The light in the cave is dim, but for Xiao Yi's behavior now, the light source in the cave at this time is no different from the outside world. The more the walked forward, the more he felt the air faintly emanate with a dry smell of fire.

The cave-walled plants that used to be covered with moss lichen are gradually disappearing. Instead, dry dirt, and scattered cobwebs. When the two entered a large hall, there was no sign of life. Even the most common spiders and insects in the cave are nowhere to be found.

In the center of the hall was a square earthen platform on which a corpse in a black and green robe sat cross-legged. The corpse also held a blackened scepter in its hand. But the end of the scepter had been inserted deep into the platform.

"Eldest sister, this shouldn't be a drought, right?"

"This isn't a dartrum. Be on guard, I feel like this place won't be the only corpse like him. ”

ab。 Start looking around and check the arrangement of this cave hall. Xiao Yat walked to the front of the earthen platform to take a closer look at the corpse. He found that although the body did not have any moisture on its body, its hair did not dry up. Each of the ten fingers had two-inch-long nails, and each nail was dark green, exuding a cold chill. With years of experience, Xiao Yat can confirm that these nails are contaminated with poison. If you accidentally touch it, the consequences are unimaginable.

Xiao Yi gently touched the earthen platform with the tip of his sword. It's just that with his cultivation in the late stage of the Qi refining period, he can't strip half a point at all. At this time, looking at the scepter in the corpse's hand, Xiao Yi felt a chill down his spine. What a lot of effort it takes to insert it into this earthen platform!

Just as the two of them were inspecting the environment in the cave, the earthen platform in the center began to shake violently. Xiao Yiab hurriedly retreated to the entrance of the cave and watched the changes in the earthen platform vigilantly. It's just that after a stick of incense, the earthen platform began to gradually quiet down.

"The Drought is inside, and it seems that what I was thinking about before was wrong. This platform is not the core of any formation, but a sealed coffin condensed by a monk's spiritual power of the earth. If I'm not mistaken, the corpse in front of me is the monk who sealed the Dryfish. With a scepter and green nails, this should be a fellow Taoist of the Immortal Sect. It stands to reason that the Drought Zombies and the like are unique to their sect. But why seal it here?"

Seeing that the sealed drought was not making a sound, Jingxi began to search around vigilantly again. After another stick of incense, she stood on the ground in a corner.

Jing Xi chanted a spell in her mouth, and the short sword in her hand shot out a spiritual aura, hitting the ground directly. With a slight explosion, a shallow pit with the size of a bowl exploded on the ground, and a black iron array disc appeared.

The moment Jing Xi took out the black iron array plate, the aura of fire in the entire hall suddenly disappeared. She poured her divine sense into the black iron array, and not long after, she suddenly heard Jingxi shouting badly.

"Xiao Yi, you hurry up. The circle I just broke was not a circle that prevented outsiders from entering, but a prison that prevented things from escaping from within. If I'm not mistaken, this is the monk's last hand to prevent the drought from escaping. ”

As soon as Jingxi's words fell, the earthen platform began to make strange noises again. The body of the monk who had been sitting cross-legged gradually collapsed as he shook underneath him.

Seeing this, Xiao Yi hurriedly beckoned Jingxi to run together. But before the two of them could get close to the entrance of the cave, a white-haired arm stretched out from the middle of the earthen platform.

"It's not pretty, it's out! You get out of here, I'll deal with it yesterday." Jingxi threw Xiao Yi into the passage, and with a wave of her hand, she formed a wall of light at the entrance of the passage.

Xiao Yi saw that Jingxi did not come out, and he was very worried. He desperately tried to rush into the hall, but his body was blocked by this wall of light, and he couldn't get in.

"Eldest sister, you quickly put away the ban. If there is any danger, let's face it together, I won't let you take the risk alone!"

But no matter how Xiao Yi shouted, Jingxi in the hall was unmoved. Bursts of white mist spilled out of the green dagger in her hand, but two breaths filled the hall.

The last thing Xiao Yi saw was a huge white figure jumping out of the earthen platform. By the time he tried to check inside, the entire hall was already covered in a thick white mist.

The beastly roars and screams of Jingxi from time to time made Xiao Yat go crazy, and he couldn't tolerate the feeling of helplessness on the sidelines.

Xiao Yi felt a strong explosion in his dantian. The golden qi pill that had already been formed completely turned into powder at this moment. These golden powders poured through the meridians to his limbs. Although his skills have disappeared, Xiao Yi's fury has made him lose his judgment of things. He didn't dwell on his own gains and losses, even if the immortal path was ruined, he couldn't put his companions in danger.

He slammed into the wall of light that blocked him with all his might. Xiao Yat didn't notice that the moment he collided with the wall of light, a layer of gold appeared on his skin.

The wall of light, which could not be broken through, suddenly became useless. It's like hitting a steel shield with all your might, but when the fist touches it, you realize that the shield is actually papier-mâché.

Everything happened too suddenly, Xiao Yi staggered two steps, and then he barely stood firm. Although this fog can block people's vision, Xiao Yiguang can see everything in the hall by virtue of his hearing.

He stepped forward quickly, and as the distance approached, a petite figure loomed into the thick fog. Xiao Yi jumped past the figure, swinging his long sword with both hands and slashing straight ahead. A sword qi mixed with the might of the dragon and tiger swung out, and the huge drought in front of him was split in half.

With the sound of two heavy objects falling to the ground, the hall returned to calm.

"Hey, you're sick, let you stay outside, why are you coming out?" Jingxi's complaining voice came from behind her, and there was a little relief in the anger.

"As I said, I'm going to do my best to protect you this year. So how could I possibly put you in danger and leave alone?"

Xiao Yi didn't say anything about the disappearance of the Qi Pill in his body, he didn't want Jingxi to worry about him. Closing his eyes and looking inward, the position of the original Qi Pill of the Dantian was already empty at this time. Although Xiao Yi's current physical condition feels unprecedentedly good, without the Qi Pill, his path to cultivation has come to an end.

"Time is in a hurry, and the light curtain forbidden that I have casually arranged has the effect of blocking the Qi Refining Period cultivators. You were able to come in, so you have advanced to the foundation building stage?"

As the mist dissipated, Jingxi's figure appeared. She looked at Xiao Yi curiously, and the corners of her mouth flashed with a hint of playfulness.

"Foundation building period?What are you kidding?I'm not even ...... now" Xiao Yi wanted to say something more, but he instantly felt the difference.

At the beginning of the desert island ruins, Jing Xi once said that the golden qi pill in his dantian was something that he could not absorb due to insufficient cultivation. Now the Qi Pill shattered into countless golden powders, blending into the limbs and hundreds of remains.

Looking closely at his dantian, a golden spar the size of a sesame seed was quietly suspended in it. This small golden spar gave him a familiar feeling. It seems to be the core part of the original Qi Pill, and at this time, it is missing the package of gold essence.

Try to absorb the aura around you. That stream of aura did not finally converge through the skin meridians to wrap the surface of the crystal at the dantian as before. These auras are absorbed as soon as they come into contact with the crystals. Although the golden crystal at the dantian was only the size of a sesame seed, Xiao Yi had absorbed a stick of incense for a long time, but still did not fill it.

"Do you feel it? You're a foundational monk now. Absorbing the aura of heaven and earth like this, you don't want to eat enough for more than a dozen hours. ”

Xiao Yi didn't care about Jingxi's figure in the hall at this time. The path of cultivation that had been given up had actually broken through the bottleneck at this time. Hurriedly sat down cross-legged on the ground and began to stabilize his mind.

There are thousands of ways to advance the foundation building period in the world, and the way Xiao Yat chose at the beginning was to enter the world and practice. It's just that he didn't expect that he would successfully break through the bottleneck of the qi training period in a hurry.

If it weren't for the light curtain cast by Jingxi that prevented him from approaching the hall as a Qi cultivation stage cultivator, maybe he wouldn't have made such a crazy move. But in the face of the barrier of the wall of light, he was desperate and powerless as a mortal and a Qi cultivation period cultivator.

I don't know how long it took, Xiao Yi felt that the golden crystal in his dantian was already in a saturated state. He felt his body, his heart filled with strength. The amount of spiritual power stored in the body is more than ten times that of before.

"I've already checked it when you're practicing. The monk didn't have any storage bags or magic weapons on him. Oddly enough, even if the monks of the Immortal Gate were accustomed to driving the Drought Fish, they should have storage bags. But I got up half a day early, and I didn't find anything except the array disk buried in the ground. I can't guess exactly what happened. But one thing is for sure, this dartle will no longer be able to do a bad job for the world. ”

Jingxi put the monk's corpse and the drought fish into her storage bag. looked around again, and then beckoned Xiao Yi out of the cave together.

Just as the two of them were about to walk out of the cave, Xiao Yi suddenly stopped. He stared at the ground with a frown, his eyes rolling a few times.

"Let's go, what are you doing? If you don't hurry up, you won't be able to go back tonight. ”

Seeing Xiao Yi standing still, Jingxi urged.

"When did you come here, did you kill all these villagers?" Xiao Yi slowly raised his head, his eyes staring at Jingxi coldly.

"What did you say? Didn't we come here together? Knowingly, you said you were ...... person" Jingxi was stunned by the question and replied embarrassedly.

"You just withdrew me from the hall and laid the barrier in your hand. You know your own formation, and you can only crack it during the foundation building period. So if I want to save you, I have to go through this enchantment to advance to the foundation building period. Now that I think about it, the thick fog was released by you. When I sensed the aura of heaven and earth in the hall just now, I didn't notice anything unusual about those fogs. In other words, these fogs have no other purpose than to block people's vision. But you let it out anyway, and I can't think of any other reason than to keep me from seeing it. Xiao Yi's tone was cold, and he spoke without any emotion. No excitement, no anger. He was just telling a story, as if he were just a bystander.

"The mist was indeed stimulated by me. The smoke I released was only meant to block out the sight of the marls. Only then will I be able to use some means to control him. After all, his cultivation is also the same, and the strength above the foundation building period is at least in the late stage of foundation building. I'm amazed that you were able to kill him just now. If you come across a period of knotting, then you and I will die. Jingxi explained with palpitations.

"Your cultivation is higher than mine, I admit that. But how is it possible that I can come in and split the others in half at once? If I'm not mistaken, you've got him under control before I can make a move. Or rather, he was completely dead by that time. If I'm not mistaken, this drought is a foreign object from heaven and earth. With my current abilities, I can't hurt him with my blade. Since you said that I killed it, then help me analyze how I did it?" Xiao Yi spoke in a very calm tone, giving the impression that he was not seeking answers, but telling Jingxi a fact.

"How do I know what you're talking about? The environment of this cave is good, and the prohibition of sealing the dry. What thing hasn't existed for a few years? More than a month ago, I was studying that formation on the ruins of the island, how could I have come here to kill people a few years earlier? Besides, if it weren't for you to lead the way, I wouldn't have known that you had lived around here! I didn't bother to pay attention to you! If you want to go crazy, you can go crazy yourself, anyway, you can fly back to Yubo City, if you don't leave, I'll go first. Jingxi felt a burst of humiliation, turned her head and walked out of the cave, waved her hand to sacrifice the flying sword, and instantly turned into a promise. She leaped slightly, stood firm on the sword, and turned into a flying rainbow and soared into the sky.

Xiao Yi stood in the entrance of the cave for a long time before slowly stepping out. As soon as he stepped out of the hole, the passage behind him was a fox's hole.

Xiao Yi looked at the ruins of the village in the distance, and he felt that Jingxi was hiding a lot of things. Just now, she obviously took advantage of the fog in her depths to suddenly happen, and deliberately led herself to rush in and desperately save her. But why did the other party set up this game to induce himself to advance?

Xiao Yi couldn't figure it out. However, he can also be sure that the walking corpses in this village have nothing to do with Jingxi. This time, killing Jingxi can be regarded as avenging the villagers. Although she was also used by Jingxi during this period, the fact that she avenged the villagers cannot be erased.

After standing quietly for a long time, Xiao Yi remembered that he had other things to do. So he released the flying boat on his body and slowly stepped on it. A mist was slowly released from the bottom of the flying boat, and in an instant, a white cloud rose into the sky and slowly flew in the direction of Yubo City.

In the place where Xiao Yi disappeared, a figure faintly appeared. He looked at the distant clouds, and a smile of relief appeared on his face.

"Originally, I was worried that there was an extra master around your kid and he would be taken advantage of. Now it seems that the opportunity is not bad. Then I'll just wait, and when you really grow, I can go and do my own thing. ”

The phantom nodded in satisfaction, and then disappeared in place. A cold wind blew by, blowing waves of grass. It was as if nothing had happened in heaven and earth, as if it had been like this for thousands of years.

It was already dawn when Xiao Yat rushed back. Feng Gu heard the sound of someone in the courtyard outside, so she opened the door and leaned out.

"Uncle Xiao, why did you come back at this time? Yesterday evening, Senior Jingxi came back alone. She said you're dead outside, let me throw all your stuff out into the street. I know it's all angry talk, how did you offend Jingxi's seniors? Is she my future aunt? I should be familiar with this kind of tantrum look. I want to ...... back then" Aunt Feng was about to continue, when she suddenly thought of her disappeared husband, and her expression was gloomy.

"Uncle Xiao, you rest early. I went back to sleep. ”

After Feng Gu finished speaking, she hurriedly closed the door. Faintly, Xiao Yi could hear the faint sound of sobbing and choking from the room.

Xiao Yi didn't find any information about the Fenggu man when he went out this time. That's what happens in the world, and sometimes no answer is the best outcome. Now that the news in the village is broken, his best thing to do now is to act as if nothing happened.

"Boy, are you back? Come and sit in my room. ”

A voice rang out, and the room next to Xiao Yi lit up.

Xiao Yi walked to the front of the room and pushed the door in, and then said with a smile: "Mr. Zhao, you got up early enough." It's not dawn yet, why don't you sleep a little longer?"

"I'm old, I can't sleep, I can't compare to you young people. If I were twenty years younger, I would be happier than you tossed. Not now, old, old!" Zhao Qianbei's tone was filled with sadness, both traces of time and sighs for the world.

"How dare you say that you are old? Any young man who comes out will be poured down by you with wine. If you want to say that you are old, then the young people in the world are not half buried?"

Xiao Yi smiled and poured himself a cup of tea, and sat down at the table.

"It's incomparable! Now it's all you cultivators who win the world. I can't do anything now but get some information. Zhao Qianbei sat on the bed with his clothes draped and reached out to take out a wine jug from his arms. He took a leisurely sip and slowly closed his eyes.

"If I were younger, I would definitely try to cultivate the truth. I don't know what I'll encounter, but maybe it's not as happy as I am living in the mundane world. But if I have the chance, I still want to try a different life. ”

Zhao Qianbei said, a cloudy tear flowed from the corner of his eye.