Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 31: The Formless Cicada Molt
When he was away from home, Fang Jingxuan did not relax for a moment all night and remained alert at all times.

This was actually his first time traveling so far away, even out of the Danding Sect's sphere of influence.

The Baishan area has never been very stable. Small caravans and camel caravans can easily be robbed. Ordinary monks will not travel far unless necessary.

Some people spend their entire lives wandering around in the same place from birth to death. Is this voluntary? No, it's the environment that influences them.

When it was just dawn, Fang Jingxuan was called and asked to ask Tu Yuan to load the goods.

Boxes of heavy objects were tied to Tuoyuan's back, making the already huge Tuoyuan look even bigger.

Hundreds of boxes of unknown goods were piled up high. Fang Jingxuan observed Tuoyuan's condition to confirm whether it could bear it.

Tuo Yuan just lay quietly on the ground, appearing very steady. When he saw Fang Jingxuan looking at him, there was a hint of pride in his eyes.

It seemed to be saying, this little bit of cargo is not enough to stump Master Tuoyuan.

Fang Jingxuan stuffed the dried meat and spiritual rice he bought last night into the gaps in the goods, which was considered smuggling.

By the time they finished all these things, it was already dawn. With a call from the team leader, everyone set off on their journey home.

There were seven or eight pack animals of different kinds, all with their backs full, walking in a row. Such a scale could not be hidden from anyone who was interested.

However, seeing what the manager said, Fang Jingxuan was not too worried. The public security in the Lingmu League's territory was still relatively stable.

The main precaution is the distance from entering the territory of Dandingmen to Hongyefang.

As everyone left Pingyuandu and stepped onto the wilderness road, Fang Jingxuan's mood began to become a little heavy. He hoped that his first smuggling trip would go smoothly.

In the afternoon, the Hongyefang team had left the Lingmu League's sphere of influence and arrived at the Danding Sect's territory.

Unlike when we came here, the pack animals are now fully loaded with goods and are moving very slowly. It is estimated that it will be night time before we reach Hongyefang.

Along the way, Fang Jingxuan sat cross-legged on Tuyuan's back. He seemed to be resting with his eyes closed, but in fact he was always connecting with his innate ability [Formless Cicada Shell], keeping his [Inspiration] in a stimulated state at all times.

[Sudden Inspiration] is a passive skill. When Fang Jingxuan is about to encounter danger, he will feel uneasy, panic and other emotions. The greater the danger, the more obvious this emotion will be.

Compared to [Thousand Spirit Cypress], Fang Jingxuan felt that his other life force, [Formless Cicada Shell] seemed more mysterious.

[Thousand Spirit Cypress] can be found in the world of cultivation, but [Formless Cicada Shell] cannot be found. Moreover, the talent awakened from it [Spur of the Mood] is not an ordinary innate magical power.

The judgment mechanism of [Spur of the Mood] made Fang Jingxuan puzzled. Was it his intuition about dangerous environments, or was it a mysterious connection between cause and effect?

If it is the former, then it is still easy to say, but if it is the latter, then the status of this supernatural power is extremely high.

What does the formless cicada mean?

The attribute panel did not provide any explanation on this point. It might be because my cultivation was not enough that I could not comprehend the nature of this status.

However, in the future, when I need to smuggle and travel in and out, the role of this [Spur of the Mood] will be very important. It would be even better if it can be improved one or two more times on the original basis.

However, this method of improving one's innate talent still depends on the things that are related to one's innate talent.

The higher the rank of the fellow practitioners and the more compatible their characteristics are, the faster they will practice, and the more powerful their awakened innate magical powers will be.

But now, his fellow practitioner of [Non-Phenomenon Cicada Shell] was just a single elixir, not even a low-grade first-rank. With this level of cultivation, the effects of [Inspiration] wouldn't be much enhanced. It could be said that [Inspiration] was only the most basic version, but even so, it had saved him from numerous crises.

After saving up spirit stones, buy a first-grade low-grade [Formless Cicada Shell] fellow ginseng. As for the [Thousand Spirits and Old Cypress] fellow ginseng, you don’t need to exchange it for the time being, the current one can still be used.

Fang Jingxuan was thinking about these things in his mind, when suddenly, his heart skipped a beat.

[A whim] was triggered.

Fang Jingxuan opened his eyes and observed the surrounding environment calmly, while his eyes swept over the monk holding the magic sword to see if the other party noticed anything unusual.

The sword-wielding monk was still sitting calmly on a pack animal, his eyes closed, resting. This state made Fang Jingxuan curse inwardly, "Isn't he a master? How could he not even detect the danger in advance?"

Fang Jingxuan wanted to remind him, but he held back. At this time, it is better not to do anything extraordinary, otherwise it is easy to attract the attention of the enemy. If he is targeted by the enemy first, it will be terrible.

He quietly took out three talismans from the storage bag, which were the lightening talisman, the protective talisman, and the flame-splitting talisman.

He took out another short blade, which was not a magic weapon, but just ordinary iron, but it was sharp enough. Fang Jingxuan was prepared. If the situation was bad, he would directly cut the rope on Tuyuan's back and throw all the goods away. He would then run away with Tuyuan as a courtesy.

The enemy's target is the cargo, and I'm just a porter. It's not worth their time to chase me, so I should be fine.

Fang Jingxuan comforted himself in this way, and the [Sudden Inspiration] was not too seriously triggered, so the situation was not very bad.

It depends on whether the guards of Hongyefang can hold on.

Ten breaths later, the monk holding the magic sword opened his eyes coldly. He raised his hand and said coldly:
"Everyone stop."

The team leader was startled and quickly asked everyone to stop. He asked:
"Brother Yunshen, what happened?"

Chu Yunshen stood in mid-air, looking around, and said calmly:

"A few guests have arrived. I'll meet them for a while."

Fang Jingxuan felt a little envious when he saw Chu Yunshen flying through the air. Flying with the wind was a technique that could only be mastered by cultivators in the late stage of Qi training, while cultivators in the middle stage of Qi training mainly relied on magic tools to fly.

As for cultivators in the early stages of Qi training who still want to fly? At most, they can only flap their wings a few times in the air. If their magic power can't keep up, they'd better not embarrass themselves.

After Chu Yunshen finished speaking, he flew to the dense forest ahead with his magic sword.

"Brother Yunshen, be careful, there's a trap. Don't fall for the trick of luring the tiger away from the mountain."

The steward shouted loudly, but Chu Yunshen ignored him and just said:

"It's okay. There are no strong opponents around. You can hold on. Capture the leader first. I'll be back soon."

Chu Yunshen is not a good guard. Although he is powerful in combat, he has no professional ethics at all.

Fang Jingxuan complained fiercely in his heart, the goods are the most important, are you suffering from the occupational disease of swordsmanship?
Do you test your sword when you see an enemy?

As Chu Yunshen left, the remaining five combat monks in the middle stage of Qi Refining also silently took out their magic weapons and prepared to fight the enemy.

At this time, Fang Jingxuan sighed, "I have such a miserable life."

(End of this chapter)