pet cultivator

Chapter 17
In the Duanhun Canyon in the early morning, there was only thick fog and the thunderous sound of running water from below.

When the Hanjiang River passed by here, it was already at its most turbulent.The Broken Soul Canyon is deep and narrow, and only at noon can the sun shine on the plank road.Coupled with the name Broken Soul Canyon, the entire canyon gives off a gloomy and cold feeling.

A caravan slowly marched on the plank road, and the guards of the caravan were more energetic than usual.

Walking on the Hanyan official road is not like walking in other places. You have to go through various mountain trails, jungle streams, and you need to guard against bandits, robbers, and ferocious birds and beasts.As the most important economic lifeline of the Hanyun Empire, the official road has already been cleared by troops from nearby cities.So the only section of the road that needs attention is the section of Broken Soul Canyon in front of you.

When Li Jin just entered the canyon, he looked down the plank road curiously.Although the dense fog made him unable to see anything, the thunderous sound of water waves gave Li Jin a more intuitive understanding of the Hanjiang River under the canyon.It's just that he was even more puzzled because of this. If he really went down the river, how could he have drifted to the Danjin Basin through such a fast and dangerous current?

"Second leader." At the front of the caravan where Li Jin was, a guard led a horse and shouted at Liu Laoer who was riding behind him, "Do you think we will encounter that wave of mountains that alarmed the army this time?" Thief?"

"You bastard, you can't look forward to it!" The second master scolded with a smile.

"Hey, I haven't heard that the new bandit leader is a big beauty, and many people are talking about it and want to see it!" The guard explained half-jokingly.

"Second leader, in my opinion, this Li San wants to be captured by the bandits and become the husband of the village!" Another guy carrying a flag on the side heard the words and immediately followed up.

"Hi! I think, with the strength of the second-ranked third-tier pet master, this bandit leader can be taken in! As for me, let's forget about it." Suddenly, there was laughter in the caravan that all men could understand.

At this time, the caravan had reached the middle of the canyon, and above the cliff not far ahead was the cave where the bandits lived.

"Shut up!" The second master suddenly made a gesture.Immediately, the guards of the caravan stopped talking and joking, took up their weapons, and stared at the front with serious expressions.

A row of figures stepped out of the mist, and the second leader couldn't help frowning when he saw it.On the plank road on the south side of the canyon, caravan pedestrians will abide by the rule of one-way travel from east to west, because on this not spacious plank road, it is difficult for two teams of carriages to miss each other. Congestion is a big trouble for everyone.

After a while, all the people in the caravan saw the identity of the person who came, it was actually an army, pressing down a few strong men dressed in coarse cloth.The army didn't even look at the caravan, and took these men away on the road, and soon disappeared into the thick fog, leaving behind only the sound of footsteps.

After all the troops passed by him, Li San breathed a sigh of relief: "I'll go, look at the aura of these regular troops, they are just different, how much stronger than the city soldiers we have seen in the past Already!"

The second master also couldn't help nodding secretly: "It seems that the army of the empire started to move in the dark last night. It took such a quick time to take over the bandit den. It's really powerful!"

However, when the second leader thought about why these bandits provoked the regular army to wipe them out, he couldn't help shaking his head and sighed: "Go on!"

Not long after the caravan walked forward, they saw many officers and soldiers forming a semicircle against the cliff in front, but they occupied most of the plank road.It's okay to be a pedestrian, but a caravan like them with a carriage can't move forward.And in front of them, there was another caravan of people who had been stopped by the army.

The second leader was riding on the horse, and saw several ladders dangling on the cliff surrounded by officers and soldiers in front of him.The upper part of the ladder was submerged in the fog, but it was not difficult to guess that these ladders should have been lowered from the bandit cave above.

The second master frowned, his face full of confusion.How did these soft ladders hang up such a terrain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack?If it had been possible to rush into the cave to suppress the bandits in this way, there would be no need for the imperial army at all.

Suddenly, the second leader's eyes lit up, and he thought of a possibility, and it could only be this possibility.

"Yan Xiaosi, you've done a good job this time! This captain means what you say. This is the money for your mother's medical treatment and this Wushun powder. Take it! I guess the rest of the money will be cured for her illness. It is enough for your family to live for a period of time. What your sister committed last time, our school captain thinks that she is young and ignorant, and the city lord will not pursue it!" A soldier in a strong coat looked at the The bandits who were taken away one after another said to a young and thin civilian youth beside him without looking back.Looking at his equipment and listening to his tone of voice, one can tell that this person should be the leader of this army.

"Thank you, my lord! Thank you, my lord!" The thin young man couldn't stop bowing, but there was no joy on his face.All the bandits who were tied up and walked past him showed contempt and anger.

"Boss!" At this moment, a soldier jumped down from the ladder, ran up to the captain, and whispered anxiously, "We turned the cave upside down, but we didn't find any trace of that little girl!"

"Bastard!" The captain was furious when he heard this. "You bastards, how are you going to do things! That's the one in the imperial capital who insists on seeing people and dead bodies. If we lose her, you and I will still have something good to eat?"

"Yes, yes. Boss, what shall we do now?"

"Hmph! This time, we took advantage of the night to make a surprise attack. We moved so fast that they were caught off guard. Thinking about it, the chick must have not run far. Send people to block the four entrances and exits on both sides of the canyon, set up checkpoints, and carefully check all the people who come and go. Personnel vehicles!"

"Yes, boss!" The soldier responded quickly. "But boss, that girl is a pet master, she won't take advantage of the fog and fly away?"

"Hmph! This time, it's hard for her to fly even if she has wings." The captain sneered, "I asked Yan Xiaosi to tamper with their drinking water. It's a secret medicine from the imperial capital. The following pet masters have eaten, even people and soul pets, and they can still stand up, that's not bad!"

"So that's the case, no wonder those flying soul pet pet masters have all fallen. The boss is really wise!"

"Stop flattering, the imperial capital has put in so much effort this time, if we still can't wipe out these bandits, our good days are over! Hurry up and get to work!"

"Yes! Let's arrange it, little one."

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Li Jin was sitting in the carriage full of sundries, with his eyes closed, concentrating on his cultivation.

Li Jin didn't sleep almost all night last night, so Li Jin got into the carriage on the pretext that he still wanted to take a rest.

He discovered that after possessing his own cultivation method, he could completely replace sleep with meditation.Of course, it is more comfortable to lie down and sleep.

Li Jin found that when he was practicing the practice method of Wanhun Congealing Pearl Jue, his whole body was in a strange state of internal vision, his sight could move with the flow of spiritual power in his body, and he seemed to be able to clearly see the divergence of spiritual power Go to your own dantian and everywhere in your body to strengthen your body.

Therefore, when Li Jin felt a sense of crisis coming from behind and woke up suddenly, he was almost confused.

"do not move!"

A cold shout came from behind.Li Jin felt a hard object pressed against his waist, and couldn't help but tense up. He was secretly surprised at how the other party came in without being noticed by people outside the carriage.

"This... hero, don't worry—"

"Don't talk!" Li Jin wanted the person behind him to relax first.If he gets nervous and shakes his hands, brother will suffer an indiscriminate disaster.But as soon as he opened his mouth, he was stopped.

But at this time, Li Jin heard carefully that the person who came was actually a woman, so he couldn't help smiling wryly to himself.After all, I am also a Tier [-] pet master, and a Tier [-] pet master in the true sense, so I was hijacked so simply?
Seeing that Li Jin obeyed obediently, the people behind him seemed relieved.

She originally wanted to hide in this carriage that looked like it was loaded with groceries, but when she got in, she found that there was actually a little boy inside, who seemed to be sleeping.The woman reacted quickly, and quickly controlled Li Jin, otherwise she would have been unable to escape given her current situation.

After that, the woman regained her composure.Taking a teenager hostage is a good thing for her now.Generally speaking, caravan merchants will not bring children with them, only the big boss will pick one or two maids to take with him.The woman believed that Li Jin's identity should be somewhat special. He might be the child of the leader of the caravan, or it might be the "goods" transported by the caravan.

The woman looked around for a while, then picked up the canvas that everyone in the caravan used to pitch tents, and put it on her body, only her eyes and the hand holding the dagger against Li Jin's waist were exposed, and hid behind Li Jin. behind.

"Don't expose me, or I'll kill you!" Sensing the carriage stopped suddenly, the woman immediately shouted in a low voice.

Hearing this, Li Jin didn't dare to speak out, so he nodded.

After a while, there was a conversation outside the carriage, and Li Jin felt his breath tighten behind his back.The woman held her breath as much as she could, covered herself completely with the canvas, leaving only the tip of the dagger, and had no intention of letting Li Jin go.

"What's inside? Open it!"

"Master Jun, there are only some miscellaneous things in here, as well as my first subordinate's distant cousin. This time, I will go to Tianji City with him to visit relatives." The second master's voice came from outside.Immediately afterwards, the curtain of the carriage was lifted.

The interrogating soldier looked inside and saw that the car was full of various sundries. A teenager rubbed his eyes and opened them sleepily, as if he had been woken up while sleeping.

"What's the matter? Are you going to rest for lunch?" Li Jin opened his eyes and asked as if he was still awake.

The soldier ignored Li Jin, looked around on his own, and then pointed to the canvas behind Li Jin and asked, "What is this?"

"Master, this is the canvas we used to pitch our tents when we camped out in the wild."

"Oh—" The soldier took a deep look at the canvas bag, and then said, "It's all right, we can let it go!"

"Thank you, Junye!" The second leader was overjoyed and bowed.

Just as the second leader took out a silver coin from his pocket and wanted to hand it to the soldier, suddenly, the soldier shook his spear and stabbed at the canvas bag!
The second leader on the side turned pale with shock, he could tell that the soldier's shot was aimed at the canvas bag, but this angle could easily accidentally injure Li Jin.But he finally held back and did not stop the soldier's shot.

At this moment, the canvas bag was suddenly lifted away, and the canvas went directly towards the soldier's cage!

(End of this chapter)