You have mastered the art of thunder and you tell me that it is in a strange world?

Chapter 345: The road to tragedy
"Zuo Chen" and Li Hongyi traveled around the entire cultivation world, and their expenses were actually not too small.

Ordinary gold and silver are easy to get, but the "immortal treasure coins" commonly used by cultivators are difficult to get.

Especially Li Hongyi, she spends money lavishly, so she definitely needs to take on some simple commissions and earn a few treasure coins.

Three years passed in a flash, and finally in a small town, Li Hongyi received a somewhat special mission:

"Go to where the mountains meet, and look for the Three Nine Bitter Poets."

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"What is Sanjiu Kupo? And where is this mountain and mountain?"

Zuo Chen was puzzled, Li Hongyi frowned and explained:
"Sanjiu Kupo is a herb that looks like a dandelion. It grows in small quantities and is very expensive. Sects that make pills will pay a high price for it. And this mountain is connected with mountains... It's a dangerous place."

Li Hongyi obviously didn't intend to go into details, and "Zuo Chen" didn't feel comfortable asking.

Zuo Chen, who was sitting at the same table and watching, looked at the Bodhisattva.

The Master explained:
"In the past, the cultivation world was divided into three realms: Anning Shen, Nian Ji Le, and Shanwai Shan. The backers behind them were Daoism, the Great West, and the Hundred Thousand Mountains. Daoyou and Li Hongyi are in Anning Shen, which is protected by Daoism, so there is no danger."

Zuo Chen nodded in understanding.

This mission requires going outside the mountains, which is equivalent to leaving the safety zone and is definitely dangerous.

It’s a pity that the "Zuo Chen" and Li Hongyi in the past didn’t know that tragedy was coming.

After discussing it, the two finally decided to venture out to the mountain outside the mountain, come back immediately after completing the mission, and then go to a safe place to play.

After leaving An Ning, the two people quickly arrived at their picking destination.

The whole task was not difficult, but looking for flowers wasted a lot of time. By the time they collected enough Sanjiu Kupo, it was already late. The two had no choice but to find a place to rest nearby for the time being.

After searching for a long time, we found a small village.

At dinner time, Li Hongyi deliberately spent some extra money and ordered a lot of good wine and meat. Before the two of them started to eat, an accident happened.

A group of evil cultivators suddenly came into the village.

They were a group of barbarians. When they entered the village, they immediately slaughtered all the adults they saw on the streets, and then they started to capture children under the age of six.

The barbarian in the lead simply took out a gray-brown bag from his waist and shouted "Collect!" All the children in the village flew up to the sky, crying and shouting, and then snorted into the bag.

Li Hongyi was horrified after discovering this, and left the tavern directly through the back door with "Zuo Chen".

"Who are those people?"

Although "Zuo Chen" could feel the danger of this mission, he never expected to encounter such an evil thing.

After witnessing all this, Li Hongyi lowered his voice and quickly explained to "Zuo Chen":
"This dog is from the Blood Sect, an evil cultivator who relies on human spirit to refine his muscles, skin and bones. They have taken a fancy to the babies in this village and probably want to capture a group of them and raise them with special means to use as their own cauldrons in the future."

"Can you fight it?"

"If they are one or two, we can defeat them together, but there are too many of them now. I think there are about seven or eight evil cultivators. If we go together, they will probably grind our bones into dregs."

After hearing what Li Hongyi said, "Zuo Chen" had no choice but to suppress his reluctance and secretly left the village with Li Hongyi.

When Zuo Chen, who was following behind, saw this scene, he couldn't help but sigh deeply.

The blood between his fingers was still flowing, and the dull pain spread from his fingertips all the way to his heart.

Although he had completely forgotten Li Hongyi, he was very clear that what happened next would probably leave a scar on his heart that would never fade away.

Just as he expected, when Li Hongyi and "Zuo Chen" arrived at the gate of the village, as if by a trick of fate, a group of evil cultivators appeared in front of them.

Several people faced each other.

Li Hongyi's face turned pale at the time. He wanted to use underworld jargon to get close to them and avoid this confrontation. However, the eyes of these evil cultivators from the Blood Sect were red, and they were crazy and evil. They didn't listen to anyone at all. When they saw the cultivators in front of them, they immediately took action and planned to kill them.

"Damn it! Meat puppet! This guy is not even from the Blood Sect. He is a substitute golem sent by the Blood Sect's master!"

Li Hongyi screamed in pain, but there was nothing he could do and he was forced to fight. "Zuo Chen" officially started his first fierce battle in this world of cultivation.

This fight was a chaotic one. Although Li Hongyi's skills were not high, he had many different kinds of magic:
As soon as the meat puppet's front feet stepped on the mud, its hind feet would be lifted up by the ankles by a huge heat lantern and thrown into the sky; when it punched Li Hongyi, seven or eight girls who looked exactly like her would appear behind her, running around all over the ground at a quick pace.

It's simply a mature large-sized colorful dress.

On the other side, it was much more difficult for the small-sized "Zuo Chen" to parry. After all, he had only been practicing for three years, and he only knew the basics. The only thing he had practiced was the five internal organs and the five elements. He relied on the thunder in his lungs to cause thunder in the sky, rocks to collapse, and water to flow, and only then was he able to save his life on this battlefield.

Li Hongyi realized that he would surely die if he continued fighting like this, so he could only flee far away with "Zuo Chen".

They crossed the hills and rivers and ran to a mountain god temple before stopping to rest.

She and "Zuo Chen" leaned against the wall of the mountain god temple, exhausted. "I will never come to Shanwaishan again, it's so damn dangerous. If I meet this kind of evil monk again, my life will be wasted."

"I heard the elegant name Shanwaishan before, and I thought it was a good place..."

Zuo Chen sighed.

The two chatted and laughed, celebrating their survival while complaining, "Why would you go to such a dangerous place if you have nothing better to do?"

Zuo Chen and the other two who had been waiting beside them had already seen a meat puppet holding a long sword walking out of the temple.

Caiyi hugged Douding tightly in her arms and covered Xiaodou's eyes.

She knew very well that all this had already happened and was inevitable. Even if Zuo Chen used his Taoism to blast the meat puppet that came over into ashes, the person who had passed away would never appear again.

Just as Caiyi thought, Zuo Chen did not move at all, just watching everything happen quietly.

The meat puppet rushed into the mountain temple, and the sudden appearance of the thief caught the two people who were still chatting and laughing off guard.

Before he could react, the meat puppet shouted loudly and rushed towards the direction of "Zuo Chen".

The creature made of flesh and blood raised its sword high and aimed it at "Zuo Chen" who was still in a daze.

When the attack landed, Li Hongyi leaped forward suddenly as if by instinct and stood in front of "Zuo Chen".

The long sword pierced through Li Hongyi's chest, and a bright red color filled Zuo Chen's eyes.

Li Hongyi used his last breath, touched the meat puppet's brain, and directly pulled his head off.

Stormy night, mountain temple.

Li Hongyi lost his life before he even had time to say his last words.

After three years in this world, "Zuo Chen", who had changed into the attire of a martial artist, cried bitterly while holding Li Hongyi's body.

Looking at this scene, Caiyi felt a little sad:

"Stories generally don't tell jokes like this anymore... It's too unpleasant. If a brothel were to tell this, I'm afraid the young masters would use their money to smash the place."

"How can everything go smoothly in one's life?"

Zuo Chen also sighed softly.

As bystanders, it only took them a short time to get through the time that "Zuo Chen" and Li Hongyi spent together, which resulted in Zuo Chen not feeling much empathy when he saw all this.

But even so, his fingertips that were pierced by the long river of time still hurt slightly, and even his heart ached.

The three of them just continued to look at the former "Zuo Chen", watched him cry until his voice became hoarse, and watched him wipe his tears and stand up.

"Zuo Chen" found a board in the mountain temple, and used two rattan ropes to fold the board into the shape of a chair. He then injected spiritual energy into Li Hongyi's body to prevent decay.

He carried Li Hongyi on a chair and tied her with a rope. After the rain stopped, he carried Li Hongyi down the mountain.

He planned to return to Yunzhong Pavilion, but because he escaped to an unfamiliar place and didn't know the way, he went in the wrong direction and got further and further away from Yunzhong Pavilion.

"Zuo Chen" didn't know what kind of road he was embarking on. At this moment, there was only one stubborn idea in his heart that encouraged him to move forward: there were thousands of capable people and countless people who were good at using various means in this world of cultivation, so it was not difficult to rescue Li Hongyi.

However, Zuo Chen and others who were observing from the side knew very well that Li Hongyi could not be saved.

Li Hongyi's cultivation was not deep enough, and she had no plan for resurrection. Her soul had already flown to the underworld, leaving only a few thoughts on her body.

Unless one goes to the underworld to ask for the person, even if the body is preserved intact, Li Hongyi will not be able to survive.

The current "Zuo Chen" has only been on the path of cultivation for three years. How could he have the ability to go down to the underworld and call back people's souls?

It’s a pity that the “Zuo Chen” in the picture doesn’t know about this, and he still has his wish.

After spending seven days, "Zuo Chen" found a small town.

He was lucky. This town was not controlled by evil cultivators, and there were some skilled doctors among them.

But how could the doctor in this town have the ability to bring the dead back to life? He couldn't even see the problem of the soul, he just felt that Li Hongyi was in a state of living death and he couldn't save her.

Just tell "Zuo Chen":
"Keep going west. There are some Taoists over there, wearing grey robes. They are highly skilled and kind-hearted. If they are the ones, they can use a drop of dew from their green branches to save your Taoist partner."

"Zuo Chen" seemed to have rekindled the fire of hope.

He specially ordered a large coffin from the town and put Li Hongyi in it. He also spent a lot of his savings to get a piece of cold jade that could ensure the body would not decay, and placed it in Li Hongyi's mouth.

The three people, separated by a long river of time, watched him go through all this, and finally carried the coffin on their backs, tightened the rope, and embarked on a journey that was destined to tragedy.

(End of this chapter)