Dong Xiaolong actually didn't think about it that much at first, but killing people would never be his first choice: "I'm just saying that there is a possibility, with the style of the Lieyanmen, we have no way to cooperate with them if we don't have the conditions that they are interested in." ”

"But we don't have anything to trade for. Sixu said.

"So we still have to hide from the people of the Flame Gate for now, waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity for us to negotiate. Dong Xiaolong said to everyone.

He Weisheng thought for a moment and said, "Or we can find the ruins before them, so that we also have the conditions for negotiation." ”

"If we find the ruins first, we won't have much need to negotiate with them. I'm afraid that they will find the ruins before us, so it will be difficult for us to enter the ruins. Sixu continued.

Dong Xiaolong hesitated for a long time, and finally said: "It's better for our soldiers to divide into two ways, one part to find the Raw Blood Bone Shaping Grass, and the other to find the ruins. It's just that we don't have the tools to connect, and it's easy to lose each other's traces once we are separated. ”

"We'll make marks all the way, and when we find the Blood Bone Shaping Grass as we go north, we'll come back to you. Sixu was very experienced in this area, and then drew two patterns on the ground, these two patterns were nothing to look at, but after Sixu's narration, they found that these two patterns drew one direction.

"I, Xiaoqing, and Brother He, the three of us went to look for the ruins. Sixu, you take Wang Zhen?, Gong Qian, and Qin Luoluo to the hot spring area, if you can't find you, you will rush back to join us immediately, remember to ensure your own safety as the first condition. Dong Xiaolong began to distribute the personnel of each team.

Qin Luoluo was a little reluctant when he heard that he was assigned to another team, although he had gone all the way, Qin Luoluo was not a stranger to these people, but he had not said a few words. "Hey, Dong Xiaolong, can I come with you?" Qin Luoluo asked in a low voice.

Before Dong Xiaolong could answer, Xiaoqing preemptively said, "No, I don't agree." ”

Dong Xiaolong saw Xiaoqing's strong opposition, afraid that Qin Luoluo would be upset, and hurriedly explained: "If we go to look for the ruins, we may meet the people of the Lieyan Gate, and they will be in danger at any time, and you may not be able to meet them when you go north, so it is relatively safe." ”

Regarding Dong Xiaolong's explanation, Qin Luoluo could only express his understanding, after all, it was for his own safety. Seeing Qin Luoluo nodded, Dong Xiaolong relieved himself. He arranged for Qin Luoluo and Sixu to go north together, on the one hand, because it was too dangerous to find the ruins, and on the other hand, it was also to let the three brothers of the Qin family protect them.

"Brother He, tell them about the appearance of the Blood Bone Shaping Grass, so that they can have a reference. Dong Xiaolong said to He Weisheng.

"The blood bone shaping grass, its flower color is blood red, the stem is like white bones, and it generally grows within five miles around the hot springs. He Weisheng drew a rough shape on the ground, which was the Blood Bone Shaping Grass he had seen in books, and there was nothing too special about it except for those two features.

Dong Xiaolong also wanted to look for the three brothers of the Qin family, and he didn't know if the three of them were nearby: "You guys take a rest first, I'll go and see the situation nearby, and pay attention to concealment." After saying that, He Weisheng did not suspect it, Dong Xiaolong quickly came to the distance after getting out of everyone's sight, but before he could play the flute, the three people of the Qin family appeared in front of him.

"What news have you all found out?" Dong Xiaolong asked.

Qin Yi was the first to reply: "There are many teams of the Flame Gate around this Kunshan, and they are constantly advancing from the periphery of Kunshan to the interior of Kunshan. ”

"Have you found any immortal gates other than the Flame Gate? Dong Xiaolong is more concerned about whether there will be other forces.

"No other immortal gates have been found. ”

Qin San then replied, "On the way we came, the people who discovered the Qifeng Pavilion were following from a distance. There were about eight people, two in the early stage of the Yuan Shen Realm, and six in the late stage of the Yu Dan Realm. ”

"Qifeng Pavilion has really sent a lot of people. Qin Yi, how many masters of the Yuan God Realm are there in the team of the Burning Flame Sect?"

"I've seen that in each of the two teams, there is a master of the Yuan Shen Realm, and I haven't scouted the rest. Qin Yi said lightly.

Dong Xiaolong knew that there were a total of twelve teams in the Flame Gate, and Yanye did not have a master of the Yuan God Realm, and Qin Yi said that there were two teams with the Yuan God Realm. In terms of the worst result, it is estimated that there are eleven masters of the Yuan Shen Realm in the Flame Gate, and even if he joins forces with Qifeng Pavilion, there are only five Yuan Shen Realm masters, and the gap in strength between the two is still relatively large.

"Qin Yi, you follow me to find the ruins. Qin Er, Qin San, you go to protect the eldest lady, continue to protect in secret, and don't show up. "Dong Xiaolong must bring a master of the Yuan God Realm to follow him, otherwise, no matter how good the three of them are, it will still be difficult to resist when they encounter a master of the Yuan God Realm.

"Yes, uncle. The three brothers whispered in response.

After arranging these three people, Dong Xiaolong can start the plan of dividing the troops into two ways. After inspecting the surroundings, Dong Xiaolong returned to the place where he was and said to everyone: "Let's leave immediately, remember to be careful." ”

The group of soldiers was divided into two routes, and the purpose of Sixu and the others was very clear that they were going north, but the route of Dong Xiaolong and the others had not yet come to fruition. He Weisheng asked directly: "Brother Dong, do you know where we should go?"

"Brother He, show me the map in your hand again. Dong Xiaolong actually didn't have a clue, so he could only see if there were any particularly strange places on the map.

He Weisheng took out the map, and after Dong Xiaolong observed it carefully, he found that the topography of Kunshan was irregular, the mountains were intertwined, and the water sources were unevenly distributed, no matter how he looked at it, he had no clue. Suddenly, he thought of what Si Xu had said, it was very likely that the spirit beasts around Kunshan would gather somewhere again.

Dong Xiaolong suddenly smiled and said, "Brother He, do you remember the traces we found before the spirit beast moved towards Kunshan?"

"I remember, are you trying to find the ruins based on the spirit beast?" He Weisheng asked.

"There must be a cause and an effect, there must be something that attracts them, which makes them converge from all directions, as long as we find the traces of the spirit beast's advance, we can have a general direction. When I was on my patrol just now, I noticed that there were traces of destruction of plants in the northwest direction, and we could start from there. ”

He Weisheng glanced at the map, and to the northwest of their location was a lake. "Brother Dong, there is a water source here in the northwest, and the spirit beasts may settle down here to rest. ”

"Then let's go here first. Dong Xiaolong glanced at Xiaoqing beside him, Xiaoqing suddenly looked very quietly at him and He Weisheng discussing there, which made Dong Xiaolong a little surprised, "Xiaoqing, why are you suddenly so quiet?"

Xiaoqing looked at Dong Xiaolong, his eyes were a little cute, and he said softly: "There is not even a small animal around here, it's too boring." ”

Dong Xiaolong and He Weisheng laughed at the same time, Dong Xiaolong touched Xiaoqing's head and said, "Then we will go to find the little animal, but you have to be obedient and can't leave my side." ”

Xiaoqing nodded very obediently, He Weisheng couldn't help but feel that this little girl was a little too cute. Dong Xiaolong took Xiaoqing and quickly went to the northwest with He Weisheng, and the further he walked to the northwest, Dong Xiaolong found that the destruction area of the plants was getting bigger and bigger, which showed that there were many spirit beasts that had been active here, and they were traveling in the right direction.

When the sun was about to set, Dong Xiaolong and the three of them saw a beast, it was a gray-black wolf beast, but it had no aura, just an ordinary beast. The three of them hid their aura and quietly moved forward, at first encountering some beasts without aura, and then after some distance, a silver-white cheetah with aura.

"This is a spirit beast?" Dong Xiaolong sensed the aura on the silver-white cheetah's body, as well as the dark purple bead on its forehead.

"This is a silver thunder leopard, judging from the breath, it is at least five hundred years old. After all, He Weisheng was well-informed, and he recognized this spirit beast at a glance.

"Thunder attribute spirit beast, no wonder there is a familiar aura, what is that dark purple bead on his head?"

"Adult Silver Thunder Leopards will condense a bead containing lightning power on their foreheads, which is a manifestation of their strength. He Weisheng continued to explain, "Brother Dong is also a cultivator of the thunder attribute, could it be that he is interested in that thunder bead?"

"I just feel a little familiar, maybe it's because the attributes are the same. Dong Xiaolong always felt that the dark purple bead seemed to have been seen somewhere, but he couldn't remember it.

"This silver thunder leopard is five hundred years old, and the power within its thunder bead may be of some help to Brother Dong. With the three of us, it's not a problem to take it down. "He Weisheng has seen Xiaoqing's strength, the five-hundred-year-old Silver Thunder Leopard is not very strong, and usually stronger masters of the Yudan Realm can also kill it.

"Five hundred years of cultivation is really not easy, and the thunder bead is not very helpful to me. "Dong Xiaolong still doesn't like killing, not to mention that the energy of the thunder bead is not enough to tempt him.

The three of them continued to move forward quietly, and the further they went, the more spirit beasts there were, and all kinds of spirit beasts also opened Dong Xiaolong's eyes, many of which were introduced to him by He Weisheng, which added a lot of knowledge to him. As the age of the spirit beast increased to nearly a thousand years, Dong Xiaolong also felt a powerful water attribute aura.

The sun had set, the moon had risen, and Dong Xiaolong and the others saw that the huge lake was even wider than they had imagined. The lake was like a mirror, reflecting the moonlight, and Dong Xiaolong found that there were no spirit beasts by the lake. "Why aren't there any spirit beasts by this lake?" Dong Xiaolong said suspiciously.

He Weisheng also noticed something unusual, the spirit beasts gathered at the water source, it must be because they wanted to drink water, but now there was no spirit beast by the lake, which really made him feel a little strange.

At this time, Xiaoqing suddenly felt the aura of danger, and said to Dong Xiaolong: "I feel that there is danger here, let's get out of here quickly." ”

Xiaoqing said this suddenly, Dong Xiaolong didn't dare to relax, and hurriedly pulled He Weisheng backwards. Suddenly, a cold air hit the lake in an instant, and Dong Xiaolong immediately pulled up the rock barrier and protected the three of them. Fortunately, the Earth Rock Armor has been restored, otherwise the Rock Barrier would not have been summoned at this moment.

"Xiaoqing, what do you feel?" Dong Xiaolong asked solemnly.

Xiaoqing said with some fear: "A terrifying aura, I don't know what it is." ”

He Weisheng's expression also became solemn, and he slowly spoke: "It is very likely that it is a spirit beast that is more than a thousand years old, and its strength is at least in the middle of the Yuan Shen Realm. Perhaps this is why there are no spirit beasts by the lake, and this thousand-year-old spirit beast in the lake has driven away the other spirit beasts around. ”