Chapter 57: The Search (I)

The storm still has no intention of stopping, and the dark clouds in the sky gather and hang low, looking like a hideous beast roaring and roaring at the world, the sky is full of wind and rain, rolling up the stormy waves, and washing the island fairy mountain in the sea for a while.

The six islands of Qingyu are specially opened up by the Ling Xiao Sect for new disciples, including the disciples of the Qi Refining Realm in the past, to settle down and cultivate, in addition to the large number of Qi Refining Realm disciples on weekdays, there are also a large number of Ling Xiao Sect disciples stationed here on the island. The worst Dao of these personal disciples have also cultivated to the Ning Yuan Realm, and there are even a few outstanding people who have already cultivated to a further divine realm, even within the Lingxiao Sect, they are already figures that cannot be underestimated.

Among the many personal disciples, it is naturally headed by Wang Gan, who is now the most powerful and one of the "Three Swords of Lingxiao", in fact, the sect is indeed entrusted with Wang Gan, and he is ordered to preside over all the affairs of the six islands of herring. In addition to Wang Gan, there are many outstanding disciples under the Lingxiao Sect on this Qingyu Island, some of them are usually to assist Wang Gan in handling various affairs, some are assigned by many important halls under the Lingxiao Sect to deal with the tasks of newcomers, and some are appointed by the sect to guard some important places on the six islands of Qingyu, for different purposes, but at this time, except for a few important places that are really inseparable from people, all the personal disciples on Qingyu Island have been summoned by Wang Gan to the Qingyu Jixuan Day Hall.

Even in addition to these disciples of the Dao Masters, even the Qi Refining Realm disciples who had not yet broken through in their cultivation on the island, there were many people who were called over by the strong wind and rain.

In the hall of Xuanri Hall, it was already full of people at this moment, and there were many disciples among them, this scene was extremely rare after the opening of Qingyu Island, many of the disciples of the Lingxiao Sect who knew each other on weekdays but were separated from each other were standing together in twos and threes, looking around at each other, talking and whispering.

And in the main seat in front of the big house, Wang Gan, who was the focus of everyone's attention, had a cold face, and his appearance of not being angry and powerful on weekdays seemed to be even more faintly imposing today, and many of the disciples were a little shocked, not to mention those young disciples who were not noble in the Qi Refining Realm, in fact, why did Wang Gen suddenly call these dozens of people to come to Xuanri Hall, they still didn't figure it out.

Wang Gen is tall and burly, standing there is naturally the focus of the crowd, and the momentum is compelling, standing at a table that has been temporarily moved over, a large picture is spread out on the table in front of him, looking like a simple map of the terrain and orientation of Qingyu Island, and at the same time he keeps waving his hand to call people up, generally the disciples who are on the Ning Yuan Realm, and then a person He demarcated a range on the map, and told them to go over to search and find people.

The disciples who were called all nodded in agreement, although the storm was raging outside, but for them who were above the Ning Yuan Realm, as long as they did not really fall into the center of the storm that contained the great power of heaven and earth in the legend, the wind and rain on the ordinary periphery were actually not too much of a threat to them.

And except for Wang Gen who frowned with a cold face over there, and arranged them meticulously one by one, Zheng Zhe also stood beside him, and from time to time he told the fellow disciples who came over next to him a few words. In addition, there were two personal disciples standing beside them, but they were all silent, and Wang Gan didn't pay attention to their meaning, and let them stand next to them from the beginning, looking like the faces of these two were ugly.

Under the Xuanri Hall, there were many disciples who had not yet been called to whisper and talk in a low voice, and one of them whispered: "What's the matter with Zhong Qingshan and Xu Baichuan in the Formation Hall, they have been standing there all the time, and they still have a black face as if someone is dead in the family?"

Someone else sneered and said, "Nonsense, the person who lost it this time is the new disciple under the array, and under the anger of Senior Brother Wang Gan, how can there be good fruits for the two of them to eat." ”

The other Lingxiao Sect disciple standing with the two of them looked to be shorter, but it was the disciple surnamed Lin who made a mistake when he went to post the storm notice in front of him, and then glanced forward, sighed twice, and said, "It seems that they have been taught a lot by Senior Brother Wang." ”

The first disciple who spoke in front of him looked at it, shook his head, lowered his voice and said, "Lin Hu, haven't you seen Senior Brother Wang this morning, why did Senior Brother Wang get so angry this time, and there was such a big battle, I see that nine out of ten of the disciples on the island have been called here to find someone?"

One of the others snorted and said, "You are stupid, don't forget that in the past, the people who presided over the affairs of this Qingyu Island were all the elders and uncles of the sect, and only from this year onwards did the sect decide to let the outstanding disciples of our generation come to preside over the affairs of Qingyu Island." This first time I did things, there was a mistake that I had never made before, and if it was you, I would not be angry and unbearable!"

The person who spoke first suddenly realized and nodded, "I see, I forgot about this stubble." After that, he seemed to remember something again, and secretly glanced at Wang Gen in front of him, with a slightly strange look on his face, and whispered to the two people beside him, "By the way, I still remember that a few days ago, in order to compete for this position, several senior brothers and sisters in the sect who were highly skilled in the sect fought openly and secretly for a while?"

Lin Hu smiled, with a bit of ridicule on his face, and said: "Who said no, Ling Xiao Sanjian, the three of them, I heard that they are all interested in this position, in addition, Senior Brother Sun Hong's reputation is extremely high, not to mention his family background, not to mention his family background, he was not also very eager a while ago, but in the end, the real person in charge of the sect still chose his own disciple Senior Brother Du." But to put it simply, it was still Senior Brother Wang's luck, it was obviously a sure thing, but Senior Brother Du did such a wrong thing to anger the real person in Zhangjiao, and this matter fell on Senior Brother Wang. ”

The disciple of the Ling Xiao Sect said with a smile: "Who doesn't know that the disciples in the sect don't know that the real person in charge of the sect values the temperament of hard work and doing things the most, plus the position of presiding over the affairs of Qingyu Island, if he has a half-teacher friendship with the new outstanding junior brothers and sisters in the future, he has both connections and prestige, plus the first choice among the younger generation to preside over major events, the future Senior Brother Wang's status in the sect will definitely rise, and no one can stop him." But who knew it was going to happen......"

Lin Hu next to him sneered again, looking at him and was about to say something, when he suddenly heard Wang Yan in front of him suddenly shout: "Lin Hu." ”

Lin Hu's body was shocked, and the expression on his face instantly changed to a respectful color, and he ran to Wang Gan's side with a cautious and deferential appearance, which made the two Lingxiao Sect disciples behind him look a little dumbfounded, and one of them said: "Good girl, Lin Hu, this guy, his face has become quite fast." ”

Wang Gen didn't talk nonsense with Lin Hu there, and directly pointed out a beach on the map for him to brave the wind and rain to search immediately, Lin Hu agreed, Wang Gen nodded and went to call the next disciple, Lin Hu just wanted to leave, but was caught by Zheng Zhe who was standing next to him, and carefully admonished two sentences.

After such an order, Wang Gan dealt with it quickly and meticulously, and soon arranged all the disciples of the family lineage, and let people go out to look for it, and after a while, there were dozens of people standing under the main house of Xuanri Hall, and they were almost all disciples of the Qi Refining Realm.

These people are not the rookie disciples who just entered the island this year, but the old disciples who have entered the island to cultivate before but have not yet broken through, if you carefully distinguish them, you will find that disciples like Su He are also among them, it seems that when the newcomers entered the island that day, the Ling Xiao Sect arranged to be the senior brothers who supervised the newcomers.

Wang Gen turned his head and looked at everyone, his face was cold, his eyes were also stern, everyone was actually intimidated by him, and they bowed their heads for a while, but no one dared to look at Wang Gan.

Wang Gen didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "You are all senior brothers with the responsibility of supervision, now go to the newcomer cave mansion in Baiyuwan, knock on the cave mansion one by one and nod people's heads, and check all the newcomer disciples under their respective names for me, if there are any missing and lost people, come and report to me immediately!"

By the end of the words, his tone was already a little harsh.

Everyone hurriedly agreed, and they didn't care about the wind and rain outside, and they all rushed out one by one and headed towards the White Fish Bay.

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In the Xuanri Hall, everyone gradually dispersed, including Zhong Qingshan and Xu Baichuan, who had been standing beside Wang Gen with a black face and a depressed face, and they also followed everyone out to search, and in the big house, only Wang Gen and Zheng Zhe were left at this time.

It was at this time that the expression on Wang Gan's face relaxed a little, showing a little tiredness, rubbing his eyebrows and sitting down on the chair, but the deep anxiety on his face still lingered.

Zheng Zhe walked to his side and said softly: "Senior brother, you let people go to Baiyuwan, are you afraid that in addition to Zhong Qingzhu, there are other rookie disciples who are also lost?"

Wang Gen nodded and said, "I was negligent in front of me, I only looked at those halls, but I forgot that there are mostly children of the family, and some of the newcomer disciples have no background and no way, so they may not be able to receive good tasks on the island, in case they miss a few ......" After that, his face was gloomy again.

Zheng Zhe didn't know what to say for a while, hesitated for a moment, and comforted: "Those who can worship and practice in the sect will not be fools, ordinary people will also go back to the cave early to take refuge when they see this kind of wind and rain, senior brother don't have to worry too much." ”

"I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of what if. Wang Yan slowly exhaled a breath, his mood was really a little depressed, he suddenly patted the back of the chair in his hand, and said hatefully, "That Lin Hu is really a waste, he can't do a small notice well, and he has caused such a big disaster, after this time, he will definitely have to be punished." ”

The corners of Zheng Zhe's mouth twitched, and he mourned for that Lin Hu for a moment in his heart, and thought about whether to plead for Lin Hu again, so he saw Wang Gen suddenly get up and stand up, as if he had made up his mind, his face was resolute, and said: "You are here waiting for everyone to report, and I will go to the sea outside the island to search." ”

Zheng Zhe was taken aback, and hurriedly stepped forward to block it: "Senior brother, this must not be, now that the storm is in full swing, the wind and rain are combined, this island is fine, if you go outside the island in vain, it is very likely to strayed into the center of the storm, and if you are not careful, your life will be in danger!"

Wang Gan's body paused slightly, but he still said in a deep voice: "I have the magic weapon 'Tianlong Ding' to protect me, it should be fine, and the lost person ......" He took a long breath, his eyes were like knives, and he said awe-inspiringly,

"No matter what, you have to see people in life, and you have to see corpses in death!"

Chapter 58: The Search (Part II)

In the overcast sky, the storm had been raging all night, but there was still no sign of abating. The wind and rain are heavy, and the waves are stormy, but it is still a wave of Qingyu Island that seems to be endless, standing silently and bitterly in the sea.

And under Wang Gan's decisive and resolute decision, under the seemingly calm appearance of this bleak wind and bitter rain, the entire Qingyu Island has been churned, and there are disciples of the Lingxiao Sect everywhere searching for people, flying into the water in the wind and rain, and there is also a noisy and noisy scene in front of the newcomer cave in Baiyuwan, and the stone doors of the cave mansion have been called open, and the supervising brothers with grim faces are also braving the wind and rain to carefully inspect and point out the number of people.

At the same time, at the bottom of a remote and narrow and deep sinkhole, Shen Shi and Zhong Qingzhu finally had to face a desperate situation that they might not be able to get rid of again after the initial excitement.

This path is obviously in the wrong direction.

Before, in the darkness in the depths of the cave, the two crawled all the way and even saw the fluorescent stone tunnel at the back, all the way, although the terrain was uneven and potholes, but there were no other forks in the cave, basically the two of them just walked all the way, and in this place, it was obvious that the direction they chose at first was wrong.

The cliff is more than 100 zhang high, towering into the sky, the rock wall is smooth and steep, with the current condition of the two of them, there is no way to do it, after all, they are only new disciples who have just started to cultivate, no matter what, it is impossible to run out from here. At the bottom of the sinkhole, through the dark light in the sky, you can see that there is almost a dozen zhang square at the bottom, except for a waterhole that occupies about half of the place in front of it, surrounded by hard stone walls, that is, a cave behind them, and there is no other exit.

Looking at the scene in front of them, Shen Shi and Zhong Qingzhu couldn't say a word for a long time, their faces were pale, and the excitement and strength that they thought they were about to be saved because of the hope just now quickly dissipated from their bodies like deflated balls.

Tiredness and pain, like the darkness in the depths of the cavern, cried out from every corner of their bodies, swarming over the two of them.

Zhong Qingzhu couldn't support it at first, and slowly sat on the ground leaning against the stone wall, biting his lip tightly, and his face was already bloodless. Shen Shi looked slightly better, but his face was also extremely ugly, no matter who faced the desperate situation of life and death, it was difficult to remain calm, not to mention that he was only a teenager after all.

After a while, he also slowly sat down beside Zhong Qingzhu, lowered his head, and did not speak.

Zhong Qingzhu's face was pale, he glanced at him, and said in a low voice, "Stone, what should we do?"

Shen Shi slowly raised his head and glanced at the towering cliffs around him, shook his head and said, "You can't get out here." ”

Zhong Qingzhu gritted his teeth and said, "Then let's go back?"

Shen Shi glanced at her and didn't speak, and after Zhong Qingzhu asked this, he also smiled bitterly to himself and didn't say anything more.

The two of them survived in the depths of the cave, and they had multiple injuries on their bodies, although they were not fatal, but together they were not easy to bear, and Zhong Qingzhu's left hand was broken. In such a situation, the two people supported each other, groped in the dark, crawled in the puddle for a long distance, and persevered until this point, which is really a miracle beyond their age, even if it is again, or if they are the only ones alone in that darkness, it is difficult to say whether they can get out of it.

And if you turn back at this moment, will you be able to walk back to the previous entrance in the other direction, not to mention, in that deep and terrifying and completely dark cave, will there be danger, will there be poisonous insects and monsters, there will be no forks in the road this way, then when you go in that direction, there must be no forks in the cave?

What's more, the two of them have almost exhausted all their strength to struggle to this point, and if they turn back and walk again, can they return to the middle of the cave where they woke up, not to mention, how many long roads still need to be groped and crawled over in front of the darkness?

No one is a fool, at least Shen Shi and Zhong Qingzhu are not, the joint danger here, even if they are not very old, but after thinking about it, how could they not think of it, and they can't figure it out?

If you don't leave, you'll probably die here, and if you venture back, you'll almost certainly die in the depths of the dark and terrifying cavern.

In front of the two of them, there were two roads that were so desperate.

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Shen Shi leaned against the stone wall, his eyes looked at the sky blankly, the mountain pass that was closed by the cliff and only exposed a small place, the clouds were still dense, and the wind and rain were still blowing, but because of the mountain wall, when they reached the bottom of the sinkhole, the original raging and violent wind and rain were much calmer, turning into a leisurely and fluttering rain, slowly falling down, wetting their hair and clothes, but whether it was Shen Shi or Zhong Qingzhu, they didn't have the strength to pay attention to this rain at this time.

There is a quiet place under the sinkhole, perhaps because there is a waterhole here, the stone wall at the bottom looks very wet, moss can be seen everywhere, and the rain falling from the sky is fluttering, falling in the clear pool, causing ripples, intertwined with the silent sorrow of the drizzle.

I don't know how long it took, Shen Shi suddenly said, "Do you want to go back and go again?"

Zhong Qingzhu leaned against the stone wall, her body seemed to feel a little chilly, and she couldn't help but move closer to Shen Shi's side, when the shoulders of the two were leaning together, she seemed to feel a little relieved, and her face was a little relaxed. After hearing Shen Shi's question, Zhong Qingzhu sighed softly and said, "If we turn around and go, can we go out?"

Shen Shi was silent for a moment and said, "I don't know. ”

I don't know, naturally I'm not sure, looking at his face, I know that even Shen Shi himself is pessimistic about the way back. Zhong Qingzhu shook his head and said, "If I have to die, I'd rather die here than go back to the end." ”

Shen Shi didn't say anything more, just leaned his back against the stone wall, and at the same time felt the faint warmth and inexplicable fragrance of Zhong Qingzhu's shoulder, and his heart seemed to suddenly feel better.

Then he thought of something, and suddenly his body moved, Zhong Qingzhu quickly noticed his strangeness, turned his head and asked, "What's wrong?"

Shen Shi seemed to hesitate a little, and after smiling bitterly, he said, "I suddenly remembered the incident I wanted to ask you earlier but forgot about it." ”

Zhong Qingzhu said: "What is it?"

Shen Shi took a breath and said, "Didn't you talk about the spirit crystal as a meal earlier, I wanted to ask you at that time, do you have the spirit crystal on you now?"

Zhong Qingzhu's expression moved, and his eyes suddenly had a little more brilliance, both of them are newcomers who have started to cultivate, as long as they have spirit crystals on their bodies, they can recover their physical strength once they start cultivating, even if they are trapped here, with the replenishment of spirit crystal spiritual power, they will not be in danger of starving to death, after all, they have just started to cultivate, and the spiritual power required is extremely small, even if there is only one spirit crystal, they can support them for several days without dying.

With this time, maybe we will wait until the help arrives!

As soon as he thought of this, Zhong Qingzhu suddenly became happy, with a few wings in his eyes, and said, "I, I didn't bring the spirit crystal when I went out to pick up shellfish, did you bring it?"

Shen Shi put his hand on his forehead and said with a wry smile: "I'm also afraid that if I lose it, it will delay my cultivation, so I also put the spirit crystal in the cave mansion and prepare to go back to practice at night." ”

Zhong Qingzhu was speechless, and finally hung his head in disappointment after a while, Shen Shi was also silent, looking up at the wind and rain, he only felt that all the roads had come to an end, and there was no way to live, so he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

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Under the cliff, the wind is not strong, and the rain is falling.

The moss is dark green, the pool is secluded, a few bushes of wild grass at the water's edge, clustered with three or two wild flowers, in this deep and uninhabited deep valley, alone with a faint spring.

After sitting for a long time, the fatigue in my body finally seemed to subside, and I could barely recover some energy. After the initial desperate blow, Shen Shi still managed to cheer up his spirits, and with a one-ten-thousandth luck, he circled around the bottom of this sinkhole, and looked carefully, hoping to find some path to leave.

But in the end, Shibi Sensen finally cut off all his hopes.

Standing by the waterhole, he slowly turned around, and at the entrance of the cave, Zhong Qingzhu also stood up against the stone wall, looking up at him.

Facing Zhong Qingzhu's gaze, Shen Shi just shook his head slowly, and a trace of disappointment flashed across Zhong Qingzhu's face, but obviously he had expected this result in his heart, and he didn't have much reaction, just walked over slowly.

The rain fell on her sideburns and face, taking advantage of her face to become more and more pale.

Shen Shi frowned and said, "The injury on your hand is not healed yet, so you should go back to the cave and rest in a place where there is no rain." ”

Zhong Qingzhu's eyes fell on the waterhole beside the two of them, looked at the clear water, and said softly: "What can you do if you take a rest, isn't it the same as waiting for death?"

Shen Shi was silent.

Zhong Qingzhu glanced back at him, his gaze was very soft, and after a while, he said, "Stone, why don't you go to the cave and come out later, okay?"

Shen Shi frowned and said, "I'm fine, I don't have to go over to hide from the rain." ”

Zhong Qingzhu's pale cheeks suddenly seemed to have a faint flush, even in this desperate situation, he was still a little ashamed, but he didn't seem to want to blame the boy in front of him, so he just said softly: "If I have to die here, I also want to die cleanly." I was crawling and walking in the water all the way just now, and my body was dirty, and I wanted to wash it in this water......"

Shen Shi stayed for a moment, and then came to his senses, Zhong Qingzhu meant that he wanted to wash his body in this pool before he died, and then wait for death with peace of mind, he only felt extremely embarrassed for a while, and at the same time his heart was inexplicably sad, he glanced at Zhong Qingzhu deeply, then nodded, and said, "I know, I'll go over, you will call me after you wash it, and I will come out." ”

Zhong Qingzhu blushed, only nodded and whispered, but did not speak.

Listening to the footsteps behind her and slowly walking away, Zhong Qingzhuwu felt that her face was a little hot with a fever, looking at the clear pool in front of her, she seemed to be a little stupid for a while, and after a while, she sighed softly, raised her uninjured right hand, stretched it to her chest, slowly unbuttoned the first button, and then reached out to untie the second one.

Suddenly, at this moment, Shen Shi suddenly exclaimed behind her:

"Oops!"

The footsteps sounded, and it was Shen Shi who ran from behind him quickly, Zhong Qingzhu was taken aback, his face was red in an instant, and he subconsciously covered his chest with his hands, although only one button was unbuttoned and did not reveal much skin, but at this moment, her heart was inexplicably like a deer colliding with her, and at the same time, she was a little angry and annoyed, she turned her head and glared at Shen Shi, thinking to herself, this bad person, could it be that he had some strange thoughts?