Time goes back to when Qian Chao and Li Jian returned to the sect exhausted from their travels.
Li Jian and Qian Chao returned to their respective residences. When Li Jian saw his purple bamboo forest from a distance, he also saw himself sitting cross-legged on the edge of his bamboo forest from a distance. It seemed that he was sitting there. Practice.
"You are?" Li Jian was very confused, but he immediately realized that this might be Tang Ping's arrangement.
"Junior Brother Li, you are finally back." The other Li Jian stretched out his hands and touched his cheek, and then when he revealed his face, it became Lu Shuang's very charming face.
"It turns out to be Senior Sister Lu."
"Well, it was Junior Sister Tang Ping who called me over to help. He pretended to be Qian Chao at Junior Brother Qian's residence, and asked me to pretend to be you at your place. Haha, I finally waited until you guys came back, and this job can be relieved. , Oh, by the way, Senior Lengyue came here a few days ago and found out about this. Well, since you are back, Junior Brother Li, there is no need for me to continue pretending here. It seems that Junior Brother Li is also a little tired, then. I took my leave."
"Thank you, Senior Sister Lu."
"You are welcome."
At Qian Chao's residence, both Tang Ping and Lu Pingchuan were there. Tang Ping was still wearing the green robe worn by male disciples. After seeing Qian Chao come back, Tang Ping couldn't help but start scolding him.
"Hey! Mr. Qian, what you said was good at the time. You could come back in as little as three to five days, or as much as seven or eight days. How many days has it been now? We have been waiting for you in the sect for ten days... Ten days! It was okay in the first few days, but as time went on, I became more and more worried about you, and I had to guard against others seeing through it. In the end, Brother Lu and I even thought you had been caught by gentle people!"
Lu Pingchuan was naturally relieved to see Qian Chao coming back, and said with a smile:
"Hey, it's good to come back, it's good to come back. How about it? Did you encounter any danger outside?"
Tang Ping said again:
"Looking at his arms and legs, of course he's fine. We're covering him in the sect. Wen Liang certainly didn't expect that Mr. Qian went out and caused damage to him these days. Let's talk about it first. How did it go?"
Qian Chao smiled softly and said, "Fortunately, I have lived up to my fate." Then he took out a few pieces of paper with images from his body and handed them to Tang Ping, and then continued:
"I can only find eight of the nine heaven and earth cages outside the sect. Apart from the Taotie, Qiongqi, Zhu Yan and Fei we already know, the remaining four places contain these four ferocious beasts. You see Let’s take a look.”
Tang Ping took the pieces of paper and looked down at them carefully. Lu Pingchuan also came over to take a look.
"猰貐... Jiuying... Gale... Xiu Snake... Oh my God! The paintings on these are all extremely vicious beasts. Mr. Qian, what do you mean by the small circles you drew on these three pieces of paper? ?”
"Oh, in the heaven and earth cage where these four ferocious beasts are sealed, three places have been tampered with, namely..." At this point, Qian Chao looked at the four pieces of paper in Tang Ping's hand again, "Nine Infants, Gale and Xiu She, they should all be within Wen Liang's calculations. The heaven and earth cage of Yuqi is the same as Taotie's. There are no traces of any hands or feet being touched. The hands and feet that Wen Liang has touched in these three heaven and earth cages have also been touched by me. It was destroyed and Wen Liang can no longer use it, but..."
Tang Ping looked up at Qian Chao and said:
"You are worried about the heaven and earth prison that you haven't found yet, right?"
"That's right," Qian Chao said, "Before dealing with Wen Liang, only that place worried me the most. I couldn't even find it. What if Wen Liang knew where the heaven and earth cage was and had arranged it there? ...It’s just a back-up move left by Wen Liang, so we have to guard against it!”
"Well, you can't find it, but there will always be someone in the sect who knows about it. Don't worry about it now. I have something to discuss with you right now."
"Oh, you say."
"Ma Hu came here a few days after you left. You usually trust him very much, and he has been helping us deal with Wen Liang. That's why I didn't hide it from him and told him everything. Ma Hu What he meant was that the five of us should not do this by ourselves. He said that since we have become the first Qi Refining disciples in the sect, we should do this together with the people in the sect in this capacity. , he also said that although there was no objection on the day that Senior Brother Fan announced that we were the new leaders of Qi Refining disciples, there were actually some people who were not convinced by it. Those people either wanted to sit in this position themselves, or He feels that our cultivation level and qualifications are low, and we are not worthy of sitting in this position. Most people have only seen our methods but not our strategies, and they do not trust us very much. Therefore, he said that this matter is a It’s a great opportunity. As long as we can lead those high-level qi-refining disciples to kill the gentle people, it will basically establish the status of the five of us among the qi-refining disciples in the sect. What will happen in the future? When it comes to giving orders to everyone, at least there will be no constraints. You and Brother Li were out at that time, so I agreed with him to wait until you come back to discuss the matter in detail. However, I sent Senior Sister Lu Shuanglu through Ma Hu. Please come and help me. These days, Senior Sister Lu will either transform into me and wander around here, or transform into Brother Li and stay in the Purple Bamboo Forest in Muxiufeng. In this way, even gentle people will keep a close eye on me. No flaws can be seen.”
"Well, I didn't expect Senior Brother Ma to be able to persuade you before me, haha." Qian Chao smiled, and when Tang Ping glared at him, he quickly continued, "We discussed this matter when we were outside with Brother Li. , if we had not been pushed to the position of the leader of the Qi Refining disciples, of course we would have to deal with Wen Liang ourselves, but now the situation is different from before, and our plan should also be changed, Senior Brother Ma said Brother Li and I have also considered these things. Before the foundation is established, the five of us cannot get rid of this task. In this case, let's just do it well. There are five of us, and we can't do worse than Senior Brother Fan alone. ! Therefore, this matter before us is really an opportunity. At least we have to prove to the senior brothers present that day that Senior Brother Fan has the right vision."
Tang Ping nodded after hearing this:
"In this case, Brother Li won't have any objections, and Sister Yan won't have anything to say, but I'll go back to her again and talk about this matter. Brother Lu has been here all the time, and he If this is the same idea, then the five of us will almost have the same opinion. If this is the case, then we will call Ma Hu another day and we will have a detailed discussion."
Next, Tang Ping and Lu Pingchuan saw that Qian Chao had a tired look on his face, so they left, leaving Qian Chao to have a good rest.
…
The next day, in Tang Bonian's cave.
Qian Chao and Tang Ping were all there. Tang Bonian was sitting at the head table looking at a stack of papers on the desk in front of him, while these five people were sitting below and looking at Tang Bonian quietly.
"Taotie, Qiongqi, Yuqi, Fei, Zhu Yan, Dafeng, Jiuying, Xiu Snake, haha, um, are these paintings all written by Qian Chao?" Tang Bonian thought after looking at these paintings for a while It was very good, so I asked.
"It's exactly what this junior painted." Qian Chao said quickly.
"Then...what is this?"
Tang Bonian picked up a piece of paper from the pile and showed it to Qian Chao. It was full of complicated and obscure runes.
"Formation," Qian Chao said, "Such a formation has been arranged in the heaven and earth cage where Qiongqi, Zhu Yan, Dafeng, Jiuying and Xiu She are banned. The function of this formation is to destroy the heaven and earth where ferocious beasts are banned. The cage formation, once this formation is activated, the banned ferocious beast will wake up and will inevitably wreak havoc on the territory within our sect."
"Well," Tang Bonian nodded, "Then how did you deal with it?"
"These formations have been changed into another formation by the juniors using the ancient runes of the same period. As long as someone forcibly changes this formation, the formation will be activated, thereby imprisoning that person. It is considered a... A small cage formation."
Tang Bonian was not good at these things and could only nod. To find out whether Qian Chao was right or not, he had to ask other elders who were proficient in formations for advice. Looking at Qian Chao sitting below, Tang Bonian secretly thought: After all, the boy learned amazing methods from Patriarch Mo's old friend. At least in this formation technique, Qian Chao was already an outstanding disciple.
"Then you're ready, so what's the point of coming to see me today?" Tang Bonian asked.
Tang Ping couldn't help but said:
"Grandpa Six, people say that there are nine ferocious beasts sealed in the nine heaven and earth cages outside the sect. Mr. Qian can only find eight of them so far, and only one of them can't be found. We are also worried that the last one will be there in Wen Liang. In his hands, even if Wen Liang has no use for these eight ferocious beasts, as long as he can awaken the last ferocious beast to cause chaos, it will still cause considerable losses to our Five Spirit Sect. This is what the five of us are worried about. That’s why I came to find you.”
"Well, so you are going to attack that man named Wen Liang next?" Tang Bonian asked.
"Yes!" Tang Ping replied.
"Okay, then just let your hands and feet go and do it. All the elders in the meeting hall also want to see how you are doing."
"But……"
"As for the last ferocious beast, what I can tell you is don't pay attention to it. Even if Wen Liang knows what the last ferocious beast is and where it is, he won't be able to use it, so just go ahead and deal with him. "
"Oh...so Grandpa Six, you know about the last ferocious beast?" Tang Ping asked unwillingly.
"Well, I know a little bit, but since you were able to find eight out of the nine, I'll leave you to find the last one slowly. That's the fun part, haha."
"You old man, it's true!" Tang Ping said angrily.
…
The meeting hall is still in the side hall.
It was Ma Hu, Luo Ying and others who helped to gather the manpower. However, when it was time for everyone to gather here, there were quite a few people who came, but compared to Fan Yan's announcement of Qian Chao's five new appointees. The number of top five spirit disciples was much less that day. There were more than a hundred high-level Qi refining disciples gathered here that day, but now there are only forty or fifty people here.
Ma Hu's face looked a little unhappy. Some of the people present were brought here by force. Looking at the empty side hall now, as a good friend of Qian Chao, he felt very uncomfortable in his chest.
Naturally, the five Luo Ying people are here, and the other ones are Cui Yin, Gu Yuan, and Fang Yang and Fang Han sisters. The rest of the people who come here either come here for the sake of the people in front of them, or they come to join in the fun. It comes from my thoughts.
As for those who didn't come, the reasons were all kinds of things, such as foundation building was close, cultivation was important, they had something to deal with, couldn't get away, etc., or there was no reason at all, they just didn't come. The implication of this was that Qian Chao and the five of them couldn't help it. It’s clear.
Sitting below, Luo Ying was always worried that Qian Chao and the others would get angry, so she said calmly:
"The advantage of having fewer people is that they are at least more capable, making it easier to dispatch and avoid trouble."
Among the five Qian Chao people, Lu Pingchuan was the one with the worst expression. He was a straight-tempered person. Even if he was usually reckless and ignorant, how could he now not understand the thoughts of those who didn't come?
Secondly, Tang Ping's face was not very good either. She didn't pay much attention to what Ma Hu said when she heard it at first, but now she realized that what Ma Hu said was true.
The rest of Yanxuan's face looked a little worried, while Qian Chao and Li Jian's expressions were as usual.
Although Tang Ping was holding back her anger, she also knew that she could not get angry with the people present. After all, these people came as ordered, and she had given them enough love. She stepped forward. Go, bow to the people present, and then say:
"First of all, thank you all the senior brothers and sisters who are here today. The sect has recently asked the five of us to take charge of something. This is the first time for the five of us to boldly order all the senior brothers and sisters. The five of us have recorded today's feelings."
However, in Tang Ping's mind, dealing with Wen Liang was originally done by the five of them. They had never planned that so many people would participate. It can be said that with or without the help of these people, according to their previous arrangements, they can If Wen Liang's vitality is greatly damaged, Wen Liang might be able to be captured, and the involvement of these people is just the icing on the cake. These people in front of them were able to record a great merit for themselves in the sect for no reason. Tang Ping originally felt that he was at a disadvantage when he thought about it. But now, there are so many people who don't appreciate it. They seem to be hiding to see them. It was a personal joke, it really made her angry and funny.
Tang Ping continued:
"Originally, we have made some arrangements before. Well, we really don't need to work so much with senior brothers and sisters. Now there are just the right people here, which is enough. I have remembered all the kindness of all senior brothers and sisters. This After this incident, I assure you that the sect will definitely receive generous rewards far beyond those in the past!"
Tang Ping said these words with anger. After setting these people up today, she would go to Tang Bonian to make a big fuss. She must pour out her bitterness to her sixth grandfather. Of course, in the end The purpose is that as long as they participate in this matter, the rewards given by the sect must be doubled or multiple times. After all, this is the first time that the five of them, as the leaders of the Qi Refining disciples, have gathered people to do something. No matter whether the sect supports the five of them or not, Tang Bonian must support his granddaughter, otherwise how can he do anything in the future?
Luo Ying sighed after hearing this, knowing that this girl Tang Ping was angry. This time she must show off to those who didn't come. Luo Ying didn't care about rewards or not. She I and several partners around me are worried about whether what Qian Chao and the five people want to do this time can be accomplished, whether their previous planning was meticulous, whether there will be any surprises after the actual start, and whether a lot of manpower will be lost in the end. ... This is no wonder Luo Ying, after all, she did not participate in the series of arrangements that preceded this matter.
Cui Yin, Gu Yuan, Fang Yang, Fang Han and others also had the same thoughts as Luo Ying. They had some friendship with Qian Chao, so they were worried about them.
But Ma Hu is not worried, and even thinks that those who did not come are stupid. He is now looking forward to waiting for this matter to be over, to take a good look at the faces of those people, hmph, that will be fun!
After Tang Ping finished speaking, Qian Chao stepped forward, unfolded a large map on a large desk, and then said to everyone with a smile:
"Brothers and sisters, the next step is the specific arrangement of this matter. Please come forward. First, let's talk about the entire arrangement in detail. Second, we will organize the people into several teams, and then we will start from among them. Choose a leading senior brother."
While Qian Chao was talking to everyone, just outside the side hall, Tang Bonian frowned and listened for a while and then walked away. Today was the first time that his precious granddaughter arranged for people to do things, so he naturally I wanted to come and take a look. As expected, many people were unconvinced and did not come. The side hall seemed a bit empty. He had also heard what Tang Ping said in the side hall just now, secretly. , this time just follow that girl and make her smile afterwards!
