Ziwei Immortal Path

Chapter 47: Longmen Gorge

Wen Zaixian had been sitting alone in Hanshan for a while and was really bored. Now that he had taken over the family, he knew some inside stories. These things could not be said casually, but with his lovely wife beside him, he couldn't help but show off and said them in a soft voice.

Xu Boqing was shocked when she heard this. This Huang Ting Yu Shi was an unattainable alien to their small clan under the protection of the Jiang family. She never thought that the Miss Yu Jun she had met before, who was so approachable and amiable, was actually the descendant of Huang Ting Yu Shi. It was really unimaginable.

Turning around, she remembered what her husband had just said about the unrest at the Qingshen border and the monks guarding the border, and she couldn't help but worry about her father-in-law Wen Xiuzhu.

For a moment, my heart was beating like a drum, and I worried:

"My dear, my father has been in the East China Sea for a long time. Do you need to send someone to ask about his recent situation?"

Wen Zaixian was moved by the caring tone of his wife's words when she asked about his father. He sighed and shook his head.
"I've already sent people there. Martial law has been imposed in the East China Sea. No one is allowed to approach unless they have a token from the Immortal Sect."

"in this way."

Xu Boqing frowned and said softly, "Don't worry, my husband. My father is very powerful. Good fortune will come to those who are lucky."

"No more, no more."

Wen Zaixian stood up.
"Daddy has been building his foundation for many years, and those evildoers in the East China Sea can't do anything to him."

Xu Boqing looked at her husband walking towards her, her face flushed, her chest heaving, her heart beating faster, and she asked, "Husband, what are you...what are you going to do?"

"Qing'er is here, and all my worries are gone! I suddenly thought of something!"

Wen Zaixian smiled, bent down and gently picked her up in his arms. He walked into the room in just two or three steps, hooked his foot and closed the door.

.........

Yuchuan County, Qingxuan Town.

Xu Boyang stood at Longmen Ferry, looking at the suddenly appearing thousand-foot-high mountains in front of him, cliffs, and a canyon that looked like a gully for storing water in a farmland, and he himself was a tiny ant in the field.

This deep ravine looked like it was chopped and hammered by an immortal. The wide water of Tangchuan River came to an abrupt end here, and was replaced by a winding ravine that led to the distance.

When you get here, there are no mountain roads, and it is difficult to travel by car or horse. The only way is to take a ferry.

Fortunately, the Longmen Ferry is very lively, with inns and restaurants of all kinds. Large ships are neatly docked at the ferry pier, with tall masts, stacked sails, and thick ropes pulling them.

There are many burly trackers wearing short coats on the dock. They don’t mind the cold even in the winter. They all expose their chests and lean on the river bank, laughing and chatting.

Xu Shaoliang looked up for a moment and sighed:

"I've heard that Longmen Gorge is a marvel of nature, and seeing it today is truly worthy of its reputation!"

Just as he finished speaking, footsteps were heard behind him. Tan Wenli hurried over and whispered:

"Boss, old man, we have a lot of people and a lot of cargo. We have already negotiated for a large ship. It is the ship of the Fang family in Qingxuan Town. However, it gets dark early in the twelfth lunar month. By the time the guys finish loading the cargo today, it will probably be dark too. The Longmenjian River is turbulent, and sailing at night is very risky. We can only set off early tomorrow morning."

"Well, that's fine, let's rest for a night."

Xu Boyang responded, but he was secretly alert in his heart. He had just looked around and found that the Longmen Ferry was not only a boat, but most of the other properties had flags, most of which had the word "Fang" written on them, and a few had the word "Wang" written on them.

I'm afraid that the Fang family and the Wang family are the guardians of Qingxuan Town.

He naturally thought of the cultivator's cave at the bottom of the Tangchuan River.

Could it be the cave of one of these two families?
"Master Tan, have our carriages and horses been properly arranged?"

Xu Shaoliang has been a bodyguard for his entire life and is used to worrying about things. He doesn't want to think about anything else but these belongings.

"Don't worry, old man."

Tan Wenli replied,
"I've made an agreement with the captain of the Chen family. The cart will be stored in his warehouse at the ferry, and the horses will follow on board. After we cross the Longmen Gorge, we'll switch to horses carrying the cargo. It'll be the same. We'll come back to pick up the cart when we return."

"Okay..." Xu Shaoliang nodded with satisfaction.

"Master Tan."

Xu Boyang made up his mind and gave the order:

"You and my father should find a place to stay tonight, and take the men there for the time being. I'll go check out Longmen Gorge first, and we'll meet on the boat after tonight."

Tan Wenli knew that Xu Boyang was no longer the same person he used to be. He could fly into the sky and hide underground, just like a god. Besides, how could he dare to disobey his boss's orders, nor did he dare to say anything more. He nodded in agreement and then said goodbye to go and get busy.

"Father."

Xu Boyang took out a jade pendant and handed it to Xu Shaoliang.

"This is a spiritual weapon for an array formation. Unlike a magic weapon, it has its own spiritual power. I'll teach you a set of mantras so you can use it. If you're in danger while I'm away, it will protect you."

"this…"

Xu Shaoliang felt the jade pendant was icy cold, and he felt a little strange. However, since his son did not explain why, he did not ask any more questions and only whispered:
"Be careful yourself."

Xu Boyang nodded, then whispered the mantra of the [Lingji Jade Pendant] several times, and after teaching it to Xu Shaoliang, he left the ferry.

It's not that he didn't want to travel with Xu Shaoliang, but ever since he got the foundation-building magic weapon [Greedy Fish Lamp], he felt uneasy, worried that the owner would come looking for him, not to mention that they were still in Qingxuan Town.

This ferry is mostly controlled by the forces guarding Qingxuan Town. If something goes wrong, I will be afraid to deal with it when the time comes with a group of mortals.

It would be better for me to leave Qingxuan Town first, so as to avoid risks and then reunite later.

As for coming back, who would take this route? At most, they would take a detour of a few hundred miles and abandon the two trucks.

He walked while thinking, and soon he was out of the ferry, found a deserted riverbank, pinched the "water avoidance technique" with his left hand, pinched the "divine movement technique" with his right hand, and then disappeared by the Tangchuan River.

After thinking about it, I decided not to fly with the sword. There are so many people here and so many eyes. The moment I take off from the ground, I will be too conspicuous. It will be troublesome if I am discovered.

There were many aquatic plants at the bottom of the water, which made it safer. Xu Boyang rushed all the way under the water and soon stepped into Longmen Gorge from Tangchuan River. The water began to become a little turbulent, but for him at this time, it didn't make much difference.

After walking for a while, they saw some boats coming overhead. As it was getting dark, they were all in a hurry to dock at Longmen Ferry and passed by in a hurry. However, Xu Boyang noticed them in advance and avoided them from a distance, or stopped to wait for the boat to pass before moving on.

After walking like this for half an hour, Xu Boyang turned a corner and suddenly noticed a small boat floating in front of his head, right in the middle of the river. He became alert and his pace slowed down instantly.

There is nothing wrong with this small boat. You may not be able to see anything on the water, but you can clearly see a weak spiritual energy fluctuating underwater.

"talisman array?"

Xu Boyang only took a glance and figured out the clue. He was secretly shocked and immediately stopped, not daring to get any closer.

Only cultivators at the sixth level of Condensation Realm or above can use talismans. It is obvious that there are cultivators on this small boat.

After looking for a while, there was no movement on the boat, which was still moving forward. It seemed that the other party failed to discover him, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

But the boat didn't turn straight, blocking Xu Boyang's way. If he got any closer, he would be discovered, which would be troublesome.

"It's almost night, and there's a lone boat. I wonder who it is?"

Xu Boyang felt a little strange when he saw this, so he used the "wind-following technique" and the "thousand-mile technique" and looked upwards.

This "wind-enhancing technique" is a technique for enhancing hearing. Once it is used, one can hear a pin drop within a radius of 100 feet, even underwater.

This "Thousand Mile Technique" is a pupil technique. After it is used, the vision can be expanded several times. As long as there is no obstruction, things ten miles away can be seen clearly. Even at night, things within five miles are no problem.

After Xu Boyang used the "Wind-Following Technique", he could not hear anything. He thought that this technique was probably blocked by the formation on the boat. But after using the "Thousand Miles Technique", he could see the people on the boat clearly.

A tall and thin man in gray clothes, with a long sword slung on his waist, stood alone at the bow with his hands on his chest, looking into the distance. Behind him was a long black sail on the boat, with a faint light of fire flickering inside, which seemed to indicate that there were other people there.

Seeing that the other party had a large number of people and was very powerful, Xu Boyang became even more afraid to get close. He was too far away to tell the man's cultivation level. After thinking about it, he decided not to take any risks, so he followed closely from a distance.

This small boat drives on its own without anyone controlling it, and its speed is not slow. It is probably affected by some magical weapon, or it is a magical weapon itself.

"Look at this situation, this is probably some noble family kid. Never mind, let it go first. Once the ship is far away, I'll either fly with my sword or use the 'Flying Bird Talisman' to deal with it."

Following like this was not a solution, Xu Boyang stopped and looked around thoughtfully. He was planning to find a secluded and sheltered place to escape with his sword to avoid trouble, but both sides were bare cliffs with some dead trees hanging on them. There was really no place to stand or take shelter.

If he flew directly from the bottom of the river with a sword, the noise would be too loud and he would be afraid of being discovered by the people on the boat. So he could only wait until the boat went farther away before flying with the sword.

Xu Boyang simply sat down cross-legged, secretly regretting:

"It's a pity that the techniques of walking through mountains and traversing the ground are too obscure and difficult to understand. I haven't mastered them even after three years of practice. Otherwise, I could have just walked through the mountains and traversed the ground. I'm afraid the person on the boat wouldn't have been able to detect me."

If you are unable to fly the sword in the end, you will have to waste a flying bird talisman.

While he was thinking, he suddenly felt something was wrong and his face changed.

He had just used the "Wind-Traveling Technique" and the "Thousand-Mile Technique", and his vision and hearing became extremely sharp.

At this moment, he clearly noticed that the waves on the road were turbulent, and there were dozens of small boats riding the wind and waves, approaching at a high speed!
He was startled at once and immediately found a secluded and dark place near the bottom of the river. He performed the "breath-holding technique" and the "invisibility technique" and remained motionless like an old Taoist in meditation.

In just a moment, these more than ten boats were moving at an incredible speed, splashing the water, like big fish or water ghosts, whizzing past on the water.

Xu Boyang felt relieved when he saw the dozen or so black shadows passing by, but he was a little surprised. He looked at the momentum of these boats from the bottom of the water. They moved in a very consistent manner and kept a precise distance. He was afraid that they were heading for the small black-sailed boat just now, so he looked in the distance.

As expected, before the small black-sailed boat could even react, it was blocked tightly by more than ten flying boats on the waves!
Kong Zhuoli just noticed that a boat was approaching, and immediately planned to use the Nascent Soul Stage spiritual tool [Spiritual Oar of the Boat Control] to control the black-sailed boat to avoid it. However, when he turned around, he saw a series of black shadows breaking through the waves. He immediately felt something was wrong and hurriedly controlled the black-sailed boat to speed up.

Unfortunately, they were a step too late, and the enemy's ships were all flying boats, which were small and light, and much faster than the black-sailed boats.

In the blink of an eye, the black-sailed boat was surrounded.

"Humph!"

Kong Zhuoli was not in a hurry. He snorted coldly and looked around at the many figures on the flying boats. A casual glance showed that there were no less than forty or fifty people. He immediately sent out his spiritual sense and his heart suddenly shuddered. He said in a cold voice:
"The Xun family of Yuchuan is sailing here. I wonder if the Taoist friend from that mountain is trying to block their way?"

The spiritual consciousness probed out and found that the figures on the flying boat were all cultivators or minor cultivators. The highest one had reached the ninth level of Condensation Yuan, and the rest had not reached the sixth level. However, the weakest was at the third level of Condensation Yuan. Judging from the situation, they were probably out in full force.

"Humph!"

A large man in brown clothes came out from a flying boat. He had a big head and a strong build. He laughed, holding a heavy golden hammer in his hand, and said in a rough voice:

"Youngster of the Kong family, you're not that young, and yet you're still talking about the Xun family? Aren't you ashamed of lying?"

Kong Zhuoli's body trembled, and his hand unconsciously pressed down on the knife handle. His face was gloomy. He stared at the big man for a moment and asked:

"Who are you?"

"Haha! I'm dying of laughter! You're asking me my name in the wilderness at sunset. Are you crazy? Do you look down on me, or yourself?"

The brown-clothed man laughed, then his eyes flashed with ferocity. He swung the golden hammer in his hand, his face twitching as he said viciously,
"Don't talk nonsense to me, you youngster from the Kong family. I don't want to waste my time on you! If you know what's good for you, hand over your Lingxizi. I'll leave you with an intact body later!"

Kong Zhuoli was secretly startled. It seemed that the other party came prepared and had already figured out his background. He didn't know how long he had been following him. Seeing that this big man had reached the ninth level of Nascent Soul cultivation and was very powerful, and he was accompanied by so many disciples, he was afraid that tonight would not end peacefully. He was anxious for a moment and hurriedly thought of a countermeasure.

The other party has more people and is more powerful. I'm afraid I'm no match for them. Why not just escape?

But what about the two Lingxizi and one mortal in the cabin?
Although the mortal is my uncle, he will die if he cannot protect me. That's okay, but if I lose these two Lingxi children, I'm afraid I will die when I go back.

In this case, we must not sit idly by and wait for death!

"He is Zhao Jiuchang from Qinghui Town!"

A roar of anger came from the cabin behind him. He glanced sideways and saw Xu Shaohua lifting the reed curtain and striding out with a furious look on his face. He shouted,

"Zhao Jiuchang, you are so bold! Our families are both from the Xun family. You didn't stay in Qinghui Town, but dared to come to Longmenjian to do such a shameful thing. Aren't you afraid that the head of my Kong family will find out about this in the future? Aren't you afraid that the Xun family, our main family, will find out about this in the future?"

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