Chapter 73 Thrilling Escape
Shang Mengchun led everyone along the rubble of the mountain forest, sometimes drilling holes, sometimes climbing walls. The few practitioners had no dignity at all here.
Wei Zhong knocked on the rock at hand and found that it was as hard as iron. It was obviously a mountain rock that had been soaked in spiritual energy.
Looking at the huge rocks leaning on each other above the head, it is no wonder that Shang Mengchun led everyone along the gap in the rocks.
If the balance of rocks accumulated in the mountain forest is broken, a few people can escape by relying on their own cultivation, but the secret place will not be found.
"We are almost there after climbing over this pile of rocks," Shang Mengchun said, pointing to the pile of rocks in front of him that was about nine feet high.
Everyone climbed over the pile of rocks step by step, avoiding touching the gravel above their heads.
After arriving at the pile of rocks, Wei Zhong found a valley covered with clouds and mist at his feet. Looking back, he saw that several people seemed to be walking through the cracks of a large mountain.
With the skylight above his head, Tan Bo asked: "Fellow Daoist Shang, can't we fly over from the top of the mountain on a magic weapon?"
At this moment, a roar came from the sky , a group of fiery red crows flew over the heads of everyone.
"If Fellow Daoist Tan has a way to deal with those blazing crows, it's not impossible."
The latter's face turned red and he stopped talking.
According to Wei Zhong's observation, there were seven to eight second-level auras among the group of blazing crows just now. If everyone flies through here, they will definitely meet him.
It is unwise to fight with these crows in the air.
Immediately, Shang Mengchun used his flying sword to get into the clouds and mist below, and the four people including Wei Zhong fell downwards with it.
After passing through the clouds and mist, I discovered that the valley here is only more than ten feet deep. What appeared in front of everyone was the mountain gate composed of two half-broken pillars, followed by long stone steps stretching into the air.
Shang Mengchun led everyone up the stairs, explaining as he walked:
"The cloud and mist just now evolved from the protective formation here, and it is an illusory formation."< br>
Wei Zhong looked forward at the higher and higher steps and nodded.
‘No wonder I walked up the steps for so long and there was no sign of breaking out of the clouds. ’
"There are not many stairs here, please be patient," Shang Mengchun pointed to the top of the head, "In addition, there are air restrictions here, so you should not try to fly."
"Fellow Daoist Shang, even the mountain gate The restrictions everywhere are still there. Is the formation really broken where the Xuanming Spirit Grass is?"
Wei Zhong asked in confusion.
At the same time, these words also attracted the attention of several other people.
Lan Fangyi explained: "Fellow Taoist Song will know it when he steps over this step."
With some doubts, everyone stepped onto the top of the stone steps and passed through a gray-white film that blocked their spiritual consciousness.
Seeing the scenery behind him, Wei Zhong couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
Compared with the relatively complete mountain gate steps, this place looks extremely dilapidated.
It is not the decay caused by the years, but the dilapidation affected by the fighting.
The stone bricks on the ground were rolled up by an unknown attack and turned into scattered rubble. The distant hall was also cut horizontally from it, and the roof was blown off...
‘What kind of battle was this? ’
Crows chirped above everyone’s heads, and a group of blazing crows flew down from above and landed nearby.
"This group of blazing crows lives in the southeast corner of this ruins. Please try not to disturb this monster."
"The Xuanming Spirit Grass is here. Follow me."< br>
Stepping on the gravel under their feet, everyone walked along a narrow path.
There were trees that Wei Zhong didn't recognize growing on both sides of the road. Their hanging twigs touched everyone's heads, and the green leaves exuded a unique fragrance.
There are also plants squeezed out of the gravel at the feet, growing tenaciously upwards...
"The corner is just ahead," Lan Fangyi said after walking for a while.
Passing a tall dead tree, Wei Zhong finally saw the scene behind it.
The formation restriction in the air is like a broken bowl, with only the light green Xuanming Spirit Grass exposed in the missing part.
‘One, two...eleven, indeed more than ten knots, a well-deserved Millennium Spiritual Grass. ’
Everyone also discovered this spiritual grass at the same time, and couldn’t help but feel excited.
"Fellow Taoist Tan and I will start breaking the formation now," Shang Mengchun said to Tan Bo, then turned to look at the others.
“We need the help of two fellow Taoists to break the formation. In addition, the movement may be a bit loud on the way. I also ask fellow Taoist Xu Gu to help warn the surroundings.”
“No problem,” after saying this Lan Fangyi took out a second-level breathing amulet, patted it on himself, and turned into a puff of smoke, fleeing into the distance.
Although the other party hid it well, under Wei Zhong's consciousness, the trap was still exposed.
‘However, it is still possible to hide from spiritual beasts with low intelligence. ’
Shang Mengchun took out three yellow formation flags, two of which were handed to Mou Yuanfeng and Wei Zhong respectively, and the other one was taken into his own hands.
Then he looked at Tan Bo beside him: "Please show your true skills, fellow Taoist Tan. There are monsters intruding nearby, so I don't have much time to wait."
Tan Bo clicked. Nodding, he took out a palm-sized turtle shell from his sleeve. The turtle shell was dark green with black runes painted on it. It was obviously his formation-breaking tool.
"Trouble my two fellow Taoists to help me."
"That's how it should be."
While Wei Zhong and others were discussing how to break the formation, the monkeys in the Autumn Maple Forest But it became lively.
I don’t know what voice is calling me, and they keep gathering in one place.
Four of the yellow-browed monkeys led the team, followed by an unknown number of white-browed red monkeys, jumping up and down on the branches and moving closer to the stone forest behind the forest.
After a while, the golden-browed monkey led the way, leading a hundred monkeys along the route of Wei Zhong and others.
The leading golden-browed red monkey narrowed its muzzle and looked for its direction by following the beast-repelling incense left on Wei Zhong and others.
The group would not have thought that the beast-repelling incense specially made for this kind of monkey would actually become the guiding incense for this special monkey.
The monkeys behind were slightly unhappy with the smell that lingered in the air, but they were quickly suppressed by the intimidation of the golden-browed red monkeys.
Finally, a hundred monkeys walked out of the stone forest and came to the valley.
Looking at the clouds and mist below, the golden-browed red monkey let out a roar and jumped down first. The yellow-browed and white-browed red monkeys behind also fell into the clouds like dumplings.
Following the steps of the mountain gate that go straight into the sky in front of you, a group of monkeys, led by the golden-browed red monkeys, move forward mightily along the stone steps.
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Wei Zhong injects spiritual power into the formation chess in his hand. As Shang Mengchun inserts the main formation chess in his hand, a formation node emits " The sound of "bang" broke instantly.
According to Wei Zhong's observation, Shang Mengchun's method of breaking the formation is to use the formation to break the formation. He holds the calculation in his hand to calculate the weak nodes of the formation, and then uses the brute force of these three formation flags. destroy.
On the other side, Tan Bo's formation-breaking method looks relatively advanced.
The spiritual light on the turtle shell magic weapon in hand flashes, and every time, the weakness of the formation can be accurately found, and then a few formation flags are inserted, and a small amount of spiritual power is injected, and a corner of the formation can be Break without help from others.
‘No wonder Lan Fangyi found this person to cooperate. Although the other person has a bad temper, he does have a few brushes. ’
After Shang Mengchun broke a few nodes in front of him, he began to scratch his head. Apparently relying on his knowledge of point formations was no longer enough to deal with it, or it would take time.
Lan Fangyi’s message came to everyone’s ears: “Fellow Taoists, please take a moment, there are already blazing crows approaching this way.”
Shang Mengchun sighed and took out a small awl as long as the palm of his hand and as thick as a finger. It was the second-order forbidden cone he had prepared.
Throwing it towards the formation in front, the small cone suddenly connected with the spiritual light of the formation, making bursts of roaring sounds. A large number of formation nodes were subsequently broken.
Originally, the mere second-order forbidden cone cannot have any effect on the fourth-order formation. However, the formation in front of me has been damaged and abnormal due to unknown reasons, with large loopholes exposed.
Looking at the spiritual grass getting closer and closer, Wei Zhong suddenly felt that the breathing of several people was a little faster.
Thousand-year-old spiritual grass is rarely seen even at auctions.
Not to mention the Xuanming Spirit Grass used to refine the Dust Falling Pill.
Seeing this, Tan Bo became a little anxious. He accidentally slipped his hand, and suddenly the auras on the turtle shell collided, and green smoke came out. Obviously this divination failed.
Shang Mengchun, who had made a contribution with a forbidden cone, was in trouble again, and the situation in front of him seemed to be more complicated.
Wei Zhong said helplessly: "Fellow Daoist Tan, why not cooperate with us to break the formation? With fellow Taoist's divination ability and fellow Daoist Shang's treasure of breaking the formation, the formation here should not be difficult. It's up to us to wait."
Mou Yuanfeng also advised: "Fellow Daoist Song's words are reasonable. If we continue like this, we may not be able to succeed until we are discovered by the group of blazing crows.
How about working together to take the spiritual grass and then divide it up together. "
Tan Bo and Shang Mengchun also knew the stakes. They looked at each other for a moment and nodded.
Then the two cooperated, and the progress of breaking the formation was obviously faster. Occasionally, two When people can't handle it, Shang Mengchun will also take out the forbidden cone and push it flatly...
"Three fellow Taoists, something bad has happened. The group of monkeys did not know how they came here. "Where..."
Lan Fangyi's voice transmission came to their ears, and the expressions of the four people suddenly changed.
"Why did those group of monkeys come here?"
The four of them looked at each other, and even the formation-breaking movements on their hands stopped for a moment.
‘Could it be following the path of the five of us? It's impossible. How can ordinary monkeys have such ability? ’
While hesitating, Lan Fangyi rushed over.
“Damn it, those monkeys alarmed the nearby Blazing Crows. How did you fellow Taoists break through the formation?”
The five people looked at the Xuanming Spirit Grass in the formation at the same time. At this moment, the Spirit Grass was only a short palm away from everyone, with a layer of colorful restrictions in the middle.
No matter how hard Ren Tanbo and Shang Mengchun studied, they could not find a way to break the formation. Even using the second-level forbidden cone had no effect at all.
“Roar!”
A beast roar instantly changed the faces of the five people.
Wei Zhong flew into the sky and landed on a dead branch nearby. Looking from a distance, he saw densely packed monkeys and blazing crows fighting and fighting.
A particularly majestic monkey grabbed the neck of the crow beside him and casually folded it. The latter's eyes suddenly lost their look.
Looking at the strong body of the monkey and its distinctive golden eyebrows, Wei Zhong's expression changed.
Then he said: "Oh no, there seems to be a third-level monkey."
As soon as these words came out, the four people's expressions changed. They didn't know Wei Zhong until they flew over to check. What he said is true.
Looking at the last layer of colorful restrictions, the unwillingness in the eyes of several people became more and more obvious.
"Roar!"
Hearing the roar of a beast, the ground beneath the feet of several people shook.
When I probed with my spiritual sense, I discovered that the Blazing Crow, which only existed in the second level, had fallen into a disadvantage under the offensive of the third level monkey.
The golden-browed monkey has torn a bloody path out of the crows and rushed towards the five people.
Seeing this, Wei Zhong sighed, raised his hand slightly, and a small golden cone appeared on his right palm. "Third level forbidden cone breaking!"
A look of surprise suddenly appeared on Shang Mengchun's face.
"Fellow Daoist Song has had a hard time hiding it from me. If he could have taken out this thing earlier, why would we wait until now to break the formation."
Wei Zhong shook his head: "This thing is my life-saving weapon. Things should not be used lightly, and I hope all fellow Taoists will forgive me."
Then the golden cone in Wei Zhong's hand floated into the air, and an afterimage appeared, piercing the colorful spiritual light.
A layer of golden light escapes from the small cone and is immersed in the five-color restriction. The two merge with each other and then dissolve layer by layer, revealing a small gap.
Shang Mengchun planted his own formation flag around the colorful ban at the right time, and with a bang, the ban was broken.
Then he grabbed the Xuanming Spirit Grass and put away the formation flag casually.
Everyone saw that there were no other spiritual herbs in the restriction, and a trace of disappointment flashed in their eyes. But when they saw the blurry shadow further behind, they were all startled.
There are other treasures in subsequent restrictions.
Seeing Shang Mengchun take the spiritual grass, several people looked overjoyed, but then they heard the roar of the beast getting closer and closer.
Lan Fangyi immediately said: "Everyone, the third-level monkey is coming, hurry up and leave."
After saying that, he pulled Shang Mengchun over and walked along the way he came. The same is true for Tan Bo and Mou Yuanfeng.
Wei Zhong listened to the roar that was getting closer and closer, and walked to the broken colorful restriction.
The eyes blessed by the spirit-seeking technique suddenly saw the black spiritual soil in a small pit emitting colorful spiritual light.
This small pit is exactly where the Xuanming Spirit Grass was located just now.
‘This spiritual soil is a treasure. ’
Wei Zhong gathered a large spiritual hand in his hand, grabbed a large handful of the black spiritual soil and stuffed it into the cave.
Then he followed the crowd and left.
“Hurry up!”
Everyone slid down the steps, and before they reached the mountain gate, they heard roars one after another.
"These monkeys are so smart, how can they still block the door?" Lan Fangyi said with some annoyance.
"It was probably commanded by the third-level monkey," Wei Zhong turned to look at Shang Mengchun and asked, "Fellow Daoist Shang, will there be any restrictions after leaving this mountain gate?"
"That's not true. What do you think, Fellow Daoist Song?"
Wei Zhong nodded: "There are monkeys blocking the door, and the way we came here is no longer feasible. It's better to fly out of this valley and climb over Escape from that mountain.
The Blazing Crow was seriously harmed by the monkey, so he probably has no time left to take care of me. ”
Everyone nodded when they heard this. After exiting the mountain gate composed of two broken pillars, Wei Zhong casually killed the monkey that rushed towards him.
Seeing Tan Bo being killed by a A second-level monkey entangled, slapped the wine gourd on its waist, and instantly shot out several golden swords, hitting the monkey's vitals.
The yellow-browed monkey sensed the danger and retreated to avoid it, but was caught by Tan. Bo seized the opportunity and chopped off the head with a sword.
Putting away the body of the monkey, Tan Bo followed Wei Zhong into the air.
He cupped his hands towards Wei Zhong and said, "Thank you so much, fellow Taoist Song."
Wei Zhong shook his head to indicate that he didn't need to be polite.
As a few people took off into the air, the monkeys below them could no longer threaten everyone, and even the Blazing Crow, which had been "patrolling" in the air, disappeared.
‘It’s finally safe’
Just when a few people were relaxing, the golden-browed red monkey had arrived and roared at everyone in the sky.
Then he grabbed a rock the size of a human head from his hand. The red hair glowed with fire and clung to the rock. He immediately ignited it and threw it into the air.
The third-level spirit beast's strike was extremely fast. Everyone just blinked and the stone was already in front of them.
Wei Zhong's expression changed drastically, because this blow was aimed at him.
The [Songs of Time Taoist Technique] is used to enter the later stage of foundation building.
The black water spirit clothes that had been attached to Wei Zhong's body were instantly extended outwards under the infusion of spiritual power in the later stage of foundation building. A shield made purely of spiritual power instantly appeared in front of Wei Zhong.
Time was running out, and when Wei Zhong made this move, the flaming stone hit the shield transformed by Heishui Lingyi.
Wei Zhong felt a sudden force coming from him, and the water shield defense formed by the black water spirit clothes lasted only two breaths before suddenly breaking down.
One side of the spiritual shield took this opportunity to open in front of Wei Zhong, and the second-level robe on his body also activated at the same time.
The third-level monkey's blow continued unabated, hitting Wei Zhong's spiritual shield and robe, and smashed Wei Zhong's body into the mountain nearby, forming several holes on the mountain wall. A depression the size of ten feet.
“Fellow Daoist Song!”
Several people exclaimed and quickly approached Wei Zhong.
Wei Zhong pushed away the second-order spiritual shield that had been broken into several pieces and spit out a mouthful of blood.
"Song Zhong" appeared in front of everyone with his robes torn and in a state of embarrassment.
With no time to stop and rest, Wei Zhong hurriedly swallowed a spiritual elixir and flew back into the air with his magic sword.
“Let’s go!”
Seeing that Wei Zhong was safe, several people felt relieved and flew towards the top of the mountain together.
The golden-browed red monkey below saw the people getting further and further away. It hammered its chest angrily and roared. The surrounding monkeys were frightened by its power and lowered their heads.
"Fortunately, the third-level monkeys cannot fly, otherwise we would be in danger," Lan Fangyi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the monkeys below did not chase him.
Looking at Wei Zhong aside, he sighed with emotion: "I didn't expect that Fellow Daoist Song could actually receive a blow from a third-level monster. It really opened my eyes."
As soon as he said this, The three people's attention immediately turned to Wei Zhong.
"Ahem!"
Wei Zhong spit out some blood and said, "I'm just lucky."
Then the aura of cultivation in the middle stage of foundation building was slightly revealed.
Everyone was surprised, but they were too sensible to ask any more questions.
Rogue cultivators will hide, and there are many who hide a small level of cultivation like "Song Zhong".
It's just that it's relatively rare to be able to catch a blow from a third-level monster in such a hurry, without suffering much injuries, and to be able to escape calmly.
Everyone climbed over the mountain peak and flew over the autumn maple forest.
Wei Zhong suddenly suggested: "The third-level monkey has gone out with its monkey grandchildren. How about we take this opportunity to buy out its hometown?"
How many people are interested in this? After taking one look, everyone nodded, and then they all flew towards the forest below.
The two second-level monkeys and some first-level monkeys left behind were unable to resist the invasion of Wei Zhong's five foundation builders.
Pairs of two joined forces to kill the second-level monkeys, and the remaining first-level white-browed red monkeys lost their leader and fled instantly.
A few people searched his lair and harvested many spiritual objects and spiritual stones, including several spiritual herbs that were more than five hundred years old.
Wei Zhongze discovered a red spirit wine in a pool.
After tasting it for a while, I found a refreshing feeling in my consciousness.
‘Is this the spiritual wine for spiritual consciousness? ’
At this thought, Wei Zhong became excited instantly. My own "warming people's tears" spiritual wine is stuck in a bottleneck, and I never expected to find a breakthrough opportunity here.
Pick up the residue from the bottom of the pond. These are the spiritual objects used to brew this kind of spiritual wine.
As long as Wei Zhong identifies them one by one after returning, and combined with the actual spirit wine, there is a high probability that the wine recipe can be deduced.
He shared the Chi Lingjiu equally with several others, then thoroughly plundered the place and left quickly with his flying sword.
After a while, the golden-browed red monkey came belatedly, and when he saw the dilapidated gathering place, he roared angrily.
When he entered the cave and saw the pool of spiritual wine that was not left at all, he beat the surrounding rocks angrily.
Wei Zhong would not know that this spiritual wine was used by these monkeys to enlighten their spiritual wisdom, and it was the most rare thing among their tribe.
The five of them returned to the gathering place of monks where the teleportation array was located with flying swords, and then left without stopping.
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On the small island in the lake, the five people gathered again.
The faces of the other four people were all full of joy, except Wei Zhong, whose face was slightly pale and coughed from time to time.
In addition to provoking the third-order monster, this trip was extremely smooth. Not only did everyone successfully obtain the thousand-year-old elixir Xuanmingcao, but they also plundered the tribe led by the third-order monster and made a lot of money. Full.
“Fellow Daoist Song has made the greatest contribution during this trip. How about letting Friend Song make the first choice?” Lan Fangyi said first.
“I have no objection.”
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Seeing no one objected, Wei Zhong also said directly:
"I only want the Xuan Ming grass and some of the spirit wine, and I won't take anything else."
This choice immediately made him feel uncomfortable. The four of them were in a tangle.
This thousand-year-old spiritual grass can be said to be the inducement for everyone on this trip to work together to explore the secret place, and it is also the most precious thing harvested from this trip.
Even the collection of third-level spirit beasts, there is no treasure that can compare with it.
"Although Fellow Daoist Song has contributed the most, I'm afraid it's not enough to monopolize this thing," Tan Bo said, without any emotion in his words.
Apparently Wei Zhong helped the rebels escape from danger just now, which made them have a good impression.
The remaining Mou Yuanfeng, Shang Mengchun and Lan Fangyi also have this opinion.
"Then how about I add a bottle of high-grade Heqi Pill to each of you fellow Taoists?"
As a cultivation elixir used by foundation-building monks, a bottle of high-grade Heqi Pill is at least as needed One bottle of fifteen hundred spirit stones, four bottles is six thousand.
As for Xuan Ming Cao, a thousand-year-old elixir, it is only worth about 15,000 spiritual stones at auction.
The value of four bottles of elixir is almost half of it.
Wei Zhong's compensation can be regarded as sincerity.
Furthermore, the Xuanming Spiritual Grass is only one of the several thousand-year-old spiritual herbs needed to refine the Dust Falling Pill, so everyone has no plans to join forces to refine the pill.
With this time to collect elixirs, it is better to improve your cultivation to the later stage of foundation building first.
"Then I will follow you, fellow Taoist."
(End of this chapter)