Chapter 40

Binhu town is about 700 miles away from Yunbifeng. It's an hour's journey for friars building the foundation, and Shen Ruiling and his party have to walk for almost a day.

Most of the way is plain, and the mountains passing by also exist like small mounds. When passing through some places with spiritual power, Shen Ruiling and his party are also very careful. Although there are generally no third-order monsters here, they generally occupy some second-order monsters.

It's also considered for the family to leave these second-order monsters. First, when the monsters there are about to become a climate, they can send their children to hunt and kill as a task to sharpen the people and collect materials.

Second, these monsters scattered around Yunbi peak also serve as a warning. When someone attacks the clan land, they can also cause them some trouble, so that they can't easily attack Yunbi peak directly.

Therefore, as long as the level of these spiritual vessels is not too high, or there are cultivation resources, the family will not eliminate them.

Although Shen Ruiling and his party carefully avoided some spiritual places, there were always demons with short eyes who came out to find trouble. Under the siege of three friars in the later stage of Qi training, they all became corpses, loaded with ox carts and transported to Binhu town.

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At the same time, a monk with three layers of Qi training hurriedly ran into a mansion and shouted:

"Your honor, the water of Zhenze lake has begun to rise sharply, overflowing the lake embankment and approaching the foot of the city wall."

With this shout, an old man entered the lobby from the backyard. This man was Shen Huantong, the guard of Binhu Town, a friar practicing five layers of Qi.

At the age of Shen Huantong, he is in his seventies and still hovering in the middle of Qi practice. It's hard to say whether he can reach the later stage of Qi practice in his life.

This kind of people are generally five spiritual roots. They will not be outstanding in cultivation. The family will send them to various family industries, or become a rich man in mortals to guard mortal villages and towns for the family.

In the final analysis, Lingnan area can only be regarded as a place of barbarians, with the barrier of Hengduan Mountains. The Xiuzhen culture is much worse than that of the Central Plains.

This land has only been developed for thousands of years, and its aura is thin. There is no fifth order spirit pulse, which is not appreciated by high-level friars.

Although after thousands of years of development, the population density is quite low. The survival of mortals is not to find a place with mountains, water and fertile land.

Ordinary people not only have to face all kinds of natural disasters, mountain torrents, floods and so on. In front of the power of heaven and earth, monks are very small, not to mention mortals.

And accept man-made disasters. Any struggle among monks can destroy a village. Although Qingyun sect and Wuji sect are both orthodox sects, which explicitly prohibit friars from killing mortals, they can't care so much in fighting.

What's more, there are evil cultivation and ghosts, which will kill a large number of mortals and practice with mortal flesh and blood.

Even the beasts that start breathing and cultivating because they eat natural materials and earth treasures by mistake are also a disaster for mortals. Although these beasts are promoted by spirits, unlike those with divine animal blood, they are not ordinary mortals who can hunt and kill. On the contrary, they will eat mortals.

Therefore, mortals can only thrive under the protection of one true cultivation force.

Take the four mortal towns of the Shen family, except Binhu Town, which are within 500 miles of Yunbifeng. They can't be too close because they are afraid that mortals will disturb the cultivation of friars, and they are too far away and can't be rescued in time.

Moreover, every town is not only protected by the Dharma array, but also guarded by family friars who lose confidence in the way of cultivation to protect one's stability.

Because Binhu town is far from Yunbifeng, there are not only one friar in the middle of Qi practice, but also several friars in the early stage of Qi practice.

The old man called the monk who reported,

"Say it carefully."

The three-tier monk said:

"There has been a rainstorm in this month. The water in Zhenze lake has overflowed the lake embankment, has overflowed dozens of miles, and will soon rise to the foot of the city wall."

"Has the river in the city that leads into the lake been blocked?" The old man asked.

"I'll fill it up before the rainy season."

"If the water rises again, the monster will start to make trouble. Please make an idea, sir."

"Let captain Wang lead the young mortals in the city to build fortifications on the wall and prepare those stone throwing machines and strong crossbows. The friars of the family should be arriving soon. Open the protective array and get ready. " The old man began to give orders one by one.

He has been here as a guard for nearly 20 years. There are demons and beasts making trouble every rainy season. The usual practice is to cooperate with the friars sent by the family to stick to the Dharma array. After a few months, the water retreats and the demons retreat.

Generally, these monsters in the water will be greatly weakened after leaving the water. They will attack Binhu town during the flood of Zhenze lake. Generally, they will not go ashore. They will be attacked by monsters when mortals go fishing in the lake, but the probability is not large. As long as they don't go to the center of the lake.

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On the other side, Shen Ruiling and his party climbed over a mountain and finally saw a great lake when the sun was about to set.

This is Zhenze lake. The lake is thousands of miles wide. Standing on one side, you can't see the other. It takes several hours for friars to fly their swords.

Zhenze lake is located between Linhai county and hepingzhou county. This end of Linhai county is called North Lake and that end of Pingzhou county is called South Lake. The North Lake has abundant spiritual power and rich products, which is more suitable for monster life.

The territory of the Shen family just occupies a small lake bay in the north corner. The soil here is fertile and the water network is dense, which is suitable for ordinary people to reproduce.

There is a miniature spiritual vein on the lakeside mountain. The family established villages and towns here and stationed monks in the middle of Qi practice. It also built this place into a family stronghold to better develop the resources in the lake.

Shen Ruiling looked at the sparkling Lake under the setting sun. He could also see several big fish jumping out of the water. Several small islands in the lake were particularly eye-catching.

After another journey, Shen Ruiling saw a town with a city wall more than ten feet high. The city wall was also full of people, and all kinds of large machinery were on the city wall. It looked like a war was imminent.

Because the south gate has been flooded, Shen Ruiling and his party entered the city from the north gate. Shen Ruiling saw that the bricks and stones on the wall were not mortals, but first-class spirits. These first-order spiritual bricks are accumulated in one piece. The built city wall is much stronger than the ordinary city wall. If it is equipped with Dharma array, it will be even stronger.

"It seems that the family still likes it here." Shen Ruiling thought to himself.

After reading it, Zhou Qiao also praised:

"Your Shen family is really rich and powerful. There is a wall of mortal villages and towns stacked with spiritual bricks."

Shen Huanming looked at them and explained:

"The family here has made great efforts to develop. It is ready to be used as a frontier stronghold in the south of Yunbifeng and better develop Zhenze lake."

Shen Ruiling and Zhou Qiao looked at each other. They had stayed in the family for so long that they didn't know.

Shen Ruiling saw that although the outside of the city had been flooded, the streets in the city were still very prosperous, and the family mortals were walking around in the streets.

With the entry of Shen Ruiling and his party, it also caused some sensation in this small town.

In the distance, an old man with several attendants rushed over. It was Shen Huantong, the guard. When he came to the front of the group, he bowed and said:

"Shen Huantong, the garrison of Binhu Town, paid a visit to the Taoist friends of the main clan."

Shen Huanming picked up the old man,

"It's all a family. You're welcome at seventeen."

Shen Ruiling looked at the old man. Although he was the 17th elder of the Huan generation, Shen Ruiling was not familiar with it. He didn't know his name for a moment.

"You've been on your way all day. Follow me to the town guard's house to have a rest." Shen Huantong said respectfully.

On weekdays, he was a local emperor, but when Shen Ruiling and his party came, Shen Huantong respectfully got up with a flattering face. After all, he had returned to the earth and didn't stay on Yunbi peak.

Led by Shen Huantong, the party came to zhenshou mansion, a mansion built on a second-order spiritual vein.

"Everyone, please!"

When they entered the mansion, they felt that the aura inside was much stronger than that outside,

"Everyone, follow me to the wing room in the backyard."

"OK."

"You guys take the iron backed bull to the cowshed, wear the cloud crossbow and move it to the backyard." Shen Huanming commanded.

Shen Ruiling walked through the main hall to the backyard,

"Three Taoist friends, this is the place with the most abundant aura in Binhu town. In addition, the array eye of the moat is also here." Shen Huantong explained.

"Tao you bothered." Shen Ruiling said.

"You can distribute the wing rooms in the backyard. I'll call you when I'm ready for the reception banquet." Shen Huantong said.

"The flood is imminent, let's avoid it."

"No problem, no problem. According to my experience, monsters won't attack these days, and the water level is not enough." Shen Huan swore.

"Then thank you." Shen Huanming said.

"Yes, yes." Then the old man left with a smile.

"Let's find a room to clean up ourselves." Shen Huanming looked at them and said.