More than 40,000 people marched into the forest, frightening the forest birds and wild beasts, but attracting hungry spirit monsters.
A group of fire cloud cheetahs were the first to stare at them, appearing and disappearing in the damp and dim forest, like a ball of erratic fire, moving at an extremely fast speed, their blood-red eyes staring at the huge crowd through the forest, their eyes secretly greedy.
Hundreds of white-skulled monkeys gathered together in a dense crowd, running and running on the tree crown a hundred meters high, chirping and observing the flow of people. This was a group of spirit demons that were more ferocious than wild wolves. Once they fell into their hands, even their bones would be destroyed. They'll all be chewed up and eaten.
The escort team was highly nervous, patrolling around the team, all releasing strong energy, ready for war at any time.
More than 40,000 city residents suppressed their fear and bravely followed the team. They trudged across mountains and rivers, cut down dense branches, flattened thorny shrubs, and worked hard to open a passage.
Qin Ming walked in the front, his brows furrowed, always wary of the spirit monsters that appeared in the forest.
This place is on the outskirts of the forest, and there are no particularly powerful spirit monster species. The only thing that is scary is the groups of spirit monsters. There are so many of them that once they swoop in, it will be difficult for the guard to take care of them.
Tu Wei was also nervous. He didn't expect so many spirit demons to be attracted at the beginning. Fortunately, there were no mercenaries in sight.
The team of more than 40,000 people was very large. Although everyone worked hard, the overall speed was still very slow. By noon, they had only traveled more than 30 miles. Thousands of spirit monsters were attracted, and even the sky was filled with densely packed birds of prey. They completely regarded these more than 40,000 humans as delicious food.
"Master, there are more and more spirit demons!" The guard team became nervous.
"The team stopped and gathered together." Qin Ming raised his hand.
The guards shouted orders, and the vast team stopped one after another, and then gathered in front under the command.
Qin Ming ordered: "Leave four hundred people to guard, and the rest of the guards will join forces with the Shadow Blade to attack collectively after a stick of incense! Kill as many as you can!"
The escort quickly adjusted, and more than 400 people dispersed around the crowd. Tu Wei and others were divided into five parts, dispersed in different directions, and were ready to go. The Shadow Blade troops in the forest also received instructions and began to quietly approach the elixir group.
Although there are many spirit monsters, they are all independent groups and very scattered.
As soon as they saw the team stop, they also stopped in the forest and watched carefully.
A group of black-scaled giant pythons could not bear it any longer. They appeared one after another from the forest and approached the team. They are nearly two meters long, very thick, and their scales are very wide and very hard, as if they are covered with a layer of tough armor.
"Time's up!! Kill!!" Tu Wei shouted loudly, and the four hundred troops were like sharp arrows taken off their bows, killing the group of spirit monsters. The shadow blade troops in the dark appeared at the same time, attacking and strangling the lurking spirit monsters. .
The quiet forest suddenly became chaotic, and the brilliant martial arts and death curtains enveloped the spirit demon group one by one.
The spirit demon group was frightened and retreated in all directions.
The fierce hunting lasted for less than half an hour, destroying large areas of forest land and killing more than 700 spirit monsters.
In one fell swoop, he suppressed the nearby spirit monsters.
After a brief correction, the team was back on the road.
The spirit monsters rarely followed, and they all competed for the corpses of spirit monsters killed by the escorts.
Before dark, the team was once again surrounded by spirit monsters.
Qin Ming gave the order and massacred again. The cruel killing not only scared away other spirit monsters, but also left food for them. Now that we have something to eat, there is no need to risk preying on humans.
At midnight, more than 40,000 people were exhausted and could no longer hold on.
At this time, a guard team who was exploring the road in front ran back: "Master! Go forward two hundred meters and you will walk out of Yunluo Forest."
"Find a safe and spacious place and prepare to camp." Qin Ming breathed a sigh of relief. He was out of danger after all.
Tu Wei and others felt their hearts drop, and ordered their brothers to tell everyone the good news. Leaving the forest is only the first step. The next step is to set up camp and tents, ready to receive the second group of teams.
Jinyan City!
One of the ancient cities affiliated with Qingyun Sect, it is less than three hundred miles away from Thunder Ancient City and is also located to the west of Yunluo Forest. It is a towering giant city built in the mountains.
At that time, Thunder Ancient City and Jinyan City were the strongest among the five ancient cities. Later, Thunder Ancient City declined, and Jinyan City naturally became the strongest, and it also received many strong people who escaped from Thunder Ancient City. Now, both the strength of the city lord's palace and the prosperity of the ancient city far exceed the other three ancient cities, and the treasures paid tribute to Qingyun Sect every year are countless.
Late at night, the lord of Jinyan City, Nangong Chenyi, came to the deepest secret area of the city and woke up the old lord Nangong Lingyu!
"Father! I just got good news!" Nangong Chenyi clasped his fists and saluted. He was handsome and elegant, but he couldn't hide his excitement.
"I'm almost buried, what good news can I have?" Nangong Lingyu, with white hair and wrinkles on his face, slowly walked out of the dark secret place with his hands behind his back. He looks very old, but there is still a sparkle in his eyes when he opens and closes them.
"The Qin family... are coming back!"
"What happened?"
"Do you still remember Qin Ming?"
"Qin Ming?" Nangong Lingyu thought for a while and got a little impression: "The only son of the Qin family? The one who was sent to Qingyun Sect?"
"That's him! He has been a servant for eight years, and no one knows what chance suddenly left him. His strength has improved by leaps and bounds. Not only was he selected to participate in the Eight Sects Tea Party, but he also ranked among the top five at the Eight Sects Tea Party."
"Oh?" Nangong Lingyu was surprised. It is not an easy matter to become famous in the Eight Sects Tea Party, and the top five will even become famous in the Northern Territory.
"Even the Qingyun Sect doesn't know what happened to him, but these are not important anymore. What is important is that the leader of the Qingyun Sect pardoned Qin Ming's status as a servant, promoted him to a disciple of Jin Ling, and also pardoned the ancient city of Thunder!"
Nangong Lingyu nodded slowly, suddenly thought of something, raised his head suddenly, and looked at Nangong Chenyi.
Nangong Chenyi was so excited that he nodded vigorously: "The Qin family is coming back!!"
"Okay! Okay!" Nangong Lingyu shouted ok three times in a row. "Who else is alive in the Qin family now?"
"Except for some unimportant things, it's Qin Yang and Li Lingdai."
"It's good that someone is alive." Nangong Lingyu turned around and walked into the secret room. He dug out a heavy stone box inside, three meters long and one meter wide, like a sarcophagus, and placed it in the deepest part of the secret room.
"Eight years! Eight years!"
Nangong Lingyu slowly opened the stone box, and inside lay quietly an ancient heavy sword. It was dull and very heavy. Except for its age, there was nothing special about it.
Nangong Chenyi followed and was very excited when he saw the epee in the stone box. After eight years, he could finally unlock its secret.
Eight years ago, they received news that the Qingyun Sect was likely to join forces with Thunder Ancient City to carry out a secret operation involving a certain secret treasure, which might be related to the long-term prosperity of the Qingyun Sect in the future. Nangong Lingyu was ambitious and began to deploy after getting the news. After that, he ambushed the escort team of Thunder Ancient City and obtained all the tributes.
However, after rummaging through all the tributes, what he found was an ancient sword, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't find anything from it.
I thought I was being fooled, and I took a huge risk and got something useless. However, the Qingyun Sect became furious afterwards. Not only did they punish the Qin family, they also captured everyone in Thunder Ancient City and took them to the mining area as slaves. The furious attitude of Qingyun Sect made Nangong Lingyu realize that there must be a deeper secret on this ancient sword.
For so many years, he has been meditating and working hard, but in the end he has gained nothing.
In his opinion, there are only two ways to unlock the secret, one is to interrogate the Qin family, and the other is to ask the Qingyun Sect.
The latter is of course impossible, unless they no longer want to live. The former is also unlikely. The Qin family are all being held in Daqingshan. The Nangong family is not yet capable of snatching the Qin family from the heavily guarded mining area.
Year after year, things slowly fell into place.
"I didn't expect that I would still have hope to unlock the secret of the ancient sword in my lifetime." Nangong Lingyu held up the ancient sword excitedly. He firmly believed that there was a big secret in the ancient sword, whether it was martial arts, inheritance, or secret treasures. It might bring his Nangong family to glory.
Nangong Chenyi looked at the ancient sword and his heart surged: "Father, if the secret of the ancient sword can help you break through the realm and advance to the holy martial realm, our Nangong family can completely break away from the Qingyun Sect and establish a foothold in this northern region. Your Lifespan will continue to increase.”
Nangong Lingyu gently stroked the ancient heavy sword: "When will the Qin family move out of Yunluo Forest?"
"I just got the news that they have started moving and they are all expected to leave within seven days."
"There are only three people in the Qin family who may know the secret back then, Qin Yang, Li Lingdai, and Qin Ming. Find out as soon as possible, but don't alarm the Qingyun Sect and don't make the matter a big deal. Do you understand what I mean?"
"Father, don't worry, I will get the secret without anyone noticing. Neither the Qin family nor the Qingyun Sect will think of what happened back then." Mobile phone users please browse and read for a better reading experience.