A month later, after receiving the inconvenient items as a black jade ring and putting other items into storage bags by category, Xu Wen showed his true colors and strode out.
In order to stimulate Liu Minghe's fighting spirit, he deliberately showed his cultivation at the third level of Qi refining not long ago.
Most monks in this realm have storage bags. Without them, it would easily arouse suspicion. He deliberately chose a medium-sized storage bag to bring with him.
Not long ago, Liu Yubo discovered a miniature spiritual vein, not far away to the north of Qingfeng City.
Although Qingfeng City has strong spiritual energy, it is not friendly to mortals. It was fine when he was there, but a hundred years later, most of the descendants will not be willing to bear the spiritual stones of the side tribesmen.
The Zhiyuan Sect has always strongly encouraged its disciples to establish settlements outside, and there will be many subsidies.
After weighing the situation, he decided to rely on that spiritual vein to build a settlement to accommodate the Liu family.
Establishing a settlement is not a simple matter. The entire Liu family not only mobilized, but also entrusted Liu Minghe and others to escort some materials and personnel there.
It was still some time before we went to the Xishan ruins. Liu Yubo offered him a good reward, so Liu Minghe naturally agreed and even called Xu Wen.
After practicing hard for dozens of days, he happened to be very restful and wanted to accumulate some experience for future adventures, so Xu Wen did not refuse.
Outside the North City, a team of more than 60 people was ready to go. In addition to several monks hired by Xu Wen and others, there were also six low-level monks from the Liu family.
Everyone has several bulging storage bags tied around their waists. You don’t have to think twice to know that they must be filled with good things.
The other fifty or so people are all mortals of the Liu family, each with several horses and a large cart.
Building a garrison is too time-consuming and uneconomical to rely solely on the monks. The mortals of the Liu family will naturally have to participate in the future settlement of the place.
Although they are mortals, they are all full of energy and energy. It can be seen that they have been practicing martial arts for a long time and are well-trained.
That spiritual vein is located hundreds of miles north of Qingfeng City and is relatively safe, but after all, it is still within the Hengjue Mountains, where ferocious beasts appear, and occasionally there are ferocious beasts and evil things.
The first pioneers must have a certain amount of force, otherwise they would not be helping, but risking their lives and adding to the chaos.
After counting the number of people, a tall woman wearing a goose-yellow dress greeted them, and the team slowly set off.
The woman's name is Liu Nichang, she is Liu Yubo's youngest daughter, she has reached the sixth level of Qi Refining, and she is the nominal commander of the team this time.
Seeing a group of Liu family's elite soldiers and generals enforcing the ban under her command, a woman in red couldn't help but giggle:
"I didn't expect that my crybaby little Nishang would already be so outstanding after I haven't seen him for several years?"
The woman was guarding the south gate of Qingfeng City with Zhang Longxiang. Her name was Deng Mengnu. She had a close friendship with Liu Yubo. She was the real commander of this team.
Although they look similar in appearance, Deng Mengnu is actually Liu Nishang's elder and watched him grow up.
Glancing at Liu Minghe and Xu Wen who were leading the way, she stared slightly, but didn't say much.
She didn't really agree with Liu Yubo's plan, but he insisted and there was nothing he could do.
During the exchange of greetings, the team started slowly. Xu Wen and Liu Minghe led the way, with Deng Mengnu, Liu Nichang and others in the middle, and Zhang Jiuting and others behind.
Many people in this team are acquaintances, and many of them have attended Liu Hongyuan's party. This operation is just a preview of the next expedition to the Xishan ruins.
Near Qingfeng City, the steep and steep Hengjue Mountains are much gentler.
After hundreds of years of unremitting suppression by the Zhiyuan Sect, the ferocious monsters have basically become extinct, and have gradually become suitable for human survival.
Along the way, you can occasionally see human settlements built near mountains and rivers, with flat valleys and peach blossoms reflecting white walls, creating a paradise-like scene.
However, the mottled bloodstains and cracks on the city wall, and the faint cold light on the waist of the city defender all told everyone that the paradise is just an appearance, and the iron, blood and fire are the true face.
Three days later, the team left the road and turned west. The spiritual vein Liu Yubo discovered was in a valley a hundred miles away.
The spiritual veins near Qingfeng City had long been discovered and developed into settlements. Liu Yubo was also unlucky enough to discover new spiritual veins at such a close location.
After a few miles, the road completely disappeared. Partridges, insects, and beast roars could be heard from time to time in the vast forest, reminding everyone that they were the first humans to set foot here.
After taking out a map and observing it for a moment, Liu Nichang raised his hand and waved his hand, and several rays of white light flew out and landed on the mountains, rivers, and jungles, vaguely forming a road leading into the distance.
"Follow these marks, build roads across mountains and build bridges across rivers..."
Following her order, about fifty Liu family members immediately dismounted, armed with sharp axes and broadswords, and began to cut down trees, build roads and bridges.
If they were all cultivators, there would be no need to go to such trouble. Even Qi Refining cultivators who cannot fly can use the lifting technique to get over these places.
But as a settlement with many mortals, a road connected to the main road is necessary. Only in this way can this settlement truly gain a foothold.
Of course, the first time you open a road, the requirements are not high. The main thing is to cut down trees and have a prototype of the road.
Things like roads are ultimately made by walking on them. When there are more people walking on them, they become roads.
Xu Wen and others flew to various nodes to drive away monsters and prevent the beasts from suddenly jumping out from hurting people.
The blue wisps of the road open up the mountains and forests!
Looking at the people struggling to cut down trees in the jungle, eight words suddenly appeared in Xu Wen's mind.
Although they are mortals, the Liu family are physically strong and well-organized.
Some people were responsible for felling trees, some were responsible for dragging away fallen trees, and some were responsible for leveling the ground. They advanced very quickly and soon went deep into the forest.
…
Beside a pile of rocks, several people were working hard to cut down wood, preparing to open a road to bypass the pile of rocks. The "rumbling" sound soon alerted the original owner of the place.
These mortals were completely unaware, but Xu Wen and Liu Minghe on the side felt something was wrong.
"Back off!"
Xu Wen shouted deeply and raised his hand, causing the grass and shrubs near the pile of rocks to grow rapidly.
Liu Minghe pinched his hands, and fireballs shot out quickly, hitting the pile of rocks.
Amidst a numbing "rustling" sound, numerous thumb-sized red and black ants swarmed out of the stone.
"Fire ants!"
Xu Wen couldn't help but let out a low breath.
He is really destined to these things. Guang Yutong once wanted to use fire ants to lure him out. Unexpectedly, he actually met them this time.
The entanglement technique can't stop so many fire ants at all. Fire ants are very resistant to fire-attribute spells. Fireballs are just like scratching the surface and have no effect at all.
Many fire ants quickly broke through the two men's interception and rushed out.
The Liu family reacted quickly. As soon as they heard Xu Wen's order, they immediately dropped the heavy ax in their hands and ran away without thinking.
But fire ants suddenly poured out from all directions, and there was no way to escape. Four or five people were immediately surrounded by fire ants.
Hot formic acid spurted out, and the "chichichichi" sound that made people's skin crawl all over kept ringing, and the clothes and skin of several people immediately began to rot and smell scorched.
Two of them endured the pain and rushed out desperately, but the other three were rolling on the ground in pain, trying to reduce the pain in this way.
Thick fire ants immediately swarmed up and enveloped the two people in an instant.
"Second brother!"
Liu Nichang screamed and rushed over madly. One of the young men turned out to be Liu Yubo's biological son, her half-brother.
But she was hundreds of steps away, and with the speed of fire ants chewing things, by the time she rushed here, only bones of her brother would be left.
Deng Mengnu was on the other side of the mountain, and it was even more impossible for her to come here in a short time.
Shocked in his heart, Xu Wen suddenly made a spell, and dark green clouds fell into the fire ants one after another, quickly forming a squirming cloud that clung to the ground, emitting a nauseating stench.
The strong odor immediately confused the perception of most of the fire ants, causing them to wander around without distinguishing between objects. However, a few fire ants became even more manic, biting desperately at a few people.
This was a spell I learned specially to deal with fire ants last time, but I didn't expect to use it today.
Looking at the three people who were still wailing, Xu Wen was about to cast other spells when Liu Minghe rushed out like lightning and pulled Liu Nichang's brother out of the fire ant colony.
Ignoring several fire ants rushing towards him, he flicked his fingers and shot out mana, smashing the remaining fire ants on him to pieces.
