Seeking Immortality

"Are you thinking about that huge roar that sounded during the day?"

Seeing that the other four people were preoccupied and had no intention of meditating to recover their spiritual energy, Xu Qingfan knew that continuing like this was not an option, so he asked straightforwardly. *Academy

Hearing Xu Qingfan's words, the other four people were slightly startled, but they no longer thought alone. Lu Qingshang was the first to say, "Yes, that roar during the day was so powerful that the residual power alone caused me some internal injuries. If this roar was directed specifically at me, I might not have the slightest resistance."

Wang Qingjun's eyes flickered slightly, and he frowned and said: "I don't know who made this roar, but it is so powerful. Logically speaking, apart from us disciples of various sects, there are only various monsters on Huandao. Could it be that colorful deer?"

After hearing Wang Qingjun's guess, Xu Qingfan shook his head and said softly: "It shouldn't be the Colorful Deer. Not to mention that the roar is obviously a human voice, and although I don't understand the colorful deer, it is It evolved from the Seven-Colored Deer, and the roar of the Seven-Colored Deer is definitely not that terrifying. Besides, the Seven-Colored Deer's strength is only close to that of the Earth-level monsters. If it can produce such a terrifying roar, then ordinary Earth-level monsters can't. It’s no longer its match.”

Jin Qinghan frowned and asked: "Senior Brother Xu, do you mean that this roar represents the disciples from other sects who came to participate in the newcomer competition?"

Before Xu Qingfan could speak, Feng Qingtian, who had been silent all the time, suddenly said: "Impossible. The fluctuations of spiritual energy in this roar are obscure. It is obviously not a Taoist method, but the spiritual energy gathered in the mouth and throat, and it is caused by a breath of Dantian energy. , is a simple roar. Only disciples below the level of Dan Dan can participate in the competition, but to be able to make such a powerful roar, one must have at least the level of cultivation. "

Hearing Feng Qingtian deny his guess so unceremoniously. Jin Qinghan glanced at Feng Qingtian indifferently. But he didn't say anything.

"Could it be that there is a senior living in seclusion in Huandao?" Lu Qingshang thought of another possibility.

"No." Xu Qingfan shook his head and said: "Several seniors in the Ascetic Valley have repeatedly explored the environment of Huandao. If there are seniors living in seclusion here, they cannot possibly not know about it."

As Xu Qingfan's voice fell, everyone fell silent for a moment. When all possibilities were overturned, everyone was filled with doubts and worries.

Because of the unknown. So scary. People are always wary of unknown dangers.

After a long time, Lu Qingshang smiled bitterly and said: "The power of this roar is even greater than that of the howling beasts, but it comes from humans. It's really strange."

Hearing what Lu Qingshang said unintentionally, Xu Qingfan's heart moved slightly, as if he had caught something.

"Howling beast". One of the most powerful monsters among high-level human-level monsters, even stronger than the Blue-Eyed Cloud Kikumon. Although it is petite and has extremely weak physical combat capabilities, it is good at using its roar to control enemies. The roar it makes from its petite body is so powerful that it changes the color of the world. Whenever it roars, all the beasts within a radius of dozens of miles will be killed. His internal organs were shattered by the shock and he died.

Seeing Xu Qingfan's body trembled slightly, he then closed his eyes and began to meditate. Jin Qinghan and others knew what Xu Qingfan must have been thinking about, so they didn't ask. Afraid of interrupting his train of thought, he just looked at Xu Qingfan silently, waiting for his explanation. *Academy

After making an appointment for a cup of tea, Xu Qingfan opened his eyes, glanced at the four people around him, and asked slowly: "Do you know the origin of the name of the Screaming Beast?"

Lu Qingshang said with a smile: "I don't know. But if you ask Junior Brother Xu, you must know it. I have long heard that Junior Brother Xu is well-read. So don't beat around the bush now and just tell me what you think." This can also show off your extensive knowledge, right?"

Although Lu Qingshang looks like a young man. But the dense crow's feet at the corners of his eyes when he smiled revealed his true age. In fact, Lu Qingshang is the oldest among the five. He has been in Jiuhuamen for sixty years. Although he is the oldest among the five, his personality is the most free and easy among the five. He always looks bohemian, which makes the atmosphere among the five more harmonious.

Hearing Lu Qingshang's words, Xu Qingfan laughed at himself. Yue Qingru used to answer the doubts in his heart like this, asking questions first and then answering them. Xu Qingfan and Yue Qingru have been together for many years, and they have unknowingly contracted this habit.

But Xu Qingfan knew that Lu Qingshang had such a personality, and even though he was teasing him, there was no malice, so he didn't care. He just slowly explained: "Before the Screaming Beast was discovered by humans, the name Screaming Sky already existed. It was Shura. A branch of the tribe, called the Huotian tribe, was like a human child and used its roar to control enemies. Later, the Huotian tribe and the Shura tribe were sealed by the monasticism at that time and gradually disappeared from human memory. "

Tens of thousands of years ago, humans were just the most inconspicuous of the many races in the vast land of China. In addition to humans, there were many other races at that time. These races were powerful and had a long history. Because they are aggressive and murderous by nature, they are collectively called the "Shura Clan" by humans, but in the end they were sealed by humans one after another.

Xu Qingfan paused and continued: "Later, as the scope of human activities in the vast land of China became larger and larger, many previously unheard of monsters were discovered, and the howling beast was discovered at that time. Because it is related to The Shoutian tribe is also small in stature and is good at controlling enemies with its roar, so people named it the Shoutian beast."

Hearing Xu Qingfan's story, Feng Qingtian frowned and asked: "Do you mean that there are people from the Howling Sky Clan on this Huan Island? Impossible, not to mention that the Howling Sky Clan has been sealed long ago, even if there were remnants ten thousand years ago, their life span has been exhausted now. Even if there are still people from the Howling Sky Clan here, they have been discovered by the cultivators from the Kuxiu Valley who came to explore before."

Xu Qingfan shook his head slightly and asked softly: "Did you notice the person who represented the Eight Desolations Palace in this newcomer competition?"

"Are you talking about the person who looks like a child?" Jin Qinghan suddenly asked. In fact, the five people from the Jiuhua Sect began to silently look at the opponents of other sects since they came to Zhantai, and the child-like person from the Eight Desolations Palace was undoubtedly the most impressive to everyone. Because the pressure he exuded was the strongest among the thousands of disciples on Zhantai, three points stronger than Feng Qingtian.

"Do you suspect that the child-like person is the remnant of the Howling Sky Clan?" Feng Qingtian frowned and asked.

Xu Qingfan nodded silently, and then said: "It's just a suspicion. After all, the Howling Sky Clan has not appeared in the vast land of Shenzhou for tens of thousands of years. But the image of that person is indeed too similar to the image of the Howling Sky Clan described in ancient books. * Academy" Hearing Xu Qingfan's words. The other four people from Jiuhuamen fell silent again. If the Shura Clan appeared in this newcomer competition, it would be a big deal, but all of this is just Xu Qingfan's speculation and cannot be confirmed at all. What's more, this is not something that their disciples who have not yet entered the Jindan stage can control. "Seeing that everyone was silent, Xu Qingfan knew their concerns. So he stopped talking about this topic and said: "It's getting late, let's hurry up and meditate to restore our spiritual energy. We still have to continue to capture the seven-colored deer tomorrow. I hope that the roar will not appear again tomorrow. ”

Originally, Xu Qingfan and his companions had captured five seven-color deer in half a day, but after the roar appeared on Huan Island, all the seven-color deer on the island seemed to be in great panic, running around on the plains of the island, or hiding somewhere and shaking, which brought great trouble to Xu Qingfan and his companions in capturing them. Therefore, after the roar appeared, Xu Qingfan and his companions spent the same amount of time but only captured two. Otherwise, Xu Qingfan and his companions would have completed the task and returned to Zhantai by now.

After hearing Xu Qingfan's words, everyone nodded silently. But Wang Qingjun said: "There are many green dragon pythons on Huan Island at night. It is not safe for everyone to close their consciousness and meditate. Let me keep watch. Anyway, I didn't consume much spiritual energy today. ”

During the capture operation on this day, Xu Qingfan and Lu Qingshang were responsible for confinement, while Jin Qinghan and Feng Qingtian were responsible for attacking, and Wang Qingjun was only responsible for preventing unexpected situations. He was indeed the one who consumed the least spiritual energy among the crowd.

Xu Qingfan was about to agree. But suddenly he remembered what Zhang Hualing and Bai Qingfu had said before, so he said: "I will keep watch with you. Junior Brother Jin will take over tomorrow. Now we must not only prevent the Azure Dragon Python, but also be careful of other sects' cultivators sneaking up to snatch the Seven-Colored Deer we captured. You must know that this kind of situation has happened in all the previous rookie competitions, so it is safer for two people to keep watch. Hearing Xu Qingfan's words, everyone nodded silently. Wang Qingjun wanted to say something, but seeing that everyone did not object, he also kept silent. It was just that when he looked at Xu Qingfan, his eyes flickered slightly, as if he had guessed Xu Qingfan's true thoughts.

Not long after Feng Qingtian and the other three calmed down to meditate, a drizzle suddenly fell from the sky of Huandao. Combined with the sea breeze on Huandao, the slanting wind and drizzle in front of them added a third of cold and melancholy to Huandao.

Before everyone meditated, in order to reduce the night watch work of Xu Qingfan and Wang Qingjun and to increase the defense, Lu Qingshang set up another defensive formation around everyone. Under the barrier of the defensive formation, although the drizzle continued, it did not cause any impact on everyone.

Looking at the dark night outside the protective formation, if it were not for the sound of waves constantly ringing in his ears, Xu Qingfan seemed to have returned to the South Wilderness, where the night scene was also so dim.

It is said that although the sound of waves is monotonous, it helps to calm people's minds. But at this time, Xu Qingfan listened to the sound of waves and felt a little irritable in his heart. The inexplicable words said by Zhang Hualing and Bai Qingfu, the terrifying roar on Huan Island during the day, and the provocation of Deng Tianai from the * Sect, all indicate that this newcomer competition will not be peaceful, and there is even something hidden.

But Xu Qingfan has no way of knowing what will happen. Although Xu Qingfan is not a person with a strong desire for control, the feeling of losing control of the situation still makes him feel a little uneasy and impatient.

But Xu Qingfan's impatience and uneasiness are not just because of these. After his observation during the day, he found that there are also many contradictions among the five people in Jiuhua Mountain. Although it is calm now, it is unknown when it will explode.

Although Lu Qingshang is free and easy by nature, he is obviously still unhappy about Jin Qinghan's serious injury to him in the Jiuhua Sect's internal competition ten years ago, so during this whole day, Lu Qingshang never took the initiative to say a word to Jin Qinghan.

And there are even more contradictions between Jin Qinghan and Feng Qingtian. When catching the seven-colored deer during the day, the two seemed to be competing. Always intentionally or unintentionally competing to see who will solve the opponent first. As a result, all the seven-colored deer died without a complete body. When they were discussing the source of the roar just now, the two of them were even more confrontational. Whenever one of them spoke, the other would definitely refute.

As for Wang Qingjun, he was the person Xu Qingfan could not understand the most. He never stood out and never complained about Xu Qingfan's assignments. But perhaps because of the influence of what Zhang Hualing said before, there is something hidden in the ordinaryness of Xu Qingfan and Wang Qingjun in the finals. Moreover, Xu Qingfan discovered that not only himself, but also Feng Qingtian had been silently paying attention to Wang Qingjun, as if he had discovered something.

Thinking of this, Xu Qingfan couldn't help but look to the other side of the defensive formation. There, Feng Qingtian and the other three were meditating silently with their eyes closed and their legs crossed. And Wang Qingjun, like Xu Qingfan, was standing on the edge of the protective formation, quietly looking at the rainy night scene outside the formation. Feeling Xu Qingfan's gaze, Wang Qingjun also turned his head and smiled slightly at Xu Qingfan as a greeting, but without any intention of speaking.

Looking at Wang Qingjun's smile, Xu Qingfan suddenly thought of Bai Qingfu. The smiles of the two people were so similar. Although their smiles are lifelike, there is no hint of laughter. There is a sense of laughing for the sake of laughing. The only difference is. Bai Qingfu's smile is much more skillful than Wang Qingjun's.

Suddenly, Xu Qingfan had an absurd idea. He suddenly felt that Bai Qingfu and Wang Qingjun were wearing human skin masks. However, Xu Qingfan rejected this idea as soon as it appeared. What kind of human skin mask can deceive people? What about the "Sky Eye Technique" used to cultivate immortality?

He shook his head slightly. Get rid of those random thoughts in your mind. Xu Qingfan began to observe the night scene in the rain intently. After all, Huandao was dangerous. The vigil is important.

The dark night seems to always be accompanied by conspiracies, as if the conspirators feel that the dark night is consistent with their dark psychology, or they feel that the dark night can better hide their conspiracies, so only by hiding in the darkness can they feel safe.

Somewhere on Huandao, a figure stood there quietly in the drizzle, waiting for something.

I don't know how long it took, but another figure appeared not far from the original figure. Compared with the original figure, this figure was larger.

"You're late."

"They have just started to close their consciousness and meditate, and I can't get away."

"How far have you completed your mission?" The original voice asked again after being silent for a while.

"Xu Qingfan and Feng Qingtian seem to have always been wary of me. They have been secretly keeping an eye on me, making me unable to act. Huh, it's not because your acting skills were so bad."

"This identity was originally used to attract the attention of the Jiuhua Sect. But with your strength and mentality, will you have no chance to take action? I think you are soft-hearted, right? Facing your former fellow sect, you can't bear to take action?"

"What do you mean?"

After being silent for a long time, the original voice sounded again: "It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter whether your task is completed or not. If you complete the task, the effect will be better. If you don't complete it, it will not affect the overall situation."

"Do you have any news about that huge roar during the day?"

"I don't know here, but no matter whose roar it is, it won't affect the overall situation."

"Then when will you do it?"

"I think it has started now." Another voice said faintly.

Although it has entered night on Huandao, the Zhan Terrace on the top of Wuling Mountain is still bright, with green grass and quiet green grass, and birds flying and rabbits walking around, as if there is no darkness at all in this holy land of the world of immortality.

On the Zhan platform, there were about four to five thousand disciples of various sects standing, bustling with people. Most of them were disciples who were led by their elders to watch the newcomers compete. They were all excited and discussing with each other what they had seen during the day. But some others were dejected. They were all disciples representing their respective sects who came to participate in the newcomer competition, but they did not expect that they would fail in less than a day and return in disgrace.

South of Zhan Tai is the jade platform where the heads and elders of each sect are. The heads and elders of each sect are sitting on it, but no one has said a word. They are all quietly watching the performance of the disciples of their own sect through the mirror technique. , the expressions of the disciples may be happy or sad.

Finally, Zeng Lianxian, the head of the Five Elements Sect, broke the silence and said with a smile: "Hey, I'm afraid our sect will be embarrassed this time."

So far, the Five Elements Sect's performance is the worst among the Six Holy Lands, even worse than the * Sect. So although Zeng Lianxian's expression at this time was smiling, it was a bit forced.

Zhang Hualingan said with a smile: "It's only been a day, and the current results can't explain anything. Sect Leader Zeng doesn't have to worry."

Zeng Lianxian sighed: "Sect Leader Zhang is naturally not in a hurry. The disciples of your noble sect performed so well and captured seven seven-color deer in just one day."

Zhang Hualing smiled slightly after hearing Zeng Lianxian's words, but he couldn't tell whether he was happy or worried. He just said with a hint: "How can our Jiuhua Sect be better than the Bahuang Palace? The five nephews of the Bahuang Palace The mission has been completed. Especially that nephew of Master Huang Xie, his roar is extremely powerful, no less powerful than that of the Huotian Clan ten thousand years ago."

Hearing Zhang Hualing's words, Man Tian, ​​the master of the Bahuang Palace, flashed in his eyes. Just as he was about to say something, his face suddenly changed. He looked towards the sky above Zhan Tai, where was the Huandao transformed by the "Mirror Image Technique". Mirror.

Not only Mantian, but also the heads and elders of various sects on the jade platform, including some of the higher-level disciples in the audience, all suddenly looked up at the mirror image of Huandao transformed by the mirror technique in the sky.

I saw that the mirror image in the sky suddenly began to have strange spiritual fluctuations. Under the influence of this spiritual fluctuation, the originally clear mirror image began to ripple like a stone hitting the water. Then, this wave became stronger and stronger. After about a few dozen breaths, the mirror image of Huandao formed by the mirror image was shattered in front of everyone.

Seeing this change in front of them, everyone on the stage changed their faces.