Chapter Twenty-Three: The Ten Thousand Mountains
After an afternoon of indulgence, he ate and drank to his heart's content, enjoyed himself comfortably, and went to the deacon's hall to receive the sect mission on the second day.
A few people planned to go to the Wanren Mountain Range this time, and casually ordered a few tasks here.
There is a group of mountain peaks ten miles outside Xiaoyao City, large and small mountain ranges are unknown, called Wanren Mountain Range, it has always been a place for Xiaoyao disciples to practice, and it is also one of the few opportunities to go out of the mountain gate.
"Eh, the sun in the city is much warmer, and the scenery outside is good!
Shen Kongming walked out of the mountain gate, only feeling comfortable all over.
Even if you can't go far away, in this city, it's good to go around, except for the school, the martial arts arena, and a canteen, there is nowhere to go!
"Let's go shopping, brothers!"
After walking a few steps, Shen Kongming felt that something was wrong, and as soon as he turned around, he saw the other six people looking at them like fools.
Consciously keeping a certain distance from the fool, the six of them pretended not to know each other and left quickly.
Today's Xiaoyao City is still prosperous, but there is less noise when recruiting disciples, and there is no flow of people at that time. The shops on both sides of the main street are still thriving, and the restaurants are thriving, including the Treasure Pavilion, the wine store, and all kinds of shops. In the market at the end of the street, there are always monks bartering for things, and people come and go, so it is not lively.
After walking around, they didn't see anything unusual, and a few people walked towards the mountains outside the city.
"Where are we going for the first stop?" As soon as Shen Kongming said this, several people looked at Mo Ghost.
In view of the fact that Mo Ghost's brain is relatively clear and his personality is not impulsive, several people put the task Yu Jian here for her to decide.
After going through the task in his head, comparing it with the map, Mo Ghost finally decided to go to a mountain range called Fairy Mountain. This is a mountain at the very edge of the Wanren Mountain Range, and it looks like a fairy is about to soar from a distance, and it is called the Fairy Mountain over time.
"Let's go to the nearest fairy mountain, a disciple on the mountainside came to report the appearance of a second-order snake demon not long ago, solve this first. โ
Xiaoyao not only has formal outer disciples, but also tens of thousands of miscellaneous disciples, who are assigned to Xiaoyao Mountain Gate and various places in the city, undertaking the tasks of the sect. Among them, it includes patrolling the surroundings of Xiaoyao, etc., and if you encounter problems that cannot be solved, they will be reported to the sect and listed as tasks, whether it is a miscellaneous servant or a disciple of the outer sect to solve it, you can get the corresponding points.
There are also many of the miscellaneous disciples who are more talented, once the foundation is built, they can become outer disciples, if they can form a Dan, they can become inner disciples, and if they can further marry babies, they are elite disciples in the sect, and whether they can further become elders still needs to be assessed.
And if you are an outer disciple like Mo Ghost, you will be an inner disciple directly after you build the foundation, and you will be an elite disciple after you are married, and you will naturally be called an elder in the door after Yuan Ying, and you don't need to be assessed.
Of course, these levels are not absolute, and if you can be accepted as a disciple by an elder above the Yuan Infant after building the foundation, you will automatically become an elite disciple, and its benefits are self-evident.
"This was discovered by the junior disciple when he was patrolling the mountain, and he was injured for this, but fortunately there was a companion of the fifth layer of qi refining. But the two of them didn't see the specific appearance of the snake demon, and it was not clear what kind it was, so let's be careful first. โ
"Aren't all snakes hibernating in winter, and how can they still come out?"
"It may be that the two little disciples disturbed its hibernation, or they were guarding some spirit grass, and they didn't enter hibernation at all. Mo Ghost pondered, "It is also possible that he was injured, in short, it is not absolute, there are many factors." โ
While speaking, several people came to the place where the little disciple was attacked.
"There are no signs of fighting here, and there are no traces of snakes and monsters around. Lin Shuyao Huo Zijun probed around and found nothing.
"Snakes usually live in hidden places, and when the river freezes at this season, it should not be at the water's edge, but in the bushes, rocks, and cols. Mo Ghost carefully observed the surroundings, "Let's look separately, within a hundred meters, don't get too far away." โ
Huo Zijun took Wu Yi and Qin Yifan, Shen Kongming Zhen Hao, Mo Ghost and Lin Shuyao, and searched in three directions.
The two of them came to a stone formation on the mountain, looked for them all the way, and found no abnormality.
"The terrain here is more complicated, and there are more horns, so we searched from both sides. Lin Shuyao observed, this stone henge is not high, but it is scattered, and it has become a lot of forks in the road.
"Okay, be careful. โ
Mo Ghost entered from the nearest right, lifted the spirit sword, ran the spiritual power, carefully checked each hole, and swung a few swords from time to time.
When passing by a stone crevice, Mo Ghost paused.
Well?
How do you feel like you just saw a glimmer of light.
The footsteps took a few steps back, and the small gap in the stone wall was only the size of a palm, and it was black inside, but nothing could be seen.
Mo Ghost pinched a fire duel.
A monk with one of the Five Elements Spiritual Root can cultivate other Spiritual Root spells, but they need to be converted, and only these most basic minor spells will be used. Of course, it will not appear in the fight, and the spell will accumulate for a long time, and the power will be much smaller.
Hand the small flame in his hand to the edge of the gap, and before he could touch it, he felt a cold breath, and Mo Ghost only felt that his hairs stood up, and he quickly withdrew his hand, urging the spirit sword to protect it in front of him with his aura. But she also underestimated the power of a blow, the breath of this demon beast was already approaching Zhuji, and she was knocked back with one move, hitting the big stone behind her, forcing out a mouthful of blood, and she saw clearly that it was a small black and brown snake, only an arm long, and extremely fast.
Seeing that Mo Ghost was hit, he quickly approached, and the next blow followed closely.
Mo Ghost didn't have time to think about anything, instinctively turned around to avoid this blow, knelt under the stone, and supported his body with the spirit sword, his internal organs hurt with this movement.
The fight here was quickly noticed by everyone, and Lin Shuyao was the first to arrive, blocking the third blow of the demon beast, giving Mo Ghost a chance to buffer, but he was also forced to retreat, and the hand holding the sword was faintly numb.
The rest of the people were a little later, and they also came here quickly, protecting Mo Ghost in front of him, supporting her without anger, and feeding her a few pills of Rejuvenation Pill.
"This is a fourth-order spirit beast spotted snake, it should have been injured, it fell to the third order, it was extremely fast, there was a poison sac in the jaw, but there was only one blow, be careful and fight back in the end. โ
For the first time, Mo Ghost judged the information of this demon beast and reminded everyone.
The fourth-order spirit beast is equivalent to a human foundation-building monk, if it is in a strong state, several people together may not be able to fight, but it has suffered a lot of injuries, it has already faced a drop in rank, and it has not cultivated well, and it is not difficult to use the combat strength of a few people.
Over there, Lin Shuyao cooperated with Huo Zijun and rushed over from both sides, while Zhen Hao met him in the front.
Qin Yifan's fire tongue technique in the rear combined with Shen Kongming's wind track to take the lead in hitting the snake demon, and after hitting the target, Lin Shuyao Huo Zijun's attack just followed, and the timing was just right.
The snake demon sensed the attack on both sides and quickly retreated, and the two of them missed with one blow, but Zhen Hao jumped from above and smashed it with a hammer.
This time, he didn't avoid it, he hit the top of his head, and hit it more than ten meters away at once.
Before they could react, Lin Shuyao and Huo Zijun's swords arrived, and they stabbed at the seven-inch position at the same time, killing them with one blow.
Lin Shuyao withdrew his sword and quickly ate the Rejuvenation Pill, and when he resisted, he was also injured a lot.
"Are you okay?" Huo Zijun was the closest, sensing that her breath was unstable.
"It's okay, little injury, let's go see the ghosts. โ
Here, Mo Ghost stabilized his injury, "It's not a big deal, let's recover later, let's go and see the demon beast first." โ
Zhen Hao first went to clean up the demon beast and put it in the storage bag, and then followed everyone to the 'cave' of the demon beast.
"It's ยทยทยทยทยทยท Cave Mansion?" Qin Yifan couldn't help but ask.
A few people looked at this small gap and were a little blind.
"That's where I found out, and before I could see it, it attacked me. "Mo Ghost is also quite aggrieved, and she won the lottery when she came out.
"How did you find out?" although the fourth-order demon beast was injured, but it was hidden and we couldn't find it at all, especially in this kind of place, who would have thought that?" Shen Kongming said in surprise.
"I don't know, I feel... Do you seem to see it?" Not only did he not understand, but Mo Ghost himself didn't understand, "I had already passed by, but when I turned my head, I seemed to see the aura, and I went back to investigate." โ
"See?" Shen Kongming frowned, "How can you see the aura, don't the monks all feel the fluctuations of the aura through the five senses?"
Mo Ghost didn't speak, biting his fingers.
This is not the first time this has happened, and if you don't notice the anomaly, you won't be a brainstorm. Her brain is smarter than others, which was discovered at the beginning, and Mo Ghost's spiritual sense is also more sensitive, and the task of decision-making has always been entrusted to her.
Many monks are born or acquired to awaken various talents, not to mention far, just these few people around her, each of them is talented. Mo Ghost didn't show any abnormalities when she measured the spirit root, so it was very likely that she had awakened the day after tomorrow, but the problem was that she also didn't notice the difference during her cultivation, what was it?
"Don't think about it yet," Qin Yifan looked at Mo Ghost's pale face, and Lin Shuyao's breath was also unstable, "Find a place for you and Shu Yao to recuperate." โ
"Yes, yes, Yifan is right, don't think too much, adjust first. Shen Kongming looked at Qin Yifan appreciatively, and his courage finally became bigger, "Zhen Hao stewed that snake meat into soup, let's use it to make up for it today." โ
That's right, if you don't understand, put it aside for the time being.
Take out the Hidden Array from the storage bag and trim it first. The two of them ran the exercises to repair their injuries, and the remaining few people observed the surroundings.
When Mo Ghost woke up from his meditation, he smelled a strong fragrance.
"You're going to pick the right time, just right, come and drink the soup. "I was holding the soup that had just been served.
She was not polite, and went over to take the snake broth handed over by Zhen Hao, and also put shiitake mushrooms.
After drinking it, I only felt a warm current flowing down the meridians to the limbs, and even the dull pain in my chest was a lot more comfortable. Sure enough, it was a fourth-order demon beast, from skin to flesh, it was far from comparable to ordinary demon beasts, if it wasn't for something injured, it wouldn't be cheaper for them.
I have to say that in this winter wilderness, it is really enjoyable to be able to drink a mouthful of thick soup.