Next, Qian Chao and others stayed in Ruixuan Town for a few more days. During this period, Qian Chao also went to the Yiming Pavilion, but the smiling old man inside still told him that the owner was not there, and also said that he might be there in the near future. He couldn't come back, so Qian Chao had to leave with regret.
We couldn't stay here forever, so one night, Qian Chao and others discussed leaving Ruixuan Town and returning to Wuling Sect early tomorrow morning.
At night, Qian Chao also took a good look at the map given by Bu Yannong and confirmed a route back to the sect.
In the morning, the five people set off. When leaving Ruixuan Town, Li Jian said:
"We must be careful on the road. Well, these past few days, I always feel like someone is watching us furtively in Ruixuan Town. Also, Junior Brother Qian was asking the casual cultivator about the 'native woman' that day. At that time, that casual cultivator had some evil thoughts towards us, and he is probably the one who has been keeping an eye on us these past few days."
Lu Pingchuan became happy after hearing this and said:
"Hehe! There really is such a blind-eyed guy. Okay, it's just a good time to relieve boredom on the way back!"
Tang Ping said:
"Let's be more careful. As Bu Yan'ao said, those casual cultivators who harm people mostly use conspiracies and tricks to make it difficult for people to guard against them."
While talking about the five people, they left Ruixuan Town.
Just behind the five people, a pair of eyes was staring at them. After seeing the direction in which they were leaving, they disappeared.
Having been around Ruixuan Town for a long time, some casual cultivators are more familiar with the surrounding paths than the disciples of the Wuling Sect. Therefore, as soon as they see the direction in which Qian Chao and others are leaving, they can roughly guess the five fat beasts. The sheep want to go back to their Five Spirits Sect via that road. Now, what those casual cultivators have to do is to speed up and get in front of these five people. They are used to this kind of killing and stealing. These casual cultivators already know the ideal ambush locations on the roads. As long as they arrive in advance, There, if it is properly arranged, there is no fear that these five fat sheep will fly away.
Coincidentally, just before Qian Chao and the other five left Ruixuan Town, three people also left. A young man and two women were none other than Cao Ze and the Shangguan sisters. These three people left very casually, seemingly He didn't look like he was in a hurry.
Just before noon, a little girl named Shangguan Xiu was chasing a beautiful bird in the mountains and forests. After several quick circles in the air, she finally caught the little bird in her hand and held it. I was happily combing the feathers of the bird in my hand. I accidentally glanced at Sakon and was attracted. He even let go of my hand and let the bird fly. Then I waved to him and his sister. Cao Ze called over and kept gesturing to the two men to keep quiet.
"Sister, look, what are they doing?" Shangguan Xiu pointed to one side.
Not too far away, there is a gap in the continuous mountain peaks. In fact, it is a short and very narrow valley in the middle of two high-rise mountains that are almost touching each other. Speaking of which, the three people passed through there not long ago. , but now there are more than a dozen people appearing there at some unknown time, and one of them is flying back and forth on the mountain walls on both sides. Every time he reaches a mountain wall, he seems to be groping there for a while. , like looking for spiritual grass, but definitely not looking for spiritual grass. There are so many people and only one person is busy. This doesn't make sense.
Moreover...the clothes on those people are not those of Five Spirit disciples.
Loose cultivator!
Cao Ze squinted for a while, then smiled and said:
"Eighty percent of these guys are setting up formations."
"Array?"
"Hmm, huh, this is an unusual way for casual cultivators to harm people. This road can only go through there. They set up the formation there, and then waited there, waiting for the people behind to come all the way without knowing. Their formation, eh, the mountain walls on both sides have been tampered with by that guy. If you pass there, you will be affected by the formation, and then those casual cultivators can take action, either killing people or robbing things, um , usually the one who kills first."
After hearing this, the woman named Shangguan looked at the casual cultivators with disgust, and then the girl named Shangguan Xiu asked:
"Who will they deal with?"
"It's hard to say this, but casual cultivators generally rarely use such methods to harm people. Most of them lie in wait for the person who wants to attack to pass by, then jump out and attack in a group. Generally, they can succeed. Using such a method, it seems that these casual cultivators are unusual in that they can arrange formations, and the people they have to deal with are even more unusual, so they are worthy of such a large number of people and such a big effort."
Shangguan Xiuyou looked at those people and said disgustedly:
"Since it's rogue cultivators who are harming people, let's just go over and drive them away."
"Oh!" Cao Ze smiled and said, "Does Miss Xiu'er want to do a good deed and help a group of people who are being plotted by those casual cultivators?"
Before Shangguan Xiu spoke, her sister spoke.
"No! Don't rush it yet."
"sister?"
"There's no rush. Let's first see what the methods of those who are being plotted by the casual cultivators are like. We won't be able to see them when we take action."
Cao Ze smiled and said: "That's right, and most likely they won't accept our favor. Let's take a look first before talking. Hey, the casual cultivators want to come here to be sneaky and vigilant. Come on, let's come here, don't let them see us."
However, this woman named Shangguan didn’t think so. She had been at home for a long time and had only recently returned to the sect. After she came back, she learned about some major events that had happened in the sect recently. First, there was Yan Shuang from Jiu Genyuan who wanted to establish an agreement between the two sects. They came to the Five Spirit Sect after making an alliance, and then were surrounded and killed by nearly a thousand casual cultivators one night not long ago. The Five Spirit Sect lost a lot of disciples that time, but it also made some of the disciples who participated in the battle famous. There were many people that she had not noticed before. Although she dismissed them, she felt a little regretful whenever she thought about it. Why did she always stay at home? If she had been there at that time, she would have done the same. If he had done his best, if he had been there at that time, he would have made great achievements and become famous!
Well, from this, it seems that this woman named Shangguan still values this false reputation somewhat...or in other words, she values it very much.
So when she knew that the casual cultivators were setting up formations, she felt something in her heart for no reason. Since these casual cultivators were going to use the formations to deal with someone, who among the Five Spirit disciples would make these guys take it so seriously?
A few days ago, I heard Cao Ze say that he saw Luo Ying, Lu Shuang, Wenyuan and others on the White Crane Tower, as well as Yan Shuang.
This is right. Only these few people can make those casual cultivators red-eyed and secretly venture into the territory of Wuling Sect to commit crimes. Speaking of which, those few people are not easy to deal with, especially Luo Ying. He is also very proficient in magic. Coupled with Yan Shuang, who is worth a lot of money, only these few people are worthy of these casual cultivators' torment. First use formations, and then capture and kill them. Yes, that's it. !
In this case, Yan Shuang is in danger again here, and it is his two sisters... Of course, there is also Cao Ze... If he sees Yan Shuang and something happens, he will definitely do his best, and the three of them will save Yan Shuang from danger. Wouldn't it be more meritorious to save him from the disaster than to have so many people fight each other that night?
It was with this idea in mind that the woman named Shangguan did not take action to drive away the casual cultivators, but hid quietly.
…
It has to be said that the route back to the sect drawn by Bu Yannong is indeed safe. Not to mention anything else, the dark cloud-like salt-greedy beast that Qian Chao and others finally encountered when they went to Ruixuan Town was completely avoided by them. It's past. There are many other small valleys like that, but they are more secretive. Qian Chao and others didn't notice them at all when they came here, but after following the map to find them, they found that the route they took was basically calm.
In this way, the five people walked all the way, and the time was approaching noon.
"Hey, why have you been walking for a long time and there is no movement at all?" Lu Pingchuan fully hoped that some random cultivators who did bad things would suddenly pop up and let him beat them up.
After hearing this, Tang Ping scolded: "Brother Lu, how can you be so eager for something to happen?"
"Hey, it would be so boring otherwise."
Just as they were talking, there was another large mountain range in front of the five people. According to the map given by Bu Yannong, they had to pass through a small valley that was almost like being chopped out by an axe. Bu Yannong explained how to go through the mountains on both sides. It's best not to climb over it. There are many powerful demon birds nesting there. If they find them and get entangled in them, it will be a very troublesome thing.
The five of them flew to the small valley while chatting first. Just when they were about to fly over the small valley, Li Jian finally sounded a warning.
"Wait a minute, don't go any further. There is an ambush after passing this small valley."
Fortunately, the small valley was too short. In Li Jian's senses, he vaguely captured a dozen people at the other end of the small valley waiting at the exit with evil intentions.
"Hey, it's really here!" Lu Pingchuan was overjoyed. He didn't care about the casual cultivators, as long as he could have a fight. When he heard that there was an ambush over there, he not only stopped but flew forward even more.
"Brother Lu," Li Jian said, "There are more than a dozen people over there..."
"Don't be afraid!" Lu Pingchuan said nonchalantly.
"Brother Lu!" Qian Chao suddenly said urgently, "Don't go, the ambush is not only at the exit of the valley, but also in this valley, there are formations!"
When he said this, blue light shone in Qian Chao's eyes. In his opinion, there were more than a dozen shiny things on the mountain walls on both sides of the valley. They must be runes. The formation formed by these runes... Qian Chao could see the clues after taking a closer look... It was similar to the spirit-locking formation he was used to. As long as Lu Pingchuan passed through this formation while flying, he would be affected, and all his spiritual energy would be lost in an instant. The whole person will fall from the air. In that case, the guy ambushing at the entrance of the valley can just grab it!
"Formation?" Lu Pingchuan stopped in surprise when he heard this. He knew how powerful the formation was.
…
"It seems to be coming." Cao Ze said.
They watched there for a while, during which time there were also Five Spirits cultivators passing by, but those casual cultivators did not take action, and the passing Five Spirits cultivators didn't seem to be affected by the formation, they just passed through and flew away. . But after waiting for a while, a guy from the valley hurriedly flew over to meet those people and said something. Then he saw a person among the casual cultivators forming a formula with one hand, and he repeatedly clicked on the side of the mountain wall. After a few times, the casual cultivators hid one by one.
"How come there are such powerful people among casual cultivators who even know the formations?" Shangguan Xiu said in a low voice.
"Rogue cultivators are not born to be casual cultivators. They all belong to aristocratic families or sects. However, when aristocratic families die, sects break up, and there is no basis for them, they become casual cultivators. However, don't think that casual cultivators are all ordinary cultivators. There are many powerful people among them!"
"Oh," Shangguan Xiu seemed to understand, but he looked at Taniguchi who was still there and said, "Why haven't you seen anyone coming?"
…
Hearing Qian Chao say that someone had set up a formation in the valley, several people became nervous. Li Jian could sense that someone was ambushing him, but his senses could not detect the presence of the formation. Especially Lu Pingchuan, who no longer insisted on asking for the formation. After rushing forward, several people looked at Qian Chao and asked him what to do.
"It's simple," Qian Chao said, "My formation is actually easy to break. You just need to see where the formation is and destroy it. But this formation is more interesting than my Soul Locking Formation. Well, it can't be It’s completely destroyed, I want to take it back and take a good look at it.”
With that said, Qian Chao asked several of his companions to follow him, and he flew into the small valley first.
Approaching the stone wall on one side, Qian Chao looked at it for a moment, then raised his hand and there was a loud "pop" sound. A black ruler hit the stone wall, causing rocks to fly everywhere, and there was a The object fell, Qian Chao stretched out his hand after seeing it, and the object flew into Qian Chao's hand. It was a black iron plate-like object, which was hidden behind the rocks on the mountain wall.
"alright!"
Qian Chao held the iron plate. He deliberately did not destroy it just now just to take it back for study. This formation was composed of more than a dozen identical iron plates. Now with the loss of the iron plate in his hand, , the formation has become ineffective due to incompleteness, and there is no hindrance to freely walking through this small valley.
…
There was a "pop" sound of rocks breaking in the valley.
From where Shangguan Xiu and the other three were hiding, they could clearly see the lurking casual cultivators. As the sound of rocks breaking in the valley came, it was obvious that the casual cultivators were beginning to feel uneasy as if they were frightened. They looked at each other, not knowing why.
All three of them saw the process of the casual cultivators setting up the formation. The "snap" sound might mean that the formation was seen through and then destroyed.
"The formation was broken?" Cao Ze said doubtfully.
It’s really Luo Ying! The woman surnamed Shangguan is even more confident. In her opinion, only Luo Ying can see through the formation of Sanxiu and then destroy it. Can't this woman make a mistake for once? The formations of those casual cultivators are already useless. If they take action, they probably won't be able to match Luo Ying and others, which seems to be a disappointment.
But what rushed out of the valley like a gust of wind was an extremely stout young man. He looked excited, stopped at the mouth of the valley, hung there, looked around, and shouted:
"Haha, you didn't expect it. You are worthy of using this method to plot against grandpa! Don't let me look for you. Come out and die obediently one by one!"
Now the three of them looked at each other.
There is no such a big man among Yan Shuang's group!
…
Li Jian rushed out right after Lu Pingchuan. Lu Pingchuan searched around but couldn't find the hidden cultivators. However, Li Jian clearly knew the location of those guys. Following his gaze, those The casual cultivators hiding inside knew that someone had spied on the Xingzang, so they had to emerge one by one, and gathered together. There were really more than a dozen people, which could be regarded as a small, dark group. He looked at these two people with unkind eyes and doubtful expressions.
Tang Ping and Yanxuan came out behind. Qian Chao came out last. He flew back and forth on the mountain walls on both sides of the small valley for a while, finding all the iron signs that laid out the formations one by one. After taking it off, I followed him out.
After coming out, Qian Chao took a few glances at the casual cultivators, recognized someone among them, and said:
"Brother Li is indeed right. Hey, that's the guy. I was the country woman I asked him about that day. It's really you! What? You guessed that I had some spiritual stones on me and prepared to cut the path on the way. What's going on?"
…
Shangguan Xiu said strangely: "Why are they!"
The woman named Shangguan also frowned!
Cao Ze was even more puzzled. He originally thought that those who could be dealt with by casual cultivators must be the famous Qi Refining disciples in the sect, but... that's right, Qian Chao and others are also famous, but this It's a bit embarrassing. Should I help now?
Then Cao Ze noticed that among Qian Chao's group, the tall and strong young man who was the second to rush out of the valley seemed to glance here inadvertently.
…
"So what!" The casual cultivator who Qian Chao asked about the native lady was a little embarrassed and annoyed by Qian Chao. He frowned and said, "Don't think you can escape the formation. We have many masters here..."
Before he could finish speaking, Li Jian's figure suddenly appeared in front of him. After breaking through the Xiaowu Pass, Li Jian's figure became even faster. He was not far away from the kid. Suddenly it was even easier for Li Jian to activate his body shape.
Li Jianren was two or three feet in front of the guy who was speaking. The long sword in his hand had already pierced him. The green bamboo spirit sword with white light pierced through the mouth of the casual cultivator and came out from the back of his neck. The boy's last words were cut off when he saw the casual cultivator's mouth wide open, his eyes widened in disbelief, but no sound came out from his mouth. Then Li Jian moved his wrist and Withdrawing the Green Bamboo Spirit Sword, the boy trembled and fell down!
For casual cultivators, entering the Five Spirits Sect without permission is a big taboo, and as long as you are caught, you will only face death. Moreover, in Ruixuan Town, there is a big sign clearly stating this matter in a conspicuous place. Moreover, casual cultivators have never been allowed to enter the Wuling Sect. Therefore, any casual cultivator who secretly enters the Wuling Sect is doing this kind of murder and smuggling. As long as the disciples of the Five Spirits see him in the realm of the sect. Loose cultivators can kill them.
That's why Li Jian was too lazy to talk to these guys, let alone allow them to calm down and think about countermeasures. Depending on where these guys were ambushing and their methods, many disciples in the sect might have been harmed by them, so Li Jian directly killed people to establish his authority.
When Li Jian's sword was pulled out from the man's mouth, the casual cultivators burst into flames, shouting and cursing, and retreated in all directions. Some of the quick ones had already launched attacks. Li Jian's body was on one side. , after dodging once, he waved his left hand casually, and a bright white arc flashed across the neck of a casual cultivator. As the big head fell to the ground, blood spurted out!
"Haha! I'm coming too!"
Lu Pingchuan shouted loudly, and his figure had already risen high and fell into the casual cultivators like a meteor falling to the ground. There was a loud "boom", and the screams of the casual cultivators immediately followed.
Fireballs, spirit swords, and cold ice picks all started to hit Li Jian intensively. Li Jian wanted to dodge, but he immediately stopped himself and continued to draw his sword towards the casual cultivator in front of him. Right next to Li Jian, suddenly Two large black shields appeared around Li Jian's figure, turning left and right. After a "ding, clang and boom" sound, they blocked all the means of attacking Li Jian. It was Qian Chao's large shield.
However, Qian Chao only used this method. The casual cultivators below were a bit different from those who dealt with Yan Shuang that night. Li Jian and Lu Pingchuan killed them all in the blink of an eye. Jing, just when a few of them flew up and were about to flee in a hurry, Tang Ping took action. Two strange bird calls came from the air, and two black shadows crossed back and forth between the few cultivators. As they shuttled back and forth, the few casual cultivators screamed and fell down heavily!
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"It's... not Cuizhiqing, but it's awesome!"
Those two strange birdsongs attracted Shangguan Xiu's attention, but after seeing it clearly, he realized that it was not Cuizhiqing that he had been bought first.
"It's a Blade-winged Warbler," the woman named Shangguan said, and then her face showed surprise, "Well, the condition... the condition is really good!"
"Really?" Shangguan Xiu didn't care at all about the bloody murder scenes there. Only the two Blade-winged Warblers made her envious. "Where can I get them?"
"Sister, sister will take you to look for it later. You can always find it."
"Oh" Shangguan Xiu responded, but he was very unconvinced that Tang Ping could have such a powerful bird!
Cao Ze watched silently. The secret channel was so powerful. No wonder these little guys have become famous recently. Looking at this method, even if he faced these casual cultivators, he would not be much stronger.
Similarly, the woman named Shangguan frowned slightly and was secretly frightened.
…
Almost in the blink of an eye, all these casual cultivators who were preparing to do a business without capital were beheaded.
No, there is one left, in Lu Pingchuan's hands.
But this one begged loudly and desperately, which was completely different from the other casual cultivators.
"Don't kill me, don't kill me! I'm not a casual cultivator, I was coerced by these people. Please spare your life, spare your life!"
Lu Pingchuan pinched the man's neck with one hand and raised him high. He was about to throw him to death with a slap, but now the man's tearful begging surprised Lu Pingchuan. In the world of spiritual practice, I have never seen such a loser, but this kid said that he was not a casual cultivator but was being coerced. Then... let's listen to what Brother Qian said. So Lu Pingchuan still held the kid high, but turned around I want Qian Chao and others to look at it.
"Brother Lu, put him down first and listen to what he has to say." Qian Chao said.
"Um."
Lu Pingchuan responded, and as soon as he let go, the boy fell to the ground, but he immediately got up and knelt there.
"Please forgive me. I am not a casual cultivator. I was coerced by these people. I am a member of the Ying family in Benzhou. I am going to Hanzhou to visit my relatives. I didn't expect that on the way..."
"Nonsense!" Tang Ping interrupted the man. She knew the most about the spiritual world. "Where is the Ying family in Benzhou? If you lie to others, I will kill you now!"
"Girl, how dare you talk nonsense? There is no Ying family in Benzhou now, but there used to be some. It's because there is no more now, so I... hey... that's why it's like this. I am indeed a member of the Ying family. , my name is Yingjing. If the Ying family is still there, I can be considered a young head of the family, but now I am being bullied by these casual cultivators. I don’t want to be a casual cultivator. In the early years, an aunt in my family married to Hanzhou, the Wang family of Hanzhou , I am planning to go to that aunt, it is better than being a casual cultivator, I don’t want to be coerced by these casual cultivators to come here because I spilled the beans on the way."
Li Jian had been keeping a close eye on the three invisible people in the induction, but after hearing the words of the guy who claimed to be in the scene, he smiled softly. Thanks to the clear mind of the sword, although he didn't know what this guy said The Ying family's story is true or false, but this boy is definitely not being coerced by casual cultivators as he said. Let's not tell the truth now, let's see how he goes on.
Qian Chao and Tang Ping looked at each other, and then Qian Chao asked:
"Did you spill the beans? What did you spill that made those casual cultivators fall in love with you?"
"Oh, I was just greedy and told the truth after drinking. Some of you may not know that my Ying family was not in Benzhou earlier, but right here... right here..."
"Say!" Lu Pingchuan glared impatiently behind him.
"Yes, my Ying family's ancestral hall was originally within the territory of your sect, but that happened a long, long time ago. Later, something happened to the Ying family. It was due to the irreconcilable quarrel between the brothers fighting for the position of the head of the family. So one branch of the clan left here and finally settled in Benzhou. Those people are the ancestors of my Ying family in Benzhou. Later, maybe you don't know, there was a "cross-sea battle", then After that, almost all the aristocratic families here were destroyed, but the Ying family in Benzhou never forgot the ancestral hall. My family has passed down from generation to generation a book in which the ancestors recorded the ancestral hall, describing the situation there in detail..."
When Qian Chao heard this, he understood. If there really was such a Ying family, the Ying family members there must be gone, but the ancestral hall has become a relic that the disciples in the sect often talk about. If it can be found, And if you open it, you can naturally benefit from it. Those casual cultivators must have coerced this situation for this reason.
"That is to say," Qian Chao interrupted, "those casual cultivators are coercing you to sneak into the territory of the Five Spirits Sect and find the ancestral hall of your Ying family to see if they can find something valuable from it. It’s Fei’s stuff, isn’t it?”
"Exactly!"
"If the ancestral hall of the Ying family is really found, how can you open the treasure hiding place? Since you were once the son of a noble family, you should know that a family's treasure hiding places are protected by powerful formations. You can’t open it if you wait.”
"This...to be honest, the Ying family, there are formations in the family's traditional skills..."
"Oh," Qian Chao nodded, "that means you arranged the formation that was going to deal with us in the valley just now?"
"This...I am being coerced by them. I have no choice..."
"Enough!" Tang Ping scolded, "Even if there are people among the casual cultivators who know the art of formation, they are very rare. With this method, they can gather a lot of people for their use. You are not someone who is being coerced by these people." , you are their leader, right?"
"I……"
This guy knew he had been spotted and stood up to run away, but Lu Pingchuan behind him grabbed his neck from behind and couldn't move at all.
Lu Pingchuan was about to exert force, but Qian Chao signaled to wait. He came over and took off his storage bag from his waist. After opening it, his eyebrows became cold, and then he grabbed a few things from it and handed them over. Arriving in front of Ying Jing, he asked in a cold voice:
"Is this yours?"
In Qian Chao's hand were several pieces of jade pendants, which were worn by ordinary Qi Refining disciples of Wuling Sect. Now they were found in this person's storage bag. Needless to say, the owners of those pieces of jade pendants had already died in the hands of Ying Jing and others. .
And this time, he had indeed harmed some people with his formation in the past. This is how the jade pendants came about. The reason why he wore these jade pendants was just to show off to other casual cultivators. But today, as soon as Li Jian took action, he knew that his side would be defeated. He was also smart and ran away from the beginning. When he could not escape, he began to beg. After hanging around in Ruixuan Town for a long time, he also knew that among the Five Spirit disciples, there were open ruins, The theory of finding treasures, and the Ying family's ancestral hall, is not nonsense. He is indeed a member of the Ying family, and the ancestral hall is indeed within the boundaries of the Wuling Sect. It is just that he was coerced by the casual cultivators to take the treasure. It was nonsense to go hunting for treasures in the ancestral hall. He hoped to deceive the people in front of him with the illusory Ying family ancestral hall, arouse the greed of these people and exchange for his own life. However, in the end, he miscalculated and was found out. At this time, I felt extremely regretful. I should have thrown away those jade pendants casually and shouldn't have kept them on my body.
"Brother Lu." Qian Chao nodded to Lu Pingchuan.
"hey-hey!"
Lu Pingchuan exerted force on his hand, and then there was a "click", and the body that responded to the situation fell softly.
Hearing the click, Yanxuan's heart twitched for no reason. It was not fear, but a kind of excitement. It seemed that she was more willing to end the man's life by herself just now! She didn't take action in the fight just now, and actually didn't intend to take action, just to get the superior fire spirit as soon as possible. But at that time, her palms were so hot that she wanted to fight with the fire knife. Now she understands even more what Senior Zhong said about the fire spirit in her hands. I'm afraid being stained with blood not only refers to hurting someone with your own hands, but even seeing someone die in front of you can stimulate the evil thoughts in your heart that have not yet been subdued!
"Wait a minute, there's someone else watching." Li Jian said.
Anyone else?
how? Did you meet a spectator again?
Several people looked at each other.
Li Jian turned around and said loudly:
"You three, you've finished watching the fun, please show up!"
