Although there are no traces of monsters around at this time, after all, this is outside the sect, and everyone still has to be on guard against accidents, especially on guard against the fierce sparrow on the giant tree, so Qian Chao used The Hidden Spirit Formation was arranged at the entrance of the cave.
At this time, Tang Ping no longer held the small jade bottle to receive the spiritual spring water. Qian Chao used a trick and the small bottle hung under the stalactite, allowing the spiritual spring water above to fall drop by drop.
If you want to get more spiritual spring water to take back, you will have to stay in this cave for a long time. It is getting late at this time, and the place is protected by Qian Chao with formations, so the five people prepare Spend the night here.
Since they wanted to rest here, the five people carefully surveyed the cave. As a result, they looked all the way down and found a large pit with some uneven ground outside the place where the three Mu Kui beasts were. , there is nothing unusual in this cave.
After seeing the situation in the cave, the five people sat around under the stone platform again.
"Brother Qian, was this hole dug manually?" Yanxuan asked.
"Of course, not only was this hole dug manually, but if my estimate is correct, I don't know how long ago, this was probably a secret room of a certain sect or family." Qian Chao said and looked at Li Jian. , "Brother Li, weren't you unclear about the situation in the cave at the beginning?"
Li Jian replied: "Not bad."
Qian Chao pointed at the tall and smooth cave walls around him and said: "Some formations have been arranged here, which are somewhat similar to my Hidden Spirit Formation, but are more complicated. Unfortunately, the formations here are incomplete. , otherwise we can gain something again.”
After hearing this, Tang Ping interrupted and asked: "I've always heard that good things can be found in the ruins outside the sect. If this is also a ruin, are there any good things that we haven't discovered yet?"
"Good things," Qian Chao smiled, "of course there are good things, eh" he pointed at the small white jade bottle hanging under the stalactite, "aren't you collecting them?"
Several people looked at the small bottle. At this time, a drop of spiritual spring water was dripping from the top and fell straight into the mouth of the bottle.
"Is it possible that such a big cave was built with so much care and the formations were arranged just for the spiritual spring water?" Yanxuan asked.
"Well, in my opinion, that should be the case," Qian Chao stood up and looked at the stone platform, "If my guess is correct, there should have been a family or sect built on this mountain in the past, but it's just that Now the mountain is covered by the roots of the giant tree, so we can't see it. Whenever you establish a sect or a wealthy family, you have to find a place with spiritual veins. The same is probably true here, but since it is a place with spiritual veins There is another spiritual spring on earth. Isn’t this a treasure? This cave hall was dug by the people who originally occupied this place to keep the secret of this spiritual spring. Under the protection of this formation, outsiders don’t know that there is another spiritual spring here. It is at the Spiritual Spring, and this is probably where the important people among those people go into seclusion and practice. The spiritual energy here is so rich that it is rare outside."
"Then where did those people go before?" Yanxuan asked, and immediately thought that since this is the case here, the people before had probably dispersed to unknown places. Moreover, it was a long time ago and they were probably dead long ago. Then he said, "I mean, how could this place be like this? How could such a big tree grow on it?"
"The formation here is incomplete," Qian Chao pointed at the top of the cave. "If it were not incomplete, the spiritual energy here would not leak out, and there would be no possibility of the giant tree above. Sister Yan, if the giant tree is Without the nourishment of this spiritual spring, it would be impossible to grow so tall and rare."
Tang Ping said: "Sister Yan, I don't know how long ago this happened. I probably can't see what happened in the book. We didn't have the Wuling Sect in the early days. It is said that there are many large and small sects and aristocratic families here, but Look again, in such a vast area outside the sect, there are only monsters roaming around. What else could have happened here before? It was either a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, and the possibility of a man-made disaster is even greater."
Li Jian said: "I have always heard people say that our Five Spirits Sect is the place where spiritual veins gather here. Since both aristocratic families and sects must be built on the land of spiritual veins, what about before there was no such thing as our Five Spirits Sect? Who founded a sect in Tianshui Lake?"
"Earlier, it seemed that there were no lakes on that day," Qian Chao said after listening to Li Jian's words. "What I read from the book is that I don't know how long ago, there was a time when our monks from Central Continent and the monks from outside the territory invaded. A great war started, which was called the Battle across the sea. It is said that our place was the place where the most intense war was. It was also after that Battle across the sea that the Wuling Sect came into existence. According to the records in the book, those who participated in that battle Almost all of the many monks who fought in this battle had the ability to move mountains and seas. It was because of that protracted and fierce battle that it completely changed the landforms of the vast area of our Wuling Sect, and also made the spiritual veins here different from those before. It’s very different. Only then did we have Tianshui Lake and Yuhu Mountain in our sect, and then those ancestors established our Five Spirits Sect in Tianshui Lake.”
Li Jian nodded after hearing this. He did not expect that the origin of Wuling Sect would be so tortuous.
Yanxuan heard this in disbelief and looked up at the roof of the cave, where the roots of the giant tree could be vaguely seen. She said, "Is it possible that this cave was left after the cross-sea battle? That's too long ago. "
"It's possible, Sister Yan," Tang Ping said, "That big tree on the mountain has grown for who knows how many years, and one day, this cave will be completely occupied by the roots of that big tree. Then it will be difficult for us to come here again.”
"But fortunately we can still come here. It's a rare opportunity." Qian Chao said with a smile. "Since I guess this is probably the place where our ancestors practiced retreat, since we are here and you have to get more of the spiritual spring water, let's Why not just practice here for a while, the spiritual energy here is so strong, it’s really a good place.”
At this time, the five people had nothing else to do, and there was nothing else in the cave except the spiritual spring. After hearing what Qian Chao said, several people sat around and began to use their skills.
Qian Chao had not started practicing together. He took out a pen and paper, and looked at the surrounding cave walls and the top of his head with flashing blue eyes. Although the magic circle here was incomplete, there were still many runes that he had not seen before. He had seen it before, so he planned to draw the entire incomplete magic circle on paper before practicing.
Seeing Qian Chao concentrating on recording the magic circles around him, the other people thought they had become accustomed to it and didn't care. After taking a few glances, they closed their eyes and began to practice.
He walked around the stone wall of the empty cave hall for almost an hour. During this period, Qian Chao also floated up to look at the runes on the top of the cave. Finally, he was sure that all the magic circles had been recorded before returning. Next to his companions, the other four were meditating quietly, while Qian Chao was staring at the dense magic circle he had just drawn on the paper in trance.
The surroundings became quiet, and only the soft sound of the spiritual spring water falling drop by drop into the small jade bottle reached my ears from time to time.
…
Outside the cave, night has enveloped the world.
In an inconspicuous cave, a bonfire was burning brightly. Sitting across from each other beside the bonfire were Bai Lin and Yunxi.
In fact, for the monks, it doesn't matter if there is a bonfire or not when spending the night in the wild. Firstly, they can see in the dark night. Secondly, it is not cold even at night outside the sect. Even if there are wild beasts in the wild, they don't need bonfires to drive them away. Building a bonfire is more about relieving boredom than providing warmth and light.
Yunxi sat in front of the campfire and stared at the dancing flames, listening boredly to the chatter of Bai Lin opposite him, who was talking about more boring things within the sect.
Interrupting Bai Lin's words, Yun Xi said: "It seems that we were thrown away by those guys at the beginning. That little girl must have recognized me in Jingshiyuan and hid as soon as we left the sect. Get up, where should we find them now?"
Bai Lin looked troubled after hearing this and said: "This... Zongwai is so big. If you don't notice it when you come out, it will be difficult to find it. I thought they were also following to watch the fun, but I didn't expect that they were there. I walked around there a few times but couldn't find them. Could it be that they really gave up watching the excitement and went on some errand? Oh, there's no rush. Sister Yun, if they really wanted to hide, Looking at us, they must have gone in the opposite direction. Let's search carefully tomorrow, or ask around if we meet anyone on the road. We can find it."
Bai Lin's words seemed useless to Yunxi, but she was too lazy to reply to him. While she was feeling depressed, there was a noise outside the cave.
Because Yunxi and Bai Lin each relied on something, they didn't bother to hide their resting place. In addition, the light from the bonfire in the cave was very eye-catching in the night, so if you want to find their hiding place It's not difficult at all.
The noise outside the cave sounded to Yunxi clearly as the sound of someone flying in at high speed, clothes piercing the air. In this quiet night in the wild, an uninvited guest was approaching, and she couldn't help but be wary.
No matter how careless Bai Lin was, he still noticed someone coming outside the cave.
…
Three people came in from the entrance of the cave.
The first man was tall and rough-looking. He was slightly startled when he saw two people in the cave. He seemed to have not expected that there was a woman, so he glanced at Yun Xi twice, but only twice. He just looked at Bai Lin, so he stopped paying attention and only focused on Bai Lin, looking up and down.
"Who are you?" Bai Lin was a little nervous when he saw these three people coming in uninvited, but when he saw that the man was rude, he became a little upset.
However, the rude-looking man ignored him and stared at Bai Lin's face suspiciously. Then he took out a piece of paper from his body, unfolded it, looked at it, and then looked up at Bai Lin opposite. It seemed that there was a hole. It was not bright, so he turned sideways and let the light of the bonfire shine on the paper in his hand. He looked at the paper carefully, and then looked up at Bai Lin carefully.
This man's rude behavior made Bai Lin even more angry. He was about to have a fit, but Yun Xi held him on his shoulder.
From Yunxi's position, she could clearly see the contents of the piece of paper unfolded in the man's hand after he turned sideways.
After Yunxi signaled Bai Lin with his eyes, Bai Lin also saw clearly the piece of paper in the man's hand.
"Boy, what's your name?" the rude-looking man asked.
"Hmph! What's your name again, and why are you so rude?" Bai Lin replied.
The three people who entered the cave were naturally Dong Zhong, Yu Xian and An Zhen. After discussing with Wen Zhang and Han Tian, they took the image given by Han Tian and searched for traces of Qian Chao. However, Zongwai was so big, Even if they already knew the general direction of where Qian Chao was going, searching for it was like looking for a needle in a haystack. After searching for half a day, it was nightfall. By chance, they discovered a firelight from a cave in the air. Several people were eager to find it. Qian Chao refused to let go of anything suspicious, so he looked for the direction of the fire.
Speaking of which, Bai Lin and Qian Chao are about the same age and about the same height. Although their facial features are not similar, in the portrait Han Tian left for them, Qian Chao's eyebrows were deliberately drawn by Han Tian to make them look sarcastic and mocking. , this was just Han Tian's deliberate hatred of Qian Chao in his heart, but Bai Lin was usually a arrogant person, and the temperament between his eyebrows and the Qian Chao in the portrait seemed to Dong Min There was quite a bit of similarity, so Dong Zhongcai looked suspicious and couldn't make up his mind.
"Who are the three senior brothers looking for?" Yun Xi had already seen that the cultivation level of the three people in front of him was higher than the two of himself, and they were outside the sect, so he did not want to cause more trouble, so he stopped Bai Lin. Without letting him speak, she asked the three people herself.
An Zhen among the three was a careful person. He knew that Dong Zhong was not only rude in appearance, but also had an impatient temper. He had something to do at this time and it was not appropriate to delay, so he took up the conversation and said, "Two junior brothers and sisters are interrupting me. May I ask this question?" Is junior brother’s last name Qian Chao?”
In An Zhen's opinion, the energy between the boy's eyebrows and his eyes was somewhat similar to Qian Chao in the portrait, but it probably wasn't Qian Chao, but since he was here, he always had to ask.
"Qian Chao..." Yun Xi was stunned. She had also heard of this name. By the way, Qian Chao was among the four people who had been hanging out with that boy Li Jian, but the three people in front of him were looking for Qian Chao. what?
"Are the three senior brothers mistaken? My brother is a disciple of Shuiyungu. His surname is Bai, not Qian. If the three of you are looking for Qian Chao, you are looking for the wrong person." Yun Xi said.
The rude man snorted. Dong Min was also displeased by Bai Lin's look and said, "You said it's not right? Boy, show me your master's jade pendant. I will Let’s take a test!”
This is to prove your identity!
Bai Lin was so angry that he smiled instead of angry. He took a step back, patted the jade pendant on his waist, and sneered: "Okay, my jade pendant is right here. If this senior brother wants to test it, he can come here himself." Take it!”
An Zhen couldn't help but murmur in his heart when he saw that this little guy whose cultivation was obviously inferior to the three of him was so arrogant. Moreover, it seemed that this person was obviously not the same person as the one in the portrait, so he stretched out his hand and was about to go over and take action. Dong Min stopped him and said, "Brother Dong, this junior brother is obviously not the person we are looking for. We still have things to do, so we shouldn't cause too many troubles."
Dong Min also listened to him, so he stopped and said, "It's easy for you," and then turned around and walked out of the cave.
"I'm waiting for something. Since I recognized the wrong person, please don't blame me and take my leave." An Zhen bowed his hands to the two people in the cave and walked out of the cave with Yu Xi.
Outside the cave, the sound of clothes breaking through the air sounded again, and it was obvious that the three people had flown away.
"Hmph! What the hell, when I find out their names, I will make sure they look good!" Bai Lin said bitterly.
"Quickly, come out with me!" Yunxi ignored him and said as he walked out of the cave.
"Hey, Sister Yun, they're all gone, why do you care about them?"
Outside the cave, Yunxi looked at the direction in which those people disappeared.
"Is it possible that Sister Yun wants to catch up and teach them a lesson?" Bai Lin also looked at the night sky, and the three people had already disappeared.
Yun Xi said angrily: "Humph, you, they are looking for someone with a portrait, and they said the person they are looking for is named Qian Chao, right?"
Bai Lin replied: "Yes, they found the wrong person. They thought I was the person named Qian Chao. What's wrong?"
"What's wrong? You helped me find out. There are four people around Li Jian. One of them is a disciple of Jiuxuan. His name is Qian Chao. Have you forgotten?"
After hearing this, Bai Lin finally understood and said excitedly: "Yes! What the senior sister means is that we follow up. As long as we follow those three guys, we can find Qian Chao... and then we can find that guy Li Jian." ,right?"
"It's good to know," Yun Xi said, already rising into the air. "They have higher cultivation than us, and their movements are faster. If they catch up too slowly, they will never be found again."
"coming!"
