After the mid-term assessment, the Wuji Mountain Academy disciples were busy attending classes and handing in homework. After the day's classes were over, the management master of Class D used a messenger to notify all Class D students to gather in the small square of the academy. "
Recently, Wuji Mountain encountered thieves, and many residents of villages and towns at the foot of the mountain disappeared. Wuji Mountain sent patrol teams and inner and outer disciples, but the manpower is still insufficient, so I hope that all students can participate in the search. If any are found, there will be extra points in the final assessment.
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At first, everyone was not interested in this kind of volunteer activity. They just thought it was troublesome. After hearing that they could get extra points, they immediately became enthusiastic. "Master, can you tell me the situation in detail? Is there anyone who is suspected?"
The master talked about several current conjectures, "In this theft incident, no traces were left. It is suspected that it was an outside monk with superb concealment methods, or a person from Wuji Mountain guarded the theft. These situations are all under investigation, precisely because
It is very difficult to investigate the case, so we hope to conduct a nationwide search to investigate all suspicious things."
Another master said: "This matter is also a test of your ability. It is very reasonable to include it in the year-end evaluation."
The last master got to the point, "Another reason is that the stolen genius treasures are all living things. This situation is very similar to the black vines in Huoting Valley. You have seen this kind of thing in the secret realm.
Vine, it shouldn’t be difficult to identify it again.”
As soon as these words came out, the students in Class D who were very enthusiastic just now all quieted down. There were so many vines in them that they were very difficult to deal with. Many of their companions were killed by the attacks of the vines, which brought a lot of shadow to them. This search turned out to be...
To encounter such dangerous things.
A female cultivator worried: "Isn't this thing only growing in the Huoting Valley? It actually came out of the secret realm?"
The leading master comforted everyone, "This is just a possibility. It is not necessarily caused by vines. The Class D student union and the patrol team will team up to search. This is also a good opportunity. There is no need to worry about safety issues."
The members of the patrol team are all composed of monks in the distraction stage and Nascent Soul stage, and there are also monks in the transformation stage to take care of them, which makes the students in Class D feel at ease.
Four members of Class D and six members of the patrol team formed a ten-person team to conduct the search. The main task of Class D students was to identify this strange vine. Tu Wenzhou and Xu Tianwen took the initiative to find Tang Yue and Shang Fanling to form a team, hoping to join them
patrol.
Tu Wenzhou said: "We don't interact too much with the fellow practitioners in the class on weekdays. We are more familiar with you. Let's act together."
Tang Yue nodded, "Okay." In Class D's future studies, group tasks are indispensable, and it would be good to cultivate a foundation for cooperation now. I guess the two of them think so too.
The four people have their own strengths and can achieve good results in various assessments. After forming a team, you don't have to worry about anyone holding you back. They are all good partners for cooperation.
The four of them participated in the search of the small mountain range in the west, which is sparsely populated and has only one village. I heard that several children and elderly people have disappeared in the village recently. The villagers have asked Wuji Mountain for help many times, so the sect decided to carry out this large-scale search operation.
, handle this matter together.
The villagers told the team that the missing persons went to the dense forest to collect herbs and never came back. The patrol team then led people to search the dense forest.
Tang Yue used divination to measure the direction, searched along the road, and found the clothes left by the missing person. They were in tatters and seemed to have gone through a fierce struggle.
When she and her senior sister arrived at Shanyin, they thought of discussing something with Shang Fanling, "The spiritual energy here is thinner, there are not as many creatures as in Huoting Valley, and there should be less dark vines than in the secret realm."
Dark Vine was a name given by Tang Yue herself. She felt that such a vine that could bring a sense of despair and fear to people should also have an unusual-sounding name.
"I agree, then it will be difficult to search for these vines." Shang Fanling believed in her junior sister's intuition and followed her to search for the vines.
"Senior sister, do you have any way to make plants grow quickly? This process will release a lot of vitality and may lead to dark vines."
"Yes, there is, but I don't have that much spiritual power."
"Let me help you. I can quickly absorb the spiritual power of heaven and earth."
Tang Yue has a Nascent Soul cultivation level and is assisted by micro-spiritual insects. She is already very familiar with how to supply a large amount of spiritual power.
After the two discussed it, they started looking for suitable plants. Shang Fanling found a small sapling, "This is a spiritual shirt. It can grow very tall and is very suitable for growing into a big tree."
Shang Fanling chanted the incantation in her mouth and formed a seal in her hand. Tang Yue transferred a large amount of spiritual power to her body. The spiritual shirt gradually grew taller. After a cup of tea, it was already three meters tall.
As the spirit shirt grew, it released a lot of vitality, and green light spots with wood attributes loomed around it. Suddenly, the forest became quiet, the insects disappeared, and the patrol team felt something was wrong.
Tu Wenzhou said to Xu Tianwen: "It seems that the junior sisters are using some magic over there. Let's go see if we can help."
Xu Tianwen nodded, and Tu Wenzhou walked towards the direction where Tang Yue and the others were.
When the spirit shirt grew to ten meters high, there was a loud rustling sound in the grass on the west side, as if something alive was passing through the grass quickly, and the two women knew that it was a vine.
With a crackling sound, several vines flew out of the grass. Some of them rushed towards Lingshan, while the other part attacked Tang Yue and Shang Fanling.
Tang Yue drew his sword and cut off the vines that flew towards him from the air. The senior sister also used a thread to cut the vines into several sections.
When Tu Wenzhou and Xu Tianwen arrived, they saw this scene and flew forward to help.
After the dark vines attacked for a while, they found that they were no match for these people and only lost branches, so they put away the vines and left quickly.
Tang Yue shouted: "Chasing, if we don't eliminate the vines, there will be people missing in the village."
The four of them chased in the direction where the vines receded. Xu Wenzhou signaled the patrol team to come and help to prevent accidents.
The vines fought and retreated, and finally reached a small cave and retreated inside.
Tu Wenzhou asked Tang Yue, "Do you want to go in?"
Tang Yue thought for a while and realized that there would be no big vine monster. If there was any tunnel in the cave and the vines escaped elsewhere, it would be terrible. He said: "Brother Xu is waiting for the patrol team to support you at the entrance of the cave. Let the three of us go in."
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"I sent a message to them, telling them that we have entered the cave. Let's go in with you to find out." Xu Tianwen was more willing to find out, rather than stay where he was and wait.
"Okay, let's go in together."
The cave was a bit narrow, and could only accommodate two people walking side by side. Tu Wenzhou felt that if he was entangled in such a narrow place, he would not be able to turn around, so he said to the other three people: "Let's not go side by side, let's move forward in a row.
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The other three people thought it made sense, and walked in a row as instructed. Tang Yue felt that his cultivation level was the highest among the four, so he walked at the front so that he could block something.
She also noticed that the walls of the cave were bare, and the bryophytes that usually grew there were gone. It seemed that wherever the vines went, there was no grass growing.
Suddenly the front opened up, and there was a space that could accommodate ten people side by side. Tang Yue shouted: "It's right here!"
As soon as the words fell, vines attacked several people. The four people hurriedly used their spiritual power to resist and cut off the vines that wanted to entangle them. This is probably where the roots of the vines are. There are many vines. After cutting down one
One batch after another, seemingly endless.
What's even more annoying is that the broken vines will not die, but will become new roots and continue to grow. There are also many living things dragged by the vines in the hole, which provide nutrients for the vines to grow again.
Tang Yue felt that this would go on forever, so she said to the three of them: "Everyone, hold your breath, I'm going to use the fire method." This time she didn't use the sword to drive away the fire. Instead, she made a formal seal, summoning a blue fire dragon, and directed it at him.
It burned away all the black vines, turning most of the dark vines into ashes in an instant.