Family Cultivation: My Ancestral Home Gets Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 71 Seeking Fortune in the Dense Forest (Eleventh Update)

Three months after He Miao and Shi Tou left Qinglu Mountain, Jiang Fu'an also rode down the mountain on a half-spirit horse he had bought.

He wore a wide-brimmed straw hat, the shadow of which covered half his face, revealing only his thin chin.

Although he had long planned to go to the Moon Spirit Market in the west to buy Qi Nourishing Pills, he was really short of spirit stones.

He then thought of drawing more talismans so he could take them with him to sell for money.

Three months ago, the three children teamed up to hunt five wild boars and more than twenty semi-spirit beasts.

Later, with the help of the Miao people, all the animal hides were made into talismans.

During these three months, Jiang Fu'an buried himself in his desk all day, drawing all the talisman paper into talismans.

However, there was another crucial reason that truly set him on his journey today.

This morning, "good fortune" arrived again.

What appeared in the shrine this time was a white orb of light, which should not be of much value.

The information provided above is:

Last night, a fierce battle broke out outside Moon Spirit Market.

A lone cultivator was surrounded by several traitors. After a fierce battle, he was seriously injured and broke through the encirclement, fleeing all the way.

Seeing that he was on his last legs and doomed, the cultivator stuffed his storage bag into a dense forest he was passing by.

He thought to himself, even if he dies, he will not let those cultivators get away with it.

"Fortune" not only provides the specific location of the hidden item, but also indicates that the risk is not high.

Even if they were to run into the group of cultivators searching for storage bags, as long as they kept their half-spirit horse steady, they would still have a good chance of escaping.

Coincidentally, that dense forest is located on the only road leading from Qinglu Mountain to Yuelingfang City.

Jiang Fu'an hesitated for only a moment before deciding to make the trip.

This is precisely why he specially wore a straw hat today.

If we really run into that group of people, at least we can cover our faces so they won't remember our appearance.

According to "Fu Yuan", both the fleeing cultivators and the tribulation cultivators who were chasing him were only at the Qi Refining stage.

Since cultivators cannot project their divine sense to investigate, the bamboo hat on their heads is sufficient to conceal their identities.

Moon Spirit Market is a gathering place for cultivators built along the Moon Spirit River, and it is not very large in scale.

This place isn't far from the Wang family's house; it's here that the Wang family brings the talismans he draws to sell.

Although it's quite a distance from Qinglu Mountain, it can be reached in a little over two hours if you ride a half-spirit horse at full speed.

For this reason, Jiang Fu'an had long regarded the group of rogue cultivators gathered in Yueling Market as his number one imaginary enemy.

Once the spiritual vein beneath Qinglu Mountain is revealed and these people find out, it's hard to guarantee that no one will have ulterior motives at such a close distance. Jiang Fu'an didn't delay at all along the way, spurring his horse on. About two hours later, a lush and verdant forest came into view.

The forest wasn't very large, but the trees grew extremely lushly, their branches and leaves intertwined and stretching as far as the eye could see, resembling a dark green wall from a distance.

He reined in his horse at the edge of the woods, raised his hand to slightly lift the front of his straw hat, and scanned his surroundings with sharp eyes.

There was no one outside the woods, only the chirping of sparrows could be heard from within.

Jiang Fu felt somewhat relieved.

The fact that the birds were not startled suggests that there is likely no ambush in the forest.

Without further hesitation, he spurred his horse and followed the direction indicated by "Fortune".

It was in an inconspicuous bird's nest in the middle of a large tree that was more than ten meters tall.

Jiang Fu'an took a deep breath, used the Soaring Cloud Step, and suddenly leaped off the horse. Like a nimble ape, he used both hands and feet to quickly climb up the rough tree trunk.

Below the Foundation Establishment stage, cultivators cannot fly, and he was no exception.

In a few leaps, he reached the bird's nest and peered inside.

Sure enough, a dusty gray storage bag lay quietly among the hay.

He was overjoyed, reached out and grabbed the bag into his arms, then tapped his toes on the branch and used the momentum to float down.

During its descent, it stepped over several horizontal branches to cushion its fall, and finally landed lightly back on the horse's back, the whole movement clean and efficient.

How could it go so smoothly?

Jiang Fu'an was slightly surprised, but he didn't have time to think about it. He immediately shouted and urged the half-spirit horse to turn around, intending to leave this place of trouble.

Just as they rushed out of the edge of the dense forest, they suddenly heard the sound of rapid hoofbeats in the distance.

He looked up and saw three figures on horseback galloping towards him from the opposite direction; he could vaguely make out that they were a group of two men and one woman.

Jiang Fu'an's heart sank suddenly, and he knew something was wrong.

The group of cultivators mentioned in "Fortune" consisted of one woman and two men!

Without bothering to check if he had attracted the other party's attention, he suddenly pulled on the reins, and the half-spirit horse neighed and turned around, galloping wildly towards a side path.

As he fled, he kept an eye on the movements behind him.

Sure enough, he had barely turned when the sound of hooves behind him grew increasingly rapid and loud, accompanied by a shout: "Fellow Daoist ahead, please wait! I have something to ask you!"

Jiang Fu'an was not about to stop.

Let alone the fact that these three people were most likely cultivators who had undergone tribulation, even if they were just ordinary passersby, he would never have stopped easily because of the phrase "Fellow Daoist, please wait."

He immediately took out a lightness talisman from his storage ring, activated it with a burst of magic from his fingertips, and slapped it onto the neck of the half-spirit horse.

A pale blue light flashed and disappeared, disappearing into the horse's body.

"quick!"

He gave a low shout and leaned close to the horse's back.

The speed of the half-spirit horse suddenly increased dramatically, its four hooves almost leaving afterimages as it galloped forward.

Unexpectedly, the speed of the pursuers behind them also increased simultaneously, and the distance between the two sides did not widen.

"Did they also use a lightness charm?"

Jiang Fu'an's eyes flashed, but he remained calm. He took out another lightness talisman and stuck it on his shoulder with a "snap".

Enveloped in spiritual light, he suddenly felt as light as a swallow, and even the burden on his horse seemed to be greatly reduced.

He simply lowered his body further to reduce wind resistance.

He had more than a dozen lightness talismans in his storage ring, enough to last him a while.

According to "Fu Yuan", the highest cultivation level among the three is only at the mid-stage of Qi Refining, making it impossible for them to use a flying artifact to pursue.

As long as you keep your distance, the other party will eventually run out of energy.

This chase and escape lasted for a full three hours.

As the sun began to set, the relentless sound of hooves behind us finally began to weaken and recede into the distance, eventually disappearing into the wind.

Just as Jiang Fu'an was about to turn his head to confirm, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a shadow in the sky behind him out of the corner of his eye.

His heart skipped a beat, and when he looked closely, he couldn't help but gasp.

The female cultivator was seen riding on a green leaf-shaped magic artifact, several feet off the ground, chasing after them through the air!

However, her body was visibly swaying, indicating that she was struggling to control the vehicle.

Jiang Fu'an frowned deeply.

He remembered He Miao saying that the magical power of a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator was simply insufficient to drive a flying magical artifact for an extended period of time.

Even if forced to activate it, not only will the magic power be rapidly depleted, but it will also be extremely difficult to concentrate on other things during flight, greatly reducing combat power.

Is it worth taking such a gamble for a storage bag that may not even be his?

Seeing that the other party was about to catch up, Jiang Fu'an made a fierce decision:

Since you insist on coming here to die, don't blame me!