On the road.
"Master Immortal, the younger one is named Wan Gong, and the other four are named Liu Hong, Yuan Shan, Hao Lei, and Han Qiuping." Wan Gong, a middle-aged man, said to Zhang Changkong while riding on horseback from the window of Zhang Changkong's carriage.
Zhang Changkong followed his instructions and looked over. Liu Hong and Yuan Shan were the other two middle-aged men, and Hao Lei and Han Qiuping were the other two middle-aged women.
"Have you always lived in Wanzhu Peak, or are you from outside the sect?" Zhang Changkong saw many black-clothed warriors from the sect, but he had not yet understood whether these people were kidnapped by the Xiangshan Sect.
"Many of our ancestors were immortal masters of Wanzhu Peak. After our ancestors passed away, we also relied on Wanzhu Peak to live. Many people in the sect are in the same situation as me," Wan Gong replied.
"Are all rikishi born like this?"
"No, a small number of them are recruited from outside. They are all worldly geniuses."
"I see that the sect has many warriors, why do we need to recruit people from outside?"
"What the Immortal Master doesn't know is that the cultivation of warriors also requires understanding of the muscles and bones. Many people have poor muscles and bones, and it is difficult to achieve success in the cultivation of warriors. Moreover, although the cultivation of warriors does not require vitality stones, some herbs and meat are indispensable. The sect Although there will be some support, less than one-tenth of the mortals in the sect practice rikishi training, and even fewer have stepped into the threshold of rikishi, so every year the sect recruits rikishi from the outside world."
Zhang Changkong was confused: "Most warriors can do well in the mortal world, why come to Xiangshan Sect?"
Wan Gong smiled bitterly: "It's okay if the outside world lacks resources. Many people practice superficial skills, but there are many advanced skills within the sect. These can only be obtained by serving the sect."
Zhang Changkong thought about it. He entered the sect for three years and studied in a closed place called Sanzhi Mountain. That Sanzhi Mountain is not the eighteen cultivation peaks of the sect, but just an ordinary mountain without vitality nodes in the Xiangshan Sect. , started practicing three years later. Apart from staying at Wanzhu Peak, he rarely goes out. He really doesn’t know what the situation is like for the mortals living on the ordinary peaks in the sect. Most of the mortals he comes into contact with are on Wanzhu Peak. The mortals walking around in black clothes or with some official positions thought that strong men were relatively common among mortals. It seemed that he was wrong.
"Well, how long does it take to get to the Three Rivers Rainforest?"
"If everything goes well, it will take about three to five months."
Zhang Changkong's heart sank again. He really didn't know that the Xiangshan Sect's territory was so large. He heard that the Sanhe Rainforest was not the real boundary of the Xiangshan Sect, but it was just relatively close.
He roughly knows the area where humans live in this world.
Immortal cultivators call this land the Great Wilderness. In addition to the human race, there are also alien races in the great wilderness. As for the alien races, Zhang Changkong only knows about the Winged Human Race, the Snake Man Race, and the Rock Man Race. These are all from the Xiangshan Sect. The sphere of influence has a lot of contact with foreign races, but the others are not well understood.
Well, their human race is called the ape-man race by the alien races in the wilderness.
The wilderness is vast, but the protagonists in it are not intelligent races, but endless ferocious beasts. Many vitality nodes are occupied by some ferocious beast groups.
Therefore, the settlements of intelligent races in the wilderness are like small villages dotted on the land full of ferocious beasts.
Many cultivating sects in the Great Wilderness conquered a territory and moved mortals to develop there. Many of the surrounding areas were unexplored wilderness.
Because the human race is a big race, they have settled in countless places for countless years, and there are countless sects of cultivating immortals. Wherever there are people, there are fights. The human race only maintains unity on the surface, and has long been fighting on the inside, so the world of cultivating immortals has been divided. The right way and the evil way.
Zhang Changkong thought it would take ten days and a half to reach the destination, but he didn't expect it would take half a year if things went well, and he didn't know how long it would take if things didn't go well.
He would not consider the time he spent on the road as part of his guard time.
Zhang Changkong couldn't help but be speechless when he thought of this. It seems that he has practiced step by step to the level of a mage. If he has been given such a task many times, even if he is extremely talented, he may not be as good as a mage.
"It seems that cultivation still needs to rely on some external forces, whether it is vitality stones, elixirs, or other genius treasures, so as to make up for the time and energy wasted on sect tasks."
"By the way, what's going on with those ordinary people?"
Zhang Changkong knew that these black-clad warriors had signed a labor contract with Wan Zhufeng for an unknown number of years. They usually had to carry out tasks assigned by Wan Zhufeng. Although they were under his command now, after the task was over, they still accepted Wan Zhufeng's other tasks. arrangement, but these ordinary people completely belong to him. Unless he dies, these people will belong to him forever.
Zhang Changkong thought to himself, is this slavery? Well, Xiangshan Sect is a demonic sect, so it is not surprising to have such a system.
"Oh, they are all the family members of some sinners. Originally, if there were too many mortals in the Xiangshan Sect, they would be arranged to live in other places, but sinners like them do not have this freedom. They are all assigned to immortal masters or some powerful men who have performed meritorious services."
Um? crime?
Zhang Changkong was puzzled, what a fresh word, this Xiangshan Sect is not a practicing sect that is compassionate and compassionate, and it has never cared much about mortals. Could it be that it has formulated laws for mortals?
"Some warriors failed to complete their tasks or ran away from the battle. If something happened, not only would they not be able to escape, but their families would also have to suffer," Wan Gong said later.
I see.
One thing Wan Gong didn’t mention is that generally a newly minted immortal master will have more than a hundred mortals, and some may even have hundreds. After all, if he has more mortals under his command, he can always earn some blue gold coins, and he can also cultivate his own personal strength. , I don’t know why this Immortal Master Zhang is like this, but I don’t dare to say more about the things that go on between these Immortal Masters.
Zhang Changkong and Wan Gong learned some other common sense about the sect and asked Wan Gong not to disturb him.
Zhang Changkong could only hope that the journey would go smoothly and not waste too much of his time.
Zhang Changkong didn't care much about other trivial matters. He only cared about his great cause of cultivating immortality.
"Alas, after all, there are still too few means in the realm of warlocks." Zhang Changkong was helpless. "Warlocks can only practice spells. I wonder if there are any spells that are more suitable for long-distance travel than light body. If there are, I must find a way to get them in the future. .”
Zhang Changkong did not expect that the first difficulty he encountered after leaving Xiangshan Sect was not a powerful enemy, but inconvenient transportation.
The magic masters in the realm of warlocks cannot use magical weapons, so warlocks rely entirely on spells.
Things like storage bags or magical weapons such as flying escape are things that only practitioners in the mage realm need to consider.
"I heard that refining elixirs can only be done at the level of a mage. What a sorcerer makes is just powdered medicine and cannot make elixirs."
The more Zhang Changkong thought about it, the more helpless he became. He felt that the realm of a warlock was simply not that of a cultivator of immortals. He couldn't do this or that.
"There are countless opportunities in the wilderness. Many genius treasures contain a large amount of vitality. They can be used initially without refining them into elixirs. Do you want to take risks?"
Zhang Changkong thought for a while, then suddenly froze, "Why do I think so much? Now I am still a newbie in cultivating immortals. I don't have much magic power and only have three spells. Even if I have a huge plan, my strength can't support it at all. Let’s leave these questions to myself twenty or thirty years later, when I will have boundless power.”
So Zhang Changkong took out the "Essential Technique of Gale Wind" and began to study it. He didn't pay much attention to this magic before, but he just put it down after practicing it to get started. He felt that it was useless in battle. If he had that kind of magic power, it would be better to use the "Earth and Stone Mastery" station several times. Based on the actual facts, it now seems that the "Wind Essentials" sect gave them these newcomers a deep meaning, at least they will run faster when they go out to do tasks in the future.
Half a month passed in a flash.
"Master Immortal, it's not good, something happened up front."
