Chapter 298 Resource Monopoly

During the prosperous era of the human race, the demon race had a strong foundation. Relying on its special cultivation system and harsh environment, it was able to withstand the strong suppression of the human race. Even though many immortals launched a siege, they were unable to truly eliminate the invasion and infiltration of the demon race. After the emergence of the Ten Thousand Spirits List, as the human race gradually weakened, the demon race, which had lost its suppression and restraint, infiltrated more and more areas of the world.

Especially in a chaotic place like the Dark Abyss, the demons have long been active in various areas. However, after the rise of powerful tribes such as the Monster Tribe, the Spirit Tribe, and the Flame Tribe, they have also been wary of the demons and have secretly suppressed them. This has made it difficult for the demons to have a clear gathering place like other tribes. Of course, this is mainly because the demons don't like to stay outside. They tend to stay in the Demon Realm, and then infiltrate into the places of practice of various tribes through special environments such as space cracks to harass and plunder.

As for these space cracks, the demon race and other races basically ignore them, because the space of the Dark Abyss is unstable. Even if the seal eliminates the cracks, other ones will emerge after a while.

Since Shen Ping established the Zhenbao Pavilion, the An family caravan has been harassed by demons many times. However, the attackers were all demons at the Jindan or Yuanying level, and sometimes there were demon cultivators in disguise. These problems could be solved by the guest officials in the pavilion alone, so he didn't take it to heart.

Therefore, after hearing An Zhiyuan's words, Shen Ping couldn't help but show a trace of surprise, "Why, has the demon clan's harassment increased in recent days?"

An Zhiyuan nodded. "Indeed, there has been an increase. Last time, a demon cultivator at the Refining Void level appeared, and there were also powerful demon cultivators helping him. If it weren't for a Refining Void senior from Jianyin City who happened to pass by, that caravan would have been completely wiped out."

"That senior suspected that the demons might have set their sights on the Zhenbao Pavilion. Plus, the demons have indeed been quite active recently, so he made this suggestion!"

Listen to it.

Shen Ping suddenly understood, but still wondered: "The whereabouts of the demon monks are always uncertain. Apart from accompanying the caravan, I'm afraid there is no other way to deal with it!"

The demons’ raids were like guerrilla warfare, coming every now and then. Their main purpose was to plunder the cultivators’ flesh, blood, spirit and soul, and they were particularly fond of the Nascent Soul.

An Zhiyuan shook his head and said, "I don't know about that."

Deal with the demon monks.

There really is no better way.

Even if you use special means to mark their whereabouts, you can only kill one or two. It won’t be long before others will appear again. Sometimes you may even encounter demon cultivators in disguise, who are even more cunning.

In the past, the biggest headache for the Anjia Caravan was facing the demon cultivators. They had no choice but to rely on formations and treasures to resist. The only thing to be thankful for was that there were not many space cracks in Huishi City and the strength of the demon cultivators was not too strong.

But Jianyin City is different. The location of this cultivation city is no longer on the edge of the Black Fog Jedi, but is closer to the hinterland of the western district.

If the demon race, human race and spirit race had not joined forces to suppress it, the demon race would have become a disaster long ago.

Think about it.

Shen Ping decided to go to Jianyin City.

No matter what, caravans are the top priority of Zhenbao Pavilion's current development. The reason why Zhenbao Pavilion, which covers all over the world, can control every area is because of its powerful caravan resource transportation and extremely fast transmission.

The round trip from Huishi City to Black Evil Valley and then to other remote markets or gathering places takes less than two or three months, so Zhenbao Pavilion can quickly develop branches, but the distance from Jianyin City to Huishi City is relatively far.

Even if you use a top-grade flying boat, it will take more than two months to go back and forth.

If they really do nothing and allow the demon monks to plunder and wreak havoc, then Zhenbao Pavilion will have no chance of gaining a foothold in Jianyin City, let alone developing intelligence and controlling all kinds of information.

This concerns my own life.

Shen Ping was naturally serious.

So the next day, he set out for Jianyin City, and this time he also followed the caravan.

On the deck of a large flying boat.

The strong wind blew on the edge of the flying boat, causing the fluorescent light to vibrate.

Watching the scenery passing by on both sides.

Shen Ping's eyes were calm, but his consciousness was communicating with his master Lian Xuejin.

"Disciple."

"Interests among cultivators are the most important. You must be extra vigilant when you go to Jianyin City this time. Although the human race is gradually declining, this does not mean that the cultivators of the human race will work together..."

"Master, I understand."

He knew what Master meant.

The purpose of those human elders in Jianyin City may not be to deal with the harassment of the demon cultivators. Maybe they just want to see him on this ground. After all, Zhenbao Pavilion is now quite famous in Jianyin City. Moreover, not everyone can kill the stone tiger at the Lianxu level.

One month later.

The caravan members on the flying boat were obviously much more nervous.

See here.

An Zhiyuan explained, "The Wanku Mountain is in front of us. The demon cultivators often harass this area. It is said that there are several space cracks deep in the Wanku Mountain. A senior from the Jianyin City sect went there to investigate, but found nothing..."

"The last time I encountered a powerful demon cultivator, it was also here."

Shen Ping nodded secretly, his expression did not fluctuate at all. Other cultivators were afraid of the demon cultivators, but he was not. He had the beast-shaped puppet and high-level beast spirit treasure...

Boom! While thinking.

The flying boat suddenly shook violently.

An Zhiyuan's face changed, and his magic power gathered and his voice spread out: "Demon attack! Demon attack!"

whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.

Hundreds of members of the caravan all flashed around the deck, their magic power surged, and suddenly the formation of the entire flying boat glowed with light.

Boom!

At this time, more than a dozen black energy balls that looked like flames from the mountains not far away bombarded the flying boat. The fluorescent light vibrated into ripples, and the flying boat began to shake.

An Zhiyuan hurriedly said: "Pavilion Master, this is a tentative attack by the demon cultivators. If the flying boat can't even withstand this, they will rush over in a swarm. If they can withstand it, they will send out strong men to harass us, but if they are defeated, they will flee immediately!"

Shen Ping squinted his eyes and looked into the depths of the mountains. His spiritual sense quickly swept out and easily extended to the surface of the mountains. He saw that the area was bare as if it had been burned by fire, and there were densely packed caves on the surface. Those black energy balls were blasted out from the caves.

Just as his spiritual consciousness was about to penetrate through a black cave, he immediately frowned, as his spiritual consciousness was actually permeated by a dark and evil energy.

This kind of energy is like a maggot on the tarsal bone. Once it is contaminated, it is not only difficult to eliminate instantly, but you will also feel that your consciousness is being devoured and digested, which is very uncomfortable.

He hastily took it back, then circulated the dark golden power of the strange beast in his dantian, and only then did he quickly eliminate the remaining dark energy.

Bang, bang, bang! The flying boat was constantly attacked and lasted for half a cup of tea.

In the mountains, two powerful monks with demonic energy attacked from the left and right sides.

"He is a demon cultivator at the level of Divine Transformation!"

"Start the formation!"

An Zhiyuan's voice shook.

The caravan already had experience in dealing with attacks from the demon monks. With the infusion of mana and the spiritual power of a large amount of spirit stones, the spiritual patterns carved on the edge of the flying boat kept flashing, bursts of drum sounds emanated from these spiritual patterns, and rays of spiritual light quickly enveloped the entire flying boat.

If you look from the outside, you will find that the aura shield looks like a fish drum.

"Pavilion Master, these Divine Transformation Demon Clan cultivators will usually only attack for a short while. With the formation of the flying boat, we can definitely hold out!"

Shen Ping couldn't help but ask: "Why is this?"

An Zhiyuan replied: "The caravans that can withstand the attacks of the Divine Demon Clan cultivators are all very strong. Even if they finally break through the formation defense, they will have to consume a lot of energy. Then they will have to fight with the caravan members, which will consume more energy. This is not worth the loss for them. Of course, this is the case in most cases..."

While the two were talking.

The demon monks intensified their attacks.

Compared with the human race, the elves, the flame race, the feather race and other races.

The demons usually use their powerful bodies to attack, in this respect they are similar to the monsters, but the monsters will also display their natural magical powers and make use of magic weapons, but the demons trust their own blood and bodies more.

Time passes by little by little.

Shen Ping stood on the deck and watched quietly. Sure enough, as soon as the tea arrived, the two demons who had transformed into gods saw that it was difficult to break through the flying boat's defenses, so they turned around and prepared to leave.

However, at this time.

A beast-shaped puppet rushed out of the formation, leaped to one of the demons at lightning speed, and stomped heavily with its hooves.

The demon charged forward without even thinking.

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Bang! The huge force directly penetrated the body of the demon, and the energy containing the power of the strange beast quickly tore the demon apart.

Although the demons were stronger than the monsters and humans, one of them was seriously injured and fell to the ground when facing a puppet above the sixth level. When another demon saw this scene, he was shocked at first, and then he burned his blood to fight with the beast-shaped puppet.

at the same time.

The black energy ball in the mountain cave blasted out again, and its target was obviously the beast-shaped puppet.

Unfortunately, they have no idea how terrifying the beast-shaped puppets are.

Just a few breaths.

The two demons who had transformed into gods were completely killed.

"The demons have a very strong ability to recover, but no matter how strong it is, it still takes time..."

Shen Ping put away the two demon corpses and said calmly.

An Zhiyuan, who was standing beside him, looked at the beast-shaped puppet with envy, and nodded hurriedly, saying, "Pavilion Master is right!"

"Let's go!"

soon.

The flying boat flashed with a light and flew past Wanku Mountain towards Jianyin City.

The caves in Wanku Mountain are very deep and interconnected. It is dangerous to rush into the caves rashly when spiritual consciousness cannot penetrate and explore them.

A few days later.

We have arrived at Jianyin City.

Looking from a distance while standing on the flying boat, the Jianyin City looked like a wide Jianyin Canyon, with steep peaks on both sides surrounding the city and spreading towards the depths. However, compared with Qingyang City, Lanhai Fairy City and other places where Shen Ping had been in the five continents and four seas, the scale of Jianyin City was much smaller, but it was still the first cultivation city close to the edge of the black fog.

There is a no-fly zone near the city.

The flying boat landed early.

The caravan marched along the wide stone road towards the tall city gate.

Along the way, you can see creatures of all kinds coming in and out of the city gates in an endless stream. Some monsters even walk in their original forms, and there are also wood creatures, etc. However, their bodies are deliberately shrunk, so they are only slightly larger than humans.

"Before the emergence of the Myriad Spirits List, although there were distinctions between ethnic groups, they were relatively vague. Jianyin City was mainly dominated by sects and families, and other ethnic groups also depended on sects and families. But after the Myriad Spirits List, the divisions between ethnic groups became more and more obvious. However, there are differences in the strength of cultivators. Although the human race is in decline, the strength of the sects and families in Jianyin City is still very strong. Currently, only the demon race and the spirit race can compete with them..."

Shen Ping listened to An Zhiyuan's introduction and couldn't help but say: "The seniors in Jianyin City are quite powerful. If they can take care of Huishi City and other places, it shouldn't be difficult, right?"

What he meant was that if an incarnation monk like An Zhiyuan joined a sect or relied on the protection of his family's vassals, he would not have to struggle to survive among the various races.

An Zhiyuan sighed helplessly, "It was true in the early years, but in the past few thousand years, the sects and families near Jianyin City have been shrinking their power. The reason is that some of the predecessors who have achieved fusion have a short lifespan, and the demons and spirits are becoming more and more powerful. They use the excuse of sparring to find the predecessors who have achieved fusion to fight."

"As long as they fight, their foundation will be affected to some extent. Once they are seriously injured, their life span will be shortened. Therefore, the seniors who have achieved the fusion state have gradually secluded themselves and will not show up easily. The Jing family of Gray Stone City is actually a vassal of the Yun family of Jianyin City. But Pavilion Master, you have also seen that the Jing family was destroyed by the Shihu clan, and the Yun family did not make a breakthrough!"

Shen Ping was silent.

It is obvious that the sects and family forces in Jianyin City are all trying to protect themselves, because everyone knows that the strength of the demon clan, spirit clan, fire clan, feather clan and other clans is increasing. In this situation, the best way is to protect themselves.

Not long.

The caravan entered the branch headquarters of Zhenbao Pavilion.

The station is not big.

After all, this is Jianyin City, where every inch of land is worth a lot of money. Even the nearby sects and families find it difficult to occupy much land in the city.

"Master, please take a rest for a while. I will contact that senior right away!"

It was evening.

When An Zhiyuan came back, he bowed and said, "That senior will come to my Zhenbao Pavilion in person the day after tomorrow."

"good."

The next day.

Shen Ping did not meditate in the branch shop, but strolled around with An Zhiyuan. There were only three main streets in the entire Jianyin City, with shops lining both sides of the streets. Overall, it was no different from the cultivation cities in the world. The only difference was that there were many different styles of shops. For example, the shop of the flower clan cultivator was exactly like a flower.

Except for shops.

There are also all kinds of entertainment venues such as brothels and singing halls.

However, Shen Ping and An Zhiyuan were not interested. The shops they visited were mainly Dan Pavilion, Qi Pu and other places selling goods and resources.

Just walked around a few times.

Didn't see any good materials.

"Pavilion Master, we usually sell materials below level 6. Level 6 and above can only be found at auctions... It's the same for our Zhenbao Pavilion in Jianyin City."

Shen Ping knew that this was a resource monopoly.

The same is true in all the worlds. If a Divine Transformation cultivator wants to improve himself, he can only go to the Zhongsheng Continent. And here, a Divine Transformation cultivator can only obtain resources that can improve his practice at auctions.

Stroll until noon.

Shen Ping lost interest and returned to Zhenbao Pavilion to meditate.

(End of this chapter)