The fairy is fierce

The autumn rain has not stopped for days, and on the banks of the Tuolong River where the river is roaring, the old iron cable bridge is swaying in the wind and rain. •

Three figures dressed as casual cultivators were walking on the bridge with bamboo hats; the plump female cultivator in the back was holding a white fur ball in her arms, and the little girl in the front was carrying a black iron pipa, chatting to each other:

"Across the bridge is the Barren Bone Beach. I have been here before and learned the art of prospecting and finding gold here. Unfortunately, I didn't find anything good..."

"Qiu Tao, you came across the ocean from Beishouzhou. You have been to all the major immortal sects. You know many masters. You know everything from playing chess, calligraphy and painting, prospecting and geomantic omen, storytelling, tasting wine and tea, and you even went to Yuyao. I walked around the island from south to north..."

"Yeah, I'm not bragging..."

"I didn't say you were bragging, but you said you were sixteen years old the year before last..."

"Well...I remember things early~ I crossed the sea when I was three years old, went to the Juejian Immortal Sect to watch swordsmen and discuss swords at the age of four, and went to the Taoist ancestral court to listen to the Taoist leader's lectures at the age of five..."

Xie Qiutao carefully calculated the circle with her fingers, and found that she still couldn't finish the journey. Her round face couldn't help but stiffen, and she started counting by months again...

Zuo Lingquan walked between the two of them, shaking his head and laughing to himself, without teasing Taotao. After all, in his eyes, Qiutao would always be a sixteen-year-old pink girl, and there was nothing wrong with her.

Listening to the two people chatting, Zuo Lingquan set his eyes on the other end of the chain bridge.

A few days ago at the Yushu Bay Villa, the ancestor suddenly came over to send a message, saying that the Lord Peach Blossom asked him to come to the Barren Bone Beach and said that there was something unusual here.

Jiang Yi and Qingwan were naturally reluctant to leave after they had just reunited and were about to embark on the path of spiritual practice. However, because they had to accompany Lingye to continue visiting the Xianjia sect, they could not follow him, so they could only hold him and talk to him reluctantly for a night of love.

During this period, Qingwan also asked him to come back early, saying she wanted to give him a surprise; Jiang Yi was also afraid that it would be half a year before he left, so she even gritted her teeth and agreed, saying, "My aunt Lingye can do it, but I can't do it? Isn't it just a tail..." .

After hearing such an imaginative promise, Zuo Lingquan naturally returned home and ran over quickly, thinking of a quick resolution and finishing the matter.

But Lord Peach Blossom is not reliable at all.

The ancestor was asked to spread the news that there was something strange happening in the Desert Bone Beach, but there was no hint at all. He didn't even know what he was doing here.

Zuo Lingquan followed his usual route and inquired about nearby casual cultivator gathering places. He only heard that Barren Bone Beach had not been very safe in recent days, and found nothing else.

For this reason, Zuo Lingquan could only take the two girls and go directly to the Barren Bone Beach for on-site inspection.

Although Barren Bone Beach is a barren land, there are many small cultivators who come here to mine ore on weekdays. People on the east side of the Tuolong River, who don't know how to control the wind and sword, have to cross this old iron cable bridge.

At this time, at the other end of the chain bridge, there were dozens of small casual cultivators in different clothes, both men and women, carrying probe poles and pickaxes on their shoulders, chattering and negotiating in the rain:

"Monsters can come out of places where birds don't poop? What do monsters eat?"

"I'll eat someone like you who doesn't believe in evil. If the immortal master says there is, there is, so why are you asking so many questions..."

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In front of the crowd, stood two young men in military uniforms, with waistbands with the word "Qu" hanging on their waists. They carried weapons with them and stood at the bridge with their hands behind their backs.

The two of them have the best view of Linggu, and the family brand on their waist is not enough to scare away a group of small casual cultivators who are like duckweeds.

Xie Qiutao came to the bridge, stood behind the crowd, looked at it for a few times, and asked politely:

"Master Immortal, aren't you allowed in today?"

The two disciples of the Qu family who were guarding the Iron Chain Bridge were quite polite, but they could not avoid the condescending attitude that the Dao Shang Immortal Master had when facing the casual cultivators. They responded calmly:

"A monster has appeared in the Bone Beach. It is wandering around and killing people. The elders are getting rid of the monster. Come back in a few days."

The Qu family set up a quarry in the barren bone beach, and often loaded and unloaded ivy stones by the river. The small cultivators walking around were no strangers to it, and most of them turned around and left after hearing this.

Zuo Lingquan was a little suspicious of this. He had just met with the Qu family at Qianqiu Yuefu. Lord Peach Blossom won a famous piano from the Qu family and ran to the Barren Bone Beach thousands of miles away. It was really strange to meet someone from the Qu family.

The world is so big, the chance of coincidence is very slim. Zuo Lingquan felt that Lord Peach Blossom asked him to come here, and it was most likely related to the 'monster' mentioned by the Qu family.

Thinking of this, Zuo Lingquan did not alert the snake, but returned to the east bank with the two girls pretending to be traveling, found a secluded place, and crossed the river directly against the wind.

Entering the deserted bone beach, Zuo Lingquan did some exploration and found that there were monks from the Qu family patrolling the hundreds of miles from the cable bridge to the deep quarry, trying to persuade the monks who accidentally approached them to stay away, and there were also some people digging around. Searching, it seems like he is really following the traces of the monster.

Zuo Lingquan did not find the whereabouts of the monster, and was not sure whether the Qu family's move was true or not, so he looked at the most capable Tuanzi and asked:

"Tuan'er, are there any monsters or monsters here?"

Tuanzi squatted in Tang Jingxuan's arms. After looking around blankly for a long time, his little wings pointed to an unknown swamp a hundred miles away:

"grumble!"

On the way to the quarry, Xie Qiutao discovered the swamp. There were only a few remnant souls of birds and animals in it, not even ghosts. No one in the Qu family went anywhere. She shook her head at this and said:

"They are powerful monsters, very fierce ones, are there any?"

Tuanzi looked around again, spread his wings, and said that this place was cleaner than the roots of his mother's legs. There was not a single hair on it. Where did the monsters and ghosts come from?

Zuo Lingquan had the same idea as Tuanzi. When he had no idea what to do, he turned around and headed to the Nameless Swamp:

"Let's go and take a look..."

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Deep in the Deserted Bone Beach, underground in the swamp.

The stone carvings of auspicious animals dragged the lampstand, and the flame of the ever-burning lamp illuminated the stone door of the mausoleum.

In the underground square with scratch marks everywhere, three figures stood in front of the tall tomb door, and four unconscious formation masters lay on the steps in front of them.

Qu Qianchen, the head of the Qu family in the middle of the three, put his hands behind his back and carefully observed the four formation masters on the ground:

"Bewitched by the magic of the soul, I fell into a dream and it was difficult to wake up. The person who cast the spell was either a demon or an immortal..."

The white-haired old man standing next to Qu Qianchen was Qu Qianchen's brother: "This matter is a bit strange. If an immortal comes to seize the opportunity, even if he doesn't kill people, he should take away the things in the mausoleum; now that the people are not killed, the mausoleum is also If it is not activated, could it be that you are unable to break the formation and go back to find reinforcements? "

Standing on the other side was Deacon Zheng from the Alchemy Room of Pofeng City, and the four formation masters were his disciples. After observing the signs around him, he set his sights on the tomb door:

"I don't think it's likely that if someone comes and wants to mobilize reinforcements, they won't stun the four disciples and scare the snake. I guess the disciples broke the formation and accidentally touched the mechanism in the mausoleum, and were accidentally attacked..."

Qu Qianchen felt that this was more likely, nodded and said:

"If someone wants to seize food from the tiger's mouth, reinforcements should have arrived in a few days..."

Boom

While he was talking, several soft sounds were heard from above the underground square, and the warning formation in the swamp was triggered.

The expressions of the three people talking were condensed and their breaths were suppressed.

The second master of the Qu family secretly thought something was wrong and said in a low voice: "Someone breaks in. If an immortal-level master comes with reinforcements, I'm afraid the three of us are no match..."

Deacon Zheng shook his head: "I came in silently last time. How can I disturb the formation if I come in now? It's probably not the same group of people who came here."

Qu Qianchen didn't expect the two dog-headed military advisors, so he raised his hand slightly:

"The person who came here is not a good person. You should use the Earth Escape Technique to lead the formation master out first, and quickly notify the Shuangfeng Ancestor to come over. I'll buy some time first."

"good."

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The rain is continuous and poisonous miasma is everywhere.

Zuo Lingquan, with a sword hanging on his waist, floated silently in the mist of the swamp, paying attention to the clues on the ground.

Because the yin energy was too heavy and the spiritual energy fluctuated disorderly, the souls of many dead birds and beasts gathered together, and their perception was greatly affected, making it impossible to judge the situation more than a hundred feet away.

Xie Qiutao has more experience in treasure hunting in secret realms than Zuo Lingquan. At this time, he became the leader among the three. He searched in the swamp. After groping for a long time, he stopped deep in the swamp, his eyes half buried in the mud. An inconspicuous dead tree, and then made a 'shh' gesture.

Zuo Lingquan and Tang Jingxuan paused in the air, holding their breath.

Xie Qiutao took out a pole made of formation stones from the small purse-shaped Linglong Pavilion. After observing the dead wood for a long time, he inserted the pole into the mud.

Zuo Lingquan knew that this move was to interfere with the operation of the warning formation and avoid being discovered by his opponents, so he did not say anything. He waited until Qiu Tao finished and clapped his hands before speaking:

"Does this break the formation?"

Xie Qiutao used her true energy to separate the mud below and dived underground: "If it is not broken, it will have been discovered. Go in quickly. Don't underestimate this. I have been a guest in Yingyang Immortal Palace for a long time, and I just learned from an old man. What I learned from the formation master, it takes a quarter of an hour on stage and ten years of practice off stage..."

Zuo Lingquan naturally knew that breaking the formation was not just about inserting a stick into it. The formations were mostly adapted to the environment. Even if they were exactly the same, the positions of the gates and formation eyes would change. If you make a mistake, the formation would be triggered, which required a lot of effort. The early accumulation of knowledge.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Xie Qiutao's skill has been achieved for ten years, but we will only know how effective it will be.

In just one sentence, the three of them had already crossed the swamp and arrived outside the underground cave below.

Xie Qiutao held the iron pipa upside down, carefully looked around for a moment, then shrugged slightly:

"No one came out, the infiltration was successful."

"..."

Zuo Lingquan was a little suspicious of Taotao's ability to break the formation, so he did not take it lightly and asked Xie Qiutao and Jingxun to pay attention to the rear. He slowly entered the ancient underground cave.

The cave is made of special masonry. Thousands of years have passed, and the main structure has not changed. However, the useful things inside have been taken away, and only the stone base of the alchemy furnace and other things can be seen. The three of them carefully paid attention to their surroundings, and soon arrived at the storage room behind the cave. The hole in the ground was not sealed, and the fire below could be seen.

Zuo Lingquan raised his finger slightly and looked down from the entrance of the cave. He was shocked when he saw the majestic underground mausoleum, but he looked around the underground square and found no trace.

Xie Qiutao looked at the giant tomb door dozens of feet high, his eyes full of surprise, and said in a voice that only Zuo Lingquan could hear:

"It's hard to tell if there are immortal soldiers in such an impressive tomb. The Qu family must be digging it secretly."

Tang Jingxuan covered Tuanzi's mouth, thought for a while and whispered:

"Are we going to kill people and seize treasures?"

Xie Qiutao shook his head quickly: "What about killing people and seizing treasures? We are here to see if the Qu family is doing evil things secretly. If so, we will crack down on crime and seize the loot; if not, we will help them and cooperate in development, and we will split the accounts between 30% and 70%. "

"Oh...we seven?"

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When Zuo Lingquan heard the two girls joking, he shook his head and smiled.

Because of the vague memory of the past, Zuo Lingquan was not very enthusiastic about digging other people's graves to obtain natural and earthly treasures.

The monk deliberately left his mantle in seclusion, waiting for future generations to pick it up. Zuo Lingquan would naturally take it; but there was a sign on the door saying "Those who trespassed will die". Obviously, he did not want people to disturb his old friend who was sleeping underground. If it were normal, See, he might be gone.

However, Lord Peach Blossom asked his ancestor to send a message and asked him to come here. The matter must be investigated clearly.

Zuo Lingquan felt carefully for a long time, but saw no movement underground, so he landed on the underground square together and looked around.

Tuanzi was also very alert at this time. He squatted on Tang Jingxun's shoulder. After observing the surroundings for a moment, he pointed with his wings behind a Baize stone sculpture of a mythical beast:

"grumble!"

The three people's expressions froze and they looked at the stone sculpture that was more than ten feet high.

The breath of the underground palace also stagnated.

Zuo Lingquan pressed the hilt of the sword, looked at it carefully for a moment, and said:

"Come out."

Click... click...

The sound of metal friction sounded.

Behind the stone sculpture of the mythical beast, a figure in armor walked out.

The figure is tall and tall, with his body covered in red armor, a ferocious mask on his face, and an animal-faced goggles on his chest. His hands are also covered with armor, and all five fingers have sharp blades sticking out. From a distance, he looks like he has walked out of the underworld. A demon god.

Zuo Lingquan frowned slightly when he saw the iron-clad bastard's appearance. Judging from the weather, the opponent's combat power was probably not low, so he said:

"Your Excellency, is Qu Qianchen, the head of the Qu family?"?

The figure in red armor calmed down slightly and spoke in a low voice:

"Young hero has good eyesight, who are you?"

Zuo Lingquan didn't have good eyesight either. There were all the Qu family's children outside. An unknown strong man appeared here. He couldn't think of him except the ancestor of the Qu family.

Zuo Lingquan released his grip on the sword first and said calmly:

"Zuo Ci, I had a few words with the young master of the Qu family a few days ago."

Hearing the name of 'Sword Demon Zuo Ci', Qu Qianchen's face under the armor condensed slightly. After a while, the murderous aura floating around him subsided, and the mask faded away on its own, revealing the face of a middle-aged man, who smiled kindly:

"It turns out to be Zuo Jianxian, whom I have admired for a long time."

Zuo Lingquan glanced left and right:

"Master Qu is digging for treasure here?"

Qu Qianchen knew that the swordsman in front of him had a strong background, and he naturally did not want to cause trouble if he was good at it. He walked slowly to the door of the tomb:

"Zuo Jianxian misunderstood. Qu was entrusted by the late master to guard this mausoleum. In recent years, people are being arranged to repair it. An unknown expert broke in a few days ago and knocked out the formation master invited by Qu. This matter But what did Zuo Jianxian’s friends do?”

Zuo Lingquan didn't know what Lord Peach Blossom did, so he naturally didn't understand who the master Qu Qianchen was talking about, so he just responded:

"I heard that there are monsters here. I came here to take a look. I just happened to find it here."

Xie Qiutao's eyes were a little suspicious, observing the marks on the ground:

"The Master of the Qu family shouldn't be guarding the mausoleum, right? The formations here have obviously been touched..."

Qu Qianchen was smiling, but not very friendly:

"Little girl, we are all cultivators, so why bother to say something clearly. This Immortal King's Mausoleum was left by the teacher. I took out the things left by my ancestors to support my family. My personal ethics are bad, but this is a family matter of the Qu family; three Fellow Taoist, you can't just meddle in your own business, or want to get a share of the pie, right?"

"..."

Xie Qiutao wanted to get a share of the pie, but it seemed unreasonable to say so.

Zuo Lingquan was also a little confused when the Qu family dug up the graves of their ancestors. No matter how lenient he was, he had no reason to meddle in such nosy matters. Even if the tomb did not belong to the Qu family, if they found it first, they would grab it according to the first-come-first-served rule. He was unreasonable and forced to pay dividends, and the unscrupulous wealth got involved...

Senior Taohua called me here, he couldn't just let me do some wild practice of killing people and seizing treasures...

While Zuo Lingquan was thinking about it, Jing Xun, who was standing next to him watching the show, suddenly spoke in a cold voice:

"Is Immortal Zhan Kui your master?"

His tone was calm, but his invincible aura was clearly revealed.

When Qu Qianchen heard the name, the corners of his eyes twitched sharply, showing a bit of horror. He stared at Tang Jingxuan for a moment, then raised his hand and saluted:

"Who is the senior?"

"You don't have to worry about who I am."

Shangguan Patriarch looked at Qu Qianchen, who was under the steps, but seemed to be looking down:

"When you got this set of 'Immortal King Armor', there should be words next to it, asking you to take the opportunity and not disturb his resting place again, or something similar, right?"

"..."

Qu Qianchen's expression was a little stiff. There were indeed similar writings on the exercises he left behind after he found this cave, but they said he was told not to disturb the buildings in the underground cave, otherwise he would be punished by heaven.

Qu Qianchen really didn't dare to dig randomly at that time. After all, he had enough opportunities and he felt that he couldn't eat them.

Later, when the opportunity was used up, he thought of coming back and looking around, and finally dug out this underground palace.

When Shangguan Patriarch saw Qu Qianchen's eyes, he already understood in his heart:

"Zhan Kui was an expert hermit from Huajunzhou three thousand years ago, and heir to the Tianji Palace of the ancient sect. He guessed that the person who discovered this cave might be a greedy person, so he didn't tell you about the underground palace; you didn't listen. Advice or advice, how rare is it that you still don’t understand your master’s responsibilities after discovering the underground palace?”

Qu Qianchen knew that the master he had never met before was the guardian of the tomb here. He thought for a while and said:

"After three thousand years of vicissitudes of life, no one knows about this underground palace, and it has lost its original meaning. If I don't open it, others will open it if they find out..."

"You were right to open it, and you were right to take advantage of the opportunity inside, but you should not have opened the tomb on your own initiative before you figured out the details."

Ancestor Shangguan gestured to the tomb behind:

"This is the Demon Suppression Hall in ancient times, used to seal demons. Your master is guarding here, not because he is afraid of people entering, but because he is afraid that the things inside will be released. And you and even Po Feng City have no ability to break the magic circle. Once Without knowing the details, using external force to open the tomb may lead to a disaster. "

Qu Qianchen frowned and glanced behind him out of the corner of his eye. He was dubious about what he said. He actually felt that this place was not like a mausoleum. It was too tightly guarded and did not look like a cemetery for the dead at all. But because of this, he couldn't wait to open it. .

"Even if it is true as fellow Taoist said, thousands of years have passed, and the demons inside..."

Ancestor Shangguan continued: "I will investigate whether the demon inside is dead. If it is confirmed to be safe, I will open the tomb and give you an opportunity as a reward. But before that, you have to take off the armor on your body. "

Qu Qianchen couldn't open the tomb. He had sold it to Po Feng City in exchange for connections. Hearing that this female immortal could open the tomb, he felt a little happy, but before he could be happy, his face sank when he heard the following words:

"What do you mean, Your Excellency?"

"You have a bad character. For the sake of immediate benefits, you knew the master's intention, but did not think deeply about it. You didn't even have the patience to find out the details here, so you rashly opened the demon seal. The inheritance of Tianji Palace is placed on you. If you don't completely cut off the incense, it will also It will bring disgrace to the former reputation.”

Ancestor Shangguan raised his head slightly: "Since you haven't made a big mistake yet, your reckless behavior will not be held accountable. But you have to hand over the inheritance of Tianji Palace and let me help Senior Zhan Kui find another successor."

Qu Qianchen's face was as dark as water, he spread his hands and sneered:

"Without the sect's inheritance, who am I, Qu Qianchen? If my fellow Taoist wants to kill people and seize treasures, just say so. Why bother with these big arguments?"

If Ancestor Shangguan wanted to kill people and seize treasures, there was no need to talk so much nonsense.

Three thousand years ago, during the Battle of Stealing Pills, countless immortal heroes came to help, and she fought side by side. The people who could help at that time were all people with righteous thoughts, and they were also her seniors and teachers.

The 'Immortal King Armor' that Qu Qianchen wore was the ancestor of the armor that Ling Ye wore, and Ling Ye's armor was her battle armor back then. Mei Jinshui asked Zhan Kui to make it for her as a gift. She also heard about the rumors about Tianji Palace at that time.

Ancestor Shangguan asked Qu Qianchen to take off the 'Immortal King Armor' because Qu Qianchen was too profit-seeking and acted recklessly, unworthy of the inheritance of Tianji Palace. He wanted to find a qualified disciple for his predecessor to continue the legacy of Tianji Palace. Incense.

Qu Qianchen refused to let go, and the Shangguan Patriarch did not say much, and looked at Zuo Lingquan next to him:

"You are born as a casual cultivator. You should understand that what you can take is opportunity, and what you can't take is disaster. I will give you a chance. If you defeat him today, if you do not disgrace the master, I will give you a chance to reestablish the Qu family. You have the qualifications to become the 'Tianji Palace' sign; if you can't beat it, you know what to do."

When Qu Qianchen heard this, his pupils shrank slightly...

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The status is slipping...

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