On the periphery of the ancient city, Huang Cheng and Jiang Xue sat opposite each other, and between them, there were five stone slabs, and Huang Cheng held the sixth one in his hand, which was the 'key' that Jiang Xue brought out from Xu Ling.

"Now that the map and keys are complete, I need you to take me into the ruins. Putting down the slate in his hand, Huang Cheng looked at Jiang Xue and said.

"I really didn't expect that you would betray Xu Ling as well. Jiang Xue looked at Huang Cheng and said with an ugly face.

Originally, according to the deal between him and Chu Ming, she only needed to lure Huang Cheng away from Xu Hao's side, and then according to her own plan, she used the slate to easily get rid of Huang Cheng, and finally slipped away, and everything ended perfectly.

As for Chu Ming's follow-up remuneration, she didn't think about it at all, if she didn't think she was sure to lead Huang Cheng away, she would leave without hesitation.

However, the development of things was completely off the track with her expectations, she didn't expect Huang Cheng to hide his strength, after this guy got the slate, he immediately subdued her, and finally it became the current situation.

She didn't expect that Huang Cheng had been hiding his strength, and more importantly, Huang Cheng not only hid his strength, but he was also very ambitious, this time under the pretext of chasing her, Huang Cheng stole all the slate in Xu Ling's hand, indicating that this guy was not ready to go back after finding the slate with her, and he had the confidence to confront Xu Ling.

"Betrayal? If there is no loyalty, there is no betrayal, and it is only due to profit. Huang Cheng said lightly.

"Xu Ling already regards that ruin as something in his pocket, even if you get the key and map, it is impossible to bypass him and enter the ruins. Jiang Xue said.

"You don't have to worry about that, I just want to know if you have the power to take me into the ruins. Huang Cheng said.

"Yes, but I want to get the harvest in the ruins. Jiang Xue thought about it, gritted her teeth and said.

"Okay, I promise you. Huang Cheng readily agreed to Jiang Xue's request, then put away all the stone slabs, stood up, and said, "Let's go, before going to the inner city, there is still a little trouble to deal with." ”

"Deal with things, do you want to deal with Xu Hao, I don't know what happened to that Chu Ming, even if Chu Ming's stupid person doesn't deal with Xu Hao, after finding the slate, Huang Cheng won't let him live." Jiang Xue thought in her heart as she followed Huang Cheng.

The two came to the place where they were separated from Xu Hao before, and found that Xu Hao was no longer there, Huang Cheng suddenly frowned, not knowing what he was thinking.

'Huh, that bastard isn't here, was it really solved by Chu Ming's stupid bastard?' Jiang Xue thought to herself.

"Forget it, it's just a Xu Hao, it doesn't matter if there is him or not. Huang Cheng pondered for a while, then said indifferently, and then said, "Let's go, let's go to the inner city." ”

After the two left, a figure came out of the shadows, it was Chu Ming.

Chu Ming looked at the backs of Jiang Xue and Huang Cheng, frowned thoughtfully, thought about it, and followed from a distance.

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The ancient city, the inner city.

Perhaps because of the quality, the buildings here are relatively well preserved compared to the outer city, and there are many people walking in the shadows between the huge rock buildings that can be seen everywhere.

Chu Ming's arrival quickly attracted the attention of others, and some people looked at Chu Ming, who was alone, either ignoring it or sneering.

Ignoring those strange gazes, Chu Ming took a deep breath and walked towards the inner city.

Chu Ming originally came with Huang Cheng and Jiang Xue, but after entering the range of the inner city, he lost the trace of the two of them, and Chu Ming was not in a hurry to find them, but planned to stay on the outskirts of the inner city for a while to improve his strength.

In the current situation of the trial ground, the masters of the sevenfold body forging realm are basically competing for opportunities in the center of the inner city with the most ruins, and the martial artists who have gathered on the periphery are basically martial artists who have cultivated below the sevenfold, but most of these martial artists are in groups, and there are very few who are alone like Chu Ming.

Chu Ming found a boulder at random in the shade and sat down, on the weathered rock surface, a slightly brighter object gradually approached Chu Ming's location, and when he was only a few meters away from Chu Ming, he suddenly bowed his body and shot out quickly.

A long snake with a wrist thickness, similar in color to sand and gravel, and a blade-shaped horn on its forehead, was flying in the air at this moment, opening its mouth the size of a bowl, and two sharp teeth with gray-green color were cold and dangerous.

The hairs on his body exploded suddenly, Chu Ming turned around and leaned back, swinging his fist, it was a completely instinctive move, there was no reason or warning, but it was able to save Chu Ming's life every time.

Syllable!

The strength of the fist missed, the long snake was much more terrifying than expected, and its body actually dodged Chu Ming's fist with a slight twist in mid-air, and then twisted its neck, biting Chu Ming's wrist at no less speed than before.

Chu Ming opened his fist, quickly grasped the neck part of the long snake, and pinched it hard, and the long snake twitched a few times and then stopped.

Chu Ming was about to throw away the long snake in his hand, his nose suddenly twitched, and the early snake smelled a strange smell, and there was a faint trace of energy fluctuations.

Chu Ming pinched the snake's body, and sure enough, at the seven inches of the snake, there was a hard thing.

Chu Ming took out the dagger, slashed lightly on the snake's body, and then with a slight force, a jade-colored stone several inches in size emerged from the snake's body.

"Stone?" Removing the snake corpse in his hand, Chu Ming took out another stone of about the same size, this stone was found by him from Xu Hao, if he remembered correctly, the place where the snake had just started attacking him was where the stone was placed.

"Attracted by this thing?" Chu Ming looked at the stone in his hand and felt that this thing should not be simple.

"Tut, brother, good luck, I was able to catch the horned snake, this thing only eats things with the vitality of heaven and earth. Three people walked over next to him, exuding a fierce aura, two holding knives, one holding a sword, and three staring at the stone in Chu Ming's hand, a faint fierce light loomed in the pupils, and the person who led it said: "But this horned snake is our prey, and we have been chasing it for several days." ”

"You want this thing?" Chu Ming said lightly, playing with the stone in his hand.

The leader of the group gestured to his companion with a vague look in his eyes, and the three of them separated slightly, faintly blocking Chu Ming's way, forming a situation of encirclement, and then said with a smile: "That's right, the Yuan Stone in the body of this horned snake was originally our target, but I didn't expect to be taken by you first, how about returning it to us?"

The so-called Yuan Stone is a special stone that contains the Yuan Qi of Heaven and Earth, which is useless for forging body realm martial artists, but the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi contained in it can help Qi Realm martial artists to practice.

A Yuan Stone of the size in Chu Ming's hand could be exchanged for at least ten Forging Pills, and such a value was enough to trigger the greed and ferocity of any Forging Body Realm martial artist.