Ink panel: Hunting the sun and surveying the sky from the bow.

Chapter 340 Encounter with Huang Tianjiao

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Raindrops flowed along the eaves of the ancient village, gathered into beads, rolled down along the tiles, and hit the bluestone slabs, making crisp and pleasant sounds.

Xiao Man carefully put the dry firewood he had just collected together and lit a bonfire. The flames jumped, reflecting his focused face, with a look of relief in his eyes.

"The rain came so suddenly. It was sunny just now, but suddenly it was covered with dark clouds and it was pouring down. I almost got soaked."

Several brothers around Shang Jin sat close together beside the campfire and said, "Fortunately, Lord Shen is here, otherwise we really don't know what to do in the rain."

When they mentioned Shen Qing, their tone was full of gratitude.

If Shen Qing had not noticed the change in the weather and used his spiritual power to carry them to find a place to shelter from the rain in time, they would probably still be struggling forward on the muddy mountain road, in a miserable state.

Shen Qing stood at the door, listening silently to the conversation between the few people without saying a word.

He looked around and found that there were many broken large items in the house without much dust, and there were also many scattered belongings left in the house, indicating that the owner had not been away for long.

Shen Qing guessed that many villagers must have known the news and sensed something was wrong so they moved away in advance.

Now I don’t know where they are hiding in the deep mountains and forests, and they got these houses for free.

However, Shen Qing felt that hiding was not of much use.

With the abilities of these martial artists, they would definitely be able to find these people if they really wanted to search.

If there are martial artists in the pacification meeting who want to accumulate evil energy, these people will not be able to hide from it even if they want to.

Shen Qing raised his head and looked outside the door. He saw that the sky was dark and the rain was like a curtain, shrouding the distant mountains and nearby fields in a hazy state. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart and sympathize with these people who were also from the mountains.

When he lived in Hongshan Village in the past, he often heard the elders in the village talking about the past. He knew that the passing of bandits is like combing, and the passing of soldiers is like rake.

In the eyes of the villagers, soldiers are more terrifying than bandits.

In fact, these practicing martial artists are much more terrifying than those soldiers.

The soldiers could still resist if they injured someone, but killing these ordinary people was as easy as slaughtering chickens and dogs.

The indiscriminate killing of innocent people is almost inevitable.

Shen Qing didn't investigate further.

In the house, Shao Hongling and Shang Jin leaned against one side of the wooden house, closed their eyes and adjusted their breathing.

After two days of running around, they have already penetrated deep into the area controlled by the Huangtian Sect, and there may be several fierce battles ahead.

Next they need to get enough rest to prevent accidents.

As it gradually darkened, Shang Jin regained his spirit. He took the initiative to wake up and replace Shen Qing.

"Call us immediately if there is any disturbance."

"it is good."

Shang Jin was a captain who had worked his way up from being a city gate guard. Standing guard was his job and he was very good at such things.

He knew that the current environment was complicated and he couldn't be careless.

Under Shen Qing's instructions, he became more serious.

After Shen Qing finished explaining, he sat back by the campfire, listening to the continuous rain outside, occasionally mixed with thunder, and the cries of unknown wild animals coming from the distant mountains and forests, and silently regulating his breathing.

Hearing the noise, Shao Hongling opened his eyes out of habit and ended his breathing exercises.

Her cultivation level might be good in their small place, but when she came to the Jingluanhui where there were many hidden dragons and crouching tigers, she knew very well that it was not good enough at all.

Now the only one she can rely on is Shen Qing.

Fortunately, although Lu Anzhou was a lady from a wealthy family, she was doing business for the lower class in a small place, so she was not as sophisticated as the ladies from really wealthy families, and she could do many housework and chores.

When she saw Shen Qing resting, she took the initiative to prepare food for Shen Qing and did what she could.

Shen Qing did not resist. After a few times, he gradually became familiar with her service and their relationship became much closer.

As the only woman among them, she is also extremely beautiful.

Everyone saw the changes in Shao Hongling.

Shang Jin and the others were secretly careful not to talk nonsense, and were very perceptive.

The rain was heavy and fast, and it took an entire night for it to subside.

The heavy rain finally stopped after dawn the next day.

At this time, looking around, the mountains and forests in the distance were washed lush and green by the rain.

The mountains and countryside are shrouded in mist.

The water drops dripping from the eaves made crisp sounds, and a muddy earthy smell permeated the village paths.

But the sky is still gloomy and there is no sunshine.

Shen Qing felt the moisture in the air and knew it wouldn't rain any more for a while.

Now they are about two or three hundred miles away from Danzhou. With their walking speed, it will take about two or three days.

He planned to lead everyone forward and wanted to reach the destination outside Danzhou as soon as possible.

Shang Jin and others naturally followed Shen Qing's lead and moved forward with him.

Several people followed the route instructions and walked onto a road. After the rain, the road was full of mud and footprints.

Some of the footprints were even fresh.

Shen Qing immediately realized that a large number of people had just passed by on this road.

And judging from the depth of the footprints, there are many people with high cultivation.

"Wait a moment."

Shen Qing stopped, looked forward, his heart moved, and he released his spiritual sense.

The continuous breakthroughs in his archery skills today made his spiritual awareness more sharp and strong.

Nothing within a hundred meters could escape his perception. Under the cover of this divine consciousness, the surrounding mountain and forest environment was clearly visible.

He noticed the texture of every tree and every leaf.

Shen Qing concentrated his mind and focused his consciousness on the mountain path.

Soon, the rows of footprints of varying depths and traces washed away by rain on the muddy path were clearly reflected in his mind.

However, despite his careful search, he did not find any trace of anyone within a radius of 100 meters.

what happened?

Shen Qing frowned slightly.

He did not give up and continued to use the skill of [Searching for Traces]. Suddenly, rows of footprints of different colors appeared in his sight.

Many of them bear traces of spiritual power.

This proves that someone had definitely passed by nearby.

There is weirdness.

"Lord Shen, what's wrong?" Shang Jin stepped forward and asked.

Shen Qing said: "Nothing, we won't take this road anymore, let's go through the mountains."

Now he has broken through the Lingxu realm, and among the many martial artists participating in the Jingluan Association, his strength is enough to rank among the top.

But he did not become arrogant or act recklessly because of this. Instead, he became more cautious.

As far as he knew, the Cui family, the Wang family and other aristocratic families were all nearly a thousand years old and possessed extraordinary heritage, which was far beyond the reach of the Xue family, which had only been a newly-elected family for a few decades.

There must be many hidden talents among these noble families. Just because the Xue family is weak doesn’t mean that the other families are weak.

Shen Qing could see traces of people here, but he couldn't find them, which made him feel uneasy.

So it’s better to be careful.

At Shen Qing's call, they went into the forest and moved forward.

Shen Qing was born into a hunter family and had been living in the mountains since he was a child. Not to mention that he had the martial arts knowledge of "Hunting Classics", so he was like a fish in water in the mountains and forests, and it was as easy as walking on flat ground for him to lead Shang Jin and others.

Not to mention that with his practice, he is no longer the same as before.

He continued to move forward carefully, his spiritual power surging, and his figure kept flashing in the forest.

Now he has mastered many martial arts, but his main two martial arts, the Eight Desolate Destruction Seal and the Six Paths Whale Swallowing Art, are making slow progress.

These two martial arts are almost cultivated to the powerful level of [Using Martial Arts to Enter the Tao]. One needs to feel the principles of heaven and earth, and constantly transform the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into one's own use to condense the primordial spirit in order to break through.

The whole process is rather difficult. In the entire Great Zhou, no one who can enter the Yuanshen realm is younger than a hundred years old, and most of them successfully break through at the age of two hundred.

If you want to make a breakthrough in these two martial arts, you will have to devote more effort and time.

However, he has used the two martial arts, Daxushu and Tiangongfa, more frequently recently, and his progress is quite orderly.

These two martial arts, one is an ancient martial art from the Huangfu family, and the other is purely an ordinary archery technique created from scratch, which does not involve the way of the soul.

Once the progress is completed, you can smoothly break through to the next stage.

Shen Qing plans to focus his main energy on these two martial arts next. He wants to try what a low-level martial art will become after breaking through to the highest level. He also wants to see to what extent the Great Void Movement Technique can reach after being refined by the Great Void Technique.

This meeting to quell the rebellion is a good opportunity to improve these two martial arts.

When the time is right, he can use the ink panel to help himself break through the current bottleneck in one fell swoop, which may have unexpected results.

However, Shen Qing was not in a hurry for success. Some things, especially martial arts, might be counterproductive if pursued blindly.

On the forest trail after the rain, Shen Qing continued to use the Great Void Technique to lead a group of people through the wet soil.

Suddenly, in the depths of the dense forest ahead, a hazy yellow light appeared faintly, like a candlelight in the mist, suddenly appearing in the forest.

Shang Jin and the others hurriedly stopped and hid aside, lowering their voices and asking curiously, "What is that?"

Shen Qing's expression froze, and he quickly released his spiritual sense to investigate.

What he didn't expect was that when his spiritual consciousness touched the hazy yellow light, it was like touching a black hole. All his spiritual consciousness was swallowed up completely, and there was a state of nothingness there.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, it would have seemed that such anomaly did not exist there at all.

This surprised Shen Qing extremely.

To be honest, this was the first time he encountered such a situation.

Shen Qing did not give up. His eyes flashed with brilliance and his gaze was as sharp as torches.

The scene in the distance seemed to be brought closer in an instant, magnified several times in his eyes, and presented in front of him.

If you look closely, the light image looks like an inverted yellow bowl.

Just as he was gazing curiously, a ripple appeared in the yellow light, and a person walked out of the hazy yellow light.

He had a yellow cloth tied around his arm and a yellow turban on his head.

Shen Qing's expression changed.

saint!

He is from the Huangtian Sect.

This is the formation set up by the Huangtian Sect.

They were in ambush.

Shen Qing's heart trembled. He narrowed his eyes and looked carefully at the person who walked out of the yellow light.

The other person had a cold face, deep eyes, and an indescribable aura surrounding him.

He took off the precious bow on his back and silently signaled everyone to stay alert.

(End of this chapter)