"I wonder what the development momentum of Jinyun Valley, which was under the leadership of Lao Zhang after he left Daqing, is now?"

Lu Changan remembered that Xuantian Gourd Vine had been planted in Jinyun Valley for a while after it sprouted.

…

On this day, outside the border of Daewoo Kingdom.

A middle-aged traveling businessman with a yellow complexion and a dusty face fell into a desolate mountain.

"Friend Lu Dao."

On the hillside, there was a man in green armor who had been waiting for a long time. He was wearing a green bamboo hat. He couldn't see clearly the fangs inside, and he was directly trying to communicate with Lu Changan.

The man in green armor who looks like an attendant is a fourth-level puppet in disguise, led by Master Wei, who has been traveling outside for more than ten years.

"Master Wei, have you gained anything from these years of experience?"

The middle-aged traveling businessman played by Lu Changan has shrewd eyes and a philistine smooth temperament. He smiles and looks at the fourth-level puppet he has not seen for many years.

More than ten years ago, in order to break through the true fourth-level puppet, Master Wei traveled out to obtain auras that would help future puppets advance to the Nascent Soul level.

"Now, my puppet spirit can't make any progress. The gains from previous travels are occasionally enlightened and touched, but it still cannot make the puppet spirit transform and improve."

Puppet Master Wei's tone was calm, much less aggressive than he was at the beginning, and he was not discouraged because of his failure in promotion.

Even in the puppet refining tradition of the ancient Thousand Machines Sect, most fourth-level puppets are the same as him. Although they can compete with the Nascent Soul cultivation level at the level of mana, there is a gap at the level of soul.

True fourth-level puppets are also very rare in the Thousand Machines Sect, and they belong to a level that Master Wei Puppet has never set foot in during his lifetime.

Lu Changan learned about the situation and pondered: "The areas that Mr. Wei traveled to before were limited to the areas around the Yunxia Sect's influence, and they were not completely integrated into a certain life and profession, so there are some limitations."

Master Wei's previous travels were not only geographically limited, but also only observed and comprehended in a certain place, which was not grounded enough or selfless enough.

"Friend Lu Dao, what you said makes sense. This time I will travel with you to various places in the Central Territory to see the elegance of the civilization that cultivates immortals in various places in the Great Abyss."

Puppet Master Wei accepted it humbly. Years of getting along with him and his continuous understanding of Lu Changan made him let go of his former arrogance and become more humble.

If he fails to advance to the true fourth-level puppet, he will not be indispensable under Lu Changan.

"In the next few years, Mr. Wei will call me boss."

Lu Changan explained.

Master Wei nodded and looked at Lu Changan, who looked like a middle-aged businessman carrying a large box and cage on his back, and understood his position for this trip.

From now on, he will be Lu Changan's bodyguard.

Woof!

A yellow-haired native dog appeared on the other side of Lu Changan, rubbing his trouser legs affectionately.

"Living up to his master's instructions, the mouse has mastered the canine form of the Apparition Technique."

The yellow-haired native dog wags its tail and spits out human sounds.

"good."

Lu Changan nodded in approval. The Earth Rock Rat left the sect and resumed some of its previous diligence and progress.

From now on, the rock rats will not only have to find their own food in the wild, but also sometimes have to provide food for their owners, including exploring paths, guarding, keeping vigil, etc.

A desolate and desolate place.

One person, one puppet, one pet, the long shadows in the dusk are hidden in the dust.

…

Two years later.

Lu Changan traveled through several power sectors in the Central Region, passing through large and small immortal cultivation forces.

As a traveling merchant, Lu Changan made deals with all kinds of monks, not even limited to humans.

Lu Changan has a lot of useless resources at hand, and has a variety of immortal cultivation skills. He can make a lot of profit from every transaction.

Due to his extraordinary vision, Lu Changan could occasionally "pick up mistakes" in his transactions with middle- and low-level monks.

Individual spiritual objects and rare treasures that have been picked up have certain effects and value even to high-level monks.

Of course, as a foreign businessman, if you occasionally leak money, you will inevitably be stolen by evil cultivators or slaughtered as fat sheep by local indigenous people.

However, all the monks who had an idea for this pair of traveling merchants disappeared from the world without exception.

Whenever encountering this kind of thing, the rock rat will be more excited and can give it a toothpaste to change its taste.

When you are weak, you are weak; when you are strong, you are strong.

This is the style of the traveling merchant group that Lu Changan belongs to, traveling around the world and doing business with monks from all walks of life.

Most monks cannot see the true cultivation level and details at all.

Even if you are the True Lord Nascent Soul, you have to carefully investigate or have close contact to see the clues.

Of course, Lu Changan never takes the initiative to cause trouble or harm the interests of others. The few times he takes action, it is self-defense out of helplessness.

In addition, this group of traveling merchants only stayed briefly in each territory, and their whereabouts were uncertain, so they did not attract the attention of local forces.

…

That evening, Lu Changan left from a small market town where a cultivating immortal family lived.

In fact, Lu Changan had no intention of staying in the market town. This place was just a small trading base for the foundation-building and immortal cultivating family, not even a city.

"Master, the boy from yesterday has not shown up yet. Will he break his promise?"

Leaving the market town, the yellow-haired native dog transformed by the rock rat,

"It doesn't matter, it's just a time to find someone for guidance. There won't be any losses in this transaction?"

Lu Changan packed his bags and left the market town accompanied by his guards and native dogs.

"senior."

Just as we arrived at the intersection of the market town, a panting young man in yellow ran over with sweat all over his head.

"Senior Lu, according to the direction you pointed out, I found Xiaohong."

The young man in yellow shed tears of gratitude and bowed.

During this trip, Lu Changan used his real surname. Anyway, no one in Dayuan knew Lu Changan, and the person he used was not his real appearance.

The young man in yellow is named Huang Fan, and he is a casual cultivator at the third level of Qi Refining.

The "Xiao Hong" he refers to is called Huan Hongniang. She is a confidante whom she met when she first entered the immortal world. She shared hardships together at the bottom of the world of immortality, helped each other, and made a private decision for life.

However, in the past seven days, Huan Hongniang suddenly left without saying goodbye, disappeared, and could not be found.

Huang Fan was so distraught that he sought medical treatment and sought help from passing merchants.

Because several casual cultivators in the town who were in the middle and late stages of qi refining had transactions with Lu Youshang, and everyone was very happy and behaved very politely.

Lu Changan agreed to Huang Fan's commission.

He travels all the way for business, meeting each other is fate, and does not refuse transactions or entrustments at all levels.

Therefore, Lu Changan did some divination and calculation, and pointed out the general direction based on the clues left by Xiaohong.

"Xiaohong."

Huang Fan turned around and called softly.

Under the moonlit night, ten feet away behind him, there was a girl in red clothes with fluffy hair and a light body. She was shyly hiding behind the trees, watching quietly, like a deer half dodging, not daring to come closer.

"The matchmaker is unfamiliar, I hope senior can forgive me."

Huang Fan touched his head and apologized sheepishly.

"Um."

Lu Changan glanced at the girl in red clothes in the distance, nodded slightly, and said nothing.

When the yellow-haired native dog at his feet saw the girl in red clothes, he instinctively tensed up his body, his eyes darkened, and then lay lazily on the ground.

"According to the previous promise, as long as I can find Xiaohong, I am willing to give the most precious thing in my body."

After Huang Fan finished speaking, he took out his ancestral tooth-shaped pendant and respectfully presented it to Lu Changan.

"Little friend Huang, I have both money and goods."

Lu Changan smiled brightly and pinched the tooth-shaped pendant in his hand. The latter was not damaged and he put it away.

After a few more pleasantries, Lu Changan reached out and patted Huang Fan on the shoulder before leaving.

Huang Fanggong sent the middle-aged businessman away, and suddenly felt that in the place where he had been photographed, qi, blood and mana were flowing smoothly, and the bottleneck in the middle stage of qi refining that had been stagnant for several years was faintly loosened.

"Ah Huang."

After confirming that the traveling merchant group was really far away, Huan Hongniang, who was hiding behind a tree, breathed a sigh of relief and came over with a smile on her face.

…

"interesting."

Lu Changan, who had traveled dozens of miles, made some calculations and smiled thoughtfully.
To be continued...