A few days later in the morning.
In the main hall of Qian Chao's residence, Qian Chao sat in front of the desk and read a book carefully.
This kind of writing desk was obtained from the ruins. After Qian Chao returned to the sect, he gradually discovered the benefits of this writing desk, that is, every time he sat next to this writing desk made of spiritual wood and read, he seemed to feel more It was easy to gather all his thoughts, which made him very happy. Every time he put his hand on the thick wooden desk, he would thank Brother Lu in his heart. If it weren't for him, I'm afraid he would have missed this good thing.
As for the bookshelf made of spirit wood, he did not use it. His residence was too small. When he could open a cave in the future, he must buy a decent study room, and then Put all your books in it and take care of it carefully. Like now, wherever I go, I still have to carry those books with me.
The door to the small courtyard was pushed open, and Tang Ping's head poked in.
Tang Ping found that Qian Chao didn't pay attention to him and was just studying there, so Tang Ping greeted him:
"Hey, Qian Boy!"
Qian Chao raised his head, saw Tang Ping, and said with a smile:
"It's only been a few days since you came back. Why didn't you practice well in your master's cave and went out to run around again?"
"Aren't you the same? You neither practice nor refine weapons. You hide at home and read leisurely, and you still blame me!"
She reached for the book in Qian Chao's hand, flipped it through, and returned it to him without interest. Tang Ping took a futon for herself and sat face to face with Qian Chao.
Qian Chao asked: "Why did you come to me? You can't be that big guy in the heaven and earth cage. Do you know the origin?"
Tang Ping said: "It's almost the same. We also got a big skull outside. I asked my master about that big skull."
"Oh?" Qian Chao must have become interested. He discovered the big skull and asked quickly, "What kind of monster does that skull belong to?"
Tang Ping's face showed embarrassment: "It's hard to say. My master was shocked when he saw the big skull. He said that only the skull of a true spirit beast could be that big, but if it was left by a true spirit beast, No matter how old the bones are, the bones are as crystal clear and dense as jade, and there is no possibility of variegation. However, the bones of the big skull look like ordinary monsters after they have been dead for a long time. Although they are as hard as stone It's almost the same, but it's far worse than jade. It's about the same size as a real spiritual beast, but the difference in bones is too big, so my master didn't dare to draw a conclusion. She even asked us carefully how we found it. What about the one with the big skull? Later, she kept the big skull and said that she would go to Yuhu Mountain to ask about it if she had the chance, and she was also very interested."
Qian Chao was a little surprised when he heard this. He didn't expect that a senior Jiedan wouldn't be able to recognize the big skull.
Tang Ping continued: "But because of that big skull, my master took me to one of her secret rooms for the first time to see it. Wow, that was really eye-opening."
"Oh? Are there any good things in your master's secret room?"
"Oh, ordinary people might be scared to death if they go in. The secret room of my master contains the remains of the monsters she has killed over the years. I roughly counted, there are more than a thousand. !”
"So many!" Qian Chao said with emotion.
"Not many, those are not all at all. My master told me that these monsters had forced her into desperation during her lifetime. She killed them only after a narrow escape, so she killed them. The bones are kept as souvenirs, and every bone I see can tell me a story. Probably from the foundation to the present, most of the dangers she experienced from weak to strong were in that secret room."
"That's it!" Qian Chao nodded in admiration.
"In that secret room, my master found the bones of a monster and showed it to me. The size of that guy's skull..." Tang Ping looked around and pointed at Qian Chao's bookcase, "At least it's bigger than yours." It's a little bigger, but the style of the skull is almost exactly the same as the one we found outside. It's really exactly the same, but the difference in size is so big that my master doesn't understand what's going on. "
"What kind of monster is that? I mean the one your master showed you in the secret room?" Qian Chao asked.
"A kind of demon wolf, the name is Ku Xian. My master met it in the early stage of forming pills. He was injured before killing it."
"Kuchie," Qian Chao said the names of the monsters, "it seems like this monster is very powerful!"
"Of course, if you kill it in the early stage of forming the pill, it will be injured. It must be very powerful."
"Then... do you know what the things in the heaven and earth cage are?"
"Well, I didn't mention it to my master. After all, if you want to talk about that thing, your Blue Eyes Technique will inevitably be revealed. I think it's better to keep it a secret for the magic that uses your eyes. After all, the things in the heaven and earth cage are currently unknown. We are not very important, but my master later gave me this..."
Qian Chao nodded, and that was right. His own blue eye technique was self-created. Although Fairy Guhuo wouldn't covet it, if he said it unintentionally, it might bring him trouble.
After Tang Ping finished speaking, he took out a scroll from the storage bag. The shafts at both ends of the scroll were made of spirit wood. The space between the shafts was made of light yellow brocade, thickly rolled together. It looked like It was slightly old. Tang Ping stretched out her hand to untie the tape outside the scroll and unfolded the scroll in front of Qian Chao.
I don't know whether the brocade was painted with pen and ink or embroidered with needle and thread. One by one, extraordinary and strange monsters and spiritual beasts were displayed in front of Qian Chao.
After knowing the middle part of the scroll, Tang Ping stretched out her finger and pointed it, and said, "Look at this."
Where Tang Ping clicked, a ferocious wolf that was always fierce and ready to pounce was looking directly at the two of them. There was a small human figure next to the hungry wolf, which seemed to remind those who looked at the picture of the size of the wolf. The size of the humanoid can be as big as one of the wolf's legs, which shows how big the wolf is.
Tang Ping said: "This is the bitter title. Presumably the big skull looked like this when it was still alive, but it should be even bigger."
After listening to Tang Ping's words and looking at the evil wolf drawn on the scroll, Qian Chao nodded. Before he could say anything, Tang Ping said again:
"Come on, keep looking back."
As she spoke, she continued to unfold the scroll, almost to the final position, then pointed with her hand and said:
"check it out!"
After Qian Chao saw it, he opened his mouth in surprise: "This..."
Tang Ping took out the painting Qian Chao had drawn in the prison that day, put it on the scroll for comparison, and said:
"Isn't it very similar, almost exactly the same?"
"Taotie!" Qian Chao stared at Tang Ping with wide eyes, "The ferocious beast Taotie!"
Tang Ping nodded: "That's right."
"Oh my god...this thing really does exist. When I read the book before, I just thought it was an ancient legend. People spread it by word of mouth, so it may not be true. I didn't expect...it actually exists!"
"Otherwise, for things to be passed down by word of mouth, the legend must have been left after seeing something first. However, no matter whether the thing in the cage that day was really the ferocious beast Taotie, I don't know how much it was trapped there. It’s been years, it doesn’t matter to us, at least you have mastered all the formations there, that’s enough, we don’t have to worry about it for the time being.”
With that said, Tang Ping rolled up the scroll again.
"What about...the two white cranes in Hongxia Valley?" Qian Chao asked again. He was always surprised that Tang Ping could comfort the white crane that day.
"Those two white cranes..." Tang Ping thought for a moment, then looked at Qian Chao, "Here, I'll show you something else."
With that said, Tang Ping put away the scroll and took out a leather scroll from the storage bag.
This leather scroll was the one that Fairy Guhuo forced and lured her soul bird Ninth Girl to reluctantly vomit out from her stomach.
After opening it, Tang Ping pointed with her hand:
"Hey, the white crane in Hongxia Valley is just like this!"
The leather scroll was not very long, and it opened up after a slight stretch. Although Tang Ping was referring to the white crane on it, Qian Chao naturally saw the contents of the entire leather scroll, and his heart suddenly jumped. jumped up.
Tang Ping looked at Qian Chao's expression and said, "The white crane has a chance to grow into a spiritual bird like a true spiritual beast, but whether it can or not depends on their fate!"
Qian Chao stared at the leather scroll in front of him, silent at first, then raised his head and looked at Tang Ping and said:
"No wonder, no wonder you dared to go out and stop that Bai He, Girl Tang, and Miss Tang! No wonder the Qin family plotted against you and tried every possible means to get you to the Qin family, even at the cost of tearing their faces. It turns out your spiritual roots are so good!"
Tang Ping sighed secretly, as expected, this boy understood clearly.
"So, you know everything!"
"Well, there were some guesses at first, but now it's confirmed. Don't worry, Xiaobai and Dahuang should both be blessed. How many are still missing?"
Qian Chao asked a bit confused, but Tang Ping must have understood. She smiled and said:
"There are still three left. I don't even know where to find them."
"Well, we can't rush this. I guess you can get another one by the time we build the foundation."
"how do you know?"
"From what I read in the book, there's one for Foundation Establishment, one for Core Formation, and then, the last one for Nascent Soul. That's it."
"I can still accept it if you get one by building a foundation, but you can get another one by forming a pill. It's too late. It takes nearly a hundred years from foundation building to forming a pill. It takes hundreds of years at a slow speed. It's too long. Let alone the last one, I don’t know if the rest of us are destined to reach the stage of Nascent Soul!"
"How will you know if you don't try it? Huh, no wonder you refused to give it to me when I asked you for the hair on Xiaobai's tail to make a pen. I didn't expect it to be Tianhu. Hey, to be honest, Xiaobai usually doesn't shed hair. Yes, collect them for me. The pens used to draw talismans must be the best!"
Tang Ping gave Qian Chao an annoyed look and put the scroll away.
When Qian Chao looked at the scroll just now, he immediately saw a big fox marked as 'Nine-tailed Sky Fox'. Compared with Tang Ping's Xiaobai, the Sky Fox had nine big tails. They were almost the same, and then they found the shadow of Rhubarb on a large monkey labeled as 'Through-armed Spiritual Ape'. From this, it was concluded that there were at least two spiritual beasts around Tang Ping that were absolutely extraordinary. As for Tang Ping, The white crane named "Red-crowned Fairy Crane" was briefly glanced at. After all, Tang Ping didn't have any spiritual birds like cranes. She just got two bird eggs. I don't know if there are any. A little bird hatched out, and the little bird was called a blade-winged warbler, and it was not a crane.
Qian Chao read many and miscellaneous books, so he naturally knew a little bit about some rare spiritual roots. He had also seen hidden spiritual roots in books, but what attracted him more was a kind of spirit root called "Banling Root". "A rare spiritual root. People with this kind of spiritual root are most suitable for practicing the magic of the Spirit Control Sect. But more importantly, this kind of spiritual root can become more powerful as the number of natal spiritual beasts found by the monks increases." In order to be powerful, there are five natal spiritual beasts, one for each of the five elements. As long as they are gathered together and gathered around him, this monk will have reached the pinnacle of spiritual mastery, and it will be difficult to find a rival in the world!
The last monk with a spiritual root was a founder of the sect. It is said that he searched the world in search of the fifth natal spiritual beast. It seemed that he had even visited foreign lands. In the end, his hard work paid off, and he nearly After hundreds of years of searching, he finally found the fifth natal spirit beast, and he successfully became a Nascent Soul monk. When he returned to the Five Spirit Sect, he encountered a "Five Sect Spirit Defeat", that is, The remaining five of the six major sects in Central Continent united to attack the Five Spirits Sect. This patriarch became famous in this battle of the five sects to defeat the spirits. It was at a critical moment, and the Five Spirits Sect was almost defeated. With the help of his five natal spiritual beasts, he single-handedly blocked more than ten Nascent Soul cultivators, killed two of them, seriously injured several others, and scared countless others away. It can be said that he took the greatest credit!
Unexpectedly, the spiritual roots in Tang Ping's body are actually such rare accompanying spiritual roots. Given time, her future will naturally be limitless!
Tang Ping was not worried that Qian Chao knew her biggest secret, but she felt a little apologetic towards her other companions. She said:
"You are the only one who knows about this matter now. You are too smart to hide it. I guess you guessed my spiritual root when I stopped Bai He. However, the other people with us don't know it yet. , even Sister Yan, I didn’t tell the truth, after all, this matter is life-related to me, if others find out, I will definitely be in danger."
This is the truth. There are still people in the world who are not guilty and who are guilty of carrying a jade. If the fact that Tang Ping has a spiritual root, which is rare in the world, is leaked out, don’t say whether there are ulterior motives in the sect like the Qin family did at the beginning. , people with ulterior motives, even if they are jealous, may put Tang Ping into endless danger.
Qian Chao said: "Take your time, I will keep silent about this matter and will never let it out again. As for Brother Li, Brother Lu and Sister Yan, if we talk about it in the future, they will not blame you. After all, if it is leaked, Everyone is at risk.”
Tang Ping nodded. The five of them were always together. If she was in danger, then the other people would also be in trouble. She secretly said that this was all she could do now.
Qian Chao suddenly remembered something: "Speaking of this, I suddenly remembered that Qin Suijie Qin Gongzi. How is he now?"
Tang Ping frowned and thought for a while and said:
"It seems that he is still at the second level of Qi Refining. It is difficult for him to make any progress in his cultivation. Sister Yan said that sometimes you can see him when he is refining alchemy in Nanyu Hall. Why do you suddenly remember to ask him about it?"
"I just thought of it suddenly, but I always feel a little uneasy recently. I don't know if something is going to happen."
"Well! It's true that something happened. I came here to tell you that in a few days, a very important person will come to our Wuling Sect. Then we will also go to Tianshui Lake together. Go watch the fun!"
"Who is this very important person?" Qian Chao asked curiously.
"Well, I heard what my master said. The person who came here is a woman. She is from Jiu Genyuan, the northernmost sect in Central Continent. It is said that she is the granddaughter of a Yuanying monk in Jiu Genyuan. I heard she is her biological granddaughter. , want to come to our Wuling Sect to become a disciple and practice."
"What?" Qian Chao was very curious after hearing this. "Jiu Genyuan, a grand sect, a granddaughter of Yuanying monk, came from the northernmost part of Central Continent to almost the southernmost part of Central Continent, and came to Wuling Sect to practice. Is this possible? Are you telling the truth or are you joking?"
"Who are you kidding? Of course it is true. My master went out last night. It is said that he found the manpower arranged by Muyang Sect in the territory of our Wuling Sect. It is said that there are quite a few. The people in front sent people They came to ask for help, so even my master, who has a high status and has not been out for many years, was sent out. This shows that the sect attaches great importance to this matter. Also, do you know who sent people to ask for help?"
"who?"
"That's my sixth grandfather. Earlier he took some of the sect's alchemy-forming seniors to meet and protect that person."
"That's it!"
But then Qian Chao asked again:
"Why is this happening? It doesn't make sense! Could it be that she can't practice in Jiu Gengyuan?"
"The reason is very simple, but you still don't know much about the outside world. Among the six major sects, Jiu Genyuan has been having a hard time. It has been suppressed by the two major sects, Motianya and Muyang Sect. It is said that in the past hundred years, the two major sects have gradually depleted Jiugenyuan, making it difficult for Jiugenyuan to support itself. As a last resort, they can only ask for help from our Wuling Sect. Motianya and the others may be able to deal with it, but Mu Only our Five Spirits Sect can compete with a large sect like Yang Sect. It is said that people from Jiugenyuan secretly came to our Five Spirits Sect to discuss this matter a long time ago, and now it has finally been decided. Our Five Spirits Sect will The Ling Sect and Jiu Gen Yuan have formed an alliance, but any covenant is only on paper. What our Wu Ling Sect wants is something more tangible, and this includes those who want to come to our Wu Ling Sect. That woman."
Hearing this, Qian Chao nodded: "We want to make friends from far away and attack close by, and then ask them to send important people as hostages, right? It's really the same as sending their crown princes as hostages when an alliance between a weak country and a strong country in the world is formed. Got it!"
Tang Ping said: "That's pretty much what it means, but it is said that that woman's appearance is one of the most beautiful in the world, similar to that of Mu Xiufeng's senior Leng. She has not yet established the foundation, and is still a Qi refining disciple. After arriving at the sect, After that, we will build the foundation in the future..."
Qian Chao's eyes widened when he heard this: "Is it possible... that you want to marry into our Wuling Sect?"
Tang Ping nodded: "Yes, this is what our Wuling Sect really wants."
"Marriage, I didn't expect it to happen between big sects!"
"Why not?" Tang Ping asked.
"Do you know what that woman's name is?"
"It seems her surname is Yan, this Yan..." Tang Ping then used her fingers to write the word 'yan' on the desk. "The name is Yan Shuang. I also heard that although this woman is a stunning beauty, It's very strange to be born with white hair, so I must go and have a look that day, hello, are you going?"
Qian Chao nodded. It was busy, so it didn’t matter if he took a look, but he still had questions to ask:
"This Yan Shuang's status is so special, so if she wants to marry into our Five Spirits Sect in the future, is there anyone with the same status in our sect?"
What Qian Chao means is that like Tang Ping, her sixth grandfather is a senior Jiedan, and her status is considered to be a playboy in the sect, while Yan Shuang's grandfather is actually a powerful person in Jiugenyuan. Nascent Soul cultivator, what kind of identity should the person she is going to marry in the future have to match him?
Tang Ping looked at Qian Chao strangely and said with a smile: "Is it possible that you are tempted? Ha! Don't think about it, the sect has already made arrangements. With Yan Shuang's status, she is the only one in Jiugenyuan. , but in our Wuling Sect, there are quite a few. In addition to a few who have already built the foundation, there are seven or eight who are still refining Qi. Among them, there are three or four men. The fathers of those people are Danjie monks. , my ancestors were Nascent Soul monks from Yuhu Mountain, so my status is naturally worthy of that Yan Shuang."
Qian Chao ignored the narrow-mindedness in Tang Ping's words, but exclaimed: "There are so many!"
Tang Ping also sighed: "That's natural. The strength of our Five Spirits Sect has already surpassed the other five sects. We have many monks and a strong foundation. This is normal. Humph! Others always think that someone with my status is The dandies in the sect always look at me strangely, but actually those people are the real dandies!"
"I just don't know what Yan Shuang thinks about this matter."
"Well, there's nothing we can do about it. The more valuable your status is, the more you can't help it. Her grandfather, the Yuanying monk named Yan in Jiugenyuan, is said to have entered the Yuanying realm not long ago. If there is no Unexpectedly, he can protect Jiugenyuan for at least a thousand years, and the deeper his cultivation, the higher his status in Jiugenyuan. And that Yan Shuang is said to be a person with excellent qualifications, and his future is limitless. , as long as the two sects have this alliance, and there are two Yuanying monks who are married to each other, even if the Yuanying monks don't value it, their respective sects have to value each other. They must be interdependent and supportive. At least, our Wuling Sect can reduce a lot of pressure from Muyang Sect for them. Motianya is not very strong, about the same as Jiugenyuan. As long as we contain Muyang Sect, Jiugen Sect will Gengyuan can take a breath. Tell me, under such a situation, who cares about Yan Shuang's feelings? Even if she has someone she admires in Jiugenyuan, she can only endure the pain now. How pitiful it is to give up!"
"When will they arrive? I really want to see them now."
"There are still four or five days left. I'll call you then."
"Um."
