Mu Jingyu's heart suddenly jumped for no reason, and he looked back at the calm river behind him. There seemed to be something approaching the two of them under the river, but because it was dark, they couldn't tell it for a while.
I just wanted to call Qin Yunchuan over to see what was under the river. Before the words were spoken, fiery red flames were seen rising from the bottom of the river to the sky, bringing out waves several feet high, and the entire river surface was reflected in a fiery red.
"The ferocious beast! That ferocious beast is out again!"
Mu Jingyu exclaimed, and in a panic, he picked up a stone ax nearby and threw it into the river. It hit the Fire Beast's forehead with a loud bang, causing it to growl in pain.
As the wave fell, the broken log also swayed violently on the river. Qin Yunchuan then looked back, and his expression changed involuntarily.
"Quick, hurry up and get away from it!" The two people quickly used their hands as paddles, leaned on the broken wood, and paddled the river crazily, hoping to get away from it.
It's a pity that this fire beast is so cunning. It took advantage of the darkness of the night to lurk behind the two of them before suddenly launching an attack. By the time the two of them discovered it, it was already too late to escape.
The ferocious beast fell from mid-air and pounced straight on the two of them. Seeing the open bloody mouth close in front of me, a bit of fishy smell rushed towards my face. No matter how hard they paddled, they couldn't escape the fate of being swallowed by it.
"It's really over this time!" Even at such a critical moment, Qin Yunchuan still looked normal. Although he shouted desperate words, his hands were not idle at all. He picked up the stone ax in his hand and stood attentively, waiting for the ferocious beast to pounce, still wanting to fight to the death.
It's a pity that they are only eight or nine-year-old children. Facing this flaming beast, there is no chance of survival. Even if Qin Yunchuan holds a stone ax and wants to fight to the death, he can only hit the stone with an egg. How could the two of them not know such a simple truth?
Just when Mu Jingyu closed his eyes tightly, waiting for the fire beast to pounce down and swallow him in one gulp. From high in the sky, a sharp sword energy descended from the sky. The powerful momentum was like Mount Tai pressing down on the top of the fire beast.
The fire beast in mid-air instantly felt the powerful sword energy. At that moment, he no longer dared to rush forward rashly. He forcefully punched his body in mid-air, and then managed to avoid the powerful sword energy.
I saw this sword energy hitting the water surface with a bang, immediately split the river water into two, and even temporarily stopped the flow of the river water! If this blow hits the fire beast, it will definitely be seriously injured.
All this happened in a flash of lightning. When the two of them came to their senses, they felt that their hearts had stopped beating just now.
"Uncle Guo! It's Uncle Guo who's here to save us!" Mu Jingyu looked up into the sky and saw a burly figure flying down with a broad sword in hand. Just when he was about to fall onto the dead wood, he suddenly stopped his rapid fall and landed lightly.
"Uncle Guo, you're finally here! Jingyu misses you so much!" Looking at the familiar figure in front of him, Mu Jingyu's eyes instantly became moist. The loneliness, hurt and grievances of the past few days all burst out at this moment, turning into a string of sad tears falling down.
"Hey! My child, uncle has been delayed by some things these days. He didn't go to Shaoyang Peak to see you. Don't you blame uncle?" Guo Qingshan lovingly held Mu Jingyu in his arms and gently He said, patting his back lightly.
"No, no, no, Jingyu knows that uncle has returned to his master and must have many important things to deal with, so he is too busy to come see me." Mu Jingyu shook his little head and said.
"You have been wronged for a period of time."
Guo Qingshan also grew up in Shaoyang Peak, so he naturally knew that among the outer disciples, they were inevitably bullied by some disciples from aristocratic families. Although Mu Jingyu was entrusted by Mo Yunshen before his death, he became a disciple of the Jiuhua Sect. However, he died to save Mu Jingyu. Let the Jiuhua Sect lose one in vain, who will become the proud disciple of the head of Jiuhua in the future. Not only the leader Tianyang Zhenren, but also the leaders of other peaks and others had a grudge against Mu Jingyu. Even some inner disciples from various peaks have prejudices against him. Thinking about it, even if he was bullied by others in Shaoyang Peak, the inner disciples who were the coaches would not be overly biased towards him.
"Jingyu is doing very well in Zhishou Hall. He eats well and sleeps well every day. If he encounters a bottleneck in his cultivation, Master Fan will guide him carefully. Besides, I also introduced a good brother!" Mu Jingyu With that said, he pulled Qin Yunchuan in front of him and introduced him to Guo Qingshan.
Although Guo Qingshan rarely cared about the outer disciples in Shaoyang Peak, he still heard about some outstanding disciples. As the most outstanding disciple in Zunyi and Zhishou Hall, Guo Qingshan had naturally heard of Qin Yunchuan.
When I saw his face, I naturally guessed his identity. After looking him up and down, I exclaimed, "I have long heard that this year's Zunyi Hall has a young talent that only happens once in a century. Today's meeting See, it is indeed well-deserved!”
Qin Yunchuan immediately felt a little flattered. He never expected that as the first disciple of the Jiuhua Sect, he would actually know about him, a small outer disciple.
"Disciple Qin Yunchuan, I have met Master Guo!" Although Qin Yunchuan couldn't help but feel a little excited when he saw Guo Qingshan, he still kept his calm expression and saluted with his hands clasped in fists.
"Okay, it's getting late. It's better to wait for me to take care of this fire beast first, and then send you back to Shaoyang Peak as soon as possible. If it's later in the evening, I'm afraid Senior Brother Zhou will be impatient and have to come out to find it himself. You guys."
It turned out that shortly after dinner, Fan He and Wu Kangnian had discovered that Qin Yunchuan was missing. Considering the two of them, one was Mo Yunshen's entrusted person before his death, and the other was the most outstanding outer disciple of Shaoyang Peak. After some discussion, the two decided to report the matter to Feilu Peak's senior brother Zhou Wenyi first and ask him to make up his mind.
After receiving the report from Fan He and Wu Kangnian, Zhou Wenyi thought for a moment and decided not to make any announcement for the time being. While ordering the two of them to search carefully in Shaoyang Peak, he quickly informed Guo Qingshan of the situation and asked him to search for the whereabouts of the two of them in the Inner Five Peaks.
After all, without the consent of the master, the two of them disappeared without a trace. If they were discovered, they would be punished with confinement for three months, or they would be expelled from the Jiuhua Sect.
After receiving Zhou Wenyi's secret report, Guo Qingshan did not dare to hesitate and immediately took advantage of the darkness of night to carefully search among the five inner peaks. Only then could he rush over at the critical moment and save the two of them from the vicious beast's mouth.
While several people were talking, the fire beast had quietly dived into the river, trying to retreat under the darkness of the night. Although it is still just a ferocious beast that has not yet transformed into a human form, it has been practicing for decades and has already gained considerable intelligence. Naturally, he knew that the middle-aged man in front of him was not something he could handle.
Although he had been talking to Qin Yunchuan and Qin Yunchuan, Guo Qingshan had been secretly paying attention to every move of the fire beast. At this moment, I saw that it wanted to escape, but I had no intention of letting it go.
"Monster, you still want to run away?"
Guo Qingshan laughed loudly and immediately kicked off the broken wood with his feet. With a raised sword in his hand, the river was cut open, revealing the figure of the fire beast.
Seeing its traces exposed, the fire beast simply stopped hiding and jumped out of the river. He showed a fierce face towards Guo Qingshan, opened his mouth and spurted out a ball of flames, lighting up the surrounding area, and rushed towards the oncoming Guo Qingshan.
Even though they were still more than ten feet away, Qin Yunchuan felt the burning sensation. However, Guo Qingshan didn't seem to feel anything. He raised his broad sword and pierced into the fire.
The originally blazing light immediately lost its blazing aura when it encountered the sword, and instead collapsed rapidly, tightly entangling Guo Qingshan and the broad sword in his hand.
"Uncle Guo!" Mu Jingyu couldn't help but exclaimed when he saw Guo Qingshan being swallowed up by the flames. He quickly looked at the fire beast not far away, fearing that it would take the opportunity to attack.
Unexpectedly, the fire beast was uncharacteristically uncharacteristic and did not take the opportunity to attack. Instead, it turned around and ran away, as if it was extremely afraid of Guo Qingshan.
"What a monster, it turns out that the way you fought so hard just now was all just for me to see!"
Guo Qingshan waved his broad sword and scattered the flames in a few strokes. With just this moment of skill, the fire beast had escaped from the river and was about to escape into the dense forest.
At this moment, the sky is already dark, and in this dense forest, you can't even see your fingers. Moreover, this ferocious beast has been in the mountains for more than a month and has long been familiar with the terrain in this area. The Jiuhua Sect had sent its disciples into the mountain several times to round him up, but they had always escaped by taking advantage of the terrain.
Guo Qingshan naturally knew this. Seeing that it was about to submerge into the dense forest, and he was still dozens of feet away from it, it was already impossible to stop it before it entered the dense forest.
"Thunder Trap Formation!"
Guo Qingshan flew up, still in mid-air, and the broad sword in his hand was already flying towards the fire beast. I saw the broad sword shaking rapidly in the air, and instantly separated into four phantoms, forming an electric light cage, covering the fire beast with one foot in the dense forest.
"Roar……"
Seeing that its way was blocked, the fire beast couldn't help but raise its head and roar. Without losing any strength, he bumped into it, trying to use brute force to break open the cage made of thunder and lightning.
This Thunder Trap Formation can be regarded as an intermediate Taoist technique of the Jiuhua Sect. When it is deployed by Guo Qingshan, its power is naturally much stronger. Even with this fire beast in human form, it is extremely difficult to break it easily.
After five or six consecutive hits, the whole body of the fire beast was burned by purple electricity, and its skin and flesh were split open, but it still did not shake the formation at all. Seeing that Guo Qingshan had fallen behind him, he couldn't help but scream, turned around, and his front knees gave way and he fell to the ground.
There was a bit of pleading in his eyes, and he kept making low whining sounds from his mouth, as if begging Guo Qingshan to let it go, completely lacking the ferocity that a ferocious beast should have.
Qin Yunchuan and Mu Jingyu saw that the ferocious beast was trapped in the formation and was no longer in danger. They followed Guo Qingshan and came to the front of the thundering formation.
Mu Jingyu looked at the pitiful appearance of the fire beast and said with confusion, "Uncle Guo, the expression of this beast is so strange. It seems like it is begging for mercy?"
Mu Jingyu looked at the ferocious beast he saw in the mountains. That beast was not only ferocious and ferocious. This is the first time I have seen such an expression of actively begging for mercy.
Guo Qingshan smiled and said, "These ferocious beasts are just like people. They are afraid and frightened. When they meet someone stronger than themselves, in order to survive, of course they will show weakness and beg for mercy. Is there any wonder?"
Although Guo Qingshan was smiling, there was a killing intent emanating from his body. The shocked Fire Beast's body trembled slightly, and it didn't even dare to take a breath.
This fire beast, after decades of practice, has begun to acquire spiritual consciousness. Whether it is intelligence or emotions, they have already broken away from the category of ordinary ferocious beasts. Given time, you will be able to cultivate true spiritual consciousness, transform into a human form, and take the most important step in spiritual cultivation.
Just three months ago, this monster felt that it had reached this most important step. It's just that I suffer from the place where I have been cultivating, and the spiritual energy content between heaven and earth is really limited. If you want to quickly break through this bottleneck and reach the level of transforming into a human form in a short period of time, you must find a place with abundant spiritual energy.
And Jiuhua Mountain, not far from its Qingxiu, is naturally the place with the most abundant spiritual energy within a thousand miles. The fire beast thought about it for three days and three nights before deciding to sneak into the mountain secretly. Although there are many disciples in the Jiuhua Sect, it is really dangerous to break in rashly.
But it really couldn't restrain its desire to transform into a human form, so it rashly broke into Jiuhua Mountain.
