Jade Everest Peak is not far from Tianyin Peak.

However, the height of the two mountains is staggered, and this Jade Everest Peak is much taller than Tianyin Peak, and it is not as lush as Tianyin, which makes the trip to participate in the monthly examination much more difficult.

Halfway through the journey, Xiang Bei asked Li Chongguang, "Senior brother, this Jade Everest Mountain Road is difficult to walk, and the badger's whereabouts are secret, it is better to let the Yuelai girl use the technique of divination to help us find a direction." ”

Senior Brother shook his head again and again, "Master's original intention is to inspect our cultivation, and if we are opportunistic, we are afraid that we will be disrespectful." ”

Yuelai on the side heard it, and was a little angry, "You idiot, what's so disrespectful about this, isn't divination a skill taught by the master, and it doesn't say that it can't be used." ”

As he spoke, Yuelai had already taken out three copper plates from her body and shook the hexagram with a bang.

Although the other people did not say anything, they also gathered around Yuelai, waiting to see her results.

After some hexagram shaking, Yuelai hesitantly pointed to the north mountain of Yuzhu Peak, "It should be there." ”

Li Chongguang didn't want to anger the tanuki girl, but he still couldn't help but express his suspicions, "The north mountain is covered with snow, the grass and trees are sparse, and there is almost no place to stay, we have to go there to search, I'm afraid it will delay two or three days." Master doesn't mean to make things difficult. If this badger hides in the south of the mountain, we will not miss the opportunity in vain. ”

The raccoon girl is not confident in her practice of divination, and it makes sense to listen to what Li Chongguang said. After all, the stakes are high, so there will be no more confrontation, and everyone will have no idea for a while.

Just when everyone was hesitating, Xiang Bei had to stand up again, "What Senior Brother said is also reasonable. It's just that we are wasting our time if we continue to hesitate here. ”

"Brother Xiang Bei, what do you say?" Shikong felt that Xiang Bei already had an idea.

"Then we will divide the troops into two routes, senior brother, you and Yuelai will each lead a team, and search the south and north sides at the same time, the chances are better. ”

Li Chongguang thought that this was indeed the best, but he still told him uneasily, "Senior brother, Yuelai, this child is easy to be impulsive, I can rest assured if you accompany her." ”

So, Li Chongguang took Shikong and Fusheng to search Shannan. Xiang Bei took Yuelai, Tang Qianshou, and Fulu to set off towards Beishan.

After the team separated, Xiang Bei specially told his companions that Tang Qianshou's Emei bee should ensure that everyone would not get lost in the rocky and snowy northern mountains, and Yuelai should try his best to open the hexagram, throw stones and ask for directions, and help everyone avoid detours. Fu Lu must prepare the spirit rune and prepare for battle at any time, after all, this spirit badger can also be regarded as a spiritual cultivation into the body, and it is said that it can escape like a thousand-year-old ginseng essence.

The group performed their duties, and Xiang Bei was on guard all around, but after a day of searching, there was still no gain. Seeing that the sunlight had been completely obscured by the mountain peaks overhead, it was only pitch black in all directions.

Yuelai was a little frustrated, "Brother Xiangbei, it may be that I am not good at learning, and this trick of throwing stones and asking for directions is always vaguely unreal." ”

Xiang Bei was also a little frustrated, because he had to rush to Tianyin Peak tomorrow morning, otherwise, even if he found the spirit badger, he would exceed the time limit set by Tian'en.

But he knew that he couldn't give up at this time, so he comforted him kindly, "If we can't find the spirit badger here, it means that this cunning guy will hide in Shannan, and I believe that Senior Brother and Shikong will definitely be able to gain something." ”

Xiang Bei lit the torch and continued to cheer up the depressed team members, anyway, it was still early, let's search a few more places, and find a suitable place to camp by the way.

In the end, Yuelai simply threw the copper coin used for divination in his hand into the snow, and said angrily, "What kind of divination technique is this, taking us around in circles in this South Mountain!"

"Sister Yuelai, don't worry" Xiang Bei picked up the three copper coins, "My scarf fell on the road just now, this is a very important gift, can you help me find it?"

Yuelai had to reopen the hexagram, but this time, she helped Xiang Bei find the scarf back very smoothly.

Xiang Bei picked up the scarf, wrapped it around his neck again, and lowered his head to ponder for a while. Quietly leaned into Fu Lu's ear, "Senior Brother Fu Lu, don't make a noise, you secretly set up a few trapped spirit arrays in the place where we passed. ”

Fu Lu is loyal and honest, although he doesn't quite understand what Xiang Bei means, but he feels that this second senior brother can always find a solution to the problem, so he nodded in response.

With Xiang Bei's encouragement, everyone searched for a while, but still found nothing.

Suddenly, Xiang Bei stopped the tired crowd, "Now, Senior Brother Fulu, you take us to check those few trapped spirit arrays of yours. ”

Yuelai and Tang Qianshou didn't know where to go, and together with Xiang Bei, they followed behind Fu Lu and looked back towards the place they had searched.

Fu Lu laid a total of three trapped spirit arrays, and the first two formations did not have any abnormalities, but when he searched for the third array, far away, he heard a hissing sound in front of him, as if there was a small beast's scream.

This sound made the white wolf instantly excited, and he followed the sound and rushed forward. Xiang Bei was overjoyed, and he followed the white wolf and rushed forward.

In a gentle place covered with light snow, the third trapped spirit array under Fu Lu had obviously been triggered. Although it was a leeward valley, the four array flags made of talismans shook violently, and the normals between the array flags also shimmered with golden light.

The white wolf, who was the first to run to the edge of the circle, seemed to feel the horror of the circle, just around the periphery of the array flag, while howling lowly, while pulling the sand and gravel on the ground with his front legs, the white hair on his back all rose at once, and it seemed to be twice as large as usual.

Seeing that the master behind him had already rushed up, the white wolf suddenly rose in courage, jumped high, jumped over the normal line between the formation flags, and launched an attack on the prey in the magic circle.

The prey in the magic circle had already accumulated a belly of anger in the fight against the magic circle, and under several impacts, those normals trapped in the spirit circle burned and left scorch marks on their bodies.

As if trying to show his courage in front of his master, the white wolf pounced on the trapped beast the size of a calf. Perhaps, as Yuelai said, this guy has already secretly caught a lot of prey on Tianyin Peak. Or the owner behind it gave it enough courage, and the white wolf jumped and threw himself on the back of the trapped beast, and a mouthful of early wolf teeth bit the back of the trapped beast.

However, things did not turn out as it had expected, as the sharp wolf fangs did not pierce the thick fur on the trapped beast's back. The trapped beast was in pain, and stood up on its two hind legs.

Without the slightest gap, the body of the white wolf that was thrown off was still falling, and the trapped beast actually swung his palm and smashed it on the head of the white wolf, causing the white wolf's body to fly out in the air.

"Xiaobai!" Xiang Bei was frightened by the scene in front of him, and under the shout, he stood up, jumped into the air to catch the white wolf, and then held it on the ground and rolled to unload the strength, under a rough look, the white wolf was covered with blood, and several bloody wounds extended from his forehead to his chin.

Xiang Bei handed the wailing Xiaobai to Yuelai, who caught up later, and unsheathed his own sun, glaring angrily at the trapped beasts in the magic circle. He secretly scolded in his heart, "The old guys on Yin Peak are not at ease this day. ”

The portrait of the greyhound shown to everyone at the time of departure looks like a docile domestic dog. But the spirit beast the size of a calf in front of him stood up a head taller than everyone else, and his face was even more fierce, not only the fangs sticking out of his lips, but also several sharp claws piercing out of the fat forepalm, shining in the dark, presumably the wound on the white wolf's forehead was left by these sharp claws.

"Fu Lu Guard!" Seeing that the array flags became crumbling under the impact of the huge spirit badger, Xiang Bei reminded Fu Lu behind him, and at the same time held Ming Yang in his hand, and pounced on the spirit badger.

Fu Lu put his palms together, chanted incantations, and one after another spiritual energy was injected into the four array flags, and the crumbling magic circle stabilized. And Xiang Bei took advantage of the situation, dodged and moved, dodging the claws waved by the spirit badger, and Ming Yang slashed through the spirit badger's joints.

The imprisoning power in the magic circle made the spirit badger's movements extremely difficult, and the swing of the claws was completely suppressed by the momentum of the sword sound, and after a few rounds, Ming Yang had already cut off several meridians of the spirit badger.

Poof, where the blade of the sword passed, the badger didn't bleed much, but the two forearms were already hanging down in front of his chest, and he couldn't swing it anymore.

Xiang Bei didn't dare to be careless, and joined forces with everyone to knock the spirit badger to the ground, and tied it with tough cow tendons.

The badger shook its head, trying to use its fangs to pick everyone up, but only to return to a flurry of punches and kicks, grinning in pain and hissing roars.

Ambushed the jade bead badger, and everyone excitedly looked around the prey.

Xiang Bei carefully examined the white wolf's injuries worriedly. Poor white wolf, the wound is deep and the bone is visible. Xiang Bei gave it an elixir to stop bleeding, and stuffed a golden pill for internal consumption into its mouth. Seeing the white wolf wailing and slowly falling asleep, and the bleeding from the wound gradually stopped, Xiang Bei felt a little relieved.

"Senior Brother Xiang Bei, how do you know that I can trap this spirit beast with the Trapped Spirit Array?" Fu Lu was puzzled, and while Xiang Bei had settled Xiaobai, he leaned over and asked.

"This guy is indeed cunning enough, before the Yuelai girl opened the hexagram and threw stones to ask for directions, I also found that following the hexagram we have been going around in circles in the mountains. But I tested it, and found that the divination of the Yuelai girl is still very accurate. ”

"You mean your scarf?" Fu Lu understood Xiang Bei's intentions.

"Well, since there is no problem with the spiritual hexagram of the Yuelai sister. Then, it must be this spirit beast that is taking us around in circles. ”

"So you will do what you want!" Yuelai also understood Xiang Bei's arrangement, and couldn't help but admire, "Brother Xiang Bei, you are even more cunning than this spirit badger. ”

Xiang Bei scratched his head in embarrassment, Yuelai's praise, he would rather not.

Everyone guarded the prey badger, repaired on the spot overnight, and the next morning, contacted the search team in the south of the mountain, and hurried back with great interest.

Li Chongguang listened to everyone's gossip about the process of capturing the spirit badger, and was also impressed by Xiang Bei, "This monthly exam is thanks to my junior brother. ”

Xiang Bei waved his hand again and again, saying that this was everyone's credit.

However, this month's exam was quite smooth, and everyone rushed back to Tianyin Peak to recover their lives with the captured spirit badgers.

But just when everyone saw that the eaves of Tianque Palace were already faintly visible among the branches, the little white wolf who had been sleeping in Xiang Bei's arms suddenly raised two pointed little ears alertly, and then the mane on his neck suddenly rose, and he looked around vigilantly, with a black nose, poking into the air, and snowing desperately with one opening and closing.

Xiang Bei noticed Xiaobai's uneasiness and wanted to remind everyone to be vigilant, but suddenly the branches around him swayed wildly.

Before everyone could react, a huge black shadow swept by with a more violent wind, and everyone was suddenly beaten by the flying sand and rocks and couldn't open their eyes.

When the wind and sand finally calmed down, everyone came back to their senses, only to find that the badger in front of the team was gone.