My path to immortality began with my posting to guard Dawancun.

Chapter 162 Travel Gains

have to say,

After obtaining the secret technique of beast taming and forming a contract with Xiao Feng,
Shen Changchuan had too many advantages in reconnaissance.

Looking down from high above,

With Xiao Feng's eyesight, combined with the perfect level of Spirit Eye Technique, the enemy hidden in front of him could be seen almost without any obstruction.

This also led to the caravan's defeat in the final attack.
Even though the enemy was far stronger than them, they were well-prepared and did not suffer too many casualties.

Only one or two carriages were destroyed.

of course,

The most important of these is
It's still Shen Changchuan's strength that matters!
Also in that battle,
After a fierce battle with the attacking enemy,
This allowed Shen Changchuan to roughly determine his own strength level.

Under the forces of normalcy

Dealing with a cultivator at the late stage of the eighth level of Qi Refining should not be a problem.

If he were to unleash his full potential, using the perfect-level Azure Wood Sword Light, along with the Blood Fiend Gourd, Soul-Capturing Bell, and other techniques, he should be able to barely contend with a ninth-level expert.

Even the power of the Azure Wood Sword Light was so great that it could threaten cultivators at the ninth level of the cultivation realm!
Of course,
Whether this is truly the case or not, it will only be confirmed after he actually fights a master at the ninth level.

"Many thanks to Immortal Master Zhang for your help. If it weren't for your intervention, the caravan would have been completely wiped out!"

When the almost complete caravan arrived at Dawan Village
The managers of several chambers of commerce were all extremely shocked.

It should be noted that in their initial plan, although the caravan had gained an external ally at the late stage of the seventh level,

But they weren't actually very optimistic about this transport trip.
Given the current situation,

The possibility of a caravan being robbed or attacked en route is over 100%.
The losses are likely more than half, or even a complete loss!
What they didn't expect was...

The entire caravan arrived almost completely intact!
Besides the destruction of two carriages and several people suffering serious injuries,

That's all the other losses.
Not a single person died!
After they briefly learned about the specific circumstances that occurred along the way,
They gasped in shock.

Along the way, they were even attacked by two cultivators at the eighth level of the Qi Refining Realm!

This level of attack by a robbery gang
In any previous instance, we would probably have been completely wiped out!

For a time,

The heads of several major chambers of commerce, including Si Houqing, looked at Shen Changchuan, who was now known as Zhang Qingyuan, the swordsman in blue, with eyes full of shock.

With his seventh-level late stage cultivation, he killed two cultivators at the eighth level in succession.

Where did this amazing guy come from?!
Could it be one of the geniuses from the Shen family of Tiannan?
But their surname isn't Shen!

Or perhaps it's a powerful expert from the Zhang family, a subsidiary family of the Shen family?

Shocked,

They also stepped forward one after another, offering all sorts of kind words.

Encountering such a formidable person who can challenge opponents far above their level,
Without mentioning any attempts to win them over,
At least leave a good impression.

For this,

Shen Changchuan didn't intend to waste any more words with them, and simply replied with a few polite remarks.

Then I bid them farewell:
"Everyone, I'll go pay a visit to Young Master Shen first. When it's time to return, I'll inform him."

finished,

Shen Changchuan clasped his hands in a salute, then took his long sword and walked towards the courtyard halfway up the mountain.

Since they were disguised as helpers hired by Shen Changchuan...
Upon arrival, one should naturally pay a visit.

In these details,

Shen Changchuan naturally wouldn't miss it. "Truly a chivalrous hero!"

"It seems that Young Master Shen from our Dawan Village is quite extraordinary, managing to make such a 'friend' and even enlist his help."

"Yes, wasn't the matter of killing those three Blood Demons supposed to be a trap set by their hired help? To be able to hire such skilled individuals, either they must have a high social standing within the Shen family of Tiannan, or they must have a wide network of friends."

"In that case, perhaps this business can continue."

The talk that happened behind my back

Shen Changchuan naturally didn't know.

At this time, he

They had returned to the hillside courtyard and reverted to their original forms.
More than ten days of tense and arduous travel,

This also made him somewhat tired.
I took a short break to calm myself down.

immediately,

He began to take stock of what he had gained from the trip.

First, there were the spoils obtained from the robbers who attacked the caravans three times.

The gains from this part were actually not much.

Perhaps because the plunderer knew there was a possibility of failure during his raids, there weren't many valuable items in his storage bag. Even his own inheritance might have been given to his descendants or hidden somewhere.

As a result, even though Shen Changchuan killed two eighth-level Tribulation cultivators and seven or eight seventh-level beings on this journey, the spoils he obtained were only worth five or six thousand spirit stones.

To be honest,
Such a gain was truly beyond his expectations.

After all, the loot from each late-stage Qi Refining enemy, when divided equally among all the enemies, amounts to less than a thousand spirit stones per person.

And the actual amount of spirit stones and cash among them is not much.

The storage bags of those cultivators contained mostly various materials from demonic beasts, rare and precious herbs, minerals, and spiritual medicines. These items needed to be exchanged for spirit stones to earn five or six thousand spirit stones.

This undoubtedly disappointed Shen Changchuan.

However, considering the actual situation, Jie Xiu is not the universally hated Blood Slaughtering Three Demons, so it is understandable that he would not carry all his possessions on his person.

He was already mentally prepared for this.

Therefore, they quickly and reluctantly accepted reality.

Fortunately,

Although the harvest from spirit stones was not as satisfactory as expected.

However, Shen Changchuan unexpectedly acquired some magical techniques, totaling twenty or thirty in number.
Although Shen Changchuan would only select a portion of the cultivation system that suited his own cultivation path after careful consideration, he would still choose to cultivate from among them.
Even if the rest are not cultivated, they still greatly expand his magical repertoire.

Perhaps after reaching the Out-of-Body Realm, I will need to cultivate them all to accumulate perfect characteristics and cultivation experience, so as to cultivate more difficult spells?
It's always good to accumulate more spells.

and,

Among these spells, Shen Changchuan also discovered two that were quite suitable for him at the moment.

One is a wood-based magic called "Eternal Life," which can heal oneself.

The other is the Three Thunder Shadow Annihilation Sword, a high-level offensive spell.

Shen Changchuan specifically selected them, intending to cultivate them to some extent and integrate them into his combat system.

Besides these,
The biggest gain Shen Changchuan made on this trip was...

It's just a few low-level pill formulas!

(End of this chapter)