The next morning, Qian Chao and the other five people left the sect.
Although they knew that the five of them were under the attention of others, Qian Chao and others were neither low-key nor high-profile when they went out. They did not deliberately go out quietly, nor did they deliberately let others see them. Why did they go out in the past? Just continue, and because of this, the news that the five people went out quickly spread to the ears of interested people, and at the same time, someone followed them quietly.
Of course, Qian Chao and others didn't care about this.
After leaving the sect, the five of them each took out their flying swords, stepped on them and activated them, followed by a whistling sound and five rays of light extending into the distance. The five of them quickly disappeared. This scene made Many people who saw it couldn't help but marvel.
In less than half a day, Qian Chao and the other five people had already reached the cold pool. According to the agreement before they came out, the five of them would stay here for one day, so they slowed down and slowly descended. During this period, Qian Chao He also pointed to a place and said to his four companions:
"Hey, that's where I met Gong Yangfu and fought with him."
"It's a pity that I didn't meet that guy." Li Jian said.
"Well, that's right. If I had been there, I would have beaten him severely." Lu Pingchuan said.
Cold Pool looks like an inconspicuous hill from a distance. The reason why a hill is named Pool is because it is said that there is a cold spring at the bottom of the complex cave under the hill. That cold spring has existed since ancient times. Yes, the records in the classics only leave rumors about the origin of the cold spring in the long past. It is said that the cold spring originated from the Jiuyou underground. The water temperature is extremely cold, but the spring water itself is not frozen, but even if it is If a drop of spring water touches the body of any monk, no matter whether the unlucky monk is a disciple of Qi Refining or the ancestor of Nascent Soul, the cold power contained in the spring water will instantly freeze all the blood in his body and kill him instantly! In the past, before the Five Spirits Sect was established, this cold pool was a truly prohibitive and forbidden place in the world of spiritual practice. But strangely enough, there was obviously a very cold spring here, but in the underground cave on this hill When it comes to digging fire eyes for refining weapons or elixirs, the heat is said to be inferior to the fire eyes in Chengqi Hall and Nanyu Hall. Therefore, this cold fire has become a major feature of Hanchichi.
Although Qian Chao had never entered the cold pool, he would definitely go in to capture Wen Liang and others in the future, so he did a lot of research on it. He not only consulted many people, but also consulted a large number of classics, many of which recorded the Some ancestors of the Five Spirits Sect have speculated about the origin of the cold springs in the cold pool. In Qian Chao's opinion, the most reliable one is that the veins of the cold spring at the bottom almost completely overlap with an ice-cold spiritual vein underground, and together they are in the water. The underground stretches all the way to the cold pool and emerges together, so the spring water there becomes a spiritual spring containing the power of strange cold. There are nine ancient ferocious beasts sealed in nine heaven and earth cages outside the Five Spirits Sect. Only Chaos is the most powerful and difficult to seal. Therefore, the ancestors of the Five Spirits Sect chose this place after some consideration. He used the strange cold power of this cold spring to continuously consume the incomparable power of Chaos. At the same time, he also deployed many incredible and powerful means to ban this ancient ferocious beast Chaos to this day.
In the cave under the hill where the five people landed, not only were various spiritual veins intertwined, torn, and influenced each other to form a chaotic place of spiritual veins, but there were also other chaotic spiritual veins below. Hidden are the layers of prohibition formations left here by the ancestors of the Five Spirits Sect. Of course, there are probably three surviving guys at the feet of the five of them now, Wen Liang, Xing Rang and Hua Cong. Maybe it won't be long before these three people... will see the light of day again.
After Qian Chao fell, he went to check the formation he had arranged before. After looking at it curiously for a while, the others went about their own business. Li Jian looked around here, and Yan Xuan found a few here. He knelt down to pick the spiritual grass. Lu Pingchuan watched Yanxuan doing his work in boredom, while Tang Ping looked around. She searched carefully for a while, trying to find the entrance to the cave that entered the cold pool, but found nothing. Then she raised her foot and stamped on the ground, then went to Qian Chao and asked:
"Boy Qian, where is the original entrance to the cold pool?"
"After my formation was activated, not to mention the original entrance to the cold pool, even the caves of some beasts here were sealed. As for the entrance to the cold pool, let alone you, even I have forgotten where it is now. , the formation will be revealed when we are about to go in."
"oh."
…
That night, the five people found a hiding place to spend the night in Hanchichi. It is said that this was the hiding place that Shangjie used when he was monitoring Hanchichi. It was here that Shangjie stabbed Gongyang Fu unpreparedly. He thus allowed Qian Chao to obtain Gong Yangfu's blood, and in the subsequent battle he unexpectedly defeated Gong Yangfu.
During the break, Tang Ping asked Qian Chao:
"Boy Qian, when do you plan to open the cold pool, and how will we get in then?"
Several people are interested in this issue, so they all set their sights on Qian Tong.
Qian Chao said:
"It depends on the results we get out this time. Brother Li, you have been patrolling around during the day. Have you found anything?"
Li Jian said:
"There are indeed people nearby, but I'm not sure if they were sent by Zhang Yi. Some people must be passing by, while others are wandering around here."
Qian Chao said again:
"There is no need to guess their identities. We have stayed in Hanchichi for this whole day. The news will definitely be spread back to the sect. Zhang Yi will definitely become nervous after learning about it. He must do something. I asked Feng before coming here. You, please pay close attention to Zhang Yi's movements in the sect in the past few days. It's already dark now. If my prediction is good, the news of our coming to Hanchichi should have been sent back long ago. Feng You should also know if there is anything Zhang Yi does. If something is discovered, as long as Zhang Yi eagerly goes to find Lou Qingyao and Zong Xi, or secretly talks with Lou Qingyao, no other evidence is needed. We can nail this suspicion alone. The next step for him is to talk to senior Tang Bo after he returns. The elders will investigate the alchemy cultivator behind Zhang Yi, but Zhang Yi cannot do it until the elders find out. It is moving, so when to open the cold pool depends on the wishes of senior Tang Bo. If the elders nod, we can start to open the cold pool to see if Wen Liang and Xing Rang are dead."
Tang Ping asked:
"This cold pool, the higher the cultivation level, the harder it is to enter. Qi refining disciples will have no problem entering, but it always makes people feel unsure. Mr. Qian, there is no risk if we go in, right?"
"No, do you remember Chu Yuan? He is a high-level Qi refining person and can come and go freely in the cold pool. The chaotic spiritual veins in the cold pool have little impact on him. It will not be a problem for us to enter. If we enter in the future In addition to arresting Wen Liangxing and Hua Cong, the more important thing is to completely seal Hanchichi to prevent others from using Hanchichi as their habitat to do evil. Well, this is also the secret of the internal affairs of Chengqi Hall. Give me one thing to complete before building the foundation."
Li Jian thought of another question and said:
"If Senior Tang and others find out the Chongling Blood Cultivator with the alchemy cultivation level hidden behind Zhang Yi, will they also arrest Zhang Yi in the future?"
"Not necessarily," Qian Chao said, "Zhang Yi's methods are still too low-level right now. What the sect values is the Chongling blood cultivator who formed the elixir. Only from that person can we learn many secrets about Chongling blood cultivator. As for Zhang Yi, Yi, maybe we will continue to put out the line and keep him to see if we can fish out other Chongling blood cultivators."
"Well, it's very possible," Tang Ping said. "Those old guys always leave these things to us juniors. Maybe we will be asked to do things to deal with Zhang Yi in the future."
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While Qian Chao and the other five were talking, in the Wuling Sect, a graceful figure quietly came to a remote place in the forest at night.
The night was filled with darkness, and the sky was full of stars, but the starlight could not penetrate the thick canopy above the forest. It was almost pitch black in the mountain forest. Just when the graceful figure stopped stepping on the rustling fallen leaves, he walked out of the forest. A person flashed out from the darkness.
"Miss Lou." The figure said softly.
"Mr. Zhang, why are you so urgent that you asked me out in the middle of the night?"
The voice was like an oriole coming out of the valley. You could tell that the slim figure was Lou Qingyao just by listening to the voice without looking at the face.
"Qian Chao and the others have gone out, and they must have gone to find Qingluan, whom Miss Lou has longed for. We agreed last time, what happened to the elder brother, did Miss Lou persuade him?"
"Well, this man... always hesitates. He hasn't made up his mind yet. I heard that Qian Chao and the others spent a day in a place called Cold Pool today. Is there anything strange there?"
It seems that Lou Qingyao also sent people to follow Qian Chao, but she did not know what happened in Hanchichi. She only thought that Qian Chao and others were looking for the egg of Qingluan in Hanchichi. Of course, Zhang Yi would not tell Hanchichi what happened. To tell her the secret, he said:
"No matter how big the clan is, if they continue to search like this, they won't have much time left for Miss Lou. If they find Qingluan's egg earlier, it will be too late for Miss Lou. It would be too troublesome to fight for it in Ping's hands. Since it is cooperation, we can only cooperate when there is still hope for Miss Lou. If they succeed, Miss Lou will almost have no hope, then we can't talk about it. We have cooperated. I am going to go out with him tomorrow to take a look. If Miss Lou can find any way to do it, please don’t hide it. Although our goals are different, the results are similar. If we can achieve our goals, I can bear the consequences, but Miss Lou may not be so, so Zongxiong still hopes that Miss Lou will try harder to urge us. I will join forces with Zongxiong to get rid of Qian Chao and others who want to come to the sect. What will happen to the two of us? Even if Zongxiong and I are both She was punished by the sect, but it won’t be difficult for Miss Lou to achieve her wish, right?”
After listening to Zhang Yi's words, Lou Qingyao's mind was released from the cold pool. After thinking for a while, she said:
"Forget it, I'll go and talk to him tomorrow. It's best if we can go out together. Mr. Zhang might as well wait a moment. I'll convince him to go find you, and then we can go out together. Don't go find him tomorrow, but You’re waiting for us to find you, do you understand?”
"Okay, I've written it down."
Soon, the two figures left separately from the woods.
After a while, a figure quietly appeared from the darkness. It was Zhang Yi. After he became a Chongling Blood Cultivator, he acted extremely cautiously. He was worried that someone would be watching him and Lou Qingyao secretly talking here, so he left. Then he quietly returned and stayed in the dark for a long time. After seeing that there was no movement here, he finally left with peace of mind.
After Zhang Yi left, a while passed, and when the sky was almost twilight, a figure slowly and quietly left. This person was Feng You.
Even though Zhang Yi was careful in his work, he had always stayed in the sect after all. Feng You had worked as a casual cultivator in the spiritual world in his early years, earning spiritual stones by killing casual cultivators who were offered bounties. Therefore, whether it is caution or thoughtfulness, Zhang Yi is actually a bit worse than Feng You, whom he has always looked down on. When Feng You earned bonuses in the past, most of the time he was unwilling to fight with the opponent, but He often succeeded by approaching his opponents invisibly and then launching attacks. Thanks to his days as a casual cultivator, he was very good at hiding his body and avoiding detection. After Qian Chao asked him to closely monitor Zhang Yi, he was a little surprised, but it was more of a novelty. He hadn't used these activities for many years. Although he didn't know Qian Chao's intention, he still agreed. , and after Lou Qingyao left, he also expected that Zhang Yi would come back again and again to see if anyone was following him, so he remained calm and hid. Now that Zhang Yi was gone and it was almost dawn, finally It was hidden from Zhang Yi.
Because Feng You kept staring at Zhang Yi, it was dark at night, and Zhang Yi was very alert, so he could only stay away from him, but the smell of rouge powder on Lou Qingyao made Feng You Her identity was confirmed at once. After all, Feng You had been wallowing in a crowd of women for too long. Not to mention that many women had been with him for a period of time, even if they just passed by, even if they met again, even if they closed their eyes, he would rely on the smell of the powder. Being able to identify the opponent's identity can be considered one of his abilities.
When he left quietly, Feng You was still thinking about why Lou Qingyao and Zhang Yi would find such a secluded place to talk secretly at night. He was staring at Zhang Yi, and he didn't expect that it would be Lou Qingyao who came here. Is the woman named Lou disgusted with her elder brother and at the same time attracted to Zhang Yi?
It shouldn't be.
But no matter what, Qian Chao was right about all of this. Sure enough, Zhang Yi had some unusual movements after Qian Chao and others went out yesterday.
Qian Chao only asked Feng You to pay attention to these, and Feng You would not do more. According to Qian Chao, the next step is to wait for them to come back and tell them these.
But what makes Feng You curious is why Zhang Yi did this. What was his reason for dealing with Qian Chao?
Because of Jing Jie's fate, the rabbit died and the fox was sad, so Zhang Yi wanted to get rid of Qian Chao and the others, these scourges?
Definitely Not.
Feng You guessed that Zhang Yi, who was usually very low-key, must have some secrets that he was worried about being discovered by Qian Chao and others.
