Chapter 264 I’m not willing to give in!
"I had always thought that Ji You's failure to break through in the Holy Land of the Sages was just a rumor."
"If it was a rumor, it wouldn't be spread so consistently. Chen Feng also came back from the Holy Land of Sages. He saw it with his own eyes. In fact, I was also very surprised when I heard it at that time."
Jiang Yan was standing with Yan Qiubai at this time, muttering.
The two of them had a pretty good relationship, and when they first learned that Ji You could fight the barbarians in hand-to-hand combat, they even teased each other, thinking that with such a good body, he should be married off.
However, Ji You had not been able to break through and achieve enlightenment for a long time, so they had not taken any practical actions. When they met and talked about him again this time, they all felt a little sad.
There is no shortage of people with extraordinary talents in the world of Qingyun, but only those who make it all the way to the end can be called geniuses...
Jiang Yan came back to her senses at this time and bowed gently to Yan Qiubai in farewell.
But when she returned to Jiang Chenfeng, she found that he had been staring at Huo Hong, so she raised her eyes and looked over.
In fact, she also noticed Huo Hong's strangeness, but she didn't think much about it before...
At this time, another person came out of the forest. After looking at him, Huo Hong bowed slightly to everyone, said goodbye politely and left with him.
At this moment, the valley suddenly became quiet, and everyone couldn't help but look in the direction he left...
"Master, the location has been determined and people are being sent to follow."
Huo Hong entered the forest and saw five servants gathered together: "How many?"
One of the servants raised a finger and said, "Only the one named Bu Hui."
"It seems that luck is still on my side."
"Master, what you said is absolutely right."
Huo Hong looked up at the sky with cold eyes and said, "It's getting dark. Keep your breath and follow me stealthily. Don't let anyone see you."
The five servants immediately bowed and said yes, then restrained their breath and followed them away.
On the east side of the Falling Eagle Gorge is a river washed out by rain. The six people sped along the river bank, quickly shuttling through the dense mountain forests. While they were moving as fast as the wind, Huo Hong looked back many times, but his pace did not slow down.
After driving for about an hour, the night was like a sticky black liquid pouring down from the sky, making the quiet forest even more mysterious.
After Huo Hong and the five of them crossed a frozen ground, they suddenly stopped, gently grasped the long knife at his waist with his right hand, and then looked to the back.
The five servants following him stopped when they saw this, and looked at each other in confusion, not understanding why their master stopped here.
At this moment, Huo Hong's voice rang out from the empty forest.
"Everyone, please restrain your breath and hide the rhythm of your movements in the footsteps of the servants around me. This is indeed very clever."
"But the sixth sense of divine consciousness is sometimes really mysterious. Even if I didn't find anything, I still knew someone was following me."
"Since you're here, why don't you come out and see me?"
After the words fell, there was still silence all around, as if there was no existence in the forest.
Huo Hong spoke again with a cold face: "Since I already know that someone is following me, aren't you afraid that I will deliberately change the route and take you around in circles in the forest?"
As these words came out, there was finally a sound in the silence.
One after another, figures began to emerge from behind the ancient trees and jungles. They were his old friends who had traveled with him to the Snow Region and the demon tribe, as well as the disciples they led.
Jiang Chenfeng was at the front, his hand on the hilt, but his smile did not diminish: "Brother Huo, what a coincidence."
Huo Hong also smiled faintly: "I am just like this. If I have something on my mind, I can't hide it, and it's easy for people to see the clues."
"Brother Huo, please don't misunderstand me." Xie Chenyu, who was born in Tianjian Peak, stepped forward and said, "We are just curious about why Brother Huo's whereabouts are so secretive. We have no other intentions."
Huo Hong thought for a while: "Is it because I didn't talk to you tonight, or because someone always sends me messages?"
"It's both."
"It seems that this habit should be paid attention to in the future..."
Jiang Chenfeng coughed lightly, interrupting their chat: "I think Brother Huo should have confirmed the whereabouts of the Bu family?"
Huo Hong looked at them and smiled faintly: "I just saw some traces. I thought that if I'm lucky, I might be able to win the first merit and exchange it for a pill needed to break through the realm."
"Brother Huo has such news, but you are unwilling to tell us a little?"
"After all, you and I are not from the same clan."
Jiang Chenfeng bowed and said, "It's Brother Huo's ability to find clues, but since it's unconfirmed information, it's more likely to be false. Jiang is not very interested. Goodbye."
Tu Ri originally planned to ask Huo Hong why the news was so secretive, but he never expected that his senior brother would leave so simply.
After being puzzled for a while, he could only hurriedly follow, not knowing why his senior brother believed him so easily.
At this time, the others seemed to be thinking for a while, and then bowed and left like Jiang Chenfeng did.
Until the last person left and the forest returned to silence, the five servants looked at Huo Hong again.
However, Huo Hong did not leave. Instead, he chose a flat bluestone to sit down, staring at the direction where those people left.
The night became even thicker at this time, with dark clouds covering the moon, and only a faint ray of sunlight cooled his gloomy face.
After a long time, footsteps began to be heard in the forest, coming from far away.
The old friends who had left came back and gradually returned to the place where they had left.
However, only the old friends from the Snow Region came back this time, while the fellow clan members who had followed Huo Hong with them just now did not come back.
"Why did you guys come back again?"
"Nothing, I just want to lend a helping hand to Brother Huo. I was afraid that Brother Huo would refuse before, but now it seems that Brother Huo is waiting for us."
Jiang Chenfeng spoke upon hearing the voice, with an unchanged smile on his face.
Huo Hong has been acting in secret all the time, which is completely different from his usual character. Even without thinking, one can tell that things are far from as simple as he said.
More importantly, Huo Hong said that he had to rely on luck to gain merit in exchange for the realm-breaking elixir.
But the problem is that none of the five people around him are disciples of Shanhai Pavilion, they are all his attendants.
So they didn't believe this sentence from the beginning.
Moreover, these people seemed to vaguely understand Huo Hong's thoughts.
He wanted to leave Shanhai Pavilion behind and seize the opportunity alone.
Coincidentally, they have had this thought before.
In fact, ever since they entered the Dongping Mountains, they have had almost no contact with the outside world, and they don't know the specific information about the Bu family.
However, no one who can cultivate to the state of Rong Dao is truly stupid.
In fact, they already had doubts in their hearts: why is it that everyone in a small declining family is so powerful, and why the major immortal sects must keep some people alive.
After thinking about it, I felt that there must be something more tempting hidden in it.
Their status in their own sect was actually not low, but they did not expect to be treated as outsiders.
And based on their experience over the years, even if they really find some opportunity in the end, it may not have much to do with them.
So they sent away the disciples who were accompanying them, leaving only their own people, and returned here again.
Huo Hong was silent for a while before speaking: "It seems that you all don't believe me, but everything I said just now is true, and I didn't say anything in a riddle."
Jiang Chenfeng glanced at him and said, "I heard someone talking about something a few days ago. It is said that the headmaster of Shanhai Pavilion has decided to let your disciple Huo Xingzhong try to control the holy weapon. Brother Huo, do you know whether this news is true or not?"
The voice that sounded like an ordinary chat ended, but Huo Hong's face suddenly became gloomy, and even a hint of ruthlessness appeared in his eyes.
He is the son of the headmaster of Shanhai Pavilion, and has the same father as Huo Xingzhong but different mothers, so his status should be extremely noble.
But unfortunately, his mother was just a humble woman who was favored by the headmaster because his mind was mixed.
Because of this identity, he suffered countless humiliations in Shanhai Pavilion.
His elder brother, Huo Xingzhong, the direct disciple of Shanhai Pavilion, would even call him "bastard".
But they clearly have the same blood, so why can't he become a direct descendant? Why can't he return to his roots?
That was why he thought of pursuing Princess Fengyang in order to elevate his status when he was in Demon Emperor City...
After returning from the Holy Land of Sages this time, he heard the news that his father had decided to let Huo Xingzhong try to master the holy weapon.
At that moment, the resentment in his heart reached its peak.
So Jiang Chenfeng's previous words were like touching the most painful thorn in his heart.
"We at Shanhai Pavilion were the first to discover Dou Yuankong's whereabouts. I also participated in the encirclement and suppression in the city at that time, so there are some things that I know more than you."
After a long time, Huo Hong's voice finally rang out in the silent forest.
Xie Chenyu immediately stepped forward: "What do you mean, Brother Huo?"
"The Bu family has a branch of disciples who run a winery for the main family. The head of this branch is called Bu Qirong. A year ago, he was only at the Tongxuan realm, but now he is already a master at the Yingtian realm."
Huo Hong's eyes swept across them and said, "The major immortal sects spent so much time to capture them alive, in fact, it is because of their secrets."
Hearing these words, everyone's eyes froze.
Because what Huo Hong said was almost the same as what they had thought before.
Jiang Chenfeng raised his head at this time: "I have always felt that Brother Huo's talent is no worse than that of your elder brother, so Jiang really wants to lend a helping hand to Brother Huo."
Xie Chenyu and the others could not hide their excitement and said, "Brother Huo and I are old friends, so we naturally cannot bear to see him take risks alone."
Under the gloomy sky, no one could see each other's expressions.
However, Huo Hong's subsequent sneer was particularly clear.
In fact, the moment he realized that he had been discovered, he was already very clear that if he didn't let them have a share, today's plan would certainly fail.
Because he knew that the people in front of him were actually the same as himself.
Ambitious, but of a status that doesn't match up.
People like this are the most greedy.
If I don't agree to them, then this matter will definitely be known to Shanhai Pavilion.
His elder brother is even more brutal than he is, and will kill him without leaving a complete body.
But thinking about it from another perspective, Huo Hong felt that it would not be a bad thing to join forces with them.
Because he had been thinking before, how to take the person away under the noses of the major immortal sects after capturing him. This kind of thing is actually very difficult to do by himself.
But if there are more, the chances of success will naturally be greater.
Enlightenment and cultivation of immortality require one to let nature take its course. He felt that since it was God's will, he might as well go with the flow.
Huo Hong was silent for a long time before speaking: "Bu Qirong's third son, Bu Hui, is at the initial stage of the Rong Dao and has the lowest combat power. He is now alone in the mountains. This person is quite favored and must know the secret. And I happen to know his location."
Jiang Chenfeng's eyes flashed with suspicion: "The core members of the Bu family have never shown up, and even the elders of the Immortal Sect can't find them. How did Brother Huo find them?"
"Because I let them escape from the city."
"???"
When it came to searching for Dou Yuankong, Shanhai Pavilion acted the fastest.
At that time, they found the winery and fought a fierce battle with the Bu family, but what was unexpected was that several key figures still escaped from the city silently.
No one knew how they did it, but now there is an answer.
"In fact, I know a little about the Bu family, because I have been there to drink. I know there is something wrong with their cultivation, so I realized that this is a great opportunity."
"But if they are caught in the city, I won't have any chance at all."
"So I pretended to fail, and secretly sent people to follow them all the way into the mountains, until today when I finally waited for someone to be left alone."
Jiang Chenfeng looked at him deeply and said, "Brother Huo is really patient."
Huo Hong clenched his fists and said, "Since ancient times, those who have accomplished great things have had to endure what ordinary people cannot. You are all like me, and your talents and understanding are not inferior to others. You should have achieved greater success."
Among the seven emotions and six desires, greed is the most common.
They are not real immortals, and nature is no exception.
As the words fell, everyone's eyes began to become hot, and a smell of wild ambition began to drift in the wind...
There was a constant rumbling sound under the gloomy sky and thick dark clouds.
Nine floating figures came from the sky, landed on a solitary peak, and stood on the cliff as nine black shadows.
Then they looked towards the dense jungle and saw three figures.
On the left and right sides were people dressed as servants, and in the middle was a thin man, whom Huo Hong had mentioned, Bu Hui.
Just like what was said before, these three people must have accidentally gotten lost and are now anxiously looking for their way back.
With just one glance, they were sure that this person was not yet twenty years old.
He looked harmless with his childish face, but his aura was undoubtedly that of the Dao Integration Realm.
Seeing this scene, the gazes of Jiang Chenfeng and others on the mountain became even more scorching.
You know, it is rare to find a genius who has achieved perfection in the lower three realms before the age of twenty.
If there wasn't a young master of Lingjian Mountain in Qingyun World, it would be a pipe dream for Rong Dao, who was not yet twenty years old.
But it is precisely because of this that this opportunity becomes even greater in their hearts.
Only Jiang Yan and Yan Qiubai were present, with a hint of hesitation in their eyes.
On the one hand, the chance of transforming into an evil species is truly frightening, and on the other hand, there is the uneasiness caused by concealing the secret actions of the Immortal Sect.
The Immortal Sect holds the holy weapon and stands tall in the entire Qingyun world, with thousands of noble families submitting to it.
For a cultivator, it is not an easy thing to dare to have the idea of betraying the immortal sect.
But there was no time to think about it, as a slight humming sound of iron suddenly sounded.
Five of the figures took the lead and descended the mountain like lightning in the dark night, instantly surrounding the entire foothills.
Amid the howling murderous aura, the man named Bu Hui instantly revealed a look of fear.
The two old monks beside him immediately protected him in the middle, one in front and one behind.
Xie Chenyu held the long sword in his hand and said indifferently: "Just surrender. We don't want your life. Just be obedient and you can leave after we have asked you all the questions you want to ask."
"Master, go first!"
Buzz! With a loud shout, a strong murderous aura surged out instantly.
In the blink of an eye, the two old servants had transformed into the appearance of evil creatures. Their strong bodies rushed forward fiercely, while their sharp claws stabbed into the air.
Xie Chenyu's pupils suddenly narrowed, and he raised his hand while stepping back. The spiritual energy in his hand quickly gathered, and the iron sword with great momentum slashed down into the air, colliding with the sharp claws.
sonorous!
The sound of swords clashing rang out, and sparks flew in the night.
Xie Chenyu seemed to have underestimated the power of the two evil creatures and was knocked off balance after just one confrontation.
Before he could stand firmly, the old slave leaped into the air. With murderous intent in his mind, he was full of cruelty and attacked decisively. The sharp claws of his left hand instantly broke through the air.
But fortunately, Xie Chenyu is not alone.
As the vicious claws fell, a burst of purple lightning struck the air and swept one of the old servants out with a bang.
Jiang Yuerou flew across the sky, with thunder magic condensing in her palms.
However, with the fierce attack of the two evil creatures, Bu Hui, with a terrified face, successfully flew out of the encirclement and ran forward with a panicked expression.
Seeing this scene, Jiang Chenfeng and Huo Hong on the cliff instantly stepped up from the mountain.
Crash——
As his robe was torn by the strong wind, two cold lights, a long sword and an iron knife, chased in the direction of his escape.
The two old servants who had transformed into evil corpses instantly swung their claws like a gust of wind, and the dark and sharp finger rays pressed towards the five people like knife wheels, and then they chased after Jiang Chenfeng and Huo Hong.
In fact, it is best to resolve this siege quickly, otherwise it will increase the risk.
Seeing this scene, Jiang Yan and Yan Qiubai no longer hesitated, and their figures suddenly disappeared on the top of the mountain.
Clang! The sword rose into the air, and the bright sword energy flew forward from behind.
The old servant on the left was chopped to the ground, and his hard body made a sharp scream as it rubbed against the gravel road until it stopped after cracking a piece of green rock.
Then an iron knife came flying towards him. Tu Ri used all his energy as a bow and his spiritual energy as a string. He didn't care about the pain in his arm and stabbed the evil creature in the heart.
At the same time, Lu Dacheng raised his arms and a light flashed in his hands.
A black fork-shaped magical weapon flew into the air and nailed the other evil creature to the mountain wall.
Here, the geniuses stood in a row, with their heads held high, and walked towards Bu Hui step by step with a proud look.
Panicked, Bu Hui kept backing away and finally fell to the ground with a thud.
Seeing this scene, Huo Hong and Jiang Chenfeng couldn't help but chuckle: "Master Bu, don't be nervous. We have said before that no one's life will be harmed. As long as you tell us what we want to know, you can leave."
Bu Hui immediately said tremblingly: "I'll tell you, I'll tell you everything!"
"You know what we want to ask?"
"No matter what you want to ask, I will tell you everything I know!"
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Several geniuses were slightly surprised, because they had never expected that Bu Hui would be so cooperative.
In the sight, Bu Hui clenched his sleeves, and his pale face trembled.
"My father said that someone had been following me, but it seemed that they had no intention of attacking me, so my eldest brother said that these people must be trying to catch us alone without telling the others."
"My second brother said this is a good thing, because those powerful immortals are elusive and difficult to avoid, but you are not."
"The route you came from must have been carefully chosen, avoiding everyone. No one will know, and there will be no reinforcements, so it must be the safest. You can come and go as long as you are kind enough to lead the way."
"I cried and asked my father to go with me, but he said that if we stayed together, we would be too conspicuous, the risk would be too high, and we would be hunted endlessly. Only if he stayed, could my brothers and I leave safely and leave a descendant for our family."
"Because I am the youngest, my elder and second brothers always bully me and often make me do things I don't want to do."
"They forced me to come this time. If you don't believe me, ask them. It's really not my fault! It's really not my fault!"
Bu Hui's voice was hoarse and trembling, and he was crying and obviously frightened.
But the nine geniuses who had been looking up with their heads held high just now changed their expressions drastically when they heard this, and a hint of fear appeared in their eyes.
Boom! In the forest, two even more powerful cold and evil spirits approached rapidly.
Before he could react, Jiang Chenfeng felt a sharp pain and flew out sideways.
(End of this chapter)
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