Chapter 178: Cangji Forest
Although Yuan Peng had already walked away, he was still following the guard of the tenth level of internal energy and two guards of the ninth level of internal energy. Yuan Peng was already injured and was the target Fang Benjin was designated to kill, so they naturally had to take Yuan Peng down. Lu Cheng delayed a little time because of changing armor, but he thought that as long as Yuan Peng escaped was right, he would definitely catch up with them with his own sensitivity.
Yuan Peng ran to the north, which was a vast forest. Shadow Moon would offend the royal family, and in the future, he would probably have no place to stand in Tianhua Kingdom. As the culprit, Yuan Peng would naturally be killed. Yuan Peng naturally knew this, so after entering the woods, he raised his internal strength to the limit and quickly ran towards the depths of the forest.
After Lu Cheng entered the woods, he instantly raised his internal strength to the highest level. He used his leaping technique with all his strength. Although he was only in the early stage of the eighth level of internal strength, he had his own unique body skills, and his speed in the woods may not be lower than those warriors with the ninth level of internal strength.
However, everyone was doing their best. The task of the first three guards was to track Yuan Peng, while Lu Cheng was to catch up with the three guards. However, the speed of the three parties was about the same, and even Yuan Peng had the most advantage because he could change the direction at will, and the person who followed him needed to be carefully distinguished. Otherwise, if there was a trace of Yuan Peng in the woods, if there was a slight mistake, he would completely lose Yuan Peng's traces.
When it was almost dark, Lu Cheng was delighted because it would affect other people's sight, but it had almost no effect on him. Suddenly, Lu Cheng discovered the three guards. What made Lu Cheng strange was that they were not heading north. Instead, they were heading south, that is, in his own direction.
"The leader, there is no trace of Yuan Peng. We can only go back and report. If we chase after him, we have left Tianhua Kingdom." said a nine-story guard.
"Yes, I believe His Highness the Great Prince will not blame us." The leader said. As their identities, it would be inappropriate to chase them out of the country.
After chasing for a day, they did not find any trace of Yuan Peng, but they would continue to chase after him. They were going to leave the borders of Tianhua Kingdom. They were guards of the royal family. They could not leave Tianhua Kingdom easily.
Lu Cheng quickly hid aside. He had a 128-meter-long sensation. Although these people were all warriors on the nine and ten levels of internal strength, they chased Yuan Peng for a day. Naturally, they felt less than fifty feet away from Lu Cheng.
Although they gave up, Lu Cheng did not stop. He believed that this was the best time to kill Yuan Peng. Although he was only in the early stage of the eighth level of internal strength, Yuan Peng was injured. As long as he could keep up with him, he would definitely find a good opportunity.
After it got dark, it was Lu Cheng's world. He released all his sensitivities and searched Yuan Peng with all his strength. Now he had walked north for more than 300 miles, from morning to evening. He advanced at full speed and kept moving in the woods. He himself didn't know where he was. But he believed that Yuan Peng would definitely go north, and he could take advantage of the evening to search the nearby area carefully.
But what made Lu Cheng regretful was that he searched all the 100-mile range around him and did not find any trace of Yuan Peng. Lu Cheng relied on his sensitivity, not his tracking experience. For example, a broken branch. Experienced people can tell what kind of breaking it is, where the person came from and where he went. But Lu Cheng still couldn't do it. If he couldn't see himself, he would not be able to determine the other party's location.
Moreover, after wandering in the woods for so long, Lu Cheng lost his direction. The only thing he was sure of was that he was probably no longer in Tianhua Kingdom. Because Lu Cheng knew that this forest was rolling for more than a thousand miles, and further ahead was the border between the Honglan Empire and the Yintao Kingdom. There, Yuan Peng could go to any country, which made him even more difficult.
But Lu Cheng is not a person who gives up easily. Although he lost his way, he still chased towards the north. Three days later, Lu Cheng was sure that he had completely lost Yuan Peng's trace. This forest was too big. Although Lu Cheng's sensitivity was 128 feet long, in fact, in this forest, it was like a stone thrown into the calm lake, which would not cause any ripples at all.
Lu Cheng was straightforward in pursuing Yuan Peng, and he never expected to enter such a vast forest. Although Lu Cheng had been chopping wood in the woods since he was a child, he rarely spent the night in the woods. With his current cultivation level, it was not difficult to survive in the woods. Any stone was injected into internal energy and slowly sent out with induction. All animals within a range of 128 feet could become his prey.
Lu Cheng also had a shadow dart on his body, which helped him a lot in the woods. However, he didn't bring salt and the food tasted no. Lu Cheng has always been a choreographer, but since he used his sensitivity, he has never treated himself badly in eating. Moreover, the weather in the forest changed suddenly, and the sky was clear just now, and there would be a heavy rain immediately. This made it more difficult for him to survive in the woods.
Lu Cheng decided to find a place that could replenish salt, even a small village. Since Yuan Peng had lost his trace, Lu Cheng could naturally change his direction. After studying the map of Shenwu Continent, he decided to go east. According to his itinerary in the past few days, he could enter the Honglan Empire and the Yintao Kingdom to the east.
After walking east for a day, Lu Cheng climbed to the highest tree and watched, but still did not see any signs of the village, which made him a little depressed. He had been waiting in the woods for more than four days and saw many wild beasts, but he did not find any spirit beasts. Even within fifty feet of the underground, there were no spirit beasts. This also disappointed Lu Cheng. There were spirit beasts underground in Datong Mountain. It seemed that this place was not as good as Datong Mountain.
But just as Lu Cheng was about to come down, he suddenly saw a wisp of blue smoke coming out from the southeast direction. The blue smoke gathered but did not disperse. It was definitely not a fire, but someone should have. After Lu Cheng entered this forest, he never encountered humans except when he first met the royal guards of Tianhua Kingdom. This place was so vast that it seemed to have swallowed him, making him extremely lonely.
Lu Cheng found the right direction and immediately ran towards it. At this moment, all he was thinking about was salt. The food was not added with salt. Even the food was fine, even the ingredients were bland and tasteless.
It is said that Wangshan ran to death. Lu Cheng felt that Wangyan could run away and broke his legs. It took him an hour to get there. Before he got close, he sensed that there were three people, two men and one woman, both wearing tight clothes, sitting around a fire with a hare roasting on it.
Lu Cheng picked up a stone on the ground and raised his hand. He slowly sent it out the stone injected with internal strength. Within a range of 128 feet around him, there was a lot of prey he had to eat, but to have a good meal, he had to find a bigger prey. After the stone flew thirty feet, it suddenly accelerated in front of a roe deer. Before the roe deer could react, his head was smashed.
Lu Cheng ran over quickly. The sound of breaking through the air and the sound of breaking branches attracted the attention of the three people. At first, they thought that a large beast had come, and the three of them stood up in shock. One of the men drew out a knife and looked around with caution.
"I'm disturbing." Lu Cheng carried the roe deer and greeted him from a distance. These three people should be two masters and one servant. The man holding the knife now is in his thirties, with a scar on his face, and the peak cultivation level of the sixth level of internal strength. The remaining man and woman should be a couple, the man is in his forties, and the eighth level of internal strength. The woman is of the same age, but the charm is still there, but she is also a warrior in the seventh level of internal strength.
"I didn't expect that I could meet such a young man in the Cangji Forest." The middle-aged man smiled and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes when he saw that it was a boy.
After Lu Cheng gave up tracking Yuan Peng, he returned to his original appearance. He no longer needed to use disguise to improve his cultivation, and he also decided that unless necessary, he would not disguise in front of others for a long time. As for his cultivation, for safety reasons, he would still allow himself to stay in the early stage of the seventh level of internal strength.
"I'm lost and have no things. Can I borrow some salt? Of course, I can pay." Lu Cheng had already scanned with his induction and the other party had a small bag of salt.
"I'm sorry, we don't have much salt." The scar man with a knife said vigilantly. He got lost in the Cangji Forest. He was still such a young man. Moreover, the other party's cultivation seemed to be even higher than his, which made him very cautious about Lu Cheng.
"I wonder how far away the village closest to here is? The food I have eaten these days is not salt, it is really light and tasteless." Lu Cheng knew very well that a stranger would naturally be very alert. If there was a village recently, he would naturally have a way to get salt.
"Mingge, please give this guy some salt." The middle-aged woman next to her suddenly said. She felt inexplicably pity when she saw Lu Cheng about the same age as her son, but was alone in the Cangji Forest.
"I don't know the name of the boy?" The middle-aged man did not stop him. The woman next to him was Wu Ruyan, who was indeed his wife. He was Zhou Zhenyun from the Zhou family in Dinghe City, Honglan Empire.
"Lu Cheng below." Lu Cheng said neither humbly nor arrogantly.
"Next Zhou Zhenyun, this person is Wu Ruyan, he is Peng Mingge." Zhou Zhenyun introduced.
"Uncle Zhou, I want to ask, which country does Cangji Forest belong to?" Lu Cheng asked, not sure he had arrived in the Honglan Empire.
"Aren't you from the Honglan Empire?" Zhou Zhenyun asked. This forest is rarely visited, because there are no spiritual beasts, so it cannot attract many warriors to take risks. However, it is a good place to visit.
"I am from Tianhua." said Lu Cheng.
"No wonder, this place already belongs to the Honglan Empire. If you want to go out of the mountain, just walk east for a long time." Zhou Zhenyun said. (To be continued)
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Chapter completed!