Sect Master’s Immortal Journey

In order to achieve this, it's not as simple as having information within both sides' patrol teams and knowing the patrol routes. Meng Zhang couldn't help but maliciously speculate that high-ranking members of both patrol teams must be involved in smuggling. Otherwise, the flight path of the flying boat wouldn't be so perfect, precisely avoiding all the patrol teams.

It's important to note that the Jiuqu League guards both inside and outside the defensive lines very tightly. The teams that patrol regularly and irregularly hardly leave any loopholes.

The flying boat doesn't travel in a straight line; instead, it winds and turns, making several large circles and deliberately avoiding many areas. Luo YeDaoist Master had thoroughly investigated these smuggling routes beforehand.

Those areas they circumvented are the regions patrolled by the Jade Sword Sect cultivators. The members of the Jade Sword Sect are fanatic about their duty and difficult to bribe. They never give face to anyone, even if it's a merchant group claiming to be from the Azure Origin Sect; they would dare to stop and inspect them.

Jade Sword Sect holds a deep hatred for smuggling, and they punish anyone they catch severely. All smuggling merchant groups, no matter how powerful their background, will steer far away from the Jade Sword Sect's Sword Cultivators.

When Meng Zhang heard Luo YeDaoist Master speak admiringly of the Jade Sword Sect's Sword Cultivators, he still had some doubts in his mind. Were these Sword Cultivators truly so upright and incorruptible?

The cargo flying boat wasn't particularly fast, and due to taking many detours, it flew in the high sky for a whole day before reaching its destination.

As dusk approached, accompanied by a gentle evening breeze, the waist-high green grass swayed irregularly. The night on the vast grassland held a unique charm.

At this moment, no cultivator had the leisure to enjoy the beauty slowly. The flying boat had long passed through the Jiuqu League's defense line, and they were now in the extraterritorial Barbarian Clan's controlled territory.

The enormous flying boat descended slowly and landed next to the most conspicuous hillock in the vicinity. As soon as the flying boat touched the ground, the cultivators who had been on board the entire day stretched their bodies and began to move.

Some more impatient ones were already prepared to leap off the flying boat.

Just then, a burly figure suddenly appeared in the sky. He held a long flagpole, which was more than three zhang (ten meters) in length, almost surpassing his own height. At the top of the flagpole, there hung a large red flag, fluttering gently in the night breeze.

With a wave of the flag, a squad of elite Barbarian Clan soldiers appeared on the otherwise empty grassland. They rode war wolves and silently surrounded the flying boat, forming a tight blockade.

The sudden appearance of the Barbarian Clan soldiers caught the cultivators on the flying boat off guard. Moreover, the imposing manner of the Barbarian Clan soldiers and the special air of killing caused many cultivators to startle, feeling somewhat uneasy.

However, Meng Zhang and his three companions remained unfazed, leisurely surveying the surrounding Barbarian Clan soldiers.

Meng Zhang had long heard about the extraterritorial Barbarian Clan. Especially after Taiyi Sect joined the Jiuqu League, he specifically gathered intelligence about this matter. After all, being a member of the Jiuqu League meant that at any time, they might be sent to the Yuantu Great Prairie to fight against the Barbarian Clan's army.

The extraterritorial Barbarian Clan is a race where every member is a soldier, with an innate inclination for invasion and formidable combat strength.

Ordinary barbarian foot soldiers can match Refining Qi stage cultivators; barbarian captains are on par with Foundation Building stage cultivators, and barbarian generals have strength comparable to Gold Core stage cultivators. As for the Barbarian King, they can overpower Primordial Spirit True Monarchs.

As a combative race, the Barbarian Clan is highly organized and disciplined, adept at coordinated combat. Especially with their unique characteristics, the Barbarian Clan army is much more suited for the battlefield than a cultivator army.

A regular cultivator team facing off against the Barbarian Clan army would be at a disadvantage. Only those specialized in combat, such as dao soldiers trained by major sects, can confront the Barbarian Clan army head-on.

However, within the Jiuqu League, how many sects can actually train dao soldiers? Even if these sects exhaust all their efforts, how many dao soldiers can they produce?

If not for powerful sects like the Azure Origin Sect and Sword Cultivators from the Jade Sword Sect within the Jiuqu League, the league might not be able to suppress the Barbarian Clan army.

The Barbarian Clan member in the sky appears burly, but their movements are delicate and adept at concealing their presence. Before revealing himself, apart from Meng Zhang and a few others on the flying boat, nobody else noticed his existence.

The large flag in his hand is an army formation magic tool, complemented by Barbarian Clan secret techniques, allowing the barbarian soldiers to approach silently.

Cultivators involved in smuggling between the two major forces are generally not virtuous individuals; most of them are unruly rogues.

However, the display of power from the Barbarian Clan just now was enough to intimidate everyone and make them cautious.

Although the Barbarian Clan is fierce, they also understand the significance of smuggling merchant groups. After asserting their dominance, a Barbarian Clan leader naturally came forward to warmly receive the cultivators.

Some cultivators on the flying boat left with the Barbarian Clan soldiers, while others, with the assistance of the Barbarian Clan soldiers, began to move the cargo.

This is the location where the smuggling merchant group has come to a stop. If they rely solely on the merchant group's assistance, it will be difficult to continue further.

Daoist Master Withered Branches did not mingle with these cultivators. With his two companions, he headed towards the lower cabin.

Luo YeDaoist Master gestured in secret, and Meng Zhang and his group followed closely behind him.

Several other cultivators on the flying boat, dressed similarly to them, also followed suit.

The cultivators on the flying boat, including the guards, clearly feared Daoist Master Withered Branches greatly. Wherever he went, all the cultivators scattered, and no one dared to block his path.

Daoist Master Withered Branches remained silent and quickly arrived outside a cabin below.

With a wave of his hand, including Luo YeDaoist Master and the four of them, the group of cultivators behind him entered the cabin.

Inside the cabin were heaps of large boxes taller than a person.

Without needing any orders from Daoist Master Withered Branches, everyone started to carry the boxes.

Those with greater strength carried four or five boxes at a time, while those with less strength carried two or three boxes each. Following Daoist Master Withered Branches, who had his hands free, they left the cabin and arrived at the upper deck of the flying boat.

Daoist Master Withered Branches flew into the air and nodded to a barbarian general. Then, with a wave of his hand, everyone followed, flying into the sky and trailing behind him, heading deep into the Yuantu Great Prairie.

Meng Zhang held four large boxes in his hands and felt the weight was significant. The four of them used secret techniques to suppress their aura and cultivation base, only displaying the strength of Foundation Building stage cultivators, similar to the other cultivators carrying boxes.

Meng Zhang was curious about what was inside the boxes that required a group of Foundation Building stage cultivators to laboriously carry. The outer layer of the boxes was covered with a layer of forbidden spirit soil, which could isolate all spiritual fluctuations inside. On the outside of the box's outer wall, there were inscriptions and restrictions of various kinds, preventing any attempts at peeking inside and isolating the contents from the outside world.

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