Zhao Li smiled slightly, touched Cen Yun's head, and said happily: "You have grown taller!"
Only then did Cen Yun notice that he had unknowingly grown from Zhao Li's elbows to his shoulders, but his skin was still dark and he looked like a simple and honest boy.
Zhao Li nodded and said: "Yes, you can reach the third level of Qi Refining after one year of practice. When the big hunt is over, I will recommend to the master that you enter the sword pond to practice!"
The master Zhao Li was talking about was naturally Huangfu Tu, the second elder of Fengqishan. He was in charge of the sword pool. It could be said that becoming his disciple was the dream of every outer sect disciple, not even Cen Yun. Lie Wai, with a face full of joy, nodded and said: "Then thank you, Senior Brother Zhao!"
The smile on Zhao Li's face did not change, and he said: "This time for the sect's big hunt, you should treat it as an experience. With your cultivation, it is no problem to hunt a few monsters in the periphery, but remember, don't go alone. deep."
Seeing Zhao Li's care like an elder brother, Cen Yun couldn't help but think of Cen Yuan, and was quite moved in his heart. But thinking about what he had experienced in the past year, he began to feel sad again, and asked: "By the way, Senior Brother Zhao, there is one thing I want to do." Let me ask you..."
Then Cen Yun told all the strange things he had encountered over the past year, but he deliberately hid the matter of the strange wood scabbard, otherwise it would be bad to reveal the existence of the mysterious senior in the scabbard and cause trouble.
After Zhao Li heard this, he looked thoughtful and said, "I have heard about you. Ding Hu's death should be caused by someone deliberately harming you. But I have no clue why the people behind the scenes are targeting you." , could it be that you have offended someone in the sect?"
"How is this possible? I have never interacted with people from other sects since I started..."
As he spoke, Cen Yun couldn't help but glance at the disciples around him, and suddenly he saw the leader of the disciples in the left team, whose face was as white as jade, giving people the impression of a young scholar, looking towards him with a smile.
The person behind him is nine feet tall and tall, like a giant King Kong, full of power.
He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that the young scholar-looking disciple was looking directly at him. He couldn't help but swallowed and asked Zhao Li next to him: "Senior Brother Zhao, who is that senior brother?"
Zhao Li followed his gaze, his expression changed immediately, and he said in a deep voice: "These two are both disciples of the Great Elder. The scholar-looking one is called Liu Huang, and behind him is his junior brother Zhang Kui."
While they were talking, the two people had already walked towards this side, immediately attracting the attention of everyone around them.
Liu Huang smiled broadly and said, "Senior Brother Zhao, long time no see."
Zhao Li responded: "Looking at Senior Brother Liu's expression, I guess Senior Brother Liu is determined to win the Great Hunt this time. Why are you interested in saying hello to me? Aren't you afraid of being blamed by the Great Elder?"
Liu Huang's smile did not change and he said: "Senior Brother Zhao is joking, the master's temperament is not so small."
These words were undoubtedly an irony of Huangfu Tu's lack of energy, which made Zhao Liwei angry: "You——"
Before he finished speaking, he realized that he had lost his temper and said coldly, "Senior Brother Liu is here just to laugh at my defeated general, right?"
"Senior Brother Zhao has always been a person that I respect very much. In the battle at Chao Xian Palace, I could only win by chance. I couldn't do anything. If we fight again, I will definitely not be my opponent. I just came here because I heard that Senior Brother Zhao has recovered from a desperate situation. I brought a junior brother back, and when I saw him today, he was indeed extraordinary!"
As he said this, Liu Huang looked at Cen Yun with a strange look in his eyes, and Cen Yun suddenly felt an ominous feeling in his heart.
Liu Huang had a smile on his face, and could not see any bad intentions, and said: "How about this, little junior brother, when the big hunting is over, I will go to the Alchemy Pavilion to talk. Master has wanted to see you for a long time."
"This..." Cen Yun never dreamed that he would be invited to the Alchemy Pavilion, and judging by the implications of his words, the Great Elder wanted to see him. What was going on? He couldn't help but look at Zhao Li with a questioning look. meaning.
Zhao Li snorted coldly and said, "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint Senior Brother Liu. After the big hunt, Junior Brother Cen has to go to the Sword Pond with him, so he can't go to the medicine garden. Say goodbye!"
After saying that, Zhao Li pulled Cen Yun to a distance and whispered: "That man named Liu is very good at deceiving people. Junior Brother Cen, you must not be fooled by him. I accidentally learned about it from Master and Uncle Shi. , the great elder is developing a forbidden medicine, which can cleanse the muscles, cut the marrow, and change the fate. However, it has been in the bottleneck stage and has been unable to be successfully refined. Now I think that the death of Ding Hu is probably related to this, so you must be careful Be careful not to get too close to it!"
"I know." Cen Yun nodded.
Zhao Li smiled happily and returned to where the Jianchi disciples were, while Cen Yun was waiting there.
After about a cup of tea, suddenly there was a thunderous rumble in the sky. He turned around and saw a sea of clouds rolling in the direction of the mountain top, lightning flashing, and a man coming through the sky with the power of wind and thunder, staying above the mountain gate.
All the disciples bowed down to pay homage.
"I've met the master in person!"
Above the mountain gate is a middle-aged man in a purple robe, surrounded by arcs of electricity. He looks majestic, like a god of thunder descending to earth. Who is Zhong Liqing if he is not the leader?
His voice was like a loud bell, and he spoke loudly: "The prosperity of Fengqi Mountain today is inseparable from the daily hard work of all the disciples. Therefore, a big hunt is held every four years. One is to discover talents, and the other is to pacify the evil spirits in the mountain and protect the sect." The gate is peaceful, please disciples take this jade bottle and kill the monsters. After one month, Elder Xiang will accept this bottle at the mountain gate."
After speaking, Zhong Liqing waved his right hand, and like stars scattering, countless white lights fell into the hands of every disciple under the mountain gate.
Cen Yun looked at the white light in his hand and saw that it was a round white jade bottle. There was nothing in it, and he didn't understand the purpose of this bottle.
"Then, disciples, please enjoy this feast!"
As Zhong Liqing finished speaking, the disciples poured out of the mountain gate like locusts, while the two groups of inner sect disciples on the left and right rose up one after another, turning into dozens of rainbow lights and flying in different directions.
Cen Yun followed the disciples into the forest. Wherever he went, corpses lay everywhere, like a massacre.
Seeing this scene, Cen Yun couldn't help but feel a pity in his heart, but he soon felt that this feeling was ridiculous. He hurriedly used the spirit-hiding technique, climbed up a giant tree more than ten feet high, and carefully observed his surroundings.
Soon he saw a small group of disciples in the southeast, cleaning the battlefield and collecting the furs and claws of monsters. When they used the jade bottle given by Zhongli Qing to get close to the corpse of the monster, there would be something in the mouth and nose of the monster. A wisp of green smoke shot out and penetrated into the jade bottle.
Cen Yun didn't know what the wisp of green smoke was, but he thought it was quite strange and made him feel uncomfortable, so he turned his attention to the forest in the east-west direction.
There were eleven disciples fighting in the forest, and two of them were quite familiar to him. They were Su Yi and Wei Yu, who had met once at Chuifeng Cliff.
Cen Yun sighed softly. As expected, the two became enemies, but this time he did not intend to intervene. After all, the gap between the two sides was too big. Even if he entered, he would only be holding Su Yi back.
"Ouch!"
After a while, the surrounding monsters seemed to be completely irritated by Feng Qishan's disciples, and roars came one after another from all over the forest, and they rushed towards the nearest disciple.
There was also a red bear covered in blood at the feet of Cen Yun. It stood up with a body more than ten feet high, and kept roaring and beating the giant tree at its feet. The force was so great that it slapped the tree body with shocking palm prints, and the entire giant tree followed. Shaking violently.
The demon bear under the tree has practiced Taoism for forty years, which is equivalent to the fourth level of Qi training.
Cen Yun did not dare to be careless. He jumped onto another giant tree and kept jumping forward, away from the beast.
However, the red bear under the tree seemed to recognize him. No matter how he ran away, he kept pursuing him. As he went deeper into the forest, more and more monsters gathered around him, making him a little tired to deal with it.
Uh-huh!
Suddenly, a sword light flew from the front and collided with the monster beast group behind. In the afterimage of the sword light, there was almost no suspense. A large piece of the monster beast group was cut open like a piece of tofu, bloody. Incomparable.
When Cen Yun saw this, he couldn't help but said in surprise: "Senior Brother Su?"
The person in the sword light was Su Yi who escaped from Wei Yu's hands. He used a silver flying sword in mid-air to sweep away the surrounding monsters. Without saying a word, he grabbed Cen Yun's wrist and flew forward, saying: "Cen Junior brother, leave quickly!"
Cen Yun looked back and saw Wei Yu and the six disciples who were accompanying him chasing him. Although the grudge between them had nothing to do with him, it was obvious that he was in trouble and had no choice but to let Su Yi lead him. Escape deep into the forest.
Half an hour later, Su Yi landed in a ravine with big beads of sweat on his forehead, leaning against a big tree, breathing heavily.
Cen Yun jumped up on a nearby tree and looked behind him. Wei Yu and others were completely out of sight because they didn't know how to control objects. There were no monsters around, so it seemed they were safe for the time being.
"Can you tell me your purpose now?" Cen Yun jumped down from the tree and looked at Su Yi. Although he was his savior, there was still caution in his eyes.
"This... what does Junior Brother Cen mean?" Su Yi was stunned, his eyes wandering away.
"I don't think our meeting was a coincidence, whether it was at Chuifeng Cliff or at this moment." Cen Yun looked closely, and at the same time he had already thought about the route to leave and how to deal with it.
"Oh, I can't hide it from you!"
Su Yi sighed softly and said with a bitter look on his face, "However, it is indeed a coincidence that Junior Brother Cen and I met at Chuifeng Cliff. It's just that a few days ago, a person sent me a letter, asking me to take you to the deep place. If you want to see the ruins, you can take me to see Xiaoting. I dare not disobey..."
"Ruins?" Cen Yun asked confused.
Su Yi shook his head and said: "I don't know the specifics, but it is said that there is a ruins left over from ancient times, called the Forbidden Valley of Death. The ancestor once sealed a peerless beast here, but the breath that overflowed from the seal still polluted the valley. , so that the mountains will continue to breed monsters."
Cen Yun still didn't understand why the other party wanted him to go to the Forbidden Valley of Death. You must know that it was a forbidden area, and it was definitely not something that disciples with their level of cultivation could deal with.
Although he didn't understand the other party's purpose, one thing he was sure of was that the person who had been hiding behind the scenes had carefully weaved a net for him. In this net, neither Su Yi nor he could escape.
"In that case, then Senior Brother Lao Su will lead the way." Cen Yun thought over and over again and decided to go to the Forbidden Valley of Death to find out what was going on.
Su Yi nodded and said: "Junior brother Cen, don't worry, I promise you that no matter how dangerous this trip is, I will protect you with my life!"
Cen Yun smiled bitterly, walked to the side and sat down, waiting for Su Yi's spiritual power to recover.
