Looking at the bloodstains scattered on the floor of the room.

Shen Lian's spiritual thoughts spread towards the nearby rooms on both sides.

The rooms on the spirit ship are divided into three floors. The A-type rooms on the upper floor are for the monks and disciples of the Bishui Sect.

The Yi-level cultivators are in the late stage of Qi training, and those with skills in the middle stage of Qi training live there.

Room C is where ordinary cultivators at the intermediate and beginner levels of Qi training live. Deep in the cabin, there are varying numbers of independent cultivators crammed into one room.

When Shen Lian came, he lived in the lower cabin.

After his divine sense spread out, he saw a cultivator in the room on the left, so he withdrew his divine sense without further investigation.

There was no one in the room on the right, but his divine sense also sensed the smell of blood.

After some investigation, he checked a total of thirty-two rooms, including rooms B and C, in addition to room A, and twenty-one of them smelled of blood.

These rooms have also been cleaned with talismans and look clean, but the hidden bloodstains are still very clear in Shen Lian's spiritual perception.

Hula——

After clearing the traces of spiritual power left by the talisman, Shen Lian stood up and walked out of the room.

"What are you doing?"

At the entrance of the spirit ship, there were monks from the Bishui Sect stationed there, watching Shen Lian walk out of the spirit ship.

"I...left something at my residence in Fangshi..."

Shen Lian said with a hint of urgency, "I'll get it and be right back."

The Bishui Sect cultivator glanced at Shen Lian and said coldly, "The spirit ship will set sail in half an hour. No one will be waiting after that."

“Hey hey…”

After responding twice, Shen Lian quickly stepped off the spirit ship and rushed into the market town.

It didn't take half an hour.

Just half a quarter of an hour.

Shen Lian, who had changed his appearance, had already entered the wilderness jungle from the other direction of the market town.

…

In the forest filled with miasma, Shen Lian hid in the jungle and looked up. In the sky, a spiritual ship was flashing with spiritual light, breaking through the diffuse miasma and disappearing at the end of the forest.

"he...tui..."

He treated Bishui as a decent person, but Bishui treated him as a fool.

The sudden lifting of the blockade order, the building of new cities, the development of new ruins, the emergence of two miniature children of destiny every now and then, and the opportunity to obtain second-level spiritual objects, all seem to be smokescreens.

Not to mention independent cultivators, even cultivators from sects would resist if they were blocked.

The more severe the blockade, the stronger the rebellious thoughts will be.

The strategy of war is to surround the enemy on three sides and leave one open, so as to leave a gap for the defenders to avoid a desperate fight.

Reopening the shipping route is to open a loophole for individual cultivators.

There are people who have established their foundation on the spirit ship, and there are also elite disciples of the sect in charge. What's the difference between killing a small independent cultivator and slaughtering sheep in a pen?

This is much easier than a casual cultivator rushing into a vast jungle and killing people.

How big of an opportunity is it that is worth the Jindan Sect being so cautious and mixing up true and false things?

A dignified Jindan sect does not focus on cultivating immortality, but also teaches them military tactics.

Not talking about immortal virtues.

Soon, Shen Lian disappeared into the jungle.

I had prepared a large number of resources for survival in the wilderness, and I actually used them.

He would rather go into the mountains than go back to the city.

The liar from Bishui Zong can no longer be trusted.

It would take a long journey over mountains and across rivers to return to the State of Chu. There were many dangers along the way, and it was said that there was a 100% chance of survival. However, Shen Lian was not going to cross the mountain now. He had plenty of resources, so he decided to find a safe place to practice first.

At the seventh level of Qi training, with a divine sense of nearly fifty feet, and the secret method of refining blood and evolving soul in hand, he could elevate himself to the ninth level of Qi training. With a divine sense of a hundred feet, he could cross the wilderness with a greater chance of success.

If he hadn't encountered the Bishui Sect, which was good at military tactics, he really didn't want to take this path.

Nightfall.

In an unknown valley, Shen Lian was hiding in a narrow cave. At the entrance of the cave there was some dry blood-stained wolf feces that he had scattered.

Demonic wolves live in groups in the miasma jungle, and are the equivalent of bullies in human society. They have a strong ability to intimidate other demonic beasts.

Wolf dung is nothing, he even bought monkey dung.

Since he had decided to survive in the wilderness, Shen Lian also took inventory of the supplies he had on him.

Let’s talk about the spirit stones first, three thousand seven hundred and sixty-three pieces.

A barrier-breaking pill.

Thirteen bottles of Huiyuan Dan, containing sixty-three pills.

There are seven bottles of Huangya Dan and sixty-five pills.

Seventeen bottles of detoxifying pills, containing one hundred and sixty-seven pills.

Twenty-two bottles of anti-malaria pills, containing two hundred and twelve pills.

There are twenty-three first-grade superior magic tools and thirteen mid-grade magic tools.

After that, twenty more Tianlei seeds were added.

Three sets of Chiyang crossbows, each with fifteen Chiyang arrows.

Seventy-seven strains of various first-grade spiritual medicines.

There are still two and a half first-level monsters left.

Three stone of fine rice and half a basket of sweet potatoes that I couldn't bear to throw away.

There are also thirteen bottles of first-grade high-quality spiritual ink and a little more than twenty dollars of high-quality talisman paper, a total of two hundred and three pieces.

Five first-grade top-quality talisman pens, two mid-grade talisman pens, and two low-grade talisman pens.

Three sets of portable formations.

Insect repellent powder, monster feces and other miscellaneous items all cost at least five times the price.

Looking at these things, Shen Lian's mood improved a little. With these things, as long as he didn't encounter a second-level monster, the danger would not be great.

Even if he encounters a second-level monster, he still has the Bailing Poison.

For now, we should find a safe place and settle down.

I'm not afraid that the talismans and pills will be used up. At worst, I can be self-sufficient.

With these things, it won't be a problem to hold on for a few years.

By then he should be able to advance to the ninth level of Qi training.

If you find a way out, your success rate will be much higher.

No matter what kind of medicine the Bishui Sect sells, even if it is a chance to become a true immortal, Shen Lian will not envy it, because he has his own destiny.

The three towns of Yunmeng, Changhe and Nanjiang are like the three vertices of a triangle, with Yunmeng at the easternmost end, Changhe and Nanjiang at the southwest and northwest of Yunmeng.

The three major cities' reclamation of the wilderness was not carried out towards the areas between the cities, but each of them was opening up the wilderness.

For example, the development scope of Yunmengfang City is to the east and north.

The location of Fangshi is just a positioning. The ultimate goal is to connect the area north of Fangshi with the immortal cultivation world of Chu State.

Shen Lian had in his hand the map issued by Yunmeng Market before. The farthest marked point was more than a thousand miles away from Yunmeng.

After careful consideration, Shen Lian decided to walk all the way to the northeast and first reach the outermost area of ​​the initial development area of ​​Yunmengfang City.

The initial development was not done by independent cultivators, but by the foundation-building cultivators of the Bishui Sect.

First, clear out the second-level monsters in this area, and then mark out some dangerous places as a reference for the independent cultivators who come later to investigate carefully.

On the land reclamation map issued by the Bishui Sect, the farthest location was named Qianyun Mountain.

The places that the Bishui Sect will conduct a second detailed investigation will be renumbered with the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches and numbers.

This area has not been further explored, so there is no detailed numbering yet.

…

Ten days later, Qianyun Mountain.

Deep in an inconspicuous valley among the rolling mountains.

There are many rocks standing in disorder and piled up in heaps.

A stone several meters in size completely blocked the cave behind.

Inside the cave entrance, there were breath-suppressing talismans pasted on the top and bottom, and a dim spiritual light was faintly visible.

Shen Lian sat cross-legged in the narrow cave, checking the data panel.

[Shen Lian: Qi Training Level 7]

[Five Elements Spiritual Roots: Fire 72 Earth 18 Metal 17 Wood 29 Water 18]

【Insights: 2023】

【Divine Enlightenment Points: 0】

——Fold—— (Click ▅▅ to view the next page) After wandering in the wilderness, Shen Lian’s previous plan to become an alchemist would no longer have the opportunity in the short term.

After running around in the wilderness these past few days, Shen Lian decided that he should stop being an alchemist and instead learn to tam beasts.

Thinking back to when I first came here, I felt a sense of crisis, and Master Chengfu was moving.

Now that I've become a talisman master, I'm surrounded by a sense of crisis.

Becoming a beastmaster was not something Shen Lian did casually, but rather a judgment he made based on actual conditions after living in the wilderness for a few days.

The spiritual beast he wanted was not a dragon or a blue bird, but an ant or a bee.

By conquering a queen ant or queen bee, you can get a large group of them. They can be used as guards outside the cave, or as pathfinders, making it easier for you to get out of the wilderness.

Of course, spiders are fine and cockroaches are not unacceptable.

Even if it's the guy who rolls the dung ball, as long as he can help him explore the way, he will accept it even if he has to pinch his nose, the main point is that it is highly practical.

Please continue reading. The first round of recommendations has passed the halfway point and we are moving towards the second round. We need your support!

(End of this chapter)