And I, when I was heading in the direction of the water cave, I actually met my senior on the way, and he looked at me and was very surprised, "You kid, why was you born so early?" I also smiled at him, "Wouldn't it be better to retreat earlier?" Senior, why did you come so early, and you came to see me in this direction? ”

He didn't answer my question (he's actually a little worried because of my age.) I was going to go to the water cave and waited for me first, but I didn't expect this "kid" to come so early. Instead, he looked at the dark green in my eyes, "'Boy', did you stay up late yesterday?" (The next day I was going to retreat wholeheartedly, so why did I stay up late?) And this "kid" didn't stay up late before! Could it be that you are too nervous? You won't go so early, it's to catch up on sleep, right? ”

I was poked by him at once, and I was a little embarrassed. Yawned again, "Uh, just to catch up on sleep!" By the way, senior, you came to me, is there something wrong? He also came directly to me at this time, "Stretch out your right hand!"

I obediently stretched out my right hand, and the bracelet formed by the original stone of the senior brother on it, he was stunned, fierce, the original stone of the fierce beast, there is a protection mechanism inside! This "kid" is quite tricky! Those holy beasts, spoil her junior brother, he knows. (Especially that Xuanwu young master, every time he comes to pick up this "kid", he still glares at him fiercely!) This also protects the land a little tighter? ”)

However, these fierce beasts are also so concerned about this "kid"? The fierce beast was obsessed with the holy beast and gave her her own original stone, which is a rare thing! This "kid", the magic on his body is a little big, huh?

He took out a small blue ring and put it on my finger, "There is the power of the sea in this, but I took it last time when I went to the spiritual sea where you live, and it should be useful for your retreat!" Actually, it wasn't taken when he went to run errands, he was very busy yesterday, but he remembered that I was going to retreat today. The Holy Force Element of the place of birth has a stabilizing effect on her.

No matter what, she, the nominal master, is also her master, so what should she do? So, after hurriedly finishing the work at hand, he hurried to Linghai (that is, the territory of the Qinglong clan!) Over there, he kept speeding up his pace, and only came back at dawn. Before I even had time to change my clothes, I hurried over and waited for me again.

I was also very happy to take it, "Thank you, senior!" When I got closer to him, I could smell a strong sea breeze on his body. (Collected when you were doing something before?) I think it's only been a quick time since it was collected! )

This senior, it seems that what he just said is a little untrue! This is obviously just coming back from the spiritual sea! This body is so rich in sea flavor! This senior also cares about me, a nominal apprentice who is not very obedient!

I also looked at his slightly tired face, and the young brothers who cared about me, the senior brothers who were worried about me, the two masters and seniors who were concerned about me, appeared in front of me. I walked forward slowly, he was a little surprised, and stepped back, "What are you doing?" ”

I didn't speak, stepped forward, hugged him directly, and then quickly let go, "The senior's concern for me has been received!" Even though I'm just your nominal apprentice, I'll try to give you a long face!"

He listened to my words, a little stunned. But soon understood, and some arrogantly turned her head away, "I don't care about you!" If you can't even pass a little tempering, then won't my face be left behind? ”

"Good! Good! I will definitely pass this little tempering! Then I'll go in! Wait for me to get out! After that, I took the ring he gave me and went straight into the water cave.

In the center of the water cave, there was a big black stone, so I simply sat on it, closed my eyes, and began to silently recite the words of refinement, which circled around me, forming a blue circle of light. After that, I almost fell asleep at once. By the way, I also started to catch up on sleep!

As the last Senior Brother Yi also arrived at the pit of food, everyone arrived at their respective retreat places, and the attribute circle of words around them echoed with the elemental power of this refining place. The time for a pillar of incense passed, and the two masters, on tiptoe, went in opposite directions, and were ready to start closing the refining grounds of the apprentices one by one.

"Xuanwu, get together!" The yellow circle of text beside Brother Nian lit up. "White Tiger, Ning Zhi!" A hint of orange flashed next to Senior Brother Luo. "Suzaku, gather!" The red color around Senior Brother Yu moved. When he came to me, he saw his brother at the door of the cave.

When the seniors saw their brother coming, they also came back to their senses. Master Yin leaned up, close to his ear, and whispered, "Brother, why is this place, are you worried about that little guy!" He also scolded back domineeringly: "Let me see what's wrong with my own land?" It's you, the last one to come here, don't you want to stay here too? ”

"Humph! This little guy is not yet old, so he has to go into retreat early. I'm going to have to look at it! I'll just keep watch here, you're busy with business all day, and you won't go back to deal with your work! (When he came, I saw his somewhat haggard face, what did this guy go to get and look like he didn't sleep well?) )”

But he just silently walked under a big tree, and then lay down, "You're here, then I'll take a rest!" As for whether I should wait here? I don't have to worry about it! Stay wherever I like! (He'd given them all the advice, and he'd always be here to check on them whenever they had any urgent tasks.) The retreat of the Sacred Beast is usually 50 years. But the Qinglong clan is an exception, and it will take 80 years. During this period, they relied entirely on spiritual power conversion to survive, and the same was true of the demonic beasts they contracted. )”

Master Yin was also used to the tone he spoke to him, so he didn't care. His own brother, doesn't he know about it? Let him rest under this tree for a while.

He looked at the small fire that rested on his shoulder, and came to the mouth of the cave, "Go in!" A small fire broke out and flew into the cave. Its wings shimmered red, like a small lamp, in this damp and unknown cave.

It soon found me in the deepest part of my life, "Little Dragon Master, Little Dragon Master!" I didn't respond, it looked closer again, and it turned out that the owner of the little dragon had already fallen asleep! (And the owner of Xiaolong is like this, so I will accompany her well!) It landed softly next to me, and its wings stopped fluttering.

"Little Dragon Master! I'll be with you!" As it spoke, a corresponding blue circle of text rose around it and began to surround it. My brow moved, too.

In my spiritual world, I also felt that Xiaohuo also came in, "Xiaohuo, let's take a good rest first!" "Outside, it flapped its wings, and then it didn't move, and it also entered the spiritual world.

Master Yin, who was outside, also felt the stability of the spiritual magnetic field in this cave. Raising his hand around the cave, forming a circular spiritual power cover. "Qinglong, condensation!" After this sound, the closed barrier around me was also completed.

After doing all this, Master Yin also sat quietly next to his seniors. Looking at his slightly hanging head, he gently supported him and let him lean on his shoulder. (Just like when they were kids.) )

He whispered next to his senior, "Brother, sleep!" There's my brother here! Young Master Qinglong, I will also help you watch her! He's the two of us, no, counting the ice cube. Mutual apprentices......"

Master Lin here first arrived at the place where Senior Brother Zhan was refined, "Poor Qi, Solid!" A red light flashed from him, and then it fell silent again. Later, he went to Senior Brother Ci's place again, "梼杌, and!" A green glow swirled around him.

After that, Senior Brother Ling "Turbidity, turn one!" Purple began to spread all around. Eventually, he made his way to the Pit of Food, where he was covered with a cyan protective barrier like crystal.

By making crystals, you can see Senior Brother Yi concentrating below!" Gluttony, meaning!" The closed enchantment of all eight of us who have been tempered has been completed.

Time is in our retreat, day by day. In the previous retarding period, the eight of us have passed it very smoothly, Master Yin and Master Lin will come to inspect our situation every day, and the seniors will also come to check on my side from time to time.

Since the end of our retreat, 48 years have passed since the time of our retreat, except for me who was still in the middle condensation stage, the other senior brothers, they are basically close to the end of the tempering. (Up until this point, everyone's progress has been very smooth.) )

But on this day, Master Yin, as before, first took a look at the situation from his brother last year, and originally carried out a daily exploration of the surrounding spiritual magnetic field.

At this time, I found that the magnetic field of this Xuanwu young master seemed to be a little strange, and if there was a little fluctuation, it was not very unusual, but this fluctuation was too strong.

Even if this attracted the attention of Master Yin, he went to see the others first, and it was quite stable. So he stayed with Brother Nian to observe the changes in this magnetic field. On the other side, Master Lin also made another round, and finally when he arrived at Senior Brother Yi, he also found an anomaly in the magnetic field over there.

So, Master Yin and Master Lin each held their positions on both sides. On Brother Nian's side, under the deep bunker, Xiao Hei also looked at the master who was sweating in front of him, and a strong worry surged in his heart.

Xiao Hei had completed the refining of the Demon Beast a few days ago and had already detached himself from the spiritual world. There was a scale on his back, and stone armor began to grow, which was a sign of its defensive magic attack, which was getting stronger.

But the owner in front of him, his little forehead was covered with sweat, and he was very anxious and shouted "Master! The hosts!" But Brother Nian didn't respond at all.

And at this time, in the spiritual world of Brother Nian, in the early stage, he was the one who encountered those demonic beasts, he went up directly, and before they could make a move, he beat them up He was walking on the land street where I used to sneak out with him to play, originally he held my little hand, and I was also very happy to stroll.

But a black fog came out of nowhere. After the black mist dissipated, he found that the little hand he had held firmly was now gone.

In his heart, a trace of panic surged up inexplicably, "An An, An An, where are you?" He looked around in a bit of a panic, only to find that the surroundings had become white. Tomorrow, there is a familiar figure, rushing over, it is An An, he hurriedly chased after it! But around the corner, the figure was gone.

He was a little stunned, and began to search every alley over there, but there was no sign of me, he stood in the middle of the street, listening to the cries of the next side, and felt a very faint dizziness, and he tried to find my traces, but he felt less and less conscious.

Outside, he was sweating more and more. Xiao Hei saw that the situation was wrong, so he wanted to rush forward, but he was always bounced back by the circle of Wen, so he had to yell at the young brother in front of him, "Master!" Master! You're coming to your senses!"

At this time, in his spiritual world, he felt that his head hurt a little. He patted his head slightly, but the scene around him was quietly changing. A familiar cry made her suddenly run in one direction.

He followed the sound and reached a deep hole. He poked his head down to look, and the small figure immediately looked up and made eye contact with him. That's An An! It's An An, who he just lost! I can count on getting her back again!

"Brother Nian!" Listening to her soft voice, she helplessly opened her hands, "Come up!" An An!" The sentence is not finished yet. In the shadow of this cave, a roar was heard. A huge stone hand reached out from within.

It was almost a moment of "Brother Nian!", the stone hand grabbed An An and disappeared in front of him. Seeing me being arrested and hearing my desperate cries for help. Brother Nian almost subconsciously jumped in.

When he got below, he saw clearly the huge stone beast in front of him, exuding a huge earth elemental power all over his body.

The whole stone beast looks burly and powerful, and its appearance is terrifying, and it looks fierce and vicious. If you punch down, you can smash a hole into the ground below.

And now on its huge claws, it is still pinching the little An An, it seems that this strength is not small. An An was struggling desperately. The stone beast just looked at her with a very ugly smile, and was still muttering in his mouth, "I caught such a tender little guy today, and I will go back to make soup and drink it later!"

As soon as these words came out, the air around Brother Nian seemed to be frozen. He bit his lip, "Damn it, you still dare to fight An An's idea!" (What kind of monster is this?) I actually want to eat An An!)"

The stone beast also noticed him now, showing a hint of inexplicable smile, as if there was a hint of mockery in his current expression, and then, with "me", ran in one direction.

"Damn it! Let me go An'an!" Brother Nian also chased after him, but this stone beast was like teasing him, sometimes fast and sometimes slow.

Somehow, I was pretty good at light work, but for some reason, it was like the ground was covered with obstacles, and I couldn't run at all, and I couldn't use light work.

He moved forward desperately, but he could only move a little bit each time, and when he moved, the soles of his feet felt painful. It's just, where can I take care of so much?

"Brother Nian! Brother Nian!" An An's screams became smaller and smaller, and when he was in a hurry, the stone beast stopped. Brother Nian also stopped, panting in place.

The stone beast looked at him so tiredly, and showed a mocking expression, this kid,

For the sake of this little guy in my hands? Hum! It's kind of funny! For her, even the ground master can come over, but that kid hasn't noticed it much, at most, he just feels that something is attached to his leg, it is difficult to move and he can't use light skills, it's just that my ground binding, it's not so simple! You'll find out later.

The stone beast moved its claws and put the fainting "me" on a stone, and then the stone, after touching "me" again, moved as if it were alive, forming a gabion and trapping "me" in it! And the man in this cage is already very weak.

Brother Nian looked at the person in the cage, and his heart tightened, "An An!" He was about to rush up, and as soon as he approached the stone prison, he was stopped by the pillar that suddenly protruded from the ground. (It's not your average stone pillar, but it has a powerful attack.) )

Brother Nian hurriedly dodged, looked at the scar on his arm that was left by the inability to dodge, and his eyes darkened. The look in the stone beast was very unkind. (This stone beast, the strength is not below him, it should be said that above him, if you want to rescue An An, you can't fight hard!)

The stone beast didn't care too much, and glanced at Brother Nian, "Hmph! Heir of Xuanwu!" Brother Nian paused, this stone beast knew his identity before he fought him?

The stone beast simply sat on the ground of the stone prison and looked at Brother Nian very Buddha-likely, "Xuanwu's heir, I am your final examiner this time, and I am also afraid of trouble, such a young child, I haven't eaten it for a long time." Why don't you give this child to me, and I'll pass it, how about it? ”

Ordinary tempering is not so simple, but since it has been proposed at this time, if he agrees, he will definitely practice it. It's just that if it's an ordinary person, he won't care! (He's not a virgin!) I don't care about so many things. Moreover, he is not born kind, his gentleness is only reserved for the people he loves. )

The person in this cage is An An! That's the "younger brother" he has been protecting since he was a child! This is also something he would never use as a bargaining chip!