"Okay, in the past, this meadow is in front of the middle layer of the East Vein Forest, everyone be vigilant!"

Wu Rong looked around and said solemnly.

"Although the grade of the middle-level spirit beast is not high, but here, the strength of the spirit beast cannot be completely measured by the grade. ”

"The grade of a spirit beast only represents its cultivation level, not its strength. ”

"Just like us martial artists, cultivation and strength are not equal, spiritual weapons, martial arts, combat skills, and special talents can all affect a person's strength. ”

"And in the wild, this kind of influence will be magnified to the extreme on spirit beasts, because if they don't try to improve their strength through various means, there is only a dead end. ”

"Therefore, it may be that a seventh-layer earth spirit brown bear of the beast rank can exert the strength of the eighth layer, and a group of timber wolves of the seventh layer of the beast rank can also be comparable to the ninth-level spirit beasts. ”

"Even some inconspicuous, two- or three-story little bugs, even if their toxins don't kill us, are enough for us to suffer. ”

Everyone walked through the grass, but Ye Yan suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing Ye Yan standing in place, Shi Xin'er turned her head and wondered.

I saw the other party standing on the edge of the grass, the sun shining from the sky, reflecting the faint moisture on the blades of grass.

Ahead, there is an impermeable dense jungle.

"It's nothing, I just think...... The outer layer and the middle layer are too distinct. ”

Seems...... There is an invisible line between the two.

Ye Yan followed everyone and glanced back.

Hopefully, he's overthinking.

......

The middle layer of the East Vein Forest, a hilltop.

Shi Xuemai was alone in a mess, stumbling up the mountain road, and after a while, he met the sentry guarding the pass.

"Young Master?"

The sentry guard was slightly stunned when he saw Shi Xuemai, didn't the other party just leave the mountain and go to find someone with a few guards?

Coming back so soon?

"Quick, I want to see Uncle Huang!"

Shi Xuemai was out of breath, and his face was full of anxiety.

The sentry guard hurriedly let him go, and asked, "Young Master, are there spirit beasts or warriors chasing after you?" If so, we must gather our brothers now!"

After carefully observing Shi Xuemai's appearance, coupled with the fact that none of the other party's guards had come back, the sentry guessed that the other party probably encountered some powerful spirit beast or martial artist, so he would be so embarrassed.

The eight nursing homes that went out with him are probably already more auspicious.

"Nope!"

Shi Xuemai waved his hand and continued to run in the direction of the mountain.

Before the battle was over, he had already run away, and the Eastern Vein Forest was deserted, and the other party would never guess which direction he was running.

Even if the other party found out that there was a bandit's den here, they would never think that they were hiding inside!

Not many people know about the relationship between the Shi family and this den of bandits.

Moment.

"Xuemai, why are you so fast-"

Huang Ba was playing chess with a man in white in the stone pavilion, and when he saw Shi Xuemai running all the way from a distance, he was a little surprised, didn't the other party leave not long ago?

But immediately, he found that Shi Xuemai was embarrassed and realized that something was wrong: "What's wrong with you?

"Uncle Huang, I was chased and killed by a few people just now!

Huang Ba was slightly stunned when he heard this, and his chess hand also stopped in mid-air.

"Hunted down?!"

Flicking his sleeves, the man in white got up and said, "Commander, go down to the outpost to take a look." ”

"Go ahead. ”

After the other party left, Huang Ba's face became gloomy:

"There are still people who dare to touch the historian?!"

Shi Xuemai swallowed his saliva, once the man in front of him became angry, the coercion made him almost breathless.

"Yes...... Ye Jia...... And a couple of people who don't know where they came from. ”

"The Ye family?" Huang Ba had doubts in his eyes, why did the Ye family chase and kill Xuemai?

It stands to reason that the four major families check and balance each other, and even if there is a conflict, it is the elders of the two sides who come forward to solve it, how can they directly hunt down each other's juniors?

Not to mention that this is Shi Jia, Shi Yuanji's son!

Unlike the popular heirs of other families, Shi Yuanji has some physical defects, and it is difficult to have offspring.

And now the Ye family actually wants to move his only son, isn't this endless?

Is there something hidden in it?

"You tell us the ins and outs. Huang Ba said undoubtedly, this matter can be big or small, he must first figure out what happened before he can understand the other party's purpose.

"That's it...... Just now," Shi Xuemai said cautiously, "When I was searching for Shi Xin'er on the outer layer with a few nursing homes, I happened to bump into a few enemies. ”

"How many enemies, and what are their identities?"

"There are just a few people who are the same age as me, one is Ye Yan of the Ye family, and the other two people don't know where they are...... I've had conflicts with them before......"

Shi Xuemai's voice became smaller and smaller, he was really a little afraid of the man in front of him, even if the other party was a sworn brother with his father.

"Is that so?"

Huang Ba's brows were slightly relaxed, he understood Shi Xuemai's temperament, and now he probably guessed what the situation was.

It should just be a conflict between juniors, and then it happened to meet in a remote place like the East Vein Forest, and it was normal to use their brains.

The Eastern Vein Forest was already in danger, and even if Shi Yuanji's son really died inside, they couldn't say anything.

But since they let Xuemai escape, they have to pay the price.

A trace of murderous intent flashed in Huang Ba's eyes, and he continued to ask, "How many of them are cultivating, are there any Ye family elders involved?"

If he remembered correctly, Xuemai's eight courtyards were all the strength of the eighth order of the Qi Ling, and since the other party could fight the courtyards, it showed that the strength was not low, and there might even be elder-level figures.

If there is, so much the better.

"There were only three people on the other side...... One is Ye Yan of the fifth order of the Covenant Spirit, and there are two young men who are about the same age as me, the eighth order of the Covenant Spirit......"

“？？？”

Huang Ba thought he had misheard, and repeated: "There are only three people in total?"

Shi Xuemai was stunned for a moment, then suddenly remembered and added: "Oh yes, there is still a bird!"

Bird?

What is this?

"That bird is...... A human-level spirit beast?"

Shi Xuemai thought for a while and said, "It shouldn't be, it seems that there is only about the strength of the fifth layer of the beast level!"

“......”

"Three people, one bird, beat you to the desert and fled?"

"It's not like running away......," Shi Xuemai added in a whisper, "all eight of my homes died, and I was the only one who escaped......"

Huang Ba's eyes widened, and he was stunned for a moment before he smiled bitterly: "So that's the case, Xuemai, you are really ...... Scare your uncle. ”

"Look, Uncle didn't finish this chess, so he let that kid take the opportunity to run!"

Huang Ba waved his hand and said, it turned out to be just a false alarm, he thought that his nephew was really hunted down by the Ye family.

He was almost frightened by this kid's appearance.

"No...... No, uncle, I didn't lie to you, I was really hunted down!"