"Old Qi, I heard that you went to the Southern Region some time ago. What's the situation there?"
Bai Ziming, the short and fat ancestor of the Bai family, suddenly turned his head and looked at Qi Tianyuan who was sitting not far away from him, and asked with a look of inquisitive expression on his face.
As soon as he finished speaking, the conversation in the side hall suddenly lowered.
Everyone's eyes turned to Qi Tianyuan in unison.
Obviously, they also cared about the content of Bai Ziming's question.
"Hi, don't mention it!"
Qi Tianyuan, who had a majestic body, stretched out his huge palm like a palm fan and swayed casually in the direction of Bai Ziming, and said in a muffled interface:
"I was indeed planning to go to the Southern Region, but when I just passed through the Youmeng Swamp."
"I received the news that the 'respassing corridor' entering and leaving the southern region was forcibly blocked by the 'embers' people."
"I waited and confirmed from afar, and found that there were indeed many different places from when I passed by last time."
"For my own safety, I did not take the risk of getting close, so I gave up the original route of the southbound plan and returned."
After hearing Qi Tianyuan's words, the faces of the people present changed slightly.
The atmosphere in the side hall also became somewhat subtle.
"Tsk, look at the recent formations created by 'Embers', very similar to the dark turmoil in the rumor that year."
"Hey, if you want to say that the 'embers' are really not as hard as you are."
"After the four regions, the encirclement and suppression of the "Embers" forces was so powerful that it had almost reached the point of digging hundreds of feet."
"All the people involved in the 'Ember' power back then were basically identified and wiped out in the subsequent liquidation."
"And the 'embers' at the branches and various inheritances of various branches were all destroyed."
"In theory, even if the encirclement and suppression were omitted, it would be difficult for those who escaped by chance to cause trouble."
"Who thought that this 'ember' could still be rekindled after suffering such a heavy blow."
"And the speed of its growth and recovery is so fast!"
"It's only been so many years, and I can actually block a domain again!"
Sitting diagonally opposite Bai Ziming, the thin-shaped Song Wenli sighed with a sigh.
"Hmph, although the encirclement and suppression was very strong, the Holy See's 'Embers', as the leader, was able to escape safely."
"With his shocking artistic cultivation, as long as this person is still alive, the inheritance of 'Embers' will not be cut off at all."
"Besides, you don't know the cultivation methods of these evil cultivators."
"It doesn't have to spend a lot of time like me, step by step, steadily and steadily to improve my level, and improve my realm bit by bit."
"Just a grand bloody sacrifice, under the command of the 'Ember', a large number of 'Pious people' with equal strength to the Kaiyuan Realm can be added out of thin air."
"It is a 'seeder' who has the same strength as us. As long as he pays the corresponding price, he can produce batches in a short period of time."
"What's more, nearly eight hundred years have passed since the end of the dark turmoil that year."
"With the strange inheritance of 'Embers', I don't know how much higher-level power has been accumulated over the past few hundred years."
"Although the forced blockade of the Southern Region sounds a bit terrifying, it is not impossible if it was done by the 'embers'."
Mei Zhi, who sat next to Gao Yuan and had few words from the beginning to the present, suddenly interrupted when she heard this.
And as she finished speaking, the people in the side hall suddenly fell into a strange silence.
The atmosphere in the hall also became a little depressed.
Seeing this, the city lord Yin Shiyi, who was sitting alone, coughed lightly and said:
"You don't have to be so pessimistic about the 'embers'."
"The situation in the southern region, judging from the current news, is indeed a bit critical."
"But it's too early to say that the Southern Region has been completely controlled by the 'Embers'."
"According to reliable information, the Southern Region has confirmed the fallen 'Baiqu City'."
"The rest of the cities have spontaneously joined forces and are fighting fiercely with the 'Ember' forces."
"In addition, the defenders of the cities in the other three regions have also been discussing recently the counterattack of the 'embers' and the plans to support the southern region."
Speaking of this, Yin Shiyi paused for a moment, his eyes looked around, and then continued in an unwavering tone:
"The dark turmoil of that year, the 'Embers' ended in failure without any preparation in the four regions."
"Then eight hundred years later, there is even less possibility of success."
"As the cities in the four regions quickly unite as they were back then."
"Then it won't be long before the 'ember' is completely destroyed."
With Yin Shiyi's speech, the gloomy atmosphere in the side hall was immediately broken.
And this slightly heavy topic ended with it.
With the tacit cooperation of everyone in the venue, the information exchange between them continued after adjusting the direction.
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"Fellow Daoist Mei, Shen recently found out the traces of a 'Three-Eyed Poisonous Dragon' with a middle-level third-level cultivation."
"This beast has a strong toxic talent and is extremely toxic. It may be a bit difficult for me to deal with it alone."
"It just so happens that the martial arts you practiced by Fellow Daoist Mei have a strong restraining effect on poisonous substances."
"Can you please follow me and kill this villain together?"
"As for the reward, except for the poisonous dragon's demon pill belonging to me, the remaining benefits are equally divided by you and me. What do you think Fellow Daoist Mei?"
Hearing Shen Wuyou's words opposite him, Gao Yuan's heart moved and his attention turned.
As far as he knows, all monsters of dragons are alien species born with powerful ancient bloodlines.
Therefore, its comprehensive combat power is also very strong, which is at least one order of magnitude stronger than other ordinary third-level monsters.
Generally speaking, the "Three-Eyed Poisonous Dragon" mentioned by Shen Wuyou is slightly stronger than the ordinary late-stage monster of the third level.
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Coupled with the rare highly poisonous talent attribute, this "Three-eyed Poisonous Dragon" will only make this "Three-eyed Poisonous Dragon" much more difficult!
And Shen Wuyou in front of him dared to put his ideas on this "Three-eyed Vicious Dragon".
It is obviously because it has sufficient confidence in one's own strength.
In view of this, Gao Yuan's assessment of his comprehensive strength has slightly improved.
At the same time, he also secretly raised his ears and waited curiously for what Mei Zhi would respond be.
But after hearing Shen Wuyou's invitation, the latter shook his head without thinking and refused:
"I'm afraid that it will disappoint Fellow Daoist Shen. I have gained some income in my practice recently and have submitted an application to the city lord. I will enter the "blessed land" soon and be in seclusion for a while."
Hearing Mei Zhi's words, everyone present looked like congratulations no matter what they thought.
After hearing Mei Zhi's refusal, Shen Wuyou did not show much anxiety except for a slight regret.
Obviously, in addition to the plan to invite Mei Zhi to the war, there are other alternatives.
Gao Yuan saw this and couldn't help but feel a little moved:
"These Hunyuan Realm cultivators who can stably occupy the position of "Guest Elder" in the main city, whether in their personal strength or potential personal resources, are all good and cannot be underestimated!"
...
During the entire process of intelligence exchange, Gao Yuan maintained a low-key state of listening less and more.
During this period, he also extracted a lot of valuable information from the information he received.
Many of them were something he had never known before.
At the same time, his understanding of his colleagues has deepened a lot as the exchange continues.
In summary, he felt that he still benefited a lot from this short exchange meeting.
...
After the brief intelligence exchange meeting came to an end, the people in the side palace held another small internal replacement meeting at the suggestion of Song Wenyuan.
Although Gao Yuan did not encounter anything that interests him particularly, he still traded with others twice.
Finally, the high-rise gathering in Qingliang City, which was arranged after the Gaoyuan Enjoyment Ceremony, finally came to an end when it was approaching noon.
...
After the ceremony of worship.
Gao Yuan returned to his cave and carefully digested and sorted out all the information he had come into contact with during the day.
After that, he did not go out, but meditated and practiced by himself during his practice.
Until the afternoon of the next day.
He changed into a common navy blue robe and walked straight towards the Sutra Hall.
The Sutra Hall has a unique position in Qingliang City. Together with the Alchemy Hall and the Weapon Refining Hall, they are all located in the core and important places of the "Blessed Land of the Back Mountain".
It is not far from the peak area where the guard of the city guard "Yu Linglong" is personally stationed.
Since the core area of the "Back Mountain Blessing Land" is also the core of the Qingliang City City Moat Array.
Here, the air is densely packed and there are many restrictions.
Even the elders with respect for their status cannot fly here at will without authorization.
So, after leaving, Gao Yuan walked around the mountain road for a long time.
Finally, I saw the figure of the Sutra Hall looming under the thick energy smoke around me.
The latter is actually not very large in scale, more than several times smaller than Gao Yuan expected.
But in Gao Yuan's eyes, he had an indescribable magnificence that was thrust towards him.
At the same time, although Gao Yuan was not near the Sutra Hall, he sensed a trace of energy fluctuations.
But as his distance from the Sutra Hall continued to shorten, he could clearly feel an invisible force field that was everywhere.
The latter did not show any sharpness, but locked him in a very stable manner.
This situation is naturally familiar to Gao Yuan, who has been immersed in the formation for a long time.
This is a passive reaction caused by the formation when the qi is pulled by outsiders.
However, it was precisely because of this that Gao Yuan was even more surprised:
"Just just locking the ordinary qi, it can show such amazing power!"
"So what a terrifying scene would it be if this formation was fully activated?!"
As his mind moved, Gao Yuan worked hard to maintain his expression management.
His speed of moving forward did not change. After he got closer, he walked straight into the door opened by the Sutra Hall.
At the same time, the scenes in the Sutra Hall also came into Gao Yuan's eyes.
It is completely different from what he expected, like a library in his previous life, and the scenes on which jade slips of various textures are displayed are arranged neatly according to the category of bookshelf.
The entire Sutra Hall was very empty. Not to mention the neatly arranged bookshelf, he didn't even see a jade slip.
Wherever you see, there are less than twenty large and short tables, sparsely distributed throughout the hall.
At this time, there was only an elderly monk with white hair and haggard hair, lying on a short table not far from the hall gate, taking a nap.
From time to time, there were loud snoring sounds that shocked Wayu, and came from the latter direction.
In the huge and empty Sutra Hall, there are faint echoes.
If it weren't for the elderly monk who was sleeping soundly across the street, it was Hua Wuqi whom he had just met yesterday.
At this moment, Gao Yuan wanted to retreat to the outside of the hall and look at the plaque hanging under the porch to determine whether he had gone to the wrong place.
Just as he was hesitating whether to go home first and come back later, Hua Wuqi, who was sleeping opposite him suddenly snored.
He raised his head, opened his sleepy eyes, and yawned to Gao Yuan:
"Well, it turns out to be Fellow Daoist."
"After leaving Qingliang Hall yesterday, I waited in the Sutra Hall for a long time without seeing any fellow Taoist figures. I thought my fellow Taoist was not interested in the classics I had in Qingliang City at all."
After hearing Hua Wuqi's words, Gao Yuan was slightly ashamed.
He first bowed to Hua Wuqi, found an excuse casually, and then broke through the topic.
Then he looked at Hua Wuqi and asked for his need to borrow classics at the right time.
Hua Wuqi heard this and did not refuse.
I saw him correcting his chaotic beard because of his sleep just now and his somewhat messy beard, he said to Gao Yuan:
"According to the rules, as a new guest elder, fellow Taoist Gao can borrow one copy of each of the classics such as martial arts, magical powers, and magic weapons in the earth-level library."
"As for the collection of books in the Heavenly Level Library, a certain amount of offerings or top-quality spirit stones are required to be consumed in exchange for the qualification to borrow."
Speaking of this, Hua Wuqi paused for a moment, then pointed at the distance, the wide and short paths distributed throughout the hall:
"On these short tables, each has a 'Qinyu Book Classic' connected to the formation of the Sutra Hall."
"Just a fellow Taoist can only explore his spiritual consciousness, and use this to check the detailed catalog of the various classics stored in the Sutra Hall and the introduction information of the corresponding names."
"If you see the favorite scriptures, fellow Taoists just need to record the corresponding serial number and then find the old man's rubbing."
After listening to Hua Wuqi's explanation, Gao Yuan suddenly realized:
"Good guy, I thought I was going to the wrong place."
"It turns out that the traditional library I thought had been upgraded to a more convenient electronic library!"
As my thoughts changed, Gao Yuan's expression remained unchanged at all.
He first thanked Hua Wuqi, and then walked towards a shorter table not far away.
After sitting cross-legged behind him, he directly poked out his spiritual sense.
It covered the square "Qinyu Book Classic" that was placed above the table above the center of the table.