Just when the Zhao family was still hesitating whether to abandon the Xu family as an ally, Qing Yi had already begun to look for the Luo family in Kongshan City, accompanied by Zhao Yu.

However, as the territory of the Xu family, it is naturally impossible for Empty Mountain City not to know about Zhao Yu and Qingyi's behavior. It's just that the Xu family's manpower with a little strength has basically been exhausted, so in the face of the current situation, they can only pretend not to know.

However, with this alone, it is impossible for the Xu family and the Zhao family to return to the close and seamless cooperative relationship they had before.

If it was Xu Cheng or Tian Qiang, then they would definitely find a way to appease the Zhao family first to ease the relationship. But it's a pity that it is Xu Qianjun, a junior of the Xu family, who is now speaking on behalf of the Xu family in Kongshan City, so he doesn't know how to deal with it at all.

At present, the famous families and gangs in the entire Empty Mountain City are basically preparing to see the jokes of the Xu family.

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On the other side, Ye Kong took Tian Qiang, Xu Cheng, Xu Pocheng and a group of selected Xu family guards towards the depths of the gray forest.

Because there were two Tongxuan Realm monks present, Ye Kong didn't have any crooked thoughts, he was just like an ordinary monk who was forced to be helpless, except for not giving any good looks to the people of the Xu family, he also behaved very normally. And after Xu Cheng tried to ease the relationship with each other several times and was pushed back by Ye Kong's words, he no longer put a hot face on his cold ass, but began to think about what excuse to use to kill Ye Kong after this matter is over.

Anyway, the two families have basically torn their faces, if they can't get the secret treasure in the golden compass this time, then the Xu family will naturally not have a good time in the future. But if they can get the secret treasure in the golden compass, even if Zhao Hu is killed, the Zhao family will not dare to do anything, and it is even very likely that the equal alliance between the two sides will evolve into the Tai'an Zhao family being attached to them Jiao'an Xu family.

Xu Cheng saw these problems very clearly, which was also the reason why he dared to directly abolish the "Burning Flame Technique" that had been cultivated for many years, and instead cultivated the "Forging God Technique".

It's just that he didn't know that with the Xu family leaving the only ones in the Xuansan Realm in Empty Mountain City, as well as Xu Pocheng, Tian Qiang and others, the entire Empty Mountain City has now begun to have an undercurrent.

In fact, the night in the gray forest is actually not much more dangerous than during the day.

Because the canopy of the gray and white trees shades the sun, the forest environment is already quite dark, and when night falls, the most it can do is make this dark environment a little darker. However, with the strength of the monks who have the ability to penetrate deeply, there is no difference between night and day in the gray and white forest for them.

What's more, when the strength reaches a certain level, it is no longer observed with the naked eye.

Divine Mind Induction.

For monks who normally enter the Xuan Three Realms, their divine thoughts can cover twenty meters away from their own radius. After stepping into the Tongxuan Realm, the Divine Mind can perceive a range of 50 meters, the 2nd Tongxuan Realm is about 100 meters, and the 3rd Tongxuan Realm can reach a distance of 200 meters. And a monk like Xu Cheng who cultivated the "Forging Divine Technique" and began to involve the cultivation of divine thoughts in the early stage, even if it was only the cultivation of the two realms of the Xuan, but the coverage of his divine thoughts could reach a distance of two hundred meters within a radius of two hundred meters, which was almost equivalent to the cultivation of the three realms of the Xuan.

This is also the biggest difference between high-level and low-level exercises.

"Someone is following us." Xu Cheng's brows furrowed slightly, and then he suddenly spoke, "It's about a hundred meters away from us." ”

His perception range is about two hundred meters, this is because he is not the kind of person who is born with strong soul strength or spiritual power, otherwise, with the unique Divine Mind Cultivation Method of the "Forging Divine Technique", his current Divine Mind Perception is at least about 100 zhang - equivalent to the perception of a monk in the early stage of the Circle Realm.

Hearing Xu Cheng's words, Tian Qiang also sensed it carefully.

Divine sensing, although it is another way of observing and searching, is not an automatic ability. In the case that the monk did not manipulate himself, he could only roughly perceive the changes in the aura within the range of his own divine thoughts, and only when he personally manipulated could he feel the more detailed situation and changes. Moreover, within the perceptual range of the divine mind, the length of the distance will also affect the accuracy.

Like Xu Cheng, his perception range is about 200 meters, so he enters a living creature of about 100 meters, and his qi and blood are still so vigorous, he can't know if he wants to. On the contrary, Tian Qiang's perception range is only about 100 meters, and under the condition that he carefully searches and senses, he can only sense a range of about 30 meters. This is also because Tian Qiang is already a monk of the Second Realm of Tongxuan, if it is only the First Realm of Tongxuan, I am afraid that he will only have an automatic perception range of more than ten meters.

And when entering the Xuan Realm, not to mention, in the case of using one's own divine thoughts, the sensing range is only about thirty meters.

"Indeed." Tian Qiang nodded slightly, and said in a deep voice, "It seems that the breath is very strong, it should also be through the Xuan Realm." ”

After feeling Tian Qiang's divine aura, Ye Kong's eyebrows couldn't help but raise, and there was a strange look in his eyes, but because he was walking in the forefront, no one saw the change in his eyes.

Generally, the divine thoughts fluctuate, unless there is some special treasure, or the divine thoughts of two monks are in conflict, then the other party can feel it. Otherwise, just the suppression of the gap in the realm would be enough to make the weaker side completely unable to move.

But just now, when Tian Qiang's divine thoughts swept and sensed the range within a radius of 100 meters, Ye Kong was able to clearly capture the fluctuations of the other party's divine thoughts. Different from Xu Cheng's automatic perception of divine thoughts, Tian Qiang artificially released divine thoughts, so he was captured by Ye Kong, and because of this, he knew Tian Qiang's poor manipulation skills of divine thoughts. If it was Tian Qiang's level of divine thought utilization, let alone a hundred meters away, even if it was close to twenty meters, Ye Kong was confident that he would not let the other party find out at all.

On the contrary, it was Xu Cheng......

Ye Kong's gaze flickered, and he finally gave up his plan to set a trap here.

"I advise you not to provoke each other." Ye Kong looked at Xu Cheng and Tian Qiang, who were discussing whether to take down the stalker, and then said, "That guy is not hostile to us yet, so we'd better take this opportunity to rush to the secret passage, otherwise, once that guy becomes hostile to us, then we won't be able to enter the secret passage, and your plan to find the secret treasure will end early." ”

"Oh?" Xu Cheng raised his eyebrows and glanced at Ye Kong thoughtfully, "So, do you know who is following us?" ”

"It's not a man, it's a spirit." Ye Kong pursed his lips and pretended to be very dissatisfied and indifferent, "That guy is the guardian spirit of the Golden Compass, and you woke it up when you took the Golden Compass." It's just that it took a month to get out of the secret passage, so we're only going to run into him now. If you open the secret passage immediately after obtaining the Golden Compass, then this guardian spirit will naturally not appear. ”

Xu Cheng's brows furrowed slightly, he realized that Ye Kong's words had several meanings, but for a while, he couldn't decipher more details: "You mean, that guardian spirit treats us as enemies?" ”

"Not yet, but if we don't hurry, or if you have to provoke it, then it will treat us as enemies."

"It's just a guardian spirit that has passed through the Occult Realm......"

The guardian spirit, also known as the soul and the spirit monster, is a kind of spirit and belongs to the monsters among the demons and monsters. These creatures tend to be neutral units, with a good nature, and although they occasionally do something like mischief, they don't normally attack people, whether monks or mortals. It is precisely because of this that many powerful people who build caves, or strong people with a little ability, like to raise one or two spirits to guard their homes and homes.

Among the four genera of demons and monsters, monsters are the easiest outliers to deal with.

Especially the cultivators of the Xuan Realm like Tian Qiang and Xu Cheng have a variety of means to deal with it.

Therefore, Tian Qiang did not take this guardian spirit in his eyes, not because he was arrogant, but because of the normal reaction attitude unique to the monks in the cultivation world.

Of course, this is also because no one knows the true face of this guardian spirit, otherwise he would not dare to say such a thing even if he gave Tian Qiang ten dares. It's just that of course Ye Kong won't tell Tian Qiang, Xu Cheng and others the truth, and he is also going to take these people to the secret passage and kill them all, how can he let them run away now.

"Yes, it's just a guardian spirit through the Occult Realm." Ye Kong emphasized Tian Qiang's words, but no matter how he sounded, the tone sounded like a mockery, "I still wish you could go and solve it, so that I can go home and sleep immediately, and I don't have to take you to the secret passage again." ”

"Don't blame Brother Tiger, Brother Tian just thinks that the other party is an enemy." Xu Cheng smiled and opened his mouth, eliminating the conflict between Tian Qiang and Ye Kong that might have started suddenly, "I don't know if this guardian spirit, what else is there to pay attention to?" ”

"If it becomes hostile to us, it will close the secret passage, and we will not be able to enter it." Ye Kong said lightly, "The reason why it is not hostile to us now is purely because it mistook us for the owner of the Golden Compass, that is, its master. As long as we are able to get to the secret passage and successfully open it, then it will fall back into slumber and will not come to us for trouble. ”

Hearing this, Xu Cheng's eyes suddenly lit up: "Brother Tiger, what did you say before...... We only have three days left to enter the secret passage, and it has something to do with this guardian spirit? ”

"Yes." Ye Kong nodded, his face showing just the right amount of depression, "If I had known that what you wanted to take back was related to this guardian spirit, I would definitely not have come to this troubled water, and I would never have been separated from the two brothers Xu Pocheng at noon." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Xu Pocheng said with some curiosity.

"Not long after I was separated from you, I was found by this guardian, otherwise how would I have known that you took the Golden Compass and provoked this guy." Ye Kong's face was dissatisfied, "If that guy hadn't been able to communicate, I'm afraid I would have died a long time ago." So of course, I can't wait to hide as far as I can, and I want to go back to this forest to make trouble. …… I had planned to wait until we left, hide for three days, wait for the door of the secret passage to close, and then write to you to tell you to return the Golden Compass, but it turned out to be ......"

Speaking of this, Ye Kong snorted twice, expressing his great dissatisfaction: "Let's talk about it first, after I communicated with that guardian spirit, I only know where the secret passage is, but I don't know anything about where the secret passage leads and what is behind the secret passage, so I won't accompany you down at that time." …… I'm not interested in the vault at all, you can do whatever you want, I don't want to meet the guardian spirit again. ”

After listening to Ye Kong's words, Xu Cheng and the others glanced at each other, although they didn't fully believe Ye Kong's words, but they didn't have much doubt. The main reason is that Ye Kong's performance is too good, and the content of the words is nine true and one false, except for some key places that are covered up by him, there is no hidden secret about the other secrets of the gray and white death realm, at most, it is just a little misleading to the people of the Xu family.

However, Xu Cheng didn't intend to let Ye Kong go, so he naturally wouldn't pick up Ye Kong's words at this time, but changed the topic with a smile.

As for the monster behind him who had been following the Xu family, it was ignored by the Xu family, and no one thought to go over to take a look. Everyone thought that since there were Xu Cheng and Tian Qiang, two monks from the Xuan Realm, how could a mere spirit who was also only a Tong Xuan Realm be their opponent? They didn't go to the trouble of the spirit, the spirit was already about to burn high incense and be grateful, how could they dare to come to their trouble.

These people didn't know that they had stepped into the death trap woven by Ye Kong with one foot.

I didn't know that Qingyi and Zhao Yu finally met with the people of the Luo family after searching hard in the middle of the night.