"Third brother, our place must be more than forty kilometers away from the village, right? Why haven't we seen Lao Jiu and his group along the way?"

Lao Balinzhen asked, riding on his horse and following his third brother Lin Zhun.

A group of twelve of them set out in the afternoon and searched for traces of Lin Xing's group along the road that the caravan must take. This search led to the discovery of Nightfall.

Originally, when they passed the hillside just now, Lin Zhen had already proposed to go back to the village.

However, Lin Zhunguan saw that the night was bright tonight and he could ride a horse at night, so he proposed to go some distance before talking.

"It's not like you don't know Lao Jiu's temperament. Usually only the elder brother's words are effective. He has been out for almost two days, so it is normal for him to go far."

Lin Zhun slowed down and saw that the road ahead was dark under the cover of trees. He lit the prepared torch and continued: "Now I just hope that boy has found the Nine-turn Nether Flame Grass."

"Then third brother, are we going back tonight?" Lin Zhen just wanted to go back to the village.

"Go back if you can find it. If you can't find it, I remember there is a cave halfway up the mountain not far away. We will go there to rest for the night."

"drive!"

Lin Zhun took the lead and rode forward again, and everyone had no choice but to continue to follow.

…

The starlight outside is not diminishing and the moonlight is getting darker. It is a good time to practice.

For practitioners, if they want to have higher strength, they must also follow the principles of time, place, and harmony.

When the sun shines, the moon shines, and the stars shine brightly, it is the time of heaven.

The place where the spiritual qualities are contained is the geographical advantage.

Talent and hard work are what make people harmonious.

For Mu Qing, who has excellent talent, otherwise he would not have a special physique, he can practice while riding a horse, and he can practice while eating and sleeping. As long as his internal strength keeps accumulating, it is just like for ordinary people. When money is increasing, he will feel secure and happy.

As early as twelve years ago, when Mu Qing was taken away to the Hidden Valley to practice cultivation, he planted a seed of desire deep in his heart.

Leave Hidden Valley and live the life you want.

At that time, there will no longer be a daily life of worrying about life and death, there will no longer be a desire to see peony but not being able to see it, and there will no longer be bullying of companions and indifference to life.

But Hidden Valley’s palm lineage would not agree!

Mu Qing did not want to live a life of escape with Shaoyao, running around and being hunted by the Zhanglu family. He wanted to leave openly.

So he understood very early on: if he wanted to leave Hidden Valley, he had to set foot on the top of the mountain.

Only by setting foot on the top of the mountain can he have the strength to fight against Hidden Valley.

The top of the mountain in Mu Qing's reverie is Yipin. For most practitioners like him, achieving enlightenment and ascending in pursuit of immortality is as illusory as the Three Immortals Island that exists in the Black Sea to the east of the mainland.

If there really is a so-called realm of immortality after attaining enlightenment and flying, then the first people in Mu Qing's heart to break into this realm should be the Bai emperors of the Mujin Dynasty.

For the Bai family of the dynasty that has lasted for one hundred and seventy-three generations without falling, the genius treasures and cultivation techniques they have collected are undoubtedly the best in the entire Taishi continent, but they are not found in the records of Hidden Valley. Which emperor lived for more than two hundred years.

And two hundred years is the life limit of a first-level master. Only those who have a smooth journey and practice to the top of the mountain without leaving any hidden diseases can live for such a long time.

Liu Weirui was already sleeping with her knees curled up by the fire, and Mu Qing was practicing Shura Jue while confirming his judgment.

Mu Qing discovered that although the internal force cultivated by Shura Jue and the huge special internal force could coexist in the acupoints and were not mutually exclusive, when he used Shura Jue, he could not transfer the special internal force.

Although he could use that special inner power with his thoughts, he felt that it was entirely because he had accumulated enough.

When Mu Qing was treating Xiaochan, he discovered that if this internal force is used according to the past experience of operating the Shura Jue, starting from the sea of ​​​​qi, buckling into the divine palace, then entering Xuanji, and finally converging in the divine court, then this internal force will be somewhere. There will be a strong sense of stagnation in some meridians and acupoints.

Shura Jue is a pure internal power and mental method. Unlike the Iron Bone Moving Mountain Strength practiced by the soldiers of the imperial dynasty, the mental method and body training complement each other. Its biggest advantage may be that it has slightly more internal power than other skills of the same quality.

Mu Qing's cultivation intuition, which was far superior to that of his peers, told him that this special internal force should require exercises that match its characteristics in order to be able to control it like an arm.

Just like the Wanhua Heart Sutra practiced by Shaoyao, it has special qualities, and the internal strength cultivated will have a very powerful auxiliary effect on treatment.

So Mu Qing now needs an internal skill that is biased towards poison skills.

But as far as the current situation is concerned, Mu Qing feels that it is time for him to take that step and truly enter the third-level powerhouse stage.

Tonight, the moonlight and stars are shining brightly. Mu Qing plans to take advantage of this opportunity to break through the fourth-level limit of Shura Jue. By then, because he can use special internal power, his strength can instantly reach the peak of ordinary third-level strength.

His legs are naturally crossed, with his left foot inward and right foot outward. His hands are naturally closed. He sits upright and looks inward, with his eyes slightly closed, leaving a ray of light. The tip of his tongue touches the roof of his mouth, his lips and teeth meet, and he breathes in and out. In the meantime, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth travels throughout the body from Xuanji to Qi Mansion according to the return path of Shura Jue.

At the top of his divine court, the moonlight and starlight outside the cave were also drawn here, mixing with the spiritual energy in the air and spiraling into a small vortex. When Mu Qing completely absorbed this spiritual energy vortex into his body, he would truly step forward. He has entered the stage of becoming a true master of the third level.

When Mu Qing's breakthrough was in progress, he focused on guarding the divine court, his heart sank, and his mental awareness was released, not daring to relax at all.

It was at this moment that his spiritual perception resonated with the aura of heaven and earth within a few kilometers of radius. Mu Qing was surprised to find that a group of uninvited guests had quickly approached.

If Mu Qing insists on breaking through, it should take half an hour, but it seems that the group can arrive in a moment at most, and the internal energy fluctuations of the leader are much stronger than Lin Xing before. Li Si and the others will definitely be able to block it. Can't live.

Mu Qing had to forcefully terminate his promotion in a very frustrated manner. For this reason, his blood surged, and a mouthful of blood rushed to his throat before he finally suppressed it.

"Wake up! Someone is coming!"

Mu Qing controlled his voice and shouted softly.

"What's wrong?" Liu Weirui was the first to wake up, and she subconsciously moved closer to Mu Qing.

"They should have come from the same group as the group at noon." Mu Qing paused and continued: "Do you need me to deal with them all? There are only a dozen people this time, and the ones with the highest strength are only fifth grade."

Liu Weirui rubbed her eyes, became more sober, and said calmly: "No, we have to pass through this Iron Bone Stronghold on both sides of the road to Stone City. I will ask Xiaosi to leave immediately."

…

"Hey! There is someone near the entrance of the cave in front!"

"Maybe it's Lao Jiu and the others. Let's go take a look quickly."

"Huh? No, the number of people is wrong."

Lin Zhun, who was originally rushing at the front, stopped the rope. He said to Lin Zhen behind him: "Lao Jiu's group does not exceed forty people. I sat on the horse and saw that there should be two more people than Lao Jiu and the others." three times."

Lin Zhen also saw it at this time. He waved back to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said: "Then third brother, I'll go and see what's going on first."

After Lin Zhen dismounted, he sneaked all the way to the cave. He saw many grooms sleeping around the carriage around the cave. He guessed that they were probably caravans heading north from Suzaku City.

Although it is unclear how many people are still in the cave, the number of caravans outside has exceeded a hundred.

Lin Zhen did not dare to neglect, and quickly went back to explain the situation he discovered to his third brother Lin Zhun.

"Third brother, this is the situation. This is a big caravan. Logically speaking, Lao Jiu cannot leave this piece of fat alone. Unexpectedly, Lao Jiu and I didn't meet each other, but we met a caravan."

Lin Zhen couldn't figure out what the situation was now, so he had no choice but to truthfully express his doubts.

Lin Zhun's eyes became more solemn, and he turned around and asked: "Eighth brother, are there any other cheap shortcuts nearby? Did Lao Jiu and the others fall into the hands of this caravan?"

Hearing this, Lin Zhen chuckled a few times and shook his head: "Third brother, you think so highly of these caravans. How can these caravans afford martial arts masters above the sixth grade?"

He paused and continued: "It's just that I don't know if there is a shortcut nearby, but if Lao Jiu didn't meet this caravan, he probably didn't go down this road."

Lin Zhun silently looked at the ten people behind him. There were twelve people in their group, one was fifth grade, one was sixth grade, and the others were all eighth or ninth grade.

Because of the disappearance of Lao Jiu Linxing, Lin Zhun was really unsure about the strength of the caravan in front of him. He said to Lin Zhen: "Eighth brother, go back to the village quickly and tell the second brother that I am waiting for you here. Bring me with you." Fifty good guys are here."

Since their plan to use the bald eagle to ask for medicine from Suzaku City failed, they could only target the passing caravans, whether Lao Jiu was present or not, they still had to do it.

When everyone arrived, the caravan not far ahead could only be their meat.

…

"Have you explained everything?"

Liu Weirui asked Li Si beside him.

Liu Weirui had just asked Li Si to tell the entire caravan about the danger. If someone leaked what happened at noon, no one who could escape would become a dead soul under the sword. And if they returned to Jinguan City safely, everyone would die this time. The reward can be doubled.

Liu Weirui believes that the people in the caravan should be able to understand the serious relationship between this.

Li Si said with an indignant look: "I've told you everything, but, miss, we can't fight with Brother Mu Qing!"

Liu Weirui shook his head and said: "After fighting a group of people, another group of people will come. We have to pass through this Iron Bone Village if we want to go to Stone City. We have dealt with them before, and we have to follow some rules."

"Next, let's discuss some countermeasures."