186 Causes
Outside the Qingyu Forest, in Xun Feng's tent, Su Xiaozhu looked at Xun Feng, who was asking Mu Zhi about the news of the secret realm, and sat quietly on the side, without opening his mouth to disturb.
Xun Feng looked at Mu Zhi in front of him, and continued to ask slowly, through an afternoon of conversation, Xun Feng had obviously made the other party relax his vigilance, at least at this moment, Mu Zhi was not so resistant to communicating with Xun Feng.
Although because of Su Xiaozhu's sudden arrival, the teenage boy in front of him felt a little comforted and resistant, but there was no big reaction.
Time passed slowly, and in this reality, Xun Feng asked Mu Zhi many questions.
Among them, there were a series of inconsequential questions about the name of the force where Mu Zhi was located, the other party's family members, and the other party's sphere of influence, at least in Su Xiaozhu's opinion, what Xun Feng asked was just some insignificant things, and it did not help them to explore the secret realm at all.
And from the conversation between the two, the only information Su Xiaozhu got was that the young man in front of him was named Mu Zhi, although it was not clear whether it was true or not, but the name was just that, Su Xiaozhu didn't care too much.
Finally, when Xun Feng asked again who the young man's family was, Su Xiaozhu on the side still couldn't sit still, and rashly asked Mu Zhi.
"Kichi, I want to know how old you are, can you tell me?"
Su Xiaozhu's sudden opening obviously made Mu Zhi nervous again, and the young man who had been talking to Xun Feng quite smoothly also fell silent again, as if he was unwilling to talk to Su Xiaozhu, a stranger.
And Xun Feng heard Su Xiaozhu's sudden question, a trace of surprise obviously flashed on his face, and after seeing that Mu Zhi was unwilling to answer Su Xiaozhu's question, Xun Feng smiled and said.
"Xiao Su, Mu Zhi is fifteen years old this year."
Knowing that Su Xiaozhu obviously knew something, Xun Feng slowly said what he already knew.
And when Su Xiaozhu heard Xun Feng's answer, a trace of solemnity naturally flashed on his face.
Seeing this, Xun Feng glanced at Mu Zhi, who had begun to appear a trace of vigilance in his eyes, and Xun Feng sighed slightly.
He knew that the young man in front of him would probably not answer any more questions from him today.
After all, Su Xiaozhu's question just now was too targeted, and it was difficult not to be noticed by the other party.
Turning his head to look at Su Xiaozhu with a solemn face, and then at Mu Zhi who had a hint of hesitation flashing in his eyes, Xun Feng shook his head and said to the young man.
"Okay, Xiao Mu Zhi, let's talk about it here today, I'll let someone take you to rest first, you see how it goes."
Mu Zhi heard Xun Feng's words, nodded lightly, and did not open his mouth to answer Xun Feng.
Judging from Su Xiaozhu's reaction just now, Mu Zhi knew that his age must be an important piece of information, and even the other questions Xun Feng asked today should have other special meanings.
Although Mu Zhi didn't know his age and what the seemingly innocuous questions and answers were of any use to the two people in front of him, in line with the principle of saying more and making more mistakes, and saying less and making fewer mistakes, Mu Zhi still closed his mouth vigilantly and no longer answered any questions from Xun Feng.
Seeing Mu Zhi's vigilant look, Xun Feng summoned a soldier who was standing guard outside and asked the other party to take Mu Zhi down to rest.
After the warrior took Mu Zhi away, Xun Feng turned his head to look at Su Xiaozhu beside him.
At this moment, Su Xiaozhu's face was full of apologies, after all, whether it was from Xun Feng's direct answer, or Xun Feng's behavior of letting the warrior take a wooden rank to end the inquiry, Su Xiaozhu understood that he seemed to have sabotaged Xun Feng's actions.
Su Xiaozhu, who knew that he had done something wrong, didn't wait for Xun Feng to say something, so he took the initiative to get up and bow down.
"I'm sorry Elder Xun, I was impulsive and accidentally ruined your plan."
Xun Lao looked at Su Xiaozhu in front of him who took the initiative to admit his mistake, and at the same time, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he said with a smile.
"It's okay, you can hold back for an hour without speaking, the old man is already very surprised."
"But judging by the questions you asked, it looks like you're seeing something."
Hearing Xun Feng's words, Su Xiaozhu knew that he couldn't hide it from the other party, so he no longer concealed it, and told everything that Su Mu had analyzed for himself, but nominally Su Xiaozhu didn't directly say that Su Mu helped him analyze it, but said that he came to a conclusion after going back to think about it.
Hearing Su Xiaozhu's narration, no matter whether Xun Feng believed it or not, or whether he believed it a few percent, at least on the surface, Xun Feng still had a smile on his face and said slowly.
"It's good, to know so much, it seems that your brother has told you a lot of things."
"So in your opinion, what is the most likely scenario for this secret realm we are developing now?"
Hearing Xun Feng's question, Su Xiaozhu slowly shook his head and spoke.
"I'm sorry Elder Xun, the juniors can't guess, because from the information we know now, there are three possible situations, at least the juniors can't judge which one is from the information we have so far."
After Su Xiaozhu finished speaking, the expression on Xun Feng's face still did not change in the slightest, as if no matter how Su Xiaozhu answered, he felt normal.
Xun Feng turned his head to look at where Mu Zhi was just now, and after smiling, he said slowly to Su Xiaozhu.
"It seems that you still don't understand what the questions I just asked are for, otherwise you wouldn't be able to tell."
"Okay, then the old man will talk to you, so that you can have a deeper understanding of the immortal cultivation world."
Xun Feng said, his face couldn't help but become a little serious, as if an old man who was about to pass on his life's knowledge to his juniors.
And when Su Xiaozhu heard Xun Feng's words, he naturally became serious quickly, as if he wanted to keep every word of the other party in his heart.
Looking at Su Xiaozhu, who was sitting in front of him, Xun Feng smiled, and then said slowly.
"Xiao Su, do you think that the question that the old man asked that little guy just now is just some inconsequential things, at least it doesn't help us understand the information of the secret realm, right?"
Su Xiaozhu heard Xun Feng's words, although he knew that since Xun Feng had already asked it, the questions Xun Feng asked just now must have their own deep meanings.
But Su Xiaozhu still nodded slowly to Xun Feng, signaling that Xun Feng was right.
Receiving Su Xiaozhu's response, Xun Feng continued with a smile.
"It's right to have this kind of thought, otherwise if you know everything as a little girl who has just stepped into the world of cultivating immortals, then what are we old guys messing with."
Perhaps seeing Su Xiaozhu's nervousness, Xun Feng smiled and snorted, and then continued.
"Okay, let me tell you what the purpose of those questions I just asked, but before that, the old man can tell you that the situation of this secret realm should belong to the first one that the little guy in Ding Gu said."
"In other words, the location of the exit of the secret realm should be on the edge of the secret realm, which is also the reason why the little guy in Mu Rank has not started cultivating yet."
"As for the reason why the old man made this judgment, it is the questions that the old man asked."
Xun Feng said to Su Xiaozhu categorically, as if he was extremely confident in his judgment.
"First of all, why can the old man judge that this secret realm is not under the rule of the demon clan or the evil sect."
"That's because the old man learned from the little guy that there are a total of five people in Mu Zhi's family, among which in addition to Mu Zhi's parents, Mu Zhi also has a brother and a younger sister."
"And Mu Zhi's parents are now in their forties, but they have not cultivated."
"Moreover, Mu Zhi also told me that there are still seventy or eighty-year-old people in their tribe."
"Based on the above two points, the old man can be sure that this secret realm is definitely not under the rule of the demon clan or the evil sect."
Xun Feng said, stopped and looked at Su Xiaozhu in front of him, as if he wanted to see if the other party had any questions to ask.
It's a pity that although Su Xiaozhu was thinking, he didn't mean to ask a small question at all, Xun Feng shook his head helplessly, and had to continue to explain the reason to Su Xiaozhu.
"Because whether it is a demon clan or an evil sect, the most important thing they want to obtain is the qi and blood of living beings, and the elderly people, plus ordinary mortals, the qi and blood in their bodies have long been decayed."
"If it is a demon clan or an evil sect, I am afraid that these mortal studies will be devoured before the age of thirty, and they will not be over forty years old at all."
This time, after Su Xiaozhu saw Xun Feng finish speaking, he didn't wait for the other party to speak again, and directly said his question.
"But Xun Lao, it may also be because Mu Zhi and their tribe are on the edge of the secret realm, and this place happens to be not controlled by the evil sect or demon clan in the secret realm."
Hearing Su Xiaozhu's question, Xun Feng nodded with satisfaction and continued to speak.
"Very good, about this question, it is related to another question that the old man asked, that is, the occupation range of their tribe in the wood rank."
"Although there is no concept of rice in the secret realm, the little guy still told the old man that they found the location of Ding Gu at the boundary of their tribe's warning range."
"And it's about two thousand steps away from that location to go back to their tribe."
"In terms of one step and one meter, it means that the actual radius of the tribe where the little guy is located is two thousand meters."
"And in that little guy's mouth, there are tens of thousands of people in their tribe."
"With such a huge population, even if their tribe is on the edge of the secret realm, no demon clan or evil sect will let it go."
Xun Feng said this, after a pause, he spoke seriously again.
"So, either this little guy knows too little and misleads the old man, or this secret realm is just like the first situation that Ding Gu said."
"As for whether the little guy's answer is true or false, you don't have to worry, the old man used the True Word Charm on the little guy when he was talking to him."
"Although this mantra can't make the other party directly confide the truth, it will make the other party gradually relax their vigilance when talking to me, and when answering, they will unconsciously say what is in their hearts."
"With him as a mortal, although there is no guarantee that what the little guy said is exactly the same as the reality, he can believe it."
After listening to Xun Feng's judgment, Su Xiaozhu thought in his heart for a while, and then nodded slowly, obviously persuaded by Xun Feng's reason.
After ruling out the possibility of the Evil Dao Sect and the Demon Clan, the situation in this secret realm was only the first one made by Ding Gu.
It's just that although the two of them have made a rough judgment, there is still no trace of joy on their faces.
After all, the first situation is for the Dragon Kingdom, which proves that the little guy Mu Zhi definitely doesn't know too much information, although he has not encountered the secret world controlled by the demon clan or the evil sect.
But in this case, if they want to know more information, I'm afraid they can only learn through the elders or monks of the tribe where Mu Zhi is located.
After all, in the face of the unknown secret realm, knowing more information will also be more helpful to the Dragon Kingdom to develop the secret realm.
Moreover, although Su Xiaozhu did not tell Xun Feng Su Mu's analysis and results of the cultivation of the strongest person on the secret realm side.
But Xun Feng himself also knew that once he knew that the cultivation of the strongest person on the secret realm side was in the middle of the Yuan Infant, then the Dragon Kingdom might have to give up the development of this secret realm.
After all, Xun Feng was just an ordinary monk among the immortal cultivators, and in terms of combat power, he belonged to the kind of unit level that was used by others.
In addition, Xun Feng has only just broken through the Yuan Infant, so as long as he faces an enemy in the middle of the Yuan Infant Stage or above, Xun Feng can only flee, and he has no strength to fight at all.
Ignoring the thoughts in Xun Feng's heart, Su Xiaozhu asked again after listening to Xun Feng's judgment on the side.
"That Xun Lao, what should we do next, whether to enter the secret realm after cleaning up the half-demon beasts in Qingyu Forest according to the plan, or directly send a team into the secret realm tomorrow to support He Yixiao and the others in the first army."
Su Xiaozhu asked slowly, with obvious worries on his face about He Yixiao and the others who were currently in the secret realm, after all, according to Mu Zhi, the location of their tribe was not far from the location of He Yixiao and the others.
Not to mention that Mu Zhi was taken out of the secret realm by Ding Gu and others, just to say that there was a teenager with Mu Zhi, and the other party had probably already informed his tribe at this moment.
Then the other tribe must have sent someone to find Mu Zhi.
With such a close distance, Su Xiaozhu was really afraid that He Yixiao and the others would be discovered by the other party.
Although He Yixiao and the others have cultivated in their bodies, they also carry weapons on their bodies.
But it was also the strength of the tribe that was extremely important news in Mu Zhi's heart, so Xun Feng didn't ask about it.
Therefore, in the face of a completely unfamiliar force, coupled with the fact that the number of the other party is hundreds of times that of He Yixiao and others, Su Xiaozhu is not worried.
And after hearing Su Xiaozhu's inquiry, Xun Feng also began to think.
After a while, Xun Feng looked at the dark sky outside and said in a deep voice to Su Xiaozhu.
"That's it, let the second, third, fourth, and fifth armies enter the secret realm tomorrow, as for the rest of the team, the first army will continue to defend the periphery of the forest, and the others will be responsible for cleaning up the remaining half-demon beasts in the forest, and then let them enter the secret realm after all the half-demon beasts have been cleared."