Two hours into the canyon, there was still no exit, and no monsters were seen. Yu Qiuchi asked everyone to rest for a quarter of an hour before setting off.
Ge Yuchan was silent. She sat aside and took out water and dried meat. Although she had to slowly try to live without food since the beginning of the foundation building period, at this time, she could only have strength if she was full.
Yun Shang stayed away from Yu Qiuchi, and Jiang Yuebai sat next to Ge Yuchan with her to adjust her breathing.
Yu Qiuchi chose a gorge that was not often used by people. She sat alone on a broken stone and guarded the front of the gorge. She ordered Zheng Chong and Gu Liu to guard the back and protect the three little ones in the middle.
"There are so many foundation-building disciples in the camp, so these three little ones have to be arranged for us." Zheng Chong threw the stone, showing dissatisfaction.
Gu Liu glanced at the three jockeying men, smiling as if they were on an outing, unaware of the danger of the mission.
"You can't say that. That Ge Yuchan, you see she doesn't talk much and is always unknown, but she is in the top fifty on the camp's merit list, ranking higher than you and me."
"Maybe it was brought by others. Anyway, the war achievements were exchanged for monster materials and various genius treasures. Just like that Yun Shang, holding a bald monkey, speaking weakly and weakly, as if he had not been weaned. Senior Sister Yu is still protecting me."
Gu Liu thought thoughtfully, "Maybe he is very good at controlling beasts?"
Zheng Chong rolled his eyes, "What about Jiang Yuebai? For such an important task, let her be followed by someone who has never entered the secret realm. True Lord Jiuchuan wants to train his disciples, so he can't harm us, right? With True Lord Jiuchuan's domineering attitude With his temper, if something happens to Jiang Yuebai, we won’t be able to survive! This trip is simply unlucky!”
Gu Liu glanced at Jiang Yuebai, who was grabbing Ge Yuchan's dried meat and laughing heartlessly.
"It is indeed not easy to study with the prince, but there is nothing we can do about it. Although we didn't see it with our own eyes, Jiang Yuebai's ability to win the first place in the competition is definitely not weak, so we don't have to worry too much."
"Alas! You can only accept your bad luck and be more protective if something happens, especially this Jiang Yuebai!"
When a quarter of an hour was up, the group got back on the road, still walking through the canyon.
In the silent canyon, gravel rolled down, and a red shadow suddenly shot down from Jiang Yuebai's head.
"careful!"
Behind Jiang Yuebai, Zheng Chong was so frightened that he lost his mind.
Gu Liu immediately raised his head and saw a dozen rock-like monsters on the mountain wall. They were the size of young children and moved very fast. A pair of sharp claws ripped open their stomachs and was extremely vicious.
"Eighth-level monster, rock-skin monkey!"
Zheng Chong raised his hand to seal the secret, and watched with wide eyes as the sharp claws of the rock-skin monkey swept across Jiang Yuebai's head. He could already imagine the scene of his brain bursting.
At the critical moment, several ice arrows were fired, and the rock-skin monkey was instantly knocked away and nailed to the rock wall.
Zheng Chong was stunned and looked at his hands. Wasn't he using the water arrow technique? Why did it turn into ice arrow technique? No, he hasn't finished the technique yet!
Before he could figure it out, Jiang Yuebai, who had been standing still, drew out his two swords out of thin air, spinning them like hot wheels to attack the rock-skinned monkeys that had been killed from the mountain wall.
Ge Yuchan reacted very quickly, stepped on the ground like a ghost, spun around to avoid the sharp claws of the rock-skin monkey, and inserted the dagger into the back of the rock-skin monkey's neck quickly and accurately, with sharp eyes, killing him with one strike!
Zheng Chong and Gu Liu were completely stunned. Yu Qiuchi pressed Yun Shang tightly. Just as the treasure box opened a hole, they saw Jiang Yuebai and Ge Yuchan killing more than a dozen rock-skin monkeys to pieces. The opening on the treasure box closed again.
In just a short moment, monkey corpses were everywhere.
Jiang Yuebai and Ge Yuchan landed back to back, turned their heads, and glanced at each other from the corner of their eyes.
Ge Yuchan said, "Kill one more than you."
Jiang Yuebai responded with 'hehe'.
Yun Shang glared at Yu Qiuchi angrily, and stopped talking several times, but Yu Qiuchi remained silent.
Ge Yuchan put away the dagger, pulled out the boning knife on her calf, and quickly cut off the valuable parts of the monster's body.
Jiang Yuebai took out the soul bottle that had been prepared long ago and collected the beast soul.
"I only want the beast soul, and you take the rest."
"OK."
The monster was killed and the spoils were divided. Zheng Chong and Gu Liu looked at each other and felt that they were superfluous.
"It's just a fluke, the rock-skin monkey... is relatively weak." Zheng Chong defended.
Gu Liu shook his head and sighed.
"Wait a minute, who cast the ice arrow technique just now? I didn't see Jiang Yuebai's secret technique?" Zheng Chong suddenly reacted.
Gu Liu was startled and glanced at everyone. As far as she knew, Yu Qiuchi had two spiritual roots of gold and fire, Yun Shang had three spiritual roots of earth, wood and fire, and Ge Yuchan also had three spiritual roots. She didn't know the details, but there couldn't be ice.
It is even more impossible for her and Zheng Chong, then there is only...
Zheng Chong also reacted, and the two of them looked at Jiang Yuebai.
"It's impossible to cast a spell in an instant without sealing the spell!"
Jiang Yuebai felt the two people's gaze and narrowed her eyes at them with a smile. What she did just now was really nothing, she only contributed 10% of her efforts.
Ge Yuchan acted very quickly and only took the most valuable and portable parts, saving everyone’s time.
The group of people continued on the road, walking and stopping. They encountered monsters several times on the road, but Jiang Yuebai and Ge Yuchan took action to deal with them.
Yun Shang was protected by Yu Qiuchi every time, and Zheng Chong and Gu Liu were completely unable to intervene. As a result, their eyes became distracted and they were too lazy to concentrate on guarding their surroundings.
Jiang Yuebai could always detect the movement around him earlier than others, and Yu Qiuchi was amazed by the fact that he was able to successfully build the foundation.
After traveling for three consecutive days, the secret realm entered the dark night. The temperature dropped sharply, turning from hot to cold. There was no sun or moon here. There were special rocks around the canyon that emitted red fluorescence and could be used for lighting.
Yu Qiuchi asked everyone to rest for an hour.
"The night in the secret realm is very long, usually between seven and fifteen days. The fire evil will weaken, but the ghosts and evil corpses will increase. We can leave the canyon and reach the Tomb of Ten Thousand Beasts in half a day. Please be careful."
Yu Qiuchi told him to stay in front alone.
Jiang Yuebai asked Ge Yuchan to help her watch first, and seize the time to refine the beast souls collected in the past three days into the eight formation plates to make formation soldiers that can kill the enemy.
Yun Shang was squatting under the mountain wall, poking at the ant nest with a stick, and glaring at Yu Qiuchi from time to time, somewhat resentful.
Not far away, Zheng Chong and Gu Liu were guarding the rear.
"We are so weak, so we should stay in the middle and be protected, right?" Zheng Chong said dissatisfied.
Gu Liu smiled and shook his head, "That's not what you said three days ago."
Zheng Chong scratched his face in embarrassment, "I underestimated Jiang Yuebai and Ge Yuchan before. They are really capable to be accepted as their direct disciples. Ge Yuchan is not in the top 50 in the battle merit list for nothing, but this Yunshang..."
Zheng Chong frowned and watched Yun Shang excitedly shake the red ants on the stick into the glass bottle.
"As expected, she is still unweaned. Could it be that she is Senior Sister Yu's illegitimate daughter?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yun Shang suddenly looked over, and Zheng Chong quickly turned his head to avoid his sight.
Yun Shang clenched the glass bottle and bit her lip, lowered her head and struggled for a moment, then stood up and walked towards Yu Qiuchi.
"I want to leave the team!"
Yu Qiuchi sat cross-legged on the stone, raised his eyes in surprise, saw Yun Shang's serious eyes, frowned and refused.
"No, you are part of this mission and cannot leave the team."
Yun Shang's body was trembling a little. She was so nervous that she stuttered as she never argued with others.
"You, you, you don't regard me as a team member at all, why don't you let me leave the team?"
Yu Qiuchi's eyes darkened, "This mission is very dangerous. I must ensure the safety of you... all of us."
Yun Shang pinched her hand, exhaled and suppressed her nervousness, "Well, then why do I have to be protected by you when others can kill monsters? Anyway, I am just a waste, a waste and a drag. If you leave, won't you be able to perform your tasks better?"
Yu Qiuchi struggled a little. In fact, it was best to let Yun Shang go back now. If she went deeper, she was afraid that she would not be able to protect Yun Shang.
I thought it was just an ordinary task, but I ended up getting the most difficult lottery.
"Okay, I can let you leave the team, but you must swear to leave the secret realm directly and never step into the secret realm before we go back."
Yun Shang's cheeks turned red with anger, "Why do you care about me?
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Yu Qiuchi was silent. Yun Shang's parents were her close friends. They died because of her, so of course she wanted to protect their only bloodline.
What's more, Yun Shang always followed her when she was very young, calling her aunt, and she was also her relative.
"If you don't go back, just stay here."
"Wherever I go is my freedom. Even if I fall into a monster's lair, I don't need you to worry about it. Don't think that I don't know that you have been following me all this time, including this mission. You asked me to take you with you. I'm afraid. I’m running around everywhere when you’re not here, right?”
"Yu Qiuchi, let me tell you, the person I don't want to see the most right now is you! I can't beat you now and there's nothing I can do. And when you are injured and weak, I will leave immediately, and you can't stop me!"
Yun Shang cried angrily, Jiang Yuebai came over when he heard the noise, and understood what happened with just one glance.
"Junior sister Jiang, could you please... persuade her."
Jiang Yuebai reluctantly agreed, pulling Yun Shang aside and staying with her without saying anything.
An hour later, everyone recovered and hit the road again.
Half a day later, I saw the exit of the canyon. It was pitch black outside, with stone forests standing tall and white bones exposed. There were shadowy figures in the hazy red mist, accompanied by the crows of crows, which made people's hair stand on end.
"Be careful of evil spirits and pay attention to protection."
Yu Qiuchi warned him and took the lead into the stone forest. After walking for more than a mile, he did not see any ghosts. Instead, he first saw a person wearing the uniform of a disciple of the Tianyan Sect.
He lay motionless among the remains of animal bones, his life and death unknown. A storage bag and an axe-shaped magic weapon fell beside him.
Yu Qiuchi raised his hand to ask everyone to stop. Jiang Yuebai spread out the wind net. Tong Ren was shocked and immediately grabbed Yu Qiuchi's arm and signaled with his eyes.
There's an ambush!
