In a mountain field more than a thousand miles outside the Drifting Cloud Sect, an ordinary house was located in its remote place. The houses are relatively dilapidated, covered with traces of time, with some moss crawling at the base of the walls, and the wooden gates are hidden, "squeaking" and "squeaking" with the wind.

If ordinary people pass by, they will think that this is a deserted house. However, the private house was not as simple as it seemed, as it was the headquarters of the Intelligence Department of the Deacon Hall of the Floating Cloud Sect.

There was an inner room in the house, where more than a dozen Drifting Cloud Sect members analyzed the information reported by intelligence officers from all over the country.

A middle-aged beautiful woman paced back and forth, supervising the work of each member, she was Zhang Yuan's mother, Tang Qin. After Tang Qin ended the clan competition, he immediately returned here and took charge of the work here.

"Sister Qin, come on. A short-haired man was holding a scroll of drawings with an extremely serious expression.

Tang Qin immediately walked up to the man, "What's wrong?"

The short-haired man spread out the drawings, which were marked with geographical locations and many markers. The short-haired man pointed to the drawings and said, "The Yunyang Sect, which is located in the city area of Xianghe City, has recently seen a large-scale transfer of personnel, and the direction where they gathered is near Weishui City, and it is relatively close to my Floating Cloud Sect. ”

Tang Qin carefully looked at the route of the Yunyang Sect's many people marked on the drawings, and his eyebrows couldn't help frowning. "How could the Yunyang Sect send so many people here? ”

After thinking for a moment, Tang Qin said, "You continue to let the people below pay attention to the movements of the Yunyang Sect, and I will send another person to explore their purpose." ”

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There was a mountain peak behind the Drifting Cloud Sect, and two figures appeared on the peak, it was Ye Tianxun and Qi'er.

"Look at it, if you don't let me carry it, now you know you're tired. Qi'er gasped, and there were a few drops of crystal sweat on her forehead, and Ye Tianxun couldn't help laughing.

Qi'er wiped her forehead and said with a smile: "Tired is tired, but Qi'er is very happy." ”

Qi'er looked into the distance, and beyond the peak, there was another peak. The distant peaks, shrouded in clouds and mist, sometimes converge into a huge whirlpool, sometimes roll in disorder, like a fierce horse galloping.

Qi'er pointed to the mountain peak and said excitedly: "Brother, look, that cloud doesn't look like Xiaocai?"

Ye Tianxun smiled: "Like, very similar." ”

"Tweet. Xiaocai screamed angrily, seemingly not very satisfied with the metaphor.

Ye Tianxun also looked at the endless cloud mist, he knew that it was the clan's phantom cloud array. Before becoming a cultivator, the clansmen were forbidden to enter the Phantom Cloud Array, because if they were not careful, they would get lost in it.

Suddenly, Qi'er clutched her chest and gasped again. Ye Tianxun hurriedly took out a jade bottle and poured out a red elixir the size of a fingernail from it, if you look closely, you will find that there are many textures on this elixir.

Ye Tianxun gave the pill to Qi'er, and after half a moment, Qi'er recovered.

"Brother, when will Qi'er's illness get better, why does Qi'er feel the same as before?"

Ye Tianxun looked at Qi'er softly, and said softly: "Don't be in a hurry, Elder Taishang has already removed the root of the disease for you, and when the pill in my brother's hand is gone, Qi'er's illness will be cured by then." ”

Qi'er pouted, "There seem to be a lot of pills in my brother's hand." ”

"Huh. Ye Tianxun gently stroked Qi'er's little head, "Okay, let's move on to one place, let's continue to start." ”

night

The moonlight sprinkled like water on the mountain stream, covering the whole earth with a thin veil of gold. Qi'er sat on a stone and watched with great interest the moonlight reflected on the river. The breeze blew, bringing a hint of coolness, and Qi'er suddenly felt that she was covered with a coat.

"It's windy, it's time to sleep. Ye Tianxun sat next to Qi'er.

"Look good. Qi'er didn't feel the slightest sleep, "I didn't expect the clan to be so big and have so many beautiful places." "The Drifting Cloud Sect was originally built on the mountain range, with an area of nearly 1,000 square kilometers, and naturally there are countless beautiful scenery.

"It's only the first day, and there's still a lot of time to go, so I'm sure you'll get tired of watching it. Alright, go to bed. Under the urging of Ye Tianxun, Qi'er had no choice but to get up and leave.

A bonfire was burning not far away, and two small tents were next to each other. Ye Tianxun waited for Qi'er to fall asleep peacefully, and then meditated and rested.

In the dream, Ye Tian Xun Pan sat a foot behind the old man in gray. He had already discovered that within a zhang of the old man was a "forbidden area", and once he walked in, he would be swallowed by the water dragon.

Ye Tianxun looked at the back of the gray-clothed old man and said with a smile: "Senior, your guidance to Ye Tianxun will never be forgotten." However, in the near future, I don't plan to accept any more experience, I just want to accompany Qi'er more. ”

The old man in gray still sat peacefully without the slightest response.

Ye Tianxun continued: "In the past, I have been busy cultivating, leaving Qi'er at home alone. I thought that with my efforts, Qi'er would be able to recover her health, but ......"

"Qi'er has always wanted to go out and go around, but I never allowed it, this is what I owe Qi'er, please forgive me for my temporary slackness. ”

In this way, Ye Tianxun has been sitting cross-legged, no longer continuing his previous experience. The old man in gray still didn't react, and the fishing rod in his hand was the same as usual, never moving. This is how the night passed.

In the next few days, Ye Tianxun took Qi'er around to play. At first, Qi'er would run around by herself, but then she was really tired, so she had to let Ye Tianxun carry it. Because Ye Tianxun was still carrying a mountain-like bag, Qi'er rode on Ye Tianxun's neck.

"La-la-la, la-la. While looking at the scenery, Qi'er waved her arms, humming and singing in her mouth, and the smile on her face never stopped.

Ye Tianxun has never seen Qi'er so happy, such joy is too rare for Qi'er.

When Qi'er smiled, Ye Tianxun's heart became extremely peaceful, as if Qi'er's laughter was the most magical tone in the world.

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Drifting Cloud Sect, Yunji Palace.

On the ninth floor of the Cloud Pole Palace, the high-level leaders of the Floating Cloud Sect gathered here. Usually clan meetings are held on the eighth floor, but today they are on the ninth floor, which shows the extraordinary nature of this meeting.

The main seat of the long wooden table in the middle of the attic, a wooden chair inlaid with gold threads was empty, and Qi Jieyu, the sect leader of the Drifting Cloud Sect, was sitting on the side.

"Meet Elder Taishang. All the high-ranking officials stood up at the same time, looking respectfully at the empty wooden chair in the main seat.

Almost at the same time, a black-robed old man appeared out of thin air on the throne, his slightly old face revealing great might.

"Sit. Li Xingwen took the lead in sitting down. After Li Xingwen sat down, all the high-level officials sat down.

Li Xingwen glanced around at everyone, and then said, "Tell me in detail." ”

Qi Jieyu said: "This started five months ago. The elite martial arts team of the Deacon Hall killed a sixth-level spirit beast when patrolling the Phantom Cloud Array, and since then, there have been continuous incidents of spirit beasts invading the Phantom Cloud Array. So, I sent an expedition team deep into the Ten Thousand Annihilation Forest to find out. ”

"The expedition team was away for two months and only returned yesterday. They brought back an extremely important piece of information, that is, ......" Speaking of this, Qi Jieyu's expression became more and more solemn, "There is about to be an army of spirit beasts invading our clan. ”

Although the rest of the high-level personnel had already learned about this matter, they couldn't help but gasp when they heard Qi Jieyu repeat it at this time.

The army of spirit beasts has only been recorded in ancient books. Due to the extremely rare number of spirit beasts, there is almost no gathering of a large number of spirit beasts. However, tens of thousands of years ago, the human race was not the dominant force in the earthly world at that time, at that time, cultivators and fierce beasts were constantly fighting for territory, and spirit beasts were the backbone of the fierce beasts. Once the spirit beasts gather, the human race will be devastated, and for this gathering phenomenon, it is called the spirit beast army.

Qi Jieyu continued: "However, the upcoming army of spirit beasts is far from the scale of the ancient period, but the number is also as high as thousands. Among them, there are mostly intermediate-level spirit beasts, and there are also many high-level spirit beasts. ”

"The army of spirit beasts is expected to arrive on the seventh to the tenth day, which is both a disaster and an opportunity for my clan. ”

In the mortal world, the value of an ordinary mid-level spirit beast will make the cultivators excited, and the value of a high-level spirit beast will make the cultivators crazy. If you can eat this army of thousands of spirit beasts in one bite, the Floating Cloud Sect can prosper for decades.

Li Xingwen fell into deep thought, he was thinking about whether to let the Drifting Cloud Sect deal with the army of spirit beasts alone. Although there is a high probability that thousands of spirit beasts will be eaten in one fell swoop, the arrival of the spirit beast army reveals a strange situation, and what catastrophic consequences will happen if they are not kept together.

Under normal circumstances, when there is a beast tide in the earthly world, the military forces of the divided city will intervene. Of course, if there is a sect with huge strength, it is completely possible to directly "eat" the beast tide without notifying the military, because the value of a large number of fierce beasts is very amazing, and the benefits have to rely on risk.

"Sixteen years ago, when the Venerable Master issued the Supreme Order, do you still remember?" After a moment of silence, Li Xingwen suddenly said.

Many high-level executives were shocked at the same time, not understanding why Li Xingwen suddenly mentioned this matter.

Li Xingwen continued: "After the Night Master issued the Taishang Order, he also predicted that my clan would have a catastrophe in more than ten years. ”

The entire attic floor suddenly became extremely quiet, and everyone present could hear the beating of their hearts, if it was really the catastrophe predicted by the Night Master, the clan did not know how many casualties would be inflicted.

However, Qi Jieyu said, "Elder Li, didn't the calamity predicted by the people on Chinese New Year's Eve mean that the purpose of that group of mysterious people was not achieved, and they would plan a retaliatory action? This should have nothing to do with the army of spirit beasts, could it be that that group of mysterious people have the ability to command spirit beasts?"

Li Xingwen's eyes were deep, "Of course I didn't mean this. Since the disaster struck sixteen years ago, we have realized the lack of our own strength, in order to deal with the upcoming catastrophe, we have prepared a lot, a lot, this spirit beast army, is a test for us. So ......"

"Eat!" After a pause, Li Xingwen spat out these two words heavily......