Shen Yuan had no idea what was happening far away in the imperial capital.

Or in other words, even if Shen Yuan knew that someone called him the Mars God of Disaster, he would probably just frown and not care too much.

At this time, everyone had driven to a port in Yunzhou, where there were cruise ships that went directly to Qingping County in Cangzhou.

Walking on the port dock, Gong Buyu, holding Bai Xue in her arms, has a beautiful appearance and a cold temperament, and her head of silver hair constantly attracts the attention of people around her.

As for Shen Yuan, who was dressed in white and carrying a sword, not many people paid attention to him.

The influence of the spiritual energy tide has already penetrated the entire Daxia. The number of practitioners is scarce, but those who want to become practitioners are like carp crossing the river.

In this situation, any attire of practitioners would become an object of imitation. There were countless young people wearing long robes and swords at their waists on the entire dock, and many ordinary people wearing Taoist robes or monk's robes were talking about the methods of practice.

Gong Buyu had an indifferent expression and ignored the gazes from people around him.

Xue Mingzhi had already booked the largest cruise ship to Cangzhou in advance, and was walking in front to lead the way for Shen Yuan and the others.

The crowds around them were getting denser and denser. Gong Buyu couldn't help but frowned and said:

"Why come to this dock instead of flying directly there?"

As Gong Buyu started to speak, a young man who was also preparing to board the ship smiled and said:

“This lady doesn’t know that as the spiritual energy tide gradually returns, a large number of monsters begin to appear in the sky, causing a huge impact on flight operations.

If it were just that, it would be fine. The Daxia Air Force could still ensure the normal takeoff of aircraft by regularly clearing the routes, but the problem was that in the past two months, some strange strong winds began to appear in the sky.

A metal plane is as fragile as a piece of paper in the face of strong winds. Several planes have crashed due to strong winds. Since then, no one dares to take the risk of flying, but chooses to travel by land or water instead. "

“But on land, there have also been cases where the mountains have undergone changes due to spiritual energy tides. The changes in the mountains have destroyed large sections of the railway, making it very difficult to take the high-speed rail.

There are many waters in Cangzhou, and many bridges and railways are damaged, so taking a cruise is the most suitable option."

The young man's eloquent speech made Shen Yuan subconsciously look at him.

This young man looked to be in his early twenties, with a delicate face and dressed in a green robe. The robe looked plain on the outside but there seemed to be spiritual energy patterns flowing inside, so it should be a robe of good quality.

However, the robes have not been properly preserved, and many of the spiritual power lines have long been broken. It is unknown how much power the robes still retain.

At the same time, Shen Yuan also noticed that the young man's cultivation had reached the initial stage of Qi Transformation Realm. Behind him was a girl who looked to be about sixteen or seventeen years old, who was also at the peak of Essence Refining Realm. This level of cultivation was already considered quite impressive.

However, the young man's patient explanation did not elicit any response from Gong Buyu, who did not even look at him.

Because when Gong Buyu said flying over, he didn't mean taking a plane, but flying over literally.

For a great cultivator in the Qi training realm, it would not be difficult to fly across a thousand miles to Cangzhou at all costs, but Xue Mingzhi was obviously not one of them.

Xue Mingzhi, who was walking in the front, had a slightly stiff expression on his face, and his heart suddenly began to be in turmoil.

He was extremely afraid of Gong Buyu, because the power of someone at the peak of the Qi training realm had left such a deep impression on him that he didn't know how to respond to this young lady.

“It is good to travel thousands of miles and see more of the world.”

Shen Yuan's calm words rang out, and Gong Buyu nodded slightly and said no more.

The three of them boarded the cruise ship, and the young man who had been talking so eloquently before now looked embarrassed.

The cute girl in a pink dress behind the young man flicked her ponytail and curled her lips in disdain, saying unhappily:

"I've already told you that sister looks very cold and aloof. She's not the type that you can handle, Senior Brother Xuankong. But you took the initiative to approach her. Are you embarrassed now?"

Xuan Kong scratched his head helplessly: "I just saw that she has an extraordinary demeanor and simply wanted to make friends with her. It's not as complicated as you think, Xuan Le."

Xuan Le still looked disbelieving and pushed Xuan Kong onto the cruise ship.

I handed the ticket to the inspector, who scanned the QR code on the ticket with a handheld machine. After taking a look, he casually said, "Third class, seats 26 and 27."

Xuan Kong's eyes widened immediately, and he waved the bill in his hand and said:

"What third class? We obviously bought first class!"

The ticket inspector looked unhappy and didn't even bother to raise his eyelids.

“The IDs you used to buy the tickets are not your own, right?

This bill was not issued by our shipping company. It says it is first class, but the reported information shows it is third class. You were probably cheated when you bought the tickets from a scalper.

This is the only ship left to Cangzhou today. You can either get off the ship and find scalpers, or go to the third-class cabin by yourself."

After saying this, the ticket inspector simply ignored the two people and reached out to take the tickets from the following passengers.

"Tick! Second class."

Xuan Le was about to argue with the ticket inspector, but the next moment he was grabbed by Xuan Kong and walked towards the third-class cabin under the cruise ship.

"Xuankong, why are you pulling me? It's obvious that the scalpers have colluded with them.

The price difference between first class and third class is more than ten times, how can you let him go like this?"

Xuan Le's face was full of anxiety, but Xuan Kong shook his head helplessly and said:

“The purpose of our trip is just to go to Qingping County in Cangzhou, everything else is just a trivial matter.

Wanlingmen had already arranged people to try to chase and intercept us. If we really make a scene here, it would be easily noticed by the people from Wanlingmen.

It's fine to be a third-class cabin. At least it's easy to avoid being tracked by the Wanlingmen because of the mixed crowd. The voyage isn't too long anyway, and we'll be in Qingping County tomorrow."

Xuan Kong's comfort finally helped Xuan Le recover a little from his anger.

The two walked together to the most crowded and simplest lower level of the cruise ship.

Looking at the simple surroundings, Xuan Le recalled the first-class cabin ticket that was stolen by a scalper. He became angrier and angrier, and waved his fist at Xuan Kong fiercely, saying:

"Xuankong, when we take back the property of Xuanming Temple, we must teach the scalper and his accomplices a lesson!"

Xuan Kong smiled helplessly: "Okay, okay, I'll listen to you, my Miss Xuan Le."

Xuan Le sniffed and whispered:

"You don't have to obey me in everything. As long as you can defeat Wanling Sect in this conference and take back my Xuanming Temple's assets, I will be satisfied."

There was a glimmer of hope in Xuan Le's eyes.

Xuankong and Xuanle were both born in Xuanming Temple, and were raised as the temple master's personal disciples since childhood.

Xuanming Temple is located on Xuanming Mountain in Yunzhou. Due to its remote location and sparse population, it has very few worshippers. Even the abbot of Xuanming Temple cannot clearly explain why the temple was built here and how long its history is.

More than half a year ago, the spiritual energy tide returned, and an ancient book that had been sealed for many years in the ancestral hall of Xuanming Temple began to show spiritual light. The master of Xuanming Temple then learned from the ancient book that Xuanming Temple was an orthodox Taoist paradise, backed by Changzai Mountain, one of the 72 blessed places.

Because three thousand years is too long, the Taoist tradition of Xuanming Temple was cut off several times, and even later generations did not know the origin of Xuanming Temple.

As the tide of spiritual energy returned, the numerous treasured books, incomplete robes, and magical treasures in Xuanming Temple began to show extraordinary power. The people of Xuanming Temple also successfully entered the realm of cultivation with the help of Taoist classics.

According to ancient books, after the spiritual energy tide returned, Changzhu Mountain Blessed Land should have begun to establish contact with Xuanming Temple, but Xuanming Temple never received any news from the Blessed Land.

It was not until a group of cultivators calling themselves Wanlingmen forcibly established their sect on the mountain where Xuanming Temple was located and forcibly expelled Xuanming Temple that the Xuanming Temple residents learned from the Wanlingmen that the blessed land on the mountain had already collapsed during a period of spiritual energy depletion.

Even the Tianzhu Mountain blessed land behind the Wanling Gate collapsed hundreds of years ago.

However, there was a real master in the Tianzhu Mountain blessed land, who luckily passed some of the treasured books and treasures to Wanlingmen before the blessed land collapsed, which allowed Wanlingmen to know the hidden truth. Sects like Xuanming Temple and Wanlingmen are not isolated cases. There are even cases where caves collapsed during the period of spiritual energy exhaustion and the sect's inheritance was destroyed.

In the precious books passed down from the Tianzhu Mountain blessed land, it is recorded that the Xuanming Mountain where the Xuanming Temple is located can produce a precious third-level mineral vein.

After Wanlingmen confirmed that Xuanming Temple had lost contact with the blessed land, they took decisive action to occupy Xuanming Mountain.

The strength of Wanling Sect and Xuanming Temple is comparable, but Wanling Sect has the support of Yunzhou family, and Xuanming Temple has no ability to resist at all.

Only Xuankong, who was in the early stage of Qi transformation, escaped with Xuanle. After hearing that the Imperial Astronomical Observatory's Taoist Conference could uphold justice for Xuanming Temple, he resolutely used all his money to buy two boat tickets to Qingping County.

In order to prevent being found by the Wanlingmen, he deliberately used scalpers to buy anonymously, but he never expected to be cheated.

Although he felt a little disappointed, Xuankong was still full of confidence in this conference.

There is only one person in the early stage of Qi Transformation Realm in Wanling Sect, and Xuankong has a hope of defeating him in the arena.

All the passengers boarded the ship, and the cruise ship slowly sailed into the tributary of the Jishui River.

The huge cruise ship broke through the river water and sailed slowly.

Xuan Kong sat cross-legged in the lower cabin. Although the ship was filled with worldly energy and the concentration of spiritual energy was extremely low, Xuan Kong still did not want to give up any opportunity to practice.

Beside him, Xuan Le had already fallen into a deep sleep, and the cabin was filled with silence.

However, this silence did not last long. Accompanied by a loud collision, the entire tanker began to shake violently.

Xuan Kong and Xuan Le in the cabin were immediately awakened. They stood up to check and saw a huge river patrolling Yaksha several meters tall standing on the waves in front of the cruise ship, staring at the cruise ship menacingly.

"Listen, all human beings, hand over 30% of your property and offer me ten boys and girls as a treat, and I will guarantee that you will cross the Jishui River safely."

"If not!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the patrolling Yaksha smashed the huge steel fork in his hand into the water, and the water surface immediately became turbulent.

The River Patrol Yaksha is blessed with the power of the river. Its huge body contains surging might. Its mere appearance gives people an invisible sense of oppression.

The realm of the River Patrol Yaksha is only the initial stage of Qi Transformation, but he can borrow the power of rivers, and the sense of oppression he brings is definitely not as simple as that of the initial stage of Qi Transformation.

Xuan Le’s face turned pale instantly.

Xuankong was startled for a moment, and then his robes moved without wind, and a broken flying sword fell into his palm from between his sleeves. He activated the magic power in his body and prepared to get up and leave the cabin.

"Brother, don't go!"

Xuan Le grabbed Xuan Kong's sleeve in panic, his frightened voice filled with anxiety and fear.

Xuan Kong looked calm and spoke soothingly:

"It's okay, it's just a Yaksha."

Xuan Kong walked out of the cabin quickly. How could the many passengers on the ship have ever seen such a scene? Inside the cabin, screams, cries, and abuses were heard.

If there had not been a large number of aquatic creatures in the waves surrounding the ship, some people would have jumped out of the cruise ship in a panic.

Facing the demon tribe so close at hand, the nobles and common people who were once high and mighty were no different from each other.

On both sides of the ship, some water monsters had even begun to climb onto the cruise ship.

Xuan Kong immediately made up his mind, and used the flying technique to rise into the sky. He pointed the flying sword in his hand directly at the patrolling Yaksha in front of him and said sternly:

"Who is this evildoer who dares to make trouble in our human territory?"

The huge river patrolling Yaksha looked up and down at Xuankong with its scarlet eyes, swallowing its saliva with a ferocious mouth, and said with a bit of surprise:

"A human cultivator?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the huge palm of the River Patrol Yaksha grabbed towards Xuankong.

"Asshole!"

Xuan Kong pinched the magic formula in his hands, and the spiritual energy patterns on the robes were activated. Several huge fireballs in the void smashed down towards the patrolling Yaksha.

"Fireball spell?"

The patrolling Yaksha sneered, and the huge waves beneath him directly swallowed the fireball. The explosion of the fireball could not even break the surging waves, and the huge palm covered with scales had already arrived in front of Xuankong.

However, he did not realize that the broken magic flying sword in Xuankong's hand had already disappeared.

"cut!"

The clear sound of sword chanting rang out from the waves. The broken flying sword, wrapped in the sword energy, was hidden in the surging waves. Following the surging waves, it slashed towards the patrolling Yaksha.

The huge palm covered with scales slapped Xuankong, smashing him directly into the deck. His bones were shattered and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

If the magic light of the Dharma robe still retained a certain defensive power, that one blow alone would be enough to crush his body.

Above the waves, the river patrolling Yaksha stared blankly at the broken flying sword that pierced his throat, and the fierce light in his eyes gradually dissipated.

“Boom!”

The huge body smashed into the river and was buried along with the surging waves.

The little water monsters outside the cruise ship had scattered in panic the moment the patrolling Yaksha died, and the wide river surface returned to calm again.

After barely standing up from the broken deck, Xuan Le rushed over hurriedly to support Xuan Kong, his tears almost coming out due to his anxiety.

"I told you, don't be stubborn."

Xuan Kong secretly swallowed a mouthful of surging blood, but waved his hand with a smile and said in a hoarse voice:

"It's okay, I."

"It's okay? Who said it's okay?"

The captain in uniform hurriedly ran out of the cabin, his clothes disheveled as if he had just gotten up.

Seeing Xuan Kong spitting blood, the captain hurriedly asked:

"Where did that patrolling river yaksha go?"

Xuan Kong smiled and bowed to the captain, saying, "I have killed that Yaksha. It is our duty to eliminate demons and defend the Way."

Xuan Le said anxiously, "No need to say thank you. Please ask the ship's doctor to check on my brother's injury."

However, the captain's expression was completely dazed at this moment.

"Kill, kill?"

"It's over, it's completely over now!"

"The Yaksha patrolling the Cangzhou River must be the tax collector under the command of the Sun family. All ships sailing on the Ji River must hand over 10% of their wealth to avoid disaster."

"If you kill the tax collector, all of us on the ship will be stuck!"

At this moment, Zhuanzhuan suddenly looked towards the river bank and shouted to the cab:

"Dock, dock immediately, and leave the Jishui River!"

"Leaving? Too late!"