215 The Land of Bitterness
A few days later, Su Chen followed Ji Yuanzheng and Zhuang Bufan, who were rushing to the north, and four foundation-building cultivators of the Penglai Immortal Sect.
Ji Yuan was looking at Su Chen with a heavy expression, as if he was worried, and couldn't help but say, "Junior Brother Su, are you going to the mortal world to visit the old man?"
"Go to the mortal world and take a look."
Su Chen nodded slightly.
"Since you have become a cultivator, don't worry too much about the mortal world. The cultivators have passed in a flash, but the mortal world in the world has turned upside down, and things have changed. Even immortals are unable to change this worldly torrent."
Ji Yuanzheng shook his head lightly and persuaded him.
Su Chen was deeply moved by this. Thirteen years ago, he helped Prefect Zhao destroy the rebellion of the Giant Whale Gang in Wujun, but it was only calmed down for several years. But just thirteen years later, a bigger disaster came to Wujun. The disaster that should have happened finally came, but it was just a different way.
"Senior Brother Ji seems to know a lot about the mortal world?"
Su Chen was a little strange.
"I am a monk from Chaoge Fairy City and a descendant of the Ji family. However, the family had some trouble in the early years, so when I was young, I was sent to the mortal world to avoid disaster. I spent more than ten years in the mortal world and witnessed many mortal affairs.
When I first entered the period of cultivation, I always remembered the old people in the world like you. It was only twenty or thirty years later that the world changed. Everything was a change of things and people, and the past could only be left in memory."
Ji Yuanzheng said calmly.
Only then did Su Chen realize that no wonder he always felt that Senior Brother Ji was not much like a disciple of the aristocratic family in Chaoge Fairy City, and he felt a sense of long-term experience and practice.
The immortal cultivators who grew up and practiced all the way through all obstacles and have overcome many difficulties and are well versed in the low-key way. The temperament differences between Zhuang Bufan, Zhuang clan disciple, Ge Yun and Sun Ruoxiang, two immortal cultivators born in Penglai Immortal Sect are still very obvious.
Sun Ruoxiang has been practicing in Penglai Immortal Sect since she was a child. This is the first time she has left the mountain gate and is quite curious about the mortal world. She didn't care about her unfamiliarity with Su Chen, and hurriedly asked: "Senior Brother Su went to the mortal world this time, did you see anything fun?"
She had asked Ge Yun and Zhuang Bufan before, but they had never been in the mortal world. They were only familiar with Chaoge Fairy City and Penglai Fairy Sect. They knew very little about mortal affairs and could not say anything.
She asked Ji Yuanzheng, but Senior Brother Ji didn't want to say much, so he had to ask Su Chen.
"What's fun in the mortal world? I went there and saw only a large number of droughts. Countless refugees may be more lively in the prosperous place like Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty."
Su Chen sighed.
"drought?"
Sun Ruoxiang couldn't help but widen her eyes in surprise, "I have seen it in the book. It seems that the drought in the world has not rained for a long time. But I have never seen it with my own eyes, and I don't know what the drought is like. But isn't there water in the river? Why don't they get water?"
Penglai Immortal Sect has sufficient spiritual energy and has been in good weather for thousands of years. There is no drought at all. Even if there is no rain for a long time, water-based monks can naturally use spiritual magic to make rain, which will not affect the growth of spiritual plants in the Spirit Valley.
Sun Ruoxiang has never left the mountain gate since she was a child. Her eyes and ears are just the prosperous scene of Penglai Immortal Sect, and she has never experienced all kinds of natural disasters in the mortal world.
If immortals seize the fortune of heaven and earth, they will naturally not suffer many sufferings from the people.
The impression of cultivators about natural disasters is only the disasters of Jindan monks and the occasional spiritual mine crisis incidents. Only when the spiritual mine veins are exhausted and the supply of spirit stones is lacking, it is a big crisis for the major sects in the world of cultivation.
The disaster of robbery in the immortal world that is even greater than this is probably only a thousand years ago. Most foundation-building monks will never encounter it in their entire lives.
"There is still a little left in the river, only enough for people and livestock to drink."
Su Chen couldn't help but smile bitterly.
These are a long story. Without excellent irrigation facilities, even if there is some water in the river and the water level is very low, it is difficult to irrigate countless arid fields by manpower.
"By the way, have you encountered many refugees? As immortal patrol envoys who went down the mountain in Penglai Immortal Sect, we want to suppress the rebellion in Zhongtu. Brother Su, have you killed all those refugees?"
Sun Ruoxiang asked excitedly, and she was very curious.
"The refugees are just a group of hungry people. What are you doing to kill them?"
Su Chen said irritably.
"The refugees often rebel, shouldn't they be killed? Aren't we immortal patrolmen trying to inspect his country for the emperor of the mortal world and quell the rebellion!"
Sun Ruoxiang couldn't help but be surprised.
"The Li family of the Tang Dynasty had great fortune, which was also related to the fortune of the Central Plains. The five great immortal sects in China, including the immortal patrol envoys of our Penglai Immortal Sect, were just orders from the upper realm to inspect the world to prevent evil spirits from usurping the country. Our immortal patrol envoys only eliminate evil spirits and chaos, and do not interfere in mortal affairs. The instructions from the upper realm must not be discussed at will!"
Ji Yuanzheng raised his finger lightly and pointed to the top.
Sun Ruoxiang looked up at the sky and shut up with tactful tact.
Penglai Immortal Sect is an eternal sect and one of the top immortal cultivation forces in the Middle Land of China, but this is not the end of the road to immortal cultivation.
Many immortal cultivators know that in legend, there is a more mysterious upper realm above Penglai Immortal Sect. It’s just that these disciples in the Foundation Establishment Stage cannot get in touch with each other. Perhaps only at the level of the Yuanying Ancestor, can you know a little.
Ge Yun smiled gracefully and said, "Junior Sister Ruoxiang, since you are so curious, why not wait until this trip to Qingwu Immortal City ends. I will accompany you to Chang'an, the largest city in the mortal world to see the excitement, and visit the legendary lanterns of Chang'an Street. I guess all kinds of things in the mortal world are quite interesting."
"OK!"
Sun Ruoxiang nodded excitedly.
"It's coming soon!"
The Penglai Immortal Sect and a group of five foundation-building monks delayed a few days ago. After the five gathered, they accelerated to the north and flew for nearly half a month.
The earth is bleak and the climate is getting colder.
This is already a bitter, cold and desolate place close to the north.
There is very little green shade on the earth, all of which are desolate rocky mountains, and the continuous hills undulate on the earth, with a gray color.
Mortals rarely live in this bitter and cold land, and there are very few agricultural products, and most of them are poor.
Of course, there are quite a few immortal cultivators.
However, there are many spiritual ores in this place, which attracts some low-level Qi Refining Cultivators to station in this bitter and cold desolate place, mining and earning spirit stones for a living.
If you are lucky enough to dig a spirit stone vein, it will be even more developed, and it will be like digging money from the ground.
Qingwu Fairy City is an immortal city that emerged because of ore. There is not much spiritual energy, nor spiritual fields, and the only main business of mining.
Qingwu Fairy City is completely different from Chaoge Fairy City.
It is not so much a fairy city as it is a border town. Because of the barren properties, the population of monks is significantly smaller, and only thousands of monks in the Qi Refining Stage live together.
Qingwu Immortal City is a gathering place for some immortal cultivators and many casual cultivators, and does not belong to any immortal sect. However, because it is closest to Penglai Immortal Sect, most of the ores are sold to Penglai Immortal Sect, so it accepts the protection of Penglai Immortal Sect. Once you encounter trouble, you will ask Penglai Immortal Sect for help.
Recently, Qingwu Immortal City has suddenly died in the mine. Some cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage of the Mining suddenly died. The reason for Qingwu Immortal City cannot be found. People are in panic and hurriedly asked Penglai Immortal Sect to send foundation-building monks to investigate the situation.
Ge Yun and Sun Ruoxiang didn't care much about this, but a few cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage died, which was not a big deal.
Ji Yuanzheng, Su Chen, Zhuang Bufan and other five people flew over the Qingwu Immortal City with their swords.
There are many cliffs here, and a Qingwu Castle is built against the mountain, all of which are solid fortresses built with green rocks. There are no buildings on the surface of the fairy city, but they all open up the inside of the cliff and dug out a large cave to make the place where the fairy city lives.
The cold wind whistled, and the foundation-building monks in the sky felt a little cold.
When Sun Ruoxiang, Ge Yun and others saw the poor appearance of Qingwu Fairy City, they were very disappointed. They thought they could play and had a lot of fun.
Five people fell outside the city.
Ji Yuanzheng took out a golden music transmission note and fought out at Qingwu Xiancheng.
Not long after, a gray-robed old man in the foundation-building realm led many Qi Refining Cultivators from Qingwu City out of the city gate and hurriedly greeted them.
"How come this city lord is a foundation-building monk?"
Zhuang Bufan was very surprised when he saw it.
Foundation-building monks can worship any large and small immortal sect, become formal disciples, and enjoy various benefits. Even if they are big cities like Chaoge Fairy City, the city lord is just a qi-refining monk.
Qingwu Immortal City is a small fairy city, but there is a city lord at the foundation-building stage.
Ji Yuanzheng nodded slightly, "This city lord is a cultivator of a local big family. He spent a huge price in his early years and was lucky enough to obtain a foundation-building pill to cultivate it to the foundation-building realm. But he did not go to the five great immortal sects, but stayed in this Qingwu Immortal City."
Before coming, he had mastered a lot of information about Qingwu Immortal City from Deacon Zhou. However, a lot of information was delayed and he had to go to Qingwu Immortal City in person to check it out before he could come to a conclusion.
Zhuang Bufan was still wondering, "The foundation-building pill can be refined by the Golden Pill-level alchemy master. Only by winning the official disciples of the five major immortal sects can they obtain the foundation-building pill. How did their outside cultivators obtain the foundation-building pill?"
Thinking back to the beginning, the monks in Chaoge Immortal City, such as Zhuang Bufan and Su Chen, all selected the five major immortal sect disciples every ten years, and stood out and received the reward of a foundation-building pill.
It is conceivable that it is undoubtedly extremely difficult to obtain the foundation-building pill refined by the major immortal sects.
Ji Yuanzheng silently refused to answer. Some secrets involved in the Immortal Sect cannot be said.
Su Chen realized in an instant that most of the immortal sects in this Qingwu Immortal City intervened, and wanted to use the hands of local cultivators to control this Qingwu Immortal City.
The foundation-building pill obtained by the city lord of Qingwu Immortal City may be given by Penglai Immortal Sect. Otherwise, the city lord would not have been close to Penglai Immortal Sect.
But since this city lord is a foundation-building cultivator, why didn’t he find out the cause of death of those Qi Refining Cultivator?
Su Chen felt a little more alert, and this trip was probably not that simple.
When the five people saw a group of people coming to Qingwu Fairy City, they stopped talking.
"Old Qingwu City Lord Jiang Zhen, welcome the five Penglai Immortal Inspectors! I have been waiting for you for a long time. Thank you all the hard work. Come and invite you from the city." The old man in gray robe saw that five foundation-building cultivators came to Penglai Immortal Sect, and hurriedly bowed.
Chapter completed!