Half a day passed in a blink of an eye, Qiao Yuanben was meditating cross-legged at the gate of the side courtyard, his mind was always paying attention to the surroundings, but at this moment, he heard a soft sound from the direction of the fence courtyard.

Qiao Yuan opened his eyes suddenly, his expression showed surprise, and the same was true of Qu Yunwei on the side.

The two didn't speak, walked a few steps and came directly to the fence courtyard, only to see that there was a thin white light curtain around the courtyard, as if a big bowl had turned the courtyard upside down.

Cangtai's soul body looked solemn at this moment, and the two limbs that looked like hands and vines pointed back and forth on the light curtain.

In this process, there is a soft sound on the light curtain from time to time, like the sound of bamboo poles slapping against each other, which sounds extremely pleasant and makes people can't help but revel in it.

Qiao Yuan and Qu Yunwei listened to the soft sound, unconsciously closed their eyes, and began to shake their heads with an expression of enjoyment on their faces.

"Master, closed hearing. ”

And at this moment, a soft shout suddenly exploded in Qiao Yuan's heart, making him immediately open his eyes, and there was a look of horror in his eyes that could not be concealed.

Qiao Yuan didn't have time to think, listened to Cang Tai's words, and hurriedly closed his hearing, and at the same time, he woke up Qu Yunwei with a soft shout.

Recalling that he was unconsciously immersed in the soft sound just now, Qiao Yuan's forehead couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

It was the first time he had seen such a strange formation, and now he didn't dare to be careless, even if Qiao Yuan saw that the white light curtain was already crumbling, and it seemed that it would not take long to break it.

"Qiao Yuan, was that just now?"

Qu Yunwei also had cold sweat on her forehead, wetting the hair on her forehead, her eyes showed surprise, and she asked.

"It's a means of formation attack, similar to illusion, but in the sense of hearing. ”

Qiao Yuan thought for a moment, and then replied.

He had only seen some records of this kind of formation on the jade slip, and the specific Qiao Yuan was not very clear, but he knew that the formation with this kind of attack method was extremely high-level, and it was very likely to be a formation above level four.

The level of the formation is judged by its power, and generally speaking, the first-level formation can threaten the Qi refining cultivators, but it does not have much effect on the foundation building cultivators.

And the second-level formation can threaten the foundation building cultivators and qi refining cultivators, and the third-level formation, the fourth-level formation, and so on.

Therefore, these formations above level 4 are enough to threaten all the monks in the Yuan Infant Stage and below.

And it's still the kind that kills people invisibly, I'm afraid that if Cang Tai doesn't remind them, they are still intoxicated by the sound of the light whistle, and they can't extricate themselves, what will happen in the end, Qiao Yuan doesn't know.

In the blink of an eye, it was the time of a stick of incense, and under the extreme tension of the two of them, the white light curtain began to turn into a little crystal from the top and dissipated in the air.

It didn't take long for the bowl-like curtain of light to disappear completely, and the whole fenced courtyard was calm again.

The phantom condensed by Cangtai's divine soul slowly blurred, as if he was too tired from breaking the formation, and was about to return to the natal tree spirit.

But at this moment, the vague shadow of Cangtai immediately condensed, and his eyes were blazing, staring at the bamboo house in the small courtyard of the fence.

I only heard a creak, and the small door of the bamboo house slowly opened under the shocked gazes of Qiao Yuan and Qu Yunwei.

A middle-aged scribe in a white robe walked out of the bamboo hut slowly, his face majestic but with a warm smile, his eyes were extremely deep, revealing a wisdom that saw through everything.

"Lie Tian Xiu!"

Seeing the middle-aged scribe, Cangtai Phantom suddenly trembled violently, and after a long while, an extremely complicated voice came out.

"Huh...... , Cangtai, I've been waiting for you for a long time. ”

The smile on the middle-aged scribe's face was extremely soft, and his words were flat, but there was a joy of seeing his friends for many years.

Qiao Yuan and Qu Yunwei looked at each other, completely speechless from being shocked by this scene.

"Alas, I was a fool back then, and I was confused for a while. ”

Cangtai's phantom trembled even more violently, and after a long time, a long sigh came out and said lonely.

There was a sense of remorse and apology in those words, and Qiao Yuan felt a little sad when he heard it, but he thought about it, didn't Lie Tianxiu have been dead for thousands of years, and what happened to this middle-aged scribe.

Knowing that this was not the time to ask, Qiao Yuan silently listened to the two of them talk about the past, but the two of them didn't talk for long, and the middle-aged scribe invited them into the bamboo house.

"Cangtai, that person?"

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Qiao Yuan hurriedly asked.

"Master, Lie Tianxiu has integrated a wisp of his divine soul into the formation, and now that the formation is broken, that wisp of divine soul is revealed. ”

Hearing this, Qiao Yuan's face showed a sudden look, nodded, and then sent a message to Qu Yunwei to solve her doubts.

The furnishings in the bamboo house were simple, only a bamboo table and two bamboo chairs, but Qiao Yuan saw at a glance that in addition to a set of tea sets and a chessboard, there was also a one-foot-long white jade square box on the bamboo table.

Looking around, there was nothing else, Qiao Yuan guessed that the immortal stone should be in the jade box.

Sure enough, the middle-aged scribe walked to the bamboo table, picked up the jade box, turned to look at Cangtai and said.

"This immortal stone originally belonged to you, and now it should be returned to its original owner, but why did you recognize this junior as the master?"

After speaking, the middle-aged scribe fell on Qiao Yuan and looked at it carefully.

Qiao Yuan was secretly frightened, he and Cang Tai had never revealed the identity of the master and servant at all, but the middle-aged scribe broke the matter.

Cang Tai shook his head, his face showed embarrassment, and he didn't speak.

Apparently it didn't know how to explain it, and it couldn't be said to have been threatened by a black cat.

The middle-aged scribe saw Cang Tai's embarrassed look, so he didn't ask again, but shifted his gaze from Qiao Yuan to Qu Yunwei, and his warm smile gradually retracted, with a cold light in his eyes.

Qiao Yuan saw the cold light in his eyes, his expression changed, and he hurriedly stepped forward to block Qu Yunwei's body.

"Who are you, and why do you have the aura of that nun on you?"

The middle-aged scribe didn't care about Qiao Yuan's actions at all, but said coldly.

Qiao Yuan secretly said badly, he understood that the female cultivator in the mouth of the middle-aged scribe was Shui Shenqiu.

Thinking of the enmity between Lie Tianxiu and Shui Shenqiu, Qiao Yuan's expression became more solemn, and his footsteps moved to the left, completely protecting Qu Yunwei behind him.

"Senior, I don't know what you mean by that?"

Qiao Yuan respectfully hugged his fist at the middle-aged scribe and said.

Although this middle-aged scribe was just a wisp of Lietian Cultivator's divine soul, Qiao Yuan didn't know how strong this wisp of divine soul was, but it was more than enough to deal with him as a foundation building cultivator.

The middle-aged scribe's expression was cold, he glanced at Qiao Yuan, and with just a slight wave of his hand, Qiao Yuan's body couldn't stop moving to the right.

Qiao Yuan's eyes widened, and his heart was extremely frightened, at this moment he only felt like a weak chicken, and he had no power to resist at all.

"Senior, the junior's name is Qu Yunwei, and she is the inheritor of the female cultivator in your mouth, if the senior has hatred, he will come to the junior. ”

Qu Yunwei saw that Qiao Yuan was moved away by the middle-aged scribe with a wave of his hand, and she was shocked and worried in her heart, for fear that this person would kill Qiao Yuan in a fit of anger, so she hurriedly stepped forward and said urgently.

After speaking, she looked up at the middle-aged scribe, with a resolute look on her face, as if she was not afraid of life and death.

Qu Yunwei understood that in front of such a strong person, she couldn't hide her identity as the inheritor of Shui Shenqiu, and she couldn't be allowed to resist, and if they resisted, I was afraid that the result would only be Qiao Yuan and her falling here.

And now that she is so calm, she can only die alone, and it will not affect Qiao Yuan.

"Lie Tianxiu, your enemy is not this junior, what do you do to embarrass her. ”

Cang Tai Phantom waved his hand to make Qiao Yuan regain his freedom, and then he sighed lightly and said in a low voice.

A warmth swelled up in Qiao Yuan's heart, and he hurriedly grabbed Qu Yunwei's wrist, glared at her, and pulled her back behind him.

"Qiao Yuan, since the predecessors have grievances with the ancestors, it should be borne by me. ”

At this moment, Qu Yunwei showed an extremely stubborn side, she looked at Qiao Yuan and said resolutely.

After speaking, she waved her jade hand, broke free from Qiao Yuan's shackles, and stood in front of Qiao Yuan.

"Okay, I don't embarrass you, girl, but I don't want to see you either. ”

It may be that the middle-aged scribe is afraid of Cangtai, or it may be that he understands that a junior who is embarrassed has indeed lost his identity, so he said directly in a deep voice.

"Thank you seniors, the juniors stepped back first. ”

Qu Yunwei's face showed joy, she bowed, and said softly, and after speaking, she slowly withdrew from the bamboo house.

Qiao Yuan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, turned his head to Qu Yunwei and showed a soft smile, and motioned with his eyes for her to wait outside with peace of mind.

Seeing that Qu Yunwei withdrew from the bamboo house, the middle-aged scribe's expression also eased a lot, and then he looked at Qiao Yuan and smiled slightly, and exclaimed.

"You junior also has a responsibility. ”

"The seniors praised it falsely. ”

Qiao Yuan hugged his fists and saluted, and replied respectfully.

"This box bears the mark I left behind, and if I hadn't erased it myself, this box and the fairy stones inside it would have destroyed itself. ”

After the middle-aged scribe admired it, his expression became extremely solemn, and he said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Qiao Yuan knew in his heart that it might not be so simple to get the immortal stone, and sure enough, before he could speak, the middle-aged scribe's words rose again.

"I originally planned to return this thing to Mrs. Cang, but now that it recognizes you as the master, giving it to it will naturally be handed over to you, but if you want me to erase the mark on it, you must agree to me on two conditions. ”

"I don't know what the conditions of the predecessors are?"

Qiao Yuan's eyes flashed, his expression was not the slightest surprise, and he asked softly.

"This first condition is that if you become successful in cultivating in the future, you don't need Cangtai to protect the path, then let it go. ”

The middle-aged scribe glanced at Cang Tai's phantom and said with a slightly gloomy expression, obviously he was very dissatisfied with Cang Tai becoming Qiao Yuan's slave.

"Brother Lie, you're too worried. ”

Before Qiao Yuan could speak, Cang Tai hurriedly spoke.

You must know that the reason why Mrs. Cang willingly helped Qiao Yuan was not because its soul was with Qiao Yuan, nor because of how extraordinary Qiao Yuan was, but because Mrs. Cang knew that Qiao Yuan had a lot to do with the mysterious black cat.

Cang Tai had secretly speculated about the strength and origin of the black cat, and according to its thoughts, even the Lietian Xiu in his heyday did not have the slightest power to resist in front of the black cat.

This alone is enough to show that Qiao Yuan's origin is terrifying, and following him is definitely only good, not harmful.

"The seniors are indeed too worried, the younger generations are not ungrateful people, Cangtai has a lot of kindness to the younger generations, although we are nominally master and servant, but the younger generations still treat it as an elder in their hearts, and wait for the future to cultivate enough, and the younger generation will let it go free. ”

Qiao Yuan had already thought about this in his heart, so he didn't hesitate at all, and when Cang Tai's words fell, he immediately said, his expression and tone were extremely sincere, without a trace of hypocrisy.

After hearing this, Mrs. Cang was extremely moved in his heart, and after getting along for a while, he also knew that Qiao Yuan's words were indeed from the heart.

The middle-aged scribe's expression softened slightly, nodded, his eyes showed longing and sorrow, and said slowly.

"This second condition is a wish of mine, originally I wanted to ask Mrs. Cang to help me do it, since the fairy stone is given to you, then this wish will be fulfilled by you. ”