One evening.

Deer hoof stream.

Lin Fan was invited to come to the introductory disciple Gu Huan's mansion as a guest.

He and Gu Huan are in the same class of beginners, but he has already become an initiation disciple. Unlike him, he spent seven years in the mountains before he was promoted to a beginner disciple.

They hadn't had much contact before, but since Lin Fan moved to Nine Refining Peak, since the two of them lived not very far away, they often had some intersections.

Between coming and going, coupled with the same temperament, Lin Fan became a frequent visitor to Gu Huan's mansion.

Led by the servants, he passed through the corridor and then through the houses, and then came to the backyard of the valley house.

With a faint fragrance, the scenery in front of you suddenly opens up, and you are greeted by a sea of green.

In the green lotus leaves, the lotus flowers are slim and elegant, like a fairy who has just come out of the bath, and she is shy and wants to speak.

Among the stamens, a little golden glow appears and disappears from time to time, like the lights of thousands of homes, lighting up the whole night.

A tailed spirit fish swims under the water, like a playful child at a temple fair, teasing the whole pond.

Although he has been here many times, he is still fascinated by such beautiful scenery.

In the middle of the pond stood a pavilion, in which Gu Huan and a group of invited disciples were drinking.

Seeing Lin Fan coming, Gu Huan, who was dressed in a green shirt, hurriedly waved his hand and motioned for the other party to take a seat.

Seeing this, Lin Fan stepped on the waves. When he got to the nearby pavilion, he flew and landed steadily on the stone bench.

Looking around, I saw that there were a total of six people sitting in the pavilion, including him.

"I'm sorry, I'm a little late." As he spoke, he raised his glass and punished himself.

"One cup is not enough, you should be fined three glasses." Gu Huan said, filling Lin Fan's wine glass with wine.

Between the cups and cups, an hour soon passed.

"I don't know why Senior Brother Gu called me and others to gather here?"

"Don't worry, Senior Brother Jia Pei estimates that he won't be able to come until a little later, and when he arrives, he will explain the reason to you."

As soon as Gu Huan's words fell, he saw a young man in a yellow robe walk into the backyard, it was Jia Pei, a beginner disciple who had not arrived for a long time.

Jia Pei seemed to have come in a hurry, and after sitting down, he poured a few sips of tea in a row, still panting.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Gu Huan got up and said, "A few junior disciples must also understand that the seven of us present are all beginner disciples from scattered or poor families. ”

"I can't wait like those disciples of the Xuanmen family, who have a deep background and a lot of resources to squander."

Therefore, we invite everyone to gather here, so that everyone can get acquainted with each other and help each other in the future. Second, there is one thing to remind everyone. Senior Brother Jia, you know the specific situation best, so it's up to you. ”

When Jia Pei heard this, he immediately told everyone the reason for the incident.

Originally, he was out on a mission to the sect, but when he returned to the sect half a month ago, he found that all the villages and towns along the way had suffered from locust plagues.

At first he didn't pay much attention to it, thinking it was just another ordinary locust plague.

Who would have thought that even a few cultivation sects along the way had suffered disasters, and all the spiritual fields in the mountain gate had been eaten up!

Only then did he realize that this time the locusts were not trivial, they were golden knife locusts that happened once in a thousand years!

This golden knife locust is half a head larger than ordinary locusts, and its two forearms are extremely sharp, like two golden knives, hence the name golden knife locust.

Ordinary locusts often have no way to encounter the forbidden barrier laid outside the spiritual field.

But this golden knife locust can cut through the forbidden barrier with both arms, and with the numerical advantage, it can break through the forbidden barrier in a moment.

Therefore, this Golden Knife Locust Plague will not only affect hundreds of millions of people, but also affect half of the Yunzhou cultivation world.

What's even more infiltrating is that there are more and more golden knife locusts, and now they are overwhelming.

Now that locusts are sweeping like a tsunami, I am afraid that it will not be long before they will come to Jiuhua Mountain!

So when he was on the road, he summoned Senior Brother Gu Huan in advance.

After hearing this, everyone immediately sighed and looked sad.

As ordinary beginner disciples, they all have a few acres of spiritual land under their names, and it is an important source of income for them.

Seeing that this year's harvest will be gone, they are naturally anxious.

Although Lin Fan, who is used to living a poor life, is also sad, he is a little different from other people's worries.

For him, the worst-case scenario is nothing more than the loss of half a year's earnings, which is nothing.

Compared to himself, he was worried about the mortals who had been affected.

After all, monks like them can swallow spiritual energy, and they basically don't need to eat whole grains and grains. On the contrary, it is those worldly mortals, after this difficulty, I don't know how many people will starve to death.

However, his ability was limited and he couldn't help much, so he immediately sank this worry into his heart and didn't think about it anymore.

"Senior Brother Gu, there are many sects in Yunzhou, and the masters are like clouds. Could it be that there will be no strong man to help us sweep away this locust plague? ”

"Naturally, there is, ten days ago, a number of foundation building powerhouses joined forces to stop the locusts, do you guess the result?"

"Could it be that none of this has wiped out that damn swarm of locusts?"

"The battle was so great that the locusts were killed and wounded. Since then, however, the surviving locusts have split into dozens of strands. In just a few days, the locust colonies have expanded rapidly, and each of them is no smaller than before! ”

"The one that is approaching our Jiuhua Mountain is only one of them."

When the disciple who asked the question heard this, he was immediately speechless.

"Senior Brother Gu, although the golden knife locust covers the sky, in the final analysis, it is just a small insect that can be crushed with a snap of a finger. Although the ordinary prohibitions outside the Lingtian are ineffective against it, if our faction opens the mountain protection array, is it possible that this insect can still break the formation? Another disciple asked.

But as soon as he finished speaking, the others burst into laughter.

Seeing that the disciple who asked the question hadn't reacted yet, Lin Fan reminded loudly: "It seems that there is something that Senior Brother has not figured out, that is, most of the spiritual fields of this sect are in Qinghe Fang, and there is no protective array there. ”

When the disciple heard this, he immediately lowered his head in shame.

"Now that this locust plague is so terrifying, the Guangling Sect, which is good at spiritual planting, has no way to deal with it?" Another asked.

"I was about to talk to you about this, and the Guangling Sect naturally has a way."

"The locust repellent powder developed by the faction thousands of years ago for the Golden Knife Locusts and spraying it on the spiritual crops can make the Golden Knife Locusts passing by avoid it, and there is not much damage to the spiritual crops."

"However, this time the locust plague has spread too widely, and the Guangling Sect does not have much inventory. Nowadays, the price of locust repellent powder is extremely exaggerated, and ordinary spiritual rice fields are no longer worth spraying. Moreover, even if you want to buy it, you can't buy it through ordinary channels. ”

After hearing this, a glimmer of hope just swelled up in their hearts, and they fell to the bottom in an instant.

Among them, the white-robed disciple sighed again and again, "I'm done now." You all plant spiritual rice that crops once a year, but I plant 'Qi Nourishing Grass' that only grows once in three years......"

"Senior brother, don't worry, I still have a way. If someone can do it, not only will this locust plague not cause them damage, but it will be a great opportunity! Gu Huan took a sip of wine.

When everyone heard this, they immediately cheered up and set their eyes on Gu Huan.