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When Fei Ling walked out of the pine forest, the children of the Dragon and Tiger Team rushed towards him like crazy.
"Brother Feiling! What just happened? Why is there such a powerful aura? We are all worried to death!"
"Damn it!" Zilong stomped his feet in anger, "We are so useless! We can't help at all, we can only be a burden!"
"It's okay, it's okay!" Fei Ling said calmly, "The Beiming monk is dead! You will know what happened if you follow me in and take a look!"
After saying that, he led everyone into the forest again. How to explain all this, Fei Ling had already thought about it before coming out. But at this time, his heart was trembling slightly, and a thought lingered in his mind.
"If the child just now was really Jiajun, would I still take action?"
…
It took dozens of days to clean up the mess of the magic circle. First, waves of imperial monk law enforcement teams came to investigate, and then teachers from different monk colleges came to claim the bodies. All small towns in the Beiming Mountains were sealed off.
, the Dongchen Empire became more nervous than ever before. During this period, the Dongchen Emperor even made a special trip to the site to inspect the situation.
This tragedy has since been recorded in the history of the empire, becoming one of the most tragic tragedies since the founding of the Dongchen Empire.
According to Fei Ling, after the Beiming monk deceived them into the forest, he discovered the conspiracy first. After a fight, he was lucky enough to temporarily break through to the peak of gathering spirits. The Beiming monk was defeated and forced his way into the magic circle to improve.
He cultivated his power, but was backfired by the magic circle, and his body exploded to death.
After all, he was just a boy in his teens. Apart from marveling at his cultivation in the spirit-gathering realm, a group of monks did not have much doubt about this story. Later, the law enforcement team even searched for a man from Beiming's castle.
A series of evidence confirmed that from the beginning of the Beiming Divine Sect to the subsequent disappearance of the nine monk teams, it was all the fault of the Beiming laymen.
The empire greatly commended the Dragon and Tiger Team and allowed them to choose three of the ten low-level mysterious treasures as rewards. But this did not cheer up Zilong and the others at all.
The tragic scene of that night was still vivid in their minds for several days after that. It was the first time in their lives that the children of the Dragon and Tiger Team were so greatly stimulated. Although the journey of a monk is extremely bumpy, and they can die if they are not careful, they are only a dozen or so people after all.
A child who is 2 years old! The training in the previous few years was carried out in the academy. The only pressure came from the internal ranking competition of the academy and some tasks of hunting spiritual beasts. Seeing such a tragic scene, several children ate for several days in a row.
No food.
"They are all as old as us!" Over the past few days, the team's discussion topic has not changed.
"The life of a monk is to defy the will of heaven and pursue eternal life! To seek eternal life, you will naturally have to face many difficulties that ordinary people cannot imagine. If you cannot face these, how can you make a breakthrough in the future? If you only want a stable and ordinary life, then why
Do you want to embark on the path of a monk?" Fei Ling was the calmest.
"Brother Fei Ling, can you not be afraid after seeing such a tragedy?" Xiaomin looked at Fei Ling with trembling shoulders.
"I already had this realization when I was fighting Master Beiming!" Fei Ling said lightly, "If I can't win, then I will die! These more than 80 students lost, so they died; I
We won, so we survived! To survive, we just need to win! All the pain, sadness, and fear are useless! Just win!"
"Brother Feiling!" Zilong's eyes were also red, "We are too weak and can only be your burden! You are now at the peak of the spirit gathering realm, and we are just building spirits. What should we do?"
"If we continue to practice like we did in the academy, it will take at least five years before we can hit Juling, right?" Yu Yue's voice was also hoarse. "And even more so, although I have discovered the advantages of dual master attributes, but
Improvement will be even slower! I’m afraid it won’t be possible even in ten years!”
All the team members sighed in low voices. Fei Ling felt that they were helpless, but there was nothing they could do.
After everyone returned to Xingyu Academy, they all lay down for several days. Seeing their appearance, Fei Ling could only let nature take its course. After all, one can only rely on oneself to grow one's mind. If he could survive it, he might be able to survive in the future.
It's all smooth sailing. If it doesn't work, I'm afraid the journey of cultivation will end here.
…
A few days later, Fei Ling, who was practicing in Fengyu Pavilion, suddenly received a summons from Elder Xu.
Walking slowly into the dean's room, Fei Ling saw Elder Xu slowly sipping tea.
"Fei Ling, come and sit down," he picked up the tea in his hand and poured another cup, "I just came back from Yanjing and brought some new tea this year. Come and try it."
Fei Ling already knew why Elder Xu asked him to come, and he didn't say anything about it. "Thank you, Elder Xu!" He picked up the cup and took a sip, "I'm not very good at tea tasting, so I can't tell the difference!"
"Haha!" Elder Xu looked at him deeply, "Fei Ling, how old are you this year?"
"Almost 16."
"16 years old, 16 years old, the peak of the spirit gathering realm!" Elder Xu breathed a long sigh of relief, and suddenly the topic changed, "Do you still hate the empire?"
"What do you hate?" Fei Ling didn't look at him and continued to sip the tea, frowning slightly.
"I hate that the empire forced your brother Jiajun away. His whereabouts are still unknown," Elder Xu said slowly, "Isn't that why Jiaming left the academy?"
Fei Ling was silent for a long time and then said calmly, "It was his own choice for Jiajun to leave. Elder Xu has tried his best and we all see it." He paused for a moment and said, "Jiaming left because he wanted to change his state of mind.
, just going out for some travel!”
"So you don't hate the Dongchen Empire anymore?" Elder Xu fixed his gaze on Fei Ling's face.
"No."
"Okay!" Elder Xu stood up and clapped his legs, "You are so outstanding, are you willing to join the elders group?"
"What?" Fei Ling was startled. Although he had known for a long time that his cultivation at the peak of the spirit-gathering realm would inevitably attract the attention of the entire empire, he didn't expect that Elder Xu actually wanted to directly recruit him into the elder group?
"I also want to participate in the mainland competition in more than a year's time to win a place in the Demon Realm Trial." He actually doesn't mind entering the top ranks of the empire. With this status, many things will be easier to handle, but he cannot delay his important events.
"It doesn't matter!" Elder Xu looked happy. He was originally worried that Fei Ling would resent the empire because of his brother's affairs. "You are just a backup to join the elders' group. We will keep it secret for the time being and will not affect your trial. To formally enter the elders' group,
It's not that easy. In addition to reaching the standard of cultivation, you also need a series of mission trials. You can take your time to do these." He paused and continued, "You can still participate in the Empire Trials. These will be kept secret for the time being.
"
"I have a question," Fei Ling thought for a while, "Does the group of elders have the right to cancel the empire's fatwa?"
"Is it about Jiajun? Are you thinking why I didn't fight to have the elders cancel the previous arrest order?" Elder Xu was not stupid, and he immediately understood Fei Ling's thoughts.
"Yes! Elder, you should be very clear about the reason why Jiajun left," Fei Ling said every word, "He is not guilty, and he should not be allowed to endure so much!"
"I can only promise that if Jiajun comes back and his cultivation reaches the same level as you, then there will be no problem!"
"Just what I want!" Fei Ling nodded, "I believe he doesn't need my help at all to fight for anything, but let's talk up front to avoid any conflicts later!"
"Then it's settled!" Elder Xu slapped the table, "Tomorrow you will follow me to Yanjing to meet the emperor and meet several other elders by the way!"