Panxi Mountain, inner layer, southwest direction
In a lush valley, two monks in white clothes walked side by side.
"Junior sister Wan, are you tired? How about we rest here for a while?"
The handsome man with a face like a crown jade, sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes said softly.
Next to him is a slender woman. Although her appearance is ordinary, that is in the world of immortality. If she were in the mortal world, with this appearance, she would be considered a graceful beauty.
She raised her eyes and looked around, and saw that the terrain here was flat, surrounded by trees, and it was elegant and quiet. She also thought about it, with a charming look on her face, and responded: "Qiling, I'm just following my senior brother's orders."
The male cultivator found a shady place, took out two short tables, and took out drinks, melons, fruits and other items. The two of them ate and chatted, feeling quite at ease.
A hundred feet away, there is a small cliff, and a red flower the size of a coin is blooming in the wind, swaying gently.
"Haolan grass!" Wan Qiling said in surprise, and then pushed the man next to her with her hand: "Brother Gu, those flowers are beautiful, I want them!"
"Okay," Gu Jianfeng stood up with a smile and said loudly: "Let senior brother get it for sister Qiling!"
After that, he took one step and rushed towards the cliff.
"Who is your sister Qiling!" Wan Qiling spat lightly, but her face was filled with shyness.
The place where the orchid grass grows is about thirty to forty feet above the ground, which is higher than the no-fly height in the later stages of foundation building, but this does not trouble Gu Jianxiu at all. I saw that he kept walking, stepping on the rocks and rushing up the cliff. Immediately, he moved like lightning, lightly tapping on several sharp stones, and reached the side of the mountain flowers.
With a little effort, Gu Jianfeng held the flower in his hand and turned back to smile brightly at the woman in the distance.
Wan Qiling stood up and raised her hands with a smile as bright as a flower.
When returning, handsome guy Gu jumped down and landed firmly. After a few breaths, he returned to the woman's side.
"Senior brother, help me put it on." Wan Qiling said shyly.
Although Haoran Grass does not bring any benefits to one's cultivation, it is a spiritual herb that has a beautifying effect. Refining it into elixir and taking it, or wearing it on the head for a long time will make the skin smoother and more delicate, which is very popular among female cultivators.
Red flowers were gently inserted into Wan Qiling's bun. People are more delicate than flowers, which immediately adds a bit of color to her.
However, the big hands that had finished arranging the flowers began to become dishonest. They followed the female cultivator's smooth cheeks and touched the bottom of her neck...
"Senior brother," Wan Qiling was embarrassed and annoyed: "You, you want to bully me again..."
"Hahaha——" Gu Jianfeng said with a bad smile: "My little lady is as beautiful as a flower. Wouldn't it be dangerous to be alone in this deserted canyon? Today, this swordsman will have to be a silver thief picking flowers, haha!"
After saying that, he leaned down, picked up the woman with both hands, and while Wan Qiling was half-pushing and struggling, she strode into the jungle behind her...
Soon, the male and female duet sounded...
…
After a few breaths, the two came out of the woods one after the other.
Wan Qiling looked lazy, her cheeks were flushed, her eyebrows were full of spring, but the corners of her mouth were slightly pursed, as if she was dissatisfied.
"Senior brother," she stamped her feet: "They are just a few wild wolves, what do you care about them!"
"Ignore it!" Gu Jianfeng tied his belt, held his sword, and pursed his lips:
"Look, they are all coming towards us."
Two hundred feet ahead, a dozen iron-backed demon wolves were walking towards them with green eyes and low growls.
"Damn the demon wolf," Wan Qiling said angrily, and pulled out a sword with a swipe: "Senior brother, just stand aside and wait for the little sister to take care of them!"
"Okay!" Gu Jianfeng smiled broadly. Wan Qiling is enough to deal with these monsters.
The battle was uneventful. The only thing that made Gu Jianfeng's eyes light up was the long sword in Wan Qiling's hand. But wherever the sword light went, peach blossoms were flying, and there was a faint fragrance of flowers. After a few strikes, the demon wolves were unsteady on their feet, as if they were drunk, even the two late second-level ones.
Wan Qiling was determined to show off in front of her lover. She sang and danced among the wolves with graceful posture. She killed them one by one while walking.
"Okay!" Gu Jianfeng praised loudly, but his eyes couldn't help but glance at the sword a few more times.
This sword's effect of bewitching the mind and enchanting the soul is truly powerful. He just looked at it from a distance, feeling like he didn't belong in his mind. If you use it well, it is not difficult to kill enemies beyond the ranks.
Wan Qiling walked back happily, and Gu Jianfeng promptly gave her a cup of spiritual tea to relieve her heat.
"Thank you, senior brother!" Wan Qiling reached out and took it, feeling the deep affection.
It can be said that she fell in love at first sight with this senior brother who was born in a famous family, had a high level of cultivation, was handsome, and was also attentive and considerate.
Compared with the lovers in her hometown, this was Wan Qiling's lifelong Taoist companion that she could rely on.
Even at this moment, she recalled the little fat man she saw on the ancestor's ship. Compared with the person in front of me, he is even more like a pheasant and a phoenix.
"How dare you reject me without looking in the mirror? Damn you!"
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. If Dou Manxiong appeared at this time, he might be stabbed to death by her sword.
But when she raised her head, she concealed her emotions very well and looked at the other person lovingly.
At this time, it is still early in the day. Will senior brother... return to his old career?
Thinking of this, his face turned even redder, almost bleeding.
Gu Jianfeng looked at her delicate appearance and frowned in his heart, but his face was filled with spring breeze, and he stretched out his hands to hug the woman tightly.
"After being promoted to the Purple Mansion, it's time for me to find a position outside. Staying in the sect all the time, especially in the ancestor's training academy, is not enough."
As for the positions to be given out, Zhenguo Palace, Baoyuan Palace and Demon Suppressing Palace are the most promising, in order, and there are many ways to obtain spiritual stones. Especially the Demon Suppression Hall, which has always been silent, seems to be just an organization dedicated to dealing with the demon clan, but in fact, it has a lot to do.
He only slowly found out about these situations when he came to Chongzhou this time. Among them, Wan Qiling's frank confession is indispensable.
That's why he started thinking to see if he could follow Tan Mingzhen's path through the woman in front of him.
All these thoughts flashed through his mind. Gu Jianfeng laughed loudly and picked up the woman.
Immediately, his movements froze.
"What's wrong?" Wan Qiling noticed his movements and her face became unsightly.
She hates half-hearted men!
"Monster beasts, so many monster beasts!" Gu Jianfeng looked solemn: "They are just outside the valley. It looks like they are going to pass through us."
…
The monster came faster than expected, but in just a moment, there was a rumble at the entrance of the valley. The cliffs on both sides swayed slightly, and gravel fell down from time to time.
Several tall black pig demons, huffing and puffing, were the first to appear at the mouth of the valley.
After a while, the Black Moon Wolf, the Painted Civet, the Longgong Rat, etc., like a huge army, spread all over the mountains and plains.
"There is actually a tide of beasts in Panxi Mountain?" Gu Jianfeng murmured to himself.
Wan Qiling often deals with monsters. When she saw this formation, her expression changed: "Brother, leave quickly!"
The two of them could no longer care about each other, running towards the depths of the valley with their feet like the wind.
…
This valley is about ten miles long, with cliffs over a hundred feet on both sides. Because they couldn't fly, Gu and Wan could only run in the dense forest at the bottom of the valley.
Half a quarter of an hour later, they emerged from the bushes, and then stood there stunned.
I saw that the green grassy hillside was densely covered with monsters!
I regret that I should have wasted time in that valley! The two of them looked at each other and this thought flashed across their minds.
Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in this world.
"Senior brother," although Wan Qiling was from the Demon Suppression Hall, she couldn't help but panic at this time: "We seem to be surrounded, what should we do now?"
You, the Demon Suppressing Hall, can't do anything about it. As a monk who grew up in an academy, how have I ever seen such a formation? Gu Jianfeng complained in his heart, but on the surface he tried to remain calm. He looked around and pointed somewhere in the distance:
"The monsters are not too dense there, let's rush there!"
Wan Qiling followed his fingers and nodded in agreement. Her cultivation level was already quite low, and she was a female cultivator, so she could only rely on this senior brother in critical moments.
The two of them rushed down from the mountain one after the other and instantly fought with the monster.
At first, Gu Jianfeng took advantage of the downward momentum and danced with the sword in his hand to perfection. The monsters in his way were invincible, and soon he was able to kill a bloody path.
However, the death of these monsters and the smell of blood aroused the group of monsters to become even more violent. They gathered from the surroundings and rushed towards the two men with roars.
There were also many second-level monsters mixed in among them, and from time to time they released powerful ice arrows, fireballs, wooden spikes, etc., hitting the protective shield around them with a continuous sound. foot of the mountain.
The two soon fell into a bitter fight.
Gu Jianfeng opened the way in front, and Wan Qiling followed closely behind. However, as more and more monsters appeared, the bloody path was quickly filled again, gradually separating them.
"Senior brother, wait for me!" Wan Qiling shouted loudly. At this time, the distance between her and Gu Jianfeng had been stretched to more than ten feet, and they were now fighting on their own.
Gu Jianfeng looked back and hesitated.
By now in the battle, he was at the end of his strength, the sword in his hand was getting heavier and heavier, and his accuracy in killing was also declining.
"If I turn back to save her, I might get trapped in it. If I rush forward with all my strength, I can reach up to a hundred feet and break out of the siege..."
"Although this girl named Wan is important, if I lose my life, no matter how important she is, will it still mean anything to me?"
"If you don't take care of yourself, you will be punished by heaven and earth!"
These thoughts flashed through his mind, and he had made a decision.
"Come to me!" he shouted loudly: "We can't stop, rush out -"
As he said that, he mustered up his courage and stabbed several monsters in the way to death one after another, and then moved a few feet away, getting further and further away from Wan Qiling's position.
"Bastard!" Wan Qiling cursed in her heart, gritted her teeth, raised her sword and staggered after her lover.
Several jerboas blocked the way.
Wan Qiling majored in fire spells, and she couldn't help but complain secretly as she couldn't deal with a monster like the iron jerboa whose body was as hard as iron.
"Senior brother -" she begged for help again: "There are some iron jerboas that won't let me go. Your sword skills are like a god, and you can stab the rat's eyes and other vital parts. Come and help me!"
Gu Jianfeng didn't seem to hear him, he just shouted loudly and moved forward with all his strength.
"Senior Brother——" Wan Qiling's voice was filled with tears: "Hurry, come and help me."
There was still no response, and the distance between the two sides had exceeded thirty feet.
An iron jerboa jumped up high and bit the woman's wrist that had lost its protective shield. The sword clanged and fell to the ground without strength.
Wan Qiling screamed miserably, her heart completely despairing.
"Gu," she shouted hysterically, "you bastard, you will die!"
"When I meet someone like you, I, Wan Qiling, am really blind!"
"ah--"
Another scream came, Gu Jianfeng's movements froze, and then he snorted coldly, and continued to rush out without looking back.
After a few breaths, they finally broke out of the beast herd and walked away.
Behind him, a woman's wailing could be faintly heard, and it seemed that it was still echoing in the wilderness.
…
Monsters were everywhere in the wilderness, and broken monks' robes could be seen from time to time, but no corpses were seen. I don’t know if it ran away or was eaten clean, even the bones were gone.
Gu Jianfeng panicked and ran wherever there were few monsters. After two quarters of an hour, the number of monsters gradually became less and less, so he stopped and looked around.
He found himself in the woods in the central area.
"Oops! The direction in which the monster is heading looks like the central palace. If I keep running here, wouldn't I be throwing myself into a trap?"
It's just that there's obviously no turning back at this point. On the other hand, there are hundreds of monks on the other side of the palace, and now we can only go there to huddle together for warmth.
"Or, you can find a place to hide inside..." He thought to himself.
Coming from the southwest, you can choose the west gate or the south gate to enter the palace.
Among them, the south gate is opened by the Yunxiao Sect. It is very likely that the monks of the sect are guarding it now.
"I have many friends, and many people in the sect know me. If they ask me to stay and fight, I would be hard-pressed to refuse," Gu Jianfeng thought, "It's better to enter through the west gate, even though it is guarded by Qin people. I As long as I put on my regular clothes, no one will recognize me. When I burst into the palace gate, who can stop me?"
The plan was decided, he no longer hesitated and ran towards the west.
Less than half an hour later, the elegant swordsman Gu, dressed in purple robes, arrived at the west gate.
Two monks in Qin costumes were dozing listlessly at the door. When they saw him coming, they just glanced at him casually and closed their eyes.
"It seems we haven't gotten the message yet!"
Gu Jianfeng was overjoyed, he just had the opportunity to sneak in. As for how to resist the monster when it comes, other people will naturally be responsible for it.
None of his business!
He swaggered through the palace gate, and the two people did not stop him.
The palace was lush with trees and full of spiritual energy. Gu Jianfeng took a deep breath and walked another ten feet. The scenery suddenly changed and he was already in a courtyard.
Several Qin monks were holding long swords and looking at him coldly.
"Here comes another one. He's still in the late stage of foundation building. Not bad, haha!" The middle-aged man at the head laughed loudly, seeing that his cultivation was actually at a perfect stage of foundation building.
"Follow the instructions of our Qin State and fight against the monsters, otherwise, you will die!" said a young man next to him, his words unceremonious.
"Aren't you afraid of violating the inner demon vow you made before entering the mountain by coercing me?" Gu Jianfeng was shocked and angry, and asked sternly.
"Bah!" the big man said disdainfully: "If the monster is allowed in, everyone will die! What else do I care about his oath! I'll give it to you, will you agree?"
"What if I don't agree?" Gu Jianfeng's eyes flashed fiercely, he drew out his sword with a clang, and was about to fight!
