Cultivation begins with the Druid panel

During the day, there were very few monsters in the forest. Along the way, Lu Lin was on guard against being ambushed by monsters or rogue cultivators. However, there were only some monsters that had not yet developed intelligence and were foraging for food by the roadside. Not to mention any threatening monsters, he did not even see a single monster that had embarked on cultivation.

This relieved Lu Lin; after such a long journey, he finally had a chance to calm down and rest for a while.

The blazing horse galloped through the forest. The bushes and trees on both sides of the road gradually thinned out, and the surrounding environment changed from forest to mountain road. The road became noticeably rugged, and Lu Lin felt a little dizzy sitting in the carriage.

Lu Lin took out a map. The mountain road was winding, and they had to cross three mountains, a total of about two hundred miles. Judging from the current speed of the Lieyang horse, they should be able to cross these three mountains before tonight.

Lu Lin looked up at the sky, estimated the time in his mind, and then put the map away again.

Time passed by, and the sun gradually set in the west. The two fiery steeds raced against time on the mountain road, moving forward at full speed. However, because it was a mountain road, their overall speed was still slower than in the forest.

Dusk had passed, and the sky was clear with a few stars and a bright moon. The two sturdy horses had long since lost their mane and were exhausted. Fortunately, they had already crossed this section of the mountain road, and the road ahead was a smooth official road, much easier to travel.

The steed moved slowly, and the bumpy journey had left Lu Lin somewhat tired. He lay half-reclined on the carriage to rest, but less than a quarter of an hour after descending the mountain road, Lu Lin suddenly sniffed and smelled a bloody odor. He immediately perked up, sat up, and looked ahead.

But they found a carriage and three corpses.

Lu Lin recognized the clothes worn on the three corpses; they were from the Kirito Escort Agency. There was also one person Lu Lin knew very well.

"Sang Ling?"

Lu Lin jumped off the carriage and walked forward. He squatted down and looked at the familiar face reflected in his pupils, which made Lu Lin feel complicated.

Sang Ling's face was deathly pale, her clothes were tattered, and her body was covered in wounds, the fatal one being her neck.

She seemed to have been dead for some time. Because it had just rained, Sang Ling's skin, which was pressed against the ground, was swollen. Lu Lin tried to touch it with his hand, and immediately a thick, bloody fluid flowed out.

Looking at the tragic scene before him, Lu Lin opened his mouth as if to say something but then stopped, and what came out of his mouth was a heavy sigh.

In the world of cultivation, bodyguards are a group of people who live on the edge of a knife, and death is nothing new to them. But seeing someone they know die like that is still hard to accept.

Lu Lin took out several yellow talismans from his Qiankun bag and threw them onto the three corpses in front of him. The flames roared and the three corpses quickly turned to ashes. Lu Lin then took out earth-attribute yellow talismans from his Qiankun bag and buried their ashes in the ground. This was the only thing Lu Lin could do.

After doing all this, Lu Lin turned to look at the carriage next to the corpse. He went into the carriage and saw that it was empty. The two earthen jars used to store seeds had been smashed, and the seeds sealed inside had disappeared.

It seems this was the work of those robbers.

Lu Lin recalled the swordsman and assassin he had killed in the valley, and his eyes flashed slightly.

"The swordsman and the assassin must be the fifth and sixth among these bandits, which means they are most likely the weakest among them..." Lu Lin thought to himself, his heart heavy with worry.

The weakest among them is already at the fourth level of Qi Refining, so Lu Lin could easily assume that the strongest among them is at the fifth or even sixth level of Qi Refining, and he would definitely not be their match.

"I hope we don't run into anything," Lu Lin prayed in his heart. Then he took out a fire-attribute yellow talisman and threw it on the carriage by the roadside. The carriage quickly burned to ashes and scattered in the wind.

Lu Lin returned to the carriage and slowly guided the Fiery Sun Horse along the road to a post station. However, his Fiery Sun Horse was not a Fiery Sun carriage from the post station, so he had to pay an extra five spirit stones to park it.

It was already late at night, and Lu Lin couldn't find a better place to go, so he had no choice but to pay five spirit stones as required by the rules and stay there.

The night was completely silent. Lu Lin leaned against the carriage, half asleep, when he suddenly heard a rustling sound. Lu Lin was already on guard, and when he heard this strange sound, he immediately woke up and turned to look out the carriage window.

Several figures appeared in the night, their movements incredibly graceful, like ghosts. They finally stopped under the wooden shed of the post station.

The servants at the post station immediately came forward to serve the people food.

Although it was difficult to see clearly through the darkness, Lu Lin could still sense that they were travel-worn and must have been chasing after someone. He wondered who they were chasing.

"These people have a strange aura; they're probably not ordinary rogue cultivators." Lu Lin wasn't sure where these people came from, let alone why they came. After observing them for a quarter of an hour, he withdrew his gaze and leaned against the carriage.

Those people under the cover of night were unaware of Lu Lin's spying.

Time passed by, and dawn broke.

Lu Lin rubbed his eyes and slowly opened them in the carriage. Looking out the window, he saw that most of the carriages at the post station had already set off again and left, with only a small portion of the Lieyang carriages still there.

Then Lu Lin looked up at the sky again. It was about half past Chen Shi (7-9 AM). He took out some spirit beast meat and dry food from his Qiankun bag, ate and drank his fill, fed Xiao Hei, and then set off on his journey again.

The road that crossed the mountain last night was the most difficult part of the journey from Fengcheng to Guling City. After the mountain road, there was a smooth official road. The official road was wide, flat, and straight, which greatly increased the speed of the Lieyang carriage.

Judging from this speed...

He should be able to reach Ancient Spirit City in two days at most.

Lu Lin summoned Guji and had Guji hold the reins while he climbed into the carriage, his gaze falling on the two large earthen jars inside.

Inside the earthen pot, two seeds are growing vigorously. The water-attribute seed has grown taller than the pot itself and has now emerged above the water, with a fan-shaped platform unfolding at its top.

The earth-element seed had also grown three inches taller, with several blood-red beads appearing on its top, making it look quite alluring.

Looking at the two spiritual plants in front of him, Lu Lin took out the corresponding books from his Qiankun bag and began to search for them.

"Water-attribute spiritual plant... four feet three inches tall, named Spirit Water Lotus, with Yin water attribute, can neutralize internal heat, heal damaged meridians, or protect meridians from harm for a short time."

A spiritual plant with the Yang Earth attribute... three inches tall, growing one inch every ten years, named Crimson Blood Ginseng. A highly nourishing substance; if used properly, it can be used to break through cultivation realms. The longer it is kept, the better its medicinal effects become.

Lu Lin's eyes flashed slightly. Both of these medicinal herbs were quite effective. He wondered what kind of nourishing properties they could produce.