The third realm.
Qiantian Continent, Red Mountain.
The setting sun is like blood, shining on the crimson bare mountain, making this famous mountain even more bloody.
Many caves have been dug into the surface of the mountain. At a glance, the entire mountain looks like a huge honeycomb.
From bottom to top, the spiritual energy in the cave becomes stronger and stronger, and the status of the residents becomes higher and higher.
At the foot of the mountain, there are many villages built on the Red Mountain.
The people inside all serve Hongshan, either preparing meals for the elders or growing medicinal herbs in the surrounding mountains and forests.
In one of the villages.
Zhou Qingchen, Han Duping, and Jiang Li were sitting in the courtyard enjoying the shade, looking at the sky like red clouds, all in a daze.
After a while.
Jiang Li saw that the porcelain jar containing wine in Zhou Qingchen's hand was empty, so she handed a new one over and said softly: "Don't think so much, Pang Jianji has his own destiny, and he will definitely return safely."
Zhou Qingchen had been neglecting his cultivation these days and didn't even stay in his own cave. He often came to Han Duping to drink and soothe his sorrows.
She would often accompany him. Seeing that Zhou Qingchen was depressed, she had tried to persuade him many times.
"The image of him pushing me into the tunnel of mirrors while he stayed by the pool would often come to mind."
Zhou Qingchen took the new wine can, took a sip, and said drunkenly: "I can't forget it. Every time I practice meditation, I can't help but think of this scene."
"When I left, there were Dong Tianze, Qi Qingsong, Lin Beiye, and two disciples from the Demon Heart Sect in the house."
"Pang Jian..."
Zhou Qingchen shook his head, his eyes were red and his voice became hoarse.
"People from the Galaxy Alliance went to check later and found that the entire Serenity Mountain Range was shrouded in mist. So far, no sect forces dared to explore surrounded by the mist." Han Duping sighed and consoled him. : "Brother Pang is a hunter born and raised in the Silent Mountains. He may..."
Han Duping really couldn't say the following words.
When Zhou Qingchen came out and talked to him about the situation, while he praised Pang Jian for his love and justice, he already believed that Pang Jian was in danger.
"Squeak."
The door was suddenly pushed violently.
I saw a man in blue clothes, walking lazily into it and saying, "After asking around for a long time, I found out that you are not on the mountain, but huddled here."
"Qi Qingsong!"
The three people in the courtyard suddenly changed their colors. They immediately took out their utensils and put on a desperate posture.
Jiang Li looked even pale. She never thought that this evil star would dare to break into the village under the Red Mountain!
Are the disciples in the upper realm really so unscrupulous and not taking the people in the lower realm into consideration?
Jiang Li was panicked, so she planned to scream for help and ask the disciples from nearby Hongshan to come over quickly.
"stop!"
Qi Qingsong quickly stopped and screamed: "This is Hongshan! I'm not crazy, and I don't have time to come down from the upper realm to seek revenge on you three."
He shook his empty left sleeve and said sadly: "I chopped off my entire left arm to compensate for that girl's broken arm. And..."
Qi Qingsong's flesh ached, and he took out a bottle of ointment from his arms and handed it to Jiang Li. He said bitterly: "This is a bottle of Qiongyu Bone Renewal Ointment, which can regenerate half of your arm. I spent a lot of money to get it." I got this bottle, so I’ll give it to you first. As for the second bottle, I’m still collecting it.”
Jiang Li was dumbfounded, looking at the bottle of "Qiongyu bone ointment", she didn't dare to reach out to pick it up.
Zhou Qingchen glared at Qi Qingsong: "What the hell are you doing?"
"I'm really not kidding." Qi Qingsong said with a bitter smile.
Looking at his missing arm, Zhou Qingchen took the bottle of "Qiongyu Bone Renewal Cream" suspiciously, and then asked, "What's going on?"
"The boy from the Tianbao Li family said he would supervise me. I'm afraid he will take this matter seriously."
Qi Qingsong moved Li Jie out first, hesitated for a moment, and then explained with a grimace: "A lot of things happened after you left. Pang Jian hid in the darkness. Who knows what happened to him? He killed the demon before he left the alleyway." Zong Lanxi also broke Yuan Lengshan to pieces, forcing me to cut off my arms to survive..."
Qi Qingsong told what happened next.
The three of them didn't come back to their senses after listening for a long time.
After a long time, Zhou Qingchen said excitedly: "Where is Pang Jian now?"
Qi Qingsong shook his head and said: "Before I left, the atmosphere in the house became weird. I don't know what happened between him and that boy Li Jie."
"In addition, Beiqi in the Fourth Realm is completely shrouded in strange fog. If he can come out alive and still appear in the Fourth Realm, I am afraid he will be trapped in Beiqi."
The three people, who were excited by Pang Jian's feat, were dumbfounded again when they heard this.
…
The fourth realm is the earth-shattering destiny.
Outside Tianyun City, which is named the same as Broken Earth, there is a village named Yunze, next to Qianli Yunze.
Covering thousands of miles, Yunze has miasma and poisonous mist floating in the sky all year round. There are many swamps in it, and there are all kinds of poisonous insects, ferocious beasts, and spiritual beasts.
Yunze Town is located between Tianyun City and Qianli Yunze. There are several similar towns.
This day, in a large house in Yunze Town.
"I, Meng Qiulan, will take over all dark ghost affairs inside and outside Tianyun City from today on."
An old woman on crutches, wearing a loose gray robe, with two beautiful women standing behind her, arrived at the Dark Ghost branch out of thin air.
She stood in the dark hall, looking at a group of people with different cultivation levels, and said: "Hong Tai died in the Silent Mountains of Beiqi, and Xu Rui who accompanied him, and Jinyang all died."
All the dark ghosts in the hall had more or less received the news, and none of them were surprised.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Meng Qiulan took the initiative and said, "I'm new here. Please tell me about the recent events related to our dark ghosts."
Everyone was talking about something happening in Tianyun City, what powerful ferocious beast had appeared in Yunze, what loose cultivators had been outstanding recently, and asked her if she wanted to inhale dark ghosts.
"Hall Master Meng, Hong Tai's nephew came here half a month ago. He said that Hong Tai arranged for him to join the Dark Ghost. He also brought Hong Tai's token. There is no problem with his identity, but I don't know..."
Fan Liang, who had the highest status among the people, suddenly remembered something and immediately reported it to Meng Qiulan.
"Hong Tai's nephew?"
Meng Qiulan was stunned.
"Well, that is indeed the case."
Fan Liang sighed and said: "Hong Tai informed us before he was ordered to go to the Cenji Mountains, saying that he would arrange for a distant nephew to come to the Cenji Mountains. Unfortunately, his nephew Hong Jian came to find him, but he died in the Cenji Mountains. .”
After quietly glancing at Meng Qiulan, Fan Liang lowered his head and said, "Hong Tai hadn't returned at that time, and we didn't know that Hong Tai was dead, so we arranged for him to stay."
"Where is the arrangement?"
Meng Qiulan asked.
Fan Liang said: "It was placed in one of our strongholds in Yunze."
Meng Qiulan thought for a moment and said, "How is this Hong Jian's cultivation level?"
"It is said that he is in the Tongmai realm. It seems that he has reached the advanced stage and is not very old."
Fan Liang answered carefully and seriously.
"Tongmai Realm..."
Meng Qiulan nodded slightly and looked back at the two apprentices who had been following her for many years.
The two women shrank their heads, seeming a little embarrassed.
"I must meet him before I can decide whether to keep him. Due to the incident in the Silent Mountains, the seven major families are now surrounding and suppressing our people. We must be careful with them."
Meng Qiulan said cautiously.
"Then I arrange for someone to bring him here?"
Fan Liang said hurriedly.
"No, I happen to be going to Yunze. I'll go to that stronghold to meet him."
…
A corner of Yunze.
An inconspicuous hill covered with vegetation, with a small stone cave hidden on the mountainside densely covered with weeds.
In the center of the cave, there is a pool sunken into the rock. The walls of the pool are made of rare blood jade.
now.
The blood of many ferocious beasts and spiritual beasts was poured into the pool made of blood jade.
Next to the blood pool, there are pieces of bright spiritual jade piled up, which keep the spiritual energy and blood of the entire blood pool full and coordinated.
In the blood full of vitality, there is a white jade porcelain vase floating. Inside the porcelain vase is a strange crystal snow lotus.
On the snow lotus, a beautiful figure is sitting.
Wisps of refined Qi and blood, and extremely pure spiritual power, escaped along the mouth of the bottle and were swallowed by the beautiful woman.
Poolside.
Pang Jian sat at the closed entrance of the cave, occasionally opening his eyes to glance at Luo Hongyan, who was using Hongtai, the secret blood pool, to retrain his body.
It's been half a month since they came here.
Luo Hongyan drove the Tianling Tower, taking advantage of the dark night of the Fourth Realm to arrive at this broken place called Tianyun without any danger.
Broken Earth Tianyun is under the jurisdiction of the Shangguan family, who also built a Tianyun City here.
In the broken ground, there is a forbidden land called Qianli Yunze. The filthy atmosphere in it is much higher than the spiritual energy, and many ferocious beasts and poisonous insects have been bred there, attracting many casual cultivators to come and explore.
A branch of Dark Ghost was established here.
Half a month ago, as soon as Pang Jian arrived, he followed Luo Hongyan's instructions and went to Yunze Town to explain his identity to Fan Liang.
After that, he did not return to the place where Fan Liang placed him. He spent most of his time buying the blood of ferocious beasts and spiritual beasts, letting Luo Hongyan use the blood pool to recast his flesh and blood.
He himself practiced day and night, immersed in the second stage of marrow cleansing, and beating his internal organs with the vigorous animal blood.
The two of them still had plenty of spiritual stones and spiritual jade available, so he was not worried about his cultivation problems at all.
"Pang Jian, you don't have to stay here. You also know that there is a spirit spirit condensed by me nearby."
After shrinking the soul's body in the white jade porcelain vase, Luo Hongyan, who was sitting in the "Crystal Snow Lotus", smiled sweetly.
The cave inlaid with many lighting gems seemed to become brighter because of her smile.
"I don't know where to go."
Pang Jian said numbly.
"You need to have more contact with Dark Ghost's people, as well as the casual cultivators gathered in Dark Ghost's stronghold, and even the Shangguan family's team searching for spiritual beasts. I can't go out for the time being. You should ask Dark Ghost's new hall master if he has been arranged to come over. .”
Luo Hongyan looked at him with a smile and said: "Only the hall master of the Dark Ghost Branch can obtain high-level animal blood. We are not short of spiritual stones at the moment, but we are short of various precious auxiliary spiritual materials."
Pang Jian frowned and said nothing.
"You, when you were in Linshan Town, did you rarely have contact with people?"
Luo Hongyan said in surprise.
Pang Jian nodded.
"This won't work."
"Whether it's the Dark Ghost people or the casual cultivators in Yunze who live alone, you shouldn't completely refuse to contact them. Only in this way will you be well-informed."
Luo Hongyan persuaded him softly, telling him that as a practitioner, he must not blindly practice hard forever.
She currently has to focus on tempering crystal bones, and there are "spiritual demons" she condensed patrolling around her. Her own strength is sufficient, and she is not too worried about her own safety in Yunze.
Judging from the power Pang Jian showed in Bagua City, as long as he was a little more cautious, his life would not be in danger.
Luo Hongyan could tell that after leaving the Silent Mountains, Pang Jian became more and more resistant to contact with people.
The path of spiritual practice is not like this. For the sake of Pang Jian's growth, she encouraged Pang Jian to go out and walk more.
"Oh well."
Pang Jian stood up after hearing this, left the secret cave, and appeared under the gray sky of the fourth realm.
…
(End of chapter)
