The midday sun was a little bright, but fortunately there was shade.
The ground was full of dead branches and leaves, and Feng Xingju made a clear sound when he stepped on them.
The place is getting deeper and deeper, and we can no longer see the usual animals and birds, but we can hear roars and roars in the distance from time to time.
Behind Chen Qingyan was dragging several grotesque corpses of ferocious beasts, which were tied up with a thin rope and dragged along the ground.
This was the only prey she had caught in half an hour.
While he was walking slowly, a black shadow suddenly leapt out from the forest and swooped down from high in the sky towards Chen Qingyan's location on the ground along with the sun's rays!
This ferocious beast is extremely smart. Whenever a person raises his head, his eyes will inevitably be pierced by sunlight, causing his vision to be temporarily dizzy.
However, Chen Qingyan sat motionless on Feng Xingju, showing no intention of evading, and she did not see any defensive gestures.
Uh-huh!
At the same moment, there was a sharp sound of sharp objects breaking through the air. Chen Qingyan raised his head and saw a black light coming directly from the beast. It was unstoppable and penetrated the big tree, nailing it. Halfway into the ground.
It's a black sword!
thump!
The ferocious beast fell down, with a terrifying hole opened in its body. It was bleeding and dying.
Chen Qingyan took a closer look and saw that it was a red-scaled snake, a hybrid between a molten lizard and a violent-scaled snake. Under the giant snake head was a lizard body several meters long, with a pair of fleshy wings on its back and its entire body covered in red scales. cover. This kind of dense forest is not its living environment. It should have been put here after being raised by Xuantang people.
On the other side of the bush, another figure riding a wind horse slowly drove towards the corpse. This man was wearing black armor, and he raised it lightly with one hand. The black sword nailed into the ground in the distance was summoned and flew up on its own. It fell into his hands in mid-air.
"It's you?"
The other party was clearly wearing the Evil Ghost Iron Mask and his whole body was covered in black armor, but Chen Qingyan seemed to recognize the other party's identity, with a slight surprise in his tone.
"Do you know me?" The man stopped not far away, with the body of the red-scaled snake lizard between him and Chen Qingyan.
Chen Qingyan looked at the opponent's iron face, as if he could see through it, and said calmly: "I saw it on the day of the military parade."
"Um."
What came out from under the iron mask was a female voice, she was equally taciturn.
"My prey."
"It's up to you." Chen Qingyan didn't fight.
Seeing that the other party took out a thin iron chain and tied it to the tail of the red-scaled snake lizard, embedded it upside down in the scales, and then dragged it away from the place.
"You look very much like a person I know." Chen Qingyan suddenly said again.
Yu Nian heard the sound and asked, "Who is it?"
"I don't know what her name is, but people call her Iron Bodhisattva. I've seen her face, and you look very much alike."
Yu Nian frowned.
"Iron Bodhisattva?"
"Her hands and feet are all mechanical structures, somewhat similar to your Mysterious Armor Technique."
Yu Nian was suddenly startled: "What did you say?!"
After a while, she took off her iron mask, revealing a cold and heroic face, staring at Chen Qingyan.
"Where did you meet her?"
"Xian Qin, she defeated me when the Nine Sects discussed Taoism." Chen Qingyan said calmly, she looked at it for a while and then said.
"It seems like you guys really look alike."
Yu Nian's heart suddenly became confused, and an extremely absurd idea emerged in her mind.
"You don't know what her name is?" she asked reluctantly.
"No one knows what her name is."
"Then where is she from?"
"I don't know, I only met her once."
Immortal Qin, Iron Bodhisattva...
Immortal Qin... Immortal Qin...
Yu Nian looked a little dazed.
Chen Qingyan asked at this time: "Do you know her?"
The Xuantang was closed to the outside world, unlike the Xian Qin and the Mang Han who could communicate with each other. There were only two ways to enter the Xuantang.
One is the Three Realms Pass, which is how they entered. The Three Realms Pass is only opened once every hundred years. The last time was a hundred years ago.
The second is Yuanzhou. There is only a barrier between Yuanzhou and Shenyuan. Although there is a gap, Yuanzhou is heavily guarded. For thousands of years, no one from Xianqin, Manghan, and Chiming has successfully sneaked in.
"My name is Chen Qingyan, what's your name?"
Yu Nian was silent for a long time and then said: "Yu Nian."
Chen Qingyan nodded: "When I go back, I will ask her if she knows you."
After saying that, he reined up his horse and turned around to leave this place.
Yu Nian couldn't help but secretly clenched her hands. There was an insurmountable gap between Xuantang and Xianqin, so what if she went back and asked that person.
I don't know what the result will be...
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Not long after Chen Qingyan left, he met two of his own monks, only to find that they were confronting a Xuanjia guard. There was a corpse of a ferocious beast lying on the ground. It seemed that there was a dispute over this.
"Senior Sister Chen!"
The two people immediately beamed with joy after seeing Chen Qingyan.
"What's wrong?" Chen Qingyan asked with raised eyebrows.
The two monks in black complained to Chen Qingyan as if they saw a savior: "We have been dealing with this ferocious beast for a long time. When we were about to capture it, who knew this man suddenly appeared and killed him with a sword! He was clearly trying to rob us. Achievements!"
Chen Qingyan looked at the huge corpse on the ground, and estimated in his heart that the strength of this size should be far beyond the ordinary aura. Although the monks who accompanied them were not the top among the young generation in each country, they could also be regarded as heroes. The sect is also an elite among its peers. It takes a long time to deal with this, but this Xuanjia guard can kill him with one sword. His strength may be above the Qi realm.
Even the spiritual realm!
This so-called shooting and hunting competition is inherently disadvantageous to them.
She looked at the Xuanjia guard in the distance and said, "Since you killed him, he is your prey, and it was us who disturbed him."
"Sister Chen?"
Chen Qingyan glanced indifferently, and the two black-clothed monks immediately fell silent.
The Xuanjia guard didn't say much nonsense and took out the chains to drag the body away.
Chen Qingyan also took these two monks away from here.
"Don't get entangled with these Xuanjia guards, let alone have any conflicts." She said.
"Don't forget we are on someone else's territory, let's keep hunting."
The two monks in black had no choice but to swallow their anger.
#
After the Queen of Heaven went hunting outside the dense forest, she also felt a little tired, so she took her ministers back to the temporary camp outside the dense forest.
The Queen of Heaven said: "Cook the game I hunted. Let all my ministers taste the game together today."
The ministers all claimed that it was their honor to eat the prey hunted by the Queen of Heaven.
There was an imperial cook accompanying him, with all the pots and stoves, and even musicians, who played soothing music while the Queen was chatting with her ministers, and the birds were chirping in the forest, which gave it a different kind of elegance.
It was just the roaring sounds that sounded from time to time, which somewhat disturbed the scenery.
Luo Zhihuan asked: "Are there experts who specialize in raising ferocious beasts in Xuantang?"
"It's not a specialized breeding. There are forbidden spirit guards in Lingzhou. In order to make it easier to understand these ferocious beasts, various ferocious beasts will keep some living specimens in captivity." Someone explained on behalf of the Queen.
"I see."
The royal chefs were handling the prey hunted by the Queen with quick hands and feet. After half an hour, the aroma of barbecue filled the air.
At this time, people gradually returned from the dense forest. The first ones to return were the Xuanjia Guards, each of them dragging seven or eight huge corpses behind them.
The ministers all stood up and looked around. They had never seen this strange creature and were very curious about it.
There was one person among the Xuanjia Guards who was different. He only brought back a corpse. An Yan looked at him frequently and felt that this person was vaguely familiar. Could it be that he was Yu Nian again?
At this time, the Queen of Heaven called the Xuanjia Guard beside her and asked in a low voice: "How many are there in the forest?"
"The Empress of Heaven sent a hundred of them from Lingzhou."
The Queen of Heaven looked at the corpses brought out by the Xuanjia Guards again, her expression calm.
Less than half…
She took another look at the Xuanjia guard who brought out only one corpse.
"Who is that person?"
"Tianzi Guiying, Deputy Commander Yu, Yu Nian."
The Queen seemed to know the name: "Is she Yu Nian?"
Xuan Jiawei also hesitated: "Yu Nian's qualities are among the best in the camp, so why today..."
Someone was there to count the bodies and record the names of the beasts.
"Tianzi Dingying, Guan Ming, the prey obtained, two triangular hyenas, one red-scaled snake lizard..."
"Tianzi Jiaying, Xue Xiang, the prey obtained, one two-headed devil spider, two green-winged flying mantis..."
"Tianzi Guiying, Yu Nian, the prey obtained, a red-scaled snake lizard... one."
In total, Xuanjiawei obtained a total of forty-three prey.
The Queen of Heaven looked calm after hearing this. A Xuanjia guard rushed to Yu Nian and asked something in a low voice.
Not long after, dust and smoke billowed in the forest, as if something was dragging along mightily, and it was the monks who also came back.
Officials came up to them and began to count their trophies.
"Chen Qingyan, the prey obtained...a total of twenty-five."
"Wang Mihua, the prey obtained...a total of twenty-eight!"
The final total was fifty-seven.
Mu Yuanqing was a little surprised. He looked at Luo Zhihuan and whispered: "As expected of the princess of your country, I think the size of these ferocious beasts is already the strength of the Qi Realm."
Luo Zhihuan was also thinking in his heart, did his princess use any means?
On the young monk's side, Chen Qingyan looked at Princess Mihua who was surrounded by everyone, and then at the pile of corpses piled up in a hill behind her, and said, "Princess Mihua really opened my eyes."
Mi Hua chuckled lightly and did not hide it: "I can't kill so many myself, someone gave it to me."
Chen Qingyan was a little surprised when he heard this. After thinking for a moment, his eyes looked at Yu Nian on the Xuanjia Guard side, but his eyes met hers.
"Senior Sister Chen knows her?" Mi Hua asked with a smile.
"I don't know." Chen Qingyan looked away.
Mi Hua walked up to Chen Qingyan and whispered, "When that man saw me, he asked me if I knew Iron Bodhisattva."
Chen Qingyan remained silent.
"Is that guy related to Iron Bodhisattva?"
"How do I know?" Chen Qingyan said calmly.
Mihua sighed and said: "Unfortunately, I don't know Iron Bodhisattva. However, I told her that if she wanted to know something, she would give me the prey. Who knew she would actually do it."
Chen Qingyan frowned slightly: "You don't know Iron Bodhisattva, why do you still say this?"
Mi Hua spread her hands: "So I made up some lies casually, but she actually believed it."
Chen Qingyan had a look of displeasure on his face and stared at Mi Hua closely.
"What did you say to her?"
"Senior Sister Chen's eyes are so scary. Could it be that she is unhappy with what I did?" Mi Hua said with a smile.
"Don't you regard the Iron Bodhisattva as your opponent? Why do you want to stand up for this person who has an old relationship with the Iron Bodhisattva?"
Chen Qingyan's calm face did not waver at all, her eyes quickly calmed down, and she no longer paid attention to Mi Hua.
Mi Hua looked at Chen Qingyan's appearance and continued: "I didn't say anything. I just said that Tie Bodhisattva and I are very good friends. We have helped Tie Bodhisattva through difficult times several times. She asked me Tie Bodhisattva's name. I said I don’t know, Senior Sister Chen, do you know what that person said to me in the end?”
Chen Qingyan was speechless.
"She actually said thank you to me."
Mihua burst into laughter.
"There is really someone in Xuantang who is involved with us. Don't Senior Sister Chen think this person might be an opportunity?"
Chen Qingyan said calmly: "If you want to do anything, just do it."
"Senior Sister Chen said that we will work hard on our own."
The Queen of Heaven announced that everyone was approaching. Xuan Jiawei and these young monks formed a cluster on the left and right.
"Thank you for all the hard work today." The Queen smiled lightly.
The Xuanjia guards knelt down on one knee.
"It's not hard work!"
The Queen of Heaven rewarded these Xuanjia Guards with some gold and silver, and was not at all angry because she was not as good as the monks in this hunting competition.
She looked at these monks, her eyes resting on Mi Hua.
"Since you have won the first place, what reward do you want?"
Princess Mihua bowed and saluted and asked, "Can I give you any reward?"
Luo Zhihuan shouted softly at this time: "Mi Hua, don't be rude!"
The Queen of Heaven smiled calmly and said, "Please tell me first. If you want any stars and moon, I can't find them for you."
Mi Hua smiled brightly: "Thank you to the Queen, I have always admired the Queen's beauty, and I have always missed her after seeing her. I just want to have a meal with the Queen in private."
Of course, it is impossible to say what they want on such an occasion. If the Queen refuses, these ministers and officials will scold them to death.
Of course she couldn't be this stupid.
After hearing this, the Queen smiled lightly and said, "Is this your request?"
Luo Zhihuan hurriedly bowed to the crowd: "I'm rude to you, I hope the Queen will forgive me!"
"It's just a meal, there's nothing rude about it." The Queen waved her hand.
"Today's dinner, please come into the palace and eat with me."
"Thank you for your grace!"
Thank you, Mihua.
When the officials saw this scene, most of them didn't take it seriously. What they were more concerned about was that the Xuanjia Guards failed to defeat these monks in this hunting!
Yu Jingtang, Shen Tuying and others looked at Mi Hua thoughtfully.
This is not just a simple meal, but an opportunity to get close to the Queen.
Now it is not too difficult for the monks to ask to see the Queen of Heaven. What this girl did was undoubtedly to win the favor of the Queen of Heaven.
Mi Hua glanced at Tian Hou's side and saw An Yan, who was hiding in the dark and not in an obvious position. A meaningful smile appeared on his face, as if he was saying hello to An Yan.
An Yan narrowed his eyes slightly when he saw this.
This woman...
A bit desperate.
(End of chapter)
