The back mountain of Purple Star Peak is not as prosperous as Purple Star Peak. Although the mountain is full of green plants, they are mostly shrubs and weeds, and the taller trees are only two or three people tall.
In a smaller place in the back mountain, there are seven purple flowers.
These flowers don't look like anything special, but what's amazing about them is that there is no grass growing in the two surrounding areas, and each branch is half a person's height, but there is only one small flower half the size of a palm blooming on the branch.
It was the Zi Linghua that Du Fang wanted to guard.
Du Fang sat cross-legged next to the Purple Linghua, with his head drooped facing the seven cherished spiritual flowers. He had been in a daze for an unknown length of time.
More than two months have passed since his master, Master Meihe, arranged to guard Zilinghua here. The boy who guarded this place before him was also called to Zimei Mansion by Master Meihe. Du Fang was the only one there every day.
Also pure.
Not far from Purple Linghua there is a simple thatched shed, which is Du Fang's residence.
Although the thatched hut is a bit crude, you don't have to worry about the dangers in the mountains, because people on the Meihe River specially asked friends to set up some kind of formation ban here to protect these spiritual flowers, not to mention the wild beasts in the mountains.
When the later monks come, they won't be able to break in for a while.
At night, Du Fang lay in the thatched hut with his eyes closed, thinking about his insignificant early stage cultivation of Qi Refining Realm, and the desolate figure that might leave Lingxuan Sect in three years, and he became increasingly depressed.
Suddenly, Du Fang heard the faint sound of footsteps coming from the mountain path not far from here. The sound seemed to be absent, and it seemed that the visitor had deliberately slowed down his pace.
Du Fang had been here for more than two months and was extremely sensitive to unexpected sounds. He immediately sat up, hid in the thatched shed, and looked outside.
After a while, a man wearing black clothes and a black scarf covering his face appeared outside the ban.
When Du Fang saw that there was someone there, he involuntarily clenched the jade pendant around his waist with his right hand.
This jade pendant is the entry and exit method prohibited by this formation, and it was specially used by Master Meihe for Du Fang alone.
The man in black seemed to know that this place was protected by a formation, so he did not rush in. Instead, he took out a white bird from his arms.
This little bird is all white, lying obediently in the palm of the man in black, its spiritual eyes blinking from time to time.
The man in black raised his hands forward, and the bird flew forward. The bird's wings vibrated very fast, but it did not make any sound as it flew towards the purple ling flower.
When the bird was about to approach the Purple Linghua, a wall of purple mist appeared in the empty sky. Several streams of purple gas overflowed from it and swept the little white bird into the wall.
The moment the bird entered, several streams of dark purple and black liquid appeared in the air wall, surrounding the bird, tightening inward, squeezing the little white bird that was surrounded by purple air.
The little bird's muscles and bones were broken by the squeeze of the few streams of liquid that appeared out of thin air, and its entire body was crumpled into a ball. Bright red blood overflowed from its mouth and nose. It only heard two squeaks before it completely died.
After the bird died, the ghostly purple wall of air also dissipated into the air, as if it had never appeared.
There was only the crumpled body of the bird lying on the ground, with a pool of blood next to it.
Du Fang saw everything that happened between this man and the bird, and immediately understood that this man must be here with evil intentions.
In this moment, Du Fang jumped out of the thatched house.
With his left hand, he held the jade pendant given to him by Master Meihe tightly in his arms. With his right index finger and ring finger pointing towards the man in black, he crossed his legs and shouted: "Who is coming? How dare you plot something?"
My Lingxuan Sect’s treasure.”
Du Fang's words were sudden and decisive. The man in black, who was staring at the dead bird's body, was startled. He was stunned for a moment, unable to say a word.
When Du Fang saw that the man did not respond, he continued to shout: "My master is the protector of Lingxuan Sect, Meihe Shang. I am ordered by my master to guard the spirit flowers. If you dare to break into the formation, I will send a message immediately, and my master will come from the sky."
, I will make sure you never come back!"
The man and Du Fang were in a stalemate for a moment. Du Fang's left hand holding the jade pendant kept shaking, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
To be honest, Du Fang was still unsure. After all, he was just a young child with a relatively young cultivation level, and no one had ever faced such a situation.
Suddenly, the man's eyes flashed, and an invisible force surged out of his body and rushed towards Du Fang.
This power is colorless and invisible, but it can be clearly felt and goes straight into people's minds, making Du Fang shudder.
Just when this strange power hit the restriction protecting Purple Linghua, the purple air wall appeared again, and rotating purple vortices were formed on the air wall, absorbing this power.
This purple vortex absorbed most of the attacks, but a few attacks still penetrated into the formation restrictions and shot towards Du Fang.
This process was extremely fast. Du Fang had never experienced this kind of battle process before, and he was at a loss for the moment.
At this moment, the force that rushed towards Du Fang through the prohibition had already hit Du Fang.
Du Fang suddenly felt as if a bone spur had been inserted into his mind. He had a splitting headache, but he was so weak that he no longer had the strength to hold his head and struggle.
Du Fang originally planned to crush the jade pendant when the opponent broke into the formation and send a message to Master Meihe. Who would have thought that the opponent's attack was so fierce that he didn't even have a chance to react.
Du Fang collapsed on the ground, the jade pendant in his hand scattered aside.
A thought flashed through my mind, "It's a spiritual mind, a monk in the concentration realm." Looking at the man in black outside the formation, he didn't even have the strength to speak.
The man in black saw Du Fang slumped on the ground unable to move. He turned his right hand and a delicate jade pendant appeared in his hand. It was exactly the same as the one that fell next to Du Fang.
As soon as the jade pendant appeared, the purple wall of air seemed to be under control. It stopped rolling and regained its calm, but it did not disappear, as if it was waiting for an order.
The man in black waved his right hand and injected the magic power into the jade pendant. The jade pendant exuded a faint green fluorescence.
The green fluorescence scattered onto the purple air wall, revealing a hole as tall as a person. The man in black followed the hole and easily entered the formation.
Du Fang was shocked and frightened when he saw all this, but he had no strength at all. He could only sit on the ground and gasp for air, trying to regain some strength as soon as possible.
The man in black laughed when he saw Du Fang's appearance.
Seven purple ling flowers were not far in front of Du Fang, but the man in black ignored these spiritual flowers and walked straight towards Du Fang.
Du Fang couldn't help but shed a cold sweat when he saw the intention of this uninvited guest. This was because the opponent was a strong man in the Concentration Realm. Not only that he had no power to fight back, but he was not injured and had no chance of winning.
The man in black walked up to Du Fang, looked at the jade pendant next to Du Fang, lowered his head and saw Du Fang lying on the ground, and said in a somewhat familiar voice: "Junior brother, you are doing well lately."
Then he took off the black scarf in front of him, revealing a face with sharp eyebrows.
When Du Fang saw this face, he shouted with shock: "Senior Brother Lei Xie!"