Han Shan's Sword Unsheathed

Meng Xueli could not refute.

He couldn't fall asleep last night, and Xiao Tingyun didn't want to knock him out, so he recited a few chapters of "Introduction to the Tao" for him.This book uses simple words and explains the difficult principles of practice, which is very suitable for reciting in a gentle tone, so that the listener can relax.Meng Xueli listened to the book written by Ji Xiao, and naturally saw Ji Xiao in her dream.

Waking up in Xiao Tingyun's arms this morning made him feel even more awkward.Alas, what I said last night was absurd in my dreams, and I forgot everything when I woke up. It really is self-deception.

Good apprentice, why is he wandering between "filial piety and gentleness" and "rebellion and injustice".Being a human is really hard, but being a monster doesn't pay much attention to these things.

On the other side of the stone pool, the mining team heard Meng Xueli's screams, and the three of them were like frightened birds.

The talisman master and the weapon refiner ran away, and the lame Wu Xiu jumped over with one leg while leaning on his knife.They habitually run for their lives, anyway, no matter who comes, there is a high probability that they will not be able to beat them.

Array Master: "Brother Meng, Brother Xiao, what happened? Someone came to snatch us?"

Refiner: "Where is the enemy? Where is it?"

Wu Xiu: "Which way are we going? How many routes will we divide? Where will we meet?"

Meng Xueli: "..." With this interruption, the embarrassing atmosphere between him and Xiao Tingyun disappeared instantly.

"It really is." Ji Xiao smiled, and turned to the dense forest behind him: "Come out."

Meng Xueli released her spiritual perception, her complexion changed slightly, her figure jumped up, and summoned "Time Eternal Generations".

In the forest, there were three people hiding behind the boulder. They didn't even have time to make a move to resist, or throw a talisman to fight back, but they were picked up by Meng Xueli who fell from the sky with a sword, and threw one of them to the side of the stone pool.

The mining team saw a figure flickering, Brother Meng seemed to disappear out of thin air, Qi Qi was stunned in place.

The next moment, there were three "dong dong dong" sounds, like dumplings, and the enemies flew out of the forest one by one, fell to the ground, splashed smoke and dust, and screamed for pain and help one after another.

The mining team was shocked and said: "Amazing!"

The last one who was thrown out shouted, "Swordsman, spare me!"

Before Meng Xueli's long sword touched his neck, the man spoke extremely fast:

"My name is Li Shunqi. I'm 27 this year. It's not surprising that there are only nine people in the Xishan Taoist sect! There are only nine people left in the sect, and I'm one of them! It's not easy to make a living by taking risks and entering the secret realm! Please kindly borrow a way, and I will return soon go!"

After shouting this string of words, the tense atmosphere changed again.

Meng Xueli was a little dazed: "...Huh?" He always felt that this moment seemed familiar.

Ji Xiao knew where the problem was, and looked at the talisman master who introduced himself first yesterday in the mining team: "Are you from the same school as this person?"

Wang Xiaohua shook his head again and again: "He was born in Xishan, and I am far away overseas, so I can't beat him. But how to say the longest and most comfortable words of begging for forgiveness in the shortest time is the secret of every poor talisman master. Survival literacy!"

Meng Xueli thought of Liu Jing in Jing Di's team, who was obsessed with the soul-calling formation and kept yelling "there is a ghost".Born in Wuyin Temple, it shouldn't be poor, but it doesn't seem to be normal.

The three people were still explaining: "Misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding. We are here to mine. We just passed by just now and are about to go to the teleportation array!"

"Hiding there, I just want to wait for you to leave before coming out."

Meng Xueli came out with an overwhelming advantage, and the three of them instantly lost their will to fight and just begged for mercy.

Meng Xueli understood, and exchanged glances with Xiao Tingyun.Xiao Tingyun nodded, signaling for him to make up his own mind.

So Meng Xueli smiled: "Don't be afraid, we are not bad people. It is not safe for you to go to the teleportation array like this. You may encounter some robbers who kill people and loot goods. The robbers in the secret realm are very bad. They not only rob you, but also pretend to be Become fat sheep to fool you!"

The three people on the ground couldn't understand what he meant, so they leaned together and looked at him tremblingly.Think you are not a robber?

Meng Xueli changed the subject: "It's fate to meet you. If you have any valuables, we will share [-]%. We will collect the protection fee and guarantee to send you into the teleportation formation! Before entering the teleportation formation, leave the Jade Talisman How comfortable am I, this trip to the secret realm?"

He also learned and sold a paragraph: "Hanshan Sword Cultivator, Dao Xin Guarantee, children and old people will not be deceived, and travel without worry. Think about it?"

This time it was the turn of the three people on the ground to be completely at a loss.

The mining team reached a protection fee agreement with Meng Xueli, which was equivalent to hiring two escorts.

Wang Xiaohua asked Ji Xiao in a low voice: "Three changes into six, relying on the two of you, can you survive?" He felt that Brother Xiao usually talked less and had a calmer temperament than Brother Meng. The main reason was that he was taller than Brother Meng. Guess that Brother Xiao is the older of the two Han Shan.

Ji Xiao: "No problem."

"That's fine!" Hearing the words, the lame Wu Xiu shouted to the three people on the ground: "Come on, let's join the team. Fellow Daoists, let's introduce each other!"

Those three were like frightened quail.The sharp-tongued Li Shunqi said: "I am a formation talisman master, and the two around me, Junior Brother Zhang and Junior Brother Li, are both weapon refiners..."

Refining tools and talismans consumes resources. If there is no support from the big sect, the early stage will be very poor.Only by continuing to practice until one can make mid-to-high-grade magical artifacts and talismans can one be considered a complete turnaround.

Wang Xiaohua asked, "Where's your team's martial artist?"

"Oh, don't mention it, Wu Xiu is a hired rogue cultivator. We bought him a Jade Talisman of Access. Yesterday he heard that we were going to use the teleportation formation, and he didn't want to leave the secret realm. Today he ran away by himself."

The craftsman felt sympathetic to each other: "Your martial artist has run away, and our martial artist is disabled." He turned to Meng Xueli and Xiao Tingyun, "These two are Hanshan swordsman, brother Xiao, and brother Meng. We I met... kind people on the road."

Meng Xueli was shocked by this description for a moment.

Five people changed to eight people, and the team officially set off to the teleportation formation.

Meng Xueli intentionally kept a distance from her apprentice, so she chatted with other people.The first mining team was already familiar with him, and the four of them walked together, bragging and gossiping in the soft spring breeze, as if they were here for an outing.

The second mining team was on guard and kept silent all the way.They feel that this matter is weird and unbelievable everywhere, and they are protected in a daze, but they seem to have no right to choose, so they can only take one step at a time.

Until Lu meets the next mining team.This team has just gone through a fierce battle and defeated the looters, and Wuxiu in the team was also injured because of it.I don't know how Han Shan and the two negotiated, and finally they merged this team into the absorption.Li Shunqi and the other three breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this.It seems that even if there is a big pit in front of you, as long as there are enough people jumping into the pit, it can make people feel a little comforted.

The area around Bishuitan is dotted with minerals.In the past few days, all mining teams have the same goal: leave as soon as possible through the teleportation array.

The big competition has entered the middle stage, and one more day in the secret realm will be more dangerous.

The teams are traveling in the same direction, so they often meet on the road.In the past, in secret competitions, the two teams avoided each other when they met, so as not to be misunderstood by the opponent as having an attacking intention and be attacked first by the opponent.

This time was different, Meng Xueli took the lead in bringing these teams together with her strength above everyone else.The further back the journey, the more people there are, and the lower the protection fee, and later on, as long as there are jade talismans, it is only said that everyone takes care of each other and does not attack each other.

Three days later, a mining team of more than [-] people was walking on the road.

Although it was the first time for everyone to participate in the competition, the disciples of the sect had their seniors to teach them their experience, and they also had sufficient supplies.As for the disciples and loose cultivators of the small sect, some are well-informed, some are bold, and some have dark eyes.

The team that Meng Xueli is now leading looks mighty and powerful at first glance, but in fact they are all here for mining. The biggest hope is to earn some cultivation resources.

It can be said that in almost the entire secret realm, the most cowardly low-handed players and the best rookies are all concentrated here.

"This group of fat sheep, who wouldn't be tempted to slaughter them?" Meng Xueli thought.

He counted the jade talismans he could earn in the future, and he should have been happy, but he sighed inexplicably.

It has been two days since I had a good talk with my apprentice.It's not an option to go on like this.

When the team walked into the sunken valley, night fell and the galaxy was low, so they rested on the spot.The evening wind was blowing, and everyone sat around the campfire.Wang Xiaohua and others brought their own pots and pans, various seasonings and dried meat, and threw the dried meat into boiling water to cook a pot of soup.

Li Shunqi and the others were very puzzled by their habit of eating on time. The secret realm was full of dangers, and they didn't know what they would meet tomorrow, so how could they still be so carefree.

"Of course I have to eat. Who knows if there will be another meal after this meal." Wang Xiaohua said, "Let's eat together, we won't feel like going home when we are full."

Li Shunqi sighed: "If there is no next meal, who can eat?"

When people get a short period of stability, their thoughts will be out of control, and they will think more and talk more.

Li Shunqi said: "We are worried every day, for fear of encountering a strong enemy, we are as panic-stricken as a bereaved dog, it's too miserable."

Wang Xiaohua said: "Isn't life just that others see me miserable, and I enjoy myself so much?"

Others heard them talking, some laughed, some sighed, and another continued:

"If you want me to say, those of us who come to the secret realm are the stepping stones for the disciples of the sect. Not only the secret realm, but also the entire practice world. Most people support a very small number of people. Cultivation is really cruel. You will either step on others or be punished by others for a lifetime." Once on the road, you have to climb up desperately." After he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered that there were disciples of the great sect like Han Shan in the team, so he was startled, and hurried to see the expressions of Meng and Xiao.But Meng Xueli waved her hand to indicate that she was fine.

The fire illuminated everyone's faces, and the aroma of the broth in the pot drifted away with the wind.

Wang Xiaohua said: "You are talking about a very small number of people, such as Jianzun and Jingzhu, don't they have any worries? Ordinary people have ordinary people's worries, and great people have big people's worries. It's just that people's hearts are not connected, and they can't understand each other."

Lame Wuxiu filled a bowl of soup: "Most of the world is ordinary people. Throughout the ages, how many have transformed into gods? How many have become saints? Cry all day, laugh all day, drink and eat meat, live a good life."

Ji Xiao remained silent.He knew that these disciples were still young and had many myths about the way.The more than twenty people sitting here tonight come from all over the world, mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas. It was only by chance that they met for a short time, like duckweed gathering and dispersing.In the long road ahead, they will eventually find their own way.

Meng Xueli's idea is simpler.He listened to these people talking, thinking that you can chat, but Xiao Tingyun and I can't, it's really worse than a bereaved dog.

He turned his head to look at his apprentice, and found that the other party was also looking at him.Through the hustle and bustle of people and firelight, the two looked at each other.

Meng Xueli walked up to Xiao Tingyun and sat down, intending to give him a handful of pine nuts and unilaterally announce the end of the Cold War.Touching the storage bag, his face was stiff: "There is only one left, here you are."

Ji Xiao took it, peeled it off and ate it.

Meng Xueli looked at him eagerly: "You are so delicious."

Ji Xiao smiled, and took out a handful from his storage bag: "I still have a lot left, here you are."

Meng Xueli was touched and felt guilty. They were supposed to have this kind of close relationship between teachers and friends, but he decided to keep a distance and messed things up.

"Feel sorry."

Ji Xiao: "I should say sorry."

Meng Xueli: "It's okay."

The two apologized to each other and forgave each other.

……

Not long after the team entered the sunken valley, two goshawks hovered above their heads, seemingly coveting the broth in the pot, and were thrown away by stones thrown by the bored monks on the ground, and then never came back.

The goshawk flew back to the cliff and returned to its owner, and the beast master who trained the eagle took out the meat and fed it.

This is a six-person team. The beast masters of Beiming Mountain have a bad temper. They don't like any sect. Most of them choose to form a team among the same sect.Like Xu Sanshan, teaming up with disciples from other sects such as Jing Di is already an outlier, and of course Jing Di is also an outlier.

The beast master who tamed the falcon relayed the intelligence message: "The mining team is here." The team is mainly made up of craftsmen and formation masters. If they are going back this way during this period, it must be the mining team rushing to the teleportation formation. .

The beast master lying beside the white wolf asked, "How many people?"

"24."

The other one who was teasing the snake was startled: "What the hell? What is this for?"

Although there are many people, they are all mobs. If there is a real fight, they will definitely disperse like birds and beasts.

"I don't know. At first glance, it's really bluffing. Tsk, it's not easy for these people to make a living, but it's a pity that they are unlucky."

Their captain patted the white wolf: "Sending a jade talisman from a thousand miles away is light and affectionate. We have to accept this kindness. Prepare to do it."

On the other side, Meng Xueli said via voice transmission: "Your five senses are sharper than mine. How many people do you think are facing you?"

Ji Xiao: "Six."

"Six jade talismans, we are lucky!" Meng Xueli's eyes sparkled.He looked further away and caught a flash of white shadow above the cliff.It was a white wolf, and it was unknown who raised the spirit beast.

"It's beautiful, don't you see?"

Ji Xiao knew what he was talking about: "It's a wolf, and there are thirteen wolves on the opposite side."

Meng Xueli stood up: "Stop eating."

Wang Xiaohua and Li Shunqi looked up at the same time: "Huh?"

Meng Xueli: "Add some food later."