Chapter 55

Because of money, or because of the missing babies, for various reasons, Ji You agreed to follow Yuan Yuanchen into the mountains for a trip.

And before entering the mountains, he needed to prepare, so he found a quiet place and began to restore his spiritual sense and spiritual energy.

"We are only going into the mountains to find people. After that, no matter what we see, don't touch it randomly."

Yuan Yuanchen nodded after hearing this and spoke with a serious expression: "I understand, brother-in-law. Once we find my sister, we'll come out."

Ji You's mouth twitched: "I promised, so I won't go back on my word; you don't need to sell your sister."

"Having more relatives means having more paths; this is what my father told me..."

Yuan Yuanchen muttered: "And my sister, besides being very beautiful, is also very gentle."

"I don't like gentle ones."

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Ji You was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, closed his eyes, and began to try sensing Heaven and Man again.

Because whether it is in the mountains or becoming a bandit after going out, cultivation base is always the most important; there is no doubt about this.

But like the previous few times, he still failed.

Even though his spiritual sense was far from the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan period after being exercised, there was still a feeling of falling into a quagmire, and no matter how he struggled, it was difficult to advance an inch.

I don't know if it's an illusion or if he is too cautious, but Ji You always feels that the Heavenly Dao here seems to be different from the Heavenly Dao of the outside world.

The Qingyun world may really never have been completely controlled by the human race.

Ji You's golden spiritual sense wandered in the void for a long while, seeing no light, only feeling a desolate dead silence.

After a moment, he quietly returned to his senses, his mind blank.

Yuan Yuanchen was looking at the book "Flying Immortal" in his hand, and when he saw Ji You open his eyes with golden light flashing, he was a bit surprised.

"Your eyes can shine?"

"It's a sign that spiritual sense has broken through the limit." Ji You restrained the light in his eyes.

Yuan Yuanchen was born in the Pill Sect and learned the Pill Dao, but as a young man, he was more interested in fighting and killing at this age, which is why he was so immersed in the folk novels.

In his view, a sword immortal who could travel a thousand miles with a sword was what he wanted to become, not sitting in front of a pill furnace every day, refining pills and making medicine.

Ji You was the first sword-using cultivator he had come into contact with, so he naturally had a lot of curiosity.

"I came to Beisha Town before and also saw some cultivators trying to cultivate the Way, but they gave up after trying once."

"Because the Heavenly Dao cannot be sensed here."

Yuan Yuanchen looked at him after hearing this: "But they are not like you, desperately trying to exercise spiritual sense every day or something. Last time I asked you what exercising spiritual sense could do, you didn't tell me either."

Ji You pondered for a moment and then spoke: "Spiritual sense is actually the carrier for people to sense the Heavenly Dao, but many cultivators feel that it is enough and will not deliberately exercise spiritual sense."

"Then what about you?"

"I am a dual cultivator of martial arts and Dao, and I need to control more swords to increase the odds of winning in battle, and every extra sword is a burden on spiritual sense, so I need a stronger spiritual sense. Although Dao cannot be realized here, it is very suitable for the exercise of spiritual sense."

Yuan Yuanchen thought of his figure of seven swords flying and slashing after hearing this, and became more and more satisfied with the brother-in-law he found for his sister.

Just at this time, Luo You walked over and looked at the two of them.

Ji You stood up immediately, knowing that it was time to enter the mountains.

Yuan Yuanchen also patted his butt, revealing a solemn expression, and followed Ji You and Luo You into an old mine path.

This mine tunnel was only as high as one person, and after entering, one couldn't even straighten their waist; it was winding and full of oppression.

"This mine tunnel was dug through a hundred years ago; I just heard it mentioned when the older generation of miners chatted."

"At that time, the Hongshan Mine was not controlled by the Immortal Sect, but belonged to a certain family."

"After digging through here, that family quickly sent cultivators over, investigated for a long time, and finally sealed this place, no longer allowing people to enter."

"Later, the Hongshan Mine stopped work for a long time, until it was reopened by the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan in recent years, and we came here to work."

The Hongshan Mine has been dug for hundreds of years, and the mine paths underground lead in all directions. If no one leads the way, this is a huge maze.

Luo You reminded the two to change paths while holding a lamp.

At this time, Ji You stopped slightly and looked at Luo You, while Luo You turned his head to look at Ji You.

When their eyes met, Luo You was a bit nervous: "We... don't dare to easily trust cultivators."

"You are doing the right thing; cultivators are not worth trusting in the first place."

"You don't look like a cultivator."

Ji You smiled: "I am also a private cultivator. I originally wanted to be a bandit, but my family couldn't survive, so I had no choice but to enter the Immortal Sect."

Luo You pondered for a moment and then spoke: "After you enter the mountains, we will clean up this place, take away what should be taken, and leave what should be left."

"Thank you."

Yuan Yuanchen followed behind, looking at Ji You and then at Luo You, feeling that although he could understand every word they said, it was as if it had been encrypted.

Brother Ji once said that the brain is sometimes quite useful.

But now that he used it, he still felt completely confused.

After a long while, the three of them passed through a long mine tunnel, and after going out, it was a dim and primitive mountain forest.

Huge ancient trees blocked the sky and the sun, and the vegetation was lush, almost unable to see the bare ground.

Ji You had never seen such tall and strong ancient trees, and some of them even had deep red gullies in their trunks.

Luo You said that he had never been here either, so he didn't know the exact direction, but he knew that the place they were looking for should probably go west.

Subsequently, he bid farewell to Ji You and Yuan Yuanchen and drilled back into the mine tunnel.

Ji You looked out and couldn't help but sigh: "This place... definitely has a grandmother spirit."

Yuan Yuanchen didn't understand, but looked at Ji You: "Brother Ji, what you and Luo You said in the mine tunnel, what exactly was it?"

Ji You held his sword and walked forward, and added: "Have you ever thought that since this mine tunnel has been sealed for a hundred years, how did he know the route?"

"Eh, that's right."

"I guess that after the evil seeds surged out of the ruins, they thought of many ways to escape and finally determined one, but when we asked, they didn't tell the truth."

Ji You slashed and cut off an ancient tree blocking the way: "They didn't think about rushing out head-on, but intended to use the mine tunnel to break through the mountain wall and escape. This mine tunnel into the mountains was discovered by them during their exploration."

Yuan Yuanchen widened his eyes after hearing this: "No wonder they were panicked, but didn't have too much despair. Then what did he mean by cleaning up the mine tunnel?"

"I guess that after we leave, they will leave some things as markers. If something unavoidable happens, we can borrow the mine tunnel they used to escape along the way."

"I also want to exercise spiritual sense!"

Yuan Yuanchen made a decision silently in his heart after hearing this.

And just when the two were constantly going west, a huge roaring sound suddenly came from not far ahead.

Intense baleful Qi suddenly surged out, covering the sky and the earth.

Yuan Yuanchen held his breath: "They found the entrance to the ruins..."

Ji You stopped his steps and turned his head to walk toward the direction of the mine tunnel: "I have a bad premonition; let's retreat. I'll go be a bandit, and you go home and plan carefully."

"Brother-in-law, you promised me to save my sister; you can't go back on your word."

(End of chapter)