Volume 1: Rebellion in Chang'an Chapter 36 A Strange Discovery

Yuanshan City, Yuanshan Tower.

An old man in a gray Taoist robe walked into the building.

"Senior Feng Xingzi." Tan Tai Qing Run came forward and said respectfully, "I'll trouble you with the matter of the illusion array."

Feng Xingzi was a fourth-rank formation master with a high status in the building. Not to mention that she was the owner of Yuanshan Building, even the owner of Zhenjiang Building had to be polite when meeting Feng Xingzi.

Feng Xingzi raised his hand and said casually, "You're welcome. I just happened to pass by your Yuanshan City. The higher-ups heard that your Yuanshan Tower encountered a high-grade illusion array that couldn't be solved, so they sent me a message to ask me to help."

"Hurry up and take me to the location of the illusion array. I want to see what kind of illusion array these magic cultivators in the underworld can set up!" Feng Xingzi did not exchange many polite words with Tan Tai Qingrun. He urged with a high spirit in his eyes.

Naturally, Tan Tai Qingrun would not be dissatisfied with Feng Xingzi's urging.

Formation masters with a personality like Feng Xingzi are extremely common. If they were not excited about formations, how could these people be so obsessed with studying the boring and difficult to understand formations?

Tan Tai Qingrun nodded in response and prepared to take Feng Xingzi to the blood pool outside Yuanshan City.

At this moment, a green wave flashed from the jade pendant on Tan Tai Qingrun's waist.

A spiritual message from Jiang Rong.

Tan Tai Qingrun's mind sank into it and read the contents of the spiritual letter.

Afterwards, Tan Tai Qingrun's expression turned a little colder.

"Does Master Tan Tai have something urgent to do?" Although Feng Xingzi was obsessed with formations, he was not a pedantic person. Seeing Tan Tai Qingrun's reaction, he said, "If there is something urgent, just tell one of your men to take me there. Master Tan Tai's business is the most important."

Tan Tai Qingrun's expression returned to calm: "It's not a big deal. Senior Feng Xingzi is willing to help my Yuanshan Tower. How dare I neglect him?"

…

"Lu Qingshan left the city with the Lin family convoy at noon today, destination: Zhenjiang City."

This is a spiritual message from Jiang Rong.

Zhenjiang City, do you think you can escape from my clutches?

Tan Tai Qingrun chuckled in his heart, and a hint of pride flashed in his eyes.

…

Outside Yuanshan City.

Three hours had passed since Lu Qingshan left. The Lin family's team really left as soon as they said they would, without any delay on the road.

The animals pulling the trucks in the convoy were not horses, but black rhinos with a faint demon beast bloodline in their bodies.

These black rhinos are pitch black with surprisingly strong limbs , and look extremely powerful.

On the forehead of the black rhino, there is a single horn, which sparkles with a dark luster under the sunlight.

Although they look fierce, these black rhinos are actually very docile and do not show any ferocity.

Because they have a weak bloodline of demon beasts in their bodies, these black rhinos are not only extremely powerful, but also have amazing endurance and are extremely fast.

In just three hours, the convoy had traveled a long distance.

The roads have changed from a dozen-meter-wide avenue just out of the city to a bumpy mountain road.

Lu Qingshan sat on the front of a truck in the convoy, squinting his eyes, looking very relaxed and comfortable.

After receiving the task, Lu Qingshan carefully found out the information about his employer.

The Lin family, a small cultivation family in Yuanshan City, controls a vein of Qingguang Stone.

Qingguang Stone, a first-grade ore, is not very precious, but it is often used in refining magical instruments and can be considered a relatively popular ore.

Therefore, relying on this bluestone vein, the Lin family has developed quite well.

The head of the Lin family is a cultivator in the early stage of foundation building, but his time is almost up.

If the Lin family cannot produce a second foundation-building cultivator before the patriarch dies, the decline of the Lin family will be inevitable.

——Without a foundation-building cultivator, the Qingguang Stone mine cannot be preserved.

The Ma family, which lives not far from the Lin family, has been coveting the Lin family's bluestone mine for a long time.

As for why the Lin family wanted to escort such a large amount of goods to Zhenjiang City thousands of miles away, we have to mention the origin of the Lin family.

The Yuanshan City Lin Family was a branch that separated from the Zhenjiang City Lin Family many years ago.

Although they have separated from the family, there has been some vague connection between the two over the years.

For example, every three years, the Lin family of Yuanshan City would pay tribute to a large amount of Qingguang Stone to their family in Zhenjiang City in exchange for some support from their family.

These dozen or so truckloads of cargo are all Qingguang Stones that are to be presented as tribute to the Lin family in Zhenjiang City.

Due to the large number but low value of a single piece of Qingguang Stone, these Qingguang Stones can only be transported to Zhenjiang City using this mortal cargo transportation mode, and cannot be transported via storage magic tools.

The reason is simple. The value of the storage device needed to store so many blue stones is far greater than the value of the blue stones themselves.

In previous years, the Lin family only needed their own manpower to escort these blue stones to Zhenjiang City.

However, as the head of the family is about to die, the Lin family is eager to train a second foundation-building cultivator.

Not long ago, the head of the Lin family took the elders of the family out to kill a second-grade monster in exchange for some foundation-building pills.

Although they succeeded in killing the second-grade monster in the end , several elders and family heads who were in charge of the family were seriously injured and could only recuperate in the cave.

The matter of tribute was of great importance, so the head of the family's daughter, Lin Yao, who had never shown her face in public, had no choice but to lead the team to escort the Qingguang Stone to Zhenjiang City.

Due to insufficient manpower and urgent time, a mercenary mission was issued to the Monster Hunting Alliance.

The rise and fall of such a small family is a very common and insignificant matter in the world of monks.

Lu Qingshan didn't care.

As long as I can take him to Zhenjiang City, that would be enough.

…

The convoy had been on the road for a day.

The journey was very peaceful, so peaceful that Lu Qingshan felt a little bored.

Judging from the situation, these thirty first-grade spirit stones will be easy to get.

Perhaps because of this reason, the other monster hunters in the convoy seemed to be in a good mood and started talking and laughing.

Lu Qingshan glanced back.

There was a carriage, and in the carriage was the mysterious daughter of the head of the Lin family, Lin Yao.

Lin Yao has not shown up all day, and Lin He has always been responsible for handling matters.

Lu Qingshan could occasionally see Lin He whispering something to Lin Yao through the curtain of the carriage.

Ding——

Someone knocked on the cargo box of the truck where Lu Qingshan was.

Lu Qingshan looked in the direction of the sound and saw a middle-aged demon hunter named Mu Shan.

"Is there something wrong?" Lu Qingshan asked with a frown.

With such a big move, it was obvious that Mu Shan came to him with some provocation.

Just why?

"Boy, you haven't said a word all the way here, it must be so depressing!" Mu Shan's voice was rough and his tone was very presumptuous.

As they are both Qi-refining cultivators, he did not call Lu Qingshan "fellow Daoist" but called him "boy", which implied that he looked down on Lu Qingshan.

Lu Qingshan bowed to Mu Shan and said, "I am a reserved boy. If I have disturbed you, I hope you can forgive me."

This sounds very polite, but what it actually means when translated is, if I don't say anything, what's it got to do with you?

Mu Shan was confronted by Lu Qingding, and for a moment he didn't know how to respond. Seeing the Lin family cultivators around him snickering, he felt embarrassed: "You are a yellow-haired boy, are you worthy of being in the same group as me? I'm afraid you are just a Qi Refining Level 1 cultivator who has just learned some skills and you don't know how high the sky is or how deep the earth is."

Lu Qingshan smiled without saying anything, looking at Mu Shan calmly.

Seeing that Lu Qingshan was adamant, Mu Shan couldn't really take action, so he could only retreat in shame.

Lu Qingshan looked at Mu Shan's departing back, a hint of suspicion flashed in his eyes.

It would be fine if he was a domineering young man from a big family, but Mu Shan looked like a monster hunter, so it was obvious that he was just a casual cultivator.

Independent cultivators have always been synonymous with being cautious and careful.

How could there be a casual cultivator like Mu Shan who would provoke strange cultivators for an inexplicable reason?

How could a casual cultivator with Mu Shan's personality survive to this day?

Something is very wrong.

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan subconsciously threw a Sky Eye Spell at Mu Shan.

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Mashan (Human)

Occupation: Physical training

Skill: [Eternal Spring Skill] Lv7 (345/700)——[Spiritual Power +70, Life Recovery +1]

Level: Qi Refining

Personal attributes: Strength 1, Agility 1, Mana 1, Spirit 1, Charm 1, Endurance 4

Health: 48/48