The Qingming Valley in the southeastern part of Yongle County is densely covered with mountains and forests, with poisonous insects and ferocious beasts all around, and fairy trails and ancient ruins hidden deep inside. Rumor has it that there once was a great sect that existed for ten thousand years, but it offended a certain powerful person in the imperial capital and was exterminated.
In the past thousands of years, after continuous baptism by God, the mountains here have been transformed. The great sect of Zeng Jin has long been submerged and disappeared. However, due to its unique environment, it was left as a venue for future generations to compete.
Many major competitions in Yongle County have been held here, so when Qingshan proposed to hold the competition here this time, the elders of the Yongle Sect did not have any objections.
Ever since they encountered Elder Liu's ambush, Su Fan and his group had been moving faster. Perhaps the disciples were also worried that something like that would happen and they would die before leaving the army. They would not be able to rest in peace even if they died like this.
Fortunately, the rest of the journey was smooth, and we arrived at the entrance of the Qingming Valley in the evening of the next day. The Yongle Sect disciples just glanced at the Xuanji Sect disciples intentionally or unintentionally, and then continued to sit cross-legged.
Su Fan did not let go of his spiritual thoughts to visit. Wherever his eyes touched, the person was very familiar. It was the Yongle Sect disciple whom he met when he first came to the Xuanji Sect, Ye Yang.
He didn't angrily rush to seek revenge, nor did he get bored and sarcastic. This was not Su Fan's character. Yu Ming didn't even bother to do it, and a disciple of the Xuanji Sect would never do this.
Surprisingly, the disciples of the Yongle Sect were also sitting quietly in the distance, and even deliberately distanced themselves from the Xuanji Sect. Su Fan looked around and whispered: "Why are there only these disciples in the entire Yongle County?"
Yu Ming shook his head helplessly and said with a wry smile: "Only the Yongle Sect and my sect are worried that someone will set up an ambush on the way, so they come in advance."
Su Fan nodded and said, "But we still encountered an ambush."
Yu Ming's expression moved slightly and he said softly: "Did you really guess it at that time?"
"How can I guess so accurately? I have already felt that old guy." Su Fan said harshly.
Yu Ming nodded as if he understood, and then said: "How do you feel it?"
Su Fan was stunned. This was very strange. He didn't know why he could feel it. It was probably a special kind of vigilance developed through many years of combat experience. But it was hard to believe it when he said it. After all, the gap in cultivation was too big.
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"It's just the feeling."
Su Fan didn't know how to answer, so he could only use this fact rather than words to deal with Yu Ming, but Yu Ming was deeply immersed in thinking, and it was difficult for him to understand the question of feeling.
At this moment, there was danger everywhere, but Yu Ming was thinking about this matter. Su Fan was extremely speechless and said hurriedly: "Brother, don't think about this kind of thing. If you think about it too much, you won't feel it anymore."
Yu Ming nodded solemnly and said: "Junior brother is right, I want to ask you for more advice on this point."
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There was no long-winded chore like setting up camp. Since we were all monks, we didn't even have to make a fire to cook, so we just meditated all the time.
After all, he is a child who has never experienced anything in the world. Normally, he can meditate in the sect for several months without any problem. But now that he has just come out, there are actually a few who are impatient and look around.
Su Fan coughed helplessly, stood up and said with a smile: "Senior brothers and sisters, if you are nervous, you can get up and walk around, it's okay."
It did not clarify that the real feeling in their hearts was restlessness. It was to allow them to truly relax. Su Fan had no choice but to do so. Although it was dangerous at this moment, it was not the moment of real danger. After all, the enemy was there.
In front of you, you can still take precautions.
With Su Fan's permission, the few who were more active before immediately got up and looked around. Gradually, the Xuanji Sect became more active, and the disciples who were still a little unfamiliar at the beginning started talking to each other without distinction.
The men kept talking about a certain beautiful female disciple in the sect. Yu Ming just shook his head helplessly, but after laughing, he had no choice but to acquiesce in allowing this situation to continue to exist.
Fortunately, he did not bring any female disciples with him this time. Some of the extremely unpleasant words sounded very common among these men, but laughter was unavoidable.
Although it is noisy here, it is extremely quiet in the Yongle Sect in the distance. However, after all, they are all unborn disciples, whether they are from the Yongle Sect or the Xuanji Sect, they are all so restless.
Several disciples in the Yongle Sect opened their eyes from time to time to look at the serious-faced Ye Yang to make sure that he was not looking at them, and then secretly took a look at the Xuanji Sect.
Although Ye Yang had his eyes closed, with his current level of cultivation in the middle stage of Nascent Soul, he could see every move among his disciples before his eyes. He looked at these disciples and was extremely displeased as they were disturbed by the Xuanji Sect.
Although he was very afraid of Yu Ming, and was even surprised that he couldn't see through Yu Ming's cultivation at this moment, he couldn't describe Su Fan's Nascent Soul's early cultivation with just shock.
No matter what, he will never forget that this person only started practicing five years ago, and five years later in the early stage of Nascent Soul, such shocking incidents were extremely rare.
When he learned that this person caused the heavenly tribulation and even fought against it, causing his own master to punish the elder in the sect and praise him as a genius, he felt an inexplicable anger rising in his heart.
The word "genius" should belong to oneself. Once upon a time, the headmaster personally praised him. There was a time when he appeared as the leader among the juniors in Yongle Sect. There was a time when he was the number one among the juniors in Yongle County.
But why has all the glory disappeared since this person appeared? The master sent a secret letter to kill this person no matter what. When his master came, he warned himself that even if he provoked Yu Ming, he could not offend Su Fan easily.
The word "Su Fan" has made it difficult for him to advance in practice in recent years, and it has become a vague cage that blocks his progress. Fortunately, the requirements for Taoism in the Yuanying stage are not high. With the strong foundation of Yongle Sect, he has
Enough elixirs and spiritual stones help him improve his cultivation.
So now, after five years, he finally advanced to the middle stage of Nascent Soul. He originally thought that he could ignore anyone in this competition, but he didn't expect that Yu Ming was already in the late stage of Nascent Soul, and Su Fan was also in the late Nascent Soul stage.
The anger that had been accumulated for a long time, after being provoked by a disciple who did not follow his own wishes, his anger suddenly rose, and he shouted angrily: "A little foreign object can disrupt the firm Taoist heart that you have been shouting all day long.
, how to achieve great power in the three realms of Taoism in the future."
Because he was extremely arrogant, his sarcasm was very obvious when he spoke, and his voice was loud. Except for three of them who were still meditating, everyone in the Yongle Sect opened their eyes and looked at Ye Yang cautiously.
Maybe Ye Yang used some kind of skill when he spoke, so the Xuanji Sect heard it very clearly. Su Fan looked stunned, glanced at Yu Ming, and said nothing.
Yu Ming said coldly: "There are four Yuanying monks in total, two in the middle stage, one in the early stage, and one who can't see clearly, but I can be sure that he has not reached the late stage."
Su Fan's heart sank. Even though Yu Ming had already reached the late stage of Nascent Soul, it would be no problem for him to protect himself alone, but with so many disciples, the strength of both sides was obvious.
"It's better not to cause trouble. I'll ask the disciples to restrain themselves."
Yu Ming's face suddenly tightened, and he snorted coldly: "You don't want to cause trouble, but some people can't bear loneliness." After saying that, Yu Ming stood up and walked towards Ye Yang, who was walking towards the Xuanji Sect, and said in a deep voice: "Fellow Daoist Ye, what's the matter?
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Su Fan hurriedly stood up, walked to Yu Ming, blocked him behind him, and whispered: "I will deal with it here, senior brother, you go and settle the disciples."
Yu Ming nodded solemnly, glared at Ye Yang, and left with his hands behind his back.
Su Fan looked at Ye Yang with a smile and said, "Senior Brother Ye, long time no see."
Ye Yang sneered and said: "Senior brother, I don't dare to take it seriously. I haven't seen fellow Taoist Su making rapid progress in a few years. It makes people of our generation extremely ashamed."
Su Fan hurriedly shook his head and explained: "Everyone in the headquarters knows that you, Daoyou Ye, are a talented person among the younger generation in Yongle County, and you are just a nobody below."
Ye Yang chuckled lightly and continued: "A few days ago, I heard some idle people discussing Su Daoyou, saying that you are a spy from another county and are lurking in our Yongle County for some ulterior secrets."
The voice of these words suddenly rose, in case no one heard it. In the distance, the three people of Yongle Sect who had been meditating also opened their eyes slightly at this moment, and kept patrolling Su Fan.
Su Fan looked as usual, but his heart trembled. Only a few people knew that he came from another county. At this moment, Ye Yang could actually tell. Could it be that he also knew something?
Before Su Fan could refute, some disciples of the Xuanji Sect began to discuss Su Fan's identity.
"Senior Brother Su went from being a mortal to the Nascent Soul stage within five years. This is indeed doubtful."
"How could it be possible? Junior Brother Su is a humble man and protects us everywhere. He even explains cultivation issues to us. How could he be a spy from another county?"
Yu Ming remained silent the whole time, because it didn't make any sense where Su Fan came from. There were no people from other counties participating in this competition, not to mention that he believed in Su Fan.
Su Fan suddenly laughed and said with a smile: "I, Su Fan, am not a fool. Since I am a spy, how could I be so high-profile? How could I do something that exposes my identity like this?"
Ye Yang nodded silently and sighed: "What Fellow Daoist Su said was that I also refuted the other party's words at that time. If they didn't believe it, I would kill them on behalf of Fellow Daoist Su."
Su Fan raised his fist towards Ye Yang and said, "Thank you so much, Fellow Daoist Ye, but they can't deserve death, so why kill them?"
Ye Yang laughed loudly and said: "Fellow Daoist Su is a person I admire, how can I allow others to slander... I think you are about to break through, Daoist Su, so why don't you and I make a bet to see who can advance to the third level of Hua Dao first?"
territory."
Su Fan's eyes grew colder and he said in a deep voice, "There's no need to gamble, Fellow Daoist Ye will stop here in his life."
Ye Yang's originally smiling face suddenly darkened, and he said coldly: "Fellow Daoist Su, what do you mean by this?"
Su Fan smiled calmly and said: "Fellow Daoist Ye, don't be anxious. What I mean is that you will definitely die here this time."