Duan Xi looked at Huang Protector's somewhat uncertain expression, and couldn't help but feel a fire in his heart, and smashed the map and said: "We have wasted a few years together, zuihou found a place, but you said that the map was drawn wrong, and in the past few years, I can still stabilize the realm of breakthrough." ”

Huang Protector was also a little vain at this time: "I did write it down according to the map that the master of the door saw, I don't know how to get here, but I can't find the place marked by the master back then, old Duan, don't be angry first, I'll go back and confirm it again during this time, and we'll look for it again when I confirm it." ”

Duan Xi glanced at Huang Protector coldly, and knew that he had left him, even if he could find a place, he would not be able to enter, so he had to endure his anger and said, "When you are 100% sure that you will come to me next time, I will go back first, and you can slowly turn around here by yourself." After speaking, he flew away without looking back.

Huang Protector's mouth opened Zhang Gang wanted to stop him, but he didn't know what to say to Duan Xi, he only sighed, and began to walk slowly towards the mountain protection array, he promised the door master to maintain the task of protecting the mountain protection array, as for the matter of confirming the mark, he had to wait for the opportunity again.

In the blink of an eye, it was the early spring of the second year, Qin Wen had been in the Cold Maple Valley for more than a year, and his days were relatively regular, in addition to collecting residual talismans, it was to refine the pill, and then practice, basically except for going down to receive rice noodles, he rarely went to the Wind Valley, and after Duan Xi said him at the beginning, Qin Wen had never been to the Medicine Valley once, and Ming'er had never looked for him.

The early spring sun shone warmly on Qin Wen's body, he lay leisurely on the recliner, next to a small wooden table with tea, squinting slightly, waiting for the disciple who came to send the remnant talisman, this wooden table was sent by the disciple who often traded elixir with Qin Wen in Frost Valley, and promised to bring him a set of fired tea sets today last time, Qin Wen was not particular about these, but he stayed in the remnant talisman cliff for a long time, and when he was usually free, he couldn't help but want to find something to do for himself.

Just when he was thinking wildly, a yellow-shirted disciple flew up from the bottom of the mountain, Qin Wen saw that it was the senior brother who sent him to the Remnant Fu Cliff at that time, so he got up from the recliner and said, "Senior brother, why are you here today?

The yellow-shirted disciple looked at it casually and said, "This place is good, much cleaner than before, it seems that you are quite satisfied with your life here, I am here to tell you something." ”

Qin Wen asked the yellow-shirted disciple to sit on the recliner first, and then poured him a cup of tea, and the yellow-shirted disciple took a slight sip of tea and said: "In three days, it will be a competition of the sect, since all the disciples will participate, so the master asked me to come over and tell you, you don't need to collect the remnants of the talisman on that day, just go directly to our Wind Valley, and then there will be a senior brother to take you to the place of the competition." ”

Qin Wen was stunned for a moment, it had been less than ten days since he received rice noodles last time, why did the news of the competition suddenly come out, so he asked, "Senior brother, is this competition going to eliminate disciples, what should I prepare?"

The yellow-shirted disciple smiled slightly: "This competition is a temporary decision, since our Purple Cloud Mountain Range has to send disciples to the Exorcism Gorge every few years to practice, this time the main thing is to select the disciples who go to the experience, and the disciples will not be eliminated, just select the top ten disciples of each sect, you don't have to make any preparations for the time being." ”

Qin Wen nodded, it seems that he will go around casually this time, the top ten disciples in this sect must also have a certain imprint in the hearts of the seniors in the valley, let all the disciples participate, but it is more grand, since the disciples will not be eliminated, then I will just take it as a five-day rest day, and by the way, I can also get to know some more high-level monks in Hanfeng Valley.

After Qin Wen finished telling the matter, the yellow-shirted disciple took a few sips of tea, then got up from the recliner and said, "Senior Brother Qin, the matter has been told to you, then I will go back first." ”

Qin Wen sent the yellow-shirted disciple to the edge of the stone cliff, and at this time, the gray-shirted disciple of the Frost Valley came to send the remnant talisman, and the yellow-shirted disciple waved his hand to signal Qin Wen to go back, and then flew away by himself, the gray-shirted disciple looked at the back of the yellow-shirted disciple, and asked Qin Wen casually: "Senior Brother Qin, your friend is looking for you?"

Qin Wen has also had a lot of contact with the gray-shirted disciples during this time, and after trading the pills a few times, he knew that his name was Chu Kuan, so he shook his head and said, "No, this is the senior brother in my sect, and today I am here to talk about the competition, didn't you say anything about it in the valley?"

Chu Kuan put the bamboo basket next to Qin Wen's recliner and nodded: "I also just found out today, I heard that it was the formation operation of the Exorcism Gorge this time, I don't know what the reason is, and it was rotated to the exit a few months in advance, so the various sects are going to hold a competition so soon and select disciples for training." ”

Qin Wen hesitated for a moment and inquired: "Chu Kuan, I have just started, and I am on duty on this remnant cliff, there are some things that I don't know very well, can you tell me what is going on in this Exorcism Gorge?"

Chu Kuan nodded and said: "I haven't been to this exorcism gorge either, but I've heard other senior brothers in the valley tell me that this place should be thousands of miles west of us, and the legend is that it was a secret stronghold set up when the demons invaded us at that time, and after the ancestors drove the demons away, some of the remaining demons retreated to the stronghold." ”

"These demons set up a large array outside the stronghold, I don't know what the reason is, the monks of the Ziyun Mountain Range suddenly had different opinions on the attack on this stronghold, and finally they didn't work together to pull out this stronghold from there, so they could only set up a large array from the outside to prevent these demons from coming out to do evil, and this place was called the Exorcism Gorge. ”

Hearing this, Qin Wen couldn't help but be a little curious and said, "Since they have already driven the entire demon clan away, will Weishenme still have different opinions on the attack on this stronghold?

Chu Kuan shook his head and said: "At that time, there was also a saying that a top-level monk leader who could break the Demon Clan's Great Array suddenly disappeared, and our various factions in the Purple Cloud Mountain Range were leaderless, although everyone's initial opinion was to kill all the Demon Cultivators inside, but Zuihou calculated that the loss of forcibly attacking the Great Array would be very large, so there were different opinions." ”

After Qin Wen heard his words, his brows suddenly moved, and he immediately thought of the bronze mirror he saw left by Bai Xuan in Beiyuan, could it be that the top-level monk who suddenly disappeared was Bai Xuan, this is still very likely, Bai Xuan was the demon clan who led the monks of the Ziyun Mountain Range to drive away at that time, Zuihou and Xiang Yuan were trapped in Beiyuan due to disagreement, what Chu Kuan said should be something after he was trapped in Beiyuan.

At this time, Chu Kuan continued to speak: "After sealing the Exorcism Gorge with a formation, the various sects at that time gradually forgot about this matter, but once a disciple of the Red Refining Sect suddenly caught a demon monk near the Exorcism Gorge, and after interrogation, he learned that this Exorcism Gorge collected many spiritual objects that the Demon Clan had collected in the Purple Cloud Mountain Range at that time. ”

"The master of the Red Refining Sect was moved at that time, and the monk of the demon clan also revealed that every few years, the exits of the two large arrays inside and outside the Exorcism Gorge will coincide, and they will be able to come out of it in the next few days, but the passage back to the Demon Realm has been blocked by the crack in the spiritual energy, and there is no other safe place to live for a while, so they can only return to the Exorcism Gorge. ”

Qin Wen couldn't help but ask curiously at this time, "What did the Red Refining Sect Master have in mind at that time?"

Although Chu Kuan knew that there was no one nearby, he also said in a low voice: "He wanted to lead the high-level monks in their sect to raid the Exorcism Gorge in the days when the exit of the big array coincided, and snatched back the spiritual objects that the demons had collected before. ”

"However, after the Red Refining Gate entered the Exorcism Gorge that time, it was ambushed by the Demon Clan, and the high-level monks of the entire sect were almost lost, and only one out of ten people ran out, and only one out of ten people ran out, this matter caused a great sensation in the Purple Cloud Mountain Range at that time, and the Red Refining Sect has also been in a slump since then, and the original one of the top two factions in the Purple Cloud Mountains has been reduced to a third-rate small faction. ”

Chu Kuan thought for a moment at this time and said: "After the news of Zuihou's accident came out, the other sects gradually learned about this matter, although they were very jealous of the spiritual objects of the Exorcism Gorge, but none of the sects dared to act rashly, Zuihou was still united by several major sects, and only then did they discuss a joint attack on the Exorcism Gorge Jihua." ”

Qin Wen couldn't help but wonder at this time: "What about attacking the Exorcist Gorge to find a young disciple? If each sect sends high-level cultivators, wouldn't the loss be even smaller?"

Chu Kuan shook his head and said: "You listen to me finish this matter, the first time I went, I was indeed the elite of each sect, but after entering the Exorcism Gorge, I was still attacked by the demons, and no matter where they went, the harassment of the demons went, as if their every move was under the surveillance of the demons." ”

"In the end, before the gate of the array was closed, they couldn't find the place where the demons stored the spiritual objects, and after the high-level monks retreated, they continued to discuss countermeasures, and they still decided to catch another demon monk, and inquire about what special spiritual objects are in the Exorcism Gorge, which can monitor the intrusion at any time. ”

Qin Wen saw that Chu Kuan's mouth was a little dry, so he took out the teacup from the table, poured him a cup of tea, and asked him to talk slowly after drinking, this matter is still more useful to Qin Wen, at least he can understand from what Chu Kuan said, after Bai Xuan was trapped in Beiyuan, what happened to the various sects of the Ziyun Mountain Range.