"Sister Ning, is this why you are in love with him?"
Su Meng knelt beside her father's body, looking at the family servants lying on the ground, most of them without heads. She said sadly: "What should I do to become like Brother Pang Jian and pierce a few holes in Dong Tianze's body?"
When Dong Tianze flew away from the well, she suppressed her grief and looked. She wanted to see Dong Tianze die.
She saw several horrific bloody holes on Dong Tianze's body when he flew out, and she also saw the dragon-patterned spear on Dong Tianze's butt.
So Su Meng knew that in that strange pit, Pang Jian had successfully severely injured Dong Tianze.
She actually knew that if Pang Jian had not suddenly jumped into the pit, she would have died like her father.
The incredible things Pang Jian showed shocked her deeply, so after Luo Hongyan said that, she did not doubt that it was an exaggeration.
She just wanted to become like Pang Jian and have the power to seriously injure or kill Dong Tianze.
"Some things are innate and cannot be acquired through hard work. Don't take him as an example."
Luo Hongyan responded indifferently, and couldn't help but think of when she stared at the well as the "Spiritual Evil" Luo Meng, Pang Jian's calmness and meticulousness in setting the trap, his patience in repeatedly pondering his position, and his patience before the final blow.
She frowned and thought: "Is it innate, or was it taught by someone? If these qualities were taught, then the person who taught him..."
After being stunned for a moment, she looked at the heartbroken Su Meng and said, "When you get over your grief, I can teach you how to pick the truly valuable herbs on the island."
"Tsk tsk, those things your father and He Rong got are worthless even if they are taken to the upper realm. Remember, if you want to become stronger, you will need those spiritual herbs."
Leaving this sentence for Su Meng to think about, Luo Hongyan floated into the white tower, looking for the Xuanyin Stone she needed.
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At the foot of the mountain.
"She's still dead."
Han Duping looked at Shangguan Qin, whose neck was broken, and sighed, "In the end, she didn't make it to Ouyang Duanhai."
Han Duping was grateful to Ouyang Duanhai, whose heart was devoured by the phoenix marrow and who became half-human, half-ghost.
Without Ouyang Duanhai's interference, he would have fallen into the hands of the dark ghost Dong Qianfeng and would not have been able to escape alive.
Han Duping also admired Ouyang Duanhai, who was willing to lose his intelligence for Shangguan Qin. It was a pity that this pair of ill-fated mandarin ducks did not end up together and died one after another beside different phoenix bones.
"She didn't contribute much during the battle, but she was very active when picking fruits."
Zhou Qingchen looked at Luo Hongyan entering the White Tower, snorted coldly, and said to Pang Jian: "Dong Tianze, that madman, was severely injured because of your contribution. The most precious thing on the island should belong to you."
"Actually I got it." Pang Jian replied.
"Did you get it?"
They were slightly surprised.
"The spiritual jade under the white tower, and a portion of the black tortoise's blood at the bottom of the well." Pang Jian explained, and then said: "Of course, I also lost the net."
"That net is not valuable." Zhou Qingchen was speechless. He did not ask where the black tortoise's blood was. He patted Pang Jian on the shoulder and said, "You take a break first. Old Han and I will go around and see if we can find any trace of the witch."
Then he and Han Duping began searching the island.
They were always worried, always feeling that the evil woman who had killed Zhou's men was hiding somewhere in the pile of rocks, waiting for an opportunity to strike.
They also wanted to see if they could find Dong Tianze's escape place in another area.
After the two left, Pang Jian, like Dong Tianze, also jumped into the icy Wulan Lake and used the lake water to wash the blood stains on his body.
He dived down and saw four thick stone pillars wrapped in black rock supporting the island in the middle of the lake.
The island in the middle of the lake is indeed on the back of the black turtle.
He also swam to the "turtle head" part of the island in the middle of the lake and found that it was empty and the mini island formed by rocks had disappeared.
He clearly remembered that there used to be a mini island protruding from the island in the middle of the lake, but it was connected to the island in the lake. It should be the head of the black turtle.
The island was originally filled with rocks, which should have been a cover for the black turtle, but now there is nothing left.
He thought Dong Tianze would come here, but when he didn't find anything, he went back, took out the spirit stones from the bamboo basket, and continued to fill his spirit sea.
It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. After experiencing the beauty of spiritual jade, he felt that the efficiency of absorbing spiritual power from spiritual stones from the upper realm was extremely slow.
The reason why his vast spiritual sea can be replenished with spiritual power in a short time is thanks to the spiritual jade that provides the source for the White Tower to fly.
"It's a pity that there is no more Lingyu."
He sighed and entered into a state of meditation, and immediately felt that the pure spiritual energy of the island was slowly dissipating.
The black turtle was dead, and its soul flew to the other side of the mountain range. The island in the middle of the lake, which was designated as a restricted area by his father, was no longer strange.
Night is coming.
He looked towards the extreme north of the Ceji Mountains and knew that as long as he crossed those consecutive and close peaks, he would be able to face the "strange fog" in this world that all practitioners feared.
That place was also a restricted area that he had never set foot on in the Silent Mountains for many years.
Compared to the Black Water Pond, the Insect Valley and the island in the middle of the lake, the far north on the other side of the mountain is more dangerous and represents more unknown mysteries.
"My father didn't allow me to explore, perhaps because I'm not a cultivator and my personal combat power is too weak."
He felt that since he could successfully survive the three forbidden areas, namely the Black Water Pond, the Insect Valley and the island in the middle of the lake, he should have no problem experiencing the "strange fog" up close.
When the power of the spirit stone in his hand was exhausted, he took out the dry clothes wrapped in animal skin from the bottom of the bamboo basket, changed them and returned to the big well.
He soon saw Su Meng, sweating profusely, digging deep pits in the weed-covered area.
Su Yuntian, He Rong, and the bodies of the two servants who were beheaded by Dong Tianze were all thrown in by Su Meng. She suppressed her inner fear and put everyone's head back in its original place.
Finally, Su Meng knelt in front of her father's deep pit, muttering something.
Pang Jian looked for a moment, then fell towards the pit with the dragon-patterned spear in his hand, and picked up the spirit stones and bamboo flute that fell on the ground after the silver net was pulled off.
He carefully inspected the grooves of the "dried meat" around the phoenix bone and found that Dong Tianze had left anything inside and climbed out from the bottom of the well again.
As soon as he came out, he saw Su Meng.
The petite Su Meng looked at him timidly, pointed at Shangguan Qin's body next to her, and said, "Brother Pang... Brother Pang, can I bury her?"
Pang Jian nodded.
Afterwards, the girl was seen grabbing a magic sword and started digging nearby.
She was kind-hearted by nature and her face was filled with sadness. She knew that Shangguan Qin had nothing to do with her, but she didn't want to let this woman's body be left exposed in the wilderness.
Han Duping, who once coveted Shangguan Qin's beauty, never looked at her again after this woman passed away.
Only silly Su Meng had a kind heart. She suppressed the grief over her father's death and let all the dead rest in peace.
…
Night has truly fallen.
When the entire island in the middle of the lake, along with the Wulan Lake, was gradually swallowed up by darkness, Pang Jian suddenly heard a quarrel coming from the Tianling Tower.
The quarrel came from Luo Hongyan and Zhou Qingchen.
He frowned, thought for a moment, and said to Su Meng, "Don't stay here alone. If Dong Tianze comes back, you won't survive."
Su Meng dug out a small grave and buried Shangguan Qin. Her delicate body trembled slightly.
She is self-aware.
With her current level of cultivation, if Dong Tianze really came back, she would definitely be killed instantly.
"Then I..."
Su Meng's big eyes flickered with panic.
"Let's go see what they're arguing about."
Pang Jian took the lead and walked up the mountain.
As the sky around them gradually darkened, Su Meng hurried to catch up, fearing that he would disappear from her sight.
The two of them walked one after the other and soon arrived at the White Tower. They found a fire formed by burning torches on the fifth floor of the White Tower.
They immediately headed straight for the fifth floor.
"You've come just in time."
Zhou Qingchen said with a straight face, pointing at the Xuanyin stones scattered everywhere due to the collapse of the skull soul formation, "These Xuanyin stones may be the most valuable spiritual materials on the island. They should belong to you."
Pang Jian, who had just come up, was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that the quarrel between Zhou Qingchen and Luo Hongyan was actually for his rights.
Luo Hongyan said with a cold face: "Pang Jian has obtained the most useful thing for him."
She was very unhappy because the spiritual jades at the bottom and the black tortoise's blood essence at the bottom of the well were all taken away by Pang Jian.
She paid the price with many "spiritual evil spirits" and was the one who contributed the most and suffered the greatest damage in this battle.
The Xuanyin Stone can be used as material for constructing the soul formation, and after the "Xuanyin power" inside it is extracted, it can also help her refine her spiritual body.
She is determined to win!
Zhou Qingchen, this fool, knew nothing and insisted on snatching food from the tiger's mouth and handing it over to Pang Jian.
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She thought about just turning hostile and teaching this fool a lesson.
"For the Xuanyin Stone..."
Pang Jian's eyes wandered over the Xuanyin Stone, he nodded slightly in thought, and suddenly asked, "Do you want these stones to be useful?"
Luo Hongyan nodded: "It's useful."
"Mr. Zhou, just give it to her. I don't need it for the time being."
Pang Jian took the initiative to give up and turned around and left: "Let's go down and leave this floor to her. Let's go downstairs to talk about other things. For example, what did you and Han Duping experience after you and I separated."
Zhou Qingchen was stunned. He didn't expect Pang Jian to be so generous that he actually gave away all the Xuanyin stones.
Just when he was confused, he suddenly noticed Su Meng's strange look. He slapped his head in sudden realization: "Oh, I was rash. We have been apart for a while. It seems that you two have already..."
He didn't say anything else. After laughing, he pulled Han Duping away.
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(End of this chapter)