Lu Pingchuan got his share, and he happily took a handful of spiritual stones in his hand and counted them one by one. Luo Ying and others saw that he was counting the spiritual stones in a funny way, so they asked :
"Boy Lu, if you count so carefully, are you still afraid that I will give you less?"
Qian Chao replied:
"Brother Lu is like this. He is also like this when we gain anything. He may not value the spiritual stones, but he only likes to count them..."
"Hehe, in the early years at home, I went hunting with my father and my brother in the mountains. Well, the skins and herbs we got were sold to the county town. Although my father took most of the money in the end, I took it in I feel happy just by counting them in my hands. Hey, if I count them clearly, I will know how much money is left before I can marry a wife. If I didn’t come to the Five Spirits Sect, I’m afraid I would have saved enough money to marry me a wife over the years... …”
When he said this, everyone laughed, and then they understood why Lu Pingchuan counted so carefully whenever there was any income.
"Hey, but Senior Sister Luo," Lu Pingchuan added, "Only three of them escaped. If we had let us attack together at that time, those three would not have been able to escape at all..."
"Silly boy, those people may be related to the Yu Nian meeting that Boy Qian said. If we kill them all, the clues will be cut off. But if we catch them on the spot, what they can tell may not be the truth, so we might as well keep a few. I believe you all remember the three people who escaped. If Mr. Qian wants to trace anything in the future, you can start with those three people. Mr. Qian, the woman named Gong among the people who escaped is also often in Chengqitang. You will find out when you go back and inquire about the comings and goings."
"Well, if you put it that way, I really remember that there was a Senior Sister Gong. She was indeed a high-level practitioner of Qi Refining. She had a weird temper and didn't interact with people very much. I'll check it out when I get back."
"Then they suffered a big loss this time. Will they not dare to follow us again in the future?" Wen Yuan asked from the side.
"That's not necessarily the case. We still have to be more careful in the next few days."
…
After daybreak, the ten people separated again. Luo Ying was still a little worried. On the way to the next ruins, Qian Chao and the other five people were still watching him from front to back.
After getting a lot of spiritual stones this time, Lu Pingchuan obviously complained less. The five people kept a close eye on him during the day until they finally confirmed that there was nothing suspicious at night. So ten people gathered together and prepared to take advantage of the night. Open the second ruins.
The location of this ruins is within a canyon, and it is located in the deepest part of the canyon, in the steepest and narrowest place.
Ten people flew in all the way. Even though it was at night, they clearly found some debris left behind after the building collapsed. The further they flew inward, the more obvious the traces became. Until finally, Luo Ying used the formation that opened the ruins. Found it out.
Luo Ying said:
"Here, the spiritual energy is pretty good. Unfortunately, this formation is a bit complicated. I've been here before and tried many times but couldn't open it, so I gave up. Qian, please give it a try."
After Qian Chao looked at the formation and studied it for a while, he became a little scared and looked up. At this time, Luo Ying and others were beside him. He didn't want to reveal his blue eye technique, but just looking at the formation, Qian Chao knew that it must not be a single formation, it should be one of a group of formations, and it should also be used to activate a series of hidden formations. Fortunately, Luo Ying did not crack the formation at that time. If she can really unlock this formation, it will be equivalent to opening other formations at the same time. It is hard to say whether it will be good or bad, and it is very likely that the other hidden formations are used to protect this hidden formation. It is a treasure, which means that if Luo Ying had activated this formation at that time, her life and death would have become an unresolved case from then on.
"This formation is not a separate formation. It must be related to other formations. There is a group of formations hidden here. Wait for me."
After Qian Chao finished speaking, he hung up and walked upwards. Only then did he carefully look at the nearby mountain wall with flashing blue eyes.
Hearing what Qian Chao said, everyone else ignored it. Only Luo Ying was shocked. She probably vaguely understood what Qian Chao meant. Seeing Qian Chao groping back and forth on the mountain walls on both sides, she He also flew close to him.
"Boy Qian, what do you mean to say..."
"Look here," Qian Chao said, stretching out one hand forward. Under the influence of his object control skills, a whole piece of thick rock on the mountain wall was slowly peeled off, revealing an unusually flat back. At one place, the flat place was no longer a stone, but like a flat iron plate inlaid there. Qian Chao made a gesture to this iron plate-like thing with his other hand, and suddenly There were densely packed white runes on it.
"This is……"
Although I don't recognize all the runes on it, it's like reading an obscure article. Even if there are many unknown words in it, as long as I recognize a few key words, I can roughly guess the meaning of the article. Although Luo Ying She couldn't understand this formation, but it had always been taught by senior Luo Ban. Among the runes in front of her eyes, Luo Ying recognized at a glance several formations that had great power and could directly take people's lives. The rune she had just used shocked her immediately, and she immediately felt that the night wind blowing around her was extremely cold!
"Boy Qian, if I had activated the formation below, would that have triggered this formation?" Luo Ying asked in a dry voice.
"Hmm... not necessarily. After such a long time, the formation here might be ineffective." Qian Chao comforted.
"It's so dangerous..." Luo Ying said with lingering fear, "Then, how many other formations like this are there?"
Qian Chao turned around and wanted to point around:
"In addition to here, there, there... there are four other places, plus there are five places here, there is no doubt that this is a chain formation."
Luo Ying nodded:
"Thankfully I brought you here, so what should we do?"
"Simple, just destroy these five formations."
It was said that it was destruction, but Qian Chao took down the entire iron plate engraved with runes. When he was about to put it away, Qian Chao looked at Luo Ying.
"Put it away. It seems like this is how you accumulated all your rune skills, right?"
Qian Chao smiled softly, said nothing, collected the iron plate, and then went to destroy the formations in other places.
Looking at Qian Chao's back, Luo Ying, a female disciple who has practiced authentic formation techniques since she was a child and is famous in the sect, feels a little discouraged for some reason. She has always been proud of her formation techniques. , but now she feels that she will never surpass Qian Chao's level in this formation technique.
Just as Luo Ying was frightened just now, when she came to this ruins before, Yan Shuang had not entered the Five Spirits Sect, but she was not alone at that time, and several of her friends were around. If she was really attracted by her at that time, Either they see through the formation or activate it by mistake, the five powerful formations hidden above will inevitably be triggered. At that time, all four people may die in this canyon. This is also the reason why Luo Ying was breaking out in a cold sweat out of fear just now.
Returning to the ground, Qian Chao looked at the remaining formations and said:
"The above formations have been solved, and now there is only one left. However, the aristocratic families or sects that have been here before must be strong, otherwise they would not use such a method to protect their treasures. The treasure, well, this is the first time I have seen it, so... I think that if it is really opened, there may be some leftover preventive measures in it, so we still have to be more careful."
Everyone nodded.
Next, Qian Chao stared at the formation for a long time. During this period, no one could disturb him. Lu Shuang and Wenyuan also quietly asked Tang Ping if Qian Chao was like this every time he started the formation. Tang Ping Ping Ze said that this happens only when encountering complex formations, and there are also people who stay in a daze for longer periods of time.
After less than half an hour, Qian Chao finally relaxed his frown and said:
"Okay, I can probably open it."
As a low "rolling" sound came, a stone door was opened in a stone wall behind everyone. There were steps inside, and the darkness went all the way down. Qian Chao threw several luminous photos into the stone door. Under the illumination of the pale yellow light, everyone carefully climbed down the steps and arrived at a small stone hall underground. However, it was still empty and there was nothing.
"Why is it empty?" Lu Pingchuan asked the question in everyone's mind.
Is it possible that there is nothing inside this well-guarded ruins?
That would be so disappointing.
"Otherwise..." Qian Chao took two steps forward gently so that no one would see the blue light in his eyes. Using the blue eye technique, he directly found another formation on the flat stone wall in front of the stone hall.
This formation is much simpler than the one outside.
Qian Chao used a trick, and after a gesture, the formation on the stone wall began to appear, shining with white light.
"After unlocking this formation, we will probably find the real treasure," Qian Chao said. "Hmm...Brother Li, what do you think will happen next?"
If there was any danger behind, Li Jian should be able to sense it.
Li Jian shook his head:
"There is no danger in my opinion behind this."
"Okay, but everyone should stay closer to the exit, just in case."
Then Qian Chao's hands flashed with inspiration, and he clicked on the stone wall several times in an orderly manner...
There was a slight sway in the stone hall. Amidst the soft "boom" sound coming from under the feet, the thick and heavy stone wall slowly sank, but it only sank less than three feet under the stone wall, revealing the When the space behind came, Wenyuan let out an exclamation of "Ah" first, which made everyone suddenly startled and looked behind the stone wall.
The stone wall sank, and from the gradually expanding gap between the stone wall and the top of the stone hall, everyone was stunned to find that there were two cold and strange eyes staring at them!
With the light of Qian Chao's luminous yellow paper, people gradually saw clearly, from there emerged the head of something unknown hiding behind the stone wall. It was angular and angular like a slightly rounded triangular shape, with two The strange eyes, which were as big as a sea bowl, extremely dark and turned outwards, shone with a strange light under the light of Qian Chao's luminous talisman, facing the people separated by a stone wall!
Under the gaze of that thing, everyone felt that the blood in their whole body was almost cold. When they saw this, they felt that their two veins were fighting, and they immediately felt a sense of fear and despair that they had never experienced before. Facing this, When faced with a silent and ferocious opponent, almost everyone was like this. They wanted to run away immediately, especially Qian Chao, who even thought of using the formation to raise the stone wall again.
"Don't be afraid!" Although Li Jian was also panicking, he immediately realized the key and said loudly, "He is already dead..."
If it is a living monster, Li Jian is sure that he will be able to sense it. Although the monster behind the stone wall looks extremely ferocious, it is not alive at all. It must have died long ago in these long years. Kong Just leave the body standing here.
Hearing what Li Jian said, people felt a little relieved. Wenyuan and Yanxuan, who were a little timid, turned pale. When they heard that it was a dead beast, they couldn't help but gasp.
This was the first time for me to confront an unknown monster in such an unexpected situation. Especially since this monster was used to guard the treasure house, it must have been very powerful when it was alive. Although He was dead, but his ferocious aura still made people feel terrified.
The stone wall continued to sink slowly, and everyone gradually saw clearly what the long-dead monster looked like. The monster's body was dark green, as if it were carved from a piece of dark green jade, and it was nearly two feet long. It is 10 feet tall. Its head almost reaches the top of the stone hall. Its upper body is slender. It has two arms like sharp folding knives contracted in front of it. It looks like it is ready to go. Its abdomen It is round and fat, with four long legs under its belly to support its figure, and wings on its back.
"this……"
Tang Ping was from the Yuling Sect and had seen the most monsters, but she was a little confused when she saw the dead monster in front of her. However, as the stone wall sank, the monster was revealed in full, and she gradually I found a corresponding one from the monster beasts and monster insects I had learned.
"This is the sword beetle!" Tang Ping recognized it.
"Hey, it's just a big praying mantis. There were a lot of these things on the trees when I was at home!" Lu Pingchuan said. Even so, he was frightened by the ferocious aura of the sword mantis beast just now, and he was stunned for a while. .
"Brother Lu, have you ever seen such a tall mantis?"
"Uh... this is the first time I've seen one. Are there other things like this outside our sect? If one day we can also catch one."
"Alas, this kind of monster insect is already very rare. It is said that such monster insect can still be found in the Lion Forest of Dazongmen in the east, but it is extremely difficult to feed..." Although Tang Ping said this, she really has some interest in this kind of monster insect. interest.
As the stone wall completely sank into the ground and was finally flush with the ground, everyone discovered that there was not one sword beetle behind the stone wall, but two, and the body of a sword beetle was lying on the ground.
Although I am sure that this thing should be dead, and although it has no life left in it and is as motionless as a sculpture, under the ferocious and violent momentum of the sword mantis beast before it died, ten people started to Neither of them had the guts to take a step forward.
Lu Pingchuan was still brave. He raised his head and walked up to the body of the sword beetle to take a closer look. He even poked its body with his fingers and turned around and said:
"Dead, really dead."
Tang Ping felt it was a pity. Blade beetles were hard to find, and sword beetles that could grow to such a large size were even rarer. She raised her head and murmured:
"What a pity. If I were alive..."
Luo Ying also looked up at the guy and said:
"If it were alive, we probably wouldn't be able to get out!"
"That's true..." Tang Ping said, touching the sword beetle beast with her hand.
As a result, I don’t know whether it was because the body of the sword beetle had already collapsed due to the long years, or whether the cool breeze blowing in from the entrance of the cave caused some changes. Just when Tang Ping’s hand touched the sword beetle, When the body was placed on the body, the body, which was as big as a jade sculpture, actually collapsed all of a sudden, as if the whole body was made of fine sand. With a casual touch, it immediately collapsed and fell to the ground, almost turning into powder. " There was a rustling sound. Pulled by this, the body of the sword mantis lying on the ground next to it also turned into a fine sand-like existence almost at the same time. Only one of the standing sword mantis beasts had a body that looked like a big folding knife. The forearm was not damaged, and it made a "clang" sound when it fell to the ground!
Qian Chao turned around and his eyes suddenly lit up!
