Volume 5: Chu Ming Twenty-Five: Troubled Times

Style: Fantasy Author: lunar eclipse dayWords: 8130Update Time: 24/01/13 16:39:04
After Bu Yanluo was sent away, the five people were finally at peace.

Originally, according to the plan of the five people, they went to a ruins first after coming out, but they were followed. Only today did they get rid of those gangsters. However, they had been delayed for several days, so the five people were The plan he came out with this time has to be changed. After all, Qian Chao still wants to go to Hanquan Valley to take a look and confirm the distribution of spiritual veins near Hanquan Valley based on the "Blooming Flowers" picture he got. In addition, he was still thinking about going to Ruixuan Town again to see if he could meet the mysterious owner of Yiming Pavilion.

"There is a place where we can go and have a look. Well, it will open our eyes, but we may not be able to go in..."

Qian Chao thought carefully and said that the place he mentioned was still a forbidden area for them.

"Where?" Tang Ping asked.

"It's not far from here. Senior Sister Luo Ying gave me a book before, which recorded some of the ruins she discovered. There is a place she clearly marked as a place not to go. Maybe we can go and open our eyes and see Just take a few glances and you’ll know what’s going on.”

"Oh?" Lu Pingchuan became interested after hearing this. "How powerful is it? Is it more powerful than that big bird called the Eight-foot Peck?"

"It should be about the same. The ruins that Bachipeck is guarding are not in Senior Sister Luo's book, but Senior Sister Luo wrote the word "danger" in the place I mentioned. What I mean is that we can see it when we get there. Okay, how about broadening your knowledge and experience, and then go to Cold Spring Valley?"

"It's fine if it's just for some experience, but Brother Lu, when you get there, you must be obedient and don't mess around!"

"Hey, I know, if you let me do it when the time comes, I'll do it again, how about that?"

"Well, that's pretty much it. Hey, Mr. Qian, is there any way you can deal with it?"

It makes sense for Tang Ping to say this. After all, Qian Xiaozi now knows many weird formations, and they are still somewhat useful when used.

"I don't even know what's there. Let's go take a look first. You can identify any monsters first."

"good."

Even Yanxuan, who was a little timid, didn't stop her. After all, she got a lot of benefits from the last time at Bachipeck. She was also very curious about the place Brother Qian mentioned.



Fan Yan has been a little busy these days.

Ever since the confrontation between Shangguan Hong and Luo Ying that day, Fan Yi started to get busy.

He went to Shangguan Hong and talked to this woman for a while. The general idea was that since Sister Shangguan is back, please feel free to practice in the sect. The sect has been tense recently and nothing can happen. At that time, the sect may have turned a blind eye to the torture of these Qi refining disciples, but at this critical moment, the sect is bent on seeking stability, so please ask Senior Sister Shangguan not to make any more moves at this time, even if it is necessary. No, please wait for this period of time, and wait for the seniors and senior brothers ahead to return. At that time, it will be up to Senior Sister Shangguan to show off her skills. But if Shangguan must make things difficult now, then I can only apologize, he Fan Yi could only stand on the opposite side of Shangguan Hong.

After Shangguan Hong heard this, he sneered for a while. Although he still didn't want to take Xiao Fan seriously, he had to say that Fan Yi now has a lot of weight in the sect, at least among the Qi Refining disciples. Therefore, She only said that as long as Luo Ying and the others didn't take the initiative to look for her, she wouldn't be too lazy to bother with things. Besides, even though there were so many people following her that day, if those people did anything, it was their own business. , it has nothing to do with her.

As long as he got Shangguan Hong's words, Fan Yan would have achieved his goal.

The next step is to find those people who were with Shangguan Hong that day. Fan Yi was not polite to these guys. He just made it clear with a cold face. If the other party knew each other, that would be fine. If they didn't, Fan Yi would put them down on the spot. The words come to mind: If you don’t listen to the advice, even if you don’t do anything, Fan Yan will be able to take the lead and ask the sect’s senior brothers to take you to retreat. If you don’t believe it, just give it a try. Now he is worried about finding someone. There's not even one guy here to show off his power!

Therefore, although it was difficult, the disciples in the sect were finally suppressed temporarily.

Just when he breathed a sigh of relief, Fan Yan met a somewhat unfamiliar person in the sect, and the string in his heart suddenly became tense again!

Song Zhen!

Fan Yi's heart suddenly shrank. He had just reached an agreement with Shangguan Hong a few days ago. He never expected that Senior Brother Song, who was so decisive and aggressive back then, would actually come back... This... What is the sect doing recently? What's wrong, are all the enemies from back then going to come back and cause trouble?

The young man in luxurious clothes also saw Fan Yi. He was stunned for a moment and seemed to recognize him for a moment before smiling. Fan Yi quickly went over to salute.

"Senior Brother Song, why are you..."

"We haven't seen each other for many years. Now when we meet, you don't even ask me how you are. You want to know the reason for my visit first. Is this what you mean?" Song Zhen said with a meaningful smile.

"Uh... of course not, but there has been a lot of trouble in the sect recently. Now that Senior Brother Song is back, it is of course a good thing. We can..."

"Okay, I know that Shangguan is back, but I'm not here this time for her. Let me ask you, have you seen Song Yuan?"

This Song Yuan had naturally appeared before, and had also approached Qian Chao. At that time, this boy got a sword from somewhere, but he didn't know what it was, so he asked Qian Chao. Later, Tao Miao used illusions to seduce Qian Chao. However, after that incident, Song Yuan and Tao Miao never dealt with Qian Chao again. (See Chapter 3: Ignorant Qi Refining, Chapter 87: Sword Slaughter)

"Senior Brother Song seems to be in the sect with a few friends..."

Fan Yi knew that both Song Zhen and Song Yuan came from the Song family in Longzhou, which was famous in the spiritual world, but their identities were very different. Song Zhen was a valued descendant of the Song family and was selected into the Five Spirits. Those who practice Zong Lai, even if they are not the future head of the family, are still being trained as the backbone of the Song family in the future. As for Song Yuan, he was a boy who was not taken seriously in the Song family and loved to cause trouble, so he was sent in. The two of them were still uncles and brothers, but they were very different in terms of their conduct and cultivation methods. .

"Oh? So that kid is in the sect?"

"should be……"

"Okay, thank you very much!"

After saying that, Song Zhen's body flashed and flew away.

Didn't Song Zhen come back for Shangguan Hong? Fan Yan looked at the other party's back with some hesitation, and then suddenly remembered that Song Zhen had a sister who was still practicing in the sect. Her name should be Song Qiao. It was said that she was extremely beautiful. Well... it was also a rumor among the disciples in the sect recently. One after another, they have been having a heated fight with Cao Ze recently. Could it be that... Song Zhen came here for this matter?

As for Cao Ze, he was a prodigal and a disciple who wandered among the flowers. It was said that he had ruined the honors of many female cultivators. This incident must have reached his ears and made him angry!

But... how did what happened in the sect reach the ears of Song Zhen who was far away in Longzhou?

Oops!

According to the temperament of Senior Brother Song back then, he might be so angry that he might not be able to help but kill Cao Ze directly!

In that case, it would be even more troublesome!

What a troubled time!



When Song Zhen found Song Yuan, she had already walked around a lot in Jiuxuan. First she went to Song Yuan's residence, but couldn't find it. Then Song Zhen asked everyone she met, and finally found out where Song Yuan was. .

Song Yuan, as mentioned before, is a rare handsome man among the disciples in the sect, so he has a reputation comparable to that of Cao Ze. This man was a prodigal when he was in the Song family, and he is still a libertine in the sect. So, the place he was in was naturally a pavilion in the mountains with beautiful scenery. There were men and women, drinking and flowers, talking and laughing, and it was very lively.

But when Song Zhen fell from the sky and walked towards him, Song Yuandai saw the person clearly, his expression suddenly changed, and he stood up immediately, looking a little at a loss.

Those who were having fun with Song Yuan were confused at first, and then they saw Song Zhen walking over with a cold face.

Song Zhen walked up to the crowd, looked around, and said:

"Should you send them away, or should we talk somewhere else?"

Song Yuan was not in the mood to continue drinking and having fun with these people, so he quickly gestured to these people to leave quickly.

Some of them were not very convinced and didn't understand what was going on. They thought Song Yuan was in trouble and tried to come over to support him, but they were pulled away by someone nearby.

"Don't cause too much trouble and leave quickly!"

"Why?"

After walking a little further, the man said:

"That's Senior Brother Song Yuan's cousin. Senior Brother Song Zhen was famous back then. If you provoke him, aren't you looking for death?"

"Song Zhen..."

"Come on, hurry up, I'll talk to you later!"

Everyone was gone, and only the two brothers were left, looking deserted.

"Let me ask you, who does Song Qiao hang out with now?" Song Zhen asked coldly.

"this……"

"Is it that Cao Ze?" Song Zhen's voice became colder and harder.

"Seems to be!"

There was a "pop" sound, and a hard slap was slapped on Song Yuan Bo's powdered face, leaving a red five-fingerprint on it.

This slap caused Song Yuan to stagger and almost fall down!

"You...why did you hit me? Was it me who brought Song Qiao and that man named Cao together?"

There was another "pop"!

Song Zhen shouted sharply:

"Fortunately, you are still a member of the Song family. Don't you know what kind of person Cao Ze is? As a cousin, don't you care if your sister is entangled by such a person? She must have done something that is disgraceful to the family tradition. Are you happy?"

"Song family?" Song Yuan covered his cheeks and said unconvinced, "Humph, am I still a Song family? I was sent in by the Song family!"

"Okay!" Song Zhen smiled coldly, "Since you don't consider yourself a member of the Song family anymore, then I'll stop your monthly salary!"

This hit Song Yuan where it hurts. The Song family is a well-known family, and its wealth is considered to be among the top in the spiritual world. Although it is a disciple who was sent to the Five Spirits Sect, it stands to reason that it is on the same level as the Song family. However, the Song family still follows the rules of the family and gets a monthly salary, which is also a large sum of spiritual stones. It is also convenient for Song Yuan to receive this monthly salary. In Ruixuan Town, Lu was The Song Feng Tower that Pingchuan was full of praise for was the property of the Song family. Not to mention his salary, Song Yuan would go there to withdraw the spiritual stones whenever he didn't have enough. The shopkeeper of Song Feng Tower never stopped him every time.

But if Song Zhen is really offended, depending on his temper and status in the Song family, Song Yuan will never be able to get a spiritual stone, and from now on he can only rely on himself to do errands to earn spiritual stones. Shi... Song Yuan really had a headache just thinking about those days.

"Third brother," Song Zhen ranked third among the younger generations of the Song family, so Song Yuan called him this way, "I can't control anything about Qiao'er. I naturally know that the person named Cao is not a good person, and I have also advised him, But Qiao'er scolded me directly, saying... Sigh... How am I qualified to care about her anyway!"

"Hmph! Then why didn't you report this matter back as soon as possible? I didn't know about it until now!"

"This...is also a recent thing..."

"Then, where is Qiao'er now?"

"Get out...get out." Song Yuan said carefully.

Song Zhen's face suddenly turned pale and she asked coldly:

"With that Cao Ze?"

"It should be...it should be..."

After saying that, Song Yuan shrank back, wary of another slap from his bad-tempered cousin.

"Okay, now that we're out, it'll be easier. Come on, come with me to find her!"

"Ah!" Song Yuan thumped when he heard this. Hearing from his cousin's tone, he was looking for Song Qiao. He clearly wanted to chase and kill Cao Ze!

"Why...you don't want to go?"

"Go...go!" Song Yuan was really afraid of his cousin. Hearing the unkind tone, he immediately agreed.

Then the two brothers went to the Jingshiyuan. Although Song Zhen had not been in the sect for many years, he still had acquaintances in the Jingshiyuan. After asking a few questions, they found out what missions Song Qiao had received this time. Maybe he went somewhere outside the sect. After asking around, Song Zhen's face became a little better, because at the same time he also found out that Song Qiao did not go out alone with Cao Ze. There were a few others, that would be good.

When the two of them left the Jingshiyuan, by coincidence, they met Shangguan Hong.

I don't know if this woman really happened to pass by or if she got the news of Song Zhen's return and was waiting for them here.

"Ah! Isn't this Junior Brother Song Zhen? We haven't seen each other for many years. Junior Brother Song has always been kind?" Shangguan Hong said with a smile. Shangguan Xiu beside him also curiously looked at the slap mark on Song Yuan's face.

"Senior Sister Shangguan, I didn't expect that you actually returned to the sect. The Shangguan family's heritage is really profound. I admire you!" Song Zhen said lightly, with no change of emotion on her face.

"This has something to do with my family, but it doesn't have much to do with it. It's not like that back then..."

"Sister Shangguan, I came to the sect this time to deal with my own affairs. What happened back then has already passed, and I don't want to mention it."

"Well, that's alright. I hope everything goes well for Junior Brother Song."

Song Zhen didn't say anything after hearing this. She turned around and was about to leave, but as soon as she turned around, she turned back and looked at Shangguan Hong with cold eyes and said:

"Senior Sister Shangguan, it's best that my family's affairs have nothing to do with you. If Cao is instigated by you or my little sister is bewitched by you, then... we will have to settle old and new accounts together!"

After saying that, he turned around and left.

"Why is this person so rude?" Shangguan Xiu said a little unhappy.

"Discourteous? You haven't seen him back then. That would be called real rudeness! But he is also qualified to be rude. Well, Xiu'er, wait for me here."

"oh."

Then Shangguan Hong walked slowly to the corner of a courtyard wall.

"If you want to see it, just come out and see it openly. When did you learn to be sneaky?"

"Hmph! What on earth are you going to do? Why is Song Zhen back? Is it your fault?"

"Don't accuse me wrongly. What does his coming back have to do with me? He is dealing with the Song family's own affairs, so what does it have to do with me!"

"Well, you are stupid too. Now that you have come back, you have actually attracted all your enemies from back then. Will there be others coming for you next? I would like to see how you end it?"

"I don't need you to worry about it now, but I want to tell you that you really need to change your sneaky habits. Being sneaky all the time is inconsistent with your identity."

After saying that, Shangguan Hong left there and went back to find his sister.

"Sister, what should we do next?"

"Get out, aren't you always clamoring for a better bird? Let's go out and look for it right now."

"real!"

"Well, of course, you can also watch a lot of fun by the way!"



Not long after Qian Chao and the other five people flew, they arrived at the place where they said they wanted to watch the excitement and gain knowledge.

Before Qian Chao spoke, Li Jian said nervously:

"You must not fall down in front. I don't know what is hidden in that land. It is extremely huge and extremely powerful!"

There is a flat and open place under your feet, which seems to be some kind of broad river or the river bed that flows down after a large lake dries up. There are not many weeds, the fine sand is exposed, and there are many round and angular stones scattered around that seem to have been washed by the water flow, but no matter how you look at it, It doesn't look like there are ruins hidden here.

Tang Ping looked at Li Jian's face. This brother Li didn't even look so sad when he was pecked by Ba Chi. It seemed that what was underneath must be something extraordinary.

Then when she saw Qian Chao, she also stopped, staring down intently, and asked:

"Boy Qian, is the ruins you mentioned that we can't open right here?"

"Well," Qian Chao compared it with the map drawn in the book Luo Ying gave him, "Yes, it's right here."

"But...does it look like there are any ruins here?" Tang Ping asked in confusion.

Just after finishing speaking, Li Jian suddenly said:

"Quick, get up there. The guys below have noticed what's going on with us. Hurry!"

When Li Jian was talking, the place still seemed extremely calm, and the other four people didn't understand. However, Li Jian's induction was never wrong, so after Li Jian finished speaking, the five people all rose up, knowing that Li Jian Jane said "Okay" again.

"Brother Li, nothing happened there just now?" Yanxuan asked curiously while looking at his feet.

"There is something," Tang Ping said. "Although I didn't notice it, the little guys in my spirit beast bag were scared to death just now. The thing hidden underneath must be very scary."

"Well, it seems we can't open this ruins." Lu Pingchuan was a little disappointed.

"Originally, there was little hope of opening it. It was agreed upon. We just came to see what it was. After Tang Yatou recognized it, we gained some knowledge." Qian Chao said.

"Then...what is hidden in the sand below?" Yanxuan asked again.

Since you are here to gain knowledge, you have to meet it to gain knowledge.

"I have a way to make that thing appear, but...Brother Li, please confirm where we can hide to be completely safe, and then get that thing out." Qian Chao said.

"What can you do?" Tang Ping was curious.

"Hey!" Qian Chao said, stretching out his hand and holding a talisman between his index fingers on his right hand. "Just by relying on it, the big guy will definitely come out."

"That big guy has actually been swimming down there, but it seems..." Li Jian said and pointed in a circle. "It seems that it can only move back and forth within this range. It can't get past these places. I'm trying to figure out how big it is." "Chief, our current height is safe, but it's best to go further back. To be honest, this guy is much more powerful than the eight-foot peck, and even more powerful than the sparrow. We absolutely can't deal with it."

"That's right." Qian Chao said.

"What's right?"

"In that painting, 'Blooming Flowers', there should be an underground spiritual vein circling here. The guy underground relies on that spiritual vein to stay here. It doesn't I want to leave here, so I only move back and forth within this area without going further. Since Brother Li said that we need to go further back, we might as well find a safe place first, and then watch me move it Bring it out and let’s open our eyes.”

The five people are further away, and the height has also increased a lot. Looking down now, there is only a small area in that area.

"It should be fine here." Li Jian said.

"Then I'll take action!"

Qian Chao said, shaking his hand, the complicated runes on the talisman lit up, and fell towards the fine sand below. The originally light talisman was like a piece of paper in the air. The wind blew back and forth, but the talisman was like a stone, the faster it went down, the farther it went, the brighter the light on the talisman became. The five people watched a bright line falling straight down. fall.

Finally, probably when it landed, the talisman suddenly shone, and then the five people saw a circle of ripples rippling on the riverbed sand, and then the place shook violently!

"This is the earthquake talisman, which I recently figured out." Qian Chao said.

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly heard an extremely dull roar coming from below. The sound should have come from deep underground. When it reached the ears of the five people in the air, they still felt their ears trembling. Then they saw the The sand shook more violently, and then there was another loud "boom". The fine sand and rocks on the ground rose into the sky. The sky was covered with earth and rocks, which almost completely covered the sight of the five people. They could no longer see the ground, and then Among the earth-brown mud rising into the sky, an extremely ugly mouth the size of a small pond suddenly emerged, and let out a long roar of "Woo". The five people felt that all their flesh and bones were shaking with it. The long roar and the movement seemed to be about to be separated from the flesh and blood. It was indescribably uncomfortable. In the frightened eyes of the five people, they only saw that the big mouth was densely covered with unknown numbers of small but big but. The densely arranged sharp teeth are like countless long saws bent into countless circles and put into its mouth. Behind the densely arranged circles of broken teeth is a dark piece, like this big mouth. It's like the entrance to a bottomless pit!

"Good guy!" Lu Pingchuan praised first.

"Back off!" Li Jian shouted again hurriedly.

Li Jian still underestimated this guy. Now the guy seemed to have rushed out of the ground to the limit. He was less than a hundred feet away from the five people. At this distance, the five people were still in danger.

As soon as the word "retreat" was spoken, a loud bird song suddenly came from the distant sky!

Like a luan and a phoenix, extremely high-pitched!

The five people were all shocked. From the distant bird song, they all heard the insurmountable pressure in it!

"Don't panic!" Tang Ping said immediately. At this time, not only did her face no longer have panic, but it was replaced by a kind of excitement that could not be concealed. "It's not for us. It must have been attracted by the big guys below. Come on, hurry up." , go over there!”

Before the swirling earth and rocks in the air fell, the five people caught a glimpse of a black spot approaching quickly in the distant sky!

"quick!"

After hearing this bird song, the guy who emerged from the sand was even more panicked than Qian Chao and the other five people. It could even be said to be extremely frightened. It must have a long and thick body, but They were all hidden in the sand rising from the sky and couldn't see clearly. After hearing the bird song, they immediately shrank back, and then there was a loud "dong" sound, and there was another burst of sound on the ground. There was a violent tremor, and even the mountains in the distance were shaken to the point of falling rocks and "rumbling".

Finally, the bird arrived!

When they were in Hongxia Valley, the feeling the five of them had when the pair of white cranes fought against the monster emerging from the eyes of the sea came back, no, it was even stronger than it was then! The five people found it difficult to stand under the wind pressure of the bird's wings. Their whole bodies were wrapped in a powerful force. No matter what they did, they could be keenly noticed by the other party, even five people. A person's life and death only depend on that bird's thoughts!

The spread wings are like two floating clouds, shining with colorful light and colorful. The slender neck and the feathers on the abdomen that can be seen when the bird flies by are even more gorgeous like tapestry, trailing like tassels. The long tail circled a few times in the eyes of several people, but after the burst of sand rising into the sky was washed away by the strong wind brought by its wings, only a large empty hole was left on the ground. The monster had already been deep inside Hidden underground and never dare to come out again!

Then the big bird chirped again at the big hole with some annoyance. The cave echoed loudly, but the monster did not dare to come out. The big bird then flapped its wings reluctantly, and stood in front of the five people. In his eyes, he flew away at an unimaginable speed!

"It's true... Miss Jiu didn't lie to me..." Tang Ping murmured.

Then Tang Ping found Qian Chao looking at her, his eyes seeming to ask, "Is this it?"

Tang Ping nodded.

"My dear...oh my god!" Lu Pingchuan's eyes were sore. "Today is an eye-opener. Such big bugs! Such big birds!"

Li Jian also chuckled. In front of the two strange beasts just now, he only felt as small as a grain of dust.

"Aping, then... what are those, especially that bird?"

"What's in the soil should be a monster called a blind stingray, also known as a big sandworm. The one just now is far beyond what we can deal with. Even if my master comes, there may be nothing we can do..."

"Is it so powerful?" Several people were shocked at this time. Even the seniors who formed the pill were helpless. So what kind of monster was it?

"That thing is far from comparable to the Eight-foot Peck and the Sparrow. It is already an upper-level monster." Tang Ping said.

"Then...where's that big bird just now?" Li Jian asked.

"It's Qingluan... or a spirit bird with Qingluan's bloodline, close to... a true spirit... maybe that's the case, I have never really met a spirit beast from the true spirit realm."

"My God, it seems like I'm really here to gain some knowledge today," Yanxuan said.

Indeed, with a monster of this level, five people could only watch the excitement and gain knowledge.

Especially Tang Ping, this Qingluan is exactly what Miss Jiu told her, and it is also the third natal spiritual beast she wants to take.

"Why do I look at that blind man as if he is very afraid of Qingluan?" Qian Chao said.

"Well, the blind beetle belongs to the soil family, and the green luan wood belongs to the wood family. The natural wood overcomes the earth. In addition, the green luan is much more powerful than the blind beetle, so when it heard the cry of the green luan, the blind beetle fled back in a hurry. Went into the cave.”

"If that's the case..." Qian Chao stared at the big hole below where the blind bugs burrowed back. He now felt that the ruins here might be in that hole. "Maybe I have a way to get rid of the blind bugs down there!"

"What!"

Often when Qian Chao says there is a way, even though his method may be a bit risky, he can basically achieve his goal every time. This time he said it again, maybe he can really do it. After all, there is another hidden secret here. The ruins found are guarded by blind scorpions, and there might be something good inside.

"any solution?"

"It's simple," Qian Chao said, "We don't need to take risks. Everyone saw just now that the blind cricket was scared to death in front of Qingluan, but it crawled back and Qingluan couldn't catch it, but... I There is a way to make it unable to get back in once it comes out. In that case, Qingluan can kill it when he comes again..."

"Hey! What a great idea!" Lu Pingchuan became happy at first, but he was also sorry that the ruins here could not be opened.

"Are you telling the truth?" Tang Ping looked over with burning eyes. If Qingluan could swallow this blind demon pill... then she would be able to get what she wanted one step faster.

"of course it's true!"

Qian Chao also said categorically!