Mount Wumeng is not a forbidden place, so there are always some people who go up the mountain.

However, in order to reduce the trouble, Su Wei still stuffed the crystal bead into his arms, and at the same time, the iron axe was put in the most convenient place to pick up.

The flower fox marten seemed to be very afraid of people, and hid in the bamboo basket as soon as it heard the sound of footsteps.

After a short while, a group of people came out of the forest mountain path.

Su Wei raised his eyes and found that the young man at the head was actually Xuanping Hou Zhang Ao. In addition, Zhang Ao was surrounded by many noble children of the Liyue Dynasty, an old man dressed as a scribe and a middle-aged man dressed as a hunter. In addition, there are a group of guards who carry bows and cross swords.

The guards of the city guard guarded the gate all the year round, so Su Wei knew many upper-class people in the capital of Liyue. When Xuanping waited for Zhang Ao's weak crown, he was selected as an outer disciple by the Aoki Sect, and three years ago, his father Zhang Xiangxu died, and Zhang Ao returned to Panyu to succeed the marquis. Because of his good cultivation realm and his relationship with the Aoki Sect, Zhang Ao quickly became the core of the children of the nobles in the capital.

"Su Wei, why are you here?"

Zhang Ao and his entourage saw the smoke from a distance, and knew that someone was lighting a fire in the mountain, and when they got closer, they saw a young man and a little girl grilling fish by the black abyss pool. At the same time, a girl in a strong suit recognized Su Wei and asked in a voice.

It's just that there is a heavy disgust in his tone.

"Go into the mountains and have fun. "Su Wei naturally recognized this girl named 'Shi Wei'. Because his father and Yu Fanxi's father were in the same place as the Zhisu Division as an official. In the past, Yu Fanxi once took Shi Wei to Su Wei's house to play. It's just that Shi Wan saw that the Su house was in a dilapidated state, so she sneered coldly. also bluntly said that Su Wei was not worthy of Yu Fanxi.

"You're here to play, too, I'm afraid I don't want to die and have nowhere to go. Shi Wei paused and said to Zhang Ao on the side: "Brother Ao, this is the lover of Fanxi's gatekeeper." ”

"Fortunately, Aoki Mountain has ruined the marriage contract, otherwise this kind of waste person with a withered leaf body will definitely make Fanxi laughed at. As soon as Shi Yu said this, the noble children on the side immediately laughed.

Zhang Ao's eyes also flashed with a trace of disdain.

It was the old scribe who looked at Su Wei with a flat face.

"Fanxi has now gone to the Aoki Sect, and even Uncle Yu has been promoted to Liuzhou Gongcao, you are good, you don't want to forge ahead, but take a little girl into the mountains to seek death, it's really shameless. "Although Shi Wei's father has a low official position, he has a knighthood, so she has always looked down on those civilians, let alone Su Wei, a waste who can't practice. In fact, she also knew about Su Wei's killing of Gong San, but she couldn't believe it, so she just bumped into it indiscriminately. As for the children of other nobles, they are high-flying and domineering on weekdays, so how can they care about such trivial matters.

"Let's go. "Zhang Ao's entry into the mountain this time is a big event, but he doesn't want to spend too much time on Su Wei.

"You're grilling white jade fish?"

Just as everyone was about to leave, the middle-aged hunter beside Zhang Ao couldn't help but ask.

Naturally, he asked Su Wei.

"I guess I took the shit luck and picked up a dead fish in the black abyss pool. Shi Wan said lightly.

"Go pick one up and show me. Su Wei is usually gentle and rarely argues with others, but Shi Wei has been aggressive again and again, which makes him very unhappy.

"You went down to the pond to catch this fish?" said the middle-aged hunter's face changed slightly.

Su Wei nodded.

The middle-aged hunter immediately leaned into Zhang Ao's ear and whispered a few words. Soon, Zhang Ao's eyes lit up, and then he pointed at Su Wei and said, "You, clean up and follow me into the mountain." ”

Shi Wan was puzzled for a moment, and said to Zhang Ao: "Brother Ao, we are doing a big thing, what do you want this kind of waste for?"

Zhang Ao has a conceited personality and has never liked others to question, but at this moment, Shi Ao opened his mouth to deny him, and he wanted to scold him. But when his eyes swept over Shi Xuan's bulging chest, the anger eased a lot, and then explained: "He can dive into the Black Abyss Pool to catch the white jade fish, obviously the water is good, and he will have a useful place for a while." ”

"Let's go, Master Hou looks up to you as your blessing. The middle-aged hunter beckoned to Su Wei: "Hurry up and pack up and go to the mountains with us." ”

"What are you doing in the mountains?" Su Wei originally thought that Zhang Ao and his party had come to Wumeng Mountain to hunt, but at this time, it seemed that this was not the case.

"Catch a big fish, and when the deed is done, I will reward you with a hundred taels of silver. After Zhang Ao finished speaking, a noble disciple on the side pointed at Su Wei and said: "Just a city guard, where can you get such a big shelf, if you don't move, Lao Tzu will cut you with a knife." ”

Hearing this, Su Wei glanced at the iron axe on the ground.

He had an ominous premonition that what Zhang Ao was looking for him to do was not an ordinary thing.

can open his mouth to refuse, which will inevitably lead to the murder of this group of noble children.

You must know that in this Wumeng Mountain, there are often dead people.

Just now, the little fish was killed.

Of course, Su Wei could also cut down all of these people, and then abandon the corpses in the abyss and walk away. It's just that he can't bear to kill so many people at once.

Then let them go into the mountains.

Su Wei thought that he would take one step at a time, if these people had any bad intentions, don't blame him for being ruthless.

He extinguished the fire on the ground, stuck an iron axe at his waist, and reached for the bamboo basket. I saw a white shadow burst out and landed beside the little fish, it was the flower fox marten.

"This mink is good, and it was skinned to make a hand cover. Shi Wan's eyes lit up suddenly, and then her right hand was raised.

A cold light shot towards the flower fox mink.

The flower fox marten was so frightened that it quickly ran away and disappeared into the grass.

At the same time, the iron ring in Su Wei's hand moved. Xiaoyu was staring at Shi Wan gloomily.

"It's okay, the mink has run away. Su Wei whispered to comfort Xiaoyu, and at the same time hugged the other party into the bamboo basket.

Fortunately, Shi Wei is only in the initial realm of gathering qi, otherwise the flower fox mink will really be skinned.

In fact, Zhang Ao entered the mountain this time, except for himself and the scribe and the old man on the side who were in the Tuomai Realm, most of the rest of the noble children were in the Qi Gathering Realm. As for the guards, many of them had never practiced. However, the feather arrows on the backs of these people are all attached to the rune paper, which is more than enough to solve the general mysterious beasts.

Moreover, the giant bronze python he wanted to capture only had three lines on its forehead, corresponding to the peak of the human monk's qi gathering. Therefore, Zhang Ao is very sure. As for why he brought Su Wei, it was the advice of the middle-aged hunter. Because the three-striped giant copper python is hiding in an extremely deep water hole, it needs a person with a good water nature to go in and lure it out. Originally, this should have been done by the middle-aged hunter who found the three-striped giant copper python, but he didn't want to take risks, so he found Su Wei, who was very good at water.

"Who are you, little girl?"

Shi Wei remembered that Su Wei was alone and had no relatives.

"It's none of your business. After Su Wei finished speaking, Shi Wei was very angry, and raised his hand to teach this kid who didn't know what to do.

The noble children on the side also frowned and said, "Ah Wu asked you something." ”

"Don't make any trouble, it's important to go into the mountains. ”

Then the old scribe spoke, and his voice was very majestic.

Shi Wei had no choice but to glare at Su Wei viciously, and then left the other party far behind.

Xiao Yu sat in the bamboo basket, glared at Shi Wan unkindly, and then took a bite of the peach fiercely.

The group slowly entered the depths of Wumeng Mountain along the ancient road in the mountains. The middle-aged Orion was very familiar with the road, and walked in the front to lead the way. His ancestors had served in the Xuanping Houfu, so he had always been familiar with the Houfu. A few days ago, the middle-aged hunter went into the depths of Wumeng Mountain to hunt a Bai Ze, and took off the other party's eyeballs to give medicine to a sick nobleman in Panyu City. Unexpectedly, I accidentally saw a ten-zhang long three-striped giant copper python hunting in the mountains. The middle-aged hunter immediately followed the giant python from a distance, followed it until it reached a water hole, and saw the giant python enter the water hole before leaving.

After he left Wumeng Mountain, he rushed to Xuanping Houfu non-stop and told the Houfu housekeeper about the matter. After that, as expected by the middle-aged hunter, Zhang Ao quickly recruited him into the mansion to meet. And in front of the old scribe, he asked all the information about the three-patterned giant copper python.

"If it is done, I will not only reward you with a set of houses, but also give you a set of exercises. Zhang Ao's commitment made the middle-aged hunter very excited.

He also had a capital appraisal when he was young, and although his qualifications were very poor, he was able to practice. It's just that you can't get the exercises.

As for what Zhang Ao wanted, it was the inner dan of the three-striped giant copper python.

He wanted to use this Neidan to step into Ning Yuan.

You must know that ordinary beasts rarely have Neidan, and the giant copper python, as a descendant of the candle dragon, was born with Neidan. It's just that this python is almost extinct and it's hard to find. If the middle-aged hunter hadn't seen this python from the picture of the mysterious beast left at home, it would be absolutely difficult to recognize.

Although Zhang Ao practiced in Aoki Mountain in the past, after all, he was in the outer gate, and many things were difficult to obtain. Even the success of the expansion of the pulse is also based on the accumulation of Xuanping Houfu for many years. After inheriting the marquis, Zhang Aoyu Ming Aoki Sect, in addition to the identity of the outer disciple, concentrated on staying in Panyu to practice. But how difficult it is to step into Ning Yuan, and besides, he is only in the middle realm of expanding the veins now, and it is estimated that it will take many years to cultivate to the peak.

Thinking that it would be difficult for him to condense in his life, Zhang Ao was like a fish in his throat, and he often sent out nameless fires every day, killing and injuring many servants in the house.

Fortunately, there is no way for the sky to be endless, and now he only needs to kill the three-pattern giant copper python to obtain the inner pill in its abdomen, and then refine it with a secret method and step into Ning Yuan.

However, in order to maintain stability, Zhang Ao still gathered a group of noble children who had stepped into cultivation to enter the mountain together. After all, cultivators are much more powerful than ordinary martial artists.

Of course, Zhang Ao's biggest reliance is still the scribe old man Xun Song beside him.

Xun Song is a strong man at the peak of the Tuomai. He was saved by Zhang Xiang when he was young, and then stayed in the Hou Mansion as an enshrinement. When Zhang Ao began to practice, he also received some guidance from Xun Song. Therefore, Zhang Ao has great respect for Xun Song, not only because of the other party's high cultivation, but also because he is loyal and reliable.

This is also the reason why Xun Song told everyone to stop talking before, and those noble children did not dare to say more.

"Master Hou, that's it in front. ”

After walking for a few hours, the group finally arrived in front of the water hole where the three-patterned giant copper python was hiding.

The water hole was located on top of a mountain, and the water in it was constantly resounding. The water that flowed out of the hole flowed down a small stream into the distance. Su Wei glanced at the cave, only to feel that it was pitch black, and he didn't know the depth and geometry.

The middle-aged hunter walked up to Zhang Ao and whispered: "The three-striped giant copper python hunts every five days, and this beast must be in the water hole at this moment." ”

Zhang Ao nodded slowly, then glanced at one of the guards.

Soon, the guard handed Su Wei an oiled paper bag: "You dive into the water, the deeper the better, and then scatter this object into the water." ”

Su Wei took the thing, and felt a pungent smell coming.

"It's realgar powder. ”

Su Wei immediately knew what was in the water hole.

"Let's go inside. ”

The guards of the Hou Mansion everywhere intentionally or unintentionally pointed the feather arrows in their hands at Su Wei.

"Uncle, please help me take care of the child. ”

Su Wei led Xiaoyu to Xun Song's side, and along the way, he found that this old man was okay. When I was halfway through the meal before, the other party also gave Xiaoyu a piece of meatloaf.

"Go with confidence. Xun Song gently grabbed Xiaoyu's little hand.

Su Wei walked towards the water hole.

At this moment, the sun in the sky has set in the west, and the light in the deep forest has gradually dimmed. On a tree a hundred feet away from the water hole, a figure loomed in sight.