"Be still and concentrate, and work together to resist!"
Fei Xia shouted loudly, her voice mixed with a rich soul consciousness.
The originally chaotic crowd suddenly calmed down, and protective barriers of earth and air were raised one after another;
Those who were affected by the poisonous powder and ran away were pushed to the ground by their companions.
After losing its target, the bees swarmed around in circles like headless flies. They lasted for half a stick of incense before gradually flying away into the distance.
"Brothers and sisters, they can't hold it any longer!"
A young voice in the crowd called out urgently, and the senior brothers and sisters he spoke of seemed to be the existences that had been attacked by the dust of the swarm before, lost their minds and went crazy;
In order to maintain tranquility, they had no choice but to touch their acupuncture points, but found that it did not seem to relieve them at all. Instead, they continued to struggle and resist, and blood flowed from their eyes and noses.
It's like being forced by some illusion and being forced to touch forbidden acupuncture points.
After Sikong Tong sensed the symptoms of one of them nearby, he looked at Fei Xia and the others with a gloomy face, and asked: "They are too poisoned and can no longer go on. What are you going to do?"
Red Scorpion said: "Now we have gone very deep. It is no longer like at the beginning. If you are injured, you can send someone to escort you back."
Jiang Ruoyun couldn't bear to say: "No matter how far away we have to send them, we can't just abandon them here."
"Kill them," Fei Xia said with an indifferent expression, "Those who participated in this mission have already been prepared to sacrifice. If you kill them, your team will lose at most six or seven people. If you escort them back, there will definitely be more.
At least double the number of people on board will be detrimental to our next trip."
Sikong Tong saw the three people's reactions and gained a better understanding of their temperaments.
Jiang Ruoyun can be regarded as the most benevolent and conscientious person. Hong Scorpion barely has some conscience but definitely not much. As for Feixia, rather than being cold and cruel, it would be more appropriate to call her the most rational.
If it were to choose a friend, Sikong Tong would definitely choose Jiang Ruoyun and Hong Xie;
But when it comes to choosing a partner with experience, she would undoubtedly prefer a decisive and rational person like Fei Xia.
Benevolence and morality are really worthless in the face of dangers such as life and death.
Sympathy for others may often end up dragging oneself into death.
Ge Rong said at the right time: "For now, let's use calming techniques to stabilize these people. If the road ahead is dangerous and requires sacrifice to explore the way, let them go."
"Calming technique!?" Jiang Ruoyun's eyes lit up.
Sikong Tong explained: "It is a banning method of our sect. It is aimed at banning all the senses of soul masters. It is a little cruel, but it should be able to temporarily separate these people from the world and get rid of that part of the illusion."
"At that time, they will not be able to hear, see or smell anything, and even the sense of touch will disappear, making it even more difficult to sense the slightest aura."
"However, their self-awareness can be restored to clarity, and others can convey instructions to them with their soul consciousness. They can also use the remaining spiritual energy in their bodies to forcibly control their bodies to exert some of their strength, but there is only one chance to break the barrier.
Once you forcibly regulate the spiritual energy in your body, you will definitely be unable to withstand the power of the ban and will die."
A flash of surprise flashed in Feixia's eyes, and she agreed: "According to this method, if necessary, let these people clear the way first and make the final sacrifice for the sect."
With permission.
Sikong Tong quickly ordered all his disciples to take action against the Qing Tomb disciples who suffered serious consequences.
Jiang Ruoyun stared blankly, originally thinking that the phantom poison in those people's bodies was relieved by blocking acupuncture points, but she found that Boiling Sect's attacks were much rougher than she expected. They simply slapped those who were suffering with one stroke after another.
On the heavy person's body, even the Heavenly Spirit Cap was not spared;
Judging from the posture, it seemed as if they were trying to shake their life souls out of the soul sea, completely breaking away from the control of their bodies.
Red Scorpion was equally shocked, and the corner of his mouth twitched unconsciously, "Is the Bottle Spirit Sect's calming technique so bad? They are not treated as human beings. People who don't know better think they are taming animals."
Not long after, the centering technique was completed.
The seven seriously injured disciples stood like living dead, having completely lost all sense of consciousness. Even when they were walking, they needed to be dragged by someone to move;
Their soul consciousness was completely plunged into darkness, and it was difficult for them to convey any independent consciousness to the outside world, and they could only passively make some responses.
Red Scorpion couldn't help but sigh, "This should be considered the best response."
Jiang Ruoyun said with concern: "Master Sikong, can they return to normal?"
Sikong Tong shook his head and expressed sympathy.
There is a chance, but given the current situation, it is undoubtedly slim.
Everyone tidied up and walked forward again.
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at the same time.
The official road is not far from the gate of Biyunjian Sect.
An ordinary carriage stopped on a wasteland.
Because it was inconvenient to visit late at night, Lu Feng and Tang Yuan agreed and planned to go to Xia Yiyun early tomorrow morning.
At this moment, the two of them, Tang Yuanban, was lying on the top of the carriage, looking up at the starry sky, calmly absorbing the insights he had gained in recent days, looking extremely quiet and relaxed.
Lu Feng, on the other hand, was concentrating on sitting in the carriage. He was surrounded by long swords of various series. Each one was engraved with specific formation patterns, laying a solid foundation for the Tianpu Sword Formation. He looked very busy.
.
Inside and outside the car, static and dynamic scenes alternate, forming a unique contrasting landscape.
It lasted until midnight.
The appearance of a figure broke the calm.
The man seemed to have fallen from the sky, staggering a bit as he leaned towards the mountain gate of Biyun Stream, walking in a hurry.
Lu Feng stopped making the inscription in his hand, his face changed slightly and an obscure aura moved towards the figure, stopping in front of the mountain gate in time.
From that shocking moment of induction, he had clearly realized that the person who fell from the sky was none other than Xia Yiyun's master Ru Jijie.
Ru Jijie, who was rushing toward the door in a hurry, suddenly stopped and turned back to face the aura conveyed by Lu Feng. A smile of joy appeared on her solemn and anxious face, and she quickly turned around to face the chariot.
Seeing this, Lu Feng put away his many long swords and array disks and walked out of the carriage.
"Master Ru, what are you..."
Lu Feng looked at Ru Jijie who was approaching hastily. He saw that she looked a little embarrassed and her arms were still injured. He couldn't help but be concerned, "But what trouble did you encounter?"
"Master of Qingshan Sect~" Ru Jijie gasped and said eagerly: "Really you? It's great to meet you here. Hurry, follow me to Bihu Ridge."
Lu Feng was stunned, "Bihu Ridge? What happened?"
Tang Yuan was also surprised. They came here to avoid the formation competition in Bihu Ridge. How could they look at the situation and still not avoid it?
Ru Jijie continued: "Yi Yun, something happened to Yi Yun. She was kidnapped and taken to Bihu Ridge."
Lu Feng's expression changed, "How could such a good person be like this?"
"I'll make a long story short," Ru Jijie said eagerly: "It's roughly like this. Yiyun has been staying in your Qingshan Sword Sect for a while. To prevent unexpected events, I went to pick her up yesterday. I never thought that I would meet her on the way.
A pair of grandfather and grandson, the grandfather and grandson are not weak in strength, and they took the initiative to show their friendship and started chatting about the formation competition, so we walked together for a while;"
"But I never thought or knew what Yiyun overheard, which caused the grandfather and grandson to change their temperament drastically. They broke their friendly faces and kidnapped Yiyun;"
"I am no match for them. I hurriedly returned to the clan this time to find reinforcements."
"A pair of grandsons?" Lu Feng looked solemn, "Can't you see the details of their origins?"
Ru Jijie thought about it, looked at the dirty injuries on her arms, and said suspiciously: "That young man is a powerful formation master, and he vaguely heard being called 'Xiaolong'. The specific origin is unclear; but
When that old guy was forcing me to retreat, the technique he used seemed to be the 'Dark Moon Manual'."
"If my guess is correct, that person may be Cang Lan, whose soul name is 'Dark Moon', who has disappeared from the black list for many years."
Lu Feng was shocked, "Dark Moon Canglan from Black List Sixty-Nine!?"
When Tang Yuan heard this, his expression became serious.
He asked himself how confident he was about Mu Yiji, who was ranked 69th on the Heavenly List, but Dark Moon Canglan, who was also ranked 69th on the Black List, didn't have much confidence.
There is not much difference in strength between the top thirty rankings on the Black List and the Heavenly List.
But the existence of the last fifty people is obviously of a much higher quality on the black list. Those who can be on the black list are all extremely vicious and unscrupulous people. Their battles usually do not take into account any morality, and are often compared to
The strong ones on the Heavenly List are countless times more difficult to deal with.
Tang Yuan asked himself that he would rather face Fenglei Tiangang Li Taiyuan, who was ranked 51st on yesterday's rankings, than the likes of Dark Moon Canglan.
Thinking about this, I couldn't help but be startled.
"Lao Lu, we are both grandfather and grandson... Do you think these two people are also members of the Holy Sect?"
While Lu Feng was thinking, Ru Jijie's voice suddenly came: "Holy Sect? Shouldn't the Holy Sect contain the evil spirits on the black list?"
Unable to think deeply, Ru Jijie cupped her hands and begged: "Master Qingshan, please rush to Bihu Ridge immediately and rescue Yiyun on your behalf;"
"After I return to the sect to report to the sect master, I will rush to help as quickly as possible."
Lu Feng nodded in agreement, "Master, you don't need to be polite, Yiyun is also my friend."
At this moment, Tang Yuan had dismantled the carriage body and pulled out the horses alone;
"I feel sorry for this little pony, but don't let it run out of strength!"
Ru Jijie saw Lu Feng and the two riding away together, and quickly ran towards the sect.
…
At dawn.
In the Longji Mountains, Jiang Ruoyun, Sikongtong and others finally arrived at the last area indicated on the map.
At this moment, more than half of the team had suffered casualties, with only less than twenty people left.
The surrounding environment has completely changed, becoming very simple and pure. Looking around, there are only huge and towering trees, like chess pieces growing on a huge chessboard. They are clearly separated and arranged in an orderly manner.
Foreword, each big tree has its own territory, and they have a tacit understanding not to interfere with each other.
The ground is covered with tree roots that are as thick as arms and there is almost no space left.
As everyone walked, every foot stepped on these thick tree roots, which were moderately soft and hard and much more comfortable than the mud.
Red Scorpion rubbed his right arm and asked Sikong Tong: "This area should be the last mark on the map, right?"
As he spoke, his right arm still ached a little;
This was the injury she sustained when she was pulled by a ferocious beast while passing through a dense forest in order to save a fellow disciple with whom she usually got along well;
It is a pity that the injury was left, but the person could not be saved;
Every pain she felt at this moment, apart from the physical level, was also very uncomfortable in her heart.
Sikong Tong nodded blankly. According to the previous sign, they should have gone right.
only……
Doesn't this environment look like what's marked on the map? It's not a 'sapling' at all.
The diameter of the main trunk of the smallest tree here is probably two meters wide.
The largest one is simply bigger than the houses in the world, and the several branches exposed on the ground are thicker than the waist of an average adult.
Standing under such a giant tree is extremely oppressive.
"Can you tell what kind of trees these are? Can you tell where the ancient ruins shown on the map are located?"
Jiang Ruoyun asked with concern.
After experiencing the tragic deaths of her classmates one after another, her expression became gloomy and there was a sense of solemnity;
There seemed to be an unwilling anger in his heart, as if he wanted to conquer this dangerous place with revenge.
Sikong Tong observed the room and said: "The trees here seem to be ordinary 'Ming silk camphor trees', but even in a place rich in spiritual energy, the Ming silk camphor trees should never grow to such an exaggerated and huge appearance. It is really strange."
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"Ming silk camphor tree?" Jiang Ruoyun was surprised, "Is it the Ming silk camphor tree whose leaves can be made into silk fragrant pills?"
Red Scorpion answered in surprise: "Aren't those things usually only a few dozen centimeters thick? One time I even slapped a tree and it flew away."
Ge Rong sighed and said: "Tongtong is right. The giant trees here are indeed silk camphor trees. The reason why they are so big is probably related to the environment here. What influence did they have to count?"
Growing hundreds of times, even beyond the limit of self-generation.”
Jiang Ruoyun was confused: "What kind of environment can cause such earth-shaking changes in ordinary trees? The aura here is not that strong, isn't it?"
After hearing Ge Rong's words, Sikong Tong vaguely thought of something, and said: "The current influence has already broken through the growth limit of the Ming silk camphor tree. It is not something that can only be achieved by strong spiritual energy. Even with the source stone.
I am afraid it will take decades to continue using liquid irrigation to achieve such an effect.”
"I'm afraid there is only one possibility that can create such an impact. Deep in this giant forest, the legendary 'Titan Tree' grows."
When everyone heard the words "Titan Giant Tree", they couldn't help but froze in place in shock.
"Could it be..."
"The treasures of the ruins contained in this map..."