After receiving Xiao Fei's confirmation, the system directly deducted Xiao Fei's 10,000 gold coins.
Xiao Fei has long been accustomed to this, and although the system is a trap, his ability to get money to do things is absolutely unquestionable.
Almost at the moment when the gold coins were deducted, a passage leading to the next floor suddenly appeared not far from Xiao Fei.
"hey-hey…"
"It's done!"
Xiao Fei immediately started to smile.
Then he directly picked up the gatekeeper who was still in a daze, swiped it and went straight to the passage.
…
"What's going on?! The gatekeeper is not dead, how come this passage is opened?!"
Outside Hunyuan Tower, Fu Ming was stunned for a moment, then asked angrily.
The elder Yuanying on the side was also confused. After Fu Ming shouted loudly, a drop of cold sweat suddenly appeared on his forehead.
"I...I don't know..."
"Then go check it out quickly! What's wrong with you?" Fu Ming gave the Yuanying elder a sharp look.
The Yuanying elder nodded quickly, "Yes, I'll go check it out right now."
Then the figure of the Yuanying elder quickly flew towards the Hunyuan Tower.
Fu Ming stood there, frowning and thinking.
"Hiss... what is going on? Logically speaking, the passage should not be opened unless the gatekeeper dies? Did any disciple make a mistake when setting up the formation yesterday?!"
As soon as this idea came to his mind, he immediately waved to a disciple not far away and motioned for that disciple to come over.
When the disciple saw Fu Ming waving to him, he didn't dare to neglect him and hurriedly came towards Fu Ming with his sword.
"Meet Elder Fu."
This disciple came to Fu Ming and bowed quickly.
"Okay, let me ask you, who are the disciples who arranged the formation yesterday? Who is in charge of the formation?"
The disciple was slightly startled, wondering why the rich elder in front of him suddenly asked these questions. However, due to the other party's identity, he still answered honestly.
"Reporting to Elder Fu, a total of twenty-eight disciples have set up the formation together, and Senior Brother Jiang Liuhai is in charge!"
"Go! Call Jiang Liuhai!"
"Yes..." The disciple nodded in agreement, and then directly drove the flying sword towards Jiang Liuhai.
At this time, Jiang Liuhai was inspecting the formation with the previous Yuanying elder.
As the person in charge of this formation, something unexpected happened in the assessment. Once it is found that there is a problem with the formation, then he, the person in charge, will probably be punished a lot.
If someone dies because of this, he may be directly revoked and expelled from the sect.
Therefore, Jiang Liuhai was sweating profusely at this time. Elder Yuanying who came to inspect the formation was carefully inspecting each array plate.
…
"You kid, just pray that it's not a problem with the formation, otherwise you won't be able to finish your meal and walk away this time. I can tell you responsibly that Elder Fu Ming is very angry!"
At this time, the elder was also very angry. Because of the disciple's mistake, he was also unlucky.
He is also an elder in the Nascent Soul stage. Others can leisurely watch the fun, but he is working hard here. If someone is not good, he may be punished.
So now he felt very unhappy and looked at Jiang Liuhai with a bit more resentment.
Fu Ming behind him was unhappy at being scolded, but he didn't dare to show it.
Not to mention that the person's status is higher than his own, but in terms of his cultivation alone, even a hundred of him can't withstand the slap of a Nascent Soul elder.
So even though he felt helpless, he could only grit his teeth and endure it silently.
Even when someone points his nose and scolds him, he has to smile.
"I'm sorry, Elder Jin, because of my negligence, I have caused trouble to you. Don't worry, after this incident, I will prepare a generous gift and come to apologize."
Hearing the word "thousand gift", Elder Jin's face finally looked better.
However, he said with a straight face, "Don't say that I don't take care of you. If it's not a problem with the formation, then it's good for you and me. But once it's the result of the formation, you have to shoulder this responsibility yourself.
It has nothing to do with me!"
When Jiang Liuhai heard this, his face suddenly became a little ugly, but he still said it bravely.
"Don't worry, no matter what the outcome is, this matter has nothing to do with you. All responsibilities will be borne by me!"
After saying this, a look of despair appeared on his face.
After all, the responsibility for this accident is too great. If the sect really pursues the case at that time, it is very likely that the consequences will not be something he can bear.
…
After listening to Jiang Liuhai's words, Elder Jin showed a satisfied smile.
"Haha, that's it. You don't have to worry too much, what if the kid himself is weird? Let's quickly check the formation. Elder Fu is still waiting for me to return to life."
After saying this, Elder Jin stopped talking. Then the two of them continued to check the formations one by one.
…
"Senior Brother Jiang, Elder Fu has asked you to come over!"
At just this moment, a disciple flew towards us with a sword in the sky.
Jiang Liuhai immediately raised his head and glanced at the disciple, "Okay, I'll go over now."
Then he turned to look at Elder Jin who was checking the formation, "Elder Jin, Elder Fu is looking for me, so I'll go over first."
"Go, go." Elder Jin waved his hand impatiently at him.
Jiang Liuhai didn't stop, he took out his flying sword and flew in the direction of Fu Ming.
Soon Jiang Liuhai came to Fu Ming's side, stood on the flying sword, bowed to Fu Ming and said, "Meet Elder Fu."
"Well," Fu Ming nodded, and then said in a deep voice, "Jiang Liuhai, let me ask you. Were you in charge of the layout of the entire formation yesterday?"
"Yes," Jiang Liuhai nodded and accepted. At this point, he couldn't shirk it. He might as well admit it openly.
Even if he dies in the end, he will die with dignity.
"Okay, let me ask you again. Did anyone make any mistakes when you set up the formation yesterday? Or was there something wrong with the formation plate?"
"Elder Fu, we have practiced the formations for the three rounds of assessments more than a hundred times, and this is not the first time that the disciples have arranged the formations for the sect's assessment. Therefore, the disciples dare to use their heads to guarantee that we are arranging the formations.
Nothing went wrong at all!"
"As for the formation materials, before departure, when I was ordered to go to the sect's treasure house to collect the materials, I carefully checked them several times. I believe that there is no problem with the materials at all!"
"Oh? So sure?!" Fu Ming glanced sideways at Jiang Liuhai, and his tone suddenly became extremely calm.
But Jiang Liuhai could hear a hint of calm after the storm in this peaceful tone.
Moreover, Jiang Liuhai also saw a hint of anger in Fu Ming's unwavering eyes.
At this moment, Jiang Liuhai did not dare to look at him. He could only lower his head deeply and whispered, "Disciple...don't...dare..."
"snort!"
Fu Ming immediately snorted, flicked his sleeves, and said coldly, "The sect lets you take charge of the three formations. That's a sign of its trust in you! But look at what you have done?!"
When Jiang Liuhai heard this, the fear of death suddenly surged into his heart. A heavy cold sweat instantly covered his forehead.
"Disciple knows his mistake!"
Jiang Liuhai said tremblingly, and then he didn't care about his dignity anymore and knelt down directly in the void.
He kept begging for mercy, "I realize that I was wrong. Please give me a chance to make up for my mistakes. I just ask the sect to spare my life because I have worked hard for so many years without any merit."
"snort!"
Fu Ming snorted again and was about to scold Jiang Liuhai angrily.
Unexpectedly, his figure suddenly stiffened, and he froze on the spot.
"That's enough, this matter has nothing to do with him. There is no problem with the formation, and there is no problem with the materials. It was Xiao Fei who saw through the rules of the formation and disintegrated the formation from the inside."
"You have time to show off your power here, why don't you hurry up and preside over the assessment!"
Sikong Lie's voice suddenly exploded in his mind.
Fu Ming was immediately shocked by these words. He didn't even have the chance to pay attention to Jiang Liuhai, who was still kneeling in front of him. He quickly saluted in a certain direction.
At the same time, he also responded with his spiritual consciousness, "Thank you, Supreme Elder, for your guidance. I will go and conduct the assessment now!"
After saying that, he turned to Jiang Liuhai and said, "Okay, let's do this."
I have already counted, you can go back."
After saying that, he walked away under Jiang Liuhai's surprised eyes.
At this time, on the high platform, there was a Nascent Soul elder waiting for him to come back and report the information.
This elder is naturally the elder in charge of statistics. He had previously received orders from Fu Ming to screen for quotas.
Now that he has completed the screening, he is now waiting for Fu Ming to come back so that he can report back.
…
After Fu Ming left, Jiang Liuhai was left with a confused look on his face.
"No...is everything okay?"
A second ago, he had been mentally prepared to receive a bloody scolding from Fu Ming, or he had prepared for the worst, which was to have his cultivation level revoked by Fu Ming on the spot, and then expelled from the sect.
But what happened in the next second made him confused.
After Fu Ming threw him an incomprehensible word, he actually left like this.
Now Jiang Liuhai is still kneeling on his flying sword, looking at the eyes of the people around him. He doesn't get up, and he doesn't continue to kneel.
For a moment, I was stuck in place, a little at a loss.
Fortunately, this embarrassing situation did not last long.
Not long after Fu Ming left, a disciple came with a sword and said to Jiang Liuhai, "Brother Jiang, someone has broken into the twelfth floor. Now the spiritual energy to maintain the formation is being consumed too fast, and the formation is about to be unable to support it."
Yes, the elders sent me to ask you to go back and take charge of the overall situation!"
When Jiang Liuhai heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, and he could finally let go of what he had been thinking about.
Now he was finally sure that he was really fine. From the disciple who had spoken, he could tell that not only was he fine, but it seemed that Elder Fu was not prepared to hold him accountable.
Otherwise, why would I be allowed to go back and take charge of the overall situation?
At that moment, Jiang Liuhai no longer hesitated, and quickly stood up. Holding the sword technique in his hand, Yu Jian followed the disciple to the center of the formation, which was the place that provided energy to the entire formation.
…
At this time in Hunyuan Tower, Xiao Fei didn't know that he almost killed his friend on a whim.
At this time, he had already carried the gatekeeper from the eleventh floor to the twelfth floor.
The space scene on the twelfth floor has changed again. It is no longer a green grassland. There is no longer a cool breeze.
There is only endless sand here, and the breeze blows, bringing up a burst of smoke and dust in an instant.
The wind blowing is no longer cool, but makes people feel extremely hot.
"Holy crap! It's actually a desert!"
Xiao Fei looked at the sand dunes and couldn't help blurting out.
Then he put the gatekeeper down and ran to the top of a sand dune alone, raising his eyes and looking around.
Wherever he looked, there was nothing but sand, but sand...
"Is this a map change again?"
Xiao Fei scratched his head. He knew that there was only one enemy on each floor of the Hunyuan Tower, the gatekeeper, so he was not too worried about other dangers.
Just looking at the desert in front of him, he felt that from the moment he stepped onto the eleventh floor, the surrounding environment became more and more real. It was not as gray as the first ten floors.@:.
He also bent down to pick up a handful of sand and threw it out. Suddenly the fine sand was blown all over the sky by the breeze.
After a while, the yellow sand flying in the sky fell to the ground again, completely blending into the boundless yellow sand here.
…
"you…"
Just when Xiao Fei was having a great time, the gatekeeper he brought to the twelfth floor finally made a move.
I saw his eyes staring around in confusion. After staring for a long time, his eyes finally rested on Xiao Fei.
"Where is this?"
The gatekeeper asked blankly.
Xiao Fei looked happy and did not answer the gatekeeper's question. Instead, he jumped to the gatekeeper's side in a few jumps.
After looking the gatekeeper up and down, he asked in surprise, "Are you recovered?!"