocked again.
You know, no martial arts or Taoist cultivator dares to go to the capital from them.
They were on the border of Fufeng Country, and there was still a long way to go from them to the capital. Without a certain level of strength, they really didn't dare to go to the capital alone.
After all, there is no telling how many ruthless bandits you will encounter along the way.
"Um."
Duan Lingtian nodded, smiled and asked, "Can you two show me the way?"
For the two middle-aged men, it was just a matter of effort. In a moment, they were all pointing in the same direction, but it was the northeast.
"Thank you both."
Duan Lingtian smiled and thanked him before preparing to leave.
But at this moment, a series of rapid wind whistles came from a distance, with such force that Duan Lingtian couldn't help but be startled.
Of course, when Duan Lingtian heard these sounds, the two middle-aged men did not hear them.
Duan Lingtian looked towards the place where the sound came from, and saw a group of people approaching in that direction. At first glance, there were dozens of people at least.
These dozens of people were headed by a middle-aged man standing on the beast.
The middle-aged man has a beard on his face, standing majestic on top of a beast that looks like a giant lion.
"The leader is in the middle stage of Saint Realm... That savage beast is in the early stage of Saint Realm. As for the remaining dozens of people, the weakest are all in the middle stage of Transcendence Realm... They seem to be heading towards this village. , who is he?"
After turning on the 'Celestial Eye', Duan Lingtian also detected the cultivation level of a group of people for a while.
These people are nothing in his eyes.
Therefore, he did not choose to avoid these people.
Moreover, these people were obviously coming for the village in front of him. If he was just passing by, he might not mind their business.
However, now, no matter how hard he said it, he was favored by two villagers.
Leaving at this time is somewhat unjustifiable.
At the same time, Duan Lingtian also noticed that the faces of the two middle-aged men became serious.
"Haha... Aren't the young and old from Cuijia Village coming out to greet us?"
As the leader, the middle-aged man with beard, laughed loudly, the group of people he brought all stood in the sky outside the village, like dark clouds pressing over the city, blocking the sunlight from a large area of land outside the village.
"Um?"
Duan Lingtian, who originally thought that the gangsters were coming to massacre the village, couldn't help but be shocked when he saw what happened in front of him.
Judging from the tone of this middle-aged man with a beard, it seems that he is an 'acquaintance' with the people in this village?
"They are a gang of ruthless bandits along the southern border of Fufeng Country. They are comparable to the 'eighth rate forces'. Every once in a while, they come to our village to collect a large amount of holy stones as 'protection fees.'"
Seemingly sensing Duan Lingtian's doubts, one of the middle-aged men said to Duan Lingtian with a wry smile.
Duan Lingtian suddenly realized.
If that was the case, there was no need for him to intervene.
Even if this village is comparable to the Nine-Level forces, since it is within the Fufeng Kingdom area, it can still be easily destroyed without a 'backer'.
Perhaps, with the protection of a gang of ruthless gangs comparable to the eighth-rate forces, it could survive a little longer.
This is the law of survival.
At the same time, Duan Lingtian also saw another group of people stepping out of the village, and the leader was an old man in green clothes.
The old man's eyes were helpless, but he still tried hard to smile.
"Sir, this is the 'protection fee' for our Cuijia Village this year."
In front of the bearded middle-aged man, the old man showed a humble expression, took out a Nai ring and threw it to the other man.
The middle-aged man with beard stretched out his hand to catch it. After confirming it, he grinned and said, "The number is correct! See you next year, old man Cui."
With that said, the bearded middle-aged man turned the head of the beast at his feet and prepared to lead the people away.
And just when Duan Lingtian and a group of people from Cuijia Village were about to watch the bearded middle-aged man lead the people away, Duan Lingtian discovered that one of the two old men following the beard-middle-aged man suddenly looked at him, and Suddenly there was a light.
The next moment, he saw the old man looking at the middle-aged man with curly beard.
Suddenly, Duan Lingtian faintly sensed something was wrong, and his brows furrowed involuntarily.
At this time, the middle-aged man with beard also turned the head of the beast at his feet, turned around, and his eyes fell on Duan Lingtian for the first time.
"Aren't you from Cuijia Village?"
The middle-aged man with beard stared at Duan Lingtian with lightning eyes and asked in a deep voice.
At the same time, whether it was a group of gangsters behind the bearded middle-aged man or a group of people from Cuijia Village, their eyes also fell on Duan Lingtian.
The old man in green, the village chief of Cuijia Village, even frowned.
"I……"
Duan Lingtian was about to say that he was indeed not from Cuijiacun, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he was interrupted.
"The third head of the family is also from our Cuijia Village, but he rarely shows up."
After the village chief of Cuijia Village learned from two middle-aged men in the village that Duan Lingtian was a man who was passing by asking for directions, he felt compassion and spoke to the bearded middle-aged man in time.
At this time, Duan Lingtian's ears also heard the voice of the village head of Cuijia Village, "Young man, they are not easy to mess with. Just pretend that you are from our Cuijia Village."
Hearing the village chief's words, although Duan Lingtian was not afraid of these tough bandits, he felt warm in his heart. At the same time, he shut his mouth and did not refute the village chief's words.
After all, the village chief also has good intentions.
"Old man Cui, do you really think that I, Mr. Deng, are blind? Are you the only young man in Cuijia Village who can produce such a temperament?"
The middle-aged man with beard sneered.
Hearing the words of the middle-aged man with a beard, the village head of Cuijia Village was dumbfounded. At the same time, he couldn't help but look at Duan Lingtian carefully, only to find that Duan Lingtian had an extraordinary temperament. At first glance, he didn't come from a small village.
"Old man Cui, I can pretend not to hear what you just said. Now, I want to hear you say it again. Is he from your Cui Village? Let me remind you, you have to think clearly before speaking... You should You know what the consequences will be if you lie in front of me!"
The middle-aged man with beard continued to sneer.
For a moment, cold sweat broke out on Cuijia Village's forehead, and he could only cast a guilty look at Duan Lingtian.
At this point, he naturally did not dare to stand up for Duan Lingtian anymore.
Duan Lingtian smiled understandingly at the village chief of Cuijia Village, then looked at the bearded middle-aged man and said calmly: "You have a good sense. I am indeed not from Cuijia Village. I am just a person passing by Cuijia Village and happened to ask for directions."
"I just said, how could there be someone with your temperament in Cuijia Village?"
The middle-aged man with the beard had a 'sure enough' expression. At the same time, he glanced at Duan Lingtian and said: "I, Deng Laosan, am in a good mood today and don't want to see blood... hand over your Najie and get out!"
"In a good mood? Don't want to see blood?"
Hearing the words of the bearded middle-aged man, Duan Lingtian smiled, "Listening to your tone, it seems that you have convinced me."
After saying that, Duan Lingtian flew away without waiting for the bearded middle-aged man to respond.
Of course, his speed is not fast and remains at the level of the early stage of sainthood.
However, even at this speed, Duan Lingtian had already flown far away while the bearded middle-aged man and a group of tough bandits behind him were stunned.
The direction Duan Lingtian went to was exactly northeast, the direction where the capital of Fufeng Kingdom was located.
"I don't know how to praise!"
The middle-aged man with the beard finally reacted. His face suddenly darkened, and with murderous intent in his eyes, he immediately drove the beast under his feet to chase Duan Lingtian.
A group of fierce bandits also followed in a mighty manner.
"That young man is going to be in trouble."
Seeing this, a group of people from Cuijia Village sighed.
They all could see that the young man was not very fast.
At least, he doesn't have any advantage in front of the bearded middle-aged man.
"You are still too young and energetic... So what if you hand over the ring? Is it possible that the things outside the body can be more important than life?"
The head of Cuijia Village sighed. He had just sent a message to the young man to persuade him, but the other party ignored him at all, which made him feel helpless.
