In the room of the Sect Master of the Cangyue Sect, Huang Linghai sat on a rosewood chair, and beside him sat Xiang Yutang, the head of the Internal Affairs Department who had just entered.

"He's gone?" asked Huang Linghai as he turned the teacup in his hand.

"Gone. Xiang Yutang said.

"I don't know if it's right or wrong to use ten trial places as compensation for not being able to deliver the 'Flame Sword' this time!" Huang Linghai frowned.

"Senior brother thinks that they are just coveting the demon core inside, only ten people, it would be good if one person came back!" Xiang Yutang hesitated and said.

"That's right, but I always feel that something is wrong, forget it, maybe I'm too worried! Senior brother, you go and inform Luojia Mountain, after all, it was an agreement between the two families. ”

"Well, I see!" Xiang Yutang bowed his hand and stepped back.

Huang Linghai looked at his departing figure, and his thoughts went back to when he was still a disciple of the Qi Cultivation Period.

I remember that year, the spirit beasts in the Golden Tooth Mountain Range attacked all the creatures they saw like crazy, at first, they were still very weak and not enough to be afraid, so the sect did not pay attention to it.

But after less than a few months, there were high-level demonic beasts hurting people one after another, and since then, they have been out of control, and many of their brothers and sisters, including their uncles and uncles, have died because of that bloody killing. Later, the beast tide finally alarmed several reclusive seniors of the sect, and they joined forces with several elders of the 'Luojia Mountain', and almost all those spirit beasts that had fallen into madness were slaughtered.

Demonic beasts have not appeared in the territory of Xuanwu Kingdom for nearly a thousand years, in order to figure out the reason, after some investigation, it was found that these crazy spirit beasts all came from the Black Water Valley five hundred miles away. When they rushed there, they saw a faint demonic qi coming out of a deep pit in the valley, and the spirit beasts in the valley were infected with these demonic qi before they went berserk!

They first set up a magic circle outside to prevent the demonic qi from leaking out, and only went down to investigate after they thought they were fully prepared. As a result, this time eight people went down, and only three people came up from inside. Although they were prepared, the people who went down were still infected by the demonic qi one after another, and they fought each other below, and in the end, only one of the great sword masters of the sect and the two great sword masters of Luojia Mountain were able to come out of it.

After this battle, the three of them did not dare to go down rashly, and after a month of preparation, they gathered two of the top eight of the top stores at that time, and finally entered the pit for the second time.

This time, because of the full preparation, the eight people who went down finally reached the bottom of the Wanzhang Cave. It was a huge blackwater lake, and it was said that every drop of water in it weighed 10,000 catties, and the people standing on it were like walking on the ground.

However, on the surface of the Black Water Lake, there was a faint demonic aura leaking outward, and it was these demonic qi that polluted the plants and animals on it. Moreover, some spirit beasts not only multiply extremely fast under the filth of demonic energy, but also have an astonishing speed of advancement. But the most incredible thing is that the demonic energy can give birth to demonic beasts on its own, so even if they kill all the creatures in the valley, it will not help.

However, what frightened them even more was that they were unable to stop the demonic qi leaking out of the Blackwater Lake, and after some deliberation, they decided to set up a Great Soul Sealing Array in the Blackwater Valley. Suppress those demonic beasts bred by demonic qi and continue to advance, so that they cannot break through to the high-level demonic beasts equivalent to the foundation building period.

The demonic beasts trapped in the Blackwater Valley cannot advance or get out, and under the rapid reproduction inside, they are increasing day by day, and every March they will concentrate their forces to attack the Great Spirit Sealing Array after the demon roars, trying to get out of it.

In order to ensure the stability of the Great Array of Sealing Spirits, the two sects would join forces to send disciples to clear out the beast tide when it was surging.

However, the Great Array of Sealing Spirits is also effective in suppressing the realm of monks, so the realm of monks who go down can only be below the foundation building period. And in the same way, since a great war between monks thousands of years ago, there has not been much dispute, and the number of disciples of each sect has also risen sharply, and there are only so many resources for cultivating immortals, and there are more monks and less porridge, and the two sects simply use this to eliminate some surplus disciples every year, plus although the grade of those demonic beasts is not high, the demon core has also been bred in the body.

The demon core is the main material of some high-level magic weapons, and the value in the cultivation realm of the Xuanwu Kingdom is not low, and the two sects can get a large number of magic cores from the trial every year, and the value after their exchange is not worse than the refining weapons that the refining academy inherits in a year, so they will not care about the life or death of their disciples, and will arrange two hundred marginal disciples in the sect to hunt demons every year. It's called a trial!

Of course, the sect is also very generous to the disciples who go down to hunt demons, in addition to giving each person a magic weapon in advance, they will also give rewards according to the amount of the demon core handed in! Therefore, some disciples who have no chance to advance, or who are poor and crazy, will also take the initiative to ask for help, after all, there is still a one-tenth chance to come back!

Huang Linghai's thoughts returned to reality from the past, "The quota of Qixia Sect has to come out from our side, and it won't have any impact if the ten disciples think about it, just arrange for someone to keep an eye on them at that time." He muttered to himself and closed his eyes.

In the underground palace, the ground beside Xie Ling had already piled up the remnants of Qi Xu Gao's refining. However, it was precisely because of such continuous attempts that he became more and more proficient in the control of flames, and at this time, under the control of his divine sense, the remnants of the furnace were quenched and separated for the first time.

There were a total of large, four, and five glass-like liquids inside, which were wrapped in flames by Xie Ling, and the flames used for each glassy liquid were of different sizes.

There is a wind blowing between them, blocking the connection between them, which is what inspired the Sunwind ban to play. And the water ban on the Ding furnace constantly moistens the dry space inside, controlling the temperature of the flame.

The largest of the five clusters of transparent liquid was refined iron, and the other four small clusters were other materials that had been separated from the fire and quenched, Xie Ling only recognized one as Baiyan Crystal, which was used as an auxiliary material to strengthen the rigidity of the magic weapon, and the other three could only be identified after they were baked.

Xie Ling suddenly touched the lid with one hand, and one of the four glass-like flowing liquids flew out of the furnace at the moment the lid was opened, and almost at the same time, a stream of extremely pure water spiritual power enveloped it inside.

The glassy liquid continued to churn, gradually slowing down, and after a short while, the shape formed a thumb-sized square under Xie Lingkong's attention, and the originally transparent liquid also turned brown.

Xie Ling had a very little understanding of the material, so he took a look at it and put it aside, and then continued the refining below.

Time passed slowly in this monotonous day, and about a week later, news came from outside that a disciple of the Seminary named Xia Yu was in a hurry to find him.

Xie Ling was slightly stunned, he naturally knew the relationship between Xia Yu and Long Xiang, how could she suddenly come to find him, could something have happened? He had a very bad feeling, so he packed up the things in the house and hurried out of the underground palace.

Xia Yu was standing outside the door of the inlay room, his originally smart eyes looked a little dim, and when he saw Xie Ling, although he tried his best to hide the excitement in his heart, he still let Xie Ling see the clues.

"Xia Yu, is something wrong with Long Xiang?" he asked.

Xia Yu looked left and right, nodded, and then said, "Let's go out and talk, okay?"

"Good!"

Long Xiang was like a brother in Xie Ling's heart, and he couldn't help but feel a little excited.

The two of them walked out of the pavilion and walked into the distance before stopping.

"What the hell is going on, Xia Yu, say it quickly!" Xie Ling couldn't help but ask anymore.

"He's been injured and he's recovering from his injuries. Xia Yu said.

"Someone was injured, why did this happen?"

"Do you remember the last time you saw that cultivator disciple named Qi Yuanzheng?"

"What's the matter, does it have anything to do with him? ”

"Well, not long ago, someone came to the door to ask Long Xiang to go out to meet me in my name. But when Long Xiang arrived there, he found out that he had been deceived, it turned out that it was Qi Yuanzheng who made an appointment with him, and he asked Long Xiang not to approach me again in the future. You also know that this stupid boy has a tendon, so he fought under the agitation of Qi Yuanzheng. ”

"Bastard, how is he hurt?" Xie Ling clenched his fists.

"He deliberately concealed it, I knew that it was already good, but now I am very pessimistic, so I have to come to you. Xia Yu's eyes revealed a helplessness and expectation.

"Let's go, go see him first. Xie Lingdao.

"Okay!" Xia Yu nodded.

"Let's go find Qin Pei first and call him along!" Xie Ling remembered something and stopped.

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Long Xiang looked at the white clouds in the sky, and after that battle, he had a feeling that everything was lost. Xia Yu came to him three times, but he couldn't excuse him, not because he was afraid of Qi Yuanzheng, but because he really felt that he was not worthy of her.

"Why are you an intermediate apprentice in the smelting room chasing Xia Yu, she is the granddaughter of Elder Xia Qing of this sect, she has a high-grade immortal root, and her future is bright, what can you give her?"

"Could it be that you want to live under her skirt?"

"Or do you think you have the ability to protect her from harm!"

"Hmph, it's only a matter of time before Xia Yu enters the foundation building period!

Qi Yuanzheng's words pierced his heart like a thorn, making him feel the pain of his heart!

"Yes, what qualifications does a mid-level apprentice of my smelting room have to pursue her! In the future, when my cultivation gradually increases, there will be no nostalgia for me. Long Xiang took a sip of wine, and was about to drink it again when a hot hand grabbed his hand tightly from behind.