Chapter 221 Multinational Spiritual Ship

In the west of Liang State, there is an important town for cultivating immortals, named "Zijing Immortal City".

This immortal city is close to the border of Liang State and has trade exchanges with Jing State to the west.

Especially during the war, the business alliance of Jing State transported a large amount of war supplies and raw materials to the Liang State's cultivation world.

The current war is led by the Jinyang Sect camp, which launched a self-defense counterattack against Liang State. The actual strategic intention is to "migrate north".

Chen State and Yan State, under a certain agreement, watched coldly and did not intervene.

This day half a month later.

In the north of Zijing Immortal City, a few hundred miles away from the mountains.

A middle-aged foundation-building person with a medium build, round face and yellow beard, stepped on a flying boat and broke through the air.

"There are no sect cultivators patrolling near the gathering point? The power of Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce is not small."

The round-faced foundation-building middle-aged man squinted his eyes and looked around.

The round-faced foundation-building person in front of him was Lu Changan's new identity disguised by the Hundred Illusion Mask.

He flipped his hand and took out a white jade card, and merged his spiritual consciousness into it.

The jade card sent a sense, pointing to a steep mountain with dense forests hundreds of feet away.

Lu Changan hesitated for a moment and did not rush in.

Whoosh!

There was a sound of breaking through the air from the back, and a purple-faced strong man with a strong aura of evil flew over, with one arm wrapped in bandages.

"Are you also here to gather?"

The purple-faced strong man glanced at Lu Changan and also took out a white jade card.

"Yes."

Lu Changan nodded, fell behind a little, and followed the purple-faced strong man to the steep mountain.

Pop!

The purple-faced strong man held the jade card in his hand, broke through an invisible cover illusion array, and entered the dense forest on the top of the mountain.

The so-called dense forest was actually an illusion array. There were few trees on the mountain, and it was bare.

In the middle, there were several large rocks, and thirty or forty cultivators were scattered among them.

There were men, women, young and old, and most of them were in the foundation-building stage.

There were also some cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage, all of them were young people, accompanying their elders.

"Is the guide cultivator of Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce here?"

The purple-faced sturdy man looked at the center of the mountain top and clasped his fists.

However, no cultivator on the mountain top responded. It was quiet for a moment, and the atmosphere was actually cold.

"Hehe..."

A low laugh came from the cultivators who gathered in a corner, which seemed to be mocking.

The purple-faced sturdy man looked gloomy and suppressed the evil spirit on his body.

He smiled awkwardly and talked to Lu Changan who came in with him.

"What is your name, fellow Taoist?"

"I am Wu Fan, an unknown casual cultivator."

Lu Changan said casually.

The purple-faced sturdy man said his surname was Fang, but did not say his identity.

Lu Changan estimated: This person's injured body, pure magic power, better than ordinary foundation-building casual cultivators, and a heavy evil spirit on his body... Maybe he is a deserter from the front line.

In every immortal cultivation war, there are quite a few such cultivators, who are often wanted by the sect. Once caught, they will end up miserably.

The two chatted and occasionally asked questions.

"As the gathering point, the cultivators of Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce have never shown up. What do you think about this, Fellow Daoist Wu?"

"The cultivators of Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce may not have arrived at the scene at all. They just need to come with the giant boat spirit ship to pick us up. In this way, even if an accident occurs, they don't have to take risks and won't leave any handles."

Lu Changan's opinion was not outstanding.

The purple-faced sturdy man's eyes flickered and he lowered his voice: "The cultivators of Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce may be mixed in the crowd and observe every cultivator who arrives..."

"Maybe."

Lu Changan remained calm.

While the two were talking, he felt a hidden divine sense lingering on himself and the purple-faced sturdy man.

That divine sense was a few points stronger than that of ordinary fake pill real people. It should be a cultivator who is good at exploration.

The purple-faced sturdy man's words attracted the attention of the fake pill-level divine sense, which stayed on him for a breath or two longer.

Lu Changan's disguised identity, the middle stage of foundation building, and his mana and aura are consistent with the identity of a casual cultivator. It is not inconspicuous, but not weak.

...

Two hours later.

The sun sets in the west, and fifty or sixty cultivators gather on the top of the mountain, more than half of whom are in the foundation building stage.

The fake Dan Zhenren who was secretly investigating was found by Lu Changan because he frequently used his spiritual sense.

He was a sixty-year-old man with a pleasant face, wearing a dark blue long gown, and most of the time he closed his eyes to rest.

Lu Changan suspected that this person was a cultivator from Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce.

It was seen that night was approaching.

Some cultivators were restless and uneasy.

After all, most of the cultivators present went to Jing State to seek refuge or escape, and lacked a sense of security.

"We're here!"

A low cry sounded.

Whoosh!

The clouds above were pushed aside, and the air flow was turbulent.

A blue spirit ship of fifty or sixty feet long, surrounded by the spiritual light of the formation, landed quickly from a high altitude.

"Dear fellow Taoists, please line up in turn with the tokens in your hands to enter the spirit ship."

Inside the spirit ship, a deep male voice came, accompanied by a fake Dan-level spiritual pressure.

"Those who disturb the order will be disqualified from boarding the ship."

Before the voice fell, the spirit ship landed ten feet high on the top of the mountain and lowered two inclined ladders.

At the entrance of one of the inclined ladders, four sharp-looking, armored, middle and late foundation-building cultivators were guarding and checking the tokens of the climbers. They looked like escorts escorting the spirit ship.

At the entrance of the other inclined ladder, two beautiful foundation-building female cultivators were guarding.

This passage is not open to ordinary cultivators.

"Prince Wang, the superior guest room on the third floor of the spirit ship has been prepared for you in advance."

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, a young man in a golden robe with an oily face and powdered face, escorted by a hunchbacked old servant and a young maid on his left and right, climbed the ladder to board the ship from this special passage.

This scene attracted the attention of all the cultivators present.

The token in the hand of the young man in golden robe is not a white jade token, but a purple token!

"I wonder if he is the descendant of some important figure in the upper echelons of Liang Kingdom?"

"For Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce to treat him like this, he must at least be a direct descendant of the True Pill cultivator."

The practitioners present speculated that they were unhappy, but they did not dare to show it.

Lu Changan took a quick look and found that the "Prince" should have used secret techniques to disguise himself. He was only at the early stage of foundation building, but he was only about thirty years old.

The beautiful girl who followed was a monk in the middle stage of foundation building.

The hunchbacked old servant couldn't tell the truth.

Lu Changan did not dare to use his spiritual consciousness to inquire easily.

Now, the war to cultivate immortals is raging in the Liang Kingdom.

Also seeking refuge in neighboring countries, big shots have higher priority and enjoy far better treatment than ordinary monks.

In addition to the prince in the golden robe, several groups of people entered the second entrance of the inclined staircase.

As few as one person, as many as two or three people.

Most of these people's tokens are cyan tokens, and they all have exclusive guest rooms after boarding the ship.

It is not difficult to imagine that these people are either rich or noble, have a good background, or have abilities and skills beyond ordinary monks.

One of the white-browed old men in the late stage of foundation building looked familiar to Lu Changan. He had seen him at the auction in Huanglong Immortal City. He seemed to be a quasi-third-level weapon refiner.

People like this, even if they go to neighboring countries, they will be treated as honored guests by the Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce.

…

Lu Changan went to Jing Kingdom to seek for elixir formation and did not want other monks to know his whereabouts, so he did not seek help from the Beastmaster Zhou family.

The secrets of ancient ruins and the news of the killing of Jinyang Sect monks are all potential dangers that cannot be controlled.

It may be remembered someday in the future.

Maybe it will be okay for the rest of my life and let it go.

Mu Jiuan and others would probably hide the killing of the Jinyang Sect monks. After all, it was a shameful scandal, and operating in an enemy country was inherently high-risk.

As for ancient ruins, there are more variables.

Before Lu Changan left, he handed Liang Shaotian's female disciple to Shi Xianzi for disposal.

If Fairy Shi killed Miss Wei, it would take some time for the Demon Sect to sense the death and find the ruins in the Black Mist Mountains.

If Miss Wei is let go, it will take time to return to the Demon Cult, and there is no specific memory in the ruins. Such ancient caves and ruins appear every once in a while in the world of immortality. It is hard to say how much the leader of the Demon Cult attaches great importance to them.

In addition, the possibility of the two fake Dan real people who died at that time leaking information is very low, but it cannot be absolutely ruled out.

On the way back to the ruins, Lu Changan gave Shi Xianzi two suggestions.

First, if Miss Wei is let go, she will swear an oath of inner demons.

Second, if you have the ability, destroy the formation in the center of the ruins afterwards to accelerate the destruction of the collapsing treasure house space.

Shi Xianzi said that you have to become at least a third-level array mage. Only if you are of the same lineage can you try it, but you are not completely sure.

Lu Changan couldn't be sure what decision Master Shixianzi would make.

His personal attainments in formations are limited, and he does not have the ability to destroy ancient formations in one fell swoop. He also has to worry about the backlash of formation restrictions.

…

"Recommended by the Crescent Chamber of Commerce? What is your name? Where are you from the Liang Kingdom?"

After waiting for a long time, it was Lu Changan's turn to board the ship.

A heavily armored man in the late stage of foundation building inspected the jade tablet and asked.

After showing the jade token, there will be a simple inquiry and identity registration.

For reasons of confidentiality, Lu Changan's identity was not recorded on this token of recommendation.

It is quite common for monks to board a ship.

Most of the monks who went to Jing Kingdom to seek refuge did not want to reveal their identity or be exposed to the public, and few used their real names.

"I am Wu Fan, from Huanglong Fairy City."

It's just a formality, recording basic information such as the cultivation level and name of those who board the ship, even if it is false information, it doesn't matter.

After registration, a tall and thin foundation-building monk from the Chamber of Commerce took five foundation-building monks, including Lu Changan, to their accommodation on the ship.

"Fellow Taoists, due to the scarcity of guest rooms on the spiritual ship, I can only force you to go to the cargo hold below."

The tall and thin monk from the Chamber of Commerce said apologetically.

"cargo hold?"

The purple-faced strong man accompanying Lu Changan looked embarrassed.

In order to buy cross-country "ship tickets", most of the monks present paid favors and a lot of spiritual stones.

"Our Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce brings about a hundred monks from various trade alliances with us on every cross-border trip. Adding in the guests from your country, the guest rooms are naturally not enough."

The tall and thin monk from the Chamber of Commerce said with a smile.

This man was only a monk in the middle stage of foundation building. Facing Lu Changan and the other five, he seemed calm and composed.

The Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce's spiritual ship has more than one fake elixir master in charge. There is also a powerful bodyguard group and hundreds of monks from the Merchant Alliance camp.

The Liang monks who entered this place disturbed the order and were frequently expelled.

If you dare to take action, the consequences will be disastrous.

"This spiritual ship is fifty or sixty feet long, with three floors on the deck. How can an ordinary single room not be enough?"

Lu Changan thought to himself.

Not long after.

Lu Changan and his group of five people came to the dark cargo hold below the deck.

At this time, twenty or thirty monks were crowded into the cargo hold, and the auras of different monks were mixed together.

Other monks were brought in later.

Lu Changan frowned slightly. With so many monks crowded together in a public cabin, safety, privacy, and comfort were all issues.

"If you are not satisfied with this place, there are a few ordinary guest rooms on the top. The guest rooms on the spirit ship can enjoy the cultivation environment of the second-level spirit vein even if they pass through the land of absolute spirits on the way."

The tall and thin monk of the Chamber of Commerce said in a low voice.

Lu Changan and the purple-faced strong man looked at each other, and the latter's face was full of anger. He took a deep breath and did not get angry after all.

...

A quarter of an hour later.

The spirit ship flew high in the sky, and a cross-border journey began.

In the ordinary guest room on the first floor of the spirit ship.

Lu Changan brewed a pot of hot tea, sat in front of the table, and looked out the window at the endless sea of ​​clouds.

At the cost of three thousand spirit stones, Lu Changan left the cargo hold with a bad environment and lived in a single room of more than ten square meters.

Nearly half of the Liang Kingdom monks were still crowded in the dark cargo hold below.

Three thousand spirit stones are not a small amount for the foundation-building period.

Originally, buying a boat ticket cost favors and four or five thousand spirit stones.

Most cultivators in the early and middle stages of foundation building have only a few thousand spiritual stones to use.

To reach the gathering point, they need to take care of the law enforcement cultivators on the road. If they are unlucky, they may even have to sell their magic tools.

Ordinary cultivators in foundation building basically use up all their spiritual stones before and after boarding the ship.

Some of them bring their juniors in the Qi Refining stage with them. If they upgrade to a guest room, they have to spend double the spiritual stones.

Because only one cultivator can stay in an ordinary guest room.

The superior guest room that the "Prince Wang" stayed in was a luxury suite.

"For the same journey, some people go to seek refuge, while others are equivalent to a cross-border vacation."

Lu Changan took a sip of hot tea, which was fragrant and warm.

"Hmm? Why is the direction of the spirit ship flying to the north?"

Half a day later, Lu Changan came to the deck of the spirit ship and stared at the scenery outside the formation light.

He sensed a special breath in the direction of the Black Mist Mountains.

According to the normal route, the spirit ship can go west to Jing State.

To the north is the Black Mist Mountains.

In fact, there is a more dangerous way to go from Liang to Jing.

That is to go deep into the Black Mist Mountains, make a big circle, and then go south back to Jing.

However, this path goes deeper into the Black Mist Mountains, and the journey is long, and you may encounter big monsters.

Moreover, on the outskirts of the mountains, you will have to face the inspections of the sect monks, the threat of robbery, and the unpredictable whereabouts of the demon monks.

…

When Lu Changan became suspicious.

The huge spirit ship, near the outskirts of the Black Mist Mountains, slowly hovered in front of a big river.

On the hillside of the river bank, a second-level spirit boat carrying a man and a woman flew to the spirit ship of Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce.

"Are there cultivators boarding the ship midway?"

On the spirit ship, both the Liang cultivators and the Jing Merchant Alliance cultivators showed surprise.

For the cultivators of the Jing Merchant Alliance, usually only the cultivators gather at a designated location and wait for the spirit ship together.

It is rare to let the spirit ship change direction midway and pick up people on purpose.

The cultivators of the two countries looked at the two cultivators on the spirit boat with doubtful eyes.

The driver of the spirit boat was a man in black clothes in the late stage of foundation building.

In the middle of the spirit boat, a long-haired woman with a veil sat cross-legged.

The veil of the long-haired female cultivator blocked the breath on her body and the detection of divine sense.

The two people who boarded the ship midway were obviously not ordinary, and the cultivators on the ship did not dare to use divine sense to detect them easily.

"Please go to the guest room on the third floor."

Several management cultivators of Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce politely received the two people on board.

Out of caution, Lu Changan did not use divine sense to rashly detect.

However, he just estimated the figure of the long-haired female cultivator and immediately felt familiar.

"How did this woman get on the spirit ship of Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce?"