First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 18: Yong'an Town

"This talisman is an essential item for escaping danger," the disciple in the green robe explained. "When exploring and encountering dangerous situations, all you need to do is crush this talisman, and you will instantly be able to flee thirty zhang away."

Under normal circumstances, a distance of thirty zhang would be enough for a cultivator in a perilous situation to escape.

Of course, if there are restrictions or if the person is suppressed by the opponent, this talisman would be difficult to use.

"What's the price?"

After Shen Mo learned about the effectiveness of the Earth Escape Talisman, he believed it was necessary to buy it.

"Fifteen Spirit Stones."

"I'll buy it."

Although the price was comparable to a Qi Gathering Pill, Shen Mo didn't hesitate to purchase it.

After leaving the market, he carefully put the two life-saving talismans into his storage bag.

"Almost ready, let's set off!"

He returned to his room, tidied up some miscellaneous items in his house, refined two more Qi Returning Pills and Vitality-Enhancing Powder, and finally equipped the outer disciple-exclusive longsword at his waist.

Then he stepped out of the mountain gate.

After descending the mountain, Shen Mo affixed a Light Body Talisman to his leg, and his figure flew through the mountains and forests like lightning.

[While using the Thunderous Dash technique to travel, you felt the subtleties of your footsteps, deepening your understanding of this light body technique. Thunderous Dash experience points +1]

[While using the Thunderous Dash technique to travel, you felt the subtleties of your footsteps, deepening your understanding of this light body technique. Thunderous Dash experience points +1]

As he hurried along, he moved through the mountains and fields without any worries, continuously receiving information prompts.

Shen Mo's journey was extremely fast.

Yong'an Town was located 120 li away from the Linjiang Immortal Sect.

He arrived at the town in less than an hour.

"Is it the arrival of the esteemed immortal master to help my Zhao family eliminate the demons?"

Just as he arrived at the entrance of the town, Shen Mo saw an elderly man dressed in luxurious clothing leading a group of people, eagerly awaiting at the entrance.

"Yes, I am a disciple of the Linjiang Sect. I have come to the Zhao family to slay demons as part of my sect's training mission," he looked at the elderly man in charge and said calmly, "You must be the head of the Zhao family, right?"

"Reporting to the immortal master, this old man is indeed the head of the Zhao family, Zhao Bing," Zhao Bing confirmed his identity and quickly bowed to Shen Mo.

Although the Zhao family was wealthy and influential in Yong'an Town, they still showed extreme deference to Shen Mo, even to the point of flattery.

As the head of the family, Zhao Bing spoke with utmost respect, always referring to Shen Mo as "esteemed immortal master" and behaving very humbly.

Shen Mo was not surprised by this.

Although he was only a small figure in the lower levels of the Immortal World as an outer disciple of the Linjiang Sect, when he stepped into the mortal realm, even secular dignitaries had to lower their heads and show respect.

This was the difference between immortals and mortals.

"Immortal master, please follow this old man back to the Zhao family. I have already arranged for my family to prepare a welcoming feast to cleanse the dust for the immortal master," Zhao Bing said.

"No need," Shen Mo shook his head and got straight to the point, "I am here for official business. Tell me in detail about the situation with your spiritual field."

Seeing Shen Mo's refusal, Zhao Bing didn't insist and pulled out a middle-aged man from beside him, urging him, "Jiachang, quickly inform the immortal master about the specific situation of the spiritual field!"

This middle-aged man was Zhao Jiachang, Zhao Bing's eldest son, who was in charge of managing the spiritual field of the Zhao family.

"Reporting to the immortal master, those snake demons have already occupied our Zhao family's spiritual field and killed twenty-three guards," Zhao Jiachang informed Shen Mo in a straightforward manner.

"At present, the spiritual field has become a forbidden area for our Zhao family, and no one dares to enter."

He explained the situation to Shen Mo in detail.

It turned out that this was not the first time the Zhao family's spiritual field had been attacked by demonic beasts.

The Zhu fruit, which has been cultivated by the Zhao family for generations, is an excellent spiritual medicine.

This fruit not only enhances the strength of cultivators in the Body Forging Realm.

It also has great benefits for Demonic Beasts.

It is a treasure that Demonic Beasts covet.

Due to the fatal attraction of this Zhu fruit to low-level Demonic Beasts.

Naturally, whenever the spiritual fruit is about to ripen, Demonic Beasts can smell it and come to the Zhao family's spiritual field to steal the fruit, disrupting the normal cultivation work.

The Zhao family used to have an ancestor who was a cultivator.

This ancestor of the Zhao family was also a disciple of the Linjiang Sect, but he was unable to break through to the Qi Gathering Realm for a long time, so he eventually chose to leave the sect.

He got married and had children, and his descendants multiplied.

While the ancestor was still alive, the Zhao family did not worry much about Demonic Beasts intruding.

Yongan Town is a small place, and there are no high-rank Demonic Beasts around.

Having a high-rank Body Forging Realm cultivator as an ancestor is enough to solve everything.

However, ten years ago, the ancestor of the Zhao family's lifespan came to an end.

In order to prolong his life, he announced his closed-door training.

Since then, there has been no news about him.

Without the ancestor sitting in seclusion, the Zhao family had to spend a lot of money to hire fifty martial arts experts as guards specifically to deal with the intruding Demonic Beasts.

These martial arts experts, with their large numbers, can drive away some low-level Demonic Beasts and protect the Zhao family's safety without any problem.

But last month, a major incident occurred!

"At first, one of the guards reported that there were Silver Ring Snake Demons appearing in the spiritual field, so I organized the guards to drive them away together."

Zhao Jia Chang recalled the incident with lingering fear, "I thought that the Silver Ring Snake Demon was not very powerful, and we could easily deal with it."

"But unexpectedly, the Silver Ring Snake Demons that intruded into the spiritual field were not solitary like other Demonic Beasts, but there were a huge number of them!"

Zhao Jia Chang estimated that there were at least hundreds of snake demons lurking in the spiritual field.

That day, when they killed one of the snake demons, all the snake demons became agitated and started attacking the people of the Zhao family.

Individually, the snake demons were not very strong.

But when hundreds of them gathered together, even a high-rank Body Forging Realm cultivator would feel a bit overwhelmed.

"On that day, half of the guards of the Zhao family died. The remaining ones barely escaped and dared not go in again."

"So, we had no choice but to report the situation to the sect and request that they send a master to deal with it."

Zhao Bing took over the conversation and said solemnly, "Please, Master, eliminate this snake disaster for my Zhao family."

"Well, I have a general understanding of the situation."

After listening to Zhao Jia Chang's account, Shen Mo had a plan in mind, "Rest assured, I will solve the problem on this trip."

According to their descriptions, although there were many snake demons, their strength was not strong.

Most of the snake demons were only at the initial stage of the Demonic Beasts, and their strength would not exceed the level of a cultivator in the Body Forging Realm Fifth Stage.

With Shen Mo's cultivation base, he was more than capable of dealing with this situation.

"Where is your spiritual field? Take me there."

"Please follow me, Master."

Zhao Jia Chang led a group of guards to guide Shen Mo.

Passing through the magnificent mansion of the Zhao family, they arrived at the fertile spiritual field in the back.

"This is the entrance to the spiritual field."

Zhao Jia Chang cupped his fists and said, "If Master needs anything prepared by the Zhao family, please let us know."

"No need for any extra preparations."

Shen Mo shook his head, "You wait here, and the rest of the guards will come with me to take a look inside."

After saying that, he strode into the inner part of the spiritual field.

The guards of the Zhao family followed closely behind, not daring to take a step away.