Worry

The time had entered late autumn, and the weather had become a bit chilly.

Upon waking in the morning, one could even see white frost on the withered, wild grass.

Within the mountains and forests, the leaves of many lush trees had already turned yellow. A gust of wind would send them rustling down from the branches, carpeting the entire ground.

It had been several days since Shen Changchuan returned to Great Bay Village.

During his absence, nothing unexpected had happened in Great Bay Village; everything was peaceful.

The worst-case scenario had not occurred, and Shen Changchuan breathed a sigh of relief.

In the few days he had spent here recuperating, he had also managed to cultivate the Breath Concealment Technique to the perfect level of 100%.

This wasn't because he possessed extraordinary talent or comprehension, allowing him to cultivate the Breath Concealment Technique to perfection in just a few days.

Rather, it was the result of his efforts from a month prior, when he ventured into the mountains searching for a cave dwelling ruin.

When he first set out on the journey according to the map, he encountered continuous attacks from various snakes, insects, rats, ants, and even wild beasts and Yao Beasts.

Even with the Spirit Eye Technique allowing him to scout and foresee dangers to avoid them, the constant harassment was relentless.

At the time, he speculated that it was because his aura was completely exposed, making him as obvious as a louse on a bald man's head to the various animals and Yao Beasts in the mountains, thus leading to continuous trouble.

So, Shen Changchuan took out the "True Explanation of Spells" compiled by the Four Fiends of Heshan from his storage bag and learned a spell called Breath Concealment Technique.

He then practiced this technique as he traveled, doing his best to conceal his aura.

As things unfolded, his prediction proved correct.

With the application of the Breath Concealment Technique, in the eyes of passing wild beasts and Yao Beasts, he became almost like a moving stone or log.

He encountered very few attacks afterward.

It was precisely because of this, that after reaching his destination later on, Shen Changchuan stayed in the dense forest, secretly observing the habits of the Gale Falcon for several days, but he remained perfectly hidden and was never discovered by the creature.

Perhaps it was the experiences during this period

that led to Shen Changchuan's comprehension of this spell to advance by leaps and bounds.

"Unity of knowledge and action, perhaps this is also a shortcut to cultivating spells."

Recalling his experiences traversing the mountains and forests, and combining them with the process of cultivating the Breath Concealment Technique to perfection in just a few days, Shen Changchuan gained some new insights into spell cultivation.

A seed was planted deep within his heart.

However, Shen Changchuan didn't have time to ponder these matters further.

Because the day agreed upon with the masters of the other six villages to journey to Wu Family Market together had arrived.

On this particular morning, cultivators from the six villages, tens to hundreds of miles away, had already organized their personnel and were heading towards Great Bay Village with their respective three to five horse-drawn carriages laden with goods.

The entire convoy comprised over a dozen carriages and more than a hundred people.

The goods on their carriages were mostly spirit grain.

They were housed in boxes cast from inexpensive white jade, lined with a layer woven from spirit grain stalks to prevent damage during travel and to prevent the spiritual energy within the spirit grain from dissipating.

Among the masters of the six villages, Fan, Song, Miao, and Tao were small cultivator families that had been passed down for nearly a hundred years, living off the spirit fields painstakingly cultivated by their ancestors to maintain their family's cultivation legacy.

The Li Family was established by an outsider decades ago; it was said their village was purchased from a fallen noble.

The last village was somewhat different. Its master was named Guo Cheng, whose specific origins were unknown.

About a decade ago, Guo Cheng arrived at the desolate Old Mountain Village. He discovered a spirit spring with very thin spiritual energy in the overgrown mountainside, thereby laying the foundation for Old Mountain Village.

Old Mountain Village was not named Guo Family Village after Guo Cheng's surname.

This was because Guo Cheng established a force in Old Mountain Village called Old Mountain Temple.

It was said that Guo Cheng was determined to seek immortality and enlightenment, intending to establish a sect and widely recruit fated individuals as disciples, rather than passing down his power through family bloodlines. Thus, Old Mountain Temple came into being.

Although, due to Old Mountain Temple only being established for a little over a decade, the temple possessed only three small plots of barren spirit fields. After supplying their quota, only a meager amount of spirit grain remained from their harvest.

However, they mastered the craft of charcoal burning, selecting fine wood, and using spirit spring water and other materials to produce charcoal that could be used to assist in alchemy and artifact refining.

possessing a certain value, and they lived quite enjoyably.

More than half of the convoy from the Old Mountain Temple was loaded with that specially made refined charcoal, clearly intended for trade at Wu Family Market.

Among the six leaders, Guo Cheng's strength was the strongest, reaching the Qi Gathering Fourth Level.

The other five people, were all around the Qi Gathering Third Level.

"Since everyone is here, then good, let's depart!"

Once everyone had gathered, Shen Changchuan appeared, surveyed the surroundings, and without further ado, directly called for everyone to set off.

Everyone was stunned at first.

The Li Family Patriarch reacted quickly, pulling Shen Changchuan to a halt and asking, "Wait, Young Master Shen, is it just you? No one else?"

"Yes, I have a storage bag, one person is enough, what's wrong?"

They were also aware of Shen Changchuan's feat of killing the Four Fiends of Heshan, so Shen Changchuan did not hide the storage bag obtained as spoils of war. He directly revealed it, shaking it towards them.

Speaking of which, Seeing these people's carts and carriages loaded to the brim, Shen Changchuan felt the storage bag in his hand was exceptionally precious.

He silently thanked the four old brothers of the Four Fiends of Heshan for their generous contributions.

"No, Young Master Shen, this journey is precisely when those robber cultivators outside are rampant, full of danger. Should we wait for more people before setting off together?"

The Li Family Patriarch couldn't help but be anxious.

In the past, they had also traveled together with the Shen Family from Great Bay Village to Wu Family Market.

But at that time, the Shen Shiying who guarded Great Bay Village had a cultivation level of Qi Gathering Fifth Level or higher!

Coupled with some powerful techniques from the Shen Family and their combined efforts, resisting enemies at Qi Gathering Sixth Level was not a problem.

And if the robber cultivators attacked ruthlessly, they couldn't kill everyone.

Once someone escaped and brought the news back to the Shen Family thousands of miles away, It would be troublesome.

The fate of the Hu Family of Great Bay Village twenty years ago was still vividly remembered.

So, basically, very few robber cultivators dared to covet them.

But what was the situation now?

The current young man from the Shen Family, a few months ago when he invited them to view the corpses of the Four Fiends of Heshan, had revealed his own cultivation level and aura, which was only around the middle stage of Qi Gathering Fourth Level.

And now, the aura on his body, was not much different from back then, not much change.

Once they encountered robber cultivators, if the opponent crushed them with absolute cultivation level, then slaughtered them all, and threw the corpses into the wilderness to feed the Yao Beasts, destroying all traces, no matter how powerful the Shen Family behind them was, they couldn't avenge them!

The Li Family Patriarch was almost startled out of his wits.

"Wait for people? Wait for whom?"

"Um, Young Master Shen, perhaps you could have your elders accompany you?"

The Li Family Patriarch probed cautiously.

In his eyes, it would be best if that Shen Family elder who resolved the Four Fiends of Heshan could be dispatched.

"Elders? What elders do I have? It's just me, let's set off quickly."

Shen Changchuan felt somewhat bewildered.

He felt the other party seemed to have misunderstood something.

But he was too lazy to explain.

Wu Family Market, He had been looking forward to it for a long time and didn't want to delay and miss the timing.

And after Shen Changchuan turned his back, The Li Family Patriarch, Guo Cheng, and the heads of the other four families exchanged glances, their faces filled with worry.

This, This young man is rash and insistent on not listening to advice, what can be done?!

The road to Wu Family Market, was not an easy one!

Chapter 2 update will be later tonight, something came up, I will try to adjust it back later.