Gu Yan walked alone on the road, carrying the consistent money she had accumulated over the years. Over the years, she has been accustomed to the cold eyes of others and the fickleness of the world. So as she grew older, she dared not easily show off her feminine attire and only chose to dress up in men's clothing. Although she is no longer afraid of those bandits in the martial arts world, she still needs to be cautious and careful based on the idea that more is better than less.

The short sword at her waist was polished out from the broken weapon she had found back then. She had once used this sword to kill a disciple who coveted her beauty. That person quietly followed her, intending to engage in sexual assault. After being discovered by her, she fought and drew her sword to kill him. That was her first murder in her life. Perhaps due to seeing too much blood when she was a child, she remained very calm and her hands did not tremble.

Before the trip, she spent three months practicing a spell called 'Fire Control Technique'. This is one of the most rudimentary spells recorded in that booklet. It is a means for beginners in the Qi refining period to become familiar with the operation of spiritual energy. Although this is only the most rudimentary method, it is already sufficient to deal with ordinary martial artists. She still remembers her mother's helpless appearance in front of someone who only had one or two layers of Qi refining. This is the gap between cultivators and mortals, like a natural barrier, short but insurmountable.

Yunyang City is a medium-sized city in northern Vietnam, located on the west side of the Tianmu Mountain Range. Tianmu Mountain is known as one of the "Thirty Six Caves in the Sea", and there must be many cultivators there. After entering the threshold of the cultivation world, she couldn't help but feel a little excited and wanted to see what the cultivators in the book who truly possessed great supernatural powers, such as those who built foundations and even completed alchemy, looked like.

She is located in the southeast of Yue Kingdom, and it takes at least seven to eight hundred miles to go to Yunyang City in the north. She had only the money and couldn't bear to use it to hire a car, so she had to rely on walking. Although she is a cultivator, she has no magical treasures to rely on and her second level is not high. She can only walk a few dozen miles every day.

Nowadays, the world is unstable and there are wars and conflicts everywhere, with refugees rising in all directions. Someone saw her walking alone as a teenager and wanted to rob her halfway. They are all thieves who cut paths. After she performed a small fire control technique, she was so scared that she ran away. Some even offer all their robbery gains as compensation. After several rounds of fighting, Gu Yan surprisingly accumulated a small sum of money, about several tens of dollars.

With this money, Gu Yan wanted to find a city and a reliable caravan to follow them all the way, which would also be safer. Although the world is now engulfed in flames of war, commerce has not declined as a result, but has become increasingly prosperous. The most common thing she saw along the way was the caravans escorted by warriors and sometimes even watched over by the army, walking everywhere. And these caravans are sometimes willing to recruit some single travelers with military might.

At noon that day, she arrived at a place called Donglai. This is a transportation fortress within a radius of hundreds of miles, which is well connected and attracts the most business travelers. She arrived in the city, found a place to eat, and then went to the market in the east of the city.

Generally, in such large cities, there are quite a large number of markets in the outer city, where people of all kinds come and go. This is the best place to gather information.

Gu Yan is now dressed as a teenager, and her body size was originally taller than her peers, just like a thirteen or fourteen year old teenager. Plus carrying a short sword around her waist, everyone thought she was a swordsman who came out alone to explore the world. In turbulent times, there is nothing more respected than force. So in such a big city, there aren't many people who provoke her.

When she arrived at the market, she casually inquired and found that although there were many caravans, they were all heading south and did not go north from here. She was slightly surprised and asked the local broker for details.

The broker was a middle-aged man in his forties, very shrewd. After listening to her detailed inquiry, he smiled and said, "I heard that the states of Yue and Song are at war again, and the generals on both sides are powerful. The fighting cannot be stopped. It's just that we have suffered a lot. The war is chaotic, and who dares to go north? Even the caravans that were originally going to the north are now rushing south

Gu Yan frowned. Although she had no problem dealing with a few bandits, she was not sure if she could deal with well-trained soldiers. It's better to find a capable large caravan to accompany you. He asked, "Isn't there anyone heading north? Don't you skip words." He took out his usual money from his pocket and placed it on the table. "If he can find it, all the reward money belongs to you

The broker's eyes lit up a bit, and he hesitated for a moment before saying, "Yesterday, a lady came to the city. I heard she was going to Yunyang City in the north. However, the path she had to take was very dangerous and the journey was fast. She found many martial artists in the city, but they were unwilling to escort them. Young master, why don't you go and take a look

Gu Yan smiled slightly, asked for the direction, and searched for it herself. Sure enough, there is a young man sitting on a vacant land in the southeast corner. Gu Yan approached and asked, "Excuse me, are you heading towards Yunyang City

The young man's eyes lit up as he saw that he was a young man with a sword, and he said, "My wife has an urgent matter to go to Yunyang, but the north is currently at war, and the hired warriors are unwilling to go. They are recruiting here. Is this brave warrior interested

Gu Yan looked at her thin and frail figure, and the title of "warrior" was really strange. She couldn't help but touch her nose and said, "I also want to visit friends in Yunyang, why don't we go together

The young man exclaimed, "That's best. If we arrive safely, my wife is willing to offer ten golden beads as a reward