Some smaller shops still take all valuables back to a safe place at night, and then transport them back to the store for sale the next day. In other words, the shops at night are basically empty shells at present.
Large stores cannot take away all the items, so they have to continue to hire a large number of guards to guard them.
The problems faced by Yangtian Pavilion are equally difficult.
Although Wanbaotang has been opened, the industrial bandits of Ziyuan Sect dare not move, so Cheng Shijie's people all retreated to the sect. Wang Mengdao also followed Wang Qinggong to the iron mine, which was a good job.
However, Cheng Shijie was implicated in Zhong Pengfei's incident and was removed from the captain's post. He was transferred to the outer door to assist the deacon in managing chores. These days, his mood has been very low, and he basically ignores worldly affairs and practices behind closed doors all day long.
Without the protection of Ziyuan Sect, Yangtian Pavilion could only recruit many more guards with high salaries to further strengthen the store's strength.
Shentu Gang added two new guards from the late stage of the spiritual stage and six from the middle stage of the spiritual stage. Including the previous manpower, Yangtian Pavilion has a total of seventeen guards, including three late cultivators of Lingtai.
Although Zhou Yang was only in the middle stage of Lingtai, his combat power was no less than that of the late stage of Lingtai, and even exceeded it. Therefore, including him, there should be four late cultivators of Lingtai.
The protective power has been strengthened, and the operating costs of Yangtian Pavilion have also increased accordingly.
However, the investment was worth it. In the next ten days or so, Yangtian Pavilion's guards repelled three bandit attacks, killing and injuring dozens of people, demonstrating Yangtian Pavilion's majesty and momentum.
After these few times, there were no more bandits, and Yangtian Pavilion was somewhat famous in Tuyan City.
However, such bloody days once again scared Liu and Liang back to Anping City, and they did not dare to come to slaughter Yan again. Zhou Yang and Mo Chenglong had to take charge of Yangtian Pavilion again.
Although the situation is grim, Yangtian Pavilion's business is getting stronger day by day, and more and more low- and medium-level monster materials are being harvested.
Zhou Yang was not blinded by this phenomenon. He knew in his heart that there would be less and less monster materials in Tu Yancheng, and one day Tu Yan would return to his former self. And this time will not be too long, so life in Yangtian Pavilion will not always be easy.
During this period of time, he was also thinking about the future management methods, and discussed with Liu, Liang, and Mo more than once to discuss the development plan of Yangtian Pavilion.
While running Yangtian Pavilion, Zhou Yang did not forget to inquire about the Xuanfu Sect. However, he had too few people and was not specialized in his work, so what he found was only bits and pieces of information, of little practical value.
After the situation in Yangtian Pavilion stabilized, Zhou Yang's schedule to rush to Cangshou Mountain was also determined.
However, his disguise technique is facing failure and he will return to his previous appearance. If he returns to Cangshou Mountain as Zhou Yang, the danger will increase a lot, so he has to think of some ways.
On this day, Zhong Peng flew to Yangtian Pavilion. After discussing with Zhou Yang, the two of them arrived at Anping City through the teleportation array.
Zhong Pengfei arrived first. He was responsible for searching for the detailed map of Cangshou Mountain, while Zhou Yang was responsible for preparing other needed items.
To be on the safe side, Zhou Yang spent two thousand spirit stones at Qidao Pavilion to buy a set of low-level inner armor.
Although he has practiced the fire tempering technique, he can be injured by a medium-grade or above magic weapon. But with the inner armor to protect the body, and combined with the earth fire body tempering technique, as long as it is not a powerful high-grade magic weapon, you will only suffer some minor injuries.
The cheapest intermediate armor would cost ten thousand spirit stones, and the intermediate armor with better defensive effect would be even more expensive, and he couldn't afford it.
As the elder of Ziyuan Sect, Zhong Pengfei didn't need Zhou Yang to worry about his equipment.
After meeting in Lingtian, the two laid out the map and discussed the plan to enter Cangshou Mountain all night, including the route, difficulties they faced, the possibility of encountering the Three Saints Sect and Xuanfu Sect, and retreat actions, etc. .
The map Zhong Pengfei found was very simple. It roughly marked the location of the three factions' mines and the route into the mountain. The specific location of the mines, the location of the three factions' personnel, etc. were not marked.
Moreover, this map is only the tip of the iceberg of the entire Cangshou Mountain. There are many areas that are either unexplored or not marked.
No matter how detailed the map of Cangshou Mountain is, it can only be found within the three major sects, and it is not sold on the market. However, this map has specially marked areas where high-level monsters often appear, which was of great help to the two of them.
Their cultivation is not high, so they are afraid of encountering mid- and low-level monsters above level five or living in groups. Groups of mid- and low-level monsters are more terrifying than level five monsters, especially those that can fly.
It would be great if we could avoid the activity areas of these monsters in advance. But monsters are not static, they are moving at any time, so these labels are only for reference.
The next day, a guest came to the spiritual field. Zhou Yang discussed with him behind closed doors for a long time before the guest left.
This person was Lin Cheng. He brought a personal letter from Sima Ling'er and briefly talked about some situations of Wanjianmen.
In the letter, Sima Ling'erxiang described in detail the major events that had happened in the Anping River Basin in the past month and what Wan Jianmen had done. Zhou Yang frowned more and more as he read.
Wanjianmen stepped up its offensive against the Five Elements Sect, and the remaining four factions also formed a close alliance to form a mobile corps of nearly ten thousand people. The mobile corps would go to any island where there was war.
This kind of tactics restrained the rapid advancement of Wanjianmen's army to a certain extent.
However, generally speaking, the four factions are still at a disadvantage. Both in terms of total military strength and the number of masters, they are not as good as Wanjianmen. Moreover, from the beginning of the war to now, the four factions have not seen Qiang Xian. In other words, the opponent's highest combat power did not take action.
Although the four factions resisted vigorously, the offensive of the Wanjianmen army was not affected much, and the advancement speed was still very fast.
The person who leads the Wanjianmen army is deputy sect leader Shan Chengfeng. There are two deputy commanders, one of whom Zhou Yang knows is actually the foreign affairs manager Zhong Xianghui.
Zhong Xianghui is a close confidant of Qiang Xian, and Zhou Yang did not know his exact cultivation level before. Sima Linger told Zhou Yang in the letter that Zhong Xianghui had actually reached the peak of Tianyuan.
Even most people in Wanjian Sect didn't know about this, and they thought he was just a lobbyist working among various sects. It wasn't until the expedition army was formed that people knew Zhong Xianghui's true cultivation level, and they were suddenly shocked. My jaw dropped.
The deputy sect leader Shan Chengfeng is also at the peak of Tianyuan's cultivation level. He is on par with Qiang Xian and is deeply appreciated by him. Qiang Xian gave him command of the 20,000-strong expeditionary army. These were most of the elite members of Wanjian Sect, which showed how much he trusted Shan Chengfeng.
People speculated that the reason why Qiang Xian did not come forward was because it was the critical moment to break through the golden elixir and there was no room for distraction.
But some people believe that Qiang Xian will never practice in seclusion when the war is in full swing, because he needs to master the progress of every battle and every major deployment, so naturally he cannot be in seclusion.
Zhou Yang also believes in the second view. Qiang Xian will never hit the realm of Jindan at this time.
The eldest lady Qiang Xia is also in the army and plays the role of supervising the army.
However, Qiang Xia is cautious and low-key, and has a relatively harmonious relationship with Shan Chengfeng and Zhong Xianghui. Therefore, the army marched quickly and with great momentum, attacking more than a dozen islands in a row, turning the war to one side, and most of the Anping River was occupied. Under the control of Wanjianmen.
The letter also said that Qiang Xia invited Sima Ling'er to watch the battle, and she has accepted the invitation.
Zhou Yang thought for a long time and replied a letter to Sima Ling'er, and gave it to Lin Cheng to take back with him along with five thousand spirit stones and several bottles of pills.
After consideration, he believed that it was not appropriate for Sima Ling'er to participate in the war, and it was better to wait and see what happened. This view was also stated in the letter. But Lin Cheng said that Miss Ling'er had already made preparations before he came, and might have set off long ago.
The Wanjianmen's unification of the Anpinghe River has become unstoppable. Wherever the army arrives, it can attack and win every battle. The four factions of Anpinghe's gold, earth, water and fire factions are defeated.
Under such circumstances, Sima Ling'er's safety was guaranteed, which made Zhou Yang feel a little relieved.
The letter also mentioned Pu Zheng's injuries. Pu Zheng's life was finally saved, and the result was better than expected. His state was only reduced to the sixth level of the spiritual platform.
Pu Zheng himself was also open-minded, and his mood was not disturbed too much, which Zhou Yang secretly admired.
However, after Lin Cheng left, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, but Sizai San couldn't figure it out.
During this period, Zhou Yang often made alchemy, but it had some effect. There was no tingling pain in his consciousness, and he was temporarily stabilized. But in a few days it will be time to get the medicine, and a large amount of spiritual stones will have to be spent.
Under the influence of Pu Zheng, he also looked away. He could spend the spiritual stones he earned, but he no longer felt the physical pain he had before.
Everything was ready, and early the next morning, the master and the apprentice rode the green wolf on the road to Cangshou Mountain.
The route they took was exactly the direction Zhou Yang took when he was kidnapped more than a year ago.
In fact, it would be much faster if they rented flying spirit beasts, but the disadvantage is also very obvious, that is, the target is too large, which can easily arouse the vigilance of Tianyuan masters and flying monsters.
So the two of them thought about it again and again, and decided to ride on a fourth-level green wolf, because the speed of this kind of green wolf was no less than that of an ordinary fifth-level monster.
The road to the west is different from the road to the north. Before, he and Pu Zheng went north to the wasteland, and even after traveling for more than a thousand miles, they didn't see a single level five monster. But this time, they only reached six to seven hundred miles west of Anping City when they encountered a fifth-level primary monster.
Fortunately, Zhong Pengfei followed him, and the two of them spent a lot of effort and an intermediate talisman to finally repel it.
The talismans on Zhou Yang's body were all purchased from the Xuanfu Sect through Liu Menglong. They were mainly intermediate talismans. Although the quantity was not too large, the power was not small. The reason why he didn't buy them in the store was because most of the stores contained low-level spiritual talismans, and their power was naturally much smaller.
Medium and high-level spiritual talismans can't be obtained without the Xuanfu Sect easily selling them. Facing these level 5 and above monsters, only intermediate and above talismans can work.
Those low-level talismans have no effect at all. Hitting rough-skinned monsters is just equivalent to tickling them.
