Chapter 19 Dragon Hunting
"Stop! Stop! Stop! In this competition, He Tianyao wins!" Li Yuanxiao was so anxious that he shouted out three "stop" words in a row, and while announcing the results, he stepped onto the Yanhuang battle platform in a few steps, and ran towards Tianxiao and Tianyao.
Tianyao had already withdrawn his palm, pulled out the pine sword from the wound, supported the panting Tianxiao, and said anxiously: "Brother, how can you use this trick? Hurry up and relax the muscles near the wound, and I will help you pull out the sword!"
Tianxiao squeezed out a smile and said weakly: "If you don't need a trick, it is impossible to win you." Didn't you use the same trick to win? Don't worry, I'm fine. ”
"Nonsense! What do you mean 'it's not a big deal'? Tianyao, you get out of the way, I'll draw my sword. You two are really messing around!" Li Yuanxiao was both angry and distressed. It's a pity if these two baby bumps fall into any incurable disability for a competition within the sect.
Yu Ruijiang followed closely behind Li Yuanxiao, and as a master, he was of course very anxious. Li Yuanxiao helped Tianxiao draw his sword, and Yu Ruijiang hurriedly helped Tianyao check the injury on his arm. The other elders also came to the battle platform one after another, and the Great Elder Yao Hua still held a few vials and bandaging supplies in his empty hand. These are the two most promising disciples of the Taiqing Sect, if they are injured or even crippled before they debut, it is really a pity for the sect.
Li Yuanxiao carefully examined Tianxiao's wound and found that it did not hurt the muscles and meridians, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. If it is only a flesh injury, with Tianxiao's physical fitness, supplemented by healing pills, it will not take long to fully recover. He pressed Tianxiao's left shoulder, his right hand held the hilt of the sword tightly, and he pulled it out violently, Tianxiao snorted, and Gu Dingjian retreated from the wound with flying blood. Yao Huakong hurriedly stuffed a pill into Tianxiao's mouth, sprinkled a bottle of medicinal powder on the wound, and then bandaged him.
After drawing his sword, Li Yuanxiao hurriedly looked at Tianyao next to him. The entire forearm of Tianyao's left arm was cut by a long wound along the longitudinal length of the pine sword, and the blood flowed nonstop, which was very terrifying to look at. After Yu Ruijiang inspected, he nodded to Li Yuanxiao, and the boulder hanging in Li Yuanxiao's heart fell to the ground.
Han Mingfei, Tang Junhe, Zhu Xiaomin, Xiao Liying, Luo Haibo, Jiang Qigao and others all ran to the stage, and even the funny Qin Yuejie followed behind a few people.
The rain had stopped before I knew it, and the sky was a little brighter. On the huge Yanhuang battle platform, mottled everywhere were pools of blood. The wonderful and tragic battle made the disciples in the audience still in shock. What happened on the stage just now is constantly reflected in everyone's minds. Many female disciples were anxious, their faces were anxious, but they were embarrassed to rush to the stage, after all, those people on the stage had friendships with Tianxiao and Tianyao, what kind of name was it to run up?
"This is the end of today's two peace battles, everyone is gone. Li Yuanxiao said to everyone.
Han Mingfei and Xiao Liying held Tianxiao, Tang Junhe and Zhu Xiaomin, who had red circles under his eyes, supported Tianyao together, and the group returned to Zhuyuan. After returning to the room, Tianxiao and Tianyao sat cross-legged on the bed side by side. After this competition, the two of them almost consumed the spiritual power in their bodies.
Yu Ruijiang sat behind the two of them, and Du Ling healed the two of them. Suddenly, he opened his eyes, and a hint of surprise flashed across his face. Just now, his left palm seemed to feel that there was another power in Tianxiao's body, but it suddenly disappeared again. What's going on? Could it be that Tianxiao's spiritual power has not been exhausted? No, that skill seems to be a little strange, but Yu Ruijiang can't say exactly what the fault is. Could it be a momentary illusion? Yu Ruijiang thought about it and continued to heal the two of them.
At the end of the healing, it was already dark, and after the brothers Tianxiao and Tianyao took the healing pill again, they all fell asleep deeply.
The next day, it was the two semi-finals of the Yuan Infant War. Yu Ruijiang, as an elder, had to go to supervise the battle, Tang Junhe went to cheer Xiao Liying, and the rest of the people stayed in the bamboo garden. Tianyao's left arm was wrapped in gauze, and it was very inconvenient to move, and Tianxiao was thickly wound with gauze from his left shoulder to his right crotch, and his entire upper body was completely unable to move, but fortunately, Han Mingfei and Zhu Xiaomin took care of the two.
"Two junior brothers, this competition is really a bit too much. The competition should be based on competition, and the point is up. It's understandable that the two of you are eager to win, but wouldn't it worry the Sect Master, Master, and all of us to fight so hard regardless of your injuries?" Han Mingfei lectured the two of them with a straight face.
Zhu Xiaomin started a round next to him: "Okay, okay, senior brother, they are all so seriously injured, don't blame them." The most important thing is to rest and recover from the injury right now. ”
Tianxiao nodded: "Senior brother has learned a lesson." I was really reckless and ill-conceived with that trick. ”
Tianyao also said: "My two brothers let you worry, and you don't want to go. Now I bother you to take care of ......."
Han Mingfei sighed: "The two junior disciples don't have to be like this. As a fellow disciple, I am also your elder brother, and it is my duty to take care of you. I just hope that you will not act rashly in the future, but the sect master and master have poured a lot of effort into the two of you. ”
Zhu Xiaomin said: "That's right." Senior Brother is right, it is supposed to take care of you, who made me your little junior sister?"
Several people looked at each other and smiled. Everyone in Zhuyuan is a family.
Tang Junhe returned to Zhuyuan after watching the battle and brought the result of the competition: Xiao Liying won, but he also suffered a lot of injuries, which may affect his performance in the final battle.
On the 28th, Tianxiao and Tianyao were still quietly cultivating. It seems that in the decisive battle of the third and fourth on the 29th, Tianxiao will not be able to heal his injuries in time. Tianxiao, who was about to give up the game, suddenly received news from Yu Ruijiang that Ouyang Fang, the opponent of Tianxiao in the next round, had taken the initiative to give up the game. According to Ouyang Fang's meaning, with Tianxiao's original strength, it is difficult to say whether the two will win or lose. Now he doesn't want to take advantage of the danger, anyway, the sect has promised him a reward of a high-grade pill, so he doesn't care about competing for the top three rankings, and simply gives up the third place position to Tianxiao.
On the 30th is another rest day, and on May 1, the last two decisive battles of the Taiqing Martial Arts Association will be held, and in the morning it will be the Hehe Battle, and Tian Jingkang will fight He Tianyao. In the afternoon, it will be the Yuan Infant Battle, and Xiao Liying will fight against a female disciple named Lu Mingyao.
Since his injuries had not healed, Tianyao also decided to give up the final decisive battle, and many disciples sighed regretfully when they learned the news. Li Yuanxiao and Yu Ruijiang are very satisfied, the first and second false names don't matter, as for the rewards of the sect, it is estimated that Tianyao does not particularly care. In this way, there is only one Yuan Infant Battle left in the final battle.
In the afternoon, everyone in Zhuyuan went to see the decisive battle of the Yuan Infant Period. Xiao Liying's injury in the previous round was really serious, and although her opponent Lu Mingyao was also injured, her condition was obviously better than Xiao Liying. In the end, Xiao Liying was defeated after holding on for half an hour. So far, the top three rankings of the Harmony Period and the Yuan Infant Period have all been released.
Li Yuanxiao loudly announced to his disciples: "This Taiqing martial arts meeting, the top three in the harmony period: the first place, Tian Jingkang, the second place, He Tianyao, and the third place, He Tianxiao. In addition, the sect made an exception to reward the fourth place, Ouyang Fang, with a high-grade elixir. The top three in the infancy period: first place, Lu Mingyao, second place, Xiao Liying, third place, Yan Luoting. The seven will come to the Hall of Ethics tomorrow morning to receive their prizes. This is the end of this Taiqing martial arts meeting. ”
As soon as they heard the list of the top three in the Yuan infant period, Tianxiao, Tianyao and Zhu Xiaomin whispered in unison: "It's actually him......"
Yan Luoting, three times and twice to please Zhu Xiaomin, was ridiculed by Zhu Xiaomin with a cold face, I didn't expect him to be able to enter the top three.
Xiao Liying, who was pranayama on the side, said to a few people: "In terms of Senior Brother Yan Luoting's twenty-six years of immortal cultivation, he has only cultivated to the late Yuan Infant stage, which is really not flattering. But after all, it is the late stage of the Yuan Infant, and it is normal to enter the top three. Although I haven't fought against him, I heard that he seems to have deliberately lost to Senior Sister Lu Mingyao in the semifinals. The reason for this is needless to say. ”
Thinking of Yan Luoting's flattering appearance when he stammered Zhu Xiaomin, the three of them all understood. Although Lu Mingyao is not as beautiful as Xiao Liying and Zhu Xiaomin, she can be regarded as having a good face and a good temperament, and it is estimated that Yan Luoting has no good intentions towards her.
The next morning, Tianxiao and Tianyao went to the Hall of Morality to receive the martial arts reward. And because the hour had not yet come, all the people waited before the temple. Xiao Liying saw the two of them, smiled and nodded, which was regarded as a greeting. On the contrary, as soon as Yan Luoting saw Tianxiao and Tianyao's face, he came over enthusiastically to greet him, which surprised Tianxiao and Tianyao, and they didn't know which play he was singing. Subsequently, Yan Luoting went to talk to Lu Mingyao again. Lu Mingyao listened to him, but smiled and didn't answer.
After a while, Li Yuanxiao ordered a few people to enter the hall and select prizes according to their ranking. Tian Jingkang chose a copy of the sword book, Tianyao and Tianxiao had no shortage of immortal swords, so the two discussed, Tianyao chose a high-grade immortal sword, ready to transfer it to Jiang Qigao, and Tianxiao asked for the Storm Spirit Pill. Xiao Liying also chose a Qinhuadan as his prize.
Since then, for many days, Tianxiao and Tianyao have been quietly recuperating from their injuries and have not practiced swords. After this martial arts meeting, the Taiqing Sect gradually calmed down, and the disciples were still working their own ways of cultivating immortals.
Li Yuanxiao often goes to Zhuyuan to see the recovery of his two grandchildren. Seeing that his injuries were gradually healing, his mood was getting better and better. Some time ago, because of the relationship between the Taiqing Martial Society, there were many affairs that needed to be dealt with urgently. In the blink of an eye, half a moon has passed, and on this day, Li Yuanxiao was reading the letter in the Hall of Morality.
The Taiqing Sect has almost all the disciples who are responsible for listening to the news of all parties in the major states and cities of the Qinglong Continent, and these disciples form the intelligence agency within the Taiqing Sect, the Lieyan Hall, which is under the management of the Elder Zhou Hongyu. The Lieyan Hall has set up a branch in each of the seven counties of Qinglong, which is responsible for collecting and screening the news heard by all the disciples of the Lieyan Hall in the county, and sorting out the important content into letters, and sending people to send the sword to the Taiqing Sect every week. Now Li Yuanxiao is flipping through the letter that has just been sent this week.
Most of the letters are written about what happened to a certain sect in a certain county, and what big moves there were. After all, for a great sect of immortal cultivation like the Taiqing Sect, it was very important to grasp the movements of other sects.
Li Yuanxiao opened another letter, and the word "Youlong" was written on the envelope. Needless to say, this must have been a letter from the Lieyan Hall branch in Youlong County. After reading the letter, Li Yuanxiao pondered for a moment and asked his disciples to send an order for the elders to come to the Hall of Morality.
Half an hour later, the elders gathered in the main hall.
Li Yuanxiao said to everyone: "Elders, just now I browsed the letter sent by the Hunting Words Hall this week, among which the letter from Youlong County mentioned such a news: It is said that at night in the recent days, there have been occasional flashes of strange light in the green cloud swamp in Youlong County, and the immortal cultivators passing by nearby can faintly feel the fluctuations of the aura of heaven and earth. All sects are passing on from one sect to another, which is a sign of the birth of the Heaven and Earth Spirit Treasure. The major sects may have already taken action, and I think our Taiqing Sect should also send a few disciples to investigate. ”
Great Elder Yao Huakong said, "It's time to investigate." The green cloud swamp covers a large area, and it is really possible to give birth to some heaven and earth spirit treasure in a place that is inaccessible. It is very likely that the Heaven and Earth Spirit Treasure is a rare alchemy and sword-casting material, and if it can be obtained, it will be of great benefit to the sect. ”
Other elders agreed.
Li Yuanxiao said, "In that case, Elder Zhou, who do you think should be sent?"
The third elder Zhou Hongyu twisted his beard, pondered for a moment, and suddenly raised his eyebrows: "Just send the six people who won the Taiqing Martial Arts Association to go." It is estimated that their injuries have almost recovered these days, and this trip to the swamp to explore can be regarded as an experience for them. ”
Li Yuanxiao nodded and said, "I also have this intention." However, if there is really a heaven and earth spirit treasure, there will be a lot of people competing for it at that time, and they will not be able to bring back the treasure just by a few of them. In this way, I will send two more disciples of the late stage of the void to follow secretly, so that I can deal with the other treasure hunters when the time comes. Even if the treasure hunt fails, at least they can be kept safe. ”
Zhou Hong said: "It's still the sect master who thinks about it carefully. Then it's decided, and we'll go in a week!"
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Youlong County, located in the west of the Qinglong Continent, the Green Cloud Swamp is a large swamp that is extremely wide in the county, because the trees and vines in the swamp are dense, the water color is green, and the perennial fog is shrouded, so it is named "Green Cloud".
The Green Cloud Swamp is rarely entered, and the depths of the swamp are even less accessible. Now rumors are spreading, and many people who are interested in Lingbao have entered the swamp in groups, so the edge of the swamp has changed from the desolate past and has become lively. In fact, the Green Cloud Swamp is also some distance from the nearest town, Yanzhou, but with the news of Lingbao's birth, even the people in Yanzhou have gradually increased, large and small inns and restaurants are full of people and friends, many of them are wearing uniform clothes and carrying fairy swords, obviously, they are disciples sent by various sects.
There is also a branch of Xueqing Inn in Yanzhou City, as a chain inn that is famous throughout the Qinglong Continent, it is already full now. At this time, it was dinner time in the evening, so all the tables in the inn lobby were full of guests, and everyone was chatting with each other while enjoying the delicious meal, and the content of the conversation was nothing more than the rumor of Lingbao's birth.
At a round table in the northwest corner of the lobby, a circle of young men in purple robes sat around. These people are all carrying immortal swords, and their aura is extraordinary. Next to a small square table, there were several middle-aged men dressed as hunters, one of whom was a little younger, looking directly at a woman sitting at the round table.
The woman was beautiful, her temperament was elegant, and she was a fairy in the eyes of this young man. Sensing the somewhat rude gaze cast by the young Orion, the pretty woman frowned slightly.
The beauty frowned, Orion felt that she was more beautiful, and swallowed hard, and the Orion at the table was aware of it. One of the bearded hunters whispered to the young man: "Fourth, don't mess around! Don't you see that it's an immortal cultivator? If you look at it like this, you'll lose your life!"
The young Orion was so excited that he hurriedly ate with his head down, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Immortal cultivators just don't kill ordinary people indiscriminately, but if they annoy immortal cultivators, it is reasonable to fight and kill. A man stares at a woman so unabashedly, not to mention that she is an immortal cultivator, even if she is an ordinary woman, this is extremely impolite. Fortunately, the few male disciples beside the female disciple did not notice Orion's rudeness just now, and Orion now only hoped that the woman would not blame herself.
Seeing that Orion retracted his gaze, the female disciple's brows also relaxed, took a bite of food and put it in the bowl of a male disciple next to him, and said with a smile: "Senior Brother Tianxiao, your injury has just healed, eat more good supplements, food supplements are also very effective." ”
The male disciple was a little embarrassed, scratched his head, and thanked him repeatedly. Next to him, there was also a handsome and dashing male disciple, and he smiled: "The food at the Xueqing Inn is really delicious. Thanks to Xiaomin's girl, we would have to sleep out on a picnic. ”
On the other side of the table, there were also two men and a woman. One of the male disciples was gulping down the delicacies on the table, while the other male disciple was not looking good and was not eating, as if something was not going well. The woman on the far right looked at the table full of dishes with great interest, and from time to time she took a bite and savored it carefully.
The people at this table are the disciples of the Taiqing Sect, Tianxiao, Tianyao and others. They had descended twenty days earlier, and had just arrived in Yanzhou today. The day before departure, Zhu Xiaomin repaired a letter and asked the two Xiaoyao brothers to take it, saying that no matter which state city they passed along the way, as long as there was a Xueqing Inn, he would show the letter to the shopkeeper, and he would definitely arrange accommodation for everyone for free. As the granddaughter of Zhu Qingxue, the founder of Xueqing Inn, this right is still there. In the special period when Yanzhou is full of people, Zhu Xiaomin's letter is undoubtedly a great convenience for everyone.
"Senior Brother Yan, why don't you eat it? This dish is really delicious, it's a pity not to taste it!" After he was full, he saw Yan Luoting, who had not moved his chopsticks next to him, with a gloomy face, so he asked.
Among the six people in this line, Shu Yan Luoting has the highest realm and the oldest qualifications, so before going down the mountain, the elders ordered a few people to take Yan Luoting as the leader, and they must obey his command at a critical moment.
"Ah...... Oh, I don't really want to eat it. Yan Luoting replied. He was in a bad mood indeed. The three people of the Harmony Realm didn't know how to resist the sword, so it was him, Lu Mingyao, and Xiao Liying who flew all the way with the sword. In the past 20 days on the road, Xiao Liying greeted He Tianxiao and He Tianyao with warmth and care, Yan Luoting saw it in his eyes, and he was so jealous in his heart, after all, Xiao Liying had rejected him. Although Zhu Xiaomin is also very good to Tianxiao and Tianyao, they are brothers and sisters after all, and it is normal for them to have a good relationship. But Yan Luoting couldn't figure out why Xiao Liying was cold and indifferent to him along the way, but he was only gentle to Tianxiao and Tianyao. What made him even more depressed was that even Lu Mingyao didn't talk to him very much, and always looked like he didn't like to answer.