Seeking Immortality

The night in the Southern Wasteland was dark and the drizzle was cold, just like Xuanlian's mood at the moment.

When he saw Kaihuan fainted, Xuanlian was shocked and hurriedly injected spiritual energy into Kaihuan's body again to detect the situation. The situation he found made him slightly relieved. Kaihuan was just injured too seriously and lost his strength and fell into a coma. There was no threat to his life.

Xu Qingfan from Jiuhuamen? Xuanlian certainly knew this name. Three years ago, Xuan Xiu issued the highest level of summons in the Kuxiu Valley, and it was accompanied by the news that the "Nine Demon Pearls" reappeared in the world. When everyone in the Kuxiu Valley got the news, they were shocked. Under the leadership of Xuan Moda, they rushed to the Southern Wasteland and successfully eliminated the master of the Demon Pearl who was not yet fully developed and sealed the Demon Pearl.

It was at that time that Xuanlian met Xu Qingfan for the first time. It was clear that Xu Qingfan had made great contributions in that incident and played a great role. Not only did he help Xuan Xiu and Bao Wei buy time, so that all the monks in Ku Xiu Valley could arrive in time, but he also killed the culprit Na Xiu himself in the end.

When Xu Qingfan knew that Na Xiu was his lost cousin, he showed his determination, and when he knew that Ting'er had been transformed by the magic beads, he still decided to adopt Ting'er, which left a good impression on Xuan Lian. In this newcomer competition, Xu Qingfan was the leader of the five participating disciples of Jiuhua Sect. Xuan Lian was also very clear about his strength after three years of not seeing him.

Because he knew Xu Qingfan, Xuan Lian was very puzzled by Kai Huan's words just now. According to the situation at that time, Kai Huan should have said that it was Xu Qingfan and others from Jiuhua Sect who injured him. But based on Xuan Lian's understanding of Xu Qingfan, Xu Qingfan would never rob the achievements of other participating disciples unless he had no choice. Even if he wanted to rob, he would never hurt anyone.

But if Kai Huan didn't mean that. What did he mean?

"Does it mean that Xu Qingfan and others are in danger?" After thinking of this possibility, Xuanlian was immediately anxious. He was about to notify the monks of the Kuxiu Valley who were guarding Jiuhua Gate to be careful and alert.

But Xuanlian did not use the message spell, but suddenly felt something. With a slight movement in his heart, he looked towards the south of Huandao, where a subtle but strange spiritual fluctuation came from.

This spiritual fluctuation is a signal for the monks of the Kuxiu Valley to summon their fellow disciples. As long as the monks of the Kuxiu Valley who have no tasks now feel this spiritual fluctuation, they must rush there immediately.

After a slight hesitation. Xuanlian still took the seriously injured and unconscious Kaihuan and flew quickly to the location where the spiritual fluctuation came from.

But the scene he saw after flying there made Xuanlian very surprised.

At the location where the spiritual fluctuation came from. At this time, nearly twenty monks of the Kuxiu Valley were standing, all with frowns, angry and confused. And Xuanlian was the last to arrive.

There were a total of thirty-six sects that came to Huandao to participate in the newcomer competition this time. They are all the top-ranked sects in the world of immortal cultivation. There are also 36 monks from the Kuxiu Valley who came to Huandao, all of whom have cultivation above the Xudan stage. Under Xuan Jian's arrangement, each monk secretly guards a disciple of a sect.

But as the first day of the disciples' arrival on Huandao ended, a total of 21 sects lost the qualification to continue the competition because of the failure to capture the seven-color deer, and have returned to Zhantai. At the same time, 10 monks from the Kuxiu Valley also followed them back to Zhantai. Report to the heads and elders of the major sects about the first day of the competition on Huandao.

The remaining 11 monks from the Kuxiu Valley who have nothing to do continue to stay on Huandao. Prevent accidents at any time.

In addition, there are 15 sects continuing to compete on Huandao. So there are still 15 monks from the Kuxiu Valley protecting each other in secret.

In this way, there are a total of 26 monks from the Kuxiu Valley on the entire Huandao. At this time, there were 17 Kuxiu Valley monks gathered here, and with Xuanlian, there were 18 in total, which means that only eight monks were still guarding the disciples of various sects, while the other seven Kuxiu Valley monks who were supposed to guard the disciples of various sects gathered here for some reason.

Could it be that

Xuanlian suddenly thought of a possibility, and hurriedly looked at these Kuxiu Valley Taoist friends, and sure enough, he saw that there were still six Kuxiu Valley monks holding a seriously injured disciple of various sects in their hands like himself.

After seeing the seriously injured Kaihuan in Xuanlian's hand, a Kuxiu Valley monk smiled bitterly and said: "Fellow Daoist Xuanlian, have the disciples of Yaowang Valley you are guarding also been attacked?"

"Fellow Daoist Xuanhan, has the Tianling Sect you are guarding also been attacked?" After hearing the words of this Kuxiu Valley monk, Xuanlian hurriedly asked.

Xuan Han nodded helplessly, looked at the seriously injured disciple in his arms, and said with a wry smile: "Yes, I made a mistake and fell into someone's trap. When I rushed back, I found that four of the five disciples of Tianling Sect had died, and only one survived and was seriously injured. Not only me, but also Xuan Huan, Xuan Sheng and other five Taoist friends. "

Hearing Xuan Han's words, Xuan Lian was shocked and hurriedly looked at the other five Ku Xiu Valley monks who were holding the seriously injured disciples of various sects. When the five saw Xuan Lian's questioning eyes, they also nodded with a wry smile.

When the seven monks told all their experiences, they found that the experiences of the seven people were exactly the same. They were all led away by a mysterious man full of evil spirits, and everyone was curious and followed him. When they found something wrong, they wanted to return but were obstructed.

When they returned to the disciples of their respective guardian sects, they found that four of these disciples were dead and one was seriously injured. More importantly, after these seriously injured disciples woke up, they all said that people from the Jiuhua Sect had attacked them.

But now, there are only disciples from the eight sects of the Six Holy Lands, the Eight Desolate Halls, and the Sun Sect. The eight monks from the Valley of Penance who did not come at this time were also the guardians of the disciples of these eight sects.

"This is obviously a conspiracy and a frame-up of Jiuhua Clan." Xuan Ling said with a cold expression after listening to the accounts of the seven monks.

The sect guarded by Xuan Ling has failed before. He has lost the qualification to continue the competition, and now he is staying on Huandao to prevent any accidents. While meditating just now, I suddenly noticed that someone was summoning the monks from the Valley of Penance. But I didn't expect that something like this would happen after I arrived.

Xuan Lian also nodded and said: "We all know Xu Qingfan's character and character. I can't believe that in just three years, he has become a person who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals."

Xuan Han also nodded and said: "And we didn't see with our own eyes that these things were done by the disciples of Jiuhua Sect. Whenever the disciples have an accident, we will be led away by a mysterious person in advance. It is too suspicious. Framed and framed. The possibility is very high.”

Xuan Ling sneered: "But no matter how suspicious this matter is, the various sects will still inevitably suspect Jiuhuamen. Everyone agrees that yellow mud on the pants is either shit or shit. I'm afraid this time Jiuhuamen We're in trouble. And this time we were in trouble in the Cuxiu Valley. Under our secret protection, twenty-eight disciples died and seven were seriously injured. How can we explain this to the leaders of the factions?"

Hear Xuan Ling's words. Although they knew that Xuan Ling always spoke like this, Xuan Lian, Xuan Han and the other seven people still couldn't help but look ugly.

For a moment, all the monks in the Valley of Penance were silent.

Xuanxian, who had met Xu Qingfan once in the Southern Wilderness, was also involved in the task of secretly protecting the disciples of various sects this time. And like Xuan Ling, the disciple of the sect he was guarding had returned to Zhantai because of the failure of the mission. And he stayed in Huandao to prevent any accidents. He had just been listening silently when Xuan Ling and others were talking before. Now he suddenly said: "Whether it was Xu Qingfan and others, we still need to find Taoist fellow Xuanxiu to confirm."

The person Xu Qingfan is most familiar with in the Kuxiu Valley is undoubtedly Xuanxiu. However, Xuanxiu happened to be the guardian of Jiuhuamen in Huandao this time, and had been secretly guarding the five people of Jiuhuashan. Xuan Xiu undoubtedly knows best whether Xu Qingfan and others attacked people from other sects at night.

After hearing Xuanxian's words, the eyes of the other monks from the Ascetic Valley lit up slightly at first, but then dimmed again. Although Xuan Xiu has not been found yet, everyone has almost guessed the result. Since someone deliberately put the blame on Jiuhua Clan, Xuan Xiu might have been lured away like Xuan Lian and others.

Seeing the faces of the monks, Xuanxian sighed slightly, and then said: "The situation is urgent now, and we have no time to continue guessing. Fellow Daoist Xuanling, Fellow Daoist Xuanhai, Fellow Daoist Xuanan, you three and Xuanlian and others The seven fellow Taoists immediately took the seriously injured disciples from each sect to Zhantai for rescue, and also reported the situation of our situation to the leaders of each sect and asked them whether the newcomer competition should continue. "

Speaking of this, Xuanxian's mouth showed a slight wry smile, and continued: "It stands to reason that the entire Huandao Island is using the Mirror Image Technique, and they should be able to see clearly what is happening here. But now there is still no People came to see us. If my prediction is good, something happened at Zhantai."

After hearing Xuanxian's words, Xuanling and others' expressions could not help but darken slightly, but they still nodded in agreement.

Then Xuanxian said to the others: "I am now going to find fellow Taoist Xuanxiu to inquire about the situation, and also ask the other fifteen fellow Taoists to start searching continuously on Huandao for any traces of those mysterious people. By the way, I will inform the other guardians. Fellow Taoists must be very careful and never fall into someone else’s trap of trying to trick the tiger away from the mountain.”

Although Xuanxian is the youngest among the monks in the Valley of Penance, he is very capable in doing things and has great skills, so he has always had a high reputation in the Valley of Penance. At this time, he can't help but play a commanding role among the monks.

Xuan Ling suddenly asked: "Fellow Xuanxian, do you mean that the competition for newcomers is going to continue?"

Xuanxian smiled bitterly and said: "Since the emergence of the world of immortality, a competition for newcomers has been held every sixty years, and it has never been interrupted. Although there have been some accidents at this time, we have no right to cancel the interruption without authorization. All decisions remain the same. It depends on the intentions of the leaders of the different factions on Zhantai."

Hearing Xuanxian's words, the other monks of the Kuxiu Valley nodded silently, said nothing more, and went their separate ways according to Xuanxian's words.

Looking at the monks from the Kuxiu Valley who turned into rays of light and flew towards all directions of Huandao, Xuanxian sighed slightly and flew towards the southeast of Huandao, where he was looking for Xuanxiu and Jiu. Huamen Xu Qingfan and others.

conspiracy. Doubt, doubt. Meditate, fight. Among so many complex events. The first night on Huandao passed by unconsciously.

At dawn, the heavy rain stopped and the dark clouds receded. It seemed that the drizzle that had fallen all night last night had exhausted all the clouds in the sky. The sun was shining brightly on the new day without any obstruction. The entire Huandao was bright, which was in sharp contrast to the darkness last night.

In this sunshine. Jin Qinghan, Feng Qingtian, and Lu Qingshang ended their meditation. He slowly opened his eyes, his expression full of energy, obviously after a whole night of cultivation. All have been restored to their best condition.

Seeing Xu Qingfan and Wang Qingjun who were still guarding him and the other three, Lu Qingshang's eyes flashed with gratitude and he said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, junior brothers. I will keep watch tonight."

Xu Qingfan smiled slightly after hearing Lu Qingshang's words and said: "I'm afraid we will have completed our task before tonight. We captured seven seven-color deer yesterday. Could it be that we can't even catch three seven-color deer today?" Arrive? Senior Brother Lu’s words may seem righteous, but he is actually just trying to be lazy.”

Lu Qingshang burst out laughing after hearing Xu Qingfan's words. After laughing, he said: "I hope the roar like yesterday won't happen again today."

Just when Xu Qingfan was about to say something, Feng Qingtian said calmly: "Let's act quickly and finish as soon as possible and return to Zhantai to return to life."

After hearing Feng Qingtian's words, Xu Qingfan and others looked at each other and smiled bitterly, but they didn't say anything more. After packing up, they flew towards the other direction of Huandao. And all the colorful deer in the area where they meditated last night were captured by them yesterday.

And just when Xu Qingfan and others were full of confidence in completing the first round of the newcomer competition, in the sky above their heads, there were two monks from the Penance Valley who were worried.

"So, fellow Taoist Xuanxiu, you don't know the whereabouts of the five people from Jiuhuamen last night?" Although Xuanxian had anticipated this situation, he still couldn't help but feel a little disappointed at this time.

Xuanxiu smiled bitterly and said: "Yes, yesterday I suddenly found a mysterious man who looked suspicious. I followed him out of curiosity, but I didn't expect that I had to fight with that mysterious man for a whole night. The man was extremely powerful, so I can't get away at all."

Xuanxian sighed slowly: "But in this way, no one can prove the innocence of Xu Qingfan and others. Jiuhuamen, I am afraid that this time will be besieged." Xuanxiu also sighed slightly, and then the two of them Standing quietly in mid-air, looking at Xu Qingfan and others at their feet, they were speechless for a moment.

Suddenly, Xuanxian's body trembled, a trace of annoyance flashed in his eyes, and he said anxiously to Xuanxiu: "I am now going to find Xuanling and other ten fellow Taoists. Fellow Taoist Xuanxiu must remember that no matter what the facts were yesterday, Xu Qingfan and others This is still the key to this matter. I also ask fellow Taoist Xuanxiu to guard them carefully so that no more accidents can happen."

Saying that, Xuanxian did not stop any longer, and Yuyun flew towards the forest in the middle of Huandao, where there was a teleportation array leading to Zhantai.

Seeing Xuanxian's anxious expression, Xuanxiu felt strange and asked in a voice: "What did fellow Taoist Xuanxian think of?"

"I miscalculated. There has been such a change on Huan Island, but no one has come to Zhan Tai until now. I am afraid it is not only because of the failure of the mirror image technique, but also because the teleportation array on Huan Island has also been destroyed. All I can do now is I hope there won’t be any ambush around the Huandao Teleportation Formation. Otherwise, Xuan Ling and other fellow Taoists will be in danger.”

When the words fell, Xuanxian's figure had disappeared from Xuanxiu's sight.

After hearing Xuanxian's words, Xuanxiu was anxious, but when he saw Xu Qingfan and others who had begun to fly away, he still sighed slightly and secretly chased Xu Qingfan and others.

At the same time that Xuanxian realized that something was wrong, Xuanling and other ten monks from the Ascetic Valley had already brought seven seriously injured disciples from various sects to the woods in the middle of Huandao.

When they saw the completely destroyed teleportation array in front of them, their expressions turned ugly.

The teleportation array is extremely troublesome to build. It not only requires a large amount of high-level spiritual stones and many rare materials, but also requires several people who have a deep understanding of the formation to spend several days to successfully set it up. And looking at the destroyed teleportation array in front of us, the difficulty of repairing it is probably not much easier than rebuilding a new teleportation array.

Not to mention that none of the monks present were good at setting up formations. Even if there is such a person who is good at arranging formations, how can the monks find so many high-level spiritual stones and rare materials in a short time? And even if there are enough materials, there is still a formation for everyone. The monks did not have time to set up their positions.

"It seems that this matter was premeditated." After a long time, he looked at the destroyed teleportation array. Xuan Lingcai said slowly.

Xuan Han asked: "Then what should we do now?"

Xuan Ling sighed: "Let's go back to Taoist Brother Xuanxian to discuss countermeasures. Now it seems that the situation is much more serious than we imagined."

The other monks in the Valley of Penance also had serious expressions after hearing Xuan Ling's words, and they all nodded slightly in agreement.

But just as the monks in the Valley of Penance were preparing to fly out of the woods, the spiritual energy in the woods suddenly fluctuated with a strange pattern. The spiritual energy fluctuations were so strong that even the monks from the Pension Valley who were present were masters of the alchemy stage, and they couldn't help but change their faces at this time.

Amid the fluctuations of spiritual energy, the scenery in front of the monks began to become blurry and distorted. Then suddenly everything changed. The original scenery of dense trees and green grass suddenly turned into a scenery of surging sea, while the monks were standing in mid-air one foot above the sea.

"Seven Scenery Fantasy Killing Formation!!"

I saw the strange scene suddenly change in front of me. Xuan Lian, who knew a little bit about the formation, suddenly said in a deep voice, with deep caution in his voice.

The "Seven Scenery Fantasy Killing Formation" is currently one of the most powerful attack formations known to the world of immortality. There are seven changes in this formation, and each change is an illusion. Whenever a monk falls into this formation, the originally powerful spiritual consciousness will be suppressed to the lowest level. You will even be fascinated by the illusion created by the formation. The scenery you see may be fake or real. Either virtual or real, it is hard to guard against.

For example, take the seascape in front of the monks in the Valley of Penance. Every mad wolf may be just an illusion, but it may also be a real attack, making you unable to guard against it, but you have to guard against it.

But there is another saying in the world of immortality that the "Seven Scenery Fantasy Killing Formation" is not so much an attacking formation as it is a trapping enemy formation. Because when you fall into this formation, as long as you don't move, the formation itself will not actively attack you.

The color of the big sea in front of Xuan Ling and others is one of the seven scenes in the "Seven Scenes of Fantasy Killing Formation", and it is also the least powerful of the seven illusions. Seeing that this illusion is still so lifelike in front of many monks in the alchemy stage, it seems that there are not only masters behind it to control it, but also the formation disk of the "Seven Scenery Fantasy Killing Formation" to help.

"We are still being plotted." Seeing the illusion in front of him, Xuan Ling's eyes flashed and he said with hatred.

"What should we do? Break the formation?" Xuan Lian asked.

Xuan Han shook his head and said: "If there were only ten people like me, it would be natural for us to break the formation. But at this time, we still have seven disciples from various sects on hand. They are seriously injured and have no ability to protect themselves. If I If we take action to break the formation, it will trigger a counterattack from the formation, and it may be difficult to protect them in a hurry. "

"What should we do?" Xuan An asked with a frown as he looked at the illusion in front of him.

Ling pondered for a moment and then said decisively: "Although the spiritual energy is obscure when the Seven Scenery Fantasy Killing Formation is activated, it cannot be hidden from the immortal cultivators in the pill-forming stage. I think several other Taoist friends on the island have already felt the abnormal spiritual energy fluctuations here. Soon They will come later. It will not be difficult to break the formation from the outside once they arrive."

Hearing Xuan Ling's words, the other nine monks from the Grievance Valley all looked helpless, but they still nodded slightly in agreement.

"That's all. I hope the other party won't have any other tricks." Xuan Han's eyes flickered slightly and he whispered. Just when Xu Qingfan and the other five people started to take action, on the other side of Huandao, the five members of the *** sect also woke up from their meditation.

Among the five people in the ** gate, the young man who had kept his eyes tightly closed suddenly became serious after waking up, and he made a soft sound of surprise.

After seeing this man's solemn expression, Deng Tian's face became serious and asked: "Junior Brother Qiu, what did you find? Why is his face so solemn?"

"Before meditating yesterday, I clearly felt that there were disciples of fifteen sects in Huandao. But now, I found that besides us, Bahuang Palace, and the Six Holy Lands, there were disciples of seven other sects. , suddenly disappeared from Huandao."

Hearing what Junior Brother Qiu said, Deng Tianlao couldn't help but feel a little confused. The disciples from various sects who could pass the first day of trials without being eliminated should be elites, so it was impossible for them all to be eliminated in such a short period of time. disuse. But it is even more impossible to complete the mission in front of the Six Holy Lands, the Eight Desolate Halls, and the First Gate, so it would be very suspicious for them to suddenly disappear at the same time.

"Have you found any specific clues?" Deng Tian asked.

"No, no clues were found. But I always have a bad feeling in my heart, as if we are in some kind of crisis." Junior Brother Qiu's face became more solemn and he said slowly.

If someone else said in front of Deng Tianpai that he had a certain feeling and was about to do something, Deng Tianpai would definitely knock the person out with a magic trick to prevent him from continuing to scream. But for the premonition of Junior Brother Qiu in front of him, Deng Tianbao absolutely did not dare to ignore it, because he had seen that this Junior Brother's premonition was accurate countless times before.

So after Deng Tianping pondered for a while, he suddenly asked: "Where are those guys from Jiuhuamen now?"

"To the east of Huandao, they are capturing their eighth seven-colored deer." Junior Brother Qiu said without hesitation, as if he knew the situation of the entire Huandao.

After hearing what Junior Brother Qiu said, Deng Tianyao smiled slightly and said faintly: "Really? Have you caught eight of them already? So they are already very fat, and I have no reason to let them go anymore."

After saying this, Deng Tianbo said in a deep voice: "If we snatch the eight seven-colored deer from their hands, plus the six we have on hand, there will be a total of fourteen. We have completed the task." . Since you feel something is wrong, we will leave Huandao immediately after grabbing the Seven-Colored Deer without stopping at all."

Junior Brother said with a smile.

To the south of Huandao, Huangxie from Bahuang Palace was slowly walking towards the east of Huandao, and three feet behind him, four disciples from Bahuang Palace were also slowly following.

After walking for a long time, one of them walked quickly to Huang Xie and asked cautiously: "Senior Brother Huang Xie, we have searched the entire south side of Huandao, but we did not find any monks from other sects. Yes or no"

Huang Xie glanced at this man coldly, and after frightening what he said next, he said coldly: "After searching in the south, go to the east and you will always find it."

As he said that, Huang Xie ignored the junior brother who was sweating all over because of his eyes and continued to walk slowly towards the east of Huandao. The speed seemed slow but was actually fast, and in the blink of an eye the figure turned into a faint black spot.