"Today's Xiushan is full of monsters. Maybe there will be another wave of monsters at night."
"You are in such a hurry to leave, have you thought about where to go?"
Huang Quan stopped Ji Changkui and asked with a faint smile.
Ji Changkui was startled when he heard this and looked back at his brothers.
Last night, the beast tide broke out, and they were lucky enough to escape. When they reacted, the beast tide had receded, so they thought of picking up the dead people's belongings and started wandering around. Then they met Ji Ning and Qi Lan.
After chasing all the way to this point, he had already forgotten about the beast tide.
"You should know that not everyone can stay in this northern area of Xiushan. The rules were set from the beginning."
"Our boss, Huangfu Long, is kind-hearted and allows you to stay here as a group. This can be considered as taking care of each other. If you have no good place to go, just stay here."
"real?!"
The members behind Ji Changkui looked happy and a little excited.
Although we did not encounter the beast tide last night and were lucky enough to escape, but based on what we saw during the day, we could guess how terrifying the beast tide was and how it was impossible to resist it.
Originally, they were still worrying about the station, but now they can get the blessing of the Emperor Dragon Adventure Group!
"Boss, agree!"
"Yes, boss, with the Emperor Dragon here, we don't have to be afraid of any beast tides!"
"Promise quickly, boss, don't hesitate!"
The people behind him looked very excited and asked Ji Changkui to agree.
The hook-nosed man had a faint smile on his face and waved his hand to signal his subordinates to be quiet.
"It's better not to bother me anymore."
"I am alone and weak, and I am afraid that I cannot make any contribution to your group. I am a little embarrassed to be here for no reason."
Ji Changkui smiled slightly.
No one expected that he would actually refuse.
"oh?"
Huang Quan's expression remained unchanged, he raised his eyebrows and earnestly persuaded:
"You have to think carefully. If you refuse, you will not be able to stay in the territory of the Emperor Dragon Adventure Group. I am afraid that some other forces will not take you in. You will have to go back to the south."
"Those places have completely become a paradise for monsters. There are only twenty of you. What's the difference between going back and dying?"
"The Third Master's words are wrong. We are hunters who wander in the deep mountains and forests. We have been to dangerous places, but we still came back alive."
Ji Changkui said, his eyes calmly looking around at the crowd on the hillside.
Two to three hundred people, and more than a dozen small teams of casual cultivators, have now been taken in by the Emperor Dragon Adventure Group. They not only distributed clothing and medicine, but also helped set up camp tents.
The weasel pays New Year greetings to the rooster.
He didn't believe that the other party would have such good intentions. He was afraid that if he stayed, he would step into a bigger pit.
"So, I do underestimate you, brother, but your subordinates seem to want to stay very much."
Huang Quan narrowed his eyes and pointed at the people behind Ji Changkui with a smile.
"They listen to me."
"Brothers, I'm leaving, who wants to stay?"
Ji Changkui said with a slight smile, turning to look at the team members behind him.
For a moment, everyone shook their heads with firm eyes.
"We all follow the boss!"
"Okay, let's go then!"
Ji Changkui turned around, smiled and raised his hand to Huang Quan, then turned around and left quickly with the crowd, leaving only Huang Quan standing there with an ugly expression on his face.
I saw this fat man with a fat body and a swollen face. He whispered something to the guard next to him with an ugly expression.
The guard nodded, held the knife and left with murderous intent on his face.
Ji Ning watched all this silently.
"What does he want to do by calling so many people?"
Ji Ning asked with a frown.
"cannon fodder."
Xue Zhongjing looked at the leaving figures of those people with a little envy in his eyes.
"A few days ago, we were mining a large-scale ruins, but we were robbed by the Huanglong Adventure Group, led by their leader Huangfulong."
"I was still wondering at that time. Although the scale of this ruins is pretty good, Huangfu Long, as a third-stage pill-forming monk, should be disdainful. He should have a better choice."
"However, I didn't know until today that there is actually a huge underground palace underneath the ruins we were robbed of. The interior is intricate, with cold veins and fire veins interlaced and surging, which together form an extremely vast and mysterious space. .”
"In that space, there are dangers and opportunities everywhere. Huangfu Long got the news from nowhere, so he wanted to seize it one step ahead. However, the news leaked out, so all the big forces were attracted to it. "
"Desolate Witch Sect, Xuantie Sect, Changhe Sword Sect, Tianshui Hong Family, and the Huanglong Adventure Group."
"Now trapped in Xiushan, the five largest forces are now squeezing into the underground palace, exploring and fighting at the same time."
"So, this underworld is not taking us in out of any good intentions. It is just to use our strength to help them go to the front to die. After all, that underground palace is very dangerous. I see that the people of the Huanglong Adventure Group are constantly being attacked. The wounded were brought back, and the number was so great that it was almost overwhelming."
Ji Ning looked solemn when he heard this.
If it is true as Xue Zhongjing said, then they will be in big trouble.
Today, there is nowhere to go in Xiushan. The southern part of the outer periphery is occupied by monsters, and there are five major forces in the north.
But if you walk into their area and are discovered, you may be forced to participate in the fight for the underground palace. After all, all the forces are short of people now.
"wrong!"
Ji Ning was suddenly startled as he thought about it.
If all the forces are short of people, then Ji Changkui and others who just left will sooner or later join the forces opposing the Emperor Dragon Adventure Group? After all, he didn't believe that the other party would really return to the dangerous southern half.
"The people who are chasing them should already be on the road. Huang Quan will not let them go easily."
Xue Zhongjing said, slowly shaking his head. He knew Huang Quan very well. The latter's character was determined to retaliate, and since he had been able to sit in the position of the third boss of the Emperor Dragon Adventure Group for so many years, he must have developed his iron-blooded skills.
Since Ji Changkui and his party will stand against Huang Long sooner or later, it is better to get rid of them as soon as possible.
After all, there were only about twenty of them.
It doesn't take much effort to deal with it.
"This Huang Quan has had a grudge against me for many years. I'm afraid he wants us to leave quickly, so that he will have enough reason to kill us."
Hearing this, Ji Ning smiled bitterly and said:
"So, we have to stay, at least there is a glimmer of hope."
"good."
Xue Zhongjing said and fell into silence for a short period of time.
Seeing Ji Changkui, Huang Quan and others leaving one after another, the rest of the adventure group slowly gathered around. Looking at the seriously injured Ji Ning and the nearly unconscious Qi Lan, they also fell into silence.
Finally, after an unknown amount of time, a burst of laughter came from the crowd.
"hehe."
"It was a cool thing to be a deserter, but when something happened, you thought of coming back to ask for help. It's such a shame."
Jiang Hailiu stood in the crowd and spoke condescendingly to Ji Ning.
Today is different from the past. In this team, he and his brother are not the only ones who hate Ji Ning and Qi Lan.
"Jiang Hailiu, don't go too far!" Zhen Xixi turned her head sternly and scolded, "If it is really because of fear of the beast tide, wouldn't it be better for the two of them to evacuate with us? We have to go out alone. Isn't that right? He’s sending himself to death!”
"Oh? Then you might as well explain to me why the two of them sneaked away?"
Zhen Xixi couldn't answer this question.
Qi Lan's eyes were lonely, he was seriously hurt, and he was speechless. He just stared at Jiang Hailiu fiercely.
"We didn't know there would be a wave of beasts that night."
After Ji Ning was silent for a long time, he suddenly spoke.
"Qi Lan and I just went for a walk. When we came back, we found that you had left."
Hearing this, Jiang Hailiu's face became more and more sarcastic:
"Don't you blush when you tell lies? Two grown men go out for a walk in the middle of the night. Are you two as good as Long Yang?"
"Shut up!" Zhen Xixi stared, her breath suddenly burst out, and she said with a fierce look: "If you talk nonsense again, I will tear your mouth apart!"
When Jiang Hailiu saw this, he immediately became a little scared and took a step back.
However, his brother Jiang Liuhai walked up with a calm face, faced the furious Zhen Xixi, and said calmly:
"I think the two of them are secretly competing for some opportunity."
"You left without saying a word because you were afraid that we would get a piece of the pie, right?"
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of everyone in the room became gloomy.
Obviously, this conclusion is the most likely. Qi Lan must have discovered some chance treasure, but refused to share it equally with them, so he sneaked back at midnight.
Zhen Xixi bit her lip lightly and looked at Ji Ning with a complicated expression.
Now Qi Lan is so injured that she can't speak. She is looking forward to the young man explaining the reason and clearing the two of them up.
Xue Zhongjing was also silent on the side, waiting for Ji Ning's explanation.
However, what no one expected was.
"So what?"
Ji Ning looked calm and admitted directly.
This sentence immediately caused an uproar in the crowd. Everyone looked at Ji Ning with surprised expressions, and then angry expressions. Even Xue Zhongjing frowned.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Jiang Hailiu from behind laughed with a proud look on his face and said mockingly:
"So, you two are really lost dogs. You went out to seek opportunities behind our backs, but were hunted down and now you are back asking for help. Who gave you the right? Do you still want the face!"
"The place we go to is not a place of chance."
Ji Ning said as he calmly took out the dead paper man's body from the space ring and placed it in the arena. The remaining demonic energy was terrifying and instantly frightened the crowd in the arena.
"What's this!"
"Everyone, be careful, monsters!"
Zhen Xixi looked shocked and murmured, staring at the paper man:
"This...this is...what we met that day!"
Ji Ning nodded with a calm expression:
"Yes, it was exactly where we went that day. Jiang Liuhai asserted that there was a second-stage great demon sealed below, and there was no chance."
"All of you believed it and voluntarily gave up and left. Even Captain Xue urged us, saying that people from the Emperor Dragon Adventure Group were chasing us and told us to leave quickly."
"Don't forget, you gave up that place yourself."
"Qi Lan and I just went back with the mentality of giving it a try. We opened the coffin and killed the monster, but we found that there was nothing inside. On the way back, the beast tide came. "
"After a fight, we rushed back to the camp with all our strength, but we didn't expect that you had already left, and we were ambushed by that group of people and almost died."
"Qi Lan and I are definitely not deserters. We went to the place where you gave up on your own initiative."
"What else do you have to say now?"
Ji Ning asked as he looked at Jiang Hailiu.
The latter looked gloomy and said:
"How can you prove that everything you say is true!"
"This is proof."
Ji Ning pointed at the paper man body in front of him, smiled slightly, picked it up and threw it at Jiang Hailiu's face.
"Plop!"
With quick eyes and quick hands, Jiang Liuhai took a step forward and took down the paper body with a solemn expression.
After looking carefully, he took a deep breath and said:
"It is indeed the second stage of the Yin object, consistent with the aura I sensed that day."
Wow!
As soon as this statement came out, everyone gasped.
Zhen Xixi's big eyes were filled with tears, and even Xue Zhongjing's expression was solemn. He couldn't help but come forward and look back and forth.
This was a second-level artifact, and even he couldn't guarantee that he could conquer it alone.
Just two people, Ji Ning and Qi Lan, were killed by the other party?
"Brother Qi Lan, we still underestimated you!"
Some people in the crowd couldn't help but give a thumbs up to Qi Lan on the ground and kept praising him, while the rest of the people also sighed with emotion.
This is the truest world of cultivation. As long as you are strong enough, you will be respected by everyone.
It was obvious that people attributed the main credit for killing this second-level demon to Qi Lan, while Ji Ning was just the henchman.
Qi Lan is of silver bone and has a mysterious identity.
With some special means, it is not impossible to cross the border and kill a second-stage monster.
But if someone said that the person who killed the monster was Ji Ning...
"This is impossible!"
Jiang Hailiu asked with shock on his face.
How can a willow bone and a silver bone kill a second-stage monster?
If this is true, then aren't they all complete trash!
"There is indeed no external injury found on this paper man. Instead, it seems to have been severely damaged internally, as if it was suppressed by something."
After observing for a while, Xue Zhongjing also raised his eyebrows and spoke.
Such a way of death is really strange.
Hearing this, Jiang Hailiu immediately said with joy as if he had found a life-saving straw:
"I knew that these two people were picked up. Maybe this evil thing is just superficial and doesn't have the strength of the second level at all!"
Jiang Liuhai also nodded and said lightly:
"Everyone knows that Brother Qi Lan is a knife user, and he only knows how to use a knife. Everyone should have seen his methods."
"As for you."
"I have to admit that your body is well polished, but that's all. Since you two killed this paper demon, please tell me, why is there no external injury on its body?"
Ji Ning was silent for a while after hearing this.
"No comment."
The crowd was in uproar again.
Jiang Hailiu laughed disdainfully, then turned sourly and said:
"Look at it, everyone, I knew that the two of them must have picked it up. This paper man is not that powerful at all!"
"And even if you are really killed by him, it won't change the fact that you sneaked out. Since you suspect that there is a treasure in that place, why don't you tell us and tell the leader?"
"Who do you think you are."
Ji Ning looked at the river and sea flow calmly:
"Please think clearly. We are just temporary teammates who got together to survive these three months. We are not even friends."
"Do I need to tell you what opportunity I'm looking for?"
When Jiang Hailiu heard this, his face turned pale with anger. He originally wanted to accuse Ji Ning from the moral high ground, but he didn't expect that the latter would actually put it on the table and say it naked.
When the rest of the crowd heard this, although their faces were unhappy, they all sighed and agreed in their hearts.
Yes, they had no friendship to begin with.
Not to mention that Ji Ning and Qi Lan were going to the ruins that they had long given up on. Even if they really found an opportunity, who were they to blame? After all, who doesn't want to monopolize the opportunity? Throughout the ages, they have betrayed each other for a little chance. There are countless killers. This kind of thing is too common in the spiritual world.
If it were them, they would also choose to sneak out and quietly make a fortune.
"Okay, no more internal strife."
"The problem we face now is how to survive from the Emperor Dragon Adventure Group."
Xue Zhongjing frowned and spoke, looking at Huang Quan who had returned not far away with a smile on his face, an ominous premonition arose in his heart.
"Everyone, look at me!"
I saw Huang Quan, with more than fifty monks from the Emperor Dragon Adventure Group behind him, standing in the middle of the hillside with a smile on his face and shouting:
"Captain Huangfu Long gave a temporary order asking me to recruit manpower to explore the ancient ruins with the Huanglong Adventure Group!"
"I can guarantee that the ruins are bigger than any of you have ever seen, tens of times or hundreds of times bigger! Now all the forces you can name in Xiushan are in that ruins, and they all want a share of the pie!"
"Now, we are short of manpower. As long as you are willing to contribute, the Emperor Dragon Adventure Group will definitely not treat you badly. The rewards we will distribute will definitely not be less than the reward order from the Xantian Mansion!"
As he said that, the two people behind Huang Quan walked out carrying two heavy boxes, placed them on the ground with a bang, and then kicked them down.
In an instant, all the high-grade spiritual stones crashed out of the two boxes and rolled down the hillside, flowing like crystal waterfalls, exuding dazzling spiritual light, making everyone instantly jealous!
