However, it was said that after Qingjiao took Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun to leave Thunder Lizard Island, under the guidance of Zhou Daoyi, he flew back to the mainland along the route they had taken when they came.

But they only flew out less than 500 miles, and they found Zhou Mingde, who had caught up with him with "Flowing Fire Flying Star Escape".

After learning from Zhou Mingde that there might be a fourth-order demon beast catching up, the group discussed it for a while, and then asked Zhou Chun, who was the weakest cultivator, to escort the Zhuyuan Fruit Tree back to the mainland.

Of course, in order to protect Zhou Chun's safety and prevent accidents, Zhou Mingde handed over the Vulcan Jackal to him to carry with him.

Then Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Mingde each split up and fled along different routes to the mainland.

In this way, the risk is spread out again.

If there was really a fourth-order demon beast catching up, there was a high probability that they would not chase a second-order human cultivator.

It's just that Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi are going to gamble on their luck.

If the fourth-order demon beast catches up, one of the two of them will definitely be targeted.

And whether they can get rid of each other's tracking, luck will be important.

Zhou Chun could only pray in his heart for the two elders of the clan at this time.

After he and the two elders were separated, he rode the golden-winged tiger to escort the Zhuyuan fruit tree back along the route he had come.

They had traveled the route as they came, and there were no notable dangers along the way.

At this time, half an hour had passed since Lu Ran returned along this route, and if Zhou Chun went again, the danger would definitely not be great.

In fact, Zhou Chun returned all the way along this route, although he also encountered some first-order and second-order demon beast attacks that were not long-eyed during the period, but they were all easily sent away by him.

Until he successfully reached the land on the shore of Long Yuanze, he did not encounter any danger worth mentioning.

And as soon as he came back, Lu Ran soon appeared to see him.

"It seems that Zhou Daoyou, you have succeeded, I don't know why the other three Daoyou didn't return with Zhou Daoyou?"

On the side of Shuize, after Lu Ran showed his figure, he just glanced at the Zhuyuan fruit tree that was held on the back of the golden-winged tiger, and then looked at Zhou Chun with a different look in his eyes and inquired about the situation of Zhou Mingde and the others.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun groaned for a while, and then said truthfully: "Just like Senior Lu reminded, there is indeed a fourth-order demon beast behind that group of thunder lizard beasts, and the three Supreme Elders decided to return to the shore in four ways after discovering the thunder dragon lizard asking for help, and the juniors just happened to be on the road that Senior Lu walked, so they would be the first to arrive." ”

Although he was worried about the three elders in his heart, he didn't believe that the three elders would fall in Long Yuanze.

So he wasn't afraid that Lu Ran would dare to hit him with any ideas.

If the real words are flickering and trying to cover up, it may have the opposite effect.

Sure enough, after listening to his words at this time, Lu Ran nodded thoughtfully and said, "So that's the case?" Then I'll wait here for the other three fellow Daoists! ”

"Senior Lu is willing to accompany him, so naturally it couldn't be better."

Zhou Chun agreed without hesitation.

Then the two waited patiently on the shore.

After waiting like this for almost an hour, the two waited until Zhou Mingde returned.

"Elder Taishang, you can be regarded as back!"

Seeing Zhou Mingde appear, Zhou Chun was also relieved and hurriedly stepped forward to inquire about the situation.

I saw Zhou Mingde at this time, his face was sallow and dry, and he looked like he was greatly injured.

Facing Zhou Chun's concerned inquiry, he waved his hand and said: "The old man is not in any big trouble, but the use of the escape technique has caused some great damage to the body's vitality, and he can recover after going back to recuperate for a month or two." ”

After speaking, he touched his eyes with Lu Ran, bowed his head slightly and said hello, then looked at Zhou Chun and said, "What?" Haven't Dao Yi and Dao Quan come back yet? ”

"Yes, so far, the juniors have only seen you return!"

Zhou Chun nodded with a worried face.

"That may be the direction chosen by the old man, let's go first!"

Zhou Mingde's eyes flashed, and he said softly, as if he was not worried about what would happen to Zhou Daoyi and the others.

After finishing speaking, he glanced at the Zhuyuan fruit tree that was placed on the ground, and suddenly said again: "It's not a way to keep this Zhuyuan fruit tree here, you have to transplant it back to the family as soon as possible, Zhengchun, you take it back to plant it first, the old man is here to wait for them." ”

"This ......"

Zhou Chun hesitated slightly, he looked at Zhou Mingde's face.

But I only saw the firmness in the other party's eyes.

So he could only swallow his humble words, nodded lightly and said, "The junior understands, then the junior will take the first step." ”

After saying goodbye, he said goodbye to Lu Ran on the side, and then released the golden-winged tiger again, and continued to let him carry the Zhuyuan fruit tree all the way to the exit of the underground waterway.

After Zhou Chun left for a while, Lu Ran suddenly looked at Zhou Mingde and said, "Isn't there the life soul card of the other two Daoyou in Zhou Daoyou's hand?" ”

The life soul card in his mouth is a special treasure that can contain a wisp of divine soul divided by a monk in the Purple Mansion period.

If this Purple Mansion Stage monk falls unexpectedly, the Soul Card will be shattered, letting people know that something has happened to him.

Generally, the Purple Mansion Stage monks of those major sects have this kind of life soul card in the sect, so that the sect can know their life and death status in time.

The Zhou family used to have a life soul card, just like Zhou Mingde himself had one.

When he left the family, the life soul card would be placed in the ancestral hall of the Zhou family, and the patriarch of the Zhou family would stop by every day to check whether the life soul card was normal.

But Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Daoquan, who later succeeded in opening up the Purple Mansion, did not have a life soul card.

At this time, in the face of Lu Ran's inquiry, Zhou Mingde immediately spoke: "The refining of the Soul Card requires the use of precious spiritual wood such as soul nourishing wood, although my Zhou family has little savings now, but they have never had the opportunity to meet such spiritual objects. ”

"What's more, Zhou also believes that Dao Yi and Dao Quan, they are all auspicious people, and they have their own natural appearances, so there is no need to worry about their safety at all!"

Hearing his answer, Lu Ran stopped making a sound.

On the other side, after Zhou Chun escorted the Zhuyuan fruit tree into the outlet of the underground river, he transferred to the silver lightning thunder python and went upstream, and returned to Lanzhou in nearly two days.

After that, he changed into a golden-winged tiger and safely transported the Zhuyuan fruit tree back to the Jiufeng Ridge of the Zhou family all the way.

And a precious spiritual root like the Zhuyuan Fruit Tree was naturally planted in the safest place of the Zhou family and where the aura was the strongest.

Therefore, after returning to the family mountain gate, Zhou Chun went straight to the pagoda peak.

He came all the way to the top of the mountain, in front of Zhou Mingde's cave.

Then the jade jar containing the Zhuyuan fruit tree was moved horizontally to the top of a soil pit, and the fruit tree was pulled out and placed in the soil pit, which was quickly filled with soil.

After doing this, he looked at Zhou Jiahe, who had already rushed over, and said, "Thirteenth aunt, it's up to you for the rest." ”

"Patriarch, don't worry, the old body will definitely do his best to take care of this spiritual root!"

Zhou Jiahe nodded solemnly, and when he stepped forward to cast a spell, he gathered aura and rained down to nourish the Zhuyuan fruit tree.

Zhou Chun stayed at the top of the mountain for a while, and after some observation, he saw that there was no major problem, so he went back to his residence to rest first.

waited for Zhou Chun to meditate and rest for a few hours, but after coming out, he still didn't know the news of Zhou Mingde and the others coming back.

This made his mood weigh on for a moment.

He hoped that Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Daoquan were just lost, otherwise the loss of either of them would be an unacceptable loss for the Zhou family.

And emotionally speaking, Zhou Chun didn't want these two elders to be in any danger to the elders he cared for the most.

Time passed, and every day Zhou Chun would feel tormented and unable to sleep.

Even if Daoist Su Yuzhen had been comforting him, he couldn't give him any sense of reassurance.

After waiting like this for five days, he finally waited for Zhou Mingde to return.

Yes, Zhou Mingde came back alone, but Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Daoquan were nowhere to be found.

This result made De Zhouchun's face instantly ugly.

And Zhou Mingde looked at his face and knew what mood he was in at the moment, so he immediately took the initiative to explain: "After you left, the old man waited for half a day to wait for Daoquan to return, but then the old man and Daoquan waited together for three days, but they couldn't wait for Dao Yi to return!" ”

"Although I don't know why Dao Yi was so late and didn't return, the old man and Dao Quan both felt that there was no need to wait there any longer, so they asked Lu Ran Daoyou to arrange for someone to wait there on their behalf, and the old man and Dao Quan came back first!"

At the end of the words, Zhou Mingde's voice was also a lot heavier.

There is no doubt that among the three Purple Mansion Stage cultivators of the current Zhou family, Zhou Daoyi is definitely the most important one.

But now there is no news from him.

This made Zhou Mingde and Zhou Chun feel very heavy.

But at this point, no matter how worried the two are in their hearts, they can only accept the reality.

After Zhou Chun was silent for a long time, he nodded at Zhou Mingde and said, "Junior, I understand, Elder Taishang, you have also worked hard, go back to the cave to rest first!" ”

"Don't worry too much, Dao Yi also has some life-saving things in his hands, and it won't be so easy to have an accident, maybe it's just delayed by something!"

Zhou Mingde appeased Zhou Chun again, and then returned to the cave to recuperate.

In the next two or three months, Zhou Chun personally ran to Longxing Valley several times.

However, he never got any news about Zhou Daoyi.

This made him worry about this elder even more in his heart.

Because he was concerned about this matter in his heart, even if the two Qi refining period cultivators of the Zhou family who had obtained the Foundation Building Pill successfully built the foundation one after another, Zhou Chun couldn't be happy.

At this time, the news of Zhou Daoyi's disappearance could not be hidden, and almost all the elders of the Zhou family knew about it.

This also made the elders of the Zhou family, who were originally full of joy because the family had an extra Zhuyuan fruit tree and two more foundation building monks, none of them had a smile.

Since the Zhou family took root in Jiufengling, although many clansmen have died unexpectedly in wars and adventures, no one has ever died unexpectedly in those who have cultivated above the foundation building period.

Not to mention the Purple Mansion Monks!

Now thinking that Zhou Daoyi, the most important Purple Mansion period cultivator of the Zhou family, might have had an accident, everyone who knew about it was in a very heavy mood.

Even Zhou Zhengqing and Zhou Zhengbai, the two newly promoted foundation building monks, had no smile on their faces.

Only those Qi refining period cultivators of the Zhou family who didn't know about it were overjoyed that the family had a new auxiliary foundation building spirit object that they could exchange.

At that time, there were fourteen Zhuyuan fruits hanging on the fruit tree, and Zhou Chun took out four of them at one time and put them into the family treasury for the clansmen to exchange.

The rest is all sealed and stored in a jade box, ready to be slowly released for exchange later.

After all, it takes a hundred years for the Zhuyuan fruit tree to blossom and bear fruit once it matures.

If you release all those Zhuyuan fruits now, not to mention that there are not so many clansmen who can redeem them at all, even if they are really exchanged, they will not be able to replenish them in the future.

On this day, Zhou Chun, who was worried about Zhou Daoyi's safety, rushed to Longxing Valley in advance again.

He knew in his heart that if Zhou Daoyi returned to the wilderness and didn't find them, he would definitely go to Longxing Valley to have a look first.

However, what disappointed him was that after arriving in Longxing Valley this time, he still didn't get the slightest news about Zhou Daoyi.

But just when he was disappointed and ready to go back after handing over his things, Zhou Zhengyong told him something.

"Xu Fu and the others found a natural cave in a mountain range the day before yesterday, the cold air inside was overwhelming, and there was a roar of strange beasts, and the spirit pet they sent to explore the path quickly died inside, so they didn't dare to act rashly."

"Originally, I was going to go over today to find out in person, but since you are here, Thirteenth Brother, I think it is safer for you to go with me."

After hearing his words, Zhou Chun's expression moved, and he immediately bowed his head and said, "Okay, then I'll follow Brother Yong to explore the cave." ”

After speaking, he and Zhou Zhengyong went to the natural cave with Xu Fu, who led the way.

The three of them set out from Longxing Valley and flew for more than a thousand miles before they came to a lofty mountain.

The fog inside this mountain range is extremely heavy, and many places are filled with water fog, making it difficult to see.

There are also many various demon beasts in the mountains, among which there are many second-order demon beasts.

The natural cave that Xu Fu and the others found was actually still in the outer area of the mountain range.

Otherwise, with the strength of their team, they would not be able to penetrate deep into the center of the mountain range at all.

At this time, under the guidance of Xu Fu, Zhou Chun quickly landed at the bottom of a fractured valley, and then his divine sense swept and he found the natural cave in his mouth.

I saw that in the depths of the valley, a crack penetrated deep into the mountain, and wisps of frost and white gas kept wafting out from the crack, and many ice cubes condensed on the stone walls of the nearby valley.

Zhou Chun tried to release his divine sense to probe deep into the crack, but he was surprised to find that after his divine consciousness was submerged in it for about a hundred zhang, it was hindered by a strange force and it was difficult to continue deep.

"This is a bit strange, could it be that there is a formation arranged by the immortal cultivators in it?"

Zhou Chun's eyes flashed with surprise, and then he groaned slightly, then reached out and patted the spirit beast bag on his waist, releasing a "Xuanjia Golden Feather" demon insect.

Then he used the "Insect Puppet Technique" to attach a wisp of distraction to the demon insect, and the demon insect flew into the crack in the mountain.

The first update

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