Chapter XI Preparing to Escape

　　For the next two months or so, Lu Qingfeng concentrated on refining the Valley Resisting Dan. 　　Every morning and evening, he refined two furnaces each, and was able to obtain twenty-four grains of Grain Resisting Dan. 　　Before going offline, a total of 1,780 grains of grain-expelling pills had been refined. Excluding the portion that was sold in exchange for the medicinal materials used to refine the grain-preventing pills, a total of 1,234 grain-preventing pills were earned. 　　The exchange ratio between normal Pai Gu Dan and Yellow Dragon Dan was five to one, Lu Qingfeng's refined Pai Gu Dan and Yellow Dragon Dan exchange ratio was four to one. 　　So 1,234 grain-preventing pills were converted into Yellow Dragon Dan, totaling 308 pills. There is still some difference from five hundred, so I can only make up for it two months later when I go online. 　　...... 　　Time flies in The Flood, and only one night has passed in Blackwood Village. 　　Going back and forth in the hundred times time difference every day caused Lu Qingfeng to have a feeling of being a world away every time he went online and offline, marveling more and more at the greatness of time. 　　This day. 　　It was another day to go to Yellow Chi Mountain. 　　It had been more than five months since Lu Qingshan had paid his respects to the Returning Truth Sect. 　　Yellow Chi Mountain, the foot of the mountain. 　　"Big brother, a few days ago, an initiated disciple called 'Wu Yuan' went to the Miscellaneous Service Courtyard to select servants, and I was selected. At that time, there were a total of six miscellaneous servant disciples who were selected, and Wu Yuan told us to prepare dry food and go with him to the other side of the Chengyang River three days later to pick spiritual herbs." 　　More than five months had passed, Lu Qingshan's body was still thin, only it looked much sturdier. Alone in the Returning Truth Sect, his temperament had also changed slightly, no longer as timid and unassertive as before. 　　Only, no matter what happened in the Returning to Truth Sect, Lu Qingshan would always speak up and listen to Lu Qingfeng's opinion when he saw him every seven days. 　　This time, he had been accepted as a servant by Wu Yuan, and even had to go to the other side of the Chengyang River in three days. Lu Qingshan felt that this could be an opportunity, but there was always some apprehension in his heart. 　　Every one or two years, the Gui Zhen Sect had formal disciples who cultivated the Gui Zhen Gong to the fourth layer and were promoted to the rank of Entry Disciple. Entry-level disciples possessed the right to select the odd-job disciples as servants who would follow their lead. 　　In addition to this, the Gui Zhen Sect would also assign tasks to newly promoted initiated disciples, most of which were to go to the other side of the Chengyang River to pick spiritual medicines. 　　The other side of the Chengyang River was the most dangerous place where people were rare. 　　All sorts of wild beasts were infested, and snakes, insects, rats, ants, and other poisonous creatures were not a few. 　　The disciples would often bring their newly recruited servants along with them, but less than a percent of the servants would be able to come back alive. Even those who had reached the fourth level of the "Return to Truth Technique" might not be able to return and stay on the other side of the river forever. 　　However, once one was able to follow an initiated disciple to complete the mission and return together, they would basically be carefully cultivated by the initiated disciple and introduced as their beloved ones. 　　"The other side of the Chengyang River?" 　　Lu Qingfeng couldn't help but frown after hearing this. 　　Although he had never been to the other side of the river, he had heard since he was a child that the beasts on the other side of the river were even more ferocious, and there were also demons that were not inferior to the 'Immortals' of the Gui Zhen Sect that existed. 　　It was only because the demons were blocked by the Chengyang River that they were unable to pose a threat to Blackwood Walled City. 　　Crossing the river? 　　Not a single person in Blackwood Walled City dared to! 　　And more than five months ago, he heard that Lu Qingshan had been chosen to be a handyman of the Returning Truth Sect, and the reason why the two brothers were that way was because of that. 　　The death and injury rate of the handyman disciples of the Returning Truth Sect was extremely high! 　　A hundred handyman initiates in the same period of time, less than ten would survive after three years. Of the ninety who died, only ten or so died on Huangzhi Mountain because of various problems. The remaining seventy to eighty, all died on the other side of the river, falling into demonic rations! 　　"How was the situation in previous years?" Lu Qingfeng asked with his heart in his mouth. 　　"This kind of mission is all about an initiated disciple with six miscellaneous disciples crossing the river. When the luck is extremely good, four or five journeyman disciples can come back. It's also possible for the whole army to be wiped out when the luck is bad, there's nothing set in stone. Listening to the old men inside the Returning Truth Sect, this kind of mission usually depends on luck." 　　Lu Qingshan was actually still scared in his heart. 　　However, the status of an initiated disciple was still above that of a formal disciple, and was not much more noble than them, the miscellaneous disciples. He had been chosen by Wu Yuan to be his accompanying servant, and there was no way for him to resist. 　　In the past, he would have been disoriented. 　　At this moment, he was able to stabilize his mind and question Lu Qingfeng, he had really grown a lot during this period of time. 　　"Luck--" 　　Lu Qingfeng shook his head, "You can't trust your life and death on illusory luck." 　　"Big brother." 　　Lu Qingshan didn't understand Lu Qingfeng's words. 　　He carefully looked around and came close to Lu Qingfeng's ear, "Big brother, I'm actually very lucky. Two days ago I found a jade pendant on Huangzhi Mountain and accidentally cut my hand and dripped blood on top of it." 　　Lu Qingfeng froze as he listened. 　　This routine, so familiar! 　　He didn't interrupt Lu Qingshan and continued to listen. 　　"It's this jade pendant." Lu Qingshan pulled out a greenish-purple jade pendant from his pocket with complex patterns carved on it, "After dropping blood, this jade pendant seemed to understand me, and it was able to control a corpse underneath Huangzhi Mountain. I can feel that this corpse is very strong, I don't know if it's the zombie that father told us about before." 　　"But when I took the jade pendant and made this corpse move, all the strength in my body was drained. I guess it's probably because my current strength is too poor to manipulate this corpse." 　　Lu Qingshan spoke in a low voice before shoving the jade pendant into Lu Qingfeng's arms, "Big brother, this jade pendant is for you to keep. If I can't come back from this trip to the other side of the river, if big brother takes this jade pendant, he might even be able to avenge me!" 　　Lu Qingfeng felt the jade pendant in his arms emitting a ghostly cold aura and looked towards Lu Qingshan. 　　Although this younger brother was trying his best to hide it, he still couldn't hide the panic and fear inside his eyes. 　　In the end, Lu Qingshan was still just a fourteen year old. 　　"Big brother." 　　"If ...... I if I can't come back, you must tell Qingyu, her second brother is a manly man, no crying, no fear." 　　Lu Qingshan eyes bright, pursed his lips, and lowered his head again, his voice was faintly audible "Big brother, I kind of miss Qingyu." 　　"It's okay." 　　"In three more days you will be able to see Qingyu." 　　Lu Qingfeng rubbed Lu Qingshan's hair and smiled. 　　"Ah?" 　　Lu Qingshan looked up, not understanding what his big brother meant. 　　"Qingshan, we won't go to the other side of the river. You tell me now, what time will you leave in three days, from which location will you cross the river, and will there be anyone to see you off?" Lu Qingfeng asked in a low voice. 　　Relying on luck to survive, how could he let Lu Qingshan go! 　　The current accumulation was insufficient and not strong enough. But as long as one was careful in their planning, overthrowing the Returning Truth Sect was not much of a possibility, and escaping with Lu Qingshan and Lu Qingyu should not be difficult! 　　"Big brother, Wu Yuan has cultivated the Return to Truth Technique to the fourth layer, and one person can fight dozens of miscellaneous disciples. This time, besides me, there are five other handyman disciples, I won't be able to escape!" Lu Qingshan finally guessed what his big brother meant, his face panicked and he hurriedly said. 　　"Don't worry, when has big brother ever done anything he wasn't sure of?" 　　Lu Qingfeng's face was serious, "That Wu Yuan I can kill. After killing Wu Yuan, the other five miscellaneous disciples will definitely not dare to resist, at that time, we will grab the boat and directly run downstream towards the Chengyang River. As long as we run out of the range of Jiuzhai County, the Gui Zhen Sect won't be able to find us!" 　　"But that Wu Yuan--" 　　Lu Qingshan's face became even more anxious when he saw that his big brother was really going to take him to escape and that he could kill Wu Yuan. 　　Wu Yuan was an Entered Disciple of the Returning Truth Sect, and had a notable reputation throughout the Returning Truth Sect, how could Big Brother kill him? 　　"There isn't much time, quickly tell me." 　　Seeing that his younger brother did not believe him, Lu Qingfeng reached out and grabbed at Lu Qingshan's arm! 　　"Hiss!" 　　Lu Qingshan's eyes were rounded, he sucked in a breath of cold air in pain, feeling that his arm was about to break! 　　"Qingshan, you had a strange encounter on Huangzhi Mountain, and I also had one in Blackwood Cottage. Now can you tell me about Wu Yuan's arrangement in three days?" Lu Qingfeng lest his brother didn't believe him, after laying a hard hand and pinching him, he urged his inner energy again. 　　The Burning Heart Palm imprinted on the tree that the two men were backing against, directly slapping out a three-inch deep palm imprint. 　　Lu Qingshan this time finally believed. 　　...... 　　On the way back to Blackwood Walled City, Lu Qingfeng had been thinking about all the problems that might exist in this operation. 　　Lu Qingshan's strength was too low, and he hadn't even practiced initiation yet. 　　The attainment of the Return to Truth Technique was zero, and his only combat power was a Barbarian Bull Fist. 　　How much could this kind of straight-forward boxing technique be used without the internal energy to catalyze it? 　　Therefore, when he heard that Lu Qingshan was going to go to the other side of the Chengyang River with the Gui Zhen Sect's initiated disciples, and that he would only be able to survive by luck, Lu Qingfeng made up his mind that he would take Lu Qingshan away from the Gui Zhen Sect. 　　In this way, Blackwood Wall naturally couldn't stay! 　　"The fourth layer of the Return to Truth Technique is equivalent to the fourth level of the Fetal Breath Realm. With my current strength, it won't be difficult to kill him by surprise with the Fire Bomb Technique. After killing Wu Yuan, take away the boat they used to cross the river, go downstream, find a random mountain forest and drill it, finding it is no less than finding a needle in a haystack." 　　"There are a few points that need attention." 　　"First, when they cross the river at Castle Peak three days later, there can't be any other Entered Disciples of the Returning Truth Sect or stronger experts present. I can deal with one Wu Yuan, but not if there are more!" 　　"Second, my internal energy is only enough to catalyze the Fire Bomb Technique three times, so I must not miss!" 　　"Third, I don't know how to row a boat, I have to learn it in the Flood in these three days!" 　　"Fourth, when abandoning the boat and entering the mountains and forests, you must be on the lookout for wild beasts and have medicines to repel insects and detoxify them!" 　　"Fifth ......" 　　...... 　　Lu Qingfeng pondered one by one, listing out every possible situation that he would meet before and after the action, targeting to come up with solutions in advance. 　　So as not to panic in the face of battle. 　　This time, the action was quite hasty and the incident happened suddenly, Lu Qingfeng didn't expect it either. 　　"This is good, it saves worrying!" 　　Lu Qingfeng said in his heart. 　　The first three months or so when Lu Qingshan entered the Gui Zhen Sect, the game "Flood" hadn't appeared yet, and the three of them, siblings, were powerless to fight back as they were unarmed. 　　After that, two months were wasted because they didn't pay attention to the 100 times time difference which resulted in the death of the game character. 　　During these two months, although Lu Qingfeng had started cultivating. But on the one hand, his progress was slow, always hanging around at the first level of the Fetal Breath Realm, and on the other hand, he did not have any means to fight against the enemy. 　　It wasn't until the last ten days, after being reincarnated and reborn in the game, Lu Qingfeng finally had a few strengths. 　　Whether it was alchemy or arts, it was all in an effort to save Lu Qingshan. 　　Lu Qingfeng had wanted to use the hundred times time difference to wait for more adequate preparations before letting Lu Qingshan escape Huangzhi Mountain with him and Qingyu, escaping the Blackwood Wall. 　　However, right now, Lu Qingshan was going to fight for his life on the other side of the Chengyang River, and there was no longer any room for delay! 　　Even though the various preparations were not sufficient and far from Lu Qingfeng's heartfelt expectations. But for him to watch Qingshan send himself to his death, he could never do it. 　　"This time is also an opportunity." 　　"Unusually, other than being able to stay at the foot of the mountain for two incense sticks every seven days, Qing Shan has to be on Huangzhi Mountain at all other times. Once he leaves for too long, he will immediately be searched. With the reaction speed of the Returning Truth Sect, it's possible that before Qing Shan could run to the riverbank, he would have already been intercepted and killed." 　　"This time, with that initiated disciple Wu Yuan leading the way, he will be able to reach the bank logically. As long as we can kill Wu Yuan, the chances of escaping are great." 　　"Being far away from the Blackwood Wall and the Returning Truth Sect, I don't need to disguise myself every day, and I can have a lot more time to cultivate." 　　What goes around comes around, and what goes around comes around! 　　It was difficult to predict between misfortune and happiness. 　　This seeming crisis might be a great opportunity to jump out of the cage. Escape from the Blackwood Cottage and the Return to Truth Sect, and from then on, the sky is high and the sea is wide! 　　With all the secret inheritance in the Flood, even if his bones are poor, it will not prevent him from making a name for himself in this world. 　　Maybe he can even walk out of a heavenly path to immortality!