Chapter 8 Going down the mountain
“This is not a matter of no shadow.” Mu Chenxiang lowered the corner of his mouth and tried hard to fight for himself, “I promise not to hold senior sister back.”
Ni Hua looked at Mu Chenxiang with some worry. It was easy to reject Mu Chenxiang, but she was afraid that this little junior sister who was thinking outside the box would not be able to think about it and would secretly follow her down the mountain.
"If you can make a breakthrough within a month." Nihua declined Mu Chenxiang tactfully, "I will seriously consider it."
"A month?" Mu Chenxiang solemnly said Wandering on the ground, "I just can't break through, so I want to go outside to look for opportunities."
"A breakthrough in qi refining does not require opportunity." Ni Hua smiled.
"Senior Sister~"
"Senior Sister~"
"Yes." Nihua stood up and put a thick stack of theory books on his desk. into Mu Chenxiang's hands, "I will consider your opinion carefully. You should finish copying these theoretical class assignments first."
Yes, just finish copying, no need to memorize...< br>
Mu Chenxiang's eyelids twitched and she immediately put away the hand on her arm. "Senior sister, I suddenly remembered that something happened today. Yes, I may have to take a step first..."
Ni Hua continued to smile, watching Mu Chenxiang finally run away with her homework in her arms with a grimace on her face.
Half a month later, Xi Yan had learned how to handle the sword skillfully, and it was almost time to set off down the mountain.
Only one of the three Hongying boundary-bound missions, Nihua, successfully formed a team. On the day the team was successfully formed, Nihua was sleepy-eyed. When she received the news, she raised her head, pulled her head, and poked her head. Look at the sky.
Ni Hua doesn’t know whether the reason for success is the aura of the protagonist or the fact that they have medical practitioners in their team, but this is a good thing.
The cicadas screamed in the summer, and the old cypress trees around them became darker and darker. In the tiny sunlight filtering through the window sill, Nihua saw the shadow that was half cast on the ground and half cast on the wall.
In the outer pavilion, the jade-like young man Xi Yan raised his hands and was copying books carefully.
Theoretical classes always have endless copies of books and homework.
Ni Hua ended her nap. She was in a good mood, and her eyes looking at Xi Yan became softer and softer.
Ni Hua raised his head slightly and explained the departure details to Xi Yan seriously. Xi Yan paused and held the penholder firmly.
Halfway through, Nihua Communication Jade kept vibrating.
He Luncuo's voice came from the communication jade. As a good senior sister, Nihua kindly pointed out a clear path for him and asked him to go to the mission hall to read the briefing.
Xi Yan lowered his head and chuckled silently.
Nihua found the contact information of the people in their team in the mission hall's brochure, and then pulled them into the group chat together. Nihua clicked on the unfamiliar avatar and clicked on it to see nothing. , this golden elixir monk is very mysterious.
On the day when the small team went out, the mysterious Jindan person was waiting under the banyan tree at the entrance of Xuanzhen Sect early in the morning.
"The king of heaven overshadows the tigers of the earth?" He Lun stood at the door and stepped forward hesitantly to give the code.
The sun followed the eternal path and shone on the mottled road sign of Xuantianmen. In the diffuse quiet light, the Golden Pill monk turned back quietly, and the fine light hit the man. There is a kind of coercion in the silence that people can't look directly at.
He Lun whispered softly, "Why did I suddenly become blind the moment I saw him."
Ni Hua stared at him for a while, and also smiled, "Hidden deep Don't reveal it."
Generally, people with high cultivation level bring their own magic weapons to hide their true identity. Nihua didn't understand why this person was so mysterious.
"Suiyun." The Jindan monk nodded to them concisely as a greeting.
He Lun and Xi Yan walked to the opposite side of Sui Yun and called them senior brother. Ni Hua stood there feeling a little embarrassed, mainly because she had a higher seniority and lower cultivation level. Strictly speaking, she and Sui Yun were peers. Smiling. Finally, she accepted her fate and called her senior brother.
The shadow of the sun shone on the mottled ground. He Lun couldn't help but look at the hourglass frequently. It was about to time out, and one of his friends suddenly lost contact.
The first time He Lun went down the mountain, he felt a little uneasy. He frequently sent messages to Yuli. Strangely, the person in the address book was very friendly and only said that she had arrived.
Ni Hua looked around and saw a pink hem of clothes exposed behind the plaque, and suddenly had a bad feeling.
As we all know, if the team regrets temporarily, points will be deducted. If these points are converted into spiritual stones, it will cost thousands of spiritual stones. Most people will not do this.
The time is almost up. If you don’t come, it will time out. From behind, there are finally footsteps.
Mu Chenxiang poked out a head furtively, and she jumped out.
Ni Hua couldn't get angry anymore when she saw her junior sister. She couldn't prevent her despite all the precautions.
He Lun obviously knew Mu Chenxiang. He checked the token again and found that it was indeed the wrong person.
"You exchanged tokens with someone." Ni Hua rubbed his head, "Do you know the consequences of going out during the Qi training period."
"Yes, so I didn't take action. I brought a lot of Magic weapon." Mu Chenxiang is a well-connected person with a complicated background. He and the leader's daughter Shi Ling are cousins. In a sense, Mu Chenxiang also has the confidence to violate the rules.
Mu Chenxiang felt guilty after all. She raised her hands in surrender, with excitement and fear in her eyes.
The formation will start the direct mission after a quarter of an hour. The number of people in their group and the teleportation formation have been decided. If the number of people is not up to standard, the formation cannot be activated. It is not good to kick people now. Short It is impossible to get people to do the task together within the time limit.
Ni Hua looked at Sui Yun without hesitating to speak.
"Little junior sister, there's nothing wrong with going out for fun." Sui Yun smiled good-naturedly.
After Suiyun said this, Mu Chenxiang stepped into the teleportation array immediately as if she was afraid that others would regret it.
As soon as we arrived at the mission site, we entered a layer of fog.
Take a few steps forward and hear the roar of a monster.
The sword wind swept by, the fog dispersed a little, and everyone saw the ferocious face of this little monster.
Ni Hua estimated the cultivation level of this monster and watched the excitement from the side. Sui Yun stood behind him with an unpredictable look.
He Lun was not familiar with using a sword, so he swept it around and landed on the pale-faced Xi Yan. He finally shook his head and got in on his own.
He Lun is a transfer student, and using a sword has not yet become instinctive. He raised the sword with a wretched look on his face and hesitantly attacked.
So, the next second, he was lying on the ground.
"Roar." The monster didn't expect that the person in front of it was so vulnerable. It was stunned for a while, and Chen Sheng gave chase.
"Let him go and let Senior Sister come!" Seeing this, Mu Chenxiang yelled and ran behind Ni Hua in an instant, stuck out his head and said.
He Lun lay on the ground and watched in despair as the monster rushed toward him, wanting to draw his sword and fight back.
The cold light of autumn flashes. The monster was killed with one strike of the sword, and its head rolled to He Lun's feet.
Ni Hua sheathed her sword and moved her steps in disgust.
"Is this Senior Sister?" He Lun clapped his hands and got up awkwardly.
"Senior sister is so awesome." Mu Chenxiang was like an atmosphere group, blowing a rainbow fart.
The corners of Ni Hua's mouth twitched. She also had a magic weapon on her sword, which was double insurance. At least she had reached the peak of the foundation building stage. This demon has three levels of Qi training, so she can crush it with strength, okay?
Looking at the two fans, Nihua suddenly felt that he had fallen from a college student to a kindergarten.
Seeing through but not telling the truth, Ni Hua turned around, met Xi Yan's eyes, picked the monster with his sword, and motioned for them to get the pill.
Suiyun stood at the back of the team leisurely, listening to their chatter, and looked at them with a smile. Well, it was very lively.
At noon, the sun was getting bigger and redder. Nihua looked down at his shadow on the ground. He didn’t know when this layer of fog would come to an end.
Ni Hua turned the compass in her hand and looked down at her mission brochure.
Hongfengling is a place where monsters gather, and bounty hunters often appear. Among them, there are three generations of hunters in the family. Feng Qing, the head of this family, was tortured to death by a mysterious force in full view of the public. Death, the whereabouts of the murderer are unknown. For a moment, people were panicked.
The person asking for help was Feng Zhiqing's daughter. Feng Zhishui offered a reward for the real culprit, and the reward was half of the family's property.
They landed here in the small town of Fengling, which was also where the Hongying barrier was opened. Nihua and the others' first task was to find their handler, Feng Zhishui, and get clues.
According to normal logic, the person who killed the bounty hunter was probably a monster.
But after Feng Zhiqing died, there were only wounds on her body, without a trace of evil spirit.
Pay attention to the emphasis, "in full view of everyone", just hearing this answer is creepy.
Feng Zhiqing is the peak cultivation level of Jindan. Logically speaking, it is not their turn to take on this task. However, this task has been taken over by the four major sects, which means they are not the only ones checking it. Cases, they can also be used as a way to gain experience when they come.
At dusk, everyone walked away while slaying monsters, and finally walked out of this fog. At the end of the fog was a ruined ancient palace. The flamboyant colored glaze on the eaves of the ancient palace was eroded, and the flamboyant vermilion on the door walls faded. Sections of high walls There are jade inlays and carved railings scattered everywhere, and weeds and vines are everywhere, they are so lush that they are free and open.
"Logically speaking, the purpose of our visit should be the Feng Family. Where is this place?" Mu Chenxiang looked around and found that this strange ancient palace was indeed the only one standing nearby.
Ni Hua stepped forward and pushed the door of the heavy ancient palace. After pushing the door open, he found that there was no dust, but it seemed as if someone had already been there.
"The old capital of the Feng family." Ni Hua thought vaguely as she looked at this palace with ancient memories.
I heard that one generation of the Feng family is the descendant of the royal family, and their descendants have been friends with immortals for generations. They sent their disciples to the immortal mountain to learn skills. Later, after the disciples came down from the mountain, they changed careers and became bounty hunters.
The Feng family thought that the feng shui here was not good, so they moved to another town, started to set up an industry, and became a professional bounty hunter, specializing in hunting monsters for a living, and this symbolic old palace was left behind. here.
"Pay attention, there seems to be a painting on the wall." He Lun looked at it for a while, and finally fixed his eyes on the weird concave and convex texture on the wall
"It's a map." Suiyun, who had remained silent, said.
"Someone has already been here." Nihua touched the texture on the map. Among the uneven texture, it seemed that someone had deliberately marked certain locations on the map with arrows, "These places , I guess the last person was going to go, probably one of my own."
"Our next step is to go to Hongling Town." Suiyun glanced at the mountains and rivers on the map and made the final decision.
"Isn't Hongling Town the place where Feng Zhiqing died?" He Lun shivered.
The murderer tortured the people at the peak of their golden elixirs to death. After they left, if the murderer was still there, it would not be just a child.
Ni Hua turned to look at Xi Yan. Xi Yan was surprisingly quiet along the way. She always felt that he was not very peaceful.
"There are probably people squatting in other places. Let's take a look at the scene of the crime, and then go to Feng Zhishui's counterpart to make a confession, so as not to make preconceptions."
As long as you are a human being, you have yourself. Considering the situation, even what Feng Zhishui said may not be completely credible.
Presumably senior brother Suiyun has rich experience in killing monsters. Since Suiyun said this, he naturally has his considerations, Nihua explained.
Suiyun said nothing, but recognized Nihua's meaning.
Ni Hua urged everyone to cheer up and rush to Hongling Town overnight.
Ni Hua looked at Xi Yan who had his head lowered. According to the signs on the map, the town was still hundreds of miles away from here. It was probably a matter of driving fatigue to drive all night.
Ni Hua unceremoniously took Xi Yan's sword. Xi Yan is worthy of being a villain. He flies very steadily. He doesn't look like a newbie who was temporarily trained at all. Instead, he is like Mu Chen Xiangfei. It was very difficult.
The terrain of Hongling is very strange, like a maze that cannot be escaped. If you are not careful, you will lose your way.
After nightfall, everyone's use of spiritual power was blocked, and Nihua looked back at Suiyun.
"This should be the territory of Hongling Town." Suiyun reassured everyone and be patient.
In the world of immortality, when you reach a certain territory that is enclosed by a great power, there will generally be some formations and magic weapons placed within the area to prevent outsiders from invading.
The Hongling Town is probably due to certain formations, which affects the use of spiritual energy.
Suiyun glanced around the surroundings and stopped. When he landed, his fingertips rubbed a red leaf. Nihua's mind was sharp, and she followed Suiyun's gaze and fixed it somewhere.
Ni Hua was a little confused. She only saw a very coquettish little red maple.
"Senior brother, what's wrong?" Nihua also felt something was wrong. She wanted to squat down to check what was going on, but Xi Yan, who had been silent all this time, suddenly pulled her back.
Suiyun was deep in thought, and Nihua's eyes fell on Suiyun's well-joined hands, the red leaf he was holding.
Ni Hua rolled his eyes, it’s just a leaf, why are you holding it so tightly? Isn’t this an ordinary leaf...
Looking at Suiyun's meditative expression, suddenly, someone's face flashed across Nihua's eyes and mind. When she came back to her senses, she shook her head and laughed. What was this?
Suiyun did not explain, but took another look at Xi Yan.
Xi Yan lowered his head and could not see his expression clearly.
Suiyun withdrew his gaze and explained to them the scope of their activities tonight and the direction of their journey to the town.
"Senior brother, are you not staying with us?" He Lun saw that the strongest member of the team was about to leave, and looked at senior brother Suiyun nervously.
"Senior brother, let's wait here for a while until you come back to find us?" Mu Chenxiang was playing with the glowing butterfly on her hand and asked nervously while looking at the red maple forest in the distance in the dark night. "Senior brother, when will you come back?"
"When will I come back? Why should I ask you for instructions?" Suiyun's gentle face showed some confusion.
When everyone heard this, their hearts skipped a beat. It was over. It turned out that in the eyes of the senior fellow apprentices, they were really just dragsters in the team, and their morals could not hold anyone back.
(End of this chapter)