Volume 5: The First Song Thirteen: The Second Sight of Gentleness!

Qian Chao later learned that the reason why Ma Hu came out was because he heard from others that someone seemed to be sneaking in and out of a place outside the sect, he had been tracking Wen Liang, and after hearing the news, he immediately became vigilant, doubting whether it would be Wen Liang's hiding place, so he came out of the sect to see what was going on, but he was caught up by Shangguan Hong not long after he came out, and the two fought, and they were injured under the defeat, and then they made a bet with her and began to flee to the sect, and only today did they meet Qian Chao and others, Otherwise, he would not have escaped this humiliation.

Then Ma Hu told Qian Chao about the other things he had found.

"Senior Brother Qian, in addition to being with Yin Guo often, there were three people in your family's ancestor, Qian Shoulin, but now I can't find it if I want to check it, I inquired about it, those three people, just through the nobody, well, they have all fallen, and about their deaths, there are also records in the archives, two fell because they couldn't break through the foundation when they reached the end of their life, and the other one was when they went out, they encountered a powerful demon beast and died of serious injuries, all of which happened within a few years after your ancestor left the sect and returned to the Qian family, didn't die on the same day, and the death was not strange, and these three people didn't apprentice or anything after Qian Shoulin was injured that time, so in my opinion, there should be no problem. ”

Qian Chao nodded and said:

"But this Yin situation ......"

"Well, this Yin situation is what I suspect the most, I found out that he is actually from the same Qi country as you."

"Yes, I also found out this, the Yin family of Qi is said to be a small family that is closely attached to the Tian family, the great family of Qi State, which may involve the Tian family and don't know what the plan is, it is very likely that in their plan, the entire Qi country cannot have any power of the sect, so my old ancestor was injured and went home, Senior Brother Ma, I have no evidence now, but I very much suspect that Yin Guo is colluded with Wen Liang......"

"Oh! Then I turned my head and stared at him. ”

"That's not necessary, we are still dealing with that Wen Liang, we still think that those who want to deal with Yan Shuang will not give up, and will definitely make a second move, and the second time to attack Yan Shuang, it is likely that Wen Liang is behind the scenes, so the top priority is to work Yan Shuang. As for Yin Liang, as long as he catches Wen Liang, he can also be dragged in. ”

Hearing that he still had to work Yan Shuang's body, Ma Hu suddenly smiled and asked:

"Then Senior Brother Qian, what are you going to do?"

"We're going to go to Cold Spring Valley once, let's take a look there first, I heard that there will be a big bustle there in more than two months, which can attract almost all the Qi refining disciples in the sect, let's take a look first, maybe we can find clues of Wen Liang's arrangement."

"Well, well, then I'll go with you too."

"Senior Brother Ma, you can't go with us now, your current injury is not serious, but it is not light, I think Senior Brother Ma might as well go back to the sect to recuperate first, and it will be enough for a few of us to go to Cold Spring Valley."

"Hmm...... All right. ”

……

Before Ma Hu left, Qian Chao also asked him to tell him where he planned to go before, and if a few people were not far away, he would also take a look.

Then Ma Hu left.

In the air, before Ma Hu's figure disappeared, Qian Chao turned to his four companions and saluted, and said solemnly:

"Brother Lu, Brother Li, Sister Yan, Tang girl, I was reckless today, I started in a hurry, I didn't have time to think about it, I could only make a rash decision, which made a few people worry about me."

This is what it should mean, today's thing, first of all, it is Qian Chao who wants to help Ma Hu the most, and the other four people may not, even if Ma Hu is unlucky in front of them, it doesn't matter, after all, Ma Hu's statement is not good, and he has also had conflicts with several people, but the conflict is still because Ma Hu wants to be dishonest with Yan Xuan, so, after recognizing that it was Ma Hu who was chased and killed by Hou Bao, in addition to Qian Chao, although the rest of the people did not say it explicitly, they all had the intention of giving up, and then it was Qian Chao who wanted to help, This is the only thing that hurt Hou Bao and the three of them today and offended Shangguan Hong, these are all Qian Chao's own decisions, and it is impossible to discuss them with a few companions in advance.

Secondly, it is also the most embarrassing point for Qian Chao, that is, Shangguan Hong doesn't know what idea to fight, no matter what he says or does, he wants to bring Tang Ping, this woman seems to think that Tang Ping is a piece of fat meat, and she must take advantage of Tang Ping, so whether she misunderstood Tang Ping to help Ma Hu, or Qian Chao later proposed a gambling contract, what she really wanted to plan was Tang Ping, especially when she finally agreed to Qian Chao's gambling contract, if it wasn't for Ma Hu's words to help Qian Chao increase the bet. Maybe Tang Ping might really agree to Shangguan Hong when he was embarrassed.

Qian Chao knew that today's incident really made Tang Ping difficult and was forced very tightly, so he simply didn't wait for this girl to do it, and apologized first.

"Eh, Brother Qian, what are you sorry for, I watched it very happily when you beat those three boys today......

Lu Pingchuan didn't know why at first, and said with a big grin, and then Yan Xuan carefully pulled his sleeve, he realized that the atmosphere was a little wrong, Tang Meizi actually looked at Brother Qian with round eyes, and she was still very angry, so she knew that she was speaking out of place, so she quickly shut up.

Now only these five people are left here, so Tang Ping broke out:

"You still know that you are reckless, I thought you didn't! Money boy, what you said! What 'today's matter, only my money tide alone, has nothing to do with other people', it is really a bold statement, it is really a righteous cloud! Do you think that we all don't like that Ma Amber and don't want to help him, so you have to do it? At that time, when you said these words, were you still full of blood, in a mood, and very happy? Money boy! Thanks to the five of us or you gathered together, you have said more than once if you advance and retreat together, today is good, when you encounter something, your own head is hot, you are the first to make a fool, regardless of the straightened waist, stalk the neck to the top, you are winning, but if you are defeated in the hands of those three people, do you really think we can watch you being broken hands and feet? ”

Li Jian and Yan Xuan may only feel that Qian Chao is a little impulsive today, but Tang Ping is really angry in her belly, and now it is finally all attacked, her series of questions, under the agitation of the mood, her face and eye circles began to flush, and her body trembled slightly.

"Uh...... I knew I was not doing it right, I didn't think about it, so I knew I was wrong, I apologized to a few people, and it seemed that this matter at the time, if it was to be resolved, probably only I could go up, I did think about this, can you let me say it......"

"Say!"

I didn't expect this little girl to be so angry when she lost her temper, Qian Chao thought to herself, and then said busily:

"First of all, among the five of us, I have the most miscellaneous methods, and I am also the most capable of bluffing people, and I have not fought with these three people before, and they don't know my reality and reality, so I am the most suitable to deal with the three of them, and you can also see that those three people still despise me very much, which means that I took advantage of it without making a move."

"Secondly, this Shangguan Hong reported to her master last time, Qiu Huayu, this person I have heard, it is said that he is an arrogant and unreasonable Jiedan senior, among several of us, Tang Yatou and Brother Lu have a teacher, Brother Li and Sister Yan can also apprentice soon, look at that Shangguan Hong's actions, one is arrogant, the other is cunning and greedy, so we can know who that Qiu senior is, although she only showed that Tang Yatou alone moved her mind, although she failed to succeed, but it is difficult to guarantee that in the future if she wants to fill the gap will not let her master come forward, If this is the case, it must be a headache to come to Gu's seniors, so as to push it out, in the future, if that Qiu Huagul is troublesome because of this Shangguan Hong's Leng Yue seniors or Zhong seniors, even if they can be sent away, after all, the seniors are probably not willing to tear their faces, don't forget what Ma Hu said just now, Shangguan Hong used to even dare to bully senior sister Luo Ying, so why didn't Luo senior intervene, I'm afraid it has a lot to do with this Qiu Huagul, so only I am the most suitable to come out and go against her; ”

"Thirdly, and what I value the most, helping Ma Amber is only good for us, not bad, and in my opinion, Ma Amber is also worth it. Ma Hu this person has been seen by everyone just now, although rude but not a trivial and timid person, yes, the first time this guy was not honest, we taught him a lesson, but among us I am the one who has the most contact with him, although this person has bad deeds and notoriety, but on the whole he is still a downright character, especially in tracking down the cause of the death of Senior Brother Xun, just because he has received the benefits of Senior Brother Xun, so among so many people in the sect who are friendly with Senior Brother Xun, He is the only one who has been tracking down the murderer of Senior Brother Xun and wants to avenge him, so this person is deficient above the subsection, but it is desirable above the righteousness, so I am rash to make the decision today and must help him, this person is also considered to have been mixed up in the sect for many years, and he has more experience than us, and he is familiar with the story, so he has received our benefits, and he will inevitably remember our kindness today in the future, which is also a good thing for us; ”

"In the end, although Ma Hu looks rude, but if he is really humiliated in front of us today, and we don't have any helpers, even if he doesn't say it, there must be some thoughts in his heart, I am cooperating with him in this matter of gentleness, and I will rely on him more in the future, if I don't help him, maybe he will have some ideas, and from now on I will be left alone, I can't say. Therefore, based on these, there was no time to discuss under the circumstances at that time, so I could only make my own decisions and come forward to help him, but fortunately, there was no danger. ”

After Qian Chao's words were finished, Tang Ping's anger disappeared mostly, she knew that Qian Chao and Ma Hu were in frequent contact, although Ma Hu's personality was a little unpleasant, but in Qian Chao's words, this Ma Hu did have merit in terms of righteousness, especially in the matter of protecting Yanshuang, if there was a trace of suspicion in the sect, he would not have appeared there that night. Especially Tang Ping also thought that this Shangguan Hong had returned, and it seemed that she was ready to reproduce her scenery in the sect, and had begun to hit her mind on herself, and the five of them did not want to be controlled or dependent on others, so it was inevitable that there would be any discord or contradiction in the future, so it had to be said that after Qian Chao helped Ma Hu, at least Ma Hu and those who were bullied by Shangguan Hong back then would not see her succeed, even if she didn't get involved, she would be considered a favor today.

The reason why Tang Ping is angry is because Shangguan Hong beat her up everywhere today, but Qian Chao still tried his best to help Ma Hu, and when he made a bet later, Shangguan Hong's gaze at Tang Ping was almost a promise to exchange Qian Chao for Tang Ping, Tang Ping didn't know how anxious and angry she was at that time, and at that time, Qian Boy was still holding his neck, and he didn't even pay attention to her eyes, how could she not be angry.

Now that most of the anger has finally disappeared, but today is also a not very good sign, what should I do if something similar happens in a hurry in the future and there is no time to discuss?

"Okay, even what you said still has some truth, but we should also think about it, there will be more and more things in the future, many of them will not be what we can predict, what should we do if we encounter such things again, we can't go out of one of us when the time comes!"

In this way, the dark clouds in the sky were temporarily dispersed, but Tang Ping couldn't think of any solution to the problem raised by Tang Ping for a while, and the five of them could only put it aside for the time being and ponder it slowly.

However, through Qian Chao's action today, the other four people also re-acquainted with Qian Chao, and they were worried about him at first until Qian Chao won later, only then did they know that this Qian brother, although Qian Boy's spiritual root is very poor, but the means are enough to take charge of himself, it seems that Tang Ping's statement about cultivation and means is really good.

……

The next five people hurried in the direction of Cold Spring Valley.

At this time, the places where you pass by are all very powerful demon beasts, because it is not far from the Cold Spring Valley, so the five of them decided to go to the Cold Spring Valley first, and then have enough time to find out where those powerful demon beasts are infested.

At night, for safety, the five men dug holes in the mountain wall and roosted, and after dawn, they set off again, and finally came to the famous Cold Spring Valley near noon.

The five of them flew all the way up, climbing over a verdant, tall mountain range before reaching the Cold Spring Valley.

Without the shelter of the mountain peaks, the Cold Spring Valley was in front of the eyes of the five people.

It was a large, open, low-lying area surrounded by mountains.

Different from the other side of the mountain range, the valley floor of this cold spring valley is almost barren, because of the uneven terrain, at a glance, there are many waterholes scattered large and small, the water surface is very calm, the height of the valley bottom is like a sand dune, it looks sandy yellow, undulating constantly.

And the walls of the mountains that surrounded this Cold Spring Valley were full of all kinds of plants and trees, among which there were some low-level spirit grasses that Yan Xuan could identify at a glance, and she only took a cursory look and found a lot.

I have to say that this Cold Spring Valley is very large, far bigger than the five people imagined, even if Tang Ping has heard of the excitement here, it is the first time to come here, and he is a little surprised to see such a large place.

"This is Cold Spring Valley?" Lu Pingchuan asked.

"Yes, this is it," Tang Ping said, "and it is said that the water there is very cold. ”

The figures of the five people flew from the top of the mountain range to the valley, and they wanted to fall to the bottom of the valley to take a look, Yan Xuan looked at the rock wall of the mountain side passing by while flying, and couldn't help but say:

"There are so many spiritual grasses here! But they are all not too rare spirit grasses, alas, and the heat is also poor, but it's a pity. ”

"Sister Yan, I heard that there are usually very few monks who come here to pick spirit grass, first, they all say that those spirit grasses are not very useful to monks, and secondly, people also keep those spirit grasses to attract those demon beasts in the sea, the sea and the ground are different, the ordinary things in the sea are rare treasures on the shore, and the ordinary spirit grass here is also a rare good thing for the demon beasts in the sea."

"Oh."

The five of them hung above the valley floor, only to feel that it was cold here, and the sandy yellow undulations below were really like sand dunes, Lu Pingchuan also fell, stepped on it, bent down and grabbed a handful, and then let go of a handful of fine sand to fall again.

The tide of money also fell, and he looked closely at the sand dunes and the fine sand, and he actually found shells in the fine sand.

"Why is this the same as the beach?" Qian Chao picked up the shell and gestured it to Tang Ping.

"Well, now it's the same as the beach, every year when the day comes, it's like the bottom of the sea, oh, you can try the water in the waterhole over there, it's salt water, these big and small waterholes are actually sea eyes that go straight to the sea to the south."

"So many, are they all sea eyes?" Li Jian said in surprise.

That's right, the large and small waterholes they saw were scattered throughout the valley floor, and the size of this valley floor was almost as big as that of the Five Spirit Sect.

"Yes, it's all sea eye ......"

As soon as Tang Ping finished speaking, Lu Pingchu really ran to a waterhole and dipped his fingers in the water inside and put it into his mouth, and then puffed out.

"Phew! Bitter and salty, is this what sea water tastes like? ”

Yan Xuan had seen the sea and replied, "That's right, the sea water is the smell." ”

"Well, the water here is really cold, and my hands are freezing when I put my hands into the water." Qian Chao shook his hand as he spoke, shaking off the water droplets on his hands.

"It's because the water is seawater, and it's very cold, and one day a year the sea completely overflows the entire valley, so there is no grass at the bottom of the valley."

Li Jian approached a waterhole, Tang Ping said that this waterhole was actually a sea eye that led directly to the sea, so he tried to use his own sense to see how deep this waterhole was.

However, after trying, Li Jian found that the inconspicuous waterhole in front of him was the same as the one that the five people had seen in Hongxia Valley, and it was bottomless.

Tang Ping saw Li Jian's thoughts, so he said: "I heard that the sea eye here leads directly to the bottom of the deep sea I don't know how far away, well, my sixth grandfather also said that the sea eye here is a cave on the mountain that connects to the bottom of the sea, and I don't know if he is joking." ”

Yan Xuan also took a closer look at the dark and bottomless appearance in the waterhole, and asked, "Then there will be a lively day here every year, what is it like?" ”

"Well, I've heard from the senior brothers who have participated in the meeting, here, where we are, including the top of this sand dune, the water will overflow, and then there will be all kinds of monsters in the sea large and small coming out of these sea eyes, and all they want is ...... Clamour...... Those spirit grasses on the hillside, and then our Five Spirit disciples will find a way to catch them. ”

"That's it?"

"Well, there's more, but if it's not the tide, there are fewer demon beasts here, but there are always come, I heard that when the tide comes, it's the most lively here, and the monsters in the sea that come out of those sea eyes are the most, and many of them are powerful guys, if the qi refining disciples try their luck here, their eyes must be bright, otherwise they won't be able to save their lives if they hit a really difficult guy, and on the day of the tide, the demon beasts in this vicinity and farther away will also gather here, they are the same as our monks, It's all the idea of fighting those demon beasts in the sea, not only running on the ground, but even flying in the sky, my sister Ruoyu has participated in a big tide, she said that all kinds of demon birds hovered above the bottom of this valley that day like dark clouds, is it just a group of swarm down, and on the surrounding mountains, all kinds of powerful demon beasts that are usually not easy to find are also here, and the troops are lined up like a war, just waiting for those guys in the eyes of the sea to drill out, and when the time comes, whether it is a monk or a demon beast and a demon bird, it is really lively, The entire Cold Spring Valley can't hear each other talking face-to-face, even if they pull their throats close to their ears and shout, they all sound like they are separated by a wall, and my senior sister Ruoyu also said that the tide is actually very dangerous, and some of her monks at that time were accidentally dragged into the eyes of the sea by those demon beasts in the sea, and they never came back, and some people were injured by the powerful demon beasts that rushed over, anyway, it was a mess, but there must be people who can get good things. ”

"Hey, what's a good thing?" Lu Pingchuan listened to it and asked.

"Well, my senior sister Ruoyu caught a sea monster beast that I don't know what its name was with a few companions, it was a big guy, and I pulled off several seashells the size of a basin from that guy's body, and each of them had several beads of this size......"

Tang Ping said, using the thumb and index finger of her right hand to circle and measure the size of the bead.

"I heard from my senior sister that those beads are very beautiful, and she has been using them for a long time just by selling the spirit stones obtained from those beads, so it must be a very valuable thing."

Lu Pingchuan listened happily, and couldn't help but laugh, he couldn't wait for the day when the tide would come soon, and the rest even Li Jian and Yan Xuan were curious and yearning.

"That'...... Why do those monsters in the sea come out of these sea eyes every year? Qian Chao asked.

"This ...... It's not clear, some say that those demon beasts in the sea must come to grab those spirit grasses on the surrounding mountains, so that's why it's like this. However, my sixth grandfather's statement is different, he said that the reason why this is the case is because of the spiritual vein, the sea is the same as our land, there are also spiritual veins, and the spiritual veins are not immutable, there are always changes, like a flag blown by the wind swinging back and forth, every year the spiritual veins in the sea change, and then the powerful guys who are attached to those spiritual veins will also move, and then the sea monsters in the place must dodge, many of them run here directly through the sea eye, as for the tide, every sixty years, The spiritual veins in the sea are the most volatile, and they will drive the most demon beasts in the sea to us, my sixth grandfather said that there are many similar sea eyes, but we haven't found them, such as the mountain ranges outside our sect, maybe the mountains are hollow, and there are sea eyes connected to the underground river, and when the time comes, people can't imagine that there will be sea monsters hiding in the belly of the mountain. Of course, I don't know exactly why. ”

Seeing Qian Chao nodding, Tang Ping asked again:

"Money boy, you said that you came here to find a gentle arrangement, so how are you going to find it?"

Qian Chao turned his head to look at the bottom of this vast valley, and said helplessly:

"I can only find it slowly."

As a result, the five of them searched for half a day under the leadership of Qian Chao, and when twilight approached, Qian Chao still did not find anything.

In the meantime, when the five of them passed by a small lake the size of half a Tianshui Lake in the air, Qian Chao asked in disbelief:

"This ...... Such a big ...... Is it also a sea eye? ”

"I guess so."

Looking at the incomparably deep water, Tang Ping didn't dare to be too sure.

Qian Chao checked almost all the big and small sea eyes, and the blue light in his eyes stared at every place, the stone wall and the hillside, but everything that seemed to make him interested and suspicious had to lean over and take a look.

Later, he also ventured into the waterhole, but when he rushed out of it, his face was pale from the cold, and later, with the help of Tang Ping, Qian Chao was able to go deep into those sea eyes to find out, but there was nothing else in the dark sea eyes except for the stone wall and the bottomless pit like an abyss at his feet.

Out of the water, Tang Ping looked at the pale-faced Qian Chao trembling there, and said:

"Isn't it possible that you have to drill all the sea eyes?"

"No...... No, maybe, well, probably I've thought about the gentle arrangement simply, maybe his method will be more clever. ”

"Oh, how do you say?"

"I'm thinking about what you said, oh, it's the one that Senior Tang said to you, maybe ...... The gentle arrangement will be related to the spiritual veins on the day of the tide...... But I still couldn't think of what he would do. ”

"If you can't think of it, let's think about it at night, it's getting late, we might as well spend the night around here, and wait until tomorrow to find it."

"Hmm."

……

The five of them found a cave full of vines on the surrounding mountains, the hole was not deep, and the inside was quite clean, and after Qian Chao repaired it, he carefully arranged the formation at the entrance of the cave, planning to spend the night in this cave.

Also in the evening, the five of them chatted in the cave, talking about nothing more than the things of the past few days, Lu Pingchuan pestered Tang Ping and asked her to talk about the tide in detail, and then she was satisfied.

Yan Xuan found a few spiritual grasses that could enter the eyes here, and carefully sorted them out.

Qian Chao drew the entire Cold Spring Valley on paper, every sea eye, every sand dune, and even the concave and convex places of the surrounding mountains were as realistic as possible.

"The map is still unusable," Qian Chao sighed, "In the past, there were detailed maps of the places we could go to when our cultivation was low, but now these places are too few, and the drawings are too general, and we have to draw them little by little." ”

"I'll go back and think of a way to see if the senior brothers who built the foundation have left behind the maps they used." Tang Ping said.

At this moment, Li Jian, who had been closing his eyes and recuperating himself, suddenly opened his eyes and said softly:

"Miss Yan, turn off the lights, there's someone outside!"

The hole is still a little shallow, and if the light is seen, it will be exposed.

The cave was pitch black, and the five people were silent.

In such a place, the people you meet can't tell who they are, so it's better to be cautious.

A few people gently approached the entrance of the cave, opened the curtain-like vine with their hands, and looked out.

Li Jian gently patted Qian Chao's shoulder and pointed in one direction.

Tonight is a waning moon, but in the end, there is moonlight, and Qian Chao faintly saw three people flying towards this side.

"Who is it?" Lu Pingchuan whispered.

"Shh......h

Then Qian Chao found that the three men seemed to be flying all the way along the outline of the bottom of the Cold Spring Valley, and when they passed by, they were more than forty feet away from the cave where they were hiding.

Getting closer, I could see that these three people were all dressed as disciples of the Five Spirits.

But soon, Qian Chao's breathing became more and more rapid and heavy, which made Tang Ping look at him curiously, and then carefully looked back at those people.

In the night, under the vague moonlight, Qian Chao tried his best to look over, and found the person in the middle of the three......

It's a head full of gray hair!

And the person's stature is not high, but he can match the back he has seen on the edge of Tianshui Lake.

It's just that the night is too dark and the moonlight is unclear, so I can't see if the person has a smiling face!

Then the three of them flew over, still following the outline of the valley floor of the Cold Spring Valley, not very fast, as if trying to find some suitable position.

Then three more flew after them.

One of the last three people was very fat and a man, and the other was very thin and a woman, but the third person's figure Qian Chao recognized it at once!

Yan is shocked!

So...... The white-haired one of the three people in front must be gentle!

That's definitely a swallow surprise!

Absolutely, yes!

That's definitely gentle!

How long have you been looking for him?

Qian Chao didn't know.

He did many things.

The answers to many questions are in the mouth of a gentle man!

Catch him and you'll know a lot of answers!

Kill him and you'll be spared a lot of trouble!

Qian Chao only felt that the blood was surging up at this time, and he couldn't wait to rush up immediately to capture that Wen Liang, and then ask everything out of his mouth!

"Warm ......"

As soon as Qian Chao moved, he was dragged back by the two little hands that stretched out next to him, one grabbed his hair bun and the other covered his mouth and nose, and he didn't even shout a word, as soon as he spoke, the word "Wen" was directly blocked back by that hand, and then Tang Ping's soft and nervous voice came from his ears:

"Do you want to die, the three people in front, the white-haired one on the left, are a foundation building monk! If it weren't for your Hidden Spirit Array, I'm afraid we would have died! ”

Then Qian Chao felt cold...... He only cared about looking at Wen Liang wholeheartedly, and put all his mind on him, and didn't pay attention to the people around Wen Liang, but he didn't expect that there was actually a foundation building monk......

Monk Tsukiki!

Wen Liang actually has a foundation building monk by his side!

It's still dressed like the Five Spirits Sect!

Is it a senior brother in the sect who has built a foundation?

Have you seen it yourself?

Or is it a foundation building and scattered cultivation that mixes in from outside?

Let Tang Ping continue to cover his mouth, Qian Chao was still thinking:

How deep is this gentleness in the sect!