From the Valkyrie to the Endless

"Peel off the scales and distribute the snake meat to the villagers. Select ten strong men and follow me to Haoyin City."

Shen Qing needs to collect all the information of this era as quickly as possible, and combine it with the data found from the General Administration of Psychic Energy to determine the era he is in, so that he can at least have a clearer understanding of the situation in the world.

She didn't have time to explain the whole story to these rustic men in front of her. Yan Baohai's sensible attitude saved Shen Qing a lot of trouble. He was a smart man.

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Qing walked towards the village entrance, disappeared into the ice and snow, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Yan Baohai was silent for a while, then said, "Distribute the snake meat to the villagers. It's a good thing, so eat it sparingly."

"That's the Red Dragon Immortal..."

Yan Jun's voice trembled a little. Although the red snake usually ate a lot of tributes and young boys and girls, it had protected the Snake Village for nearly fifty years after all. Yan Jun grew up under the protection of the red snake.

This kind of pressure accumulated over the years makes it impossible for people to have the desire to resist.

"Do it!"

Yan Baohai shouted in a deep voice, those who can take over another body and be reborn, those who can revive by using a corpse are all great cultivators in the Shenzang realm, and some even have to have opened up the consciousness hidden in their eyebrows, they are not the kind of people that a small snake village can afford to provoke.

No matter what, Yan Baohai didn't dare to disobey, and even asked Shen Qing to watch them eat the snake meat with his own eyes.

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A group of people walked slowly forward in the ice and snow.

Going out in such horrible weather without any preparation is tantamount to seeking death. However, under Shen Qing's protection, Yan Baohai and his group did not suffer much.

In the blink of an eye, the city was within sight.

As he got closer and closer to the city, Shen Qing gradually realized that something was wrong. The concentration of spiritual energy between heaven and earth was increasing. When he arrived at the foot of the city tower, the concentration of spiritual energy between heaven and earth was not much inferior to those secret realms in later generations. On the walls of the city, there were densely engraved spiritual patterns of spirit gathering arrays.

After realizing this, Shen Qing's previous doubts suddenly became clear.

No wonder the spiritual energy between heaven and earth is so thin. It is because all the spiritual energy is gathered by these cities in the huge spirit gathering formation. In this way, no matter who wants to practice, they must enter the city first.

The efficiency of cultivation in an environment nourished by spiritual energy is much different than that in an ordinary wilderness.

This approach will undoubtedly make the power in the world increasingly unbalanced, the strong will become stronger, and the weak will only become weaker.

There was a long queue in front of the city gate. Most of them were people from the scattered wilderness villages nearby who came to the city to buy food.

Soon it was Shen Qing and his group's turn. Yan Baohai was very sensible and took out some spirit stone fragments and paid the entrance fee in advance.

After entering the city, the cold air gradually faded away and it became as warm as spring. In the sky, spiritual patterns flickered slightly. The huge spirit gathering formation was still operating unreservedly, gathering spiritual energy from hundreds of miles around.

Shen Qing's first step was to find a pawnshop, where he handed the red snake scale armor in his hand to the shopkeeper and exchanged it for ten medium-grade spirit stones, which was considered a favorable price.

After getting the spirit stone, Shen Qing did not stop and went straight to the library in the city.

Reading is undoubtedly the fastest way to collect intelligence.

After entering the museum, Shen Qing fell into a state of pure ecstasy, constantly flipping through various ancient books and absorbing all the knowledge about this era.

After spending most of the day, Shen Qing finally understood some of the ins and outs of this era.

The world today is far bigger than Shen Qing expected.

Haoyin City is under the jurisdiction of Yunjing Prefecture, and Yunjing Prefecture is under the jurisdiction of the Southern Region. The entire Southern Region covers an area of ​​nearly one million miles.

The size of this star is countless times larger than that of the star in later generations.

If the world in which Shen Qing lives has not changed, then it means that the star in front of him may be gradually shrinking.

Regarding the current year name, after searching his memory for a long time, Shen Qing finally suddenly remembered its origin.

When she was in Daxia, she entered the Longquan Secret Realm for the first time and found an ancient cave. In that ancient cave, she found the spiritual ring.

An autobiography of a person placed in the spiritual ring once recorded the era name of the Zhaolong calendar.

Thinking of this, Shen Qing couldn't help but feel a little worried. The biography recorded that before long, a famine would occur in the southern region and hundreds of millions of people would die in it.

This is just the news from the outside world. The real situation will only be more tragic than this number.

Today, the world is divided into four regions, east, west, south, north, and the Central Plains. In name, they are all under the jurisdiction of the Central Dynasty.

In other words, it is ruled by the god of killing, 'Nine Nether Saint King', who is worshipped by the royal family.

However, this is only a false stability on the surface. Nowadays, there are a large number of incense gods scattered throughout the world. Believing in gods has become the mainstream between heaven and earth. Even a large number of practitioners will choose to become believers of powerful gods, and use the gains from their own practice to support these gods in exchange for more gains.

No matter how many believers there are, there are only so many people in the world. These gods have been fighting openly and secretly with each other, and chaos has long been everywhere.

His mind was filled with all kinds of information, making Shen Qing's already injured soul feel even more tired. He needed to rest for some time.

Fortunately, with her current level of cultivation, she can be allocated a free residence in Haoyin City and enjoy the abundant spiritual energy in the city.

Walking out of the library, Yan Baohai and his group were trading with merchants in the city, exchanging furs for food. The entrance fee to the city was not cheap, so they couldn't make a wasted trip.

Shen Qing led his group straight out of the city without rushing to share the free accommodation.

Without the protection of the Red Snake, the Snake Village was equivalent to losing its barrier. In addition, some of the young and strong people were taken away by her, so the situation was very dangerous at the moment.

Yan Baohai and the others also had heavy expressions on their faces, but because of her, they didn't dare to say it out loud.

Update first and then modify. It is recommended to wait an hour before reading. I am very sorry.

(End of this chapter)

125. Chapter 125: The Fire of Faith, the Way of Cultivation

125.

2023-08-02

The return journey was much slower, and Shen Qing gave all the remaining spirit stones to Yan Baohai.

After consulting Shen Qing, Yan Baohai used some of the spirit stones to purchase a batch of food rations and tow more than a dozen carts.

There are no more than a hundred households and more than 350 people in Snake Village.

But just these hundreds of mouths are enough to worry about.

Now the mountains are blocked by heavy snow, tigers and bears are hiding in their dens, snakes and rats are hibernating, and there is nothing edible to be found in the wilderness.

In such a harsh environment, the creatures that can still move freely are not something that ordinary hunters can deal with.

Many people starve to death every winter, and most of these people who die of starvation become the weak motivation for others to survive.

In this world, cannibalism is not just a noun.

On the mountain road covered by snow, a team of donkey carts moved slowly forward.

Yan Baohai and Snake Village in the convoy were young and strong, with joy on their faces.

According to the original forecast, even if people in Snake Village did not starve to death, they would still have to endure hunger and cold during the winter.

Although the god who protected the Snake Village is dead now, with these rations, the Snake Village can at least have a good New Year this year.

Let’s talk about next year’s affairs next year. What’s most important now is the present.

Shen Qing lay sideways on the pile of grain bags, closing his eyes to rest.

After this body grew up, the figure was not much different, but the appearance had changed a little compared to the previous life. The eyebrows and eyes were softer, and at first glance, it gave people the feeling of being gentle, even harmless.

She changed her outfit, threw away the ill-fitting clothes, and put on a black outfit that was more convenient for movement. Her long hair was casually draped behind her, unkempt, adding a bit of wildness to her.

whoosh-

When the convoy was halfway through its journey, a sharp whistling sound was heard, and more than ten arrows were suddenly shot out from the woods.

"kill!"

"Kill the men and take the women back!"

The moment the whistling sound of arrows rang out, more than twenty figures rushed out from both sides of the road. They were wearing white cloth and white turbans. They could not be seen clearly in the snow. In an instant, it seemed like hundreds of people rushed out.

The moment he heard the sound of the arrow, Yan Baohai's heart sank. In the white snow, he could not tell the direction from which the arrow came. The enemy was in the dark and we were in the light, and the situation was extremely bad.

"careful!"

In such a hurry, Yan Baohai only had time to shout a warning.

click-

Shen Qing closed his eyes and raised his fingers slightly, and the arrows shot from both sides of the road exploded directly in mid-air.

A stream of true energy visible to the naked eye shot out from her fingertips and instantly split into more than twenty streams, like a gorgeous meteor across the snow.

Puff puff!

Bright flowers of blood bloomed, and without exception, all the people who rushed forward were pierced through the center of their eyebrows. The entire back of their heads exploded instantly, and blood mixed with brain matter splattered everywhere.

The hot blood splashed into the snow, melting out holes that looked like blooming red plums.

Yan Jun hurried forward to check twice, his expression changed slightly:

"They are from Qingxi Village."

At this time of year, the bandits have already stored up supplies for the winter and are hiding in their villages, drinking and playing with women, rarely moving around.

Most of the people who can come out in this cold winter are the nearby mountain people.

Heavy snow blocks the mountains, leaving no land to grow crops and no prey to hunt, so people can only do robbery as a part-time job, which is not uncommon.

"Qingxi Village? Didn't they borrow grain from our village last year?"

"Why did you set your sights on us?"

Hearing the name of Qingxi Village, everyone in Snake Village was surprised.

After the surprise, mixed feelings followed.

With so many people dying at once, I’m afraid Qingxi Village won’t survive this year.

Even if we survive the winter, we won’t be able to gather enough blood and food to offer as tribute to the gods next year.

At that time, the more benevolent gods might choose to leave directly, but cruel and violent ones might even choose to massacre the entire village.

No matter which one, Qingxi Village will have only one ending.

"Go on."

Shen Qing urged lightly without even opening his eyes.

"Come on."