Chapter 614 Smuggling
It is also a second-order flying boat, and there are differences between them.
Like the second-order airship that Meng Zhang and the others are currently riding, it is considered the best among second-order airships. In terms of cargo function alone, it is much better than some third-order airships.
This second-order flying boat is huge and parked at the foot of a hill. The highest point is almost halfway up the mountain.
Master Luo Ye had told Meng Zhang and the others before that this was a smuggling airship that specialized in traveling between the barbarians outside the territory and the territory of the Jiuqu Alliance.
The Yuantu Prairie is extremely vast and rich in various resources. In particular, many special spiritual materials are indispensable to many forces in the Jiuqu League.
Although the barbarians are brutal, brutal and unreasonable, and are the mortal enemies of cultivators, they are also intelligent creatures. As long as they are intelligent creatures, they can communicate.
The products produced by the Jiuqu League, including elixirs, spiritual rice, spiritual fruits, etc., are all needed by the barbarians.
As a result, groups of smugglers came into being, secretly traveling between the two major forces and smuggling various materials.
After those cultivation forces that originally occupied the Yuantu Prairie were defeated by the barbarians, many of the remaining forces drifted to the edge of the Yuantu Prairie.
When the Jiuqu Alliance fought against the barbarians, they did not forget their strength. No matter how small a mosquito's legs are, they are still meat, not to mention that these forces have a blood feud with the barbarians.
There are a lot of small strongholds like the one next to this on the Jiuqu Alliance's defense line against the barbarians. Even with the manpower of the Jiuqu Alliance, it is a bit too much to take care of.
Therefore, the top leaders of the Jiuqu League handed over these strongholds to the remaining forces for management.
First, let them have a foothold so that they will not wander around and cause trouble to the cultivation world here in the Jiuqu League.
Secondly, it is also to make full use of their strength to strengthen the defense on the defensive line.
In these years, these remaining forces seemed to have forgotten their deep hatred against the barbarians, and actually started doing business with them.
This smuggling airship is docked next to the stronghold. To say that the monks in the stronghold don't know the details of the airship is simply deceiving themselves.
Before taking action, Master Luoye investigated all the details very clearly.
She told Meng Zhang that the ancestors of the cultivator family stationed in this small stronghold were wiped out by barbarians from outside the territory, and only a few remnants managed to escape here.
Taking away people's inheritance, destroying people's whole family... all of them are based on sworn hatred.
It's a pity that hatred cannot allow the family to survive, let alone develop and grow.
Only the continuous acquisition of cultivation resources is the foundation of the family's existence.
In the face of sufficient interests, what does a blood feud mean?
In fact, not only these remaining forces, but also many forces within the Jiuqu Alliance are involved in smuggling with the barbarians.
Many people are not satisfied with the profits from transporting resources, and even send talismans, magic weapons, and mechanical artifacts to areas ruled by barbarians.
This kind of behavior can be regarded as endorsing the enemy. It is like the arms dealer in Meng Zhang's previous life who sold arms to the enemy during wartime.
The smuggling business between the barbarians and the Jiuqu League is extremely profitable and involves a wide range of interests. It has formed a stable chain of interests. Even the top leaders of the Jiuqu League cannot easily touch it.
The more big forces pursue profits, the deeper they get trapped in this process.
Naturally, the black market will not let such a big business go by. They also have a foot in the smuggling business.
Master Luo Ye didn't want his colleagues in the black market to know his whereabouts, so he would rather seek help from his senior brother who fell into the evil way than use black market channels.
More and more passengers are entering the airship, and the upper level of the airship is almost full.
The conditions inside such a cargo spacecraft will definitely not be very good, and it is not suitable for carrying living people on a large scale.
On the uppermost level of the flying boat are several connected halls, specially used to load monks.
Hundreds of monks are crowded into several halls, which are definitely not spacious.
Monks are different from ordinary people and need to keep a certain safe distance between each other. This kind of almost crowded place makes many monks very uneasy.
Some experienced veterans, who had obviously been on this kind of flying boat many times, found a corner and sat down on the ground without caring about their image at all.
Meng Zhang and the four of them found a remote corner and walked there together.
Meng Zhang stood at the outer edge of the corner, letting out a little bit of his breath.
The monks on the flying boat are mainly foundation-building monks, and there are also some veteran Qi-refining monks.
The aura leaked by Meng Zhang easily frightened the monks next to him, causing them to involuntarily move away from the corner, leaving a large space for Meng Zhang and the others.
Meng Zhang knew that most of the monks who traveled between the two factions were not good people, and many of them were extremely vicious, seeking wealth and killing people.
Exposing a little muscle can reduce unnecessary trouble.
Except for the top layer of the flying boat, the lower layers are all used to carry cargo.
Fully loaded camel teams transported numerous goods from all directions. Specialized monks were then responsible for transporting the goods.
Boxes sealed with talismans were carried to the lower floors one by one, and soon, all the spaces below were filled to the brim.
One by one, the camel teams unloaded all their cargo and left under the cover of night.
The warehouse was almost full, and time was almost up. The monk in charge of the flying boat, regardless of whether anyone was late, directly ordered the flying boat to take off.
The flying boat took off in the last darkness of the night, and soon after flying into the sky, it ushered in the rising sun.
The flying boat flew higher and higher, entering the depths of the clouds. Then, using the cover of the clouds, it flew towards the area ruled by the barbarians.
The cargo airship was loaded with cargo and was extremely heavy. It didn't fly very fast, but it flew surprisingly smoothly.
Meng and Zhang, the four of them did not speak, but stayed quietly in that corner, closing their eyes and concentrating.
Meng Zhang glanced around casually.
All the monks on the flying boat wore the same cloak to hide their true identities.
There are many cautious monks who have another layer of cover under their cloaks to hide themselves.
Meng Zhang opened his eyes to see through the illusion, and without much effort, he saw through the cover of the cloak.
A group of guys with the highest level of cultivation in the foundation building stage, no matter how brilliant their methods are, they can't hide it from Meng Zhang's eyes.
Meng Zhang scanned the surroundings and took the true faces of most of the monks on board into his eyes and remembered them in his heart.
Among this group of people, there were several characters that Meng Zhangdu could not easily see through.
He spent a little effort and roughly judged that one of them was Master Luoye's senior brother Kuzhi. The others were all Golden Core monks.
Chapter completed!