() In the dark and cold underground passage, Duan Chen walked down the stairs all the way, and soon came to a rather spacious underground cave.

As far as the eye could see, I saw that the stone wall on the top of the cave was carved with a number of formation prohibitions, and these formation prohibitions were in operation, emitting a blazing spiritual light, illuminating the entire underground cave as bright as day.

On the walls around the cave, there are many simple stone chambers that have been dug out artificially, and there are dozens of them.

In addition, in the underground cave at the bottom of this pool, there are also several stone tables and stone chairs, and around one of the stone tables, there are more than a dozen Terran Jindan monks sitting around, as if discussing something.

When they heard Duan Chen's footsteps, they couldn't help but look over vigilantly.

I saw that among these people, there were men, women, and children, and the clothes they wore were also different, including monks from the two major immortal sects of Beiyuan Immortal Palace and Tianhang Temple, as well as monks from other sects.

When everyone saw that it was Duan Chen who came in, their faces immediately relaxed, and many people showed smiles on their faces and greeted Duan Chen.

"Senior Brother Duan, you've been out for too long this time, and you don't know how to send a message back. ”

I only heard Huangfu Mountain, who was sitting in the crowd, look at Duan Chen with some reproach and said.

"Yes, Senior Brother Duan, the battle exploits on the front line are inexhaustible, you don't need to go out to hunt the demon clan so desperately, if something happens, how can you let us explain to the old man of Shizun?" said the second senior brother Han Feng, who was sitting next to Huangfu Mountain.

Beside Han Feng, Duan Chen's third senior sister Nalan Xue, fourth senior brother Qin Yu, and fifth senior sister Shi Yunzhao also looked at him with concern, with a faint look of worry in their eyes.

Duan Chen only felt a warmth in his heart, and said, "It's the junior brother's, it's not the senior brother's, it's worrying about the senior brothers and sisters." ”

"Forget it, it's good that you can come back safely. Huangfu Shan hurriedly waved his hand and sat down with Duan Chen.

Duan Chen nodded, and walked over briskly, while greeting the other Jindan monks around him, and among them, there were many people who Duan Chen had known in the past.

For example, the master of the four rings of the Hanging Temple, as well as the royal family of the Great Wilderness Dynasty to worship Xiang Ba, and the Taimiao Zhenren, Fan Xueyi and Liu Tianming who came with him at the beginning.

"Duan Chen, when you go out this time, you should have killed a lot of Jindan monks of the demon clan. After Duan Chen sat down, Fan Xueyi asked curiously.

I saw this woman snuggling up next to Liu Tianming, and Liu Tianming also looked at her with affection.

Seeing this, Duan Chen raised his eyebrows slightly, as if he was a little surprised that the relationship between the two had progressed so quickly, but he nodded silently on his face, and then took out a bunch of waist cards with a flip of his palm, handed them to the master of the four rings and said, "Master Lao, help me calculate the combat merits that these waist cards can be exchanged." ”

The Master of the Four Rings smiled and nodded and took the waist cards handed over by Duan Chen, and after checking them one by one, he immediately took out a white jade plate the size of a ruler and inserted those waist cards into the grooves on the jade plate.

I saw a flash of spiritual light on the surface of the jade plate, and a number of seven hundred and eighty-five appeared in the center.

When everyone around saw this number, a look of amazement couldn't help but appear on their faces, but Duan Chen's eyes lit up, and he immediately took out his outer palace disciple token from his arms and handed it to the master of the four rings again.

The Master of the Four Rings took the Outer Palace Disciple Token handed by Duan Chen, and immediately inserted it into the groove on the jade plate, and raised his hand to play a magic trick.

But seeing that Duan Chen's outer palace disciple token had a flash of inspiration on the front, two lines of small characters immediately appeared on the surface, with his name written on the top line, and two numbers written on the bottom line, one was "two thousand three hundred and seventeen", and the other was "eight thousand nine hundred and thirteen".

The former number represents the remaining merit points in Duan Chen's current token, while the latter number is all the merit points that Duan Chen has accumulated so far.

This includes Duan Chen's battle merit points consumed by exchanging treasures in the military treasure house during this year.

After these two numbers appeared on the token, they quickly began to jump upward, and were finally replaced by the numbers "three thousand one hundred and two" and "nine thousand six hundred and ninety-eight".

Seeing this, the Master of the Four Rings took Duan Chen's Outer Palace Disciple Token off the jade plate and returned it to him.

As for those demon clan waist cards, they were turned over by his palm and put away together with the jade plate in his hand.

"Soon, there are still three hundred and two points left, and I can make up 10,000 points of military exploits, and then I can go back to Qingshan City. ”

Duan Chen stretched out his hand to take the token handed by the Master of the Four Rings, and he was secretly a little excited in his heart, eager to go out immediately now to continue hunting the demon clan monks and earn battle merits.

But he quickly calmed down.

In the past half a month, he has killed a lot of demon clan monks in the outside world, and the disturbance is not small, and now the demon clan is estimated to have to make some moves, if he goes out at this time now, the risk is too great.

The best option is to rest in the stronghold for a while, wait for the limelight to pass, and then continue to go out to hunt demons.

Thinking of this, Duan Chen immediately dispelled the idea of going out immediately, and honestly sat down to discuss with everyone what they had just discussed.

Only then did I know that before he came back, Huangfu Mountain and the others were discussing the war about the demon army's attack on the Western Regions.

Speaking of which, since the demon army set foot on the Tianchen Sect Mountain Gate, one of the top ten immortal sects, and occupied a part of the territory of the Western Regions, it has not been satisfied with this and stopped attacking.

On the one hand, they used the mountain gate of the Tianchen faction as a bridgehead to establish an offensive defense line, and on the other hand, they continued to send large armies and strong men to attack the interior of the Western Regions.

Fortunately, the Ten Thousand Buddha Sect and the Spirit Beast Palace, which are also among the top ten immortal sects, made timely moves, plus the surviving Tianchen sect monks, the three parties joined forces to block the attack, and finally fought a fierce battle with the demon clan in a place called Luoxia Mountain, thousands of miles away from the Tianchen Sect Mountain Gate.

It is said that at that time, the Ten Thousand Buddha Sect and the Spirit Beast Palace each sent several powerhouses above the Transformation God Realm, and even the Supreme Elder in the Merge Period took action.

And the final result of the battle was that the strong men of the merger period of the two sides were each wounded, and a large number of monks below the god realm fell and each retreated.

After this battle, the two sides seemed to have reached a certain tacit understanding and consensus, and in the following wars, they never sent monks above the Transformation God Realm to attack, but let the monks below the Transformation God Realm become the main force of the war between the human and demon races, fighting each other on the battlefield.

As for the specific casualties, Duan Chen and the others are not very clear, but they think it should be even more tragic than their side.

After all, the ferocity and brutality of the demons are out

The name is only above the demon clan, and never below it.

"I heard that the four major immortal sects, Danxian Tower, Immortal Pavilion, Eight Immortal Sects, and Five Thunder Sects, have also sent a group of disciples and elders to support us and the Western Regions, calculate the time, and their people should be able to arrive in Qingshan City in the near future. ”

During the discussion, the Master of the Four Rings suddenly said an exciting news.

"Great, if these four major factions join, we may be able to grasp the initiative of the entire frontline battlefield. Shi Yunzhao said with a look of surprise.

Han Feng couldn't help but shake his head when he heard this: "Fifth Senior Sister, don't underestimate the Demon Clan too much, not to mention that the four Immortal Dao sects of Danxian Tower, Immortal Pavilion, Eight Immortal Sects and Five Thunder Sects are far away in the Middle Domain, how many people can be sent over this time, even if the strength of their four sects supports us, whether we can repel the invasion of the Demon Clan in this battle is still a matter of two words." ”

"Yes, the strength and heritage of the demon clan are by no means under our human race, if they are determined to attack our northern region, they will definitely set off an even greater catastrophe at that time, resulting in the destruction of life. Nalan Xue sighed.

As soon as these words came out, the faces of everyone present were not very good-looking, and the atmosphere was a little dignified.

Seeing this, the Master of the Four Rings couldn't help but smile kindly: "It's too early to talk about this, the high-level of the demon clan is not a fool, if it really gets to the point of breaking the net, it won't do them any good." ”

"Yes, it's really going to get to the point where the fish dies and the net is broken, my human race is not happy, and his demon clan can't think about how good it is. Xiang Ba also nodded and said.

"By the way, I heard that the Northern Xia Dynasty ......"

Next, everyone discussed some battles about the Northern Xia Dynasty in the cave before returning to the stone chamber.

Duan Chen also got up and walked towards one of the stone chambers.

But before he could go far, he was stopped by the fourth senior brother Qin Yu.

"Senior Brother Duan, wait a minute, I have already brought back the things you asked me to exchange for you back to Qingshan City last time, and the things are all here, you can see if there is anything missing. Qin Yu said, reaching out and handing a storage bag to Duan Chen.

"I'm sorry to trouble Senior Brother Qin. Duan Chen took the storage bag, and after his divine sense quickly swept it, he immediately said with a grateful fist.

"It's just a matter of stopping by, so there's no trouble that isn't troublesome. Qin Yu waved his hand and continued, "Since the things have been handed over to you, then I will go back first." ”

After speaking, Qin Yu turned around and walked towards the other stone room, and when Duan Chen saw this, he turned around and walked towards his stone room quietly.

His chamber was the third-to-last room on the left side of the cave, and it was no different from the others.

After returning to the stone room, Duan Chen immediately closed the door of the stone room, and then opened the formation prohibition in the stone room, and then he looked up and fell on the only stone bed in the room with a relaxed face, closing his eyes slightly to recuperate.

Half an hour later, Duan Chen reopened his eyes, sat cross-legged on the stone bed, and said, "Senior, the demon souls you have collected during this time should be enough. ”

"It's enough for the time being, but the level of these demon souls is too low, and for the treatment of my injuries, it's just barely enough to make up for it, when can you help me get the demon king soul at the Yuan Infant level, maybe I can recover my injuries faster." ”

The Seven Demon Monarchs said lightly.