Along the way, they had encountered a few groups of bandits, but the caravan seemed to have paid these bandits to buy their way, so they passed through smoothly.
This caravan of theirs, they usually relied on the bodyguards that the caravan itself kept, it was just that the total value of the goods they were transporting this time was rather expensive, so in order to make sure that nothing went wrong, they had specially hired Lin Yun and David.
Of course, in these three months, Lin Yun hadn’t forgotten to cultivate.
Lin Yun was still constantly trying to comprehend the mysteries, but he still hadn’t comprehended them.
This was definitely one of the biggest bottlenecks Lin Yun had encountered since he had been cultivating.
Going from Cave Void to the Harmonisation Realm was also a bottleneck that countless cultivators had trouble overcoming.
Inside the carriage.
“It still doesn’t work.”Lin Yun shook his head while opening his eyes.
“If I can’t break through this bottleneck, I’ll be like ninety-nine per cent of Cave Void cultivators, stuck in this realm for the rest of my life… Could it be, is this the end of my cultivation?”Lin Yun’s gaze was bleak.
The two years in the Heavenly Sword Sect, and these three months following the merchant caravan, because of being stuck and unable to improve, and most importantly having no clue again, it made Lin Yun’s confidence, lower and lower.
Immediately after, Lin Yun released his divine sense and probed a radius of tens of miles.
When Lin Yun wasn’t doing anything, he often released his divine sense to probe, and it was also considered to be a way of viewing the locales along the way.
Any movement within a radius of tens of miles was instantly presented in Lin Yun’s mind.
“Eh? There are bandits?”Lin Yun frowned.
Twenty miles ahead, there was a canyon that the caravan had to pass through.
And where it was, there were a large number of bandits that were ambushing the hills on both sides.
As for the realm strength of these bandits, Lin Yun had no way of knowing, as the other party did not display their realm, but there were a large number of them, enough for more than five hundred people.
As for this merchant team of theirs, the bodyguards, horsemen, and handymen added up to just over a hundred people.
Lin Yun quickly jumped off the carriage and came to the very front of the merchant group.
Captain Wu was riding a horse and walking at the very front of this, her daughter Wu Qian following beside her.
That big man with the beard, David, was also here at this moment, and he was chatting and bragging with Captain Wu.
“Captain Wu, twenty miles ahead in the canyon, there’s a bandit ambush!”Lin Yun immediately said.
“There are bandits?”
Everyone present was shocked.
For a merchant caravan, the greatest fear was of course encountering bandits.
This was undoubtedly a very important piece of news.
“I don’t know if the other party is ambushing us at the canyon to rob our merchant caravan or if they have some other purpose, but since there’s an ambush ahead and we don’t know the other party’s strength, it’s better for us to be careful.”Lin Yun said.
“Haha, kid, don’t play empty farts here, twenty miles away, how could you possibly know!”David, the bearded man, laughed.
“Of course it’s a divine sense probe, is there a problem?”Lin Yun looked at him.
“Divine sense? Haha, old me’s divine sense can’t even talk about probing that far, and you, such a young pup, probing twenty miles away? Do you take us for fools?”The bearded man snorted.
They all knew clearly that to easily probe twenty or so miles away, they were afraid that their divine sense would have to reach the ninth level, or the first stage of the Spirit level.
“I’m just Spirit level divine sense, probing twenty miles away is a breeze.”Lin Yun calmly said.
“You’re Spirit level divine sense? Haha, do you really think we’re fools, I’ve never heard of anyone so young who could reach Spirit level divine sense.”The bearded man’s laughter grew louder and louder.
“The fact that you’ve never heard of it only means that you’re short-sighted and rat-faced.”Lin Yun’s gaze condensed slightly.
Lin Yun had wanted to release his divine sense, but Lin Yun didn’t think it was necessary, why would Lin Yun need to release his divine sense specifically to prove it for him? It was too much of a price drop.
It was like a billionaire being laughed at by a beggar on the side of the road, why would he need to make a special trip to show his assets to prove it for the beggar? But it was just a laugh.
“The two of you must not argue.”Captain Wu hurriedly rounded up the situation.
Immediately after, Captain Wu looked at Lin Yun: “Fellow Daoist Lin, as far as I know, there are no bandits in this nearby generation, there shouldn’t be any bandits in front of us, but I know all the places where bandits are rampant, and those places where bandits are rampant that we can’t get involved in, we usually bypass them, and we are very particular about our travelling routes.”
“Captain Wu, I’ve already reported this information to you, it’s my duty to take over the mission, as for whether you believe it or not, and how to dispose of it, it’s up to you, Captain Wu.”Lin Yun calmly said.
After saying these words, Lin Yun turned around and left, heading towards the carriage he stayed in.
“Hmph, a fool who talks without a brain, how could he possibly use his divine sense to probe twenty miles ahead? Obviously lying and bragging, I think he’s deliberately trying to brush his presence in front of Miss Wu Qian.”The bearded man snorted.
Wu Qian, however, couldn’t help but say, “Father, I don’t think big brother Lin Yun looks like he’s lying.”
“Whether it’s true or not, this canyon is to be passed through, we can’t go around it, much less go back to it, so try to be as vigilant as possible then, and it’s best if you don’t have it.”Captain Wu said seriously.
“Captain Wu, don’t worry, this kid’s words are absolutely false, I, David, dare to vouch for my head, if there are bandits in the canyon in front of us, I’ll take my head off and kick it for you as a ball!”The bearded big man said with conviction.
The caravan continued to travel.
In the canyon ahead.
“Big Boss, scouts ahead report that the Lanxi merchant caravan has reached twenty miles outside the canyon.”A bandit with a sword reported to a big man with a cross-faced face.
“Very good.”The big man nodded his head.
Next to him, a burly man with pockmarks said, “Big brother, according to the intelligence, the Lanxi Merchant Caravan has hired two third-order Transformation Spirits this time, so when the time comes, big brother will have to take action in person, lest the brothers suffer high casualties.”
The Big Boss revealed a grim smile, “Don’t worry, I personally came, isn’t that why I’m here to personally take action?”
He continued, “Lao San, order it down, let’s retreat into the mountains first to avoid them using their divine sense to discover us once they get closer, and then we’ll rush out when they enter the canyon.”
“Yes!”The burly man with pockmarks answered.
……
It didn’t take long for the merchant caravan to arrive in front of the canyon.
Captain Wu called a halt to the merchant team.
“I’ll release my divine sense and probe.”Captain Wu said.
In the spirit of caution, he still intended to verify it for the best.
Immediately after, Captain Wu put out his Level 5 Divine Sense and covered the area.
“Father, how is it?”Wu Qian inquired.
“There’s no movement, no bandits detected.”Captain Wu said.
“There really isn’t? Big brother …… is really lying?”Wu Qian’s gaze dimmed.
Over the past three months, although Captain Wu Qian had told Wu Qian to have less contact with Lin Yun, saying that Lin Yun might be a hypocrite, Wu Qian still had quite a lot of contact with Lin Yun.
Wu Qian had always felt that Lin Yun was a very good and reliable person, speaking and doing things steadily and without pomposity.
Could it be, was she feeling wrong? Could it be that Lin Yun was really lying?
The big man with the beard snorted, ”I’ve long said that this kid is a hypocrite, you guys believe it this time, right? There’s no such thing as bandits, he’s just trying to grandstand, I bet he’ll say later that the bandits left or were scared off by his divine sense or something like that, I’ve seen a lot of people like him in the jianghu.”
