Chapter III: Escort in Distress
On the third day, Chen Meng left the inn, and the remaining eight spirit stones were stuffed into the space ring, and the ring was worn on his hand. The Xuantie sword was at his waist, covered his face with a black veil, and he held a token in his hand, and walked towards Qianyuan Square.
There was a group of people there, around a palanquin. The leader looked at Chen Meng, who came over with a token.
"Is Daoyou also the escort who took over the mission?"
"Yes." Chen Meng nodded.
"I don't know what to call you?"
"Chen Meng."
"Chen Daoyou, below is the chief of the guard this time, Ouyang Dong. Chen Daoyou, this time the task is to escort this sedan chair through Qianyuan Mountain, and when we arrive at the Qiushui Inn, we will complete the task. ”
"Understood."
"In this case, Daoist friends will first breathe and cultivate, and we will set off when everyone arrives."
After a while, two more people came, and the escort team was five people in all.
Ouyang Dong, the leader, this person Chen Meng can't see the cultivation clearly, but it is estimated that the qi is at the fifth level.
The rest of them are all fourth-level Qi practitioners.
Everyone shook hands with each other, and they were considered to have seen each other. Four mortals came to lift the sedan chair, and everyone marched towards Qianyuan Mountain outside the city.
Qianyuan Mountain is in the northeast of Qianyuan City, which is a no-man's land. There are quite a few demon beasts among them, so they are also the preferred target of many demon hunting teams.
According to the plan, this mission will take three days, and it will be enough to pass through Qianyuan Mountain. The reason why there is no need for the demon hunting team to be all five-layer Qi training configurations is because Qianyuan Mountain has already had a way to pass through, as long as the problem is not big, there will be no demon beasts at all.
A few people went out of the city gate, walked for two or three hours, and entered Qianyuan Mountain. Follow the bluestone paved road of the predecessors and march to the depths of Qianyuan Mountain.
There were hardly any people on the road. The demon hunting team does not take this road, and there are not so many people who travel through Qianyuan Mountain. Therefore, the ancient trees on both sides of the road are towering, and the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant.
Chen Meng had never seen such a vibrant scene, the sunlight spilling through the gaps in the leaves and falling to the ground, dappled and wafting.
In the end, it was four mortals carrying a sedan chair, so they couldn't go fast. Chen Meng was a little strange, why didn't he hire a carriage to pull it. Later, I heard that all horses did not dare to enter Qianyuan Mountain, and the first-class fire horses were not easy to tame, so they were only available to some high-level sects.
Other people don't want to walk when they go far away, so they can only take a sedan chair.
Chen Meng was a little curious about who the person in the sedan chair was, but after thinking about it, he shouldn't inquire about it.
Ling Yue Immortal Sect Chen Meng had heard of it. The famous Immortal Cultivation Sect in the Dongzhou Continent has three pavilions and fifteen sects, and the Ling Yue Immortal Sect is one of the fifteen sects.
The three pavilions are Dezheng Pavilion, Penglai Pavilion, and Xiaoxiang Pavilion, which Chen Meng remembers. Fifteen cases are too many to remember.
In the end, fifteen cases are just a number, and there are only four who are really capable:
Lingyue Immortal Sect, Extraordinary Immortal Sect, Chenyang Immortal Sect, Guiyu Immortal Sect.
The others, who were probably very powerful in the past, are now all making up the numbers.
This trip is probably some important person escorting the Ling Yue Immortal Sect. But it probably doesn't matter much. After all, I only found a guard from the fourth layer of Qi training.
Chen Meng thought about it, and when he got the money, he would rent a practice room for a few days to see if the Spirit Gathering Array inside could allow him to break through the fifth layer of Qi training.
As long as you reach the fifth level of Qi training, you will be able to take on the task of the demon hunting team.
The group walked for a day and arrived at Qingzhu Gorge on the eastern side of Qianyuan Mountain as planned. In the woods, five guards and four palanquin bearers made a fire to cook, and slept here tonight.
Ouyang Dong respectfully came to the side of the sedan chair and said, "Miss, it's time to eat." ”
"Come in." A delicate voice said softly, "Trouble Mr. Ouyang." ”
Chen Meng didn't bother to guess who this young lady was, after all, sometimes there are things that should be pretended to be stupid or stupid. It has nothing to do with yourself. Eat and drink to your heart's content, walk to the side, and practice the Five Elements Sword Technique.
The men drank and punched around the campfire, and after a while, they fell asleep. Chen Meng yawned, put away his sword, and prepared to find a place to sleep around the campfire.
I was walking back, and all of a sudden, I saw several sneaky figures in nightwalkers.
Chen Meng suddenly sobered up, took advantage of the situation and hid next to a tree, calmly looking at everything in front of him.
There were not many people who came, five, five people in one direction, and surrounded the four monks lying on the ground in the center, and several of them looked at each other, and then looked around, and one of them seemed to say something, and saw the other four raise their swords and stab them in the heads of the four people lying on the ground.
Chen Meng's body was cold, he drew his sword in his hand, the golden blade broke through the air, slashed at a person with his back to him, and then shouted: "Get up!" There are assassins! ”
When the five people heard Chen Meng's shout, they all turned their heads and looked at Chen Meng. One of them turned around, and the golden blade was already in front of him, and the man couldn't dodge, and was knocked out, and a mouthful of blood pierced the sky.
"Damn it!" The man in black shouted, "Do it!" Not a single one to stay! ”
Ouyang Dong deserved to be the highest cultivation of these people, Chen Meng had already woken up when he shouted, looked at the assassin beside him, and hurriedly took out his sword to block. It's just that the remaining three people didn't have such a good life, and the black-clothed man raised his knife and fell, and the three of them were already on the ground.
Chen Meng didn't have time to think now. The reality of killing people is already there, and if you don't escape, you can only wait for death. But if you run away, who will you ask for thirty spirit stones?
As a last resort, Chen Meng gritted his teeth and rushed towards the sedan chair.
Ouyang Dong stopped three people by himself, and the four of them were playing Zhenghuan. The remaining two rushed towards Chen Meng.
Chen Meng lifted the sword in his hand, and the fire blade slashed out, pointing at one of them; With the other hand, he pinched the seal, saved up four fireballs, and shot them at the other person.
"Double cultivation of swordsmanship!" The two men in black shouted, "It's a pity, the fourth layer of Qi cultivation is still not enough!" ”
A water bomb shot out, extinguishing the fireball; The other figure froze slightly, and the blade flew towards him.
But what Chen Meng wants is time. As soon as the two stopped, they were already the closest people to the sedan chair.
"Damn! Stop it! "One person's water bomb technique is coming, and one person's fireball technique is coming. Chen Meng raised his hand to an earthen wall, and the two of them attacked and blocked them all.
"It's still a doll with a lot of roots, interesting."
Chen Meng had already rushed to the edge of the sedan chair at this time, and he didn't care about whether men and women would kiss or not, so he rushed in and hugged the people in the sedan chair.
"Help!" The girl in the sedan chair screamed.
"Don't talk! I'm here to save you. Chen Meng glared at the girl. Damn, it's pretty good.
But I can't take care of it, so I go into the dense forest with people in my arms. Ouyang Dong saw that the person had already left, and shouted: "Young man! Sent to the Qiushui Inn, my master has a heavy thanks! ”
Chen Meng didn't have time to care about Ouyang Dong. Did he send me spirit stones? It's not him. What he was holding in his arms were the thirty spirit stones that were actually there.
Ouyang Dong saw Chen Meng running away, breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the three people in front of him, and said with a smile: "I really want to know, who dares to intercept and kill the daughter of the Ling Yue Immortal Sect Master." ”
"You don't need to ask." The leader frowned, "Ding San, Ding Si, kill him here." Ding Wu, follow me into the jungle to chase people. ”
The three of them chased after Chen Meng and also rushed into the dense forest. Ouyang Dong was caught between two people, and he didn't make a few moves, and he was in a different place.
Chen Meng didn't have time to mourn in silence. After many years of mixing in the market, I also understand that only survival in this world of cultivating immortals is the most important thing. It's just that I didn't expect to just leave the pawn shop and encounter danger so quickly.
In this way, is this immortal cultivation realm also so dangerous? It's kind of interesting.
Chen Meng rushed left and right, constantly dodging all kinds of fireballs that bombarded behind him. These people don't seem to have any good exercises, only fireballs. But the cultivation is higher than himself, not to mention three against one, and he is definitely not an opponent if he fights hard.
But if you chase it like this, something will happen sooner or later. Holding oneself seriously affects the speed of progress. Drop it, it's not so reluctant. One is thirty spirit stones, and the other is really beautiful.
Never mind. Gritting his teeth, Chen Meng turned his head and drew his sword in his hand, "Five Elements Swordsmanship, Five Elements Grow Together, Go!" ”
A blade phantom fused with the power of the five elements blasted towards the three people chasing behind him.
"Insect carving skills. Fireball! ”
A huge fireball flew into the air. Chen Meng watched as the blade phantom slashed through the fireball and slashed straight at the people who were chasing him!
"Ahh Under the night, the branches of the trees were hidden, and Chen Meng's sword blade could not be seen clearly. One of them was struck by the sword and cried out in pain.
"Damn."
"Senior brother!"
Chen Meng didn't care whether this sword could kill people or not, took the woman in his arms, and ran away in three steps and two steps.
The latter two did not chase again. The leader stopped and looked at the person lying on the ground, a piercing scar on his chest, and the skin that was directly split open, revealing eerie white bones.
"Boss, I, I'm ......" The man was bleeding profusely, struggling to say something, but couldn't say it. Finally swallowed his last breath.
"How is that possible! How could a fourth-level Qi cultivator kill the fifth-layer with one sword! The man at the head had an ugly face.
"Boss, are you still chasing?" The remaining man looked at the direction of Chen Meng's escape and asked.
"Retreat first. Contact the brothers in the door, block the entire Qianyuan Mountain, and never let that kid escape. ”
"A monk who cultivates the fourth level of qi, will he be too excited?"
"That kid's exercises are not simple. I've got to get it. ”
Chen Meng saw that there was no one chasing behind him, so he slowly found a hidden place and stopped, put down the woman in his arms, and held on to the trunk of the tree on the side panting.
"Thank you." It was a girl about the same age as Chen Meng.
"It's fine." Chen Meng stroked his chest and waved his hand, "Where the spirit stone is." Ah no, where the duty lies. ”
"What's your name? What sect? ”
"Loose practice. Chen Meng. ”
"For the sake of thirty spirit stones, are you worth working so hard?"
"It's worth it. Well worth it. ”
Chen Meng's current state is not very good, that blow emptied all the spiritual power in his dantian, and the emptiness in his body made him feel dizzy for a while.
The good thing is to stop, pranayama, meditate, luck, and channel. Chen Meng felt the convergence of heaven and earth aura. Suddenly, there was a feeling of exhilaration, as if some part of the body had opened up.
The obstacle from the fourth layer of Qi training to the fifth layer of Qi training has disappeared silently.