Chapter 388: The Wilderness
On a dark and windy night, the lush leaves of the Forest of Giant Trees were rustling.
Suddenly, a forest crow flapped its wings and flew quickly towards the camp.
Li Qing, whose consciousness spread, immediately noticed this scene. He was slightly startled and was about to take action to stop the forest crow.
Unfortunately, it was a little late, the wood crow had already flown into the camp.
Soon, the elderly man immediately became vigilant. While banging the bronze bell with his hand, he said in a deep voice:
"Master He Fang, please show up and see me!"
< br>Dang, Dang, Dang! Dang, Dang, Dang!
A figure quickly emerged from the temporary tent in the camp. They looked like escort-type thugs.
The personnel are mixed, some are monks, and some are actually warriors. Li Qing has never seen such a combination since he started practicing Taoism.
He was used to staying in the Qingling Domain, and had long been accustomed to the separation between immortals and mortals. He never thought that immortal cultivators would act together with mortals.
"Mr. Mo, what happened?"
"Is someone coming? It's not like this in the wilderness."
"Who could it be? , Those who hide their heads and show their tails will come out if they dare!"
A few warriors with a more violent temper immediately started to make a noise, while looking at the surroundings with vigilance.
The expressions of several of the immortal cultivators were calm. Although their cultivation was only at the fourth or fifth level of the Qi Refining Stage, they were not panicked.
With all this in his mind, Li Qing was silent for a while, and then motioned for Fan Tong to step forward.
The old man with the highest cultivation level among these people is the eighth level of Qi refining stage, which is already very good among casual cultivators.
Of course, Li Qing is still a little unsatisfied, so he is not very worried about the threat these people will pose to him.
We still need to find out some information about this place, so why not just show up and contact them.
A group of people from the Shuiyue Chamber of Commerce looked in the direction of the movement in the dense forest, and their expressions became tense.
Soon, the remaining bonfire illuminated the vision ahead, and a mighty tiger slowly walked out of the forest.
Although it has shrunk a bit in size, Fantong still looks much larger than an ordinary tiger at this time.
"Beast? No, it's a monster!"
"It's a tiger monster, be careful!"
"There are people sitting on the back of the tiger! Please pay attention."
Listening to the exclamations one after another, Li Qing showed a kind expression, cupped his fists towards the group of Shuiyue Chamber of Commerce and said:< br>
“I’m sorry to disturb you all, but I strayed into this forest and accidentally lost my way. Now I want to leave, but I don’t know where to start.”
The Shuiyue Chamber of Commerce and the others looked at each other in confusion. Got up, and then looked at the old man named Mo.
Obviously, the person in charge here is this old man.
Old Man Mo just took a deep look at Li Qing, and then said: "This is the Forest of Giant Trees. How could fellow Taoist wander into this place by mistake? If you want to leave, just keep crossing to the east."< br>
The old man saw Li Qing’s identity as an immortal cultivator, but what he saw was only what Li Qing wanted him to see.
Now Li Qing, with his aura at the sixth level of the Qi Refining Stage, looks like a young man who has just entered the immortal world.
The name of the Forest of Giant Trees is quite appropriate.
Li Qing, who originally wanted to capture a mortal to pry open the sea of consciousness and extract some memories, suppressed this idea for the time being.
"Thank you for informing me! I apologize for disturbing you!"
After saying that, Li Qing planned to leave like this.
When Old Man Mo saw that Li Qing was leaving so neatly, he hesitated and said: "This little fellow Taoist, please stay. We are members of the Shuiyue Chamber of Commerce in Xiangyang City. If you don't mind, If so, you might as well come with us."
"This forest of giant trees is not only vast, but also contains many dangers, so we can take care of you along the way."
This is what I said. When he came out, the girl next to him blinked and kept looking at Li Qing, but after seeing the unconscious Shen Ningbing behind Li Qing, she couldn't help but frown.
Li Qing also wanted to take this opportunity to find out more information, so naturally he would not refuse.
"Well, I'm sorry for bothering you." Li Qing nodded, and then he casually found a campfire and sat down next to it.
After hearing Li Qing's promise, Old Man Mo also smiled and said, "It's just to take care of each other. It would be a bit embarrassing to interrupt."
Following Mo The old man turned to the other escorts and said, "You guys should go and rest first. I'll keep watch tonight."
The rest of the escorts then lowered their guard a little, and then returned. In the tent.
It's just that after such an experience, these people couldn't sleep. Naturally, they pricked up their ears and paid attention to the movement outside the tent. After all, encountering strangers in the wild is the most likely situation for escorts to have accidents.
Old man Mo continued to say with a smile: "Young fellow Taoist is at the sixth level of the Qi refining stage. His talent is really good, but I don't know where he inherited it from. ?”
Sixth level of Qi refining stage!
When Old Man Mo told Li Qing’s cultivation level, many people who returned to the tent felt slightly frightened. That was indeed not low!
They didn't expect that Li Qing, who looked so young, was already quite advanced.
The girl standing aside also opened her mouth slightly, with a look of surprise in her eyes.
"Haha, I am just a casual cultivator in the mountains and fields. I have only reached the sixth level of the Qi Refining Stage by groping all the way on my own."
When I said this, A trace of sadness flashed across Li Qing's eyes.
Of course he understood that the other party was inquiring about his origins, but now that the Lingyun Sect had been destroyed, he did not want to expose the identity of a disciple of the Lingyun Sect at will.
"That's really amazing. You have reached the sixth level of the Qi Refining Stage just by exploring on your own. My fellow Taoist's talent for cultivation is really good!" Old Man Mo also praised in surprise.
In response, Li Qing just smiled and shook his head without saying much.
Old man Mo looked at Li Qing with a bit more eagerness, and he continued to ask: "I dare to ask my friend's name, and what is the situation of the fairy next to you?"
"I'm Li Qingzhou, this is a fellow Taoist who was traveling with me. It's just that we encountered a dangerous monster in the forest. She was knocked unconscious and she hasn't woken up yet."
Li Qing I made an excuse casually, but it sounded very credible.
After all, in this vast forest with strong aura, the probability of monsters appearing is still very high.
"I see, then you are extremely lucky to be safe!"
"If you are not familiar with the forest of giant trees, it is indeed easy to hit monsters when you wander around."
Old man Mo said in agreement, and at the same time glanced at Li Qing's injured left leg, it didn't sound like a lie.
In this way, during the conversation, Li Qing's first night in the Forest of Giant Trees passed quickly.
After waiting until dawn, he continued to follow the people of Shuiyue Chamber of Commerce.
During this period of time, Shen Ningbing finally woke up from her deep coma. Her face was not very pretty, and it seemed that it would take a long time to recover.
In order to prevent her from revealing anything strange, Li Qing immediately used a breath-holding charm on Shen Ningbing while no one was paying attention, and at the same time used his spiritual consciousness to warn:
"Junior Sister Shen, I am not familiar with this place. Before I figure out the situation, I'd better control my breath first."
And Shen Ningbing's reaction was also very fast. She didn't use her spirit after waking up. Instead, he immediately completely restrained his aura and finally maintained it at the fifth level of the Qi refining stage.
"Senior Brother Shen, where are you?" Shen Ningbing lowered her head slightly and used her spiritual consciousness to transmit the message to Li Qing without leaving any trace.
Hearing this, Li Qing almost couldn't help but rolled his eyes at Shen Ningbing. The talisman is for you, why did you ask about me instead?
"I don't know, I also want to ask you, do you know where your destination was after activating the talisman?"
Shen Ningbing said in a voice message: "I don't know, the void-breaking talisman is It is a treasure talisman that was lost in ancient times. It was given to me by my master to save my life. I have never used it before. I don’t know where it will be sent. "
"But the only thing I can be sure of is. What’s more, the teleportation distance will be extremely far after using this void-breaking talisman!”
Immediately afterwards, Li Qing told Shen Ningbing everything he knew, and at the same time asked her to give her a false name so as not to reveal her identity as a Lingyun Sect disciple.
After Shen Ningbing digested these things, she fell silent and returned to her cold self as before.
It’s just that the person guarding the escort in front of him would always look over once or twice, seeming to be extremely curious about Li Qing’s combination of two people and one tiger.
Li Qing doesn't care much about this. His purpose of following the people of Shuiyue Chamber of Commerce is very simple.
When he first arrived, he was really unfamiliar with the place where he was. He wanted to use this opportunity to find out some basic information about the surrounding area, and at the same time enter the world of immortality here.
He didn't want to be like when he first entered the immortal world and spent about two years searching in Xiaocuiling before finding the Immortality Valley where the Liu family was located.
In this way, there were no accidents in the next few days. It was obvious that Old Man Mo and his party were very familiar with this giant tree forest, and they had carefully considered the route they chose.
And Li Qing also began to get close to several other people. With his many years of experience in the secular world, he finally got some information from the mouths of some quick-tempered warriors.
About six or seven days have passed. Thanks to the rich experience of the Shuiyue Merchant Guild, we actually walked out of the Giant Tree Forest without incident!
Looking at the vast blue sky outside the Forest of Giant Trees, Li Qing couldn't help but feel dazed for a while.
It turns out that this place is really not the Qingling Domain, but the Great Wilderness Domain, a large domain where immortal cultivators and mortals coexist!
Completely unlike the Qingling Domain, mortals know nothing about the existence of immortal cultivators, and the two do not interfere with each other.
In this large domain, there is no need to specifically look for the so-called world of immortality. Even some mortals are very clear about the patterns of some of the worlds of cultivation in this domain.
You can even know where the immortal sect is by just asking around. It is definitely not like Qingling Domain, where finding traces of immortal cultivators is as difficult as climbing to the sky!
"Hehehe, we are out of the giant forest. Next we only need to take a boat and go down the river to go to Xiangyang City!"
"If you two don't mind, you might as well come with us to Xiangyang City. On behalf of the Shuiyue Chamber of Commerce, I invite you to be our guests."
As Mr. Mo said, he took out some items from several storage bags. Several wooden boats came out.
The other mortal warriors are already accustomed to this, and they look like they are used to it.
(End of this chapter)