After half a month of training, Yang Chen can barely cope with the ankles and bracelets on his body. Although it is still a bit difficult, it is not as serious as half a month ago.
Xu Qing, who was standing by the waterfall, kept waving the sword in his hand, even though his forehead was covered with sweat and the veins in his arms popped out.
Everything that happened between the two of them in the past few days was seen by Li Maolin. At this moment, there were two women and one man behind her, both of whom were in the late stage of foundation building.
She pointed her finger at the rock in front of her, and a burst of spiritual power shot out from her fingertips, "Boom!" The huge rock shattered directly into countless fragments, and the sound spread throughout the entire back mountain.
Xu Qing, who was at the waterfall, heard the sound, put away his sword, and flew towards the source of the sound.
Yang Chen, who had just arrived at the foot of the mountain, speeded up when he heard the sound. After a while, Yang Chen came to the maple leaf forest. He sensed that there were a few more people in front of him. In addition to Li Maolin and Xu Qing, there were three other people. After thinking about it, he knew that it must be the three people brought by Li Maolin.
"Not bad, the progress is not bad, barely meeting the requirements." She looked at Yang Chen and the two and laughed.
"Senior, I'm sorry, my lover just followed your method." Xu Qing said with cupped hands.
"Okay, okay, I can't listen to this. Let's go back to the camp. My sister will take you there."
"Yes, Master."
Li Maolin moved toward Yang Chen, and the anklets and bracelets that restrained him disappeared. Yang Chen felt his limbs light up, and his whole body became much lighter. He shook his body and tried to use the Shadow Step. What shocked him was that the speed of this shadow step was countless times faster than before, which was almost beyond his expectation.
"What a mysterious movement!" Li Maolin sighed.
"Okay, let's go."
The six people walked slowly down the mountain.
These two women, one is Song Lian from Yunniao Peak, Li Mingyue from Tongluo Peak, and the other is Kong Tian. Yang Chen didn't know it at first, and he didn't know until Kong Tian talked to him.
"The two senior brothers have such a good opportunity. They reached Jindan in three years. Junior brother is very envious." Kong Tian's tone was complimentary, but also a little bit bitter. The compliment was for the two's current strength, but the bitterness was for this opportunity. Not on him.
But Xu Qing patted him directly on the shoulder and said, "It's okay, Junior Brother Kong, Brother Chen and I will protect you from now on."
"Then thank you two senior brothers." He turned to look at Yang Chen and asked curiously: "I remember that senior brother Yang's eyes were still fine when he left. This is..."
Everyone except Li Maolin was a little curious, "It's just a small problem, it will be fine after a while." Yang Chen chuckled and brushed it off casually.
But Xu Qing raised his head and said: "Brother Chen, this is a deed. This is a deed of the two of us fighting against the Nascent Soul Demon. That's a small problem."
Yang Chen just chuckled and did not refute. The two women showed admiring eyes. They looked at Xu Qing and said admiringly: "Senior Brother Xu, can you tell us in detail? We have never met Yuan Yuan." A monster in its infancy.”
"Of course, Brother Chen, the world between the two of us in the desert of Qingzhou can be described as shocking every step of the way, killing villains, and seizing demon pills..."
Several people arrived unknowingly, outside the camp where Li Maojun was staying.
Li Maolin directly opened the tent and motioned for a few people to come in. There were two men, who seemed to be discussing something. When he saw a few people coming in, Li Maojun motioned for a few people to sit down.
The six of them were not polite and directly found a seat and sat down. The three of them also sat on the main seat.
"The five of you will represent our Qingyun Sect and seize the mineral veins. Whether you win or not will also represent the future of each of your peaks. This time, the three of you are led by Yang Chen and Xu Qing. This battle for the mineral veins is not a ring, but a competition. It’s a different approach.”
"We've all heard of the battle over the mineral veins, but it's basically about fighting in the ring. Whoever can stand to the end wins, but why was it changed?" Kong Tian asked doubtfully.
"I don't know about this either. I just received a notification from them that this time the battle for the mineral veins will be held in the Black Forest."
"Black Forest..." Kong Tian and the others said in surprise.
"What is the Black Forest?" Yang Chen and the other two were a little confused.
Just when the two were confused, Li Mingjun on the stage explained: "Although there are many monsters in the Black Forest, the scope of this experience is only on the periphery. Most of the monsters are not strong. As long as you don't take the initiative to go deep, of course there is no problem. Others You will naturally know the rules when the time comes, let’s set off now.”
Arriving outside the tent, Li Maojun's sword was unsheathed and suspended on the ground. The blade of the sword became larger and filled with a cold aura. Li Maojun motioned for several people to jump on.
After a few people went up, she jumped onto the flying sword, looked at Li Maolin below, and warned: "Maolin, keep an eye on them. If something unexpected happens, even if you are my biological sister, I can't protect you." you."
"Don't worry, sister, I know."
The two communicated through voice transmission. They didn't know what they were talking about. They only knew that the two looked at each other a few times.
With a thought, Li Maojun's flying sword flew out with a "swish" sound, and the two men followed closely. The speed of the flying sword was very fast, the wind was howling around him, and the clouds were spreading for thousands of miles. At first glance, compared to Xu Qing's, it was just a piece of cake. .
Along the way, Yang Chen learned that this place was not far from the Black Forest, only thousands of miles away, and the location of the competition was just outside the Black Forest.
The few people walked under the stars and the moon all the way without rest. Perhaps because of the few people he brought with him, Li Maojun's speed seemed to have slowed down significantly. By the evening of the second day, the few people finally arrived outside the black forest. Yang Chen could feel it from far away The demonic energy emanating from inside is extremely strong, and this is still in the periphery.
Several people looked down, and many tents had been set up below. People were coming and going, wearing different clothes. Just when a few people were thinking about getting out, a strong wind suddenly howled. Seeing this, Li Maojun flicked his left hand, and the howling wind suddenly disappeared. stop.
"Who are you?" A young man's voice came from the empty space in front of him. Li Maojun pulled a token from his waist, "See for yourself!"
There were ripples in the void ahead, and a young man walked out. He was smiling, holding a folding fan, and wearing a tattered straw hat. When he saw the token Li Maojun took out, he cupped his hand and said: "It turns out It’s Fellow Daoist Li, I’m sorry, my sect has prepared a place for you to rest, please!”
As soon as he moved his body, Li Maojun rushed straight down without stopping at all.
Yang Chen could feel that when they entered the area behind this man, they seemed to have been stared at by several pairs of eyes. This feeling made him very uncomfortable.
When they arrived outside the camp, they spoke to the guarding disciples. Li Maojun was taken away by another disciple, while Yang Chen and the others were taken to the tent on the other side by a young woman.
Although it is a tent, when you come inside, it is not only luxuriously decorated, but also has everything you need, and there is food on the table. Xu Qing took a few grapes and tasted them. The grapes were sweet, delicious, and extremely refreshing, and he could clearly I feel that there is spiritual power in it. Although it is not as good as the food in the underwater palace, it is still comparable.
He picked up a bunch and ran to Yang Chen, "Brother Chen, try it quickly."
Yang Chen took the grapes, picked half of them and handed them to Kong Tian next to him. Kong Tian took them directly without hesitation.
Li Mingyue and Song Lian lived separately in the tent next to them. Without much communication, the three of them entered a state of cultivation.
On the second day of this practice, several people were interrupted by the sound of footsteps and noise coming from outside the tent. Xu Qing took the lead and walked out to check the scene outside.
"What's wrong?" Yang Chen asked Xu Qing.
"I don't know. I see some disciples seem a little anxious. Should we go take a look."
Yang Chen thought for a while and nodded, "Let's go and have a look. Do you want to go?" He looked at Kong Tian and asked.
"Yes!" Kong Tian nodded, and the three of them walked out. Following the direction of the crowd, the three of them spotted two familiar figures. They walked over quickly and it was Song Lian and Li Mingyue.
Seeing that the two of them seemed to have arrived a long time ago, the three of them started to inquire about the matter.
From their narration, the three learned that it was a monster from the black forest that ran out and attacked several disciples. However, now the monster has been captured by the strong men guarding it, and the injured disciples have not been threatened by their lives. , these people are comforting the disciples.
But a few people felt that it was not that simple. Not only all of them felt that way, how could a monster come out and hurt people under the noses of these powerful men? Unless someone did it deliberately, these were just guesses.
"Dong dong dong!"
A burst of drumming came from the entrance to the Black Forest, which immediately attracted the attention of all the disciples, who all turned and ran towards the source of the sound.
The drum was played by a young woman wearing the attire of a sect disciple. Seeing that everyone had arrived, she stopped playing the drum. Then, a man with a solemn appearance appeared in front of everyone. His sharp eyes scanned the people in front of him. .
"Everyone, there will be a battle for the mineral veins later. You represent your respective sects. I hope that your performance will satisfy you and your seniors. But once you enter the Black Forest, life or death will be unpredictable. If you want to Those who give up can do so now, and I don’t think anyone will make things difficult for you.”
People around him were talking a lot, but no one spoke.
"Okay, since no one has given up, let me continue to talk about the rules. The rules are as follows. We have placed some tokens in the black forest, and the sect with the most tokens will win the leader of this mine battle. However, with the additional magic circle we have placed on the token, anyone holding the token can sense where the other token is, and the disciples can fight for it on their own."
"We haven't been so cruel in previous years, why this time..." There was another noise around.
"I still say the same thing. If you want to give up, please speak up quickly. If you enter the black forest, it will be a matter of life and death. Not only will you have to face some monsters, but you will also have to face robbery."
"It's boring!" Everyone below said in unison.
"Okay, everyone, get ready. In half an hour, I will unite everyone to open the formation and send you in."
There is a defensive formation outside the black forest. One is to prevent the monsters inside from coming out, and the other is to prevent some unknown people from breaking in.
