Tong Yan used the array plate and spirit stones to quickly recover most of his spiritual power. When he was about to recover some more spiritual power and set off, he suddenly felt his eyelids twitching and his heart beating extremely uneasily, as if he was being targeted by something.
She opened her eyes suddenly, and she didn't even have time to close the array, so she fled from the place as fast as she could, as if life-threatening.
As soon as she dodged, a magic weapon was thrown at her from afar, and the spiritual consciousness of two late-stage foundation-building monks followed her unscrupulously.
His body was faster than his thoughts. Tong Yan didn't even see the full picture of the weapon that was thrown at him, and immediately turned around and rushed out like an arrow.
The two monks were not in a hurry when they saw Tong Yan escaping. No matter how fast they were in the Qi training stage, they couldn't move faster than the foundation building stage.
The tall young man said in a gloomy tone: "Don't kill her, we haven't asked questions yet."
The monk throwing the magic weapon next to him had an indifferent smile on his face: "Isn't it okay as long as you have the tone to speak? Besides, isn't she fine?"
Ma Shou landed next to his magical weapon, pulled out the spear that was halfway inserted into the soil, and smiled at Sun Wen next to him: "The female cultivator's reaction just now was pretty good. If she had taken one step slower, my spear should have pierced her."
My stomach is full."
Sun Wen didn't say anything when he heard the words. He landed one step behind him, glanced at this place and said: "My spirit beast smelled the smell of the smelly monk on her body. The two of them must have been in contact. Let's follow him first. Maybe we can get better results."
Find someone quickly."
"Can't we find out if we catch her and ask her? Why go to so much trouble to play cat and mouse with her?" Makari sneered.
"Stop talking nonsense, that female cultivator is not slow, don't lose her." After saying this, Sun Wen chased after Tong Yan in the direction he left.
The reason why he didn't arrest anyone for questioning was because Sun Wen believed in his own spiritual beast more than what others said, and he quickly followed him.
Finding that he couldn't get rid of these two people, Tong Yan couldn't help but feel a little scared in his heart. He would use fatal moves whenever they met, not just because the attackers were evil.
These two people were more terrifying than the monks she met before, and their cultivation alone could directly crush her.
What's strange is that when you can catch up and kill her directly, why do you keep a distance and shoot cold arrows at her?
They chased behind them, and from time to time they would use water swords and golden swords to attack them. Although most of them could dodge, it was no different from being chased away like dogs.
Sun Wen touched the spiritual beast, suddenly stopped and looked around, and said: "It is indeed right to follow this female cultivator. The smell of smelly monks around here is even stronger."
Hearing this, Ma Shou casually released the last attack and flew next to him, "Found it? Where is it."
Sun Wen touched the snake head of the spirit beast and frowned, "I don't know, there is too much breath here, so it's hard to tell which direction the smelly monk went."
Ma Shou: "How are we going to find this? We'd better continue to follow the female nun in front of us."
After he finished speaking, he turned around to chase Tong Yan. As soon as his spiritual consciousness was released, he said in surprise: "Where is the female cultivator!?"
Sun Wen asked, "What's wrong?" He quickly released his consciousness and looked around, only to see Tong Yan's figure in front of him.
"He actually ran away!"
The two of them didn't expect that even during the Qi training period, they could run away quietly under their surveillance. Feeling that they were losing face, they quickly chased after him.
However, they did not find Tong Yan when they chased him. Instead, they ran into two monks whose cultivation level was similar to theirs.
Tong Yan saw the birds startled behind him and knew that the people behind him were fighting. He said with lingering fear: "These two people are chasing me desperately. I almost thought I was going to hang in the secret realm."
Jing Xing grabbed her arm and flew away. Hearing her words, he glanced at her and said, "The poor monk once reminded you, but the child donor only ignored it."
Tong Yan thought he was telling her to leave here today, so she said helplessly: "You can't blame me. I ran far away. I don't know why they stared at me and kicked me out.
return."
She also wanted to escape, but her strength didn't allow it.
The monk frowned, thought for a moment and said, "They should be coming for me. I'm afraid they have some special way of tracking people."
So after targeting Tong Yan, he did not kill her directly, but tried to use her to find himself.
"It's the poor monk who got you into trouble."
"Then what should we do next?" Lian Bulian and Li Lei might have brought it on themselves. Tong Yan was too lazy to think about it. She just wanted to find a solution quickly.
There are already many monks coming here. It is impossible for Tong Yan to rush out alone. He can only let her follow him.
Ji Xing said in a deep voice: "I need a quarter of an hour."
"You want me to help you stop them, right?" Tong Yan's eyes widened and he said dissatisfiedly, "I'm only in the qi training period, brother."
"...The poor monk just wants you to help guard the formation."
Tong Yan, who was prone to misunderstandings, smoothed his hair in embarrassment and pretended to be calm: "Look at the formation, I know a little bit about it haha."
Temporarily freed from the pursuit of Sun and Wen, Tong Yan followed Ji Xing to his hiding place, which turned out to be an ordinary grove and a cave.
"There are many formations and traps hidden here. Tong Donor, don't move for a while." Ji Xing led Tong Yan through the woods and came to the entrance of the cave.
"Yes, I understand. What do you want me to do later?" She nodded and looked around the cave and woods, trying to see where there were traces of the formation.
Ji Xing said: "Just use your golden phantom butterfly to set up a small illusion nearby to confuse them. The poor monk still has things to do, so you go first into the cave."
As soon as they finished speaking, they went out. Tong Yan looked outside, arranged for Xiao Jinjin to go out to work, and walked towards the cave.
The cave is about fifty or sixty meters deep, and is very wide at the end. There is also a spirit gathering array on the flat ground, so there is a lot of spiritual energy in the cave.
There were many formation fluctuations in the cave, and it was obvious that Ji Xing had made a lot of preparations here.
Tong Yan was not polite and started meditating directly in the formation. She had only recovered half of her spiritual energy earlier, but after the use just now, half of it was gone.
Not long after, Ji Xing came back, glanced at Tong Yan who was meditating and said nothing, then walked to the other side of the formation and started meditating.
Seeing Ji Xing's return, Tong Yan still couldn't calm down in her heart. She stood up and finished adjusting her breath, and slowly cast her consciousness outside the cave.
The calm outside the cave seemed like the eve of a storm.
Not long after, there was a sudden loud noise outside, which shook the entire mountain.
Tong Yan was startled: "What happened? Are they coming?"
"Don't panic, they won't come in so fast." Ji Xing's voice sounded from behind her, barely calming Tong Yan's uneasiness.
Hidden here, there was no way to escape, and he became a bright target. He had never experienced such a thing with a knife on his neck. The inexperienced Tong Yan was so anxious that he almost jumped.
"Little Master, if you have any big killer weapon, release it quickly. If the formation is broken, we won't be able to withstand it."
"If someone enters the cave, there is still a formation on the left side of the stone wall that can be used."
Tong Yan found the formation as he said and put several spiritual stones in without hesitation. The next moment, the formation started to move.
No one expected that not long after the formation was activated, more than a dozen talismans flew into the hole. After being stopped by the formation, they exploded with a bang.
The defensive formation blocked most of the fluctuations, and the spiritual stones in the formation's eyes were rapidly reduced.
"Haha, Brother Sun, they are indeed hiding inside!" Ma Shou blocked the ejected gravel and dust and said to Sun Wen next to him with a smile.
Sun Wen touched the snake's head, with a bit of satisfaction in his eyes, and reminded him: "There are many formations and talismans hidden outside. I'm afraid this cave is not easy, so be careful when you go in."
Ji Xing only had a ray of consciousness left to observe the situation outside. Seeing that someone broke through the obstacles and came in so quickly, he was a little surprised and immediately sped up his movements.
The sounds and movements at the entrance of the cave made Tong Yan's heart beat nervously, and his anxious eyes switched back and forth between Jing Xing's body and the entrance of the cave.
She very much doubted whether the formation that Ji Xing had arranged earlier was of any use, and why someone broke in so quickly.
Tong Yan clenched the hilt of the sword, not daring to relax even though her palms were covered with sweat. She quickly thought about how she would respond if the formation in front of her suddenly broke.
Ji Xing's formation was not useless. There were already several foundation-building monks surrounding the cave. It was because they were trapped by the formation that they didn't all rush in.
As for how Ma Shou and the two came in, firstly, it was because Sun Wen had the aura of a monster tracking the two of them and was not easily confused. Secondly, he knew the formation, which allowed the two of them to enter here so quickly.
Ji Xing in the formation closed his eyes tightly, and the gleaming light wrapped around him, and finally gathered into a palm-sized milky white light group in front of him. His figure was shadowy in the halo, and his momentum seemed to be changing.
Before Tong Yan could sense what the change was, a strong air flow rushed in from outside the cave. Unable to defend herself, she was pushed back by the impact, and did not stop until she reached the stone wall with her feet.
The next moment, when she saw Sun and Wen entering the cave, Tong Yan was shocked and her heart dropped.
"Even though death is imminent, this monk is still meditating." Seeing Ji Xing who was still meditating in the middle, Ma Shou said sarcastically.
Sun Wen frowned and looked at the formation for a few times, and reminded Ma Shou: "His aura is increasing, which is unusual. Stop talking nonsense and take action immediately."
Saying that, he immediately summoned a dagger and stabbed Ji Xing with a lot of power. Ma Shou was not slow over there, swung his spear and followed the dagger to attack the formation.
Tong Yan was simply ignored by the two of them. She could be killed with just one move during her Qi training and later stage of foundation building. Her presence was not threatening to them, so they didn't need to care about her at all.
As for the two men's attack on Ji Xing, even if Tong Yan could clearly see the trajectory of the attack, he would never be able to catch it.
This is the chasm between realms, and the gap becomes more obvious the further you go.
The magic weapon flew away at an extremely fast speed and stopped three meters away from the target without any surprise. The formation's light shone brightly. After the two parties wrestled, the magic weapon flew back to the owner's hand, but the formation's light dimmed.
The two were about to continue taking action when a strong wind suddenly hit them from the left. However, the force was not worthy of their attention at all, so they gently raised their hands and stopped it.
Sun Wen glared at Tong Yan fiercely, "You don't have to be so anxious if you want to die, it will be your turn next."
Seeing the thrown stones turn into dust, Tong Yan swallowed hard. However, the current situation did not allow her to hesitate, so she could only try her best to delay time.
"I know what you are looking for, I have it here."
As soon as these words came out, both of them looked towards her. Under the pressure of the two late-stage foundation-builders, Tong Yan continued: "The best black iron spar, right? Ji Xing only has one in his hand and it's hard for you to separate it."
No, I got two high-level ones by chance a few days ago. Although the quality is not as good as a top-grade one, they are better in quantity."
"Well... I don't have any other requests. I just hope that the two seniors can pretend that I don't exist and let me go. I am not familiar with this monk..."
Sun and Wen naturally didn't believe that Tong Yan could have two high-level crystals. They had to know that they had searched all over Jingming Mountain and couldn't find a single crystal.
But her life and death were in their hands, and she said that she had the crystal in a serious manner, so the two of them couldn't help but believe her.
"Shut up! You better tell the truth. If you dare to lie to us, I will cut your body into pieces." Sun Wen walked over with a dagger, stopped five steps away and stared at her coldly.
Tong Yan's face turned pale with fright. She knew that what she was telling was a lie, and she felt extremely guilty, but she could only grit her teeth and persist in speaking.
"Don't dare, how dare I do such a thing."
Sun Wen ordered: "Take out the spar."
She slowly took out two thumb-sized black crystals, without handing them over directly. She said fearfully: "The crystals are right here. Naturally, if I keep them, they won't be as useful as the two seniors holding them. The two seniors can
It’s their blessing to use them.”
In order to delay as much time as possible, Tong Yan talked a lot of nonsense, even he was not clear about what he was talking about.
"I was lucky enough to get two crystal stones. Maybe I was waiting for this moment to show my filial piety to the two seniors. If the two seniors get the crystal stones, they will definitely improve their cultivation by leaps and bounds, advance to the Golden Core Nascent Soul, and be respected by thousands of people...ah!"
Sun Wen didn't listen to the child's flattery. After seeing clearly that there were indeed two high-grade black iron crystals in her hand, he took a few steps up and snatched them from her hand.
Seeing Sun Wen move his hand, Ma Shou became more convinced of Tong Yan's words about crystal stones. He glanced at Ji Xing, who was motionless, and walked to Sun Wen's side.
He asked Sun Wen: "Is it really black iron spar?"
Sun Wen took the spar and looked at it carefully, but did not answer him.
After Tong Yan was robbed of the 'Black Iron Crystal Stone', he secretly prepared magical weapons for defense.
Little Huandie's illusion can confuse these two people for who knows how long. The more eager they are to get the crystal, the more real the fake crystal they see. The more they believe it is real, the harder it is to detect the flaws in the illusion.
The reason she didn't dare to take it lightly was that these two people were in the late stages of foundation building and had stable and persevering personalities. This little trick probably wouldn't be able to deceive them for long.
Seeing that Sun Wen ignored him, Ma Shou turned around and looked at Tong Yan.
"Little girl, your ability to sense danger is not weak. What kind of spiritual root do you have and what kind of skills have you learned?" Ma Shou may kill you in the next second, but Ma Shou looks like he wants to have a long conversation with you.
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Tong Yan wanted to run back, but unfortunately there was a stone wall behind her, and Ma Shou's smiling expression could not confuse her. The murderous spear might have been thrown with this expression.
"It's just five spiritual roots, but the qualifications are not good."
Ma Shou didn't care about Tong Yan's movements of running back, and laughed and said: "If you can cultivate the five spiritual roots to the tenth level of Qi training, you are considered to be talented and smart, and your understanding is excellent."
Tong Yan didn't understand what he meant, but just stared at him warily. After Ma Shou finished speaking, he stood up and said to Sun Wen: "Don't worry about these two for now. Let's get the best one first."
Then he lowered his head and smiled at Tong Yan: "As for you, be reborn in a good child in your next life, and don't look for a body with five spiritual roots."
Can you stop smiling and saying such cruel things?
Tong Yan was lucky enough to hide to the side, fearing that these two people would kill him.
"The crystal is real, but the spiritual energy contained in it is too complicated..." Sun Wen said to him after looking at the fake crystal for a long time.
Ma Shou's suggestion reminded Sun Wen that traveling alone was the focus of this trip, so he no longer bothered with what he had obtained.
He put the two pseudospar stones into the storage bag, looked at Ji Xing and said, "Kill the monk first, and save this girl for later."
Since she exchanged two crystals for one of her lives, she would naturally not be so quick to touch the crystals once she got them.
Of the two, Sun Wen was the one who made more decisions. When he said this, Ma Shou naturally gave up on killing Tong Yan for the time being.
Tong Yan's interruption only lasted about two minutes before the two men activated their weapons again to prepare the attack formation.
The cave was illuminated by the light of the magical weapon again, and the light quickly pierced the place where Ji Xing was, and Tong Yan's heart also rose.
But she really couldn't think of a way this time. She couldn't physically run up and become cannon fodder.
Fortunately, Ji Xing was no longer sitting there waiting for death. As soon as he opened his eyes, he controlled the magic weapon pestle to crash into the attacks of Sun Wen and the two. Then he quickly stood up, formed seals to meet them, and fought off the two magic weapons.
Little Master, you are finally awake. Tong Yan almost cried with excitement when he saw Ji Ji move.
Seeing Tong Yan leaning against the stone wall, Ji Xing couldn't help but asked worriedly: "Is the child donor okay?"
"I'm not dead yet, but I feel like I'm getting close."
Perhaps because he saw hope, Tong Yan felt that Ji Xing's Qingjun face was really beautiful right now.