"Little Chen family? Oh, which cultivator has never heard of the name of the Chen family? How many people enter Fan Yue Mountain every year, and who can come out with all their beards and tails intact?"
The female Taoist dressed in green on the other side answered: "Taoist Priest Qingdeng, it's better to be careful. It will be too late to regret it when death is imminent."
The long-faced Taoist priest was particularly unconvinced and continued to argue with her, bragging about how many evil spirits he had exterminated and how many demons he had killed, and how much he was respected among the people.
Shen Qingqing was not interested in their conversation. She found a place to sit down and whispered to Meng Yuan: "There is a seven-kill formation in the bamboo forest behind the main room, have you seen it?"
Meng Yuan nodded, "Four or five feet further forward, there is an ecstasy formation."
Shen Qingqing glanced at him one more time, "Do you recognize him?"
Meng Yuan's lips curled up, and there was a smile between his brows and eyes, "I read it in the book you gave Yun'er some time ago. You know, I have a good memory."
"That's okay." Shen Qingqing touched his elbow, "I'll observe the terrain on the left later, and you observe the terrain on the right. Walk together and don't get separated."
Meng Yuan clasped her hand, palms facing each other, "I know."
Several Taoist priests in the room were still noisy, and Shen Qingqing heard a lot of information from their conversations. The old man at the beginning should be the most profound Taoist among them. He encountered a bottleneck in his cultivation, so he came to Chen's house for
Looking for a solution.
As for the long-faced Taoist priest in the back, he is simply frivolous. Oh, not only is he frivolous but he also has no brains. He relies on his own abilities to make the Chen family feel more present.
There were two other people who had the same idea as him. Others admired the Chen family's reputation and wanted to try their luck at getting a big leg.
Everyone waited for about an hour, after the long-faced Taoist priest had dried up his saliva, and then the little Taoist boy came to inform them to go to the back to participate in the trial.
After leaving the main hall, there is a flat ground paved with bluestone slabs. Taoist priests aged forty or fifty, dressed in different costumes, are waiting there.
The first person standing on the stone steps was a man in gray robes. He was about thirty years old. He was not old and had an ordinary appearance, but he had a hint of a suave and unruly character.
When everyone arrived, the man began to introduce the rules, his voice as loud as a bell: "Have you seen the mountain behind you? That is your trial location. There are a total of six magic weapons hidden in the mountain. Who can find the magic weapon and bring it successfully?
If you come out, you will pass the trial."
"Is there only six pieces? Dozens of people are grabbing six pieces of magic. Don't you think it's a bit small?" The person who spoke was the frivolous Taoist priest with a long face.
The man seemed to have heard a big joke and laughed, "Isn't that too little? You should find these six magic weapons first and then talk about it."
After saying these words, the man turned around and walked away, and the trail boy who led the way directed everyone to the gravel path on the left.
The long-faced Taoist priest was indignant at the man's arrogant attitude and scolded him all the way. Most of the others remained silent, with their faces becoming more solemn than the others.
Shen Qingqing and Meng Yuan took advantage of this precious time to observe the surrounding buildings and formation distribution. Unfortunately, they only walked a short distance to reach their destination.
Unlike the Chen family, which was clean and tidy and paved with stone slabs everywhere, the trial ground was as desolate as a virgin forest.
The arborvitae and acorn trees in the mountains are so tall that they block all the sunlight. Under the trees are all barbed thorns and shrubs, and there is not even a footpath to be found.
There were complaints in the team, but the little Taoist boy seemed not to hear them. He held the fly whisk and walked back slowly. Someone asked him where to meet after he got the magic weapon, but he ignored it and just walked faster and faster.
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There are also those who are brave enough to step into the bushes without asking any questions, wave their weapons in their hands, and drive forward on the road.
Someone took the lead, and others followed.
Shen Qingqing and Meng Yuan were walking relatively behind the team. As soon as they walked into the shade of the trees, they noticed something unusual.
There is mist surging in the forest. It is very light and light, like the mist hanging in the air after a rain. It disperses with a gentle flick.
"There seems to be a formation in the forest." Meng Yuan lowered his eyes and looked at Shen Qingqing, frowning slightly, "But I can't tell what the formation is."
"The fog formation is used to trap people." Shen Qingqing blew away the light mist in front of her, "People trapped in the formation can only exit from a specific direction. If they can't find the exit, they can only
Swirling around inside."
Meng Yuan suddenly realized, no wonder someone just asked the little Taoist boy where to meet, but the little Taoist boy didn't answer. It turned out that walking out of the formation was part of the trial.
The further you go, the thicker the fog becomes and the darker the sky becomes. The fog seems to be soaked in water, weighing heavily on your head, making your breathing heavier.
A huge cave appeared in front of them. The cave was dark, like a beast with a huge mouth, waiting for prey to appear.
Some people did not dare to enter the cave, so they walked around the cave to the left or right, and the team dispersed.
Shen Qingqing, Meng Yuan and the remaining ten or twenty people entered the cave.
The cave was bigger than Shen Qingqing imagined, and she could still hear the echo of her footsteps as she stepped down. It was so dark in the cave that she couldn't even see anyone, so she could only explore slowly by feeling.
She wanted to turn on the flashlight, but the current situation was unclear and it was better not to be in the limelight, so she endured it.
After walking about a few dozen meters, a scream suddenly came from the front of the team, and the crowd immediately became chaotic. Some people were screaming and rushing around, and some were scratching like crazy.
Her waist tightened, and a gust of wind blew past her ears. When she landed on the ground again, she had changed places, and in her ears was a man's gentle voice: "Don't be afraid, they are insects."
If you listen carefully, you can indeed hear the rustling sound of insects climbing and squirming.
The two of them had specially worn insect repellent sachets and amulets before arriving, so they were not afraid of this.
At this time, someone in the cave ignited the talisman, and the bright fire instantly illuminated the cave. The dark cave was indeed crawling with insects!
Big and small, soft and hard, crawling and flying...
They squirmed slowly, were densely packed, and bustling, like a wall of flesh blocking everyone's way.
The few people walking at the front had been bitten by insects, and they were rolling on the ground and howling in pain, holding their wounds.
Shen Qingqing recognized the highly poisonous black beetles at a glance, and even reminded everyone: "Be careful, these bugs are poisonous."
Everyone's expressions changed drastically and they retreated one after another.
"Heh, just a few little bugs want to block my way?"
The long-faced Taoist priest didn't take Shen Qingqing's words seriously. He took a step forward and threw the Dao Fire Talisman at the insect wall.
The insect wall burst into flames, like adding fuel to the fire, burning extremely fiercely, and a burning smell soon filled the cave.
The long-faced Taoist priest became more and more proud and talked about his glorious deeds of bravely fighting fierce beasts with high spirits.
"Yeah!" someone screamed.
Before the voice fell, I saw those insects with sparks on their bodies rushing towards the long-faced Taoist priest in swarms, instantly surrounding him like locusts passing by.
The long-faced Taoist priest screamed, collapsed and rolled on the ground, and fell silent for a moment.