Juyunling Mountains. Gourd Valley.

It was already midnight, a blue-clothed figure quietly touched into the fenced compound, tiptoed to the door of the central dining room, and before he could reach out and knock on the door, an old and hoarse voice came from the house: "Stinky boy, I expected you to come back, the door is not closed, come in by yourself." ”

is worthy of being a great monk in the Yuanxiang realm, and any wind and grass cannot hide the divine sense of the old king.

Under the cover of night, when Tan Yang and Hu Mei'er sneaked into the gourd valley together, because he had sworn not to reveal the identity of the old king, Tan Yang left Hu Mei'er in the nearby woods and returned to the fence compound where he had lived for a year.

Since the old disciple has gone to the mine, and the new mine slave has not been deceived, the current compound is empty, and there is no outsider except the old king.

Hearing the familiar voice of the old Wang Tou after a long absence, all kinds of past events came to mind, Tan Yang was sad and excited in his heart, and he had mixed tastes.

Pushing the door into the inner room of the dining room, the old Wang Tou was meditating cross-legged on the bed, Tan Yang lifted the corner of his clothes, bowed down in front of him, and kowtowed: "Disciple Tan Yang, meet the seniors." ”

In Tan Yang's own heart, in fact, he has always regarded Lao Wangtou as his master, but Lao Wangtou has repeatedly reiterated that the two are only trading relationships and have no master-apprentice fate and reputation, so he has to call himself a disciple and call the other party a senior, and the ambiguous relationship can only be called ambiguously.

The old king didn't stop it, and after calmly accepting Tan Yang's three bows, he said indifferently: "Stinky boy, you must be uneasy and kind when you come back this time, if I guess correctly, you must want to save those little miners......"

Speaking of which. His eyes widened suddenly, and he said in disbelief, "You! You have actually advanced to the Qi Gathering Realm......?" How is this possible!"

Tan Yang was quite proud. He had already expected this reaction from the old king, and said proudly: "Thanks to the blessings of the predecessors." The disciple has indeed advanced to the rank of gathering qi. ”

The old king looked Tan Yang up and down as if he didn't know each other, and said for a long time: "In this way, Tan Yang, who won the first place in the Iron Armor Patrol Sea Guard Competition in Linghai Pavilion, is it really you?"

This time it was Tan Yang's turn to be dumbfounded, he never expected that this matter would reach Hulu Valley, and he couldn't help but be surprised: "Senior, how do you know?"

The old king said with a smile: "A mere single spirit source disciple who has just stepped into the realm of gathering qi has actually swept many high-level disciples of gathering qi and won the first place, how can such a strange thing be covered?"

Tan Yang arched his hand and said: "This is thanks to the little Wuxiang Chiba hand passed on to me by my predecessors." ”

"Still. You have always been very smart, how could you do such a flamboyant thing, and you can not change your name or surname, aren't you afraid that the Qingyang Sect will come to the door?" the old king said, "To tell you the truth, I overheard the news from Elder Qu of the Qingyang Sect, and they have already suspected you, and today they specially called Zhang Sihai, probably to Linghai Pavilion to investigate you." ”

Tan Yang expected that sooner or later there would be such a day. So he wasn't overly surprised, he also heard the meaning of the old king's words, and hurriedly said: "Senior, don't worry, even if the Qingyang Sect really finds out about me." I will never divulge the slightest secret of my predecessors. ”

The old king said coldly: "It won't be leaked?" Then let me ask you, what happened to the little girl who came with you in the woods outside the compound?"

Tan Yang knew that he couldn't hide it. Confessed: "That's a good friend of mine, Hu Mei'er Hu girl, I never told her about your seniors. I've sworn a bloody oath. How dare you break your word?"

"Well, forgive me for not daring. The old king's face was slightly gentle. "There's a question I'm curious about, even if I wash the meridians and veins for you, you can't advance to the level of Qi gathering in such a short period of time, what the hell is going on?"

Tan Yang thought about it, and then roughly told how to go to the Ten Thousand Beast Demon Forest to steal the Earth Dragon Spirit Saliva Soil.

The old king was dumbfounded after hearing this, and it took a long time to react, and he hesitated: "You mean, you actually broke into the seventh gorge of the Ten Thousand Beast Demon Forest, and you also stole the spirit saliva soil from the old monster Qiu......? How is this possible?"

Tan Yang smiled and said nothing, this matter is the most proud achievement in his life, but he can't leak it to outsiders casually, just like a brocade night walk, which makes people itch and unbearable, and now he can brag to a trustworthy person, and his heart is very comfortable.

"Stinky boy, not bad, yes, after all, the old man didn't cultivate you in vain, just because you can break into the Seventh Gorge of the Ten Thousand Beast Demon Forest, those Qi Gathering Realm disciples in Linghai Pavilion are naturally not your opponents, no wonder you can win the first place. The old king praised sincerely, "So, your little Wuxiang Chiba hand has already practiced to the fourth hand?"

Tan Yang nodded, in the more than a year that he followed the old king, he had rarely been able to get praise from the mouth of this great monk, and today he finally got his wish.

The old Wang Tou continued: "I understand, you tell me the truth, ask Xianlou to plant a lot of heels in the Ten Thousand Beasts Demon Forest, did you do this?"

Tan Yang acquiesced: "The predecessor is in the deep mountains and old forests without leaving home, how did you guess?"

"This is not simple, it is rumored that the initiator of the Xianlou incident is a mysterious young man in the realm of refining the body, who else is there besides you?"

Tan Yang said with a smile: "The Qingyang Sect has hurt our group of difficult brothers, I just gave them some eye medicine." ”

"Don't be complacent, stinky boy. The old king also smiled, "At your young age, not only did you offend the Qingyang Sect, Qianlongmen and Wenxian Tower, but also provoked Old Monster Qiu, I think you are impatient." In addition, nothing else, I heard that Qianxian Lou has lost a lot of manpower in the Ten Thousand Beasts Demon Forest, and even a Zhenggang realm monk surnamed Ren has fallen, is this also what you did?"

To explain this problem clearly, it is definitely not possible to explain it clearly in one or two sentences, so Tan Yang said perfunctorily: "How can I have such great ability, she died in the hands of the old demon Rong." Senior, I came back this time, first, to visit my seniors, and secondly, to rescue my group of brothers and sisters......"

"Stop!" interrupted the old king, "I have already guessed your intentions, and the wings have grown stiff, as if you have come to do chivalrous deeds. ”

Tan Yang said: "Of course, you don't dare to work with your predecessors to do it yourself, you just need to introduce the situation in the mining area to me." ”

The old king shook his head and said, "I advise you to give up, you can save them for a while, but you can't save a lifetime." Even if you rescue them from Gourd Valley, it will be easy to catch them back if the Thousand Dragons Gate intervenes. ”

"I know that. Tan Yang said gloomily, "If you don't save them, these people will definitely die, and I won't be at ease in my life; ”

The old king pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, I promise you." However, there are two conditions you must promise me, one is not to kill too many people, and the other is that you can only save those mining slaves who are in the same batch as you, otherwise you really want to turn Hulu Valley upside down, and Qianlongmen will definitely take action, which will delay the old man's plan. ”

"Okay, no problem. Tan Yang agreed, "Senior, please speak." ”

......

In the woods outside the fence compound, Hu Mei'er had been waiting for a long time, and when she saw Tan Yang coming back, she whispered: "If I guessed correctly, the person you saw should be the senior who helped you wash the meridians and cut the veins, right?"

Tan Yang smiled noncommittally, and diverted the topic: "The situation has been inquired clearly, but I got a bad news, the Qingyang Sect has already sent someone to Linghai Pavilion to investigate me, so without further ado, as soon as this matter is over, we have to return to Linghai Pavilion immediately." ”

Hu Mei'er was startled and said, "This time, your big trouble is coming." ”

"It's not a big deal if the soldiers come to block the water and cover the earth. Tan Yang said, "Let's go, let's do the things in front of us first!"

The two walked quietly towards the mining area through the dense forest on the hillside.

The whole valley of the gourd valley is connected by two oval valleys, one large and one small, resembling a huge gourd, and at the thinnest connection in the middle of the gourd, a tall stone wall divides the valley into two.

The smaller half of the gourd valley, covered with lush dense forests, is the living area of the mine guards.

The larger half of the valley is barren of vegetation, the rocks are bare, all vegetation has been destroyed, and piles of ore and dirt can be seen everywhere, making it a working area for ore excavation.

According to the old Wang Tou, since Wang Zhengyan's death, Liu Yiqi, the deputy mine manager of the Imperial Spirit Realm, took over as the mine manager, and he was usually in the living area; another monk surnamed Gan from the Imperial Spirit Realm served as the deputy mine manager, and he was stationed in the mine day and night with more than a dozen mine guards below the Qi Gathering Realm.

The stone wall separating the living area from the mining area is guarded by guards day and night, and if you want to enter the mining area, you must first avoid their ears, eyes and senses.

However, the more advantageous point is that because of their low cultivation, Wang Dazhui and other disciples are currently only responsible for sorting the mined ores, and they do not live with the old miners.

After about a stick of incense, Tan Yang and Hu Mei'er had already sneaked into the dense forest above the stone wall, and were observing the situation in the mining area through the cracks in the trees.

Tan Yang raised his hand and said, "Look, there are several stone caves under the mountain wall in the southeast corner, according to the information I inquired about, Wang Dazhui and they should live there." The stone houses on the eastern slope must be the residence of Deputy Mine Director Gan and the mine guards. ”

At this time, in the second half of the night, except for the few guards standing guard on the stone wall, everyone else had fallen asleep, and there was no one in the entire mining area, even the stone house where the mine guards lived was also a black light.

Hu Mei'er frowned and said: "From the gatehouse of the stone wall, you can overlook the entire mining area, and the view is excellent. If you want to save people, you must first deal with those sentinels. It's obviously unrealistic to walk over, and it's easy for them to spot you when you fly over, what do you want to do?"

Tan Yang smiled proudly and said, "Don't worry about this, I've already thought of a countermeasure, just take a look!"

(To be continued......)