Chatting with Li Xuanshan, when the sun was about to set, the conversation between the two finally ended. In fact, most of the time, Li Xuanshan was talking and Li Xuangang was listening.
After nightfall, the caravan did not stop but continued to move forward.
The leader of the caravan this time was Li Xuangang's second uncle, Li Qingyang, who was at the ninth level of Qi Refining.
In addition, there are forty-three members of the Li clan in the entire caravan. Among them, there are nine monks in the late stage of Qi refining, and the rest are all monks in the middle stage of Qi refining. People in the early stage of Qi refining generally do not join the escort of the caravan.
Come on mission.
Eleven earth horse beasts were walking on the road, looking quite leisurely.
About half a month later, the outline of a city gradually appeared in front of the caravan, which was Tianhefang City.
When we got closer to Tianhefang City, the road the caravan walked on also became much wider. At first glance, it was enough for more than ten caravans like the Li family to walk side by side. However, the place did not appear empty because of this, but instead became more crowded.
, because other teams and monks appeared around.
There are his family's caravans and loose cultivators here, but although there are many people, they are orderly. This is an order maintained by violence. Someone once tried to break this order, but he was soon controlled by the management of Tianhefang City.
or cleaned up.
Any market has this kind of rules, otherwise how can the market continue to operate?
At this time, Li Xuangang did not sit on the top of the cargo as before, but walked on the ground with other tribesmen, guarding the side of the carriage.
Li Xuangang's face was stern, and his eyes didn't seem to be looking around. In fact, he was always paying attention to the monks around him.
Tianhefang City is considered part of the Li family's property, because Tianhefang City is jointly owned by four nearby Ji-building families and one Jindan family.
About two hundred years ago, there was a riot caused by rogue cultivators in Tianhefang City. The turmoil was so large that Tianhefang City was basically destroyed.
After the turmoil was calmed down, the reconstruction of a new Tianhefang City was put on the agenda.
In the end, the Jindan family, the Wang family of Qingyuan Mountain, took the lead and recruited several foundation-building families to rebuild the new Tianhefang City.
At that time, the Li family seized the opportunity and spent a lot of effort in the construction process of the new city to become one of these foundation-building families.
Of course, this must be full of conflicts of interest, and indispensable blood and sacrifice. In order to become one of the owners of Tianhefang City, the Li family paid the price of more than thirty clan members at that time, including even sacrificing a foundation-building elder and nine
He is a monk in the late stage of Qi refining.
Even so, the Li family still seemed to have insufficient foundation compared to the other four foundation-building families, so in the end the Li family had the smallest share in Tianhefang City.
However, under the deterrence of the Jindan family, the Wang family of Qingyuan Mountain, Tianhefang City has developed vigorously in the past two hundred years, attracting many casual cultivators, although it is still not as good as Binhaifang City, Wujiangfang City and other large cities.
, but it is already quite large.
Tianhefang City is of great significance to the Li family. Every year, just by collecting rent from the shops rented to casual cultivators in the city and the caves, the Li family can get more than 2,000 low-grade spiritual stones. This does not include the Li family in Tianhe.
If the income from their own shops in Tianhefang City is calculated in total, the Li family can earn about 3,000 spiritual stones in Tianhefang City every year.
A large part of the reason why the Li family has been able to develop continuously over the past hundred years is attributed to Tianhefang City.
When the Li family's caravan arrived at the entrance of Tianhefang City, members of the Li family in Tianhefang City had already come to meet them. The leader was also an elder of Li Xuangang's Qing generation, named Li Qingtian, who ranked thirteenth in the Qing generation.
After exchanging pleasantries with Li Qingyang, he directed the tribesmen behind him to unload the goods from the carriage. Li Qingyang also asked people in the caravan to help unload the goods.
Li Xuangang also unloaded a cart of Linggu and handed it over to the tribesmen in Tianhefang City.
This kind of unloading lasted for half a day. By the time all the unloading work was completed, the entire caravan's cargo had been reduced by more than half, and the remaining half was to be transported to Binhaifang City.
The caravan did not enter Tianhefang City, but after handing over to the tribesmen in Tianhefang City, Li Qingyang returned all the remaining goods to the four-headed horse carriage, and then handed the remaining seven to Fangshi
Tianhefang City will later use these earth horse beasts to transport some of the resources needed by Taiqiu Mountain.
When Li Qingyang left Tianhefang City with his caravan again, there were only twenty clansmen left, including Li Xuangang and Li Xuanshan.
Some of the remaining people are going to the tribe's shops in Tianhefang City to perform tasks, and some are to assist the tribesmen in Tianhefang City in transporting resources back to Taiqiu Mountain.
The process of escorting the caravan was actually very boring. Occasionally, Li Xuangang would see the caravans of other families on the road to relieve his boredom. Most of the time, the surrounding scenery was unchanged.
And he himself cannot practice. In a wilderness like this without spiritual veins, there is no spiritual energy to support the monks' practice. If they want to practice, they can only rely on absorbing the spiritual energy in the spiritual stones.
However, following the caravan this time is a guard duty, and there is no way to sit quietly and practice.
After leaving Tianhefang City, the caravan traveled for another half month.
Suddenly, Li Qingyang stopped the caravan, called to twenty tribesmen and reminded:
"This place is Heifeng Ridge, which is quite unstable. There are some casual cultivators who specialize in plundering here, but this place is the only way to Binhaifang City, so it is inevitable to avoid it. Although there are already many of us here
I have passed by this place several times, but before going in, I still want to remind you to stay vigilant."
Li Qingyang had short hair, a square face and a broad mouth, and spoke with a strong air of dignity. Hearing his serious tone at this time, the tribesmen in the caravan who were participating in an escort mission for the first time couldn't help but become nervous.
Li Qingyang patted his storage bag, took out a Hunyuan iron rod as tall as a person, held it in his hand, and shouted: "Let's go."
Under the leadership of Li Qingyang, the small caravan of the Li family entered Heifeng Ridge.
The entrance to Heifeng Ridge is a canyon. As soon as Li Xuangan entered, he felt strong winds that hit his face painfully.
...
Even though the caravan was very cautious, it was still ambushed by a group of casual cultivators when it reached the middle of Black Wind Ridge.
However, because Li Qingyang had given a stern reminder before, Li Xuangang and the others were also somewhat prepared. Although they did not completely escape the sneak attack of the multi-layer soil spike formation set up by the casual cultivators, fortunately, there was no major loss.
Except for three fifth-level Qi Refining disciples who did not react in time and were stabbed by earth thorns that suddenly appeared, the others, including the four earth horse beasts, were unscathed.
Li Qingyang is indeed a leader among the Li Jiaqing generation. His powerful spiritual perception alerted the clan members immediately after the Earth Thorn Array was activated.
It was obvious that they were ambushed. Li Xuangang and other tribesmen did not dare to be careless. After retreating to a safe area, they drove the Tuma beasts together and surrounded them in the center of the crowd.
Someone among the clan members quickly took out a set of magic circles and deployed them. A layer of aqua-blue light curtain visible to the naked eye protected the four earth horse beasts.
The Domamon is a precious resource of the family and cannot be lost, and the Domamon also carries goods to Binhaibo City.
While Li Qingyang was on guard, he arranged for five tribesmen who were in the middle stage of Qi Refining to protect the earth horse beast.
And he took the rest of his clan members to stand in front.
Li Xuangang also took out the green wood sword, and surging spiritual power surged through his body.
The large area of dust caused by the multiple earth-thorn arrays gradually dissipated, and a group of monks gradually emerged from opposite Li Xuangang.
These people all wore masks. Li Xuangang tried to detect them with his spiritual sense, but found that the masks were weird and his spiritual sense could not penetrate them.
There were about thirty monks who came, with various cultivation levels. Li Xuangang also found three monks at the third level of Qi Refining inside.
Li Qingyang took a step forward with the Hunyuan iron rod in hand, revealing his cultivation at the ninth level of Qi refining.
"You are really brave. You even dare to rob our Li family's goods."
When the leading monk on the opposite side heard this, he sneered:
"This is not the first time this calamity has happened. Since you fellow Taoists came here with your heads high, you cannot go back empty-handed. Not to mention your Taiqiu Li family, even the Corpse Ghost Sect, we will also follow the calamity."
Li Xuangang believed this. The resources for casual cultivators were tight and cultivation was extremely difficult. Some of them, with evil intentions, often engaged in such transactions in order to quickly obtain a large amount of cultivation resources.
As long as their hands and feet are clean enough, they can't be traced back to them afterwards, and even the Corpse Ghost Sect can't do anything about it.
In the past, several families were robbed in Black Wind Ridge, and not even the clan members who escorted the caravan escaped from the murderous hands and died.
These families jointly carried out a cleansing of Heifeng Ridge, and indeed killed several groups of casual cultivators, but after a year or two, Heifeng Ridge returned to normal.
Heifeng Ridge is located on the only way to Binhaifang City, and there are always casual cultivators, so looting in Heifeng Ridge is unavoidable.
The only solution is to strengthen the caravan guards.
Li Qingyang secretly channeled his spiritual energy, and then whispered to the clan members around him.
"There will be a fight later. I will try to hold down the three ninth-level Qi Refining monks on the opposite side. If you have the chance, you can kill as many as you want. Don't hold back."
Li Xuangang knew that his second uncle Li Qingyang was known for his superior combat prowess in the family, but he did not expect that he would have the confidence to hold down three monks of the same level with one person.
The casual cultivators on the opposite side began to approach. Li Xuanshan, who was standing next to Li Xuangang, was holding a beheading sword in his hand, with a hint of fierceness in his eyes.
"Attention, we mainly defend and maintain our formation. We must not advance rashly and give the opponent a chance to break through."
At this critical last moment, Li Qingyang gave one last reminder.
Then there was a sound of gold and iron intersecting in Heifeng Ridge.
The surging spiritual energy fluctuations scared away many nearby beasts.