The family sat in the car, arguing occasionally, having traveled for half a day, and arrived at Iron Gate Fort.
Thirty miles away from the New Land exit, He Jiaqing told everyone, "Prepare to get into the water."
Miao Ruifang was angry, "Again? If you want to go, go yourselves, the children and I won't go down; we can't swim, we don't want to drown here."
"When are you going to stop causing trouble?" Big Head was at his limit and ready to explode.
"Who's causing trouble? Why don't you ask yourself how you're causing trouble, how have you ruined our family like this?"
Someone outside the window shouted, "Yeah, how did you ruin things!"
Big Head shouted at his wife, "You complain when we're losing, but why don't you say anything when we're benefiting?"
Another person chimed in from outside, "Yeah, why don't you say anything when you're gaining a benefit!"
Miao Ruifang was even angrier, "What benefit have I gained? Zou Guoming, clarify yourself, I've suffered so much grievances with you, what benefit have I gained from you!"
A woman outside glared at Zou Guoming, "Clarify yourself, what benefit did she take from you?"
Big Head said, "Why do you think the hotel must have you be the lobby manager? How do you think you got a degree from a prestigious school? Do you really think there's a huge pie in the sky just waiting for you to eat!"
An old man sighed outside the window, "It's not easy for this man, working hard outside!"
The old man's voice was quite loud, causing Big Head and his wife, who were focused on arguing, to be slightly distracted.
They glanced outside the window and found dozens of people young and old, running alongside the car.
Miao Ruifang was scared and asked softly, "Who are these people?"
The tricycle was running as fast as a car, this was beyond Miao Ruifang's understanding, but with Big Head sitting inside, she could remain calm.
However, now there was a crowd outside running equally fast as the tricycle, Miao Ruifang was starting to feel uneasy.
Big Head was uneasy too, he felt these people were not normal.
"Jia Qing, what's going on?"
He Jiaqing replied, "We should be encountering a Nightmare Cultivator."
Miao Ruifang asked softly, "What is a Nightmare Cultivator?"
Big Head wrapped several loops of wire around the car door, "A Spiritualist."
"Wh-what is a Spiritualist?"
"Don't you often read novels? Haven't you heard of spirit communication?" Big Head didn't have time to explain, he could sense that the Ghost Servants outside the tricycle were all a match for him in power.
His wife, holding their son, asked, "You, what you just said, is it ghosts?"
Big Head nodded.
"Wooah~"
His wife screamed sharply, the Ghost Servants outside mistook it for an attack by a Sound Cultivator, first cautiously on guard, then started to attack the tricycle.
Some were opening the car door, some smashing the car window, others directly lifting tools to jam the car wheels.
A group of people fussed for a long time, the tricycle was unharmed, an elderly Ghost Servant felt something was not right.
No matter how solid the tricycle was made, given their cultivation level, after smashing for so long, it shouldn't be completely unharmed.
The old man glanced into the distance and vaguely saw another tricycle speeding eastward.
"Stealing Pillars and Replacing Beams!" The old man shouted, "You got the wrong place, the real car is over there!"
A group of Ghost Servants rushed towards the tricycle to the east, originally, this tricycle was also rushing forward.
When the Ghost Servants surrounded the tricycle to the east, after fighting for a long time they still couldn't damage it.
The old man shouted, "He switched it back again!"
The Ghost Servants split into two teams, each fighting a tricycle, both tricycles stopped.
A Ghost Servant stepped forward and grabbed He Jiaqing, dragging him from the car, punching and kicking him.
He Jiaqing was not weak, defending while attacking back.
After a brief scuffle, both tricycles scattered on the ground, turning into two piles of stones.
The original He Jiaqing who was scuffling transformed into a wooden piece.
A wagon was speeding in the distance, already pulling away from the group of Ghost Servants.
Another wagon appeared?
Where did this wagon come from?
The Ghost Servants still wanted to chase, but Song Qianhun called out, "Let him go!"
Upon hearing Song Qianhun's voice, the Ghost Servants retreated.
Song Qianhun was pursuing Li Banfeng all the way, just arriving at Iron Gate Fort, theoretically he shouldn't be running so slow, but unfortunately, both Traveling Cultivation Treasures in his hand were damaged.
A dozen Traveling Cultivator Ghost Servants were carrying Song Qianhun, who would have thought, halfway they encountered open-mouthed locust trees.
These were a type of Wandering Monster found in New Land, resembling locust trees, with splits in the bark, saw-toothed buds inside the splits, viewed from afar, it looked like a gaping mouth full of fangs in the bark.
Open-mouthed locust trees moved in groups, ranging from dozens to thousands of trees, roaming around the New Land, not eating humans, nor animals, specializing in consuming Lost Souls, natural enemies of Nightmare Cultivators.
Today, Song Qianhun had bad luck, encountering this group of open-mouthed locust trees, totaling twenty thousand trees, they blocked the road completely, nowhere to detour!
The dice cup mocked Song Qianhun, "Weren't you saying big gambles always don't lose? Is your daughter's case a big gamble or a small gamble? This time you lost, right!"
Song Qianhun had no idea where these locust trees came from, the Ghost Servants were too afraid to move, Song Qianhun personally took action, engaging these open-mouthed locust trees, fought for several hours, finally chased these Wandering Monsters away.
This delay, when he reached Iron Gate Fort, he happened to encounter He Jiaqing.
This piece of New Land, it's a secret passage connecting Puluo State and Outside Provinces, holds extraordinary significance for Song Qianhun.
Song Qianhun always thought only he knew about it, until he realized Li Qi also knew.
Since Li Qi was on his side, knowing wasn't a big deal, but unexpectedly now more people knew.