Volume 1 Taoist Temple in the Mountains Chapter 38 The spiritual stone is like a waterfall
"Today's Xiushan is full of monsters, maybe there will be another wave of beasts at night."
"I'm in such a hurry, do you know where you're going?"
Huang Quan stopped Ji Changkui and asked with a faint smile.
Ji Changkui was stunned when he heard this, and looked back at his brothers.
Last night, the beast tide broke out, and they were lucky enough to escape, and by the time they reacted, the beast tide had receded, so they had the idea of picking up dead people's things, and began to wander around, and then they met Ji Ning and Qi Lan.
After chasing all the way here, he had already forgotten about the beast tide to the clouds.
"You should know that in the northern area of Xiushan, not everyone can stay, and the rules were set at the beginning."
"Our boss, Emperor Fulong, is kind-hearted, allowing you to be stationed here in a group, and it can be regarded as taking care of each other, if you don't have a good place to go, stay here."
"Really?!"
The members behind Ji Changkui all looked happy and looked a little excited.
Although I didn't encounter the beast tide last night and was lucky enough to escape, with all the things I saw during the day today, I can guess how terrifying that beast tide is, and it is impossible to resist it.
Originally, they were still worried about the affairs of the station, but now they can be blessed by the Imperial Dragon Adventure Group!
"Boss, promise!"
"Yes, boss, with the imperial dragon here, we don't have to be afraid of any beast tide!"
"Say yes, boss, don't hesitate!"
The expressions of the people behind him were very excited, and they all asked Ji Changkui to agree.
With a faint smile on his face, the hook-nosed man waved his hand to signal his subordinates to be quiet.
"Still not too much to bother."
"I'm afraid I can't make any contribution to your group, and I'm a little embarrassed to stay here for no reason."
Ji Changkui smiled slightly.
No one expected that he would open his mouth and refuse.
"Oh?"
Huang Quan's face remained unchanged, raised his eyebrows, and said seriously:
"You have to think about it, if you refuse, you won't be able to stay in the realm of the Imperial Dragon Adventure Group, and some other forces may not take you in, so you have to go back to the south."
"Those places have completely become a paradise for demon beasts, there are only twenty of you, what is the difference between going back and sending them to death?"
"The three masters are wrong, we are hunters in the deep mountains and forests, and we have been to dangerous places, but we still came back alive."
Ji Changkui said, his eyes calmly looking around the crowd on the hillside.
Two or three hundred people, more than a dozen small teams of casual cultivators, are now all taken in by the Imperial Dragon Adventure Group, not only distributing clothing and medicine, but even helping to set up camp tents.
Weasel gives New Year's greetings to chickens.
He didn't believe that the other party would have such kindness, and he was afraid that if he stayed, he would step into a bigger pit.
"In this way, I underestimate you, brother, but your subordinates seem to want to stay very much."
Huang Quan's eyes narrowed, and he pointed at the people behind Ji Changkui with a smile and said.
"They listen to me."
"Brothers, I'm leaving, who wants to stay?"
Ji Changkui said with a faint smile, turning his head to look at the team members behind him.
For a moment, everyone shook their heads with firm eyes.
"We all follow the boss!"
"Okay, then let's go!"
Ji Changkui turned around, arched his hand at Huang Quan with a smile, and then turned around and quickly left with the crowd, leaving only Huang Quan, who was standing in place with an ugly face.
I saw this greasy man with a wide and fat body and a fleshy face, and his face was ugly, and he whispered something to the guard next to him.
The guard nodded, and left with a murderous face in his sword.
Ji Ning watched all this silently.
"What did he want to do when he summoned so many people?"
Ji Ning frowned and asked.
"Cannon fodder."
Xue Zhongjing looked at the backs of those people leaving, and there was a little envy in his eyes.
"A few days ago, we were mining a ruin of a small scale, but it was snatched away by the Imperial Dragon Adventure Group, and it was their leader Huangfu Dragon who took the lead."
"At that time, I was still wondering, although the scale of this relic was okay, but Huangfu Long, as a third-stage Dan stage cultivator, should not be eye-catching, he should have a better choice."
"However, until today, I didn't know that there was a huge underground palace beneath the ruins we had been robbed, and the interior was intricate, with cold veins and fire veins staggered and surging, forming an extremely vast and mysterious space together."
"In that space, there are dangers and opportunities everywhere, and Huangfu Long didn't know where to know the news, so he wanted to seize it one step ahead, but the news leaked out, so all the big forces were attracted to it."
"The Desolate Witch Sect, the Xuantie Gate, the Changhe Sword Sect, the Tianshui Hong Family, and the Imperial Dragon Adventure Group."
"Now trapped in Xiushan, the five largest forces are now squeezing into the underground palace, fighting while exploring."
"Therefore, this Huangquan took us in, not with any good intentions, it is nothing more than to use the strength of our many people to help them go to the front to die, after all, that underground palace is very dangerous, I see that the people of the Huanglong Adventure Group, there are constantly wounded people being sent back, the number is extremely large, I am afraid that it will be unbearable."
When Ji Ning heard this, his face was solemn.
If it was really like what Xue Zhongjing said, then they would be in big trouble.
Today's Xiushan, there is nowhere to go at all, the southern part of the periphery is occupied by demon beasts, and there are five major forces in the north.
But if you walk into their area, once you are discovered, I am afraid that you will be forced to participate in the battle for the underground palace, after all, there is a shortage of people in all forces now.
"That's not right!"
Ji Ning thought about it, and his expression was suddenly startled.
If it is said that all the forces are short of people, then wouldn't Ji Changkui and the others, who had just left, join the forces opposite to the Imperial Dragon Adventure Group sooner or later? After all, he didn't believe that the other party would really return to the dangerous southern half.
"The people who are chasing and killing them should already be on the way, and Huangquan will not let them go easily."
Xue Zhongjing said, slowly shaking his head, he knew Huang Quan too well, the latter's personality was retributive, and since he had been able to sit in the position of the third leader in the Imperial Dragon Adventure Group for so many years, he must have also practiced his own iron-blooded wrists.
Ji Changkui and his party, since sooner or later they will stand on the opposite side of the imperial dragon, it is better to get rid of it as soon as possible.
After all, there are only about twenty of them.
It doesn't take too much effort to deal with it.
"This Huangquan has had a grudge with me for many years, and he is afraid that he wishes we should leave quickly, so that there is enough reason to kill us."
When Ji Ning heard this, he said with a wry smile:
"In this case, we have to stay, at least there is a glimmer of life."
"Not bad."
Xue Zhongjing said, falling into silence for a short time.
Seeing Ji Changkui, Huang Quan and the others leaving one after another, the rest of the adventure group also slowly surrounded them, looking at the seriously injured Ji Ning and Qi Lan, who was almost unconscious, they also fell into silence.
Finally, I don't know how long later, there was a laugh from the crowd.
"Huh."
"When the deserter walks away, he is chic, but when something happens, he thinks of coming back for help, what a big face."
Jiang Hailiu stood in the crowd and said condescendingly to Ji Ning.
Now is different from the past, and now in this team, he and his brother are not the only ones who dislike Ji Ning and Qi Lan.
"Jiang Hailiu, don't go too far!" Zhen Xixi turned his head sharply and scolded, "If it's really because of the fear of the beast tide, wouldn't it be good for the two of them to withdraw with us, if the two of them have to go out alone, wouldn't this be sending them to death!" β
"Oh? Then you might as well explain to me why the two of them sneaked away? β
Zhen Xixi can't answer this question.
Qi Lan's eyes were lonely, he was seriously injured, and he couldn't speak, but his eyes stared at Jiang Hailiu fiercely.
"We didn't know there would be a beast tide that night."
Ji Ning was silent for a long time, and then suddenly spoke.
"Qi Lan and I just went out for a walk, and when we came back, we found that you had left."
When Jiang Hailiu heard this, the sarcasm on his face became stronger and stronger:
"Don't you blush when you tell a lie, two big men go out for a walk in the middle of the night, are you two good at Longyang?"
"Shut up!" Zhen Xixi stared at his eyes, and the aura on his body burst out suddenly, with a fierce look: "If you talk nonsense, I'll tear your mouth apart!" β
Seeing this, Jiang Hailiu was immediately a little frightened, and took a step back.
However, his elder brother Jiang Liuhai walked up with a calm face, and in the face of the angry Zhen Xixi, he said lightly:
"I think the two of them are secretly fighting for some chance."
"Leaving without saying a word, I'm afraid of being a piece of the pie, right?"
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of everyone in the audience became gloomy.
Obviously, this conclusion is the most likely, it must be that Qi Lan has discovered some chance treasure, but he refuses to share it with them equally, so he sneaks back at midnight.
Zhen Xixi bit her lip lightly and looked at Ji Ning with a complicated expression.
Now that Qi Lan is seriously injured and can't speak, she is looking forward to the young man opening his mouth to explain the reason and return the two of them to innocence.
Xue Zhongjing was also silent on the side, waiting for Ji Ning's explanation.
However, to everyone's surprise.
"So what?"
Ji Ning's expression was calm and he admitted it directly.
This sentence immediately caused an uproar in the crowd, everyone looked at Ji Ning with surprised expressions, and then their expressions were angry, and even Xue Zhongjing frowned.
"Hahahaha!"
Jiang Hailiu in the rear laughed proudly and said mockingly:
"In this way, the two of you are really lost dogs, carrying us out to seek opportunities, but they were chased and killed and now they are coming back for help, who gave you the right, do you still want the face!"
"The place we go to is not a place of chance."
Ji Ning said, with a calm expression, he took out the dead paper figure corpse from the space ring and placed it in the middle of the field, and the residual demonic aura was terrifying, which instantly frightened the crowd in the field.
"What is this!"
"Be careful, monster!"
Zhen Xixi looked shocked and muttered at the paper figure:
"This ...... This is...... We met that day! β
Ji Ning nodded, his expression calm:
"That's right, it's exactly where we went that day, Jiang Liuhai asserted that there was a second-stage demon sealed below, and there was no chance."
"All of you believed it, and you all took the initiative to give up and leave, and even Captain Xue urged, saying that the people from the Imperial Dragon Adventure Group were chasing and killing, and told us to leave quickly."
"Don't forget, you gave up that place yourself."
"Qi Lan and I, just with the mentality of giving it a try, we went back again, we opened the coffin, killed this demon, and then found that there was nothing inside, and on the way back, the beast tide came."
"After a fight, we rushed back to the camp with all our might, but we didn't expect that you had already left, and you were ambushed by that group of people, and you were almost killed."
"Qi Lan and I are by no means deserters, and you took the initiative to give up the place you went."
"Now what else do you have to say?"
Ji Ning looked at Jiang Hailiu and asked.
The latter looked gloomy and said:
"How can you prove that what you say is true!"
"This thing is proof."
Ji Ning pointed to the corpse of the paper figure in front of him, smiled slightly, and slammed it into Jiang Hailiu's face.
"Poof!"
Jiang Liuhai's eyes were quick, he took a step forward, and took the body of the paper man with a solemn face.
After taking a closer look, he took a deep breath and said:
"It is indeed the yin of those two stages, which is consistent with the breath I sensed that day."
Wow!
As soon as these words came out, everyone gasped.
Zhen Xixi's big eyes flashed with tears, and even Xue Zhongjing's expression was solemn, and he couldn't help but come forward and look back and forth.
This is a yin thing in the upper realm of the second stage, and even he can't guarantee that he can surrender alone.
Just with Ji Ning and Qi Lan, they actually killed each other?
"Brother Qi Lan, we still underestimate you!"
In the crowd, some people couldn't help but give a thumbs up to Qi Lan on the ground and kept admiring, and the rest of the people also sighed.
This is the truest cultivation world, as long as you are strong enough, then you can be respected by everyone.
And obviously, people attributed the main credit for killing this second-order Yin object to Qi Lan, and Ji Ning was just a handsetter.
Qi Lan is a silver bone, and his identity is mysterious.
With some special means, it is not impossible to cross the border and kill a second-stage monster.
But if someone says that the person who killed the monster is Ji Ning......
"It can't be!"
Jiang Hailiu asked with a shocked face.
A willow bone, a silver bone, how can you kill a second-stage monster!
If that's true, aren't they all complete shit!
"There are indeed no external injuries found on this paper figure, but its interior seems to have been hit hard, as if it was suppressed by something."
After Xue Zhongjing observed for a while, he also raised his eyebrows and spoke.
Such a way of dying is really a bit strange.
When Jiang Hailiu heard this, as if he had found a life-saving straw, he immediately said with his eyebrows fluttering:
"I knew that these two people were leaking, maybe this yin thing is just a faΓ§ade, and it doesn't have second-order strength at all!"
Jiang Liuhai also nodded, and said lightly:
"Everyone knows that Brother Qi Lan uses knives, and he only uses knives, and everyone should have seen his methods."
"As for you."
"I have to admit that your body is polished well, but that's all, since it was the two of you who killed this paper demon, then please tell me, why is it not injured?"
When Ji Ning heard this, he was silent for a while.
"No comment."
There was another uproar in the crowd.
Jiang Hailiu laughed disdainfully, and immediately turned his head sourly and said:
"Let's see, I know that the two of them must have missed something, and this paper man is not that powerful at all!"
"And even if you really kill him, it won't change the fact that you sneaked out, since you suspect that there is a treasure in that place, why don't you tell us and tell the regiment commander?"
"What are you?"
Ji Ning looked at Jiang Hailiu lightly:
"Please think clearly, we are just getting together temporarily, and in order to carry through the temporary teammates of March, we are not even friends."
"What opportunities I'm looking for, do I need to tell you?"
When Jiang Hailiu heard this, his face turned pale with anger, he wanted to stand on the moral high ground and accuse Ji Ning, but he didn't expect the latter to put it on the table nakedly.
When the rest of the crowd heard this, although their faces were displeased, they all sighed and agreed in their hearts.
yes, they didn't have much of a friendship in the first place.
Not to mention Ji Ning and Qi Lan, they went to the ruins that they had already given up, that is, they really found out what chance, and what qualifications did they have to blame, after all, who doesn't want to monopolize chance, throughout the ages, there have been countless killers who betrayed each other for a little chance, this kind of thing is too common in the cultivation world.
If it were them, they would also choose to sneak out and make a fortune in silence.
"Alright, don't get infighting."
"The problem we face now is how to survive from the hands of the Dragon Adventure Regiment."
Xue Zhongjing frowned and spoke, looking at Huang Quan, who had returned not far away, with a smile on his face, and a sense of foreboding rose in his heart.
"Everyone, look at me!"
I saw the Yellow Spring, with more than fifty monks of the Imperial Dragon Adventure Group behind him, standing in the middle of the hillside with a smile on his face and shouting:
"The Imperial Dragon Commander has temporarily ordered me to recruit people to explore the ancient ruins with the Imperial Dragon Adventure Group!"
"I can assure you that the ruins are bigger than all of you have ever seen, dozens of times, hundreds of times bigger! Now all the forces you can call in Xiushan are in that ruin, and you all have to get a piece of the pie! β
"Now, we are short of manpower, as long as you are willing to contribute, the Imperial Dragon Adventure Group will definitely not treat you badly, and the rewards we will issue will definitely not be less than the reward order of the Heaven Surveying Mansion!"
As he spoke, the two of them behind Huang Quan walked out carrying two heavy big boxes, put them on the ground with a bang, and then kicked them down.
In an instant, all the high-grade spirit stones fell out of those two boxes and rolled down the hillside, like a crystal waterfall flowing, exuding dazzling spiritual light, making everyone's eyes blush instantly!