Strange mountains and rivers

From Matougou to Dongyuan Town, there are still 150 miles, and Chen Huaisheng can reach it in one day.

This road is the main road from southern Shanxi. From Tianjing Road, bypassing Tongtianbo, Dongyuan Town is less than ten miles away.

Dongyuan Town is actually the throat of Tianjing Road leading to Weihuai Road.

When Chen Huaisheng arrived at Dongyuan Town, it was dark.

Dongyuan Town is not like Huaiyang City, which has a city. It is a market town connected by several horizontal streets and alleys. At the same time, there are several villages around it, forming such a somewhat messy place.

Although it is messy, it seems very lively and vibrant.

Only five miles to the west is Tongtianbo. Dongyuan Town is actually located by the lake. The reason why it is five miles away from the lake is because the terrain here is higher.

Further west, the terrain is low and flat. Once there is flooding weather, Tongtian Lake will flood, and all the flat land will be submerged. Now Dongyuan Town is located on high ground and can stand on the shore.

Although Tongtian Lake is large in area, the lake is not deep. It stands in an irregular willow leaf shape between Weihuai Road and Tianjing Road. Only 20 miles south of Tongtian Lake is the boundary of Hanshan Road.

The last time I came to Tongtian Lake, I didn’t go to Dongyuan Town, but came directly from the east. Time was also tight, so I found helpers on the lakeside and went directly into the lake.

This time is different. Chen Huaisheng can look at this big market town standing in the southwest corner of Weihuai Road with peace of mind and an impartial and objective perspective.

Tongtian Lake is not only in Yanzhou, but also in Hebei Province. It is the top lake in the world. It is not only vast, but also has various shapes and depths. There are deep lakes in the center, shallow lakes around, and some areas are swamp wetlands. There are many kinds of spiritual plants in the lake, and there are also many spiritual fish and beasts.

Knowing that Dongyuan Town is actually the bridgehead for Yuelu Sect to enter Weihuai Road, Chen Huaisheng is particularly low-key.

Fortunately, this is the main road from southern Shanxi. At the same time, Hanshan Road and Weihuai Road are bordered. In addition, Tongtian Lake is rich in products. The special nature of the product is extremely prosperous.

Chen Huaisheng saw that the Kang's Medicine Store in the Beijing Camp of the Huaiyang Kang family was located next to several other medicine stores. The business was quite good, and there was no conflict because they were in the same industry.

Unlike the situation in Huaiyang City, Dongyuan Town is controlled by a sect and eight small and medium clans.

The sect is the Donghe Sect, which is the only dominant one. Of course, this dominance is limited to the southeast area of ​​Wei Huai Dao. In fact, the Donghe Sect is the claws of Yuelu Sect.

The eight clans are Zhong, Lu, Mu, Luo, Wu, Yu, Yuan, and Bu. Among them, Lu and Luo have the blood of the demon clan, and Mu and Bu are descendants of Beirong.

The population of Dongyuan Town and its surrounding areas exceeds 200,000. It is also the largest local area in the entire Wei Huai Dao, with the largest population. It mainly covers most of the Tongtianbo waters. In addition, Dongyuan Town, a trade hub, is located at the throat of Jinnan to Yanzhou, which makes a lot of people begging for food around these elements.

Chen Huaisheng doesn't know much about the situation in Dongyuan Town, because he can't take care of it at all.

First of all, Dongyuan Town is actually deeply infiltrated by Yuelu Sect. Let alone the current Dahuai Mountain, even Lingyun Sect didn't think of reaching out here when Wei Huai Dao just started.

Secondly, the situation here is also very complicated. Although Yuelu Sect is in a dominant position, the eight major clans are not without their own followers. For example, the Yuan family and the Yuan family of Xitang are from the same lineage and have a long history. The Lu and Luo families have descendants of the demon clan. The Mu and Bu families have close contacts with Beimo, and also interact with the An, Kang, and Cao families in Huaiyang City.

However, the advantage of this situation is that it is complicated but not chaotic. The Donghe Sect is backed by the Yuelu Sect and is in a dominant position, but the eight major families also cooperate tacitly. Everyone negotiates with each other. In addition, the local products are rich, which makes this place seem particularly prosperous.

The inn is the property of the Zhong family, one of the eight major families. It chose a spiritual spring. The spiritual energy is much stronger than other places, and it is comfortable to live in, but the price is much more expensive.

But Chen Huaisheng can see that many of the casual cultivators who come and go choose to live here. At least Chen Huaisheng saw a casual cultivator of foundation building and two cultivators of high Qi refining.

The inn has a restaurant, which has all kinds of spiritual food and ordinary food, with different prices. It has a strong local characteristic, that is, a rich variety of aquatic spiritual plants and spiritual fish.

Cold Yang Fei pole, fried purple eggs with golden thread, steamed blue carp with Thai reed, plus a bowl of spiritual millet porridge.

The taste is not bad, but the meal is three spiritual sands, which makes Chen Huaisheng smack his lips.

Ordinary cultivators can't afford it at all. Of course, there are cheaper ones with 10 or 20 spiritual stones, but they are basically vegetarian dishes, and they are all third-level common spiritual plants with low spiritual energy.

Wealth, Dharma, Companion, and Land, the word wealth is the most important, which can be deeply reflected at this time.

Chen Huaisheng deliberately ate slowly, just to use the location of the restaurant to truly feel the charm of Dongyuan Town.

Such a lively, there is no reason.

"Even the Tianhe Sect has come. I wonder how lively this year's Water Saint Festival will be."

"Hehe, it's not just the Tianhe Sect. People from Da Zhao and Xi Tang have also come. Are they all here for Yin Ba?"

"People from Da Zhao and Xi Tang have also come? Which families or sects?"

"I heard it's the Wanxiang Sect and Huaxi Sword Sect from Da Zhao. There are also two or three families from Xi Tang. The Yuan family must be here. They are of the same lineage as the Yuan family here. It seems that there is also the Dugu family..."

"Youzhou Ning Family and Dading Sect are also here. I saw their people just now. There are also casual cultivators and cultivators from Canghai. Who would have thought that this Water Saint Festival would attract so many people's attention. In previous years It’s not that lively.”

"Who allowed that red dragon to escape into Tongtian Po?" A feeble voice said: "The Yuelu Sect has been chasing after them for more than ten years. Isn't it because of this that they had a fierce battle with the Lingyun Sect? A red dragon? Who would have wanted this beast to escape into Tongtian Po?"

"Oh, there's this kind of thing. Let's talk about it. What's going on?"

"Yeah, the red dragon in disguise? How come you haven't heard of it? Don't be shy, hurry up..."

"It's a long story..., who's inviting me to this meal?"

"Fuck you, we all managed to get together and have fun together, why are you spoiling it?"

"This thief will make people angry if he continues to act here..."

"You have to have a glass of stone jelly to moisten your throat, right? Hey, I want the one brewed by the Lu family. The other ones don't taste like that..." The weak voice seemed to have seen the hope of free drinking, and his spirits improved. Master, "Uh, wait a minute, don't rush me, I have to think about where to start,..."

Chen Huaisheng felt that the people at the nearby tables were quite interested.

It can be seen that this group of people should be mainly casual cultivators from Wei Huaidao. It is also possible that there may be casual cultivators from Tianjing Road in Jinzhou or Hanshan Road over there, and they are all familiar with each other.

A brief exploration with the spiritual sense revealed that the spiritual realms of these people were complex and varied.

The tall, thin man who said nothing should be at the peak of foundation building. The other short, fat man with a smile on his face, who just listened without speaking, should also be around the fifth level of foundation building.

It's as low as those guys who are shouting at each other. From the fifth level to the eighth level of Qi training, they are all making friends and yelling at each other.

This group of about ten people was divided into three tables, but they all knew each other, at least they all knew each other, so they didn't have so many scruples when talking.

"Here comes the wine!"

When the bartender brought three pots of frozen spring, the sick-looking old man, who was at the ninth level of Qi Refining, poured himself a cup, took a long sip, smacked his lips, raised his head and said, "This red dragon The story is a long one, and everyone knows that there are two possibilities for the origin of the red dragon, one is the transformation of the dragon egg, the other is the transformation of the red dragon..."

There was silence in the hall.

Although the casual cultivators present are at least in the middle stage of Qi Refining, they don’t know much about the changes in the origin of this strange beast. In their opinion, shouldn’t this red dragon be born from a male and female dragon? ?

At first glance, except for one or two people in the crowd who had unchanged expressions, most of the others looked puzzled and full of expectations. The sickly old man was even more proud: "Haha, don't you understand?"

"Okay, stop being pretentious and say it quickly! Isn't three bottles of wine enough for you to moisten your throat?" A red-faced old man at the ninth level of Qi Refining said angrily: "You guys are not alien cultivators, how can you think so much all day long? To think about those things?”

"Yeah, you haven't seen it, it doesn't mean you haven't heard about it. The Chonghua sect was attacked and killed by red dragons in Fuyang the year before last year. I heard that the Chonghua sect was injured because of this, and prepared to He has moved south to Zhao."

"Ah, you don't even want Wolong Ridge? Didn't you get the advantage of the Youzhou Ning Family and Fengyi Sect in vain? And the Yuelu Sect should also breathe a sigh of relief? It has only been a few years since the Chonghua Sect moved from Da Zhao. You’re not even a year old yet? You’ve even annexed the Lingyun Sect. Why did you go back to Da Zhao in despair after being tortured by the monster?”

"Then our Yanzhou will be in chaos for a while. Once the Chonghua sect leaves, Fuyang and Weihuai will be in chaos. Not to mention there are monsters causing trouble. Just the few families in this area will be in chaos. You have to think differently..."

"Don't worry about it. If it were normal, it would be nothing. Now that the monsters are so powerful, who would have thought about the precarious days like the winter before last. If the Chonghua sect in Fuyang didn't attract the monsters in Wolong Ridge, maybe Those monsters rushed to Wei Huaidao, and I don’t know whether you and I can still drink and eat meat here.”

"Hey, if those third- and fourth-level monsters really come, and we don't have a home or room, we can just throw up our legs and run away. If the Hanshan Road is not good, we can cross the river and run to Weijun and Sijun..."