In the next few days, Lu Zhong spent almost all of them making talismans.
After drawing the cleansing talisman, draw the arrow-avoiding talisman, and after drawing the arrow-avoiding talisman, draw the exorcism talisman.
The spare time when I was not drawing talismans was not wasted. I used it to review the spells I had learned. I also took the time to go to the store to purchase a batch of auxiliary elixirs, which have the functions of restoring energy, detoxifying, healing, etc.
During this period, there were more and more rumors that Wulingmen was about to start a war with Qingyangmen, causing a stir.
Finally, on the tenth day, a shocking news broke.
It turns out that as early as half a month ago, Wulingmen had already started a war with Qingyangmen.
Just when the public was in shock, Lu Zhong had already set off with the caravan in the early morning, accompanied by many monks from Qingliufang. They also had the idea of avoiding disaster and followed them towards Yanlingshanfang City.
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The caravan that Lu Zhong was following was called "Baofanghao" and it was a caravan with a good reputation. He only dared to follow with confidence after making inquiries from various sources to confirm that there would be no problem.
The scale of the Baofang Hao is not small. There are about twenty monks with cultivation level alone. All of them are good at fighting. If you include the mortal men and martial arts riders, the total number of the caravan is enough.
There are nearly a thousand people.
The caravan steward is the one with the highest cultivation level in the team. According to the information that Lu Zhong secretly inquired about, the steward named Wang Cang is not low at all. He had reached the seventh level of Qi Refining ten years ago.
As time goes by, your cultivation level will only become higher.
The caravan has a total of twelve large vans, all of which are made of iron wood.
Each cart is one foot wide and three feet long. Such a heavy and huge cart cannot be pulled by ordinary livestock, so each cart is pulled by two wild oxen.
At this moment, Lu Zhong's eyes fell on the bull pulling the cart in front, and his eyes were full of curiosity: "Don't you know, is this a spiritual beast? Unexpectedly, it is so tame..."
The body shape of the barbarian bull is similar to that of the steel hyena pig, both of which are nearly two feet long and several feet tall.
According to the observation results of the Qi Watching Technique, they are obviously all first-level monsters.
But this kind of monster is actually pulling the cart honestly at this moment, looking like a hard-working old scalper.
"Is it because it has been domesticated into a spiritual beast?" Lu Zhong guessed.
After a monster is tamed, it can be called a spirit beast.
Spiritual beasts are an indispensable part of the world of cultivation. They are not only the main source of meat for monks, but also the main raw material for making talisman skins. They can also produce a large amount of weapon refining materials.
In addition, it can be used for pulling cars, carrying people, etc.
It can be said that once there are no spiritual beasts in the world of cultivation, its operation will come to a standstill.
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The convoy went all the way north, and many people joined it along the way.
They are all ordinary casual cultivators. Although they can get the qualification to travel with the caravan by paying a sum of spiritual stones, they are not like Lu Zhong who enjoys the privilege of sitting on a bullock cart. They can only walk honestly on their legs.
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On the first day of departure, we walked along plains with wide views, so it was uneventful.
In the evening, the Baofang caravan stationed at a campsite called Dingfengpo according to the planned plan.
This camping site has a very wide view, and you can see threats from all directions. Judging from the numerous charcoal ashes left on the ground, it is obviously a place where people often spend the night, and there are traces of human activities everywhere.
When the carts formed a circular formation, suddenly a group of people came out of the dense forest to the west and approached this way.
Lu Zhong was not the first to discover it. There were obviously monks who practiced the lookout technique in the Baofang caravan. Their duties were to detect the surrounding situation, and they had sent out warning signals earlier than him.
Immediately three loud arrows were shot out.
"Stop, what are you doing!"
Strong bows and crossbows were fired, and the caravan responded immediately. The martial artists and riders were all on alert.
As for the monks, none of them showed up.
There was a commotion among the group of people on the opposite side, and after a while a figure was pushed out. It was a young man with slightly neat clothes, holding a shimmering jade plaque in his hand.
"I...I have a trade order and I am from Darkstone Castle. Can I trade with you?"
"Throw it in and take a look." Steward Wang's voice sounded.
Lu Zhong watched from the side and saw that after the caravan completed the identity verification, he actually started trading with this group of people.
The party that is suspected of being a casual cultivator in the wilderness brought all kinds of spiritual raw materials, either some old elixirs that can be used to make elixirs, some collected spiritual trees and minerals, and even spiritual rice and rice grown by themselves.
Homemade talisman paper.
They used these things to trade with Baofanghao, a small part of which was exchanged for spiritual stones, and most of which were exchanged for finished products such as elixirs, magic weapons, and talismans.
Both parties get what they need, and soon a deal is concluded.
Before, Lu Zhong was wondering why the caravan's movements were so regular, and it turned out to be because of this.
Their purpose is probably to receive goods.
However, Lu Zhong could also see that the Baofanghao did not seem to be trading with all loose cultivators in the wilderness, but would only be willing to trade goods with the newcomers after presenting the so-called "trade order".
The reason for this was unknown to him since he was not a member of the caravan.
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After a night's rest, the caravan set out again in the morning.
The road ahead will not be as smooth as yesterday.
Not long after leaving Dingfengpo, they came to a rugged mountain road. In order to prevent the car from overturning, the team could only advance slowly. This journey was only a short dozen miles, but it took three hours.
After finally finishing the walk, we entered a forest with towering ancient trees.
The giant trees here are surrounded by at least ten people, and are often over a hundred feet high. The shading tree crowns block most of the sunlight, making the road under the forest look extremely eerie.
Some strange sounds sounded around the team from time to time.
If ignored, these sounds will continue and make people panic.
But if you turn your head and look, you won't find anything. It will make those sounds even weirder and more terrifying.
But Manager Wang of the Baofang Hao turned a blind eye to this and did not let the caravan stop.
As the team walked deeper into the forest, the fallen leaves on the ground became thicker and thicker. When you step on them, it feels like you are stepping on a carpet. The rotten leaves are soft and slumped. The feeling of stepping on them is very weird, which inevitably makes people feel uneasy and fearful.
What kind of monster lurks down there.
Gradually, the surrounding light becomes darker.
The caravan was still moving forward, but Lu Zhong had already noticed something was wrong.
At the same time, the caravan monks who had never appeared on the road, together with the manager Wang, actually appeared together at this moment, and all of them had solemn expressions on their faces.
Manager Wang, who was dressed in fine clothes, held out a magic ring and said in a deep voice: