It was foggy, there were ancient trees, and visibility in the canyon was low. A strange and piercing buzzing sound came from the air in front of me, and it made people's scalps tingle when they heard it, especially ordinary people, and they couldn't see what kind of monster it was in this valley, and the inexplicable panic lingered in people's hearts and lingered.

Suddenly, a few cursive characters conjured up by white light shot out from the tip of a strange purple-red rune pen, rushing in the direction where the buzzing sound in the fog came from.

Those cursive characters became bigger and bigger, breaking through the fog, and in a moment, a road more than two zhang wide and dozens of zhang long was split in front of the canyon mountain road. At this time, everyone also saw that the humming sound was actually emitted by a swarm of fist-sized poisonous bees with dark green markings, and there were about a hundred of them. This swarm of poisonous bees flew from the sky in front of them, and the sound was quite terrifying.

"Hey, it's a swarm of demonic bees!" Wu Yan jumped from his horse to the ground, touching his chin and looking into the air.

At this time, Zhang Feng next to him, holding a purple-red beast talisman pen more than two feet long, wrote and painted against the void for a while, "A scholar in the deep mountains and valleys, the wild grass sweeps away the killer bees", fourteen chic and elegant cursive words, out of the pen, turned into a text circle, and went to the group of demonic poisonous bees.

"Haha, Zhang Sheng really deserves to be born in a child, the wild grass in this hand is free and elegant, and the power is extraordinary! The Confucian Qi cultivation technique is indeed magical, it is really an eye-opener!" Wu Yan praised with a smile.

Zhang Feng, the scholar next to him, blushed on his face, and said with a smug smile: "See the smile and laugh, the little brother's wild grass was born from the "Wild Grass Sticker" of the book saint, and it was drawn by the Haoran Qi raised by the family heirloom "Haoran Jue", which is considered a spell that has both offense and defense, but compared to Brother Wu's spell, it must be very inferior." The little brother's little skill can only deal with these ordinary poisonous insects, and when he encounters big fierce insects and beasts, he needs Brother Wu to kill them with big spells. ”

As he spoke, the group of more than hundreds of demonic bees had been hit by the fourteen-character wild grass rune circle, stumbling to the ground, and turning into a burst of dark green ashes. I can't see that these wild grass words condensed with void mist are actually not weak, and even such poisonous insects with extremely hard shells can be killed and destroyed in an instant.

The group of caravan warrior guards behind them who looked nervous saw such a strange and terrifying poisonous bee, and they were actually killed by the handsome young scholar who looked weak in front of them, and they all cast shocked and admiring eyes, and their mouths were constantly admiring and flattering.

Although Zhang Feng was born in Confucianism and is a monk, he is still shallow in the world, and he is a little helpless when he is flattered. It was Wu Yan who smiled indifferently and pulled him to continue walking, which saved him from embarrassment.

Wu Yan was silent as he walked, and Zhang Feng said strangely: "Brother Wu, why are you silent?

"Zhang Sheng, don't you think it's strange? Why did this group of demonic poisonous bees appear here inexplicably? The bee colony generally does not take the initiative to attack people, and only when the hive is attacked, will they swarm and move. This group of demonic poisonous bees is swarming down from the mountain, and their hives are bound to be destroyed, I feel that there are even more powerful things in front of them that will appear on the mountain road!" Wu Yan said with a frown.

"Well, Brother Wu, your analysis is reasonable, and the road ahead still seems to be full of dangers. We need to be careful. ”

"Zhang Sheng, you just said that this month is the day when the Xiuzhen Gate opens the mountain gate to hold the Xiuzhen Cultivation Ceremony, such a major event only happens once every five years, why don't you see other scattered cultivators who want to join the Xiuzhen Sect coming?

"Hehe, it turns out that Brother Wu is worried about this. This is not to worry, those who want to join the Xiuzhen Gate of loose cultivation, most of them stay in the Jinji Ridge of Jizui Gorge, Jiguan Town and two places of diving cultivation, to the five-year Xiuzhen ceremony, when the mountain gate is wide open, they will go directly to the mountain gate of the Xiuzhen Gate to participate in the assessment. However, like us, after a long journey, there are very few people who have come here to retreat. In addition to casual cultivation, most of the inner disciples recruited by Xiuzhenmen are immortal cultivator families who are attached to Xiuzhenmen by Shen Guo, and they will send some potential disciples to Xiuzhenmen every year. Zhang Feng knew a lot about the matter of Xiuzhenmen, and explained to Wu Yan when he heard the words.

"I see. ”

Everyone continued to move forward along this canyon, and after walking three or four miles away, as Wu Yan expected, two huge golden leopard bears swooped down from the mountain. This golden leopard bear loves to eat the hive honey of all kinds of giant bees and venomous bees. Presumably, the hive of the group of demonic bees just now was eaten by these two guys, which provoked the group of demonic bees to escape.

This kind of alien beast between a beast and a spirit beast, for ordinary mortals, it is a very fierce alien beast, but for immortal cultivators, this kind of attack power is not strong, and even a low-level spirit beast is inferior to a strange beast, which can be solved with a few spells.

Because of the help of Wu Yan and Zhang Feng, two immortal cultivators, the Ma caravan crossed the Jinjiling Canyon all the way without danger, and arrived at Jiguan Town in the early morning of the second day.

This town, where immortal cultivators and mortals live together, is located in a large open valley. It's like a paradise, hidden and beautiful, and anyone who sees it for the first time will love it.

The Ma caravan arrived at the right time, and the Xiuzhen Gate opened a portal in the first heavy mountain protection array of Jinji Ridge, and from the mouth of the canyon that entered Jiguan Town, the fog in the air cracked out a crack more than ten zhang wide in both directions, which was exactly the same as the width of the Jinji Ridge Canyon, which could accommodate people who came here to participate in the scattered cultivation of the Xiuzhen Grand Ceremony, and entered and exited the town at will.

The caravan stopped outside Cockscomb Town, and Wu Yan and Zhang Feng were attracted by the beautiful scenery in front of them, and looked at the mountains hidden in the misty illusion behind Cockscomb Town with great interest.

However, no matter how the two of them used the Heavenly Eye Technique, except for a vague outline, they couldn't find out what the mountains looked like after the misty illusion at all. Cockscomb Town is still at least ten miles away from the misty illusion, but standing in the town at the foot of this mountain, he can faintly feel a majestic spiritual pressure rushing towards his face. It seems that this should be the spiritual power released by the mountain protection array of the Xiuzhen Gate.

The town has not been carefully planned, and the buildings in the town are clustered in the east and west, and they are built entirely according to people's preferences, and the houses are also made of different materials and shapes. There are bamboo buildings, wooden buildings, as well as stone buildings and caves.

Ma Yuan, the leader of the caravan, after greeting Wu Yan and Zhang Feng, led the caravan into the town, and after a while of negotiation in a stone building at the entrance of the town, he transported the caravan to a courtyard in the town.

Wu Yan and Zhang Feng stood at the entrance of the town, and after observing for a while, a smiling middle-aged Taoist priest in a green robe walked out of the stone building at the entrance of the town.

"The two Taoist friends are invited, in Xia Zhuang Hong, Xi is the outer deacon of the outer gate who is responsible for receiving Taoist friends from all walks of life in Jiguan Town, but the two of them also come to participate in the scattered cultivation of the main cultivation ceremony of the main sect?" The green-robed Taoist priest, after bowing his hand to the two, said with a smile, after finishing speaking, his eyes looked at the two of them, as if they were checking the cultivation realm and origin of the two.

Wu Yan and Zhang Feng didn't dare to hold it up, so they hurriedly returned the salute and said, "In Xia Wuyan, I have seen Zhuang Daoyou. ”

"Xiaosheng Zhang Feng, I have seen Zhuang Daoyou. Xiaosheng is a native of Zhangjiashan, Minghe County, Xinzhou, who admires the cultivation of the true door and Taoism, and came to participate in the cultivation ceremony to increase his knowledge. ”

After the name was revealed, the two of them also looked at the person.

This middle-aged Taoist priest named Zhuang Hong is actually a monk of the eleventh layer of Qi cultivation like Wu Yan. The cyan robe he was wearing, with an earthy yellow pentagonal pattern embroidered on the placket on his chest, and in the middle of the pattern, the word "soil" of an ancient seal was embroidered, but he didn't know what it meant. Around his waist, too, hung a gray storage bag with the same pattern.

When Zhuang Hong heard the names of the two, he was slightly stunned, and suddenly looked at Zhang Feng with a hint of surprise, and asked in surprise: "Could it be that Your Excellency is a disciple of the Confucian Zhang family?"

"Hehe, don't dare to be, the Confucian saint is the grandfather of Xiaosheng, listening to the meaning of Zhuang Daoyou's words, do you recognize Xiaosheng's grandfather?" Zhang Fengxi said.

"Ah, haha, I can't talk about acquaintance, how can I climb up to the Confucian predecessors when I was a guest at this point? As the virtuous grandson of the predecessors of the Confucian saints, he is naturally a distinguished guest of the sect, and he should be entertained well in the next decision, and he will immediately send out a transmission note to notify the deacon of the sect to come to pick up Zhang Shengxian's brother up the mountain. Brother Zhang Shengxian, this Wu Yan Daoist, could it be your friend?" Zhuang Hong laughed a few times, took Zhang Feng's hand very affectionately, and led him to the stone building in the town, and at the same time looked at Wu Yan suspiciously, and asked Zhang Feng politely.

"In the next ......" Wu Yan was about to explain a few words, but Zhang Feng pulled his clothes and said to Zhuang Hong with a smile: "Zhuang Daoyou, this is indeed Xiaosheng's best friend, this time the two of us came together, both of us came to participate in the cultivation ceremony." ”

Wu Yan rubbed his nose and smiled, feeling very grateful to Zhang Feng for helping him out of the siege so much. He is a monk from the Heavenly Wolf Country, and the problem of identity is not a big or small embarrassing matter, if the cultivation of the True Sect does not accept loose cultivation from other countries, then I am afraid it will be a little troublesome. With Zhang Feng's reason, he will be fabricating an identity living near Xintian City, and presumably this layer of trouble will be able to cover up the past.

"Hehe, since he is a friend of Zhang Shengxian's brother, he is naturally not an outsider. The two of you, please!" Zhuang Hong led the two of them to the reception room in the stone building and sat down, while ordering the low-level outer disciples who were in charge of reception to serve fragrant tea to the two, and asked Zhang Feng on the other hand: "By the way, Brother Zhang Shengxian, I take the liberty to ask, Brother Xian, are you here alone, or with your family?"

"Hehe, Xiaosheng secretly ran out by himself, and I hope that Zhuang Daoyou will not tell Wuzhen's predecessors about Xiaosheng, if his old man knew that Xiaosheng ran out by himself, how could he agree to Xiaosheng's participation in the Xiuzhen Ceremony? Xiaosheng made his own decision this time to participate in the Xiuzhen Ceremony, and his grandfather didn't know about it. I hope Brother Zhuang will be accommodating!" Zhang Feng suddenly showed a sly expression on his face, and squeezed his eyes at Zhuang Hong.

Zhuang Hong shook his head with a smile, then walked out of the stone building, took out a transmission note, thought about it, and after saying a few words to this charm, injected a trace of mana, and the spirit rune turned into a red light, and flew directly into the misty illusion more than ten miles away, disappearing.