The cave was already long and quiet. At Qin Muzhi's signal, the Qin family's caravan deliberately slowed down to give him more time to ask the drunkard about the problems they were encountering.
Mu Jingyu followed beside him, also wanting to listen so that he could learn some cultivation experience. But after all, his cultivation had only reached the initial state of Qi Transformation, and it was no different from Qin Muzhi's peak Guiyuan state.
After reluctantly listening to a few words, I found that the issues they mentioned were not only profound but also complex. With my meager training foundation, the more I listened, the more confused I became. He simply gave up and ignored the conversation between the drunkard and Qin Muzhi.
Instead, he was attracted by the strange landforms in the cave and carefully observed the inside of the cave.
Upon looking at it, he realized that this cave was different from any other caves he had ever seen. The entire mountain wall showed colorful colors under the light of the fire. Every ten feet or so, a skeleton-like stone beam appears across the cave. It seems to be used to support the cave and prevent it from collapsing.
Mu Jingyu looked at it and was secretly amazed. He didn't know whether these stone beams were innate or were built later by the monsters from the Demon Underworld Palace.
After walking more than a hundred feet, Mu Jingyu discovered an even more peculiar place from the top of these stone beams. Right in the middle of the stone beam, there is a small stone ball. An extremely weak stream of light continued to emerge from it, extending along the stone beam to the ground below. Then it turned into an almost transparent color and flowed back into the ball.
"This thing... is so strange!" Mu Jingyu looked at it in wonder. Just when he was about to ask the drunkard if he had ever seen such a phenomenon, he suddenly noticed that a round stone ball above his head, facing him, seemed to have opened his eyes, revealing a bulging black eyeball.
Before Mu Jingyu could see clearly what it was, he saw a few tears suddenly falling from the black eyes, which happened to fall on the Jiuyaoxuan light chain on Mu Jingyu's left wrist.
A chill instantly invaded Mu Jingyu's body, and a chill instantly spread from the inside out. The body that had just been warmed could not help but shiver.
The drunkard noticed Mu Jingyu's strangeness in time and asked softly: "Jingyu, what's wrong with you?"
Mu Jingyu just wanted to tell the drunkard about the strange scene he had just seen. But in an instant, the chill disappeared without a trace, as if it had never appeared.
He looked up again and found that the stone ball had returned to normal, as if it had not changed.
"Maybe I was dazzled just now." Mu Jingyu muttered secretly, and then replied: "Master... Your Majesty, the boy is fine. Maybe it was the cold wind that leaked from the hem of his clothes just now, which made me take the shot. Give me a chill."
The drunkard put his hand on Mu Jingyu's wrist worriedly. After finding that there was nothing unusual about him, he whispered a few words and then went to answer Qin Muzhi's questions.
At this moment, the chill that had just disappeared came again. However, it is only on the Jiuyaoxuan light chain on the left wrist.
Mu Jingyu looked down and saw a layer of mist like cold dew wrapped around one of the beads. It seems that he wants to break through the barrier of Jiu Yaoxuan's light chain and sneak into it.
Mu Jingyu casually wanted to wipe away this layer of mist, but in the blink of an eye, the mist had completely integrated into the beads. Touching it with your palm, you can no longer feel anything strange.
"Maybe it was the cold dew that happened to fall in the cave and fell on my hand." Seeing that there was no abnormality on his wrist, Mu Jingyu couldn't help but explain a few words in his mind and ignored this small matter.
But when he put down his wrist, he didn't notice that after the transparent water mist invaded a bead, it slowly condensed into a small snake body, with four sharp claws that were almost invisible to the naked eye, slowly It emerged from both sides of the snake's body, tightly grasped the inner wall of the bead, and fell asleep.
After the Qin family's caravan walked seven or eight miles in the cave, a glimmer of light finally appeared in front of their eyes, indicating that the cave was almost at the end.
Along the way, Qin Muzhi asked the drunkard for advice on many problems that arose during cultivation, and he seemed to feel enlightened. Things that I couldn't figure out or understand before were fully resolved by Drunkard.
If it weren't for the fact that he was now in the realm of Demon Underworld Palace and had to take care of the merchant guards, he would immediately want to sit cross-legged and break through this innate realm that has been troubled for many years.
After leaving the cave, we arrived at the western boundary of Zhanzhou in the South China Sea. This is the sphere of influence of Demon Hades Palace, and the entire sky is a gray color.
Unlike outside Longshou Mountain, after entering the realm of Yaowei Palace, the guards of the spirits became much more relaxed. Only a few spirits who have cultivated human bodies and are in the middle stage of Qi transformation guard the road into the hinterland of Zhanzhou in the South China Sea.
Qin Muzhi had already returned to the front of the caravan before leaving the cave. Jiugui and Mu Jingyu also used the cloaks given by Qin Muzhi to cover their faces tightly, so as not to be discovered by anyone who was interested.
The spirit guarding here took the customs clearance document handed over by Qin Muzhi. After checking it and finding nothing suspicious, he stretched out his finger, drew a few strokes in the air, and left a seven on the customs clearance document. After reading the words, he handed it back to Qin Muzhi.
"Master Qin, I know that your Qin family brings a lot of special products from other states every time you come to Yaoming Palace, which really helps our Yaoming Palace a lot. Today I made a lot of batches specially for you. Two days to sell goods here. I hope you can remember the rules here and don't cause too much trouble."
When Demon Emperor Baize was still alive, there would be no more restrictions on the businessmen traveling in various states. Firstly, it is to build relationships with other human beings, and secondly, it is also to spread materials from various states to the realm of Yaowei Palace. After all, Zhanzhou in the South China Sea is located in a remote corner, and its own products are very scarce.
The Demon Underworld Palace is in urgent need of recuperation and recuperation since it occupied this place. Not only do they need food, meat, fruits and other food to satisfy their hunger, they can provide food for the tens of thousands of monsters under their command. A lot of herbs, materials and other things are needed to refine elixirs and weapons to prevent sudden attacks from the righteous factions.
However, after Bai Ze's death, Bei Ping Wang gradually took charge of the Yaoning Palace and put forward many rules and taboos for the merchants who were walking around to prevent those from the righteous path from getting involved.
Among these rules and taboos, it is specifically stipulated that the time these merchants can stay in the Demon Underworld Palace shall not exceed seven days. Once a caravan is found to have exceeded this requirement, at least they will be disqualified from doing business here, and at worst, the spirits from the palace will be dispatched, and they will be killed without mercy.
After Qin Muzhi heard this, he couldn't help but thank him. He also handed over a few third- and fourth-grade elixirs to express his gratitude.
After the commander took the elixir expressionlessly, he glanced at it casually for a few times, then waved his hand to let the little demons guarding the place pass.
Jiugui and Mu Jingyu followed the Qin family and disappeared deep into the official road.
After he was completely out of sight of the guarding spirits, Qin Muzhi led the Qin family's caravan and turned in from a small road beside the official road. Not long after, they came to a relatively private open space.
Qin Siyuan greeted everyone and temporarily stopped to rest here for a while. Qin Muzhi called Jiugui and Mu Jingyu to a small forest not far away.
"Your Majesty, Mu Zhi will lead the caravan to do business elsewhere. I wonder where you are going, old man. If you are on the way, I, a descendant of the Qin family, can escort you for a while."
After meeting the drunkard, it was not stated where exactly the two of them were going. Therefore, Qin Muzhi temporarily stopped his journey as soon as he entered the sphere of influence of Yaoming Palace.
The drunkard said: "Master Qin can bring me and Xiaoyou Mu here, I would be very grateful. I won't bother the Qin family's son for the rest of the way."
Although the drunkard was kind to Qin Muzhi for saving his life, it was really important to go to Danchan Mountain to steal the elixir. He would not tell Qin Muzhi, lest the news leak out and cause unnecessary trouble.
"Well, Mu Zhi won't waste Your Majesty's time." Qin Muzhi said, taking out some silver coins from his arms and handing them to the drunkard's hands: "Please accept these silver coins, Your Majesty, if you encounter When the spirits come to interrogate you, you can use these yellow and white things to get rid of them."
The drunkard thanked him, took the silver, and wanted to leave with Mu Jingyu.
Qin Muzhi followed up with instructions: "I almost forgot that after passing through the cave just now, the commander specially approved a seven-day time limit for my Qin family. And you and this little friend are all with my Qin family. The caravan just entered here. When they go back, they have to go out with us."
The drunkard nodded: "Master Qin, please rest assured. Within seven days, Mu Xiaoyou and I will definitely return here and join you to go out together."
According to the regulations of North Pluto, all caravans that are allowed to enter Longshou Mountain must return within the specified time. Moreover, the number of people, vehicles, horses and other materials must be exactly as they were when they arrived, so that they can leave the mountain smoothly.
If there is any discrepancy in comparison, report it clearly to the spirit guarding the mountain gate. They will not release it until they send someone to check clearly.
That's why Qin Muzhi told the drunkard to come back here on time and go out of Longshou Mountain with them.
Qin Muzhi waved his hands at the retreating figures of the two men and shouted loudly: "Muzhi will lead the Qin family's children and will return here in five days, waiting for the arrival of Your Majesty and this little friend."
The drunkard and Mu Jingyu emerged from another official road, both of them still covering their faces with cloth cloaks. Although this place is still far away from Yaoning Palace, there are still spirits from Yaoning Palace around. Just in case, it's better to be careful.
After following the drunkard for several miles on the official road, Mu Jingyu found that on this official road, there were mostly traveling businessmen traveling alone in groups of three or two.
He understood in his heart why the drunkard chose this official road to walk. He remained silent and followed closely behind the drunkard towards the hinterland of Zhanzhou in the South China Sea.
After waiting for noon, finally not far ahead, a tall flag with red letters on a black background appeared in front of us. Next to the tall flagpole, there is a two-story inn. It's just that this restaurant not only looks slightly dilapidated on the outside, but is also located on the side of an official road, surrounded by wilderness and ridges, so it is lonely here.
"Tianxiang Tower?" Mu Jingyu looked at the flags in front of him attentively and read out unconsciously.
The merchants who were on their way in front of them all parked their goods and horses in the simple yard when they arrived at the only restaurant. Then they joined each other and went into the restaurant.
"My dear disciple, after traveling for a long time, you must be hungry too. Let's go to this Tianxiang Tower to have a full meal first, and then continue on our way."
"Do you want to eat and rest here?" Mu Jingyu asked after hesitating as he looked at this simple but bustling restaurant.
"Why, my good disciple, are you worried that it is not safe here, or that the food is not delicious?" From a distance, the two of them saw more than a dozen monsters wearing brocade clothes and robes, with faces of various ferocious beasts. The group sat on the first floor near the door. They seemed to be drinking and chatting, but in fact they were monitoring the businessmen coming and going.
The drunkard immediately guessed what Mu Jingyu was thinking, so he teased him a few times.
Seeing that even drunkards were fearless, Mu Jingyu immediately felt relieved and said, "Since Master, you are not afraid, what do I have to worry about?"
At that moment, the two of them filed into Tianxiang Tower, following the previous waves of traveling merchants.
