The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 269 - 166: Encounter with Cloud Tiger Trading Team Again
Are the Demon Sects going to war? This news is important indeed. Since Miluo is an important figure in the Prefecture, he definitely won’t leave the front line amid intense battle, lest he damages his soldiers’ morale. Her eyes lit up: "Are you saying, ’Heavenly Ladder’?"
He just smiled without saying a word. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦
She really wanted to hug Mr. Yan and plant a kiss on him. Originally, the only way to avoid Miluo was to hide in the Water Mansion at Heart Lake. However, life underwater was boring indeed; after touring around for four or five days, she was already suffering from aesthetic fatigue. The Turtle Immortal could naturally use the Illusion Array to create the most beautiful scenery in the world, but as soon as Ning Xiaoxian thought about the fact that it was all fake and that she was still staying inside the massive flesh space of the giant turtle’s belly, she immediately lost her interest.
Thereupon, Mr. Yan led the way and took her to the encampment of the Cloud Tiger merchant team in this place. The Cloud Tiger merchant team had just arrived here for merely two hours, and the felt tents hadn’t even been set up properly yet. By now, there were no vacancies left in the inns of this town, so a merchant team of over two hundred people could only report to the town office, and then pick an empty site outside the town to set up camp.
The team members were surprised and happy to see Ning Xiaoxian. This young lady had left a good impression on them. He Xiaojiu immediately rushed over, wanting to give her a bear hug, but she deftly dodged, causing him to hug a tent pole instead, which provoked a burst of laughter. Meanwhile, Deng Hao stroked his chin, pretending to reprimand her for breaking her promise and leaving alone, but his face couldn’t keep up the act for long and soon burst into a wide smile.
Looking at them, Ning Xiaoxian naturally felt joy, but also a touch of melancholy sorrow. She had been targeted by Miluo, and continuing to travel with the merchant team would only bring trouble upon them. Even the Clearing Void Sect had been severely weakened, so the Cloud Tiger merchant team, just a medium-sized team, was certainly no match for the colossal might of Fengtian Prefecture.
Seeing the hearty smiles on the men’s faces, she couldn’t help but think that sometimes being a simple mortal might not be so bad, at least they wouldn’t have the same worries she did now.
As expected, whistle and Tan Qinghe mother and son were with the team. Deng Hao considerately offered a carriage to the three for their journey, making the bachelors in the team envious, especially since Tan Qinghe was a great beauty. This journey had not been without its share of teasing, and whistle’s Ice Face seemed to show signs of melting.
Upon seeing her, whistle gently touched Tan Qinghe’s shoulder. The two seemed to already have a good understanding; Qinghe got the hint and took her son back to their tent, leaving space for some private conversation.
"After moving to the Manor, I still felt unsafe, after all, it was registered under her late husband’s name. I got in touch with another Manor outside the south of Rock City; the owner was dazzled by money and didn’t care too much about anything else. On the day Rock City’s situation changed, I saw Cultivators flying over the Manor on their Magic Artifacts, so I took Qinghe and her son to the new Manor that very night. We only stayed there for three days before returning to stay within Rock City!"
They ended up returning to the interior of Rock City? She was taken aback, followed by relief. Within two days of the incident, Rock City was under martial law. Both the Immortal Sects and Demon Sects had combed through every house in the entire Rock City, and Fengtian Prefecture had gotten a lead on Ning Xiaoxian from the government office, tracing it back to Tan Qinghe’s home. Luckily, the group had already left for the Manor. Whistle truly was an escape expert. He circled around several Manors and then ingeniously changed appearances with Tan Qinghe before returning to settle in Rock City, right when the pursuers had set their sights on the Manors, unaware that they had actually doubled back.
The Disguise Pills refined by Ning Xiaoxian were extremely effective, even Great Success Stage demons couldn’t see through them, let alone the lackeys sent out for the search.
The Cloud Tiger merchant team’s schedule was delayed for several days due to martial law, enduring three or four rounds of inspections. People from Fengtian Prefecture were particularly arrogant, even opening every single package of each merchant team to inspect, preventing any confidants of Wen Liangyu from smuggling spirit tea seeds, causing resentment among the team members who dared not speak out. Strangely enough, since entering Rock City, Ning Xiaoxian had mostly acted alone and had little contact with the Cloud Tiger merchant team, so Fengtian Prefecture didn’t trace anything to the head of the merchant team for the time being.
On the day the Cloud Tiger merchant team was able to leave the city, "coincidentally" they picked up whistle and Tan Qinghe mother and son inside the west gate.
After entering Leizhou, the merchant team chose a route that didn’t pass through Shuangyu City, but instead arrived at this small town below Qingjing Mountain first. Ning Xiaoxian was curious: "Why?"
Turns out this was a testament to Deng Hao’s experience as a team leader. Despite Shuangyu City being the first stop as one travels west into Leizhou, the county’s specialty was salt. Even if your salt had a unique flavor, the commodity was too cheap. If a merchant team wanted to transport salt to sell elsewhere, would there still be space in the limited cargo wagons to carry other goods? The small town they reached, however, was different. Here, they had a seemingly inconspicuous specialty—earthworms.
