Chapter 837: Give it a try

"Among these people, there is actually a half-step grandmaster?"

After hearing Wang Qian's words, my heart skipped a beat, and the expression on my face became more and more solemn.

A half-step grandmaster is only one step away from a grandmaster. Such a person has already touched the threshold of a grandmaster. Whether in terms of combat power or combat methods, they are not comparable to a physical master.

In particular, this person is very likely to be a master of hidden weapons. Although Yue Cheng is a physical master, he has already mastered the use of hidden weapons to perfection, making it impossible to defend against him. And

how terrifying would a half-step grandmaster who has touched the threshold of a grandmaster be?

Almost as soon as I thought of this, I heard a "whoosh" sound of breaking through the air. I was startled and turned my head to look, and then my pupils shrank immediately.

I saw a pitch-black flying knife, like an invitation from the god of death, wrapped in terrifying blood and energy, flying towards me rapidly.

The moment I saw this flying knife, my heart almost sank to the bottom of the valley, and a feeling of despair burst out from my eyes.

Because when facing this flying knife, I actually had a kind of... Qi was locked, there was no escape, no avoidance, the body, it seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, and my legs were heavy as if they were filled with lead, and I couldn't move at all.

"Oh no, our Qi has been locked!"

Wang Qian's frightened cry came to his ears. However, just as Wang Qian's voice fell, the dragon that had fallen to the ground suddenly raised its head, opened its mouth, and let out a piercing scream.

Sound waves spread slowly in the air like waves. Wherever the sound waves passed, the space trembled and made a trembling sound. The flying knife that exuded a bloody smell seemed to be stuck in a quagmire. It actually slowed down and hung in the air.

"Brother, hurry up!"

Wang Qian suddenly gritted his teeth and shouted loudly. Then, his stiff body shook violently, and he instantly broke free from the energy on the flying knife. Then he stretched out his big hand, grabbed my arm, and quickly rushed towards the crack.

I was pulled by Wang Qian to run all the way to the crack. When I was about to enter the crack, I subconsciously looked back.

However, this one glance made my expression stiff, and my heart almost sank to the bottom of the valley.

Because the knife did not stop completely, but was still moving forward, but the speed was very slow.

I saw that at this moment, the flying knife had already attacked the front of the dragon, and it was less than 20 centimeters away from its body.

The dragon seemed to have exhausted its strength. It turned its head and looked at me. Its eyes were full of reluctance and begging.

I nodded to it and whispered, "Don't worry, senior. I will definitely keep my promise."

After hearing my words, the dragon's eyes showed a trace of relief. Then it closed its mouth and stopped screaming. Then, a trace of relief flashed in its eyes...

Without the obstruction of the sound waves, the flying knife instantly recovered its original speed.

With a "puff" sound, the flying knife instantly pierced into the dragon's body, and then, it passed through the other side of its body, with a trace of blood, and nailed into the rock wall with a "bang".

The dragon also groaned in pain, and then its huge body fell heavily to the ground.

"These beasts..." I gritted my teeth, my face full of anger, but I knew that I couldn't let anger cloud my mind at this moment. What I needed to do most now was to fulfill my promise to the dragon and take these dragon eggs out safely, and not let them fall into the hands of the Hundred Flowers Alliance.

I gritted my teeth, and then followed Wang Qian into the crack quickly, running wildly in the crack.

Wang Qian's physique was indeed strong. Although he was whipped away by the dragon's tail before, and his shoulder was injured, he was like a normal person at this moment, walking briskly, without a red face or breathing.

However, his face was extremely solemn, and he kept looking back in the direction of the cave, as if he was worried about something.

"Something is wrong!" Wang Qian whispered as he ran.

I asked when I heard that, "What's going on?"

"That half-step grandmaster didn't chase us. That's impossible. Compared to the dying dragon, these dragon eggs are more valuable. They can't give up."

Wang Qian's words made me frown, and then I said, "I can't care about that. Let's escape from here first."

Wang Qian nodded, and then the two of us were like headless flies, constantly crawling around in the cracks, and we encountered quite a few snakes. However, the dragon licked the backpack in my hand with its tongue before, and the snakes may have smelled the smell on the backpack, so they did not attack us, but made way for us.

One of the huge snakes even let out a strange cry, and then quickly drilled into a wide crack in front of us. After drilling in, it looked back at me and Wang Qian, and then continued to drill into the crack.

"It seems to be leading us?" Wang Qian said with some doubt.

I nodded and said, "They can sense the breath of the dragon eggs. The dragon is already in a dying state. They should also sense this. These snakes should want to help us."

"Then should we go in? What if...it leads us to another snake nest?" Wang Qian said with lingering fear.

"No, follow me!"

I said, and then I went into the crack first. Wang Qian hesitated for a while, but finally followed me in.

After entering the crack, the big snake hissed twice, and then led us to the crack quickly.

Led by the big snake, Wang Qian and I drilled in this underground space for eight hours. Finally, my eyes lit up, and then the sound of gurgling water came into my ears.

"I found the underground river!" I was delighted and was about to rush out of the crack, but the big snake suddenly raised its head and blocked me.

"Hiss..."

The big snake hissed twice at me, then raised its tail and pointed outside.

Its eyes were full of vigilance and warning, as if it was telling me that there was danger outside.

"Is there anyone outside?" I let go of my five senses and carefully sensed the slightest movement outside.

However, the only sound that reached my ears was the gurgling of water, and no other sounds.

"This big snake has lived here for many years. It is not only very familiar with the terrain here, but also the smell here. It must have smelled some dangerous breath, otherwise it would not have stopped me, but... why can't I sense the danger?"

I frowned, and then my mind moved, and a thousand-year-old ghost suddenly drilled out from my sea of ​​​​qi and hovered quietly in front of me.

"Brother Qianyu, is there something?" He looked down at me, then cracked his lips and let out a hideous laugh: "It's been a long time since I absorbed human essence. The group of brothers just now have had their fill. Now, it's our turn, right?"

"If you want to absorb essence, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future." I said lightly, and then told the thousand-year-old ghost what I was thinking. After listening, he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go and investigate first."

After speaking, his figure flashed and turned into star-like ghost energy, which instantly dissipated in the air.

"Brother, this is... the ghost you raised?" Wang Qian was standing aside, looking at me in astonishment: "This ghost seems to be very powerful. How did you subdue it? And... where do they usually stay, in your body?"

Wang Qian was obviously not very familiar with the methods of those who practice Taoism. At this moment, his eyes showed both curiosity and awe of the unknown.

"Are you curious?" I glanced at Wang Qian and said, "Are there no practitioners in your Wang family?"

Wang Qian shook his head and said, "Our Wang family is an ancient martial arts family. Everyone has been immersed in medicine jars since birth to strengthen their bodies. Although strengthening the body can increase the strength of the body, it will close our sense of Qi. Therefore, the disciples of our ancient martial arts family have no sense of Qi at all and cannot practice at all. They can only constantly strengthen their bodies and seek stronger strength."

"So that's how it is." I was secretly shocked, thinking that the disciples of this ancient martial arts family seemed invincible in close combat, but in fact, to put it bluntly, they were just a group of meat shield warriors. Without the sense of Qi, they could not practice. If they could not practice, then their body functions would have declined with age. After getting older, if they could not enter the realm of Grand Master, then their Qi and blood would quickly decline, and their lifespan might not be as long as that of ordinary people.

But it's different for people who practice.

The body is nourished by the spiritual Qi of heaven and earth all year round, and not only will the body's functions not decline with age, but it will become stronger and longer.

So there is a saying that has been circulating in the practice world, that is, the older you are, the more evil you are, and the older you are, the tougher you are in fighting.

Only young people like us, because of our lack of strength, would resort to tricks. However, these tricks are useless in the face of absolute power.

"You are the descendant of the lineage of the Yin-walking people. I heard from the elders in my family that the lineage of the Yin-walking people is very strong. Your master seems to be called... Zhang Du'e, the only living Yin-chairman in the world. The elders in my family said that if this purple dragon pearl was not too important to my family, we could even give it to your senior sister, but an older elder in my family urgently needs this thing to seek a breakthrough, so..."

Wang Qian embarrassedly shook his head when he said this.

"So that's the case. No wonder Wang Qian is looking for my sister all over the world." I frowned secretly. "However, with my sister's ability, even the grandmaster of their Wang family can't kill my sister. Isn't it a bit ridiculous to just let Wang Qian come to the world to look for her?"

I squinted my eyes and looked at Wang Qian up and down. Then, I suddenly thought of a possibility.

"Wang Qian's character can be said to be jealous of evil. Such a person is straightforward. For those who like him, he will help without reservation. With this kind of personality, it is very easy to make friends no matter where he goes. Could it be that... the purpose of the Wang family is not to recover the purple dragon pearl, but to use Wang Qian's character to make friends with us, the Yin people, and establish a relationship?"

The more I thought about it, the more I felt it was possible.

The ancient martial arts family is not like the Taoists, and their life span is limited. If they can make friends with a living ghost messenger in the future, then they can be taken care of after death. Although I don't know how much power the living ghost messenger has, I think it should be possible to help them go through the back door in the underworld, not drink Meng Po soup, and retain their memories before death?

And what is the most important thing for people who practice martial arts?

The most important thing is combat experience and cultivation insights. If you can retain these reincarnations, then the speed of refining the body in the second life will definitely be twice as effective with half the effort.

With this thought, I looked at Wang Qian with a strange look on my face.

I thought to myself that this fool was used by the family, and I'm afraid he didn't even know it.

However, with Wang Qian's character, as well as his current uprightness and hatred of evil, he is indeed worthy of deep friendship.

"It would be great if I could introduce him to Hu Zi. I wonder how Hu Zi is doing now. How far has he reached in his cultivation of the Pig Killing Knife?"

Just as I was daydreaming in my mind, I heard a muffled "whoosh" sound. I looked up and saw a group of ghost energy shaking in the air, and finally, it condensed into an old ghost.

"There is indeed an ambush." ​​The thousand-year-old ghost spoke and whispered, "Underwater."

"Underwater?" I frowned: "How many people are there and how strong are they?"

"There are a lot of people. I didn't check the details because I felt that there was a very scary existence underwater and I didn't dare to get too close." He glanced at me and continued in a low voice, "Huai Yu told us to help you as little as possible, unless it is a life-and-death crisis. Otherwise, he won't let us take action. He said that relying too much on external forces is not good for your growth."

"I understand." I nodded. The thousand-year-old ghost didn't say anything else. He flashed and went back into my sea of ​​​​qi.

"A very terrifying existence, could it be... that half-step grandmaster? But... how could he ambush here in advance." Wang Qian looked suspicious, but I let out a long breath and said, "Don't you think it's strange? He could have chased us, but he didn't."

"Yeah, I do think it's strange, maybe... he was held back by the dragon?"

"That's possible, but the more likely possibility is that he is familiar with the terrain here, so he is not in a hurry to chase us, but first captured the dragon alive, and then ambushed us on the road we have to pass, waiting for us to fall into his trap!"

"Oh, this..." Wang Qian was stunned, and then asked, "Should we still go out?"

"Go out, of course we have to go out!" If you want to get out of this underground space, walking along the dark river is the only way out.

We can't just hide here like turtles for the rest of our lives.

Moreover, even if we don't go out, that half-step grandmaster will definitely not let us go.

In this case...

why not give it a try!

I took a deep breath and whispered, "Let's go!"

After I finished speaking, I thought about it, and a pair of dark golden wings immediately spread out from behind. I looked at the big snake, nodded to it, and then flapped my wings, flew out of the crack first, and flew into the air.