The southwestern border of Baishou City.
The entire northern part of Nanping State is hilly with mountains of varying heights, but there are also plains with some villages.
"Great Immortal, after you climb over this hill, you will see a village ahead."
There was a group of people walking along the mountain path, about twenty of them.
Most of them carried long muskets on their backs and had weapons hanging around their waists. They stood straight and looked full of energy and spirit.
Among this group of people, half of them were carrying a large bag, and their chests rose and fell with long, deep breaths, as if they had endless energy.
Some people have a reserved look, with electricity in their eyes, and they are observant in all directions, as if no matter how small the hiding is, it cannot escape their perception.
The one who spoke was one of the members of this team.
He was speaking to the two people at the front of the team. One was tall, the other short, one was strong, the other was thin. One walked with the gait of a dragon or a tiger as if nothing could stop him, while the other took small steps, walked silently and very quickly.
Wang Hu glanced at the person who was speaking, then looked back at the neat team, nodded and said, "Okay, let's take a rest when we get there."
The man shook his head. "The master's decree is more important."
"Hey, you are ignorant. The mission of the eldest brother is important, but people also need to rest. You are just mortals. No matter how powerful you are, you are not like us. We can rest, so how can you not rest?"
"Besides, there are not so many evil spirits. We have been out for several days, and the villages we passed by were very peaceful. We didn't even see any bandits. Don't be so anxious. Senior Brother has been traveling day and night. It's okay to deal with bandits, but if we really encounter some evil spirits, I'm afraid we won't be able to survive in this state."
The thin man said, and then said to Wang Hu: "Right, Senior Brother Wang Hu."
Wang Hu smiled and said, "That makes sense. I'm tired of eating cakes and want to change the taste."
Hearing this, the man thought for a moment and then bowed: "If the Immortal has spoken, we will rest in the next village and find some game for you."
"You're welcome!" Wang Hu laughed.
These people are the guards of the Golden Immortal Sect.
Built by Su Yougen and equipped with muskets made by craftsmen collected by Yao Ningqing, they serve as the guards of the Golden Immortal Sect. Most of them are people rescued by the Golden Immortal Sect in Xumi Meridian.
After they ate the pills refined by Song Yin, not only did they clear away the root causes of their illnesses after being absorbed by the sect, they themselves also transformed because of the pills.
The elixirs are not ordinary elixirs. After taking them, they have magical effects themselves.
Those who took the Qi-enhancing pills don't just have loud voices, including Su Yougen. They all have great strength. Although they don't have great strength, their endurance is many levels higher than that of ordinary mortals.
Those who took the refreshing pills had sharp ears and eyes, and keen perception.
As for why they left Baishou City now, it was because the eldest senior brother ordered that all of them, starting with the inner disciples, should go out and wipe out all the evil ways near Baishou City.
Sun Jiubei followed the eldest senior brother, leaving behind 17 inner disciples. These people were divided into four teams and set off in four directions with the Golden Immortal Gate guards. However, their team only consisted of Wang Hu and Zhou Liufang.
There was no other way, there were only so many people. The two of them were the first among the inner disciples to reach the fifth level, so they simply formed a team and set off with a guard of twenty people.
However, they didn't encounter any evil spirits along the way, not even any bandits. Instead, they had to eat the dry biscuits they brought with them every day for the past few days, and they were fed up with it.
Yes, they are no longer the evil disciples of Xumi Vein who were so poor that they could only grit their teeth at wild vegetable dumplings. Now they have settled in the human world. They cannot be said to have delicacies from land and sea every day, but they definitely have wine and meat all the time.
In addition to refining Qi every day and being refined by the eldest senior brother, they would go down to help mortals to reclaim wasteland, guide the flow of water, and do other trivial things, and then they were very happy.
This is much better than the golden age.
When Jin Guang was around, they went out of the mountain very cautiously to abduct mortals, for fear of running into some "righteous people" or some evil demons. They were like rats crossing the street. After returning to the mountain after a narrow escape of death, they had to be on guard against the mood of Jin Guang and Zhao Yuanhua, so as not to be refined into pills alive.
In comparison, if they just help the mortals and endure the pain of being refined by the Great Dao Fire, they can live such a life, and they are willing to do so.
Who would be willing to kidnap people for nothing and do such a thankless job? First of all, they don't know how to make the human elixir. Second, they have been refined by their senior brothers every day, so they have long given up the idea of making the human elixir.
Isn’t this a good day
Wang Hu was the first one who wanted to run away at first, and now even if he is killed, he will not run away.
Apart from the fact that it was impossible for him to escape the eyes of the eldest senior brother, this life was too happy. It was much better than his previous life when he thought he would return to the mountains and become a bandit leader after learning Taoism.
Even if Jin Guang was resurrected, Wang Hu would personally press Jin Guang into the coffin. His thoughts were not as complicated as those of his second senior brother and the others. Whoever prevented him from following his senior brothers on the "right path" would be his sworn enemy!
After they crossed the mountain and walked forward for dozens of miles, the leader of the guard pointed to the outline of a village with smoke rising from cooking fires in front of them and said, "That's the village. If we continue walking forward after this village, we will be out of the territory of Baishou City."
There is no fixed division in Nanping Kingdom; it is all spontaneous. As long as a place becomes prosperous and gradually gathers popularity, it will radiate outward with that place as the center to form a range.
Or, in a city like Baishou City, which has existed for a long time, there will be villages nearby that rely on the city for survival.
But there are boundaries after all.
That village is the border of Baishou City. If you go southwest, you will reach other places.
"Okay, okay, I get it. I'm cooking right now."
Wang Hu waved his hand and looked up at the sky. It was dusk at this time. He smiled slightly and obviously quickened his pace.
He had no interest in eating for free. He had come across several villages on the way and found that the food eaten by the mortals there was not as good as the dry biscuits brought by the guards. It was all inexplicable. He just wanted to take a rest.
"Senior brother, shall we have a drink?" Zhou Liufang came over and said with a smile.
"Drink some, drink some, you've been having a hard time these days. These people brought wine but didn't drink it, it's really strange, well, it's a bargain for you and me, my fellow apprentice."
Wang Hu said: "But don't drink too much, otherwise we will be finished if we delay Senior Brother's business."
"Don't worry, I know my limits. I am praised as a 'gentleman' by the senior brother, and I will never do anything to disappoint him."
Thinking of the eldest senior brother, Zhou Liufang shuddered at first, and then laughed: "Besides, that is just ordinary wine, not as good as the wine that the eldest senior brother prepared for the banquet, it won't make people drunk."
"That's true." Wang Hu laughed and continued to move forward.
The outline of the village was getting closer and closer, and Wang Hu's smile gradually deepened until he saw the fence surrounding the village and...
Blood on the fence.