Chapter 225: The Old Man with the Sword
The old man is worthy of being the high priest of the Barbarian Bone Clan, as a master of the Mahayana period, his body is extremely fast, and in just an instant, he appeared in the place where the five corpses were buried before the bone collapse, at this time, the place where the five corpses were located had already sunk into deep pits, and the buried corpses had long been gone. Seeing this scene, the old man's face was slightly gloomy, and his footsteps slowly stepped out, wandering around for a while, and found that there were some blood stains on the ground.
"Little tricks dare to be ugly!" Looking around, the old man looked at the void and snorted coldly, and then the snake staff in his hand was drawn into the void, and there were words in his mouth, and suddenly, countless charms faintly appeared around, seeing this, the old man waved the snake staff forward, and the spell faded and disappeared in an instant, and three miserable corpses appeared under the feet of the old man.
At this time, Zhao Zhen and Gu Frustration have also rushed over, seeing that the place where the five corpses were buried was empty, he couldn't help but change his face slightly, and when he turned his eyes, he found that there were three more corpses under the feet of the old man, seeing this, Zhao Cru and Gu Frustration were about to ask, but they saw the old man's face like water, and the figure suddenly flashed, shooting out into the void, and then the snake staff in his hand waved, and suddenly, in mid-air, I saw a phantom vomiting blood and flying upside down, and the figure smashed heavily on a clearing, making the ground deeply dented, cracking countless spiderweb-like cracks. Seeing this, the old man's face turned cold, and he was about to wave the snake staff to force the phantom to appear again, but at this moment, the depression in the ground suddenly trembled, and then he saw five figures rushing out from the ground and waving their palms towards the old man. Zhao Zhen stopped below and looked into the air, and under the investigation of the powerful divine sense comparable to that of a Mahayana monk, he suddenly found that the five figures that appeared at this time were actually the five corpses buried before the bone collapse, but these five corpses seemed to have been manipulated by someone at the moment, and his eyes were empty and fearless and rushed towards the old man like a machine.
In the face of these five corpses, the old man snorted coldly, the snake staff in his hand was black and dense, and the body of the staff had turned into a hundred zhang long with a wave of his hand, and it smashed on the five figures with a wave of his hand. Seeing this, the old man's face turned cold, his figure flashed, and he appeared in the depression that flew upside down before the phantom to inspect it, but found that the phantom had already fled.
Turning around with a slightly cold face, the old man hurriedly looked at the three corpses that had just died, and found that the phantom had killed a foreign monk. And just now, the old man fought with the phantom, and he already knew that the phantom could manipulate the corpse, this kind of exercise can be seen in the witch clan and the demon gate, and even some casual cultivators have also practiced, and it is difficult to find out the identity of the phantom based on this alone. However, the phantom can use the trick of covering up the corpse, which is also a bit unexpected by the old man, because this kind of exercise is very similar to some secret methods of the Wu clan, and this is also the reason why the old man can see the suspicion at a glance.
"High Priest, what did you find?" Seeing the phantom fleeing, the bone frustration on one side couldn't help but hurriedly stepped forward to ask the high priest, just now the phantom and the high priest fought, although the speed was extremely fast, but it was still no match for the high priest, and the bone frustration just wanted to see if the high priest could find clues from the other party's exercises.
Shaking his head with a slightly gloomy face, the high priest was silent for a moment before he slowly spoke: "Judging from the battle with the phantom just now, the other party's cultivation should be at the peak of the tribulation, and the method used to hide the corpse is very similar to some secret methods of the Wu clan, but based on these alone, it is still impossible to determine the identity of the other party!"
After hearing the high priest's words, Bone Frustration didn't say anything more, since the cultivation of the phantom was at the peak of the Tribulation, then this kind of thing was not something that Bone Frustration could interfere with, and asking was just to satisfy his curiosity. However, the High Priest's words made Zhao Zhen start to think, since the Phantom Cultivator who fought with the High Priest was at the peak of the Tribulation, it completely matched all of Zhao Zhen's previous guesses, and now, what Zhao Zhen had to do was to find out the thief from these foreign Peak Cultivators!
There were five foreign monks during the Tribulation Period, and only three of them had reached the peak of cultivation, so the biggest target of suspicion was undoubtedly locked on these three people. Just now, the High Priest of the Barbarian Clan fought with the Illusory and severely injured him, and at this time, just look at which of the three people is injured, then you can determine who is the thief who stole the holy artifact.
However, what happened just now made Zhao Zhen feel that this matter was not as simple as he imagined, it stands to reason that after the thief stole the holy relic, he should try to hide his identity as much as possible, however, now he has repeatedly appeared to kill foreign monks, what kind of medicine is sold in this gourd? Could it be that the thief stealing the holy relic is not the main purpose, in fact, there are other plans? These chaotic clues are cut and sorted out, and it is not easy to find out the clues from them, but now Zhao Zhen has no time to take care of these, no matter what the real purpose of the thief who stole the holy relic is, as long as the thief is found, everything can be revealed. After the high priest left, Gu Zhen had to bury the three bodies that had just died, while Zhao Zhen joined Zi Yanran, Luo Bai and Gongsun Yan.
There was still no clue about investigating the thieves, Zhao Zhen sighed helplessly, it seems that it is not realistic to leave the Barbarian Clan to find Li Ruoshui in the short term. However, when Zhao Zhen saw the third daughter, he found that Zi Yanran was sitting with her eyes closed, as if she had entered a certain state, while Luo Bai and Gongsun Yan were standing by the side, looking around. Seeing this, Zhao Yan hurriedly stepped forward to ask, but at this time, Gongsun Yan immediately put his index finger in front of his lips and made a silent gesture, and then whispered to Zhao Chen's ear, telling Zhao Zhen that Zi Yanran was about to break through the bottleneck of Jindan's peak and enter the Yuan Infant Stage, and this was the critical moment.
After listening to Gongsun Yan's words, Zhao Zhen's eyes moved, Zi Yanran had stayed at the peak of Jindan for a long time, and now the breakthrough was a matter of course, so Zhao Zhen would not be too worried. Zi Yanran's aura slowly changed over time, and even in the nearby area, many people had begun to feel it. At this time, it was Gongsun Yan who paid the most attention to the changes in Zi Yanran's aura, and for Gongsun Yan, who was also in the Jindan period now, being able to observe Zi Yanran's promotion to the Yuan Infant Stage at such a close distance would be able to gain a lot of experience, which would be of great benefit to Gongsun Yan's breakthrough cultivation in the future.
In the eyes of everyone, Zi Yanran's aura began to change rapidly, and everyone retreated a distance when they saw this, so that Zi Yanran could calm down and break through. The process from breaking through the golden pill to entering the Yuan Infant Stage was very slow, Zhao Zhen stared at Zi Yanran intently, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion in his heart, before, Zhao Zhen never thought that Zi Yanran would one day be able to enter the cultivation realm with him, and now, these things that he didn't think about seemed to have begun to gradually come true.
The chaotic thoughts in his mind kept surging, and after a while, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but smile, his eyes looked at Zi Yanran again, and found that Zi Yanran's aura at this moment had changed significantly, compared to when Jin Dan was at its peak, Zi Yanran's aura became stronger, and it seemed that Zi Yanran had successfully advanced to the Yuan Infant Stage. At this time, Gongsun Yan and Luo Bai had already stepped forward to ask for warmth, and when Zhao Zhen saw this, he also walked quickly to Zi Yanran's side to check, and found that Zi Yanran's pulse was stable and calm, so he put his mind at ease.
Now that Zi Yanran has entered the Yuan Infant Stage, her breath is obviously much stronger than when she was in Jindan, especially the changes in her body that are the most obvious. At this moment, not only Zhao Zhen was happy for Zi Yan, but even Gongsun Yan and Luo Bai were also the same. However, just as several people were immersed in joy, Gongsun Yan suddenly looked to the side, and then frowned slightly.
Seeing this, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but look in the direction of Gongsun Yan's gaze, but found that Nanyue, An Quantao and Bi Yuntao from Jiuxiao Gate passed by on one side, but at this moment, these three people were following behind an old man with a sword, and their attitude was quite restrained. This old man's cultivation is not weak, he has reached the peak of the tribulation, and this person is also one of the three people that Zhao Zhen feels is most suspected of stealing holy relics.
The thief had been badly wounded in the fight with the high priest, and if the old man could be found out if he was injured, it would be possible to determine whether he was a thief or not. However, the cultivation of the old man with the sword has reached the peak of the tribulation, and Zhao Zhen wants to test the other party with his current strength, which is undoubtedly asking for hardship, Zhao Zhen naturally will not do something meaningless with eggs and stones, since he does not have the strength to test the other party, then Zhao Zhen can also use the hands of others.
Looking around, just when Zhao Zhen didn't know how to use other people's hands to test the old man with the sword, Nanyue, who was walking with the old man with the sword, saw Gongsun Yan next to Zhao Zhen, but he came over with a cold face, and scolded viciously as soon as he opened his mouth: "Little slut, I feel an eyesore when I see you!"
"Eyesore?" Gongsun Yan is not good at stubble, and immediately retorted after hearing Nanyue's words: "A woman like this girl who is so smart and beautiful has always been a person who sees people, loves flowers and flowers, and has a flat tire when she sees a car!
After hearing Gongsun Yan's words, Zhao Zhen, Luo Bai and Zi Yanran couldn't help but purse their lips and snicker, while Nanyue was even more disgusted with her face, Nanyue hadn't seen a big face before, but it was the first time that someone like Gongsun Yan praised himself found out, and at the moment, he couldn't help but mock while being angry in his heart: "Yes! You are ice and snow smart and natural, and I don't know how many cheap stinky men like you!"
"I'm a heartthrob, of course all men in the world like me!" Seeing Nanyue become angry again, Gongsun Yan couldn't help but spit out his little pink tongue with a hippie smile, and then his eyes turned, and he immediately grabbed a flaw in Nanyue's words, as if talking to himself: "Hasn't a man ever liked you? No! Although your appearance is a little ugly, there will always be people who want it for nothing! Hello that bite?"
With a slightly strange look in his eyes, Gongsun Yan looked at Nan Yue, and hurriedly put his hands in front of his chest and took a few steps back, the implication of the words coupled with this strange expression and eyes made it difficult for people not to feel that Nan Yue had quirks, especially when they heard Nan Yue call men stinky men, which further implemented this speculation in the hearts of others! Some women in the vicinity, after hearing what Gongsun Yan said to Nan Yue, suddenly frowned slightly and looked embarrassed, and avoided Nan Yue a certain distance in disgust.
"You!" Being humiliated like this by Gongsun Yan, Nan Yue's face suddenly turned red with anger, especially the strange eyes around her, which made Nan Yue lose her mind, and rushed towards Gongsun Yan with her flying sword and fangs and claws: "I have to kill you little slut today to vent the hatred in my heart!"
Nanyue's sudden move made the faces of some of the people around him change slightly, but Zhao Zhen was already on guard, and hurriedly urged Heaven and Earth Wuji to lay a layer of defensive air cover in front of Gongsun Yan, and when Nanyue's flying sword slashed towards Gongsun Yan, he was immediately blocked by the air shield, and he couldn't get close to Gongsun Yan at all. All this that Zhao Zhen did was silent, and there was no trace of mobilizing the vitality of heaven and earth, and none of the people present could even find out that it was Zhao Zhen who was making a move.
"Who is helping this little slut, come out quickly!" The flying sword offered to Gongsun Yan was blocked, and Nanyue's fierce momentum suddenly leaked more than half, but the more this was the case, the more annoyed Nanyue became, at this time, his eyes were already red, and the flying sword he sacrificed was also a random slashing air cover. However, annoyance is annoyance, Nanyue is not confused, and naturally knows in her heart that the aura mask that suddenly appeared is someone secretly helping Gongsun Yan to relieve the siege. At this moment, Nanyue relied on the support of the sword-wielding old man who had the peak of the tribulation, and shouted arrogantly to the surroundings.
Seeing Nanyue so arrogant, the people around couldn't help but shake their heads, such an impetuous monk could be regarded as having lost the face of Jiuxiaomen. Seeing that Nanyue was getting more and more annoyed, An Quantao and Bi Yuntao also took action after glancing at each other, and together they sacrificed magic weapons to attack Zhao Zhen and used the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi to lay a defensive air shield for Gongsun Yan.
Under the joint efforts of the three of them, the defensive air shield laid by Zhao Zhen continued to tremble, and there were faint signs of breaking it, seeing this, Zhao Zhen's face sank, his eyes looked at the old man with the sword, and found that the old man with the sword turned a deaf ear to the behavior of Nan Yue and the others, and couldn't help but sneer in his heart at the moment, if it really didn't work, he could only make a move.
At this time, Luo Bai and Zi Yanran also discovered that the situation was wrong, and their bodies couldn't help but tighten up slowly, ready to strike at any time. And just when several people fell into a tense state of stalemate, a break attracted all the attention: "Stop!"
As the voice spread, a figure appeared between Nanyue and Gongsun Yan like a streamer, just a wave of the sleeves like an understatement, and suddenly a powerful force that overwhelming Nanyue, An Quantao and Bi Yuntao shook the three back, at that moment, Nanyue and the others couldn't help but look at the person in surprise, but they saw a middle-aged man from the barbarian clan with a pale face appear in front of them. This middle-aged man was very thin, and his skinny cheeks were even faintly sickly, but judging from the middle-aged man's Ling Li's shot just now, no one dared to underestimate this person's strength.
"Who are you, why do you want to do it for her?" Nan Yue's heart was already filled with anger at this moment, even though she knew that the middle-aged man was strong, she still couldn't help but ask at this moment. Of course, the main reason why Nan Yue dared to ask the middle-aged man was that he relied on the support of an old man with a sword.
"Who I am has nothing to do with you, I just made a move because I wanted to, that's all!" The middle-aged man of the Barbarian Bone Clan who suddenly appeared in a rather arrogant tone, but in this arrogance, a strong confidence was revealed, and Zhao Zhen could feel that this was a unique momentum possessed by a superior person. At this moment, the middle-aged man didn't seem to have a good impression of Nanyue and the others, and his tone was not salty or light, but with the strength of the middle-aged man's peak of the tribulation, he did have the qualifications to ignore Nanyue.
Having said this, the middle-aged man ignored Nan Yue and the others, turned around and was about to leave, but at this time, Nan Yue's eyes flashed with resentment when he looked at Gongsun Yan, and he bit his silver teeth and sacrificed his flying sword again. Seeing this, the middle-aged man's face turned cold, and his footsteps on the ground were forced, and suddenly the ground rumbled, and in an instant, it was forcibly split into a narrow ravine, and the cracks in the gully continued to spread, until it reached the place where Nanyue stood, making Nanyue, who was unprepared, stand unsteadily, and fell into the ravine.
In this regard, the middle-aged man was expressionless, and his feet were forced inward again, wanting to merge this ravine and bury Nanyue directly into the ravine crack, but at this moment, the old man with the sword who had not been silent finally couldn't help but make a move, only to see him wave his big hand, and a strange light was probed into the crack of the underground ravine, and then drove straight into the gray-faced Nanyue to hold it up. After seeing that Nan Yue was fine, the old man with the sword turned his eyes to look at the middle-aged man, and his face gradually turned cold: "Bullying a few juniors with the cultivation of the peak of the Tribulation, if this word spreads, I'm afraid it won't be good for the reputation of your barbarian clan?"
"What does the reputation of the Barbarian Bone Clan have to do with me?" Hearing the words of the sword-wielding old man, the middle-aged man smiled disdainfully, and his words seemed quite strange, as if the middle-aged man of the Barbarian Bone Clan did not think much of his own clan. Looking at the sword-wielding old man again, the middle-aged man couldn't help but snort coldly: "Just now, because I saw that they were juniors, I just bullied them!"