My path to immortality began with my posting to guard Dawancun.

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Shen Shiying left.

He left with one hundred spirit stones as payment.

The reason it is a spirit stone,

This was because Shen Changchuan learned after inquiring that if he simply handed over 1,000 jin of spirit grain, he would have to bear 5% of the transportation costs.

If it's just about handing over spirit stones, then only one hundred are needed.

This regulation,

It wasn't directed at Shen Changchuan.

It's a rule that has always been in place.

After all, places like Dawancun are alright, but in places with hundreds of acres of spirit fields, tens of thousands of catties of spirit grain are handed over in a quarter, which would require several storage bags to hold.

During this process, attention must also be paid to quality, as well as issues related to subsequent storage and preservation.

It's just too much trouble.

It's better to just take the spirit stones and leave.

It is precisely because of this,
It has long been a customary practice to charge an additional 5% transfer fee when handing over spirit grains.

For this,

Shen Changchuan decisively chose to pay one hundred spirit stones.

He used up most of the spirit stones he had taken from the Four Fiends of Heshan.

He has already looked into it.

According to market conditions, unless there is a natural disaster or man-made calamity, the price of spirit grain generally fluctuates slightly around one spirit stone for ten catties of spirit grain, and even if there is a fluctuation, it will not be too large.

Anyway, after that,

He was going to Wujiaji to sell most of the produce, except for the portion he kept for himself.

With storage bags, there shouldn't be much of a problem in packing and transporting two thousand catties of spirit grain.

I might as well save those five spirit stones.

This,

This also made Shen Shiying even more certain.
Shen Changchuan suffered heavy losses this time.

There simply aren't enough spirit grains to go around.
The only way to make up for the shortfall in spirit stones is to spend them.

Seeing their "enemy" suffer misfortune,

The father and son left feeling refreshed and somewhat triumphant.

For this,

Shen Changchuan didn't care.

On the contrary, they were happy with their situation.

Before one has extracted enough wealth from Da Wan Village and converted it into sufficient strength to protect oneself, the more detailed information about the spiritual fields of Da Wan Village should be revealed as late as possible.

Ultimately, it's about keeping your wealth out of sight!

After Shen Shiying left,

Shen Changchuan also began to make his next plans.

The big news about Shen Han in Tiannan City is very attractive, but it obviously has little to do with Shen Changchuan.

He merely gloated inwardly that the domineering and jealous first wife deserved it, and then forgot about her.

Tiannan City is too far away, and the vortex inside is temporarily irrelevant to him.

The most important thing right now is
The priority should still be improving one's own abilities.

After all, there's the potential threat of retaliation from the Gale Falcon soon.

"According to others, the caravan from Qingcheng will arrive at Wujiaji when the market opens about a month later."

"A month is enough."

Shen Changchuan pondered in his heart,

A faint light flickered in his eyes.

He remembered the token engraved with the character "elephant" in his storage bag.
After learning from Zhao Hangao about the circumstances surrounding the demise of the Hu family, the previous owners of Dawan Village, twenty years ago,
Shen Changchuan also obtained the map of the cave ruins at the Nascent Soul level from the other party.

At that time, his strength was only at the fourth level of Qi Refining.

The dangers in the mountains and forests cannot be easily dealt with.

So, although Shen Changchuan really wanted to go and see it, he ultimately suppressed his thoughts due to his usual composure.

Even now,

He has already reached the fifth level of Qi Refining.

He also mastered several new magical techniques.
Compared to before,
There has been a significant improvement.

His battle against Hayate Hayate also proved his strength.

"It's time!" Immediately,
Shen Changchuan made a decision.

However, in the following days,

Shen Changchuan had to stay behind for a while longer before he could even set off.

It couldn't happen immediately.

Because the leaders of the other villages nearby have already sent over the spirit grains they have harvested this season as offerings.

The six villages don't have much spiritual land; they only have about four or five mu in total.

However, the total weight of the spirit grains delivered was about 300 jin.

Shen Changchuan naturally made sure to greet each of these well-meaning people who came to offer money, thus cultivating a good relationship with them.

They also made an appointment to go to Wujiaji together.

Until the cultivators from the last village were sent away.

This interlude has ended.

Shen Changchuan was thus able to continue his treasure hunt.

He made a rough estimate,
It would take at least ten days to reach the location on the map provided by Zhao Hangao.

This is because Shen Changchuan does not really trust Zhao Hangao.

Although he was made to witness firsthand the massacre of his family and friends by the Four Fiends of Heshan, resulting in the complete destruction of his century-old legacy, which in turn broke down his defenses.
This allowed them to extract these secrets from him.

In the end, Zhao Hangao was mentally dead and committed suicide in prison.

But who can be sure?
Could it be that Zhao Hangao's mind became twisted before his death, and he thought of taking himself down with him, using himself as bait to bury some huge trap in the map?

It's always good to keep some information about someone you trust.

Therefore, Shen Changchuan had planned from the beginning to be on guard at all times after entering the mountains, and it was best to use his spiritual eye technique to scout the situation before continuing.

Over ten days,

That's the plan to leave room for maneuver for this purpose.

of course,

To avoid missing the opening time of the caravan in Wujiaji,

Shen Changchuan initially planned to return the item if more than fifteen days had passed, regardless of whether it had been found or not.

A general plan has been made.

Shen Changchuan then prepared to set off.

But before that,

We still need to make some preparations and arrangements for the situations in Dawancun and Zhaojiacun.

After all, he would be away for more than half a month, and the defenses of Dawancun were quite weak.

He informed Han Qinhu.
I briefly explained that I would be leaving for a while to go into the mountains, and I also made some arrangements for the next two weeks.

Even after he left, contingency plans were made for the possibility that Dawan Village might be attacked by monsters or raiders.

After that,
He stored most of the spirit grains in his storage bag and carried them with him to avoid the worst-case scenario of his home being unexpectedly raided when he left.

All preparations have been completed.

Shen Changchuan then left Dawancun.

Following the map given by Zhao Hangao, we entered the mountains and forests.

Ten days later,

The dense forest was impenetrable, with towering ancient trees reaching for the sky. The dense canopy blocked out the sunlight, making the forest dark.

Shen Changchuan walked carefully through the dense forest, his feet on piles of soft, decaying leaves that emitted a putrid smell. Every time he stepped on one, small insects like centipedes and spiders would scurry out.

It was surrounded by a dense thicket of ferns.

The air was damp, and colorful mushrooms could be seen everywhere around the tree roots and trunks.

Shen Changchuan would stop every so often to use his spiritual eye technique to observe his surroundings.

Once more than 70% of the body's magical power is consumed...

He immediately stopped meditating to refine his magical power and restore his own state.

Stopping and starting like this,

He encountered attacks from some monsters along the way, but he dodged them all and even managed to kill them.

Until this day,
Shen Changchuan had just passed through the dense forest and arrived at a hill. He took out a map from his pocket and compared it with the surrounding environment.

"We're almost there, it's in the vicinity!"

Holding the map, a hint of joy appeared on Shen Changchuan's tired face.

(End of this chapter)