Seeing Zhou Yuan turn around, the leader of the caravan knocked the cigarette in his hand, stood up and greeted him with a smile.
Zhou Yuan's eyes narrowed, his breath released in an instant, and he spoke in a deep voice.
"If you take one more step forward, your life will be in danger."
Feeling the terrifying aura on Zhou Yuan's body, the caravan leader's expression froze and he immediately stopped where he was.
Zhou Yuan's consciousness also dispersed in an instant, scanning everyone in the caravan. After confirming that they were not warriors, he restrained his aura.
In the wilderness, people's hearts are complicated, and he is fleeing all the way, so he must be cautious.
"Don't worry, little friend. We are just a caravan passing through here. Seeing that you are not very old, I just want to give you a kind reminder." The leader of the caravan was shocked by Zhou Yuan's aura, and even his smile became unnatural at this moment.
Zhou Yuan's eyes were cold, "What do you want to remind you?"
The caravan leader immediately raised his tobacco pole and pointed it into the distance.
"There is a fork in the road ahead. One goes to Qingyang Town, and the other goes to Qingfeng Mountain. If you go to Qingfeng Mountain, you have to be careful. I heard that banditry has been rampant there recently."
"Bandit trouble?" Zhou Yuan's eyes flashed.
Before he came here, he had always heard about Qingfeng Mountain intentionally or unintentionally. He heard that there were bandits there all year round, and they could not be completely eradicated. After a group of bandits were eliminated, after a while, there would be new ones.
The thief appears.
As for the reason, no one knows.
When Zhou Yuan was going to Wulong City, the place he passed through was Qingfeng Mountain.
Of course, Qingyang Town can also lead to Wulong City, but it requires a long detour. Some people are afraid of the bandits in Qingfeng Mountain, so they would rather go in a long detour to Qingyang Town than take a straight road.
"Thank you for reminding me." Zhou Yuan cupped his fist slightly at the caravan leader and then turned around.
Seeing Zhou Yuan in the distance, the caravan leader immediately called to his men, straightened up, saluted, and followed him with the truck.
Zhou Yuan knew that the group was following him, but ignored them.
Not long after, there was a three-way intersection ahead, one leading to Pingchuan and the other leading to dangerous peaks. There were no signboards beside it. Zhou Yuan was hesitant for a moment, not knowing which way to take.
Seeing this, the caravan leader immediately ran over with a cigarette in his mouth, "Beyond Pingchuan is Qingfeng Mountain, and beyond the dangerous peak is Qingyang Town. I wonder where are you going, little friend?"
"Qingfeng Mountain."
Zhou Yuan responded and turned towards the road leading to Pingchuan.
Seeing this, the caravan leader immediately showed joy on his face and hurriedly followed.
"To be honest, we also have to pass Qingfeng Mountain, but we don't dare to go there without protection. If you don't mind, can you go with me and take care of my caravan?"
The caravan leader is keeping an eye on Zhou Yuan. With a warrior as his companion, he doesn't have to worry about the bandits in Qingfeng Mountain.
However, Zhou Yuan directly shook his head and refused.
The two sides have nothing to do with each other, so why should he be asked to protect the other party's caravan?
But soon, the leader of the caravan said again: "If you don't let me help you in vain, I will pay you three thousand taels of silver just to buy insurance. No matter if you encounter bandits or not, this money will be paid."
"I'm not short of money." Zhou Yuan still refused.
He is indeed not short of money, especially after becoming a warrior, gold and silver money no longer attracts him.
Seeing Zhou Yuan being so decisive, the caravan leader's face turned ugly.
If there is no strong warrior to lead him, he will have no choice but to turn to Qingyang Town, thus wasting a lot of time, and there are many mountain goods that cannot withstand being put aside and will break down after a long time.
"Go with the caravan."
At this moment, Thrush's voice came from Zhou Yuan's mind.
Zhou Yuan paused in his steps and looked strange.
"Damn it, can you please stop meddling in other people's business?" Zhou Yuan responded with his thoughts, his face was speechless.
Why does this thrush always like to join in the fun? Isn't it better to just be a little petty?
"I noticed that there is something different deep in Qingfeng Mountain." Huamei said.
Zhou Yuan was stunned. Apart from being haunted by bandits, what else is different about Qingfeng Mountain? Could it be that the bandit leader’s wife Yazhai is beautiful?
"Just go together. Don't ask why. If you ask, you just don't know." Huamei's tone was very arrogant.
Zhou Yuan rolled his eyes.
At this time, the caravan leader also knew that gold and silver were useless, so he simply took out a spar from his pocket.
"My little friend, everything is easy to discuss. I have more than a dozen pieces of such crystals here. I heard that warriors like them very much. If you don't dislike them, please accept them."
The caravan leader looked at Zhou Yuan with a sincere expression on his face.
What he held in his hand was the spirit stone.
He prepared this spiritual stone for his warrior son, and now he has no choice but to take it out as a reward.
Zhou Yuan turned to look at Lingshi, and cursed Huamei in his heart.
"Okay, I'll go with you." Finally, Zhou Yuan nodded in agreement and stretched out his hand in front of the caravan leader.
The caravan leader immediately took out all thirteen spirit stones and handed them to Zhou Yuan.
The two parties embarked on the journey together, and Zhou Yuan put the spirit stones into the ring. To be honest, he was not short of spirit stones. Last time he went to the Diling Mountains, he mined an entire vein of spirit stones.
In total, there were more than 1,500 pieces of spiritual stones. Zhou Yuan left a few hundred pieces for his family and took the remaining more than 1,000 pieces with him.
These ten dollars are just drizzle to him.
But as a warrior, who would dislike having too many spiritual stones?
Along the way, the caravan leader also chatted with Zhou Yuan from time to time, and the two parties gradually became familiar with each other.
They all call the caravan leader Lao Luo, but he has nothing to do with the city lord's palace in Tianluo City. Lao Luo has been a businessman for decades and has been traveling among the surrounding villages and towns.
There are hundreds of villages and towns around, large and small, and they all make a living by hunting. The animal skins they save, the elixirs they pick, etc. are all resold through Lao Luo.
It can be said that Lao Luo is very familiar with this area.
He even knows better than anyone when the bandits in Qingfeng Mountain will be wiped out and when a new group will be replaced.
As the sun gradually set, the caravan stopped on its way and set up camp on the spot.
Wait until dawn the next day before continuing on your way.
In this way, three days have passed, and everyone is not far from Qingfeng Mountain.
Although Zhou Yuan traveled with the caravan, he always kept a distance from them intentionally or unintentionally.
"Huamei, you said earlier that you recommended a new book of swordsmanship to me. Now that I'm bored, I'll use it to practice." Zhou Yuan himself was walking in the outside world, and his conscious clone was communicating with Huamei in the exquisite world.
Huamei rolled his eyes at the conscious clone.
"I said last time that after you kill the man named Zhuang Tianyi, I will recommend new sword techniques to you. The problem is that you haven't killed him yet."
The conscious clone was speechless, "Then we have to wait until I am strong enough."
There is always a problem before Zhou Yuan, that is, although he controls the Linglong Realm, he is completely unfamiliar with the Xuanyuan Immortal Court. If he wants to find a technique that suits him, he has to rely on Huamei.
The way to solve this problem is to let Huamei chop off a few more clones of his own consciousness.
But if you want to have many consciousness clones, you must have strong soul power.
If you want your soul power to be strong, you must first practice a skill that enhances your soul power.
However, Zhou Yuan's current situation does not allow him to do anything more.
Now I just have to wait until I go to Seven Star Academy to have enough time to practice.