Chapter 40: Ambushed

  They're all ordinary sundries, no need to go upstairs, can be settled on the first floor. The long wooden strips are ready-made, just right, don't have to go back and shave them yourself. There are also round cages, and the size is optional. These things in Qiao Ge are really complete, these things are not used by many people usually.

  Iron bars, iron rings, iron hooks and iron spoons are all available, made of dark iron. Can't we do without these mundane things? Using the same iron that monks use to make weapons is just a way to charge more. But it's not too expensive, and this way it's also more durable. Let's choose good wooden ones too, Ironwood is fine, they won't rot even after a long time, no need to apply tung oil.

  The sand from the Luo River is also available for sale, which is good, it's heavier than ordinary sand. Using a little less will do, and it can also save some space. I really suspect that the owner of Qi Chao Ge is also in charge of the construction business. Yuan Tian originally planned to go find some ordinary sand grains and small stones as weights, but now that there is Luo River sand for sale, he doesn't have to bother with that anymore.

  It looks like a lot, but it's actually not that expensive, and I only spent 35 low-grade spirit stones in total.

  Some small things are easy to say, and they were directly put into the Qiankun bag. However, several iron-like wooden bars were too long and heavy. After a while, let the store clerk send them to the small paper boat, and first go to the Ling Shou shop to take a stroll.

  Go out and turn left, the Ling Shou shop is not far away, where to buy a crucial thing. Run mouse, a kind of constantly running mouse. As long as it's awake, it will keep running, without knowing what fatigue is.

  This mouse may not be big in size, but its leg strength is quite impressive, and it runs very fast. It's mainly used for reconnaissance and exploration, and some people also keep them as pets. Yuan Tian didn't buy it for reconnaissance or to keep as a pet, but for a special purpose.

  I bought a hamster with a round cage, I should have known better than to buy those two round cages at the grocery store.

  Yuán Tiān dislikes wasting money and doesn't like it when there are free gifts that aren't mentioned early on. In fact, he didn't ask in advance either, so how would others mention it to him early?

  Forget it, this thing is a consumable anyway. Running like this all the time, sooner or later the cage will break. And the two cages bought from the general store are obviously better in quality than the ones given by the Ling Beast.

  Bought two, spent 40 low-grade spirit stones, and got two round cages as a gift, which is pretty good. By the way, I asked around and found out that these running mice just need to eat some spiritual vegetables to survive. Although they are always on the move, their appetite is small, and it's really economical. If you want to raise them well, you can feed them spiritual beast feed.

  Also bought two small bags of Ling beast feed, brought back two running mice. Came to the front door of Qi Cuo Ge again, let the store clerk put the iron pine wood horizontally on the small paper boat. Squeak squeak, swaying back and forth in flight.

  I was going to buy some Ling vegetables and grain seeds, but it's getting dark and I have to head back. The school gate also has seeds for sale, it's best to ask the fellow disciples to buy some cheaper ones.

  A shining pearl was placed at the bow and stern of the boat, the front one to see the way clearly, and the rear one to prevent others from colliding. Yuan Tian sat in the small paper boat, holding onto several wooden sticks with both hands to prevent them from falling off.

  These things are really heavy, and with Niu brother added later, I'm afraid it won't be able to hold. Never mind, let's get to the cave first.

  "Ugh." I'm so hungry! Picking and choosing at the market was a lot of work and now I'm really starving. Time flew by and I got excited, also forgot to buy something to eat.

  He took out a portion of dry rations from the universe bag, thought for a moment and put half of it back. He ate half of it and left the other half for the old cow, which must be hungry too.

  At night, on the way back to the teacher's gate, there were fewer and fewer pedestrians. Looking down from the small paper boat, it was pitch black. In order to see the road clearly, I had to lower the small boat a bit more.

  Arrived, Yuan Tian clearly remembered that there was a crooked neck tree here, next to it was an upright oval stone. Fortunately, it's quite distinctive, otherwise it would be hard to find in the middle of the night. From here, deviate from the main line and head west, and after a few more miles, you'll reach that cave.

  The branches covering the cave entrance haven't moved, so it should be fine. Just as I was about to release a small paper boat, a blue-eyed unicorn cow ran out of the cave.

  Yuán tiān zhèng xiǎng xiè le huò, ná gān liáng gěi niú chī. Hū rán fā xiàn tā yǒu xiē bù duì jìn, liǎng zhī mào zhe lǜ guāng de yǎn jing fèn nù dèng guò lái. Bù shì dèng zì jǐ, ér shì shēn hòu!

  Pinched a flame talisman, turned around to take a look. A young man wearing black clothes, holding a sword, was about to make a move. Even if he was discovered by Yuan Tian now, he didn't seem nervous, as if he had already eaten him up.

  It's actually an ambush within the sphere of influence of the Tianyuan Sword Sect, although this is a remote and desolate place, it's not guaranteed that someone from the Tianyuan Sword Sect won't pass by. Moreover, the Li Clan isn't too far away either, with just one transmission talisman sent out, the high-ranking masters within the sect can arrive on their flying swords in no time.

  Yuanyang didn't bother to argue with him, first activating a flame talisman and throwing it over before speaking. Feng Gao Yue He followed behind, holding a sword with an eager-to-try expression. This kind of person doesn't need to be asked, they must not have made up their mind yet.

  Damn it! Yuan Tian found that the Flame Talisman in his hand couldn't be activated, and even the Vajra Talisman couldn't be activated. The powerful Flame Talisman and the eighty-first layer of defensive cloak had always been his greatest reliance. Now that these two things can't be used, how can he not be nervous?

  "Big brother, what are you waiting for? Let's get rid of this kid and split the stuff." A voice came from the left.

  Yu Tian glanced at the person on his left with the corner of his eye, and understood that he was dressed exactly like the one in front of him, even holding his sword in the same posture.

  "What's the hurry, he can't escape, and no news can be sent out from here." The man called Big Brother looked at the skinny, unarmed man calmly. Since spiritual symbols couldn't be used, what other skills could this scrawny guy possibly have?

  The Spirit Severing Array can isolate things related to spiritual power. A general Spirit Severing Array can make transmission talismans and low-grade spirit talismans ineffective. The effect is very significant, but setting it up requires a certain amount of time. It turns out that there was an ambush here from the beginning, and we should have been targeted from the start.

  "Hū" Yuan Tian threw a fireball at the right side, while ordering the Azure-eyed Unicorn to hide in the mountain cave through their master-slave contract.

  Today I just learned the fireball technique, the lowest level of flame system magic, not much power. Used to cook and do chores, or deal with ordinary people. For cultivators, it's only used by those who have practiced Qi for three layers or less. But Yuan Tian actually uses this fireball technique, and still misses.

  The two brothers, who were boasting just now, changed their faces at the same time and took action. The two are good at a kind of swordsmanship that cooperates with each other, and they have already cultivated to the seventh layer of Qi refining. It is also common for them to defeat an eighth-layer Qi-refining cultivator when they work together.

  Yuan Tian instantly activated the Gale Array on his boots and retreated violently. The two brothers, who were sandwiching him, didn't rush to attack after missing their first strike. Their twin swords crossed each other, forming a cross shape, before a white sword aura slashed out.

  This is the duo's signature move, "Cross Slash", with strong killing power and extremely fast speed. Many cultivators who managed to dodge the first pincer attack were heavily injured by this cross-shaped sword energy, dying on the spot with regret.

  It's bad! The blue-eyed unicorn saw its master being attacked, and it should have retreated back to the mountain cave, but instead it raised the conical horn on its head. Facing that cross-shaped sword energy, it was about to charge up.

  Azure-eyed Unicorn, a second-level spiritual beast. Its body is robust and powerful, with strong endurance and high resistance to damage. Especially the single horn on its head, which is the hardest part of its entire body, ordinary flying swords can't cut it off.

  The cry of "Halt!" did not come from heaven, but from the mouth of a middle-aged man.

  An arc-shaped knife light chopped down on the cross-shaped sword energy from the side, dispersing the sword energy. The cultivator wielding the knife must have a cultivation level of at least above the 8th layer of Qi Refining. This one knife was executed with considerable experience and timing that was quite accurate.

  "The young brother was originally fine." The middle-aged man was actually greeting Yuan Tian, and this person was not a bystander, but the bald-headed middle-aged monk who sold the blue-eyed unicorn cow to him.

  The two brothers' sword energy was blocked, and they glared at the middle-aged man with a knife in a state of utter defeat. They did not immediately take action, perhaps intimidated by their opponent's cultivation of nine layers of Qi Refining.

  "It's really cured!" The bald middle-aged man walked towards the blue-eyed unicorn with great courage, not afraid of the two brothers who were good at swordsmanship.

  "It was you, big brother. Thanks a lot earlier." Yuan Tian also walked up with his cattle, facing the middle-aged man in a straightforward and generous manner. He even let his two brothers sneak up on him from the side, yet he still managed to look like an expert.

  Like frosty sword energy suddenly rising, in this pitch-black night, like holy moonlight. The surrounding temperature rapidly drops, and everyone is stunned.

  A sharp, snowy-white sword aura, in less than a breath's time, had already killed its way to the two brothers' vicinity. The two hastily released ten-character sword auras, which were pierced through like torn fabric. The sword momentum did not decrease, and continued to pierce through the one called Big Brother, who was holding a sword.

  "Bang" The blue-eyed unicorn bull suddenly crashed onto the blade, causing the middle-aged man's knife to fail to cut smoothly.

  Everything happened too fast, just now the bald middle-aged man helped with a knife and then got close to Yuantian. The two of them cared about Lao Niu together, looking like old friends. Next should be the two cooperating, defeating the two brothers who robbed the wealth.

  Now one of the two brothers has a hole in his chest and is dead. Yuan Tian pointed at the bald middle-aged man with his right index finger.

  "Let's not have any misunderstandings, young brother. I'm willing to listen." The middle-aged man said as he retreated, ready to dodge the terrifying frosty white sword energy at any moment.

  Even now, the middle-aged man who made the knife still didn't understand where Yuan Tian's sword energy came from. A mere sixth-layer cultivator of Qi Refining didn't even have a spiritual sword in his hand. However, the tragic death of another forced him to be cautious in response.

  When the frosty white sword energy appeared, he only felt his body stiffen, as if he was in a cold pool. Later, those ten sword energies were like broken cloth, failing to exert any blocking effect, and were pierced through in one go.

  Yuán tiān stretched out his index finger, hesitating to release the second sword energy. There were two people on the other side, and he had to find the right moment to strike again. Looking at the middle-aged man's movement, it was unlikely that he could hit him with one blow.

  "What misunderstanding? Tell me, let's take a look." The face that was tense just now suddenly broke into a brilliant smile, as if he really believed the middle-aged man's words. Even his right hand pointed at the young man holding the sword.