Qian Chao and the other five arrived at the Thousand Needle Pine Forest on the third day. They were not in a hurry on the way, just like they would go out every day. When they saw something good, they would go over to take a look and pick it up. They did not go too fast, and the purpose was to be able to So that the people behind them who may be following them will not lose them.
Before noon on the third day, Qian Chao and others arrived at Thousand Needles Pine Forest.
Thousand Needle Pine Forest, as the name suggests, most of the trees there are pine trees.
The area outside Wulingzong is vast, and the mountains and forests are full of greenery. The types of trees are very diverse. There are all kinds of trees with large leaves, small leaves, and conifers. Only here, almost all of them are pine trees, so they are easy to identify.
When Qian Chao and the five of them approached the Thousand Needles Pine Forest from the air, what they saw was a vast sea of forests. This pine forest occupies a vast area. Even if the five of them looked at it from the air, almost everything they could see was a gloomy forest. It's green, the mountains here don't have much undulations, there aren't any high mountains or dangerous peaks, all the trees grow on a gently undulating hillock like waves, the trees are so dense that you can't even see the bottom when you look at it from above. of ground.
Qian Chao signaled his companions to stop and took out a map to compare directions. Tang Ping looked at the endless pine forest and asked:
"This is Thousand Needles Pine Forest?"
"Yes, this is it." Qian Chao said and shook the map in his hand towards her.
"There's nothing surprising about it. Is this a forbidden area?" Lu Pingchuan said.
"Yes, this is a forbidden area, we can't go any further."
"Then what should we do next?" Yanxuan said.
"Same as the time we entered Shouwo Mountain, I first need to determine the direction of the spiritual veins from the outside and draw it on the map. Then, I will go inside to complete the map of the spiritual veins. This will take a few days. It’s time for the next day. During this period, we have to find a few hiding places. I will set up formations there. After I enter, everyone will hide inside and stare at what’s going on outside.”
Li Jian nodded, looked back behind him and said:
"Well, maybe someone will follow Brother Qian before he enters."
"That's right, very few disciples from the sect come here, so everyone who comes around here is suspicious. Brother Li, I have to rely on you to guard against them in the past few days before I go in, but it doesn't matter if I find them. To pay attention to them is to let them see what we are doing."
"good."
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Before going in, Qian Chao stayed outside the Thousand Needles Pine Forest for a total of seven days. During these seven days, he walked around this vast forest. There was only one thing to do every day, walking along the Thousand Needles Pine Forest. In the outer circle of the coniferous pine forest, the spiritual veins that enter or come out of it are found one by one, and then carefully drawn on the map.
Tang Ping and others can't help with such a matter, so Qian Chao can only work alone. Fortunately, the Thousand Needles Pine Forest is a place rich in spiritual energy. Even if you don't go inside, you can find a lot of beauty just outside. It’s a good spiritual herb, so Yanxuan has gained a lot these days. Tang Ping helped Yanxuan while watching Qian Chao busy up and down. Li Jian has been watching the movements around him from a few people away. Lu Pingchuan has been watching these days. On the day, I can always catch a few monsters. I happily skin and devein them and grill them over firewood. The meat is fragrant. Every time at this time, five people will enjoy it.
In addition, another thing is to find some hiding places. After Qian Chao enters the Thousand Needles Pine Forest, the other four people will hide in it. Li Jian and Tang Ping met several places like this, and in each Everywhere, Qian Chao would arrange formations to hide the monk's aura, and then make some disguises to make the place even more secretive and difficult to find.
Two days before Qian Chao and others arrived at Thousand Needles Pine Forest, Li Jian didn't notice anything unusual. On the third day, Li Jian discovered something. However, Qian Chao had said before that he should ignore those people, so Li Jian didn't tell them at that time. This told Qian Chao that Li Jian only said to Qian Chao when he was resting at night:
"Brother Qian, someone appeared near us today. There were not many people, just two or three, and they were far away. I couldn't identify them. When I approached them on the way, they were still hiding far away. Let me We can't sense them, but there must be a woman among them, and there is a faint scent of powder left in the place where they have been hiding."
"That should be Lou Qingyao's wife, right?" Lu Pingchuan said.
"Shangguan Hong is also a woman." Yanxuan said.
"If Shangguan is also here, she must be here alone, and it is unlikely that she will be traveling with others." Tang Ping said.
"It doesn't matter, I just want them to come..."
Qian Chao's words were interrupted by Tang Ping, who said worriedly:
"Boy Qian, don't forget to collect the Wo Mountain. Shangguan Hong also went in at that time, so she might also be able to enter the Thousand Needles Pine Forest."
"Yes, I remember, but no matter what, she must be slower than me in the Thousand Needles Pine Forest, and she must be more careful, so I should have a much greater advantage than her inside."
After hearing this, Tang Ping nodded.
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After dawn, Qian Chao continued to be busy.
Li Jian was right. While they were busy, there were several pairs of eyes staring at them from a distance.
Only three of them came out this time. It was the people who quietly followed Qian Chao for them who led them here. After discovering Qian Chao, this place aroused Zong Xi's vigilance. Zong Xi naturally knew about the forbidden land. Since he After he started practicing, he was forbidden by the elders to break into the forbidden area. Zong Xi had never been here. He saw that there were pine forests here, and Qian Chao and the others only dared to go around the pine forests. They had doubts only after entering, so they took out the map and checked it carefully to finally confirm their location. Unexpectedly, Qian Chao and the others came to the famous forbidden area "Thousand Needle Pine Forest". They couldn't understand Qian Chao's actions. , but you can probably guess that they are preparing to enter the Thousand Needle Pine Forest.
It was the first time for Lou Qingyao to come to this place. After arriving, he was told by Zong Xi that this was a forbidden area that could not be entered. The dangers inside were definitely not something that Qi Refining disciples could deal with. The ordinary monsters in the forbidden area were even more powerful than the foundation-building monks. , the most powerful one can only be killed by Danjie monks. Even Zhang Yi said so. Lou Qingyao naturally knew about the forbidden area, but he didn't expect Qian Chao and others to come to the forbidden area this time. For this reason, the three of them were full of questions.
"Since it's a forbidden area, what is Qian Chao doing?"
Lou Qingyao said, looking from where they were hiding, they could see Qian Chao in the air in the distance. Of course, there was also Li Jian who was patrolling back and forth. Qian Chao's figure in the air was constantly moving up and down, as if he was looking for something. What made them most curious was that Qian Chao's figure was almost covered by a bunch of snow-like talismans. Those talismans kept changing with Qian Chao's hand movements, sometimes scattering like frightened birds, sometimes like tired birds. In Guilin, patterns like formations of wild geese were sometimes arranged in the air. From time to time, the talismans were still shining, while Qian Chao kept writing something on a piece of paper with a pen. In the eyes of these three people, She didn't know why. Lou Qingyao was naturally different from the art of talismans, let alone the study of spiritual veins. Therefore, she certainly didn't know that Qian Chao was confirming the distribution and direction of spiritual veins outside the Thousand Needles Pine Forest, but this was the forbidden land Zong Xi said. This aroused Lou Qingyao's vigilance. Ordinary Qi refining disciples dare not enter here. Zong Xi said that the most powerful monsters inside need to be dealt with by alchemy monks. Then... if that Qingluan actually lays eggs in this forbidden area. If...that's true...then what is Qian Chao doing now?
Is he going to enter this forbidden area?
Didn't it say that Qi refining disciples can't enter?
If Qian Chao could really get in, wouldn't she, Lou Qingyao, miss out on Qingluan's egg?
This question was not only thought of by Lou Qingyao, but also by Zhang Yi and Zong Xi.
"What if..." Lou Qingyao said, "What if the Qingluan Egg is really in this forbidden area?"
Zhang Yi sighed and expressed his helplessness.
Lou Qingyao was asking Zong Xi, and Zong Xi was silent for a moment and then said:
"I will go back and beg my mother to come and look for it in this Thousand Needle Pine Forest."
After hearing this, Lou Qingyao's face showed some undisguised disappointment. It was very simple. Although Zong Xi's mother was an alchemy monk, why did she come here to help Lou Qingyao?
Recently, Zong Xi has been begging his parents to agree to his affair with Lou Qing Yao. However, Zong Xi's parents not only did not agree but also reprimanded him. Zong Xi repeatedly asked but the result was the same.
Lou Qingyao has a special status. She is a disciple of the Lion Forest, and she is not an ordinary disciple of the Lion Forest. Her background is very deep in the Lion Forest. This originally made the Zong family a little afraid. If she is a member of the Wuling Sect, Marriage with the Lion Lin Lou family might cause some trouble, and it would definitely arouse suspicion within the clan. Lou Qingyao was supposed to return to the Lion Forest after the hundred years of consecration. Unexpectedly, this woman actually decided to stay in the Five Spirits Sect on her own initiative. This move made people suspicious. Many elders in the sect felt that this woman was a powerful person. She is a scheming person who pays special attention to her. Although Zong Xi's parents were very disappointed with Zong Xi, they naturally would not let Zong Xi make the decision on such a major matter as choosing a Taoist companion.
Zhang Yi also looked up at the sky at this time. Qian Chao was his big opponent. Zhang Yi was already convinced of this without a doubt. But now that he saw Qian Chao's inexplicable method that made him nervous and fearful, Zhang Yi's heart His uneasiness became even more intense, and he said hesitantly:
"Is it possible that Qian Chao... can really enter the Thousand Needle Pine Forest to find the Green Luan's egg?"
The seemingly innocent words were actually giving Lou Qingyao a foothold so that she could continue to force Zong Xi.
At the same time, in another hidden place, Shangguan Hong also looked up at the tide of money in the sky in the distance.
She came naturally. Zhang Yi could find someone to follow Qian Chao, and so could Shangguan Hong. After hearing that Qian Chao had arrived at Thousand Needles Pine Forest, Shangguan Hong immediately became nervous and immediately left the sect and rushed over.
Ever since her master began to retreat for a long time, Shangguan Hong understood that she no longer had any advantage over Tang Ping in finding Qingluan, and was even at a disadvantage. Just like the scene she saw now, she had She had seen it before, and that was before Qian Chao and the five of them entered Shouwo Mountain. At that time, she and Tian Shuangyou secretly watched. Qian Chao also acted in the same way at that time, and then went in to Shouwo Mountain.
The reason why Shangguan Hong was able to enter Shouwo Mountain in the first place was because she planned to kill Qian Chao and others there and then blame Lin Jian. Therefore, she had done the most thorough research on Shouwo Mountain. More importantly, she obtained Qiu Hua. He's help. Shangguan Hong's main target that time was Tang Ping, but later she learned that Tang Ping and others were able to go in and come out safely only because of Qian Chao. From then on, she cared more about Qian Chao, and now Qian Chao is like this With his actions, countless talismans were constantly floating around him. She knew that after the boy circled the thousand-needle pine forest, it would be time for them to enter.
So what should I do?
It must be said that Shangguan Hong can also enter it. Her master Qiu Huahe also gave her instructions before retreating and left some things behind. However, judging from the experience of guarding Wo Mountain, even if Shangguan Hong uses Even without the things her master gave her, it seemed that she was not as comfortable as Qian Chao and Tang Ping walking around in Shuo Mountain.
After all, Shangguan Hong relies on foreign objects, while the other party relies on Qian Chao's methods. The two parties compete to decide the difference.
What should Qian Chao and the others do if they really enter the Thousand Needles Pine Forest?
This is what Shangguanhong is most worried about now.
Shangguan Hong had searched almost all outside the sect recently. Under the situation that she could not find the egg of Qingluan no matter what, she gradually began to doubt whether the egg of Qingluan was in the forbidden area, and Now those who are watching the money trend have also expected this, and are even ahead of her.
Even if that girl Tang Ping doesn't succeed this time, even if the Green Luan Egg is not in this Thousand Needle Pine Forest, those few people will definitely be able to use Qian Chao's means to continue to search for it in other forbidden areas. They are all forbidden areas, and now Shangguan Hong really had no confidence that he could take the lead.
So what should I do, just watch that girl Tang Ping succeed and then show off to me proudly?
Beautiful thought!
Shangguan Hong thought to himself.
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Finally, in the early morning a few days later, Zhang Yi, Lou Qingyao, Zong Xi, and Shangguan Hong, who were hiding elsewhere, watched helplessly as Qian Chao and the five men emerged from their hiding place at night, and they all They flew up carefully, and soon the five people's figures entered the Thousand Needles Pine Forest. Then they flew for a certain distance and then quickly fell down. The five people's figures disappeared into the forest. .
Sure enough, they got in!
He even dared to break into forbidden areas!
Everyone who saw this scene was stunned.
