Chapter 9: Driving the tiger away from the mountain
Zhou Qingshan and his group soon arrived at the spiritual realm pass.

The foundation of this spiritual realm grows on the nodes of the mountain terrain. Once activated, this rural spiritual realm usually has only one gate to enter and exit.

Larger spiritual realms will have three to five entrances. For example, the spiritual realm where Black Cloud City is located has three checkpoints.

The spiritual realm pass of Shengfengling is a three-meter-high stone brick wall with a sturdy wooden gate in the middle and three rows of wooden chevaux de frise outside.

"Young Master, this place is very dangerous. Let's not get any closer."

Zhao Gang suddenly stopped about a hundred steps away from the gate, drew his machete, and looked at the wooden door with a vigilant look.

To be precise, it was the dark human-shaped figure hidden in the mist outside the wooden door.

Zhou Shiqi held the big shield tightly and guarded beside Zhou Qingshan.

The human-faced bear was about the size of an ordinary person, but its strength was amazing. Among the guards, only Zhao Gang, who was at the "blood coagulation" level, could barely fight it.

Zhou Qingshan stood there, looking at the fog outside the spiritual realm from afar. He could vaguely see a human figure waving slowly towards him:

"This beast is so arrogant!"

Zhou Qingshan looked up at the sky. It was noon, about eleven o'clock, and the sun was high in the sky.

At ordinary times, when you leave the spiritual realm, the visibility of the fog is only three steps. At noon, the fog will be thinner under the sunlight, and the visibility of the fog near the spiritual realm will be several dozen steps.

Just as when a strange animal enters a spiritual realm, its strength will be greatly weakened, a person will also feel extremely uncomfortable in the wilderness fog.

How to describe that feeling?
If you stay in the fog for a long time, your breathing will become heavier and your consciousness will become more and more blurred.

Until the three "yang fires" on the head and shoulders are all extinguished, the person will lose consciousness and be lost forever in the wilderness fog. The whole process for an ordinary person will not exceed twelve hours!
Therefore, generally only warriors who have condensed their "source blood" and have strong yang fire can stay away from the spiritual realm and walk in the wilderness fog.

Of course, two or three warriors would not dare to walk alone in the wilderness.

In addition, hundreds of ordinary people huddle together for warmth. The more popular they are, the stronger the yang fire will be, and they can stay in the wilderness fog for a long time.

Zhao Gang looked solemn. "The last time we encountered it outside the Spirit Realm, the guards fought desperately and stabbed several fist-sized bloody holes in the beast's body. I also chopped its eyes, and it recovered from these injuries in less than two days. It still dares to enter the Spirit Realm and eat people."

"Isn't that beast going to advance?"

That’s right, the human-faced bear cannot be considered a real exotic beast, but even so, in the thick fog, it would require an in-country warrior to kill it!

"Advanced?"

Zhou Qingshan was stunned when he heard this: "This human-faced bear dared to enter the spiritual realm before it even advanced. If it really advanced, what would happen?"

Before, if this strange beast was not driven away, it could still hide in the spiritual realm. But if this "human-faced bear" is promoted to a first-level strange beast, it will taste the taste of humans again.

Now it’s not a question of how many people died, but how many people are still alive in Shengfengling during this cold winter.

Zhao Xiaoxiao felt a little terrified and immediately suggested: "Young Master, Father, how about we gather the farmers together to kill it now?"

"no!"

Zhao Gang said in a deep voice: "We can't go out! This beast is very cunning. There is no use in the fog."

He served in the army.

The main reason is that ordinary farmers have not received training, have never seen blood, and are too timid. They are not as loyal and fearless as the members of the guard.

Once there are casualties, panic will spread among the crowd, which will inevitably lead to a rout and the consequences will be disastrous.

Zhou Qingshan also knew the reason and said, "Retreat first!"

Several people stared at the dark figure and slowly retreated. Not long after, the group returned to Zhou's yard.

In the outer courtyard lobby, several people had lunch together.

"Young Master, what should we do next? We shouldn't allow that beast to enter and exit the spiritual realm at will and devour the farmers in the territory, right?" Manager Zhang asked worriedly.

Zhao Gang nodded in agreement and added: "We really can't do nothing, otherwise that beast will surely act recklessly!"

Zhou Qingshan looked at Zhao Gang and ordered, "Uncle Zhao, go gather some young men later, and take Seventeen, Sanzi, and Dameng to take turns to keep watch all night, light torches all night, and intimidate it as long as possible."

Zhou Qingshan had just obtained the Cloud Top chessboard world and Rune Fishing, and what he needed most now was some stable time to develop.

If he could obtain more "spiritual fish" or other treasures through fishing, and if he was lucky, perhaps he would be able to become a warrior within a few months, and then all his problems would be solved.

And there are still nine fishing attempts today that have not been used.

It’s just a pity that the Yunding chessboard is incomplete and the chess pieces cannot be summoned!
"Here"

Zhao Gang did not move immediately, but instead gave Zhou Qingshan a few glances.

Now the guard team only consists of Xie Meng, Sanzi, Zhou Shiqi and himself. If he takes his men away, there will be no one to protect Zhou Qingshan in the Zhou family yard.

Because of the incident with the Third Madam and the "peace locket", Zhao Gang realized that there were people from the Liu family in Shengfeng Territory.

He didn't trust the Third Lady, the Second Lady, the cook, Manager Zhang, or even anyone except the guards.

However, Zhou Qingshan seemed not to notice this and waved his hand:

"Don't worry, Xiaoxiao, Dr. Mo and I will take care of the injured brothers."

After saying that, he took Zhao Xiaoxiao out to look after the wounded.

Zhao Gang wanted to say something but stopped himself. Seeing that Zhou Qingshan had already left, he had no choice but to take Seventeen and Three Sons with him to guard the spiritual realm pass first.

Without a warrior like him who had condensed the source blood to take charge, the chaotic energy of ordinary people would not be able to appease the human-faced bear.

Zhou Qingshan helped Doctor Mo boil the medicine and personally fed soup to the wounded who had lost too much blood. He spent the whole afternoon taking care of the wounded.

It was not until night fell that Zhou Qingshan slowly stood up, ending a busy day.

After dinner, he asked Zhao Xiaoxiao to go back to the side room to rest, and he pushed open the door of the main house and closed it gently, and the room suddenly fell into darkness.

Ta da...ta da...

At this moment, a slight sound broke the silence, as if someone was moving cautiously in the corner of the room.

Suddenly, a dark shadow stretched out his arm from the darkness and quickly and forcefully grabbed Zhou Qingshan's shoulder.

Zhou Qingshan seemed to be frightened by the sudden attack. He stood there, not knowing how to resist, and allowed the man to grab him.

The figure in the dark in the room was secretly delighted when he saw this. After firmly controlling Zhou Qingshan, he leaned forward and asked in a low voice:
"Little Langjun, did Dalang leave anything for you?"

Zhou Qingshan glanced around the room and didn't see anyone else, so he asked directly:
"Just you?"

The man in the darkness couldn't help but sneer when he heard this: "Oh, do you need a few more people to subdue this tuberculosis ghost of yours?"

Zhou Qingshan recognized this familiar voice, and his tone was full of confusion:
"Why you? I don't understand."

(End of this chapter)