When he came to the big lake, he took off his clothes and pants and found a place covered with water plants with Black Banner. Then he plunged into the lake and dived into the stone niche space at the bottom of the lake to practice all night.
The next day, he caught a few lake fish and grilled them to fill his stomach. Then he went ashore, put on his clothes, and walked alone through the morning dew on the shore toward the village chief Xu Jin's house.
As soon as he arrived at the village chief's house, he saw Xu Jin inviting him into the inner hall with a smile. He held a Murakami seal in his hands and handed it to him. Then he handed over a bag of bulging yuan coins and said: Let him spend whatever he wants in Yinyuan City.
Seeing Liu Qingyi taking the seals and coins one by one and putting them into his arms, Xu Jin simply explained: "You only need to rush to the entrance of Yinyuan City before noon with the seals, and someone will come to collect the seals in the city."
Hearing this, Liu Qingyi nodded and said, "Understood." Then he left the village chief's house and strode towards the outside of Humiao Village.
Along the way, he used his Fengxing technique, and he was walking as fast as flying, and the mountains, rivers and ravines were as smooth as walking on the ground. Not long after, he arrived at the Qinghong Plain, where none of the so-called red scarf thieves could be seen.
After passing the Qinghong Plain, they arrived at the outskirts of Mangdang Mountain. Liu Qingyi looked at the towering mountains in front of him, thinking that this time the corvee would enter the mountains, he couldn't help but feel eager to try it.
Since he has practiced the Immortal Way, the last time he faced off against the red scarf thieves was just a small test of his skills. He had already frightened off a bunch of thieves just by relying on his air control and spiritual flame skills. If he reaches the depths of Mangdang Mountain and encounters the so-called spiritual beasts and monsters, he can do whatever he wants and test the flying swords and black flags together.
With this thought in mind, he kept walking. In just a short moment, he bypassed Mangdang Mountain, crossed a large low plain, and arrived at the gate of Yinyuan City.
From a distance, he saw many people queuing up at the city gate, each holding a seal. He hurriedly walked over and stood at the back of the queue. After a while, several more people came and lined up behind him.
The Yazhao at the gate of the city collected everyone's seals one by one, led the people from each village to enter the city, and came to stand in front of a small courtyard in the west city.
Liu Qingyi looked up and saw several well-dressed warriors standing on the stone steps in front of the small courtyard, holding swords and other weapons in their hands, looking extremely majestic.
In the middle, a burly man wearing a black warrior uniform stepped forward, nodded slightly towards Ya Zhan who was leading the way, and said loudly: "By the order of the city lord, I will take you all to Mangdang Mountain for business. Please bring the packages you carry with you. Please put all your clothes in this small yard and pick them up when you come back. I will give each of you a drawing later. The task this time is to take a closer look at the Ziyanguo painted on the picture. , each person must collect at least twenty. If any of you picks less, it will be regarded as invalid, and you all know the consequences."
After saying a few words, several warriors came over and handed out a thin drawing and a cloth bag to everyone.
Liu Qingyi took the drawing and the bag and discovered that the drawing was actually painted. A fruit about the size of a lychee was painted on it, with a light purple color on the surface, which was quite lifelike. As for the cloth bag under the hair, I guess it was used to collect the purple yang fruit.
After everyone received the drawings and cloth bags, the burly man in black warrior uniform rode a wind-bone beast, led six well-dressed warriors, and shouted for everyone to file out of the city.
Liu Qingyi and the dozen or so villagers from each village each carried a cloth bag and trotted along with the few warriors in front. They followed the burly warriors riding the Wind Bone Beast out of the city and headed straight for Mangdang Mountain.
After crossing the low plain, the group arrived at the foot of Mangdang Mountain. The burly man in the lead pointed to a trail going up the mountain and said to everyone: "Going up from here, everyone must follow me closely. If you fall behind, Or if you're alone, I won't wait for you, so you'll have to ask for your own blessings." After saying that, he patted the Wind Bone Beast on his crotch and headed up the mountain with the six accompanying warriors. A group of villagers who had been recruited were also anxious. Keep up.
Liu Qingyi was at the back of the team, walking slowly towards the mountain.
The peaks of Mangdang Mountain overlap one another, like the undulating sea. The distant mountains and nearby ridges are confused in the mist, like a sleepy woman, with gauze as thin as cicada wings shaking between her breaths.
But as the crowd was marching, bursts of beast roars came from time to time, which made people shudder. It was indeed a bit disturbing to the scenery.
When they reached the mountainside, the leading warriors walked faster and faster, and everyone hurriedly stepped up their pace to catch up, for fear of falling behind.
Liu Qingyi naturally used the wind movement technique, and it was quite relaxing and comfortable to follow the team all the way. He was not sweating profusely like the villagers in other villages.
After running for several miles on the mountain road, they came to a sunken plain area in the mountains. The man riding the wind bone beast in the lead pointed forward and said: "Everyone, hurry down and pick the purple fruit, don't make any noise."
Everyone followed the big man's gesture and saw low trees growing on the mountainous plain. The treetops were covered with lavender fruits, which were the same as the purple fruits on the drawing.
The farmers from various villages were overjoyed when they saw it. They each carried cloth bags and quickly slipped into the plain and began to collect the purple fruits separately.
The burly man and the few warriors each guarded the crossing above the plain, looking around nervously for warning.
Liu Qingyi shook the cloth bag in his hand, tightened the black flag flag around his waist, then ducked into the plain woods and picked up the purple berries in a leisurely manner. In less than half an hour, I collected a large bag with about seventy or sixty pills, which was far beyond the limit of twenty pills.
He stopped and looked around, and found that most of the other people had filled their bags to eighty-nine percent, with faces full of joy. It was an unexpected surprise to see that the picking task went so smoothly. Naturally, everyone was very happy.
The leading man guarding the intersection saw that everyone had almost finished picking, so he waved his hand and began to greet everyone to get up and leave.
After hearing the order to assemble and leave, a group of people who were originally scattered across the plain quickly emerged from the woods carrying mostly filled cloth bags and headed to the trailhead to assemble.
Liu Qingyi held the cloth bag in one hand, used the air control technique and jumped up to the crossing in a few steps. Looking back, he saw a group of collecting villagers climbing towards the crossing one after another. He thought to himself: "I didn't expect this expedition." It went really well. I still had the intention of practicing with those spiritual beasts and big demons, but it seems that it was just a fantasy. Naturally, all the flying swords and fairy arts I had practiced were useless."
