As soon as the sky dawned, a streak of colorful light rose into the sky from Lingzhu Valley and headed straight to the east. Tianjiu and eight other brothers stood on the hilltop and watched Xiaomi leave.
"Wanbao, Xiaomi has returned to the sect with my mission. The spirit pigs she raised in the past two days will be handed over to you. Please be more patient." Tianjiu withdrew his gaze, turned to Wanbao and said.
"Boss, no problem! All the brothers will help her. You look good today. The problems should have been solved, right?" Wanbao was delighted to find that Tianjiu was in much better spirits and no longer had the frown on his face.
"Well, no problem. After everyone raises the pigs, go back to practice!" After saying that, he took the lead and turned around and walked back to the cave.
A group of people started to be busy again. An hour later, the Spirit Pig Valley returned to tranquility again, with only those white spirit pigs basking in the sun on the grass.
Tianjiu sat on the stone bed, running the inner heart meridian, and unblocking the meridians that were disrupted by silver-gray particles. It took him a whole day to completely straighten them out. After doing all this, he was so tired that he soon fell into a deep sleep.
Go to sleep.
Early the next morning, Tianjiu was woken up again by the sound of banging on the door.
"Brother, it's bad, I'm missing a hundred spiritual pigs!" Huben shouted outside the door.
"What? One hundred pigs?" Tianjiu opened the door of the cave and shouted to Huben outside the door. "Let's go to the pig pen and have a look!"
"Okay, Junior Brother Feng and Brother Wan are exploring the area now!" Huben said as he walked.
"Besides the ones you raised, are there any missing ones?" Tianjiu squinted his eyes, his worry finally came.
"Not sure yet, we are counting."
When we came to the original three pig pens, the counting work was completed.
Li Tianhua shouted angrily: "Damn it! I'm missing a hundred heads too. If I know who did it, I'll beat him up!"
"Brother, there are a lot of pigs in the two pig pens at Shanbao. Now we count a total of 200 pigs missing here." Yu Zicong said to Tianjiu.
"Yes, I understand. I have been busy practicing these past few days and have not cared about the safety issues here. Originally, I was patrolling in turns, but once I started practicing, everything went into chaos. Who is on duty these days?" Tianjiu looked at it.
asked everyone.
Huben quickly replied: "Brother, I, Xiaomi, Junior Brother Yu, Junior Brother Li, and Junior Brother Li have been practicing these days. Brother Wan and several other junior brothers are on duty."
At this time, Wan Bao and Feng Deming came back with dark faces. When they saw Tianjiu, they both shook their heads.
Wanbao spoke first: "Boss, the surrounding spiritual power fluctuates very slightly. I only know that it is coming from the east."
"The east side? That means it was Hua Chen's disciples who did it? The other directions are all barren mountains, and generally low-level disciples can't get through."
"It should be so. Boss, I was too careless. I just walked around casually at night without paying much attention. You can punish me. I will bear the loss." Wan Bao bit his lip and lowered his head, not daring to look.
Tianjiu.
"Hey, what are you talking about? I can't blame you all this time, I am also responsible. I am too comfortable. Someone is targeting this place, and I am still in the dark. You have worked hard these days. I will lead Xiaohu in the next few days.
Let some of you come and inspect."
"Boss, I'll be the one to take care of you. You should take some time to rest. Your health is important." Wan Bao said hurriedly.
"Don't worry, this loss is nothing. You have to practice diligently. Junior Brother Xiaohu and Yu have just been promoted. They should make appropriate adjustments. Every brother here must have equal time to practice. I will not be biased.
Which one? In fact, Lingzhu Valley is only so big. Usually, one person is left to stand on duty at a high place, and others can meditate and practice as usual. In other words, in one day, only one brother's practice will be delayed. In this way
, the cultivation time should be as long as that of Hua Chen’s inner sect disciples. I hope that during the Hua Chen sect’s competition, three or four of us will be able to enter the inner sect.”
"Bit?"
Wan Bao was stunned. He had never expected to enter the inner door, so he didn't care about Xiao Bi's affairs.
"Yes, here, you, me, and Xiaohu all have the hope of advancing to the eighth level. Among Huachen's outer disciples, the eighth level of Qi Refining should be pretty good. In this small competition, the top twenty can enter.
Door."
"But brother, you have entered the inner gate, what should we do? Isn't it good to practice here? Why do you have to enter the inner gate?" Feng Deming, the thin monkey, asked with anxiety and confusion. This was also the case for several others.
What the lower-ranking juniors are worried about is that they have just seen hope. If Tianjiuyi leaves, they will definitely be in trouble again.
"Don't worry, everyone, even if I enter the inner sect and return to the sect, I will not abandon you. All you need to do is come to me regularly to get spiritual pig feed and cultivation elixirs. I will take you all with me.
Entering the Inner Sect. Why enter the Inner Sect? Is it up to me to say this? If you don’t enter the Inner Sect, you can only stand on your own laurels. If you are not in a higher environment, it is impossible to make a difference. Huachen is already lagging behind enough.
, if even the Huachen Inner Sect cannot enter, and you meet the disciples of the Dongling Sect, you will have no choice but to die."
Tianjiu said seriously and sighed at the same time: "Oh, it's too early to talk about this now. We can't enter the eighth level of Qi refining, and everything is empty. Everyone should leave. What should be cultivated should be cultivated, and those who should be fed to pigs should be fed.
Pig! I'm going to take a look around."
After Tianjiu finished speaking, he ignored them and flew towards the edge of the Spirit Pig Valley.
"Boss, wait a minute!" Wanbao jumped over.
"Well, something happened?"
Tianjiu didn't stop and kept flying. However, Wanbao was also very fast, and he jumped side by side with Tianjiu in a few seconds.
"Boss, it's like this. Don't you think it's strange? As soon as Senior Sister Mi walks away, the thief comes back..."
"Do you suspect it was made by Xiaomi?"
Tianjiu was stunned and stopped.
"That's what I said. I didn't say it in front of everyone. I just want to see your opinion first."
"Xiaomi? I don't think so. Although Xiaomi usually looks like she loves money, she won't do this. I suspect thieves have been targeting this place for a long time. Let's not make any guesses. Xiaomi will be back today. You still
Just go and practice with peace of mind, I will catch this thief sooner or later."
After saying that, he left Wanbao behind again and started walking around the Lingzhu Valley.
Tianjiu used his spiritual consciousness to scan carefully around the valley bottom. With his seventh-level Qi refining level, his spiritual consciousness could reach almost three to four hundred feet away. He found that on the south, west, and north sides, his
When his consciousness was about 200 feet away, it was bounced back by a huge force. He tried to detect it several times, but as soon as he entered one foot, a murderous aura rushed towards him, and he was so frightened that he immediately withdrew his consciousness.
.
Tianjiu guessed that it should be the mountain protection formation. These three mountains are all ownerless peaks. The seniors of Dongling Wumen have long used the formation to protect the entire mountain. Before the ban is lifted, it will be difficult for monks below the foundation building stage to
Intrusive.
Then the only place you can enter is from the direction of Huachen Gate. There is also a mountain guarding formation there, but as long as you hold the Huachen Disciple Status Jade Card, you can enter and exit freely.
Tianjiu did scan a trace of unfamiliar spiritual power fluctuations at the southeastern foot of Dengxian Peak.
"Is it really the disciples of Huachen?" Tianjiu said to himself. Their cave is at the foot of Dengxian Peak. This thief passed by them yesterday. If he didn't come to steal the spiritual pig, but attacked them, what would happen?
It would be unimaginable. When Tianjiu thought of this, he couldn't help but trembled all over.
At noon, Tian Jiuduan sat on a hill near the cave, meditating with his eyes closed. At the same time, part of his consciousness was released from the body, and he was vigilant within a hundred feet around him. Huben and Li Tianhua were sitting in two pig pens respectively.
Waiting by the side.
"Huh?"
Tianjiu suddenly opened his eyes, and two rays of sword light shot out from the east one after another. In one breath, they landed on the hilltop where Tianjiu was. As soon as the sword light faded, two rays of sword light appeared, wearing silver inner disciples' robes.
The masked monks appeared. One was tall and the other was short. The taller one was slightly fatter and the shorter one was skinny.
Tianjiu used his spiritual consciousness to sweep away the intruder.
"The ninth level of Qi Refining?! Even the black scarf can't penetrate it. That masked black scarf actually has the effect of isolating spiritual consciousness!" Tianjiu was horrified.
"Why are the two senior brothers so good at breaking into the Spirit Pig Valley? Don't you dare to show your true colors to others?" Tianjiu stood up and shouted.
These two people arrived so quickly that almost as soon as his consciousness cleared the light, they were already in front of them. They were all wearing the clothes of Huachen inner sect disciples, and Tianjiu did not dare to make any mistakes.
The short and thin man ignored Tianjiu and didn't take him seriously at all. He only stared at the tall and fat man and said: "Humph, you have been following me for so long, do you really not take me into consideration? You are also a Qi Refiner.
On the ninth floor, the outcome between us is really uncertain!"
The tall and fat man's eyes shone with a sharp light: "Yes, judging from your escaping light, I really only have a 60% chance of winning. But as long as you don't interfere with my affairs, I don't have to fight you to the death."
Tianjiu's eyes narrowed, and he suddenly had a guess in his heart that these two people were not disciples of the Huachen sect, nor were they disciples of the same sect. He quietly took out the mountain-shaking hammer and attached a powerful talisman to his body.
A flash of light flashed, and his figure suddenly grew an inch taller.
"oh?"
The two masked men were stunned at first, and then burst into laughter. In the distance, Huben and Wanbao heard the noise and jumped over one after another.
"Hahaha! You'd better not move around. With your cultivation level, I will crush you to death with just one finger. I don't want to kill anyone today, but I just came to get some spiritual pigs. Brother, do you mind if I go first?
Take it?"
The tall man released a burst of spiritual pressure, then clasped his fists and said to the short man. At the same time, the short man also released a powerful burst of spiritual pressure.
Tianjiu took a few steps back. He used the spiritual power in his body to the extreme before he could stand still. But thirty or forty feet away, Wanbao and the others accidentally fell to the ground.
"Huh? Not bad!" The short man looked at Tianjiu in surprise and said, "You can actually withstand the pressure of two people at the ninth level of Qi Refining. It seems that you are no longer an ordinary seventh-level Qi Refining disciple! Among the outer disciples of Hua Chen
You are helpless!"
"You two are not my Huachen disciples, but you dare to openly run away in the Huachen Gate? Aren't you afraid that Huachen will chase you?" Tianjiu said coldly.
"Hahaha! Who said we are not Huachen's disciples? We are all from Tiandu Peak. You kid, stop talking nonsense, or I will smash your mouth! Short brother, what do you think?" The tall man smiled sinisterly.
"Humph, wordy!" the short man snorted coldly, and jumped towards the spirit pig pen on the hill.
"That's unreasonable!"
Tianjiu shouted angrily, jumped up, and smashed out the Mountain Shaker with his right hand. The Mountain Shaker went straight towards the short man with a whistling sound. If he was hit, he would definitely turn into a meat pie.
The short man didn't seem to take this seriously, and just threw out two palm-sized silver thorns with his backhand, one behind the other, one shot towards the Sky-shattering Hammer, and the other went straight towards Tianjiumenmen.
"Humph!" Tianjiu snorted coldly, shrunk his body, and poured spiritual power into the Sky-shattering Hammer.
With the blessing of spiritual power, the Sky-shaking Hammer suddenly became more than ten times larger, covering Tianjiu's entire body, like a hammer and shield. However, this hammer and shield still fell down with a roar.
"Crack!" "Crack!" Two crisp sounds came out, and two silver thorns shot at the Shocking Hammer one after another. Two sparks the size of a basin exploded. The Shocking Hammer only paused slightly, and then continued to hit the short man directly.
person, and the two silver thorns fell to the ground one after another.
"impossible!"
The short man was startled, turned around suddenly, drew out a long sword filled with spiritual energy, and injected spiritual energy into the sword like crazy. He then held the hilt of the sword with both hands and struck at the Sky-shattering Hammer, which was only three feet away from his head.
"boom--!"
The loud noise was deafening, Tianjiu wrapped in the Sky-shattering Hammer, like a rubber ball, bounced five feet away, and the short man took a few steps back, a notch was exposed on the long sword, and a trace of dark gray appeared on the sword surface.
The light, obviously, has been damaged.
The tall man let out a sigh, narrowed his eyes, and looked at Tianjiu no longer with an unflattering look.
The short man held up the slightly trembling sword and said in a frightening voice: "Boy! You actually destroyed my spiritual sword. You are not a disciple of Hua Chen's outer sect. Whose disciple are you?"
Tianjiu, who was five feet away, fell to the bluestone ground with his face flushed. The powerful talisman on his back turned into ashes with a "beep", and the waves in his body were surging, and his spiritual power almost collapsed in a shock.
Come on. He quickly circulated the Inner Heart Sutra, finally suppressing the chaotic spiritual energy.
"Hmph! Why should I tell you? It's just a rooster and a dog robber!" Tianjiu gritted his teeth and replied.
"You -! Okay, okay! Boy, you have the guts! Don't think that blocking my sword is a big deal!" The short man sneered and injected a lot of spiritual power into the long sword again. The dark gray energy on the surface of the long sword slowly
Slowly subsided, the spiritual energy gradually filled up.
Tianjiu's expression was extremely serious. Although he was not injured when he used the Sky-shaking Hammer just now, he knew that in terms of the depth of his spiritual power alone, there was still a gap between him and shorter people. If it weren't for the powerful talisman
With the blessing, he is very likely to be knocked away. And the powerful talisman that can be used repeatedly three times is completely ineffective in just one hit, which shows how powerful a short person is.
Tianjiu didn't want to be stupid and wait to be beaten, so he hurriedly put away the Sky-shattering Hammer, touched it with his hand, and took out a large number of talismans. Without any hesitation, he poured spiritual power into the talismans. Soon each talisman shone with a trace of spiritual light.
, Tianjiu threw all the talismans in his hand with all his strength, and smashed them all at the short man.
"Hey, it's interesting! The Fire Cone Talisman, the Explosion Talisman, the Thunder Stone Talisman, they are all high-end goods, the Talisman from Wanbao Pavilion!" The tall man shook his head and laughed, staring at the short man as if he were watching a show, without any intention of taking action.
the meaning of.
The short man showed a sour expression. The long sword in his hand had not fully recovered, but he had to interrupt the injection of spiritual power. He hurriedly swung the long sword and shot out dozens of sword flowers, shooting at the overwhelming talismans.
Then, with a flick of his hand, he also threw out a fiery red talisman. The talisman roared, and a thick red curtain wall was laid out a foot away in front of the short man. This was not over yet. He took out another piece with his left hand.
The black shield was erected in front of him, and spiritual power was quickly injected into it. After a breath, the shield's brilliance grew, expanded to three feet in size, and completely surrounded the short man.
Ten feet away, the first wave of collision started, and the cones of fire shot into the sword flower, crackling and annihilating each other. The second wave of fire that followed, tore apart the red curtain wall with a burst,
Finally, the curtain wall collapsed and the fire wave dissipated; at the same time, a third wave of more than a hundred thunder and lightning struck the black shield.
The short man finally showed fear in his eyes. He never thought that a guy at the seventh level of Qi Refining would be so difficult to deal with. He was so generous that he consumed hundreds of low-level crystals in almost an instant, and his eyelids
He didn't seem to blink. This didn't seem to be the style that a disciple of the Huachen Sect should have. If the other party was an inner disciple of the Dongling Sect, he would still believe it.
While the short man was thinking, more than a hundred thunder and lightning ravaged the black shield. After a few breaths, the shield became pitted, and most of the aura was dimmed. Fortunately, at this time, the thunder and lightning also wiped out most of it. The short man gritted his teeth and continued
He poured spiritual power into the black shield. He didn't want to let lightning strike in. Even if it was one, it would be hard to bear if it hit the physical body.