It was past noon, and the daylight was just right. In a valley far away in the south, a group of young men whose clothes were stained with blood walked quickly for half a day, and they were about to reach the end of the valley before they saw it.
Halfway through, they saw the body of a fire fox lying south, but it had been eaten by eagles in the valley. When they arrived at the place where Chen Wu and the Tianyin sect rested the night before, they could only see the mutilated body.
The vultures in the valley were frightened by the people coming. They fluttered their beards and climbed up the rock in a moment, staring at the bottom of the valley. As soon as the people left, they circled down again and tore at the flesh.
This mountain vulture has a very keen sense of crisis. In the past, it was intimidated by the power of the giant wind shadow bird and rarely entered the valley. This time, the wind shadow bird was designed to hunt for Nanli Firefox. The crisis in his heart was gone, and he rushed into the valley in a moment, looking for
prey.
When they arrived at the Jue Valley, no one saw the corpse of the giant wind shadow bird. They only saw pieces of flesh all over the ground torn apart by eagles and falling to pieces on the ground.
The corpse of the fire fox, whose blood had already coagulated, was torn into pieces by the eagles this time, making the blood even stronger.
Seeing the corpses scattered on the ground in front of the Jue Valley, the scene was comparable to the Shura Field. The young man in charge didn't realize that his expression changed drastically, and he turned pale in the blink of an eye.
At this time, the smell of blood that had not faded away from the cliff was blown by the mountain wind, making the smell even more offensive.
"The disciples of the Chenwu Sect who entered the mountain for the trial this time are definitely not many in number, but they can actually have such strong combat power?" At this time, the young man wearing the thorn-gold palace uniform still did not know that this trip was actually
The two major sects, Chenwu and Tianyin, joined forces.
He didn't notice the strange color on the mountain wall, so he thought that the corpse of the fire fox here was killed by people from the Chenwu Sect. Once he fell into confusion, the young man in palace clothes couldn't help but frown and think hard.
After a long time, he moved and turned around to look behind him.
There were only four young men left behind. After careful inspection, most of them looked sluggish, and their robes were shabby. Blood was oozing from the scabs after this quick walk.
The face of the unruly young man changed slightly, thinking about these disciples who followed him into the mountain. There were still nine people in front of them, but they had not seen an extremely ferocious beast, so they lost more than half of them, and his face suddenly turned purple.
"Bai Wenwei, today I have gone through life and death for your troubles. There is no need to talk about the sect's censure. Your father's promise alone and the mere name of a sect's deacon are not enough!"
After saying this secretly, the young man in palace clothes thought for a while and vaguely realized that the road ahead would become more difficult. Seeing that noon passed and the haze spread throughout the valley, he said calmly: "Since the blood here is so rich, it will frighten the wild beasts in the mountains.
, just stay here."
The young men looked shocked, but could not refute. They had no choice but to follow him back from the Jue Valley, to where Chen Wu, Tian Yin and others were resting, and ducked into the cave.
He had other plans in mind: Since the blood here is rich, it would be better to stay here for a while and explore the entire valley. On the other hand, he would naturally use the corpse of the fire fox in the valley to attract all the wild beasts.
This period of fleeing was due to unpreparedness, and in the end nearly half of the disciples were killed or injured. The unruly young man's idea was very simple. Since he would be plotted and cause unreasonable disasters without any pressure, it would be better to put himself in danger and save himself.
Be alert.
After taking care of things this time, the young man in palace clothes raised his eyes and looked in the direction of Juegu, with a suddenly cold look on his face: "Master Chenwu, when Bai catches up with you, I will make you pay with the blood of everyone in Chenwu."
He only focused on directing his hatred towards the people of Chenwu Sect, but he didn't know that the people Chenwu and Tianyin were trying this time were less than two hours away.
When Qian Chi saw that everyone had made arrangements, he walked towards Lie Xiling with a smile.
He didn't object aloud before, not because he didn't have any doubts, but because Lie Xiling's flawless skills along the way made him impeccable. And when he heard Lie Xiling's words of discussion, he was about to make it easy with him.
No more questions. Now that I have gained the strength, I will ask the truth.
Seeing his expression, Lie Xiling knew that he must ask why he proposed to stay here. Looking back, he saw that everyone from Chenwu Sect to Tianyin were looking at him.
At that moment, he cleared his throat and said loudly: "Senior Brother Qian, don't you want to ask me why I rest here? Besides, this place is extremely open, with no dangerous terrain and no way to block the valley wind?"
"Haha, that's right. Brother, I have a lot of doubts along the way. I hope that Junior Brother Lie can explain it." Although Qian Chi laughed loudly, there were many doubts in his eyes.
"Since I let everyone rest, I will naturally tell you the whole story, so that everyone will not have any resentment." Lie Xiling didn't hide it anymore and asked directly: "I wonder if Senior Brother Qian had ever heard of the reputation of Nanli Fire Fox when he was in the Nanli Dynasty.
?”
"Like thunder! If I remember correctly, ten years ago, at the foot of Chenwu Dazong Mountain, in front of Wangbei Peak, the chickens and dogs were restless, bleeding and drifting, and a settlement of nearly a thousand people turned into a deserted city overnight. It is said that it was the fire fox that rose from the south."
Lie Xiling could not believe that the Tianyin Sect was already located in the extreme east of the Nanli Dynasty, and Qian Chi could actually know the tragic situation at the foot of Wangbei Peak ten years ago.
Qian Chi was waiting to speak, but he saw Lie Zhuang's expression stiffened for an instant, and then the veins popped up in his arm, holding the huge bow of "Feng Yin" firmly in his hand.
Seeing this, he couldn't help but hesitate for a while, and then Qian Chi asked: "Junior Brother Liezhuang, what's wrong with you?"
Hearing this, Lie Zhuang struggled mentally for dozens of breaths before he calmed down and replied calmly: "To be honest, senior brother, Xiaoling and I were the survivors at the North Peak ten years ago. Now that I heard senior brother talk about the tragic situation that day, I couldn't help but lose heart.
, please forgive me, senior brother."
"You two brothers are actually from the settlement at the foot of Wangbei Peak? No wonder!" Zheng Sheng had always wondered why Lie Zhuang stayed. Now that he heard this, his doubts disappeared, and he looked at Lie Zhuang a little more.
Share sympathy.
"As for letting you senior brothers and sisters stay, it is for personal reasons. I naturally dare not forget the ten-year blood feud! What I hate even more is that Nanli Fire Fox is too greedy." Lie Xiling raised his brows and said Wu Feng
He held it in his hand, but he felt the sword was cold and his heart sank a little.
"I would like to hear the details." Wang Xiao, an aristocratic young man who had been silent until now, felt sympathy after hearing what happened to the Lie brothers, and immediately asked.
"The Nanli fire foxes are cunning by nature, and they often follow them whenever they encounter them. The foxes will always observe the sky and take the opportunity to launch an attack. If they do not succeed, they will quietly escape and wait for the opportunity to attack again. They can continue to hunt for a long time.
In a few days, if we don’t take the initiative, we will definitely fall into a long-lasting escape..."
"That's not bad. I once heard Master say that Nanli Firefox breeds extremely fast. The number of Nanli Firefoxes we encountered hundreds of years ago and participated in the hunt was only a few hundred at most. In recent years, major sects have opened new trial areas.
, coupled with the promulgation of the hunting ban in the Nanli Dynasty, it will definitely be extremely difficult to deal with if you are caught in it again.
.However, even if this Nanli Fire Fox is extremely difficult to deal with, it can hardly hurt us. Are you too worried, little junior brother?" Although Zhou Wan secretly felt that this choice of resting place was against common sense, she saw that Qian Chi agreed.
He didn't say much and didn't ask about his doubts until now.
"Senior Sister Zhou, that's a good question." Lie Xiling smiled faintly at Zhou Wan: "Since the Nanli Fire Fox has discovered our whereabouts, there might be wolf cavalry following us right now. They will attack as soon as it gets dark, but we can even
Retreat from the whole body, and the future will be determined
I will be entangled by it endlessly. I don’t know how many variables will be introduced by chasing and escaping. The distant mountains in the south are too dangerous, and I don’t dare to bet! In this case, it is better to go on a hunt. We are hunters and prey.
It just depends on what Nanli Firefox does."
"Haha, what I said, junior brother, reminds me of the same thing. I am happy to accompany you. But I don't know that there are many dangerous places around this basin, but you insist on choosing this place with easy access in all directions. Brother Wei feels that this is not a good place for hunting.
"Qian Chi heard this, but he thought about where everyone was stationed.
"What is virtual is real, what is real is virtual. The place of residence is uncertain, but during the day, we have to pretend to live here. The Nanli Fire Fox is extremely cunning. If they choose a dangerous mountainous place, they must be conservative when attacking.
, but it is difficult to annihilate them all. The terrain here is suitable for galloping, and Nanli Firefox will definitely relax his vigilance." Lie Xiling looked around and detected the wind in the valley, and immediately took a step forward to check the surrounding terrain.
Everyone knew whether they could get rid of Nanli Huohu, so they made arrangements everywhere.
It was getting late, and the wind direction in the valley changed slightly, but it still blew from the open area like a narrow place. Lie Xiling explored the area for a while, and then he and Lie Zhuang called Zheng Sheng and Zhao Xin, and then found Qian
Chi and Zhou Wan.
The four of them saw that he looked different, and Zhao Xin couldn't help but ask: "Xiaoling, do you have anything else to do?"
Lie Xiling made up his mind, with a thoughtful look in his eyes: "If we stay here tonight, there won't be any danger. But when the day comes tomorrow, Xiaoling will have to rely on the help of all the senior brothers and sisters."
"What's the matter?" Zheng Sheng asked curiously. This junior brother came all the way to give him too many surprises, so he couldn't help but ask.
"I just checked the wind direction. No matter day or night in this sea of grass, the wind blows from the wide areas to the narrow areas of the valley. Then we must set up our residence in the downwind direction. After two or three nights, we can quietly move
Go to the windward direction. The rest of the work requires everyone to work with me to pile up haystacks upwind in advance and build a half-foot-high grass wall every few feet. Xiaoling will take care of the rest.
That’s fine.”
Lie Xiling saw that no one asked any more questions, so he went back to the house with his brother.
As expected, there was not much movement that night, but the mountains and forests around the basin were eerily quiet, with something faintly coming and going.
When they got up the next day, Qian Chi and Zhou Wan followed Lie Xiling's instructions and began to reorganize their residence in the leeward direction. Within half an hour, they built two thatched huts several feet high.
The sea of grass in the basin is swaying in the wind. This thatched house is nestled in the sea of grass, so it doesn't feel out of place.
Lie Xiling took the lead, and saw the bladeless sword being lifted up lightly and flying in the basin. Under the splash of earth and rocks, the dry autumn grass that was originally swaying in the wind and several feet high gradually fell over. If it were the Saint of Morning Shore,
Seeing that the square weapon 'Wufeng' that I had just conquered at the third level of the Great Five Elements was used by Lie Xiling to cut grass, I must have burst into laughter.
Together with Zheng Sheng and Zhao Xin, they set out to cut down the grass and trees around them, just like hunting Xiling, and piled them into an arc-shaped haystack about half a foot high.
However, Lie Zhuang and Wei Qingxian were nowhere to be seen, and it was unknown where they went. They did not return until evening.
During this rest period, within a hundred feet of people's body, there were piles of withered grass, making the surroundings completely airtight.
The group of teenagers were speechless, but the four leaders looked at each other and smiled. They shook their heads and laughed at themselves: 'How can the Yuanli that I have cultivated for so long be used by this whimsical young man to cut grass?'
Lie Xiling didn't say anything, and went back to the thatched cottage belonging to the Chenwu Sect downwind, where he crossed his legs and rested his mind.
The mountain wind blew, causing all the grass and trees to fall endlessly. Everyone had been busy all day, and soon after they rested, they saw a full moon rising from the foothills of the northeastern mountains, shining brightly and flawlessly on the night in the distant mountains to the south.
, at this time, a little mist rose from the basin, and the full moon suddenly looked like a toad palace in a fairyland. Everyone couldn't help but be fascinated by it.
Only a few low chirping sounds were heard, and the mountain wind passed by, and no more sounds were heard.
Viewed from the distant mountains around the basin, at the haystacks in the center of the sea of grass, semi-arc-shaped haystacks are stacked in layers, faintly revealing the clues of the formation. It is hundreds of feet wide, with ravines in between, like a maze.
As night fell, the mountain breeze suddenly ruffled, and the grass and trees fell. A few pairs of blood-colored eyes suddenly emerged from the grass and trees.