The road is vague

Chapter 409 Difficulties abound
We learned from the kobolds that this place is called Dragonbone Cliff.

The reason is that the Blood Dragon Clan on the other side of the Forbidden Sea launches a counterattack every few hundred years, and the first place they land is often in this direction, hence the name.

The people living here are all small ethnic groups.

Upon hearing this, Li Mo's eyes narrowed slightly.

The others exchanged bewildered glances. Everyone here knew that on the Lost Continent across the Forbidden Sea, the Blood Dragon Clan's Neon King was holding a Spirit Transformation Ceremony, and that in the next three to five years, or even one to two years, he would launch a major attack on the Wasteland.

When the time comes, this place, as the front line of the war, will surely be a river of blood.

Li Mo then looked at the pig-headed man next to him.

Compared to the cowardly and shrewd dog-headed man who kept begging for mercy, the pig-headed man was fat and greedy, especially when he looked at the rabbit-men who had landed, his eyes practically gleaming.

The rabbit people of the past were extremely vigilant about this and felt a vague unease.

"What, are there other Jade Rabbit people here?"

"Yes, of course!"

As the pig-headed man spoke, he couldn't help but let out his distinctive humming sounds, and when he mentioned the rabbit-man, he couldn't help but lewdly laugh.

"In Anhai City to the north, there is a group of rabbit girls who are quite delicious... Hehe, but I heard that their boss is a werewolf chieftain. Also, the eagle people sell some rabbit slaves every year. They are very popular and each one costs several thousand taels of silver."

Several thousand taels of silver is equivalent to several hundred spirit stones.

However, at this point, the pig-headed man looked puzzled.

"Why are there still so many rabbit men here? What are they for?"

Looking at the tens of thousands of rabbit people here, even after removing the old, weak, sick, and disabled, and the male rabbits, they were worth at least two or three hundred thousand spirit stones, equivalent to half a year's expenses for a small sect.

However, compared to his plan to complete the mission and return to the Great Qian Dynasty, and given how well these rabbit people served him, he naturally couldn't easily give them up.

Li Mo waved his hand, signaling Black Phoenix to handle the two men herself. Then he summoned several rabbit-man elders to discuss the matter. The rabbit-man elders who came out of the crowd watched as Black Phoenix transformed into a giant bird and swallowed the dog-headed man and pig-headed man one by one. Their eyelids twitched and they showed a hint of fear.

"The situation is worse than we imagined."

Li Mo got straight to the point.

"The rabbit-people in this area are basically on the verge of extinction. They have not produced any high-level experts and are not only bullied by other races, but young rabbit girls are also highly sought after and have been driven up to exorbitant prices. Our journey will inevitably face considerable obstacles. You must keep the people in each town in check and make sure they do not fall behind. Call for help immediately if you encounter any problems."

Upon hearing this, the elders readily agreed.

a few days later.

Li Mo led tens of thousands of rabbit people to the vicinity of Anhai City.

Next, he planned to traverse the territory of the War Bear Clan. Compared to the Eagle People's flight and the Cheetah's speed, the Bear People were stronger in combat, but because of their fierce, irritable, and lazy nature, they were easier to deal with when problems arose and would not involve more issues. Therefore, they became Li Mo's first choice.

Generally speaking, as long as you avoid the bear-man towns and areas inhabited by these demons and travel more through the wilderness, the chances of encountering trouble will be much lower than if you were to cross the other two major tribes.

But before that, there is one more crucial thing they need to do.

That is to buy grain.

The food, clothing, and other necessities for tens of thousands of rabbit people along the way are not a small amount. These rabbit people need to use the valuable goods they have to exchange for the food they need most next.

"Let's go."

Li Mo led over a hundred elite rabbit-men in disguise toward Anhai City.

He himself transformed, using the Shadow Mask to become a ferocious bear-man, and walked at the front of the group.

"King of a Thousand Faces, I'm leaving this place to you."

The Thousand-Faced King nodded. With his level of power, protecting the rabbit people here was naturally not a problem.

As a city gradually appeared in the distance, demons of various races came and went. Soldiers holding weapons and wearing armor stood in front of the city gate. A group of rabbit people with their ears covered showed curiosity and kept looking around.

"Get out of the way!"

A grumpy bear-man shoved aside the few little ones in front of him and strode into the city.

Compared to the bear-men's massive physique, these rabbit-men were indeed insignificant. The rabbit-men who were pushed aside were not angry; they simply looked at the other party's back with a surprised expression.

"Stop, what are you doing?"

A leopard-man in front of the city gate stopped the rabbit-men pulling the carts.

As a tall figure approached, the leopard-man's expression changed slightly. It turned out to be Li Mo in his bear-man form. Upon getting closer, he coldly tossed a money pouch over.

"These are all my men. Is there anything else?"

The leopard-man took the money bag and immediately laughed.

"It's alright, it's alright, let them through!"

Immediately afterwards, Li Mo led more than a hundred rabbit people, pushing more than twenty carts of goods, into Anhai City, heading straight for the grain market.

Li Mo was not good at large-scale transactions either.

Fortunately, there are some clever rabbit people on the island who are quite skilled in this area, so everything can be left to them.

After setting a departure time, Li Mo went to the tavern next to the grain market and sat by the window on the second floor to observe in case of any accidents.

A goat man served them delicious food and wine.

Time passed little by little.

Everything seemed to be proceeding smoothly when several badger-men walked in and sat down not far from Li Mo.

"Hey, have you heard?" These badger-men drank alcohol like it was water, each one gulping it down like wolves.

After a few large glasses of wine, they started bragging to each other.

"what?"

"A large group of rabbit people suddenly appeared on the east coast, at least tens of thousands of them. It is said that an eagle-man from the Sky Claw Beast Hunting Group discovered it. It was startled at the time, took a look from afar, and then flew away."

"My God, so many bunny girls, how much does that cost!"

This badger man actually started counting on his fingers.

"If there really are so many bunny girls, why bother hunting monsters? We might as well join in the fun. If we can catch a few bunny girls to sell, we'll be rich, hehehehehe..."

Upon hearing this, Li Mo, who was standing to the side, calmly ate and drank his fill. Seeing that the rabbits in the market had already completed their transactions, he slowly walked away.

"Come on."

These twenty-odd large carts, plus numerous storage bags of grain, are enough to sustain all the rabbit people for two to three months.

“Our movements have been detected, and we’re likely to run into some trouble. We need to get out of here as soon as possible.”

Upon hearing this, the rabbit elder leading the group's expression changed drastically under his bamboo hat. He hurriedly urged the elite rabbits to push the cart and rejoin the main force as soon as possible.

However, the grain on these carts was too heavy, and because the ground had just been loosened by rain, the wheels often got stuck in the mud and could not move. They had to push and pull constantly, making it very difficult to increase the speed.

Seeing this, Li Mo had no choice but to take action frequently to help transport these grain carts back to the main force as quickly as possible.

A few hours later.

As darkness fell, Li Mo and the others finally returned to their respective homes.

The elders were in charge of distributing the food, while Li Mo went to the side of the Thousand-Faced King.

"We've been exposed."

"I know."

Then the Thousand-Faced King pointed to a spot not far away. Li Mo looked at the dozen or so corpses on the ground, which were from various races. The leaders were a pair of eagle men and eagle women. He sighed.

The Thousand-Faced King sneered.

"They were shouting that they were from the Sky Claw Beast Hunting Group. I thought they were courting death, so my wife and I took action."

Qianqian ran over at that moment.

"Young Master Li, these foreign tribes are too terrifying, sob sob."

She leaned against Li Mo, her eyes filled with tears, pleading for his pity.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here."

After offering a few words of comfort, Li Mo looked at the corpses again as Qianqian left, and his expression immediately turned serious.

After a moment's thought, he looked at the Black Phoenix.

"Make them into warnings and hang them here to deter others from following them."

Although Black Phoenix didn't want to do these dirty and tiring jobs, she was now under the control of the "Dark Thunder Heavenly Book," so no matter how unwilling she was, she had no choice but to agree.

So she found some wooden stakes and nailed them one by one to the Sky Claw Beast Hunters.

After discussing with several rabbit-people elders, Li Mo decided to travel through the night to leave this chaotic place as soon as possible and head to the Needle Ridge region controlled by the War Bear Clan.

The next few days.

Li Mo and his companions were attacked by more than twenty waves of hunting groups of varying sizes.

These hunting groups ranged in size from over a hundred people to just three or five, which annoyed Li Mo and his companions and slowed their already slow pace even further.

The Thousand-Faced King witnessed all of this.

"The speed is too slow. In my opinion, we must let the gecko sever its tail and abandon the old, young, sick and disabled. Otherwise, we will never be able to get out of this grassland. These endless streams of greedy people will wear us down to death."

Li Mo was not an indecisive person; he was also considering this issue.

However, doing so would undoubtedly greatly reduce the loyalty of these rabbit people, making it difficult to use them as a core force in the future. Therefore, he really didn't want to take this step unless absolutely necessary.

But the current predicament is something he has to consider.

at this time.

A rumbling sound came from the distant grassland.

Li Mo sent his divine sense out of his body and scanned that direction.

Then he seemed to have discovered something, and his face immediately lit up with undisguised joy.

"Savage beast!"

The savage beasts on land and the sea monsters in the sea are all species of the same kind as the ancient great demons during the ancient Mountain and Sea Realm period, only of lower rank and without specific classifications or names.

When Thousand-Faced King remembered that Li Mo could control the Sea King Beast through that black book, he also showed a bit of anticipation. But just then, a burst of laughter came from another direction.

"The Grassland Kings Hunting Group is here! Rabbit people ahead, you followed the Tiger People and wreaked havoc on the Thousand Ridges Land back then, and now you dare to show yourselves in the Thousand Ridges Land again? Then wait for the Golden War Lion Clan to settle accounts with you, hahahaha!"

The lion-man at the head, his entire body shimmering with crimson gold, rode a fire-breathing giant lizard and led over a hundred of his subordinates from various races in a charge.

(End of this chapter)