Strange mountains and rivers

Chen Huaisheng naturally didn't know that Zhu Fengbi, who was standing at the forefront, had such a bad impression of him, but even if he knew, he didn't care too much.

The person he is now is not the person he was when he first entered the sect a few years ago.

He is at the fourth level of foundation building!

In addition to the six Zifus of the entire Chonghua sect and one candidate Zifu Duguo, plus Cao Liben and Zeng Guolin who had just established the foundation, there were only thirty-seven foundation builders, twenty in the initial stage of foundation building, and nine in the middle stage of foundation building. Name, eight in the high-level and peak levels of foundation building.

This is also the core strength of the Chonghua Sect.

In other words, he can be ranked at least twenty-fourth among the ever-expanding Chonghua Sect.

If we want to accurately estimate his age and magic power, Chen Huaisheng thinks that he can surpass the other three who belong to the fourth level of foundation building like him, ranking 21st.

Of course, this sect's ranking will definitely not be calculated based on the assessment of magic power and age prospects, and even being young will become a "disadvantage".

But in the minds of thoughtful people, age will be another way of evaluation. After all, a thirty-year-old fourth-level Foundation Establishment and a ninety-year-old fourth-level Foundation Establishment, who is stronger and weaker, and who has a better prospect, it is easy to know. .

He is also the disciple of the headmaster.

Although Shang Jiuling and Zhu Fengbi are brothers, and their strength is equal, the leader is the leader, and the status of the leader's direct disciples is to be special to other disciples, and naturally higher than Zhu Fengbi's direct disciples. This is undeniable.

What's more, now that he has an independent cave, he also has two foundation builders, Wu Tianen and Gou Yiwei, to help him.

The addition of Zhao Sitian, a first-level Foundation Builder, to Yunzhong Mountain also caused quite a shock in the mountain gate, but many people knew that the two were closely related, so they could accept it.

But then the news was added that Teng Dingyuan, Chu Yingqi, Yang Husheng and other former disciples of the old Lingyun Sect had also joined Yun Zhongshan, which made people look sideways.

At least the sour feeling in Zeng Guolin's heart lingered, and when he saw this face with a calm smile, he felt indescribably heartbroken.

In fact, Zeng Guolin also knew that it was unrealistic to ask Teng Dingyuan and the others to join his Taoist academy. Even if Chu Yingqi had a close relationship with him, it was precisely this closeness that cut off this possibility, and his strength was not enough to be better than his own. Slightly inferior they join.

But Zeng Guolin felt that Teng Dingyuan would not be so depraved as to join Chen Huaisheng's Bailu Taoist Academy.

He admitted that Chen Huaisheng was very powerful, but no matter how powerful he was, he was only at the fourth level of Foundation Establishment. There were more than ten high-level and middle-level Foundation Establishment players above him. Even at the high-level Foundation Establishment level, there were still eight people.

If Teng Dingyuan and the others really wanted to borrow the resources of the Taoist Academy, they could choose talents such as Han Huang, Liu Zhengfeng, and Li Minghao.

But they chose Chen Huaisheng, and it was very neat and tidy, with almost no hesitation.

Is Chen Huaisheng worthy of their high regard?

You must know that there is only a thin line between them and the foundation. Once they join the White Deer Taoist Temple, even if they can come out in the future, this layer of kindness and righteousness will be shrouded in them, which will have a considerable impact on their future accumulation of prestige.

"Brother Guolin, congratulations." Chen Huaisheng cupped his fists and cupped his hands, smiling.

"Thank you, it's just a fluke." Zeng Guolin put away all his thoughts and responded with a smile on his face.

"There is no luck in building the foundation." Chen Huaisheng shook his head, "Brother Guolin has been settling down for several years, and finally soared into the sky. I believe that Brother Guolin will reach the middle level within ten years."

This is a good wish. Breaking through the third level in ten years and advancing to the middle stage of foundation building is the dream of every first-time foundation builder.

Zeng Guolin smiled even more happily, but then he stopped smiling: "Huaisheng, the elder summoned us today. I'm afraid you know something, right? It's been a troubled time."

The frost has passed, light snow is coming, and it’s time to enter winter.

Chen Huaisheng could guess the general range, but he didn't know the specific content. Judging from Zeng Guolin's expression, he should have known it in advance, "Something happened again?"

"The news came back last night. The Cui family in Hanshan was attacked by monsters. Two foundation-building and many Qi-refining monks were killed. More than a thousand people died in the nearby Great Crow Falcon Village, including at least thirty monks. "And Daozhong." Zeng Guolin's face turned cold, "I still don't know what kind of monster attacked."

"The Cui family of Hanshan Road?" Chen Huaisheng was startled. Isn't this the Cui family who supports the Big Crow Falcon Village and the Xie brothers in their fight for Yue'an Mountain?

It seems that the Cui family only had a new member of the Purple House last year, right? This was the attack.

Now even the real person of Zifu is not enough?

"Another pack of dire wolves?" Zhao Sitian asked after greeting Zeng Guolin.

"It's not clear, the information is not very detailed." Zeng Guolin shook his head and said: "That's all, but ghost jackals were discovered in Qiuyue Town in the southwest near Weihuaidao, and attacked two casual cultivators who were heading to Da Zhao from Youzhou. One of the casual cultivators was at the second level of Foundation Establishment and the other was at the ninth level of Qi Refining. They were both killed and devoured. They happened to be encountered by Senior Brother Ma and the others who were returning from Dahuai Mountain. In a fierce battle, Senior Brother Ma unfortunately died, along with more than a dozen other masters. My brother was killed..."

This moment really shocked both Chen Huaisheng and Zhao Sitian.

Ma Daochun also died? !

More than ten disciples were killed?

Ma Daochun and more than 30 people were stationed at Dahuai Mountain for several years. However, Ma Daochun was unable to make a breakthrough in the fourth level of foundation building.

Dahuai Mountain is more than 700 miles away from Wolong Ridge, and it is deep in the middle of the Weihuai Road, so it also puts the Chonghua Sect in a dilemma. It feels like a worthless food, tasteless, and a pity to discard.

This situation became even more prominent after the Chonghua faction captured Chongyang Mountain and the center of gravity began to shift to Da Zhao and Jijun.

However, Dahuaishan is the original mountain gate of Lingyun Sect. The number and proportion of the disciples of the old Lingyun Sect in the entire Chonghua Sect is not small. Qi Hongkui, a real person of Zifu, is firmly opposed to abandoning Dahuaishan and Wei Huaidao, so the sect The door can only barely hold on.

Now, taking advantage of the increasing trend of the demon beast turmoil, it is only natural to withdraw Ma Daochun and the others. Who would have thought that things would go so wrong, and they were even attacked by ghost jackals in Qiuyue Town.

The ghost jackal is no different from the mountain wolf or the wolf. It is a third-order monster. Although it is only a middle-lower third-order monster, not even as good as the dire wolf, it also appears in groups, and it is extremely good at hiding its traces, often It relies on sneak attacks, so the monks are even more afraid of ghost jackals than dire wolves.

However, whether it is a ghost jackal or a dire wolf, they were rarely seen on the land of Hebei before. They mostly appeared on the edge of the forbidden areas, and it was impossible to appear around the market towns where mortals lived.

But now that the wave of monsters is coming, various conventions have been broken countless times. It seems that the appearance of ghost jackals in Qiuyue Town is an acceptable thing.

"It seems that if it were just a matter of the Cui family on Hanshan Road, the elders would not be so nervous, but Qiuyue Town is on Fuyang Road, and it is more than a hundred miles away from our Wolong Ridge, right?" Chen Huaisheng observed a lot, " Uncle Li is gone? Who else?"

Li Yu just entered Zi Mansion and faced three ghost jackals. It would be difficult to kill them.

"Uncle Li went alone. He went to observe the situation first. He didn't expect to kill him. According to the feedback, it was three ghost jackals. If it hadn't been for Senior Brother Ma who blew up his alchemy and fought to the death, there would have been more than thirty people present. All the disciples will die." Zeng Guolin sighed.

Zeng Guolin's words made Chen Huaisheng feel cold in his heart. Three-headed ghost jackal? Is it finally here?

The three-headed ghost jackals were far from qualified to break into Wolong Ridge's mountain-protecting formation, but Xiaoxue hadn't arrived yet.

What about after the light snow, what about the heavy snow, what about the light cold and the big cold?

The third-order low-grade monster is here, but where is the third-order high-grade monster? What should I do if the fourth-level monster comes?

Escape? Can you escape?

"What is the sect planning to do now?" Chen Huaisheng took a deep breath. He understood that the sect might have to make a decision today. There are at least ten or twenty Dongfu Taoist temples on Wolong Ridge, such as Zeng Guolin's. In Dongfu Taoist Temple, once such a situation is encountered, the only result is death.

"Depending on Elder Zhu's opinion, I plan to withdraw to Longlin Plain." Zeng Guolin felt a little sad, "But I feel that there are too many people in our mountain, and the mountain protective formation may not be able to protect them, and many of them have this or that relationship with the disciples in the mountain. Once something happens, I may not be able to let go of my involvement..."

What Zeng Guolin said is what Chen Huaisheng is most worried about.

In the past few years, both the disciples of Jiulian sects and the new disciples from Hebei have invited friends and companions to attract many Taoists and mortals. The total number of people in this forest is thousands.

In normal times, this is a good thing. It can help plant spiritual millet, jade and wheat, tame stepless monsters, clean and repair and maintain houses, and serve life. There are also many businessmen who have close relationships with monks and disciples in the mountains, but at this time, Everyone poured into the inner core circle of the mountain guarding formation at the Longlinyuan Mountain Gate. It was absolutely too crowded.

"Maybe the situation is not that bad. Just a few ghost jackals are not a big problem."

Zhao Sitian felt that his explanations were a bit weak, but he didn't know how to come up with a more convincing reason.

"It won't just be a few ghost jackals." Zeng Guolin glanced at Chen Huaisheng, who was silent. "Third-level monsters may continue to appear, and the number may become larger and larger. There may even be fourth-order monsters. , even Chongyang Mountain in Ji County may have to face this situation, so Elder Zhu called everyone together to find a way to deal with it..."

Seeing that people had almost arrived, Zhu Fengbi calmed down and cleared his throat, "Everyone, please sit down. This is the first time that I am the only one convening everyone to discuss this in Chonghua Hall. Junior Brother Li went to Qiuyue Town, maybe everyone We all know that three ghost jackals appeared and attacked our Chonghua sect disciples. Junior brother Ma Daochun was killed, and more than ten other disciples were killed at the same time. But this may be just the beginning. In this time, the whole of Hebei, no, should be the whole world. Large-scale monster tides have appeared in various places, including Da Zhao, Western Tang, Beirong, Southern Chu, and Wu Yue, but especially Hebei!"