In the magic circle, black smoke is constantly coming out, blocking the sight and consciousness of everyone in the circle. This trap was set up by Zhou Chen in a short time out of desperation. Although it has no lethality, at least it is
It takes one stick of incense to trap these people. If there is enough time, Zhou Chen can set up another killing formation. With Zhou Chen's current formation attainments, combined with the Five Elements and Bagua Flags, he can easily combine three formations.
"Leave one person alone." At this time, Xiao Hei had shrunk and ran to Zhou Chen's side. Zhou Chen touched Xiao Hei's head with a smile and said to him.
Xiao Hei roared and jumped directly into the magic circle. This magic circle would not hinder Xiao Hei's perception. In addition, the sense of smell of monsters is far superior to that of humans. Xiao Hei was like a dragon in the river. There were dozens of people in the magic circle.
The guards of the Lu family are all between the ninth level of Xiantian level to the middle stage of foundation building level, and no one can block Xiao Hei's claws.
"Ah... help! Ah..."
Screams and wails continued to be heard from the magic circle. Looking at the miserable scene in front of them, the Zhou family could not help but swallow their saliva, their eyes filled with shock.
After dozens of breaths, the wailing in the magic circle stopped. Zhou Chen waved his hand gently, and the Five Elements Bagua Flag was returned to his palm. The magic circle turned into dots of stars and dissipated. The venue was full of broken limbs and blood everywhere.
, some of the corpses still had frightened expressions on their faces, Xiao Hei was holding a person in his mouth, and slowly walked towards Zhou Chen. The lucky man was not seriously injured, but was completely frightened.
As soon as Xiao Hei's huge teeth came loose, the Lu family guard fell out of his mouth and collapsed on the ground. He looked at Zhou Chen with dull eyes, his whole body trembling and his face full of fear. Xiao Hei turned around and went to clean the battlefield without paying any attention.
This is because I have developed a good habit after staying with Zhou Chen for a long time.
"Go back and give your head a message. Don't bully the Zhou family, otherwise the Lu family will be exterminated! Do you remember that?" Zhou Chen looked at him and said coldly.
The Lu family guard nodded stiffly, his eyes still full of fear and dullness, but he still wanted to see the face under the black robe, but unfortunately it was pitch black under the black robe and he couldn't see the face clearly at all.
"Go away." After Zhou Chen said this, he turned around and ignored him, and walked straight towards the Zhou family with Xiao Hei.
If the Lu family guard was granted amnesty, he hurriedly got up, trembling, and ran towards the woods in the distance with all his strength. He was already frightened, fearing that Zhou Chen would regret it.
Seeing the mysterious man in black robes and the black flame tiger walking towards the convoy, everyone in the Zhou family looked tense, felt a little complicated, and clenched the weapons in their hands slightly.
"Previously..." The third elder prepared to bow his hands in a salute.
Zhou Chen quickly raised his hand to stop him. This was his third grandfather, and saluting him would shorten Zhou Chen's life.
Seeing this, everyone looked slightly relaxed.
Zhou Chen took off the Na Rings of Qian Yu and dozens of guards from the mouth of Black Flame Tiger, then took out the Na Rings of Lu Hai, flicked his finger, and shot dozens of Na Rings at the third elder, who subconsciously reached out.
He took it and looked at Zhou Chen with some confusion. Just as he was about to say something, Zhou Chen immediately interrupted him.
"Don't ask too many questions, just keep on your way." Zhou Chen lowered his voice and said calmly. He immediately jumped on Xiao Hei's back and disappeared directly into the woods. He knew that the third elder must still bow and salute, so he had better do it first.
It's better to go.
Sure enough, the third elder bowed slightly in the direction where Zhou Chen disappeared. After all, this mysterious man in black robe saved everyone in the Zhou family today, and also gave Lu Hai and Qian Yu's Najie to them. Regardless of whether the other party accepted it or not,
The same should be true for etiquette.
"Third Elder, who is this senior? Why do I feel familiar?" Zhou Jinyun walked over and asked with some confusion.
"No matter who he is, since he doesn't want to reveal his identity, we shouldn't speculate." The third elder said seriously.
"Thanks to this senior today."
"Yes, this senior is so strong."
Everyone talked one after another...
"Senior...?" The third elder lowered his head and pondered, with some doubts in his heart. Not only Zhou Yun felt a familiar feeling, but he also felt this way. Although Zhou Chen wore a black robe and lowered his voice, the third elder never
From the figure and exposed hands of the man in black robe, you can tell that the man in black robe is not very old.
"Jin Shuo, you go back with the injured now and report what happened to the head of the family. The rest of the group will sort it out and continue setting off."
The third elder said to a man in his thirties, this man named Jin Zhoushuo. Zhou Chen had to call him uncle Liu. The third elder handed over to him the dozens of Na rings confiscated from the Lu family. These materials
It also solved an urgent need for the Zhou family. There are more than three million spirit stones and some miscellaneous things in it.
Zhou Jinshuo jumped directly onto a carriage. Several wounded people were already lying on the carriage. He bowed to the third elder and ran quickly towards Qingyang City. The others organized the convoy and continued on the road. This batch of goods must be in time.
Send it to Tianyin City, otherwise you will face compensation.
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Zhou Chen did not leave the Zhou family's motorcade too far, but kept paying attention to the movements of the motorcade. He planned to wait until they left the Black Wind Ridge before leaving.
"It's still a bit passive to keep guarding the Zhou family. It seems that I have to go to the Lu family and block the door directly." Zhou Chen said helplessly.
After Zhou Chen sent the convoy out of Heifeng Ridge, he asked Xiao Hei to turn around and run towards Qingyang City. He planned to visit the Lu family. As long as he kept track of the Lu family's dynamics, he would not be so passive. Other families
Zhou Chen doesn't want to touch them at the moment. Zhou Chen originally thought he would face the five major families directly, but now it seems that is not the case. The main problem still lies with the Lu family.
Now that the saint's essence and blood in the ancestral hall has been taken away by Zhou Chen, it has settled a major matter in Zhou Chen's heart. The saint's essence and blood have been placed in the Jiutian Hunyuan Pearl for the past few days for Lie Tianzun to study, especially the bottle mouth.
The yellow talisman didn't know what it did, and Zhou Chen didn't dare to open it casually.
Now Zhou Chen is solving the problem of whether there is a mole within the Zhou family. As we saw today, Qian Jue has defected to the Lu family, but Zhou Chen doesn't know if there is still such a person in the Zhou family. He must find a way.
Just let them all show their heads.
"Teacher, how is your research going? Do you have any conclusions?" Zhou Chen's mind entered the Jiutian Hunyuan Pearl and asked Lie Tianzun. Zhou Chen was of course referring to the drop of the saint's essence and blood.
"Don't worry, I'm currently researching it. What I can confirm now is that this yellow talisman is a powerful seal. This sealing technique is the evolution of an advanced talisman and seal technique. It has a very ancient origin. Even I have never seen it.
As for what is sealed, we can only know it after it is revealed. Generally speaking, the saint's essence and blood do not need to be sealed in this way. I am afraid that this seal is not only aimed at the saint's essence and blood, but also other things, or the saint's essence.
Blood contains other components."
"Then what should I do? If I uncover it, I can't uncover it. If I don't uncover it, I can't know the secret. I really don't like this dilemma. Just like the strange door last time, I can't open it, and I can't open it either.
, I’m afraid it will be troublesome if something comes out that we can’t solve.”
"It must not be revealed now. Since your ancestors used this powerful talisman to seal the bottle, there is a reason for it. I still know too little about your family. I think it is better to wait until I have the opportunity to visit you.
Let’s talk about our ancestral land.”
"This is the only way. Now let me settle the Zhou family's affairs first."
"Boy, how long do you have to stay in Qingyang City? You can't just stay here and guard it every day, right?"
"I don't want to either, but you have seen the situation of the Zhou family now. There are internal and external troubles, so I can't just let it go."
"It's not an option for you to passively wait for them to take action. We don't have that much time to spend here. You might as well take the initiative and force them to take action."
"Be proactive...force them to take action...?" Zhou Chen muttered, feeling that what Lie Tianzun said was very reasonable. Zhou Chen seemed to be awakened and kept thinking.
After a long time, Zhou Chen grinned. He already had a plan in mind. He secretly smiled and said, "It's a good thing I let a sheep go back, otherwise it would be difficult to operate."
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In the lobby of the Lu family.
Bang!
"What did you say? Say it again!" As an angry shout rang out in the lobby, a palm slapped on the chair made of black yellow wood and smashed it into pieces. It was Lu Yuncheng, the head of the Zhou family.
The expression on Lu Yuncheng's face was incomparably ferocious, the anger and killing intent in his eyes kept pouring out like real substance, the veins on his palms burst out like horned dragons, he clenched his fists tightly, and the aura of the Cave Heaven Realm came down.
He glared at a Lu family guard in front of him.
This guard of the Lu family was the lucky one who was released by Zhou Chen. At this moment, he was slumped on the ground, shaking uncontrollably. He was already frightened by Zhou Chen, and when he came back, he had to be oppressed by the master of the family. It was really miserable.
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"He...they are all dead." The guard said tremblingly, with cold sweat breaking out on his face.
"Lu Hai is at the Great Perfection of the Foundation Establishment Realm. Twenty guards plus that Gan Yu are at the Perfect Foundation Establishment Realm. Such a lineup is going to deal with a convoy of the Zhou family. You tell me they are all dead. What's going on?"
Lu Hai is Lu Yuncheng's second son. Upon hearing the news of his son's death, Lu Yuncheng was extremely angry, and his face was full of murderous intent.
The guard did not dare to neglect, and told the whole story of the matter, not even a single detail was missed. The faces of everyone in the Lu family hall were extremely ugly, and the more they listened, the more gloomy their faces became. Lu Hai was very powerful in the Lu family.
Ranked in the top five, if Lu Hai is killed by this person, then they will definitely die if they meet this mysterious person.
"A mysterious black-robed man with a monster killed dozens of strong men from my Lu family, one person and one beast?" After listening to the guard's story, Lu Yuncheng calmed down slightly, but his face was full of disbelief.
"When did a sword cultivator appear in Qingyang City? It should be a helper hired by the Zhou family." The second elder, Lu Yunnan, said with a solemn expression.
Lu Yuncheng pondered for a moment and said: "Zhou Luoxue and Zhou Jinyuan were regarded as geniuses back then, and it was normal for them to have close friends. However, in the past ten years, the Zhou family has continued to decline, and no one has ever seen anyone help. If they were entrusted with it in the first place, this person must be
You’ve already shown up, why did you take action now?”
"The head of the family is saying that this man in black robe is not a helper hired by the Zhou family?"
"No matter what, this man killed dozens of strong men from my Lu family. I will not let him go no matter what."
"Since this person can kill Lu Hai, it means that this person's realm is at least in the Great Perfection of the Foundation Establishment Realm or the early stage of the Cave Heaven Realm. However, he is a sword cultivator. If he is in the Cave Heaven Realm, Lu Hai will be killed instantly, so I guess this mysterious
A person's strength should be below the Cave Heaven Realm." Lu Yunnan analyzed.
"Since we are not in the Cave Heaven Realm, we don't need to worry too much. He actually said that he would destroy my Lu family. I want to see how he destroys my Lu family, huh!" Zhou Yuncheng said.
"If this person is really invited by the Zhou family, he might know something about it. Do you want me to go check it out?" At this time, Lu Chuan on the side said.
"That's fine, but this person is procrastinating too much and I have no patience anymore. Tell him, if there is no progress, don't blame me, the Lu family, for being ruthless."
Lu Chuan nodded, bowed his hands, turned and walked out of the lobby...
In the Zhou family meeting hall.
Zhou Zhen was sitting in the center, feeling a little anxious and getting more and more restless. According to the time calculation, the Zhou family's motorcade should have entered Heifeng Ridge two hours ago. Zhou Zhen naturally knew that Heifeng Ridge was the most dangerous place on this trip.
Although the third elder was rich in experience and had many strong players, Zhou Zhen was still a little worried.
"Master, Jinshuo is back with some people."
Zhou Zhen was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and jumped up from his chair. Zhou Jinshuo brought people back. What about the others? Zhou Zhen felt as if his heart had been whipped by a whip, and stared blankly at the figure running towards the door of the lobby.
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Zhou Jinshuo quickly ran into the meeting hall with long strides. His face was filled with a hint of joy. He raised his hands and said to Zhou Zhen: "Master, everything goes well."
Zhou Jinshuo knew that the head of the family was worried at the moment, so he didn't explain too much and just wanted to say that he was safe.
Zhou Zhen's heart suddenly relaxed, his body softened, he sat down, breathed out gently, and then hurriedly said: "Why are you the only one back? Where are the Third Elder and the others?"
"Some things happened when we passed through Heifeng Ridge. After it is resolved, the third elder asked me to come back with some wounded people and bring you peace of mind."
Zhou Jinshuo told the truth about what happened in Heifengling and handed all the Najies to Zhou Town. Many elders and worshipers sitting in the meeting hall had various expressions when they heard about Qian Yu's betrayal.
Strange, they didn't know what they were thinking about. When they heard that a mysterious man in black robes and a monster killed dozens of powerful people in the Lu family, including Lu Hai and Qian Yu, their faces were full of shock and fear.
Zhou Zhen also frowned and looked around, observing everyone's expressions. Gan Yu's rebellion was unexpected by him, otherwise he would not have allowed him to accompany the third elder to escort the convoy. After all, Qian Yu is a member of the Zhou family
An old man worshiped him, and even such a veteran worshiped him like this, what will happen to the others? Zhou Zhen felt a sense of urgency in his heart. He naturally knew that the internal problems of the Zhou family were serious now, but it was difficult to
Find all these people.
However, when he heard the man in black robe appeared, he was very relieved and his face was full of smiles. He knew that the mysterious man in black robe was his grandson Zhou Chen. Zhou Zhen was not surprised by Zhou Chen's action.
Zhou Chen actually killed Lu Hai, which still surprised him. Although he could feel Zhou Chen's strength, he didn't expect it to reach this level.
After listening to Zhou Jinshuo's story, Zhou Zhen relaxed and regained some smile on his face. He ordered Zhou Jinshuo to hand over the Xuanwen Xuanyuan Pill to Zhou Jincheng. He ignored everyone's reaction and turned around and left the meeting hall.
, walked towards the backyard, thinking to himself: "Chen'er, thanks to you this time, it's grandpa's turn to help next time."
Zhou Zhen plans to go back to seclusion. He has been stuck in this realm for a long time. He has accumulated enough foundation. It was just that he was hindered by the hidden disease before and could not break through. Now that the hidden disease has been eliminated, it is time to break through the realm barrier and enter the cave sky mirror.
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Strictly speaking, entering the Cave Heaven realm is the beginning of a monk's struggle with heaven and earth. Opening up the Cave Heaven is tantamount to taking over the creation of heaven and earth, constantly directly absorbing the spirit of the outside world, replenishing one's own body, and touching the rules of heaven and earth.
Generally speaking, monks in the cave heaven realm can open up to nine cave heavens, while ten cave heavens only exist in legends. The realm division of the cave heaven mirror is related to the shape changes of the cave heavens, and has nothing to do with the number of cave heavens.
As the realm improves, the shape of the caves will change, and the number of caves represents an individual's basic potential. When everyone enters the caves, they can condense at least three and up to nine caves for the first time.
Lu Yuncheng and Lu Yunnan, two cave heaven realms, both have four cave heavens. If their foundations do not change, their number of cave heavens will not increase. Of course, if they get a big opportunity and reshape their foundations, they can still condense more.
Many caves.
Although the number of caves does not represent absolute combat power, it is still very accurate to judge a monk's basic potential based on the number of caves.
Zhou Zhen sat cross-legged in the training room, activated the isolation formation, and took the dazzling pattern foundation-building pill given to him by Zhou Chen. The skills in his body slowly began to run, and the prototypes of six caves slowly emerged behind him...