On the day Zhao Yu''s alchemy skills broke through, the grand merchant caravan organized by Su Bingyun was alreadyplete.


    In the Market of Xiaohei Mountain, over half of the cultivators either paid arge number of Spirit Stones to join the caravan, or they joined under Su Bingyun''smand.


    The remaining cultivators eithercked the Spirit Stones to pay the fees to join the caravan, or they were ambitious, hoping to make a name for themselves in the Market of Xiaohei Mountain.


    Although the Market of Xiaohei Mountain was fraught with dangers, it was also filled with incredibly rich resources. In the North Deste, there were many ces with resourcesparable to Canglong Mountain Range, but those ces were under the control of the Four Great Sects.n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    Ordinary loose cultivators who wanted to advance to Foundation Establishment either had to struggle in pioneering ces like the Market of Xiaohei Mountain, look for relics left by previous generations of cultivators, or join the wars of the Five Great Sects, establishing enough merit to receive rewards and promotion.


    Most of the people in the substantial caravan were cultivators, and some had paid a significant amount of Spirit Stones to have their families in the Ten Mortal Cities leave with them.


    The enormous caravan moved along a trade route toward Cang Country.


    Just ten miles out of Xiaohei Mountain Market, the caravan was attacked by a First-Order Middle-Grade Demon Beast. But as soon as the beast appeared, it was in by the caravan''s guards who activated various Magic Artifacts.


    Along the way, demon beasts would asionally emerge from the jungle, attempting to attack the human caravan, including First-Order Superior Demon Beasts.


    A First-Order Superior Demon Beast could be very challenging for even ate stage Qi Refinement cultivator to tackle alone. However, as soon as these demon beasts appeared, they were in by Su Bingyun with a swing of her Magic Sword.


    The bodies of these First-Order Superior Demon Beasts were considered treasures, with their ws and teeth being particrly excellent materials for Refinement of Magic Artifacts. Cang Ling Sect was in a period of war and needed resources as vast as oceans. Su Bingyun, concerned for her sect, personally took action to y these beasts.


    Zhao Yu spent Spirit Stones to purchase the corpse of a First-Order Superior Earth Attribute Demon Beast from Su Bingyun.


    The caravan would travel by day, and at night, they would camp in ce and affix evil-repelling Talismans on the trees around them.


    Three dayster, as the caravan was moving forward, a light mist suddenly thickened, and a vige appeared far in the distance.


    In front of the vige, there was arge wheat field, with more than a dozen farmers busy tilling, and some children ying in the fields.


    There were dozens of thatched cottages and a wooden house in the vige.


    Upon seeing the seemingly ordinary vige, the many cultivators in the caravan felt a sudden tightness in their chests and a tingling scalp, gripped their Magic Artifacts and Talismans tightly.


    Zhao Yu said with a solemn face, "I remember there are no human viges on the road from Cang Country to the Market of Xiaohei Mountain, right?"


    Su Bingyun spoke slowly, "That''s right! This vige is either built by ghosts or is an Illusion Technique! Let''s take a detour!"


    The dangers on the road from Cang Country to Xiaohei Mountain Market included not only various powerful demon beasts, but also terrifying existences like evil spirits and ghosts. Even experts at the Foundation Establishment Stage had perished at the hands of these ghosts.


    The group took a wide berth around the vige and walked through the dense mist for another two hours, when the same vige appeared before them again.


    Zhao Yu''s face was one of grave concern as he pointed to a farmer with tattered clothes and dark yellow skin, "No, this is the same vige! That farmer looks exactly like one I saw earlier!"


    Fear shed in Li Xianjiao''s eyes as she clutched Zhao Yu''s left hand tightly.


    "It''s a ghost wall!"


    "Damn, we''ve encountered a powerful evil spirit or ghost!"


    "To possess illusion abilities of such a vast range, the evil spirit or ghosts must be at least a second-order evil spirit or second-order ghost!!"


    ".….."


    A wave of fear slowly spread among the caravan.


    Many cultivators within the caravan were experienced, and they had all heard of the terror of second-order evil spirits and second-order ghosts. For those in the Qi Refinement Realm who fell into the hands of a second-order evil spirit or second-order ghost, what awaited them was endless despair. Many cultivators did not know how, but they miserably perished at the hands of these malevolent beings.


    "Quiet!"


    A hint of cold light shed in Su Bingyun''s beautiful eyes as she shouted sternly, and a terrifying pressure emanating from a Foundation Establishment-Level One slowly spread out.


    When the many cultivators in the caravan felt the dreadful pressure of Su Bingyun''s Foundation Establishment Stage, they calmed down.


    Su Bingyun decisively ordered, "Everyone hold onto an evil-repelling talisman, and then enter the vige!"


    It was then that everyone moved towards the vige.


    Zhao Yu followed closely beside Su Bingyun and curiously asked, "Why enter the vige? There must be terrifying ghosts or evil spirits hidden inside!"


    "There must be second-order evil spirits or ghosts hidden inside the vige. They have created arge illusion by utilizing their own power as well as the spiritual power, death energy, and evil energy of thisnd."


    "To break thisrge illusion, one either relies on powerful mana, talismans, magical treasures, formations to destroy the entire vige, or one possesses natural spiritual eyes that can see through illusions or is skilled in various spiritual eye spells that can do the same."


    "If onecks both abilities, then the mostmon method is to enter the vige, eliminate the evil spirits and ghosts inside, which can also break therge illusion."


    "If we don''t enter the vige, we can only stay here and eventually be drained of life. The existence of thisrge illusion mainly relies on the spiritual power of thend. The power of the evil spirits and ghosts serves as a catalyst; the mist will not disperse until the evil spirits and ghosts are dead."


    "With every death among us, the power of the evil spirits and ghosts inside the vige grows stronger. So, even though we know the vige hides terrible ghosts and evil spirits, our only choice is to enter and deal with them."


    Su Bingyun exined in detail to Zhao Yu how to break the illusions created by evil spirits and ghosts.


    This was precious knowledge known only to elite disciples of great sects like the Cang Spirit Sect, and most loose cultivators who fell into suchrge illusions would have a very high chance of dying inside, naturallycking such experience.


    An old man, who was dark and skinny with white hair and yellow teeth, approached from the vige, his face full of obsequiousness, "My name is Wang Dafu, the head of this vige. You''ve had a long journey. The vige has prepared food; please,e with me!"


    Behind Wang Dafu were more than a dozen young vigers, among whom several vige girls, despite their dark and roughplexions, were quite beautiful and delightful to look at.


    Su Bingyun shouted sternly, "Activate the evil-repelling talismans!"


    All cultivators in the caravan stimted their mana, and the evil-repelling talismans in their hands ignited without wind, spreading the evil-repelling power in all directions.


    Wang Dafu''s face twisted violently, almost instantly transforming into a humanoid skeleton with insects crawling all over his body.


    All the vigers revealed their true forms, turning into humanoid skeletons.


    All the houses in the entire vige disappeared, and in the ce where the houses had been, there were stones, which were covered with various poisonous insects.