Behind the castle lord's mansion there is a stone mountain with a grotto that leads to the ground. The grotto is guarded by border city guards all year round, and it is difficult for ordinary people to get close to it.

After leaving the City Lord's Mansion, the city lord of the border city came to the grotto alone, and walked down the narrow passage of the grotto, until he walked for almost a cup of tea before stopping.

What appeared in front of me was a huge underground space, and in the center of the underground space was a huge lava river, with fiery red magma tumbling in the river, and you could clearly feel the rich fire spirit vitality in the scorching heat wave.

In the midst of the lava river stood a fiery red stone tower, half hidden in the lava and half exposed to the air.

This stone pagoda is the spiritual pagoda that many people in the border city know, but few people have ever seen.

At the same time, it is also the central base of the leyline array.

The slight point under the feet of the city lord of the border city directly swept across the air and fell to the spirit tower at a distance of dozens of zhang, and drilled into the spirit tower.

Descend the steps of the Spirit Pagoda until you reach the lowest level of the Spirit Pagoda before stopping.

The bottom of the pagoda was empty, and there was nothing but a stone statue in the center. The stone statue is carved of a middle-aged man with a majestic face and a burly figure, although it is only a stone statue, but it gives people a large and primitive heavy pressure.

The moment the city lord walked into the bottom of the spirit tower, the stone statue's gray eyes moved slightly, and they actually opened.

"What's going on just now?" A delicate face was revealed under the black robe, and it was the nightcoat that had once met Xiao Chen in Yinshan.

Nightcoat Willow's eyebrows were slightly furrowed, his whole body was agitated, and there was a trace of deep defense and jealousy in his eyes.

The stone statue was silent, and the gray eyes without a trace of emotion looked at the nightcoat quietly. Nightclothes tightened the sword in his hand, and a trace of killing intent suddenly flashed on his body.

"You're just a remnant soul attached to the leyline array, don't think I can't do anything about you. With a wave of one hand, Nightcoat flew out of the cuff and suspended on his chest.

"Even if I can't kill you, but it is still possible to break the foundation of the leylines and destroy your cultivation, so that you lose the chance to see the light of day again, you better think clearly, this magic circle is from the border city, not yours!"

The stone statue's eyes moved slightly, and his gaze fell on the bronze mirror on the chest of the nightcoat, and the thick oppressive force that shrouded the underground space suddenly loosened.

"I just want to know, the vibration of the leyline circle just now, did you sense the breath of the demon clan, if the demon clan attacks, it won't be half good for you. ”

There was a dead silence at the bottom of the tower, and the stone statue stared at the cosmic mirror for a long time before suddenly closing its eyes.

"The leyline magic array is shaking, it's not because of the demon clan's ......" The stone statue's lips didn't move, but a low, but shaking, trembling voice suddenly sounded.

"I just sensed a hint of ...... Very dangerous breath, a long time away, a terrible breath......"

"It's been a long time, it's scary?" Nightcoat's eyes shrank, "What do you mean?"

"That breath flashed away, and I didn't feel it too clearly, so I can't be sure, but I can be sure that that breath is indeed very dangerous, far more dangerous than the demon clan behind the iron wall. ”

"More dangerous than the demon clan?"

"Hmm. ”

Nightclothes squinted and didn't know what to think, and after a long time, she turned and walked outside.

"Although the vibration of the leyline magic circle is not due to the demon clan, the breath of the demon clan has also appeared outside the border city. Although the Canglan Iron Wall can treat most of the demon beasts as in the great wilderness, you should know that it is impossible to isolate the threat of the demon clan. ”

The deep voice rang out again.

"You don't need to pay attention to that breath for the time being, he is still too weak to pose a threat to the border city, and the demon clan is the top priority at the moment. ”

"And. The stone statue opened its eyes again, and the gray in its eyes dissipated into a trace of excitement.

"I promised the Wang family to help you protect the border city, but the Wang family's second promise to the old man has not been redeemed so far, as the new city lord he selected, don't forget the original promise. ”

Nightclothes snorted and strode out of the bottom of the Spirit Pagoda, appearing in the underground space.

Nightclothes looked at the tumbling lava and the spirit tower in the center of the lava river, and a complicated look flashed in her eyes. Immediately after that, with a wave of one hand, the lava river churned in terrifying waves, and the spirit tower also slowly sank, and soon disappeared into the dark river.

Nightcoat looked at the spirit pagoda that was gradually disappearing in the lava river, and a complicated look flashed in her eyes.

It's been seven years since I've been here......

It's ridiculous to be ridiculous for himself, for such a naïve idea, to stay in this place without telling his family for seven years. Although the cultivation did not fall behind, after all, he left his hometown, and I don't know if his parents were worried about him.

Nightclothes reached out and took out the bronze ancient mirror, shaking his head secretly.

Now although he has obtained Yujing and has the ability to go home, the old city lord will become entrusted to himself, if he really leaves, won't he live up to the trust of the old city lord and the people of the border city.

The leyline magic circle is shaking, and there may be a crisis in the border city, and I still need to help the border city get through the difficulties.

Wait......

Nightclothes gritted their teeth, stepped up, and swept straight out along the grotto mountain road.

......

In the school field of the border city, everyone felt the terrifying spiritual pressure seeping out from the ground, and they were all terrified.

The spiritual pressure was not strong at first, and cultivators who opened the pulse five or six times were able to resist it, but as time passed, this spiritual pressure did not weaken, but increased little by little, and soon even the cultivators who opened the pulse seven or eight times felt struggling, and those with low cultivation levels were directly slapped to the ground, and they couldn't even get up.

"What's going on?" Luo Min jumped onto the ruined wooden tower with the spiritual pressure on his shoulder, and asked Xiao Chen.

The sudden appearance of spiritual pressure had already interrupted the battle between the two, and the Sword Monarch gave birth to the demon sword and sheathed it, looking at his feet in disbelief, while Xiao Chen squinted, and a faint surprise flashed in his eyes.

Why is the leyline circle so sensitive to the breath of the Dark Boat?

The Hellboat had been taken back by Xiao Chen into the spiritual sea, and the method of the Shura Daozang had also stopped working, and the trace of black aura transformed by the Shura Daozang was hidden by Xiao Chen in the depths of the Death Gate, and only then did he feel light.

Just now, he clearly felt the hostility of the powerful force that emerged from the ground towards him, and if he didn't withdraw the power borrowed from the underworld boat back into his body in time, once he let that power lock on to him, he was afraid that he would really be in trouble today.

And......

Xiao Chen glanced down at the broken knife that had turned dark red again, and a trace of strangeness flashed in his heart.

Just now, it was this knife that delayed for a moment before he had time to hide the breath of the Dark Boat, the question is, why did the breath coming from the ground have an affinity for Luo Min's knife?

Xiao Chen was silent for a moment, handed the knife in his hand to Luo Min, and shook his head, "It should be fine." ”

Looking at Jian Junsheng from a distance of more than ten zhang, but found that Jian Junsheng was also looking at him, Xiao Chen's eyes were slightly condensed, and he turned around with a grin.

The third layer of the wooden tower has been destroyed, so naturally there is no need to fight again. And I'm afraid that the shock just now has attracted the attention of some people in the border city, and this border city guard selection competition should end here.

"Xiao Chen, the battle between you and me is not over yet, wait for the next time, I must defeat you!"

The sword-like young man laughed, turned around and jumped off the wooden tower, and soon disappeared into the school grounds.

Sure enough, this guy just wanted to fight with himself, and he had no interest in going to the Spirit Pagoda to practice. It's right to think about it, Broken Sword Peak, as a great sect that has been inherited for thousands of years, whether it is resources or others, it is definitely several grades higher than the border city, and it is reasonable that he is not interested in the border city spirit tower.

"The knife is good. Xiao Chen turned around and returned the knife to Luo Min and jumped off the wooden tower.

The spiritual pressure in the air gradually weakened, and Shi Yan appeared in the school field at the right time, attracting everyone's attention.

"Although the selection competition for the border city guards did not go to the end as expected, fortunately, many outstanding cultivators have already stood out, and in the end, the twenty-three people who won the quota in the wooden step can all join the border city guards and become the force guarding the border city. ”

Originally, there were twenty-five selection places for the border guards, but no one reached the top on the third floor of the wooden tower, and Jian Junsheng left after the game, and there were only twenty-three people left.

Shi Yan glanced at Xiao Chen, and a hint of discoloration flashed in his eyes.

"Twenty-three people were organized into the border city guards, six people in each team. As Shi Yan's voice sounded, three people walked out of the wooden tower guards who had originally retreated to the side, each recruiting someone they liked.

Xiao Chen hesitated, but saw Shi Yan beckoning to him.

"Xiao Chen, Luo Min, it's good that you two belong to the second team. ”

There are a total of four teams in the border city guards, and Shi Yan's guard is the second team in the border city.

Xiao Chen thought about it, and then nodded, as long as he could enter the Spirit Pagoda to practice, it didn't make a difference which guard he was in.

Along with Xiao Chen and Luo Min, there was also a sevenfold open-pulse and two six-fold cultivators, while Ye Xu and Li Changfeng, who opened the eightfold pulse, were recruited by the first and fourth teams respectively, but Gu Qian, who opened the sevenfold pulse, entered the third team.

However, Xiao Chen was a little surprised that among the two cultivators who joined the second team, there was actually an acquaintance.

Chen Feng!

As an apprentice of the city lord of the border city, it is a little strange that he also needs to participate in the selection to enter the guard.

"Brother Xiao Chen, we had some small misunderstandings before, I hope Brother Xiao doesn't mind. Chen Feng walked over and said with a smile on his face, "In the future, we will all be members of the same guard, and we still need to support each other." ”

Xiao Chen glanced at Chen Feng meaningfully, turned around and left.

He felt that he couldn't be friends with this kind of person who was very deep in the city, and the Sixfold of Opening the Pulse was not qualified to be his enemy, so there was not much need to exchange words in some scenes.

As for whether it was a misunderstanding before, Xiao Chen didn't take it to heart, as long as there was no misunderstanding in the future.

Chen Feng looked at Xiao Chen, who ignored his kindness and turned away without even making an expression, the smile on his face was slightly stiff, and a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes.