Everyone ascended, but I didn't get on board

Chapter 127: Monk without Human Rights

Qiu Ci didn't expect that. She originally wanted to run away, but now someone took the initiative to bring her to the teleportation array.

But this was obviously not good news for the other four cultivators. A gray-robed Foundation Establishment cultivator immediately asked, "Sir, I am a spirit slave of the Zhao family. I wonder what important matter has caused you to send us to Shining City?"

"Yes, sir." Another cultivator also spoke weakly, "I am also a disciple of the Xuanling Sect. I dare not leave without the sect's order."

"Why are you talking so much nonsense!" The guard was annoyed and glared at the two of them. "Go in if I tell you to. The Shi Ning City mine is short of a group of people, and you guys are just the right number."

"Mine!" As soon as these words were spoken, the four monks' faces turned pale, and even despair appeared on their faces. "You want us to go there and become miners? No! No way, I don't want to go!"

They were about to turn around, but the guard seemed to have expected this. He turned his palm and took out a whip magic weapon and swung it at the four people. There were only a few bang sounds, and the four people fell to the ground before they could take two steps.

"Hmph! You're a bunch of ignorant Foundation Establishment slaves. How can you choose me?" the guard said as he whipped her. "You're trying to use the Zhao family and the Xuanling Sect to pressure me. My Lianshen Sect won't fall for that."

The whip seemed to target their primordial spirits. Instantly, the four men were writhing and wailing in pain, their spiritual energy threatening to dissipate. Qiu Ci was also startled by this sudden scene. He had heard from the old man in Juanshan that Yuzhou, unlike Zhongzhou, was a lawless place, but he had never imagined that there would be such a thing as openly capturing monks as slaves.

She turned her head and took a look. There were many monks on the street at this time, but they just took a quick look and avoided her. No one thought there was anything wrong, as if they were used to this kind of thing.

The guard whipped them more than ten times, and only stopped when he seemed to be tired. He picked up several people and threw them directly into the teleportation array. In the middle, he turned his head to glance at Qiu Ci and snorted coldly, "You should know what's good for you. Go in and don't waste my time."

Qiu Ci followed him into the formation without saying anything. The next moment, a white light flashed, and the scene before his eyes changed. A stone mountain appeared in front of him, with a big hole at the bottom of the mountain. From time to time, numb-looking monks came in and out, without any light in their eyes.

She sensed it carefully and found that she could feel the fluctuation of spiritual veins under her feet. This was a spiritual stone mine!

"Why are there only a few of you?" A monk who looked like a supervisor came over, glanced at the four people rolling on the ground with disdain, and looked at the guard with dissatisfaction.

"There are not many people in the Foundation Establishment stage coming to the city recently. It's good to have five of them." The guard replied.

"Okay!" The supervisor didn't say anything else, but took out a piece of talisman paper and threw it over. It instantly turned into five white rays of light and rushed towards the center of the eyebrows of several people.

Qiu Ci's mind moved, and he almost subconsciously blocked the white light, using his spiritual sense to seal it without a sound. Before he could take a closer look, two of the four foundation-building cultivators on the ground suddenly screamed and rolled around on the ground, even tears of blood streaming from their eyes.

"What the hell are you yelling about!" The supervisor yelled impatiently, stepped forward and kicked the two men, saying, "Are you dead or not? If you're not dead, get up and work."

After saying that, he swung the whip in his hand hard, making a loud bang.

The four of them immediately struggled to get up. The supervisor pointed to the digging tools next to the cave, drove them into the mine and left them alone.

Qiu Ci followed the crowd into the cave and arrived at a remote place inside the cave. Only then did he have time to check the things in his spiritual consciousness. Upon closer inspection, he found that it was a strange mark in the shape of a small tripod. This was... a slave mark!
She was startled. She hadn't expected people on this continent to so casually plant a slave mark on someone. If this mark truly became ingrained into one's soul, the person would be at the mercy of the caster for the rest of their life, or they could detonate their soul at any time. Furthermore, a slave mark couldn't be erased; at most, it could only be covered. Thinking of the two cultivators who had suddenly screamed, it must have been in so much pain because their existing slave marks had been covered, proving they had been slave-marked before.

Thinking back to when the guard called them, he didn't even ask about their identities, as if he didn't care at all who they were. It can be seen that in their eyes, foundation-building cultivators are objects that can be dealt with at will.

So, what kind of place is this Fengdong Continent? Is the environment for cultivation so harsh?
Qiu Ci frowned. Although she was somewhat dissatisfied with the situation, she had no intention of making a move. After all, she was just trying to survive, so it was better to keep a low profile. So she made a hand gesture, disappeared, and left the mine.

She had used her spiritual sense to explore before, and found that the highest cultivation level in the entire mine was only three in the Jindan stage, so it was not difficult to leave here.

A quarter of an hour later, she had arrived in another city, which was the Shi Ning City mentioned by the guard. Recalling the guard's tone before, this place was still the territory of hostile forces to the Zhao family, and it should be safer to hide here.

However, in order to avoid being caught and forced to mine again, she released some of the suppression of her cultivation and showed her cultivation level of the Golden Core Stage.

Shi Ning City is a big city, obviously much larger than the town where people were arrested at will. She found an inn where she could stay temporarily in seclusion, and then wandered around the city for a few days to inquire about the situation. Sure enough, she heard news about the Zhao family within two days.

"Have you heard? Recently, the Zhao family seems to be hunting down a female cultivator who has transformed into a spirit. They say that this person stole a valuable treasure from the Zhao family."

"He dared to steal the treasure from the Zhao family. This person is really brave. In all these years, no cultivator has dared to confront someone from an aristocratic family!"

"What do you know? The Zhao family will soon be in decline. I heard that the Mahayana master in charge of their family is nearing the end of his lifespan and won't be able to hold on for much longer."

"Even if they don't have the Mahayana, the Zhao family's foundation is more than just this, they have quite a few old monsters who have merged."

"Something happened to the Zhao family's combined monster too. It's said that half of them perished in a secret realm, and not even their souls escaped."

"I've also heard that the Zhao family is in turmoil right now. The other three families are eyeing them covetously. Even the Lingxuan Sect and the Yuding Sect are busy trying to cut ties with them."

"Is it that serious? It seems Fengdong will be in turmoil for a while."

"Who cares? Our Shi Ning City is the territory of the Refining God Sect. No matter how chaotic the Zhao family is, it won't affect us."

"really……"

Qiu Ci listened for a while and then left. She also understood why the Zhao family did not catch up. It turned out that something happened internally. She felt relieved a little and began to retreat after returning to the inn. As long as she did not expose her cultivation level, she could return to Lanru Continent if she survived these three years safely.

But she didn't expect that even the Golden Core cultivation level was not safe...