In front of the Lintai Hunting Valley, figures of practitioners appeared one after another, but in a short while, the huge open space was already full of people.
These are all practitioners who have entered the Lintai Hunting Valley to practice.
A month is not long, and the elders of the various families stationed here have not left. After the closure of Lintai Hunting Valley, they have come to meet the disciples who have returned from their own experience.
Some people are happy and some are worried. The happy ones are seeing their disciples come back intact, and the worried ones are not being able to find their disciples’ families. Some family elders even found that the number of people returning safely this time is much less than in previous years, and the loss rate is very high. high.
Could it be that the environment in Lintai Hunting Valley is more dangerous this time
After a quarter of an hour, the passage of Lintai Hunting Valley slowly closed, until it opened again three years later.
Emperor Cheng Hao, who presided over the opening of the Lintai Hunting Valley, and the elders of the various families stood on a high place, looking over, and also found that the number of people returning from this experience was much less than in previous years, and they couldn't help but feel slightly depressed.
When he saw Ning Yuzhou appearing holding a white jade basin and a small rabbit ball in his hand, Emperor Cheng Hao's heart relaxed, and a slight smile appeared on his face.
The smile hadn't faded away when he suddenly heard a loud shout: "You are not cultivators of Dongling, who are you?"
A figure soared into the sky, flew past, and went straight to the foreign cultivator who appeared in front of the Lintai Hunting Valley.
Ning Yuzhou looked up and found that the person who shot was Ning Huayuan, the elder of the Ning family.
This time the Lintai Hunting Valley is open, Ning Huayuan also came to sit here, but he has not shown his face, hiding in the dark to guard, so not many people know that he is also here.
It was also Ning Huayuan who was the first to discover those foreign practitioners.
Emperor Cheng Hao and the elders of other families reacted very quickly, and rushed over to help Ning Huayuan and capture those outside cultivators.
These foreign cultivators are easy to identify. Perhaps it is because Lintai Hunting Valley was closed suddenly, and they did not have time to pretend to show their true colors in front of others. They are extremely strange, and their behaviors are different. Ning Huayuan, who was at the exit of Hunting Valley, immediately noticed the clue, and made a move without hesitation.
Sure enough, when Ning Huayuan made a move, several foreign cultivators who had ghosts in their hearts were tricked out, and they turned around and fled towards Lintai Mountain.
Because of this sudden change, there was a little commotion at the scene, and everyone avoided them one after another, fearing that they would be accidentally involved in the battle and die unfortunately.
The Qianlin guards quickly took Ning Yuzhou aside.
Wen Mei happened to be near Ning Yuzhou, and she was pushed aside with the flow of people. Because her injury had not healed and she couldn't dodge in time, she couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, so she heard a burst of laughter from beside her.
She turned her head and saw Wen Xian not far away.
Wen Xian glanced at her gloatingly, and glanced at Ning Yuzhou, who was being guarded by the hidden guards, and suddenly found that there was no Wen Qiao around Ning Yuzhou, so she couldn't help being a little surprised. She looked around again, but she still didn't find Wen Qiao's figure, and she soon realized it.
He must have unfortunately died in Lintai Hunting Valley.
Wen Qiao, who was thought to have died in Lintai Hunting Valley, took root in the white jade basin, shook the leaves, and while no one was paying attention to him, carefully let go of his consciousness to watch the battle over there, and found out that the practice of fighting against Ning Huayuan and the others They were all extremely unfamiliar, not the three Xu Jiuxiu they met earlier.
She looked around the crowd again, but she didn't see the three of Xu Jiuxiu, and she didn't know if they died in Lintai Hunting Valley, or if they took the opportunity to slip away.
The cultivator who fought against Ning Huayuan was so strong that he even drew with him.
The cultivator is a young man with a smiling baby face, very pleasing, making him look younger than his real age, but his moves are unambiguous, not only able to catch Ning Huayuan's tricks, but also to restrain him hold him.
The more people watched, the more startled they became. One must know that Ning Huayuan will be sent to sit in the township, and his strength is not low. With the cultivation base of Yuankong Realm, he is already considered a first-class master in Dongling. But the cultivator who fought against him was really too young, and he didn't know what the purpose of coming to Dongling was for a talented disciple trained by an outside force.
Thinking of this, the elders of each family were a little worried, they only hoped that the arrival of these people would not bring disaster to Dong Ling.
Emperor Cheng Hao and the others had already restrained the suspicious foreign cultivators, watching Ning Huayuan fight the strange cultivator anxiously, wanting to help but unable to intervene.
Until a slightly majestic voice sounded: "Xingliu, stop!"
The baby-faced cultivator swept Ning Huayuan away with a palm, and quickly backed away to a young man with an extraordinary bearing in a light blue brocade robe. The smiling baby-face looked at the people present with rebelliousness. , that contemptuous gaze completely ignored the group of cultivators from Dongling.
In their eyes, these Dongling cultivators are really not very good. Even though Ning Huayuan's cultivation level is not low, his age has already determined his success in this life.
Ning Huayuan withdrew his hand, and his sharp eyes fell on those two people.
Only then did the others discover the man in the blue brocade robe, and were slightly startled. He stood there with awe-inspiring aura, if he hadn't made a sound, they would not have noticed the existence of this person at all.
Suddenly, they found that there was another person beside the handsome blue-robed man, who was the third prince Ning Zhezhou.
Everyone was taken aback, and then a little confused, wondering why Ning Zhezhou got mixed up with these two foreign practitioners.
Emperor Cheng Hao frowned slightly, and called out, "Zhezhou?"
Ning Zhezhou took a step forward and said respectfully, "Father, Elder Yuan, please rest assured that the two people in my Dongling have no malicious intentions."
The blue-robed man slightly nodded towards Ning Huayuan, and said in a low voice, "I'm Yin Xingheng, this is my junior brother Yin Xingliu."
Yin Xingheng? Didn't Feng Sanniang say that, a disciple of the Holy Martial Palace
In an instant, Ning Yuzhou, Wen Qiao and the others all thought of Yin Xingheng's purpose of coming to Dongling, which was for the Chosen Son, and looking at Ning Zhezhou standing beside Yin Xingheng, their hearts suddenly dawned.
It seems that Ning Zhezhou is the chosen son that Shengwudian is looking for.
Wen Mei looked at Ning Zhezhou with complicated emotions.
She always knew that her fiancé was excellent, but she never thought that he would be the chosen one. Although she didn't know what the Chosen One was, but just hearing about the "chosen one", she knew that he had an extraordinary background, otherwise she wouldn't be so valued by the Holy Martial Palace.
Ning Huayuan looked at them with sharp eyes, then turned his gaze to a few foreign practitioners who had been subdued by Dongling's practitioners, and said slowly, "Are these also Your Excellency's companions?"
"No." Yin Xingheng said, "We are not the same people as them."
After Ning Huayuan heard this, his face softened slightly, and he said, "Since that's the case, then we, Dongling, will deal with it. Do you have any objections, Fellow Daoist Yin?"
Yin Xingheng smiled slightly, letting them do whatever they wanted, saying that he would not interfere with Dongling's affairs, and it could even be said that his attitude at this time was extremely kind, and he did not rely on his own cultivation to do anything.
However, his attitude made Ning Huayuan and the others feel a little downcast, knowing that something must have happened, otherwise they would not have attracted so many outside practitioners, and Yin Xingheng's attitude made them even more nervous.
Yin Xingheng didn't seem to notice their precautions, and smiled again, looked at Ning Huayuan and Emperor Cheng Hao, and said, "I wonder if I can take a step to speak?"
Ning Huayuan said: "It is possible."
Yin Xingheng turned to Ning Zhezhou and said, "Young Master Ning, let's go together."
Ning Zhezhou nodded slightly with an indifferent expression.
Then, Ning Huayuan left the scene with senior brother Yin Xingheng and Ning Zhezhou. Emperor Cheng Hao glanced at Ning Yuzhou in the crowd, ordered the few outside practitioners to be escorted, and followed.
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After the few people left, the people present looked at each other in blank dismay.
Looking at the Yin family brothers, one can tell that they have extraordinary backgrounds, but they don't know why they are looking for Ning family, what is their purpose, are they here specifically to target Ning family, or to target Dong Ling
Although he was very puzzled, with Ning Huayuan around, and with the high cultivation of the Yin brothers, no one dared to blatantly inquire about anything, so they could only hold back for the time being and arrange for these disciples who had returned from training first.
Wen Mei looked at the back of Ning Zhezhou leaving, and only lowered her eyes to hide the thoughts in her eyes until she could no longer see her.
Compared to Wen Mei, who was speculative, Wen Xian was a little impatient. She didn't know what happened to Ning Zhezhou, but seeing Yin Xingheng treating Ning so courteously, she knew it must be a good thing, and she felt a little jealous again.
The better Wen Mei's fiancé is, the more jealous she is. This time, there are so many foreign practitioners here in Lintai Hunting Valley, why can't they kill Wen Mei
The members of the four major families of Dongling absent-mindedly counted the disciples and listened to the disciples' reports. When they learned from the surviving disciples that most of the disciples who fell in Lintai Hunting Valley this time died at the hands of foreign practitioners, they immediately became angry. Incomparable.
For a while, the families that had lost many disciples were extremely angry at those outside cultivators, and hurriedly searched for the Ning clan members who had taken those outside cultivators away, wanting to learn more about the situation and avenge their own disciples who died tragically.
Wen Mei and Wen Xian saw Wen's people and hurried towards them.
Ning Yaozhu in the crowd was also a little flustered.
She didn't know how Ning Zhezhou got involved with those two powerful Yin brothers, and she vaguely felt that Ning Zhezhou was going to benefit again.
She hurriedly looked for her elder brother Ning Pingzhou, but before she found Ning Pingzhou, she saw Ning Yuzhou not far away.
Ning Yuzhou was holding a white jade flowerpot in her hand, her appearance was still warm and warm, but the eyes that looked at her made her shiver inexplicably, the chill rose from the bottom of her heart, and her hands and feet were cold.
"Ah Jiu."
Ning Yaozhu was flustered by Ning Yuzhou's gaze, and when she heard her brother's voice, she immediately felt relieved.
"Fifth brother, what's wrong with you?" Ning Yaozhu rushed over.
Ning Pingzhou's face was pale, his expression was tired, his breathing was unstable, and he was obviously seriously injured. He reluctantly supported his younger sister who rushed over recklessly, and said wearily: "I'm fine, I got hurt a little."
Tears welled up in the corners of Ning Yaozhu's eyes, and she held her brother's hand tightly, feeling a bit safer.
Seeing that his sister's expression was wrong, Ning Pingzhou asked in confusion, "Ah Jiu, what happened?"
Ning Yaozhu hesitated to speak, she wanted to tell her elder brother about meeting Ning Yuzhou and his wife in the maze, and about what a follower beside her did at that time, before she could speak, she caught a glimpse of Qianlinwei escorting a cultivator from the corner of her eye. The reporter walked towards Ning Yuzhou, and when that person passed by, he even shouted at her: "Ninth Princess, save me!"
Ning Yaozhu shuddered and stared at him in horror.
Ning Pingzhou looked at the cultivator and recognized him as a disciple of the Sun family's side branch, named Sun Hongmao, one of his younger sister's followers, who often followed Ning Yaozhu and supported her, his thoughts clearly revealed.
This shout also attracted the attention of the practitioners present. Everyone was a little stunned when they saw this scene, but they recognized the hidden scale guards, who were the guards trained by the Ning family.
Because they didn't know what happened, they didn't do anything rashly, so as not to offend Ning Shi.
On the contrary, Sun Hongmao's elder was a little anxious, couldn't help but took a step forward, grabbed Qian Linwei, and asked, "Where are you going to take Hongmao?"
Qianlinwei said indifferently: "When Sun Hongmao was in Lintai Hunting Valley, he teamed up with the Ninth Princess to frame our Seventh Highness..."
"I didn't!" Ning Yaozhu screamed, pointing at Sun Hongmao, "I didn't do it, he did it himself."
Qianlinwei didn't refute, and said: "Please also invite Princess Nine to go together."
Ning Yaozhu's throat was choked, all rebuttals were blocked, and her heart was a little flustered. Although she was jealous of Ning Yuzhou, at most she just wanted to see him unlucky, but she never thought of killing him with her own hands, not to mention that Ning's disciples are not allowed to kill each other, offenders will be severely punished, how dare she
At that time, Sun Hongmao acted on his own initiative, and it had nothing to do with her.
The Qianlin Guard remained unmoved, and repeated the sentence: "Let's invite the Ninth Princess to join me."
Ning Yaozhu didn't want to go, she was worried that Ning Yuzhou would be bad for her, and she felt that it would be bad luck if she went.
"Ah Jiu, I'll go with you." Ning Pingzhou took his sister's hand and said to Ning Yuzhou who was not far away, "Seventh Brother, I'm Ah Jiu's elder brother, do you mind if I come with you?"
Ning Yuzhou said lightly, "Anything you want."
After finishing speaking, surrounded by the potential guards, he turned and left, heading towards the station at the foot of Lintai Mountain.
The others looked at the backs of Ning Yuzhou and others leaving, combined with what they heard just now, they understood the cause and effect, and felt that Sun Hongmao and Ning Yaozhu were really stupid.
Knowing Ning Yuzhou's status in Emperor Cheng Hao's heart, he even sent a team of hidden scales to protect him, how could anyone be so stupid as to harm him? As long as he has the ability to kill him in the secret realm, as long as no one sees him, he will die, and Emperor Cheng Hao has no way to pursue him.
But he just didn't have that ability, so if he came out alive, wouldn't he be unlucky
The elders of the Sun family looked at Sun Hongmao who had been taken away, his face darkened.
Sun Hongmao is only a disciple of the side branch, and he is not taken seriously. This time he can enter the Lintai Hunting Valley to practice, and it is the quota given by Ninth Princess Ning Yaozhu. Hu.
The Sun family has a lot of offshoots like Sun Hongmao, so I don't care about it, it's gone, but I don't know if the Ning family will use this as an argument, especially Emperor Cheng Hao, who is famous for pampering that trash seven Prince, if he wants to seek justice for the Seventh Prince, who knows if he will take the opportunity to attack the Sun family
Thinking of this, the elders of the Sun family asked the disciples who had returned from the training to be settled. He hurriedly made arrangements to minimize the loss as much as possible.