Liu Chen and the others walked out of Ruofeng Pavilion under the leadership of the waitress, the waitress was smiling and respectful, presumably earning a lot of commissions in this transaction.

Carrying a lot of things on their backs, the two did not stop and went straight to the east gate of Guangping City. Xu Yan has been here for many years and is quite familiar with the surroundings of Guangping City.

Quang Binh City is surrounded by mountains and rivers, close to the tributaries of the Mengjiang River in the west, the water depth is light, the flow rate is gentle, it is an important route of Wuyang State, and has brought a prosperous shipping industry to Guangping City.

To the south is thousands of acres of fertile land, and there are traffic arteries leading to various places on the endless plains. The development of river transportation and land routes have jointly created the prosperity of Quang Binh City.

Fifty miles away in the north of Quang Binh, there are towering mountains, the main peak is about 800 zhang high, extremely steep, it is difficult for mortals to climb on it. This is Lingxi Mountain, the location of the Xianmen Lingxi faction.

And Liu Chen and the two are going to go to the east of the city thirty miles away, there is also a mountain, the mountain is far from being comparable to Lingxi Mountain, the main peak is only about 400 zhang high, and the aura contained in the mountain is far from Lingxi Mountain.

Because of this, there are few spirits in this mountain, and the monsters have never heard of it, and mortal hunters hunt in this place, and the security is much higher than that of Lingxi Mountain.

The beasts of this mountain have no natural predators, and they are ferocious and tyrannical. Among them, tigers and leopards are the majority, and tigers can often be heard roaring in the mountains and forests, attracting hundreds of beasts to echo. For a long time, the surrounding people called this mountain Hupo Mountain.

The two of them left Guangping City, walked about twenty miles east, and came to a town closest to Hupo Mountain. This town is not very large, and it must have been formed by Orion traders who had been trading here for a long time.

It was getting late, and Liu Chen and Xu Yan, who had been walking for half a day, smelled the smell of wine and meat from the town, and they were all a little moved. The two of them decided to simply stay here for one night, eat a good meal, raise their spirits, and go straight to Hupo Mountain tomorrow.

When they came to the town, they found a slightly remote inn, asked for two guest rooms, and after placing their luggage, the two went down to the second floor and ordered a few special dishes here, intending to relieve their appetite.

The consumption of the town is much lower than that of Guangping City, and the accommodation is only worth less than two yuan. The two sat by the window on the street, waiting for the side dishes to be served.

"Have you heard, this Tiger Mountain has been a little more dangerous than in the past recently!"

"I heard that in the past few days, three experienced hunters have disappeared on the mountain, and there is a team of six people collecting medicine, and they haven't come out again after entering."

"Don't go into the mountains recently, it's too dangerous, your life matters!"

"Then what's the matter, the family has five or six mouths, all relying on me to hunt some prey to feed, how can I not go? Hey"

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The diners dressed as hunters at the table next to him drank wine, their voices getting louder and louder, and the topic of conversation attracted the attention of Liu Chen and Xu Yan.

"We won't be so unlucky, we just came across this kind of thing." Xu Yan was a little breathless, and looked at Liu Chen with a frown.

Liu Chen was also a little undecided, so he buried himself in thought.

"Guest officer, your dishes are ready, if you need anything, just tell me"

After sending away the enthusiastic shopkeeper, Liu Chen looked up at Xu Yan with an anxious face.

"Don't worry, the two of us are far from being human now, even if we encounter some unexpected troubles, you and I should be able to resolve them with our strength."

"I hope so, then follow the original plan and enter the mountain tomorrow!"

Xu Yan didn't think much about it, focused on the food on the table, and feasted on it. Liu Chen also tasted a few chopsticks, drank tea, watched the sunset outside the window, and was still thinking about the news revealed by the table...

The two returned to their respective guest rooms, and Liu Chen asked Xiao Er to bring a few buckets of hot water and wash up well. Changed into a black power suit bought in Ruofeng Pavilion, his long hair was slightly tied up, and his sword eyebrows were starry, so he had a handsome skin.

Liu Chen sat at the desk in the room and muttered for a while, as if he had made up his mind. After half an hour, more than ten pieces of rice paper were filled with dense regular script, and there was a hidden edge in the square.

After binding the more than ten pieces of rice paper into a book, Liu Chen knocked on Xu Yan's door.

"What's the matter at such a late hour? Can't you say it tomorrow morning" The latter obviously finished washing up early, and was interrupted halfway through his cultivation, and he was a little unhappy.

Liu Chen didn't care when he heard this, Xu Yan had always had such a temperament, impatient and venomous, shook his head and smiled, and handed him the book in his hand.

"This sword method is called the Eight Poles Dao, which has an extraordinary origin, extremely high grade, and immeasurable value. Originally, it was not suitable for your cultivation now, to put it bluntly, you are still too weak, and it is difficult for you to peek into the profundity. ”

"But since you choose to practice the knife, I only have this one of the knife techniques in my hand, you can take the practice for the time being, it is naturally good to gain something, and you don't have to be discouraged if you don't have it. Don't waste the cultivation of the Enlightenment Technique because you are greedy for mastering this martial art. When we enter the Lingxi Sect, we will naturally have techniques suitable for this stage. ”

After all, Liu Chen is the young master of the Qingcang Sect, and he can freely enter and leave the sect's Gongfa Hall since he was a child. However, at that time, he was very playful, and he would not deliberately memorize some exercises and martial arts.

Now he only remembers a few top sect exercises, and a few martial arts that can only be comprehended by the power of the Concentration Realm. And because he majored in swordsmanship, he still remembered a few swordsmanship suitable for low-level monks.

Exercises and martial arts are all necessary for monks to cultivate after stepping into the body forging realm. Exercises are the cornerstone of cultivation and can help monks improve their practice efficiency, similar to the initiation techniques required for spiritual initiation. Martial arts, on the other hand, are used to improve combat ability, and performing martial arts is also the basic means of attack for most monks.

The martial arts are divided into four levels, and each level is divided into three grades: upper, middle and lower. The higher the level of the exercises, the better, and there is no threshold for cultivation, the higher the level, the higher the realm of promotion in the future, and the faster the speed will be.

However, martial arts are different, and low-level monks often cannot cultivate high-level martial arts. If you can't cultivate, you can't use the original power of high-level martial arts is a reason. The most important thing is that high-level martial arts are too difficult to comprehend and learn, and low-level monks don't have that experience and experience at all.

The eight-pole sword path that Liu Chen gave to Xu Yan was an extremely rare Heavenly Rank Lower Grade martial art.

Although Xu Yan's qualifications are not inferior to Liu Chen, or even higher, after all, he is only a teenager who has just stepped into the cultivation for less than two months, and the knife he has been exposed to the most before is afraid of kitchen knives. Liu Chen naturally had no hope for Xu Yan to practice this martial art.

After all, when Liu Chen was a child, under the careful teaching of the sect master and his grandfather, the two concentrating realm powers, coupled with his shocking talent, he was unable to learn a heaven-level martial art.

This eight-pole sword path is one of the martial arts of the Qingcang Sect. Cultivated to the fullest, with unpredictable power. There is a Supreme Elder who relied on this martial art to split mountains and cut off waters, and made a great name in Qingcangxing.

Originally, Liu Chen didn't feel dangerous about this experience. But after hearing about the recent unevenness in this mountain, after thinking about it carefully, he still decided to teach this martial art, if Xu Yan can really learn a thing or two from it, it is enough to protect himself.

Liu Chen himself naturally didn't need to prepare much, although most of the martial arts he had learned could not be used due to lack of cultivation, but there were still two martial arts suitable for this stage that could be used, and after a little familiarity, they could be used.

One is the Yellow Rank Middle Grade Sword Technique, the Flying Crane Sword Technique. The swordsmanship is very smart, like a crane dancing in the blue sky, which makes people unguardable. The other Razer Step is a Yellow Rank Upper Body Method, which is used to the extreme like a thunderbolt, and at the same time, it forms a trace of lightning for the surrounding body, interfering with the enemy's line of sight.

"Good brother! Haha, I'm worried about buying a knife but I don't know how to use it, so I can only chop indiscriminately, which is really indecent. ”

Liu Chen's face was black when he heard this, and he felt that you practiced knives to juggle and pretend to be unsuccessful, and martial arts were killing skills, not worldly tricks.

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In the early morning of the next day, the two of them had an early meal, bought some water and dry food at the store, and marched in the direction of Hupo Mountain in the morning light...

About half an hour later, Hupo Mountain is close in front of you, although there is no sense of grandeur, but there is also a deep and secret quiet. If you listen closely, you can hear a few beast roars coming from the depths of the mountain forest.

"This Tiger Mountain doesn't look dangerous, but these mosquitoes are a little annoying, buzzing and flying endlessly."

Xu Yan was wearing a black power suit, the long wind was tied high, his eyes were smart, and although his facial features were not very handsome, they were also upright and upright. The corners of his mouth often have an unruly evil smile, constantly waving the Tang knife in his hand, chopping the thorns and miscellaneous trees on the path. The other hand is constantly driving away mosquitoes.

"Don't take it lightly, this is just a shrub on the outskirts of Hupo Mountain, and there are only some ordinary beasts. Naturally, we can't go through this place, so let's go deeper."

Liu Chen and Xu Yan are dressed in the same way, but their temperaments are completely different, with handsome facial features, a calm complexion, and the sword in his hand is unsheathed. A simple dress makes people feel like a noble son traveling after watching it.

The two of them hadn't taken a few steps before a black shadow suddenly rushed out from the left, bringing gusts of fishy wind to them. Xu Yan grew up in Guangping City since he was a child, and when he came to this mountain to practice, although he didn't care about it, he was still quite nervous in his heart.

The first time he saw this situation, he was so frightened that he almost threw the knife out, but when he looked closely, he realized that this black shadow was nothing more than a goat, and it was a false alarm. Turning his head to look at Liu Chen, who seemed to be smiling but not smiling, he couldn't help but feel embarrassed on his face.

Embarrassed and angry, Xu Yan stepped out a few steps, slashed at the goat with a horizontal knife, and yelled in his mouth, "I want to eat a roasted whole sheep tonight!" ”

"Be careful!" Liu Chen, who was smiling on the side, suddenly had a bad premonition. At the same time as shouting at Xu Yan, the figure flickered, and it reached his side, and stabbed out with a sword to his right, and the strong wind even blew Xu Yan's sleeve.

"Poof," a green liquid rushed out from the bush tree on Xu Yan's right. A long, brownish-gray snake the size of a baby's arm writhed and fell from a tree.

Xu Yan was startled, no longer caring about the shivering goat, turning around and slashing at the snake body that fell to the ground and struggling, until the snake stopped moving, and then gasped and stopped.

"This is the Grey-crowned Snake, which likes to live in alpine pine forests, it is highly poisonous, a drop of venom can make mortals die in a quarter of an hour, strange, how can it be here?"

Liu Chen leaned over and carefully examined the broken snake body, his brows furrowed slightly. According to the usual situation, this gray snake should inhabit the depths of the main peak of Hupo Mountain, how can it be found in this periphery.

Thinking of the conversation of the hunters he heard in the town before entering the mountain, Liu Chen felt more and more that Hupo Mountain was afraid that a big change had occurred. His brows stretched slightly, Liu Chen looked into the depths of the mountains and forests, a subtle smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and muttered.

"It's been a lot more fun..."

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