Practice Remembering You

Chapter 284: Mountains

After hearing what Zhang Yu said, Mo Xue felt much more at ease.

Zhang Yu's route back to the sect this time was relatively direct, in order to return to the sect in the shortest possible time.

Although this route is short, it passes through several dangerous places.

The first of these is the Vertical and Horizontal Mountains.

In this mountain range there is a group of very powerful gangs in the world of cultivation, their name is the Zongheng Brotherhood Gang.

There are a total of twelve people in the gang, including the gang leader and other hall leaders.

These twelve are all seventh-level warriors, and they are one of the most powerful gangs in the world.

However, although this bandit king is ferocious and powerful, there is no need to worry too much.

Such a large gang was able to stand there without being wiped out by the imperial court. There must be a reason behind it.

This is because the leader who founded this gang and most of the hall masters are very smart and know how to judge the situation and understand which forces can be provoked and which forces need to be avoided.

They knew clearly that it was the most unwise choice to conflict with powerful entities such as the imperial court and some powerful sects, so they would not touch these two categories.

Before they take action, they will check the identity of the other party in advance, and will only take action against the sects or independent cultivators that they can touch. In this way, they can satisfy their interests and not cause too much trouble.

Therefore, the survival strategy of this gang is to "pick on the weak". As long as they don't touch those overly powerful forces, they can continue to get away with it.

Moreover, even if some people from weaker sects jointly petitioned the larger sects in the hope of wiping out the gang, the larger sects would not take the initiative to cause a conflict because the gang had twelve seventh-level warriors.

After all, if a real war breaks out, although it will benefit everyone, the only one who will suffer will be yourself.

If it was just one person, he might have acted in a fit of anger, but in a normal large sect, there are many factions, so small matters might be fine, but once things become bigger, even the sect leader cannot have the final say.

Therefore, although this strategy of the Zongheng Brotherhood may seem a bit cunning, it is also the key to their long-term survival.

But even so, they are a gang after all, and the court will normally still intervene.

But it is said that the leaders of the Zongheng Brotherhood Gang are quite smart. The place where they established this gang was carefully selected.

This mountain range is located at the junction of the northwest border of the Northern Zhou Dynasty in the Eastern Region and the southeast border of the Southern Zhou Dynasty in the Northern Region.

The terrain of the Zongheng Mountain Range is special, so the boundary line is a regularly divided area that is not very obvious.

Every major domain in the Dayan Dynasty is governed by a powerful cultivator. The official in charge of a domain is called a domain lord, and each domain lord has four state lords under him.

The Northern Province in the Eastern Region and the Southern Province in the Northern Region are both managed by their own state lords. This management is very efficient, but efficiency does not mean that every state gets along well with each other.

For example, the rulers of these two states do not get along well with each other due to some historical reasons.

Assuming that the governor of the Northern Province in the Eastern Region goes to suppress the bandits, then the Zongheng Brotherhood will run to the Southern Province in the Northern Region.

If the governor of the Northern Province in the Eastern Region crosses the border in pursuit, the governor of the Southern Province in the Northern Region will stop him, and vice versa.

If they run over, the gang will make a promise to the state lord of the current realm to disrupt the other party in order to ensure their own safety.

Under such a wonderful balance, the Zongheng Brotherhood has taken root here safely.

It is also for this reason that the Zongheng Mountains attach great importance to the power and individual strength of the monks.

Zhang Yu was a disciple of the Juefei Sect and an official appointed by the imperial court. When the gangsters saw Zhang Yu's identity, they would definitely not dare to cause trouble for him. At least, the experienced and strong ones would definitely not cause trouble for Zhang Yu.

The second dangerous place is the Valley of Beasts.

The source of the danger in this place is very simple, simply because there are so many monsters here.

There are monsters roaming in there. If you go in without preparation, even if you are a sixth-level cultivator, you will be skinned alive.

However, Zhang Yu believed that he would not be so stupid as to go directly through the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts, but would go through the outskirts of the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts.

However, even in the periphery, you may encounter some powerful monsters, and this is where the risk lies.

The third dangerous point is a place called Guigang.

There is the remains of a demonic sect in that place. This sect had long been eliminated by the coalition, but the strange thing is that all the sects that set up sects here in the future would eventually disappear mysteriously.

After three sects disappeared, the imperial court came down to investigate and discovered that there was a very strong curse there, which was obviously the curse cast when the previous Demon Sect was destroyed.

The curse was very strong. To lift it, the cost was too high and the gain was too small, so no one dealt with it.

Therefore, you have to walk along the edge and be extremely careful.

The last dangerous place is a place called the Venomous Forest.

In fact, this poisonous forest is nothing to Zhang Yu and his daughter. There are just more poisonous substances. They just need to avoid it. Moreover, even if they are poisoned, for cultivators, they can just use their true qi to cure it immediately.

But the problem is that Zhang Yu is with his wife. The poison there is not ordinary. If a monk is poisoned, there is still time to detoxify, but for a mortal, it will be death if he touches it.

Therefore, the danger in the fourth place is mainly aimed at Mo Xue.

There are only four dangerous places along the way. The rest are not a big problem, it’s just a matter of journey.

Although it is the shortest route, the distance is not short for a cultivator of Zhang Yu's level. Judging from the current speed, he should be able to reach the destination in less than two years.

Five months have passed

Zhang Yu, his wife and daughter finally arrived at the Zongheng Mountains. The danger source in this place is different from the following three. It is necessary to take the right path as much as possible and avoid going off the road.

This is because the regular robbers are very powerful and influential, and a leader who can reach this level must be experienced. If they are blocked, they can show the token of the Juefei Gate, and the other party will recognize it and retreat.

On the contrary, if you take a side road, there is a high probability that you will encounter some inexperienced and uninformed guys, and they may not recognize you when you show your token, and a fight will surely break out then.

Zhang Yu was not afraid, but now that he was with his wife, he would try his best to avoid fighting.

Therefore, Zhang Yu flew along the main road of the mountains in a swaggering manner.