This old man surnamed Yuan was staring at Jiang Chen with a cold face, as if he was examining Jiang Chen, as if he wanted to see Jiang Chen through.

Jiang Chen was a little hairy by the old man surnamed Yuan, so he had to arch his hand with difficulty, and said, "The juniors have seen the seniors, and I don't know what the seniors have to say." ”

Jiang Chen could see that this was a Xuanye powerhouse, facing the Xuanye Cultivator, Jiang Chen had no chance of winning at all, and even if the other party had the intention to kill him, he didn't even have a chance to escape.

"Hmph!" The old man surnamed Yuan snorted coldly and said, "A miscellaneous spirit root qi cultivator also wants to get close to the genius disciples of our Ice and Snow Sect? What is your plot? Do you know their identities before you use this excuse to approach them?"

The voice of the old man surnamed Yuan was very cold, revealing an irresistible majesty.

He looked at Jiang Chen with gloomy eyes, wanting to see the slightest clue from Jiang Chen's reaction, if Jiang Chen really had any conspiracy, he would definitely not be able to escape his detection.

Jiang Chen naturally knew that if he really had some ulterior motives, this old man surnamed Yuan would definitely kill himself without any scruples.

"The seniors misunderstood. Du Weifang and Qing Hexi and I only met halfway. Jiang Chen did not say that he had saved Qing Hexi and Du Weifang, he believed that Du Weifang and Qing Hexi had already sued the old man surnamed Yuan.

"Met halfway?" The old man surnamed Yuan snorted disdainfully, and said, "I heard from the young lady that you saved them?" I don't know what confidence you have as a qi cultivator to save people, or is it just a good show that you arranged to save the beauty? What else are you that you dare to call the names of the two young ladies?"

Hearing this, Jiang Chen could be sure that this Du Weifang and Qing Hexi had not carefully explained what had happened, or that the old man surnamed Yuan had not carefully investigated.

At the same time, in Jiang Chen's heart, he couldn't help but breed a trace of anger, he saved Qing Hexi and Du Weifang, this old guy didn't have any gratitude, and even slandered him for arranging it on purpose, and he couldn't even mention the names of Du Weifang and Qing Hexi.

Although he was very angry in his heart, Jiang Chen also knew that he couldn't show it at this time, otherwise if he angered this Xuanye cultivator, there would be only one way to die.

"Elder Yuan, you really misunderstood. I don't know the identities of the two young ladies. I'm sure I won't have any more trouble with them in the future. ”

Jiang Chen took a deep breath and said.

The old man surnamed Yuan glanced at Jiang Chen again with a gloomy gaze, and after a while, he stretched out a hand and said coldly: "Hand it over!" What a noble status the eldest lady has, how can her things be touched by an ant like you?"

Jiang Chen knew that this old guy wanted to completely cut off the dust between him and Du Weifang, so he asked him to hand over Bodhizi.

Although Jiang Chen was unwilling, he didn't dare to disobey in any way, he took out the dark green Bodhi seed from the storage bag and handed it to the old man surnamed Yuan.

The old man took the Bodhi Seed, glanced at Jiang Chen again, and said, "Don't let me see you thousands of miles near the Ice and Snow Sect, otherwise I will break your legs and abolish your cultivation." Hmph!"

With a cold snort again, the old man surnamed Yuan waved away.

Jiang Chen stood in place, his body trembling constantly, and his hands had already clenched into fists.

He was already extremely angry in his heart, but in front of the old man surnamed Yuan, he didn't dare to attack at all.

Strength!

One qiē is because of strength.

"Because my strength is too weak, that's why this old guy dares to be so arrogant in front of me, and he dares to force me to hand over the Bodhi Seed. ”

Although Bodhi Zi was not a very precious thing, it made Jiang Chen feel extremely humiliated.

Besides, what others asked him to hand over today is Bodhizi, and whatever treasure he gets in the future, others can force him to hand it over.

"What I have to do now is to improve my strength and make myself stronger, even a little Xuanye Monk dares to humiliate me, this is simply ridiculous!"

Jiang Chen took a deep breath and gradually calmed down his angry heart, and the gaze in his eyes became more and more persistent and resolute.

......

Three days later, Jiang Chen finally came to the vicinity of the collection site of the white bamboo fruit.

This area is obviously a rich area of spiritual grass, and there are many monks who haunt here.

The white bamboo fruit grows on the white bamboo, which is a kind of bamboo, but it is like white jade, generally only as thick as a thumb, and a person is tall. The white bamboo fruit is a second-level spiritual fruit, which is considered a low-level elixir, although the output of the white bamboo fruit is not small, and it can even be said that it is relatively large, but because it is used to refine a lot of pills, there are many monks who will come to collect it, usually monks in the late stage of qi training, and of course there are some monks in the early stage of foundation building, which leads to the fact that the white bamboo fruit is not so easy to collect.

In addition, there are usually snow-haired apes guarding the vicinity of the white bamboo fruit, and the strength of the snow-haired ape is very large, and even the monks in the early stage of foundation building do not dare to take it lightly, so it is even more difficult for qi cultivators to collect white bamboo fruits.

Therefore, when a Qi cultivator generally comes to collect white bamboo fruits, several people will form a team together.

"Is this friend also here to collect white bamboo fruits?"

A voice came, Jiang Chen turned his head to look, and saw three men walking towards him.

The three men were dressed in blue-gray clothes, and on the neckline of the clothes, they were embroidered with the logo of a green cloud, which was the symbol of the Qingyin Palace.

"We are disciples of the Qingyin Palace, my name is Hang Zhicheng, and these two are my fellow disciples Bao Qingyuan and Duan Xuan. The man who greeted Jiang Chen introduced himself.

Jiang Chen arched his hand: "Washing Sword Sect Jiang Chen." ”

Jiang Chen could see at a glance that this Hang Zhicheng was a cultivator on the first floor of the foundation, obviously he had just entered the foundation, and he came to collect the white bamboo fruit should be for refining the Zhuyuan Dan, and the Zhuyuan Pill had the effect of improving the cultivation of the foundation building monks in the early stage, but it was not effective in the middle stage of the foundation building.

And that Bao Qingyuan and Duan Xuan are both cultivators of the ninth level of Qi cultivation, but from the perspective of their expressions, they don't look like monks who often wander outside, and they have a feeling of childishness.

"It turned out to be Senior Brother Jiang, I wonder if Senior Brother Jiang is here to collect white bamboo fruits?" Hang Zhicheng asked with a smile.

In Hang Zhicheng's opinion, Jiang Chen was only a ninth-level cultivation of Qi cultivation, and he had not even reached perfection, which was even lower than the cultivation of the two junior disciples he carried, so he called Jiang Chen a junior brother.

Jiang Chen didn't dwell on this question, nodded and said, "That's right, I'm here to collect white bamboo fruits!"

Hang Zhicheng's face was overjoyed, and he said, "Since Senior Brother Jiang also seems to be collecting white bamboo fruits, then let's form a team together, right?"

Jiang Chen had already guessed that Hang Zhicheng was looking for him to form a team, after all, the cultivation of the ninth layer of Qi cultivation was not high in Mingyue Gorge, but it was definitely not low, and there were many disciples of the sixth and seventh layers of Qi cultivation who were also trying in Mingyue Gorge, and the reason why Hang Zhicheng invited him to form a team must be because of his own cultivation.

However, what made Jiang Chen a little puzzled was that these three people were all disciples of the Qing Hades Palace, and Hang Zhicheng himself was still a foundation building monk, and with two other Qi refining perfections, there should be no risk in collecting white bamboo fruits in such a three-person team, so why invite yourself?

As if guessing what Jiang Chen was thinking, Hang Zhicheng said again: "Senior Brother Jiang, it seems that Mingyue Gorge has not been very peaceful recently, and there is a group of scattered cultivators who have gathered here to specialize in killing and robbing robbers, which is extremely hateful.

Senior Brother Jiang, you are inevitably a little dangerous here, and the strength of the three of us is also a little weaker, if you join us, we will have more confidence to deal with those loose cultivator robbers!"

"So that's the case!" Jiang Chen muttered, he was not afraid of any robbers, he could even kill the armband rakshasa , and ordinary loose cultivator robbers would not take it in their eyes at all, but since this Hang Zhicheng invited him, then he would not refuse, Jiang Chen glanced at Bao Qingyuan and Duan Xuan behind Hang Zhicheng, Bao Qingyuan was a slightly dark and thin monk, he looked a little similar to Ye Yu, he looked a little dull, but he was not as lively as Ye Yu, seeing Jiang Chen looking at him, Bao Qingyuan showed a shy smile.

As for the other man who looked like Wen Qing Xiucai, it was naturally Duan Xuan, although Duan Xuan was also wearing the same clothes as the disciples of the Qingyin Palace as Hang Zhicheng and Bao Qingyuan, but he still had a jade plaque on his body, his hair was tied up into a bun, and a hairpin made of delicate warm jade was inserted in it.

This Duan Xuan looked like a descendant of a rich son, with the aura of a gentleman, and when Jiang Chen's eyes touched him, he did not respond to Jiang Chen with his gaze, but played with a jade-colored short sword in his hand with an indifferent face.

"Since Senior Brother Hang has warmly invited, then I will be able to excuse myself!" Jiang Chen said with a smile, this Hang Zhicheng's attitude is still good, although he is a foundation building monk, he has not put on any shelf at all because his cultivation is one level higher.

"Good. Since they have formed a team together, they are their own people!" Hang Zhicheng said with a smile, and said to Bao Qingyuan and Duan Xuan behind him: "Senior Brother Bao, Senior Brother Duan, come and say hello to Brother Jiang." ”

"Senior Brother Jiang is good. Bao Qingyuan didn't hesitate at all, smiled and nodded to Jiang Chen, but he also called Jiang Chen a junior brother.

Duan Xuan looked a little weak, and also lazily shouted Senior Brother Jiang, in his opinion, Jiang Chen was not just a monk who had not even perfected the ninth level of Qi cultivation, and joining them would not make much of a difference.

Jiang Chen didn't have the same knowledge as this Duan Xuan, and responded to the two of them with a smile.

Hang Zhicheng also found that there were some problems with Duan Xuan's attitude, but he didn't point it out, after all, he knew Duan Xuan's background, and Jiang Chen's cultivation was the lowest in this newly formed four-person team after all, there was an unwritten rule in the cultivation world, usually a team of trials outside, dirty work and tiring work were done by people with the lowest cultivation, and the monks with the lowest cultivation not only had to do some work that others were unwilling to do, but also were usually oppressed by others.

However, ordinary monks with low cultivation will not express dissatisfaction, after all, their own cultivation is the lowest, and in this world where strength represents one qiē, only by showing enough strength can they win the respect of others.