Chapter 128 Canghe
On Ji Rong's side, a white bird suddenly fell from the sky, as if it wanted to go up and talk to her.
Before the bird could open its beak, Ji Rong grabbed its wing and brutally tore it open with her claws. A poison sac slipped out of the bird's beak. Upon seeing this, Gu Qingqing immediately used her tail to scrape up a layer of soil and cover the poison sac.
The three of them coordinated well on the perimeter, giving the Wu Clan cultivators no chance to make a move.
After watching for a while, Jiao Jue thought to himself that these three idiots must have some ability to survive wandering for so many years.
He used his spiritual power to gather a mouthful of water in mid-air, sprayed it on the heads of the young members of the witch clan, and then said, "Let's go."
Ji Rong and Ji Zhuang carried the people and continued flying towards the Cang River with the horn-shaped jade pendant.
When they flew to the confluence of the Canghe River and the Dushui River, the water became noticeably clearer, and Ji Rong, Ji Zhuang, and Gu Qingqing felt more at ease.
At this moment, four mortal demon bird cultivators flew into the sky together and repeatedly shouted to Jiao Jue and his group: "The area ahead is the territory of Canghe. Cultivators who wish to cross the border, please come to the river pass and accept inspection."
Within the Canghe region, the mountains are verdant and the waters are clear; poison is forbidden. Fellow Daoists who cultivate poison, please remove any poison from your person and hand it over to the gatekeeper.
If you have valuable drugs, you can hire fish to transport them at the ferry crossing. The ferry crossing is directly managed by Lord Canghe, and all the aquatic creatures used for transportation are honest and reliable, making them excellent helpers for fellow cultivators traveling the Canghe River.
As Jiaojue and his group flew down, they saw four yellow dogs squatting at the Canghe ferry crossing, repeating the exact same words, and four pufferfish in the river repeating the exact same words.
Ji Rongfei stepped forward and whispered to Jiao Jue, "We have never seen this scene before."
Jiaojue felt that this kind of shouting had a touch of old friend's style.
He tossed a handful of spirit crystals toward the bird cultivator who was leading the call and asked, "Why are you only targeting poison cultivators?"
The bird skillfully twirled in the air, catching the spirit crystals that fell one by one with its claws, and replied with a beaming smile, "Senior, there is a reason for this."
Many aquatic creatures live in the Canghe River basin.
In the past, poison cultivators would always make a special trip to Canghe to secretly throw out some of their self-made poisons to test the range and potency of their new poisons.
This happened frequently, leaving Lord Canghe exhausted from detoxification every day.
So she ordered that any cultivators found to be poisonous should be captured and killed.
On one occasion, Lord Canghe caught a poison cultivator from the Tianxu Palace's medicine pavilion in the act. Before the cultivator could even poison the medicine, Lord Canghe had already captured him.
Canghe Jun wanted to kill him, but the poison cultivator was highly skilled and broke free from the encirclement.
Then the poison cultivator ran for his life in front, with Canghe Jun chasing closely behind.
Seeing that he couldn't escape, the poisonous cultivator changed direction and ran to the front of the Canglan Divine Lord's temple, shouting that he was innocent.
He tearfully insisted that he had not poisoned the object, and that Lord Canghe should not kill him simply because he glanced at it on the boat.
He also complained to the Canglan God about the rudeness of the Canghe Lord, saying that the Canghe Lord was secretly spying on him.
These words infuriated Canghe Jun, but Canglan Jun felt that the cultivator's words made some sense, and ordered Canghe Jun to let the poison cultivator go.
After Canghe Jun returned, he established the Canghe Pass.
He also specifically summoned us to shout here day and night that if any poisonous cultivators secretly carry poison without reporting it, then Lord Canghe will have a legitimate reason to kill them on the spot.
"Sir, we've reached the checkpoint. Please proceed."
After saying that, the bird cultivator stretched its neck in the air, bowed to Jiao Jue and his group, and then flew back to its original position.
Jiao Jue listened with skepticism. He felt that what the little bird cultivator said was incomplete. Take the matter of shipping, for example. It should be a pretext set up by Canghe Jun to amass wealth.
"This is the advantage of having autonomy, what a pity," Jiao Jue thought regretfully to himself.
After landing on the ground, Jiaojue and his group of cultivators went to the ferry.
Compared to the Canglan Temple, this ferry crossing was built on a much grander scale. The ground of the ferry crossing was paved with lapis lazuli, interspersed with some white jade.
Nine large stone pillars stand at the ferry crossing, each entwined with a powerful river dragon.
A huge rock stands by the water, and the words "Canghe" can be seen carved on it from a distance.
In front of this giant rock, some stones were interlocked and arranged very neatly. The stones were all connected by thick, spirit-hemp threads, separating the entire ferry crossing.
Upon closer inspection, these stones were originally stone chambers. The first stone was inscribed with "Waterway Survey Office," which was the first checkpoint for cultivators to enter the ferry. The second stone was inscribed with "Aerial Survey Office," and the third stone was inscribed with "Fish Crossing Station."
Amyolt saw the thick ropes and curiously went up to touch them.
However, as soon as her hand reached onto the rope, she was thrown to the ground by a tremendous force.
Amyo's hand was immediately severed, and he cried out in agony.
A bull's head rushed out of the stone chamber marked "Medical Room" and shouted, "Make way, I am the healer!"
He lifted Amu up with one hoof, and with the other hoof channeling his spiritual power, he struck Amu on the back.
Then, he put Amu down and said, "Are you blind, you brat? This hemp thread was specially made to be this huge, and it says 'Do not touch' on it. You still touched it!"
Jiao Jue squinted at Ji Rong, who immediately understood.
She fanned away the witch clan members surrounding Amu, took Amu with one wing and held him to her chest; with the other wing she pointed at the bull's head and said angrily, "It's clearly your problem!"
She's so young and doesn't recognize the inscriptions, how would she know the rope shouldn't be touched? Pay up!
Ox-Head was also angry. He said, "I treated her without charging her anything, and you still want me to pay you back!"
“That’s right!” Ji Rong said, hands on her hips and head held high. “We have heard that the Canglan River system is safe and secure, so we came here to travel.”
I can't believe you don't consider your uneducated members. Do you look down on them? Don't you have any bulls like that in your tribe?
"What are you doing out here if you haven't studied? Are you going to be a vegetable?" Niu Tou thought to himself.
But he dared not say that this bird cultivator possessed a vast aura, like a Venerable One, and was of equal cultivation level to himself;
Lord Canghe also explicitly forbade anyone in Canghe Prefecture from beating or scolding guests. He had been very comfortable serving in Canghe for many years and had no intention of moving again.
He quickly changed his mind and apologized, "We really haven't thought of what you're saying. Do you have any solutions?"
Ji Rong snorted, "What's so difficult about that? Just mark the spirit rope with X's all over it."
As she spoke, she had Amyu make a cross with his hand and proudly said, "Look at my little rascal, even though he hasn't started cultivating yet, he's already very smart."
"Yes." The bull-headed man smiled broadly and beckoned a kingfisher attendant to lead the group of gentlemen away.
He, however, disagreed.
Because for the vast majority of all living beings, without cultivation, there is no intelligence;
Even if you put a row of cultivators next to you shouting, they still wouldn't understand. Don't expect them to understand just by drawing an X.
But in Canghe, there is a reward for reporting guests' suggestions.
Although Niu Tou was talented in medicine, he was not very knowledgeable.
So, upon returning to the doctor's office, he described the incident in writing and drawing.
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The kingfisher attendant looked at Jiao Jue and his party, and asked Jiao Jue, "Do you wish to tour by boat, or would you like to rent a cultivator to travel in the air?"
Jiao Jue squinted and smiled, "Let's take a boat tour."
As he spoke, he stretched out his claws in front of the kingfisher, revealing a handful of spirit crystals.
The kingfisher, seeing that this was a generous and distinguished guest, happily accepted the money and calculated its reward at the highest price.
He then held the remaining spirit crystals in his wings and respectfully said to Jiao Jue, "Guest, you've given too much."
Jiao Jue laughed, "It's all yours. Lead the way, and hurry up."
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