If the sect doesn't accept geniuses, they will become giants once they leave?

Chapter 242 Meizhou Border
Meizhou is quite far from Qianzhou. Even the Yao family's magic carriage took nearly a week to reach the border of Meizhou.

As soon as I got off the carriage, I saw plum blossoms all over the sky and hazy fog. There were many flat boats docked at the border, and on the boats stood figures wearing conical hats. They stood in the fog, their figures were hazy, as if between reality and illusion.

Their appearance reminded Li Yanmo of a ferryman.

However, Li Yanmo knew that these were all living people, and one of them was even yawning.

These are all monks from Meizhou, responsible for guiding people who want to enter Meizhou.

Of course, Foundation Establishment cultivators could ignore these escorts and fly directly, but Meizhou is plagued by natural illusion arrays, which could cause Foundation Establishment cultivators to get lost. Furthermore, Meizhou also harbors demonic beasts, which have adapted to the natural illusion arrays and exploit the mist to seize opportunities. Only escorts know how to circumvent these demonic beasts' territories and reach land safely.

The price asked for extradition varies depending on the visitor's cultivation level.

In order to facilitate his actions, Li Yanmo removed the artificial golden elixir and turned from a golden elixir monster back into an early foundation-building cultivator. Yao Mengyi clapped her hands, and the carriage magic weapon shrank on the spot. Even the white horse turned into a palm-sized statue. Yao Mengyi grabbed it with her right hand and put it into her pocket.

At this moment, Li Yanmo thought of another question, "They probably won't recognize you."

Yao Mengyi thought for a moment and then shook her head. "No, outside of Baidi City, not many people know me. At most, they know my name. This is especially true in places like Meizhou where locals don't leave. They don't even know who I am."

Of course, just in case, Yao Mengyi wrapped herself in a robe and hid her face in the shadow.

Many people on the Meizhou border dress like this, so Yao Mengyi's outfit is not very conspicuous.

Li Yanmo observed for a while and finally chose a ferryman who was only at the fifth level of Qi training.

He was a kind-looking middle-aged man. When he saw Li Yanmo and Yao Mengyi approaching, he knew that today's business had arrived. "I wonder what your cultivation level is?"

"We are both at the initial stage of foundation building."

"Ten low-grade spirit stones per person."

After paying the spirit stone, the middle-aged man moved aside.

The boat was not very spacious and began to shake as soon as Li Yanmo stepped on it. This was naturally not a big deal for a foundation-building cultivator, but Li Yanmo reached out to support Yao Mengyi out of courtesy.

When Yao Mengyi stretched out her hand, the middle-aged man saw her slender white fingers, and a strange look flashed in his eyes, but it was immediately suppressed and turned into harmless respect.

"Where are you two going?"

Li Yanmo thought for a moment and replied, "Qiaomu Island."

Qiaomu Island is one of the islands in Meizhou. It is not particularly large. It is occupied by a miscellaneous orthodox sect that is not even a third-rate sect. The sect leader is only in the early stage of Jindan.

After all, he didn't know Meizhou well enough, so he had to take it one step at a time.

"Qiaomudao, the two adults have found the right person."

The middle-aged man chuckled, his eyes passing over Yao Mengyi without leaving a trace. He lifted the bamboo pole and pushed hard, and the boat swayed forward and entered the fog.

The sound gradually faded away, leaving only the sound of the swaying water.

Yao Mengyi was only sixteen, in the prime of her youth and beauty. She couldn't sit still. After sitting for a while, she began to hum softly, leaning sideways to scoop up water from the lake with her hands. Her humming sound, as clear as a yellow bird, added a touch of color to this boring journey.

Li Yanmo did not stop Yao Mengyi, but supported his chin and looked into the distance.

The unchanging environment gradually wore away the girl's curiosity, and Yao Mengyi's attention returned to Li Yanmo.

"Mr. Li..., can I ask you something?"

"what happened?"

"That's right, your eldest disciple, what is her cultivation level?" Yao Mengyi blinked curiously.

On the way here, Li Yanmo had already told her about his apprentice. Yao Mengyi also knew that what she saw that night was not a ghost, but Li Yanmo's eldest apprentice and fifth apprentice.

"Boss, her physique is a bit special. She is only at the first level of Qi training. The fifth brother has no interest in cultivation, so he has only now reached the great perfection of Qi training," Li Yanmo smiled and shook his head.

"Qi training... one level?"

Yao Mengyi frowned. As a foundation-building cultivator, she was frightened unconscious by Jian Xin, who was only at the first level of Qi training. How could this be justified?
The middle-aged man who had been eavesdropping raised the corners of his mouth slightly and quietly crushed the talisman paper in his sleeve.

The boat swayed forward and the fog became thicker and thicker. The ferryman, who was standing at a slightly higher position, was almost obscured by the fog and his appearance could not be seen clearly.

After staggering for nearly half an hour, Li Yanmo suddenly spoke. "I said, haven't we arrived yet?"

The extradition officer was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Sir, we will arrive at Arbor Island soon."

"No, I mean the place where you ambushed us. Haven't we arrived yet?"

The extraditioner's face changed immediately, and he stopped pretending and quickly jumped back. The pitch-black fog was dispersed by a gust of wind. They came to a narrow river channel without knowing when. There were rock walls on both sides. At the end of the river was a huge cave with several large words spelled out with bones in the cave.

Batu Caves!
"Now that we've been discovered, there's nothing we can do!"

The extraditionist raised his hand and threw away his hat, laughing strangely.

"Although I don't know which family you belong to, didn't your family tell you that you must bring adequate guards when you go out?"

Yao Mengyi tilted her head, "You are a Qi training stage, and you want to tie me up while I am in the foundation building stage?"

The extraditionist sneered and stepped back. The two of them flew out of the Black Wind Cave laughing loudly, and the powerful pressure of the middle stage of foundation building fell down.

One of them looked Yao Mengyi up and down, a glint of greed in his eyes, "Great, great—Hei Lao San, I'm so lucky today, I actually have the chance to taste such a top-notch delicacy! Second in command, this time it's time for me to have a taste first!"

Hei Lao Er sneered, "Leave the women here, and kill the men and throw them into the river to feed the monsters!"

Yao Mengyi rolled her eyes. "I heard that many cultivators in Meizhou use natural magic arrays to commit evil. I didn't expect to encounter one right from the start. Master Li, do you want to spare his life?"

"What's the point of keeping it? It's just a waste of rice."

The two were stunned at first, and then became furious.

Li Yanmo and Yao Mengyi, two little guys in the early stage of foundation building, were so presumptuous that they dared to ignore these two powerful men in the middle stage of foundation building!

"Okay, okay, it seems our young lady hasn't understood the situation yet. It's okay, I will teach you the rules here later!"

Hei Lao San licked his lips, leaped forward, and ran straight towards Yao Mengyi's face with a strange laugh. White mist with ghost faces overflowed from between his fingers.

The speed was so fast that even Li Yanmo, the guard, couldn't react.

Hei Lao Er smiled calmly, "Hei Lao San, don't be too cruel, you've scared this young lady into losing her mind..."

Before he finished speaking, Yao Mengyi had already reached out and grabbed Hei Lao San's neck, lifting him up. Her seemingly weak fingers were like iron clamps, making it difficult for Hei Lao San to breathe. Yao Mengyi was still full of confusion.

"With just this much ability, how dare you get close to me?"

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