As a lord, I was forced to farm

Chapter 829 Discussion and Rumors
In short, the feud between those who disrupted the Hunyuan Golden Shield Formation today has been established.

……

After the Pingxing Spirit Mine was attacked, Da Su gradually came into the public eye.

People from Tianchen County, Chaolian County, and some sects and wandering cultivators in the vicinity occasionally mention things about Yunxiang Mountain.

"Have you noticed that the number of Sea of ​​Consciousness Realm magical beasts in the central area of ​​Cloud Feast Mountain has decreased by half?"

In the desolate wilderness, a capable innkeeper has established a place along a common route for merchants, providing a temporary resting place for adventurers from all over. Here, some are eating snacks and chatting about their experiences.

A disheveled cultivator wearing half-tattered high-grade earth-rank armor suddenly said mysteriously, "I have a very daring friend at the Profound Bone Realm who recently went to Yunxiang Mountain for training. He got close to the nest of the Azure Glazed Elephant and discovered something shocking!"

"Azure Glazed Giant Elephant? Your friend is really bold. He dares to approach the central area when he is only at the Profound Bone Realm. Putting aside the other magical beasts at the Consciousness Sea Realm, isn't that Azure Glazed Giant Elephant a local overlord of Cloud Feast Mountain? It is said that it reached the peak of the Consciousness Sea Realm a long time ago. Moreover, that giant elephant can eat people. The shocking thing you mentioned is that your friend was eaten, right?"

"Hahaha, in this world, countless people have been eaten by monsters, so it's nothing to be shocked about!"

Inside the inn, bursts of snickering erupted.

The armored young man, his face flushed with embarrassment at the mockery, shouted, "My friend wasn't eaten! It's that giant blue elephant that's vanished without a trace!!"

The laughter of the crowd suddenly stopped. After a long while, someone finally reacted, "Your friend ate the Azure Elephant?"

"..."

“…No, there isn’t one.” The armored young man hesitated for a moment.

"Hey, what are you being so coy about?" Someone couldn't stand it anymore and grabbed the young man's clothes in a fit of temper. "What's going on? Explain yourself!"

Most of the people who can work as镖师 (bodyguards/escorts) outside the inn are not good people; their hands are stained with countless amounts of blood. When someone shouted at him like that, the armored young man instantly sobered up.

"Good man, put me down first."

The armored young man quickly said, "When my friend got there, the area around the Azure Glazed Elephant's lair was covered in blood, with signs of a fierce battle. It was probably a fight between many magical beasts. But my friend also saw a sword mark on a tree, and the treasures in the elephant's lair were gone. My friend guessed that the Azure Glazed Elephant had perished..."

The crowd gasped in shock. This was a bombshell. Some immediately grabbed their weapons and headed out of the inn, shouting as they went, "You'd better not be lying, or I'll chop you up when I get back!"

The inn suddenly lost half its number of people.

Someone looked at the constantly rattling inn door and sighed, "The Azure Giant Elephant is dead. The greatest threat is gone. They must be looking for opportunities at Cloud Feast Mountain."

"Speaking of which, this wasn't the only major event that happened at Yunxiang Mountain."

Someone said, "You all know about the spirit gold mine in Yunxiang Mountain, right? Even though it's coveted by Tianchen and Chaolian County, thanks to the geographical environment of Yunxiang Mountain and the hostile relationship between the two counties, they ultimately couldn't take action against the spirit gold mine. That mine is still an unclaimed place. Before, we rogue cultivators could occasionally go there to mine a piece or two of ore to improve our lives..."

The speaker took a sip of wine, caught his breath, and continued, "But later, the spirit gold mine was suddenly taken over by a group of gold-devouring ants. The leader of those ants was quite powerful, at least at the fifth level of the Profound Bone Realm, and he also had a group of underlings. Now, we rogue cultivators don't dare to go up and mine anymore."

"We originally thought it was occupied by monsters, but it was recently revealed that there is actually a mysterious force behind the Gold-Eating Ants, and they have even set up some kind of metal-based defensive formation there!"

"Now that it's been exposed, that mysterious force is no longer hiding itself. They've directly sent troops to guard the mine and even given it a name!"

"What is your name?"

"Pingxing Mine".

The news caused an uproar in the inn. Some people said unhappily, "That spirit gold mine should have been unclaimed land, and it should have been shared by us!" "Hey, although I am also very unhappy that the spirit gold express has been occupied, I still have to say that in this world, all resources are occupied by the strong."

Someone asked, "Sir, do you know which force has seized the Pingxing Mine and dares to openly challenge Tianchen County City and Chaolian County City?"

you do not say?

Since the two prefectures had long coveted the Pingxing mine, the sudden theft of the spirit gold mine was an offense against both prefectures.

"Hmm...I think I heard it's some kind of Dasu County City?"

Dasu County City?

Everyone was completely baffled. They racked their brains for a long time, but still couldn't figure out which territory Dasu County City belonged to.

and.

"Da Su, what arrogance! Even Yun Shang Land, Da Ce, Da Yan, and Da Zang, only started adding 'Da' to their city names after they'd all become provincial capitals!!!"

"Isn't this Da Su afraid of offending territories at the prefecture level or above?"

Everyone was startled by Da Su's audacity.

Many people were pessimistic about Da Su, believing that this territory was like a newborn calf that was not afraid of tigers, and that it might disappear silently into the torrent of history one day without even making a ripple.

“Da Su, I seem to remember that recently there have been merchant caravans from Da Su trading in the area, and their business seems to be doing quite well.”

"Oh? Now that you mention it, I seem to vaguely remember it."

"Let's see how long this grand inn can last. I bet it'll be a year. Hahaha."

"A year is too short, I'll bet two years!"

Laughter filled the inn once again.

It's not that they're pessimistic, it's just that they've seen many similar examples.

For example, someone might establish a territory with the dream of becoming a king, only to have it uprooted within two days.

The world changes so fast; small territories appear quickly, but are destroyed even faster.

But occasionally a few people's eyes lit up, showing some interest in the suddenly rising Dasu County City.

"Sister, this inn is quite interesting." In a private room on the second floor of the inn, two or three long tables were pushed together, and more than thirty people, all of whom were female cultivators, were sitting in the room.

Their attire was quite similar, with blue scarves tied around their left arms. Their faces and clothes were covered in dust. Most of them were cultivators, with a few ordinary people. They appeared to be a group of wandering women.

The woman addressed as "elder sister" was beautiful, with eyebrows like distant mountains and a high nose bridge. She had a sharp look in her eyes and appeared to be in her early twenties. However, in the world of cultivators, one's apparent age is not considered significant.

She was dressed in a tight-fitting outfit embroidered with silver star runes, with a blue magic sword at her feet, and her shoulder-length hair was tied up with a simple hairband.

Ren Zi finished the last sip of wine in her glass, picked up her green sword, and said, "Interesting. Let's go see what kind of county town Da Su is."