Killed this group of bloodthirsty bats, but the next journey, there was basically no danger. Only occasionally a single demon beast jumped out to attack without knowing whether it was alive or dead, and they were all slapped to death by the Seven Elders.

After walking for about half an hour, the gray fog around them finally lifted, and the team had come to a brightly lit and open woodland, and faintly could see a mountain rising in front of it, covered by clouds.

The mountains ahead are the destination, and the distance is not far, so there will be no danger. The Seven Elders and the others could finally breathe a long sigh of relief at this time.

"Is Izumo Valley ahead?"

As the team walked away, Ning Chong raised his head to look at the faint peaks in front of him more clearly, his expression quite surprised.

In front of this open woodland, you can clearly see that nearly thirty or forty peaks, large and small, are surrounded in a circle, forming a natural barrier. This "barrier" only has a gap in the middle, and the gap is surrounded by white fog and clouds, and the fog is rising, so you can't see the specific appearance, let alone what is inside the gap.

From the whispered discussions of the elders and deacons who led the team, Ning Chong had already determined that this was the "Izumo Valley". Every year, the Great Trials Competition, in which the big and small families of Xuanyuan City participate, is held in this mysterious Izumo Valley.

As the group got closer and closer, Ning Chong was surprised to find that the peaks surrounding the Izumo Valley were getting taller and bigger little by little. It turns out that these peaks are extremely tall. At this time, Ning Chong's field of vision could only accommodate one or two high mountains. These mountains stand tall and tall in front of them, already like a vertical wall, and you have to look up to see the apex.

It's amazing how much nature is like this, and there is such a valley surrounded by mountain barriers, which are unattainable, but there is an entrance and exit on the mountain barriers!

The team continued towards Izumo Valley. I don't know when, among the elders who led the team, suddenly an elder walking in front of the team shouted in surprise, pointing to a camp in the open space in front of Izumo Valley, and his tone was surprised and a little anxious: "Look! That's ...... It's Xiang's camp! Xiang's family actually came first!"

Everyone followed the elder's guidance, and sure enough, they noticed that tents had been erected and tents had been erected in the open space in front of Izumo Valley, and a large flag was flying high, embroidered with the word "Xiang" in large numbers.

Suddenly, the Seven Elders and the others all looked bad.

Originally, in the first two years, although the Xiang family won the Ning family in the trial of Izumo Valley, at least every time before arriving in Izumo Valley first, the team that set up the camp would be the Ning family. And this time, it was preempted by Xiang Jia.

The trial was lost, and the camp was also lost, which made the Seven Elders and the others quite angry, but they were helpless.

Ning Chong saw it more clearly. Xiang Jia's move can be said to be extremely good, first came a preemptive, first in terms of momentum, he had already defeated the Ning family. Before the trial in Izumo Valley began, the Xiang family had some advantages, and their momentum was stronger, and their morale was naturally stronger, and when the trial in Izumo Valley began, they naturally had a greater chance of playing better.

Walking closer, Ning Chong saw from a distance some of the elders and deacons in the Xiangjia camp who were busy with their own work. Most of these elders and deacons had some blood stains on their bodies, and some of them were even injured and bandaged, obviously their journey was not much easier than that of the Ning family.

The elders and deacons of the Xiang family looked a little embarrassed, compared to each other, almost no one of the elders and deacons of the Ning family was injured, and their bodies were very clean. This fact made Ning Chong nod - the Ning family is worthy of being a thousand-year-old family, and this profound foundation is still not comparable to the current Xiang family, at least in terms of the strength of the family elders and deacons, the seven elders and others are still completely superior to the Xiang family.

"Hahahaha! Seventh brother, are you still leading the Ning family this year? ”

In a long burst of laughter, a figure appeared in front of the Ning family's team after a few flashes.

The figure was white and beardless, with a scarf and a long robe, and a polite literary quality, quite like a Confucian scholar who was reading. Ning Chong stared slightly, although it was difficult to judge the specific strength of that person from the breath on that person, Ning Chong could keenly feel a sense of danger in that person.

"This person is very strong...... I'm afraid it's not under the Seven Elders!"

Thinking in his heart, Ning Chong didn't have any extra words and deeds, and stayed quietly in the team.

The Seventh Elder had already stepped forward, smiled respectfully, and bowed, "It turned out to be Mr. Zhou, my Ning family is polite!"

Mr. Zhou, who looked like a Confucian student, laughed and waved his hand and said: "Seventh brother is polite, I, Zhou, am just an insignificant junior deacon of the outer gate of the Ximen family, that is, I am touched by the light of the Ximen family, but this 'sir' is called reluctantly." ”

"Hahaha, where, where, who doesn't know that Mr. Zhou Da is only eight years old, and he has been lifted. In addition, Mr. Zhou Da's martial arts are quite strong, and it is more than enough to call him 'sir'!"

The Seventh Elder and Mr. Zhou Da were talking and laughing politely. This made Ning Chong quite surprised, and it was rare to find that the Seventh Elder could also do such a scene, and what he said was extremely appropriate, but it was not very similar to the image in his usual eyes.

However, Ning Chong paid more attention to Mr. Zhou.

Don't look at this Mr. Zhou Da is just a junior deacon of an outer gate of the Ximen family, but his actual rights and status can steadily overpower the elders and patriarchs of the Ning family.

Because the Ximen family in Qiannan is a thousand-year-old family, its strength and power are quite huge, and it is a behemoth that is hundreds of times stronger than the Ning family, known as the "Ximen Valve".

The nine major cities in Qiannan, including Xuanyuan City, are under the control of the Ximen Valve. Don't look at the Ning family is the largest family in Xuanyuan City, in fact, if someone from the Ximen family comes, if there is any order, the Ning family will have to obey it.

This is naturally a fact determined by the strength in the hands. In front of such a powerful family as the Ximen Valve, the Ning family and all the families in Xuanyuan City combined were not enough to see at all.

It is said that among the great lords of the West Gate, there are as many as hundreds of masters in the martial arts realm alone. Some martial cultivators with some strength can be mixed with deacons and even worship positions in the various families in Xuanyuan City, but in the Ximen Grand Valve, they still have to go to the door and other errands.

Therefore, all the families in Xuanyuan City, including the Ning family, have to give a gift and part of the family's income every year as a gift to the Ximen Valve. But during the holiday period, or if there is any happy event in the Ximen valve, the Ning family will prepare a generous gift and go to congratulate each other from thousands of miles away as soon as possible.

(To be continued)