A bright and warm environment can always bring people a very comfortable psychological sense of security.
Different from the icy snowy environment of the Land of Souls, this is the case for this cave called "Ziyou Daojun's Mansion".
Rather than saying it is a cave, it is better to say it is a palace complex.
On the thirty-sixth floor of the stairs, which are as clean and bright as white jade, there are three jade arches, one large in the middle and two small on the left and right sides.
Behind the arch, there is a road paved with the same white jade, leading directly to the mountain palace in the distance.
It is a white mountain peak that is looming in the clouds and mist. You can vaguely see a huge palace on the flattened peak. Green stairs spiral around the mountain peak and descend layer by layer. There are also steps halfway up the white mountain peak.
There are several seemingly large-scale building complexes, but they are different from the palaces on the top of the mountain. They are buildings similar to residential buildings.
On this white jade avenue leading to the mountain peak, about a thousand meters away from the arch, it extends to the left and right like a crossroads. At the ends of these two sides, there is the same palace complex, which is somewhat similar to the layout of ancient palaces.
East Palace, West Palace.
In the middle of the intersection is a huge stone statue about ten feet high.
It was a middle-aged man with a majestic face. The clothes on his body were somewhat similar to Hanfu. Su Anran could only identify the double-breasted style. He stood with his hands behind his hands and looked into the distance with cold eyes. Even if it was just a stone statue, it would bring
People still feel like a living person, with a great sense of intimidation.
There is no doubt that this person is Ziyou Daojun.
At this time, Su Anran, Qing Yu, Shen Pingan, Yang Qi, Ximen Desheng, as well as a dozen Sword Sect disciples and two disciples from the Ximen Family, all gathered in front of the steps.
The process of entering this cave was far more dangerous than they imagined.
However, this danger was solved by the people of the Ximen Family.
In fact, the Sword Sect was the first to discover this cave, but because they were worried about any traps or restrictions, the people from the Sword Sect did not enter hastily. In this way, the Ximen Family who passed by here could see it.
There was a clue, so Ximen Desheng took advantage of the reputation of the Ximen family and planned to force the people of the Sword Sect to surrender by clever means of robbery. Naturally, the result was a big fight between the two sides.
However, with the complete strength of the Ximen Family, they may not necessarily be at a disadvantage when facing the Sword Sect, which has almost twice as many people as itself.
I just don’t know what the Ximen Family... or what Ximen Desheng was thinking, but the Ximen Family actually took the lead in attacking the entrance of the cave. As a result, this action triggered a forbidden counterattack by the cave, resulting in heavy casualties among the Ximen Family, so they were killed by the sword.
The people of the Sword Sect took advantage of the situation to pursue them - of course, the people of the Sword Sect did not expect that they would be so shameless. They almost killed the people of the Ximen Family, but they killed Su Anran and Qing Yu halfway.
Therefore, it naturally became the current ending: the three parties joined forces to explore.
"The restriction was triggered by people from the Ximen Family, but it was ultimately broken by our Sword Sect. So, shouldn't it be up to you to explore the next path?" Standing in front of the white jade stairs, Yang Qi smiled at Su Anran.
He said, "We can't all contribute, but you just want to gain something without putting in any effort."
"Ha." Ximen Desheng sneered, "Now that Fellow Daoist Su and His Highness Qingyu are with our Ximen Family, are you planning to divide all the spoils into three equal shares?"
Ximen Desheng's mind is at least clear.
Knowing that his and Su Anran's interests are now completely tied together, they have not fallen into Yang Qi's divorce plan.
only……
Su Anran shook his head and sighed. In terms of language response, Ximen Desheng behaved like a child and was no match for Yang Qi.
"Okay." Yang Qi still had a smile on his face, "In this case, in accordance with the principle of equal sharing of risks and benefits, you explored the path and discovered the restriction, and we broke the restriction, then it is your turn to take responsibility again.
.”
With just a simple sentence, Ximen Desheng was caught by Yang Qi and became difficult to control.
If he agrees, he has to take the risk.
If you don't agree, it will damage your personal prestige and even lead to the loss of control over the division of spoils.
Su Anran finally figured it out. Yang Qi just liked to play tricks. Every word he said had deep meaning. If he was not careful, he would fall into a dilemma, which allowed him to completely take the lead.
"Then what you mean is that the spoils this time are going to be distributed according to work?" Su Anran knew that if she didn't speak up, she would completely lose the opportunity. "If this is the case, then according to the rules of the mysterious world, all
Twenty percent of the loot must be used as a subsidy for the victims. The Ximen Family has explored the restrictions before, and you have admitted this, so then this allowance must be compensated to the Ximen Family."
"Haha, Fellow Daoist Su is joking." Yang Qi smiled and shook his head, "Didn't we already agree on how to divide the spoils before?"
"If that's the case, then why do you still need us to continue exploring the road? Do you think we are your subordinates?" Su Anran asked, her attitude was particularly strong, "Or are you hiding your sword behind a smile? Just wait for us to show up again.
After suffering casualties, you took the opportunity to kill us?"
"Hahaha." Yang Qilang laughed, "Fellow Daoist Su, your joke is not funny at all... Okay, okay, since Daoist Friend Su can't trust us, then we will explore the path. But we will take the lead in exploring the separate paths in the future.
Choice, isn’t that an exaggeration?”
Su Anran smiled.
He had long known that Yang Qi was not that simple.
With Yang Qi's intelligence, he should have known that he was a difficult opponent in the previous negotiations, so it is impossible for him not to know that once he forced Ximen Desheng into a corner, he, as a community of interests, would definitely not stand idly by. However,
If he didn't plan to speak, then he, who was completely in the driver's seat, would not suffer a loss.
So from the moment Su Anran answered the question, he knew that Yang Qi must have some foreshadowing.
really.
The other party is trying to get the priority for branch exploration.
Obviously, Yang Qi must have some special means to know where there are good things in this cave.
"It's unfair." Su Anran shook her head and refused.
"Then what do you think we should do?" Yang Qi was still smiling, not impatient or impatient, as if everything was under control, "We can't just stand still here, right?"
"Since we have agreed to explore together, and there are two palace complexes here, which is also in line with the distribution principle of separate exploration, then why don't we break the restrictions here together first, and then we can find other ways to select and distribute them.
?" Su Anran said lightly, "Now we have to determine the priority of entry exploration. I think it's a little too early to say anything, right?"
"I am a person who prefers to make decisions before taking action." Yang Qi obviously has no intention of giving up this distribution right.
Su Anran took a deep breath. He knew that the topic had reached a dead end and he could not continue the conversation.
Then the only solution left is to take action.
Thinking of this, Su Anran's heart skipped a beat.
He suddenly realized that Yang Qi had set up the third trap here!
Their previous negotiations were obviously because the initiative was in the hands of Su Anran and others. Once they were allowed to break out, the secrets of the cave would be completely exposed. At that time, the Sword Sect would have to fight with the Tianwang Temple, Fairy Palace and
A group of other monks competed for the opportunity of the cave.
But now, everyone in the Ximen family is already in the cave.
And there is only one entrance and exit to this cave...
Su Anran glanced out of the corner of his eyes and discovered that the Sword Sect disciples had deliberately entered the cave a few steps behind due to the large number of people, and now they had blocked the way out of the cave. And whether it was Su Anran, Ximen Desheng, Qingyu,
Their positions at this time were relatively far forward, and if they tried to break through, they would be rushing into the Sword Sect's encirclement.
Su Anran felt awe-struck and a little annoyed at the same time.
I was careless after all.
After Ximen Desheng was controlled by words, he induced himself to fight for the dominance of words, relaxed his vigilance, and took the opportunity to let the disciples of the Sword Sect set up a formation and block the exit; and then, after using words to fight, he mistakenly thought that the other party was trying to fight.
Seize the priority to explore the branch road and paralyze your own thinking.
In the end, Tu Qiong dagger was revealed.
After the conspiracy comes the conspiracy.
This Yang Qi...
not simple.
Su Anran was amazed in her heart, but her face remained calm. She seemed not to notice the secret changes in the position of the Sword Sect disciples: "What a coincidence? I actually like this person quite a bit. But sometimes, there will always be some
An unexpected situation out of control, for example, when I was in the Illusion Divine Sea, I met Luo Na and Ao Wei unexpectedly in a small courtyard... What do you think the result was?"
Yang Qi's face remained as calm as ever: "Lona? Ao Wei? The descendant of the Demon Queen and the Dragon King?"
"Yes." Su Anran nodded, "Actually, I didn't expect to meet them unexpectedly that time. But sometimes, there are always some accidents, right?"
"Indeed." Yang Qi nodded clearly, "But you are saying this to tell me that you don't intend to give up the right of priority for branch exploration, right?"
"Of course." Su Anran smiled, "At least for now, I have come up with a good idea."
"What's a good idea?" Yang Qi smiled, "If I think it's really a good idea, maybe I can agree."
"Well, the solution is..." Su Anran still kept smiling, "...kill you!"
The cold light appears!
Su Anran suddenly drew his sword out of its sheath!
The sword pointed directly at Yang Qi, who was very close at hand.
Su Anran naturally understands the principle of striking first to gain the upper hand.
It was impossible for him to let Yang Qi continue with such a time-delaying plan, because once Yang Qi's trend was formed, Su Anran and others would have no way out - not a retreat, but even a way out. After all, the only way out was already
Being blocked by the people of the Sword Sect, they can definitely catch the turtle in the jar or simply close the door and beat the dog.
Therefore, the only way to break the situation is to completely disrupt Yang Qi's layout.
"Qiang——"
The sound of metal friction suddenly sounded, which was extremely harsh.
The blade that shot out from Yang Qi's side blocked Su Anran's sword that was so close at hand.
That's Shen Ping'an's knife!
The Sword Sect is famous for its combined sword attack skills, and is divided into two schools: Sword Sect and Sword Sect.
Under normal circumstances, the training disciples of the Sword and Sword Sect work in pairs, one for each sword sect. And they usually start from the physical training in the outer sect period, and then the disciples of the sword sect and the sword sect each choose their companions. They train, eat, live, and practice together to cultivate a tacit understanding between each other. It will not be designated and distributed by the sect until one of them dies in battle.
Shen Ping'an, a disciple of the Sword Sect, started six years later than Yang Qi, who was born in the Sword Sect, but his talent is higher than that of Yang Qi, because he grew up too fast, and the Sword Sect companions he chose before could not keep up with him at all. His cultivation speed increased. It just so happened that Yang Qi’s former Sword Sect companion died due to his own insistence on going his own way during a training, so the Sword Sect arranged for Yang Qi to be responsible for the leadership of Shen Pingan during the period of Tongqiao Realm - to put it bluntly, it was actually about finding the character of the mind. The calm Yang Qi works as a nanny for the talented and out-of-the-box Shen Ping'an.
But I never thought that the two of them would be an unexpected match.
At this time, Shen Ping'an's heavy sword easily interrupted Su Anran's attack.
After that, Yang Qi also drew his sword.
Heavy sword and quick sword are the most common set of combined attack skills in Sword Sect, and also the most mature set of combined attack skills in the system.
In this set of combined attack skills, whether it is a knife or a sword, they can both attack and defend, and they can complement each other perfectly.
Just like at this moment, Shen Ping'an's heavy sword is for defense, then Yang Qi's quick sword is for offense!
Su Anran's eyes flashed, and the sharp sword energy rushed towards his face, which was actually a few points faster than the sword speed when he used Cover Hands to Rain!
Immediately, I felt an inescapable feeling of envelopment.
But the next moment, there was a continuous sound like the jingling of banana trees in the rain.
Those are the flying leaves of sapphire.
In other words, flying sword.
As an admirer of Tang Shiyun, Qingyu especially liked Tang Shiyun's "King's Treasure House" sword move. However, as a martial artist with no talent for swordsmanship, Qingyu had to find another way to use this move, so she had to Through illusion, the flying leaves of the wood spell Flying Leaf in the Five Elements spell are transformed into flying swords, and then the sharp spell of the metal spell in the Five Elements spell is added to them, making these flying leaves look like flying swords. .
Compound combination spells can generally be mastered by monks at the Aperture Realm, because they require extremely high levels of spiritual consciousness, and only those at the Yunling Realm or even the Life Realm or above can barely master them.
But Qingyu not only successfully developed this spell, she even started to use it freely when she was in the Divine Sea Realm. From this point of view, Qingyu is indeed worthy of the title of "blood descendant of the Nine-Tailed Great Sage". At least she This talent and talent can only be matched by a handful of monks in the past thousand years.
Flying sword versus fast sword.
Magic versus martial arts.
For a while, it was difficult to tell who was the winner between the two sides.
But this counterattack is also not just for the purpose of deciding the outcome at this moment.
Qingyu's goal was just to allow Su Anran to avoid Yang Qi's fierce counterattack after the attack was blocked.
"I thought you couldn't understand my hint." Su Anran took the opportunity to retreat to Qingyu's side.
"I'm not stupid." Qingyu rolled her eyes angrily, "You made it so obvious."
"how?"
"Safety!" Qingyu knew what Su Anran was asking, and naturally there would be no ambiguity in the battle at this time.
"Walk!"
Su Anran immediately shouted in a deep voice, and then rushed towards the stairs without looking back.
Qingyu immediately followed.
Although the instant confrontation was so intense that everyone present could not react in time, it actually lasted only two or three seconds. It was not until Su Anran and Qingyu quickly turned around and left that other people around them suddenly reacted. .
Although Ximen Desheng didn't quite understand why the situation suddenly became like this, his reaction was not slow either.
Almost as soon as Su Anran rushed up the steps, he had already followed quickly, only slightly behind Qingyu by half a body.
But the other two children of the Ximen family did not have such good luck or such fast reaction speed.
They quickly reacted and beheaded the Sword Sect disciples and the furious Shen Pingan on the spot.
"Senior brother?"
"They can't leave." Seeing Su Anran and others pass through the arch without any hindrance, Yang Qi said lightly, "The only way out has been blocked by us. They are now the turtles in the urn. Let them explore the way for us. It's not bad, so there's no need to rush... Tell all the junior brothers that if there is a chance in the future, they must kill the swordsman named Su first, he is the real thorn in his side."
"Okay!" Shen Ping'an laughed ferociously and then nodded.
