Before Meng Xueli walked out of the woods, he looked back at the ground full of pine nuts. The eldest apprentice worked hard to prepare it for him, and he had not had time to take a bite.
The Biyun Valley where they are located is located in the northwest corner of the secret realm. If they want to reach the center of the secret realm and the most densely populated Central City, they must climb over mountains and mountains, and then cross the Black Water River.
The Heishui River is long and winding, running north-south, dividing the secret realm of Hanhai into the east and the west. Anyone who goes from the west to the east must cross the river without exception.
Originally, there were no names in the secret realm of the vast sea, and the earliest rough map circulated in the cultivation world was drawn by the senior participating in the foggy view, because the talisman masters were more sensitive to the terrain environment. The place names they took were simple and easy to remember, so they were called from generation to generation.
Although it is called 'Black Water River', the current is swift, the waves crashing on the shore, and the sand and sand are falling down.
A big river that runs through the mountains and runs wild.
Meng Xueli was standing in the forest on the banks of the Black Water River, listening to the deafening roar of water. Not far away, the three of Han Shan and a team of four were inextricably fighting, and the sound of swords clashing was drowned out by the rolling river water.
Standing on a raised rock with a slightly higher terrain, he overlooked the battle from a high position, and commanded his disciples through voice transmissions from time to time.
On the opposite side are three sword cultivators from Mingyue Lake, and a talisman master from Wuyinguan. The two factions have been friends for a long time, and it is not unusual to form a team.
In fact, long before the appearance of the Secret Realm Dabi, this kind of cooperation has been widely circulated and used in the battle of the human race monks to resist the invasion of the demon race. If you add another Matsukaze Valley medical repair, it will be the most classic combination of close combat, long-range attack, and treatment.
If you fight alone, one-on-one in the arena, there is no doubt that Jianxiu has the highest combat power, but the secret realm is much more similar to real battles, and team cooperation is particularly important. Array masters know how to use the natural environment to arrange arrays, calculate the balance of true essence of each person in the team, so as to control the rhythm of the battle and make the sword cultivator faster and stronger.
However, to form a team with Meng Xueli, even if there is no talisman master, these factors do not need to be considered, and only need to master three sentences, that is, twelve words—
"Where is the thief!"
"Elder be careful!"
"Protect the elders!"
In the past three days and more than ten games, Zhang Suyuan and others have not made much progress in their cultivation, but their acting skills have improved by leaps and bounds.
This is really not what Meng Xueli wanted to see.
So he changed his arrangement. When he encountered an ambush in the middle of the road and encountered an enemy on a narrow road, he let the three disciples fight first, and he continued to play the role of the protected elder. If the disciples and nephews couldn't handle it, he would make amends.
Meng Xueli thought to himself, "This secret realm competition will not work."
The teams I encountered recently were not even as good as the Black Cloak Loose Cultivation Team of the first day's robbery. People are poor and scattered cultivators without the support of sect resources...
Meng Xueli thought like this, but unexpectedly, the situation of the battle below suddenly broke out, and the opposite side suddenly broke out. The man charged with a sword, his figure was like the wind, and he charged towards him with a grim expression.
Seeing this, Zhang Suyuan shouted in a hoarse voice, "Elder Meng, be careful!"
Meng Xueli felt a little helpless and touched her nose.
The man knew that once he pulled away, his companions would be powerless to support him, but since there was no hope of victory, he could only resort to taking risks.
As long as it is fast enough to take Meng Xueli as a hostage, the outcome of the battle can be changed.
His true essence burned extremely fast, and he flew by the sword!
Seeing that the defenseless and thin Meng Xueli was close at hand, he suddenly felt uneasy. This is the cultivator's intuition of danger in the dark... Something is wrong!
But it's too late. A long spear appeared out of nowhere, he only felt his chest sink, the surrounding mountains and forests flashed quickly, and the severe pain hit his whole body, and he saw the winding river and the mountains on both sides in an instant.
"boom!"
Meng Xueli shot the person flying by more than ten feet, smashed into the rushing river, and splashed into the sky.
"Clap clap clap."
There was a crisp applause from the shore.
The three of Han Shan just happened to clean up the three on the opposite side, freeing up their hands to applaud: "Elder has worked hard."
Meng Xueli put away the 'Times and Paths' and sighed: "Count things, come and summarize."
After these disciples got acquainted with him, the more they fought, the more casual they became, it was like a joke.
After each battle, Meng Xueli asked his nephews to reflect on and sum up, and recalculate the entire battle from the beginning, where there are shortcomings, and where can we do better.
The three of them confiscated the defeated jade talisman and storage bag with ease, and stepped forward to beat his legs, back, and shoulders for him.
They are the direct disciples of the peak master of Chongbi Peak. In the past, in addition to practicing swords, at the request of Master, they learned several sets of massage techniques and used them to serve Master. This time, Meng Xueli enjoyed it.
"That talisman master didn't have enough time to set up the formation. With your level, you shouldn't be afraid at all. You fought hard at first because you found out that you stepped into the formation, and immediately panicked. Meng Xueli squinted slightly, feeling the strength of his back, "Actually, just avoid his talisman..."
Before he finished speaking, he was heard by the Fuyin Observation Formation Talisman who fell on the ground not far away. The talisman master shouted angrily: "Scholars can be killed, but not humiliated!"
The three of Han Shan walked over indifferently, and added a set of forbidden words on top of the body-fixing art.
Although Meng Xueli didn't understand swordsmanship and swordsmanship, in addition to swordsmanship, there were still many things to teach.
The nephews are also modest and eager to learn, so they have made rapid progress in actual combat. Whenever Meng Xueli answers questions, he always thinks of Xiao Tingyun and Yu Qishu. I don't know how the two apprentices are practicing, whether they have encountered any confusion, and whether they have carefully studied the "Beginning Path" that they left behind.
This time, the harvest was quite fruitful. The talisman master was indecisive, and there were five or six talismans left in the storage bag that he was not willing to use, which was all cheaper for Meng Xueli and others. Jianxiu also carried a variety of medicinal herbs, but only no food.
Meng Xueli was puzzled, how could these people not bring snacks when they traveled away, and wouldn't they feel uncomfortable
Hanshan disciple seemed to see what he was thinking, and actively helped Elder Meng to solve problems.
It just so happened that a white falcon was flying overhead. This falcon is an extraordinary bird, with sharp eyes, dense feathers, and a radiant expression.
Li Wei: "It looks delicious."
Zhang Suyuan took out the repeating crossbow and quiver, which were confiscated from the scattered cultivator team, and they were not used very well.
The three of them shot down the white falcon with a random arrow, and excitedly set off a fire to roast the bird.
"Elder Meng, come and eat!"
Meng Xueli waved his hand: "You guys can eat, I'm a vegetarian instead."
The three looked at each other, not knowing how to comfort them. Jian Zun passed away, and Elder Meng mourned for his deceased husband. He was so affectionate and moved.
Meng Xueli: "What do I do? Hurry up and eat!"
The three of them buried their heads in eating meat, and suddenly Zhang Suyuan stopped: "It doesn't taste right, it has a strange fragrance, and the fragrance is terrifying."
Meng Xueli: "This is a spirit beast being raised by humans."
He Ming was choked with coughing.
Zhang Suyuan's face became solemn: "The people from Beiming Mountain are eyeing us?"
Just like Hanshan's full name is Hanshan Sword Sect, Beimingshan's full name is Beimingshan Beast Controlling Sect. The sect is located in the wild land of the extreme north, and has a special method of domesticating spirit beasts.
Human spirit beasts are not demons in the demon world, they cannot be transformed into human beings, they cannot understand human words, but they can communicate with their masters. Spirit beasts can not only be used in battle, but also can detect news and transmit information, just like this white falcon that spy on them.
Meng Xueli: "It's alright, eat it at ease."
Elder Meng said it was okay, then it must be okay, and it can be okay if something happens. The three buried their heads in the falcon meat again, and after a while, only a pile of bones remained.
Beside the fire, Li Wei sighed contentedly: "Today is really comfortable, I won the Mingyue Lake, and I ate such delicious meat."
He Ming: "Yes, I hope to meet someone from Mingyue Lake tomorrow."
Meng Xueli asked curiously, "What personal grudges do you have with Mingyuehu?"
Zhang Suyuan sighed deeply.
He Ming said angrily: "Elder Meng doesn't know anything, the eldest disciple of Mingyue Lake, whose name is Jing Di, is extremely shameless and has no bottom line. Back then, when we traveled down the mountain and met a boy with good qualifications, we wanted to bring Hanshan to cultivate. Surely, he is going to bring people back to the mountain, and he actually disguised himself as a woman and abducted people to Mingyue Lake!"
Meng Xueli: "...Is there such a thing?"
The same thing, when Ji Xiao started as Xiao Tingyun, he also heard these three people say it, but felt helpless.
Meng Xueli felt that it was novel, to be able to do such a thing. Now the younger generation of the cultivation world, the peaceful days have passed for a long time, and the three worlds will not be at war. How boring is it
Zhang Suyuan: "Yes, he also came this time. But I heard that he didn't form a team with his peers."
…
In the southwest corner of the secret realm, a team wearing a black cloak also surrounded the burning fire.
If you observe carefully, you will find that they are not loose cultivators. The five people in this team actually gathered together the talisman master from Wuyinguan, the alchemist from Nanling Temple, the medical cultivator from Songfeng Valley, the animal control master from Beiming Mountain, and the sword cultivator from Mingyue Lake. The disguise is just because of the fear of meeting their own classmates, which is inconvenient to start.
This is a brand-new team formation method, which has never appeared before due to the differences between the sects.
They are all elite disciples in various factions, and some people bring them together, so much trouble, the purpose is not only to win the big competition, but to break the record of the highest score in previous years.
After entering the secret realm, the five people cooperated extremely smoothly, and everything developed as they expected. But something unexpected happened today.
The Beast Master leaned beside the Form Master: "What's the situation ahead? Where's my White Falcon?"
The octagonal array disk in the hand of the Array Master is spinning, and the lines in it are intricate and changing rapidly. Ordinary people have a headache at a glance.
"There are abnormal signs of activity. It should be someone from the west, who wants to cross the river at Feijian Gorge in the upper reaches of the river and go east."
The Beast Master felt that he had not finished speaking, and eagerly asked, "Then?"
"And then they're gone. Your bird is gone too."
"so?"
"So there are ghosts in the river."
The beastmaster was irritable and cursed: "You fucking held the array plate and touched it for a day, and you came to this kind of nonsense conclusion?!"
The talisman master looked indifferent: "You can do it. Where is your bird?"
The beastmaster was silent.
A beautiful woman frowned slightly: "I think someone is blocking the way, let's pay the river fee." She was a medical practitioner from Pine Wind Valley, and her temperament was much gentler than the previous two.
The Master Array Master shook his head: "No, in just three days, at least 60 people in Feijianxia have come in and out! If we changed the way, can we eat so much? I stick to the original opinion, there are ghosts in Heishuihe. "
The alchemist of Nanling Temple announced the Buddha's name: "This statement is too bad..."
But I heard a hoarse male voice from the tree: "Okay, whether he is a human or a ghost, let me explore the way."
The tone of the speaker was erratic, as if he had just woken up, and seemed to be drunk. But his voice fell, and the others stopped talking.
The young man embraced the wine jar and jumped down from the branch, startling Luomu Xiaoxiao.
This person was Jing Di, the captain who brought everyone together.