Chapter 1612 Jinjiling Town
Even if Ji Zhenglin didn't say anything, the head of the Tian family would send someone to follow him. Although Ji Zhenglin was here specifically to collect the money, the spirit stones would not count until they were handed over to the town. The journey from Tianjiazhuang to Jinjiling Town was more than 2,000 miles, and there were many dangers along the way. If the spirit stones were robbed on the way, it would not be Ji Zhenglin who would be unlucky, but Tianjiazhuang, so someone had to be sent to escort them all the way.
The head of the Tian family was not well yet, so he certainly couldn't go, so he arranged for Tian Lisong to take Tian Dazhuang and Tian Dayong to escort Ji Zhenglin back to Jinjiling Town the next day. Qingyang didn't plan to stay in Tianjiazhuang for too long. He planned to go to Jinjiling Town with the three of them, and then go to Funiu County. Funiu County is a big place here, and he should be able to get useful information.
The head of the Tian family knew that Qingyang couldn't stay in a poor place like Tianjiazhuang, so he didn't say much. After thanking Qingyang again and again, he arranged a place for Qingyang to stay. Early the next morning, Ji Zhenglin and others were ready, and the five of them left Tianjiazhuang and headed towards Jinjiling Town.
The road from Tianjiazhuang to Jinjiling Town is often traveled by people, and it is much safer. They didn't encounter any danger along the way. It only took them five days to reach Jinjiling Town.
Jinjiling Town is much larger than Tianjiazhuang. It is more than ten miles in radius, with a population of more than one hundred thousand and thousands of cultivators. Most of them are cultivators in the Kaimai realm, and only one tenth of them are Qi Refining cultivators. There are only a handful of foundation-building cultivators. Including the mayor who is at the seventh level of foundation-building, there are only a dozen people.
This scale is similar to Yuling City in Jiuzhou Continent, but it is located in the vast mountains and forests, which makes it look very thin and small. The foundation-building cultivators here are also the city lords, but they are nothing in the entire cultivation world. Qingyang felt that he might not be able to find out anything if he found them, so he did not reveal his identity and followed Ji Zhenglin and others into the town.
This time, Ji Zhenglin did not do anything weird. After arriving in the town, he first went to pay the spirit stones collected by Tianjiazhuang. Of course, the people of Tianjiazhuang and Qingyang were left outside the door. The people of Tianjiazhuang did not know how many spirit stones they paid, and Ji Zhenglin could not let them know.
After paying the spiritual stones, Tian Lisong and others were ready to return to Tianjiazhuang. Qingyang also planned to visit Funiu County. Just as they were about to say goodbye, a foundation-building cultivator suddenly rose from a courtyard in the center of the town. After reaching mid-air, he said loudly: "The mayor has ordered that due to the urgent situation of the monster attacking Funiu County, in addition to collecting additional spiritual stones to escort Funiu County as soon as possible, it is also necessary to recruit Qi-refining cultivators above Jinjiling Town to support. All Qi-refining cultivators in Jinjiling Town should immediately go to the city gate to sign up. There must be no mistakes."
As soon as these words came out, the whole Jinjiling Town exploded. Some people shouted: "We are being recruited to support Funiu County. Isn't this asking everyone to die?"
Some people were dissatisfied and said: "Yes, we have paid all the additional spiritual stones, why do we still need to be recruited to Funiu County? How can we make people pay and work?"
"I am just passing by. This is none of my business." Someone else shouted.
Some people even wanted to take advantage of the chaos to leave Jinjiling Town, but before they could reach the city gate, the foundation-building cultivator summoned a flying sword and killed the person who fled. Then the foundation-building cultivator said coldly to all the cultivators in the city: "This matter is not only the order of the mayor, but also the will of the mayor of Funiu City. Funiu County has reached a critical moment of life and death. Once the city is broken, the entire Funiu County will suffer, so everyone must obey the arrangements, no one can be an exception."
The words have been said to this extent, and with the lessons learned from the past, everyone can only go to the city gate to sign up honestly. Tian Dayong was full of complaints and said: "If I had known that this would happen, I shouldn't have come. This time, I might lose my life in Funiu County."
Tian Dazhuang is completely different from Tian Dayong. Instead, he looked excited and said, "I've heard that Funiu County is extremely prosperous, but I've never had the chance to see it. I must take a good look this time. You are really useless. With so many people accompanying us, what's so scary about the monster attacking the city?"
Tian Lisong was quite steady. He looked at Qingyang and smiled bitterly, "Brother Qingyang, we can't leave now. It seems that we will have to deal with each other in the future."
Qingyang didn't expect it to be so coincidental. The cultivators from Jinjiling were going to Funiu County. In this case, there was no need for him to go alone. He went with them to see the situation first. From the words of the foundation-building cultivator, he could hear that the situation in Funiu County was very urgent. If there was a real need this time, he would help, after all, they were all human cultivators.
The four of them quickly signed up at the city gate. Perhaps it was really urgent. It only took an hour for the foundation-building cultivator to compile the data. Including the mayor, there were 16 foundation-building cultivators in Jinjiling Town, 471 Qi-refining cultivators, and 125 foreign cultivators like Tian Lisong and Qingyang, a total of 612 people. The mayor left a cultivator in the early stage of foundation-building to look after the house, and then without any delay, he led the remaining 610 people to Funiu County.
There was also an old acquaintance in the team, Ji Zhenglin, who came back from Tianjiazhuang with them. In this emergency, Ji Zhenglin, even the mayor's brother-in-law, was not spared. In fact, it was not just him. Some big figures from senior families in Jinjiling Town, as well as the arrogant and domineering young masters in Jinjiling Town, were also pulled out this time.
The distance from Jinjiling Town to Funiu County is much farther than Tianjiazhuang, more than 10,000 miles away. Although there are many people this time, because of the urgency of the matter and the leadership of the foundation-building monks, the speed of travel is much faster. Everyone worked day and night and arrived in Funiu County in just eight days. Seeing monks still active in Chengtou Mountain in Funiu County from afar, everyone was relieved. It seems that the situation here is not bad.
When they got closer, they realized that they were too happy too early. They didn’t know how many fierce battles they had experienced before. The walls of the entire Funiu City were bloody, and the city was full of broken limbs and arms, some of which were from monks and some from monsters. There were not many intact ones. They were either collected by monks or eaten by monsters. None of them were intact. If it weren’t for the many fierce battles between monks and monsters, I’m afraid there wouldn’t be such a tragic scene.
Seeing someone coming, a foundation-building cultivator on the city wall of Funiu County immediately came up to greet them. After meeting, he briefly talked with the mayor of Jinjiling Town, and then took them to a city wall to replace a group of cultivators who had suffered heavy losses on the original city wall. There were not many cultivators in this group, and it was not known whether it was because of their small number or because of the heavy casualties after the fierce battle. Almost all of them were injured, and the seriously injured could not move and needed to be carried down.