Taoist cultivation begins with being a miner

Sacrificing her life for love gave her a longing for the word "love."

At first, she really disliked Biyao, the evil cult saintess, but now she hopes that Lu Xiaofan can save Biyao.

Such a devoted woman should not have died.

"Actually, Biyao is not bad. She doesn't have as many flaws as people from cults. She was just born in the wrong place. If she had been born in our country, she would definitely be happy," Qing Hualian said with emotion.

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Some time later, Lu Ya spun the Ghost Wheel. He had just broken through to the sixth level of Qi Refining, so the Demon Wheel was temporarily useless. Moreover, he couldn't go to the mine during this period, so the Monster Wheel was also useless.

The zigzag wheel should be stopped for now. I already have enough tools. What I need most now is to enhance my soul so that I can draw talismans and refine pills more effectively.

On the third day after Lu Yan spun the Ghost Character Wheel, he received news through the Pen of Truth that the Cheng family of Worry-Free City was preparing to relocate their city to Tianhu City, hundreds of miles away, to re-establish themselves.

He had turned the Cheng family in Worry-Free City upside down, causing many deaths and a significant drop in their strength. His former enemies took this opportunity to launch a massive crackdown and were on the verge of completely swallowing up the Cheng family's assets. It was clear that he could no longer stay in Worry-Free City.

As for Da Yan, he couldn't go back either. His own son had killed Cheng Feng's son, a blood feud that was irreconcilable, even if they were brothers.

Therefore, the only option left is to start over in another city.

So Cheng Shan discussed it with his remaining trusted relatives and friends, and three days later, he abandoned the useless people and left with his valuables.

Now that I've learned this information, I can't let it go, otherwise who knows when I'll find them again.

Lu Yan wasn't afraid of the others, but Cheng Shan was the only one he feared. After all, Cheng Shan was at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, and the gap between him and Lu Yan was not small. In a head-on battle, Cheng Shan could kill him instantly.

We can't be careless in dealing with Cheng Shan; we have to outsmart him.

For the next three days, Lu Yan kept a close eye on the Cheng family's movements. He knew exactly which route they would take and when they would leave through the Pen of Truth, so he began to plan ahead.

At the end of the Yin hour (3 to 5 AM), just as dawn was breaking, the Cheng family and a dozen or so people disguised themselves as a merchant caravan and left the city gate.

No one followed them or paid any attention to them along the way.

Since early-stage Qi Refining cultivators cannot fly on swords, Cheng Shan could only accompany them as they galloped westward at breakneck speed.

But they had only gone about twenty miles when they were blocked by several fire snakes.

"Fire Serpent Talisman, who's playing tricks?" Cheng Shan, quick as lightning, slashed his sword and extinguished all the fire serpents, shouting into the forest.

But he was met with dozens of fireballs.

"You're courting death!" Cheng Shan gripped his sword tightly with both hands, then thrust it forward with a sudden thrust, instantly generating countless sword energies that blocked all the fireballs.

"Boom!"

However, the explosion and smoke generated by the collision of the aura and the fireball directly enveloped the group.

With himself in the open and the other party in the shadows, Cheng Shan was afraid of something happening to his family, so he could only passively defend and dared not take the initiative to attack.

"Sizzle~"

"Huh~ What's this?" But after waiting for a while, no one attacked again. Instead, a lot of green liquid was sprinkled down from the sky, and it smelled somewhat fragrant.

"We can't stay here any longer, let's go quickly." Knowing that their whereabouts had been exposed, Cheng Shan waited until the dust settled but saw no one, so he could only urge everyone to leave quickly.

Seeing this, Lu Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief and put away the corpse puppet talisman in his hand. He was really afraid that Cheng Shan would rush over without regard for anything.

Lu Yan had been lying in wait for this moment for a long time. First, he used the Fire Serpent Talisman to force them to stop, then he used the Fireball Talisman to create smoke to confuse them, and then he sprinkled the powder of Blood Fiend Poison and Sleeping Poison into the smoke.

These two poisons are effective against ordinary cultivators, but they are somewhat insufficient against Cheng Shan, who has reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining.

Lu Yan had previously obtained ten fragrant herbs, which should attract demonic beasts. So he ground those ten fragrant herbs into juice and sprinkled it on them. Now all he had to do was wait.

He affixed a Swift Wind Talisman to himself and followed the Cheng family from a distance.

The monsters have a very keen sense of smell. As the scent of fragrant herbs spread, a large number of monsters began to approach the Cheng family's residence.

At first, there were only a large number of red-clawed rabbits, which the Cheng family paid no attention to.

However, at this moment, the weaker members of the Cheng family began to take effect from the poison. The combination of the Blood Fiend Poison and the Sleeping Poison directly weakened their bodies and made them drowsy.

"How did you get poisoned? Could it be the poison in the smoke just now?" Cheng Shan immediately guessed the reason.

He immediately told everyone to stop and rest, and after giving them antidote pills, he used his spiritual power to speed up the detoxification process.

Because of their stay, more and more monsters gathered around them.

"Have these red-clawed rabbits gone mad? How dare they attack us!" The Cheng family members looked on incredulously as they watched the usually timid and cautious red-clawed rabbits pounce on them like madmen.

Even so, these red-clawed rabbits did not cause any effective damage to the Cheng family, after all, the red-clawed rabbits were too weak in attack.

But soon a powerful monster appeared.

A group of sharp-toothed pigs charged towards the area like tanks, raising clouds of dust that blotted out the sun. Many trees were also broken by them, creating a truly shocking scene.

Seeing this, Cheng Shan remained silent, took his sword, and headed towards the herd of pigs.

First, he raised his hand and cast two Ice Rain Talismans to disrupt the formation of the pigs, then jumped into them and began to slaughter them.

Those sharp-toothed boars that could injure late-stage Qi Refining cultivators couldn't withstand a single move from Cheng Shan's sword and were dealt with by him in a short while.

Lu Yan, watching from a distance, was secretly astonished. This Qi Refining Great Perfection cultivator was indeed ridiculously strong; so many sharp-toothed boars hadn't managed to hurt him.

But the sharp-toothed boar was just the beginning. Then, the hidden beast, the black-toothed wolf, the silver-eyed tiger, the flower shadow leopard and other monsters attacked in turn. Cheng Shan was no longer as composed as before and began to be overwhelmed. In addition, the consumption of spiritual energy made him panting heavily.

Another quarter of an hour passed, and the Cheng family members had basically recovered, but at this moment they were surrounded by countless demonic beasts.

They couldn't escape even if they wanted to, and had no choice but to fight alongside Cheng Shan to resist the attacking monsters.

However, human physical strength and spiritual power are limited after all. In addition, as more and more demonic beasts gathered, the Cheng family members began to dwindle in number. In no time, two members of the Cheng family had died.

Even Cheng Shan was injured while rescuing everyone.

Time passed second by second, and as more and more people were injured and died, Cheng Shan took a deep look at the remaining members of the Cheng family, then grabbed his son Cheng Minglin and fled on his sword.

In this situation, he couldn't care less about anything else; he could only take his son with him and apologize to the others.