Chapter 61 The Yin Brothers and Sisters
Qingshi's guess was correct. This deserted mountain was originally the secret base for the Five Poison Sect to tame spiritual beasts and grow poisonous weeds and spiritual fruits.
The Yin brothers and sisters and Wu Yulin escaped from Wushan Kingdom and came here quietly. Wu Yulin took care of the peach trees and planted spiritual herbs in Aishan here. She learned some animal taming methods from Yin Zhen. She could command the Howling Moon wolves to guard her, and she could also command the spiritual monkeys to help her take care of the fruit trees and medicinal herbs.
Originally, there was an old congregant here who acted as a guard, but later that person died. Due to the poisonous gas in the poisonous water pool, no one else was willing to come here, so Wu Yulin lived here alone for a long time.
The place where the Yin family brothers and sisters tame spirit beasts is deep in the Dahuang Mountains, nearly two days away from the poisonous water basin. Taming spirit beasts is much more troublesome and laborious than growing medicinal herbs, and they are completely inseparable from people. Therefore, the Yin family brothers and sisters therefore Rarely come here.
In the past, Wu Yulin was supposed to bring the harvest to meet the Yin family brothers and sisters within a month after the Asparagus peaches matured. After being injured and disabled by Fu Yunhao, Wu Yulin became disheartened and no longer enthusiastic about restoring the sect, so she no longer wanted to hide. After living such a hard life in Dahuang Mountain, she planned to wait for the next batch of Ai Shan peaches to mature, take the fruits and run away to find a small city to live in seclusion.
A batch of Ai Shan peaches contains tens of thousands of fruits, plus mahuang berries and other medicinal materials. It is a considerable fortune, enough for her to live a comfortable life.
But Yin Zhen noticed her intention, so he took away her spiritual storage device. Wu Yulin was already disabled. How many fruits could she get without the spiritual storage device? That's why she covets Qingshi's storage device. Of course, even if Qingshi doesn't have a storage device, she won't let him go.
After the peach harvest season that year, Qingshi had just left for three days, and Yin Zhen came to Xiaobasin. He found that Wu Yulin and all her belongings were missing, and not a single spiritual fruit was left.
Yin Zhen was furious, thinking that Wu Yulin had escaped, but then he thought that Wu Yulin did not have any spiritual weapons to store, and it would be impossible for her to take these things away, unless she colluded with outsiders.
Yin Zhen searched the surroundings carefully and found signs of outsiders entering. Later, he found Wu Yulin's clothes and poison bottles in the pit outside the small basin. Yin Zhen knew that these poisons were Wu Yulin's precious possessions and never threw them away. Therefore, it was concluded that Wu Yulin did not escape but was killed by an outside invader.
Yin Zhen called the monkey group, and after some communication, he learned that an outsider was indeed here. The monkey group did not know where Wu Yulin went after the outsider arrived, but the monkey king said that the outsider gave a lot of peaches to the monkey group and he As long as the peach core is used, it is a "good friend".
In anger, Yin Zhen scolded the monkeys for eating inside and outside and failing to protect Wu Yulin and Lingguo, so he killed nearly half of the monkeys and drove the rest hundreds of miles away.
After Yin Zhen drove away the monkeys, he began to deliberately expand the wolves outside the valley. A few years later, the size of the group of howling moon wolves Qingshi met had more than tripled in size.
Yin Zhen guessed that outsiders would definitely come again during the next ripening season of Ai Shan peaches, so he set a trap to wait for the visitors to take the bait.
Seeing that the Aishan peaches were about to mature this year, Yin Zhen found a suitable place less than twenty miles away from the small basin, opened up a temporary beast taming land, and brought the most powerful beasts tamed in recent years. Yin Yu and four other disciples also came together.
Over the years, Yin Zhen proclaimed himself the leader of the cult, recruited more than a dozen disciples, and developed many followers.
Ten days ago, the peaches began to ripen one after another. At nearly noon, Yin Zhen received a message from his disciple Yu Qi. Yin Zhen asked Yu Qi to set up an observation point on the mountainside of the mountain to the west of the small basin. From there, he could see the situation of the small basin in the canyon.
Yu Qi waited for several days and finally saw Qingshi and his group of five people entering the small basin. He immediately wrote a note and tied it to one of his tamed apes, asking him to report the news to his master Yin Zhen.
These days, Yin Zhen is afraid that intruders will be alert, so he tries to keep the small basin as it is, and is not even in a hurry to pick the Aishan peaches when they are ripe.
He originally thought that the wolves he deployed outside the canyon would detect the intruders first, but he did not expect that Qingshi and others took an airship and entered the canyon directly. Therefore, he did not know that the enemy had entered Taolin until he received a letter from Yu Qi. .
He didn't have time to think too much about how these people hid from the wolves, so he immediately led his subordinates and beasts to the canyon.
Yin Zhen knew that the enemy would definitely come to pick Aishan peaches, so he used the peach grove as bait and waited for the enemies to take the bait. Qingshi had the same idea as him. He knew that if the Yin family brothers and sisters were really hiding in Dahuang Mountain, they would definitely not give up Ai Shantao. So after seeing the current situation, Qingshi also decided to wait for the Yin family brothers and sisters in Xiaobasin. Come.
After Qingshi thought for a while, he took out eighteen formation sticks and set up a trap in the peach forest. He imagined that someone entering the peach forest to pick peaches would be trapped in it.
Then Qingshi led everyone to the purple oak tree in the southeast of the small basin. Seeing that the cabin on the tree was still there, Qingshi took out thirty-six formation sticks and built a defensive array around the purple oak tree. The tree forms a circular defensive barrier with a diameter of about thirty meters in the center.
Qingshi took out more than a dozen high-grade spiritual stones and used the surrounding trees, grass, rocks and other objects to set up a shielding array. In addition to shielding sight and sound, this shielding array also has the function of shielding the poisonous gas from the poisonous water pool within the scope of the array. outside.
Qingshi didn't know how long his group would have to wait here, so he first built a safe campsite with the purple oak tree as the center.
After doing this, Qingshi took everyone to the canyon outside the small basin. This was the only way to the peach forest in the small basin. Qingshi discussed with everyone to set up a killing array here.
Since it was a killing formation, Qingshi didn't want to use formation sticks to regulate his energy and create momentum. Instead, he wanted to make use of the topography of the canyon. While observing the terrain, Qingshi asked other companions what their best attack methods were, so that he could tailor his attack to suit local conditions and people. A perfect killing formation came out.
About two miles away from the east side of the small basin, there were sparse trees and seven or eight large rocks scattered on the ground. Qingshi smiled with satisfaction and said: "This place is not bad. Let's set up an ambush here."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a sound mixed with the roar of wild beasts coming from the east. Qingshi looked up and saw four huge tigers running down the canyon from the east.
Those tigers were more than three feet long and over one foot tall. They stared at their huge blood-red eyes and howled as they rushed toward Qingshi and the others with astonishing momentum. Qingshi and others had seen the introduction of the spiritual beasts of Dahuang Mountain in advance and knew that this was the most powerful fifth-level spiritual beast in Dahuang Mountain, the Red-Eyed Tiger.
Seeing the tiger charging at them, no one dared to neglect them. Chen Tianye and Duan Wutian each took out their weapons and stood in front of them.
Duan Wutian's weapon was a long spear. He raised the spear and rushed towards the tiger without retreating. He stabbed the red-eyed tiger in front of him with one spear. The tiger jumped forward and slapped the head of the spear horizontally with his palm. The spear crooked, and another tiger palm struck Duan Wutian.
Duan Wutian jumped up and kicked hard, his palms and feet intersecting. The red-eyed tiger took two steps back and let out an angry roar. Duan Wutian rolled in the air. Floating back more than two feet, he shouted: "This beast is so strong!"
Chen Tianye jumped up with his sword, and swung out his sword with a fierce sword energy to slash at the tigers. The two tigers at the head raised their paws to block the sword energy. Although the sword energy was powerful, it could not hurt the tiger's claws. The two smaller ones jumped to avoid it.
In an instant, the humans and tigers were already fighting each other. Chen Tianye was alone against two red-eyed tigers, one large and one small. Duan Wutian was alone against the largest one, while the other one was fighting with Han Xueyan and Duan Xiaoyu.
Everyone knew that Qingshi's cultivation level was low, so they protected him behind. Qingshi shouted: "You guys hold on for a while, and I'll set up the formation." He was about to start taking action.
But I heard Chen Tianye shouting: "Qingshi Xiaoyu Xueyan, please withdraw quickly, quickly!"
Qingshi hurriedly raised his eyes and looked east, only to see a large group of howling moon wolves running towards here dozens of feet away, there were more than twenty of them.
Although the Howling Moon Wolf is a second-level spirit beast, it is extremely difficult to deal with in large numbers, and the Wolf King and his wife who lead it are no less powerful than a third-level spirit beast. In addition, there were five or six monks following the wolves, and the one in front of them turned out to be at the Yuan Dan realm.
Qingshi was shocked, put away his formation stick and drew out the Burning Sky Sword, then rushed into the battle group between Han Xueyan, Duan Xiaoyu and the fierce tiger. He raised his hand and slashed at the red-eyed tiger with all his strength with the sword, intending to drive away the red-eyed tiger and then brought it with him. The two girls ran away.
The red-eyed tiger is a fifth-level spiritual beast. In terms of level, it is equivalent to the human monk Jindan realm, and in terms of combat power, it is roughly equivalent to the middle and high-level ordinary Yuandan realm.
Chen Tianye fought one against two, and Duan Wutian had a slight advantage in one against two. However, Han Xueyan and Duan Xiaoyu were at a disadvantage when fighting against a red-eyed tiger. Ordinarily, even with Qingshi, they might not have the upper hand. After all, Qingshi's combat power is not as good as Duan Xiaoyu's.
However, as soon as Qingshi joined the battle group, the red-eyed tiger seemed to be frightened by the sudden killing of Qingshi, and jumped back more than a foot with a strange cry.
Qingshi and the other three were stunned for a moment. In their desperation, they didn't think much and turned around and ran towards the small basin. After running a few feet away, Qingshi turned around and found that the red-eyed tiger hesitated and did not pursue him.
Naturally, Chen Tianye and Duan Wutian also discovered it. When they saw that Qingshi and the other three had escaped and the wolves were approaching, they immediately looked at each other and suddenly used powerful moves to drive back the red-eyed tiger, and then chased Qingshi and the others. go.
Qingshi and the other three were running fiercely in front, while Chen Tianye and Duan Wutian were fighting and retreating from behind. After a while, everyone retreated into the small basin and entered the defensive circle of the magic circle under the purple oak tree.
When Qingshi saw that Duan Wutian was the last one to enter the defensive circle, he immediately activated the magic circle, and an invisible energy barrier appeared, separating everyone from the red-eyed tiger.
Those red-eyed tigers could sense the energy barrier of the magic circle, so they stopped attacking and only circled around the magic circle, baring their teeth and roaring at everyone in the circle from time to time.
Qingshi and the other five people were confident in the defensive formation, so they all gathered together to talk. Duan Xiaoyu exaggeratedly patted his heart and said, "It's so scary! Is this the red-eyed tiger? Why is it so big?"
"Yes," Duan Wutian said, looking at the tall and majestic red-eyed tiger outside the Xuan Formation, "this beast is much bigger than I thought, and it is really strong."
"Qingshi, what move did you use just now?" Han Xueyan asked, "Why is that red-eyed tiger elephant a little afraid of you?"
"It's just ordinary swordsmanship and martial arts. I don't know how to scare it away!" Qingshi really didn't understand.
As he was talking, he saw six people walking over with a large group of howling moon wolves. Those wolves were afraid of the red-eyed tiger and would stop when they were only seven or eight feet away and did not dare to approach. Among the six people, three men and one woman also stopped with the wolves. Only one man and one woman walked until they were two feet away from the barrier and stopped.
Qingshi looked at the man and woman. The man was about fifty years old, with a dignified appearance and a beard, but the woman was in her sixties or seventies and her face was full of wrinkles.
The man glanced at Qingshi and the others and sneered: "You are indeed the bastard from Tianlong Academy. Where are you going this time?"
"Who said we were going to run away?" Duan Xiaoyu curled her lips and said, "We came here specially to deal with you old turtle, are you Yin Zhen?"
Then he turned to the old woman and said, "Are you Yin Yu? Aren't you my sister? Why do you look so old?" Without waiting for her answer, he continued, "Ah, I understand. You are still in the Qi Condensation realm. Your brother Yin Zhen You’ve already broken through the Yuan Dan realm, right?”
For monks, a person's appearance and Qi cultivation are closely related.
Before reaching the Yuan Dan realm, monks will gradually age like ordinary people, but generally they will look younger than ordinary people.
Once they break through to the Yuan Dan realm, monks can greatly slow down the rate of aging. The slowdown rate varies from person to person, but it is at least ten times slower. The Golden Pill realm and the Immortal Pill realm naturally age even slower.
Therefore, there are often high-level monks who look like they are thirty or forty years old but are actually hundreds of years old or more. For example, Mo Sihai is in his early 300s, but he looks only in his thirties.
When a monk reaches the Shenyuan realm, his appearance will be fixed and he will never grow old again, unless he is willing to look older and does not use martial arts to prevent the traces of time.
For example, Ou Changzhi is over six hundred years old, but he has always looked about sixty years old for more than two hundred years. This was because he wanted to look like this, otherwise he could have looked as young as Mo Sihai.
It is said that after cultivating beyond the divine realm and becoming an immortal, your appearance can change as you please.
Therefore, to identify the age of a monk, especially a high-level monk above the Yuan Dan realm, it is not through his appearance but through his breath. For monks, there is basically no error in judging their age by feeling the breath of other monks. If it is too big, of course the older the other party is and the higher his cultivation level, the harder it is to judge accurately.
Xiaoyu's guess was correct. These two were the Yin family brothers and sisters. More than twenty years ago, the Yin family brothers and sisters were both in their fifties and looked to be in their early forties. Ten years ago, Yin Zhen broke through the Yuan Dan realm. His appearance is basically that of someone in his fifties, but Yin Yu is now nearly eighty years old but still cultivates in the Qi Condensation Realm, so his appearance is naturally much older.
Yin Yu glared at Duan Xiaoyu fiercely and said nothing.
Yin Zhen said: "You understand clearly, but since you are here to deal with us, why are you hiding in the magic circle and not coming out? Come out if you have the ability!"
"Ah!" Duan Xiaoyu said, "You have made so many stinky cats and dogs, and I won't come out! If you can, get them away, and I will come out and beat you up."
Yin Zhen felt that talking to a little girl was quite demeaning. He turned to look at Chen Tianye, who seemed to be the leader, and said, "You think it's okay if you don't come out. Tomorrow I will bring hundreds of beasts to break your formation."
"Bragging!" Duan Xiaoyu made a face and said to Yin Zhen, "Don't be ashamed!"
Chen Tianye, Qingshi, Duan Wutian and others didn't answer, but laughed at Duan Xiaoyu and Yin Zhen's quarrel.
Yin Zhen was furious and screamed several times. The largest red-eyed tiger suddenly rushed towards the Xuan Formation barrier and swung it out. The tiger's claws hit the energy barrier, causing a wave of energy ripples. , spread along the arc-shaped barrier wall, and the barrier immediately recessed a large piece, and then the recessed part bounced outward, and the red-eyed tiger claw was bounced back.
Yin Zhen laughed and said: "I don't think your magic circle is very good! It will be broken after a few more times."
"Come on, come on!" Duan Xiaoyu said provocatively, "Your stinky cats and stinky dogs will be exhausted even if they die." She said, feeling unsure in her heart, but her eyes were looking at Qingshi.
Yin Zhen saw her expression and knew that she was guilty, so he laughed and said: "Tomorrow I will catch up with ten wild megalodons. Let's see how many times you can stop them! If you surrender, I will reward you with their whole corpses." , otherwise if the formation is broken tomorrow, I will feed all of you to these tigers and wolves."
"Bah, bah, bah!" Duan Xiaoyu saw Qingshi's relaxed face and said with great confidence, "There are still megalodons. It would be great if you can find a few stinky pigs. Let me tell you, more than a hundred elders from our college will be here tomorrow. I came here to take care of you, if I were you I would run away for my life."
Naturally, Yin Zhen didn't believe Duan Xiaoyu's words, but now he had no good solution, so he could only snort and say: "Just wait for me." Then he led the herd out.
There was poisonous gas in this small basin. Even though it was midday when the poisonous gas was at its weakest, neither humans nor spiritual beasts could stay longer, so he had no choice but to exit the small basin first.
