The Fourth Financial Crisis

The Red Stone Monster Nature Reserve is also the largest monster nature reserve in Huoyun State.

This nature reserve is located in the central desert of Huoyun State, and right in the center of this nature reserve, which is the geometric center of the entire Huoyun State continent, stands a giant red extinct volcano.

Of course, extinct volcanoes are just a term used by earth civilization. In the world of Kyushu cultivation, there is no distinction between extinct volcanoes and active volcanoes, and there is no even concept of "volcanoes" at all.

This is because although the Kyushu planet is huge, it does not show any signs of geological activity, so geological disasters such as earthquakes and volcanoes have never occurred.

Yang Lu had long felt very strange about this phenomenon.

After all, a planet with no geological activity actually has a magnetic field (Jiutian Gangfeng layer), and a rocky planet the size of Neptune has the same gravity as the earth. These all seriously violate the laws of natural science summarized by earth civilization. However, considering that extremely outrageous things like spiritual energy and cultivation exist in Jiuzhou, these anomalies at the level of scientific laws do not seem so glaring.

Back to business.

The relative height difference of this giant extinct volcano in Red Rock Park is five to six kilometers. Its surface is always emitting a faint red aura, and even the clouds on the horizon are reflected in the same color, making the entire sky appear. As gorgeous as fire, today's Huoyun State is named after this unique scenery.

Although the Red Stone Monster Nature Reserve is named after the monster, the most precious cultivation material produced here has nothing to do with the monster, but a rare ore called Fire Cloud Fine Gold. This red-red Metal ore is mined from giant volcanoes and is the main material for most fire-attribute foundation-building and golden elixir-level flying swords.

It is precisely because the Hongshi Nature Reserve contains a large amount of precious ores. In order to prevent someone from stealing the assets of the Shenhuo Sect, the surrounding areas of the reserve are tightly protected by the power of the protective formation, leaving only a few specific entrances and exits for collecting cultivation resources. The Shenhuo Sect monks came in and out and sent special personnel to guard it.

It is precisely because of the strict restrictions on entry and exit that the nature reserve is sparsely populated. Even if the Shenhuo Sect's own monks want to enter or exit, they need permission from the leader of the Shenhuo Sect in charge of the Jindan stage, or even the Yuanying stage ancestor himself.

However, during the critical period when the extraterritorial battlefield trial was about to begin, seven or eight Shenhuo Sect disciples gathered together in secret in a corner of the Red Stone Monster Nature Reserve, seemingly plotting something.

If someone gets closer and observes, they can find that the cuffs of the uniforms of these Shenhuo Sect disciples are basically embroidered with a gold thread. Some people even have two gold threads embroidered on their cuffs. Cultivators who are familiar with the Shenhuo Sect's hierarchy can see this. It turns out that these young disciples are not ordinary outer sect disciples, but inner sect and direct disciples of Shenhuo Sect.

So many elite disciples of the younger generation of Shenhuo Sect gathered together, which was obviously something unusual.

In fact, these Shenhuo Sect disciples did not just arrive here. They had been holding emergency meetings here for several hours. It was not until most people became impatient that they seemed to reach some kind of consensus.

Since everyone was anxious to rush back to the Shenhuo Sect headquarters to prepare for the next extraterritorial battlefield trial, the meeting here had just ended when the participating Shenhuo Sect disciples drove the escape light at full speed and rushed towards the exit of the Red Stone Monster Nature Reserve.

However, even among the inner disciples and direct disciples of Shenhuo Sect, there is a big difference in strength between each other, and the speed of escaping light is even faster and slower. One of them is relatively weak and not very proficient in evasion. The disciples of the eighth level of Qi Refining of the Shenhuo Sect were gradually left behind by the other brothers.

Watching the light-escape tail flames of his fellow apprentices gradually disappearing, the inner disciple named Guan Sanji did not take the matter seriously, because his mind was filled with the mission that his senior brother Ai Wen had just conveyed to him——

Kill Li Qingning!

Guan Sanke and Ai Wen were both disciples of Lu Youde, the supreme elder of the Shenhuo Sect, but Guan Sanke was just an ordinary inner disciple with a high-grade spiritual root, while Ai Wen had a top-grade spiritual root and was also a direct disciple of Lu Youde.

Although Guan Sanqi didn't want to take on the task of assassinating Li Qingning at all, he just wanted to survive on the battlefield outside the territory, find some soft persimmons to pinch, and engage in low-risk murders and treasures, but he would still have to work under Lu Youde's disciples in the future. Eat, the tasks assigned by the monks in the Nascent Soul stage are not something he can just ignore if he doesn't want to.

Not only that, it was very difficult for him to catch fish.

According to Senior Brother Ai Wen, there are nearly a hundred Qi Refining Stage monks who participated in the siege and killing of Li Qingning this time. If he chooses to pretend to be a fisherman and not show up, and then is reported by other people who participated in the siege and killing, it will be troublesome. .

However, Guan Sanke was very self-aware and did not think he could defeat Li Qingyang's great-granddaughter.

Even among the inner disciples of the seven major sects, his strength is relatively weak. If he meets Li Qingning, who is stronger than the ordinary direct disciples of the seven major sects, wouldn't he be like a chicken giving New Year greetings to a weasel - looking for death?

So what should we do? Why don't you delay for a while, wait until Li Qingning is almost settled by the other masters, then rush over, and then explain to the brothers that you were delayed on the road, so you were accidentally late?

Although doing it this way is suspected of being a mess, at least the safety factor is improved!

Just as Guan Sanji was controlling the escape light and thinking about how many moves he could take on Li Qingning, a warning sign suddenly arose in his heart.

Suddenly raising his head, he found that his flight path was directly in front of him. Unexpectedly, a giant net made of silver-white ice-attribute aura appeared. The dangerous intuition that came suddenly made the hairs on his back stand on end.

In desperation, Guan Sanji quickly activated Dun Guang to apply an emergency brake, and stopped dangerously in front of the silver net. If he had just been a little slower to react, he would have been cut into pieces by the big net. .

After almost being killed, Guan Sanki couldn't help but said in shock and anger: "Who! Who is trying to plot against me!"

Before he finished speaking, a sweet woman in gorgeous palace clothes suddenly appeared next to him. She patted his shoulder gently from behind and said, "Junior brother Guan, why didn't you come to a meeting in a remote place like this? Where's me, senior sister?"

"Are you...senior sister Tian Beixi?"

As the most famous beauty cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage of Shenhuo Sect, Tian Beixi can also be regarded as an Internet celebrity in the cultivation world of Huoyun State. Guan Sanqi had never had a chance to talk to Tian Beixi before, but he did not expect that the other party actually knew him. It made him feel frightened and even a little flattered!

It's just that Tian Beixi is obviously Tian Daxiao's direct disciple. How did she know about the secret meeting she participated in?

Seeing Guan Sanqi's expression like a frightened quail, Tian Beixi showed a cat-and-mouse smile and said: "I have been monitoring your brothers and sisters for several months. I didn't expect you guys to be so patient until the battlefield outside the territory." Three days before the start, we only assigned tasks to everyone. Please tell me, what tasks did that guy Ewen assign to you?"

Guan Sanqi showed a smile that was uglier than crying, and said with a bitter smile: "Senior sister, I really don't know what you are talking about?"

Tian Beixi's face instantly darkened: "You entered the Hongshi Nature Reserve for a meeting with Elder Lu Youde's warrant. Are you just too full to take a walk? Let me ask again, what mission did you receive?"

Tian Beixi's gloomy voice frightened Guan Sanji and took two steps back on the spot: "This is a task assigned by Elder Lu himself. I have made an oath to heaven and I cannot say it out anyway. Please forgive me, Senior Sister Tian!" "

However, Tian Beixi didn't want to listen to his nonsense.

She grabbed it with her little hand, and the light of the Golden Wheel of Merit behind her disappeared in a flash, and then she saw the silver net transformed by the Hantian Crystal suddenly tighten, covering Guan Sanji from all directions.

Guan Sanji saw that Tian Beixi suddenly used his poisonous hand, activating the inner sect skills of the Shenhuo Sect like a conditioned reflex. The true fire unique to the disciples of the Shenhuo Sect quickly emerged from his body surface.

However, the Crystal of Hantian was so miraculous that it actually ignored the true fire of his life for three moments as if it were nothing. It enveloped him directly and tied him into a human-shaped rice dumpling on the spot.

Guan never thought for a moment that his strongest body protection spell would be completely useless.

He quickly exhaled his natal flying sword and prepared to cut off the threads composed of the Hantian Crystal. However, the Hantian Crystal seemed to have some kind of unique magic power, which could still hinder the movement of his spiritual energy even though it was separated by the body's protective aura. He had just half pulled out his flying sword when Tian Beixi flew up with a kick without a ladylike image and slammed his head on the ground.

After all, Guan Sanke was also a disciple of the Shenhuo Sect, and his strength was not particularly bad, otherwise he would not have been chosen by Lu Youde as a substitute to assassinate Li Qingning. The reason why Tian Beixi subdued Guan Sanke so easily was not because there was such a big gap in strength between the two, but because Tian Beixi already knew the methods of his junior brother, while Guan Sanke did not know the details of Tian Beixi.

If it were some guy with a tendency to jerk off, he might still feel some pleasure if he was stepped on the ground by a beautiful girl, but Guan Sanqi obviously did not belong to this kind of pervert. After realizing that all the magic power in his body was controlled by the other party, , he couldn't help but screamed: "Tian Beixi, you...you dare to attack your fellow disciples?"

However, Tian Beixi said with a nonchalant expression: "Isn't it possible? If you tell the mission that Ai Wen has given you, you will only lose some merit. If you don't tell the mission that Ai Wen has given you, you will die now. !”

Guan Sanqi looked at a madman and said, "Senior Sister Tian! You will deduct a lot of merit for harming a fellow disciple!"

Tian Beixi did not answer him immediately, but her expression moved slightly, and then she saw two brilliant golden wheels of merit emerging from behind her.

After showing off her golden wheel of merit, she smiled and said to Guan Sanke: "Senior sister, I have worked so hard to save so much merit, isn't it just for killing people? With two golden wheels of merit added to my body, let alone harming my fellow disciples. Well, even if you kill dozens of fellow disciples, it will be enough!"

Guan Sanke had known for a long time that his senior sister Tian was known as a witch. He hadn't realized before that why such a sweet-looking and beautiful senior sister had such a slightly derogatory nickname, but now he completely understood. There was never a wrong nickname but a wrong name!

When Tian Beixi scratched his face with the Ice Flying Sword, Guan Sanji couldn't hold back at all.

"Sister, spare your life! I said, I said it's not okay!"

Tian Beixi stepped hard on Guan Sanke's back with his foot, bending his waist completely, then smiled and lowered his head and said: "Oh? Now you know you are afraid? If you had known that this day would happen, why didn't you confess earlier? ?”

How could Guan Sanqi dare to refute Tian Beixi?

He trembled and said: "Senior Sister Tian is the direct descendant of the sect leader. I shouldn't have kept this kind of thing from you in the first place. This time, Senior Brother Ai Wen called a few of our brothers over and asked us to surround and kill Li Qingning on the battlefield outside the territory! "

This answer did not exceed Tian Beixi's expectations.

She just guessed that this group of Lu Youde's disciples would participate in the assassination of Li Qingning, so she used the intelligence power she had to keep track of all these disciples of Lu Youde who were not very eye-catching and usually had no sense of presence (that level of attention) Higher star disciples are difficult to track).

Although most of the tracking work was wasted, she still caught Guan Sanji, the unlucky guy!

So Tian Beixi then asked: "So, by what means do you plan to locate Li Qingning on the battlefield outside the territory?"

Since he had violated the oath of heaven, Guan Sanji could only learn the truth and said: "I don't know the specific principle. I only know that Wanhua Valley has provided a group of rare monsters that look like mice. It is said that they can travel thousands of miles away." Li Qingning's position is sensed from outside, and even the magic mist on the battlefield outside the territory cannot stop this sense!"

Tian Beixi usually manages the intelligence work of the sects for Tian Daxiao, and is familiar with the rumors of each sect.

She nodded thoughtfully and said: "I have heard about this. It is said that Wanhua Valley did invent some method of using monsters to find people on battlefields outside the territory more than a hundred years ago. They have already used this method before. Many important targets have been eliminated. If it weren’t for the extremely high cost of cultivating such monsters, I’m afraid the entire extraterrestrial battlefield would be theirs.”

Seeing that his demonic senior sister accepted his explanation, Guan Sanji said in relief: "Yes, it is said that this demonic beast is not only very expensive, but also has great restrictions on its use. It can only be used to track specific targets. It will not work for another person." It worked, and it can’t even be put in the storage bag, and now the big rat is hiding in my waist pocket!”

Following Guan Sanke's instructions, Tian Beixi took out a white mouse from his waist.

She held the Musk Fairy Rat's tail in front of her eyes and observed it for a moment, then said thoughtfully: "So this is the secret of Wanhua Valley! Even if this operation is not for Li Qingning, it is worthwhile to get such a secret. okay!"

Guan Sanji also nodded quickly and said: "Senior Sister Tian is absolutely right. It is precisely because Li Qingning is too strong that Wanhua Valley can't find enough masters to surround and kill her. This is why this big rat is handed over to us for the first time." Shenhuo Sect, but everyone has made an oath to heaven and will never reveal anything to outsiders..."

Obviously, the binding force of this heavenly oath is definitely not weak.

After just watching over this sad face for three moments, Tian Beixi estimated that the price of breaking the oath would not be lower than killing a person on the street.

Tian Beixi put the Musk Fairy Rat into his pocket and said with a smile: "Since you have made an oath of heaven with them, you might as well make another oath of heaven with senior sister! You just have to promise not to tell anyone about what happened today! "

He was coerced by his senior brother and senior sister to make an oath of heaven. Guan Sanqi even wanted to die. However, the situation was stronger than others, so he had to reluctantly follow Tian Beixi's request and make a second oath. The oath of heaven.

After swearing the oath, Tian Beixi seemed to have suddenly thought of something, and opened the door again and asked: "By the way, which Supreme Elder of Wanhua Valley did Elder Lu Youde collude with this time? If my impression is correct, it seems that Wanhua There are several Nascent Soul Stage Supreme Elders over there in the valley, and they must have had grudges with the head master and Li Qingyang!"

Guan Sanke shook his head repeatedly and said: "The people who have direct contact with me are Senior Brother Aiwen and Senior Brother Xia Wu. They convey everything on behalf of Elder Lu. I am just a soldier. How can I know these inside stories..."

Ai Wen and Xia Wu are both the core disciples of Lu Youde.

After a few more cross-examinations, it was discovered that Guan Sanqi really knew nothing, so Tian Beixi waved his hand with satisfaction.

The silver-white silk thread binding Guan Sanqi suddenly turned into dots of starlight and disappeared. Guan Sanqi, as if he had been granted amnesty, quickly regained control of the escape light and ran towards the exit of the Red Rock Nature Reserve as if running for his life.

After Guan Sanke's figure disappeared, Tian Beixi checked his golden wheel of merit.

As she forced Guan Sanji to sign a contract with Heaven, her originally brilliant two golden wheels of merit seemed to dim a little, which made Tian Beixi couldn't help but sigh: "The so-called loopholes in Heaven in Kyushu are really just rumors, even if I never caused any substantial harm to Guan Sanji from the beginning to the end, and this coercive behavior still affected my golden wheel of merit..."

Thinking of this, Tian Beixi couldn't help showing a hint of irritation, and said bitterly: "Li Qingning, and that shy turtle Yang Lu! The price I paid now will definitely be paid back to you with interest!"

But if I really saved Li Qingning, how would I take revenge on that stupid couple?

Thinking of Yang Lu and Li Qingning crying and begging for their lives, her unhappiness just now was diluted a lot.