The continuous rain in the past few days has made the road too muddy to walk on, and made people feel extremely irritable. However, large numbers of people can be seen everywhere on the road, not caring about the cold wind and icy rain.
Li Mingyue is following a team at the moment. Not to mention, the way Li Mingyue is dressed now, coupled with her unrecovered injuries, and her sick look, she looks more like a refugee than a refugee.
After passing a pass, there is a huge mountain range. From the map, as long as you pass this mountain range, you will enter Jinzhou.
According to the current speed, if nothing unexpected happens, Li Mingyue should be able to arrive at Taihua Sect in advance, that is, years ago, just in time to find a place to recuperate and see if he can get some pills.
After all, when all the major sects gather in Taihua Sect, there will definitely be many people selling spiritual treasure pills. Of course, there will definitely be many scammers, but with the woman in the bell around, Li Mingyue doesn’t have to worry about being cheated, even if money is a
Big question.
The few taels of silver Li Mingyue brought from Qingyuan Mountain, not to mention the pills, were enough to support him all the way to Taihua Sect.
I got a lot of good things from the young general of the Yan Kingdom and the strong man in the Lingwu Realm, but they were not cash, and I had to find someone to trade them with. The woman in the bell said that it was very troublesome to trade this kind of stuff.
It is as easy to sell as a magical elixir. If you sell it cheaply, you will make a loss. If you sell it expensively, no one will want it. If you want to sell it at a suitable price, you have to look at luck.
The key is that along the way, Li Mingyue actually did not meet other sects heading to Taihua Sect. According to the woman in the bell, sects like Taiqing Sect usually have elders with swords to escort them.
Going to Taihua Sect so early will not leave until a few days before the start of the Ten Thousand Immortals Meeting.
In other words, it is impossible for Li Mingyue to deal with all these things in just a few days and then buy the elixirs he needs.
Thinking of this, Li Mingyue felt a little headache, but after all, his character was very comparable to others, so he couldn't say he cared about it.
Accompanying Li Mingyue was an old Taoist priest with a lotus crown on his head and a gray goat's beard. He was carrying a yellow cloth bag with a Bagua diagram drawn on it and filled with things.
Zhi. In addition, he also carries a mahogany sword on his back, which has a somewhat otherworldly charm.
At first, Li Mingyue thought that this man was a master, and asked the woman in the bell, but the woman in the bell said that he was just an ordinary charlatan, so Li Mingyue stopped paying attention.
Since the woman in the bell said so, it must be true.
However, every time Li Mingyue saw this old Taoist, she would always think of her master who had ascended to the immortal world. She didn't have too many feelings about it, but she just couldn't understand it and was even a little scared.
In the past, Li Mingyue couldn't understand why the old guy told him useless things, nor did he understand why the old guy took him to see many meaningless things. But now after officially practicing, Li Mingyue discovered that the old guy did
Everything he does and every word he says seems to have a profound meaning.
For example, when Li Mingyue was twelve years old, Chen Daoling took him away from Qingyuan Mountain and walked under the mountain for three months. At that time, the Tang State and the Chu State were at war. Although it was not as huge as it is now, many people died.
People, so the old guy took Li Mingyue to collect the bodies of those who died.
At the beginning, Li Mingyue was very scared, but gradually she became less afraid. Li Mingyue had seen and moved all kinds of corpses with miserable death conditions. At first, Li Mingyue felt that her master was kind-hearted, after all, every time he moved those people
After the burial, the old man would give them a blessing.
Later, Li Mingyue found out that the old guy's good intentions were fake, and his real purpose was for copper coins, because the Tang Dynasty had such a system, and the court would give a certain reward to those who volunteered to collect corpses on the battlefield.
Of course the reward is not much, but the old guy's real purpose is not the reward, but the things on the corpses, which really sell for a lot of money; and in many cases, you can get cash directly from the corpses.
Li Mingyue still remembers what the old guy said at that time: "If you collect corpses from others, you will generally not suffer any loss. Of course, beggars are an exception."
In fact, this is normal. In Li Mingyue's impression, the old guy is a profitless existence. As long as he can make money, he will do anything except steal and rob.
But now Li Mingyue discovered that the old guy's real intention was much more than that.
The first time Li Mingyue killed someone, it was the nine disciples of the Taiqing Sect. Of course, Li Mingyue did not do it himself at that time, but it did give Li Mingyue a big impact, but that was all.
The second time was by Zhang Qingyu. Although it was not entirely done by his own hands, the real feeling was actually no different from what Li Mingyue had done by himself. However, Li Mingyue actually didn't have much feelings at the time.
He looked at Zhang Qingyu's corpse as if he were looking at those corpses on the battlefield.
The third murderer was Yang Shu, and Li Mingyue was even more unmoved. She felt at ease and felt a sense of pleasure.
Later, one Taiqing disciple after another continued to die in the hands of Li Mingyue, plus those Tang Kingdom soldiers and Yan Kingdom soldiers, Li Mingyue got used to it and became numb.
And all of this, from when he went to collect corpses on the battlefield, to when the woman in the bell took action, to when he did it with his own hands, it was like making him familiar with this process and getting used to it step by step.
Every time he thought about this, Li Mingyue felt a chill on his back.
At the same time, Li Mingyue was also curious, what would have happened if he had not embarked on the path of spiritual practice, but left Qingyuan Mountain as his senior sister said? Does the old guy have other plans?
Just when Li Mingyue was thinking wildly, the speed of the team suddenly slowed down. Li Mingyue looked up and found that the mountain road ahead had narrowed and began to extend towards the mountain. Most people had even stopped.
Li Mingyue raised her head and glanced at the sky. It was about two hours before dark, and it was far from time to rest. So she walked towards an old man with some doubts and asked: "Old man, why don't these people leave?"
The old man glanced at Li Mingyue, pointed to the towering mountain in front of him, and explained: "Ahead is Mao'er Mountain. It is said that there are not only wild beasts but also evil spirits on the mountain. It's okay during the day, but at night, it will definitely be inaccessible.
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Li Mingyue was a little stunned and continued to ask: "Then why do some people continue to move forward?"
The old man glanced at the people in front of him who had already started climbing, and sighed: "He who doesn't know is fearless. These people, either don't know, or don't believe it, or they have some ability and don't take it to heart, they will suffer."
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Li Mingyue nodded.
The old man continued: "You should have a rest and wait until tomorrow before leaving. Anyway, the Five Kingdoms won't be able to fight for a while, so there is no rush."
Li Mingyue smiled and shook her head, and said: "Thank you for your kindness, old man, but I have something urgent to do, so I can't delay. I just want to take advantage of the crowds and hurry up and climb over the mountain."
After saying that, he bowed and walked forward quickly.
The old man looked at Li Mingyue's back, frowned, and then sighed: "If you don't listen to the old man's words, you will suffer the consequences in front of you."
There were actually quite a few people who chose to continue on their way, but most of them were strong men. One of the teams was special. There were not only children, but also women. There were about seven or eight people in total. Judging from their clothes, they seemed to have a good family.
Difference.
Li Mingyue just followed these people and had no intention of going up to say hello.
As a result, apart from Li Mingyue, there were about twenty people who continued to move forward. Many of them were armed. There were also people like Li Mingyue who were empty-handed, but not many.
The old Taoist was also among them. He probably wanted to prove that he was a profound Taoist and was not afraid of any monsters. He might also be afraid of being laughed at by others, or he might have some means of saving his life.
He was the same as Li Mingyue. Others were in groups, but he and Li Mingyue were alone.
The old Taoist soon discovered Li Mingyue who was alone, and deliberately slowed down his pace. After Li Mingyue came up, he lowered his voice and said: "This young master is so brave!"
Li Mingyue smiled bitterly and said: "I don't dare. I just have something urgent to do. I can't delay, so I can only take a gamble. Anyway, there are so many people, even if there is something, they may not dare to come out."
The old Taoist frowned slightly, thought carefully for a while, and nodded: "That's true. But even if there is something, you don't have to worry, Master. It's not that the poor Taoist is boasting. With the poor Taoist, he can do whatever kind of monsters he wants.
Stay far away."
Li Mingyue smiled slightly and said hurriedly: "Then I will rely on the Taoist priest for this trip."
The old Taoist patted his chest. He must have been too thin. The patting made his ribs bang, which also made the old Taoist himself choke. "It's easy to say, easy to say."
Li Mingyue said no more, and the old Taoist fell into thinking by himself, and would look at Li Mingyue from time to time. In this regard, Li Mingyue pretended not to know anything.
This old Taoist may indeed have little ability, but after all, he is a warlock who has been around the world, and his eyesight should be good. As for what attracted him, Li Mingyue didn't know, and he didn't care. Anyway, as long as the other party didn't have any bad intentions, he didn't mind.
Even if he really has any bad intentions when traveling with him, Li Mingyue won't take it to heart.
As for the rumors about Mao'er Mountain, it's not that Li Mingyue doesn't believe it, it's just that he doesn't care. Although he is seriously injured now, he is a monk in the subtle realm after all, and ordinary beasts will not pose any threat to him. As for the so-called monsters and monsters...
In fact, Li Mingyue's views on this kind of thing are a bit complicated. In the past, he definitely didn't believe it, because Chen Daoling said that there are not so many monsters and monsters in the world. But now, he can't help but not believe it, because there is one on Qingyuan Mountain.
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According to the senior sister, before the mountain god was conferred, he was a snow demon with good moral character. After being subdued by Chen Daoling, he stayed in Qingyuan Mountain to practice and wait for the rightful conferred god.
It's just that Li Mingyue has never seen the true appearance of the "Snow Empress", and doesn't know what the so-called demons and ghosts look like. Now that he has the opportunity, he really wants to see it.
Besides, how can a cultivator be afraid of demons?