Several people fell to the ground, and the leader was named He Xun, who was about forty years old, with a handful of goatees, looked up at Zhang Mu on the stone pillar, raised his hand, and said.

"This fellow Daoist, because we were in a hurry to rush back to Xiting City, we accidentally exhausted the spiritual energy in our whole body, and there was no spiritual stone replenishment for a while."

"I don't know if there are any extra spirit stones in my friend's hands, if we can divide a little, we are willing to exchange them for the treasures found in the Yunlu Wilderness!"

Among the several people, another monk named Huang Zhou followed and said: "Fellow Daoist, what we have found in the Yunlu Wilderness are all very high-quality treasures, and we will definitely not treat you badly, and I hope you can exchange some for us." ”

As he spoke, he took out a piece of rare spirit wood worth hundreds of spirit stones and shook it in front of Zhang Mu's eyes.

Zhang Mu glanced at a few people, smiled and said: "A few fellow Daoists, there are not many spirit stones on my body, only about a hundred or so pieces, and they will be used to rush to the Yunlu wilderness, so they cannot be exchanged." ”

He Xun sighed in disappointment on his face, arched his hand towards Zhang Mu, and said, "I'm sorry to disturb Daoyou." ”

After speaking, he took a few people to erect stone pillars not far away, apparently wanting to spend the night next to Zhang Mu.

Several people meditated and breathed for a while, and three more monks flew from the direction of the Yunlu wilderness, headed by Fan Qu, who was thin and small, in his fifties, and had the cultivation of the early stage of gathering spirits.

Fan Qu saw Zhang Mu and He Xun below, and originally wanted to pass a few people to continue their journey, but because it was already completely dark, he weighed it and chose to stop here and prepare to stay overnight.

As soon as Fan Qu and the two of them fell, He Xun got up and proposed to them the idea of exchanging spirit stones.

Huang Zhou on the side also took out the rare spirit wood just like just now.

Fan Qu saw Lingmu, his eyes flashed, and he said, "I can exchange some for you." ”

He Xun's face showed joy and said, "How much can this fellow Daoist exchange?" ”

"About one or two hundred." Fan Qu said.

He Xun nodded, took out a piece of golden ore from the Qiankun bag, and said, "If this Pure Gold Stone is sold in the city, it is best to have more than two hundred spirit stones. ”

"Fellow Daoist, do you think I can exchange one hundred and seventy or eighty spirit stones from you?"

Fan Qu glanced at it, shook his head, and said, "I'm afraid it won't work, you also know that the spiritual energy in this canyon is thin, and the recovery will be very slow just by meditating and pranayama." ”

"There are still five or six thousand miles away from Xiting City, and if there is no obstacle all the way, it will take at least two or three days to return."

"The spirit stones we have left on our bodies are just enough to support us to return to the city."

"If you encounter some dangers, if there are not enough spirit stones, it will be really difficult to deal with them!"

Fan Qu said that the meaning of these soft and hard words was obvious, if you want to exchange spirit stones, you have to increase the price.

He Xun heard what Fan Qu meant, a look of pain appeared on his face, and he said: "Then let's do it, I will price this Essence Stone for a hundred spirit stones, Daoist friends see if you can exchange it?" ”

Fan Qu still shook his head, sat on the ground and said, "I can take out two hundred spirit stones and exchange them for you." ”

As he spoke, his eyes looked at the piece of spirit wood in Huang Zhou's hand, and continued: "However, you need Daoist friends to add that piece of spirit wood!" ”

"You!" Huang Zhou said angrily: "Just two hundred spirit stones want to exchange for two treasures, how can you be so greedy!" ”

Fan Qu showed a look of indifference on his face, smiled lightly, and said, "It's okay if you don't change it, it's not that the old man is begging you to exchange it." ”

He Xun raised his hand to signal Huang Zhou not to speak anymore, sighed very helplessly, and said, "In extraordinary times, two pieces are two!" ”

Seeing that He Xun agreed, Fan Qu took out two hundred spirit stones from the Qiankun bag on his waist, and said with a smile: "Please also ask Daoist friends to throw the treasure materials over first." ”

He Xun and Huang Zhou both threw the spirit curtain and the essence stone to the stone pillar where Fan Qu was, Fan Qu checked it and confirmed that there was no problem, and then threw the two hundred spirit stones at He Xun.

He Xun took the spirit stone, gave it to a few people behind him, and distributed more than ten pieces to each person, and arranged: "Everyone hurry up and recover." ”

Several people nodded and began to recover silently.

When it was calm until late at night, in the far air of the canyon, hundreds of ink owls suddenly flew in.

Seeing this, He Xun immediately gave you a faint glance at Huang Zhou, and Huang Zhou was signaled, and secretly released a special smell that could not be smelled.

After a while, the ink owl in the sky suddenly flew towards everyone.

When Fan Qu and the two foundation building monks behind him saw this scene, one of them nervously asked Fan Qu, "Old Fan, we have been standing still here, how did this ink owl find us?" ”

Fan Qu didn't see Huang Zhou's small movements, and didn't know that all of this was caused by He Xun and his party, so he shook his head slightly and said, "I don't know either." ”

"What now?" The man asked again.

Fan Qu looked at the ink owl who was still some distance away, and said, "Hold up the spirit shield to defend well, you can only wait for them to exhaust their strength and disperse on their own." ”

On the other side, He Xun asked Huang Zhou and the others to move the stone pillars together, took out a formation map, and used the spirit stones that had just been exchanged to support an arc-shaped spiritual curtain with a circle of two or three zhang.

Then he turned his head to look at Fan Qu and Zhang Mu, and said, "A few fellow Daoists, we still have some positions here, do you want to come in and hide for a while?" ”

Zhang Mu found out that He Xun and the others were a little abnormal from the beginning, so he didn't exchange spirit stones with them.

Shicai was keenly aware that Huang Zhou deliberately released the smell to attract Mo Xiao, and he was very curious about what these people were going to do, so he smiled freely and said: "A few Taoist friends are homely, then it is better to be respectful than to obey their fate." ”

After the words fell, he got up and flew from the stone pillar to the spiritual curtain.

He Xun saw that Fan Qu and the three of them had not moved, and invited again: "This fellow Daoist, just now you and I were just a fair deal, if you want to come to the spirit curtain to hide, I am also very welcome." ”

Fan Qu and the three of them hesitated for a moment, nodded slightly apologetically, and also flew into the spirit curtain.

Later, with the sound of bangbang, hundreds of ink owls began to tear up the spiritual curtain with their claws in waves.

After a while, the curtain gradually dimmed.

He Xun said with a sad face at this time: "Everyone, I'm afraid the spirit stone I just exchanged won't last long. ”

When Fan Qu heard this, he sighed for a moment and said: "Daoist friends are so righteous, I, Fan, am not a stingy person, and I am willing to take out another hundred spirit stones to support this spirit curtain." ”

"Thank you Fan Daoyou." He Xun said very sincerely: "However, it is not a way to resist passively. ”

"I also have some killing ability in this formation, I don't know if a few of you can help me suppress a few formations, so that I can free up my hands to repel these ink owls!"

Fan Qu and the three of them glanced at each other, nodded at He Xun, and began to follow He Xun's guidance, using their own aura to connect to the formation diagram to share He Xun's pressure.

After the spiritual curtain stabilized, He Xun looked at Zhang Mu again and said, "This fellow Daoist, can you help me suppress these arrays, so that I can concentrate on dealing with these ink owls." ”

Zhang Mu saw that this array diagram was a little unusual, and he didn't pierce it in front of him, and separated a few wisps of spiritual energy from his body and connected them to the array eye.

He Xun saw that the aura of several people was completely integrated into the formation, and a touch of cunning immediately flashed in his eyes, and he smiled yin, and said to Huang Zhou: "Do it!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the sluggish qi on several people suddenly swept away, and all of them became in a state of prosperity.

Seeing this, Fan Qu's eyes tightened, and he frowned and said, "It turns out that the aura on your body is exhausted, what do you want to do?" ”

"Hmph." He Xun pulled his hands together, directly dispersed the spiritual curtain, took Huang Zhou and a few people back dozens of feet, and said in a remote voice: "You'll know later." ”

Fan Qu, as a Gathering Soul Cultivator, glanced at a few people with disdain in his eyes, and said, "You little foundation building monks still dare to calculate me, it's really beyond your strength!" ”

As the words fell, he began to stop his own gushing aura, wanting to cut off the connection with the array.

But after two breaths, he found that he couldn't withdraw at all, and the transmission of his own aura was getting faster and faster, so his face immediately changed greatly, and he asked in surprise: "What's going on?" ”

"Hahaha." He Xun laughed a few times and said, "This kind of formation is carefully created by me, as long as my own aura is hooked to the array above, there is no special means, and I can't take the initiative to withdraw it at all!" ”

"If you want to forcibly get out, it will immediately cause your aura to boil."

"Even if you don't die, you'll be seriously injured!"

Fan Qu listened, his eyes flashed, he looked at the surrounding situation, and immediately burst out a spiritual aura on his body, holding up a spiritual shield to protect the three of them, while resisting the tearing of the ink owl, he said fiercely: "When I solve the mystery here, you will definitely have to break your corpses into ten thousand pieces!" ”

"I'm afraid that before you crack it, my formation diagram will already drain your whole body aura, and at that time, without my hands, these ink owls will eat you up!" He Xun said coldly.

"These ink owls will attack us, and they will attack you, so let's see who can survive to the end!" Fan Qu said.

"No, no, no." He Xun said mockingly: "These ink owls will not attack us!" ”

Fan Qu saw that these ink owls didn't fly towards them from beginning to end, and he was shocked in his heart, and couldn't help but ask, "Why don't they attack you?" ”

"I'll tell you this secret when you're dead." He Xun said with a smile.

At this time, Zhang Mu, who was trapped in the formation together, opened his mouth and said, "The ink owl doesn't attack you, is it because of those smells on your body?" ”

He Xun's eyes lit up, and he glanced at Zhang Mu cautiously, confirming that Zhang Mu's body was just a foundation building qi machine, and felt that there was no big threat, and then asked with interest: "How did you see it?" ”

"There is nothing special about the few of you, except for some unusual smell, which you can guess with a little thought." Zhang Mu said lightly.

"You're watching carefully." He Xun said with appreciation in his eyes: "Yes, it is true. ”

"Are you a bandit in the canyon?" Zhang Mu asked.

The name of banditry, as the name suggests, refers to the evil cultivation of often doing some robbery in the canyon.

These people often use all kinds of means to intercept the monks who travel between the two places, seek their lives, and then rob them of their belongings, and their nature is no different from that of ordinary bandits and bandits.

"Not bad." He Xun did not shy away from admitting it, and said: "I think you are also very shrewd, if you are willing to join the gang, I can spare your life!" ”

Zhang Mu pretended to be interested and asked, "Really?" ”