After the Qiankun Platform was closed, all the forces that could be drawn from the Nine Departure Gate were placed at the entrance and exit of the Great Fire Formation.

The Elder Peak, which used to be heavily guarded, is now empty, and all the refining tools and the ordinary affairs of the Scripture Pavilion have stopped. Except for Yue Changzi himself, almost all of them were transferred to guard the big array. Even Yue Changzi's own three direct disciples were no exception. There is only one place that is still in operation, and that is the newly opened Dantang.

There is also a new rule for the nine disciples who have left the sect - all outing activities are suspended, and no shopping is allowed, and all are left to the elders.

It didn't take long to get rid of the situation. The largest number of people leaving the sect are low-level disciples. It's okay to suspend the supply of daily necessities such as pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, but it is a big problem for so many people to eat. Relying on the small fights of the elders who went out by the way, they really couldn't buy much food. You must know that the low-level disciples of the Nine Departure Sect are counted in thousands.

Most of the low-level disciples can't clear the valley for a long time. After the mountain gate was closed, the first thing that began to appear was that the food supply was not available. In the past, there was a sufficient supply of three meals in the morning, noon and evening, but now only one gruel is served at noon every day, and all meat dishes have disappeared. Since entering the Nine Leaves, although it is not brocade clothes and jade food, at least food and clothing are worry-free. As a result, it only lasted for a month, and a large number of low-level disciples who were not used to it fell ill, but in fact, many of them were starved.

Seeing that it was not a long-term solution, Lingxuzi began to set aside some elders to purchase it. After a while, the urgent need was finally solved. It wasn't long before things started to happen again.

Although the Nine Separation Cave Heaven is equivalent to another space, the entrances and exits of the Lihuo Great Array are fixed, and they are basically near Luliang. And here, it happens to be the forefront of the Song and Jin wars that are now in full swing. Nearby states and counties have soldiers every day, and Song Jin is in a tug-of-war situation here, often you come and I retreat, and I retreat and I come. The common people are fleeing from each other, thousands of miles are uninhabited, the fertile fields are barren, and there are hardly a few people to see except for the war. I wanted to buy food for thousands of people near Luliang, but it was difficult to buy elders, so I went farther and farther.

But soon, even the elders who had gone out to buy began to disappear. Lingxuzi frowned at this. At the suggestion of Ling Shizi, it was decided to form a patrol team to patrol near Luliang, one is to pick up the purchase elders, and the other is to prepare for war, in case the demon of the Demon Sect suddenly appears near Luliang.

Lack of manpower is the biggest problem at the moment. Even so, Lingxuzi still didn't transfer anyone from Dantang. He thought that as long as he could open the furnace for alchemy, even if it was Bigu Dan, he could solve many problems.

In this way, the issue of scarcity of herbs is again on the agenda.

Lingxuzi is now busy every day, running around like a firefighting team, always reluctantly pressing down on a situation, and another serious problem emerges. He was so busy that he couldn't even squeeze out time to meditate.

In this case, how could Lingshizi sit in peace! He and Lingxiangzi Lingyizi took the initiative to ask Ying to take charge of the patrol team, and the disciples who could be transferred from the four veins of Jiuzhu Peak, Jiuzi Peak, Jiuliang Peak, and Jiutan Peak, even during the heart refining period, were all selected as much as possible, and a patrol team was formed to patrol the vicinity of Luliang outside the mountain gate.

The rumors are loud, and the nine departures have presented a standard war situation.

At this time, no one cared about the latest progress of the battle team jointly formed by the Immortal Sect in the battle outside, and he couldn't take care of his own affairs every day, so how could he have time to worry about the general battle situation. Anyway, the battle situation was stalemate, and most of the time, Jiuli didn't know where the elders sent were.

The battle report of the Immortal Sect that arrives once in ten days is equivalent to empty text. Always saying that they went somewhere where they might be hiding, but didn't encounter enemies. Either it is when the enemy is encountered, the fierce battle, how many injuries, how many casualties you have.

Fortunately, the casualties were not large, and they were still within the acceptable range of Jiulimen. Lingxuzi had no choice but to burn his eyebrows and take care of his eyes.

Li Hong heard that the formation of a patrol team even required disciples in the heart refining period, and the senior brother Chu Ming was in the early stage of heart refining and had already joined, so he was immediately moved, and immediately asked Lingshizi for help, but Lingshizi scolded him back with a word.

He glared at the yellow beads and shouted: "Don't make trouble for me at this time! Think about the two things in your upper dantian, can I want you? Don't dream, cultivate obediently!"

After saying that, he left in a hurry.

Li Hong was so angry that he stared dryly, but he couldn't think about it. He was extremely depressed, flew to Yun Jiuzi and yelled and vented, and finally thought that Yun Jiuzi would comfort himself, but he didn't expect him to nod again and again: "Lingshizi did the right thing! If you are captured by the Demon Sect, the entire Jiuli Gate will be exposed, you must think that because of the relationship between that old dragon, you can pass through the Great Fire Formation and are not afraid of real fire! The Great Fire Formation is already the last line of defense of our Jiuli Cave Heaven, and at this juncture, you are still the best to be peaceful." ”

Li Honggang wanted to say that he had that forehead band to cover up, but Yun Jiuzi had already seen through his mind and said with a smile: "That thing is useless to those old demons." Not to mention the things in your upper dantian, just your physique is what the Demon Sect likes, they may catch you directly as soon as they see you, as long as they bring it back for study, one hundred and eighty forehead bands will not work. What's more, you have already shown your face in front of the old demon of the Demon Sect. That person is very interested in you. ”

Li Hong was bored and dumb, so he had to obediently walk back to Jiuzhu Peak, and when he got to the green forest behind the building, he took out the best immortal stone and began to cultivate ruthlessly. He was already in the late stage of heart refining, and he could already open the valley, so he simply retreated and did not go down to the peak for a whole month.

It's just that now it's a small bottleneck stage, and no matter how you cultivate, the signs of the Heart Demon Pass are still lingering. It's like a big-bellied Maitreya, you can fit as much as you eat. A large amount of aura is received, but the fake pill is still a fake pill.

On this day, I think about it, I finally got out of the customs. He walked out of the green forest sullenly, shouted at the big and small silver balls, and threw Xiaofei to the roof when he was done. Seeing these three guys howling at themselves angrily, I felt a little more comfortable in my heart.

He laughed and said, "Don't you have wings? ”

Xiao Fei bared his teeth and made many evil appearances, and deftly fell down the eaves, which shocked him speechless. He touched his scalp and said, "Count your skills ......"

At this moment, the sky flew over the wingless boats, and a shout came from the mountainside: "Master is back!"

It was Chu Xuan's voice.

Li Hong was in good spirits, and he ran down the mountain with a smoke.

The wingless fleet stopped in the open space in front of the three-story pavilion, and he saw the spirit stone at a glance.

Lingshizi has been patrolling outside for a month, and this month is obviously very difficult. He was much thinner, his face was gloomy, his beard was knotted, and he was covered in dirt, and he was leaning over to carry a man out of the wingless boat.

The man was covered in blood, and when he saw his face, Li Hongru was struck by lightning, "What's wrong with Senior Brother?"

"I fought with the Demon Sect, he was injured, don't talk nonsense! Help me carry him up, I have to heal him quickly!"

He struggled with one hand and one arm, and Li Hong hurriedly stepped forward to pick Chu Ming up.

Chu Ming's face was like gold paper, his breath was weak, and he had large and small scars all over his body. His dantian was empty, almost empty except for a small pale red dot in the center. This means that Chu Ming's strength is fighting until his spiritual power is exhausted, if he doesn't hurry up to heal his injuries and retreat, I'm afraid that his cultivation will be lost, and the wounds all over his body will be secondary.

After a few steps into the quiet room, the spirit stone immediately drove everyone out, and the door of the quiet room was closed.

Li Hong walked out of the three-story pavilion with heavy steps, very worried. This means that the Demon Sect already has some understanding of the entrances and exits of the Nine Leaving Doors and Leaving the Fire Array, and now it has actually come to the door. If they can't get in for now, God knows what weird tricks they'll come up with!

There was a fire burning in his heart, and Li Hong's face was extremely gloomy, so he wanted to roar and vent. With a sweep of his eyes, Chu Xuan and Chu Liang were all present, but they didn't see Chu Xiong. As soon as he wanted to ask, he saw a person in the sky rushing over, it was Chu Xiong's conspicuous big man. He shouted from afar, "I heard that Master is back, I'm here to offer treasure!"

He rushed down, and as soon as he landed, he was slapped hard by Li Hong. Li Hong roared: "Senior brother is seriously injured, Master is healing him, shut up Lao Tzu!"

Chu Xiong was suddenly stunned, and an object in his hand slipped to the ground. It was a huge three-foot-long fire rat, which had been skinned and washed. He muttered, "I still want to find Master to barbecue meat and drink." Senior brother, is he okay......" He squatted on the ground in despair, and his bean-sized tears crackled and smashed on the ground.

"You!" Li Hongqi didn't fight in one place, no wonder he didn't see him when he went out of the customs, but he actually moved his brain to the fire rat, this thing can be eaten casually? This fire rat alone is enough for him to go to the Punishment Hall and close it for three or five years! There is fire in his eyes, and he wants to kick it over.

Chu Xuan grabbed him and whispered, "The disciples of the Execution Hall have all been transferred out, and even Elder Yue Mangzi has gone to guard the big array. Now there is no need to worry about violating the door rules, and besides, in addition to rice and noodles, the supply of meat has long been cut off. This is not the first time. He also wanted to give his master a tooth sacrifice. ”

It's not the first time! Li Hong was so angry that his hands were shaking, and his eyes were full of stars. It's just that seeing Chu Xiong squatting on the ground and crying so much, he didn't feel that his heart softened again, and he pulled up Chu Xiong and shouted in a low voice: "Senior brother is not dead, what are you howling! Quickly clean up this fire rat, and when Senior Brother is injured, he will make up for him." Go quickly!"

Three days later, the door of the meditation room opened, and the spirit stone came out tiredly, and his face turned translucent and white, which was a phenomenon of excessive consumption of spiritual power.

Li Hong didn't say a word, threw over a bottle of Huo Yuan Dan, took three pills in a row, and silently operated his mental method, and his face returned to normal after a while. He said with relief: "Fortunately, your senior brother's cultivation has been saved, as long as he retreats for a while, he will see well." ”

Everyone flocked to the quiet room, and Chu Ming was lying weakly against the cushions, with a little blood on his face.

Seeing that the senior disciples looked extremely concerned, he smiled and said: "I'm fine, I made you nervous, alas, it's really useless, a few demons in the cautious period can't beat it, it's too embarrassing for the master." ”

"Don't talk nonsense! That's not a few demons in the Prudential Period, but dozens or hundreds, and there is definitely something wrong with those 'things'. Lingshizi said in a deep voice: "This time you gave Master a long face, if it weren't for you, your Lingpanzi Uncle would have almost been attacked by those 'things'." He turned his head to Li Hong and said, "How much Huo Yuan Dan stock do you have?" Take it all out, my old man is lacking this." ”

There are more than a dozen bottles in Qiankun Kui, all of which were given to him by Yun Jiuzi in the immortal field at the beginning, Li Hong didn't need it at all, and at this moment he took it out and threw it to the spirit stone.

Lingshizi handed Chu Ming a bottle, put the rest of the care into his Qiankun bag, and stretched out his hand towards Li Hong: "Come again!"

"It's gone. ”

"It's really gone, don't think that Master won't search your body!" Lingshizi really walked towards Li Hong.

Li Hong was speechless, and spread his hands: "It's really gone." ”

Lingshizi only believed it, he looked at the crystal jade bottle in his hand, and muttered, "If only a few more bottles of your senior brother would not be so badly injured." What should I do now? Jiuzhu Peak's Huoyuan Dan inventory has been exhausted, and Jiuli Peak's inventory has also been exhausted. Sixth, why don't you find Elder Yao and try to open the furnace again?"

Li Hong groaned, Master had never been so tight on the ordinary Huo Yuan Dan that was used to replenish spiritual power. Thinking that Senior Brother Chu Ming just said that he couldn't beat a few demons in the Prudence Period, it was absolutely impossible, there was definitely something strange in this.

He looked at Lingshizi with a straight face: "Master, you make it clear, what 'thing' did you encounter outside this time?"

Happy May Day!