Chapter 98 River Island

The beggar king also said with a mouth full of sourness: "Looking at the cultivation of Daoist Qingyang, I'm afraid he started practicing ten years ago? How old were you at that time? This immortal luck is really enviable."

Qingyang has only been exposed to immortal cultivation for more than a month, but if you add up the time he spent practicing martial arts with his master, it's ten years, isn't it? The beggar king's vision is still very sharp.

Among the casual cultivators present, except Liang Chongtian who is relatively young, the ages of the others are between 30 and 40. Some of them came into contact with immortality late, some because there was no one to guide them, so they took more detours, but more of them were because of their limited qualifications, insufficient cultivation resources, and it was difficult to improve their cultivation. At such an old age, they have barely cultivated to the sixth or seventh level of the Kaimai Realm.

For cultivators, age is very important. Once a certain limit is exceeded, the qualifications will become worse, the difficulty of cultivation will be higher, and the chance of breaking through when encountering bottlenecks will be smaller. At their age, their future achievements are limited. Unless they encounter some heaven-defying opportunities, it is impossible for them to break through to the Qi Refining Stage in this lifetime.

He started practicing ten years ago, which means Qingyang had immortal luck when he was five or six years old. He didn't waste any time and didn't take any detours. This is much better than them. Although Qingyang's cultivation is the lowest here, he is young. He has more time than others, more opportunities in the future, and a bright future. How can he not be jealous?

However, this is not a place to talk. Several casual cultivators didn't greet him too much. They directly asked Qingyang if he wanted to go to Hong Mantian's residence with everyone to gather.

Qingyang was also the first time to meet with immortal cultivators with similar cultivation to himself. He wanted to see how other cultivators interacted with each other, and at the same time exchanged cultivation experiences with everyone to gain some vision and knowledge, so he directly agreed to go with everyone.

Qingyang had already calculated in his mind. Everyone was meeting for the first time, and they were very wary of each other. No one should have any bad intentions, and it was even less likely to unite to target him alone. Safety should also be guaranteed.

Seeing that Qingyang had no objection, Hong Mantian led the way directly in front, and the others followed him out of the Tiger Gang's base, leaving the mess on the scene to the Tiger Gang and Hu Xiaozhong.

Four of the five masters of the Tiger Gang died and one was injured, and the middle-level forces also lost nearly half, which can be said to be a heavy loss. The world has always been very cruel, and it is hard to guarantee that there will be any forces taking advantage of the fire. Fortunately, Hu Xiaozhong still has the support of the White Horse Hall behind him, and there is also Hu Xiaodong who participated in the Immortal Knocking Conference as a deterrent. As long as other gangs do not unite, there should be no danger of the gang being destroyed.

However, these have nothing to do with Qingyang. How Hu Xiaozhong succeeded the position of the leader of the Tiger Gang, how the Tiger Gang cleaned up the current situation, and how to deal with the threats of other gangs after the Tiger Gang's strength was greatly reduced, I will not go into details here.

The group followed Hong Mantian out of Kaiyuan Prefecture, and then walked north along the main road for more than two hours. It was not until the sun was setting that Hong Mantian turned around and led everyone to the Jinsha River.

In a bend of the Jinsha River, there was a small boat parked, and there was an old servant with white hair waiting on it. When he saw Hong Mantian coming, the old servant hurried over to greet him. The old servant was Hong Mantian's servant. Hong Mantian went to Kaiyuan Mansion to work, and he and the small boat had been waiting here.

Hong Mantian didn't say much, just waved to the old servant, and then asked everyone to get on the boat, and then the old servant rowed the boat towards the river. A quarter of an hour later, the boat stopped at the edge of an island in the middle of the river. The old servant stopped the boat steadily, and Hong Mantian asked everyone to board the island in the middle of the river.

The area of ​​the island in the middle of the river is not large, only forty or fifty feet long and wide, and the total area is less than thirty acres. Most of the island is covered with trees. Only in the center of the island, there is an inconspicuous courtyard, which has two entrances and a dozen rooms.

The surrounding trees are lush and completely cover the small courtyard. If you don’t come to the island, you won’t find that there are people living here. It has its own door and courtyard, elegant environment, and no one disturbs it. It is a good place for monks to live in seclusion.

Hong Mantian introduced as he walked: "Only me, my son and the old servant live on this island. The old servant has a small piece of fertile land outside the yard. We can be self-sufficient in food and other things. Except for sometimes going to Kaiyuan City to buy some necessities, we rarely leave the island."

The Beggar King looked around and couldn't help but sighed: "No wonder even I, the Beggar King, have never heard of the name of Brother Hong. It turns out that you live in seclusion on this island. This is indeed a good place to practice meditation, much better than the beggar's nest I lived in Kaiyuan City."

Mr. Ding also said: "Yes, my husband and I have no fixed place to live and have been wandering around all year round, which has delayed our practice. We should find a place like this and improve our cultivation."

"The environment here is good, but it is isolated from the world, and there is little communication with people. The cultivation resources cannot be replenished. I can only work behind closed doors, and my cultivation is improved very slowly." Hong Mantian shook his head and said.

After a few more discussions, the gate of the yard suddenly opened, and a child about ten years old walked out of the yard. This child was Hong Mantian's son, Hong Shenghe, who came out to greet him upon hearing his father's voice. After Hong Shenghe met the seniors present, he was sent away by his father. Then Hong Mantian led everyone into the main hall.

After everyone sat down, the Beggar King sighed and said, "This time I really lost a lot. Not only did I not get the Immortal Knocking Order, but I also wasted a Vajra Defense Talisman. It's really unlucky."

After hearing what he said, Mr. Ding also curled his lips and said, "You are already good enough. My wife was shot by a crossbow arrow. If I didn't have an antidote pill in my hand, maybe we would have been separated this time."

At this time, the lame Taoist also said, "Who didn't suffer any losses? My Taoist robe is a low-grade magic weapon, and it is also defensive. It was shot by nearly ten crossbow arrows at the same time. The defensive ability has dropped by at least 10% or 20%. I don't know when it can be repaired."

Qingyang didn't show his head at that time, so there was no loss. However, all the people present here are seniors in the casual cultivation world. Qingyang's cultivation is not high and he knows little, so he can only keep silent and listen more and talk less.

Hong Mantian also nodded and said, "I didn't expect that Hu Zhentai was so decisive in doing things. He actually deceived everyone. This time we can be regarded as stealing chickens and losing rice. I don't know if Hu Xiaodong can cultivate anything in the future. If Hu Xiaodong returns after completing his studies one day, I am afraid we will all be forced to flee to the rivers and lakes."