Chen Guanshui left Baicheng and first went along the river to Chang'an.

The land beyond the Great Wall is vast and desolate, and most of the scenery is similar. There are no distinctive landscapes that can be used to find the way.

In addition, there is no magic similar to electronic maps in this world. Therefore, whether it is the Taiqing Sect monks in the Kunlun Mountains, the Shura Dao monks in the Tiecheng Mountains, or those from other sects, they are accustomed to first going east along the river to find Chang'an, and then flying to other places - with the prosperity and magnificence of Chang'an, it can be seen clearly from a long distance.

But after flying for a moment, Chen Guanshui suddenly reacted.

I can think of going down the river and reaching Chang'an first. Can Junior Sister Xu not think of it?

No! We have to change direction!

He soon turned south, abandoning his steady course following the river, and flew rapidly over mountains and hills, not knowing where he was heading.

The disadvantage of doing this is that you won't know where you are until you encounter the next human settlement.

But the advantages are also obvious: it is also difficult for Junior Sister Xu and the Kunlun Sect behind her to track me...so the essence of running away is to run around everywhere. Even I don’t know where to go, how can you deduce it?

Chen Guanshui simply went all the way south, flying his sword day and night without stopping.

After an unknown amount of time, he finally spotted a shepherd grazing sheep below, so he landed on the ground ahead of time and disguised himself as a traveler to ask for directions.

After asking the herdsmen, I found out that I had left the heart of the plateau and arrived at the Hengduan Mountains.

Because this place is on the edge of a plateau, the altitude difference is extremely large and the spiritual energy is very thin. Few monks or mortals come here.

If you continue flying eastward from here, as the altitude gradually decreases, the vegetation will become noticeably more lush - that is, you will enter the territory of Shu Mountain.

Of course it was impossible for Chen Guanshui to live in seclusion in Shushan, so he just continued to move south along the cross section and finally arrived at the northern border of southern Xinjiang.

As the altitude decreases, not only do the trees become more lush, but the faint miasma becomes thicker and thicker, looking like flying ribbons in the forest from the air.

If we continue to go deeper, we will enter the territory of Donghuang Dao.

Among the six paths, apart from the Hell path where you can't see the head or the tail of a dragon, the most mysterious is the Donghuang path which is hidden in the miasma all year round.

However, Chen Guanshui knew the foundation of Donghuang Dao very well: many years ago, the descendants of the Jiaolong from the Donghuang Realm secretly controlled Donghuang Dao and used it as a bridgehead to the human world.

Of course, it was absolutely impossible for the demons to counterattack. The East Emperor Realm itself was in chaos! Since the death of Emperor Yinglong, the rising Qilin Clan couldn't even subdue the Nanzhou Feather Clan, let alone unify the demons.

Chen Guanshui estimated that the main purpose of Donghuang Dao was probably to plot against the person imprisoned in the Demon Locking Tower... However, he no longer had any connection with Shushan, so he could try to sneak into Donghuang Dao and hide himself.

Flying his sword along the edge of the miasma, he soon arrived at a Miao town.

The town is a mixed community of Miao and Han people. Chen Guanshui walked around for a while and found that there were a lot of pharmacies.

I think it was the Miao people who braved the miasma and went deep into southern Xinjiang to collect herbs and sell them to merchants from the Central Plains, so there are so many medicine shops in this town.

Chen Guanshui wandered around aimlessly for a long time when he suddenly heard someone calling him from the side of the road.

"Call me?" He pointed at himself.

"Yes, I'm calling you, that's you." The one who called him was a wealthy middle-aged man who seemed to be a businessman. He smiled and asked with a round face, "If what I saw is correct, you should be a monk... Am I right?"

"Hmm." Chen Guanshui said nonchalantly, "How did you figure that out?"

"Goddess, please look." The rich businessman pointed to a passerby nearby and said with a smile, "This person is obviously an ordinary person, and his family is poor."

Chen Guanshui looked closely and saw that the man was covered in dust, his sleeves were full of patches, and his temples were covered with dust, wrinkles and traces of sunburn. It was obvious that he was a man who worked all year round.

"Look again, Immortal." The rich businessman pointed at another passerby and said with a smile, "This man is obviously a businessman."

Chen Guanshui looked again in the direction he was pointing, and saw that the man was dressed relatively neatly, but his face was full of vigilance, and there were two strong men standing beside him.

He thought about it for a moment, and then it dawned on him.

There are two kinds of people in this town, one is the poor people who don't have much money, and the other is the rich people who have some money but are afraid of being robbed by the poor people. After all, it is a border area where Miao and Han people live together, which is difficult for the government to manage. Violence is above the law, and most rich people will hire a few guards.

He did not look like a poor man, yet he was alone without any guards around him. So there was only one reasonable explanation: he was strong enough and was not afraid of any robbers.

However, since this wealthy businessman was able to guess his identity at a glance, he must have seen a monk before.

So Chen Guanshui stopped trying to be perfunctory and asked directly:

"What do you want from me?"

"My Lord, although I have brought some guards with me, they don't have any magical powers." The rich businessman clasped his hands and said with a smile, "If my Lord is free..."

He quietly lifted up his sleeves, revealing half of the spirit stone inside.

Chen Guanshui was also at a loss for words. I'm already in the Nascent Soul stage, and there are still people who are willing to hire me with spirit stones?

But he was free anyway... He asked calmly:

"Don't rush to discuss compensation. What are you hiring me for? You need to ask me first."

"I am going to Yulong Mountain to do some business." said the rich businessman with a smile on his face.

Yulong Mountain is the headquarters of the Donghuang Dao. What kind of business did this rich businessman do in the past? He must have made some deals with someone in the Donghuang Dao, but he was afraid that the other party would kill him for money, so he hired me to accompany him.

Chen Guanshui knew what was going on, so he nodded and said:

"That's fine, but this southern border is filled with miasma. As ordinary people, you can't go if you can't get through the miasma."

"Don't worry, Immortal." The rich businessman immediately said, "I have already asked the local Miao people for a method to control the miasma. There will be absolutely no problem in this regard."

Chen Guanshui asked him many questions again, and only after making sure that this man was indeed just a traveling merchant did he nod and agree.

Following the rich businessman to the warehouse, three men soon came out carrying luggage.

Chen Guanshui looked carefully and confirmed that one of them was a porter, and he was carrying the heaviest and largest packages.

The other two were both well-trained martial artists, carrying sabers and bows and arrows. Judging from the shape of their clothes, they were probably wearing leather armor underneath.

He was looking at the other person, and the other person was also looking at him, but they were strangers, so he didn't speak to him.

The rich businessman and one of the men gave a few instructions, and then everyone packed their bags and started off.

When they reached the edge of the miasma, the rich businessman and his companions took out the antidote - a gray pill. They put it in their mouths but did not swallow it, but just held it at the root of their tongues.

The rich businessman wanted to give Chen Guanshui one, but he simply waved his hand to refuse.

The so-called miasma poison is actually the poison of Yi Wood. No matter how much has invaded the body, it can be completely cleared away by simply letting the Five Elements Divine Light circulate in the meridians.

Seeing that Chen Guanshui could breathe freely in the miasma without the need for elixirs, one of the two guards called the rich businessman over privately and said worriedly:

"Master, where did you invite this great god from?"

"What do you mean?" the rich businessman asked with a frown.

"He is not afraid of miasma at all." said the guard.

"Isn't it normal for people who practice cultivation not to be afraid of miasma?" the rich businessman was puzzled.

"It's not that simple!" the guard quickly explained, "Master, do you know about the Shushan Sword Immortal? He will be here again in half a month."

"Why do they always choose to fight in winter? Because the miasma subsides in deep winter, so there is no need to worry about detoxification... Even the Shushan Sword Immortal can't deal with the miasma, but this guy can treat it as nothing. How can ordinary cultivators be compared?"

"This..." The rich businessman suddenly hesitated.

The price he agreed with this person was not much among the cultivators he had hired before! If this person's cultivation level was very high, why did he only use a few spirit stones to get it done?

Or does this person not care about the spirit stones at all? Is he targeting my goods?

"I don't agree with what you said, brother." Another guard also came over and said, "The Shushan Sword Immortal is afraid of miasma, so why aren't the local Miao people afraid? Could it be that the Miao people are more powerful than the Shushan Sword Immortal?"

"That's right!" The rich businessman also realized it immediately and said with a smile, "Whether you can deal with miasma depends on the method rather than the strength. This is just like the secret of doing business. Those who can do it will not find it difficult, and those who can do it will not find it difficult. It doesn't mean anything."

The older guard was speechless, but he still insisted:

"Master, I can't say for sure. I have traveled all over the country for so many years, and I think I have some insight into people. This person is definitely not an ordinary cultivator. We will know after we walk on."

"Look at people?" The rich businessman was amused. "How many people do you think there are than me? I am a businessman!"

"That's not what I meant. I meant the degree of danger..."

The three of them hid in the back and discussed the matter among themselves, while the porter carried the luggage in silence the whole time.

Chen Guanshui walked in front, holding the Su Ming sword in his hand, using it as a hatchet to chop away the branches and roots that blocked the way.

If this scene was seen by everyone in Shushan, they would surely be furious: You are destroying the Fuxi Sword like this?

"Tell me." Chen Guanshui suddenly had an idea and asked Su Mingjian, "Is there any way to keep the Sun's True Fire from going out and get the Sun's True Sword at the same time?"

If the true fire of the sun is extinguished, there will be no more obstacles between the Eastern Emperor Realm and the world of cultivation. If the Eastern Emperor Realm invades through the Tianqian Boundary Gate, the karma caused may be blamed on him.

It is precisely because of this that Chen Guanshui was reluctant to take the Taiyang Zhenmei Sword.

"I don't know." Su Mingjian pondered and said, "Or maybe we can try the formation?"

"The formation won't work." Chen Guanguo rejected it decisively. "It can't deal with the restrictions of the Demon Locking Tower or the Earth's core chaos because the other party is a dead object."

"But the East Emperor Realm is full of living demons. If we use the same formation to seal the gate, it will be infiltrated and cracked by the enemy sooner or later."

"Then I don't know what to do." Su Mingjian replied.

Hearing this, Chen Guanshui sighed several times and said:

"If Ah Jing were here, I would definitely not be helpless!"

"Bullshit!" Su Mingjian said immediately, "The Heavenly Ditch Boundary Gate is a primitive relic from the same era as the Sky Dome. What can she do about it?"

"Master Sword Master, you already have the Su Ming Sword, so don't try to get the Zhen Mei Sword, okay? I can solve all the problems and difficulties that he can solve; and he can't solve the problems that I can't solve, so what's the point of you bothering to get him?"

"You don't understand this." Chen Guanshui said leisurely, "He can be useless, but I can't be useless. Do you know what it means to open the illustrated guide?"

"If he hears this, he will kill you with one sword." Su Mingjian complained.

"Where do you think Ajing is now?" Chen Guanshui asked casually.

"I don't know." Su Mingjian said, "Maybe the cat is refining the sky-repairing stone somewhere."

"Didn't she tell you her whereabouts before she left?" Chen Guanshui asked tentatively.

"No." Su Mingjian answered readily.

"Really?" Chen Guanshui asked doubtfully.

"It's not fake." Su Mingjian laughed, "She said that she ran to the deep sea right below the Sky Leak in the East China Sea and hid there. Once she refines the Sky-Repairing Stone, she will be able to repair the Sky Leak immediately. It depends on whether you, Master Sword Master, believe it or not."

"I don't believe it." Chen Guanshui said immediately, "The world is so big, why hide in the deep sea under the sky leak? That place is far away from Shenzhou. If there are any materials missing in the refining process, we have to go back to Shenzhou to collect them. How troublesome!"

“Hehe.” Su Mingjian saw that he could not deceive him, so he smiled and said, “Master Sword Master, you are right. The world is so big, she could be hiding anywhere.”

"But if you want to mend the sky, she will have to go to the leak sooner or later, so you can't go wrong by stalking her there."

"Let's talk about it later." Chen Guanshui waved his hand and said.

He suddenly looked up into the distance, and vaguely remembered that from here, through the valley in front and then across two rivers, he would reach the location of the Mirror Lake Temple.

Chen Guanshui couldn't help but sigh when he recalled the time when he disguised himself as Wei Dongliu and went to explore the Mirror Lake Palace with his friends.

In the past, he was just a small cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage, and his cultivation level was pitifully low, but he had Witch Jiang by his side, chatting and laughing with her all the way.

Now he was a Yuanying elder, and Jiang Mo Nu had turned into a demon. Their relationship had broken down, and they would never meet again. How sad!

"Immortal?" Seeing him standing there for a long time, the rich businessman asked cautiously.

"It's okay, let's go." Chen Guanshui waved his hand and said.

On the other side, in Shushan.

As the day of the southern expedition approaches, many sword masters have begun to get ready.

The Foundation Establishment cultivators want to obtain the Purple Mansion Elixir from Southern Xinjiang, the Golden Core True Immortals want to break through the bottleneck through fighting, and even the Nascent Soul elders have been organized to go to the Tianqian Realm Gate to see if they can get the Zhenmei Sword from the last Sun Sword Master.

This is a traditional program every year, and this year is no exception.

An Zhisu sat quietly under a tree in front of the Taoist temple on Qingluo Peak, with the Feiyan Sword placed flat on her knees.

The old tree above my head is dead, without any green leaves on it, and is as rough as rock.

Her hair was completely white, without a speck of impurities, and as heavy as snow.

Suddenly, An Zhisu raised his head and looked towards the south.

Her gaze passed through the mountains and fell under the clouds in the sky, flying across the long distance like a flapping eagle.