Chapter Eighty-Three: Stalemate

Lao Gao listened to the sound of ore being excavated inside, and just wanted to enter to investigate, when he suddenly saw two body cultivators walking out of the gap between the formation and the stone wall.

The two physico-cultivators also glanced at Lao Gao and the others, and saw that they were all clansmen wearing ordinary clothes, thinking that they were miners in the stone mine, so they waved their hands casually and said, "The Great Khan has already ordered that all the people must exit the mine, and you should not go out quickly." ”

Lao Gao glanced at Gao Zhang next to him at this time, and the two of them rushed towards the two physical cultivators at the same time, Lao Gao shot quickly, and when the physical cultivators didn't realize it, they fainted with one palm.

But Gao Zhang's physical cultivation is very keen, seeing Gao Zhang's sudden attack, he hurriedly retreated, and after slapping Gao Zhang, he opened his mouth and said loudly: "Someone sneaked attack." ”

Lao Gao turned around and waved his palm at this time, and a powerful vitality struck the body cultivation that was still shouting into the formation, turned to look at Guan Shuo and said, "Guan City Lord, now there is only a strong attack." ”

As soon as the words fell, he heard a plop, and the body cultivation that had just been hit into the formation by Lao Gao flew out horizontally, Gao Zhang saw the body cultivation lying motionless on the ground, a sword wound on the chest and back, and the blood was still flowing outward, so he probed it with his fingers, and there was no breath.

Guan Shuo hesitantly looked at the gap between the formation and the stone wall, pondered it in his heart for a while, and then said: "The gap between this formation and the stone wall can only pass one person, and now the people inside have taken precautions, why don't we wait for a while and see what they have to deal with?"

Lao Gao nodded, and said: "It's only like this now, but the situation here is complicated, let's wait for a stick of incense at most, and if there is no movement inside, we will rush in." ”

At this time, Ku Lie inside also heard the call of physical cultivation just now, and couldn't help but glance at Lu Mo, seeing that the other party's eyes were a little puzzled, and then heard a plop, Ku Lie knew that the two physical cultivators he sent out were already fierce and unlucky.

One of the holy masters spoke, "Great Khan, let's go out and have a look." ”

Ku Lie hesitantly glanced at the white mist formation, stopped the holy master who was about to get up, and said: "It's not clear about the situation of the enemy outside, and there is a formation in the middle, don't be impulsive for now, wait and talk." ”

The people on both sides of the formation fell silent at the same time, and only the iron pickaxe with the purple chalcedony essence rock made a hollow sound in the mine.

The atmosphere of the entire mine became a little weird, the Hu people and monks on both sides of the formation did not act rashly, and Su Ruo in the formation easily dealt with the physical cultivation that entered the formation, sat cross-legged beside the formation, and used all his vitality to input into the formation, hoping that the formation could expand as soon as possible.

The time of a stick of incense passed quickly, and Lao Gao heard that there was still no movement on the other side at this time, but the sound of waving the iron pickaxe did not stop at all, his face couldn't help but be a little impatient, and he got up to pass through the gap between the formation and the stone wall.

Guan Shuo stopped him, and then said, "Elder Gao, wait a minute, Kulie on the other side should already be prepared, you are too risky to go over now." ”

Lao Gao shook his head and said: "Since we have come here, and the purple pulp essence is being mined inside, how can I wait here, besides, this formation has not been fully formed yet, if I wait until the formation is formed, even I am not sure that I will be able to break through the formation and rush out." ”

Guan Shuo glanced at the formation at this time and said: "It is precisely because of this formation that I feel suspicious, this formation is similar to the big array that was placed on the bluestone beach, but the scope of the formation has been reduced a lot, and the spiritual power of the formation has also increased exponentially, it is estimated that only the realm above the Xuan Ling can lay down such a large array." ”

"What puzzles me a little is that this formation is not a killing formation, if it was set up by Ku Lie, how could his physical cultivation just now die in the formation, and he was still killed, which shows that someone in the formation is manipulating, and it should not be Ku Lie's subordinates. ”

Lao Gao frowned slightly and said, "Even if this formation is not set up by Ku Lie, then what can it do?"

Guan Shuo pointed to the formation shrouded in a faint white mist and said: "The current formation is still expanding, according to my calculations, within five days, it will definitely completely cover the mine inside, if Ku Lie doesn't want to be trapped in the formation, he will definitely speed up and finish mining the purple pulp essence within five days, and then pass through that gap." ”

After speaking, he looked back at the monk behind him and said, "In the past few days, as long as all of us stay here, even if Kulie gets the purple chalcedony concentrate, we won't be able to escape from this mine." ”

Lao Gao hesitated for a moment, and didn't make a sound, he should have acquiesced to Guan Shuo's words, Guan Shuo used Yuan Qi to lay down a soundproof space at this time, and then said: "Now the divine sense can't observe the mining situation through the formation, but Ku Lie can't observe us either, we have to arrange it now, and wait until Ku Lie comes out to capture him in one fell swoop." ”

Gao Zhang looked at the white mist filled formation in front of him at this time and said, "If the formation is fully operational, we will have to withdraw from the mine, once we retreat outside, the situation will be unfavorable to us." ”

Guan Shuo said cautiously: "I have already discussed with Elder Gao just now, although I don't know who laid the formation, but this formation should also be a threat to Kulie, they will be in a hurry to mine ore than us, and then get out of the mine." ”

At this time, everyone glanced at Hu Renxiu, who was thrown out of the formation, and agreed with Guan Shuo's statement in their hearts, Lao Gao opened his mouth and asked: "Then if it is the intention of the Guan City Lord, how should we arrange it?"

Guan Shuo swept the monk beside him with his eyes, silently calculated for a moment, then squatted down, picked up a few scattered stones, and drew a simple diagram on the ground: "There is now a person outside the formation who can pass smoothly, in order to be foolproof, there must be a monk here to guard." ”

Gao Zhang said at this time: "City Lord, I'll come." ”

Guan Shuo nodded, and then put the two stones behind the other stone and said: "This place is guarded by me and Gao Lao, Gao Zhang, if you predict that the enemy is coming out, you will retreat behind us first, no matter who the other party comes out, the three of us will catch it together, and we can't let him send any signals." ”

Lao Gao also nodded at this time, and Guan Shuo looked at the Qin family elder and said, "Your Qin family's offerings are all behind the three of us, in case Ku Lie is desperate, and also to prevent any sudden changes in the formation." ”

The Great Elder knew that what the city lord was talking about was the Ao family brothers brought back by Qin Wen, after all, all nine of them had the cultivation of the Xuanshi realm, but he still raised his head to ask Qin Wen's opinion, and when he saw Qin Wen nodding, he also agreed casually.

Guan Shuo Zuihou said to the remaining monks: "You are also divided into two groups, the monks of the Xuanshi period keep an eye on the situation coming from outside the mine at any time, and the two monks of the Xuanshi period will explore the situation of the rest of the mines, if there are no special circumstances, return every hour and report the situation of the inspection." ”

The rest of the people nodded in agreement, and after removing the soundproofing energy, all the monks lined up according to the direction that Guan Shuo had arranged just now, and the other two monks of the Xuanshi period walked out of the front corner together, carefully inspecting the various mines.

On Ku Lie's side, the three body cultivators were mining the ore in turn, but his gaze never left the formation that kept rolling white mist, and he said to Lu Mo with some worry: "To be able to take down the two body cultivators I sent in one fell swoop, the people outside must not be simple, but I don't know which tribe's holy master it will be?"

Lu Mo's heart moved at this time, and he immediately remembered the matter of the purple gold spiritual blood, so he shook his head and said: "I have been in your tribe for a few months, and I have also seen several leaders of the tribes near you, so I shouldn't have the courage to dare to break into here, is it a monk of Great Qi?"

Ku Lie was slightly stunned, he also thought of this question, but immediately shook his head and said: "There is no news of the attack of the Great Qi army from the Muzha Pass, even if they came to the ranch with a group of high-ranking monks and wanted to assassinate me? ”

At this time, Lu Mo picked up a piece of purple chalcedony essence rock that fell from the ground, touched the lines on it with his delicate little hand, and said: "Last time about the purple gold spiritual blood, I felt that something was wrong, the blood sacrifice was held in the tribe, and the monks of Weishenme Daqi would suddenly arrive, and they were all high-level monks?"

"Now it seems that they should have come for this purple marrow essence, and as for the purple gold spiritual blood, they were just taken away along the way. ”

Ku Lie thought about what Lu Mo said, and there was a certain amount of truth, he knew that although the Lu Mo in front of him was now a low cultivator, he was also an old monster, and he was a famous figure under the hands of the Great Khan of Motuo back then, which was also one of the reasons why he had always obeyed Lu Mo's words.

Ku Lie said with some hesitation: "If it is a Great Qi monk, then it is a little troublesome, if there is no formation in front of you, then close those monks under Guan Shuo, these holy masters I brought today can destroy him, and the current situation is a little unfavorable for us." ”

Lu Mo's eyes rolled, he already had a plan to get out of the mine in his own heart, but this method was limited to him alone, as long as the purple pulp essence he wanted was in hand, he would be able to break out of the formation and get out of the mine, as for the battle between Kulie and the Great Qi monks, he would not take it to heart.

However, now he also had to calm down Ku Lie's mood, so he opened his mouth and said: "Great Khan, they can't get in now, the most important thing for us is to mine the purple pulp essence first, and then it's not too late to find a way to get out." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the body cultivator standing in the innermost part of the mine cavern waved his iron pickaxe and thrust it inward, and suddenly pried off a huge piece of purple chalcedon, which he hurriedly avoided, and the six-foot-high stone collapsed like a wall.

The people outside of Kulie couldn't help but be shocked, and then looked at the mine cave of the purple pulp essence, it turned into a gray patch, and in an instant, a violent aura instantly enveloped the entire mine.