Qin Wen and Zheng Pu looked in the direction pointed by Ao Yu, and saw that there seemed to be a person lying near the bushes five zhang away from the road, Qin Wen and the three of them glanced at each other, and then jumped to the side of that person, and saw that it was a middle-aged man in a gray shirt with round eyes and no breath, he should have been dead for half a day.

A sharp wound on the left chest of the middle-aged man, the blood that soaked half of his body had coagulated, Zheng Pu looked at the gray shirt who was turned into messy clothes: "This monk was killed by a sword, it seems that the other party is much stronger than him, it is estimated that a high-ranking monk saw that he was alone, so he had the intention of killing people and taking spiritual objects." ”

Qin Wen looked at the misty mountains in the distance, and suddenly had a trance in his heart to go back to the time when he had just practiced in the previous life, he was thinking of cultivating Dan and becoming enlightened, and he broke into the vast mountains alone, looking for the place where the legendary cultivator lived, there were mountain bandits and fierce beasts along the way, and it was with his belief that he would never give up, he finally got through all kinds of dangers and found the first master who led him into the Daomen.

The current situation is extremely similar to that back then, the difference is that now he still has Ao Yu, a Xuanshi monk, by his side, and Zheng Pu is also familiar with the rules of walking in the Ziyun Mountain Range, which is much better than back then.

Just before the three of them got up and walked forward, suddenly two white lights flew in front of them in an instant, and after falling, Qin Wen saw that they were two young monks from the Xuanshi realm, both wearing white robes and wearing a bronze forged "Ling" waist card.

The two long-robed monks looked at the corpse of the gray-shirted man suspiciously, then looked at the three of Qin Wen vigilantly, pointed to the corpse on the ground and said, "You killed this person?"

Qin Wen shook his head and said, "No, we just passed by here and saw someone lying here, so we came over to take a look." ”

One of the white-robed monks carefully examined the gray-shirted man's wound and said to the other, "The blood on the wound has been congealed for two or three hours, and it should not have been done by them." ”

The white-shirted monk listened to his companion's words, and waved his hand at Qin Wen and the three of them, "Since you didn't kill it, what are you still doing standing here, you can go." ”

Qin Wen was a little arrogant when he listened to the words of the white-shirted monk, but he had just entered the Ziyun Mountain Range, and he didn't know what the origin of these two white-shirted monks was, so he pursued the principle of doing things like more, and took Aoyu and Zheng Pu to the side of the road, and just got up when he heard a white-shirted monk complaining: "It's really bad luck today, and I have to dig graves for these scattered cultivators when I am on duty." ”

At this time, Qin Wen heard a "bang" behind him, turned around curiously, and saw that there was already an earth pit that had been shaken open by vitality in the open space next to the gray-shirted man's body, and then the white-shirted monk waved his hand and threw the gray-shirted man's body into the dirt hole, and with a wave of his hand, the mound of earth that was shaken out was buried on the gray-shirted man's body again.

It turned out that they were burying the corpse, after Qin Wen and the three of them landed on the road, two white lights flashed in front of them, and when they turned around, the two white-shirted monks had already flown away, Qin Wen asked Zheng Pu suspiciously: "Who were those two just now? How could they bury the corpse." ”

Zheng Pu said in a low voice: "Those two people just now are the monks of the Purple Cloud Mountain Range Patrol Group, and the tokens they carry around their waists are proof of identity, generally speaking, they usually maintain the order of the various markets, to prevent some high-level monks from having nothing to do, bullying the weak, and occasionally going to the jurisdiction under his jurisdiction to inspect it, but most of them are just a skimming look, and they are also shy away from the monks who are too high." ”

"Like the dead casual cultivator just now, if the corpse is a disciple of the Purple Cloud Mountain Middle Sect, they will also send the corpse back to the sect, and the sect will give them some spirit stones as a reward. ”

Qin Wen nodded, and also had a general understanding of the monks of the inspection group, and then walked for more than two hours, the sky gradually darkened, Zheng Pu pointed to a market in front of him and said: "The front is the market town of Wanjian Mountain, let's rest in the market town tonight, and then leave tomorrow morning." ”

Qin Wen had already listened to him just now, and it was not very safe to walk in the Purple Cloud Mountain Range at night, so he nodded and agreed, and then asked, "How about the price of the inn in the market town?"

Zheng Pu thought for a while and said: "It's slightly more expensive than Liuyun Town, but it's just a medium-grade spirit stone in an upper room, and there are as many beds in the room, like the three of us have an upper room is enough to live." ”

Walking into the market town, Qin Wen found that there were people coming and going, very lively, and couldn't help but be a little curious: "This market town of Wanjian Mountain seems to be better than Liuyun Town, it's night now, and there are so many people." ”

Zheng Pu frowned a little puzzled and said: "When I originally passed by, the market town and Liuyun Town of Wanjian Mountain were almost the same, why did so many people come during this time, looking at this situation, it is estimated that it is not easy to find a vacant room in the inn, let's find a place to live first, and when we settle down, I will go out and ask what the situation is." ”

The three of them walked into an inn along the banner of the inn, but as soon as Zheng Pu opened his mouth to ask the shopkeeper, he heard the busy shopkeeper say: "Guest, we are already full here, you better go to the next one to have a look." ”

Qin Wen and the three of them had to walk out of the inn, Xiangxia's family walked over, and asked four or five inns in a row were full, and when they came out of the Zuihou family, Zheng Pu couldn't help but turn around and ask the shopkeeper on the counter: "Why are there so many people in this town today? All the inns are full." ”

The shopkeeper glanced at Qin Wen and the three of them with some confusion and said, "You still don't know, tomorrow is the day when the Ten Thousand Swords Sect on our mountain will accept disciples, and these are all disciples who have come to participate in the entrance test." ”

After listening to the shopkeeper's explanation, the three of them suddenly realized, no wonder all the inns in the market town were full of people, it turned out to be this reason, Zheng Pu smiled bitterly and said to the shopkeeper: "We are passing by the market town today, I didn't expect to just run into the entrance test of Wanjianmen, it seems that it is more difficult to find an inn today." ”

The shopkeeper nodded at this time and said: "It turns out that you are passing monks, that is indeed unfortunate, yesterday all the inns in the market town were full, if you want to come a day late, it will be much easier to find an inn tomorrow, by the way, you go forward again, there are some rental houses, and now there may be short-term rentals, but the price is higher than our estimate here." ”

Zheng Pu nodded and thanked the shopkeeper for the reminder, and then the three of them walked in the direction pointed by the shopkeeper, and sure enough, on the outskirts of the market town, they found a monk who rented a house, and after handing over two medium-grade spirit stones, they were led into an attic room with three beds.

After walking for a day, Qin Wen sat cross-legged on the bed and breathed for a while, and when he opened his eyes, he saw cooked food wrapped in oiled paper and a jar of wine on the table in the room, Qin Wen asked a little puzzled: "When did you buy this wine and food?"

Ao Yu said: "When you were pranayama just now, Zheng Pu went out to buy it, saying that he had been running around all this time, and today he finally had a night of leisure, so he went out to buy some wine and food, he just went out to wash chopsticks, and it is estimated that he will be back soon." ”

As soon as Ao Yu's words fell, the door was pushed open by Zheng Pu, holding three pairs of clean chopsticks in his hands, and seeing Qin Wen getting up and getting off the bed, he put the chopsticks away and said, "Brother Qin, I have bought all the wine and food, you wash your hands quickly, let's drink and talk today." ”

Qin Wen nodded, went to the well outside the room to wash his hands, and then returned to the room, the three of them sat down around the table, Zheng Pu first patted the mud seal on the wine jar, and carefully untied the red cloth covering the altar, a rich aroma of wine overflowed the entire room, Qin Wen couldn't help but praise and said: "Good wine." ”

After Zheng Pu poured wine on the porcelain bowl in front of the three of them, he then picked up the wine bowl and said, "Brother Qin, Brother Ao, thank you for taking care of me in the capital these days, I will give you a bowl first." When he had finished speaking, he took the bowl and drank it all.

Qin Wen and Ao Yu also took the wine bowl and drank it dry, put down the wine bowl, and Qin Wen spoke: "Brother Zheng, you have also helped me a lot in the spirit rune, so don't be polite between us, just take advantage of today's free time, let's talk about the situation in the Ziyun Mountain Range while drinking." ”

Zheng Pu filled the porcelain bowl in front of the three people again, then used chopsticks to clip a goose leg, and said while eating: "Today we just happened to meet the day when Wanjianmen accepted apprentices, and it is a coincidence, more than ten years ago, I also came to participate in the test of Wanjianmen, and now I think about it, it seems that this is the time." ”

Qin Wen asked with some curiosity: "With your attainments in the rune path, why didn't you enter the Ten Thousand Swords Gate back then?"

Zheng Pu shook his head and said: "The Ten Thousand Swords Sect is a medium-sized sect in the north of the Ziyun Mountain Range, and the disciples they recruit basically have the talent of cultivating swords, and the rune master is basically unwanted, if the Dan master should still have the possibility of entering the sect, I came here with a few friends after I failed the test in Hanfeng Valley, but as soon as the monk who tested the test heard that I was practicing the rune path, the first test eliminated me." ”

Qin Wen nodded in his heart, if a monk wants to practice a talisman, he must go to the sect of talisman making, like this sect of practicing swordsmanship, even if he recruits Zheng Pu into the sect, there is no master to guide him to practice, after all, unlike Danshi, the elixir is necessary for every monk, and the spirit rune is just a means of attack.

Thinking of this, Qin Wen suddenly became interested in the entrance test of the Ten Thousand Swords Gate tomorrow, he came to this shijie, and he had not really come into contact with the entrance test of the cultivation sect, so he said: "Brother Zheng, I want to take a look at the entrance test of the Ten Thousand Swords Gate tomorrow, I wonder if we can go in?"