Chen Xi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, moved his body upright in the chair, and showed a somewhat embarrassed smile on his face.
"It's a long story. I broke through Golden Core by chance, and then I found a secluded place nearby to consolidate my cultivation. A few days ago, I heard that there was an underground auction here at Azure Cloud Market, and there was a Seven-Finger Spirit Grass that was going to be sold. I thought that Martial Uncle Wu's health has never been good, and this spiritual herb is useful to him, so I wanted to take a photo of it and send it to my master and uncle."
He took out a small wooden box from the storage ring, opened the lid, and inside lay a dark green seven-leaf spiritual grass. The edge of each leaf was glowing with a very light silvery white halo, and there was a thin layer of spiritual soil on the roots. The condition was extremely well preserved.
"It was originally prepared for Master and Uncle Master."
Luo Ling glanced at the spiritual grass, and then at Chen Xi's cautious face, and the fire that had been suppressed surged up again.
Something that could have been secured for five hundred Spirit Stone, was suddenly raised to one thousand and fifty by this guy who kept bidding. To say she was angry, she was really angry. But seeing that this guy was also very filial, she couldn't say anything else.
She took out a bag of Spirit Stone from Storage Bag and put it on the table. "One thousand Spirit Stone plus five Middle-Grade Spirit Stone, take it."
Chen Xi waved his hands quickly, raised his butt half an inch from the edge of the chair and sat back down. "How can this be done? This is a disciple's duty to honor his master and uncle. How can he accept the master's money?"
"Take it."
"Can't take it."
"I said take it."
"I really can't take it."
The two pushed back and forth several times, but Chen Xi refused to take it back. Luo Ling had no choice but to push Spirit Stone back to Storage Bag, and muttered, "The wings are stiff, and I don't even listen to Master's words."
Chen Xi chuckled and didn't dare to answer.
Luo Ling picked up the tea cup and took a sip, and glanced around Chen Xi. Golden Core Early Stage's breath was very stable, her spiritual power was harmonious, and her foundation was solid. She put down the tea cup and her tone was unusually serious. "The breakthrough went smoothly?"
"Thanks to Master and my disciples, it went very smoothly."
"Then what are your plans next? Follow me back to the Flowing Cloud Sect, or are you ready to go--"
Halfway through the words, Luo Ling's body trembled suddenly.
Her face darkened in an instant, and the fierce energy between her brows was replaced by a layer of extremely cold chill. She placed the tea cup heavily on the table and closed her eyes.
Chen Xi's smile disappeared instantly.
"Master?"
"It's your junior brother." Luo Ling opened his eyes, and there was a very thin spiritual light flowing rapidly in the depths of his pupils, "The induction jade charm I gave him was crushed. He encountered a life-or-death crisis."
She closed her eyes, Divine Sense sank into some special sensory connection in her body, and began to identify the weak and almost untraceable direction in the void. When the jade talisman is crushed, it will release the last spatial imprint, recording the location and breath of the broken talisman. This imprint will dissipate over time, but it is the clearest when it first breaks.
Chen Xi put away all his playful and smiling expressions. He pinched Method Formula, closed his eyes, and Divine Sense stretched rapidly towards the north. After a few breaths, he opened his eyes.
"It's in the north, near Wind and Snow Pass. The Little Death-Substitution Puppet I gave to my junior brother hasn't been activated yet, so it's okay for now."
Luo Ling glanced at him, feeling slightly surprised.
I was still sensing the remaining spatial fluctuations after the jade talisman shattered to locate the location, but this kid had actually already completed the positioning.
However, when I thought about it, she, as a master, sometimes couldn't see through the strange life-saving methods and escape abilities of this second disciple, so she was not surprised.
Moreover, now was not the time to think about this. She stood up and took out a red flying sword from the storage ring. The Spirit Rune on the sword lit up on its own the moment it appeared.
"You make your own arrangements. I have to rescue Tiexin. I understand that child and will not easily use that jade talisman. This time must be a real life and death crisis."
As soon as she stepped onto the flying sword, Chen Xi stretched out his hand to stop her.
"Master, I will go with you. I have a flying shuttle here, which is much faster than a flying sword."
After saying that, he took out a two-foot-long shuttle from the storage ring. The gray-white shuttle body looked ordinary, and there wasn't even any decorative Spirit Rune on the surface, but Luo Ling could tell the truth at a glance.
The gray-white outer wall is an extremely rare spiritual material with space attributes, which allows the shuttle to blend into space fluctuations when flying at high speeds, with almost no spiritual energy fluctuations leaking out. This is a true flying Law Treasure.
Luo Ling didn't have time to ask himself where the second disciple got such a thing. Chen Xi had already jumped on the shuttle, pressed down a control crystal on the shuttle head, and Spirit Rune at the tail of the shuttle lit up with a circle of soft silver light.
Luo Ling put away the flying sword and stepped onto the shuttle.
The next moment, the flying shuttle shook slightly, then turned into a stream of light, passed through the second floor window, pulled out a silver track in the air that was more than three times faster than the flying sword, and galloped towards the north.
Iron Spine Sect Outside the ruins.
Mystic Shadow Golden Bell was lying upside down on the gravel platform. It had been nearly a stick of incense since True Person Xueying disappeared, but Yang Qingxue did not dare to remove the golden bell. True Person Gu Dan's situation had not improved yet. The runes on the surface of the golden bell were much darker than before, but they were still running slowly, protecting everything inside the clock.
The blood-colored mist that filled the surrounding mountains and forests was slowly receding. Although the sky was still gray, it had a hint of skylight. A few Demon Beasts even ran out from the entrance to the ruins. Those panicked Demon Beasts did not stop at all after rushing out of the ruins gate, and ran straight towards the depths of the mountains and forests.
Iron Spine Sect's mountain-sealing formation was completely ineffective, and the remaining halo flashed in the air for the last few times before breaking into light spots all over the sky and dissipating. The ruins of this sect that had been sleeping for two hundred years were now exposed between heaven and earth without any obstruction.
Originally, all this should be something to be happy about. After all, according to the previous agreement, the resources in the Iron Spine Sect ruins were shared by the Ice and Snow Pavilion, Iron Fist Sect, Yang Household and True Person Gu Dan.
But Yang Qingxue looked at the changes outside through the barrier of the golden bell, and she did not feel at all relaxed in her heart. But now True Person Iron Fist was dead, True Person Gu Dan was lying half-dead on her lap, and the more than three hundred Body Refining monks in the ruins were missing. She was not sure whether True Person Xueying had left or was waiting outside for the moment when she put away the golden bell.
She could only wait.
After half a stick of incense, several escaping lights finally lit up from the horizon in the direction of Wind and Snow Pass. The escaping lights were so fast that they landed on the gravel platform in a few breaths.
Those who came were the three Golden Core monks stationed at Wind and Snow Pass and the two Golden Core female nuns at the Ice and Snow Pavilion. The five of them stood on the platform, looking solemnly at the flattened mountains and forests around them, the dried dark red bloodstains on the ground, and the upside-down golden bell below.
There are ravines several feet deep and potholes made by Great Strength everywhere, and there are several different kinds of spiritual energy fluctuations remaining in the air. The ruins of the newly born Iron Spine Sect are abruptly located on the flattened mountain land, and the buildings and squares in the ruins are incompatible with the surrounding landscape.
The leading female cultivator Ice and Snow Pavilion's eyes finally fell on the giant golden clock, and she frowned slightly.
The five people landed about a few feet in front of the Admiralty Bell. The female cultivator Ice and Snow Pavilion took a step forward, cupped her hands and said, "Is that Fellow Daoist Yang inside? Ice and Snow Pavilion Qi Siyu, I have been ordered to come and investigate."
There was no response from Admiralty.
After a while, the golden runes on the bell wall suddenly dimmed layer by layer, starting from the top and extinguishing downwards, faster and faster.
When the golden light extinguished to the bottom of the clock, the entire golden clock shook slightly and turned into a stream of light that was absorbed into Yang Qingxue's body.
Yang Qingxue knelt on one knee, his face as pale as paper, and his clothes were soaked with sweat and dried in the wind, leaving large white sweat stains.
True Person Gu Dan was lying in front of her. The faint golden light on the young body had completely dissipated. The dark lines under the skin spread from the right fist to the shoulder blade, and then climbed up the side of the neck along the shoulder blade.
When Yang Qingxue saw those familiar faces, the last supporting bone was removed from his whole figure, and he fell headlong into Qi Siyu's arms.
"True Person Xueying," she used her last bit of strength, her voice hoarse, "I took refuge in Devil Race."
After saying that, he passed out.
The five Golden Core monks looked at each other and their expressions darkened. True Person Xueying was not a nameless person in Azure Xuan Region. Golden Core Peak's cultivation was that he founded his own sect, and his disciples were active with Demon Race all year round. The front line where Devil Race was fighting. If he had taken refuge in Devil Race, the matter would not be as simple as one or two Meridian Opening Realm monks being attacked.
"You guys, seal this place and don't let irrelevant people get close." Qi Siyu quickly made arrangements, "I will take them back to Wind and Snow Pass first. The poison on True Person Gu Dan needs to be dealt with immediately."
The other person glanced at True Person Gu Dan's blackened lips and intermittent breathing, and nodded. The five people split up and acted separately, with three remaining to seal off the scene. The two took the unconscious Yang Qingxue and True Person Gu Dan into the Escape and sped away towards Wind and Snow Pass.