Lonely Immortal

It was already dark. In a forest area outside the Tianshui Hills, some people camped here for the night. The burning bonfire illuminated the surrounding scenery. The firewood made a low popping sound from time to time. Inside the tent, several people sat on the ground meditating. The light from the campfire through the tent vaguely illuminated their faces. These people were clearly Zhang Zhiwen and others.

At this moment, Zhao Tiehui's entourage narrowed his eyes slightly. He seemed to be thinking about something, and then sighed and said: "This year is probably the last time that I will accompany the young master to practice. Alas, I'm afraid there will be no chance in the future."

After hearing this, Li Zhongyi's entourage also thought thoughtfully, and then nodded: "Yes, I think I'm about the same. The young master actually doesn't need me anymore. He has experienced it twice outside, but But the young master values ​​​​love and righteousness, so he took me and followed him to eat and drink. I am really ashamed. "

Seeing the two of them like this, Chen Haoren's entourage sneered, and then said: "That's what I said, but it may not be true whether I think so in my heart."

Zhao Tiehui and Li Zhongyi's entourage immediately looked at him, but seeing the scholar's expression unchanged, they seemed to be only a little dissatisfied, but they didn't say much.

But Zhang Zhiwen saw all their expressions in his eyes. Today, these three people were deliberately procrastinating, as if they were deliberately delaying time. He felt a little strange at the time, but later he felt relieved. It turned out that these three people met along the way. Some low-level monsters , they were very keen to take action, killed the monster beasts, and took the materials from the monster beasts. They gained a lot, and with the protection of Zhao Tiehui and others, they had no safety concerns when killing the monster beasts. This is equivalent to using The children of the four major families came out to hunt as backers.

So what Zhao Tiehui and Li Zhongyi's followers said just now certainly meant something. It wasn't that they were reluctant to be slaves, but that they were reluctant to give up such a good opportunity.

Therefore, these three followers are not loyal people, but they are still, without any means and scheming, how can they become followers of the children of the four major families, and they have been following them for several years, and in the past few years, Zhao Tiehui has not been seen How familiar they are with the outside, at least in Zhang Zhiwen's opinion, Zhao Tiehui and others are still not very familiar with the outside, and they still rely more on these people.

"Hey, little brother, why are you looking listless today?" Zhao Tiehui's entourage suddenly looked at Zhang Zhiwen and asked curiously.

Zhang Zhiwen is indeed a little listless. He feels that it is a waste of time to go out with people like them, and they are monitored all the time. Especially Lin Mingyue's Immortal Mansion Token must be paying attention to the situation here at all times. If he is not careful, it will be all There are many crises.

Now Zhao Tiehui's entourage asked him this, and the intention was actually very obvious, that is, they felt that Zhang Zhiwen was a little out of tune with them. Although the scholar was a bit harsh in his words, at least they were still on the same boat.

So this person didn't really care about him, but came to test Zhang Zhiwen's situation. In this way, Zhang Zhiwen did this for a reason: "Maybe it's because I didn't sleep. After all, it's my first time for the young lady to come out for training, so I'm still a little stressed."

When Zhao Tiehui's entourage heard this, he couldn't help laughing, then patted Zhang Zhiwen on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, little brother, they are fine, and we will be fine too."

"Oh, why is this?" Zhang Zhiwen couldn't help but be a little surprised. Of course, it's not a huge surprise. It's half-truth and half-false, because these people are all old fritters, and nothing will happen to them. Otherwise, they would have died outside. As for the four major families Unless they want to break into a large number of monster lairs, there won't be much of a problem.

Sure enough, this time it was Li Zhongyi's entourage, the burly man, who said: "Hey, this is not a simple matter. Although monsters are rampant in the Tianshui area, there are only a lot of low-level monsters, and middle- and high-level monsters." But it’s not that dense. It seems like there are a lot of monsters. In fact, in such a vast territory, most of the mid-to-high-level monsters are quite scattered. After all, monsters also have territorial awareness. Otherwise, how could we dare to follow them out for training? ?”

"Haha, you are just a coward if you are timid. You also said it as if you are particularly knowledgeable. We are just here to make a living. We are all slaves of others. Our cultivation is fine. We are not relying on the young master. Ladies shelter?"

The scholar's words are mean, but everything he says is true.

As soon as these words came out, the burly man suddenly felt a little embarrassed. He had planned to show off his experience in front of Zhang Zhiwen, but the scholar revealed it. The man with triangular eyes, who was Zhao Tiehui's follower, didn't care, but if it meant something He looked at Zhang Zhiwen, and then said: "Little brother, now you know why so many casual cultivators have come to follow you as followers, right?"

Zhang Zhiwen didn't say anything this time, he just nodded silently. Yes, this entourage is quite a good job. He got money, some food and drink, and some monsters to kill and get some materials. What did he see along the way? The spiritual fruit and elixir can still be harvested, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for casual cultivators.

"But aren't you worried about other casual cultivators outside here coming to attack you?" Zhang Zhiwen couldn't help but ask.

"Hey, in this territory of low-level monsters, how can any casual cultivator dare to attack us? Young Master and Miss are not vegetarians. As for the territory of mid-to-high level, it is definitely risky, but compared to us taking risks alone, Which one do you think is safer?" The triangular-eyed man looked at Zhang Zhiwen playfully and said.

"Yeah, little brother, you don't have to worry too much. It will probably take us a long time to conquer the low-level monsters, hehe..." The burly man smiled triumphantly and winked at Zhang Zhiwen. The meaning was very clear. They finally got together with the children of the four major families, so they must not waste the opportunity. At least they should make a fortune.

So, they must be planning to drag their feet, dawdle, eat and drink for free, and then pretend to be very cautious and careful, and show a loyal servant. It must be said that these old-timers are really smart.

In comparison, the children of the four major families may not be so old-timers. Zhang Zhiwen even guessed that the failures in the previous training were probably intentional by these followers. Otherwise, how could they cheat for food, drink and shelter next year?

Not only did they deliberately drag their feet, they also couldn't really teach Zhao Tiehui and others practical wilderness survival skills. In terms of cultivation, they might be far inferior to Zhao Tiehui and others, but in terms of wilderness survival experience and ways of dealing with people, they definitely surpassed Zhao Tiehui and others by a lot. There was no other way. This world was about survival of the fittest, so don't underestimate the casual cultivators of Feixian City. Isn't Zhang Zhiwen also very smart?

If it were before, Zhang Zhiwen would think that their approach was fine, and even like-minded with them, but not now. He didn't want to waste time, let alone be monitored all the time.

But Zhang Zhiwen didn't seem to have any good solution for a while. These people were dilly-dallying, could he go and tell Lin Mingyue about it? Let alone whether other people believed him or not, the guys with triangle eyes would kill him. Anyway, there was no way to be serious about this matter. All that mattered was a denial. Then Zhang Zhiwen really couldn't do anything to them. Otherwise, he could just kill them, but that wouldn't work. Once he killed them, Zhang Zhiwen would face the situation of being hunted down by the elders of the four major families.

In this way, Zhang Zhiwen was a little bit in a dilemma, and then he suddenly thought of something. The materials needed to refine the Xuanling Pill also included beast pills and bones. Why not get some this time?

However, he didn't know the situation in Tianshui, so he had to ask these brothers. Therefore, Zhang Zhiwen asked modestly: "Brothers, do you know if it's easy to get the seventh-level and eighth-level beast pills and bones?"

Triangle Eyes was stunned when he heard this, and then laughed, as if he heard a big joke, and the burly man also laughed, and waved his hand as if he didn't know how to describe Zhang Zhiwen's question. Only the scholar sneered and said: "What are you thinking, kid? The seventh-level and eighth-level beast pills and bones of Qi Refining are all vying for them. Otherwise, why do you think they let their children come out to train?"

"Yes, little brother, don't think about it. It's good for us to mix some low-level monster materials. Let's not think about that kind of high-level stuff." The burly man also persuaded.

However, the triangular-eyed man chuckled and said, "It's not impossible to think about it, but you are so brave that you can't see it. Let me tell you this, unless you are lucky, it will be difficult."

"Humph, what, you also want to take a shortcut?" The scholar sneered and said.

Zhang Zhiwen didn't understand the ambiguous words of the two, but the burly man came out to explain, and then Zhang Zhiwen understood, and not only understood, but also quite surprised.

It turned out that there was another place in Tianshui Fairyland, that is, the beast tomb land. The so-called beast tomb land is, as the name suggests, the place where monsters are buried. There are a large number of monster remains in this place, including the remains of middle and high-level monsters, and even some monsters that have just died. Therefore, there are a lot of beast pills and bones. As for why so many monsters died here, the burly man didn't know, he just heard it.

Many people actually know about this, but this beast tomb is very strange. It is not found, but there are random entrances in various places in Tianshui Xianyu. These entrances are actually some mysterious portals with extremely powerful spell restrictions. They limit the cultivation level of those who enter to only the third level of Qi Refining!

Another thing is that this beast tomb does not appear every year. Sometimes it appears, sometimes it does not. It is very irregular. The time of its appearance every year is somewhat regular, that is, the period when the children of the four major families are training. So things seem to become clear all of a sudden. Why do the children of the four major families choose followers? In fact, it may not be to find some experienced casual cultivators, and the real purpose may be to find the beast tomb and let the followers go in to seize various monster materials.

But why do the children of the families at the eighth and ninth levels of Qi Refining not need followers? In fact, it is also very simple. They also have their tasks. That is, the star-recorded monsters on the map are their targets, so it is impossible to bring followers. The followers were just a burden at that time. And according to the experience over the years, perhaps a certain number of star-recorded monsters were killed before the beast tomb was opened.

At this point, Zhang Zhiwen completely understood the real purpose of the training of the four major families. Simply put, if the beast tomb was not open, then it would be difficult for Lin Mingyue and other Qi Refining Level 7 disciples to succeed in the training. Imagine that it would take a long time and be very risky to kill ten Qi Refining Level 7 monsters at a time. So they just treated it as a casual training trip. To really succeed in the training, they must find the beast tomb and let their followers enter it to seize the monster materials. It is no wonder that Zhao Tiehui and others tolerated the behavior of Triangle Eyes and others. It is not that they are stupid, but that they trained Triangle Eyes and others so that they can enter the beast tomb one day to seize enough monster materials so that they can successfully advance to the core disciples of the family.