Jieshan City was built about two hundred miles away from Senluo Sect's defense line. After Li Shiming walked into this city, he discovered the difference in this city.
This was not a mere mortal city. After entering the city, he sensed fluctuations in the spiritual power of many monks.
This should be considered a city where mortals and monks live together. He saw many monks' shops, while mortals were busy in the shops.
This situation is extremely rare, because mortals cannot bear the strong spiritual energy, making it almost impossible for mortals to stay in the monk's shop for a long time.
However, the spiritual energy fluctuations in the monks' shops here are very weak. It seems that the shops here do not carry out in-depth processing of spiritual objects.
Li Shiming looked around as he walked. He was looking for Shengmao Shop, a shop belonging to the Shushan Sect.
"Found it!" It didn't take long to find the target.
The main reason is that this shop is so eye-catching. It is one of the largest shops in Jieshan City.
A large cart was unloading goods in the Shengmao store, and a large number of boxes with relatively weak spiritual energy fluctuations were unloaded from the cart and sent into the store.
"Man, I'm looking for your shopkeeper!" Li Shiming walked over, grabbed a mortal waiter who was busy and said.
"Wait a moment, I will inform you right now!" The mortal clerk glanced at Li Shiming, scanned Li Shiming's robe and the storage bag on his waist, and quickly bowed and replied.
Mortals here have a way to identify monks. Although it is a bit simple, it is extremely effective.
Mortals are extremely polite to monks. The gap between monks and mortals is so great that a monk can decide the life or death of a mortal with just a backhand.
"Fellow Taoist, are you looking for me?" An old monk who was in the middle stage of foundation building slowly walked out of the shop. He was slightly startled when he saw Li Shiming. This was because he sensed Li Shiming's realm.
"I have met fellow Taoist. I need to leave Shiwandashan. This is a token!" Li Shiming took out the token given by Xu Chuan, which was a jade plaque with the seal of Shushan Sect.
The old monk's fingers in the middle stage of foundation building slightly touched the jade plate, and a less obvious mark appeared on the jade plate. It was the mark of a true disciple. This made the old monk's eyes narrowed slightly in the middle stage of foundation building.
He naturally knows who this jade token belongs to. Xu Chuan used a channel to enter Shiwanda Mountain some time ago. It is not a secret for him, a monk who has mastered the channels on Shiwanda Mountain.
Li Shiming came here with a jade token belonging to Xu Chuan. Needless to say, this was the jade token given by Xu Chuan.
True disciples have the right to exercise the power to mobilize the channels here. If they have a token, the channels need to be opened for Li Shiming.
"Fellow Taoist, there is something I need to explain first. The next shipment will not be transported for another three days, so you need to wait here for three days. In addition, the method of sending you through the customs is a bit special. Please bear with me.
!" the old monk said softly in the middle stage of foundation building.
"Thank you fellow Taoist for your help. I will obey the arrangement!" Li Shiming didn't say much, but bowed and thanked him.
"Xiao Wu, take this guest to the guest room!" The old monk in the middle stage of foundation building turned to a mortal waiter and ordered.
The mortal clerk took Li Shiming to the backyard of the store and led him to a guest room.
There are no spiritual veins, there are no spiritual objects, this place is completely mundane.
Li Shiming shook his head slightly. He couldn't practice while walking outside. This was really a big trouble. He had been outside for a long time, and the spiritual power in his body had hardly increased at all.
If it weren't for the Monkey Wine, which made his body-training skills improve rapidly, he would have really been delayed during this period.
To cultivate immortality, you still need to find a stable place that can allow you to practice for a long time.
He began to consider whether to join the Qianhuan Sect or the Shushan Sect, but since he was in Shiwanda Mountain, he knew very little information about the two sects, so he had to wait until he left Shiwandaishan before he could think of a solution.
With Yin Shilan in the Qianhuan Sect, he could at least become an ordinary disciple stably, but if he really had to rely entirely on Yin Shilan's protection, probably not only the monks of the sect would look down on him, but he himself would also look down on himself.
If he joins the Shushan Sect, he will probably be protected and treated kindly by Master Xu Chuan, given his kindness with the third-grade Muyang Clover.
But similarly, Master Xu Chuan's hostile forces will also treat him as an enemy.
Li Shiming was not a fool. When he rescued Xu Chuan, he discovered something strange. Xu Chuan was betrayed, otherwise how could he be ambushed by such a coincidence.
With the strength of Xu Chuan and him fighting together, it would not be a problem for Xu Chuan to kill two or three people of the same level if he really used his full strength. Coupled with the hidden methods, it would not be a problem to kill the enemy beyond the level.
However, he was ambushed in a targeted manner and almost died in the hands of three monks of the same level. At that time, another monk who was in the middle stage of foundation building had not yet arrived on the battlefield and only acted to attract Xu Chuan's attention.
If you join Master Xu Chuan's lineage, you will certainly have to endure corresponding troubles while enjoying the benefits.
Of course, these are not the focus. The specific situation of Qianhuan Sect and Shushan Sect is what he is most concerned about.
He spent three days refining his body until someone came to notify him.
In the backyard, Li Shiming saw twenty carts, pulled by two tall and strong black oxen.
The size of the cart is almost the same as that of the trucks in the previous life. It is estimated that only this kind of strong black bull can pull it easily.
In the black cow's body, you can feel weak spiritual power fluctuations.
This black bull has the bloodline of a spiritual beast, but not much. But even so, the physical strength and strength of the black bull are not comparable to those of ordinary beasts.
"Fellow Taoist, come with me!" After seeing Li Shiming, the shopkeeper in the middle stage of foundation building waved.
Neither of them took the initiative to share their names. Xu Chuan specifically mentioned this because he was not too confident about the channels here.
Of course, what Xu Chuan was worried about at that time was not whether he could send Li Shiming away from Shiwandashan, but that someone within the channel leaked information about him to the Senluo Sect.
Li Shiming was very careful, even his face was disguised.
"Fellow Taoist, sit here and don't make a sound. The truck will take you away from Shiwanda Mountain. It will take about seven hours and you can come out!" The shopkeeper in the middle stage of foundation building said as he opened the side panel of a truck.
Li Shiming discovered that there was a space for one person at the bottom of the truck, which was just enough for him to hide in.
Although the space here is isolated by spiritual beings with an insulating aura, he does not believe that this method can take him out of the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
Because this method is too simple and cannot withstand inspection, a monk with a little experience can easily find the entrainment in the truck.
"Don't worry, fellow Taoist, we have many years of experience in transporting monks in this way, and we have never failed. Not only us, but also several other shops belonging to other sects use the same method to enter and exit Shiwandashan!"
The shopkeeper of Ji Zhong saw Li Shiming's hesitation and explained softly.
After the shopkeeper’s explanation in the middle stage of foundation building, Li Shiming understood the key.
First of all, the major sects need to conduct some spiritual object transactions with the Senluo Sect. This is not only the needs of the major sects, but also the needs of the Senluo Sect.
On this basis, shops opened by various major sects appeared in Jieshan City.
Secondly, Senluo Sect cannot 100% prevent the other major sects from sneaking into Shiwanda Mountain. Instead of letting each major sect try their best to break the formation, it is better to open a gap and allow passage under the supervision of Senluo Sect.
This is the current method. Only Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment monks can use this method to pass the test. Golden elixir monks really cannot afford to lose face like this.
Confined in a small cart space, the number of monks transported each time is limited, which avoids the entry and exit of a large number of monks.
The fact is that major sects use this method to sneak across the border. Not only the shops they deal with know about it, but also the guards at the Senluo Sect checkpoint know about it.
What everyone has to do is to keep up the good work, and the smooth flow of trade routes is what each other needs.
The resources of Shiwandashan need to be exchanged with the resources within the sphere of influence of various major sects. This is a demand from many parties, and Senluo Sect sometimes needs to send sect disciples out of Shiwandashan to perform tasks, so such channels also need to exist.
Li Shiming was sitting in the cart. The cart's speed was not fast, but it was very stable.
He was a little worried at first because he entered the checkpoint just two hundred miles away.
His worries were somewhat unnecessary, because the big car never stopped and kept maintaining this speed without even conducting proper inspections.
He believed the words of the shopkeeper in the middle stage of foundation building. It seemed that this channel was really safe.
It takes a long time to leave Shiwandashan. The road is not straight. Due to the mountainous nature, many roads are winding, which increases the original distance many times.
Seven hours later, Li Shiming heard someone knocking on the side panel, and then the side panel was opened.
He rolled out of the cart and saw that the cart was still maintaining speed. No one, including the guy who knocked on the side panel to remind him, looked at him, as if he didn't exist.
He looked around and saw that he was already in the plains, with the Hundred Thousand Mountains not far behind him.
He really wanted to ask something, but seeing the looks on the guys' faces, he guessed that it might be a rule for the guys not to talk to the smuggling monks, so he suppressed the urge to ask.
Li Shiming was in the isolated mezzanine of the cart before and did not perceive the outside world. However, after coming out, he felt the breath of golden elixir at the junction of the Shiwan Mountain and the plain behind him.
Moreover, there is not only one golden elixir, but at least two golden elixirs. The two golden elixirs did not hide their auras and allowed the aura of the golden elixirs to spread across the space.
However, this golden elixir breath cannot be sensed by mortals, and is only a shock to the monks.
Li Shiming didn't have the slightest understanding of where he was, so he didn't dare to stay any longer. His figure turned into a sword light and flew toward the distance.
After flying hundreds of miles, I discovered a city. There should be monks in any city.
He changed his clothes, changed from a monk to a young Confucian scholar, and walked into the city with a smile.
After entering the city, Li Shiming sent out a spiritual thought, and after sweeping out, he found no trace of the monks.
He used the 'Escape Technique' to block the sight of mortals, and quickly walked around the city. His spiritual thoughts scanned every part of the city, and he confirmed that this was a city without monks.
Even from the conversations between mortals, no mortal mentioned anything about the monks.
You must know that in Shiwanda Mountain, there may not be many monks in the city, but there are many rumors about monks.
Especially when going deep into the heart of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, mortals almost rely on monks to survive.
Li Shiming spent some gold and silver to buy a map and some biography books in the city, and read them quickly.
He is in the Tiantang Kingdom, which is one of the many countries in the Northern Shu continent and has 260 cities.
He left this city and used Sword Escape to reach the next city. This time he did not enter the city, but used the 'Escape Technique' to fly through the city in the air. Ling Nian also did not find any monks.
He probably guessed the situation here, which was similar to Tianhai Sect's management of mortals.
Mortals don't know anything about monks. Except for a very small number of people in the country who need to cooperate in finding spiritual root seeds, the rest of the people know nothing about the existence of monks.
Moreover, the spiritual energy in the mortal land is obviously much thinner, which is also similar to the Tianhai Sect.
Today, he is no longer the monk who knows nothing. He knows that the spiritual power in mortal places is thin. On the one hand, the lifestyle of mortals has reduced the quality of spiritual energy. On the other hand, the large formations arranged by the sect have a concentrated
The effect of spiritual energy, coupled with intentional guidance, led to the limited amount of spiritual energy in ordinary places being drawn away.
This is a good thing. If a mortal lives in a spiritual environment for a long time, not only will his lifespan not be extended, but he will die prematurely.
The lower the concentration of spiritual energy, the more beneficial it is to the survival of mortals.
Among auras, only a very small number of auras that focus on nourishing life can be beneficial to mortals.
However, the existence of such spiritual energy in nature is extremely rare, and most of them require full-time monks to inspire it.
There is no information about the monks on the mortal map, which makes it a little troublesome for Li Shiming to find the monks.
Looking at the vast area of the Tiantang Kingdom alone, he knew that running around looking for monks would be a waste of time.
He set his sights on the capital of Tiantang Kingdom. There must be monks from the sect stationed there, so he could inquire about the sphere of influence here.
"If I had known this, I would have asked Xu Chuan for a map!" Li Shiming thought to himself as he flew towards the capital.
I guess Xu Chuan didn't expect this. In Xu Chuan, if you want to know how famous each major sect is, you can find out just by picking up any monk.
But who would have known that after Li Shiming left the Shiwan Mountain, he plunged into the mortal world and couldn't find a monk at all.
In fact, he took the wrong path. If a monk knew the path, he would naturally go in another direction. That is the world of monks.
Fortunately, he was fast enough and it took him most of a day to reach the capital.
Using the 'Escape Technique' to enter the city, Li Shiming had a smile on his face as he approached the imperial city in the center of the capital. It seemed that normal sects had the same management methods for ordinary people, whether it was Tianhai Island or Beishu Continent.
It is probably only a demon sect like the Senluo Sect in Shiwanda Mountain that mixes mortals with monks.