When the people of the Sword Sect learned that Ling Xiao had fallen to the penultimate place in this quarterly assessment, their faces were full of shock, and they felt incredible.

Why did the talented man who once boasted in the palm of his hand fall to such a wasteful state?

It's not as good as someone with ordinary talent!

It's ridiculous!

But Ling Xiao did this, only a few people understood it in their hearts.

It's to cover people's eyes.

...

Sword Pie.

In the main hall.

The ruthless master and the ruthless elder laughed and talked.

"This Ling Xiao is really Shen Fu, scheming, very good!"

The ruthless head nodded and praised with a smile.

"Master, this son is wise and has a good heart, and in a year from the battle of glory of the four universities, he will definitely shine. ”

The Heartless Elder arched his hand and laughed.

"Yes, there are too many secrets on Ling Xiao's body, and he can't be too ostentatious. And now Ning Tiancheng has grasped Ning Shuang'er's matter and has been going to kill Ling Xiao to accompany the funeral, but he can only aggrieve Ling Xiao to hide in the back mountain and not show up easily, so that Ning Tiancheng has no chance. ”

The ruthless head nodded, the smile on his face froze a little.

"Master, don't worry, I have already arranged for Zilan and Ziluo to protect him in the dark. If someone who finds an abnormality enters the back mountain, there will be no mercy!"

"Well, this son is related to the future of the Sword Sect, so you have to be careful. ”

...

At this time!

Ling Xiao, who was in the wooden house in the back mountain, didn't know about the conversation between the ruthless master and the ruthless elder.

If you know, you will be shocked.

Even if he didn't know about this conversation, he could guess a thing or two from the actions of the ruthless head and the ruthless elder.

Everywhere to protect him, protect him, I am very grateful to the two of them.

Two days passed.

The five medium-grade spirit stones had disappeared in Ling Xiao's hands.

The rich aura was all absorbed by him.

However, the soul power produced by the absorption of these five medium-grade spirit stones is like half of five drops of water, and it is as small as walking on thin ice in the large container of goose warm stones.

Ling Xiao was also very depressed about this, and he had no understanding in his heart.

However, all the spirit stones have been consumed, and the situation in front of them is grim.

If you continue to slack off like this, you will definitely lose your strength.

And three months before the next quarterly assessment, there is still Ning Tiancheng eyeing in the dark.

If he didn't improve his strength, he was afraid that Ning Tiancheng would suddenly attack the sword faction.

When the time comes, it's going to be troublesome.

Thinking about it, Ling Xiao felt that it was time to go into the mountains and fight the beasts.

Devour the soul of the beast and refresh your own strength.

Suddenly, I looked up, and in the blink of an eye, it was already dark outside.

"Hey!"

Ling Xiao sighed deeply, time passed so fast.

Think about it, it's been four months since I came out of Wumeng Villa.

Suddenly, his eyes moistened, and he muttered.

"Father, mother, I don't know how you are?"

I thought of my father and mother, and I was very worried about them.

Suddenly, he lifted his sleeves and wiped the tears from his eyes.

Raised his head suddenly, his face shook up, and he said resolutely: "Yan'er... When I go out of the mountain and build up my military merits, I will definitely find you!"

...

The night passed.

The sky was hazy and bright.

Ling Xiao had already gotten up, cleaned up briefly, and left the wooden house and walked towards the deep mountains.

As soon as he left, two figures appeared at the door of the wooden house.

"Senior Sister Zilan, where does this Ling Xiao want to go?"

Zi Luo's face was solemn, and he asked with a frown.

"Look at the direction he goes, it should be deep mountains!"

Zilan was stunned for a moment before she said.

"What is he doing here?"

Zi Luo's face was full of shock, and he was puzzled.

"Ziluo, Ling Xiao's situation is very bad now!"

Zilan sighed deeply and said, "Since the actual combat trial, she has been troubled by Ning Shuang'er's affairs. Ning Tiancheng wanted to kill Ling Xiao to accompany him to the funeral, but the head of the family competed with Ning Tiancheng to protect Ling Xiao, and the deep meaning was obvious. Then the head of the sect ordered that Ling Xiao was forbidden to walk around the inner circle of the Sword Sect at will, just to prevent Ning Tiancheng from taking advantage of the opportunity to seize Ling Xiao. Therefore, Master repeatedly explained that we wanted to protect him secretly!"

"But Ling Xiao is now going to the mountains, what are we going to do?"

Zi Luo understood, but immediately asked.

"You go back and report to Master, and I'll follow. ”

Zilan looked sideways at Zilan Dao.

"Senior sister, you take care of yourself, after I go to report to the master, I will chase after you immediately!"

After Zi Luo finished speaking, he turned around and left quickly.

As soon as Zi Luo left, with a whoosh, Zilan's figure disappeared in place.

...

A few days have passed, and Ling Xiao has reached the deep mountains.

Along the way, he had come across dozens of beasts, but they were all ordinary beasts.

Without using soul power, a beast can be slashed with a single sword.

Devour the beast's soul and move on.

It's noon.

Ling Xiao sat by a stream to rest, just filling his stomach.

Suddenly, a roar came.

"Roar!"

The roar was loud and extremely loud.

Ling Xiao was stunned, and his face showed joy.

Such a rough roar can only be uttered by a high-ranking beast.

I was about to find a level beast, but I didn't expect it to be sent to the door.

Ling Xiao immediately got up, his body moved violently, and ran towards the source of the sound.

Moment.

On a large tree.

Ling Xiao sat on the branch of the tree, looking out.

I saw a hundred meters ahead...

A huge black bear was covered in scaly wounds, with more than a dozen wounds all over his body.

The torn flesh was hideous and terrifying, and the blood was about to overflow.

"Roar!"

The black bear roared.

"Storm Bear, two-star demon beast!"

Ling Xiao's face showed joy.

I didn't expect that such a serious injury to the Storm Bear was a good opportunity to kill it!

Just when Ling Xiao was about to go down from the branch.

"Roar!"

Another loud roar rang out.

But the sound was not from a black bear, but from another beast.

Ling Xiao was stunned, shook his head and looked again.

On the opposite side of the black bear was a tiger with two black fangs bared.

"Black-toothed tiger, three-star demon beast!"

Ling Xiao's face was full of shock.

I never expected that I would encounter two rank beasts today.

Luck was just too good.

However, I also felt a little happy in my heart.

Fortunately, I was moving slower just now, and if I really rushed over, I would definitely be attacked by these two beasts back and forth.

In front of him, it is obvious that the violent bear and the black-toothed tiger are fighting each other.

So, sit and watch for yourself.

When both sides are defeated, they will strike and slay the remaining beast.

At this time, the Storm Bear and the Black-toothed Tiger did not know that there was a jackal hiding in the dark, waiting for them to lose both and reap the benefits.

"Roar!"

The black-toothed tiger spewed open its mouth violently, and the two black fangs on the corners of its mouth were even more hideous.

In the sunlight, the two fangs are surrounded by black rays.

At this moment, the black-toothed tiger lowered its head and kicked its legs violently, as fast as lightning, and rushed towards the bulging bear.

In the blink of an eye, he had rushed in front of the bulging bear.

"Roar!"

At this time, the bulging bear roared.

Swinging a huge bear paw, it slapped at the forehead of the black-toothed tiger.

"Bang!"

There was a loud bang, and the dust of the bear's paw fan was raised.

I saw that the black-toothed tiger was slapped away by the bulging bear with a palm, and flew upside down dozens of meters away.

"The power of this bulging bear... It's too tough, isn't it?"

Ling Xiao looked horrified.

Originally, I thought that the sharp fangs of the black-toothed tiger could arch the bulging bear, but I didn't expect the bulging bear to suddenly counterattack.

Presumably, the palm of the bulging bear is enough for the black-toothed tiger to bear.