Chapter 241: Stone Gate

What treasures can there be? Most of them are the shell spirit materials of some high-level demon beasts, of course, the two demon pills of the fourth-order demon beasts with the highest value are not trivial. Shen Shi casually told Sun You about his encounter in the Black Crow Ridge Mountain, but after hesitating in his heart about the Iron Winged Black Scorpion and the matter in that cave, he still brought it over lightly.

After all, in addition to himself in that cave, there was also Zhong Qingzhu, and it was not very convenient to mention this matter to others.

Sun You didn't think too much, in addition to expressing a little envy for Shen Shi's good luck, he also sighed that he was not good this time, after entering the Black Crow Ridge, he encountered several extremely powerful demon beasts in a row, although in the end he won with his cloud-piercing arrow divine channel technique, but he was also tired enough, and basically he didn't have much spare energy to improve bravely in the rankings.

"It's up to you this time, I heard that the treasures that are specially given to the top five after each trial are all good. Sun You sighed and patted Shen Shi on the shoulder.

Shen Shi smiled and said, "I hope so." ”

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The night passed, when the morning light was on, the campfire in the camp had only left the ashes on the ground, and the rising morning glow made the black mountain look softer, and in the camp at the foot of the mountain, the beginning of this new day was heralding the official end of the trial in the hundred mountains realm.

The huge floating immortal boat was parked at the back of the camp, but on this day, the people of the Ling Xiao Sect did not intend to use this strange treasure, and they did not even get up immediately and go back to Ling Xiao City directly. During this day, all the Yuan Dan Realm True Persons and Divine Realm disciples in the camp began to get busy, counting the number of people and checking them one by one, and then they galloped towards the depths of the Black Crow Ridge.

Because there are still people who have not returned to this day.

The many Ning Yuan Realm disciples who returned to the camp looked at the Dao figure passing through the sky, most of them were silent, some people and friends whispered to the side, and the detailed news, after a while, gradually spread among these disciples.

There are nine Ning Yuan Realm disciples who have entered the Black Crow Ridge Trial, and they have not returned yet.

According to the rules of this trial, if you fail to return within the time limit, it is equivalent to a direct judgment of failure, that is, you will not have a chance with the Four Righteous Assembly and the Secret Realm of Asking Heavens. But at this point, when this result has long been predestined, the focus of everyone's attention is no longer on this point, everyone is concerned about the nine people who have not come back until now - are they still alive?

This time, the trial and examination school of Black Crow Ridge is so strict, and the mountains are full of dangers, and if you are not careful, you are very likely to die under various dangers, such as demon beasts, such as poisons, and all kinds of strange and inexplicable things, and even worse, maybe in some dark and deep nights, even the senior brothers of the same sect may also become very dangerous, if at that time, there are enough coveted spiritual materials.

However, the senior elders of the Ling Xiao Sect never paid a blind eye to this situation, and it was not until the end of the trial that they went into the mountain to search for it once, perhaps, they could only be regarded as a little exhausted.

For a long time, many disciples who had been hiding under the illustrious reputation of the Ling Xiao Sect and cultivating steadily, at this moment, their faces were a little complicated.

Compared with them, Shen Shi, who was also standing somewhere in the camp and watching the excitement, was much calmer than most people, and he had seen life and death and blood over the years, and no matter how weak his heart was, he would gradually become numb. As far as he himself is concerned, in fact, Shen Shi very much agrees with the sect's approach to this trial.

How can a cultivator not see blood?

In the sky above the Black Crow Ridge, the sword shadow flickered and the figure shuttled and undulated, it was a vigorous and elegant figure searching the mountains and forests, no one would care about the mind of an ordinary disciple, and this world would not stop because of the lack of anyone.

It was about in the afternoon that the elders and seniors who had gone into the mountain to do the final search and the senior brothers and sisters of the Divine Realm had returned, and those who returned to the camp with them were also five Ning Yuan Realm disciples who had participated in the trial but did not return to the camp on time.

Among these five people, two of them were already lifeless corpses, and after they came back, they were parked on the ground in the center of the camp, surrounded by a large circle of Ning Yuan Realm disciples in the distance, and at this time, there was no one to whisper anything anymore, everyone looked at the two corpses lying on the ground in silence, and the camp was solemn and dull.

Among the remaining three people, all of them were seriously injured and could hardly walk on their own, if they were not discovered by the senior elders who came to look for them, I am afraid that their fate would also be extremely miserable. The injuries of these three Ning Yuan Realm disciples were very serious, and some of them had even injured their foundations, so they were quickly placed, healing, bandaging, and elixir together, the immortal family's methods were always endless, and with time, maybe they could continue to seek the immortal path.

Compared to the many normal disciples who returned to the camp on time, these three people were unlucky, but if they were extremely lucky with the two corpses lying on the ground in the middle of the camp now, there were even people with worse luck than those two corpses, that is, there were still four people, and even after the elders and seniors went into the mountains to search, they did not find their traces.

At that moment, many people's hearts silently appeared with thoughts such as "dead without a corpse" and "buried bones in a barren mountain".

On one side of the camp, in an inconspicuous corner of the crowd, Shen Shi and Sun You stood side by side, their faces serious and calm. After a while, they slowly withdrew their gazes, and Sun You suddenly whispered, "Have you found out?"

Shen Shi was silent for a moment, raised his eyes to look at him, and saw that Sun You's face was not too unusual, but there was an inquiring meaning in his eyes, after a pause, Shen Shi sighed softly, also lowered his voice, and said:

"Jiang Hongguang is gone. ”

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Jiang Hongguang was one of the four missing disciples, and the other three Shen Shiguang didn't know their names, of course, if you really want to talk about it, Jiang Hongguang and him don't have any deep friendship, at most, they can be the same disciples who worshiped the Lingxiao Sect and cultivated together on Qingyu Island for five years.

It's just that even so, hearing the news that this person doesn't know his life and death is not something that will make people happy, and Shen Shi and Jiang Hongguang don't have any deep hatred, and at this time, at most, it's just a sigh for him.

However, when he turned to leave, when his eyes turned, Shen Shi suddenly saw that somewhere behind the crowd, a slender figure was turning around and leaving alone in silence.

From a distance, it seems to be He Xiaomei's appearance, looking at her appearance, it seems that she has lost a few points in the past few days.

In the next two days, Elder Yuan Dan and the disciples of the Divine Artistic Conception of the Ling Xiao Sect went into the mountains twice to search, and the vast mountains were thousands of miles away, and it was not an exaggeration to say that they were looking for a needle in a haystack to find the remaining four people, but what should be done was always done.

The next day, they actually brought back another person, but he had already died of his breath, and only brought back the body.

This person is not Jiang Hongguang.

On the third day, after a whole day of searching, no figure was found.

And in the past three days, no miracle has happened, and no guy has suddenly run out of the deep mountains and old forests back to the camp, and said with a smile that he just forgot the time and delayed the return trip.

Life and death are so simple and harsh, so real in front of everyone.

On the fourth day, there was no one to search for any more.

The floating immortal boat at the back of the camp, under the urging of the mana spirit crystal, slowly began to start lifting, and the disciples they met boarded the boat one after another and left the camp.

When the strong wind blows through the fairy boat and goes straight to the sky like a dream, the dark mountains become distant and small behind them, gradually obscured by the clouds, and can no longer be seen, just like the past that everyone has in their hearts, and finally they will always be forgotten in some secluded corner.

The Floating Immortal Boat carried many disciples of the Lingxiao Sect and flew straight to Lingxiao City, and then Elder Sun Mingyang and the others did not let them stay in Lingxiao City for a long time, and after a short rest, they returned to the Xuangui Island in the Hongmeng Main Realm through the ancient teleportation array. After that, as when he came, he took the sea fairy boat back to the towering Jinhong Mountain, and everyone was scattered as birds and beasts, each returning to his own cave, healing his wounds, and sleeping tiredly.

Two days later, on the viewing platform, the sect will finally announce the final ranking of the Black Crow Ridge trial in the Hundred Mountains Realm, and those who are at the top of the rankings should have the opportunity to go to the Four Righteous Conference and enter the Wentian Secret Realm to find a chance to cultivate, and the five most outstanding people can also get five treasures from the Lingxiao Sect as a reward, and enhance their strength in the Wentian Secret Realm.

After breaking up with Sun You on the mountain road, Shen Shi took Xiao Hei all the way to his cave mansion located in the deep mountain valley. The mountain road gradually became rugged, the shade of the trees gradually deepened and thickened, as if the hustle and bustle of the world was slowly passing away behind him, and he was the only one left on the long green mountain road, and the little black pig that seemed to be very happy and jumping around sniffing and sniffing.

After staying in the Baishan Realm for so long, and also suffering a lot of injuries, Shen Shi still has a feeling of physical and mental exhaustion, thinking that he really needs to rest for a day or two when he returns to the cave mansion and recovers well.

Before he knew it, he had walked through the mountain road and into the quiet valley, where the faint sound of water splashing in the distance came from the depths of the valley, and the sun was thick, as if everything was exactly the same as before he left, without any changes.

Shen Shi had long been familiar with the quietness of this place, just like every time he had walked here in the past, he walked forward quickly, and the mountain breeze blew faintly, as if there was still a little bit of unique damp moisture.

It's just that at this moment, Xiao Hei's footsteps not far from him suddenly stopped, snorted a few times, and turned his head to look at the other side of the road. Shen Shi was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't react for a while, and after a while, he seemed to think of something, his face changed slightly, and he also turned his head to look.

In this valley, in addition to his cave, there is actually another cave that seems to have not opened the stone gate all year round, but at this time, in his surprised eyes, he saw that the cave stone gate at the end of the stone path on the side of the road actually opened a gap at some point.