"Master, there is a village ahead!"

After the clouds and mist, what appeared in front of the master and servant was a medium-sized village. The little book boy was stunned for a moment, but couldn't help but take a few steps back.

Wang Lu patted him on the shoulder: "What's wrong? You've been complaining about being thirsty and hungry for a long time. This is a ready-made supply point."

The book boy frowned, with a look of fear on his face: "Master, don't you think it's strange, why is there a village here?"

"After walking for two hours, I'm tired and hungry. Of course there should be a village, otherwise we deserve to starve to death?"

"But... it still feels strange. Look! There are still people in the village!?"

The book boy pointed his finger and saw an old woman carrying firewood walking slowly on the village path.

"Young Master, that old woman seemed to be looking at us just now!?"

"So what? When you saw her eyes, did your heart skip a beat?"

"I-I mean, those are real people!"

"Nonsense, it's not a human being, could it be a ghost!?"

"I always feel that in a place like this, meeting ghosts is more normal than meeting people..."

"Then you go over and say hello and say hello to me."

Wang Lu sighed: "If you are scared, just follow me. I guess there will be a lot of stories in this village. Take your time, let's not be in a hurry."

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The village hidden behind the clouds and mist is not as mysterious and terrifying as the scholar imagined. After chatting with the villagers passing by, I learned that the village is named Taoyuan, and the villagers have lived here in seclusion since hundreds or thousands of years ago, without caring about the world. In the fairy mountain

The products are abundant, and life has been prosperous and comfortable for thousands of years.

The people of Taoyuan Village are warm and hospitable. At noon on the day they arrived in Taoyuan Village, the village head of Taoyuan Village hosted a banquet at home for the master and his servant. More than half of the people in the village arrived. The scene was noisy, and Wang Lu and the little book boy feasted happily.

Drinking sweet wine made from mountain spring wild fruits, the fatigue in the cloud wave picture is swept away.

At the dinner table, besides eating and drinking, people talked and laughed. According to Wang Lu, this was a great opportunity to collect intelligence. However, the strange thing was that Taoyuan Village was more closed than imagined. Let alone the Jiuzhou Continent, people didn’t even know that they were in the same place.

Living in the fairy mountains, for the villagers, the surrounding green mountains and green waters mean the whole world.

What's even more bizarre is that the villagers didn't show much curiosity about the sudden appearance of outsiders. The people were warm and hospitable, but they were not interested in the outside world at all.

"What? Are there immortals outside? The flying immortal sword is so powerful! Come on, this is the village's specialty yellow croaker, try it..."

"Emperor? What is the emperor? He is bigger than the village chief? What, you have to kneel down when you see the emperor, and if you are not careful, you will be beheaded? What a barbaric village! You should try the steamed buns made by my mother-in-law..."

Wang Lu's experience was probably like this. Even if he tried to guide him, he could not expand the topic. The villagers' thinking was as stubborn as if they had eaten too much Guanyin soil.

In the evening, the two stayed at the village chief's house. The village elder's grandpa specially vacated a vacant room in the backyard. The conditions were better than the upper room in the family inn. However, both the master and the servant were a little absent-minded.

The book boy was uneasy. How could there be such big fish and meat on the road to immortality? In the story, which of the poor boys had not gone through a lot of hardships to achieve enlightenment, so that they could walk into Piaomiao Peak by eating, drinking and having fun all the way. The two who had just arrived at Xiaoyao Peak

Isn’t Blue and White a bit too sad?

As for Wang Lu, he was confused by the villagers' reactions during the day.

According to the theory of adventurers, if the road to immortality is regarded as an adventure, Lingxi Town is undoubtedly a novice village, while Jinqiao and Yunwu are the first long adventures, and Taoyuan Village after that is an important turning point to connect the past and the future.

, is the beginning of a large number of main and branch lines. It is equivalent to the main city in many adventure stories. However, the closed reaction of the villagers clearly eliminates the possibility of all tasks.

At the evening banquet, he talked with most of the people in the village, and there was no sign that the mission would be started.

"Tsk, what kind of unfinished rhythm is this?"

Wang Lu couldn't sleep, until early the next morning, when Wang Lu was brushing his teeth by the river with a toothbrush in his hand, things took a turn for the better.

"There are so many places in life where we don't meet each other."

Seeing the man walking out of the woods outside the village, Wang Lu almost swallowed all his mouthwash.

"Little sea!?"

Hai Yunfan's smile suddenly felt awkward: "Xiao Hai... just Xiao Hai, brother Wang Lu, I didn't expect to meet you here."

Wang Lu put down his toothbrush and looked puzzled: "I didn't expect to meet you. I thought this was a small dungeon, but a passerby like you actually appeared. Or have we formed a team by default without knowing it?"

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At the same time, the person in charge on Piaomiao Peak was going crazy.

"Here, where did this Taoyuan Village come from!?"

"...Master, even if you ask me this, I can't possibly answer you."

The black and white disciples who were interrogated by Piao Miao Peak Master's red eyes were under tremendous pressure and almost had to sacrifice the spirit sword on their backs in order to maintain their figure under the pressure of their master.

Not long ago, a ray of anger leaked from the head master's uncle swept across the cloud formation. Now Liu Xian seemed to be interested in comparison. In anger, he released the power of his soul. The entire Piaomiao Wenjian Hall trembled endlessly, and the top of the mountain

The sea of ​​clouds around him was boiling and rolling, as if being grabbed and torn apart by countless invisible hands... And within a hundred meters of Liu Xian's body, people with a cultivation level below the level of Xudan could not stand at all.

"Brother, calm down."

Zhou Ming, who is also an elder of the sect, shook his head and reached out to pat Liu Xian on the shoulder. A cool sword energy came into his eyes, and Liu Xian's eyes suddenly cleared: "Sorry, I lost my temper."

Zhou Ming smiled bitterly: "I can't blame you for being angry, senior brother. This Taoyuan Village... really makes people laugh and cry."

At first, he thought this village was just a prank played by someone. However, when the second wave of people who walked out of Yunbotu were also sent to Taoyuan Village, Liu Xian realized that things were out of control.

Someone with a bad taste completely changed the path to immortality, and very arbitrarily added an inexplicable village between Yunbo Tu and the Netherworld, becoming an insurmountable obstacle. Anyone, no matter in Yun Bo Tu,

No matter what choice you make, Taoyuan Village will be your next stop.

Although it is said that... the skill of being able to modify the Immortal Ascension Formation with Piaomiao Peak as the main body by oneself without anyone noticing is really amazing, but using this talent to create obstacles for the sect members is not easy.

So fucked.

Zhou Ming sighed: "...I wonder what the head senior brother has to say this time?"

Liu Xian snorted coldly: "What the hell, in all these years, senior brother has never really said anything to her!?"

"...Sigh, I don't know what the Fifth Senior Sister wants to do this time. This Taoyuan Village looks so strange."

Liu Xian was a little impatient: "Maybe it's another prank that no one can understand..."

"Tsk, do you think a genius design like mine is just a prank? Senior brother, your taste in burning harps and boiling cranes is really unshakable for a hundred years."

"Oh oh oh oh it's you!!!"

Hearing the familiar voice that had appeared in nightmares countless times, Liu Xian's calm fighting spirit nourished by the Miao Miao Immortal Heart, which was famous in Kyushu, suddenly flew away. The sword in his hand flashed, and the powerful Peiran giant that could move mountains and fill seas flew away.

The force came out with the sword light and suddenly hit the back.

Zhou Ming's eyes lit up: "With such an angry blow, the strength of this Gengjin sword has surpassed the peak of Nascent Soul... It seems that senior brother's breakthrough will be within fifty years."

It's a pity that such a sword energy that goes beyond the limit met the wrong opponent.

The bright, blazing, and unparalleled Geng Gold Sword Qi melted like snow in front of the white figure, and calmed down silently. The woman in white who was walking down the mountain flicked her wrist: "Brother, what are you doing?

Demolition?"

Liu Xian calmed down after leaving with his sword, but the anger in his heart remained: "Look at the good things you did! The Ascension Conference has become a mess!"

"Where do you start talking about this? I have worked hard to make the Ascension Conference more efficient. In order to decorate this Taoyuan Village, I even used the treasured high-grade spiritual stones. I paid for them out of my own pocket. I just applied for overtime pay.

Rejected by senior brother..."

Liu Xian said angrily: "Who is going to pay for your nonsense!? You understand, although the Spirit Sword Sect has not held an Immortal Ascension Conference for many years, the procedures have been determined hundreds of years ago, and every step

It’s all gone through countless tempers…”

Before he finished speaking, he was ruthlessly interrupted: "It has been tempered countless times by mediocre people, and it is just a mediocre program. The cloud wave map determines the direction, and the Red Ridge Mountain, Netherworld Road, etc. determine the altitude. The idea is good, and it can indeed determine

All the qualities of a person are determined by all the qualities of a person. But you have been cultivating immortals for hundreds of years, and you are also a famous Nascent Soul monster. Don’t you understand that the most important part of cultivating immortals is not aptitudes, spiritual roots, or xinxing and chance?

!”

After receiving such a confident rebuttal, Liu Xian lost his temper: "Then what did you say?"

“Emotional intelligence of course!”

"..."

"It is no longer a war between immortals and demons. The main theme of the Jiuzhou Continent today is peace and development. Fighting bravely and ruthlessly is outdated. Making friends is the foundation for establishing a foothold in the world of immortality! I designed this Taoyuan Village to test newcomers.

If we can't even get along with the villagers in this simple mountain village, let alone the world of immortality, which is a hundred times crueler. You must all know the story of the unparalleled military god on Junhuang Mountain a hundred years ago, right? Tsk tsk,

The cultivation level of half a step in the Mahayana stage is unparalleled in Jiuzhou, but because of too many enemies, he was wiped out when the disaster came... Without enough emotional intelligence, how can you get along!"

On the side, Liu Xian and Zhou Ming were dumbfounded.

Emotional intelligence? Make friends? You...you street rat, how dare you say this!?

"Furthermore, my Taoyuan Village is not that simple. As a result of the village inheriting Yun Botu, the trialists will get different starting points, and then according to different personalities and opportunities, different task chains will be stimulated in the village. According to the completion of the tasks

You can get different rewards. For example, if you reach the full favorability level of the village chief, you can get a reward of halving the physical consumption when entering the Redridge Mountain route... Hey, are you listening carefully?"

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In Taoyuan Village, Hai Yunfan, who never met anywhere in his life, was very envious of Wang Lu's fortune.

Hai Yunfan also came through the fog from Yunbo Tu. As the second wave of people entering the village, Hai Yunfan's treatment was much worse than that of Wang Lu. Although the villagers also warmly entertained him, he couldn't even think about the banquet.

We also live in ordinary private houses.
To be continued...