Just as the three were leaving Lai Fu Inn, they met Zhou Xin.
"Brother Zhou, what are you doing..."
Xu Lian couldn't believe it and almost didn't recognize him. He saw that this young man had a sallow complexion, sunken eye sockets and a haggard body.
Xiao Xixi was also surprised, "I've been with the weird bride for a few days, how come he has become like this?"
Jiang Xianyu said, "In the past, someone was chosen by the Evil Bride and luckily came back alive. It was also like this. The Evil Bride seems to be able to devour other people's spirit and energy."
She took out a bottle of elixir and handed it to Xu Lian, "My husband, please give this bottle of elixir to Master Zhou."
Although it was a gift to Zhou Xin, Xu Lian did not feel uncomfortable. Young ladies from big families were different. Her words and actions were proper. She did not give it directly to Zhou Xin, but gave it to him first and asked him to give it to Zhou Xin. This showed the closeness of their relationship.
Xu Lian took it and put it in Zhou Xin's hand, "Take care, Mr. Zhou."
Zhou Xin had a numb expression and empty eyes. He muttered "thank you" and walked into Lai Fu Inn with the pill in his hand.
Xiao Xixi frowned, "Is he okay?"
Jiang Xianyu said, "He should be fine. He knows that he is very weak now and it is difficult for him to survive in Yuanfu County. He found Laifu Inn to take refuge and recuperate, which shows that his mind is still clear."
Xu Lian smiled and glanced at Jiang Xianyu, "Xianyu is really smart, worthy of being the captain of the caravan."
Jiang Xianyu said, "For the past three years, I have been busy with the caravan. Although it delayed my practice and made my progress slow, I did get some training."
The three of them did not stay for long, but rode away on horseback towards the altar in Yuanfu County.
The journey from Yuanfu County to Taizhou Prefecture is too long, and one has to pass through countless dangerous places along the way. It is impossible to go to Taizhou Prefecture on horseback, so one has to use the altar.
You know, from Pingyang County to Yuanfu County, there were only four dangerous places on the way, and more than ten people were lost, with a mortality rate of more than one in ten. If you go from Yuanfu County to Taizhou Prefecture, it is estimated that everyone would have died before they got halfway.
Therefore, in places with long distances, only altars can be used.
In fact, every city has an altar, but the price is too expensive and ordinary practitioners simply cannot afford it.
Depending on the transmission distance, the minimum charge is 30,000 spirit stones, and there is no upper limit... Who can afford this
Xu Lian asked Jiang Xianyu, "On the way to Yuanfu County, I heard that even practitioners who have the ability to fly don't dare to fly in the sky casually. What terrible things are there in the sky?"
Jiang Xianyu said, "There are many dangerous places in the sky just like on the ground. Moreover, it is generally believed that the dangerous places in the sky are much more terrifying than those on the ground. Therefore, under normal circumstances, no one will fly in the sky."
The more Xu Lian understood the world, the more insignificant he felt, as if the entire world was shrouded in fog.
Thinking of what the White Fox Mine Patrolman said, that even she didn't fully see through this world, Xu Lian felt much better... It was a consolation.
Come to the altar.
This place is desolate and overgrown with weeds. I don’t know how long it has been since anyone has used it.
Jiang Xianyu got off the horse, walked up to the altar, and said to the air, "We are going to Taizhou Prefecture."
Xu Lian and Xiao Xixi also dismounted and went up to the altar.
Xiao Xixi was curious, "How do you use this altar?"
As a low-level casual cultivator, she didn't understand such "high-end" things.
"The minimum charge for using the altar is thirty thousand spirit stones. There are three of us, so the minimum is ninety thousand spirit stones."
Jiang Xianyu took out 90,000 spirit stones and placed them at his feet.
Then, she kept adding spirit stones to it, "Increasing the price on top of the 90,000, and keep increasing it until the price is high enough, and then the altar will open."
Seeing that she had used up so many spirit stones at once, Xu Lian felt a little embarrassed, "Let me do it."
Jiang Xianyu glanced at him and said, "My husband and I are already one, why are you being so polite to me?"
Xu Lian hesitated for a moment and then didn't insist.
Jiang Xianyu added up to 150,000 spirit stones, and the altar finally lit up.
Fifty thousand of the 150,000 spirit stones turned into flowing light and merged into the altar, probably for the maintenance of the altar. The other 100,000 disappeared silently, and no one knew where they went. Xu Lian was surprised.
Jiang Xianyu said softly, "The Laifu Inn, underground market, and altar in Yuanfu County all belong to Mian Pavilion. Fifty thousand spirit stones are used to maintain the altar, and one hundred thousand are transferred to Mian Pavilion."
Xu Lian was surprised. "In such a chaotic place like Yuanfu County, no one destroyed these three places. It seems that the power of Mian Pavilion is quite strong, making the various sects and demons in Yuanfu County feel afraid?"
Jiang Xianyu said, "The Mian Pavilion of Yuanfu County is very mysterious. It almost never shows up, and does not participate in the competition for cultivation resources. It only sets up markets, inns, altars and other neutral places all over the world to earn countless spirit stones."
Xu Lian couldn't help but ask, "How does this Mian Pavilion compare to the Yijiao in Pingyang County?"
Jiang Xianyu said, "Everyone in the Yi Sect joins the sect as a clone, so they don't know each other's true identity. The territories and branches are spread all over the world. The Yi Sect and Mian Pavilion are both well-known forces in the world. It is difficult to compare them. After all, neither the Yi Sect nor Mian Pavilion has revealed its full strength, so who knows."
The light from the altar was extremely bright.
The three of them felt a stinging pain in their eyes and had to close their eyes.
After a while.
Xu Lian felt dizzy and the light in front of his eyes disappeared. He opened his eyes curiously to see how to teleport.
When he saw this, he was immediately shocked and felt cold all over.
He saw that the space around them had been distorted. He, Jiang Xianyu and Xiao Xixi were no longer on the altar, but were traveling through space. This was a space tunnel, and the surroundings were like colored glaze.
The scary thing is that outside the space tunnel, there is a monster that looks like a human but not a human lying down, scratching with its sharp claws, as if trying to dig through and get into the space tunnel.
Xiao Xixi opened her eyes and was also frightened. She subconsciously hid in Xu Lian's arms, "What is this weird thing? It won't come in, will it?"
"I won't come in."
Jiang Xianyu said, "It is said that everyone who uses space teleportation will encounter this strange creature. The strange creature has been scratching outside the space tunnel, but has never dug in. There is a legend that in ancient times, this strange creature was too ferocious, and some powerful people joined forces to banish it outside the space. So, every time someone uses space teleportation, it will appear and look for a way back."
Hearing that there was no danger, Xu Lian and Xiao Xixi both breathed a sigh of relief.
Xu Lian couldn't help but sigh that the waters of this world were too deep, and what he knew currently might not even be the tip of the iceberg.
After a while.
The bright light reappeared.
The three of them felt a stinging pain in their eyes and had to close their eyes.
When the bright light disappeared, I opened my eyes and saw an astonishing sight.
All I saw was an extremely huge canyon that stretched to the horizon with no end in sight.
The canyon is a thousand feet deep, with a slowly flowing river at the bottom.
The color of the river water is very strange, sometimes red, sometimes white, sometimes blue, sometimes black... It is unpredictable, like a river in dreams.
On both sides of the canyon, there are countless caves, densely packed like a honeycomb, making people's scalps numb... If a person with trypophobia were here, he would definitely not be able to bear it.
There are countless roads connecting the countless caves, like a maze.
On the road, people are coming and going, and the traffic is very busy.
"Are we at Taizhou City?"
Xiao Xixi was surprised.
Xu Lian was also like a curious baby, but his focus was different. He was paying attention to the river at the bottom of the canyon. "Why is the river water this color?"
"Who are you from? Look at how ignorant you are. Haha."
"Get down from the altar now, stop occupying the toilet without doing anything."...
Some people laughed, some people urged him on.
Only then did Xu Lian and Xiao Xixi notice that there were many people around, waiting to use the altar.
The altar here is not as desolate as the one in Yuanfu County, and many people use it.
It is easy to understand if you think about it. After all, this is Taizhou Prefecture, where there are many experts. Naturally, there are many people who have spirit stones and can use the altar.
Xu Lian and Xiao Xixi hurriedly walked down from the altar, so as not to delay other people's use of the altar and incur public anger.
"Miss is back?"
"Your humble servant greets the young lady!"...
Several people who were queuing to use the altar saw Jiang Xianyu and came over excitedly to salute.
Jiang Xianyu nodded, "You guys take care of your own business, I will go home by myself."
These people responded with "yes" and returned to the queue. It seemed that they needed to use the altar for something and went to a far place.
The crowd looked at Jiang Xianyu sideways.
"Why do you call the Jiang family's messenger Miss?"
"She seems to be Jiang Xianyu. I saw her from a distance a few years ago. I heard that she went to Guitongling between Pingyang County and Yuanfu County to look for her destined Taoist partner. Has she found her and returned?"
"Could the young man next to her be him?"
"But, the other woman also seems to be very close to this young man, could she be his sister?"...
Wow... Xu Lian exclaimed in his heart, wow! The people in Zhoufu City have sharp eyes. They guessed his origins so quickly. Of course, it was also because Jiang Xianyu was too famous in Taizhou Prefecture and received a lot of attention.
Jiang Xianyu didn't seem to want to attract too much attention, so she rented a carriage and hurried away with Xu Lian and Xiao Xixi.
Xu Lian discovered that in addition to horse-drawn carriages, there were also carriages pulled by various strange beasts on the road, and even carriages pulled by ghosts... He was frightened by what he saw, but he was not afraid that the ghosts would suddenly bite back.
"My husband just asked why the water in the canyon is this color."
Jiang Xianyu cares about Xu Lian very much. She keeps his every word and action in mind and will not ignore any of his words.
Xu Lian said, "I'm just asking casually. If it's inconvenient for me to know, you don't have to tell me."
Jiang Xianyu said, “This is not a secret, but it’s a long story.
In this world, a city will not appear anywhere without reason. Most cities are built around the purpose of spiritual practice.
For example, Pingyang County was built around a sacred tree, which radiates spirituality and is helpful for spiritual practice.
Another example is Yuanfu County, which exists because of the night-blooming flowers.
The same is true for Taizhou City. The entire city is built on the canyon of this Fantasy River, because the Fantasy River can also emit spirituality and help with spiritual practice.
It’s just that the origin of the Fantasy River is rather complicated.
Its source is the Demon Sealing Cave.
In ancient times, the ancestors of the thirteen clans of Taizhou Prefecture suppressed a great demon and his eight tribes in the Demon Sealing Cave.
Inside the Demon Sealing Cave, there is a millstone formation that can slowly grind away the great demon and his eight tribesmen. The spiritual substances that are ground out flow out and form this magical river. As a result, Taizhou Prefecture was built.”
She explained it very carefully so that Xu Lian could understand it more clearly.
Xu Lian was surprised. The spiritual material that was ground out formed a magical river that sustained the cultivation of all the practitioners in the entire Taizhou Prefecture? How strong were the Great Demon and the Eight Tribes? It was beyond his imagination. Even though they were so strong, they were still suppressed by the ancestors of the Thirteen Clans. It can be seen that the ancestors of the Thirteen Clans were also ruthless.
Xiao Xixi opened her eyes wide, "Could it be that the Jiang family that Miss Jiang belongs to is one of the thirteen clans?"
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Jiang Xianyu nodded, "In addition to the Jiang clan, there are also the Ji clan, the Yao clan, the Gui clan, the Si clan, the Ying clan, the Ji clan, the Xun clan, and so on."
Speaking of this.
Her expression dimmed. "It's just that the Thirteen Clans have gradually declined. They no longer have the glory of their ancestors. They have gradually become the power of Taizhou Prefecture. They no longer have the spare power to expand to other prefectures. They can't even control Taizhou Prefecture. It has been infiltrated by other sects and various demons and monsters like a sieve."
The ancestors sealed the demons and ascended to the altar of the cultivation world, but the descendants gradually declined. Xu Lian could not understand such a feeling of disparity because he was born in a poor family... The poorest family in the world, which was an old mud house on the old street of Luzhu Town.
"A skinny dragon is bigger than a horse."
Xiao said jokingly, "No matter what, it is much stronger than some small and medium-sized families."
Xu Lian embraced Jiang Xianyu and comforted her, "It's okay. We young people should work hard. Even if we can't become peerless masters and bring honor to our family, at least we won't bring shame to our ancestors."
Jiang Xianyu said softly, "My husband, you must be mentally prepared. Although the Thirteen Clans have declined, they still dream of becoming a top clan and always act superior. The rules in the family are very strict. Some people in the Jiang family will definitely test your husband, and even other clans will make things difficult for your husband."
"..." Xu Lian frowned, then relaxed his brows. With his current strength at the seventh level of Dark Strength Stage, he was not afraid of the young talents in Taizhou City. As for the strong men of the older generation, they should not be so shameless as to make things difficult for him, right
"Xianyu, please be at ease. For your sake, I will endure as much as I can."
"It's not about endurance, but the stronger the better."
Jiang Xianyu said.
Xu Lian understood... The Thirteen Clans were high and mighty, and were still dreaming of becoming one of the top clans. If he was too tolerant, he would be looked down upon. If he acted a little more assertive, he would be more easily accepted.
A side note from the author: The updates have been a bit slow these past two days, I will speed up starting tomorrow.