A small casual cultivator!

Chapter 335 The Barren Land

"Next, let's prepare well and see if we can kill a few demon cultivators, extract their souls and earn some spirit stones so that we can buy fire-attributed treasures and increase the power of the Flame Spear and Spirit Snake Technique."

Lu Luan thought to himself.

The most powerful trump cards he has now are the God-Slaying Technique and this treasure technique.

There is still half a year before the Falling Star Valley opens. Although it is not a long time, this time cannot be wasted.

In addition to the God-Slaying Technique, the most necessary technique to be improved is the Flame Spear and Spirit Snake Technique. After all, with his current strength, the only things that can pose a big threat to him in the Falling Star Valley are the killing formations and monsters.

As for humans, those who enter the Falling Star Valley are at most in the late stage of foundation building, and they can be dealt with even without the God-Slaying Technique.

"We need to go check again to see if there are any demon cultivators coming in and out of this area."

After saying something silently, he flew to the building complex not far away.

Killing those evil cultivators who would destroy entire clans and cities at will is undoubtedly the fastest way to obtain spirit stones.

The Falling Star City is also a gathering place, so it is easy to find out information in this regard.

But before that, he looked at all the shops inside again and was disappointed that he did not find this kind of magic crystal again.

An hour later.

The sun sets in the west.

"Five thousand miles away in the barren land to the east, there are often traces of demon cultivators in the middle stage of foundation building."

Lu Luan stood on the top of the mountain, looking into the distance and muttering silently.

After collecting the information, he has been screening for a suitable place. Although there are demon cultivators coming in and out of the Wudu Sea, their whereabouts are very secretive and it is difficult to find them. Some places on land are the territories of the Demon Sect, so he cannot go there rashly. After several rounds of screening, he set his eyes on a barren land.

The reason why it is called the Barren Land is because the spiritual energy in that area is extremely scarce, and it cannot produce any spiritual medicines or monsters.

But it is also because of this that the people living in that place are all mortals, so there are often demon cultivators who go there to look for some special materials to practice.

The information Lu Luan had inquired about was that there were some demonic cultivators in the middle stage of foundation building active in the east of that barren land.

After determining the target, he did not stay long.

After spending some spirit stones to prepare a few pills to restore his true essence, he flew away.

The figure gradually disappeared into the clouds.

……

Small town.

"What's wrong with me?"

Xiao Can rubbed his eyes gently, sat up, and felt dizzy.

"woke up."

At this time, a voice came from the side.

The little fellow was startled and looked over quickly. He saw the familiar old man and immediately called out, "Grandpa Lu."

Then it looked around and asked suspiciously, "Grandpa Deer, where is my brother?"

Elder Lu looked at it with complicated eyes, then sighed and said, "Your brother is out doing something."

Xiao Can did not reply, but lowered his brows and sorted out the thoughts in his mind. After a while, he asked in a cold voice: "Grandpa Lu, where is the Falling Star Valley? Is it dangerous?"

"Well, it's just normal."

"I'm going to find my brother."

The little guy is not stupid. Although he doesn't know what the Falling Star Valley is like, if it wasn't dangerous, how could Lu Luan leave it here?

After knowing this, it immediately flew into the air.

Seeing this, Elder Lu just sighed softly, moved his mind, and the little guy was fixed in mid-air.

"Let me go, let me go..."

Xiao Can waved his limbs and struggled hard, but it was of no avail. He could not shake the restraints at all.

Elder Lu walked up to it with his hands behind his back and shook his head, saying, "Your soul has been severely traumatized and is only now stabilizing itself. You can no longer use the power of the Six Qi. If you go, not only will you be unable to help, but your brother may even have to divert his attention to protect you."

"let me go."

Xiao Shen was still resisting, but his soul was so wounded that he showed no sign of escaping. He even cried in anxiety. At this moment, he was really no different from a top-grade medicinal herb.

The soul is damaged and its strength is greatly limited.

……

"It is indeed a barren land."

Late at night, Lu Luan hung under the moonlight, staring at the ground calmly.

Since there were no demonic forces on the road, he sped up a bit and arrived at his destination in a few hours.

Only after arriving here did he clearly realize what poverty meant.

Although these places below are also beautiful with mountains and rivers, there is not a trace of spiritual energy.

He felt like he had come to another world completely.

After looking for a while, he fell down.

This is the capital of a small country in the mortal world. It seems to be quite prosperous. Although it is late at night, the streets are still brightly lit and the shouts are endless.

Lu Luan walked slowly in it like an ordinary person.

He glanced around, shook his head, and thought to himself, "Without spiritual energy, the physiques of these people are still somewhat different from those of ordinary people in other places."

He could clearly feel that compared with the mortals in places where immortal cultivators were active, these people were obviously a little inferior and their qi and blood were insufficient. Take the place where he had found a chance when he was young, for example. The ordinary people there could also strengthen their bodies through martial arts training, and be able to fly over eaves and walls, and be as strong as monsters.

This barren land is like a scar, stretching for nearly 50,000 miles without any spiritual energy. Even many mortals there don't know that there are immortals in the world.

Compared to other places, no monsters are born here, and there are relatively fewer demon cultivators and immortal cultivators coming and going, so mortals live very well. There are vast plains and a population of more than one billion.

It's full of mortals. Unlike other spiritual places, there are several small immortal cultivation families in an ordinary mortal town.

Of course, there are definitely more than one such barren land. There are many of them scattered all over the Cangming Star.

"Have you heard that the imperial court has issued a conscription order?"

"Oh, I know. We are going to go to war with Ji Country again."

"Ji State is four or five hundred miles in radius, the country is rich and the people are strong, can we win?"

In the small restaurant next door, a few men who were reluctant to go home late at night were talking anxiously.

Lu Luan took a look and didn't pay much attention.

I am not interested in this kind of battle between small mortal countries.

The figure flashed and entered the palace directly, and came to the emperor's bedroom in the palace.

At this time, the figure who was above everyone else was hugging his concubine behind the gauze curtain and doing state affairs.

He opened his hands and began to search his memory.

This emperor is just an ordinary mortal. Even if his soul is injured now, he can easily search his soul without any movement.

"There is."

As if he had found something, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Since March, more than a thousand pregnant women have mysteriously disappeared in Li County..."

He saw several memorials in the emperor's memory, which roughly meant that a series of strange things had happened in a small city-state called Lijun.

According to the description, the pregnant woman and the baby are one, which shows that the evil cultivator is practicing some strange magic.

This is already the east of the Barren Land, but there are dozens of small countries in this place, so it will not be easy to find a magic cultivator.

"Leave the county."

After finding that there was no other useful information, he flew to Li County. The emperor was still busy with his own affairs in the room and did not feel anything. Of course, the difference between the two levels was too great, so there was no need to forcibly spy on him, so his soul would not be damaged.

In this barren land without any spiritual energy, even among tens of thousands of people, there is not a single person with spiritual roots. Even if there are, they are just the lowest level pseudo spiritual roots or waste spiritual roots. Unless they are from outside, there will be no immortal cultivators.

Moreover, when people who practice Qigong come to such places, the true Qi in their bodies will consciously dissipate, and after a long time, they will be no different from ordinary people.

Therefore, there is no one who practices Taoism in this palace.

This country is a small one. With Lu Luan's speed, it only took him a few dozen breaths to quickly arrive at the place called Li County.

Compared to the capital, Li County was quiet and dark. Every household had their doors closed. It was very silent, with not even the sound of a dog barking.

Lu Luan began to search the county to see if there were any clues.

……

early morning.

Outside a dilapidated alley.

"Ok?"

Lu Luan stood on the bricks and tiles, looking straight ahead.

Soon, in his sight, an old man dressed like a beggar with tattered clothes all over his body ran out of a restaurant, reeking of alcohol, looking drunk and sloppy.

"You old beggar, you come here to steal wine again, beat him to death!"

Then a few angry guys came out of the building.

The old man seemed to be drunk, his steps were unsteady, and he fell to the ground after running only a few steps.

The guys caught up with the old man and started beating and kicking him.

"Ouch, ouch..."

The old man cried out in pain and wailed continuously.

"Middle stage of foundation building, interesting."

Seeing this scene, there was a hint of weirdness in Lu Luan's eyes.

He saw that the old man was actually a hidden immortal cultivator, but now he was enduring the beatings from mortals without fighting back.

This old man has the same cultivation level as him, so it is difficult for him to see him when he is hiding.

"Ouch, ouch, spare me."

The old man kept begging for mercy.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of Lu Luan out of the corner of his eye, and his brows furrowed and his expression changed drastically.

Without a second thought, he immediately disappeared.

"A ghost?"

"what!"

Seeing the old man disappear out of thin air, the guys were immediately scared silly and sat on the ground with pale faces. They had never seen such a scene before. How could a living person just disappear like that?

"Want to run!"

Lu Luan saw him fly dozens of feet away in an instant, so he immediately chased after him.

Although he was in the middle stage of foundation building, the gap between him and those who were practicing close to the Xuan level techniques was still quite large. It only took Lu Luan a moment to stop him.

"Where to escape?"

Lu Luan slapped him with one palm!

"Fellow Daoist, please spare my life. Fellow Daoist, please spare my life."

When the old man felt the terrifying power in the palm, he was so frightened that his legs went weak and he immediately begged for mercy.

Lu Luan retracted his palm, walked up to him, and said coldly: "Why are you running? Did you do something wrong?"

"You have misunderstood, fellow Daoist. I am an elder of the Hengyun Immortal Sect."

The old man replied quickly, his expression changed, and he looked much more weathered than Lu Luan.

"An elder from Hengyun Sect?"

Lu Luan frowned, in disbelief. He had some knowledge of Hengyun Sect, which was a not-so-small immortal sect located in the barren land.

"Fellow Daoist, you may not know that my talent has been exhausted. I came to this mortal world to train my mind and see if I can make another breakthrough."

The man said anxiously.

Generally, when one's cultivation level can no longer be improved, there are two most common solutions. One is to go to a secret place to look for opportunities, and the other is to train one's mind in the mortal world to find a chance for a breakthrough. Compared to the former, training one's mind in the mortal world is not dangerous.

These are all barren lands for mortals, so they are naturally the best places. Moreover, by gaining experience in these places, you can also ensure peace in the area.

"Since you are the elder of the Immortal Sect, why are you running?" Lu Luan asked again.

"Isn't it because I was frightened by my fellow Taoist?"

The man's face turned bitter. He was indeed frightened just now. After all, Lu Luan didn't look like a good person. He thought he was a demon cultivator, and his aura was deep and he couldn't see through it. He thought that his cultivation was higher than his, so he ran away instinctively.

"What are you doing here?"

"I heard that something strange happened, so I wanted to come and see if it was a demon cultivator causing trouble, so I hid myself. I guess fellow Daoist came here for this too." said the man.

"Not bad," Lu Luan nodded, and asked, "Did you find anything?"