Hide in the world of gods and demons

Chapter 63 Cultivation Family
There were already quite a few people on the street.

Everyone had a smile on their face, filled with excitement and anticipation.

The caravan had been so late that it was almost hopeless, but now, upon hearing the news of its return, the entire shantytown was in an uproar.

The crowd gathered and headed in one direction.

Chen Li was equally excited and followed the crowd for only a few minutes. Soon, he spotted the caravan.

This is a large caravan.

A dozen or so enormous camel-like beasts lined up, laden with mountains of goods, while even more people arrived, travel-worn and forming a long line. He roughly estimated that there were no fewer than a hundred people.

However, the more Chen Li looked at it, the more he felt something was wrong.

Why are there so many people?
When he saw that many of them had families with them, ranging from elderly people to infants crying for milk, his heart sank.

This isn't a caravan at all!?

There are no caravans that travel with their families.

This is more like a family migration... a flight from disaster.

Chen Li's disappointment was beyond words.

Others clearly noticed this as well, and the crowd's excitement gradually subsided.

"Fellow Daoist Chen..."

Suddenly, Chen Li heard a familiar voice, turned around and saw that it was Lin Gui.

"It really is Fellow Daoist Chen." Lin Gui sneaked through the crowd and said happily.

"Why are you out here? Weren't you refining pills for the gang?" Chen Li asked curiously.

"Shh!" Lin Gui hurriedly turned to Zhang Youwang, saying nervously, "There are too many people here. Don't mention this, I escaped. Sigh, that Wei Qingyi is such a scoundrel. Do you know how much money he only gave me for refining a bottle of... well, you know?"
It's just a low-grade spirit stone.

He sells five low-grade spirit stones for each item he sells.

That's a five-fold price difference.

Do you think this is reasonable?

I used to sell them for three low-grade spirit stones each.

Lin Gui rambled on and on, his face filled with heartache.

Chen Li, however, could not empathize with her.

Isn't it normal for the final selling price to be five times the ex-factory price?
"Fortunately, he finally got his just desserts. A while ago, when all the major gangs were besieging that monster, he was unlucky enough to be killed by the monster. Taking advantage of the chaos in the Green Robe Gang, I escaped."

"So where do you live now?" Chen Li asked.

"Sigh, I guess I'll just have to find any place to live and make do!" Lin Gui said with a worried look on his face.

He seemed to regret escaping.

Really...

Why bother? Why bother?
Which gang wouldn't carefully protect such unconventional talents?

Although the earnings may not be much, the advantage is safety, unlike now where you have to worry about monsters coming after you at any time.

Chen Li asked for the other party's address but did not reveal his own.

"Fellow practitioners..."

At this moment, an old, hoarse voice rang out from the group: "The Yu family has come from afar to your esteemed place to avoid disaster, with the old and young in tow. They intend to stay for a long time and hope to support each other and overcome difficulties together with you all."

The voice seemed to carry a faint magical power, reaching everyone's ears clearly.

The crowd fell silent for a moment, then stirred again, and repeatedly returned the greeting with clasped hands.

"It's a Foundation Establishment cultivator!" Lin Gui whispered.

Chen Li looked at an old man in the middle of the group, who was wearing a lake-blue robe. He cupped his hands to gesture to the surroundings, then sat back on the camel, said nothing more, and closed his eyes to rest.

He looked very old, with wrinkled skin dotted with age spots, and his face was pale and bloodless.

However, compared to paying attention to this Foundation Establishment cultivator, Chen Li was more concerned with the meaning behind his words.

They came from afar to avoid disaster!

Let's get through this together!

What does it mean?
Are things even harder elsewhere?

Even a family of cultivators like this had to migrate here from afar to avoid disaster.

……

On the second day.

The news had already spread.

Ever since the Golden Core Ancestor of the Longevity Sect sacrificed his own life to repel the invading sect, the entire Longevity Domain has never been at peace.

The Longevity Domain is not limited to the Longevity Sect alone.

Within its territory, numerous cultivation families of varying sizes are deeply intertwined, with Foundation Establishment being quite common. Countless smaller sects lie beneath the larger ones, and many cultivation families had already begun to defect completely back when the three major sects launched their second attack on the Longevity Sect.

If the Golden Core Ancestor of the Longevity Sect can survive the war, these are naturally just minor ailments.

Can't make any trouble.

Those who follow the natural order will live, while those who go against it will die.

The key point is that he died.

The strength of the Longevity Sect has plummeted.

Relying on the inertia of the previous order and some methods of winning over and dividing, the Changsheng Sect only managed to maintain itself for a few months before it could no longer sustain itself in the winter, and finally, a full-scale turmoil broke out.

This is why the caravan has yet to arrive.

In the current situation, who has the time or energy to care about a remote place like Green River Village?

In contrast, Green River Lane, which was almost forgotten, now seemed like a peaceful paradise.

If there weren't rampant monsters.

……

In the damp tunnel.

"This damn world, there's never a moment of peace." Chen Li, who had just returned from outside, paced back and forth irritably, cursing under his breath.

“We have enough clothes and food now, and it’s quite safe to live in the cave. The war won’t last long. We’ll just have to endure it for a while. Haven’t you seen that even Foundation Establishment cultivators have moved here?” Zhou Hong comforted him.

"I hate burrows!"

Zhou Hong nestled in Chen Li's arms:
"It will all pass. Life is full of tough times. Just hang in there."

"Sigh, don't try to comfort me. I just had too high expectations, which led to a huge disappointment. I just needed to vent." Chen Li gently hugged Zhou Hong. "I've figured it out too. There's no such thing as a peaceful life in this world. We just have to struggle to survive!"

……

The Foundation Establishment family keeps a low profile.

After arriving at Green River Lane, they neither built extensively nor occupied the market. They simply chose an area close to the market, paid for a street of independent repairmen to move out, and then did some simple renovations and expansions before settling down there.

However, the existence of a Foundation Establishment cultivator still stirred the hearts of the entire shantytown.

These days, gang members come to visit every day, but they are all reportedly turned away. Not only does the Foundation Establishment cultivator stay indoors all day, but his family members also rarely go out and hardly communicate with outsiders.

This greatly disappointed many people.

……

“This Foundation Establishment cultivator must have been injured when he arrived. Considering his advanced age, his condition might even be worse. Otherwise, the Yu clan wouldn’t have kept such a low profile, after all, they are a Foundation Establishment family.”

When Chen Li went to Zhang Yan to buy talisman skins, he mentioned this matter, and Zhang Yan chatted about it casually.

"We can't count on that Foundation Establishment cultivator," he sighed.
"It's estimated that this person will only consider taking action when a second-tier demonic beast comes knocking. It's hard to say whether they can win then. They migrated here to protect their family and leave a way out for them, not to fight to the death here."

(End of this chapter)