After Shang Xia escaped into the confinement of Kou Chongxue's retreat, several high-level warriors from Tongyou Academy who were waiting outside the retreat fell into silence.
Not long after, Liu Qinglan's eyes glanced at everyone, and she suddenly said: "When you are in the Wuyuan realm, there is the 'Thunder Blood Refining Technique', and when you are in the Wuji realm, there is the 'Liangyi Qiankun Formation' Combined attack formation, after the third level, you can rest the 'Five Elements Escape Technique'. In addition, there are sword techniques, knife techniques, talisman, talisman making techniques, etc., each of which can be called a masterpiece. This child has mastered all of them. It is obvious that with his consent, it seems that everyone is qualified to take a break and everyone can practice successfully, but in fact everyone knows that only by following his path can they practice to the best! "
Seeing that no one spoke, Liu Qinglan continued: "Although he did not take the initiative to promote his martial arts inheritance in the academy, even if the mountain chief personally agreed, he just mentioned a few students casually based on his own free will. Warriors, the more warriors who practice the martial arts, secret techniques, and talismans he left behind in the future, the more benefits they will have, and the more people will actively want to follow his martial arts path in the future, and the stronger their will will be."
Everyone present is an old man who has assisted Kou Chongxue in building Tongyou Academy from scratch in the past forty years. Who can fail to see the truth behind this?
Shang Xia wants to open up his own martial arts stream in Tongyou Academy. With his current strength and status, he can form his own school in the academy, and even start a martial arts debate with ease.
However, he did not adopt such relatively radical methods to have an impact on the martial arts philosophy of the rising academy. Instead, he used a gentle and silent method to guide within the academy.
In this way, not only will there be no internal friction within the academy, but it will also be able to win over some of the most knowledgeable and determined warriors in the academy to take the initiative to inherit his martial arts inheritance path.
Yun Jing sighed: "His martial arts path is unique. Since the mountain chief has promised it, it will naturally be passed down and promoted within the academy in the future."
Shang Lubing said: "For fear of causing confusion in martial arts concepts among the students, most of the martial arts students in the academy are in the stage of laying foundations. It is better to be cautious in these matters. Nowadays, the entire Youzhou is short of people. The martial arts trained by the academy Although we cannot make ends meet, this is a training system that has withstood the test and is effective. If we rashly make changes to the original mature training system at this time, we will not have enough manpower, and there will be a risk of failure, which will do more harm than good. Profit!"
Shang Lubing said and looked at Bu Jingshuang beside him.
Bu Jingshuang lowered his eyes slightly and seemed to be thinking about something, but after sensing Shang Lubing's gaze, he subconsciously nodded in agreement.
Shang Lubing continued: "In my opinion, it is better to wait until everything calms down before letting Xiao Shang promote his martial arts heritage in the academy. After all, he is still young, and time is always on his side. On that side.”
Liu Qinglan didn't say anything more, and she didn't need to say anything more.
The two fifth-level ancestors remained silent. Chu Jia acted as if the matter had nothing to do with her. She also had the ability to stay out of the matter.
Liu Zhiyuan opened his mouth several times to speak, but in the end he still lacked some courage.
At this moment, both Shang Bo and Ji Wenlong felt something, and turned their gazes to the formation that shrouded the retreat in surprise.
Chu Jia, who was following closely, seemed to be aware of it. He turned his eyes and said in surprise: "It's coming out!"
Within the thick formation barrier, lines of different colors lit up one after another. However, the formation itself did not seem to be affected at all, only allowing the flickering lines of source light to get closer and closer to the surface of the formation. .
Chu Jia did not know when he had reached the front of everyone, standing in the center of the formation, quietly observing the changes inside the formation.
Behind her, Bu Jingshuang's amazed voice came: "What an incredible skill!"
After a moment, Chu Jia suddenly took two steps back. Immediately after, there was a golden light above the formation. Shang Xia's figure suddenly emerged from the light. He glanced at everyone, and then looked at everyone. Chu Jia, who was standing closest to him, smiled.
"What's going on inside?"
"Is the mountain chief inside?"
Several voices sounded almost in unison, eagerly asking him about the situation inside the retreat place and the whereabouts of Kou Chongxue.
Shang Xia withdrew his eyes from Chu Jia, then sighed softly and said: "I don't know what to say, you can see for yourself!"
Shang Xia's answer made everyone startled. Shang Lubing said: "What do we think? Can you open this formation from the inside?"
If it was really open, Yun Jing and others might have taken action long ago.
They just don't want to make too much noise, and they don't want people to know that they are breaking the barrier, so they have been struggling until now.
Shang Xia's eyes fell on Chu Jia, who was thoughtful, and he said with a smile: "The mountain chief sang an 'empty city plan' for all of us."
Chu Jia's eyes flashed, and he seemed to understand something.
Yun Jing asked: "He's not in there?"
Before Shang Xia could speak, Chu Jia said: "You mean, this level of formation ban... is fake?"
Shang Xia corrected him: "It's not fake, it's bluffing!"
Chu Jia nodded, then raised her arm, and immediately several triangular formation flags shot out from her cuffs and were directly inserted into multiple positions on the surface of the formation.
"this……"
Shang Lubing subconsciously took a step forward, but unexpectedly was pulled by Bu Jingshuang behind him.
The surface of the formation that originally seemed thick and complicated actually slowly began to melt under the influence of a few formation flags and gradually opened up into a portal, and behind the portal was the entrance to the retreat place. .
The formation restrictions in this secluded place seem complicated and heavy, but in fact they are just a superficial cover-up.
Not to mention Chu Jia, the great formation master, even Shang Xia only realized the truth after he used the "Five Elements Escape Technique".
Upon seeing this, Yun Jing walked through the forbidden portal without saying a word, and walked first towards the depths of the retreat place.
Seeing this, others followed suit. As for the two fifth-level ancestors, Ji Wenlong and Shang Bo, they had actually sensed the situation inside the retreat place as early as the moment the forbidden portal opened.
However, the two fifth-level ancestors each glanced at each other, and finally followed Yun Jing in.
Seeing the empty retreat place with nothing in it, everyone didn't know what to say for a moment.
Liu Zhiyuan, who was always following the three deputy mountain chiefs closely, said in a half-joking tone: "Why is there nothing left? Xiao Shang, could it be that you, the mountain chief, have put away all the things left here?" Bar?"
Shang Xia just didn't hear it. In fact, what Liu Zhiyuan said was correct. The "things" Kou Chongxue left in the retreat place were indeed put away by him, and no one knew about it.
No one else spoke, and what they saw in front of them could only silence them.
Liu Zhiyuan found himself in trouble, laughed awkwardly and stopped talking.
"So he is indeed missing?"
Yun Jing suddenly turned her head to look at Shang Xia. In the slightly dark depths of the retreat, Shang Xia could only see the expression on half of her face.
Shang Xia smiled helplessly and said, "The mountain chief is leaving. Who among us can find out in advance?"
Yun Jing's tone was cold and calm: "When the entire academy thought he was in seclusion, and even speculated that he had died, you were the only one who guessed that he might have left long ago."
Shang Xia sighed softly: "If this disciple had known in advance, he would have found a better reason instead of acting with the teachers. Besides, whether they are the three deputy mountain commanders or the sworn brothers of the two mountain commanders Shang and Bu. Now, the mountain chief has no reason to hide it from you all, but only let the disciples know."
Yunjing asked again: "He really didn't leave anything here?"
Shang Xia said as calmly as possible: "The disappearance of the mountain chief is related to the safety of the college and the stability of Youzhou. The disciples will not play tricks on this!"
Yun Jing looked at him deeply and said, "Then what do you think we should do next?"
Shang Xia's eyes scanned the people in the retreat place, and he thought for a while: "Disciple feels that since the retreat place has been opened, it cannot be concealed, and there is no need to hide it anymore."
"What do you mean?" Shang Lubing couldn't help but said: "Today's opening of the retreat place is only known to those present. Could it be that you mean that among us..."
Yun Jing suddenly raised her hand to stop Shang Lubing's words, and asked Shang Xia again: "What do you mean..."
Shang Xia said with a helpless smile: "I am afraid that the disciples will have to go to the cave ruins once."
From the beginning to the end, Ji Wenlong and Shang Bo, the two fifth-level ancestors, did not interrupt. Only Yunjing was talking to Shang Xia.
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After everyone left here, the formation that shrouded the place of seclusion no longer had any need to exist.
Soon, the academy warriors who were cultivating in the blessed land discovered the empty retreat place. The rumor that Kou Chongxue disappeared inexplicably and that even the deputy mountain chiefs of the academy did not know his whereabouts was confirmed.
And although some senior martial artists in the academy mentioned it from time to time and were not allowed to mention it to outsiders at this time, they never issued a hush-hush order. Soon, the rumor that Tongyou Academy broke into Kou Chongxue's retreat place but never discovered Kou Chongxue's whereabouts disappeared. The news spread inside the academy to Tongyou City, and soon spread outside Youzhou.
At this time, Shang Xia began to make full preparations to enter the Dongtian ruins again, and there was only less than a year left.
Soon at the Sanhe Island Trade Fair at the end of the year, Tongyou Academy obtained several Yuangang Essences regardless of the cost. Among them was an Earth Element Yuangang Essence that Shang Xia urgently needed. In addition, there were some fourth-level essences. , fifth-level talisman paper, plus the accumulation of Fu Tang in the past three or four years, it is enough for Shang Xia to use the talisman pen again.
However, during this period of time, apart from daily practice and intensive study of the Five Elements Seal Technique, Shang Xia focused most of his energy on the incomplete "Star Gazer" inheritance in his hands.
