Cheng Ling and Cheng Yanbing hid aside, and Jiaolong didn't notice them and rushed straight into the lake.
Cheng Ling's heart skipped a beat. He knew that the dragon must have returned to its lair. Once it found out that the dragon eggs and dragon-transforming pond had disappeared, it would go crazy again.
He hurriedly rushed out and began to set up a formation on the lake to temporarily trap the dragon. Otherwise, the seal in the molten cave alone would not be able to stop it.
Cheng Yanbing admired him in his heart when he saw him continuously laying formation pillars around the lake. She didn't know that Cheng Ling had been here once before and had observed the nodes on the lake when she was poisoned. She thought she could see through the illusion in an instant, which was much better than the other two formation mages.
Sure enough, just halfway through Cheng Ling's formation, the dragon's roar came from the lake. He hurriedly activated the seal in the molten cave and kept laying formation pillars around the lake.
The dragon returned to its lair and discovered the changes in the melting cave. It became completely angry and wanted to rush out of the melting cave and kill all the people of the Wuxiang Sword Sect.
But suddenly, a sealing formation rose up in the molten cave, and it immediately understood that those humans wanted to seal itself, and that would be bad. It quickly rolled around in the molten cave, hitting the seal with its long tail, thinking Rush out.
Outside, Cheng Ling also felt fluctuations coming from the sealing formation in the molten cave. I knew I could only delay it as long as possible until the two layers of seals were connected together to trap it.
However, a connection point is needed between the two layers of seals, and the trap formation on the lake is the key. He quickly set up a formation around the lake.
At this moment, his spiritual consciousness scanned the auras of Ling Xiao and Chen Song behind them. He was overjoyed and hurriedly said loudly: "Brother Song, Senior Brother Ling Xiao, come and help, I'm about to complete the seal."
It turned out that after Ling Xiao and others rushed out, the two sides fought a battle, and were affected by the explosion of the dead dragon. Most of the casualties were, and now only Ling Xiao, Chen Song, Song Yingjie, Cheng Hongyi, Chen Mo, etc. were left. people.
Although there are few people, their combat power and physical skills are good. Under the pursuit of Jiaolong, he also escaped. After all, Jiaolong was worried about his descendants in the melting cave. After chasing for a while, he turned around.
Ling Xiao and others gathered together again. They were not willing to fail like this. Moreover, Chen Song also said that Cheng Ling should not be dead, and they still had an formation master.
At that moment, he decided to hang the dragon from a distance. If Cheng Ling was not dead, there was still a chance. If he was dead, he would return to the sect and let the big guys think of another way. Anyway, as long as they didn't suffer any loss.
Now that I saw that Cheng Ling and Cheng Yanbing were still alive, and heard him shouting that the formation was almost completed, wherever there was any hesitation, they all used their physical skills to rush over.
As soon as they arrived at the lake, they felt the fluctuations in the lake. After all, Chen Song trusted Cheng Ling the most, so he asked, "Brother Ling, what should we do?"
Cheng Ling finally laid down the last formation pillar, threw out the last formation flag, and the trapped formation was raised. He said, you input your true energy into this node and help me stabilize the formation. I want to connect the two layers of seals. "
Chen Song, Song Yingjie, Cheng Yanbing, and Chen Mo did as he asked without hesitation. Ling Xiao and Cheng Hongyi observed for a while, then put their hands on each other and slowly input the true energy into the trap formation.
Cheng Ling's eyes flashed, and he could tell there was something fishy going on. He didn't explain it clearly, and started to activate the seal outside the valley again.
Gradually, bursts of colorful light spread throughout the valley. These lights began to rise from the lake, instantly covering the entire lake surface, and then extended to the inner Calabash Valley, eventually forming an oval light mask around the valley.
In the lake, the fluctuations of the dragon's impact formation slowly weakened until they disappeared.
Cheng Ling took a long breath and said slowly: "Thank you all, brothers and sisters. Without your help, this sealing formation would not have been successful at all. This is all your credit!"
Ling Xiao nodded proudly, feeling that Cheng Ling was really good at being a good person, and there was a rare hint of appreciation in his eyes.
Chen Mo, Song Yingjie, and Cheng Hongyi glanced at him and stopped talking. Since they took the initiative to give credit, there is no reason to extrapolate it.
Chen Song sighed in his heart, Brother Ling is so open-minded, sharing such credit with everyone.
Only Cheng Yanbing, with shining eyes, became even more curious when looking at Cheng Ling's eyes.
Cheng Ling saw the reactions of these people one by one. He didn't mind, but was very happy with Ling Xiao's expression. He didn't want to show his sharpness too much. He was still very weak now and needed more accumulation.
It was just that Cheng Yanbing's reaction was a bit baffling. After thinking about it for a while, I couldn't figure it out, so I just put it away.
Ling Xiao coughed dryly and said, "Since our mission has been completed, let's go back to the sect first! Presumably, without the Dragon King, the beast tide will end."
Everyone nodded and followed him out of the valley!
After leaving the valley, I found that there were far fewer monsters. It turned out that they had fought with the dragon before, but the dragon was too busy to take care of itself and did not direct the monsters to continue attacking.
They fought in the valley for several days. Without the command of the Dragon King, the monsters suffered heavy losses from the Wuxiang Sword Sect and the supporting Jindan monks, and they all began to slowly disperse.
Along the way, everyone returned to the city wall without any hindrance.
Ling Xiao immediately said: "Master, the dragon has been sealed by me. It's a pity that we are the only ones left among the junior brothers."
Xuan Wuxiang's face was full of joy, but he suppressed himself and said: "Okay, Ling Xiao, you did a great job! As for the fallen disciples, the sect will also remember them."
Chen Song and Cheng Hongyi curled their lips, really looking down on Ling Xiao's performance. They all thought to themselves: He has a lot of merit and only has brute strength. If it weren't for Cheng Ling, then it would be him? The dragon can't be sealed even if it doesn't move.
But they won't say it out loud, so they won't be unhappy. But in my heart, I looked down on Ling Xiao's size.
Xuan Lingzi glanced at Cheng Ling with relief. He knew that Cheng Ling must have made the greatest contribution here. Didn't he see that only one of the three formation masters came back? However, he also knew Cheng Ling's thoughts and did not tell him.
Chen Hai and Cheng Yuan were happy. Among the few people who came back, there were two from his family, which was a good thing! The position of the Young Sect Master is even more promising.
Chen Hai said: "Sect Master, now that the monsters have basically retreated and the sect's predicament has been resolved, the previous promises should be fulfilled to show that the sect master has clear rewards and punishments."
Cheng Yuan and Song Hanyu both echoed.
Xuan Wuxiang was silent. There were seven people coming back now. Ling Xiao, Cheng Yanbing, and Cheng Ling had already taken three places, so there were only two places left.
He wanted Song Yingjie to become the young sect master so that he could suppress the power of the Chen Cheng family, but if this were to happen, the two families would definitely not agree. If the position was granted to them, the power of the two families would become stronger, which was not what he wanted.
For a while, he hesitated and couldn't make up his mind.
Cheng Ling was not interested in the identity of the young sect leader. He only wanted the sect's resources. Just as he was about to speak, Xuan Lingzi, with bright eyes and a bright heart, interrupted: "Sect Master, I think there is a way to try."
Xuan Wuxiang asked: "What method?"
Cheng Ling sighed secretly, of course he knew that Xuan Lingzi saw through him and wanted to refuse, so he stopped him first.
Xuan Lingzi glanced at Cheng Ling and said, "The sect master said before that the captains of the three teams must be the young sect master's choice, right?"
"good!"
"Then there are only two places left. I believe that since the establishment of the young sect master this time is related to monsters, the final assessment will be based on the number of monsters killed."
"Oh? How do you want to test?"
"Sect Master, please see, there are not many monsters in the city now. We will do it for one day, and the top two people who kill the most monsters in one day will be the candidates for the Young Sect Master."
Xuan Wuxiang's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said loudly: "Wonderful! This method is good, it only lasts for one day, and the assessment will start immediately!"
When Chen Song and others heard this, they rushed down the city wall and killed the monster beasts!
Cheng Ling nodded secretly in his heart. The old man was indeed vicious. In this way, no one would say it was unfair, and it also planted a thorn in the Chen Cheng family, allowing them to compete.
The best result is that both places belong to the same family, which creates a gap between them. Xuan Wuxiang can take a lot of initiative by mediating between them.
The day passed quickly, and the final quota was indeed as Cheng Ling had guessed. Chen Song and Chen Mo took the top two places.
Cheng Ling was delighted. He knew that the sword hall had a coordinated technique that was similar to a sword formation. The two of them joining hands could naturally kill monsters much faster than Cheng Hongyi and Song Yingjie.
Cheng Yuan's face instantly turned the color of pig liver. He glanced at Chen Hai coldly, flicked his robe sleeves, and left.
Chen Hai doesn't care about him. We rely on our strength. If your own disciples don't have the ability, why would you show such shame to me?
Xuan Wuxiang was overjoyed and announced on the spot: "Okay, this sect announces that from today on, Ling Xiao, Cheng Yanbing, Cheng Ling, Chen Song, and Chen Mo will be the young sect masters! Ten days later, the succession ceremony will be held. At that time, this will also be announced Awards will be given to the meritorious disciples of the sub-beast tide!"
All the disciples cheered in unison, the beast tide had subsided, and then it was time to enjoy the sect's rewards, how could they not be happy.
Three days later, all the beasts outside the sect were cleared away, and all the disciples returned to their former monastic life. However, in various halls, people were still talking about the five young sect masters and the upcoming succession ceremony.
Cheng Ling and Xuan Lingzi sat opposite each other in the Taoist temple on the peak of Zhendao Gate.
Xuan Lingzi said: "Ling'er, you have done a good job running for the sect during this beast wave, but what are your thoughts?"
Cheng Ling said: "Master, I want to strengthen my formation cultivation. If Ling Xiao and the others hadn't arrived in the end, I think it would have taken a lot more effort to seal it."
"anything else?"
"My cultivation also needs to be improved. I am still young now. This is a weakness and a strength. I can have more time to lay a good foundation."
"I will not participate in the succession ceremony. Please help me explain to the sect master, master, just say that I am healing!"
"In the next two years or so, I don't plan to leave here again, firstly to accompany my master, and secondly to lay a solid foundation and improve my strength."
Xuan Lingzi felt warm in his heart and nodded: "Okay, you can spend the last two years with me as my master. I will tell you about it from the sect master!"
