Chapter 9: The Secret Cave of Fireflies
"See? β
Duan Jiuyu, who was already sweating slightly on his forehead, approached Leng Ning and said, "The one with white eyebrows is called Luo Yinchuan, the one with Danfeng eyes next to him is called Luo Qiong, and the other tall one is called Ouyang Yu."
The three of them are recognized as the strongest in the Xuan Lord level, and they have completely mastered the art of retreat, and they will definitely be promoted to Pavilion Master by the end of this year. They were wearing high-grade spirit-level free-spirit-level soft armor obtained through the heaven-level customs clearance test, which was invulnerable to swords and guns, and their whole bodies were warm. β
"If you take it out and sell it, you can sell it for at least ten thousand taels of silver. Sycamore leaned in and interjected.
"Brother Wutong, don't laugh, that's a high-grade spirit-level equipment, 10,000 taels, I feel like it has to start at least 100,000 taels. Duan Jiuyu and Wutong argued softly.
Leng Ning smiled and said: "Okay, when you two clear the customs and get this soft armor, give it to me, and I will sell it for you two for a big price, just charge some wine money as a commission." β
"Mine can't be sold, although I love money, but I spare my life more, this kind of treasure can't be bought with money, Brother Wutong's skill is a little higher, you can sell him." β
"Jiuyu, do you want to talk again, I believe Leng Ning will be on my side. Wutong said with a wink at Leng Ning.
Leng Ning was serious: "That's not necessarily, if Brother Jiuyu gets another jar of thirty-year-old wine, I have to think about it......"
"Yes, yes, I still have an altar. β
"Hey, I finally said it, I didn't say it yesterday. When will we drink this jar of wine together?" said Wutong with a smile.
Duan Jiuyu looked at Leng Ning and Wutong who were smiling helplessly, and sighed: "Alas, the tacit understanding between the two of you and me is becoming more and more skillful, Leng Ning's birthday is not far away, and I will take the wine with me as a congratulatory gift." β
"Do you use Jianghai Pavilion as a place to chat?" Luo Yinchuan passed by the three of them with a look of disgust, covered with iron, and rushed away.
The three of them looked at each other, grinned, and began to grasp the trial.
The improvement of agility is the process of challenging the limits of the human body.
Because of the strong physical strength as the backing, Leng Ning overloaded himself again and again.
Listening to the lectures of Sanjiang Pavilion, overloading trials in Jianghai Pavilion, and practicing Xiaoyao Gong in his own courtyard, Leng Ning found that he liked this kind of life that challenged his limits every day.
Two months have passed, and Leng Ning's agility has improved beyond imagination.
Under the influence of Leng Ning, Wutong and Duan Jiuyu also practiced very hard, Duan Jiuyu took the lead in passing the human-level customs clearance test, Wutong was too happy because he was too early, and he was hit by a steel needle before leaving the customs, and the first human-level customs clearance unfortunately failed.
And Leng Ning directly applied for the prefecture-level customs clearance test, and at the speed of the elite level, he successfully cleared the customs, and at the same time became the first disciple of the ten newly promoted Xuan Lords to be promoted to the sixth rank Xuan Lord, and the palace added three more concubines to him, and lived in the courtyard on the south side.
When he saw Leng Ning put on the soft armor with red light flashing, and Duan Jiuyu put on the silver soft armor, Wutong felt hurt and forced Duan Jiuyu to take out the jar of thirty-year-old wine in advance, and the three of them got drunk in his courtyard.
At the same time, Wutong made an oath that he would pass the human-level level in one fell swoop in five days.
On the day when the Lord of the Sanjiang Pavilion explained the art of retreat, Sanjiang also announced a news to everyone, the Dan Palace of the Xiaoyao Palace found another vein in the Tiandu Mountains, and the Dan Palace held a conference to win the Dan in order to celebrate this good news.
For every group of three, each person in the Xuan Lord Laurel Team gets one Bodhi Dan, the Pavilion Lord Laurel Team each gets three Bodhi Dans, and the Hall Lord Laurel Team each gets ten Bodhi Dans. The competition only tests skills, and it is not allowed to fight fiercely.
"Bodhi Dan!" the Xuan Lords exclaimed in a series of exclamations.
Leng Ning heard Wutong mention Bodhi Pill to himself, this is an extremely precious pill in the Xiaoyao Palace, which is refined from a variety of intermediate spars, and has a very powerful enhancement effect on the improvement of Xiaoyao Gong, especially for the disciples whose cultivation has entered the bottleneck, it is extremely precious.
Luo Yinchuan, Luo Qiong, and Ouyang Yu, who have always been calm, couldn't help but show surprise on their faces when they heard the news, and nodded to each other.
On the way back to Haixuan, Wutong said: "This Dan Capture Conference is indeed a good opportunity, usually with our level, we can't touch Bodhi Dan." β
Duan Jiuyu shook his head and said: "But only the team that ranks first can get the Bodhi Pill, this chance is too slim, I feel that these three pills are like they are prepared for Luo Yinchuan, who has never reached the human-level consummation of Xiaoyaogong." β
Leng Ning nodded and said, "Well, I think, we just came here, we have this opportunity, we should try our best, the pressure is not on us."
Luo Yinchuan and them, although they are all very close to the human-level consummation and have all cultivated the retreat technique, it is not impossible for them to be close to them among the disciples of the Xuan Master level.
As for us, I'm sure no one will see us as a potential opponent, we just have to be ready and when they make a mistake we have a chance, and if they are perfect, then we should go and see for a long time. β
"Leng Ning is right, let's go and see the excitement and see whose hands this Bodhi Dan will fall into. Wutong nodded, and the three of them looked at each other and laughed.
In the end, Xuan Zhuzhong still determined a bottom line for registration, that is, the fourth layer or more of the Xiaoyao Gong human level, and the escape technique completed the Jianghai Pavilion human level clearance.
Fortunately, Wutong passed the human-level customs clearance a few days ago, and Leng Ning, Wutong, and Duan Jiuyu successfully registered.
Since only the first place can get Bodhi Dan, there are not many Xuan masters who sign up, counting the Leng Ning group, there are only nine groups in total.
Luo Yinchuan's group is undoubtedly the strongest, and there are three groups that are close to them, and there are three groups that are at the fifth level of the human level.
Because it was the only group of groups that had been cultivating for less than a year, Leng Ning was obviously the weakest. Xiaoyaogong has four layers at the level of one person, and five layers at the level of two people, which is not bad. The key is that only Leng Ning has cultivated the Lu Escape Technique, and Wutong and Duan Jiuyu are only at the primary level.
The weather is getting colder, the snowflakes are fluttering, and the Xiaoyao Palace is covered in silver.
The disciples of Xiaoyao Palace have internal strength to protect their bodies, and they are still wearing yellow shirts.
Nine groups and twenty-seven disciples followed behind the Lord of Sanjiang Pavilion and came to the east side of Jingxuan Lake.
This is Leng Ning's first time here, and there is a low mound in front of him, without a single tree, which is very desolate.
The red sleeves of the Lord of Sanjiang Pavilion waved, and on a large mound, a finely carved and quaint underground palace gate suddenly appeared.
Under this mound, there was a cave in the sky, and the group followed the master of Sanjiang Pavilion down the underground palace.
It was pitch black, but not a single person lit a torch. As the best batch of disciples in the Xuan Lord's level, he has been practicing the retreat technique for a long time, and his body's ability to perceive the environment is already very strong.
Leng Ning only felt that the corridor under the underground palace was very complicated, and he followed behind Sanjiang and turned a few corners to a big stone gate.
When everyone stopped, the torches on the stone wall lit up faintly.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the first examination room of the Dan Winning Test - the Secret Cave of the Fireflies.
Fireflies are a type of firefly that grows in underground caves, and this firefly is naturally fond of spar mines. Therefore, it is also the helper of my Xiaoyao Palace Dangong to find underground ore veins. This was once a mine cave with a medium spar vein, and the secret cave behind the stone gate is very complex, which is very suitable for the life of the firefly. A total of 219 fireflies have been found here, so this place is named the Secret Cave of Fireflies. Since the veins have been exhausted, there are no more fireflies to be found here.
Today, your test task is: enter the secret cave of the fireflies, I will arrange to put the three fireflies in the cave, which groups can catch the fireflies the fastest and return to the entrance of the stone gate, and which group can advance to the second round of the test. Remember, don't hurt Yuhotaru, this little thing is very precious and we borrowed it from Dan Palace. And I want to remind everyone that the speed of the phantom firefly is extremely fast, and due to long-term contact with the spar, its fluorescence has a certain psychedelic mana, so everyone must be careful to deal with it. β
After a neat answer, the heavy stone door rumbled open, and all the disciples rushed into the secret cave.
Leng Ning took advantage of the firelight outside and saw that everyone was standing on a strange black stone, surrounded by more than ten huge caves that were intertwined and interconnected.
When the stone door fell, the entire space was pitch black, and only the sound of each other's breathing could be heard.
Everyone stared at the dark space, quietly.
Suddenlyββ, a group of people flashed in front of their eyes.
Leng Ning grabbed Wutong and Duan Jiuyu and rushed towards a cave.
All nine groups of disciples activated, rushing into various caves to chase after Youhoru.
With the extreme improvement of his physical strength, Leng Ning has been cultivating every day except for the necessary rest, and his Xiaoyao Gong has unconsciously approached the perfection of the human level. His visual and auditory abilities have entered the ranks of top powerhouses at the level of Xuan Lord.
In addition, the passage where the glow of the firefly flashed into was the closest to Leng Ning, and he gently tugged Wutong and Duan Jiuyu, and then his body was the first to enter the cave like lightning.
In the dark, I couldn't see a little light from the fireflies, and I just chased after it with the feeling in the dark.
Going around a few staggered caves, Leng Ning chased after him, and he noticed a trace of panic coming from the front, and the glow-fly seemed to hesitate when choosing the passage, no, it seemed to have a disagreement, could it be that there was more than one glow-fly in front?
A bad premonition came to mind, and suddenly Leng Ning felt a tightness in his left shoulder, and his body shot towards the cave wall like a cannonball.
In his original position, the white-eyed Luo Yinchuan appeared in his figure, without a moment's pause, and his figure disappeared in a flash.
Leng Ning was about to hit the stone wall, and suddenly a pair of big hands grabbed his shoulders like iron hoops, and a tall figure appeared, Ouyang Yu.
"It's not that easy to trap me!" Leng Ning said secretly, his shoulders shrunk, his free luck urged, his body turned suddenly, his whole body shook, and disappeared into the passage, leaving only Ouyang Yu to look left and right with hatred.
At this time, Leng Ning entered another cave in a few breaths through Lu Dun's technique, he silently calculated the possible location of the glowworm, looking for the staggered holes, and approached the target step by step.
After a detour, Leng Ning felt in his heart that the glow firefly should be nearby.
The wind at the fork in front of him was a little noisy, and Leng Ning slowed down and swam past against the wall.
"Jiuyu! be careful!" a shout came from the front, Wutong?
Leng Ning dodged and rushed out, only to see Duan Jiuyu fall to the ground, blood gushing out of his mouth.
Jing Fei's group of two people gathered around Duan Jiuyu, and not far away, Ouyang Yu and Luo Qiong pressed Wutong against the stone wall.
Luo Yinchuan stood on a boulder, holding a cloth bag in both hands and closing his mouth, and two glowing glowing fireflies were desperately rushing into the bag.
"It's just a test, there's no need for this, right?!The Sanjiang Pavilion Lord had said in advance that he was only allowed to fight fiercely than the Escape Technique, what are you going to do?" Leng Ning stood at the entrance of the cave and frowned and said loudly.
Luo Yinchuan stared at the shiny cloth bag with a smile on his face, and said slowly: "If you want to blame, blame the three of you for not knowing each other." Just because you want to come to the competition? And dare to compete with us? Do you want to go to Sanjiang to sue? Go and sue, you can ask him if he can take care of it? Does he dare to take care of it? Hahaha!"
Luo Yinchuan's arrogant laughter echoed in the cave.
"The newcomer, I don't understand anything, I want something good when I see it, even if I give it to you, can you take it?" Jing Fei squinted his eyes and looked at Leng Ning with disdain, "What was issued by the Dan Palace, you wild disciples still dare to touch it?" β
"Wild disciple, don't you just want that firefly with such a lot of effort?" Leng Ning said with a smile on the corner of his mouth.
"Huh?" Luo Yinchuan couldn't understand Leng Ning's expression.
"Then let's not want any of us!" Leng Ning's figure flashed, and the person had already arrived in front of Luo Yinchuan, chasing the stars and the moon and going straight to Luo Yinchuan's throat.
Luo Yinchuan snorted disdainfully: "Do you think I'm Jiangyang?"
The phantoms overlapped, fluttering to one side.
Leng Ning's previous move turned out to be a false move, his target was the Youying Firefly in Luo Yinchuan's hand, and he was not robbing, he was gathering strength in his hands, he was going to destroy the two fireflies.
Luo Yinchuan also understood Leng Ning's intentions, but at this moment, the two were too close to each other, and Luo Yinchuan had no time to dodge......