Volume IV: Test Feather Two Hundred and Ninety-Eight: Aftermath
Naturally, nothing happened on the way back to the sect, and the group of people returned to the sect safely.
However, when this group of people returned, it was already daylight, although nothing happened on the road, but they met a lot of disciples who had just come out of the sect or came out to do the dispatch after spending the night outside the sect, most of these people were a few people together, and the number of people was about three to five people, when they saw that the five spirit disciples who had gathered together, not to mention more than a hundred people, were rushing in the direction of the sect, they couldn't help but look sideways, especially when they saw that these people's expressions and clothes were tired and messy, as if they had experienced a vicious battle, It was even more curious, and if I looked closely, I found that many people were injured in the crowd, and there were also five spirit disciples who were holding some dejected and unwilling to resist forward, and some five spirit disciples were holding them with solemn expressions...... Corpses?
Is this what happened?
However, those disciples were just curious guesses.
But after all, the momentum of the battle was amazing, and there were always five spirit disciples who came out to send them near the battlefield to be alarmed, and they were cautious and did not dare to approach, looking at the excitement from a distance, the news that something big had happened outside the sect spread like this, and soon spread in the sect.
Leaving aside the curiosity of these disciples, Senior Brother Fan and the others did not enter from the place where the disciples entered and exited the sect every day, but led everyone to take a shortcut and flew directly in.
When the majestic Jade Hushan in the sky filled with clouds and mist and the vast Tianshui Lake below appeared in everyone's eyes, many disciples looked at this familiar beauty and felt like a world away.
It's finally back!
After entering the sect, Qian Chao and the other five people went from Tang Ping to resign to Senior Brother Fan Yan, after all, Li Jian among the five was seriously injured and had to be sent back to Mu Xiufeng to recuperate.
Senior Brother Fan was obviously in a bad mood because he lost the big fish of Guisu, although he also politely saved a few words with Tang Ping in his words, and when he saw that these five junior brothers and sisters insisted, he gave up.
The five of them slowly flew towards Li Jian's purple bamboo forest.
Lu Pingchuan suddenly asked:
"Eh, why does that kid surnamed Fan seem confused and don't have the energy to speak?"
"Alas, it was supposed to be a great achievement, but it turned out to run away." Tang Ping replied.
"Ah, what's going on?"
Lu Pingchuan still didn't understand.
"Brother Lu, didn't two guys escape in the end?" Yan Xuan said.
"Oh, yes."
"One of them seems to be a guy with a lot of status in Mu Yangzong, or Brother Qian caught him, but if he ran away, Senior Brother Fan was naturally unhappy."
"Ahem, what a big deal, isn't it just running? Won't you catch him back next time, huh? Isn't it the kid that Brother Qian struck with thunder? ”
"That's him."
"Oh, you can still run away if you split like that, that kid surnamed Fan is really unlucky."
Li Jian didn't fly fast because of his injury, so the five of them chatted slowly in the air while flying towards the purple bamboo forest, chatting until they were lively, and they didn't pay attention to the white-walled courtyard next to their feet.
The window on the second floor of a delicate small pavilion in the small courtyard was open, and a woman with good looks was staring at the five of them curiously.
It's Yunxi.
Speaking of Yun Xi's mood these days is quite good, last time, taking the opportunity of fighting with that Li Jian to make the small five levels that had been trapped for a while a little loose on the bottleneck barrier, after returning to the sect, Yun Xi immediately began to retreat, and sure enough, she lived up to her hard work, and finally broke through after many days of suffering, since then she officially stepped into the realm of the middle level of qi refining, which naturally made her very happy.
After the joy and excitement, Yun Xi had another idea in her heart, nothing else, for the last fight with Li Jian, although it seemed that the two were a tie, but Yun Xi always thought that she lost to Li Jian, she was always unconvinced in her heart, and since that fight, she has been thinking about when she can fight with Li Jian again and see a real chapter.
However, she is now at the fifth level of qi refining, and the kid named Li Jian doesn't know if he has broken through the small five levels, if he doesn't find him again, even if he can defeat him, it will not be interesting, and his cultivation must be evenly matched with his own competition to really distinguish the means to be high.
However, Yun Xi definitely didn't want to ask herself, so she handed over this matter to Bai Lin, who was always circling around her.
She had just sent away Bai Lin, who had been disturbing that morning, and when she was bored, she saw Li Jian and the five people passing by through the window, which immediately attracted her.
Why is that Li Jian...... It looks like you're hurt?
The sharp-eyed Yun Xi saw at a glance that Li Jian was inappropriate.
At this time, did you encounter any powerful demon beasts outside the sect?
Or did you meet some powerful opponent?
Seeing the five people go away, Yun Xi still thought curiously in front of the window.
But that kid didn't break through the small five levels, it seems that the matter of fighting him again still has to be dragged back.
……
When he arrived at the edge of the purple bamboo forest, in Li Jian's bamboo liao, Yan Xuan carefully settled Li Jian, and then carefully re-examined Li Jian's wounds.
The five of them chatted here for a while, Li Jian knew that because of his injury, these partners had not left, and after last night's battle, they were all tired now, especially Lu Pingchuan, although his face was not as white as before, but he was always a little embarrassed mentally, so he smiled and said:
"My injured girl has been carefully healed for me, I feel a lot better, presumably I will be fine after a few days of cultivation, but last night we all fought all night, and our mental strength and aura were greatly depleted, so a few of them don't have to stay here all the time, or go back and have a good rest, after all, it's in the sect, is it possible that there will be any danger here?"
This is the truth, several people were a little tired after returning to the sect, Yan Xuan also said after hearing this:
"That's fine, let's go back separately first, it just so happens that the few flavors of medicine used by Brother Li are no longer enough, I have to reconcoct it after I go back, and I will come back tomorrow to change the medicine for Brother Li."
"Well, it's okay, then I'll go back and sleep, and when I come over tomorrow with delicious food, let's have a meal together at Brother Li's." Lu Pingchuan said.
And so they dispersed.
Before leaving, Tang Ping also deliberately said to Qian Chao again:
"Money boy, don't forget the mirror I gave you."
Qian Chao understood, nodded and said:
"Don't worry, you can't forget it."
When walking with Tang Ping, Yan Xuan asked curiously:
"What mirror?"
"It's the mirror I snatched from the son of the Nian family, that thing is a rare good thing, but it's a pity that the son of the Nian family must be handed over to the sect, and the matter of the mirror falling into my hands will always be known, and it is likely to ...... No, someone will come to me to ask for it, alas, only let the money boy take a good look at it first, if he can figure out the secret of the mirror, maybe he can refine one for me. ”
"Oh."
"By the way, Sister Yan, why don't you go to Shuiyun Valley with me first, I'll report to my master first, and then I'll go to Qixia Mountain with you, and the two of us will be together at night, how about it?"
Yan Xuan was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood, after all, last night was the first time he opened the killing ring, at that time, there was blood everywhere, everyone was red, although he was forced to do it himself, but he didn't feel anything, just as numb, but now it is different, Yan Xuan has been deliberately not thinking about the situation when he stabbed those people last night, Tang Ping must have thought of this, worried that he was afraid at night, so he had to accompany him, his heart warmed, so he nodded and said:
"Okay."
……
The five of them returned to rest, but the fierce battle that lasted almost all night last night was far from over, and the aftermath had already spread to the sect.
Just after Fan Wei led a group of Five Spirit disciples back and explained to the elders what happened last night, in the Five Spirit Sect, for many days in a row, an invisible undercurrent was quietly surging under the circumstances that most of the disciples in the sect were unaware of.
Speaking of the huge Five Spirits Sect, the elite Qi refining disciples are far more than those brought out by Fan Ji, and the capable and powerful people are naturally not only Fan Ji, Fan Ji took people out to protect Yanshuang, but it is only one aspect of this matter, in addition to him, the elders of the Five Spirits Sect have secretly arranged a lot of manpower, in the past so many years, even if the disciples in the sect are complicated, but the Five Spirits Sect is always not very at ease with some people, since the beginning of the Yanshuang into the Five Spirits Sect, an invisible net has been quietly laid down, and now, with Fan Yan's return, With the news obtained from the interrogation of those who were escorted back, and with the news passed back one by one by the people who were sent out, it was finally time to close the net!
……
This is a small mansion in Jiuxuan, and there are many people in Jiuxuan, so most of the disciples' residences are not well-off.
There was a knock on the door of the courtyard, and then several people walked in.
"Is Senior Brother Che here?" A sturdy young man stood in the courtyard and said.
"Who's it?"
As the words spoke, a young man with a thin figure and not an outstanding appearance walked out of the room, and the few people standing in his courtyard did not seem to know each other, and he was a little stunned for a while.
"I don't know if this senior brother has a big name, what are you doing here?"
After the young man surnamed Che walked out, he found that among the people in his courtyard, the leader was actually a monk who had built a foundation, and he couldn't help but feel worried.
"Hehe, under the surname Han, Senior Brother Che, I heard that you quietly met a few friends from afar some time ago, so the sect has some things that you want to talk about with Senior Brother Che, but it's not here, Senior Brother Che, how about finding a secluded place with us to talk about it?"
With this person's words, several people behind him had stepped out silently, surrounding the young man surnamed Che, and some people grabbed the Shimen jade pendant on his body.
The young man surnamed Che suddenly turned extremely pale, and his body trembled slightly...... Finished! In the end, it was noticed by others!
The senior brother surnamed Han smiled slightly after seeing the change in the face of the surnamed Che, and said:
"Senior Brother Che, let's go."
After finishing speaking, seeing that the young man surnamed Che was stunned, only trembling as if he was scared, this Senior Brother Han smiled again and said:
"I have long heard that Senior Brother Che is very popular, has a wide range of contacts, and is a face-saving person, so we came to you like this, for the sake of Senior Brother Che's decency, but if this decent Senior Brother Che is gone, we naturally have other ways to take you away, what do you think?"
"Good...... Okay, I'll go with you. ”
"It's long overdue."
After speaking, Senior Brother Han smiled and walked out of the small courtyard.
After the young man surnamed Che was caught in the middle and came out, a few people from outside the courtyard rushed into the room inside and searched carefully.
……
Outside the sect.
A young man with a somewhat dark face was fleeing for his life, this person was also dressed as a disciple of the five spirits, but his expression was extremely panicked, he didn't dare to fly high, then he would be discovered, he only dared to fly close to the treetops of the mountain forest, and from time to time he looked back and hurriedly glanced.
In the end, he didn't get rid of the people behind him!
Right behind this man, a few small black dots were coming straight towards him.
Someone quietly sent a message to him, and he learned in shock that his identity had been exposed, so he took the first step and left the sect before the arrival of the five spirit disciples who captured him, but those who came to arrest him refused to let him go, and almost followed him out on the front and back feet, so the front one escaped without his life, and the back few hurriedly chased after him, and it has been a long time.
Unable to get rid of it, the dark-faced young man thought anxiously, there is a dense forest below, it is better to go in and hide, if you can fool those people, you can escape in another direction, in short, this Five Spirit Sect can no longer stay.
Thinking of this, his figure became lower and lower, and he fell between the branches and disappeared.
Then his figure was clinging to a thick tree trunk, and the whole person slowly sank into the trunk, and the heart that had been jumping out of his throat all the way gradually slowed down, and finally became silent, almost becoming one with the big tree.
Above, the sound of clothes breaking through the air came, and the few people who chased after them stayed at the top of this dense forest.
"Why is he gone, has anyone seen where he has gone?"
"It seems to be over there."
"No, I think I'm hiding down there."
"Go down and look for him, don't let him escape!"
Then there was the rustling of footsteps in the forest, and several people seemed to line up, constantly patrolling and searching in the forest.
After a while, the voice of someone talking was heard.
"Nope!"
"Damn, that guy must have pretended to fall and caused us to delay time here, I'm afraid that guy has fled away now."
"So what?"
"What else, if he wants to escape, he must go in that direction, let's chase him all the way, no matter how many turns he turns, he always passes by there, we can always find him!"
"Let's go!"
First there was the sound of hurried footsteps, then the sound of clothes breaking through the air over the woods, and then there was silence, and the birds that had been startled by these men fell back and began to sing.
It's dangerous!
It's finally dodged!
After a while, the forest had already returned to its usual state.
A patch of mottled bark on the thick trunk of the tree gradually bulged and cracked, revealing a swarthy face from within.
They are right, there are always a few places to escape, and if they ambush there, it will be a trouble, so what should they do?
He thought as he slowly broke free from the tree.
At this moment, suddenly a sword roar came from behind the tree, first "Du" and almost at the same time "poof", and in the splash of blood, half of the silver sword body had penetrated from his shoulder, and the blood suddenly stained his robe.
"Hmm!"
The dark-faced young man snorted after the sword, he had not yet completely escaped from the big tree, but he had no strength under the severe pain of the sword.
A man paced out from behind the tree, looking at him with a smile on his face.
"Isn't this Senior Brother Xia? I thought there was some demon beast coming out of the tree, so I made a move, Senior Brother Xia is not strange, but how did Senior Brother Xia hide in this tree? ”
As he spoke, a branch and leaf shook overhead, and the few people who had flown away before all fell back, looking at the people trapped in the trunk with mockery.
"It just so happens that we were sent by the sect to find Senior Brother Xia, since we have met, then Senior Brother Xia will go back with us."
As he spoke, the man stretched out his hand as if to help the dark-faced young man get out of the tree, but when his hand reached over, it was on his head a little, and a little aura penetrated, and the young man surnamed Xia was immediately unconscious.
"What is this for, why do you want to do this when you have caught him? Won't you be able to carry him back? ”
"Humph! If he commits suicide halfway through, will it be yours or mine? ”
"Oh...... Reasonable. ”
"Let's go, and catch another fine work."
"The other senior brothers seem to be going well, but it's so troublesome to come to us, who is the news that sent him and let us chase it so far?"
"Humph! No matter who it is, just go back and ask, as long as you find out, there will be no good end! ”
……
It is still outside the sect, but this is no longer the place where ordinary qi refining disciples in the sect are sent, this is already out of the area directly under the jurisdiction of the Five Spirits Sect, although it still belongs to the sphere of influence of the Five Spirits Sect, but the land here belongs to a certain family or a certain sect, that is to say, this is a real scattered cultivation haunt, the cultivation world where families come and go.
There were two figures flying over in a hurry, and behind them, it was the direction of the Five Spirits Sect.
Seeing that these two people are dressed as five spirit cultivators, but those who can come here will definitely not be Qi refining disciples, these two are proper foundation building cultivators.
However, these two people seemed to be in a hurry, and there was no expression on their faces, but there was a bit of impatience in their eyes...... Even a look of panic.
"Senior Brother Jin, Senior Brother Zou, are you two in a hurry where are you going?"
Suddenly, a man flew up from the ground, blocking their way.
The sudden appearance of the person startled the two, and when they stopped to look, they realized that they actually knew each other, but at this time someone blocked the way...... Could it be that the sect sent to chase after him? But it's not like it, how can you say that you also escaped with the two of you, there is only one person on the other side, and I'm afraid it's impossible to say if it's an occasional road encounter.
The two men exchanged glances, and one of them answered.
"It turned out to be Senior Brother Huang, the two of us were sent out on business by the sect, because they were afraid of missing the time, so they were in a hurry, Senior Brother Huang, what are you doing, are you going to return to the sect?"
The surname Huang who stopped the two people, his name is Huang Gao, and he is the body cultivation of the foundation of the Houtu Ancestral Hall, and he is a friend of Lu Pingchuan's senior brother Xi Huan, and he is also the same senior brother of the two sisters of Fang Han and the central government. This person is not very tall, less than seven feet tall but his waist is too big, he is a very fat and stocky character, and he is shyly stopping the two, and at this time, the facial features on a large round face are crowded together and laugh out of a flower.
"Oh, really?" The smile on Huang Gao's face suddenly disappeared, and he was replaced with a surprised face, "But how did I hear that the sect sent the two of you to the border to guard the border place, so that no outsiders would get in?" ”
"Uh...... That's the case, the sending sect has already sent someone to replace us, and then let us go out again, Senior Brother Huang, if there is nothing else, the two of us have to hurry, how about we talk about it when we come back? ”
"No hurry, no hurry." Huang Gao laughed again, and the flower squeezed out of the fat on his face appeared again, "It just so happens that I have just received a new dispatch from the sect, let me wait for the two of you here, and the sect will explain that as long as I see the two senior brothers, I must invite the two back." ”
"What ......!"
"Haha, two senior brothers, don't play anymore, the two of you are guarding the border but you have secretly put the loose cultivation outside into I don't know how much, do you think the sect really doesn't know about this matter?"
"You...... You're here to get us? ”
"Well, it's almost, for the sake of us knowing each other, I hope the two senior brothers won't be embarrassed by me, so go back with me."
The expressions on the faces of the two people have changed greatly, they didn't expect to flee immediately after hearing the news, thinking that they could escape, but they were still a step slower, and the Five Spirits Sect had actually sent someone to intercept them, but ...... Why did you send a man here? Even if this Huang Gao is an individual cultivator, but there are two people on his side, even if he is not defeated by him, at least one person can still do it.
Thinking of this, the eyes of these two people looked around vigilantly, and they suspected that it was not this Huang Gao who was ambushed here, maybe the two of them had been surrounded at this time.
Seeing the flickering eyes of the two of them, Huang Gao laughed even more happily, and actually approached to grab the arm of one of them, but the posture did not look like he was going to take someone, but rather to make love to old friends who had not seen him for a long time.
"Let's go, two, I think there must be some misunderstanding in this, the two senior brothers will return to the sect and explain to the elders, and after the misunderstanding is resolved, it will be fine."
But the two were frightened by Huang Gao's movements, and one of them shouted:
"If you want to go, you go, I won't accompany you!"
Before the sound fell, the two of them turned around and fled in two directions, and the one who was almost grabbed by Huang Gao's arm also shook his hand casually, and immediately there were two white lights like two dragons out of the water, winding lightning straight towards Huang Gao's two small eyes, and the other person escaped without looking back.
How do you know that Huang Gao's fat palm came faster, and he held the two white lights in his hand with just one copy, but they were two magic swords that were still trembling, the sharpness of the blade, cutting gold and breaking jade, was far from comparable, but under Huang Gao's big hand, not only could not hurt the palm at all, but was grabbed by the big palm, like two poisonous snakes that were caught seven inches.
"Senior Brother Jin, go slowly!"
Huang Gao said in his mouth, but the fat figure came behind the man in a flash, and the other hand stretched out and grabbed the man's waist, as if grabbing a thin wooden stick, he stopped the waist and held the man's waist and crotch in the palm of his hand, not that the man's waist was too thin, but Huang Gao's big hand became bigger and bigger after he stretched out, and when he grabbed the man's waist, the whole slap was like the size of a tabletop.
"Hey, hey!"
Huang Gao let out a strange laugh, and then the arm that had become huge was picked up and thrown down!
After the dust settled, I saw a big pit there, and the person in the pit who was called Senior Brother Jin by Huang Gao was lying there on his back, but his limbs were twisted, his mouth and nose were bloody, and he was obviously injured not lightly.
There was another "ding", and the two magic swords that were originally in Huang Gao's hands were pinched off at the same time.
"Hehe," Huang Gao fell down and looked at the people in the pit, "How good it would be to go back with me obediently, so as not to suffer this hardship, but don't think that only you are unlucky, then Senior Brother Zou also suffers." ”
As he was talking, he suddenly heard a long deer roar from one side, followed by a howl that seemed to be blown by a strong wind, and then a terrifying scream.
"I'm not wrong." Huang Gao raised his eyes and looked at it, then lowered his head and said to the pit.
As the sound of hooves approached, a tall and sturdy male deer walked over, the antlers like small branches on the head of the deer looked sharp and strong, but the deer was holding the robe of a monk who had lost consciousness at all, it was the senior brother Zou who had escaped just now, and on the saddle tied to the stag sat a beautiful woman, who was Tang Ping's senior sister Ruoyu.
"Senior Brother Huang, fortunately, these two guys were finally caught by us."
"Hehe, count the two of them unlucky, if you don't eat the toast, you must eat the penalty wine, why bother, okay, now it's time for us to go back to our lives."
"Okay."