You Going Down Is Also Sending Yourself to Your Death

Qi Kingdom, Haiyang Commandery, Luqu County.

Luqu County town is the largest of the nine county towns within Haiyang Commandery. With a population of 100,000 households, it is the most prosperous place in Haiyang Commandery.

Because the waterways are extremely developed, merchant ships traveling south from the north and north from the southern commanderies often dock at the pier outside Luqu County town.

Su Fan sat in a carriage, dozing off as it swayed back and forth.

"Old Su, we've arrived at Luqu County..."

Hearing the shout, Su Fan jolted awake and looked around blankly.

He saw a burly middle-aged man waving at him and finally came to his senses.

Su Fan picked up the sword beside him, pushed himself up with his hands, and jumped off the carriage, approaching the middle-aged man.

The other man clapped him on the shoulder and laughed heartily, "I'll take you to eat in the city later. The river delicacies at Wangjiang Tower are superb."

Su Fan chuckled and politely declined, "I don't think I'll go..."

"That won't do. Tonight, we brothers will have a good drink, and then I'll find you a place to relax. I'll personally see you off on the boat tomorrow morning."

Su Fan couldn't refuse him and was pulled into the city by the burly man.

Leaving Black Profound City, Su Fan piloted the "Yin Wind Boat" all the way east, flying for over a thousand miles.

He only stopped when he saw a mortal town.

Su Fan disguised himself as a wanderer and stayed in the mortal town for a few days.

Su Fan's original plan was to find a place in the secular world and live comfortably for a few years.

However, after moving into the mortal town, he abandoned this idea.

The mortal world is very prosperous and lively, much more exciting than places where cultivators gather.

But for cultivators, it is really not suitable for long-term residence.

Firstly, the spiritual energy is very thin. Even though Su Fan used the Minor Spirit Gathering Array to cultivate, his progress over several days was almost nonexistent.

The spiritual energy in mortal towns, let alone Black Profound City, is several times less concentrated than even the shantytown outside Shaoyang Market Town.

Fortunately, he still had Origin Returning Pills. Taking one pill daily could improve his cultivation by a tiny bit.

The cost-effectiveness was very low, but it was better than nothing.

Secondly, the secular society is filled with all sorts of turbid energy, which mortals don't notice.

But cultivators, with their extremely keen divine senses and five senses, can perceive it clearly.

It would be fine if he were in the wilderness, but once he entered a city, it would become unbearable after a long time.

No wonder those poor Rogue Cultivators in Shaoyang Market Town would rather live in dilapidated shantytowns than return to the mortal world.

Although there are cultivators in the mortal world, they are all older Rogue Cultivators.

Either they have no hope of breaking through, or their lifespan is nearing its end.

In this world of cultivation, those with spiritual roots are one in ten thousand.

Even among those with spiritual roots, over eighty percent are mixed spiritual roots.

The chance of cultivators' descendants being born with spiritual roots is much higher than that of mortals.

Therefore, these cultivators in the mortal world would marry many wives and take many concubines, having a large number of children.

They hoped to leave behind one or two descendants with spiritual roots before their death.

During the days Su Fan stayed in the town, he studied the map of Liangzhou carefully every day.

The most urgent task was to get out of the True Demonic Sect's control as soon as possible.

He continued eastward, the closer to Yongzhou the better.

Wang Zhi's disappearance would definitely attract the attention of his family.

Once they investigated at Shaoyang Market Town, they would eventually trace it back to him.

To be safe, Su Fan decided to hide in the mortal world before leaving the True Demonic Sect's control zone.

He would also use the "Void Spirit Technique" and "Spirit Concealment Art" to completely mask his aura.

Even if the True Demonic Sect sent people to hunt him down, it would be almost impossible to find him in the vast sea of people in the secular society.

Coincidentally, the town had a caravan recruiting guards, so Su Fan applied and became a guard for the caravan.

Over the next few months, he followed the caravan all the way to Luqu County in the Qi Kingdom.

According to the map of Liangzhou, from Luqu County, one could sail a few hundred miles down the Qingcang River to reach the territory of the Zhao Kingdom.

Once in the Zhao Kingdom, he would be out of the True Demonic Sect's sphere of influence.

Su Fan's destination was Cangjiu City, thousands of miles away, which was within the sphere of influence of the Demonic Sect's Yin Luo Sect.

He intended to settle down temporarily in Cangjiu City and wait for the situation in Yongzhou to stabilize before finding a way to return to Yongzhou.

Su Fan was pulled by the burly man towards the Luqu County town not far away.

This burly man was named Hu Guanghai. He was also a guard in the caravan and a native of Luqu County.

He was generous and righteous, and got along especially well with Su Fan. The two had a good relationship over the past few months.

Su Fan walked into Luqu County town. The streets were quite wide, with wine shops, inns, and various other shops lining both sides, bustling with people coming and going, a scene of prosperity.

The streets were crowded with people. On both sides of the road, there were blue cloth umbrellas set up by various small stalls, creating a lively and bustling atmosphere.

The two arrived at Wangjiang Tower and requested a private box by the window.

Hu Guanghai ordered a table full of dishes. The two drank and chatted while admiring the beautiful scenery of the Qingcang River.

"Old Su, you're leaving tomorrow. I'll toast you with this cup..."

Su Fan quickly raised his cup and clinked it with Old Hu.

"Brother, thank you for taking care of me on this journey..."

Old Hu tilted his head back and drank the wine, then wiped his mouth.

"Brother, if you have a chance to come to the Qi Kingdom again, you must come find me..."

Su Fan smiled and nodded. Just as he was about to speak, he heard a heart-wrenching wail from the street outside.

The two exchanged a glance and quickly got up and walked out of the private room.

By the window on the second floor facing the street, a crowd had already gathered, consisting of diners.

Hu Guanghai and Su Fan were both tall and strong, and they squeezed their way through in a few moments.

They looked down and saw pedestrians on the street crying and fleeing in all directions, with stalls on both sides of the street knocked over.

"Look at that person..."

A waiter in the shop suddenly shouted, pointing towards the street entrance.

Everyone looked in the direction he pointed and saw a person sprinting towards them.

Strictly speaking, it could no longer be considered a person.

It was a monster, neither human nor beast, over two meters tall, its entire body scarlet, as if it had been skinned alive.

The monster was on all fours, its back hunched, with a long tail behind its buttocks, adopting a ready-to-attack posture like a wild beast.

A pair of cold, green, bloodless eyes, a sinister smile frozen on its lips, revealing sharp, jagged teeth.

"Awooo!!"

The monster let out a sky-shattering roar, a chilling hiss.

It lunged forward, and several passersby who hadn't managed to escape were instantly pounced upon and knocked to the ground.

With a frenzy of tearing and biting, it shredded several passersby into pieces in moments.

The monster leaped again, its body soaring dozens of meters in an instant, ferociously charging into the crowd, tearing and biting indiscriminately.

Soon, people were torn to shreds, leaving bodies and remains scattered everywhere.

Hu Guanghai was furious. He raised his foot, ready to jump down and fight the monster in the street.

But before he could jump, Su Fan reached out and pulled him back.

Su Fan held Hu Guanghai tightly and shook his head at him.

"Old Hu, you'll just be sending yourself to your death if you go down. Let's wait for the officials to arrive."

Old Hu's eyes immediately turned red. He struggled forcefully, trying to break free from Su Fan's grasp, but he couldn't budge no matter how hard he tried.

"Old Su, those people below are my fellow villagers! Let me go, damn it..."

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