In the magic circle, Qing Duan, Chen and Hu were waiting patiently. In order not to disturb the spiritual energy, they did not dare to absorb the spiritual energy to recover their energy. They could only rely on elixirs and spiritual stones to replenish their own consumption.
About an hour and a half later, Qingshi finally felt a trace of energy fluctuations, and the killing array on the periphery was artificially closed.
The four of them stood calmly, holding their breath. Although they were in a shielding formation and would not be exposed even if they spoke or made any movements, they were still very cautious, fearing that the outside world would detect them if they made too much noise.
Soon, a group of people came over in a horizontal line from the west. They were all wearing green clothes. There were seven men and women in total. It seemed that they should be the same as the two men in green who came to the pier to greet them. They were both wooden. A true disciple. They were about two feet apart from each other, carefully searching the ground as they moved forward.
Of course, what they were searching for were the dead people lying on the ground and scattered artifacts. Whether they were dead people or bone-spur demon wolves, they were all inspected. The storage containers and accessories of the dead people, as well as weapons and armor such as swords, armor, and boots were all inspected by them. They were removed and put into storage containers by category, and the human corpses and the corpses of evil beasts were also put away separately. Arrows and hidden weapons that fell on the ground were also picked up and put into storage containers.
As these seven people slowly approached, Qingduan, Chen, and Hu couldn't help but become nervous. Although these people couldn't see or hear Qingshi and the others, Qingshi and the others were only invisible and not really disappearing after all. If a person encountered Shielding array, then Qingshi and others will almost certainly be exposed.
This killing array was centered on the big tree where Qingshi and the others were standing, with a radius of no more than a hundred steps. The seven men in green quickly searched the entire area.
There was mud within a few feet under the big tree. It was clear at a glance that a disciple in green was in charge of the area under the tree. He walked less than three feet away from the shielding array. The four people in the array were so shocked that they did not dare to breathe.
Seeing that they were about to walk out of the killing array, the leading disciple suddenly stopped and said, "A total of nine people and eight wolves died in this killing array. Why did they consume so much spiritual energy?"
"Yes," another person said, "A total of twenty-two people, eight wolves and two leopards died in the large formation just now, and the amount of spiritual energy consumed was not as much as this formation!"
Qingshi's heart skipped a beat, he didn't expect this leading disciple to be so attentive. This array consumes too much spiritual energy, naturally because Qingshi allocated a portion of spiritual energy to use on the shielding array.
But I heard a female disciple laugh and say: "Third Senior Brother is too worried, and I know why!"
"Twenty-seventh sister, you know the reason!" The third senior brother asked curiously, "Why?"
"Do you know who the corpse I just restrained is?" Twenty-Seventh Sister said proudly, "It's Tu Han, the vice president of the Linya Chamber of Commerce and the number one master among the fat sheep who came this time! He wants to kill him It’s not that easy for him, it’s normal to consume more spiritual energy.”
"It turns out this guy died here!" Another disciple shouted, "Finally, one of the ten people named by Senior Brother has been found."
"Twenty-seventh sister is lucky!" Another female disciple said, "This surname is so impressive! Linya Chamber of Commerce's valuables must be on him."
"Yo!" Sister Twenty-seven shouted, "It's as if everything I restrained belongs to me! Why did Sister Fourteen speak so sourly?"
"According to the rules, of course you have to hand it in! But the more you hand in, the more rewards you will receive!" Sister Fourteen said, "Besides, there are many people who hide treasures in private! They have done it before, and they will probably do it this time. !”
"What do you mean, Fourteenth?" Sister Twenty-Seven said angrily, "Third Senior Brother, don't you care about her?"
"That's enough!" Third Senior Brother said angrily, "What are you arguing about? The things that Senior Brother told us haven't been completed yet, why can't you just calm down and calm down?"
These two women probably had some old grudges. After they quarreled like this, the third senior brother no longer pursued the cause of the excessive loss of spiritual resources, and obviously agreed with the argument of the smart-aleck twenty-seventh sister. Qingshi also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"This should be the last killing formation," said the third senior brother. "Only seven of the ten people named by senior brother were found. The most important one has never been found. How can I explain to senior brother and master?"
"Do you have to see the corpse after death?" Twenty-seventh sister curled her lips and said, "At least half of the people were eaten by spiritual beasts, so of course that person might have been eaten too! Even if he wasn't eaten, he might have been torn apart. If your appearance is broken, you may not be able to recognize it just based on these images!"
Qingshi secretly thought: How dare they actually take the images of the people named by the senior brother and compare them one by one!
"That's true!" said the third senior brother, "I hope so. At least it's better than the second brother and the others finding the body. Let's go!"
The group of people walked forward, only to hear their voices still coming intermittently.
"Third Senior Brother... Who are the names that Eldest Brother named..."
"...Lin Sanlang, Tu Han...and..."
"...Which is the most important?"
"...The big boss of the Xuanhu Gang...his name is Qing..."
"...What is the background of this Xuanhu Gang? Three of them were named..."
...
Qingshi took a breath of air. It turned out that he was the number one target, and three of the four of them were on the senior brother's blacklist. Qingshi originally had the suspicion that he was the target of the conspiracy, but now it has been confirmed. Qingshi also had a guess as to who was the mastermind behind this evil act, and now he was even more convinced.
"Three of the four of us have entered the top ten targets," Chen Tianye said with a smile, "Both Mu Zhenren and Senior Brother really think highly of us."
"Of course!" Duan Wutian seemed to be quite proud, "We are very wealthy and spend a lot of money at the auction. It would be strange if we are not listed as the target of seeking wealth and murder! By the way, I bet that the one who is not on the list is Mr. Hu. six."
"That's not necessarily true," Hu Hailong said unconvinced, "Although I don't have as much money as you rich people, but at the auction, I am no less limelight than you!"
"It's quite an honor to be on the blacklist, isn't it?" Qingshi said angrily.
"The boss is the most glorious!" Hu Hailong smiled, "You are the number one target!"
"Ugh!" Qingshi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Are there any flatterers like you? I don't know what you mean."
"Boss, who do you think this senior brother is?" Chen Tianye asked, "I think he is probably a traitor among our group of 'fat sheep'!"
"Nine times out of ten, it is true," Qingshi said, "If my guess is correct, this senior brother is probably an acquaintance of ours and knows us well!"
"Yeah!" Duan Wutian said, "The enemy!"
Several people analyzed and guessed the situation, and a few hours passed quickly.
Before nightfall, another group of disciples came over to search. They were more careless than the previous group, probably because this time it was a pure search and there was no loot to pick up. Qingshi and the others were naturally not exposed.
At dawn, another search team came, and they also brought with them a few wild boar-like spiritual beasts. Those spiritual beasts sniffed everywhere, but fortunately, they did not discover this extremely exquisite formation within the formation.
Soon, Qingshi and the others felt energy fluctuations. This time the fluctuations came from the outer air locking formation. It seemed that the formation was also closed.
"The air-locking formation is closed?" Chen Tianye asked doubtfully, "They couldn't search for us, so they just gave up?"
"Impossible!" Hu Hailong said, "We have three big targets here, including the number one target, the head of the family. It is absolutely impossible for an old thief like Mu Zhenren to close the air-locking formation."
"Old nonsense is right." Qingshi said, "This should just adjust the formation from full power operation to alert state. This formation consumes a huge amount of energy, and even if there are earth veins to maintain it, it cannot always operate at full power. .Our opportunity has come!”
"It's easy to know if it's closed!" Duan Wutian said, "Now try to see if you can take out the spacecraft and puppets, and you'll know?"
"Don't do it Duan Tu!" Chen Tianye said hurriedly, "Once it is taken out, it will cause fluctuations in spiritual energy and space, and we will be exposed."
"Yes!" Qingshi said, "It can't really be taken out. But we should know if it can be done by sensing it with our mental power."
"Not bad!" Chen Tianye said, "Let's all feel it."
"I can take out the puppet," Duan Wutian said, "The airship cannot."
"Me too," Hu Hailong said, "except the airship is too big to fly, everything else is fine."
"Except for the Xuanwei and the airship," Chen Tianye said, "everything else is fine. Now, our military puppets can show off their power."
"Well, very good!" Qingshi said with a smile, "Except for the Xuanhu, I can also take out everything else. It seems that I expected it well. Although this old thief's formation technique is high, it is not precise enough. At most he can be on par with Xiang An, but compared to me... Humph, he's not good enough!"
"Great!" Hu Hailong said happily, "Boss, think about it quickly, how can we use this opportunity to escape?"
"Don't worry!" Chen Tianye said, "This may be a trap of the old thief. He deliberately lowered the air lock level to lure us out."
"What are you afraid of?" Duan Wutian said, "Let's release all the puppets and kill them directly. With ten teams of ninety army puppets, I can definitely kill ten ghost mandrills! Not to mention those bone-spurred demon wolves. mentioned."
"Are they just those beasts and beasts?" Chen Tianye retorted, "Don't forget that Master Mu is a master of the Divine Origin Realm, not to mention his disciples are not weak either!"
"Don't you also have ten teams of puppets?" Duan Wutian said, "Didn't you say that you are better at commanding them than me? Besides, there are at least 800 more in Qingshi. We are all a big army. Are you still afraid of these two to three hundred birdmen?"
"Don't make any noise!" Qingshi had long been used to the two of them pinching each other, but at this time he needed to think about his next course of action, so he said, "Let me be quiet for a while."
"Boss is so awesome!" Duan and Chen stopped talking, but Hu Hailong came over to flatter him, "You still have eight hundred puppets like Duan, Lao Chen and the others! Tsk tsk...can you give me some?" I also have ten teams and eight teams?"
"You?" Qingshi said angrily, "Are you a Formation Master? Have you ever practiced Formation Master? Old Chen is a third-level Formation Master, and Lao Duan has also practiced Formation Master for more than ten years. Do you think you can give me this? Can it be used? Even if it can be used, it will not be able to exert one-tenth of its ability. You might as well raise a few dogs."
"Uh..." Hu Hailong was dumbfounded.
"Tsk..." Duan Wutian and Chen Tianye laughed proudly and wantonly.
After another moment of burning incense, Qingshi clapped his palms and said with a smile, "There is a way."
"Okay!" Hu Hailong asked impatiently, "Have you thought of a way to escape? Tell me quickly."
"How do you know how to escape?" Duan Wutian said angrily, "I bet the method Qingshi said is definitely not a way to escape!"
"I bet not." Chen Tianye also agreed.
"Escape?" Qingshi thought to himself that Duan and Chen knew him better, and said with a smile, "This old thief is so heartless and has killed so many innocent people, and it is obvious that this is not the first time they have done this. Such a big devil. , even if he doesn’t come to provoke me, I will still get rid of him. Now that he has found me, how can I just walk away? See if I don’t destroy his lair and take his head!”
"Okay!" Duan Wutian and Chen Tianye agreed loudly and were very excited.
"Ah?" Hu Hailong was surprised and dumbfounded.
"Brother Seven, Amano," Qingshi said, "Each of you take out a puppet. Be careful and try not to disturb the surrounding space environment."
Chen Tianye and Duan Wutian followed suit, and Qingshi himself took out a puppet. Then, Qingshi used his mental power to carve a sensing pattern on his puppet, and at the same time instructed Duan and Chen to do the same. After a while, all three of them had completed it.
Qingshi smiled and said: "These puppets can sense each other. As long as the three outside are not taken back now, even if the old thief's air-locking formation is turned on at full power again, we can take out all the puppets. "
"Okay!" Duan Wutian smiled, "Now I'm not afraid of his grandson anymore. Shall we kill him now?"
"Killing them is certain!" Qingshi smiled, "But we don't have to be reckless. I have a plan. Let's kill these turtles step by step. Let's do this..."
