Fairy cage

A huge amount of information echoed in Yu Lie's mind, and various task requirements appeared in his eyes, messy and messy, like a messy net.

But when Yu Lie continued to be immersed in the aura of the Immortal Dragon, a voice sounded in his ears in time:

"Fellow Daoist Yu, after the contract is signed, it's time for us to set off."

Yu Lie suddenly broke away from the immortal urn, his eyes were dazed, and he still had a feeling of trance.

The old Taoist surnamed Ye on the side looked at him coldly and said:

"It's really a cucumber egg, as always."

On the other hand, Sun Bei, who claimed to be from the same hometown as Yu Lie, and the middle-aged female Taoist disciple, just nodded towards Yu Lie, seeming to understand Yu Lie's lack of concentration just now.

Yu Lie was still a little immersed in the novelty of having just come into contact with the Immortal Ruins. He didn't care too much about the words of a few people. He just lowered his head and showed an apologetic expression.

"Okay, there are still many magical features in the Immortal Ruins. When you come back after you are done, you can continue to slowly understand them."

The old Taoist surnamed Ye shouted: "It's not too late, let's go!"

In the square, the figure of this person suddenly flashed, running towards the road to the high platform. Yu Lie and others also quickly used running and followed behind him.

After a while, the remaining five people boarded the ground insect leaving the city.

Amidst the swaying, the number of Taoists in the Earthworm Carriage became smaller, larger, and smaller again.

At the end, the aura of the Taoist priests who were still in the car was different from that of the Taoist priests working in the workshop.

Even the Taoist boys with low cultivation among them all had cold expressions and exuded a courageous and fierce aura.

Such a scene made Yu Lie couldn't help but recall the other Taoist boys he saw at the entrance and exit of the town when he first left the town in Blackwater Town.

Now he is once again leaving the safe area and going outside the city to gain some opportunities for cultivating himself.

However, Yu Lie sat quietly in the ground insect, glanced at the other people in the same team, and thought to himself:

"Although I am going out of the city to hunt, this is my first time going to the outer city. I'd better stay calm first and see how these people behave."

He silently made up his mind to talk less, do less, and never take risks!

About two or three hours later, the remaining five people had just crossed the inner city area of ​​Qianzhou Daocheng. The earthworms stopped squirming, and everyone in the carriage stood up and stepped out of the carriage.

The rest of the lieutenants were also mixed in, following calmly.

Walking through the long corridor, the walking time is obviously much longer than in the inner city.

When he was completely drilled out of the ground, Yu Lie found that he and the others were like ants who had just emerged from an ant cave. Behind them was a towering cliff, with holes one after another scattered all over the cliff.

The cave the five of them came out of was just one of hundreds or thousands of holes.

On the opposite side of the cliff, there is a desolate scene. The red and yellow rocks and sand form a dark red boundary. Looking at it, it looks desolate and lifeless.

Seeing such a scene, Yu Lie raised his eyebrows and looked at the old man named Ye who was leading the way.

At this time, Yu Lie didn't need to say anything. Miaomu in the team also had a look of surprise in his eyes and asked:

"Gobi Desert? Senior Ye, can't I wait to clean up the alienated plants this time?"

According to what Miaomu had previously revealed to Yu Lie, she had recently been participating in the task of "eliminating the roots" with the Taoist priests of this team.

It is said that in a certain area of ​​the outer city, there is an activated vine. It is unknown which world fell into the mountain and sea world. Such plants are all high-quality essence and blood medicinal materials, but this thing Sucking flesh and blood is quite harmful.

Therefore, major drug stores in the city can only purchase such drugs and cannot directly grow them.

When Miaom and others were in the outer city, as long as they found a few more alienated plants, they would be able to sell them at a reasonable price.

Even if they don't sell it, they can eat it themselves to increase their energy. Therefore, the first few times, the team was mixed in the dense forest where the alienated plants grew.

Now the old man named Ye led everyone to one more stop, and the location was suddenly different from what Miaomu expected.

Miaom originally thought that everyone just wanted to change places to hunt.

Hearing Miaomu's doubts, the old Taoist surnamed Ye looked at the dense holes behind him. He pointed at the Taoists coming out of other holes and said:

"Fellow Taoist Miao looked back and saw that so many fellow Taoists had come here this time. What did you realize?"

This person gave it a pass, but Miaomu frowned and thought, and a troubled look appeared on his face. He held his hand and said:

"Senior Ye, please tell me directly. However, Miao is here with fellow Daoist Yu and does not want to participate in other things!"

She said decisively: "If I don't go to the old place this time, the matter is too serious. Please forgive Mr. Ye for leaving Miao."

This woman was decisive and realized that there was a change in her original itinerary, but the old man named Ye did not tell her in advance and immediately did not want to accompany her.

The old Taoist surnamed Ye suddenly choked up after hearing Miaomu's words.

There was a look of helplessness on the other party's face, and he had to say: "I didn't mean to hide it from you two, but there were too many people in the square just now, so it was not convenient to explain. Besides, this matter was done last night by the three of us. Just learned about it.”

Miaomu glanced back at Yu Lie subconsciously, and found that Yu Lie's brows were also frowning, but she did not suggest that the two of them should be separated, so she suppressed her mind and listened to the old man named Ye slowly explain.

"This place is only fifty or sixty miles away from the alienated jungle, but the landscape has suddenly changed from a wild jungle to a desert Gobi. Do you two fellow Taoists know why this is?"

The old Taoist surnamed Ye's eyes were filled with heat as he said, "There is no other reason than that a new alien creature has arrived here!

The creatures that came here seemed to be in human form. A few days ago, slave catching teams sent by major stores in the city came to this area. "

In addition to the old Taoist surnamed Ye, the other two Taoist disciples also spoke.

Among them, Taoist disciple Sun Bei handed over:

"Two fellow Taoists, although this matter was a little hasty and I didn't make any corresponding preparations or remind you, but for this trip to the outer city, it's not a big problem to just switch here. After all, this place is still far away from the inner city. Not too far away, there will never be any overly powerful foreign creatures.”

The middle-aged female Taoist disciple said: "Please forgive me, fellow Taoists. I didn't find out until yesterday. In fact, it was already too late. There were still many individual travelers who formed a team and came out of the city."

After saying this, regardless of whether Yu Lie and Miaom believed it or not, their eyes suddenly fell on the term "slave catching team".

Yu Lie narrowed his eyes slightly, nodded and said:

"Three fellow Taoists. In other words, we are not going out to collect medicinal materials or hunt monsters, but to capture the foreign creatures and sell them back to the city. Our mission is to 'catch slaves'?"

In Qianzhou Dao City, in addition to the Taoists of the Mountain and Sea Realm, there are also a large number of exotic creatures, a small number of which have been integrated into the Mountain and Sea Realm. They can even build their own families and are eligible to participate in the Taoist Examination. And gained Taoist status.

However, the vast majority of foreign creatures enter Qianzhou Dao City as Tao slaves. Not only do they not enjoy any benefits of Dao City, but their life and death are in the hands of Taoists.

In terms of circumstances, even a seventh-grade foreign creature that is almost at the level of a Taoist official may not necessarily have a higher status in the Tao city than a ninth-grade Taoist boy who is also a Tao slave but whose realm is directly two levels lower. .

Because even though the ninth-grade Taoist boys lived in a restricted manner in the Tao City, they were still protected by the Taoist laws. They were only called scornfully "Dan slaves, rune slaves, fire-burning slaves," etc., but they were not actually slaves. First class, not to be killed easily.

As for those foreign creatures, those who have not been taught Taoism, their status in the world of mountains and seas is that of real slaves.

At most, the Taoist court felt that the word "slave" was too barbaric and unpleasant, and was detrimental to the style of the Taoist court, so they gave it a title such as "Taoist slave" or "Taoist soldier", recognizing that they could still be considered to be walking on the road. Creatures.

As for the source of these foreign slaves in the city, they were captured and sent to the inner city through a slave-catching team stationed in the outer city.

However, when Yu Lie was in the hotel, he also heard that the slave-catching team was actually only a small one. The real big head belonged to the foreign creatures that the Taoist plundered and forced to come to when they were conquering foreign lands.

However, those foreign creatures who can survive the conquests of foreign lands and are worthy of being brought back to the Tao city are at least the seventh-grade students, and are not yet accessible to little Taoist disciples like Yu Lie, so They didn't see much either.

When the old Taoist named Ye heard this, he did not hide it and nodded proudly at Yu Lie: "Yes."

Seeing Miaomu beginning to hesitate, the man paused, then seemed to want to persuade Yu Lie to start with Yu Lie and leave the two of them:

"Young friend Yu Lie, right?"

The old Taoist surnamed Ye said with a hot tone:

"I heard that you are an alchemist who studies the flesh and blood elixir method. According to Pindao's knowledge, the achievement of the flesh and blood elixir method is inseparable from the dissection and slaughter of various living creatures, especially humanoids.

But in the inner city, it is absolutely impossible for you to use humans as animals. There are only exotic creatures to practice with! However, such foreign creatures in human form, even corpses, are not something you can covet. Now is your great opportunity! "

Yu Lie listened, his face silent for a moment, but his thoughts were beating inside.

What this old guy said is actually right. As a practitioner of alchemy, especially someone like Yu Lie who majors in flesh and blood elixirs, it is crucial to study the human body.

However, the delicate human body, especially the Taoist's own human body, is even more precious and cannot be damaged easily.

However, it is against the laws of Taoism to use other people's bodies as objects of speculation, even if they are mortals. Once discovered, it is not possible to knock down the Taoist, but it is very possible to be expelled from the city.

Only those humanoid creatures from foreign lands have no human identity and are not considered human beings at all. They are an exception...

Seeing that Yu Lie was silent and seemed to be thinking about it, Miaomu beside her stopped her voice at the right time. She looked at Yu Lie and tilted her cheek slightly.

Miaomu came out of the city mainly to accompany Yu Lie in picking flesh and blood medicinal materials for refining elixirs. For her, the key is to accompany Yu Lie well and obtain the elixir as early as possible.

Therefore, she is not very enthusiastic about capturing slaves and making a lot of money, and she knows exactly how dangerous it is after leaving the city!

Therefore, although Miaomu did not refuse, he was still hinting to Yu Lie not to get involved.

Yu Lie was keenly aware of Miaomu's hint. After thinking for a moment, he bowed his hands to the old man named Ye in shame:

"To be honest, my elixir method is crude. Now I just want to get some medicinal materials and refine them to stabilize my cultivation. I don't have much energy to study the elixir method at the moment.

With such an opportunity to make a fortune, you don't have to count yourself as a poor person. "

Seeing that Yu Lie also expressed his refusal, Miaomu immediately said: "Senior Ye, I am really sorry."

"snort!"

A cold voice sounded, and the old Taoist named Ye stood in front of Yu Lie and the two of them. His eyes were evil, and his body was full of energy. He seemed to have a hot temper and wanted to punish Yu Lie and the two.

The other Taoist disciple Sun Bei and the middle-aged female Taoist also looked a little worried on their faces.

The middle-aged female Taoist's face turned cold and she said, "You have refused now. From now on, you will never want to partner with these people again!"

Taoist disciple Sun Bei sighed helplessly and sang with a red face:

"Fellow Taoists, if you go back now, wouldn't it be like returning empty-handed and gaining nothing? If you two are willing to accompany us, we may be able to discuss the distribution of the harvest during this trip."

The words of the three people did not waver Yu Lie and Miaomu at all. Instead, they made alarm bells ring in their hearts.

This time out of the city, the old man named Ye first changed his plan temporarily without explaining it in advance, and now he used coercion and inducement. It was very strange to want the two of them to follow him, which could not be explained by a rare opportunity.

So Yu Lie and Miaomu looked at each other, took a step back and said, "I wish the three Taoists good luck!"

"Now that this has happened, Miaomu will serve wine in the city and apologize to Senior Ye and the two of you!"

After finishing speaking, the two of them retreated directly to the cave they just walked out of without giving each other a chance to threaten or induce them.

Watching Yu Lie and Miaomu leave, Lao Dao Ye and the other three people stayed on the spot, looking at them with cold eyes.

The urge to take action even flashed in a few people's eyes.

It's just that although both parties have left the inner city and there are no ghosts and gods supervising them, the outer city area still belongs to the boundaries of Qianzhou Daocheng. The Dao laws are valid and no blatant fighting is allowed.

In particular, the two parties signed a "non-attack" contract before leaving the city. This contract is valid for five days, is currently in effect, and cannot be violated.

The three old Taoists surnamed Ye could only watch helplessly as Yu Lie and Miaomu completely disappeared into the cave.

Outside the cave, there was a sudden curse: "You man and a woman, you are as timid as a mouse!"

There was also a voice of regret:

"Oh, what a pity..."