"Brother, let's continue drinking. We must drink happily."
"Brother, we really want to stay here, but we can't leave if we get drunk!" Shopkeeper Xiao said hurriedly when Zhou Yang brought two more bottles of wine.
"You must drink, you must drink to your heart's content, otherwise you will not give me face."
"This, this, brother, there is still business in Fangshi, so why don't you go back."
"Look, you are older than me, why are you so unhappy? If you want to look up to me, let's drink. If we don't have enough, we will ask for more. If you don't drink, you can't leave without getting down."
"You, then I have no choice but to sacrifice my life to accompany my brother!" Shopkeeper Xiao said with a bitter smile.
"Brother, I'm serious, you have a lot of talent."
The two called themselves brothers and sisters, so they also exchanged glasses for each other.
In the meantime, Zhou Yang went out again and got back several wine bottles. Of course, only half of them contained wine.
The two drank for a while, Caihong came in, nodded to Zhou Yang, and poured wine for the two of them.
Although cultivators are not easily drunk, Shopkeeper Xiao drank too much. It was his first time to drink flower wine, and he had a female cultivator to accompany him. He was very excited, his tongue was big, and he gradually became a little tipsy.
After a few more bottles of wine, shopkeeper Xiao had fallen asleep on the table.
Zhou Yang called a few times, but shopkeeper Xiao didn't respond, so he picked him up and walked to the inner room of the private room.
Not long after, Zhou Yang walked out wearing Shopkeeper Xiao's blue robe, and also put on his square scarf, with a long sword hanging under his waist. At this time, he showed a bit more heroism, attracting colorful red eyes.
"Miss Caihong, just wake up my brother before sunset, and he will leave on his own. As for the rhetoric, I think the lady should understand. Also, how many spiritual stones will we need for meals and boat rentals?" Zhou Yang asked.
"Young master, please pay a hundred spirit stones. The wine served later is the girl's. When you arrive, just pay five spirit stones to the boatman." Caihong noticed that Zhou Yang was behaving a little strangely, but she didn't ask any more questions. .
"Then thank you, Miss. My surname is Zhou. We will see you again in the future. Farewell!" Zhou Yang paid some more spiritual stones for Shopkeeper Xiao to rest, then turned and went downstairs.
Caihong looked at Zhou Yang's back and murmured: "This boy is young and has a deep scheming mind. His actions are quite generous. He must be a young master from a big family. His surname is Zhou..."
When passing by the first floor, the hall was empty, presumably everyone was greeting guests, which was exactly what Zhou Yang wanted.
After leaving the hall, a young man came forward, bowed and asked, "Master, do you want to take a boat?"
"Exactly" Zhou Yang said.
"Miss Caihong has instructions for you to get off the boat by the ladder."
"Can."
"Okay, please."
Zhou Yang followed the ladder under the ship's side and came to a tented boat. The boat was not big and could accommodate two or three people in the tent.
"Smart!" Zhou Yang secretly praised in his heart.
Caihong understood that Zhou Yang didn't want people to know, so he found a canopy boat instead of using the blue bird to get out of the boat, which shows that he is quite considerate.
The boatman didn't say anything, just paddled away.
At this time, in another private room by the window in the painting boat, He Dongcang was holding a wine glass and standing in front of the window looking into the distance. Several beautiful female cultivators were sitting around He Dongluo and two outer disciples, and they were soliciting wine. The three of them took advantage of the female cultivators from time to time, making the female cultivators giggle.
"This man looks familiar, I seem to have seen him somewhere!" Suddenly, He Dongcang said to himself in front of the window.
He Dongluo and others glanced at him, thinking that the eldest brother must have drunk too much, so they didn't pay attention and continued to tease the female cultivator.
He Dongcang looked at it for a while and shook his head. Just as he was about to return to his seat, a sudden thought occurred in his heart. This person is...
"Zhou Yang!"
"Zhou Yang? Brother, are you mistaken? He is a low-level casual cultivator who can earn a few spiritual stones, but he dares to come here?" He Dongluo sneered.
"Yes, that's him! I have a deep impression on this person. Although he wears other people's clothes, his behavior cannot be changed." He Dongcang's eyes flickered.
"It's really him!" He Dongluo and two outer disciples also quickly came to the window. He Dongluo motioned to several female cultivators to leave first as he walked.
"The boat has already sailed, and it should be heading outside the city."
"Gaode inquired about Zhou Yang a few days ago and told us to pay attention to this person. Is it possible that Zhou Yang has anything to do with Jubaozhai?" He Dongluo frowned.
"Not only is there a connection, maybe Zhou Yang has a valuable treasure on his body, and maybe Gaode is targeting him, otherwise Gaode wouldn't be so generous." He Dongcang guessed it right away.
"What should we do, brother?" He Dongluo asked anxiously.
"You three find a fast boat and follow him."
"You two go and do it quickly, don't get lost!" He Dongluo ordered the two outer disciples. He had just broken through to the late Kaiyuan period, and was a head above the level of the other two disciples.
"You go too." He Dongcang said expressionlessly.
"He is a small casual cultivator in the middle of the Kaiyuan period, why should we all go?" He Dongluo did not want to leave Huafang, he was still thinking about the female cultivator beside him.
"Stop talking and don't have any accidents. You will regret it if you underestimate him!" He Dongcang's voice turned cold.
"Yes, brother." He Dongluo's heart trembled and he responded hurriedly. He has been afraid of this elder brother since he was a child.
Inside the boat canopy, Zhou Yang took out the magic weapon given to him by Master Zhong. This instrument is a short crescent-shaped halberd. The crescent is very sharp. It has a handle but no halberd shaft. It looks very compact and can be used as a weapon. This is the Moonlight Halberd, a medium-grade magical weapon. After injecting Yuan Power, it will emit white light. The speed is extremely fast. During a battle, it can catch you by surprise and seal your throat with blood.
Middle-grade magical instruments are commonly used by practitioners at the beginning and middle level of Lingtai. Master Zhong gave this to Zhou Yang, which shows his love and care.
Zhou Yang took out the Xuan Gang Jue cultivation experience given by Uncle Zhong, opened the book and was stunned. What his uncle gave him was nothing but the skills of the fourth to sixth levels of the Xuangang Jue and the last two levels of the Heaven-piercing Sword Jue!
The Xuangang Jue is a technique that guarantees the improvement of one's cultivation level, while the Heaven-piercing Sword Technique is a technique that improves combat skills.
In the world of cultivation, Kung Fu is also called Taoism, and magic is also called Taoism. Zhou Yang's cultivation level is still low, and he doesn't know what level of Taoism and Taoism the Xuangang Jue and Sky-piercing Sword Technique are, but these must be exchanged for the sect's contribution points, and with his current contribution points, it is still far away. not enough.
Previously, there were only the first three levels of Xuangang Jue, which was a technique that had been cultivated to the peak of Kaiyuan. There are five levels of the Sky-piercing Sword Technique. Previously, there were only the first three levels. He only reached the second level. As for the entry-level Xuan Kong Palm Technique, Zhou Yang did not use it often after reaching the middle stage of Kaiyuan, because the power was relatively too small. But the follow-up exercises of Xuan Gang Jue given to him by his uncle recorded the higher-level cultivation methods of Xuan Kong Palm.
Zhou Yang's eyes were a little moist, and his uncle's teachings for the past five years flashed through his mind from time to time.
In addition to the painting boat in the center of the city, there are many cargo ships in and out of the city in the Ziyang River, all of which transport materials into the city from Daqing Mountain, most of which are ore.
There is a refined iron mine deep in Daqing Mountain, which is shared by Ziyuan Sect and some big families. It is mined day and night, so there are cargo ships entering and leaving the city day and night.
Tu Yan City has city regulations that only allow people to enter and exit the city during the day. The city gates will be closed after sunset. Even the Ziyang River's waterway in and out of the city is not allowed to the general public.
But these regulations are relative to most cultivators, except Ziyuan Sect and some big families, because they are the managers of this city.
The teleportation array outside Tu Yan City is open day and night, because this array is the only channel for Tu Yan City to communicate with the outside world.
The nearest city to Tu Yan is also eight thousand miles away, so this teleportation array is the most important one. It is guarded by Ziyuan Sect disciples day and night, but there are just more people during the day.
The guarding disciples collect spiritual stones from past cultivators, paying ten yuan each for each person. After gathering ten people, the teleportation array can be activated. Of course, if someone hands over a hundred pieces of first-grade spiritual stones, they can also teleport it alone.
From this point of view, the income of this teleportation array is very considerable.
At this time, the tented boat was about to reach the waterway checkpoint, and Zhou Yang put away the moonlight halberd. There is already a lot of stuff in his bag, and the Moonlight Halberd will look a little bulging again.
"It's really inconvenient to have a storage bag without space. I will definitely get one when I have enough spiritual stones in the future." Zhou Yang shook his head and thought to himself.
Seeing the checkpoint from a distance, his heart suddenly sank. It turned out that he only thought that each person would pay ten first-grade spiritual stones to be teleported. He could afford this fee, but the key was to gather ten people. He ignored it.
No wonder, he has only used the teleportation array once in his entire life. If you go out of the city at night and gather ten people from nowhere, but you can't afford a hundred spiritual stones, what should you do?
Is it difficult to make enough before leaving the city? Jubao Pavilion will not wait for him to earn enough spirit stones. Maybe there will be people from Jubao Pavilion waiting in the teleportation array at this time. It seems that the previous plan is difficult to realize, so we can only think of other ways.
The tent boat successfully passed the checkpoint. Zhou Yang originally planned to get off the boat after leaving the city and wait for an opportunity to reach Anping City through the teleportation array after dark. But there is no point getting off the ship now, we can only go to Daqingshan.
"This guy is going to Daqingshan!" About two miles away behind the tented boat, a small boat was moving quickly. In addition to the boatman, there were three other people on the boat, He Dongluo.
"Why is he going to Daqingshan to hunt monsters?" A tall and thin outer disciple of the Ziyuan Sect frowned. His name was Huang Kui, and he was at the sixth level of Kaiyuan.
"No matter what you do, follow him first and find an opportunity to capture him. Remember, don't let Jubaozhai know about this." He Dongluo stared at the boat in front of him.
"Hehe, I understand. It's enough for the two of me to deal with him, no need for senior brother to do anything." Another outer disciple said, this person's name is Liu Tong, he is also at the sixth level of Kaiyuan.
"Let's act according to the circumstances. We must prevent this kid from having helpers." He Dongluo said.
The dock at the foot of Daqing Mountain is where cargo ships dock all year round and there is a large flow of people. It is the busiest place outside Tu Yan City.
It was not far from sunset when the tent boat arrived at the pier. Zhou Yang paid the spirit stone and jumped onto the pier.
At this time, the pier was illuminated by the afterglow of the setting sun and dyed pale gold. People came in and out of the stone houses around the pier from time to time. Under the afterglow, everyone seemed to be wearing golden robes.
Zhou Yang bought some food at the shop on the pier and went into Daqingshan without stopping.
