Chapter Thirty-Five: Mountain City

  It was also luck that Shi Jingxuan chose a deserted cave, and until the second day dawned, no monsters came in, but at night, the beast howls outside echoed from time to time.

  One night passed, and all that was left was a pile of cold ashes.

  Wu Ming lowered his head and gazed at Shi Jingxuan, who was sleeping peacefully in his arms like a baby. If possible, why not stay like this for the rest of their lives? Who cares about fame, wealth, or shocking the Jianghu world? As long as she's by his side, that's all that matters!

  Nor did Wu Ming know why such an idea suddenly popped up in his mind.

  Perhaps this is why those great heroes would rather retire?

  This is indeed more comfortable than the stormy rivers and lakes, carefree and at ease, living one's own small life.

  "Hmm... you're awake?" Shi Jingxuan suddenly seemed to realize something and quickly got up from Wu Ming's arms.

  "Hehe... Hehe... Okay, I'll go get some water." Wu Ming seemed to have a feeling of being seen through and quickly got up and walked out.

  Here, near the Hai River, water sources are absolutely sufficient. As expected, not far away, a spring was found, with abundant water sources, and the continuous flow of water gushed out from inside. Looking around, Wu Ming saw a bamboo forest in front, and quickly found a bamboo stick, took out the Qinggang sword he had bought before from his space, carved it into a bamboo tube, and filled it with water.

  At that time, Wu Ming also sighed. If Lin Bu Fan's sword had been noticed a little earlier, it would have become his own. Why bother with this trashy sword? It's better to have the divine weapon by his side, so he won't have to go searching everywhere in the future. Looks like when he has money, he'll have to exchange for a good sword in the system, the feel is completely different!

  After washing, he casually caught a few wild chickens and then entered the cave. In the cave, Shi Jingxuan also returned to normal, taking advantage of Wu Ming's departure for a while, he also transmitted all his shoes.

  In the morning, after a bit of commotion, we waited until the roasted wild chicken was done, and by then it was almost daylight outside. Wu Ming suggested that we rest here for a few days before leaving, waiting until Shi Jingxuan's foot healed first. But Shi Jingxuan clearly disagreed, stubbornly insisting on leaving. This place is really not safe, let's talk about it after we get out of the mountain.

  Since Shi Jingxuan had to leave, Wu Ming thought that this mountain was indeed not a good place. Staying here for long would attract not only demonic beasts but also mosquitoes that were hard to deal with. If they encountered poisonous insects, it would be even more unbearable. He himself didn't mind, but wasn't there a delicate and lovely senior sister? No wonder she wanted to leave despite her injured foot; this place was indeed uncomfortable to stay in.

  Wu Ming also wanted to go out early, exchange a few elixirs, and then sell them for some silver coins to develop his medical skills as a sideline. By then, he could become a divine doctor and have a sense of security. Hmm, being able to exchange for a divine weapon wouldn't be bad either!

  After walking for three to five days, always heading south, I finally saw signs of human habitation before sunset, a fairly large town nestled among these mountains.

  Hai State has many mountains and rivers, and many cities are built on the mountains. This town called Kao Shan Cheng is no exception. It's the first stop after Hai He comes over, with a road leading directly from the Hai He dock to here, taking only four or five hours by horseback, making it a decent transfer station. Many merchants who collect goods have stores here. Of course, the geographical location of Kao Shan Cheng is quite prominent, but this is not the best place to buy goods. Deeper in Hai State, there are even cheaper prices, but the danger level also increases greatly.

  In some ways, this small town is quite prosperous.

  As outsiders, the two of them spent a few silver coins to enter the city. Walking inside, this feeling is almost like walking into Xuantian City. Even from a trade perspective, it's even more so. The streets are filled with shops selling leather goods and weapons, as well as those selling medicinal herbs and elixirs. What's more, there are even people selling martial skills, but these skills aren't particularly special, mostly just ordinary ones for the masses. Everywhere you look, it's all about doing business.

  There are still people setting up stalls on the ground, perhaps they can't afford to pay rent. Those with physical stores are too ruthless in their pricing, so they'd rather set up their own stalls. These people are mostly martial artists, either 5th or 6th rank Heaven stage or 3rd or 4th rank Heaven stage martial artists.

  Wu Ming only reacted now, thinking that his innate five-element heaven's strength was too low, while Shi Jingxuan, this silly girl, dared to go out with just one-element heaven's strength and would definitely be sold by others. However, looking at it now, in the outside world, most are post-heavenly boundary warriors, and those who can reach the innate heavenly boundary, so far Wu Ming has only seen Lin Bufan. Wu Ming thought it was also ridiculous, perhaps after rebirth, he saw more masters, such as Tian Boguang, Tie Shou, Hei Yan, Qing Yi Bat King, Zhang Wuji, that black-clothed man, and the old man from Xuantian Sect, the sect leader, elder, and the direct disciples of the innate period who came to Cangjing Pavilion. The warriors in front are not mentioned, but Xuantian Sect is one of the three major sects in Jingzhou, so it's not surprising to see so many masters.

  There is a big sect shelter, it's hard to imagine the difficulties of practicing outside. Many are born in the first or second heaven and have to come out to make a living for themselves, and then they also need to save money to buy some ordinary martial skills and elixirs, so that they can get enough time. This is also why Lin Bu Fan was able to become famous throughout Haizhou at the age of 27-28 after cultivating to the ninth heaven of Xiantian.

  Perhaps in Wu Ming's view, by the time he is 27 or 28 years old, he will definitely be able to make a name for himself in this world of martial artists and be almost unbeatable. But if it were Zhang Wuji, who he had met before, when he reached 27 or 28 years old, his strength would not be inferior to his own, and he could become one of the top masters of the Jianghu, that would be a true young genius.

  At the age of 27 or 28, he already had the strength of Innate Ninth Heaven, plus his family's swordsmanship was also powerful. How could he not be famous? There are countless scattered cultivators in the world who may not achieve such accomplishments even until death, and this is the reason for his fame.

  In this world, there are many sects, but the Pre-Heavenly stage is not something that can be reached so easily. There are countless scattered cultivators in the world, and it's no exaggeration to say they're as numerous as hairs on a cow. And even more numerous than them are some small families and minor sects.

  After a lap, Wu Ming couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion. These scattered cultivators were really too weak. With such cultivation, if it were him, he definitely wouldn't venture out and would hide at home to cultivate for a while before doing anything else. But life has its own way, and things won't go as you wish just because you want them to. They didn't want to risk their lives fighting demonic beasts either, but without money, they couldn't even afford food - who would be willing to do that?

  No wonder so many people like to join big families, among them, the first one is safety!

  But this is the real world! Countless people are busy making a living, countless people are working hard to gain power. Those who appear glamorous, eating and drinking lavishly, are just a small part of it.

  In the mountain city, they found an inn and Wu Ming ordered a few stir-fries and a pot of wine. The past few days of eating roasted meat had been a bit greasy, so now that they were in the city, it was time to change up their taste.

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