Volume 5: The First Song Ninety-Two: The Knife Mantis

Lu Pingchuan got his share, happily grabbed a large handful of spirit stones in his hand and counted them one by one, Luo Ying and the others saw that he was counting spirit stones funny, so they asked:

"Lu boy, count so carefully, are you still afraid that I won't be able to give you less?"

Qian Chao replied:

"Brother Lu is like this, what we have gained is the same for him, he may not value the spirit stone, but he only likes to count ......"

"Hehe, in the early years at home, I went up to the mountains with my father and my brother to hunt, well, the skins and herbs I got were going to be sold to the county seat, although most of the money in the end was held by my father, but I felt happy when I counted it in my hand, hehe, if I counted it clearly, I would know how much silver money was left to marry my daughter-in-law, if I didn't come to this Five Spirit Sect, I'm afraid I would have saved enough money for my daughter-in-law over the years......"

When he said this, everyone laughed, and only then did they understand why Lu Pingchuan counted so carefully whenever he had any input.

"Eh, but Senior Sister Luo," Lu Pingchuan said again, "It's just three of them, if we let us shoot together at that time, those three won't be able to run at all......

"Silly boy, those people may have something to do with what Qian Xiaozi said for more than a year, if they are all killed, the clues will be broken, but if they are caught on the spot, what can be asked may not be the truth, so just leave a few, presumably you have all remembered the three people who escaped, and if Qian Xiaozi wants to track down anything in the future, you can start from those three people. Qian boy, the woman surnamed Gong among the people who escaped also often goes in and out of Chengqitang, you will know when you go back and inquire. ”

"Well, if you say so, I really remember that there is a Senior Sister Gong, who is indeed a high-level cultivator of Qi refining, with a strange temper and doesn't interact with people much, so let's check it again when I go back."

"Then they suffered a big loss this time, will they not dare to follow us in the future?" Wen Yuan asked beside him.

"Not necessarily, we still have to be careful in the next few days."

……

After dawn, the ten people separated again, Luo Ying was still a little uneasy, and on the way to the next ruin, the five people of Qian Chao were still staring back and forth.

This time he got a lot of spirit stones, Lu Pingchuan's complaints were obviously much less, and the five of them kept an eye on it during the day, until they finally confirmed that there was nothing suspicious at night, so ten people gathered together, ready to take advantage of the night to open the second ruin.

The site is located in a canyon, and it is located in the deepest part of the canyon, the steepest and narrowest.

Ten people flew in all the way, although it was at night, but it was also obvious that some of the wreckage left after the collapse of the building was found, and the more they flew inward, the more obvious the traces became, until finally, Luo Ying found the formation that opened the ruins.

Luo Ying says:

"Here, the aura is good, but it's a pity that this formation is a bit complicated, I've been here before, tried many times, and couldn't open it, so I gave up, Qian boy, you can try it."

Qian Chao looked at the formation and studied it for a while, he was a little afraid, and looked up, at this time Luo Ying and others were beside him, he didn't want to reveal his blue eye technique, but just looking at that formation, Qian Chao knew that it must not be a separate formation, it should be one of a group of formations, and it should also be used to activate the series of hidden formations, and fortunately, Luo Ying did not crack this formation at that time, if she can really unlock this formation, it is also equivalent to opening other formations, It's really hard to say whether it will be good or bad at that time, and it is likely that the rest of the hidden formations are used to protect this hidden treasure, that is to say, if Luo Ying opened this formation at that time, it is estimated that her life and death will become an unsolved case from then on.

"This formation is not a separate formation, it must be related to other formations, there is a group of formations hidden here, wait for me."

After Qian Chao finished speaking, his figure hung up and went up, and only then did he carefully look at the nearby mountain wall with the blue light in his eyes.

Hearing Qian Chao say this, others will forget it, but Luo Ying was shocked when she heard it, she probably vaguely knew what Qian Chao meant, and saw Qian Chao constantly shuttling back and forth on the mountain walls on both sides, so she also flew over.

"Money boy, you mean ......"

"Look here," Qian Chao said, a hand stretched forward, under the effect of his magic technique, a whole thick mountain rock on the mountain wall was slowly peeled off, revealing an unusually flat place behind, that flat place is no longer a stone, but like a flat iron plate inlaid there, Qian Chao's other hand made a move on this iron plate-like thing, and suddenly dense white runes were revealed on it.

"It's ......"

Although I don't recognize all the runes on it, but it's like reading an obscure article, even if there are a lot of words I don't know, as long as I recognize the key words, the meaning of the article can be guessed, although Luo Ying can't understand this formation, but she has always been passed on by Luo Ban's predecessors, in front of her eyes full of runes, Luo Ying recognized at a glance a few runes that were only used when arranging formations with great power and can directly take people's lives, and she was immediately shocked, and immediately felt that the night wind blowing around her was extremely cold!

"Qian boy, if I opened the following formation at that time, would this formation be triggered?" Luo Ying's voice was a little dry.

"Hmm...... Not necessarily, after such a long time, the formation here may not be effective. Qian Chao comforted.

"It's dangerous...... Luo Ying said with palpitations, "Then, how many other formations are there?" ”

Qian Chao turned around and pointed around:

"Except here, there, there...... There are four more places, plus there are five of them here, and there is no doubt that this is a chain formation. ”

Luo Ying nodded:

"I'm glad I brought you here, so what should we do?"

"It's simple, just destroy these five formations."

said that it was destruction, but Qian Chao took down the whole iron plate engraved with runes, and when he was about to put it away, Qian Chao also looked at Luo Ying.

"You put it away, it seems that your kid's rune skills have been accumulated like this, right?"

Qian Chao smiled lightly, didn't speak, accepted the iron plate, and then went to destroy the formations in other places.

Looking at Qian Chao's back, Luo Ying, a famous female disciple who has practiced authentic formation techniques since childhood, somehow felt a little discouraged, she has always been proud of her formation skills, but now she feels that in this formation technique, she seems to never surpass Qian Chao's level.

Just as Luo Ying was scared and frightened just now, when she came to this ruin before, Yan Shuang had not yet entered the Five Spirits Sect, but she didn't come alone at that time, and several partners were also around, if she was really able to see through the formation or open the formation by mistake, it would inevitably trigger the five powerful formations hidden above, and at that time, all four people might die in this canyon, which is why Luo Ying was in a cold sweat because of fear just now.

Back on the ground, Qian Chao looked at the remaining formations again and said:

"The above few formations have been solved, and now there is only one left, but if you think about the family or sect that used to be here before, it must be strong, otherwise you wouldn't use this method to protect your treasure, well, it's the first time I've seen it, so ...... I think that if it is really turned on, there may be some leftover precautions in it, so we still have to be more careful. ”

Everyone nodded.

Next, Qian Chao stared at the formation for a long time, during which everyone was not easy to disturb, Lu Shuang and Wen Yuan also quietly asked Tang Ping, is it the case that Qian Chao opened the formation every time, and Tang Ping said that it will only be like this if he encounters a complex formation, and there will be a longer time in a daze.

After less than half an hour, Qian Chao's tightly knit brows finally relaxed, and said:

"Okay, I'll probably be able to open it."

With a low "rolling" sound came, a stone door was opened in a stone wall behind everyone, there were steps inside, and the black light went all the way down, Qian Chao threw a few pieces of luminous rune paper into the stone door, under the light of the pale yellow light, everyone carefully climbed the stairs and went all the way to a small stone hall underground, but it was still empty and there was nothing.

"How is it empty?" Lu Pingchuan asked the question in everyone's mind.

Could it be that there is nothing in this well-guarded ruin?

That would be a disappointment.

"Otherwise......" Qian Chao took two steps forward slightly, so that no one would see the blue light in his eyes, and through the blue eye technique, he directly found another formation on the flat stone wall in front of the stone hall.

This formation is much simpler than the one outside.

Qian Chao used a trick, and after a trick, the formation on the stone wall began to appear, shining with white light.

"Unraveling this formation, it's probably where the real treasure is hidden," Qian Chao said, "Hmm...... Brother Li, what do you think will happen in the future? ”

If there is danger in the back, Li Jian should be able to detect it.

Li Jian shook his head:

"Behind this, I don't think there's any danger."

"Okay, but let's stay close to the exit, just in case."

Then Qian Chao's hands sparkled, and he dotted on the stone wall several times......

The stone hall made a light sway, and in the light sound of "boom" under the feet, the thick and heavy stone wall slowly sank, but when the stone wall sank less than three feet, revealing the space behind it, Wen Yuan first let out an exclamation of "ah", which made everyone suddenly startled, and they all looked at the back of the stone wall.

The stone wall sank, and from the gap between the stone wall and the top of the stone hall, everyone was stunned to find that there were two strange eyes staring at them!

With the light of Qian Chao's glowing yellow paper, people gradually saw clearly, revealing the head hidden behind the stone wall and not knowing something, with edges and corners like a slightly rounded triangular shape, two strange eyes the size of a sea bowl, extremely black and turned outward, shining a strange ghost light under the light of Qian Chao's glowing rune paper, facing the people separated by a stone wall!

As early as under the gaze of that thing, everyone only felt that the blood veins in their bodies were almost cold, and when they saw this, they felt that the two trembled, and immediately experienced a sense of fear and despair that they had never felt before, and when facing a silent and hideous opponent, almost everyone was like this, and they couldn't wait to flee immediately, especially Qian Chao, and even thought about immediately using another means on that formation to make this stone wall rise again.

"Don't be afraid!" Although Li Jian was also panicked in his heart, he immediately sensed the key and said loudly, "It's dead......

If it was a living demon beast, Li Jian was sure that he would definitely be able to sense it, although the demon beast behind the stone wall looked extremely hideous, but it had no life at all, and it must have died a long time ago in this long time, leaving the corpse to stand here.

Hearing Li Jian say this, people were a little relieved, Wen Yuan and Yan Xuan, who were a little timid, were already pale, and they couldn't help but gasp when they heard that it was a dead beast.

It's the first time to confront an unknown monster beast under such an unexpected situation.,Especially this monster is used to guard the treasure house.,Presumably it should be very powerful when it's alive.,Although it's dead.,But that hideous momentum still makes people feel a kind of heart-pounding.。

The stone wall continued to sink slowly, and everyone gradually saw what the dead demon beast looked like, the monster was dark green all over, as if carved with a piece of dark green jade, nearly two zhang high, its head was almost to the top of the stone hall, the upper half of the body was slender, there were two arms like sharp folding knives contracted in front of him, maintaining a ready to go, the abdomen was round and fat, there were four long legs under the belly to support the body, and there were wings on the back.

"This ......"

Tang Ping is from the Imperial Spirit Sect, and she has seen the most demon beasts, but she is also a little blind when she sees the dead demon beast in front of her, but as the stone wall sinks, the demon beast reveals its full appearance, and she gradually finds out a correspondence from the demon beasts and demon insects she has learned.

"It's a sword mantis!" Tang Ping recognized it.

"Hehe, it's a big praying mantis, there were a lot of these things on the trees when I was at home before!" Lu Pingchuan said, having said that, he was also intimidated by the hideous momentum of this sword mantis beast just now, and he was stunned for a while.

"Brother Lu, have you ever seen such a tall big mantis?"

"Uh...... This is the first time I've seen it, is this thing still outside our sect? If someday we're going to catch one, too. ”

"Alas, this kind of demon insect is already very rare, it is said that such a demon insect can still be found in the lion forest of the great sect in the east, but this thing is extremely difficult to feed......" Tang Ping said that, he was really interested in this kind of demon insect.

As the stone wall completely sank into the ground, and finally leveled with the ground, everyone realized that the sword mantis beast behind the stone wall was not one, but two, and there was still the corpse of a sword mantis beast lying on the ground.

Although I was sure that this thing should be dead, although there was no life on this thing until now, it was as motionless as a sculpture, but under the fierce and violent momentum of this sword mantis beast before it died, ten people did not have the courage to take a half step forward for a while.

Lu Pingchuan was still bold, raised his head and walked to the body of the sword mantis beast to take a closer look, and poked its body with his fingers, turned around and said:

"Dead, really dead."

Tang Ping felt that it was a pity, the sword mantis beast was already difficult to find, and it was even rarer to grow such a big sword mantis beast, she raised her head and muttered:

"It's a shame if you live......"

Luo Ying also looked up at the guy and said:

"If it lives, we probably won't be able to get out!"

"This is also ......," Tang Ping said, touching the sword mantis beast with his hand.

As a result, I don't know if the years have been too long, the corpse of the sword mantis beast has already reached the point of collapse, or the cool breeze blowing in from the entrance of the cave has caused some changes, just when Tang Ping's hand touched the body of the sword mantis beast, the huge body like a jade carving actually collapsed all of a sudden, as if the whole body was built with fine sand, and when you touched it, it immediately collapsed, and it almost became powder when it fell to the ground. The corpse of the sword mantis beast lying on the ground next to it also turned into a fine sand-like existence almost at the same time, except for one of the sword mantis beasts standing with a large folding knife-like forearm that was not destroyed, and it made a "dang long" sound when it fell to the ground!

Qian Chao turned his head and looked at it, and his eyes suddenly lit up!