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Hearing Yang Lu's request, Qiu Xiang nodded silently, then put on his sinister expression again, turned around and said: "Brother Bian, when I was in the Wuliang Sword Sect, I saw that you, the direct disciples, were unhappy. You think your spiritual roots are awesome, but you look down on us second-generation immortals. You are so stupid. You don’t even look at how old you are. You still think you can fly to the sky just by practicing. You are not a junior of the ancestor of Yuanying. , what are you dragging there!"

I don’t know if it’s because of emotion, but Qiu Xiang’s lines are obviously much more sincere than those exaggerated lines just now. Even Yang Lu feels that this line is like what a second-generation immortal like Qiu Xiang can say by himself. from

Seeing this natural acting skill, Yang Lu couldn't help but secretly applaud. It would be a pity for this person not to act. He could actually achieve such an effect after rehearsing three times!

Just when Yang Lu was commenting on Qiu Xiang's acting skills, a sharp light blade also swept across Bian Chibai's neck. As Bian Chibai, a disciple of the Wuliang Sword Sect, fell to the ground, a golden light flashed behind Qiu Xiang's head, and it was revealed that A vision of a golden wheel of merit.

Qiu Xiang, who was originally looking gloomy and hopeless, was already about to turn around and thank this "temporary crew" for their "strong support", but the brilliant golden wheel of merit instantly illuminated his sad face. Every detail is revealed, as if attending a funeral and being photographed in close-up by the on-site photographer. This is probably the saddest golden wheel of merit in the history of Jiuzhou cultivation world!

Seeing the bodies of the three prisoners lying on the ground and the golden wheel of merit that suddenly appeared at the scene of the crime, Yang Lu asked to the left and right: "Did everyone just record the demeanor of fellow Daoist Qiu?"

"Don't worry, Consultant Yang, my photo stone is the most advanced version available today, guaranteed to be high-definition and uncensored!"

"In my opinion, this video should be called "Qiu Xiang's Golden Wheel of Merits"!"

"If Consultant Yang needs it, I can also use Shenxiao Sect's latest technology to encrypt this video. This is the cutting-edge result that I learned when I went to Shenxiao Sect last time to exchange experience on the "Immortal Formation Logic" formation. !”

Yang Lu took the photo stones handed over by his enthusiastic friends and threw them all into Li Qingning's storage bag without even looking at them. Then he smiled and said to Qiu Xiang: "Fellow Daoist Qiu, congratulations on your regaining your freedom! From now on you will Whether you want to stay in our team or find another way out, we will not stop you. In this team, you can come and go freely!"

After saying that, Yang Lu threw Qiu Xiang's storage bag back, completely refusing to take any money. When the other team members heard Yang Lu's final decision, they all backed away.

After getting his belongings and seeing the escape route that everyone voluntarily gave up, Qiu Xiang couldn't help but reveal a bitter smile.

Before participating in the battlefield outside the territory, he never dreamed that he would be subjected to such vicious methods.

It doesn’t matter that he was captured by a large group of monks. More importantly, the battlefield outside the territory is vast. Even if the monks in the foundation-building stage personally participated in the trial, they would not be able to capture him like pulling out a carrot in just ten days. So many heavyweight immortals.

It’s impossible for these second-generation immortals to come here to die on their own initiative!

Qiu Xiang didn't know that he had inadvertently guessed the truth of the matter, but at this time, the truth obviously didn't matter anymore.

Yang Lu had achieved his goal. As long as Qiu Xiang blatantly killed the junior Yuanying monks in his hands, even if Qiu Xiang could escape for a while, he would definitely not be able to escape from his Wuzhishan after leaving the battlefield outside the territory.

Even if Qiu Xiang said that he was coerced to kill, it would be useless. After all, Yang Lu had sufficient evidence, and he could not provide any basis other than empty talk. Even this extremely outrageous empty talk would probably be difficult to say if it were ever revealed. No one believed it.

Who can believe that Yang Lu, a mere monk in the middle stage of Qi Refining, could capture several inner disciples and direct disciples of the seven major sects, and then directly give them to Qiu Xiang as targets without taking away their merits? Even if he makes up an excuse at random, it may be more convincing than the truth of the matter!

Although Qiu Xiang has realized that there is no point in his choice to escape, he really doesn't want to stay in this weird gang and continue to be manipulated. After all, no one knows what these crazy guys will instruct him to do, so he He hurriedly said "goodbye" with his hands in hand, and quickly slipped away using the light.

Watching Qiu Xiang's escape light disappear, Li Qingning couldn't help but ask: "Yang Lu, aren't you worried that this guy will die?"

Yang Lu just waved his hand casually and said nonchalantly: "The battlefield outside the territory is just a danger, not a desperate situation. Not everyone is hunted down thousands of miles like you, and not everyone is like our team, who catches the fat sheep. An accurate one. Qiu Xiang originally has the strength of an inner disciple of the seven major sects. After receiving the blessing of the Golden Wheel of Merit, I am afraid that even the direct disciples of the seven major sects may not be able to defeat him easily. The probability of surviving the battlefield outside the territory safely is at least 10%. More than 90%.”

Li Qingning was unable to refute these words.

Since Yang Lu's gang caught fat sheep, it was like chopping melons and vegetables, which even gave Li Qingning a certain illusion, as if killing people and grabbing treasures on the battlefield outside the territory was actually a very low-difficulty task.

After sending Qiu Xiang away, Yang Lu also began to discuss merit and reward him.

Because Fu Hao's team captured an important target, Yang Lu decided on the spot that Fu Hao's team could get 60% of the fat sheep everyone caught in the future, while the team led by Xi Ziang could only get 40%.

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of both teams turned red.

Not only was the morale of Fu Hao's team greatly boosted, but Xi Ziang also issued a death order. We must catch a big fish of the same level as Qiu Xiang, otherwise how can we hold our heads high in front of Fu Hao's team?

Since the total number of direct disciples of the seven major sects in the outer battlefield was small, Yang Lu did not think that these two groups could catch a big fish like Qiu Xiang, but this positive and competitive atmosphere was still worthy of his encouragement. So he smiled and waved his hand, letting the two groups move freely and continued to set up ambushes in the surrounding areas.

However, plans cannot keep up with changes, and the development of things can always exceed people's expectations.

Just the next day, something unexpected happened.

At that time, Yang Lu was still playing chess with Li Qingning. Just to avoid being unilaterally abused by Yang Lu, Li Qingning announced that the rules of backgammon had been permanently changed. Not only would she always go first, but the first five pieces that Yang Lu made in a row would not count. , you must get the second five pieces in a row to be considered a winner.

Seeing Li Qingning acting like a fool, Yang Lu couldn't reason with his wife, so he just nodded and said repeatedly, "Yes, yes, yes, the eldest lady is right!"

However, not long after they started a game of "new version of backgammon", unusually violent spiritual energy fluctuations came from the direction where Xi Ziang's gang was hunting. The movement was even greater than when Qiu Xiang was captured, and it didn't take long. , a magic mark like fireworks suddenly rose from the same direction, clearly visible within a radius of dozens of miles.

Yang Lu was no stranger to this spell mark.

This was a call for help that he had agreed with the two teams in advance!

This signal had only appeared once before when arresting Zhou Yu, a monk from Guiyi Sect.

You know, Xi Ziang's team has ten late-stage Qi refining monks working together. Among them are illusionists, poison masters, array masters and other unpopular professional configurations, and everyone has the golden wheel of merit, which can make These ten people were forced to send out a signal for help. Did they really encounter other direct masters of the seven major sects who slipped through the net?

Fortunately, Fu Hao's team had just returned from capturing the prisoners. Before they could set off again, Yang Lu immediately asked Fu Hao to take 10 people to support him. As for the two top masters, Ye Chen and Li Qingning, they must still protect him by their side. just in case.

However, the situation did not calm down as quickly as expected.

Ten people like Fu Hao participated in the battle. Instead of quickly stopping the battle in front, violent spiritual energy fluctuations continued to occur. This situation made Yang Lu, who was sitting at the rear, a little uneasy.

It can put twenty of our own monks into a bitter battle. Could it be that they have encountered enemies in the foundation building stage?

This is not impossible, because the extraterrestrial battlefield is an independent space formed by the invasion of the Kyushu cultivation world by the demonic army. Therefore, some demons without intelligence will indeed be born from the strong demonic energy occasionally, and some of them have the strength of the demons. It can even barely reach the level of the foundation building period.

It's just that most of the time, demons will only stay in places where demonic energy is abundant, and will not come out to kill. Otherwise, ordinary cultivators who participate in extraterritorial battlefield trials will inevitably suffer massive casualties.

Seeing that the spiritual energy fluctuations had not subsided, Yang Lu was about to let Ye Chen take a look at the situation, but at this moment, an extremely violent spiritual energy fluctuation suddenly erupted on the battlefield, and then everything returned to calm. After a while, Yang Lu I saw several familiar rays of light returning.

Obviously, although the battle was very fierce, Yang Lu's gang had the last laugh due to their superior numbers.

However, when Yang Lu saw clearly the subordinates who had returned victoriously, he couldn't help but frown:

Because the image of these guys is really miserable!

Especially the members of Xi Ziang's team who were the first to intervene in the battle, almost everyone was stained.

One of the most unlucky guys was still carried back. He seemed to have been hit in the chest by a sharp sword energy, and he passed out on the spot. Fortunately, Yang Lu had a lot of healing medicine, so at least his life was safe.

In contrast, Fu Hao's team was not seriously injured. This mysterious enemy should have put a lot of pressure on Xi Ziang's team. However, after Fu Hao's team arrived, they were ultimately defeated with two fists and four hands. .

Although his subordinates suffered heavy casualties, the leader Xi Ziang's face was red. Before his light fell, he shouted: "Consultant Yang, I'm here to tell you the good news! This time we have caught a real big fat sheep, probably even worse than that Qiu Xiang!"

Qiu Xiang is already a direct descendant of the supreme elder of Wuliang Sword Sect. Could he be a direct disciple of any sect leader who is even more powerful than Qiu Xiang?

Just when Yang Lu was wondering who this person was, he saw Xi Ziang casually throw a sack-shaped magic weapon to trap enemies on the ground.

Yang Lu had seen this sack-shaped magic weapon before. It had been used when he captured Tian Beixi the day before, but before it could take effect, Tian Beixi was knocked down by Li Qingning.

This treasure finally made a great contribution this time. There was obviously a thin figure in its pocket that was struggling, but could not get out.

Noticing Yang Lu's inquiring gaze, Xi Ziang said in high spirits: "Counsellor Yang, this big fat sheep is incredible! She actually knows the Six Paths Sword inheritance of the Wuliang Sword Sect. She just made a living slash and almost killed the Huaishan Sect's Fellow Daoist Wang was sent away on the spot. Even if ten of us came together, we were still fooled by her weird movements. Fortunately, your support arrived in time, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous! In my opinion, this woman is probably the Tailor-made Master of the Infinite Sword Sect. The direct disciple of the elder, Mo Yunlan, the sword holder of the Six Paths Sword!"

Mo Yunlan's direct disciple?

Yang Lu and Li Qingning looked at each other with confused expressions on their faces.

Since the growth of cultivators consumes a lot of precious cultivation resources, the big bosses are often very cautious in recruiting direct disciples. The vast majority of cultivators adhere to the principle of "the best soldiers, not the many", and train up to three or four direct disciples at the same time. Disciples, more direct disciples will only further disperse the limited cultivation resources of the master.

The example of the legendary great monk Bo Nanke is very typical.

There are only three direct disciples of Bo Nanke who managed to live to the end of their lives. These three are respectively the 23rd generation head of Wuliang Sword Sect and senior brother Dongfang Jiu, the 24th generation head of Wuliang Sword Sect and second senior brother Ma Tianyi, and the second president of Lingshi Reserve Bank and junior brother Li Rui.

Therefore, many monks in the Nascent Soul Stage in the world today have no direct disciples from the Qi Refining Stage.

Even if we add up the direct disciples of Yuanying Stage monks in the entire outer battlefield, we probably won’t be able to gather thirty people, and six of them have come to hunt down Li Qingning. It is conceivable how much pressure Li Qingning has faced before. How big.

But the crux of the problem is that Mo Yunlan, the Supreme Elder of the Infinite Sword Sect, does not seem to have any direct disciples in the Qi Refining Stage!

Yang Lu originally thought that his memory was wrong.

But Mo Yunlan and Li Qingyang have been friends for many years, and Li Qingning is quite familiar with Mo Yunlan's situation, but now even she has never heard of Mo Yunlan's direct disciple in the Qi refining stage, which is a bit strange.

So Yang Lu couldn't help but wonder: "The direct disciple of Mo Yunlan you mentioned is..."

Noticing Yang Lu's suspicious gaze, Xi Ziang hurriedly defended: "Actually, I don't know this woman either. However, fellow Taoist Yang from the Wuliang Sword Sect who came to support recognized the killing move she used, and she faced ten of us. If we can still survive the siege, it must be because of Mo Yunlan’s direct inheritance!”

To prove that what he said was correct, he snapped his fingers and the magic weapon in the sack was untied on the spot.

Inside the sack was a petite girl with long black hair and a sweet appearance. This girl had obviously been beaten badly and looked quite embarrassed. She was also tied up with some kind of rope-like magic weapon and was beaten. The blocked mouth was whimpering and speechless.

Apart from her relatively thin figure, this girl is also a lovely little beauty.

Seeing the scene of a beautiful Loli girl being tightly bound by a rope, the crowd who had just barely had time to see her appearance couldn't help but their eyes lit up.

Just as Xi Ziang was rubbing his hands excitedly and waiting for Advisor Yang to discuss his merits and reward him, he found that both Yang Lu and Li Qingning had expressions that looked like they could see a ghost. In the end, Li Qingning couldn't hold it back and exclaimed on the spot: "Mu... Murong?"

After Murong was surrounded by a group of ferocious gods and evil spirits, he was so panic-stricken that he didn't even notice the presence of Yang Lu and Li Qingning in the distance. It wasn't until she heard Li Qingning's exclamation that the trapped newspaper-selling girl's eyes lit up, and at the same time she let out a lovely "woo-woo" sound.

Yang Lu stretched out his right hand and pointed at Murong, and asked in an unbelievable tone: "Who can tell me what is going on?"