Lianyun Stockade

Meanwhile, a thousand li beyond Huashan County.

Within the Lianyun Mountain Range.

The mountains were handsome and graceful, layer upon layer of overlapping peaks.

Lush trees and forests gathered into a sea of woods, blanketing the vast mountain lands. Once one fell within, the towering ancient trees blocked the view overhead, leaving scarcely a trace of sunlight to be seen.

The vast Earth Vein had also nurtured dense spiritual energy, giving rise to many dangerous Demonic Beasts within the mountains, lurking and entrenched everywhere,

making the place incomparably perilous.

For many years,

cultivators had expended tremendous effort merely to carve out a relatively safe trade route connecting north and south.

As for the farther and more treacherous regions,

they were forbidden grounds for humankind.

Even impoverished Rogue Cultivators were rarely willing to enter those barren mountains and evil waters to explore for Spirit Items. The mountain range was simply too dangerous, with high-level Demonic Beasts far from uncommon. Added to that were the Lianyun Stockade bandits, who had gradually put down deep roots in these mountains over the years. There were truly not many willing to gamble with their lives.

Only this single trade route

ran through the Lianyun Mountain Range from north to south.

It was the lifeline connecting several remote little counties such as Huashan County in the western part of Huainan Prefecture to the many major counties at the heart of Huainan Prefecture!

On this day,

at a valley junction along the trade route within the Lianyun Mountain Range,

Spiritual energy crashed and shook, while explosions rocked an area of several miles around the valley!

A great battle was erupting within the valley. Fierce-faced bandits above the valley charged relentlessly toward the merchant caravans below while wielding Dharma Treasures. For a time, aura of luck flashed in