Early the next morning, the monks sent by Guan Shuo came back with Gao Zhang, and brought back a group of horses, and then entered the cave and discussed with Guan Shuo for half an hour, and the three of them walked out of the cave one after another.

Guan Shuo first walked to the topographic map he had been sketching in the valley for the past few days, asked Gao Zhang to modify the detailed graphics a little, and then gathered everyone around the topographic map.

Seeing that all the people had gathered, Guan Shuo was the first to speak: "Yesterday, there was some news from Xiang Gongzi in the city, our Jihua must act in advance, and this valley will all be withdrawn this afternoon, and all the people will enter the red chalcedony stone mine." ”

Then he pointed to a thin line drawn on the topographical map, and said, "This is the route we are going to take today, and in a moment we will all change into our robes and drive the horses along this road, and pass through two small pastures on the side, and reach the vicinity of the tent of the garrison of Kureh." ”

At this time, his finger had already pointed to a stone in the middle of the topographic map, and he pressed the stone lightly with his finger and said: "According to the news that Gao Zhang has discovered this time, as well as some secret reports from the city guards in the past, in addition to the pastures in the north, Kulie now also has two tribes in the Muzha Pass, and the rest of the troops are all concentrated near Gucheng Mountain. ”

"However, these are not important to us, according to the previous intelligence, there are more than twenty saint masters under Ku Lie's command, and there are about fifty middle-level body refining cultivators, originally we still have a disadvantage in strength, but yesterday Xiao Qin brought nine more Xuanshi period offerings, which narrowed the gap in strength a lot. ”

Qin Wen thought for a moment, the combat effectiveness of a middle-level body refining cultivator is generally not inferior to a Xuanshi upper-level monk in close combat, if he encounters a body cultivation of a special bloodline, it is not impossible to contend with a Xuanshi lower-rank, in terms of numbers, the monks of Luming City have the upper hand, but a sudden sneak attack can also make up for this.

At this time, Guan Shuo continued: "The only uncertain factor now is that the Hu Ren Holy Master who set up a big array on the bluestone beach at the beginning, if there is really a great holy master, let's stop making senseless sacrifices, and when the time comes, depending on my order to retreat, this valley is not to go back, and return to their respective families directly from the way they came." ”

Gao Zhang thought for a while and said: "Since the fall of the last Great Sage Master of the Hu people, I have never heard of the appearance of a Great Sage Master for more than a thousand years, even the Mo Tuo, who led the Hu tribe back then, did not have a Great Sage Master, and Kulie is now at best a big Hu tribe, and I have not found any words talking about the Great Sage Master in the past two days." ”

Guan Shuo nodded and said, "No nature is more beneficial to us, these Great Sage Masters of the Hu people, like our Great Qi Spiritual Cultivators, most of them live in seclusion and practice in places with abundant spiritual energy, and they rarely pay attention to these mortal worlds. By the way, there is another thing to guard against is the holy master who looked like a child that Gao Lao met last time, although the realm cultivation is not high, but he is ruthless, and once he encounters it, he will kill it with all his might. ”

At this time, he paused and said: "There is only so much to pay attention to, now let Gao Zhang talk about the situation in the mine, and after everyone has an impression in their hearts, they will discuss a jihua to come out." ”

Gao Zhang opened his mouth at this time: "The Red Chalcedony Stone Mine Cave is opened at the northern foot of Gucheng Mountain, and there are two pastures outside, one of which has been occupied by Ku Lie, and there are three mine caves outside the pasture that can directly enter the inside of the Red Chalcedony Stone Mining Area. ”

"There is a road of more than 100 zhang in the mining area, and then it enters the periphery of the red chalcedony stone mine, the road is long and narrow, not suitable for a large number of soldiers and horses to fight, which is beneficial to us, the middle of the three mine caves is the most likely to produce the purple chalcedony essence, and now it has been mined to more than 30 zhang. ”

"I heard the old miners inside say that when it reaches forty zhang, the people in the mine will be withdrawn, and then they will be handed over to a female saint master to take over, according to my estimate, this forty zhang should be the location of the purple pulp essence. ”

Guan Shuo sighed at this time and said, "If it weren't for the temporary situation in the city this time, we could wait until the miners had withdrawn and then attack the mine, in that case, it would be much easier to get the purple pulp essence." ”

Lao Gao asked aloud at this time: "How is the deployment of troops in the mine?

Gao Zhang nodded and said: "There is a high-priced body cultivator guarding the outermost part of the mine, and there will be two Hu soldiers guarding the other roads every five zhang or so, and there will be patrols from time to time, but the number is not much, only about ten people, I haven't seen Ku Lie, but I heard the old miner say that Ku Lie has always been in the cave." ”

Lao Gao glanced around at the monks around him, and thought about it in his heart: "I have a jihua here, I wonder if it will work?"

Everyone's eyes were on Lao Gao, and Guan Shuo spoke at this time: "Elder Gao, please speak." ”

Lao Gao pointed to the thin line that Guan Shuo had drawn just now and said, "Let's start from here, Gao Zhang will first blend into an ordinary mine tunnel, and after clearing the obstacles, we will enter in batches disguised as Hu people." ”

Gao Zhang shook his head at this time and said: "There is no problem for me to go in alone, if there are too many people, I can't avoid the search at all, but there is only one way to get in, every afternoon when Shen Shi, there will be a supply carriage entering, as long as we can pretend to be the Hu people who deliver the supplies, we can avoid the inspection." ”

Lao Gao nodded and said: "Then let's observe the situation of the supply cart today, and then enter the mine tomorrow, we are divided into four groups, Gao Zhang with two Xuanshi monks, and five Xuanshi monks are the first group, they are responsible for clearing the soldiers of the Hu people in the mine." ”

"The Qin family elder and the nine worshippers who came this time are also in a group, Qin Wen and Han Duan are also included, you are in charge of the high-level Hu Ren Holy Master, I and the city lord and I are searching for the location of the purple pulp essence, after the location is determined, we will arrange the array, you will come to our side to gather, and the remaining monks are responsible for collecting the purple pulp essence. ”

"I will send a jade slip to each group, when the time comes, you can find us according to the location of the jade slip, in the mine, anything can happen, everyone must remember to take the jade slip as the standard, as long as the jade slip shows the exact location, all the people do not want to fight, quickly return to the position of the array. ”

Guan Shuo also nodded at this time and said, "In the past few days, Elder Gao and I have also rehearsed the array, and with our current realm of monks, we can support it for about five days, and there is no problem." ”

Seeing that everyone agreed, Lao Gao took out four jade slips from his storage bag, and after making marks with his divine sense, he handed them to Gao Zhang, the Great Elder, and the road steward respectively, and then said: "The mark of my divine sense can be received within a hundred miles, and when the time comes, everyone can use their divine sense to investigate." ”

The three people who accepted the jade slip arranged their own monks in their own group, and then changed into the clothes of the Hu people who were ready to go and set off.

In the cave at the foot of Gucheng Mountain, Kulie was pacing back and forth in his stone room, and at about half a pillar of incense, a bearded maid walked in quickly, bent down and saluted: "Great Khan, the Holy Master is still in her room, and she has been staying in her room for ten days. ”

Kulie nodded, then waved his hand, "You go down." When the maid turned around and walked out of the room, Ku Lie's face showed a look of anxiety, and after hesitating for a while, he seemed to have made up his mind, and walked out of the stone room with a flick of the sleeves of his robe.

Walking all the way inside, he came to the intersection of an abandoned tunnel, and he asked the guards who bowed down, "Saint Master Lu has been in the room of this mine all these days?"

The guard nodded, and said with a look of fear on his face: "Since Saint Master Lu came out of the outside a few days ago, he has been in a bad mood, but he has never come out of the room. ”

Ku Lie walked straight into the mine, and when he was about to reach the end, there was a turning intersection next to him, and in the first stone cave near the intersection, there was a faint light inside, and Ku Lie whispered outside: "Saint Master Lu?"

Lu Mo's sharp voice came from inside, "Is it Kulie Khan? Come in." ”

Kulie walked into the stone cave, only to see Lu Mo sitting cross-legged on the stone couch, looking at him with his eyes rolling, Ku Lie never imagined when he first saw him that this naughty appearance of Lu Mo turned out to be the most ruthless holy master under the Great Khan of Motuo, who dominated the Hu tribe at the beginning.

After Lu Mo looked at him, he didn't get down from the stone couch, so he asked directly, "How many zhang of red chalcedony stone ore has been mined now?"

Ku Lie hesitated for a moment and said: "According to the location of Su Shengshi, it has been mined to thirty-eight zhang, but Su Shengshi has not come out of her room for the past two days, and all the maids can't enter her room, I'm afraid things will change." ”

A hint of contemplation appeared on Lu Mo's childish face and said, "With my current cultivation, I am not her opponent, but I didn't expect her to be seriously injured and fall off such a deep cliff, and she still didn't fall to her death." ”

"Originally, I thought that after absorbing the essence blood of the Purple Gold Spirit Blood Holy Spirit this time, I would be able to break through the Xuanji Stage in one fell swoop, and I actually let the monks of Daqi take the lead, which is really unlucky. ”

Kulie thought for a moment and said, "Then with the idea of the Holy Master, when will we do it?"

Lu Mo's eyes flashed with a ruthless light and said: "A Great Qi monk like Su Ruo who has a high-level array disk, her master must not be an ordinary monk, what I am most worried about now is whether she has a life slip on her body, in case after we make a move, her fate slip will break in the mine tunnel, and then attract a high-level monk, it will be even more troublesome." ”

"My jihua is, as long as she proposes to withdraw everyone in the mine, she should be able to collect the purple pulp essence at that time, let's do it when she proposes to withdraw, at most we will collect the purple pulp essence within two days, and then we will immediately withdraw to the vicinity of the holy mountain, at that time, even if her master comes, it will be useless. ”