About half an hour or so has passed, and on the martial arts training square, the mountain fog is still the same, and compared to the thin appearance of light yarn at the beginning, the fog at this moment is undoubtedly much thicker, almost as long as it is separated by ten zhang, it is difficult to know the appearance of things through the naked eye.

As he approached, after Zhao Bailian said the last sentence "Good luck to you", Xu Yan, who was in the Lotus Sect's camp, knew that the spring hunt was finally about to begin.

So, the sect masters of the major sects walked to the camp of their own sects one after another, and symbolically gave a few more words, and then, the twenty disciples of the Yunlan Sect wearing cyan robes took the lead in walking down the mountain path of the Lotus Sect and headed towards the location of the first task.

Immediately afterwards, there were the core disciples of the White Crane Sword Village, but it was strange to say that among the twenty disciples of the White Crane Sword Village, most of them were mainly women, and there were only three male disciples, which couldn't help but make Xu Yan think in his heart, it seems that the atmosphere of the entire Sword Village on the other side is yin and yang.

After the disciples of the White Crane Sword Village left, the disciples of the Chenyang Sect did not hesitate, and began to leave from the Lotus Square one after another, Xu Yan looked at them boredly, and then found that in their group of people wearing earthy yellow Taoist robes, there was actually a gaze looking at him at this time.

The four eyes intersected, Xu Yan's heart couldn't help but be slightly surprised, and when he completely recognized the other party, he recalled a sentence in his mind, "A month later, the Baishan Spring Hunt, I want to see if your disciples of the Lotus Sect will survive the disaster by then." ”

Xu Yan opened his eyes and looked at it, and he could vaguely see a playful smile on the other party's face at this time, as well as the scar left by the skin that he had broken through his skin. This scar was obviously deliberately left by the other party, as if it was to demonstrate to him at this time, otherwise if the other party had taken the healing pill refined by the cultivators earlier, it would not have left any marks on the skin at all.

Immediately, Xu Yan saw Yan Ziyi, who was frightened away by his pretend, stretched out his finger again, and gently wiped it on his neck from left to right, the threat could not be more obvious.

Seeing this, Xu Yan frowned slightly, and began to realize that this spring hunt was destined to not be smooth sailing, if the selection competition of the sect was just a combat experience, then this hundred mountains spring hunt that belonged to the joint participation of the major sects of the Hundred Mountains Ancestor would undoubtedly be much bloodier, and no matter who it was, as long as they were careless in the center, they were very likely to lose their lives because of it.

Of course, who is Xu Yan? For him, the danger of spring hunting is a small scene.

The disciples of the Chenyang Sect soon left the Lianwu Square, and then the disciples of the Lotus Sect also began to walk down the mountain road, but although they seemed to be the same disciples of each other, Xu Yan knew that among the twenty disciples of the Lotus Sect, he didn't know how many of them really belonged to the Lotus Sect.

Xu Yan has been divided into the Winter Character Sect by Zhao Bailian since the beginning of the selection competition, so now he is naturally at the end of the line with Qiu Yuanjin, and when he was about to leave, Wang Chu, the Taishang Elder of the Winter Character Sect, suddenly greeted him, and at the same time stuffed a storage bag into the hands of Qiu Yuanjin and Xu Yan, and said to Xu Yan with a smile: "Nephew Xu Xian, this is a little spare material that the old man gave you, of course, the old man hopes that you will not need them from beginning to end, but it is better to carry them than nothing, be prepared!"

When Xu Yan heard this, he had roughly guessed the usefulness of it, and he didn't refuse, and replied with a smile: "Thank you, Elder Wang." ”

Wang Chu waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's just that it's all something outside the body, but the old man has a small request, if my apprentice encounters any difficulties that can't be solved in the spring hunt, I hope that Xu Xian's nephew can help take care of one or two when the time comes." ”

When Xu Yan heard this, he was speechless for a while, and couldn't help but curse the old fox secretly, the other party is a small request, this is undoubtedly to save Qiu Yuanjin's life, sure enough, there is no benefit in the world for nothing, but when he turned his head and thought about it, Qiu Yuanjin had already crossed paths with him, and it was really not a difficult thing for him to help at that time, so he nodded and bowed and said: "The disciple should do his best." ”

......

Leaving the main peak of the lotus, it is a winding downhill road, twisting and turning, turning a thousand times, and when you reach the halfway point of a small lotus peak, you have to turn into a forked path from the main road downhill, and then pass through several long valleys, and wait until you completely get out of the range of the small lotus peak, and then go to the deep mountain in the ancestor of the hundred mountains.

At this moment, the mountain road under the feet of everyone, the disciples present are no strangers, as disciples of the sect, they have a certain task assessment to complete every year, whether it is hunting spirit beasts, or going to the mountains to dig up medicinal materials, just like before, even Xu Yan, who is a disciple of the sect master, has to follow Chen Qinghe to team up to Huangmaojian to hunt the Demon Rock Fierce Tiger.

Of course, the task of hunting spirit beasts is also a kind of cultivation method of fighting and fighting, but hunting spirit beasts of the same level, or higher than their own cultivation, is quite dangerous, after all, spirit beasts occupy a lot of innate advantages compared to people.

Three hours later, the disciples of the Lotus Sect, who had set out from the last, also came to a valley, which was the intersection of the Little Lotus Peak and the Wugong Mountain, and it was from here that they were truly out of the scope of the Lotus Sect.

Zhou Xian, a disciple of the Chunzi Sect at the forefront of the team, was the first to stop, and then began to make short repairs, such as taking out the water bag in the storage bag and starting to replenish the water source from the stream in the valley.

Xu Yan was not idle, and began to prepare for these preparations before entering the mountain, and then, if they wanted to reach the first mission site to climb the back mountain, they would need to walk for at least two days, and during this journey, there would be no water source for them to replenish, because they would continue to climb up the steep mountain from the valley here, and naturally they would get farther and farther away from this stream in the valley.

A quarter of an hour later, the disciples of the Chunzi Sect, led by Zhou Xian, took the lead in completing all the preparations, and then chose one of the mountain paths and walked slowly, but before getting up, Zhou Xian turned his head and glanced at Xu Yan at the end of the line.

In his eyes, there is a lot of meaning.

Among the twenty people who participated in the spring hunt this time, the Chunzi faction accounted for nine people, the Xia character faction had five people, the autumn character faction had four people, and the winter character faction was two, however, at this time, there were only six disciples of the Chunzi faction who followed Zhou Xian and walked together.

Gu Xueqing, who realized that he was a disciple of his own faction, and another outer disciple did not have the slightest intention of leaving, but Zhou Xian, who had already walked a long distance, suddenly stopped, and turned his head and asked coldly: "Gu Xueqing, as a disciple of the Chunzi Sect, are you going to go all the way with them?"

There are many forks in the valley here, and there are three different roads that can lead to the mountain, so Gu Xueqing, who was originally at odds with Zhou Xian and the others, would not go with them.

Gu Xueqing frowned slightly, not wanting to offend Zhou Xian too much, but said: "The path chosen by Senior Brother Zhou is certainly easier to take, but the distance is much farther than the other two, and the disciples of the other three sects are already ahead of us, if we take this road again, how can we catch up with them? Do we have to give up the first task directly?"

When Zhou Xian heard this, his face was cold, he chose the farthest mountain road, he had other intentions, and now seeing the other party say it so blatantly, he was even more annoyed, and immediately shouted coldly: "I chose this road, naturally because it is easy to walk, and it will not affect the entire journey, don't you know that the other two roads are very risky? If you encounter any emergencies, how can you ensure that you can successfully catch up with the disciples of the other three sects?"

When Gu Xueqing heard this, he knew that he was arguing with strong words, so he didn't continue to argue with him, but just said in a cold voice: "Senior Brother Zhou, it's useless to talk more, it's better to see which of us reaches Dengbei Mountain first!"

Zhou Xian saw her like this, and immediately brushed his sleeves and left, but in his eyes after he turned around, he was already murderous.

......

Among the three major sects that left before, the Yunlan Sect was already far away from Xu Yan and the others, but since they were the first to leave, they undoubtedly chose the best path to take, and the disciples of the White Crane Sword Village who followed closely took a median value, and took the one that was neither the longest nor the most dangerous mountain, which was exactly the same as the disciples of the Chenyang Sect who set off after them.

In the team of the Chenyang Sect, the leader is a man with an extremely resolute face, he looks very old and steady, not at all like a disciple of the same generation as Xu Yan and others, but although he seems to be in a hurry, in fact, his real age is reasonably within the range of spring hunting rules, that is, he is not more than thirty years old.

This old-looking disciple is named Wu Hao, and he is the senior brother among all the disciples of the Chenyang Sect, and his real identity is that he is the son of Wu Shixing, the leader of the Chenyang Sect.

Wu Hao, who was walking at the front of the line, suddenly asked Yan Ziyi behind him, "The reason why Senior Brother Yan made that move in the Lotus Sect before was because he saw that disciple named Xu Yan?"

Yan Ziyi replied: "Yes, he is Xu Yan who was in Huangmaojian before, and successively destroyed the foundation of my sect's Zhang Chun and Li Zifan's martial arts. ”

When Wu Hao heard this, he then asked: "I heard my father say that this person beat that Zhou Xian in the selection competition of the Lotus Sect and won the first place, which doesn't seem to match the Xu Yan who is only a two-story building you said, right?"

Yan Ziyi heard this, and fell silent for a while, in fact, he was also a little confused about this matter, because when he faced Xu Yan, he could be extremely sure that the other party was a two-story sword cultivator, but he didn't expect that after only a little more than a month, the other party turned into a three-story sword cultivator, but since he had sworn to Wu Hao before, it was obviously not feasible to change his words now.

Therefore, after thinking for a while, Yan Ziyi had to explain: "Don't hide it from Senior Brother, in fact, after hearing about him winning the first place, Senior Brother also felt that this matter was very strange, now it seems that this person must have deliberately hidden his cultivation when he was Huang Maojian, I said, with his sword cultivation of just a two-story building, how could he have such a strong strength, obviously we all fell for him at that time, if it weren't for this, with the strength of Zhang Chun and Zifan's junior brother, how could he end up like this, alas, it's all because this person is too scheming......"

Yan Ziyi paused for a moment, and then pretended to be sad and indignant: "Senior brother, you must avenge Zhang Chun and them." ”

After listening to this, Wu Hao couldn't help frowning slightly, he didn't doubt Yan Ziyi's explanation, but he didn't believe it all, he turned his head and glanced at Yan Ziyi, and said in a cold voice: "Since he hurt my sect disciple first, then, I won't let him go easily." ”

When Yan Zi recalled this, his face was still sad and angry, but he couldn't help but be happy in his heart.

......

After Zhou Xian led the six disciples who had been following his ass for many years, and walked on the longest road for more than two hours, the time was approaching, and in the mountains, the light at this time was undoubtedly much darker than in the sect with a wide field of vision, so at this moment, they could obviously feel that the sky was about to fall into real darkness.

At this moment, one of the disciples suddenly said to Zhou Xian: "Senior Brother Zhou, that Gu Xueqing dares to go against you head-on, I think she must be in cahoots with that Xu Yan, no wonder she was ...... before."

Zhou Xian saw that his tone suddenly became slurred, so he asked, "Why don't you say it?"

The disciple hesitated for a moment before continuing, "She's ...... Senior brother, after you lost to Xu Yan, you went to congratulate the person surnamed Xu. ”

When Zhou Xian heard this, his eyes suddenly turned cold, and he gritted his teeth and asked, "You said this, but is it true?"

This disciple felt the killing intent emanating from Zhou Xian's body, and couldn't help but shudder, but he still said truthfully: "Senior brother's words are absolutely true, that Gu Xueqing said goodbye to that Xu Yan after the game, and many senior brothers saw this scene at that time." ”

"Gu Xueqing, this slut, I will kill her!"

"That's right, but after all, the spring hunt has just begun, if Senior Brother Zhou kills her too early, wouldn't it be a little less powerful for our Lotus Sect?"

When Zhou Xian heard this, he turned his head and looked at him coldly, a sneer slowly appeared on his face, and he said word by word: "When did I say that I was going to win this spring hunt for the Lotus Sect?"

When this disciple heard this, his face was stunned, and he said with some surprise: "Senior Brother Zhou, this ...... You also heard it that day, if my Lotus Sect loses this spring hunt, the price is quite huge, how can you say ......?"

Zhou Xian interrupted him impatiently, didn't bother to explain at all, just said in a cold tone: "In vain, you have been with me for so many years, but I didn't expect you to be so stupid." ”

This disciple couldn't understand Zhou Xian's words at all, so he fell silent, and then, after he followed Zhou Xian around a big bend in the mountain, he saw that in a relatively flat mountain col in front of him, there was actually a fire burning. And under the light of the fire, this disciple directly saw those Dao figures walking in the firelight, and at the same time, he also recognized these people who made the fire, and he couldn't help but be horrified in his heart.

He looked at Zhou Xian in front of him, and continued to walk towards those crowds without stopping, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Senior Brother Zhou, what are you going to do, they are from Yunlan Sect, if we just walk over, they will definitely take the opportunity to kill us." ”

Hearing this, Zhou Xian turned his head and glanced at him, and couldn't help but sneer, then shook his head in disappointment, and continued to walk forward.

Seeing this, this disciple opened his mouth and wanted to say something more, but at this moment, a disciple of the same Chunzi Sect who followed him suddenly pulled out the long sword in his hand.

A cold light flashed.

Flutter!

The long sword pierced directly through the disciple's chest, and he looked at the person who killed him with puzzled eyes, and while his mouth kept spilling blood, he muttered, "For...... Why?"

Hearing this, the disciple who killed him sighed and said slowly: "It seems that you are really stupid, why can't you see it until now, we and Senior Brother Zhou are not from your Lotus Sect at all?"

......

Among Xu Yan's group, who chose the most difficult to walk but the shortest trip, because night fell, they also chose a mountain col and began to set up camp and raise the fire. However, Xu Yan had no intention of camping, because for him, as long as it didn't rain, he could just find a place to sit and spend the night as meditation and cultivation.

Qiu Yuanjin, who was camping, saw that he was indifferent, and she was already slightly sweaty, so she couldn't help but ask, "Isn't the little junior brother going to camp?"

Xu Yan replied with a smile: "If everyone is asleep, who will keep a vigil for you?"

When Qiu Yuanjin heard this, he couldn't help but roll his eyes immediately, and said angrily: "Since you have such a good intention, why don't you hurry up and come over to help me set up camp?"

Xu Yan smiled bitterly at this, and could only go to help her, and with his help, in just a quarter of an hour, Qiu Yuanjin's tent had been set up. Then, after carefully inspecting the tent and making sure that there was nothing wrong, he returned to sit cross-legged on the stone beside him.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was approaching the ugly hour, and at this moment, in this temporary camp, except for Xu Yan who did not set up a tent, they had all fallen into a deep sleep, even if it was a sword cultivator like Chen Qinghe who had broken through to the middle three realms, they all chose to sleep, which made Xu Yan speechless.

But in fact, this is understandable, after all, for sword cultivators, after walking the mountain road for a day in a row, their physical exhaustion has almost reached the peak, after all, they are not Xu Yan, they will be like him, with a martial arts physique of nearly five grades.

Xu Yan sat alone outside the tent, sighed helplessly, but didn't think much about it, and immediately began to meditate, however, just as he started to operate the qi in his body, a touch of coolness fell on his forehead.

Immediately afterwards, the spring rain fell wildly towards him.