Build the Traveler Alliance from scratch

The sky suddenly dawned, and a faint golden light spread from the horizon through the early morning clouds and mist, wrapping the mountains in it.

At the foot of the mountain, the county town that had been sleeping all night began to wake up gradually. People took to the streets one after another and began their daily lives.

And on the top of this medium-sized mountain, there was a strange boulder lying across the ten-meter-long clearing that looked like a bald head.

The boulder was about the height of a person. The stone body was eroded by wind and rain, and it took on a human-like appearance.

Not only that, the place where the boulder has been most severely eroded by wind and rain happens to correspond to the nine orifices of a person. It can be said that it was born and raised. It is not like a boulder, but more like a stone man who has not yet developed spiritual intelligence.

At this time, if any cultivator passes by this place, he will find that this stone man has not yet been officially born, but he has learned to use the nine orifices to absorb the spiritual energy around him. He can even use secret methods to gather the sun's rays and absorb it in the early morning. Sunlight Essence.

This is by no means something that can only be achieved by a mere stone fetus. Someone with great supernatural powers must give a hint and help it to be born spiritually in advance.

In this world, it is most difficult to transform the spirit of birds and animals, the spirit of plants and trees, and the transformation of earth and stone into spirits.

Because of this, their potential after becoming spirits is also the largest among all living beings.

Most of the spirits of earth and stone who were enlightened in advance by those with great supernatural powers have become the land of the mountain gods canonized by heaven, and some have even been accepted as powerful men or even disciples by those with great supernatural powers.

And those who have endured enough years to give birth to spiritual wisdom on their own are even more remarkable.

The most typical example is the stone monkey that caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace.

Therefore, once a truly accomplished practitioner passes by this place and discovers the stone man, he will definitely be tempted to take it away.

Because of this, in order to avoid becoming a vassal of a certain Taoist monk, this stone man only quietly absorbs the essence of the sun and moon at sunrise and sunset, and at midnight every day. At other times, he pretends to be insensible and talks unconsciously. Spiritual energy, so as not to cause too much noise and alarm the practitioners in Taoist temples around the mountain.

It's lucky to say that it has been three years since Master Zishan was cast into this stone body.

During the past three years, he was cautious and careful, constantly attracting birds and beasts to stay, and endured the climbing of moss. Finally, he did not encounter any accidents, and successfully cultivated to where he is now.

Feeling the spiritual light gradually filling his body, Master Zishan felt a sense of excitement in his heart that he had not seen for a long time.

"Seven days, seven more days, I will be able to trigger the heavenly tribulation, overcome the tribulation and transform into another form!"

At that time, he will finally gain the ability to act independently and leave this hellish place where birds and beasts poop!

At the same time, the apprenticeship system, which has been put on hold for three years due to the stone fetus, can finally be put on the agenda and studied!

Thinking of this, Master Zishan calmed down his excitement a little and opened the system panel in his soul.

It has been three years since he obtained the Lao Shizi apprenticeship system. In addition to practicing, Master Zishan often interacts with the system, studies its functions, and explores the secrets behind the system.

But unfortunately, this system seems to be an artificial retard, and it is impossible to communicate with him except for some basic instructions.

And most of those basic commands have not yet been unlocked.

Currently, there is only one task panel that can be opened, and there is a novice task on it called [First Time Recruiting a Disciple].

Although this system was far from what he expected, Master Zishan still did not dare to look down upon it.

Because the rewards given by this novice mission are so generous!

Just accepting a disciple would reward him with a hundred years of mana cultivation.

If Master Zishan can complete it at the stone fetus stage, not only can he transform instantly, but he can also directly skip the initial little demon stage and become a stone spirit with a hundred years of cultivation.

With such a level of cultivation, coupled with the magical powers he has mastered, it will definitely not be a problem to at least hang out in the mortal world.

But unfortunately, he can only think about such things now.

After all, who would be willing to worship a stone as a master if he, Master Zishan, is interested in the genius of cultivating immortals?

Thinking of this, Master Zishan sighed, and immediately began to look forward to his journey to the human world after his transformation.

At the same time, in the small county at the foot of the mountain, outside Baozhi Hall, a handsome young man carried the medicine basket, picked up the book, and walked onto the street, heading straight towards the back hill outside the city.

Neighbors passing by would greet the young man with a smile.

The young man responded with a smile. His gentle and jade-like temperament made all the neighbors who responded feel much better.

"Brother Xu, are you going to the mountains to collect herbs today?"

A slightly smiling voice came from the side.

The young man turned his head and looked at the middle-aged scribe eating noodle soup at the stall. He smiled and nodded: "Yes."

"Did you bring an umbrella?" the middle-aged scribe asked, and then explained with a smile, "I see that the rhubarb in Wang Ma's house is listless today and will not go out. Maybe it's going to rain."

The young man thanked him warmly, took out the paper umbrella from his backpack, and waved it towards the middle-aged scribe.

The middle-aged scribe laughed and waved his hand, signaling the young man not to delay here.

The young man smiled in return and thanked him warmly before taking steps toward the city gate.

After leaving the city and arriving at the back mountain, the young man looked at the sky above his head, took out the book from his backpack, and read as he walked.

I was lucky yesterday. Most of the herb bushes I discovered were still unpicked, and the basket was already filled.

Today, when I go into the mountains to collect herbs, I only need to return to the old place without searching, which saves a lot of effort.

In addition, he is already very familiar with this road. Even with his eyes closed, he can reach the end, which is a good opportunity to read more.

Not long after, the young man arrived at the place where he left yesterday. Then he became energetic, put away the book, and walked into the herb bush.

After two-thirds of the medicine basket was filled, the young man straightened up, rubbed his sore back, and subconsciously looked up at the sky.

"Tick tock..."

A drop of rain fell on the young man's handsome face.

The young man was startled for a moment, and then he realized something was wrong. He quickly took out the paper umbrella from the basket and opened it.

"Wow--"

There was a harsh sound, and the young man's heart skipped a beat. He quickly put the paper umbrella down, and sure enough, he found a scratch about a foot long on the right side of the paper umbrella.

It turned out that the boy was too hasty in holding the umbrella and did not notice the branches sticking out of the trees next to him.

When the paper umbrella was opened, the umbrella surface hit the branches and was easily scratched by the protruding branches.

"This is bad!"

Feeling annoyed, the young man quickly picked up the medicine basket and ran toward the road with a broken umbrella.

At this moment, God seemed to feel that the foreplay had been laid and the main course could begin.

As a result, what started as light raindrops quickly turned into a downpour in just a few seconds.

Countless raindrops fell from the sky, hitting the leaves around the boy and the paper umbrella in his hand, making the already broken paper umbrella even worse.

The boy was originally running wildly on the road, but when he saw the wind and rain blowing in his face, blowing the cracks in the paper umbrella further, he had no choice but to slow down and walk slowly on the mountain road washed by the heavy rain.

"Unlucky..."

"If I had known better, I would have listened to my sister and used the new umbrella she bought."

The young man thought depressedly while holding an umbrella and walking on the mountain road.

Suddenly, the young man felt the paper umbrella in his hand sink, and a familiar but ominous voice sounded again.

His eyes widened, and he looked up in panic. He saw a black shadow falling from the sky and landing on his paper umbrella. Then he jumped forward and threw himself at a strange-shaped stone beside the road.

The young man took a closer look and found that the black shadow was a young yellow fox.

And the stone it ran toward was the so-called Stone Mountain King that the woodcutter talked about.

The reason why it is called a tiger is because its shape resembles a bent human being. Whenever heavy rain falls, woodcutters going up and down the mountain can always see some small animals taking shelter under this stone.

It's as if the stone bent down on its own initiative, providing a haven for the creatures in the mountain.

Thinking of this, the young man suddenly realized that the fox must have come here to shelter from the wind and rain.

"What a bad luck!"

The young man smiled bitterly, raised his hand to cover his eyes, and looked at the even more damaged paper umbrella above his head.

At this time, after three attacks from branches, foxes, wind and rain, the hole on the umbrella had been expanded to an irreparable point.

The pouring rain finally didn't just hit my face, but poured down from the damaged part of the paper umbrella above my head.

Feeling the water flowing across his cheek, the boy sighed, put away his paper umbrella, and hurried forward.

When passing by the 'Stone Mountain Lord', the young man's footsteps suddenly stopped.

He looked at the water-soaked books in the basket on his back, feeling a little distressed, and then turned to look at the little fox curled up under Lord Shishan, using its tail as a mattress. After thinking for a while, he finally decided to rest here for a while.

The black shadow gradually covered the field of vision, and the little fox was suddenly startled and quickly raised his head and looked forward.

I saw the young man carrying the medicine basket and squeezing into the cramped space in the arms of ‘Shishanjun’ with an apologetic look on his face.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, the situation is forcing me to do anything, Xiaosheng can't do anything, you and I can only make do with it!"

"..."

The little fox opened his watery eyes, glared at the boy, bared his teeth in dissatisfaction, then stood up and moved to the side.

The young man was startled for a moment, then chuckled, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, thank you!"

After that, one person and one fox crowded into this small space, waiting quietly for the heavy rain to stop.

At the same time, unknown to this person, Master Zishan's spiritual consciousness covered a five-meter radius, and his soul manifested. He looked at the handsome young man reading the book in his arms with black lines on his head.

Two years ago, a female fox had difficulty giving birth at his place. It was only through his spiritual energy that she successfully gave birth to her child.

In other words, this little fox was born and grew up under the eyes of Master Zishan, and he was an old acquaintance of him.

But this young man, who had only appeared in this place in the past few months, and had no interaction or connection with him, was so shameless that he competed with a little fox for shelter from the rain.

Really...

Master Zishan shook his head and looked up at the sky, hoping that the heavy rain would stop soon.

Perhaps someone heard his voice, the heavy rain actually gradually became lighter and then stopped.