The weather in Mt. Mangshan Misty Forest had always been mysterious and unpredictable. There were different seasons like the windy season, snowy season, and rainy season. It's possible to have the windy season for half a year and then suddenly transition into the snowy season, or it could just snow once and immediately enter the rainy season, just like now.

Recently, the air had been humid, it was obvious that the rainy season was approaching. The rainy season was the most stable, once it started raining, it would continue for three consecutive months with abundant rainfall that wouldn't let up.

During this time, cultivators from the Cultivation World generally wouldn't come to Mt. Mangshan Misty Forest. After all, it was raining, and besides the slippery roads and reduced visibility, there were hidden monsters and medicinal herbs that could be destroyed by the rain, making it both physically demanded and potentially futile.

The group of trade caravans from Mohui Town was probably the last group before the rainy season arrived. It was also the last chance for Lu Chaoyan to leave the Mt. Mangshan Misty Forest and return to the Tiandao Sect.

Lu Chaoyan was also a cultivator who often went down the mountain to experience, so she knew this common sense. But she still refused. "Do your job well! Don't say anything else!"

Sang Ling was not discouraged and nodded as if nothing had happened. "What else does Fairy need? I'll go and collect it."

These past few days had been like this. Lu Chaoyan provided a list, and Sang Ling went to collect it, then they met again after a few days.

Lu Chaoyan took out a jade card that had been prepared long ago and threw it to Sang Ling. "The spiritual herbs and monster cores I want are all listed on it. The effects, useful parts, and appearance are all in the jade card. Compare them yourself!"

Xie Hanzhou was still the same. Except that his cheeks were a little ruddy and his eyes were closed, he had not woken up yet.

Sang Ling knew that even if Xie Hanzhou was still in a coma, Lu Chaoyan would still set off. She couldn't wait any longer.

Sang Ling exited out the cave, but she was not in a hurry to leave. She found a place to light a fire and sat down quietly.

There were only three simple things written on the jade card: Firefly Ganoderma, Du Heng, and Ghost Mother Ferry.

These three things had also appeared before. She had collected a large quantity of them, so Lu Chaoyan definitely did have enough. Thinking of the storage bag that she handed over today, Sang Ling smiled coldly. "There's something wrong with the spiritual herbs in the storage bags twice in a row, but she didn't find anything. It seems that you won't use the spiritual herbs and spiritual herbs I collected. You even ordered me to collect them every day. Now the amount is getting less and less. Lu Chaoyan, you're also anxious to wait, aren't you?"

Lu Chaoyan was indeed getting impatient.

They had been delayed for too long in the Mt. Mangshan Misty Forest, and the rainy season was coming soon. If she and Xie Hanzhou had to stay in the rainforest for another three months, or it would be too long.

The communication jade pendant lit up, and the urging voice of the elder of the medicine sect came over. "Since nephew Xie's condition is stable now, you should bring him back immediately. I'm afraid it will become more serious if you delay it for too long."

Lu Chaoyan frowned slightly. "If that evil hadn't used the worry-free fruit on the Hanzhou and stimulated the injuries in his sea of awareness, Hanzhou wouldn't have still been consciousness"

The elder of the medicine sect was confused. "The worry-free fruit, unless taken in large quantities, would not cause such severe injuries. Nephew Xie's cultivation is so high that he can wake up in seven days cooperated my prescription. But he is still didn't wake up, maybe it is really because of the strange formation. Indeed, that puppet cannot be killed."

Lu Chaoyan hated Witchcraft Cultivator very much. During this period of time, she deliberately sent Sang Ling away. On the one hand, she didn't want to give her a chance to do anything. On the other hand, she returned to the spell formation on that day and wanted to draw the original formation to figure out the principle.

However, maybe it was because the Taoyu Formation was incomplete or because the sword Xie Hanzhou used to break the formation was too fierce and domineering, she couldn't find any traces of the runes from before.

Seeing that she was silent, the elder of the medicine sect knew that Lu Chaoyan must be feeling uneasy with Xie Hanzhou's current condition, they had known each other for so many years.

He comforted her considerately. "I've flipped through some ancient books and found some methods to try. Go back to Tiandao sect as soon as possible and don't waste any more time."

Three days later.

After receiving a message from Lu Chaoyan, Sang Ling was informed to gather immediately. When they left by the trade caravan's carriage, she was not surprised.

As the rainy season approached, the air became cold.

Under the faint sunlight, the dense shadows of trees fell on the muddy ground of the cave, rustling and swaying in the wind.

Sang Ling touched the prominent red mole between her eyebrows. There was nothing unusual except for the small, round mole under her finger. She was relieved.

This was the empty shell she deliberately left behind, only to deceive Lu Chaoyan's eyes. It was already no longer dangerous.

After lying in the cave like a corpse for three days, Sang Ling stood up and stretched herself lazily with a relaxed smile. "It took me three days to solve this problem. I feel like I've become rusty from lying down for so long."

It was getting late, Sang Ling cleaned up the traces in the cave, took out a storage bag she had prepared in advance, and hurriedly headed towards the foot of the mountain.

Mohui Town.

The trade caravan was ready to set off, and there were a lot of goods on the horse. A businessman dressed like a boss nodded and bowed to Lu Zhaoyan and said something. Lu Chaoyan politely handed a high-quality spirit stone to him.

According to the iron law of the Cultivation World, cultivators were not allowed to hurt ordinary people at will. For a hundred years, cultivators and ordinary people had been equal in getting along with each other and minding their own business.

Sang Ling pouted while Lu Chaoyan yelled and wanted to kill Sang Ling, but she was polite and courteous to ordinary people. It seemed that evil was indeed inferior, not only compared to cultivators but also to ordinary people.

When Lu Chaoyan saw Sang Ling, who was poking her head out, her eyes turned cold. "Since you're here, why don't you come over."

Sang Ling rolled her eyes secretly. "Look, this is how she treats me. She's barking at me like a dog or a chicken."

However, she ran over with a smile and handed the storage bag to Lu Chaoyan as if she was presenting a treasure. "Fairy, I've prepared all the spiritual herbs you mentioned. I was afraid that you would need them on the way, so I specially collected more, so it took me some time."

Sang Ling even wrinkled her nose, her delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly, looking at Lu Chaoyan with a hint of shyness, making it hard for anyone to blame her.

Such a delicate and beautiful appearance, it was really similar to that person who could make oneself feel disgusted.

Lu Chaoyan carefully checked the amount of spiritual herbs in the storage bag. It was estimated that it would take three days. Sang Ling didn't have time to do anything else, so she was relieved and put the bag away. She didn't have the meaning to use it.

Sang Ling knew what Lu Chaoyan was thinking, so she was prepared to deal with it.

Lu Chaoyan squinted at the puppet in front of her and said slowly, "Let's go together. Once we return to the sect and Hanzhou wakes up, I will retract the life and death talisman, and you will be free."

Sang Ling was not blind. Lu Chaoyan's killing intent was quite obvious. If she really followed her back to the Tiandao Sect, she would become a piece of meat on the chopping board and be steamed or braised by them.

The stunning and beautiful puppet remains oblivious, still wearing an innocent and shy smile on her face. "Okay, as long as Immortal Lord's illness can be cured, I will follow Fairy back to Tiandao Sect. Once he recovers, I will return to Mt. Mangshan Misty Forest and never come down the mountain again."

The two of them looked at each other and smiled. The atmosphere was harmonious, but deep down, they were both calculated and schemed.

Sang Ling sat in front followed the carriage. Lu Chaoyan put the unconscious Xie Hanzhou in the car and did not come out again.

For the next few days, it was peaceful.

Sang Ling calculated the time and route with her fingers and finally found an opportunity, which was in Shuzhou City.

The Kunlun Continent was shaped like a fish. It had a big belly and a slender tail. Its head was in the northeast and its tail was in the southwest.

The fertile land in the northeast was called Dongzhou, and the Tiandao Sect, which was the largest sect in the Cultivation World, was located here.

To the southeast was Zezhou, with abundant water from the Heze River and the east was approached sea, known for its outstanding people, beautiful mountains and rivers. To the northwest was Guazhou, where water was scarce in the desert, but there were many evils and witchcraft cultivators. To the southwest was Shuzhou, characterized by a moist climate and numerous peculiar mountains and spiritual creatures. In the middle, there was Zhongzhou.

Shuzhou was located at the tail of the Kunlun Continent. It was thin and long, and the tip of its tail was the Mt. Mangshan Misty Forest. Because it was shrouded in dense fog all year round, it had few people and many spiritual creatures. Therefore, it was named after it.

The Shuzhou was located in the east of the Mt. Mangshan Misty Forest.

The common saying was, "The road to Shudao is difficult, it is more difficult than reaching the heavens." It described the wonders, dangers, and insurmountable majesty of Shuzhou.

The trade caravan's carriage walked along the narrow mountain path for three days and arrived before a city.

Located at the intersection of Shuzhou, Guazhou, and Zezhou, there was a prosperous city along a flat waterway called Tianfu City, the busiest city in Shuzhou.

Tianfu City's city walls stood tall, attracting numerous cultivators and ordinary people, with developed trade. Trade caravans would unload their goods and rest here.

To go to the Tiandao Sect, Lu Chaoyan needed to transfer to a merchant ship in Tianfu City and travel northeast through the waterway, directly returning to the Tiandao Sect in the Dongzhou.

The return journey by water was smooth and faster. As Sang Ling had expected, Lu Chaoyan chose to take a merchant ship, which only took ten days.

Sang Ling followed the crowd towards the dock position. The water channel here was very wide, where numerous large and small merchant ships were docked.

Small merchant ships could only travel nearby, To go to the Dongzhou, they had to take the largest one. There was only one trip every seven days, and once the ship set sail, it would travel directly to the Dongzhou at full speed, wouldn't stop or turn back.

The merchant ship was long and large, with cargo stored at the lowest of deck and rooms for passengers above the deck. The higher the level, the larger and more expensive the rooms.

As the Tiandao Sect was wealthy, Lu Chaoyan naturally booked a top-level wing-room. Sang Ling handed over a significant amount of spiritual stones to the ship's steward in exchange for three thin jade cards, which were the keys to the wing-room.

From this, it could be seen that cultivators were indeed superior to ordinary people. Only cultivators could enjoy the best.

Sang Ling squeezed through the crowd and handed the ship tickets to Lu Chaoyan. However, Lu Chaoyan stopped her and warned, "Don't try anything funny. Just come back to the Tiandao Sect with me obediently. After the matter is settled, I will set you free."

Sang Ling nodded obediently and replied, "Fairy, I am truly devoted to serving you. I will listen to everything you say."

It seemed that there was no way for Sang Ling to escape in the following journey, or maybe Sang Ling behaved obediently before, so Lu Chaoyan only threatened her and did not really activate the life and death talisman.

Seeing that Lu Chaoyan lowered her head and was about to help Xie Hanzhou into the wing-room, Sang Ling was so scared that she broke out in a cold sweat and did not follow her.

The river was wide, the wind was whistling, and the sun was shining.

The strong wind blew away the cold sweat on Sang Ling's back, leaving only a refreshing feeling.

Sang Ling blinked her shiny eyes and tried to please Lu Chaoyan, she said, "Fairy, it's still early before the ship departs. Shall I go to the deck and buy some fresh fruits and pastries? It would make the journey less boring."

Lu Chaoyan stopped and wanted to refuse. However, she thought that if Xie Hanzhou woke up halfway through the journey, it wouldn't be good to have no refreshing fruits available.