On the official road, two simple riders galloped in the morning light.
Horse hooves kicked up clouds of dust.
But behind, Fengyang County is gradually moving away.
Zhang Jian glanced at Fengyang County behind him, and there was a sense of relief in his expression.
The chicks eventually leave the nest and learn to fly.
"Lang Jun, shall we take the water route or the land route next?"
Next to him, Zhang Lu was now strong and strong. After an autumn, his body had grown a little.
At this time, the mortise-and-tenon structure of the luggage on his back looked small and exquisite, a bit out of place.
“But it’s freezing cold and the waterways may freeze, so there might be delays on the way!”
"Then let's take a land route first and wait until the waterway is clear before leaving!"
Zhang Jian is not in a hurry. There are still more than three months until Spring, so there should be enough time.
The time of spring is when the light snow melts and the buds grow in early spring.
And just in February.
In fact, it is most convenient to take the waterway. Baishui is accessible in spring, summer, and autumn. You can go directly from Baishui to the Grand Canal. It only takes about half a month to go directly to the important land of Haojing.
However, Zhang Jian was delayed for a while in order to refine the natal magic weapon, so he could only choose to set off by land.
Now that I have magic power, I don’t have to worry about being tired from the journey.
For example, the last rural examination in the county town was so taxing that he almost fell ill.
Next to him, Zhang Lu had also started practicing martial arts, and had practiced another secret body-building method "White Tiger Bai Sheng Jin" obtained from the tomb of King Mian. He also had strong muscles and bones, and had many spiritual fruits harvested from the Mountain God Mansion. This guy is full of energy all day long and is now causing trouble and getting into fights.
However, even though they were traveling by land, Zhang Jian and the two did not suffer much.
As soon as they entered Shanyang County, the person in charge of the Zhang family's caravan came to greet them, and many people were hired to accompany them all the way to Jixian County.
From Shanyang County to Jixian County, you can reach the Grand Canal after passing through several checkpoints.
Transfer directly from the Grand Canal to Haojing.
The water system of the Grand Canal is rough and turbulent. Even if it is freezing cold, it is rarely frozen and does not make it difficult to sail.
But when he was about to leave Shanyang County, he ran into trouble.
"This is a chaotic situation, with fighting happening everywhere. These bandits are brutal, and the officers and soldiers are equally brutal!"
In the distance, standing on the mountains, a group of people were hiding their traces, but below they could see two groups of people fighting in a bloody battle in the canyon. Some were obviously rogues composed of refugees, and the other were officers and soldiers.
It was just a melee between the two parties, and everyone saw that the officers and soldiers were not able to gain the upper hand. However, the rogue bandits were well-organized and advanced and retreated in a controlled manner. Instead, they outflanked that part of the army and carried out division and elimination.
Half an hour later, the battle below suddenly came to an end.
It ended with the local officers and soldiers being wiped out. These bandits cleaned up the battlefield in an orderly manner and looted all the usable things before slowly withdrawing from the battlefield.
"Lang Jun, it seems that there are capable people among these bandits. Their fighting power does not look like a rabble formed by those random people! On the contrary, these officers and soldiers look like a rabble!"
Zhang Lu frowned, his expression a little solemn.
Zhang Jian glanced at him. Zhang Lu had not read the book in vain during this period, and a smile appeared in his eyes.
"It seems that the situation inside and outside Shanyang County is more serious than expected. Governor Cai is afraid that he will have a headache right now!"
At the same time, the two of them slowly came to the battlefield, looking at the hundreds of unburied corpses in the valley. Zhang Jian's eyes flickered, and he silently recited a scripture about the past life. As soon as I saw the words, I saw black energy rising into the sky above the battlefield, and in an instant, they were all submerged underground under the cover of the soul-purifying talisman.
“Ashes to ashes, dust to dust!”
"If you die today, you will suffer in the next life. I hope you will not encounter war next time!"
Next to him, Zhang Lu whispered.
Zhang Jian glanced at the book boy who was getting more and more out of control and snorted. However, as more dead souls were transformed, Zhang Jian felt that the soul purifying spell in his body seemed to be emitting an invisible halo, and there was a majestic figure condensed and formed from it. .
He knew that it was the appearance of the God who saved suffering from suffering in all directions.
This change is very wonderful.
His actions can be regarded as accumulating luck for the Tongshan Taoism to a certain extent.
Therefore, Tongshan Taoism is very generous with this method that can accumulate luck.
Such as soul-purifying talismans and other soul-transfer secrets, Kiriyama Taoism is directly inserted into the basic skills as a bonus.
I’m not afraid that you won’t reach a profound level.
The deeper you practice, the happier the Tongshan Taoist lineage will be, and the more luck you will receive from the Tongshan Taoist lineage.
At this moment, Zhang Jian's eyes moved, his expression moved, and he glanced deep into the valley, but he faintly saw a demonic aura lurking.
At this time, in the depths of the valley, another pitch-black figure was looking around. Its gaze fell on the corpses of many who died in battle, with a hint of perseverance and perseverance.
Just looking at the two figures in the center of the many corpses, its eyes flashed with timidity and a trace of yearning.
It could tell that the immortal cultivator in the middle of the group of corpses who was performing the method of enlightenment must be a person with advanced cultivation, but it did not dare to step forward easily to disturb him.
"The First Minister of the Ming Dynasty"
It is a spiritual snake that was bred and hatched in this mountain. It has been cultivating here for hundreds of years. However, it has been unable to enter the gate of the avenue for hundreds of years, which makes it anxious. It has also thought about taking the initiative to contact some immortal cultivators and explore The wonderful thing about immortality is that after being beaten and killed several times by several immortal cultivators, I became afraid.
It is worried that after crawling out, it will be slayed by demons again.
"You little monster is spying in secret, what do you want?"
At this moment, a dull voice sounded in its ears, which made its heart tremble and it subconsciously wanted to retreat into the cave.
But after hesitating for a moment, the big python couldn't restrain its desire and slowly crawled out of the cave, winding its way to Zhang Jian.
But it was a huge black-striped python that was tens of feet tall. A bright red snake crown stood high on its forehead, and a hoarse voice sounded.
"The master is kind to you, but the little demon is hiding in the dark with no intention of offending. Just because he saw the master cast a spell to transform the souls of the dead, and his heart was enlightened, he came here to ask for help!"
"Master, please don't be paranoid! The little demon is bowing his head!"
At this time, Zhang Lu had already drawn out the white blade from his waist. Zhang Jian waved his hand to stop Zhang Lu. His eyes fell on the big black snake, with some surprise in his eyes.
In his eyes, although this spirit snake was majestic and demonic, it was quite pure and had a slight smell of blood, but it had no dead soul. It was obviously just hunting in the mountains and had not actually devoured human bodies.
However, although the demonic aura is majestic, it is extremely scattered, and you can tell at a glance that it is not in its rightful place.
Zhang Jian couldn't help but ask:
"Are you a descendant of Poison Dragon Palace?"
"Master, the little demon did not come from the Poison Dragon Palace, but was bred by ordinary spiritual snakes in the mountains!"
"That's rare!"
Zhang Jian nodded secretly, but his eyes were smiling.
"Then what method do you want to take? Is it a method of transformation, or a method of self-protection? A method of killing the enemy?"
"Master, the little demon wants a way to live forever!"
