Living in the world of cultivation

Zhou Tong looked at the group of people from the Pangzhi family in front of him with a gloomy face.

Zhou Tong had obviously aged a lot in the past two days, and he didn't know how he survived.

The most talented son among the young sons of the family was killed in the Demon Abyss.

Immediately afterwards, the daughter who had just married into the well-established Yuanying family also died in Weishan City.

When he thought of his two children, Zhou Tong wished he could skin these losers.

"Tian Fang stays, the others can go down..."

After hearing what the clan uncle said, a group of elders from the side branch clan respectfully left the room as if they had been granted amnesty.

Zhou Tianfang stood there with a bow, as if he was sitting on pins and needles.

Fortunately, clan uncle Zhou Tong did not blame him too much.

After all, people cannot be resurrected after death, and Zhou Tong already understood the situation at that time. If Yun'er had not acted on her own initiative, she would not have suffered this disaster.

"Tell me, how to catch the murderer next..."

Zhou Tianfang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and took a deep breath.

"Uncle Clan, Tian Fang does have an idea, but he just needs the family's full cooperation..."

Zhou Tong looked at him coldly and said gloomily: "You said the same thing last time, but the result..."

"Uncle, it's not that my nephew is incompetent, it's that the murderer is too cunning..."

After hearing Zhou Tianfang's words, Zhou Tong waved his hand impatiently.

"Okay, I don't want to hear nonsense..."

Zhou Tianfang took a deep breath and said: "Uncle Clan, I judge that the murderer went to Dongping Country, a mortal country..."

"Dongping Country..."

Zhou Tong was stunned. If the murderer was really hiding in Dongping Country, with the murderer's cunning, it would be difficult to find him.

"Uncle Clan, my nephew has an idea. It is absolutely a foolproof strategy. It just requires Uncle Clan's cooperation and the use of the secret method of blood to determine the approximate location of the murderer."

Zhou Tong said doubtfully: "Dongping Country has a vast territory and a large population. Even if the murderer's location is determined, it will be extremely difficult to find him in the vast sea of ​​people."

Zhou Tianfang hesitated for a moment, and there was a war between heaven and man in his heart.

But when he thought of his nephews at home, he couldn't care less.

The murderer must be caught before the master's monks arrive, or the younger members of the family will never be able to succeed again.

Zhou Tianfang was so cruel that he came to Zhou Tong's side and whispered a few words.

"What, how dare you..."

But at this point, Zhou Tong stopped. When he thought of his son and daughter who died tragically, he closed his eyes.

"You go down, I'll think about it again..."

Zhou Tianfang bowed and saluted, and then left the room.

Looking at the other party's back, Zhou Tong opened his eyes and sat there motionless for a long time.

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Dongping Kingdom, Luoshui County.

Luoshui County is named after Luoshui, a large river that crosses Dongping Kingdom with tributaries extending in all directions. It is a very important waterway transportation artery in Dongping Kingdom.

Luoshui County City is one of the important nodes of Dongping State's waterway transportation. Countless ships pass through here every day.

The dock of the county town is located on the bank of Luoshui not far outside the city. There are many boats parked along the river for several miles.

Merchant ships stop here to unload and restock cargo, so they will inevitably stop here.

Ships and cargo traveling from north to south have brought a large number of floating population and business opportunities to Luoshui County.

There are a lot of pedestrians and cars and horses.

The merchant ships carrying salt, tea, grain and other goods were either pulled by trackers or rowed by boatmen, and there was no time to stop.

A morning rain in early summer washed away the turbid heat between heaven and earth.

A double-column carriage filled with bags of rice came from outside the city and stopped in an alley in the city.

A dark-skinned man in his thirties jumped out of the carriage and stuck his riding whip on the side of the carriage.

"Have a baby, unload the goods..."

A man who was taking a nap in the back of the car opened his eyes in confusion and jumped out of the car.

He was naked from the waist up, with his coat draped over his shoulders, and his muscles all over his body seemed to be made of steel. He easily carried the two bags of rice in the car and walked into the backyard of the rice store.

The two of them moved very quickly, and within a short time, they had finished unloading the rice on the truck.

The dark-skinned man drove the carriage and drove out of the city.

Su Fan wiped his face with the coat on his shoulders, sat cross-legged on the carriage, and curiously looked at the scenery on both sides of the street.

The streets of Luoshui County are very bustling and lively, full of bustling businessmen, sedan chairs and carriages.

The restaurants and tea shops on both sides of the street are crowded with wealthy people from all walks of life.

You can see rich young men everywhere, accompanied by a few servants, wandering around with local dogs for three or two days, and playing with crickets and bird cages.

Girls holding oil-paper umbrellas went in and out of exquisite jewelry shops in small groups, chattering and excitedly choosing their favorite jewelry and rouge and gouache.

Many small vendors carry fresh fruits and vegetables and sell them loudly along the street.

Su Fan looked at the bustling crowd on the street and enjoyed the lively market atmosphere in a comfortable mood.

It's all so vivid.

The carriage drove out of Luoshui County and arrived at a dock on the shore of Luoshui outside the city.

Warehouses can be seen everywhere here, as well as rice cloth tea and salt shops, as well as restaurants, teahouses and other various shops.

The pier was filled with coolie porters holding poles. These coolie porters were waiting at the berth before dawn, waiting for cargo ships to dock and unload.

Anyway, as long as you have some strength, you can make a living here.

Su Fan has been here for more than ten days. He doesn't want to be crowded on the dock with a bunch of poor people every day, so he found a loyal and honest "cousin" Zhang Wu.

He used his spiritual sense to implant a memory in the "cousin's" mind, so he became Zhang Wu's cousin who came to seek refuge in his hometown.

Zhang Wu drove a cart in a warehouse, so he asked someone to recruit his cousin to the warehouse.

The work in the warehouse was not easy. The two worked all day and didn't return home until the evening.

Zhang Wu was also poor, and of course he couldn't afford to live in the city, so he had to live outside the city.

There were narrow and cramped earthen houses and wooden houses everywhere near the dock, and the low streets were crowded and full of smelly ditches.

This is the place where the poor people on the dock survive.

Fishermen selling fish, farmers selling fruits and vegetables, woodcutters selling firewood, and peddlers carrying goods on their shoulders walked through the streets and alleys. Gradually, a market was formed.

The market was bustling, with vendors shouting and hawking their wares, and unattended children chasing and laughing everywhere.

The two walked through the chaotic market and came to a narrow alley.

Su Fan stopped in front of a dilapidated mud house, waved to his cousin, and was about to open the door and go in.

"Your sister-in-law is stewing fish today, and asked me to ask you to go over and eat together..."

After hearing what Zhang Wu said, Su Fan shook his head and smiled honestly.

"I won't go. There is still leftover rice from yesterday in the house. If I don't eat it tonight, it will go bad..."

Zhang Wu smiled and said, "Okay, when the fish is stewed, I'll ask Xiao Zhi to bring some to you..."

After he said that, he touched Su Fan's shoulder and turned to walk deeper into the alley.

Su Fan glanced at his cousin's back, turned around, opened the door and went in.

This mud house was in a dilapidated state, not only was it leaking everywhere, but it also leaked when it rained.

The house was only a dozen square meters in size, and the furnishings were very simple.

In addition to the stove at the door, there was only a broken bed and a wobbly wooden table, and the moldy and rotten wooden block next to it was a stool.

For Su Fan, these were nothing.

The only thing that bothered him was that the spiritual energy in the secular world was almost non-existent. Even though he had hundreds of bottles of "Xuan Yu Dan" in his hand, his cultivation progress was still slow.

There was no way, this was the situation in the secular world.

Su Fan lit the firewood under the stove and heated up the leftovers from yesterday.

In fact, he was just pretending to let others see the smoke rising from his house.

With his meal, it was enough for more than a dozen families in this alley to eat for a day.

At this time, there was a knock on the door outside.

"Uncle, open the door..."

Hearing this voice, Su Fan smiled, stood up and opened the door.

Standing outside the door were a girl and a child, the two children of his cousin's family.

The elder brother is nine years old, with messy hair, who knows how long it has not been washed. He wears a patched jacket, which is obviously much older than his bean sprout-like body.

The younger sister is only seven years old, with two pigtails, a pair of bright eyes, and wipes her nose with dirty little hands from time to time.

Both of them are barefoot, and they have just stepped on the mud, and their feet and calves are full of mud spots.

The elder brother Xiaozhi holds a large bowl full of stewed fish and shows it to Su Fan like a treasure.

"Uncle, my mother asked me to send it to you..."

Su Fan took it with a smile and put it on the wooden table behind him.

When he turned around, he saw the brother and sister looking at him expectantly.

Ever since the uncle from his hometown came, he would always secretly give them some good things they had never eaten before.

The cousin's family is average, similar to Kuhaha who lives here.

They work hard from dawn to dusk every day, just to make the family barely full.

The brother and sister are about the same age as his children in his previous life.

Whenever he saw them, Su Fan would be reminded of his daughter in his previous life.

So he was willing to stay with the two children, and would take out some candied fruits, dried meat and fish for them to eat.

How could the brother and sister resist such temptation? They would run to their uncle's place to play every day.

Looking at the expectant eyes of the two children, Su Fan smiled.

Like a magic trick, he took out two handfuls of candied fruits from his arms and stuffed them into their hands.

Seeing the bright and transparent amber candied fruits, the brother and sister's eyes lit up immediately.

Sister Erya had small hands, and dropped a few candied fruits when she took them. She didn't mind the dirt, she picked them up from the ground and stuffed them into her mouth.

The brother and sister sat side by side on the broken bed, eating candied fruits with a happy face. This might be the most delicious thing they have ever eaten in their lives.

These candied fruits were picked from the fruit trees of the second-level spiritual veins, and soaked in spiritual honey.

Let alone them, even the nobles in the secular world, or even the emperor in the palace, could not enjoy such treatment.

Su Fan pretended to eat a mouthful of food in front of the brother and sister.

Then he moved the wooden stool to the side of the broken bed, let Erya sit in his arms, helped her braid her hair, and told stories to the two children.

Su Fan had no talent for storytelling, he just told whatever he thought of.

Sometimes it was The Legend of the Condor Heroes, sometimes it was the Seven Calabash Brothers, sometimes it could be added with some second dimension, it was completely made up.

But the brother and sister had never heard of these, they stared and listened intently.

It was not until the cousin's wife came over that she grabbed Xiaozhi's ears and Erya's hand, kicked and scolded them and forcibly took them away.

Looking at the reluctant brother and sister, Su Fan smiled and shook his head.

Since he came to this world, Su Fan always felt alienated and out of tune with it.

It was only when he was with the two children these days that he felt a sense of intimacy from another world.

Su Fan returned to the house, took out a few pot cakes from the ring, chopped more than ten pounds of minced meat and rolled them in the pot cakes, boiled a large pot of mutton soup, and then ate it in big mouthfuls.

After eating and drinking, he moved the broken bed away, revealing a one-meter square pit.

Since renting this mud house, he has been busy digging tunnels.

He put the residual soil into the ring, and then used a piece of "fossil talisman" to fix the wall of the tunnel.

He dug this vertical tunnel for more than a hundred meters before he started to dig horizontally. Now this tunnel has been dug into the mountain more than ten miles away on the other side.

He also arranged dozens of "blasting talismans" in the pit, which will blow up the entire tunnel once activated.

Not only that, the water from the Luoshui River would also instantly pour into the tunnel.

The exit of the tunnel is connected to a cave in the mountain, where there are many branches and the terrain is winding and rugged.

Even if a cultivator in the foundation building realm enters rashly, he still can't find the direction.

People often say that a cunning rabbit has three burrows.

Although Su Fan used the "turtle breathing method", his breath was no different from that of a mortal.

And he was mixed in a group of poor people. It was like looking for a needle in a haystack to find him in a densely populated secular country.

But it's better to be safe than sorry.

The means of the demon sect were too weird, and he really didn't dare to gamble.

Su Fan thought about it and arranged another retreat for himself.

If an accident happened, he could also enter the tunnel and quickly escape into the mountains on the opposite bank.

These days, he sent Sister Zhen to completely understand the terrain of the cave and formulated several escape routes.

Su Fan also made several field investigations and personally experienced several escape routes.

At least in the winding and rugged cave, even if he was chased by several foundation-building monks, Su Fan could use the complex terrain here to escape.

The next morning, the sky was gray and hazy.

It was drizzling in the sky, like a layer of mist, covering the rainy Luoshui River.

Thousands of raindrops fell on the tiles, and the cool breeze blew, slightly chilly.

Su Fan had just finished breakfast when he heard his cousin knocking on the door.

"Shengzi, it's time to go to work..."

Su Fan hurried out of the house and followed his cousin to the warehouse.

He walked out of the alley and came to the messy market outside.

It was early in the morning, and the breakfast stalls selling steamed buns, hot soy milk, and osmanthus cakes in the market, as well as farmers carrying vegetables and fruits, were all shouting and selling here.

Many people who were rushing to work were having breakfast at the market.

Su Fan followed the crowd and walked slowly forward, enjoying the atmosphere of the world.

Suddenly, his eyes narrowed slightly, and then he glanced at the person next to him calmly.

"Evil Cultivator..."

There is another chapter in the evening