In the middle of summer, July, the hottest time of the year, the fireball-like sun brutally scorched the earth, as if harboring great hatred. Perhaps because of the weather, there are few people on the official road at this time, and the people who come and go would rather take a detour from the mountains for the shade brought by the greenery, rather than walk on the wide and straight official road, which is exposed to the scorching sun in vain.

However, on the official road leading to Guiling City, two thin children ignored the scorching sun above their heads, and were walking slowly along the road with a wide banana leaf. Although the sun was very fierce, the two of them did not seem to be affected by anything, they still breathed evenly, walked easily, and only sweated slightly.

These two children are Ye Ling and Qin Moyun.

Since the two of them left Xiyun Village, they inquired along the way and headed for Guiling City. Ye Ling grew up under the care of his parents since he was a child, and he had already made all kinds of hard plans for this trip, but Qin Moyun was used to wandering around with his grandfather since he was a child, as if he was already a veteran of going south and north. Along the way, the two of them caught chickens in the mountains, fished in the river, and at night they found a place to cover their heads and lay down in their clothes to rest, although they did not have much wealth and silver, but they did not worry about food and clothing, and did not suffer much.

What's even more surprising is that since the formation of the Qi Sea, the vitality of the outside world has been continuously injected into the Qi Sea through the meridians in the body, and whenever the vitality is running in the body, the two can clearly feel that the fatigue of the body is rapidly subsiding, and the whole body will soon be able to regain vitality and vitality again, so even if the conditions along the way are difficult, the two are never very tired, but more and more energetic.

However, although the two of them are relaxed, there is always a depression in their hearts that they can't let go. Along the way, Ye Ling and Qin Moyun learned that not only Xiyun Village, but most of the places they passed through had been looted by unknown forces, and what made people even more angry was that in addition to money, all children over the age of twelve were robbed. Money is something outside the body, and if it is gone, it will be gone, but children are the lifeblood of every family. When Ye Ling and Qin Moyun thought of the bleak scene of hundreds of families being displaced and suffering misfortunes, the anger in their hearts could hardly be calmed, and they only hated that their abilities were limited and they couldn't kill all these evil people with their own hands.

Let's say that Ye Ling and Qin Moyun were walking along the official road, when they suddenly heard a faint noise in front of them. At that time, the world was restless, Ye Ling and Qin Moyun did not dare to be careless, and hurriedly jumped into the grass next to the road to hide, and after confirming that there was no abnormality, the two of them bowed their bodies and slowly groped for the past under the cover of the grass.

Ye Ling and Qin Moyun quietly crouched behind a dirt slope, cautiously probing out to check, only to see that under the shade of the trees in front of them, a convoy of four carriages was stopping to rest. The carriage was very large, but all of them were tightly shielded, and the situation in the carriage could not be seen, and there were more than a dozen big men accompanying the carriage, but all of them were fierce in appearance, rude in manners, and even carried guns and knives in their hands, and did not look like good people at first glance.

At this time, Ye Ling suddenly shook his whole body, and quickly retracted his body, desperately lying on the ground and not daring to move, his face was full of shock and anger.

Qin Moyun also immediately retracted his body and asked Ye Ling what was the matter. Ye Ling gritted his teeth and said, "Do you see the person in the lead, that person is the one who harmed my parents!"

Qin Moyun was shocked, and his expression gradually became solemn.

Since the hiding position was opposite Guo Cuo, Ye Ling and Qin Moyun were worried that Guo Cuo would find out, so they quietly went around to the side of the convoy and hid behind a boulder to continue to observe.

At this moment, a big man opened the door of one of the cars and got in. Through the open door, Ye Ling and Qin Moyun were surprised to see seven or eight children tied up in the carriage, and each child had a cloth ball in his mouth, making it impossible to make a sound. The big man who entered the carriage carried a water bag, filled the children inside with some water, then gagged their mouths again, then got out of the car and closed the door again.

Ye Ling and Qin Moyun looked at the other three carriages, and also saw a big man carrying a water bag in and out, so they speculated that there were probably many children in the carriages of the four carriages.

Qin Moyun frowned and said, "There are a large number of children who have been taken captive in various places nearby, and I am afraid that those who are locked up in these carriages are some of the children who have been taken away from the vicinity."

Ye Ling hurriedly said, "Anyway, let's quickly find a way to rescue these children." ”

Qin Moyun was puzzled: "But with the two of us, how can we deal with them?"

The two were anxious and helpless, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

After a while, Guo Cuo organized everyone again and led the convoy to move forward.

Looking at the convoy that was moving away, Ye Ling gritted his teeth and said, "Let's keep up with them first, and then figure out a way." ”

Qin Moyun shook his head and said, "If we all go to track the convoy and don't get it right, I'm afraid even we will catch it in vain." It's only half a day's journey from Guiling City, why don't I go to track the convoy, Xiao Ling, you go to Guiling City to find someone to help, Guiling City is known as one of the six David Cities of Cangyunmen, there must be masters in it, only high-level cultivators can be safe. ”

Ye Ling thought about it for a while, but it was too dangerous for Qin Moyun to track the convoy alone, and he really couldn't rest assured. Qin Moyun said: "It's okay, I'm just following from afar, what danger can there be." I'll make marks along the way, and when you find someone, you'll come and meet me as soon as you find them. ”

Ye Ling thought about it repeatedly, but there was really no second better way, so he had to repeatedly tell Qin Moyun to be cautious, and then take the mountain road and rush towards Guiling City.

Guiling City is located more than 200 miles west of Cangyun Gate, and it is the closest one to the headquarters of the sect among the six David cities of Cangyun Gate. At this time, Guiling City was full of lights, flags were flying, and there were festivals and celebrations everywhere, for no other reason, but because the selection of the registered disciples of Cangyunmen was about to be held the day after tomorrow.

Although all the arrangements are still the same, there is an unprecedented situation this year, that is, there are only two days left before the selection date, but the number of teenagers who have arrived in Guiling City to participate in the selection is still less than 100, which is a full 70% less than the same period in previous years.

The sharp decrease in the number of people participating in the selection is just a good talking point for ordinary people, but for the Song family in Guiling City, especially for Song Zhen, the head of the Song family, it is a major event that makes him extremely anxious. The Song family is the leading cultivation force in Guiling City, and it is also the only representative of Cangyunmen in Guiling City. Song Zhen, the head of the Song family, was also a disciple of Cangyunmen when he was young, but he was unable to improve his cultivation because he was unable to improve, so he simply abandoned the immortals and returned to the world, and concentrated on dealing with all kinds of cultivation and secular matters for the sect.

On this day, although the selection was imminent, Song Zhen did not go to the trial ground to arrange the arrangement, but walked back and forth irritably in the lobby of the Song Mansion. There were two people in the grand hall, in addition to Song Zhen, who was constantly moving around, there was also a very young cultivator who was drinking tea calmly on the side, this cultivator was Lu Chong, who had saved Xiyun Village from being plundered before. Lu Chong was a special disciple of Cangyun Sect this time, and he came to Guiling City to assist in the selection of disciples.

Lu Chong put down the teacup and couldn't help but speak: "Senior Brother Song, it's the day of income soon, shouldn't we also go to the trial ground to inspect it?"

Song Zhen was irritable, and his tone was naturally not too good: "Where can I still use any arrangements, there are only less than 100 people in total, and it will be done in half a day." ”

Lu Chong said helplessly: "The legs are on others, and if others don't come, what's the use of you being in a hurry?"

Song Zhen sat down heavily and said, "I don't understand, in previous years, there were at least more than three hundred children participating in the selection, but this year, there are only less than a hundred?"

Lu Chong said disapprovingly: "At present, the sect is like mushrooms after a rain, since there are more people who divide porridge, the amount of each bowl will naturally be reduced." ”

Song Zhen said disdainfully: "How can those small sects and sects be compared with my sect." Senior Brother Lu, what I'm worried about is not that they won't come to participate in the selection, but that they will come to participate in the selection, but they just won't come to Guiling City. ”

Lu Chong was puzzled: "Why is this?"

Song Zhen sighed and said, "Senior Brother Lu, you are a disciple in the sect, how do you know that the competition between the six David Cities is fierce. The six David Cities of the sect each guard one side, although they seem to belong to the same level on the surface, but in fact they also have a ranking in order, and the top ones have more weight to speak in the sect and get better resources. And the annual selection of introductory disciples is a competition to determine the ranking order of the six David Cities, and its rules are also simple, the more disciples selected by whoever chooses, the higher the ranking of whomever will be. My Song family has been running around for a year, lobbying around, just hoping to find more seedlings for the sect, who would have thought that after a year, it would be such a result, do you think I can not be in a hurry. ”

Lu Chong also heard about this for the first time, so he had to laugh.

At this time, the housekeeper of the Song family walked in and said to Song Zhen: "Master of the family, there is a young man outside the door, saying that he has something urgent to see. ”

Song Zhen waved his hand and said, "Don't you see me, don't you just want to have a relationship, you can clearly tell him to come on time the day after tomorrow, don't engage in other crooked ways." ”

The housekeeper hurriedly said: "The master of the house, the young man did not want to have a relationship, he said that he met a thief on the way and captured the child, and the number of captives has reached as many as ten, so he came to ask for help." ”

Song Zhen was stunned for a moment and said, "Is there such a thing?" Then bring him over to talk about it in detail." ”